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Volunteers came out on Friday, May 23 to plant the food bank plot and officially launch the community gardens.

Calling all green thumbs: Community gardens are launched for the season ROBIN TARNOWETZKI Independent reporter Gardeners young and old can show off their green thumbs after the community gardens were officially launched on Friday, May 23.

“It’s to provide a space for anyone in the community that wants to grow vegetables or just garden, whether they have no garden space at home or they want a little extra,” said Rob Spencer, a member of the Heartland Beautification Committee (HBC).

About 30 families have rented space for their vegetables.

There are a few spots left, so anyone wanting to try their

hand at home grown vegetables can sign up at the Stettler Recreation Centre. If there are no spots left, residents can put their names on the list for next year.

One plot is exclusively for vegetables that will later be donated to the Stettler food bank throughout June, July, and August.

“It takes a public space that was kind of empty and boring and it makes it beautiful, and it adds purpose to it,” Spencer said. “It also raises the awareness of… just the therapy that comes from horticulture, and it just brings the community together.”

The HBC also uses the community gardens as a teaching tool, and students helped get the plots ready for planting.

“We work with the schools a lot to have them involved

in some way,” Spencer said. “All of the prep work was done by a few volunteers and then a lot of kids. We probably had upwards of 200 kids through here in the last three days.”

A day after the launch, volunteers planted the food bank plot and cleaned out the shed, which Spencer said was “long overdue.”

Right now, the HBC is not planning on expanding the community gardens, but if there is enough interest, there may be more plots next year.

“The gardens repurpose a less useful place,” Spencer said. “Our other site is undevelopable but we’ve built it up so it can be used as a garden, and now there are a dozen families that can grow vegetables in it.”

Club members learn work ethic, respect at beef show and sale ROBIN TARNOWETZKI Independent reporter 4-H members from around the area congregated in Stettler for the Stettler District 4-H Beef Show and Sale on May 19 and 20 with many kids being rewarded for their hard work.

The overall grand champion of the show was Chance Morbeck of Erskine, and the reserve grand champion was Bryce Stewart of Byemoor.

Big Valley’s grand champion was Tyler Kaiser, with Hannah Elines being named reserve grand champion. Chance Morbeck and Drew Bignell were named grand champion and reserve grand champion of Erskine, while Byemoor’s grand champion and reserve grand champion were Bryce Stewart and Rachel Gates, respectively. Big Knife’s grand champion was Byron Dinsomore, and

the reserve grand champion was Katherine Dolliver.

The 4-H members could show off their hard work during the year in a heifer or steer show, and then participate in the sale on Tuesday night, as well as some other events over the two days.

Big Valley Beef Club leader Cheryl Bartley had 20 kids participate in the show and sale, and she said that it’s good for them to participate.

“They learn responsibility and they learn kind of a work ethic, trial and error and all of ROBIN TARNOWETZKI/Independent reporter those kinds of things,” she said. She added that the Big Knife 4-H Beef Club members struggle with their livestock at the Stettler District 4-H Beef Show and kids in her club start with Sale on Tuesday, May 20. their animals in November, and are responsibly for “They did awesome,” and their animals, and they the year, which will get respect for working with learning how to lead them Bartley said. “All of our did really well.” judged at the 4-H club’s other people and getting and show them. kids are so good. They were In addition to raising annual achievement day. along with other people and But it wasn’t all confident and they were cattle, 4-H members “You learn respect learning new things, and work and competition: poised and they worked participate in a public for yourself, you learn a are constantly challenging participants also got a free hard on their stuff, and speaking competition, and respect for livestock and yourself to do new things, pizza lunch and a pancake they showed respect for they have to keep record how to work with cattle so they get a lot of out of breakfast. themselves and each other books on their projects for in particular, you learn a it,” Bartley said.

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Anonymous donors fund Disneyland trip for accident victim Injury left woman with supersonic hearing STACEY LAVALLIE Independent reporter In early April, the Clutterbuck family in Stettler received the second, major surprise in a year, but unlike the first time, this surprise was a good one: a week’s stay at the Disneyland Resort in California, tickets to the park for three, and round-trip airfare, all anonymously donated to the family.

“Disneyland is really a place where you leave your troubles behind,” 21-yearold Olivia Clutterbuck said. And she would know about troubles.

On Monday, Oct. 16, 2013, Clutterbuck was in the elevator heading to the 10th floor of the University of Regina residence.

Around the fourth floor, the elevator suddenly jumped a floor and became stuck. After a few minutes, just as Clutterbuck was reaching for the alarm button, the elevator fell.

Four floors.

While Clutterbuck only remembers reaching for the button, and then waking up on the floor of the elevator, she knows that when the elevator fell down, her body went up, crashing into the roof of the elevator, before falling to the floor. It is believed

that the dancer’s physical condition is the only reason she didn’t break bones.

Today, she is a half-inch shorter than she was when the elevator fell. She suffered a crushed disc in her back, several compressed discs and a major concussion. Her pelvis was damaged, which in turn caused damage to the lumbar area of her spine.

The worst, though, is the hearing. The fall damaged her head, and part of the damage has shown itself with tinnitus – that ringing in the ear never goes away for her. She also developed hyperacusis, or supersonic hearing.

Today, Clutterbuck can’t leave her house without wearing “sound dampening” earplugs that eliminate 25 decibels of sound.

When she needs more relief, she wears ones that remove more sound, and adds sound-reducing earmuffs to the mix.

The flight was agony for her, but something she said was absolutely worth it.

“I had tears streaming down my face,” Clutterbuck said. Eventually, staff at WestJet moved Clutterbuck up to a seat in the fourth row, moving her far enough away from the wings that her sound reducing earplugs, cottonstuffed ear-muffs, and hands over the earmuffs provided her with some relief.

“Take off and landing were still tough,” she admitted.

The moment she walked into Disneyland, though, that was all forgotten. Disney has been a dream for the Stettler woman, who studied dance and had previously auditioned for

work with the company.

She had actually been offered a job based off her audition when she was 18, but due to her age, the work visa had been denied.

While she got stares for the earmuffs she was wearing – the noise level of everyday crowds requires her to wear them to avoid days-long debilitating headaches – every moment was magic.

Goofy asked about her earmuffs, as did Tinkerbell – the faerie gave Clutterbuck a tight hug and whispered to her that she hoped that faerie dust would fix it for her.

If only it was that easy.

The cost of aides to help cope with hearing loss are covered by the province and by health plans to some extent, Joyce Kiryk, Olivia’s mother, explained.

However, the cost of help to cope with hearing gain isn’t.

And it is entirely debilitating, Olivia Clutterbuck admits. She can no longer go to a movie theatre or a bar with friends. She celebrated her 21st birthday lying on the couch in a dark room, in pain. She can no longer dance like she did, though she has begun to work dance into her physical recovery, and just the other week did a dance move that she hasn’t been able to do since before her accident.

“The other teachers (at the class) just came over and hugged me,” Clutterbuck said. “The students didn’t know why, but they knew what it meant. I just wanted to cry.”

Though it hurt, it’s successes like that which help Clutterbuck get through every day with the constant ringing in her ears, and the supersonic hear-

ing that lets her hear every conversation and the music clearly in a packed room.

To put it into perspective, a hearing specialist wishes to see someone’s hearing between five and 10 decibels, Clutterbuck’s mother explained.

They had to stop testing her daughter at -5 decibels because it was too painful.

To date, the family estimates it has spent roughly $10,000 on therapy and specialists to help Olivia deal with her supersonic hearing, concussion and physical recovery. The generosity of friends, family and the community has been a blessing, Kiryk said.

In addition to the anonymous donor or donors who financed the trip for Joyce, her husband Bob, and Olivia to Disneyland, the Stettler Kinettes came through with a donation of $1,000 to help cover the cost of recovery. CARS Dance Family has also been a big help, according to Kiryk.

Clutterbuck knows she has a long way to go, but the trip to Disneyland in May – a place where dreams come true – have helped her be ready to face the challenges ahead. This summer, she hopes to be teaching a dance-based fitness class. Aides designed to work as noise-cancellation units are on the list of upcoming changes, which will hopefully cancel out some of the ringing caused by tinnitus, allowing her to sleep easier and function better.

But when it becomes difficult, all Clutterbuck has to do is close her eyes and remember Tinkerbell, and the fairy dust helps make it better.

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Man pleads guilty to lesser charge, avoids assault conviction STACEY LAVALLIE Independent reporter Ron Baker pleaded guilty to a charge of backing up his vehicle carelessly in a Jan. 25 incident that saw his ex-wife knocked off her feet.

The court heard that on that day, Baker’s ex-wife was strapping their daughter into a car seat when they began to argue over a car he had seen parked at the house overnight.

After the daughter was strapped in, he backed up, but since the door was still open it struck his ex-wife, knocking her to the ground.

Originally, Baker was charged with assault with a weapon, but the Crown admitted before the judge that it would be very difficult to prove Baker’s intention was to assault his ex-wife, and since he was willing to plead to the lesser charge, the Crown accepted the option.

The incident, in Bashaw, left

no one with any injury, the Court heard.

Since Baker pleaded to the lesser charge, he was handed a $500 fine, plus the victim surcharge.

“It seems apparent that your driving conduct that day and at that time was careless,” Judge Reimer told Baker, who stood silently awaiting sentencing.

“It is fortunate for you and for others that more serious outcomes did not happen.”

Also appearing in Alberta Provincial Court in Stettler last Thursday, May 22, was Joanne Sietzema, who was answering to charges of not wearing a seatbelt, driving without insurance, displaying unauthorized licence plates and operating an unregistered vehicle.

The court heard that on April 4, Sietzema was pulled over during a seatbelt blitz by RCMP Const. Glen Gabruck, who found that Sietzema was not wearing her seatbelt.

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When Gabruck ran her plates and her licence, he discovered the plates were registered to another vehicle, the vehicle being operated was not registered at all, and that there was no insurance. Further, he discovered the driver’s licence was not valid.

Sietzema pleaded guilty to all charges.

Duty counsel Craig Patterson explained that Sietzema was a minimum wage employee and single mother, and that the hefty fine for the three charges – the seatbelt charge was dismissed by the Crown – totalling $3,335 – would take a year to pay.

“I am hoping the court will waive the victim surcharge,” Patterson said, explaining that while rarely done, it is done when the circumstances are unusual. Without the victim surcharge, the fine falls under the $3,000 mark.

The Crown agreed to giving a lengthy time for Sietzema to pay the fine, which comes due in full on March 6, 2013.

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“Don’t leave valuables in the vehicle,” Russell said.

“If, for some reason, you have to, don’t leave them in plain sight.”

Valuables should be put in the glove compartment or tucked under a seat, so they’re not visible to someone who comes by, looking for a possible score.

Sometimes, a pack of cigarettes is enough to cause someone to smash in a window, so even those should be out of sight.

If a vehicle owner comes back and finds their vehicle has been broken into, they should avoid touching anything and phone police at 911 or on the complaint line at 403-742-3381. Police will come to document the situation and check the vehicle for any evidence.

As for local calls, the police are finding themselves increasingly busy as the weather improves, Russell said.

This past Friday, May 23, saw six people lodged in cells for various charges, most of which boiled down to drunk and disorderly behaviour, he said.

STACEY LAVALLIE Independent reporter A small community like Stettler doesn’t have some of the big-city difficulties or crime tendencies, but one thing is for certain: If people leave valuables in their vehicles and don’t lock the door, chances are it won’t be there when they come back.

“You should be able to live in a small community like Stettler and not have to lock your doors,” RCMP Cpl. Cam Russell said. “Unfortunately, there are people who go around checking vehicles for open doors, and if they find one, they’ll ransack the vehicle.”

Russell said that while theft from unlocked vehicles isn’t a large problem in the community, it is happening and is often overlooked or under-reported.

People who leave valuables in their vehicle with the doors unlocked might lose the valuables, but people who leave valuables in plain sight in a locked vehicle could lose more.

A locked door is a deterrent, but if someone truly wants something from your vehicle, needing to smash

Assisting victims of crime: A long journey (Part two of our series on Stettler Victim Services) Victims’ rights are more respected today than they were two decades ago, but there’s still a ways to go, according to Heartland Victim Services Unit (VSU) director, Pat Hamilton.

Driven by the picture painted by shows like Law and Order, victims of crime think that once they provide a report to police, someone will be arrested and then they will testify at trial, and that’s it.

In reality, it’s a lot more and the average person isn’t aware that it could be years before the matter winds through court.

“People don’t understand the court process,” Hamilton said. There can be hearings and hearings, people not showing up, warrants issued, lawyers changing and more. After a conviction (or acquittal), the appeals process can add years to the ordeal, and if a conviction stands, there are parole hearings.

The word “victim” conjures up an image of a person who has been terribly traumatized and while yes, sometimes that is the case, victims are people who suffer “inconveniences” too – such as mischief, like keyed cars or slashed tires, spraypaint graffiti and the like.

Through it all, VSU is there for the victim, guiding them along the legal system, helping them fill out restitution forms so they can be compensated for the damages they’ve suffered, to sitting in court all day so they can bring back in-

formation about case status – did the accused enter a plea, did he receive the documents from the Crown attorney, did he show up, did he ask for more time? The possibilities are endless.

And while the volunteer advocates of VSU are helping the victims of crime to remain informed about the process and the status of cases, police officers like RCMP Const. Carla Stiller are on patrol, helping keep the streets of the Town of Stettler, and the surrounding communities, safe.

“If it wasn’t for them, I’d be chained to my desk,” she said. Stiller is the VSU liaison for the RCMP, a job she took over from Const.

Sarah MacQuarrie, who transferred to the Musical Ride.

According to Stiller, without the volunteer efforts of the advocates in Heartland VSU, the effectiveness of the Stettler RCMP detachment would be seriously cut.

The RCMP detachment in Stettler has part of its

force dedicated to patrolling rural communities and one officer dedicated to work within the local schools. If every officer was burdened down by what the advocates take off their shoulders, extra programs like this wouldn’t be possible.

Stiller, who has only served in Stettler for a short time but is backed by more than six years in the police service, knows that the Heartland VSU is special.

It’s proactive and very involved and interactive with the local police, she said.

“It’s not the norm,” she said, referring specifically to the immediate presence of advocates during traumatic circumstances, such as death notifications. Having an advocate with police when they deliver the news to loved ones that their world has just irrevocably changed is not the normal operating procedure.

But it’s appreciated.

“Each person reacts to loss differently,” VSU advocate Gord Lawlor said.

Some people, he explained,

collapse in tears. Others throw up. Some become silent and withdrawn. Others express the violence of their feelings with violent words or actions.

“I’ve never been hit, but one man hit a wall,” Lawlor said.

While the police appreciate the assistance of the advocates, keeping advocates safe is their first priority.

When advocates go to assist a victim of assault, they can only do so once the accused is gone, and unable to return. If they are at scene of a motor vehicle accident, they are well away from moving traffic.

“We put their well-being first,” Stiller said.

Despite the efforts put in by police to ensure safety, the VSU takes the wellbeing of their advocates seriously. Each advocate has access to training in self-defence, “just in case,” explained Hamilton.

“We’re there to help the victims,” she said. “Not become one.”

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What will Prentice premiership look like?

All indicators point to the same direction: It seems we will have Jim Prentice taking over as the new premier of Alberta within a matter of months.

This could be a make-or-break move for the PCs of Alberta who have been running the province non-stop for the last 43 years, as the latest polls show their popularity in serious decline, around 20 per cent as opposed 40 to 45 per cent of the Wildrose Alliance under the leadership of Danielle Smith.

There is some ambivalence in Mr. Prentice’s bid to become Alberta’s next head of government.

On the one hand, you have a politician who has voluntarily washed his hands off federal politics with a belief in the motto that “a politician’s career should not last longer than a decade,” but one who has ignored that same principle to return to provincial politics.

Was he really persuaded by the PC establishment to run for the position to save the party from complete collapse or is this the next step in a strategy to use Alberta as the springboard to challenge Stephen Harper in the next leadership race within the federal Conservative Party?

Another facet of the probable Prentice premiership to ponder about is his personal past and his professional record: He is said to be deeply involved in solving the problems of First Nations throughout his legal practice before becoming a politician and credited with the 2008 official apology by the Harper government to the Aboriginal population of the country for the decades-long abuse of their children under the residential school system. On the other hand, he had just been recently hired by Enbridge to lobby with the First Nations in BC and other affected Aboriginal communities to promote the Northern Gateway pipeline project, which is opposed by most of those communities.

Should we hope that he could generate a magical formula that might reconcile the seemingly irreconcilable positions of the two sides?

If he doesn’t have the ability to pull that rabbit out of the hat, what should we think about his new position: Is he giving up on his commitment to Enbridge or on his commitment to protecting the rights of the First Nations?

If he is giving up on Enbridge, does that bring up a question of credibility and consistency? Should that be taken as a possible sign that he might switch positions in the nick of time when a crisis strikes?

If he is giving up on his lifelong dedication to First Nations causes, what does this tell us about his loyalty and devotion to his principles?

But above all of these, there is one more fundamental question: Will Jim Prentice continue on the path of relying on easy oil and gas money instead of taking the bull by horns and try to restructure the province’s economy to put it on a balanced footing, and hopefully, try to support development of technologies that will inflict less damage on the environment while exploiting its resources? Or will he continue the practice of governing Alberta is if it is a company thriving on bitumen revenue?

Questions aside, one thing is certain: After the disastrous tenures of the last two PC premiers, given his experience in federal politics, Prentice will probably bring a sense of stability and consistency to the PC leadership and if he acts fast enough, he may save the party from complete collapse in the 2016 elections.

Whether Jim Prentice will live up to the expectations, only time will tell. Let’s hope that the time period during which he will put his skills to use will not be another waste.

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I came across an intriguing book review this week. The book, entitled, “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing” was written by Bronnie Ware, who worked for many years as a palliative nurse in Australia. Her list of regrets were collected from dying patients during the last 3-12 weeks of their lives. (Incidentally, we need to recognize that regret isn’t always bad... it promotes change and indicates that we care and that we are human) I didn’t purchase Ware’s book, but I downloaded a sample so that I could read parts of it and consider the five main regrets that she’d listed. I wanted to compare her list with my own observations in pastoral ministry.

Her number one was, “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”

Second, she heard many say, “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.” Ware adds that this regret, “...came from every male patient that I nursed.” Ouch! (my comment) The third regret was, “I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.” I would think that this one dovetails with number one, and I would also suggest that the failure to do so may very well result in some of the illnesses incurred.

Number four, “I wish I’d stayed in touch with my friends.” I’m reasonably certain that this regret begins long before we land up in palliative care.

Finally, her number five is, “I wish I’d let myself be happier.” I couldn’t help but wonder if at least a partial fulfillment of the first four wouldn’t be reparative with respect to number five.

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There are several points of commonality with her list and the things that I’ve heard as a pastor. Probably the top three that people have told me are, “I wish I had spent more time with my family and friends, I regret that my priorities were often out of order”, and third (that scary one about us men), “I wish I hadn’t worked so much.”

My role, though connected to and sometimes even concurrent with, is diverse from that of nursing staff. Because of this, in my pastoral function, there is another regret that I will occasionally, if not often hear from people.

Many of those who have been connected with God earlier in their lives will express remorse that they did not take very much time for Him on life’s journey.

Conversely, those who have had little or no connection with the Lord and then turn to Him in their last days, often make statements like, “I wish I had believed in Him sooner!”

Hmmm...Reflection today may minimize regret tomorrow.

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Agriculture shouldn’t expect much from candidates Once again the province finds itself in the throes of another PC party campaign to crown another new Premier of Alberta. Commentators are predicting a coronation for perceived favourite Jim Prentice against Rick McIver and Thomas Lukazuk, who at time of writing had not yet filed their nomination papers. There is always the potential of either one getting cold feet, being it will be a daunting task to defeat the potential new PC party messiah.

It’s somewhat premature for the upcoming leadership campaign, but one does ponder what policy ideas these gentlemen will be proposing for the agriculture industry in Alberta. If past history is any indication don’t expect much as the candidates are all city boys who are unlikely to know the difference between a doorknob and a Hereford.

They will also probably surround themselves with managers, advisors, analysts and PR flacks that have no connection or understanding of the ag industry. You can expect the platform focus of all candidates will be on the energy business and popular issues like more infrastructure, jobs, health and education. Agriculture as one might expect tends to get lost in all that heavy political traffic.

Even when their campaign brain trust realizes that agriculture is the second largest sector of the economy and they should provide some cursory recognition of its existence, the result tends to be superficial. First some full disclosure - over the past many years political parties and leadership candidates have asked your humble columnist for advice on agricultural issues for their campaigns. For reasons that baffle me, virtually all of my common sense advice to them is ignored. All I received in return was a cup of tea and a donut.

To be fair city candidates and their handlers are not comfortable with specific agriculture issues because they are out of their depth and don’t want to appear clueless. An example of candidates stepping into issues of which they don’t understand the nuances was when former Premier Alison Redford during her leadership campaign supported compulsory OHS services and benefits for farmworkers. The issue haunted her when the industry and the ag department bureaucracy were able to thwart any effort to have OHS enacted.

It should be said that even having a Premier aware of agriculture issues is not a guarantee of enlightened agriculture policy or a new sense of direction for our industry. Former Premier Ed Stelmach was a farmer but his main claim to fame was to disrupt the commodity checkoff system by arbitrarily elimating the compulsory requirement. That resulted in much political turmoil that continues to plague the cattle industry to this day with much time and resources wasted on endless negotiations.

To save themselves from such annoying situations candidates and political parties tend to revert to those old safe standbys for their agriculture campaign plat-

forms. They all promise to support the family farm, encourage more research to increase production and to find more markets for our food exports. The safe consensus for PC candidates is to revert to the status quo of past government policy as it seems to work. Besides the PC party is still convinced that rural voters are captive voters and see the Wildrose party merely as a temporary deviation, with voters soon returning to the fold. Their stubborn clinging to their misguided property rights legislation would support that perspective. In addition government politicians are loathe to admit they may have made a mistake. But then again Wildrose supporters are hoping the PC’s maintain that attitude for the next election.

One does hope that one of the PC party leadership candidates might consider for instance a new progressive policy on developing the irrigation industry. This sector has been such an outstanding success since the original policy was pursued over a hundred years ago.

The industry has contributed billions to the agriculture economy and has the potential to increase that significantly by encouraging new land to become irrigated.

One senses a befuddled approach to the industry at present with the government announcing multi-million grants to irrigation infrastructure renovation, but not advocating further development of more irrigated land.

Another policy that candidates could support is making ecological goods and services a primary goal of government policy. It’s where ranchers and landowners are paid to conserve their land for ecological and wildlife preservation as a public service. It is a sure-fire way to save plant and animal species at risk and a good vote getter with urban folks. Well we can always hope for enlightenment.

Hedging Optimism Wheat prices continue to fall as investors are starting to realize that just because U.S. winter wheat crop conditions aren’t great, it doesn’t mean that there’s a global shortage of the cereal grain. On the flipside, some investors are thinking that an El Nino event later this year could be a positive for wheat prices.

Nonetheless, where we’re at right now is that prices rose enough that buyers are now starting to look elsewhere for their needs. That being said, solid crop conditions in Europe is leading many market participants to think European wheat prices could fall further, relative to North American prices. More or less, while U.S. supplies might be declining, there’s still a lot of wheat nearby (didn’t you hear Western Canada produced a record crop & there’s still a lot available?).

C.N.G.O.I.C., one of China’s state agricultural

think tanks, is expecting Chinese soybean production in 2014/15 to come in at 11.5 million tonnes, which would be down four per cent from 2013/14 (USDA is expecting 12 million tonnes to be produced) to add to the 69 million tonnes seen being imported (the U.S.D.A.’s forecast is for 72 million tonnes). As for domestic wheat production in 2014/15, C.N.G.O.I.C. sees their countrymen/ women producing 122.6 million tonnes of the cereal (U.S.D.A. at 123 million) but imports are seen falling 57 per cent from 13/14 to three million tonnes (U.S.D.A. also at three million). Finally, for corn production, the Chinese ag think tank expects 222.1 million tonnes to be produced by the People’s Republic in 14/15 (U.S.D.A. at 220 million) while imports are seen falling 36 per cent to 3.5 million tonnes (U.S.D.A. at three million). Why are these num-

BRENNAN TURNER bers important? China only consumes more grain than anyone else in the world so it’s staying on top of what their in-house forecasts are is relative.

Switching gears, rains in the Canadian Prairies and northern U.S. states are helping lead to negative thoughts of late field and crop progress. I keep

hearing though that when the window is open, guys are going full-tilt – as such, most seeding in the U.S. is almost caught up to the five-year average. With the later start again here in western Canada though, there are some thoughts that more cereals could again get planted (i.e. barley when acreage was suggested to be lower). An El Nino event could show its face by August, bringing warmer temperatures to the Asia-Pacific region and heavier rains in South America. While some analysts are suggesting a premium for wheat will be built in, I don’t think it’ll be huge but pulses could see some higher moves. More Specifically, an El Nino event would affect September/October/November Asian and Australian harvests (drier conditions for last stage of growth and harvesting crop) while

slowing down the pace of seeding in South America during the same timeframe thanks to wetter weather.

To growth, Brennan Turner President, FarmLead. com Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, SK, where his family started farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, transparent online and now mobile grain marketplace (app available for iOS & Android). His weekly column is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief.

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Spring brings mosquitoes and questions about compost ROBIN TARNOWETZKI Independent reporter

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Students at Botha jump roped their hearts out to raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation on Friday, May 23.

Botha students support Heart and Stroke Foundation with style ROBIN TARNOWETZKI Independent reporter Students at Botha School took advantage of the warm weather by participating in Jump Rope For Heart on Friday, May 23.

The initiative began at the beginning of the month, when representatives from the Heart and Stroke Foundation spoke

to the students about what the money is being used for and what a healthy lifestyle is.

Kindergarten to Grade 5 students took turns showing off their jump rope skills as Principal Mitch Hammond clearly had fun announcing the participants.

Almost 60 students participated in the fundraiser, and through gathering pledges, they raised over

$2,000.

While the fundraiser is primarily to raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Hammond said that’s not the only reason to participate.

“I think it’s more to do with us reminding them that we’re part of the community and we have to help support the community,” he said. “How we are giving instead of always getting because that’s what

culture seems to always talk about.”

Students were called on one at a time to jump rope for cheering onlookers, which included other students, parents, and teachers. One student jumped rope sideways, one crouched while jumping, and one jumped off the playground set and then started jumping rope.

“We’re all about style at Botha,” Hammond said.

The Stettler town council discussed whether to build bat houses within town to attract bats to lower the mosquito population. GIS Coordinator and technician Graham Scott did research on the possibility for the town.

In his report, Scott said that most government institutions discourage the use of bats as a form of mosquito control, as studies have found that they don’t eat enough mosquitoes to be effective in this capacity.

Scott said that he can ask students to build the bat house, so the cost won’t be much more than the materials. His recommendation is to approach the possibility of bat houses with caution, since the public may be wary of the presence of bats.

Coun. Darcy Bachman wondered about the possibility of attracting purple martins, which will eat mosquitoes.

“They eat mosquitoes, but they also (defecate) a lot.

It’s a catch-22,” he said.

Coun. Sean Nolls said if the town went ahead with building bat houses, it could educate the public on the usefulness of bats at the same time.

Council decided to implement a pilot study into the effectiveness of bat houses.

Council also revisited the question of whether to offer curbside compost service to Stettler residents. Initially, Grace Fix of the Heartland Beautification Committee made a presentation to council and they held off on making a decision until more research could be done.

“I don’t know if we’ll ever be ready for this,” said coun. Al Campbell. Coun. Karen Sernecky added that since Stettler already has a composting program that is not curbside, anyone who wants to compost is doing it already.

Coun. Will Brown pointed out that curbside composting has not been well-received in Airdrie. Mayor Dick Richards said he didn’t think the town was at the point where residents were ready for the work and cost of composting.

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Mayor Dick Richards signs the proclamation to celebrate seniors’ week from June 2 to 8 at Heart Haven Lodge on Friday, May 23. Front, L-R: Agnes Comeau, Dick Richards, and George Pivert. Back, L-R: Lois Turville and county of Stettler reeve Wayne Nixon. Comeau, Pivert, and Turville are all from Heart Haven Lodge.

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EMS Awareness Week May 18-24 The Stettler District Ambulance Association honours the EMS profession and thanks the men and women providing this invaluable public service for the vital work they do each and every day.

The week also offers an opportunity to better understand the importance of EMS within our healthcare system.

This year’s international theme for EMS Week — “EMS: it’s more than a job” symbolizes the commitment EMS personnel make to the communities they serve.

Their dedication to this mission ensures round-theclock emergency medical response and care.

Although primarily associated with ambulances, EMS is really a system of dedicated professionals who provide timely and appropriate medical care to sick and injured people. Beginning with the initial emergency call for help, Alberta’s EMS system includes Emergency Medical Dispatchers, Inter-facility Transportation, community-based First Responders, as well as EMS Practitioners in ground and airtransport ambulances.

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May 18 - May 24 The management and staff of Stettler District Ambulance Association would like you to know more about your local EMS service:

Andrew Kmiech - EMT Five years with SDAA, also works for Hobbema, Innisfail and Flagstaff EMS.

Brenda Law - EMT Eight years with SDAA, resident of Stettler, also works for AHS EMS.

Brad Lawlor - EMT He has worked with the SDAA for about a year. He trained in Calgary and currently also works for AHS.

Carrie Jordan - Paramedic One year with SDAA, nine years experience as a Paramedic, previously worked for Drayton Valley EMS.

Chris O’Hara - Paramedic Twenty-four years with SDAA, resident of Stettler, active member of EMS governing body, also works for AHS EMS.

Tony Presley - Paramedic Six years with SDAA, 16 years experience as a Paramedic, resident of Stettler, owns industrial EMS company Cougar Emergency Services.

Devon Dadensky - EMT-A He has been with the SDAA for seventh months and trained at SAIT in Calgary.

Trevor Stephens - Paramedic Two years with SDAA, 17 years experience as a Paramedic.

Frank Gorjans - EMT Twelve years with SDAA, longtime resident of Stettler, previously was Chief of Stettler Fire Dept., also works for AHS EMS.

Leisha Hansel - EMT Four years with SDAA, longtime resident of Stettler, previously worked for SDAA several years ago.

Reagan Stuckey - EMT Five years with SDAA, resident of Stettler, works for Ski Patrol and AHS EMS.

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Exchange student gets Canadian experience with bobsledding and cowboys ROBIN TARNOWETZKI Independent reporter When she became an exchange student through Rotary International, Taiwanese native Cherry Chien realized a dream that she’s had since she was in the fifth grade.

She has been in Stettler for nine months, and is gearing up to head home in July, but not before her parents come to visit her and experience Canada for themselves.

“The first impression when I came here was ‘wow, there are no people,’” Chien said. “I remember the first time I went to Red Deer – it was three weeks after I arrived – and I was like ‘There are people here; I missed the crowd of people so much.’”

She’s had a lot of new experiences since being here, including bobsledding just last week. She said that it was bumpy and she felt sick afterwards – so it’s safe to say that she won’t be revisiting that particular aspect of Canada.

Before she went on exchange, Chien had to fill out an application form and then

undergo an interview, since exchanges like this are popular in Taiwan. Prospective exchange students receive a mark and are allowed to choose a destination based on how good their mark is.

Chien chose Canada and was originally supposed to go to High River, but was diverted to Stettler because of the flood last summer.

“I’m glad it’s spring,” is the first thing she says when asked about her Canadian experience. She also liked West Edmonton Mall and Heritage Park in Calgary.

The coldest it gets in her hometown is eight degrees, and she gets headaches at 15 degrees, so the winter was an adjustment for her.

She enjoyed celebrating holidays in Canada, and dressed up like she was from the ‘80s for Halloween last year, as Wildcat Theatre was promoting their musical “Back to the ‘80s” at the time.

As part of her Rotary duties, Chien attends luncheons every week and updates the Rotary Club on her experiences. As well, she is tasked with giving advice to the outbound exchange student, a Stettler student who will be going to Taiwan in

December.

She said that attending William E. Hay was a bit hard at first since everyone has been friends since kindergarten, but eventually she fit in.

“I made lots of friends in drama class and they’re pretty fun people,” she said.

She added that Canadian schools are a lot more relaxed than schools in Taiwan, where students aren’t allowed to leave school grounds for the eight hour day.

She participated in grad ceremonies this past weekend, and while she admits that she was nervous before the ceremony, ultimately she had a good time.

“It was really cool for me,” she said. “My grad partner was a cowboy. It was a Canadian experience.”

When her family arrives, she’s going to give them a Canadian experience as well. They will see Drumheller, Edmonton for Canada Day, Banff, Jasper, Lake Louise, and then to Calgary for the Stampede.

But this may not be the last Canada sees of Chien: she is thinking about attending university here to become a nutritionist.

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Taiwanese Rotary exchange student Cherry Chien poses with her jacket covered in her collection of buttons and patches she’s traded with other exchange students.

Local MS walk team raises $10K STACEY LAVALLIE Independent reporter

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The very young to the very old headed to Red Deer this past Sunday, May 25, to take part in the two kilometre Multiple Sclerosis Walk and Run event. Money raised by participants go to the MS Society of Canada, which in turn filters back into research, care and support.

When members of the MS Walk and Run team “Memory Lapses” showed up in Red Deer on Sunday, May 25, they also brought with them roughly $10,000 in donations raised to help fight back against the debilitating illness.

Philippa Brysiuk, the founding member of the team and an Multiple Sclerosis ambassador, also raised $6,000 on her own.

“It was a beautiful, sunny day,” she said. “There were lots and lots

of people and it was a very festive atmosphere.”

The annual walk takes place in May all across Canada, and walkers raise money for research into cures and treatment for MS, as well as education and support.

“Central Alberta has one of the best MS support teams out there,” Brysiuk said, her voice all but glowing with praise.

In addition to her coworkers, who make up Memory Lapses, Brysiuk was joined by her husband, daughter, and two grandsons as she scootered through the two kilometre walk.

Brysiuk hasn’t been able to walk

the walk in two years. The two kilometres are simply too tough for someone who “has trouble walking two blocks.”

Still, research into MS is moving ahead and providing help. Recent trials on people with fast-acting MS have been so successful that after a few years, people who were all but wheelchair-bound are now symptom free and back at work.

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The 2014 William E. Hay Composite High School graduating class pose for their last school photo. Some will go on to university or college, while others are diving into the workforce or taking a year or two off school.

GRADUATE POEM

I am O.K.

By Shea Heatherington Class of 2014 It took me 18 years to be okay with how the world works.

After 216 months I’ve finally realized that it’s okay to be sad when other people are happy.

It’s okay to be happy when other people are sad.

It took six thousand, five hundred and seventy days for me to be okay with people leaving.

For me to accept that that’s just the way the world has to be at times.

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“Always stay true to yourself” Thank you Kennidy.

Good evening graduands, honoured guests, parents, ladies and gentlemen. As I look around here tonight at this stunning graduating class, I see an abundance of brightness, color, smiles and a lot of pride. I would like to say that all of Wm. E. Hay’s graduation ceremonies are special but at the risk of sounding a little bias, this year’s is even more special, because my son Nicholas sits amongst this 2014 graduating class, as one of the 135 graduates. There are a number of Clearview staff members whose sons or daughters that are also a part of this graduating class. I believe there are 22 graduates who have a parent that work within the Clearview School Division.

Today is definitely a family occasion! I, like your parents have waited over 12 years for this day. I have watched many of you grow up with my family. I have coached many of you in football, basketball and other sports and we have car pooled to many field trips and extra-curricular activities together. I am sure you will all agree that you owe a debt of gratitude to your families, who have stood by you and encouraged you during your school days. I hope that you will always have that same love and support in the years to come. More importantly, I hope that you will, in turn, be the kind of people who will make your parents proud.

Today is a day you may have thought would never come and at the same time one that you will never forget. Today is a day full of memories of the past and with lots of dreams and promises for your future. It gives me a great deal of pleasure this evening to deliver this principal’s message.

Today is “your” graduation day and all of you have earned the privilege of being here as part of this graduating class. I am sure you sit here tonight, filled with a mixed bag of emotions. You feel justly proud of your accomplishments to date. There might be regret and relief all mixed together. Relief, that is, to get to this point and perhaps regret, at what you will be leaving behind or what you might have done differently.

This year’s Graduation Theme is “I’m On My Way”, which I feel appropriately sums up where you are now and where you want to be in the future. As you finish high school, you are glad that you can now embark on preparing for the career you have chosen. Today, like a builder or an engineer, you are laying the foundation for your future. Each one of you will build and lead a different life.

This road will be a long one. You will, if you are lucky, have many interesting detours as you go on your way. Remember to lead your life with integrity and try not to be something or someone you are not. Be yourself and follow your passion, always stay true to yourself. Some of you have great dreams and lofty ambitions. I urge and challenge each one of you to reach out for your own personal best and to make sure that you are on your way to where you want to be. Trust yourself enough to follow your heart and intuition.

“Being on your way” ranges from a choice of universities to a choice of nine to five jobs. For some, you may decide to stay on the family farm and spend time with them.

Others may travel the world and rarely see your families.

For some it will mean making headline news and for others, it might be staying out of the limelight. Whatever you choose to do and to pursue to get on your way, do it well.

NORBERT BAHARALLY Give it your best effort and don’t settle for anything less.

Graduation is just another word for opportunity or another word for choice. You have many choices. Right now, of course you may be slightly bewildered by some of them but you know, deep down that you are lucky to have those choices. Perhaps many of you already know with great clarity and certainty what you want to do, but remember you are living in a world full of choices and I urge you to keep an open mind to all those choices.

When you were younger, choices were made for you and those very people that made those decisions for you are probably here with you tonight. They made those decisions based on what they knew and what they thought would be best for you…not necessarily what you wanted.

Gradually as you grew and learned a thing or two your range of choices and decisions were extended. You were becoming an independent person. Your parents had to step back and hope you would become informed to start making the right choices on your own. This was a natural process that has led us up to today – graduation. You have learned through application and study. You have shown us that you can act with wisdom and responsibility or you would not be sitting here tonight. Don’t think for a moment that you will never need your parents, or teachers’ guidance and support again…because you will. If you are not sure what you want to do with your life right now, be flexible. Con-

sider all of the options available to you. Think about them; discuss them with your family and friends. This means using your skills and learning opportunities to be flexible.

It means opening yourself up to new experiences and to new challenges. Whatever you decide as, “you are on your way”, you will go on from here with all of our support and best wishes. Choose what will make you happy because your career should be more than just a job. It should be a pleasure and joy each and every day.

By your own dedication to your success in high school, you have qualified yourself to be “on your way” and to lead the future. Tonight’s graduation is the culmination of your commitment, from the efforts of your first day of kindergarten to now as you await the satisfaction of attaining your diplomas. While at times it may have been tempting and easy for you to have been drawn into some of the negative aspects of life, all of you here have chosen to pursue and to accomplish your goal of finishing high school.

Worthy of pride, and this is why I congratulate each and every one of you.

I want you to take a moment to think back over the last three to four years, back to the people, experiences and times that have helped shape you into whom you are today.

Definitely every parent and teacher deserves a “thank you” for helping you reach your goal of graduation. But truly, a main ingredient to your high school experiences has been your friends. Tonight is particularly poignant because your friends surround you. You notice I say friends, but I hope that you might also include some of your teachers and family among those friends. The bonds that you have together will never be broken because you have so much in common. You have all faced hardships at some point, but you were able to overcome them, together as friends.

With each other you have laughed, learned and shared so much and now, here you are once again, together – Friends graduating with friends.

Friendships do not just exist; we must work at them like we have to work at any relationship. In fact, one could say that without friendships, none of our achievements would actually mean very much at all. This is not simply because you wish to show off, or to have someone applaud you, it is because we all need to share our successes and sometimes even our failures with someone else. Indeed it is the failures and hardships that often bring us closer together.

Whatever you do, do not make the mistake of losing your true friends. Today you will be saying goodbye to many of your friends. Don’t let it be a final farewell. Keep in touch with them because they have been a part of your life for a long time and they understand you. Most of you know by now that your own family members are some of your best friends and they want the best for you. Today, I am saying to you to keep in touch with us as well, we would love to hear from you and how you are getting on, we would like to listen to your adventures and to hear about the people that you have met on your recent journeys. I hope that whatever you do or wherever you go that you will always remember your time here and be proud to say that you were a graduate of the Wm. E. Hay, class of 2014.

Congratulations again.

And. Thank you.

VALEDICTORIAN ADDRESS

“Follow your gut feeling never second-guess yourself” Hello staff, fellow students, friends, family, ladies and gentlemen. It is an honor to be standing in front of you this evening, representing the class of 2014.

From athletes to actors, cowboys to cosmetologists and techies to tradesmen, we all make up this year’s graduating class.

High school has allowed each of us to explore our own ambitions, which would not have been possible without the amazing teachers that we are fortunate to call our role models and friends.

Through my many years of playing sports, my father held a firm belief that “players play, like coaches coach”. I believe this describes our journey through high school perfectly.

The teachers who teach with passion and enthusiasm inspire the same in their students. The class you see in front of you today strongly represents the dedication of the teaching staff at William E. Hay. On behalf of the 2014 graduating class, I’d like to thank our teachers for providing us with the motivation and confidence required to get us to this very important milestone in our lives.

Graduation is a time to celebrate our successes over the past eighteen years. Success is a variable, an ever changing way of measuring the present moment.

It can be explained by a simple algebraic equation derived by Albert Einstein.

He said that, “If ‘A’ is success in life, then ‘A’ equals ‘X’, plus ‘Y’, plus ‘Z’. Work is ‘X’. Play is ‘Y’. And ‘Z’ is keeping your mouth shut.” The young men and women that are before you this evening have successfully balanced work and play in order to

prepare themselves for the journey ahead.

I can confidently say that each of us will find our own success in life. Whether it be a college or university degree, a family, the ideal job, or all of the above, remember what we have been taught about answering a multiple choice question: follow your gut feeling and never second-guess yourself.

Each person’s future holds something different.

We are all striving for happiness, which looks different to each one of us.

However, no matter which road you decide to take, remember what Wilson Mizner, an American entrepreneur, once said, “Be nice to the people on your way up, because you’ll meet them again on your way back down.”

To my fellow graduates, I offer this advice: never underestimate the importance of kindness and respect for those around you, as they are the people who will catch you when you fall. Remember where we are sitting today graduates. Take a moment to look around you and give thanks to everyone in your life who has contributed to your success this far.

Remember, this is where we started, where we came from: and these are the people who have provided us with the roots, which will now ground us, as we grow into our future.

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2014.

We are on our way and even though our paths may lead different ways, we will all surely meet again.

Until then, go out and create the life you have always imagined.

Thank you.

JORDAN BAUMAN

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

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With Congratulations and Best Wishes to all the members of William E. Hay 2014 graduating class and their families.

Best wishes and every success in meeting your future goals.

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2014 GRADUATES As one chapter of your life closes and another opens, I offer my sincere congratulations and best wishes to all graduates.

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We wish you every happiness.

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May all your dreams and wishes for the future come true.

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May you succeed in all your future endeavours!

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For every occasion

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May your future be bright, and may you continue to learn, grow and reach new heights of success!

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TRIBUTE TO PARENTS

“We hope we made your job rewarding” It is an honor and a privilege to represent my fellow graduates as we express our gratitude to our parents and guardians. Throughout the years leading up to this moment, you have been some of the most influential people in our lives. You’ve been by our sides for our most significant life events; our first steps, first day of school, our first time driving. You’ve helped us face numerous challenges for the past 18 years, preparing us for the time when we would have to conquer life’s obstacles by ourselves.

I’m sure that guiding us as we grew up hasn’t always been easy, and sometimes parenting may feel like a full time job.

You were our personal chefs, cleaners and chauffeurs, yet you were still the ones giving us an allowance each week. I bet you miss the days when a couple of loonies and toonies were enough to make us feel rich. You clocked numerous hours helping with homework and science projects, driving us to and from our various activities.

We hope we at least made the job rewarding. We tried our best on our handmade Mothers and Fathers day gifts, which you displayed proudly around the house. In those elementary years you also endured off-key Christmas concerts and panicked phone calls from the office when we forgot our homework or our milk money. Then came our pre-teen attitudes where we begged for cell phones

and later curfews.

Our admiration for your ability to solve all of life’s problems was replaced with self-entitlement. We NEEDED to go to parties and get Facebook, even when you said we couldn’t. Your jokes became substantially less funny and having you drop us off was no longer cool.

You thought that driving ourselves would be a blessing, but you quickly realized our skills behind the wheel were less than sub-par. Your role switched from chauffeur to driving instructor, but when your life flashed before your eyes, one too many times, you called in the help of Mr Bish. He was able to reign in our need for speed, pressing the second brake, more often than not.

While we struggled to be more independent, you were always right behind us if we failed. You taught us the importance of persevering through life’s challenges, and encouraging us to reach our full potential. As we now go on to find work, travel, or pursue post secondary, we are fortunate to know that we have you to turn to for guidance and comfort.

On behalf of the graduating class of 2014, I thank you for your unconditional love and support. Our appreciation is everlasting, like the impact you have had on our lives.

Thank you.

AMY STRATULATE

REPLY FROM PARENTS

“Your driving license was a big deal for us, too”

WARREN & SUE STRATULATE

Thank you, Amy. We your parents may have wondered how we have done up until now, but as we look around tonight we realize that our daughters and sons have grown into fine individuals that we are very proud of. We may like to take most of the credit for how you have turned out, but we realize that we are not the only ones that have given you the tools to succeed in life. Your teachers, coaches, friends and their parents have all shaped you into the person that you are today. You are responsible for the choices that you make and where you go from here.

How far you have come from the early years! We were your first teachers, back in the day when you believed we knew everything. We taught you how to walk and talk and wipe your tears and bandaged your scrapes and bruises.

We were, and still are, your biggest fans.

With the start of elementary school we trusted your teachers to continue to educate our little people. We loved to watch you conquer each new skill, whether it was reading, writing or mastering your math minutes. Christmas concerts and music festivals were yearly highlights. Our gifts for mother’s day, father’s day and Christmas were treasured; my personal favorite was the grade 2 Christmas calendar.

We hope we helped you pursue your passions, or try different activities to see what interested you. For some this was school sports, hockey, dance, soccer, ball, gymnastics, roping, riding, singing or any other imaginable endeavor.

As you got older we saw a shift in how much you thought we knew. You definitely embraced technology better than us. You clicked your way around a computer

keyboard and mastered cell phones; while we worried we were deleting the hard drive and had trouble even turning our cell phones on and off. We have since been educated in the art of texting, Facebook, and Twitter.

The last few years have flown by. You may have continued with your chosen activities, as we chauffeured you to arenas, sporting complexes, music and dance festivals.

Or added new activities as high school offered more opportunities to be involved in theater arts, school reach. Or if you thought you had some spare time on your hands and wanted a little extra cash, you went out and got yourself a part time job.

If you thought getting your driver’s license was a big deal, it was a big deal for us too! Thanks to Mr. Bish we don’t have quite as many grey hairs on our heads, trusting we still have hair to turn grey. While you all enjoyed your new found freedom, we were worried about you most of the time you left the yard. Especially the first time you went to Red Deer. We trust we have prepared you for what lies ahead.

Our closing words of wisdom to you are what my favorite tennis player once said, It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice, and finally, I’ve promised Amy I won’t sing but what I’m about to say does go to a little tune from the South Pacific: “You’ve got to have a dream, if you don’t have a dream, how you gunna have a dream come true?”

Sometimes we regret the things we do not do, not the things we try and fall short. May you go forward from here and fulfill your dreams, aspirations, and goals.

Graduating class of 2014, congratulations! You’re on your way!

STUDENT UNION PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

“Education, career or love, do not take it for granted” I am truly grateful to be standing here on behalf of the Students’ Union, as president, before all our cherished loved ones and especially alongside my fellow graduates.

After all our eyebrow plucking and shirt tucking, from our elementary playmates, to our high school crushes, we are here, we made it. We are on our way.

This day is the first stepping stone to the rest of our lives. This is just the start of the many great accomplishments that we will achieve, the great friendships that we will carry throughout the rest of our lives.

Revel in them, cherish them and never forget them.

It’s hard to imagine what will become of each and every graduate of 2014; will life lead one of us to become the ultimate Pokémon master, the next Canadian idol or an NFL player who becomes the future Head & Shoulders spokesman.

Although we are dying to get out of high school, pushing and shoving through the hallways as the last bell of our last day rings, we will miss the ongoing lectures, horrendous jokes and travelling for sports.

But more importantly, we will miss the sight of each other’s worn out faces, five times a week.

Throughout my school years here, it has been my goal to try and preserve the memories I’ve made, whether it was writing them down or taking a million photos. It is so important that we cherish these memories with each other and embrace each day, each moment, like it’s our last.

Through the painful sting of paper cuts, homework you thought would never stop, victory of a win or sorrow of a loss, we pushed ourselves and each other to succeed and overcome the immense amount of obstacles placed before us. We have gained the skills and answered many tough problems, not only in school but in life itself. We realize that solving these problems only prepares us for the future struggles and shows us that we can solve anything, if we can make it through diplomas.

Tonight I want to wish everyone a bright and happy future wherever it may lead you. May it be in education, your career or love, do not take it for granted.

Be kind, be grateful, be a little mischievous sometimes and acknowledge that each day is a gift; a gift that will allow us to part with yesterday and prepare us for tomorrow.

KENNIDY FISHER

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CLASS HISTORY

We will cherish our memories forever Morgan B: Good evening, family, teachers, honorable guests, and fellow graduates. We, the graduating class of 2014, welcome you to sit back and enjoy yourselves as we reminisce on our class history.

Morgan S: We began in grade nine, when all we worried about was first impressions, and avoiding eye contact with teachers and the grade twelves.

Nicholas B: We started to learn valuable life lessons, and breezed through our mandatory PE and science classes, except for Stephen, who was somehow convinced, that chocolate milk came from brown cows.

Morgan S: Grade nine flew by, and before we knew it county kids filled the halls. We all started to get our licenses, and were excited to show off our new cars in the parking lot. Brian however, was a little more excited to show off his tractor.

Nicholas B: As unfamiliar faces become acquainted, we became more comfortable with Wm. E. Hay, and all the extra curriculars it had to offer. Who could forget the 2011 football provincial championship!

Morgan B: As the year progressed, so did the PDA level. If you don’t believe us, you can just “Ask Andrew” our local editorialist. Another memorable moment would be Campbell’s adventure with fire!

While teaching us about survival, he inadvertently risked our lives, by nearly burning down an entire field.

Morgan S: These firey adventures did not stop in grade ten, as many witnessed Levi attempt self-combustion in mechanics class.

Nicholas B: Moving through grade 11 we perfected the art of driving, with the exception of Chassidy, better known as “Crashiddy”, who hit two vehicles in one day.

Morgan S: As classes got harder, so did our responsibilities. Long hours of homework and part time jobs, made people do crazy things. (Not helping the matter, at this point, Snapchat had just been blocked by the school Internet.)

Morgan B: While our our Facebook, Instagram , MySpace, Nexopia, KIK, BBM, and Twitter feeds were filled with news about these stresses, the hallways were filled with students who were slightly more concerned about Gregory bruising after he hit himself in the face with his cane.

Nicholas B: Finally, the long awaited anticipation had come to an end, as we began our grade twelve year. It started out with a heated battle for the student’s union presidential election. It looked to be a close race between Morgan and Morgan, what a surprise to see Kennidy with and “I” Fisher come out as our class president.

Morgan B: Not to be mistaken with Kennedy with an “E” Fisher.

Morgan S: As grade twelve progressed, many of us had the pleasure of having one of the Enyedy’s teach us. Whether it was Mr. E teaching his chem class how to lube up their stop cocks, Morgan B: or Mrs. Enyedy, mother of three, constantly teaching her bio class, too loudly, about reproduction, exceeding the time needed.

Nicholas B: With diplomas quickly approaching, I’m sure we would all rather be back on one of the many school-organized trips. Whether it be, New York, California, Germany, or France. Each trip was an experience on its own, filled with laughter, joy, and knowledge.

Morgan B: Knowledge was gained by not only the students, but teachers as well.

Mrs. Lotoski learned the art of “selfie” taking, on the top of the Eiffel Tower.

NICHOLAS BAHARALLY, MORGAN BAKER & MORGAN SORENSEN Morgan S: The memories, friendships, and thousands of photographs gained will be things that we cherish forever.

Nicholas B: Looking back at the last four years, we can finally say that we made it!

Morgan B: Through good times and bad, we are here together!

Morgan S: Although our time together is quickly coming to an end, we encourage

you all to enjoy and embrace the time that we have left.

Nicholas B: Take some time in this next month to thank and appreciate all those who have influenced your journey to this moment.

Morgan B: It has been a pleasure making memories with the graduating class of 2014.

ALL: Congratulations!

The graduating class of 2014 As a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, I am privileged as all 86 of my colleagues are, with a very special honour.

The honour is the opportunity to be in attendance and participate in the high school graduation ceremonies that take place every spring across Alberta.

Unfortunately for many of my urban colleagues, they attend only a fraction of the graduations that rural MLAs get to. I say “get to” because it’s a rare privilege to witness, what many of us recognize as a new chapter in a young person’s life. A new chapter full of opportunity and hopes like a blank canvas that comes alive through the imagina-

tion of the artist.

In the Drumheller Stettler riding, most of the graduations that I attend are smaller affairs with many classes having less than a dozen students. Whether small or large, the classes all share that one common denominator-hope. Hope of a future filled with opportunity, adventure and happiness.

The next chapter in the lives of graduates typically consists of post-secondary education or a transition directly into the workforce.

As parents, we hope that our children find the vocation they are best suited for, and in some cases, their vocation finds them.

Spring is a time of new

From the Legislature MLA Report by Rick Strankman beginnings; sometimes those new beginnings can come in the form of a change of lifestyle. Nowhere in life is that change more prevalent than in the lives of all graduates preparing for their departure from high school. It’s an exciting time that most of us look back on as one of the defining times of our lives.

The 2014 Graduates

need to remember a few things that the generations before you have learned.

With that, I will impart the knowledge that my years have taught me: You must always remember our time on this earth is limited, so you shouldn’t waste it living someone else’s life; don’t try to be something that you’re not.

Being who you are is more than acceptable.

Think outside the box.

Be original, be creative, and don’t waste your ideas with silence. You and your thoughts have value. Share them with others and listen to the thoughts of others.

Doing meaningful work will bring you riches that money cannot buy.

Choose to use any status or influence you may attain, to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice.

If you make a difference in the lives of those who do not have your advantages, then it will not only be your proud family who appreciates your existence.

Be an honest and compassionate person; contribute in some way to the bet-

terment of the society you live in.

In closing, I would like to remind the families of the 2014 graduates that it takes a community to raise a child, but their core values come from you. From what I’ve seen of the graduates of the class of 2014, the families have accomplished that goal admirably and for that society thanks you.

Rick Strankman MLA, Drumheller Stettler Email: drumheller. stettler@assembly.ab.ca Twitter: @RickStrankman Website: www.RickStrankman.ca

Grad brings stress alongside the joy It’s that time of year for the Stettler Wildcats.

Gowns are picked through, tried on and bought, tuxedos are rented. And every hair stylists is filled with teenage girls getting trial runs of what their hair might look like. Then comes the day, more like night, where all sons and daughters walk down the isle in the rec centre’s ice rink, all stunning, beautiful, handsome, but most importantly, just right.

Every one is smiling as they walk to the perfect country song, they look so happy...at least that’s what they want you to believe.

When I say “they”, I mean all the school staff and students that put all their hard work and effort in to making the grad march perfect. The weeks leading to this day was a bit of a nightmare, some staff would be running here and there, Grade 12s would be running to

Wildcat Corner by Leotti Carlgren the office window to see who was partnered with who in the march. People were measured to make sure every one is with some one else the perfect height. Dress and tucs shops were filled on some weekends. And at the

end of the day every one would go home and get as much sleep as they could. It was a stressful time, and the staff and Grade 12 students made it very clear how much stress they were under. But in the end those smiles of relief, that no one screwed up, pretty much tells you that it was worth it. But don’t think about this day as a burden. Yes there is a lot of hard work, but it always ends in happiness and that’s what really matters.

Other than Grad, there is a lot of pressure with the diplomas coming up. And yes, those awesome teachers of ours are working hard in trying to make students relax, but it’s not working. Many of the students have already started studying for their upcoming diploma exams.

Not a lot happened in sports this week. The Wildcats Track and Field team had their track meet on Wednesday May 21 and did very well.

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Independent C1 Sports May 28, 2014

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Cassidy Praski moves the ball down the field during the U16 girls’ soccer game against Lacombe on Thursday, May 22.

U16 girls play hard against Lacombe ROBIN TARNOWETZKI Independent reporter The U16 girls’ soccer team had a rough game on Thursday, May 22 in more ways than one, ultimately succumbing to Lacombe with a final score of 4-0.

“The girls set up some great plays to the net and showed a lot of class in a game where they were reporting to Lori

(Zitaruk, assistant coach) and myself that they were ridiculed by one official and physically beaten up by the visiting Lacombe team,” said coach Kyla Praski.

She added that the Lacombe team was allowed to play rough and the Stettler team was advised to play as rough.

The supporters in the stands were loud in their support of Stettler, cheering on individual players when they had control of the ball.

“We ap-preciate officials and the difficulty in their tasks

but I highly suspect the loud crowd in the stands was due to the rough play on Lacombe’s part, and they were begging the officials to clean it up,” Praski said.

The team continues to play with injured girls, but Praski says the team is doing well for the challenges they have to overcome.

“Tired girls did their best to fill in for one another and I admire those girls so much,” she said. “This is one fantastic team.”

Bandits beat the Heat STACEY LAVALLIE Independent reporter Despite playing hard and hot, the Stettler Heat Ladies Fastball team was decimated by the visiting Red Deer Bandits, ending the seven innings with a score of 9-6.

The Bandits came out of the dugout eager

to play and it showed as their superior batting and aggressive base stealing let them send several of their players over home plate before the Heat took a turn at bat.

“It was back and forth,” said Sarah Tucker. “Then they were leading, and we came back hard but couldn’t catch up.”

Both teams sent dust

flying as they slid into bases to beat the ball to the glove, and stole bases – including a run home after a bunt.

While the Heat appeared to be outclassed by the visiting Bandits at first, as they warmed up and got into the game they drastically improved, closing the initial deficit significantly, though never quite catching up completely.

STACEY LAVALLIE/Independent reporter

Brooke Mulgrove’s spot-on pitching helped send the Sylvan Lake team packing, as she and her fellow teammates’ batting led to a 18-9 victory.

Crush defeat Sylvan in U14 action STACEY LAVALLIE Independent reporter

STACEY LAVALLIE/Independent reporter

Stettler Heat pitcher, Wendy Bignell, winds up as one of the Red Deer Bandits stands ready to hit.

The girls from Stettler sent their competitors packing in a well-played match-up that ended in a score of 189.

Though the score was drastic, assistant coach Troy Anderson said the game wasn’t a walk in the park, with both teams frequently only a lucky hit away from pulling ahead of the other.

The girls’ ability to hit the ball

was the key component of their win, according to Anderson.

“All of the girls were just really great with the bat,” he said, praising the 12 players on his team. “They just kept hitting the ball.”

For their part, Sylvan tried to keep up with the team, but found themselves in the deficit early on, always trying to catch up with the Crush.

“They’re showing excellent improvement,” Anderson said of his team. The girls will be playing in this weekend’s tournament here in Stettler.

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Alumni came out to a fundraiser golf tournament at the Pheasantback Golf Course in order to support the Circle Square Ranch on Monday, May 26.

“There are a lot of alumni, businessmen that we know from the Stettler area, some from Calgary and Edmonton, but a major chunk of it is just the alumni that have been through the ranch and contacts that they have, so people that believe in the ranch,” said executive director Kevin Perry.

First time participants were asked to pay $500 to compete in the tournament, while returning golfers were uct er A ion

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asked to pay $1,000. The tournament drew 66 golfers, and Perry hopes to raise $100,000 for the ranch.

The money will go to renovating or building, as well as increasing the programs.

Specifically, the money will go to building a hall at the camp’s junior camp facility to go along with the new dormitories.

“We hope that they (the participants) feel that there’s a bigger thing that they’re committing to…because we know working at the ranch, we can’t do it on our own, at all…so they’re contributing to allow our place to exist,” Perry said. “They’re coming alongside and helping us make changes that are gravely overdue.”

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“Just a plethora of prizes,” he said.

Perry said people who experience the ranch learn wisdom, they become physically stronger, and to become better at interacting socially.

“With those skills, wherever they take them to apply them or plug them in – whether it’s with athletics, whether it’s academics –we want to give them a good foundation that they can start to model their life around and start to be successful,” Perry said.

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U-16 comeback does not go far enough MUSTAFA ERIC Independent editor

Stettler FC U-16 boys almost won their soccer game against Ponoka last week but the visiting side turned out to be dedicated enough not to leave town before grabbing a win.

With the start of the game, the Ponoka side scored twice within five minutes as the clock showed halfway through the first half of the game. But Stettler boys were not in a mood to give in and they struck back and they scored two goals within five minutes of each other.

But there was more to come: Just before halftime Stettler boys scored once again to take a 3-2 lead.

In the early minutes of the second half, there was even more hope of a victory when the Ponoka side missed a penalty thanks to quick action on the part of the Stettler goalkeeper.

The loss of the penalty opportunity, however, appeared to fire up the visitors who scored three goals in 20 minutes to seal the score at 5-3.

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Ukraine: The price Putin will pay Conducting an orderly retreat is the hardest thing not only in war but also in politics, as Russian President Vladimir Putin is now learning. His own desire to avoid humiliation gets in the way of rapid disengagement from a losing battle, which is why he waited until two days before last Sunday’s Ukrainian presidential election to say that he would respect the result.

And even then he said “respect”, not “recognise”.

The Ukrainian election went well. Petro Poroshenko, a minor-league oligarch with business interests in Russia, won convincingly in the first round, and 60 percent of voters actually showed up at the polls.

Even in Donetsk province, where most city centres are occupied by separatist gunmen, seven out of twelve district electoral commissions were able to operate normally. It’s a good start on stabilising the country.

So why didn’t Putin just say “recognise, when that is clearly what he will have to do in the end if Russia and Ukraine are to have peaceful relations? Why prolong the uncertainty about his intentions in the West, where the belief that he is an “expansionist” bent on recreating the Russian/Soviet empire takes deeper root with each passing day? The answer is pride – and Russia will pay a significant price for Putin’s pride.

Last week Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, enlivened his royal tour of Canada by telling an elderly Polish immigrant that Hitler’s relentless take-over of European countries in the 1930s was “not unlike what Putin is doing now”.

Prince Charles is well known for saying silly things, but what he said in Canada sounded quite sensible to many people in the West. That is a big problem for Putin.

Putin’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, though completely illegal, was not the first step in his plan for world conquest. That is preposterous: Russia is a relatively poor country of only 140 million people. But it is a regrettable fact of life that the Hitler analogy has a powerful grip on the popular imagination throughout

Europe and North America, and Putin’s aimless belligerence has been setting him up in Western minds as the next Hitler.

He was very cross when his tame Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, was overthrown by protesters after he obeyed Putin’s demand to break off trade talks with the European Union. Putin punished Ukraine by annexing Crimea, and he started doing some heavy breathing about Ukraine’s eastern provinces as well.

He encouraged pro-Russian gunmen to seize government buildings in eastern Ukraine and warned that he might intervene militarily if the Ukrainian government used force against them. He moved 40,000 troops up to Ukraine’s eastern border on “exercises”. It was quite pointless, since he could neither annex the eastern provinces nor remove the Ukrainian government without actually invading, but he was VERY cross.

Three months of that, and the damage to his and Russia’s image is starting to pile up. Simple-minded people like Prince Charles talk about a new Hitler.

Terrified Poles, Estonians and other Eastern Europeans who used to live under the Soviet yoke fear that they might be next and demand NATO troops on their soil. And clever people in the Western militaryindustrial complexes see an opportunity to sell more of their wares.

So at last, in early May, Putin sobers up and calls off the fright campaign. He says that the Ukrainian

election could be a move “in the right direction.” He publicly urges the pro-Russian gunmen in Donetsk and Luhansk provinces to postpone a planned referendum on union with Russia. He even says that he is withdrawing his troops from Ukraine’s borders.

But he doesn’t really withdraw the troops yet. He doesn’t use his influence to force the separatist gunmen in eastern Ukraine to postpone their referendum, and he doesn’t actually say that he will recognise the Ukrainian election as legitimate.

Putin wants to walk away from the game, but it’s too embarrassing to do a complete about-face. So he leaves the pot of fear and suspicion boiling for another three weeks.

FINALLY, only two days before the Ukranian election, Putin says he will “respect” the result, and his tanks start to pull back from Ukraine’s border. Too damned late. There won’t be any more Western sanctions against Russia, but Putin has managed to resurrect the image of Russia as a mortal threat to its neighbours. It will not lie down again soon.

European defence budgets will stop falling, and the integration of the armed forces of the various new NATO members in Eastern Europe will accelerate.

Leading-edge technologies like missile defence will get more funding in the United States. Foreign investment in Russia is already declining. And the countries of the European Union will move heaven and earth to cut their dependence on Russian gas exports.

Putin has already turned to China as a new customer for Russian gas, but it will never pay as well as Europe did. He used to be able to play the Europeans and the Chinese off against each other, but that game is over. NATO sees him as a wild card at best, and at worst a real threat. The master strategist has lost his touch.

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

Standing up for Canada’s seniors Our Conservative Government recognizes that Canada’s seniors have helped build and make our country great. That’s why the Harper Government has a plan to keep taxes low, create jobs and balance the budget so seniors can keep more of their hard earned money in their pockets.

Economic Action Plan 2014 introduced new measures to improve the quality of life for Canada’s seniors including enhancing the New Horizons for Seniors Program to enable seniors to share their knowledge, skills and experiences with others.

We are also launching the Canadian Employers for Caregivers Action Plan to work with employers so that caregivers can maximize their participation in the workforce while being able to provide care to their loved ones. Our Government is protecting Canadian seniors who use financial services by requiring enhanced disclosure by banks on the costs and benefits of using ‘powers of attorney’ and joint accounts. As well, we are requiring more staff training related to these services.

When it comes to en-

suring a strong retirement system for Canada’s seniors, the Harper Government has taken a number of concrete steps to help Canadians save for retirement. For example, our Government created the Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) to help Canadians voluntarily save up to $5, 500 a year, tax free.

Neither income earned in a TFSA nor withdrawals from a TFSA affect seniors’ benefits and credits, such as the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS).

We also introduced the largest GIS increase in over 25 years, which provides eligible low-income seniors additional annual benefits of up to $600 for single seniors and $840 for couples – helping more than 680,000 seniors across Canada.

We are also increasing the amount that GIS recipients can earn while they are employed (from $500 to $3,500) without any reduction in their GIS benefits. This means that, for example, a single pensioner earning $3,500 or more will now be able to keep up to an additional $1,500 in annual GIS benefits.

Beginning in 2007,

Canadian seniors have benefited from pension income-splitting.

They have been able to allocate up to one-half of their income that qualifies for the existing pension income tax credit to their resident spouse or common-law partner for income tax purposes. We increased the income-tax Age Credit amount by $2,000 and doubled the Pension Income Credit to $2,000.

For Canadian seniors who continue to work, we are expanding the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers by investing $75 million to help unemployed older workers put their talents and experience back to work. We have also brought forward the Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP). The PRPP is new, low-cost, efficiently managed, portable and accessible savings vehicle for those Canadians - roughly 60 per cent - currently without a workplace pension plan.

In addition to all of these measures, our Government’s low tax plan has helped remove over 380,000 seniors from the tax rolls. Since forming government in 2006, about $2.8 billion in an-

ue to enhance programs for seniors and ensure that Canada’s retirement income system remains strong.

nual tax relief has been provided to seniors and pensioners.

In 2014, a single senior can earn at least $20,000 and a senior couple at

least $40,000 before paying federal income tax.

Constituents in the riding of Crowfoot can rest assured that the Harper Government will contin-

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this or previous columns you may write to me at 4945-50th Street, Camrose, Alberta, T4V 1P9, call 780-608-4600, tollfree 1-800-665-4358, fax 780-608-4603 or e-mail Kevin.Sorenson.C1@parl. gc.ca.

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Dancing the day away in Botha STACEY LAVALLIE Independent reporter Roughly 60 people gathered in the Botha Community Hall to enjoy live music, old tyme dancing and “one of the best meals of your life,” according to Fran Clark, one of the event organizers.

The Botha Old Tyme Dance Club meets every last Sunday of the month at the Botha Community Hall from September until May or June. The final dance of this year is on Friday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.

The event has a live band, which varies from month to month, and focuses on playing older music, such as polkas, waltzes, jives and other types of music that would be at home during a movie set in the 1950s.

“This year is the club’s 30th year,” Clark said. “On a good day, we have about 70 people here, dancing and having fun.”

The dance is family friendly and there’s no alcohol present, so people are welcome to bring younger adults, teens and children to the event to enjoy dancing and music.

On top of the small fee to get in and take part – which helps cover the cost of the live band – everyone also brings a dish for the pot luck meal at the end of the dance.

“Sometimes we jive, sometimes we waltz, sometimes we dance to the polka,”

Clark said. “We want younger people to come so we can teach them these dances, so they don’t die out.”

While the dance floor is kept clear so the dancers can swing around the floor together, skirts swishing and feet shuffling, the gallery on the side is set up with tables and chairs so people can sit and chat, or rest.

“It’s about having the companionship of friends – we’ve become like family here,” Clark said. “It’s great exercise, it’s fun, and we love the music.”

After the summer break, the club will pick up again, with the first dance scheduled for Sunday, September 23.

It’s $12.50 to dance for the afternoon, plus a dish for the potluck. Everyone is welcome.

STACEY LAVALLIE/Independent reporter

Fran Clark and John Blonski enjoy a turn around the dance floor on Sunday, May 25, during the monthly Botha Old Tyme Dance. Meeting on the last Sunday of every month September through May, the club brings people of all ages together to enjoy music, dance, and a pot-luck dinner.

Last call for the last dance of the season Make sure you mark Friday, June 13, on your calenders. This will be the final dance until fall, due to the summer schedule being so busy for everyone. So you would not want to miss out on this one. These Friday night dances start at 7:30 p.m. and are held at the Botha Hall, and everyone is welcome to attend.

The final band that will be entertaining for that evening will be the “Old Thyme Aires”, which are fantastic players.

The fall schedule dances will be announced as soon as I know, so please make sure you mark this one on your calenders.

This month truly will be a busy month at the Botha School for students and teachers as they do they final year school work, studying and doing final exams, field trips, swimming lessons, project days, track meets, and the event the Grade 5s have been looking forward to for a long time, their Grade 5 camp.

The organization for this special trip has already been started, but they are looking for parents and nurses who can help the staff out for a day, evening to sleep over etc.

So, if you could help out at all, this would truly be appreciated.

The students and staff would also like to thank you,

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This program helps children ages 2.5 to 5 years of age who require a specialized program in speech and language, behaviour, and fine or gross motor skills.

Each child’s program is tailored for the individual’s needs of that child, so you don’t want to miss out.

Bingo time hits again the evening of June 10, starting at 7:15 p.m. sharp and held at the Botha Seniors’ Center, so grab your bingo dobbers and come out for one fun filled, exciting evening. Who knows, you could be the next big winner, taking it home with you. This time of year, it would be nice to take a few extra bucks along with you on holidays.

Coffee happens every Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. sharp. So why not join your friends for a great visit and have a cup or two? They would love to see you join them.

With traveling and summer coming up real soon, please contact me at 403-742-5317 with any special events happening so we can put it in our column. It makes the column interesting and everyone loves to hear about all the events that have happened, so we can get them in our column like other places do. This would very much be appreciated. Thank you.

Have a great week everyone.

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the Stettler Elementary classes and Mrs. Lynn for the invite and for making them feel so welcome to attend.

Please anyone that volunteered any of your time to help out at the school this past year are invited to come out this Friday, May 30 to their Volunteer Tea they are holding in honour of you. As without your help, a lot of events could not have taken place, so thank you very much.

Stettler eligibility appointments are this coming Monday, June 2, so for more information or to register your child for this, please call the school at 403-740-

Lots of birthday and travel news Even though it was brief, it was nice to have a few tenths of rain Sunday night, makes everything fresh and green.

Congratulations to all the members and leaders of the Big Knife 4-H Beef Club who had their show and sale last Monday and Tuesday. Several from the community joined in the

wind up banquet after. The Big Knife club were hosts this year which means a lot of hard work goes into prepping and clean up.

A birthday supper for Sophie Diegel was held Friday night at parents Arden and Deanne, with grandparents Stan and Gloria Diegel; Ron and Donna Beier; aunts and uncles

Tasha, Mac and Jules; Greg and Richelle and family; Wade and Ybiette and family; Sherry Beier, Dawson and Jackson; Heather, Charlotte and Matt.

A birthday party at the Heer home for Paulette who turned 60 this year (joining her from her Gadsby grade one-nine class were Duane Skaley and

Fred and Velvet Entwisle drove to the Calgary airport on Friday to pick up Haley and Cooper who were home from an eightday holiday with grandma Monica in Florida. There they saw SeaWorld, Epcot, Disney World, and Wild Kingdom; taking in Jurasic Park and the Airboat tour and saw the alligators. Cooper wants to take Grandpa and Grandma Fred and Velvet back so they can see the alligators, too.

Betty Hadwin enjoyed a weekend with daughter Margaret in Forestburg.

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2014!

From the Gadsby area we wish Brittany McKay and Hillary Clarke all the best for their future.

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Rosalind (Chick) LaRose as well as Dale (Heer) Van Straten who will catch up in December. There were about 35 at the house for the afternoon and barbecue supper put on by Christy and Curtis; John and Jewel and families.

Happy birthday to Doug McKay who couldn’t be there but caught up to Paulette five days later! And to all the 1954 babies, Happy Birthday! You know who you are...

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The Gadsby Omega Circle would like to announce the hiring of Dale and Melody Kent as their new caretakers. They are already out there, busy with cleanup, mowing and rototilling in preparation for the planting June 5. Good to have them on board.

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Winners of Legion’s Literary and Poster Competition celebrated their success together.

Big Valley wins big time at 4-H Show and Sale The Big Valley 4-H Beef Club performed very well at the Stettler District 4-H Beef Show and Sale on May 19 and 20. Congratulations to Kyler Kaiser who won Grand Champion Steer for the Big Valley Club and Hannah Elines who was awarded Reserve Grand Champion. Jessie Armstrong and Emily Brown were the showmanship winners for intermediate, while Nicole Zoller and Faith Shuckburgh were junior winners. Intermediate grooming went to Emily Brown and Jenny Munholland and juniors went to Faith Shuckburgh and Owen Wilkie.

The Big Valley Club had the largest number of members in the district. They have grown from eigh members in their first year up to 20 members in just three short years. Special thanks to all the buyers and sponsors for their continued support.

Congratulations to the winners of the Legion’s Annual Literary and Poster Contest who were recognized last Thursday, May 22.

Gr.1 - Careese Primrose and Chance Robinson; Gr.2 - Chase Robinson; Gr.3 - Ashton Kaiser and Brady Duncan; Gr.4 - Emma McMullin and Landon Warren; black and white - Tess Thurston and Carolyn McNeil; Gr.5 - Julie Ponto; Gr.6 - Zachary Duncan and Kyler Kaiser; back and white - Kasey Hiemstra and Hannah Elines; Gr.7 - Abigail Webster and

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Hayden Warren; black and white - Shaylyn McNeill; Gr.8 - Anna Lauweryssen and Tianna Kirtley; black and white - Bradley Dodds and Raina Thomson; Gr.9 – black and white - Brandon Sukkau and Luke Skocdopole.

The Big Valley School would like to thank the Legion Members for their constant support of our school.

Minor hockey pre-registration for the 2014/15 season will take place on Tuesday, Jun. 3 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Big Valley Arena for children ages 4 to18 (Mites to Midget age) in Big Valley and area.

A (too?) long repair at the overpass By the look of things going on at the overpass, it could be another long summer/fall waiting at the red lights. It seems to be a different climate up there, especially in the winter. The wind will swirl the snow around and cause ice to form. There have also been a lot accidents on the overpass and some have proven fatal. Is it more than the rest of Alberta highways?

I don’t have those facts.

Could there have been more accidents with lights for train crossing than having an overpass? What about the cost to build and repair the overpass compared to train crossing lights? All those different questions to think about as I’m sitting waiting for the green.

June is just around the corner and farmers are out in their fields planting crops, and children are looking forward to summer holidays.

Erskine students are now in the mode of wrapping up their school year with exams and fun trips. The Junior High go to West End Mall Water Park for their year end trip this Friday. Next week grades 5 and 6 go to

Circle Square Ranch.

Peewee , Bantam and high school football Camps are underway with a Bantam tournament held on Sunday in Lacombe.

Grades 1-3 and 4-6 have track meets next week in Big Valley.

Bring bug spray, the mosquitoes are out in full force.

Congratulations goes out to Erskine Grade 12 Graduates who participated in the Wm. E. Hay Gradu-

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All new and returning players should pre-register now (even if you played for another team last year) to allow us to determine numbers for teams and to make coaching decisions. If there are not going to be enough players for a team, this will allow families to make alternate arrangements for the fall.

If you have any questions or are unsure if your family lives within our minor hockey boundaries, please contact Registrar Andrea Webster at (403) 876-2064.

June birthday greetings go out to Penni Clarke – 1, Fiona Johnston – 4, Helen Jacobsen – 5, Ron Milton – 6, David Johnston – 6, Dorothy Brown – 7, Jan Hermus – 10, Aislinn Reule – 10, Marj Kiemele – 11, Raj Duncan – 12, Dale Skocdopole – 12, Kingston Brown – 15, Kingsley Brown – 15, Gaby Seigrist – 15, Gail Boulding – 16, Yvette Cassidy – 16, Delaine Stewart – 16, Anita Davie – 17, Brent Mailer – 21, Robyn Armstrong – 22, Allan Berresford – 25, Gerty Berresford – 25, Kira Christophersen – 25, Yvonne Burnstad – 26, Crystal Stewart – 26, Harry Nibourg – 27, Cara Stewart – 27, Aeral Stefanik – 29, Braydon Ponto – 29, Dave Garstad – 30, Coy Skocdopole – 30 and Wilbur Stewart – 30.

Happy anniversary to Lorne and Pat Parkin – 4, Ross and Marion Annable – 5, Doug and Shirley Stormoen – 23, and Paul and Ariane Jensen – 28.

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Ruth of Ruthie’s Roost will be missed With recent rain showers and the weather finally warming up, the countryside is greening up beautifully.

A great reward for the long winter we endured.

Krissy Jack’s school of dance is presenting its spring dance recital on June 1 at 7 p.m. at the Byemoor Hall. All are welcome, so be sure to come and support the young dancers as they show the results of what they learned in dance this year.

We regret to report Ruthie’s Roost will be closing its doors on May 30. Ruth Ratcliffe has accepted a position at Bragg Creek in her equine training profession.

We wish Ruth the best of luck in her new endeavour and thank her for the years of friendly service she gave the community. The café was an important asset to the Endiang community and will be dearly missed, as will Ruth.

She contributed in so many ways to our community. She also brought a great deal of good country music entertainment to town.

Hopefully, someone will take over the operation of the café as it is for lease. More information can be obtained by calling Ruth at 403-585-8379.

Sympathy is extended to the family of Cliff Jones who passed away in Stettler at the age of 87 years. His funeral was held last Wednesday in Stettler. Cliff was the last

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remaining child of the John and Harriet Jones family to pass away. Cliff was born shortly after the Jones family came to the Byemoor district in 1926. He was raised at Byemoor and he and his late wife Muriel farmed there until moving to Galahad. They raised a family of five children. Cliff later retired to Stettler. Our thoughts are with the Jones family in their loss.

Congratulations to local students Leslie CampbellGallagher, Alex Keith and Dakota Newsome, who were among the graduates of the William E. Hay Composite

High School graduation in Stettler on the weekend. Congratulations also to a former Endmoor resident Justin Fleischhacker, who also a member of the large graduating class of 2014. There were 137 students in the graduating class. We wish all the graduates the very best in all that they do in future years.

We extend sympathy to Wes and Karen Gutsche and family and the Miller family on the passing of Karen’s uncle Ronnie Miller in Hanna at the age of 77 years. His funeral was held in Hanna on Friday. A number of folks from Endiang attended the funeral. Our thoughts are with Ronnie’s family in their time of loss.

Kate Woelk attended the wedding of her nephew Matthew McCleary and his bride Melissa Lambert in Medicine Hat on the weekend. Kate was in Medicine Hat for about 10 days prior to the wedding to help with the preparations.

Guests with Carol Stulberg for lunch on Sunday were four of her nieces — Brenda Zeimer of Vancouver, Janie Martin of Calgary, Judy Mulgrove of Stettler and Linda Smith of Endiang — along with Les and Rosemary. All enjoyed a great afternoon of visiting.

Humour for the day — “The first rule of holes: If you are in one, stop digging.”

Big start to summer at library Submitted by Lindsey Gelech and Taigen Whiteside Hello Stettlerites.

Lindsey and Taigen here, we are two of the TD Summer Reading Club coordinators at the Stettler Public Library. This year’s theme is “Eureka” and we are very excited to show you what we’ve been planning. It is sure to be a summer full of discovery, adventures, exploration, and more, all starting on July 2.

There will be programs available for a variety of ages: 5-7 year olds (Tiny Tinkers), 8-11 year olds

(Engineers), and Teens.

There will also be weekly family friendly events, which will be open to all ages. The Summer Reading Club has its own Facebook page (under Stettler Summer Reading Program) and we will be posting updates and details as the summer gets closer. Keep an eye out for upcoming events and information.

Do your kids like to play with words? Do they like to tell “punny” stories? All those kids between the ages of 7 to 10 are welcome to help the Stettler Public Library celebrate Amelia Bede-

lia, the maid who gets into trouble with words on Thursday May 29 at 4 p.m. We are going to have a great time.

Join us on Saturday, May 31 at 11 a.m. to learn “How Does Your Garden Grow?” with Dustin Mortin from Alberta Agriculture and Kirstin Nugent from Fred and Pat’s Cuppa. They will give you tips on growing a bumper crop and how to display those petunias. Beginners and experts are all welcome.

Copies of our next Readers’ Circle selection “The Casual Vacancy” by J.K. Rowling are available at the Stettler Public

Library. Read Rowling’s adult debut and join us for lively discussion on Thursday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m.

On Saturday June 7 at 10 a.m., kids are invited to come celebrate Robert Munsch’s birthday with stories, snacks and activities.

Is LEGO your life?

Starting on Saturday, June 7 and meeting on each Saturday afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m. is LEGO Club. It is your turn to be creative and inventive.

Join us for group builds and individual mastery using the colorful plastic brick. To kick off

the LEGO club, we are pleased to have Bricks for Kidz come out from Red Deer on Saturday June 7 to help with creative uses of LEGO components. If you have any LEGO that your family is no longer using, the Stettler Public Library will gladly take it off your hands.

On Thursday, June 12 at 7 p.m., join Lorraine Lohr Cathro as she discusses the process of writing her self-published family history/memoir titled Roots and Adventures: A Prairie Childhood. Lorraine believes that ‘everyone has stories’ and she will explain her points by read-

ing short excerpts from the book about growing up in the communities of Erskine and Stettler.

There is no cost, and refreshments will be served.

Copies of Lorraine’s book will be available for purchase.

We look forward to seeing you at the library.

The proof is in the picture When you live alone and walk out the doors of your freshly cleaned house, chances are it’s going to look exactly the same once you return home. When you live with other people, particularly those like mine, all you can do is make requests and hope for the best.

Once in awhile I’m pleasantly surprised after one of my cleaning sprees that the house remains neat and tidy for hours after the invasion of my children and their friends.

Last Friday was not one of those times.

Instead of walking upstairs to the orderly home I had left behind, I instead found a couple of chairs on top of the dining room table, another one lying on the floor,

and the rest were pressed up against the wall. Large gymnastic mats were strewn all over the place, garbage and dirty dishes were everywhere, and the one and only indoor plant I have ever managed to keep alive for two full years was, tragically, lying on the floor in a pile of dirt, broken into several pieces.

“Sam!” I yelled, since I knew my 10-year-old daughter had already been picked up for her sleepover at a friend’s house.

“Get up here!”

My 13-year-old son bounded up the stairs to see what was wrong.

“How did it get like this?” I asked. “It looks like a bomb went off in here.”

“I have no idea,” he

said, looking around, perplexed. “It wasn’t me.”

I reminded him of my parting words when I told him, his sister and their friends that I had just cleaned the house and wanted to keep it that way, and to put their dirty dishes in the dishwasher and their garbage in the garbage can. His reply had been “Yes, Mom. And we’ll put the recycling in the recycling too.” They did none of that.

He helped me clean the chaos, and as he did he let me know that the empty Dairy Queen Blizzard cups and cereal bowls weren’t his or his friend’s.

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“Sam made that mess, not me,” she said.

Normally I wouldn’t have known who to believe, but this time the girl child had something the boy child didn’t have: photographic evidence.

Handing me her iPad, she showed me a snapshot of her brother perched on the large gymnastics mats he had stacked on top of the backs of the dining room chairs that were all lined up in a row. Precariously sitting on top of the rubber mats with him was our little dog, Charlie.

“Oh, yeah,” he said laughing at the picture after I showed it to him.

“We built a train for the dogs. They loved it.”

When I asked why he didn’t tell me that in the first place he didn’t seem to connect the creative structure he had built with the disarray he had left behind.

“It wasn’t that messy, Mom,” he insisted. “It just looked that way.”

That statement didn’t really make sense, but at the same time, it kind of did. My own temporary clutter never looks or feels as bad to me as theirs does.

And I fully recognize that not everyone’s a neat freak. Some people are

naturally more comfortable living in a disaster zone no matter who made it that way, and they’re not irritated by it like I am.

There have even been studies published that suggest some minds think more clearly and creatively in a disorderly environ-

ment. Those are the types of people that I live with, and as messy as they are, I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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What a beautiful weekend!

With a little shower on both Saturday and Sunday night to complete it, it couldn’t have been nicer. I hope the seeding is going well for all our grain farmers and you have got your garden planted and flowers in their pots to brighten your step.

Congratulations to Lowell Nelson, who was selected as one of 14 seniors to be a 4-H ambassador into the Premiers Group. As a member of this prestigious group, his role is to promote 4-H and youth involvement in Alberta. He has also won a trip to Santa Cruz, California to attend the California 4-H Leadership Conference. Well done, Lowell, you make our community proud.

The Historical Society is hosting their inaugural meeting this Thursday, May 29 at 7:30. I am sure this will be a very interesting project to lend a helping hand to for anyone who is already searching out their family tree so come join in. I had a flattering phone call from a lady who lives out in B.C. She still subscribes to the Drumheller Mail because she came from this district and loves to read the Rumsey column to see what is happening around the community. (So now I know I have one loyal follower.) Anyway, she is 97 years old and, therefore, has quite a bit of history to contribute, her father homesteaded on John Griffith’s farm and she wrote a piece in the red history book about her family but I am sure she will have more stories to add to this new one. I asked her to call Dariel McNaughton to share her information. If you have something to contribute, attend the meeting or call Dariel at 403-368-2134.

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The Community garage sale is coming up this Saturday, May 31. When I first posted this in the paper, I was thinking how far away that is, I have lots of time to get things ready for my table. Ha, what do I know, here it is and I better get busy.

I hope you plan to attend as the Drop-in members are planning a great lunch and bake sale table to raise money for replacing their roof and general operating costs. They would like to send a big thank you to the 4-H Beef club for donating money towards the cost of the tin on the roof. If you happen to look when you go to get your mail next time you will notice the loose shingles on the ground and the poor condition of the roof so it is definitely time.

Immediately following the weekend, the 4-H Beef club will be hustling to get their calves in show quality

A time of graduations On Wednesday night Mother Teresa Halkirk school had their Grade 9 farewell.

They were Tiana Gamroth, Liam Grice, McGuire Kent, Hayley McNeill, Lief Neufeld and Madelyn Schauer.

The evening started by being welcomed by Ms Sherri Beier, grace by Ellyn Schaffner then supper followed by presentations and a skit by the grades 7 and 8. Congratulations to you, grads.

Previous Halkirk students graduating from grade 12 in Castor this year are Candice Godbersen and Kassidy Hronek.

Congratulations, girls.

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shape for their show and sale on Monday, June 2 at the Delia Arena. The line-up for the day is as follows: the female portion of the show will start the day at 9:15.

Since Rumsey is hosting, their animals will be first in the ring for every event, so you don’t want to be late for anything. The Steer show is planned to start at noon and run until 4:30 with supper to follow at the Delia hall. The supper is open to all 4-H-ers and their families, award sponsors and past buyers. The sale will start at 7:00 p.m. sharp with Rumsey calves heading to the ring first so if that is where your interest lies, don’t be late. Good luck to all our future farmers as you show off your winters’ work.

Since time flies so fast for me, I know it won’t be long before Angie Walkers shower will be here on June 9 and the Rumsey connection Golf Tournament will be preparing for tee-off on June 12. Don’t forget to attend both events.

My joke for the week was borrowed from the “Our Canada” magazine, enjoy: A loaded mini-van pulled into a vacant campsite.

Four children leaped form the vehicle and feverishly began unloading gear and setting up the tent. The boys then rushed to gather firewood, while the girls and their mother set up the camp stove and cooking utensils.

A nearby camper marveled to the youngsters’ father, “That, sir, is some display of teamwork.”

The father replied, “I have a system – no one goes to the bathroom until camp is set up!”

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Melody and Dale Kent were in Trochu on Saturday to watch grandson McGuire play lacrosse, also on the team from Halkirk are Liam Grice and Simon Muncy.

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With the end in sight, our school has been hosting a ton of events to end the school year off well. We would like to thank Homespun Seasons for donating material to our Grade 6 science classes. We also want to send a big thank you to Canalta for donating and serving hot dogs and pop at our Y-CAT BBQ and Constable Lewadniuk for bringing cruisers to our Jam the Van event this past Friday.

Without everyone’s help and generosity, these events wouldn’t be possible.

To conclude this year’s band program, Night of the Bands will be held on Tuesday, June 3 at the Performing Arts Centre at 7:00 pm.

It will be featuring all the bands from Grade 6 through 12, including the Jazz band.

Admission will be completely free, but a food donation would be greatly appreciated, and will be accepted at the front door.

This past Wednesday, both Grade 8 outdoor education classes and on Thursday, the grades 7A and 7C classes went out into the community and volunteered

at the Community Gardens.

They were helping out Rob Spencer, and spreading mulch across the Community Gardens. Great job grades 7 and 8s!

The Grade 8 students left yesterday for Nordegg for their annual camping trip.

They will be returning this Friday after having tented for three nights. Everyone arrived early yesterday morning very excited and ready to experience the fun outdoors with all of their classmates. We can’t wait to hear about all the adventures when they return.

Last Friday turned out to be a very busy day at SMS. Y-CAT held their annual hot dog BBQ and Jam the Van event. Students enjoyed hot dogs for $2, pop for $1, and freezies for $1, with all proceeds going towards our school’s anti-bullying campaigns.

Then they were separated by grade and gender to see how many of them could fit into a police cruiser van.

The Grade 8 boys came out on top, by squeezing 35 into the van. The Grade 6 boys were close behind with 30.

It looked like everyone had a great time.

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how hot the day was, all the events went over very well.

Our school track meet will be on Tuesday next week with all students participating in many events.

If you are around, come out and cheer on our athletes.

There will be a concession with tasty hamburgers being offered. The top track competitors will advance to the C.A.R.A. competition being held here on June 10th.

Grade 6 orientation for next year is being held on June 9th at 6:30 pm. All new grade 6 students and their parents are invited to tour the school and meet the teachers.

The SMS Talent Show is being held on June 12th in the afternoon. It looks like there are a lot of entries and a good variety of talents that are going to be showcased. There is excitement building in the school in preparation for this event and for the nearing end of the school year.

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Obituaries JONES “Cliff” Richard Clifford “Cliff” Richard Clifford Jones was born on January 11, 1927 at Byemoor, Alberta, and quietly passed away on May 16, 2014 at the age of 87 at the Stettler Hospital, in Stettler, Alberta.

Cliff was predeceased by his loving wife Muriel, son Timmy, parents John and Harriet, all of his siblings; Ada, Frank, Arthur, Eric, Gertrude, John, George, Difan, and Verne, as well as all but one of their spouses; his in-laws, numerous nieces, nephews and countless friends.

He is survived by his children Joyce (Dwayne) Oberg, Chrystine (Lyle) Nordstrom, Barry Jones, Shirley Jones (Scott). Grandchildren Nelson (Callista) Oberg, Aaron (Kimberly) Oberg, Jennifer (Nathan) Friesen, Louis (Leigh-Ann) Nordstrom, Kayla Nordstrom, Stephanie Jones (Austin), Lindsey Jones, Seanna Jones, Carly Jones, Danielle Hogg, Mark Hogg, Kendra Hogg, Booker Hogg and two great grandchildren Ryan Boyes, Grayson Friesen.

Cliff was the seventh of ten children born to John and Harriet Jones. His parents along with several siblings immigrated to Canada from Wales in 1925. They came to the Gadsby area and stayed there for a year after which they moved to the Byemoor area where they purchased the homestead that was the family farm for many years. It was here that the younger children were born including Cliff. The house, which started out as quite meagre but grew to accommodate the 10 children, was a combination of two different houses. The barn was moved onto the property in the fall of 1952 where it still stands today. Together they worked the land and raised plenty of livestock to sustain the family. They also grew a large garden and all the children were expected to work on the farm. Cliff attended Hartlake School and then eventually Byemoor School.

While on the farm he met and married Muriel Bozak, a young teacher at the Byemoor School.

They were married on October 29, 1958 in Stettler, Alberta. She was a city girl who adjusted to the farm life very quickly while they started their family. One of the things Cliff enjoyed was being a member of the E.L.K.S. helping with the many and varied functions the group put on.

A favourite of his was the picnic which was always put on in early summer.

In the winter Cliff worked with his brother George doing carpentry. In the 1970’s Cliff took quite ill and spent many weeks in the hospital due to mercury poisoning. The Doctor told him to get rid of the farm and look for another line of work.

In 1974 the family farm was sold and Cliff moved his family to Galahad purchasing a 1/4 section of land there. He worked at the Diplomat Mine for a couple of years while still working with his brother George until George’s passing. He continued to do carpentry helping with small and big projects alike. Farming was still his first love so he bought a tractor and cultivator and would work the 1/4 section that he lived on. He loved to bring in the crop and worked with local farmers Robert Ponto and Goose Coulee Farms during the harvest. When he was no longer able to work the farm he would ask about it, keeping up with trends and such.

Cliff and Muriel took on maintenance jobs at Big Knife Park where they cut grass, cleaned toilets, kept a supply of wood, returned tables and other amenities to their rightful place. At one point while moving a table Cliff discovered blood and broken glass. The discovery lead to a murder investigation in which Cliff was finger printed and asked to appear in court to testify as to what he found, putting a murderer in jail. Muriel took on cleaning at the Galahad Hotel and Cliff would help her with that as well.

In June of 1991 Muriel passed away. Cliff lived on the 1/4 section for several more years, being semi-retired, after which he sold the land but remained living there for a few more years. He then moved to a senior’s complex in Daysland and lived there for several years, finally moving into Heart Haven Lodge in Stettler. That made him very happy as he was near Barry and was around people he knew in his younger days. He enjoyed living there as he could play cards all the time. He was an excellent card player who loved Solitaire and Crib and would win trophies at Crib tournaments. Any other card game was played with just as much gusto.

Funeral services for Richard Clifford Jones were held at the Galahad Community Hall, Galahad, Alberta at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. A reception and fellowship followed the service.

Internment took place next to his beloved wife Muriel Jones at the Galahad Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Galahad Cemetery fund or charity of one’s choice in care of Brennen Funeral Home and Cremation Services P.O. Box 193 Stettler, Alberta TOC 2LO who have been entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements. 403.742.3315. Condolences can be forwarded to the family by visiting our website at www.brennenfuneralhome.com Cliff’s loving family would like to thank everyone for their kindness and offers of help. Also thanks to Heart Haven Lodge Staff, the Stettler Hospital for the wonderful care, and to Brennen Funeral Home for the prompt and thoughtful care. Thanks to Pastor Ross Helgeton for officiating the service.

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DEAN Norman Gerard Dean passed away on May 17, 2014 in Stettler, Alberta at the age of 82 years. He was born in St. Michael’s Hospital in Lethbridge, Alberta on April 22, 1932 by cesarean section which was almost unheard of at the time. Norm grew up in Macleod, Alberta and he had one younger brother, Bob. They lived in an old house overlooking the Old Man River and the boys, along with their friends spent their days swimming, skating, riding horses and playing at the river. He worked hard all his life from paper routes to driving a gas truck, taxi driver to working on a seismic crew, travelling all over Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Norm and Linda Martin started courting on April 22, 1956 and were married on July 27, 1957. After they were married they lived in High River, Three Hills, Rimbey, Gravelbourg, Sask., Central Butte, Sask., Grenfell, Sask., Moosamin, Sask. In 1960 they moved to the Stettler area and settled down. Norm was hired by the County of Stettler on February 1, 1960 to be parts man/purchaser in the heavy duty equipment and school bus shop. He worked for the County for 35 years. In 1960 they moved to their acreage at Warden.

Norm was an active member of Christ-King Parish, spent time as a parish councilor and a term as chairman. He also took an active part in planning and organizing the Stettler summer games. He loved to bowl, and curl but most especially he loved to golf - anywhere, any time.

He golfed 18 holes at Kananaskis in a snow storm - won a prize - everybody else had gone home. He had two holes in one - one on the Stettler course and one in Lacombe. On summer holidays the family traveled frantically from course to course so he and his brother-in-law, could get 18 holes in before dark. Some days they would golf sun rise to sunset. After retirement Norm took a term as President of the Seniors golfers and spent many days ‘working’ at the course. Norm worked hard keeping up the grounds on the acreage and keeping the family home warm and comfortable. In 1984 a home renovation began and he hired a good friend to add an addition to the back of their house. The timing of the addition was perfect as their family began to grow once more and the first of his 12 grandchildren was born. Norm loved to mow the lawn, roto till the gardens, putter in his garage and basement, and he never missed a walk with his dog. He also loved old cars, music and carpentry. In 2010 their lives were changed, Norm fell and they found themselves packing up their home of 49 years and moving to town. Although his health was deteriorating they enjoyed their time together at their new home in Spruce Terrace. In 2012, Norm had to move to Pine Ridge and then on to Heritage House. Norm lived a long, and happy life filled with love and friendship.

He leaves to remember him with much love his wife Linda of Stettler, his children Nancy (Denis) Roy, Martin (Bev) Dean, Amanda (John) McLeod and daughter-in-law Lee Dean.

Twelve grandchildren Timothy Dean, Jennifer (JP) Bourque, Stuart McGathan, Andrew (Tania) McGathan, Patrick Roy, Jessica Roy, Staci Dean, Jessye Dean, Kiesha Dean, Sydney McLeod, Julia McLeod and Mia McLeod, and one great granddaughter Hannah McGathan as well as his brother Bob (Vella) Dean, numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many very dear friends. Norm was predeceased by his parents Melville and Dolly, his son Bruce Dean and by an infant daughter and son as well as his half brothers and sisters Cliff Dean, Marg Stockton, Fred Dean and Evelyn McConkey. A Prayer Vigil was held at the Christ-King Catholic Church on Friday, May 23, 2014 at 7:00 P.M. with the Mass following in the Church as well on Saturday, Nay 24, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. with the Rev. Donatus Ihekwoaba as Celebrant. Norm was laid to rest in the Lake View Cemetery, Stettler following this everyone gathered at the Parish Hall of the Christ-King Catholic Church for a time of fellowship and refreshments graciously prepared by members of the Stettler C.W.L. As an expression of sympathy an in loving memory of Norm, memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson’s Society or to the Stettler Health Services Foundation - Heritage House Rec. Therapy in care of Brennen Funeral Home and Cremation Services P.O. Box 193 Stettler, Alberta TOC 2LO who have been entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements.

403.742.3315 Condolences can be forwarded to the family by visiting our website at www.brennenfuneralhome.com.

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INDEPENDENT HOWLETT (Forsey) Mildred “Milly” October 20, 1922 - May 15, 2014

Milly passed away at Points West Living after a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend with her family. Milly was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba where she met and married Ted in 1940. They moved to Southern Alberta in 1947 and then to Red Willow in 1961.

She was active in the community of Red Willow and a long-time member of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Stettler Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

She will be dearly missed by her children: Pennie Benoit, Surrey, BC; Jan (Wayne) Vallet, Aggasiz, BC; Trudy (Karl) Sideritsch, Donalda; Terry (Doreen) Howlett, Las Vegas; and June (Les) Quast, Innisfail. She will also be missed by her 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren. She is survived by her sister, Alice Danielson of Innes, Texas and many nieces and nephews.

Milly is predeceased by her husband, Ted of 68 years, her son-in-law Ray Benoit, 4 sisters and 4 brothers.

It is with extreme gratitude that the family acknowledges the dedication and compassion of Dr. Lockhat, the staff at both Points West and previously Heritage House towards our Mom. Arrangements for a Celebration of Life are being made by the Stettler Funeral Home and will be in late June. Memorial Donations may be made to the Red Willow Cemetery Club or a charity of your choice.

Condolences may be viewed or sent to the family at www.stettlerfuneralhome.com STETTLER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements.

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Obituaries NICKLOM Mr. Ferdie Nicklom passed away quietly in the early morning hours at his home on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at the age of 86 years. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years Millie Nicklom, two sisters Betty Sideritsch and Verna Spitzig and one brother Otto (Gladys) Nicklom, sister-in-law Irene (Ernie) Kerbes, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and a host of wonderful friends. He was predeceased by his sisters Olga Wolkowicki and Rose Kerbes, and by his brothers Bill, Henry, Carl, Julius and Rudy Nicklom. Ferdie attended school at Wooded Hills.

He was a very hard working man and over the years had numerous jobs. He drove water truck for Monty De Graff, he worked with his brother Henry for Poole Construction and helped to rebuild the Stettler Hotel, he worked at the Stettler Pool Hall for Bill Pochylko and part-time for the Alberta Environment for several years as well as farming with his brothers and father. Ferdie met and married Millie Sivacoe in September of 1958. In 1996 Ferdie’s failing health caused them to move into Stettler. Ferdie had his pilot’s license, loved model airplanes and model cars. He repaired radios and clocks and loved to socialize and go ice fishing with his good friends. He was also an active member of the Linda Hall Men’s Society. A funeral service will be held at the Brennen Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, May 30th, 2014 at 1:30 P.M. with Mr. Albert Reule officiating. As an expression of sympathy and in loving memory of Ferdie, memorial contributions may be made to Alberta Heart & Stroke Foundation or to a charity of your choice in care of Brennen Funeral Home and Cremation Services P.O. Box 193 Stettler, Alberta TOC 2LO who have been entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements. 403.742.3315. Condolences can be forwarded to the family by visiting our website at www.brennenfuneralhome.com

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Births ASSELSTINE William and Jennifer Asselstine are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter Ava Marie born May 1, 2014.

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Special thanks to the kind caring staff of Homecare and Paragon Place where Dad resided the last 9 years and to the nursing staff at the Stettler Hospital for the professional care he received there. Thanks to Rev. Jan Richardson for the meaningful service and to Verna Rock of Stettler Funeral Home for her gentle and compassionate care. To the Erskine UCW, for the wonderful lunch - Thank you! It is in times like this that we are reminded how blessed we are to live in such caring communities.

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In Memoriam

In memory of Brian Lee January 1, 1984 - May 30, 2012 Although I have gone before you... know that part of me still remains.

You will not see me, yet I will be there walking beside you.

You will not touch me, yet I will be in your memory always.

Have faith we will one day be together in eternity.

Until then live life well and know that I am with you.

Nothing can ever take away The love a heart holds dear, Fond memories linger every day, Remembrance keeps you near.

Loved & always thought of with a smile.

Mom, Dad, Andrea, Monica & family

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We would like to express our sincere thanks to family and friends for their visits, cards, flowers, food, prayers and kind thoughts.

Also to those who made donations in memory of Blair.

Special thanks to Parkland Class and all his caregivers at 60 Kendrew. Thanks to Jan Richardson for the lovely service and Corinne and staff at the Stettler Funeral Home for all the help you gave to us. Thank you to niece Deb and friend Blaine Stevens for the great job of the eulogy.

Thank you to the ladies from Union Hall for the lovely luncheon.

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Part time applications will be accepted from Canadians and Permanent Residents currently living in Canada. Apply in person at 5510 Hwy 2A, Lacombe, T4L 1W3 or 4721A 70 Street, Stettler T0C 2L0 or email resume to cbay22@telus.net or fax to 403-783-4251.

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Safety bonus program, top wages and benefits.

Email resume: tom@roncooilfield.ca or fax: 403-887-4892

Service Coordinator Customer Service Rep. P/T & F/T Trail is always looking for people who want opportunities to grow, take initiative and work well within a team environment.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career with Trail Appliances, please submit your resume and cover letter stating the position you are applying for to: reddeerjobs @trail-appliances.com or by fax: (403)342-7168.

We thank all interested applicants; only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

SANDBLASTER REQ’D No exp. necessary, will train. Health plan.

Wage $20/hr. +, dependant on experience.

9 - 10 hrs/day expected.

Fax resume to 403-742-3887

850 County of of Stettler Stettler No. County No. 6 6

6602 -- 44 44 Ave., Ave., Box Box 1270, 1270, 6602 Stettler, AB AB T0C Stettler, T0C2L0 2L0 Phone: 742-4441 Fax: Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 742-1277 403-742-1277

HELP WANTED PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE

FULL-TIME HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC The County of Stettler is seeking a Full-Time Heavy Duty Mechanic.

Automotive mechanics will be considered. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required for this position: • self-motivated, positive attitude, ability to comprehend and communicate effectively with others, work well with others and openminded to learning new tasks • own their own toolbox including hand tools • work independently • grade 12 high school diploma • class 5 driver’s license • the ability to withstand related deadlines and pressures • general computer skills, reading text, document use, written communication • apprentices will be considered The County of Stettler No. 6 promotes a positive and friendly atmosphere and offers an excellent compensation and Comprehensive BeneďŹ ts Plan.

For the above noted position; please submit resume, including 3 professional (job related) references, along with current 5-year driver’s abstract. Candidates selected will provide a criminal record check prior to commencement of work.

Resumes and supporting documents may be mailed or hand-delivered to: County of Stettler No. 6 6602-44 Avenue PO Box 1270 STETTLER, Alberta T0C 2L0 Please respond in conďŹ dence to Kerry George, Shop Foreman Email: kgeorge@stettlercounty.ca (word or PDF formats will be accepted) We thank all for their interest in the County of Stettler No. 6, but only those selected for interview will be contacted.

800 Service Rig

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. is seeking qualified candidates to fill Floorhand, Derrickhand and Driller positions. These positions are locally based.

Applicants must have all necessary valid tickets for the position applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary & benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: 403-258-3197 Or mail to: Ste. 5309, 333 - 96 Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

Trades

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HOG ASSEMBLY STATION REQUIRES A PIG HANDLER / LABOURER for our yard in Red Deer.

Mon-Fri. Includes a variety of different jobs, mostly Personals physical work, but some office work. Preference given to those with swine DISABILITY BENEFIT or at least some animal GROUP. handling exp. Computer Suffering from a disability? exp. is an asset but will train.

The Canadian Government Email resume to: wants to give you up to carolatquintainesrd $40,000. For details check @outlook.com out our website: www. or fax: 403-340-1694 disabilitygroupcanada.com or call us today toll free TRENCHUK CATTLE CO. 1-888-875-4787. in Smoky Lake is looking for General Labourers with cattle skills.

Class 1 Truck Drivers.

Cat/Hoe Operators. $20 - $35/hour depending on experience. Mechanical skills an asset. Call Willy at 780-656-0052 or fax resume to 780-656-3962.

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Non-Restricted/ Restricted Courses/ Challenges Reasonable Rates Will Travel Stan Genert Donalda, AB 403-749-2517

Personals

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

850

IMMIDIATE OPENINGS Sylvan Lake. Bed Truck Drivers & swampers req’d.

Safety bonus program, top wages and benefits.

Email resume: tom@roncooilfield.ca or fax: 403-887-4892 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.

Job Posting JOB TITLE: Journeyman Millwright- Stettler, Alberta (All other trades will be considered based on agricultural industry experience) DESCRIPTION: ENR Distribution is an emerging company which is providing sound agronomy and effective nutrients in an environmentally responsible fashion ensuring a sustainable source of enriched food to help nourish an increasing world population.

The position will be responsible for all aspects of the maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment at our fertilizer plant and storage site to ensure both short and long term safety, efficiency, reliability and cost effective production. This will all be in accordance with company policies and relevant government standards and codes.

Qualifications • Must hold a valid Journeyman Millwright Certificate. (Other trades will be considered based on experience) • Minimum of 5 years related experience, demonstrated technical abilities in maintaining mechanical equipment within an agricultural or production environment.

Interested candidates please see our website www.enrdistribution. com for more details or apply on-line to sbriscoe@mcraeltd.com or by fax at (403)-742-4179, Attn. Operations Manager. Successful candidates will be contacted for an in person interview.

Professionals

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

Post your resume online.

Free. Visit: awna.com/for-job-seekers.

Business getting nowhere?

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403.742.2395

TORNADO Combustion Technologies Inc. A strong and growing design/manufacturing company providing combustion-related products, including arrestors, are stacks, thermal oxidizers and customdesigned equipment.

:(/'(56 QG <($5 7+528*+ 72 % 35(66685( 5(48,5(' FOR RURAL LOCATION NE OF STETTLER, ALBERTA Tornado Combustion Technologies Inc. offers fulltime employment in a stable position supporting the fabrication of technical products sold worldwide.

We invite you to join our team of highly skilled tradesmen, who work in a goal-oriented, team atmosphere. Salary, proďŹ t-sharing incentive and beneďŹ ts package.

SUBMIT YOUR RESUME FOR REVIEW TO hr@tornadotech.com

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Now hiring SUMMER HELP in your local city/town. Flexible Schedules with $17 guaranteed base pay, cust. sales/service, no experience necessary, we will train, conditions apply. Visit www.summeropenings. ca/rda or call 403-755-6711 to APPLY NOW!

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Savage Value Drug Mart is looking for a student for part time front store clerk position.

Individual must be enthusiastic, energetic and mature. Candidate must be able to work after school and Saturdays.

Please apply in person to Scott or Fern.

WITH CLASSIFIEDS 1-877-223-3311

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STETTLER CONCRETE MIX Must be reliable and able to work longer hours; concrete experience an asset.

Benefits, plus good wages.

403-742-2134 stettlerconcretemix@gmail.com

Floor Covering Installers and Tilesetters needed

for Jensen Contract Flooring, Big Valley, AB Starting wages: $28.85/hr - Floor Covering Installers $24.75/hr - Tilesetters 40-50 hours per week Applicants should have a minimum of 3 years of work experience or have a valid trade certification.

Please send qualified resumes only to jensenjobs@email.com or fax to 403-876-2554

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Pheasantback Golf Kitchen Help Wanted

Jensen Contract Flooring in Big Valley, AB is looking for an Estimating Administrator to start immediately.

Responsibilities will include: • Research and document current bidding opportunities.

• Track and coordinate estimates and results • Assist Estimators in the bid preparations Qualifications • Highly organized, achievement oriented with strong multi-tasking abilities.

• Detail oriented with strong analytical, math & computer skills (Excel, computerized estimating systems, spreadsheet design and formulas).

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Full time cook.

Full time, breakfast short order cook.

Part time prep cook & dishwasher.

Phone 403-742-GOLF (4653) ask for Pat Misc.

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SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca

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JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN Starting $32 - $36/hr

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Our company is the largest independently owned tire dealer in Canada.

Our 250 locations offer clean and safe work environments encouraging a motivating and fun atmosphere. We are looking for relentless problem solvers who not only have strong technical skills, but who are also good communicators and thrive in the service industry.

We are seeking a motivated Journeyman Automotive Technician to join our team. As the ideal candidate, you have a strong background in general vehicle maintenance; enjoy working with a high energy team in a retail environment.

Kal Tire offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, along with a company-wide profit sharing plan that recognizes individual and team contributions.

Kal Tire welcomes your interest in the Automotive Technician opportunity. Interested applicants are requested to submit their resume to travis_randell@kaltire.com, fax 403-742-3317 or in person.

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THERE IS STILL A HUGE DEMAND for Canscribe Medical Transcription graduates.

Medical Transcription is a great work-from-home career! Contact us today at www.canscribe.com.

1-800-466-1535; info@canscribe.com

Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990 Aircraft ..............................1510 Antiques & Art ..................1520 Auctions ............................1530 Bicycles ............................1540 Building Supplies ..............1550 Business Machines ..........1560 Cameras & Accessories ..1570 Children’s Items ................1580 Clothing ............................1590 Computers ........................1600 Concert & Event Tickets ..1610 Equipment - Misc. ............1620 Equipment - Heavy ..........1630 Tools ................................1640 Farmers’ Market & Food Basket......................1650 Firewood ..........................1660 Lumber ............................1670 Garden Supplies ..............1680 Lawn Tractors ..................1690 Health, Dietary, Beauty ....1700 Household Appliances......1710 Household Furnishings ....1720 TV’s, Stereos, VCR’s ........1730 Hot Tubs & Accessories ..1740 Jewellery ..........................1750 Kid’s Deals........................1755 Misc. For Sale ..................1760 Musical Instruments..........1770 Music Lessons..................1780 Piano & Organs ................1790 Office Supplies ................1800 Pets & Supplies ................1810 Pet Services ....................1820 Cats ..................................1830 Dogs ................................1840 Sports Cards ....................1850 Sporting Goods ................1860 Collectors’ Items ..............1870 Swap, Barter & Trade ......1880 Travel Packages ..............1900 Wedding Supplies ............1910 Recycled Products............1920 Wanted to Buy ..................1930 Items to Give Away ..........1940

Auctions

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ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE AUCTION. June 7, Namao Elementary School, 10 a.m. Car models, Coca-Cola, vintage soda shop/ice cream parlor, antique/vintage tools, furniture, much more.

Details: www. spectrumauctioneering.com 780-903-9393.

MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, June 7, 11 a.m., 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton.

Over 150 guns - Handguns, rifles, shotguns, hunting and sporting equipment. To consign call 780-440-1860.

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Interested candidates should submit resumes in confidence to kkernohan@envirotank.com or contact Ken Kernohan directly at 1-306-948-5262

We are currently looking for a Full-Time Permanent Administrative Assistant for our Stettler Office. The successful candidate will provide administrative and clerical support to the operation/ production department.

Specific Accountabilities: – To ensure that the initial contact with all clients and visitors is handled in a professional and appropriate manner.

– Answer phones in a pleasant, professional and timely manner.

– Contribute to the productivity and efficiency of the office by providing administrative assistance with spreadsheet, word documents, reports, internal databases, etc.

– Assist and support the production team with special projects as required.

– Participate/arrange group meetings and discussions.

– Responsible for weekly production reporting.

– Maintain office filing system.

– Invoice coding.

Qualifications – Previous office experience is preferred.

– Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and internet – Exposure to the Oil and Gas Industry an asset – High School Diploma required.

Please email resume to ken.mcdavid@cnrl.com and margaret.maron@cnrl.com

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EYE SPY… Look for your name in the Classifieds (stating you’re a winner) and come to the Stettler Independent to claim your prize, compliments of KFC!

METAL ROOFING & SIDING. Very competitive prices!

Largest colour selection in Western Canada.

Available at over 25 Alberta Distribution Locations.

40 Year Warranty.

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Application Deadline: June 1, 2014.

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

UNRESERVED METAL Fabricating Auction.

Thursday, June 5, 11 a.m.

Preview: Wednesday 10 - 5.

CNC Plasma cutting, loaders, saws and ironworker, welding vehicles.

A must view at: www.foothillsauctions.com.

780-922-6090.

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Rupertsland Institute Métis Training to Employment is looking for Métis people between the ages of 18–30 who are interested in a career in the Medical Technical field.

Space is limited, so apply today!

Application Deadline: June 16, 2014.

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

UNRESERVED AUCTION SAL - Leroy Rasmuissen Estate.

Friday, June 13 at 10 a.m., Nanton, Alberta.

Tractors & shop equipment; www.theauctioncompany.ca

Building Supplies

Resumes accepted until noon June 10 2014

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REAL ESTATE & FARM AUCTION (Terry & Dianna Coverly, 780-525-2530).

Sunday, June 8, 10:30 a.m., Grassland, Alberta. Farm equipment, boats, etc.

Complete listings & photos on all auctions: Andruchow Auctions Ltd.; www. andruchowauctions.com

Funded in part by the Government of Canada.

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Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 SEASONED SPLIT FIREWOOD 4.5 kms. West of Stettler Call 403-323-0744

Garden Supplies

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BEAUTIFUL SPRUCE TREES. 4 - 6 ft., $35 each.

Machine planting; $10/tree (includes bark mulch and fertilizer). 20 tree minimum order. Delivery fee: $75 - $125/order.

Quality guaranteed.

403-820-0961 MASSIVE TREE SALE. Hardy tree, shrub, and berry seedlings.

Perfect for shelterbelts or landscaping. Full boxes as low as $1/tree. Bundles of 10 as low as $1.29/tree.

Free shipping.

Replacement guarantee.

1-866-873-3846 or treetime.ca

Misc. for Sale

Office Supplies

1800

WHITE 20LB BOND PAPER: 8.5 X 11

10 pkgs. of 500 sheets

$48/case

Shop Stettler & Save!

403-742-2395 Wanted To Buy

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FIREARMS. All types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military.

We handle all paperwork and transportation.

Licensed dealer.

1-866-960-0045; www.dollars4guns.com.

Livestock

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

Livestock

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Laverndene Acres Yearling Red Angus Bulls for Sale

Lavern Wideman

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EVERY WATER WELL on earth should have the patented â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kontinuous Shokâ&#x20AC;?

Chlorinator from Big Iron Drilling!

Why? Save thousands of lives every year. www.1-800bigiron.com.

Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON. SAWMILLS from only $4,397. 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.

Employment Training

Castor, AB 403-882-2185

The right place to ďŹ nd the right person for the job.

403.742.2395

BAR-DALE LIMOUSIN, ERSKINE, AB. 40, two year old virgin bulls for sale at the farm.

Fully guaranteed.

Call Carole Barclay at 403-742-4825, Terry 403-740-5037 Ricky 403-740-5711. email bardale@xplornet.com PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year olds. Semen tested and delivered.

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

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WANTED: Hay land to put up on shares.

403-742-4337

Seed Grain

2200 BARLEY

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2 RANCH HORSES FOR SALE, 5 years old, well broke, 403-741-8190.

CLENRIDGE HOOF TRIMMING offers hoof trimming for cattle in a standup hydraulic chute.

Contact now for price and availability. Will travel.

403-598-0170 or 587-377-2961

Horse/Stock Trailers

2170

HORSE and Stock trailer.

Parts and repairs. Axles, brakes, drums, bearings, spring, rims, fenders, lights, and wiring.

Pick up & delivery avail.

HORSE SHOE TRAILER MFG. AND REPAIR. HALKIRK, ALBERTA 403-884-2173 403-430-0504

Grain, Feed Hay

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HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

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

Buying damaged or offgrade grain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On Farm Pickupâ&#x20AC;?

Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.

LACOMBE COUNTRY FEED STORE, Come see us at: 4836 45A St. Lacombe, Ab ALL THE FEED YOUR ANIMALS NEED! 403-782-3333 Dealer of Masterfeeds

Suites

AC Metcalfe, Busby, Seebee, Sundre.

OATS

AC Juniper, AC Morgan, AC Mustang, Derby.

CDC Go Wheat, Winter & spring Triticale, Silage Peas CDC Meadow Ă&#x20AC;eld peas, NON GMO Canola, Polish & Argentine 403-556-2609 MastinSeeds.com BRIGHTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SEED FOR SALE Wheat-Cert. Harvest HRS/Foremost CPS Barley-Cert. Copeland/ Cowboy/Coalition Oats-Seed Oats. Call 780-855-2240/780-678-6329 CERTIFIED SEED FOR SALE. Busby Barley, Stride Oats, Jordan Oats.

Guaranteed, fully tested.

MAGIC SEED FARM Greg Jones 403-783-6495 or 403-704-6277 COMMON SEAD OATS 97% germ. Colour sorted.

Call Glen Lepard 403-740-2872.

FOR SALE COMMON SEED OATS 403-368-2114

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

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BEST RENTAL VALUE IN STETTLER 1 & 2 Bedroom, furnished kitchenette suites.

All utilities, cable, internet.

1 Bedroom, $800/mo.

2 Bedroom, $1100/mo.

D.D. $200.

Avail. immediately Kimberly 403-690-5828

Warehouse Space

Mortgages Bought/Sold

3140

THIS WEEKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EYE SPY WINNER IS Ismay Seyer Please come into the Stettler Independent to claim your prize!

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#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

Suites

3160

Household, furniture, business records, etc.

Various sizes. Protected by security alarm and fenced and lighted perimeter. Owner: Reg and Darlene Hunter 403-740-9283 or 403-742-3153 KING OF THE ROAD RV STORAGE, 24hr video security, pavement to site, on hwy.

2, 10 mi. North of Red Deer, pull-throughs avail.

403-782-7775

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L A R G E 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.

One & Two BEDROOM APARTMENTS FOR RENT No pets Phone Ellen Phone Linda or at Ernie 403-742-1568 at 403-742-5005

WHEAT HRS: CDC GO, Park. Wheat winter: Norstar. Barley: Sundre.

Canola: Early One. Oat: AC Mustang. Other kinds and varieties avail.

Grasses and forages.

Lyster Farms LTD Stettler, AB. 403-742-4456

2 BEDROOM SUITE IN ADULT BUILDING 30+.

Very quiet & well maintained.

No pets, no smoking, $795/mo., $795 d.d., includes heat, water, 1 parking stall.

Available immediately Ken @ 403-350-9243.

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DO YOU OWN REAL ESTATE? I offer 1st & 2nd mortgages with no credit check.

Get approved today.

Call 1-866-405-1228 or email: info @Ă&#x20AC;rstandsecondmortgages.ca

Financial #4400 - #4430 Investments ......................4410 Money Wanted ................4420 Money to Loan ................4430

STETTLER MINI Money To Loan Wanted to Rent STORAGE

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

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Transportation #5000-5300

Automotive Services ........5010 Antique & Classic Autos ....5020 Cars ..................................5030 SUVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s................................5040 Trucks ..............................5050 Heavy Trucks....................5060 Vans/Buses ......................5070 Motorcycles ......................5080 Condos/ Campers ..........................5090 Townhouses Motorhomes......................5100 5th Wheels........................5110 EXCLUSIVE LUXURY Holiday Trailers ................5120 RIVERFRONT CONDOS Tent Trailers ......................5130 FOR SALE Utility Trailers ....................5140 in Downtown Red Deer.

ATVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ................................5150 Call Renee at Boats & Marine ................5160 403-314-1687 for Inquiries. Snowmobiles ....................5170 Tires, Parts & Accessories ......................5180 Manufactured Auto Wreckers ..................5190 Homes Vehicles Wanted ..............5200 Car/Truck Rental ..............5210 SHOWHOME SALE. Recreational Vehicle Substantial savings to be had! Need room for whole Rental ..............................5220 new display! Visit Grandview Trailer Rental ....................5230 Modular Red Deer to see Misc. Automotive ..............5240 the quality and craftsmanship RVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ..................................5300

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Steel containers from 8' to 53'.

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

780 440 4037 | SEACAN.COM

Funded in part by the Government of Canada.

Commercial Property

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Are you a MĂŠtis youth between the ages of 15 and 17? Are you interested in careers in the environmental ďŹ eld, such as ďŹ sh and wildlife ofďŹ cer, forest technician, or park warden?

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Application Deadline: June 16, 2014.

Call: 1-888-48-MĂ&#x2030;TIS (1-888-486-3847) online at: www.metisemployment.ca

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.

Storage Space

1 800 661 6490 www.lakelandcollege.ca/int_dev

Rupertsland Institute MĂŠtis Training to Employment Services and Junior Achievement are looking for MĂŠtis youth ages 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 17 to participate in the Youth Entrepreneur Leadership Workshop.

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Application Deadline: June 6, 2014 Call: 1-888-48-MĂ&#x2030;TIS (1-888-486-3847) online at: www.metisemployment.ca

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PASKAL CATTLE COMPANY in Picture Butte area is looking for Feed Barley.

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BUSINESS AVAILABLE IN ALBERTA Franchise: Two franchises located in same community, sales $1 M. Priced $875,000.

Excellent opportunity to grow a further.

Cabinet Makers: Same owner since 1984, sales well over $1 M. Priced $472,000 plus inventory.

Crane & Picker Operation: Sales $800,000 eTuipment appraisal on Âżle. Priced SO008447 $425,000.

Retail Business: Sales over $ M, cash Ă&#x20AC;ow $ 77,000.00 plus inventory.

Countertops: EstaElished 1994, sales $900,000. &ash Ă&#x20AC;ow $211,000. Priced $260,000.00.

Fitness Business: Sales $800,000, cash Ă&#x20AC;ow $21 ,42 . Priced $450,000.

Butcher shop: Sales over $800,000, cash Ă&#x20AC;ow $140,220. Priced $700,000.

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Cottages/Resort Property

4130 2007 FLEETWOOD

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.

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Regal, 355RL. Exc. cond., 1 owner, Loaded, lots of extras. $32,500.00 obo.

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SANDY COVE RESORT, Pine Lake

2003 SPRINTER 276, large slide, 2 solar panels, 2 - 6 V batteries, $14,500 o.b.o.

Phone 403-740-6161.

Mortgages Bought/Sold

Tires, Parts Acces.

Lake front lots for full ownership titles & season lot rentals.

Cheapest in the area, $3000.

Call 306-402-7776

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Bruised credit, self-employed, unemployed ok.

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WRECKING AUTO-TRUCKS. Parts to Ă&#x20AC;t over 500 trucks.

Lots of Dodge, GMC, Ford, imports.

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

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

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ROCHON SANDS - Lake front property with lovely 3 bdrm home and attached garage. Open concept, 3 bdrms, sun room and beautifully landscaped private back yard. $489,900.

* BUFFALO SANDS - Landscaped 50 x 100 ft. lot with municipal water and sewer.

Paved roads, playground and beach nearby. Park your RV and build later.

WHITE SANDS - COZY AND PRIVATE describes this 3 bedroom year round home. Only 1 block to the beach for swimming and boating.

Beautiful landscaping. $279,000.

SCENIC SANDS - Impressive 5 bdrm/3 bath home. Walk-out bsmt, wrap around deck and stunning outdoor features with beautiful landscaping. $629,000.

ROCHON SANDS - Year round living in this 5 bdrm Hillside Bungalow. 1.2 Acres, nice treed property and just a short walk to the lake for swimming and boating. $549,000.

SCENIC SANDS - WATERFRONT HOME on 1/2 Acre lot. Over 3,000 sq. ft. of living space with 5 bdrms. lots of room for entertaining inside and out. $690,000.

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4912 - 51 Street Stettler, AB Open Mon. - Sat.

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Local Authorities Election Act (Section 26)

Local Jurisdiction: Summer Village Rochon Sands, Province of Alberta.

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Notice is hereby given that Nomination Day is May 31, 2014 and that nominations for the election of candidates for the following offices will be received at the location of the local jurisdiction office set out below between the hours of 10:00 am and 12:00 Noon on Nomination Day.

BRIAN HALLETT

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Location of Local Jurisdiction Office: #1 Hall Street, Rochon Sands, Alberta.

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Dated at the Summer Village of Rochon Sands in the Province of Alberta, this 14th day of May, 2014.

Please leave a message if no answer

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No: Legal Description: Municipal Address: Applicant: Proposed Development:

2790-2014 Lot 21, Block 1, Plan 0626839 6016 - 55 Avenue Wayne & Lynn Derwantz

No: Legal Description: Municipal Address: Applicant: Proposed Development:

2585-2011 Amendment Lot 2, Block 7, Plan 7520934 4110 - 47 Avenue Re-Glycol Ltd.

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June 11, 2014. For further information, please phone 403-742-8305.

Leann Graham Planning & Development Services

County of of Stettler Stettler No. County No. 6 6

6602 -- 44 44 Ave., Ave., Box Box 1270, 1270, 6602 Stettler, AB AB T0C Stettler, T0C2L0 2L0 Phone: 742-4441 Fax: Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 742-1277 403-742-1277

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BYLAW 1529-14, providing for minor amendments to the County of Stettlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Municipal Development Plan to allow additional private titles (acreages) to be subdivided out of a quarter section over and above the maximum density, under speciďŹ c circumstances and at the discretion of the Subdivision Authority, and to clarify the measurement of the default CFO exclusion zone at undeveloped portions of future residential areas within area structure plans, concept plans and outline plans.

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The public may inspect a copy of the amending bylaw at the County Administration Building during regular ofďŹ ce hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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The Public Hearing will be held Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 1:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as possible, in Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

Lori R. Reule

Receipt of written submissions in support or opposing this bylaw must be submitted to the Development OfďŹ cer, County of Stettler, Box 1270, Stettler, AB. T0C 2L0 by 4:30 on Tuesday, June 10, 2014.

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Take notice that the Council of the County of Stettler No. 6 will hold a Public Hearing to hear representation concerning the proposed Bylaws:

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

HAZEL MATILDA SNIDER who died on April 9, 2014

If you have a claim against this estate, you must Àle your claim by July 11, 2014 with

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If you do not Àle by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

Public Notices

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Community Support Services ADULTS/CHILDREN ANONYMOUS Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

For more info Kira & Ian FCSS, 403-742-2339

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-742-4271; 403-742-1887 403-742-3214; 403-742-2966 or 403-742-4271

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ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP 403-742-4263; 403-742-8122 or 403-742-4091

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP 403-742-2337

BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION 403-742-5437 during business hours

BRIGANTIA PLACE (formerly Camrose Women’s Shelter)

780-672-1035

CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance)

Alberta’s housing market continues to be among the strongest in Canada: RBC Economics Affordability set to neutral From Canadian News Wire Alberta’s home prices were tame in Q1 of 2014, keeping housing affordability levels relatively flat, according to the latest Housing Trends and Affordability Report issued by RBC Economics Research.

“Alberta’s housing market continued to benefit from a booming economy, rapid rising population and attractive affordability,” said Craig Wright, senior vice-president and chief economist, RBC. “First quarter home resales were 9.0 per cent above the 10year average, which kept demand-supply conditions fairly tight in the province’s largest markets.”

RBC notes, however, that activity stabilized in the past two quarters, suggesting that trends remain under control and that the housing market is showing few signs of overheating.

While generally up solidly from a year ago, home prices were tame in the first quarter of the year.

The RBC housing affordability measures, which capture the proportion of pre-tax household income that would be needed to service the costs of owning a home at current market values, rose slightly for two of three categories tracked in first quarter of 2014 (an increase in the measure represents deterioration in affordability).

RBC’s affordability measures rose by 0.1 percentage points to 32.6 per cent for bungalows and by 0.4 percentage points to

20.2 per cent for condominiums. The measure for two-storey homes was unchanged at 34.4 per cent.

Calgary-area housing market gives a strong performance Calgary’s housing market continues to benefit from a strong economy, solid demographic demand and attractive affordability levels.

“Home prices in Calgary are rising at the fastest rate in the country, but they seem to be easily absorbed by Calgary’s high - and growing - household incomes,” added Wright.

“Calgary’s housing market pretty much has everything going for it at the moment.”

Despite slight erosion in housing affordability over the past year, including Q1 2014, all of RBC’s measures for the area continue to be well below their longterm average. This trend indicates that developments in the Calgary-area market to date have been quite sustainable.

RBC’s measures increased in all three categories in the first quarter: by 0.9 percentage points for bungalows to 34.5 per cent, 1.0 per cent for two-storey homes to 35.0 per cent and 0.5 percentage points for condo apartments to 20.4 per cent.

RBC’s housing affordability measure for the benchmark detached bungalow in Canada’s largest cities in the first quarter of 2014 is as follows: Vancouver 82.4 (up 0.9 percent-

age points from the previous quarter); Toronto 56.1 (up 0.2 percentage points); Montreal 38.9 (up 0.1 percentage points); Ottawa 36.4 (down 0.5 percentage points); Calgary 34.5 (up 0.9 percentage points); Edmonton 32.9 (down 0.2 percentage points).

The RBC Housing Affordability Measure, which has been compiled since 1985, is based on the calculated costs of owning a detached bungalow (a reasonable property benchmark for the housing market in Canada) at market value. Alternative housing types are also presented, including a standard twostorey home and a standard condominium apartment.

The higher the reading, the more difficult it is to afford a home at market values.

For example, an affordability reading of 50 per cent means that homeownership costs, including mortgage payments, utilities and property taxes, would take up 50 per cent of a typical household’s monthly pretax income.

It is important to note that RBC’s measure is designed to gauge ownership costs associated with buying a home at present market values. It is not a representation of the actual costs incurred by current owners, the vast majority of whom have bought in the past at significantly different values than those prevailing in the latest period.

Highlights from across Canada: British Columbia:

single-family homes less affordable Housing affordability continues to be poor in British Columbia. RBC measures rose 1.2 percentage points for two-storey homes and 0.9 percentage points for bungalows to 74.2 per cent and 68.4 per cent, respectively. The measure for condos remained unchanged at 33.6 per cent.

Saskatchewan: affordability plays a neutral role Owning a home in Saskatchewan became slightly more affordable for the most part in Q1 2014.

RBC’s measures fell in two of the three categories - bungalows by 0.6 percentage points to 36.4 per cent and condominiums by 0.1 percentage points to 25.4 per cent. The rise in the measure for two-storey homes - 0.5 percentage points to 40.7 per cent - reversed a decline that took place in the previous quarter.

Manitoba: housing becomes more affordable Manitoba homebuyers benefited from some improvement in affordability in the first quarter of 2014.

RBC measures for both bungalows and condominiums fell in the first quarter to their lowest levels in nearly a year - by 0.4 percentage points and 0.6 percentage points, respectively. Although the measure for two-storey homes rose by 0.3 percentage points, it stands at a lower level than last spring.

Ontario: affordability deteriorates in singlefamily homes

First quarter affordability measures point to a consistently eroding affordability picture in the province, particularly for single-family homes. RBC’s measures stood at 24-year highs for bungalows at 44.9 per cent and two-storey homes at 51.0 per cent. The measure for condominiums was 29.4 per cent - not much below its multi-decade peak.

Quebec: housing affordability levels sit close to historical averages Housing affordability in the province did not erode much or at all in the first quarter and largely remain close to historical norms.

RBC’s measures edged higher by 0.2 percentage points for bungalows to 34.5 per cent and 0.1 percentage points for two-storey homes to 43.7 per cent. The measure for condominiums fell 0.1 percentage points to 26.6 per cent.

Atlantic: favourable affordability conditions do little to energize market The region’s housing affordability conditions largely improved in the first quarter, but did little to pull the market out of its slump.

RBC measures declined 0.4 percentage points to 31.2 per cent for bungalows and 0.4 percentage points to 25.9 per cent for condominiums. The measure for two-storey homes rose by 0.2 percentage points to 36.2, but remained below its long-term average.

The full RBC Housing Trends and Affordability report is available online.

Brenda 403-742-3067

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COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP 403-742-2337 (parents who have lost a child[ren])

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How many nursing beds are needed in Canada to care for frail, elderly people with high care needs? That’s a question that policy makers across the country are grappling with, given the aging population and especially the rapidly growing number of very elderly people over the age of 85.

Many people as they age eventually need some help with daily activities like housework or shopping, but with that help they can stay in their own homes. Some people, though, particularly those who reach their 80s or 90s, or even a 100, eventually need more help than that, such as help with getting in and out of bed, eating, and using the toilet. When care needs are this great, admission to a nursing home - or what are also sometimes called long-term care facilities or personal care homes -- is usually the only option.

Should we really be talking about how many nursing home beds are needed - as politicians, media and health policy people all do? Or should the question be, “How many more homes are needed for frail older people who need care?”

One might argue that “bed” is just a manner of speaking, a way to simplify the language. But language does matter; it reflects assumptions and it limits thinking.

The language of “beds” fits with a medical model. It evokes images of institutions, people who are sick lying in beds, long impersonal hallways. The idea of a “home” brings to mind entirely different images. The smell of homemade cooking, a favourite arm chair, a window to look out of and watch people going by and, ultimately, the feeling of a place where one is comfortable and safe.

There have been considerable strides in the last few decades in making nursing homes feel less institutional. Older institutions have been refurbished so most, if not all, residents have a room to themselves, people are encouraged to personalize their rooms, and the staff is often very caring. Newer nursing homes sometimes consist of smaller units to create a more intimate feel. Yet, fundamentally, they are still institutions.

What if the starting point for thinking about nursing homes is to take the idea of the “home” seriously? Would the result be different?

Models that do just that exist, but they are still the minority. Some use the language of “villages,” suggestive of a small, intimate community where everybody knows each other and looks after each other. In the Netherlands, a village has been created for people with dementia where they can shop, go eat in a restaurant, and live as normally as possible for as long as possible.

Other models offer self-contained housing units, each accommodating a small number of

residents, akin to a group home. The emphasis is on re-creating the home experience by being small scale and home-like in layout and furnishings. The philosophy of care in these settings emphasizes people’s dignity and right to continue to live life to the fullest, despite care needs.

The vast majority of older people want to age in their own home. When staying in their own home is no longer possible, should people not have the option of living in a home-like setting, rather than an institution? Would we not want that for our mother, father, grandmother or grandfather?

The crux of the matter is, of course, that there are typically few choices. Elderly individuals and their family members are restricted by what is currently available. When a bed in a nursing home becomes available, there is not much choice but to take that option. And there is tremendous pressure on hospitals to discharge elderly people who can no longer go home to nursing homes - they are sometimes called “bed

blockers,” yet another word that evokes many negative images.

We need a different philosophy to underlie nursing homes. And it starts with the language that is used. We don’t need more nursing home beds. What we do need are homes and care options so people have choices. We need creative thinking of what might be possible to accommodate diverse needs and preferences.

There are examples that can be built on, but there needs to be a willingness on the part of policy makers to support innovative thinking.

Elderly people themselves and family members need to speak up and voice their preferences. In thinking about new approaches, the question we have to ask is really quite simple: “Would I want to live here?”

Verena Menec is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca and a Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences in the College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. Her research focuses on aging.

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How will Canadian seniors deal with lack of funds in retirement?

For some, a reverse mortgage is often the only solution to financial crises The lack of pension reform combined with seniors living longer than ever is leading to a lack of finances in old age - a troubling issue that needs to be discussed in families across the country.

That’s according to HomEquity Bank experts, provider of the CHIP reverse mortgage.

“Canadian seniors want to remain in their homes as they age. However, there are many that could lose their homes because they haven’t saved enough for retirement, some will be forced out due to a lack of information on options and many of them have the answer in front of them and don’t know it,” explained HomEquity Bank VP National Sales, Jeff Spencer.

Meeting with Canadian seniors on a regular basis, Mr. Spencer knows first-hand the financial issues many face as their retirement progresses. However, property values have dramatically increased in many Canadian cities and tapping into the home’s equity to subsidize retirement is going to play a more prominent role, he explained.

According to CARP: Two-thirds of the workforce - 12 million working Canadians - do not have workplace pension plans.

Private savings options, such as Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) have not been the answer to retirement security.

Canadian senior Jim Burton, 73, is a Chartered Accountant who seriously considered selling the family home, where he and his wife lived for 42 years, before deciding on a CHIP reverse mortgage. The catalyst?

A real estate deal fell through due to the death of a partner “which significantly hurt my retirement plans.

This was a big part of my pension plan process - I was going to be short about a million dollars without this project.”

The CHIP reverse mortgage helped Jim and his wife remain in the family home and “it was one of the simplest financial transactions I’ve ever done.”

“We bought our house forever - and we haven’t got to forever yet,” he added.

How the CHIP reverse mortgage works: 1. Visit www.chip.ca or call 1.877.503.2447 to determine the amount of money available, which is based on the homeowners’ age and the location and type of home as well as the home’s current appraised value.

2. Access money as a one-time lump sum, as monthly payments or both - it’s tailored to individual needs.

3. Up to 50% of the home’s value can be accessed and the money is tax free. Unlike a traditional loan, no

payments are necessary until it’s time to move or sell the home.

“Many baby boomers have not saved enough money for retirement. Without jobs and income, many face dire financial worries. In many cases, ‘sell the home’ is a knee jerk reaction. We want to educate Canadians on other options, including the reverse mortgage,”

added Mr. Spencer.

Dispelling a major misconception around CHIP reverse mortgages, he noted: “After 28 years, and through one of the worst financial crises we’ve seen in Canada, in most cases at the time of sale our clients have an average of 50% of the equity left in their homes.”

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