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Long-lost daughter Deneena Hughes is reunited with the mother who gave her up for adoption 42 years ago and the sister she never knew she had. For years, not knowing the reason why her mother, Stettler’s Joyce Kiryk, gave her up for adoption has been an ache in her heart – an ache cured when she met her and her half-sister, Olivia Clutterbuck.

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Earlier this summer Deneena Hughes, who grew up in with her adopted family in Sedgewick, finally had an answer to the questions that had plagued her for as long as she could remember.

Was I wanted? Was I loved?

The answer was yes. Yes, she was.

Forty-two years ago, Stettler resident Joyce Kiryk went into labour and delivered

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a healthy baby girl. She refused to hold the child or even see her, knowing that if she did either of these things, she couldn’t manage to let the little girl go. It was a heartbreaking decision for Kiryk, who since becoming pregnant had watched her life as she knew it fall into pieces.

Engaged to be married, she broke it off when she discovered she was pregnant. She didn’t want to be married just because of the baby – a revolutionary thought during the 70s – and the relationship with her ex-fiance had soured and become bitter.

The last time she saw him, he had signed the papers giving the little girl away for adoption.

Kiryk has never stopped wondering all these years about the girl she gave away. She has also never been ashamed of the fact she let the little girl go up for adoption.

“I told my husband on our first date,” she said. “Olivia (our daughter) knew about her.

One year she said she wanted her sister back for Christmas.”

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Robin Tarnowetzki INDEPENDENT REPORTER For a brief moment, the sky was filled with brightly coloured dots as residents who wanted to remember loved ones released balloons into the air during the Colour Your Memories event at the Stettler Funeral Home on Wednesday, July 16.

“We like to have them come, we have a balloon release that allows people to either say hello, some say goodbye, some say see you later, some say I miss you,” said organizer Dean Ross. “It’s each to their own...some still find it hard where they can’t come and do that. It’s just a way we can reach out to everybody that’s here and offer something in a non-judgmental atmosphere, and it allows them to grieve.”

Those wishing to memorialize their loved ones gathered at the funeral home to talk, have something to eat, and write notes to their deceased loved ones. At 6:30

p.m., they gathered outside, some with multiple balloons, and as a song played in the background, released their balloons into the air. The event is the second one, and Ross plans to continue it annually.

“We just felt that there needed to be something midyear, something summer-oriented, where they could come and have a little bite to eat, a little bit of fellowship, and have nothing really structured; just a nice evening where people can reflect,” Ross said.

The attendees watched the balloons float away, and then went back inside to socialize more.

“My hope is that it’s one more step in dealing with their own grief,” Ross said. “I think sometimes as a society, we tend to think grief takes care of itself, and sometimes we’re not fair to ourselves. I hope that everyone walks away from here feeling a little bit better that they’ve made one more baby step in their road to grief.”

Stettler competes in Communities in Bloom Robin Tarnowetzki INDEPENDENT REPORTER The Communities in Bloom judges will be evaluating Stettler on July 25 in the International Challenge (small) category. Various events related to the judging will take place throughout the day, and the community awards will be given out at the end of the day.

The judges are Lucie Gagné and Piet Boersma.

Gagné has been the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Plant Health Survey Biologist for the Qué-

bec area. She researches plant pests in order to manage and eradicate them.

Boersma has been an inspector in the Netherlands with the Plant Protection Service since 1975. He inspects plants exported from the Netherlands and conducts field studies to detect diseases that don’t normally occur in Europe.

Stettler is competing against Castelgar, B.C.; Fogo, Nfld; Jasper, Alta.; Killarney-Turtle Mountain, Man.; Moynalty Village in Ireland and Trail, B.C.

The judges arrive at 9 a.m. and begin their tour at 9:30 a.m. The first half of the tour is followed by lunch, and then the second half of the tour begins.

At 6 p.m., the judges will have dinner in the Hub, give their comments, and hand out community awards.

The national and international results are set to be announced in Charlottetown, PEI from Sept. 17 to 20.

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Council moves to regulate partying in neighbourhoods Robin Tarnowetzki INDEPENDENT REPORTER

Stettler town council discussed neighbourhood block party guidelines at their regular meeting on Tuesday, July 15 with a view to starting to regulate the events to ensure peace and safety.

Anyone wanting to throw a block party must now fill out a form with the town at least two weeks before the event.

The town will then notify emergency services if temporary road closures are needed, but the barri-

cades may be removed in the case of an emergency.

Residents are responsible to pick up road barricades from and drop them off to the Stettler Recreation Centre. The block party must wrap up by 10 p.m., and attendees must follow established bylaws.

“This way, the community can feel comfortable having a block party without infringing on others,” said town CAO Greg Switenky.

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this covers block party activities within reason, so not “a 10 block kegger.”

Mayor Dick Richards wondered if making block parties a town-sanctioned event opened them to liability issues, but Switenky said the town is allowing it to happen on their property, not organizing the events themselves, so the risk was negligible.

The motion to accept the guidelines was accepted unanimously.

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The Stettler and District Fire Department, RCMP and EMS responded to a single-vehicle accident earlier this week. A semi-trailer carrying a load of pipe went off the road after the driver appeared to have a medical emergency. The condition of the driver is unknown, but no one else was harmed.

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The condition and age of the driver is unknown, as is whether he suffered any injuries in the collision itself, Russell said, but he noted that the driver was taken to Stettler hospital in medical distress from the medical incident, not the collision.

The load of steel rods, for the most part, remained strapped to the trailer and the Stettler District Fire Department responded to the scene with EMS. Russell noted that in the past week police responded to 95 calls; some were the usual 911 hang-ups and false alarms, though there were several traffic complaints and domestic violence calls.

One thing that caught Russell’s eye was the number of vehicle versus wildlife incidents.

“Living in Alberta, it’s something we deal with,” he said of the wildlife issue. Drivers should remain alert for wildlife in the fields and trees on the side of the road, and drive slower at night so they don’t drive faster than they can react due to the shorter sight distances.

Police have also continued to take a proactive approach to drugs, especially methamphetamines, which are a growing issue, though this week was not as successful as last week, Russell noted.

Russell said mischief and theft continue to be a pleasantweather issue, meaning the numbers climb in the spring and summer before it becomes too cold to be comfortably outside.

One thing that is an issue is theft from vehicles, made easy by people who choose to not lock their doors. There are people who will go door-to-door, checking to see if vehicles are unlocked. Whether it’s change from the cupholder, a pack of cigarettes, clothing or other valuables possibly left in the car, these thefts can add up to a nice little haul for the thief.

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Reunited after 40 long years continued from page 1 it easier for adoptive parents and children to find each other, Kiryk registered in the database and got what papers she could. The child’s name was blacked out and, when no one contacted her, she let it sit in the background.

Meanwhile, Hughes grew up in a happy family just north of Stettler in Sedgewick. She had her adopted parents and three siblings – two biological children and an adoptive brother.

She grew up knowing she and her brother were adopted, and while her parents had told glowing stories of adoption – making it clear to her that she was wanted and she was loved – the fact her parents had given her away at birth was an ache in her heart. Sometimes it wasn’t obvious, but it was always lurking, waiting for an errant thought to bring it forward.

Hughes married, and now lives in the United States with her husband and four children.

“I remember when I had my children,” she said. “I thought, ‘How do you give them away?’ It brought that ache back.”

Several times over the years Hughes filled out the paperwork to add to the database, saying she was looking for her biological parents, but she never had the courage to file it.

“I didn’t want to feel rejected twice,” she explained.

“Was I a shameful secret? I decided I wanted them to find me, but of course by not filing the paperwork, I made it impossible.”

Impossible except for an error.

Kiryk’s daughter, Olivia Clutterbuck, decided she wanted to find her older sister and dug out the old paperwork the family had gone over dozens of times.

This time, she noticed that whoever had redacted the document, blacking out names and locations, had left something visible.

“Deneena.”

Starting on Facebook, Clutterbuck typed in the unusual first name and found Hughes in moments.

“She creeped her,” Kiryk admitted with a chuckle. “She came to me and said, ‘Mom, I think I found her. She looks just like you.’”

Clutterbuck sent a message to Hughes, but they didn’t hear anything for several months.

“I usually check Facebook on my phone, but one day I was checking my messages on the computer and I saw this greyed-out ‘Other’ option,” Hughes explained. When people on Facebook are sent messages from people who are not friends, they’re often sent there.

Hughes opened the message from the stranger, named Olivia Clutterbuck, “It just rocked me back on my heels,” she said. “It was like being hit by a sledgehammer.”

She wrote Clutterbuck back, and after the exchange of details both were certain. They were sisters.

The two families decided they wanted to meet, and picked a place in North Dakota, which is about halfway between where Hughes and Kiryk live.

“Oh my word – I think both she and I were nervous wrecks the week before,” Hughes said. “I got to the room and there was a gift bag hanging on the door that said

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Stettler organization arrives at elevator with Belles on Robin Tarnowetzki INDEPENDENT REPORTER The Heartland Belles celebrated Stettler history with tea and snacks in the P&H grain elevator, followed by a tour on Thursday, July 17.

The Belles started as the Red Hat Society, but when the club got too big eight years ago it split, and the Heartland Belles were formed. Members have to be over 60 years old, and they wear red and purple when they meet.

“Our purpose in having this group is for fun and friendship,” said the group’s queen, Joanne Vallet.

They group, which is for ladies only, meets once a week at the Anglican Church hall. The group is primarily for socializing.

‘Congratulations on your baby girl’ or something like that.

It made me giggle right away, because I was thinking of coming with balloons. You know, ‘Congratulations on the baby’.”

Hughes said she didn’t have words for that moment when the hotel room door opened and she first came faceto-face with Kiryk. The two had never seen each other in their lives. They had never spoken or heard each other’s voices. They were complete strangers.

Except they weren’t.

“She’s a stranger, but she’s also the dearest person alive,” Hughes said, her voice becoming emotional.

Finding out why she had been given up, and that her mother had loved her and thought of her every day and could only give her away because she had never held her, took away the ache that had haunted her as long as she had lived.

But Hughes knew it was a Pandora’s Box situation. It

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“We do not raise money. We’re not an organization to raise money,” she said.

They like to support community events and other things in the town, which necessitated the trip to the elevator. The group had tea along with the elevator’s summer student, Maggie MacKenzie.

The club, which has 34 members, regularly goes around to the lodges in Stettler to perform music for the residents there.

The Heartland Belles also meet with other clubs, such as those from Red Deer, Camrose, and Drumheller. Next week, the Belles are meeting up with three other clubs for a picnic in Drumheller.

“We like meeting new friends and talking,” Vallet said. was a positive experience for her, but if Kiryk’s situation had been different, it could have been worse. She could have been a child of abuse or rape, or she could have been rejected. Her family could have wanted nothing to do with her or resented her intrusion into their lives.

But she was loved. It was enough.

Her adoptive brother, too, found his family and was welcomed, though the circumstances of his adoption wasn’t as positive as hers, Hughes said. Her husband and children are excited about the new family, and her adoptive family is supportive.

Hughes said that there’s no blanket ‘Yes! Do it!’ is the answer she can give to the parents of children given away for adoption or adopted children, because each situation is unique, but she did have some advice.

“Be careful,” she said. “There are so many variables, and it has to be handled with delicacy and respect. Don’t judge – you don’t know the situation. Be loving and respectful.”

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Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER Every day, as Alberta’s debt climbs higher, Derek Fildebrandt sees his children’s future being eroded. Unwilling to be silent, he goes from town to town, bringing behind him the debt clock.

The specially manufactured trailer has a digital clock that ticks upward, showing the debt in live time as it increases.

It, and Fildebrandt, were in Stettler last Tuesday, July 15, parked out front of the Town of Stettler office.

“Since Thursday evening (July 10) we’ve borrowed aother $61 million,” Fildebrandt, Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Alberta director, said. “We are now borrowing $4.7 billion every single year. By 2016 our debt is going to hit $21 billion and we’re going to be paying $1.4 billion a year in interest payments.”

“We’re here to raise alarm about our return to debt,” Fildebrandt said. “Ten years after our debt was paid in full, we’re $10 billion in debt.”

The debt works out to roughly $2,500 per Alberta resident, the clock’s screens displayed.

The money being spent now is something the province can’t afford, Fildebrandt said, and it’s money his children – and the children of the young adults of the province now – will be paying in the future.

“It’s not ethical” to borrow from our children, Fildebrandt said, as the clock continued to tick upward.

“We (the province) used to be a shining example of fiscal responsibility,” he noted, but added that billions in interest is simply going to be “flushed down the toilet.”

Drumheller-Stettler MLA Rick Strankman met with Fildebrandt outside the town office, signing a contract with the constituency promising that the actions he takes, as an MLA, will be made with the goal of reducing debt – and should the Wildrose Party ever form government, he’ll work to keep his party on track in that regard.

One of the things the federation hopes to see the campaign push forward is the “return to honest (budget) reporting,” Fildebrandt noted. He said the math and reporting methods used by the government is deliberately chosen to hide the increasing debt.

The problem is cyclical, Fildebrandt noted. When one government takes over from another, or the problem of debt becomes so big, there’s an austerity budget. Once that’s paid off, or sometimes when another government comes in, the spending begins again and debt is accrued. For that to stop, there has to be a change in thinking, he added.

“It doesn’t need to be radical,” he said. “Running a deficit in both good and bad times just needs to stop.”

He added that the province should, when times are good, work at building up its savings account so that when times are bad, there’s less need to borrow.

While MLAs from the Wildrose and Liberal parties have signed on to the Federation’s debt-reduction pledge, no Conservative MLAs have done so – something Fildebrandt said he found disappointing.

“It’s a sad thing, for the party that wiped out our debt, not one will sign,” he said.

“A decade of austerity becomes inevitable with spending like this.”

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The aftermath of the aviation crime Mustafa Eric Kosovo was the undoing of the reign of President Boris Yeltsin in Russia, will Ukraine seal a similar fate for President Vladimir Putin?

In a country where democratic processes do not really determine who governs it, it is natural that external crises become more of a determining factor in the ability of those in power to hold on to their seats.

Although this is not a full blown new Cold War, there is little doubt that we are in a new phase in the reshaping of the international order.

There are some important differences, though, in the comparison of the position of Vladimir Putin to that of Boris Yeltsin. At the time of the Kosovo crisis, Yeltsin was already seen by the Russian people as a drunk politician who could not take things seriously and he

was accused of making too much concessions to the West. In the case of Vladimir Putin, the perception is quite the opposite and domestic media are both encouraged and at times forced to continue to feed that image to the public.

Available evidence, even that published or aired by the international media, overwhelmingly shows that the downing of the civilian airplane belonging to the Malaysian Airlines was the work of separatists in eastern Ukraine supported by Russia and the international community is tightening the screws around the Russian leadership to give in by accepting the responsibility for the plane disaster (better to call it the crime) and stopping the ongoing political and logistical support to the separatist rebels.

Although this is not a full blown new Cold War, there is little doubt that we are in a new phase in the reshaping of the international order, with the main difference being there is no ideological background to this conflict. This one is about gaining new turf and/or controlling what is already under the belt of one side or the other.

It could be fair to say that the parameters of this new configuration of the positioning of the sides are more of an economic nature than anything else.

Take, for instance, the announcement of the creation of the new development bank by the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) with $100 billion capital and another $100 billion pool of foreign ex-

change reserves. It came just one day before the downing of the civilian airplane and none of the leaders of the other founding nations of the new bank issued any statement condemning Russia for its role in the crash. Maybe in the days and weeks ahead, once official investigations have been completed and the results announced, they may issue statements of sorrow and regret for the loss of civilian lives just for the sake of having paid lip service to the incident, but they will not seriously think of taking on Russia, because they are now on the same fold.

Russia will likely not back down from its position of supporting the separatists as that will mean a significant erosion of Putin’s domestic powerbase. Unless Russian diplomats can pull a rabbit out of the hat to allow their president to save face, there will be more and more economic sanctions by the West targeting Moscow. Russians will want to respond in kind using their single most powerful economic weapon, the dependence of Western Europe on their natural gas exports. Putin will also play big to dethrone the US dollar from its position as the world’s reserve currency, an objective for which he will find some very sympathetic support, in particular from China.

So we will be witnessing some exciting times in the weeks and months ahead, with the possibility that while watching it unfold, we, the ordinary people, could be sucked into the whirlpool with many being drowned in the process.

You like us but you probably don’t know us A recent survey done by the Canada West Foundation for Natural Resources Policy identified a perception that people had a more favourable attitude towards agriculture than other sectors of the resource economy. The survey included the mining, forestry and energy sectors and it showed that more than half the respondents trusted the agriculture industry. That result was no surprise to long time industry observers, but it needs to be taken into some interpretive context.

The question that arises is what perceived image of agriculture do respondents and the public really have? One suspects that the perception is quite different from the reality.

Those that are part of the agriculture industry at most levels tend to understand that over the past 60 years much has changed and it’s become highly consolidated and commercialized. It’s not the image that most urban folks have of agriculture, by accident or design, they have a much more romanticized version of agriculture. That perhaps may be what is reflected in the survey results. People tend to have a clear perception of other resource industries like mining, energy and forestry which involves highly visible hardedged extraction and processing. There is nothing pretty about the way those industries can brutalize the environment with massive machinery and industrialization. Farming on the other hand conjures up gentle images of ripening crops in the field, happy grazing livestock and colourful orchards. The products of agriculture are also more intimate to people being they have direct relationship with every eating experience.

The reality is that 80 per cent of agricultural production is produced by 20 per cent of the producers; I suspect that figure is getting closer to 90 per cent and 10 per cent. The only way that

Ahead of the heard WILL VERBOVEN occurs is through massive consolidation and commercialization. To the urban consumer that development has gone virtually unnoticed, after all the fields and grazing livestock generally look the same today as they did 60 years ago.

What’s different of course is that the number of folks involved in primary production are a fraction of what it used to be. But the more quaint image of Old McDonald’s farm seems to persist.

Some of that may be due to the story book images instilled in young minds in primary schools. It may also be human nature to cling to those positive images of a quieter gentler time.

From another perspective those quaint images can serve the industry well. Governments are well aware of the political impact of the plight of the family farm. That angle is usually trotted out whenever some production sector needs financial support for weather, market or disease calamities. One gets bemused seeing clueless politicians standing in front hay bales expressing their steadfast support for the survival of the family farm. Be that as it may, most successful family farms have cash flows and assets worth millions of dollars.

However, there are some chinks in the image of agriculture in the public view, but even then there seems to be a disconnect. Many are familiar with lobby groups fearmongering about the safety of food products. Those allegations get immediate public and media attention simple because it involves the food we eat. That introduces emotion into any food issue, and lobby groups and even some food retailers are quick to exploit that human condition to pursue their own goals. They make outlandish and misleading pronouncements about the dangers of GM crops, hormones, chemicals and a host of other practices. Consumers become perplexed when hearing about those supposed evils, being they have a rosy perception of agriculture of a bygone time. A growing danger is that a gullible public and their governments will begin to make decisions that will significantly impact agricultural production because they want a return to a type of simpler farming that they like to imagine or remember.

The real and imagined perception of agriculture is a quandary for the industry and its leadership. From a political perspective perhaps its best to encourage the naïve perception of most of the public as to agriculture. On the other hand, lobby groups have shown that they can be a serious annoyance and affect government policy and retailer marketing approaches. That already affects production and will only get worse. One encouraging note is that the industry is taking some steps to protect its positive image through organizations like Ag for Life. However, they tread a fine line in managing fact, from fiction, from fallacy and from fearmongering. I expect its all part of the process of really getting to know us.

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Annual shoot out not a drag this year Robin Tarnowetzki INDEPENDENT REPORTER The Stettler Airport was filled with smoke and the sounds of engines revving at the Stettler Car Club’s annual 1/8 mile shoot out on July 19 and 20.

Cars that pass a rigorous safety inspection undergo two qualifying passes. Based on those passes, the driver estimates how long it will take to run the 1/8 mile. Two cars run it again, and the car that comes the closest to the estimation, without going faster, wins in the bracket-style competition.

“We were happy with everybody that came out,” said organizer Dan Hiller. “We had good numbers. Kind of got cut short on Sunday because the rain started halfway through the day. We were happy with the weekend.”

Hiller estimates that roughly a thousand people came out to cheer on the competitors.

Though many of the cars were vintage, that was no a requirement to enter the competition.

“Whatever you’ve got, bring

‘er,” Hiller said.

Competitors came from as far away as Strathmore, Drumheller, Kindersley, and Leduc.

The competition used to take place on Main St., but later the car club extended the race from 100 metres to 1/8 mile.

“Everyone wants to go farther and faster, so we switched it from Main St. to the airport,” Hiller said.

The airport was shut down to air traffic on Friday afternoon, and organizers started getting ready – setting up bleachers, barricades, and the timing system. The timing system was also tested on that day. On Saturday, cars started showing up at about 6:30 a.m. There were about 120 competitors on Saturday, and 80 on Sunday, though there were no winners on Sunday because of the rain that started close to the end of the day.

The winner in the sportsman class was Rich Colby, the pro class winner was Kerry Hamilton, and the super pro class winner was Drew Davis.

About 200 competitors from Stettler and area competed in the Stettler Car Club’s 1/8 shoot out at the Stettler Airport on July 19 and 20.

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End of summer is just a month away The Donalda Ag Society will host its 33rd annual Fall Bench Fair on August 9, opening at 9 a.m. at the community hall; look forward to spending a day in Donalda as the museum will conduct walking tours of the historical buildings in the village, you could also take a hike into the coulees on our developed hiking trails.

On August 23, the Donalda Community Promotions will hold a drivein-movie down in the coulees, this is always an end of the summer fun evening; concession and gates will open at 7:30 p.m. and the movie “The Bucket List” will start at dusk. Hope to see many of you out.

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Stettler RCMP welcomes two new constables Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER One is right out of depot in Regina and the other comes with more than five years experience in Whitecourt, but both new RCMP constables now working out of the Stettler detachment believe they have a lot to offer.

Constables Matthew Fifield and Brad Wheeler have been with Stettler for about four months and less than a week, respectively. Stettler is the first assignment for the 23-year-old Fifield, who hails from Sussex, New Brunswick.

“I always wanted to do it,” Fifield said of his career.

“I never had a plan B. My uncle is a member too, so that helped me decide. I just decided to go with it.”

There were six provinces with openings, and while he chose his home province as his first choice, that didn’t pan out.

“To work in New Brunswick you have to be completely bilingual (English and French), and I’m not,” he said. His second choice, British Columbia, also found the positions available filled by other officers.

There was an opening in Stettler, however, and when

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the job was offered to him, Fifield didn’t think twice – and he’s enjoying himself.

“I really enjoy it,” he said. “There’s something different every day. There’s lots of paperwork, but that’s OK.” Fifield said he has no concrete plans for the future, and it’s RCMP policy to rotate rookies after five or six years.

Right now, he’s concentrating on learning the ropes of the job and the sort of things that aren’t taught in depot but only by experience.

“I’m just trying to be a good general duty constable,” he said.

He’s also part of the new bike patrol, along with Const.

Carter Boyntink. The patrol has only been out once this season, since they need to patrol in pairs and they’ve been on opposite shifts.

“We’ve worked that out so hopefully we’ll be out more,” he said.

Drugs can ruin a community fast, says constable Twenty-eight-year-old Brad Wheeler has spent the last

five-and-a-half years as a constable in Whitecourt, roughly two-hours’ drive northwest of Edmonton. The experience there has taught him a great deal about drugs and drug investigations, he said – and it’s something he hopes will be useful in combatting the drug issues faced by the Stettler community.

“Drugs are one of the things that can kill a community,” Wheeler said. He noted that “drugs are very very rampant in Whitecourt.”

It’s provided him with ample experience investigating drug crimes. Wheeler admits he feels quite confident in his abilities in that line of work.

For him, though, drugs weren’t what made Stettler his choice – it was the size of the community and its vibrant health and activity.

“My wife is from Red Deer,” he noted, adding that her family and friends are there, and some are in the Stettler area. “We wanted the smaller community, so Stettler was the right fit when (the position) was offered.”

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Marriage has many enemies but no creative alternatives Jesus said, “... a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one” (Matthew 19:5). Unfortunately, statistics across North America tell us that there are a significant number of occurrences where it could be said that “one is divided into two”.

I have had considerable experience with pre-marriage counseling, marriage counseling and post-marriage counseling. I have enjoyed the first immensely, the second can be somewhat dubious and the third is usually quite sad.

Some years ago now, I observed a married couple across from my desk. As I endeavored to extract information from them they answered me politely. However, their demeanor toward one another was anything but amicable. Their body language was negative and when they addressed

each other it was in snap and snipe style.

I remember thinking to myself cheerlessly, “Different faces, different places but the same old stuff!”

First, let’s get it straight. Marriages don’t fail...people do! And there are many reasons that people fail in their marriages. However, I have concluded that there are four primary enemies to marriage - selfishness, childishness, cowardice and covetousness.

All of these tend to be self focused, not others focused and sane and reasonable married couples know very well that enjoyable marital functionality is based upon giving, not getting (the getting is procured through the giving).

In addition, all four of the aforementioned are internal forces, not external ones.

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Ephesians 5:21 is a verse that I request all pre-marriage couples to memorize. It is

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driven at a distance of 18km at an average speed of 34km/hr with a top speed of 90km/hr. This test also included 23 stops/starts and 18% of the 31 minutes testing was spent idling in a temperature of 20-30 degrees on a dyno.

The highway test simulates open highway and rural road driving, with an average speed of 78km/hr and a top speed of 97km/hr. The test runs for 13 minutes and does not include any stops. The results of these test would then be posted on the sticker you typically see on a new vehicle. New as of 2015, the government will be testing vehicles using a 5 cycle test. This test will include the city/highway tests as well as a cold temperature test, an air conditioning test, and a high speed/quick acceleration test, all being realistic tests that increase fuel consumption.

This 5 cycle test will do a better job of simulating our typical driving habits, and create realistic expectations. Other interesting factors that affect fuel economy are: highway fuel economy is 35% worse when driving at 120km/ hr, using synthetic oil in your engine can increase fuel economy by 1.5%, fuel consumption increases 2% for every 100lbs added to your vehicle, fuel consumption will increase 1% for every 3lbs your tires are ran below manufacturer recommendations. The 2 % increase with every 100lbs of passengers/weight could lead to interesting road trip conversation as to how much your buddies are pitching in for fuel.

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I’ve also had tremendous success with relieving the pain and stiffness in arthritic knees. Laser therapy, as the name implies, uses light energy to penetrate into the body tissues and stimulate healing at the cellular level. The photons of light provide a direct source of raw energy for cell metabolism. This means that the cells speed up their normal production – and in the case of injured tissue – speed up the healing process. Laser is safe, effective, affordable and painless. (Does this sound too good to be true? Don’t just take my word for it, you can read a whole binder full of comments from satisfied patients right here in Stettler!)

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relationally pivotal and powerful. It says, “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” And incidentally, if practiced, it will erode and ultimately eradicate selfishness, childishness, cowardice and covetousness.

I asked a fellow recently if he was enjoying the car that he had purchased. He replied, “Yes, when it works!” I suppose marriage is a little bit like that...we like it when it works. But let me change the wording a little bit. We will enjoy marriage, not when it works, but when we work at it!

I have said for years that marriage has many enemies but no creative alternatives.

Greek poet Homer said, “There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.”

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the forefront of potential customer’s minds. While they may not shop with you every day, when they do need one of your products or services they will choose the business who has left the strongest impression.

If your potential clients or customers have not heard of your business before they are less likely to choose you to fill their needs due to subconscious profiling; If you are unknown they are likely to assume that the quality is lower than the known competitor or that they will not receive the customer service standards they have grown accustomed to in our market.

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Days of creativity continue at the library Crystal Friars LIBRARY NEWS “Nimble Numbers” last week was a fantastic time full of counting, timetelling, and engineering projects here at the Stettler Public Library. We are currently half way through our four-week “Artistic Flair.” Always seeking to explore and create here during our programs, the rest of this week is sure to be inspired. Here is what we have in store for it and next week’s theme “Ma-

chine Madness.”

On Wednesday July 23, we’ll be at the Rochon Sands Hall in the morning. Also on Wednesday, there’s a screen-themed event in the evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Budding movie-makers will have a chance to show off their skills if they come out to the library to join us for some filmmaking. Teens who bring their curiosity and creativity to this event will be rewarded with an awesome night of fun and, of course, some great snacks. Come check

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sure to call the library as soon as possible. It will be an exciting day full of carnival-themed Lego building. And of course, there’s Reading Buddies at 10 a.m. on Friday morning and Gargantuan

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it out and see what you’re able to create.

On Thursday we’ll be using DIY chalk and making scratch art. Ages fiveseven (Tiny Tinkers) can come at 10:30 a.m. and ages eight to 12 (Energetic Engineers) will have a fun event at 2 p.m.

Friday July 25 is our family friendly event and Bricks 4 Kidz will be joining us from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Registration is required for this event as we only have 25 spots available, so if you haven’t signed up, make

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from other applicants. Cover letters can let you express who you are and allow you to tell why you would be a good match for the job. A resume only tells part of the story. To ensure an effective cover letter make sure it is tailored to the job and that it is personal, otherwise it is merely a cover sheet. A cover letter is really an opportunity to sell yourself as a person and shows character, personality, and that you have skills that are a match for the job. It can state relevant but unrelated experience and is a chance to make you stand out. Need help with a cover letter?

Drop in to the Alberta Works office. We can also critique your resume.

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RV and trailer tires really get put to the test in the summer.

After many months in storage, they are driven for days on end, sometimes through extreme heat, and they support some pretty heavy loads, often with the wrong tire pressure. With all the stresses RV and trailer tires endure, drivers need to make sure they have the right kind of tires. Passenger tires are not meant for many trailers. While RVs can be equipped with light truck tires, most trailers require special trailer (ST) tires. These tires are built to have stiffer, heavy duty sidewalls to accommodate heavy loads and track straight to reduce bounce and sway problems. Trailer sway is really dangerous, especially at highway speeds. We do see customers who aren’t aware they need ST tires on their trailer and they’re putting themselves at risk of punctures, blowouts and accidents. Passenger and light truck tires just aren’t built for the special demands of trailering. Additionally, trailer tires are not designed to wear the same as a regular vehicle tire. Due to the heavy loads and duty cycles of trailer tires, many manufacturers recommend that trailer tires be replaced within 3-5 years, regardless of tread depth or usage. So don’t forget to stop in at Kal Tire to check your tires condition and pressure, having the right tires can really reduce your risk of having your holiday interrupted by tire failure.

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number of questions from owners asking how they can help their thunder phobic pets.

Dogs and cats normally sense thunderstorms long before we can and with the number of summer storms, life for fearful pets can be extremely stressful. While we cannot prevent thunderstorms, we can help to reduce our pet’s anxiety. There are a number of natural products on the market that help combat anxiety. These products normally come in the form of dietary supplements, treats or sprays, and work best if they are given prior to a storm. If your pet has a severe phobia of thunderstorms it is best to use these products continuously throughout the storm season. Another option is putting a Thundershirt on your pet. The shirt applies gentle pressure to your pet’s body and it is thought that the pressure causes a release of calming endorphins. The idea is very similar to the swaddling of a baby to calm it down. If your dog or cat suffers from a thunder phobia, feel free to stop by the clinic and discuss the problem and your options with one of our helpful staff.

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will be showing “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”. Join us at 2 p.m. for this fan favorite, and of course, popcorn.

Tuesday brings Tiny Tinkers at 10 a.m. and Energetic Engineers at 2 p.m. We’ll be making mini robots and marshmallow guns. Join us at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 5 for our special guest: Nathan Banda. Mr. Banda will be discussing growing up in Malawi and his memoir “Moments That Shaped My Life”. Refreshments will be served.

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Teens are invited to the library on Saturday, July 26 for an overnight gaming extravaganza starting at 8 p.m. It is sure to be one for the books. Permission forms are available at the library, but hurry.

They must be returned by Friday July 25.

On Monday, there’s Reading Buddies at 10 a.m., when you can practice your reading with another person and Gargantuan Gardening at 11 a.m.

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I have group benefits for health and dental however, when I went to the dentist my fees weren’t fully covered... why?

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Dentists generally follow this rule of thumb BUT there are sometimes small differences in charges (which may or may not be covered by your current plan).

Often times your Group Benefit Specialist can assist you in finding coverage through an additional or in some cases alternate provider.

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Curling rink roof repair needs community support The big weekend was a great success with 16 teams entered to play slow pitch during the Sports Days and everyone had a great time.

The A event was played off on Sunday afternoon with the Tolman Trolls challenging Relatively Good. The Tolman Trolls rounded the bases a few more times than the Steens for a solid win. It was most enjoyable to watch as both teams comprised of players who belong to one big family, the cousins enjoyed heckling each other quite a bit. There could be some serious negotiating and trading of free agents at the next Storch family reunion.

The B event was won by Broke Bat Mountain, T.J. Herds team, again, had a close game against CamShaft Crushers, Scott Mcdonalds team from Hanna.

It came down to a onepoint win, which made for some great excitement for the fans.

In the C event, the Dodgers, Doug Hodges extended family, played against the

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Yankees, a last minute throw together team that Derek Krywcun pulled together to even out the draw sheet. The Yankees got into their groove by that game and were really making some good plays which proved a challenge to the Dodges. In the end, the Yankees were victorious.

Next on the Rumsey Ag Society’s calendar is the long awaited roof repair to the curling rink. This project will start on Monday, July 28 around 9 a.m. and continue all week.

The project manager, Kent Holowath, is looking for all of the community to come forward and lend a helping hand. Anyone, young and old, male and female, strong back or

not, is asked to pitch in for as much time as you have.

Kent also suggested that it would be easy to organize some evening work bees due to the fact that the large majority in our community must answer to their 8 to 5 job first.

I was thinking that if the temperatures reach the 30s again, the evening might be the most pleasant time to work. The volunteers will pull off shingles, repair any damage caused by leaks, tack down a water resistant product (like TyVac) then strap on the 2X4s in preparation of the tin being put down by the contractor the following week. It is vital that all volunteer hours are recorded as each hour means dollars

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ens wedding dance this Saturday night in at the hall, starts at 9 and they wanted me to pass on that everyone is welcome.

I got the chance to talk to Gwen Hampton this weekend at the Sports Days and she said that she was very happy to be home. In true form, we only talked for a minute as she wanted to get up to the curling rink to do her part working a shift in the concession with Evan, her oldest son. She did say that she is now almost done driving to Calgary. She has a few final appointments then can relax with Al and her boys.

There were lots of future grad kids and their parents running the concession during the Sports Days, so it looks like another big grad class from Morrin this coming year.

I decided to conclude with some quotes this week, hope you like them: Keep in mind, the most fun I ever had while working was when I was volunteering. – Anonymous Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don’t live in a world all of your own.”

– Albert Schweitzer Have a great week.

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American spies in Germany: The end of trust The question to bear in mind, when reading this whole sorry tale, is this. If Americans are, on average, no stupider than Germans, then why are their intelligence services so stupid?

After the most recent revelations about American spying in Germany, there was considerable speculation among members of the Bundestag (parliament) that Germany might “get even” by inviting US whistleblower Edward Snowden to leave his Moscow exile and come to Berlin instead. But last weekend Chancellor Angela Merkel, at her traditional pre-summer vacation press conference, rained all over that idea.

“We learned things (from Snowden) that we didn’t know before, and that’s always interesting,” she said – but “granting asylum isn’t an act of gratitude.” Given that one of the things she learned from Snowden was that the US National Security Agency was bugging her mobile phone, this showed admirable restraint on her part, but even Merkel’s restraint only goes so far.

Only a week before, her patience with persistent American spying, even after Snowden’s revelations, snapped quite dramatically: she ordered the US Central Intelligence Agency’s “chief of station” at the American embassy in Berlin to leave the country. German media reports stressed that such drastic action had only been taken previously when dealing with “pariah states like North Korea or Iran.”

Clemens Binninger, the chair of the parliamentary committee that oversees the

German intelligence service, explained that the action came in response to the US “failure to cooperate on resolving various allegations, starting with the NSA and up to the latest incidents.” The “latest incidents” were the arrest of two German citizens, accused of spying for the US – whose key contact was the CIA station chief in Berlin.

The United States has never formally apologised for tapping Merkel’s phone. It refused to give her access to the NSA file on her before she visited Washington in April.

And it went on paying a spy who worked for the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND Federal Intelligence Service) right down to this month.

“One can only cry at the sight of so much stupidity,” said Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, insisting that the information given to the US by the spies was of no real value. That’s probably true – yet the American controllers paid their spy in the BND almost $40,000 in cash for 218 secret German documents downloaded to computer memory sticks and handed over at secret locations in Austria.

Some of those secret documents were even about the discussions of the German parliamentary committee that was investigating the earlier American spying efforts, including the bugging of Chancellor Merkel’s phone. The American spy agencies simply don’t know how to stop spying, even when they have been caught redhanded.

They only got away with such brazen

Think Globally GWYNNE DYER behaviour for so long because the Germans naively trusted them. The spy from the BND, for example, simply sent the US embassy an email asking if they were interested in “cooperation”. The German authorities didn’t pick up on it because they didn’t monitor even the uncoded communications of a “friendly” embassy.

The spy was caught only when he got greedy and sent a similar email to the Russian embassy. Russian communications are monitored as a matter of course in all Western countries, so the German authorities put the spy under surveillance, and almost immediately they discovered that he was already selling his information to the Americans.

“We must focus more strongly on our so-called allies,” said Stephan Mayer, a security spokesman of Chancellor Merkel’s Christian Democratic Party, and one of the first consequences will be the cancellation of Germany’s “no-spy” agreement with the United States. In future, US activities in Germany will be closely monitored by the German intelligence service.

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What is clear from all this is that the American intelligence agencies are completely out of control. They are so powerful that even after the revelations of massive abuse in the past year very few politicians in Washington dare to support radical cuts in their budgets or the scope of their operations. They collect preposterous amounts of irrelevant information, alienating friends and allies and abusing the civil rights of their own citizens in the process.

The German intelligence agency (there’s only one) doesn’t behave like that. It chooses its targets carefully, it operates within the law, and it doesn’t spy on allies. Why the big difference?

It’s because the annual budget of the Bundesnachrichtendienst is just under $1 billion, and it employs only 6,000 people.

The United States has only five times as many people as Germany, but its “intelligence community” includes seventeen agencies with a total budget of $80 billion dollars. There are 854,000 Americans with top-secret security clearances.

The American intelligence community grew fat and prospered through four decades of Cold War and two more decades of the “War on Terror”. It is now so big, so rich, so powerful that it can do practically anything it wants. And often it does stuff just because it can, even if it’s totally counter-productive.

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

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Lots of incoming and outgoing summer tourism Rose Koenraadt & Dorothy Anderson HALKIRK HERALD The town is busy as construction crews replace several sidewalks. It is expected that they will be there for a while.

Sue Rausch accepted the permanent position of postmistress a few months ago.

The post office has had their hours shortened slightly as a result of budget cut backs.

Hours of operation are now from 9:30 till noon and from 2 till 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Sympathy is extended to the family of Fern Engel, who passed away on July 19 in the Coronation Health Centre.

Fern celebrated her 92nd last Wednesday, July 16th. Services will be held on Wednesday in the Halkirk Hall. The Engel/ Duncan stories are on pages 468 and 523 of Home Fires.

Congratulations go out to Lee Fowler and Becky Breunig, who were married on July 19 at St. Mary’s

Catholic church in Red Deer with a reception following in the Festival Hall. The newlyweds will be living south of Halkirk on their return from an Alaskan Cruise honeymoon.

Dianne Gonda, accompanied by her son and daughter-in-law, Brian and Sandra, and grandchildren, Caleb and Emily, attended the wedding of her niece Chelsey Nelson to Kyle McDonald in Charlottetown, PEI last weekend.

They took a few extra days to tour the Anne of Green Gables museum and enjoy the beaches.

Simon Muncy returned last week from his trip to Great Britain with an Alberta basketball team where they played 10 exhibition games traveling to towns like Blackpool, Chester and Liverpool posting a 5-5 record. They stayed in hotels or university dorms. He visited the London Eye, Buckingham Palace and Pleasure Beach, which is a huge

amusement park, plus other tourist attractions. They also went to the Isle of Man for two nights and toured the parliament buildings where democracy is over a 1000 years old. It was a fun trip.

Rick and Lisa Kent took their daughter Morgan to Saskatoon where they met up with Lisa’s sister Lana and Ben Chitwood and family for a short holiday.

The Rausch families are providing a home base for two girls, Emily and Rhianon from NSW, Australia as they tour central Alberta.

They are part of a group of young people that Cody met when he visited Australia.

Jack Fowler from Brooks and son Neil from Strathmore called in town on Tuesday to say hello to friends enroute to Stettler for a visit with Donna and Ken Godbersen.

Dwight and Lena Kent were in Camrose recently to help his sister Geri Waterston celebrate her 75th birthday.

Paulette Heer GADSBY/WESTWOODS NEWS The Merle Gordon family held its second annual family reunion with over 50 people from both sides of the family coming to the farm. Folks from B.C., Saskatchewan and Alberta arrived. A large swimming pool was in place, there were lots of kids to enjoy the horse back rides, games, and barbeques with everyone looking forward to next year.

Happy birthday, July 16 to Miss Bailey Heer, who celebrated with a birthday supper at Grandma and Grandpa Heers’. Hosts were mom and dad (Jewel and John) and sister Hannah.

Grandparents Wallace and June Winter had been up the week before to visit the family.

Gloria Diegel, daughters Richelle Skocdopole and Tasha Cordel, daughter-in-law Deanne Diegel and their families all enjoyed camping at Gull Lake July 9 to 16.

Richelle brought their trailer over to mom and dad’s (Gloria and Stan’s) on Thursday. Friday, Gloria and Richelle went garage sale-ing; Saturday they headed to Hanna to the craft stores (excellent). And Sunday, Richelle and Greg and family; Arden and daughters Sadie and Sophie and Stan took Gloria to the pump in Stettler for her birthday.

Happy birthday, Gloria!

Happy birthday to Gordie Reynolds, who celebrated his 80th birthday

on Friday, July 18. (A surprise party was held) and birthday greetings to Maxine Hansel last Wednesday.

A footnote to last week’s news: While in Glasgow, Scotland Fred and Velvet were able to meet with long time friend Andy and his son Felix. They spent several hours together. Andy took them to the transportation museum, a must see for anyone going to Scotland.

Betty Hadwin spent the weekend at daughter Margaret’s in Forestburg.

A week ago Friday, Bill and Joyce Hansel enjoyed an overnight visit from Grandson Jeff and Kathy Botting of Cadogon. They left Saturday morning for the finals at the Calgary Stampede.

Son Larry Hansel arrived last Monday to spend a week or so helping Bill with the haying. Daughter Mary Lou Botting arrived this Friday night, so she and Joyce could take in Joyce’s granddaughter Miranda Bauman’s bridal shower on Saturday; mother of the Bride, Sue (Hansel) Bauman. The “brunch” shower was held at the Ramada Inn in Stettler at 11 a.m., hosted by her bridesmaids and much enjoyed by all.

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Those were the fun summer days Cheri Neita ERSKINE ENQUIRER The summer storms have

sure past with hail.

come in strong these few weeks bringing them, wind, rain, and Crops east of Erskine

were hit and Nevis area got hit the hardest.

Power outages over the weeks were also frequent,

reminding me to make sure I have enough candles, matches, and water on hand for when that happens

again.

Summer is the time to make sure we have our 72hour kits ready. Also a really good first aide kit is necessary.

Using our garden produce to harvest for winter storage is something I’ve grown up with on a farm with a huge garden that produced beans, peas, corn, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, onions and the squash was plentiful especially zucchini (fried zucchini and Chocolate Zucchini cake were our favorites).

Many summer days were spent weeding and then picking produce, blanching and freezing. I’ve since learned the art of pressure canning. Our little town had a fruit truck come to town with pre-ordered fruit that was brought in from B.C. every week. Fruit didn’t come in little onepound boxes but was sold by the case and prices were decent, so we bottled many cases of cherries, peaches, pears and apricots.

Our orchard consisted of apple trees, crab apple trees and raspberries. We had two big freezers, a cold room and a root cellar to store all the summer food while growing up. Saskatoons and Choke cherries grew on the cliffs of the

coulee, picking those on hot summer days swatting the mosquitoes and bees all while trying not to fall down the cliff losing precious picked berries was quite an adventure.

By the time I was married, I had never tasted warehouse canned fruit, we always had those on hand.

When I did buy canned fruit from the store, I thought it tasted horrible; I could tell it was picked green so it was hard and had no flavour. I then appreciated the hard work my mom went through every summer putting up food for the winter and teaching her children how to do the same thing.

Summer on the farm was not a holiday, it was hard work planting, weeding, irrigating and harvesting.

Summer was fun though, as we had many summer birthdays, a lot of extended family barbecues and picnics.

When we took extended family holidays, that was done around Easter, before the crops went in. Great memories come through work and fun.

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Time for picking juicy saskatoons Big Valley’s centennial/ homecoming is almost upon us and the village is truly humming with activity as we work to finalize plans for the celebrations. The weekend will be jam-packed with dignitaries and ceremonies, great music and entertainment, history, games and contests, delicious food and plenty of fun, family friendly activities.

As part of the weekend’s festivities, the Big Valley Library and the Friends of the Library Society will be hosting a free children’s “Penny Carnival” on both Saturday, Aug. 2 and Sunday, Aug. 3 Children are welcomed to come join us for fun carnival games and prizes at Memorial Park from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on both days. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Gitzel Krejci Dand Peterson Chartered Accountants for sponsoring this event.

The library will also be showing free movies on both Saturday and Sunday beginning at 2 p.m. at the library.

The Hivernant Métis Cultural Society will be holding their 11th annual Hivernant Days during the weekend of Big Valley’s centennial/ homecoming celebrations.

During their “camp”, along with exciting competitions, children’s crafts and games and colourful displays, will be set up in Memorial Park and in the Drop-In Centre, they will also be prominent

Tourists from the steam train and residents from Big Valley and area came out to see a variety of steam engines and vintage cars at the annual Live Steam and Vintage Car Show put on by Alberta Prairie every year in Big Valley on July 19 and 20.

We suspect this will bring back fond memories of days gone by for many. Donations can be dropped off with Val at the Treasury Branch or sent to Box 241, Big Valley, AB. All donations for the support of our local church are greatly appreciated. Happy eating!

Children ages five to 13 are invited to the 5-Day Club at the Big Valley Evangelical Free Church scheduled for Monday, Aug. 11 to Friday, Aug. 15. There will be crafts and prizes and a whole lot of fun. Come join in the songs, stories and games each day from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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in the parade and various activities on Main Street.

They have prepared a separate schedule of events, so watch for posters in various locations around the village.

For more information contact Marlene Lanz at 403-815-6720 or 1-800267-5844 or visit their website at www.hivernantmetisculturalsociety.net.

The Big Valley Golf Course hosts the 2014

Night Golf this Saturday, July 26. Registration begins at 7 p.m. with the tee-off for nine holes of daylight golf at 7:30 p.m. and tee-off for nine holes of night golf at 10 p.m. Snacks will be provided. Bring your own golf cart. For more information call Dan at 403-876-2558.

The saskatoons are almost ready to pick. Planted during the late 1990s by the Big Valley United Church

congregation and area residents, the 3-acre saskatoon patch has been offering local citizens readily available saskatoons to enjoy while providing the United Church with a unique way to financially support their ministry here. We are hoping the weather has delivered the conditions needed to provide us with an abundance of big, juicy saskatoons for everyone to enjoy.

Watch to see when they are ready and take the time to enjoy some fresh air and the experience of picking.

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I was so happy to see my name on the roster list. It was pretty unbelievable; I’m super happy about it.

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Dacia Gramlick competes in high jump at the Alberta Outdoor Track and Field Provincials in Sherwood Park on July 12-13.

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William E Hay student on track for nationals Robin Tarnowetzki INDEPENDENT REPORTER William E. Hay student Dacia Gramlick is doing very well for her first year in club track, medaling in each track competition she has attended this year so far.

Last week, she was in Sherwood Park on July 12 and 13 for the Alberta Outdoor Track and Field provincials, winning gold in high jump, silver in long jump, bronze in javelin, and fourth place in the 100 metre race. This coming weekend, she competes in the Alberta Summer Games in Aidrie, and she will be in Langley, B.C., for the Canadian Youth Legion Track and Field championships. For the national championships in B.C., she was chosen as one of 15 young women to represent Team Alberta.

“It’s very awesome,” Gramlick said. “I was so happy to see my name on the roster list. It was pretty unbelievable; I’m super happy about it.”

At the Alberta Summer Games, she will be competing in the heptathlon event for the first time. The heptathlon includes the 100 m hurdles, 200 m, 800 m, high jump, long jump, shot put, and javelin.

“We’ll see how it goes,” she said.

She gets flown up to B.C. for nationals with Team Alberta, but her mother and siblings plan to do the 13-hour drive to see her compete.

Her favourite event is also the one she feels that she is best at – high jump.

Gramlick has competed in track throughout her schooling, but this is her first year in club track – this encompasses track athletes from anywhere, not just a specific school.

She attends practices twice a week in Red Deer, and during training, focuses on one or two events and tries to hone her technique.

She is going into Grade 12 this September, and hopes to continue with track beyond high school.

“We’re just getting into all the college stuff and looking at colleges,” she said.

“That’s definitely one of my hopes, to be on a team and get to continue track and continue with awesome coaches.”

She started track because she liked it and knew that it was something she could succeed in.

“It was something I was good at and something I thought I could excel at, and just the feelings that come with getting a personal best and making new friends,” she said. “I wanted to continue with it and see what I could do.”

Jamie Blinkhorn (#83) of Buccaneers eludes several Monarch defensemen on an offensive play in the game against Fort McMurray Monarchs on Saturday, July 19.

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Bucs lose a tight one against 2014 Expansion Team, 14-9 Submited by Todd Lewis The Central Alberta Buccaneers were in a defensive battle against the Fort MacMurray Monarchs, Saturday, July 19.

Partly due to the inclement weather and partly due to strong defense, both teams’ offenses struggled to gel and find rhythm. Two of the three touchdowns in the game were scored on special teams.

The Bucs scored on a botched snap (wide receiver and punter, #85 Matt Merkely, ran over 90 yards for the sole Buccaneer touchdown of the game) and the Monarchs scored on a punt return.

The Monarchs did eventually manage

to drive the ball into the Buccaneer red zone, raising the score to 14-7.

The Bucs were able to score a safety, but it just wasn’t enough to even the score. With the 14-9 loss, the Bucs move to fifth place in the AFL with an even record of 3-3.

Players and coaching staff have a bye week to reload and prepare for the final game of the regular season. The Bucs travel north to St. Albert in order to take on the 2-4 Stars in a game that has huge playoff implications.

If the Bucs win against the Stars, (provided the Monarchs lose their final game), they will clinch a home playoff game.

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Stettler hockey group chases gold medal in Europe

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coaches were a part of the successful team winning an Atom A league title and representing Zone 7 in provincials. Now they are vying for a Gold Medal at the Czech Challenge Cup with teams from all over including Russia, Sweden, Finland and many other European teams.

The Canada Cowboys team consists of players from all over Alberta and Saskatchewan. Also in the mix are Stettlerites Andrew Chapman and Corben Bredy.

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Submitted A group of Stettler players and coaches were chosen to represent Canada for an upcoming European hockey tour. The tour takes place from July 27 till August 10.

This week, the group joins team training at the Max Bell Center in Calgary as part of a camp before they fly to Germany, Austria and Czech Republic for some exhibition games and two tournaments.

Just this past year, the Stettler players and

William Strome, 18-months old, is getting acquainted with his namesake, William the horse, one of the RCMP horses in town for the musical ride taking place as the Independent goes to print on Tuesday evening, July 22. Coverage and pictures of the ride will be in the next edition of the Independent.

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Seeking gold in Europe (l-r) Assistant coach Troy Anderson, player Shay Anderson, head coach Brent Kranzler, player Reece Kranzler, assistant coach Chuck Laisnez, player Marcus Laisnez.

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Hunters will have the opportunity to hunt pheasants throughout the week in October. We are looking to arrange other events at the same time for registrants and the general public including a banquet on Friday evening. Following the scheduled hunt, pheasant hens will be released in the County of Stettler to encourage the conservation of Pheasants.

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Heartfelt thanks for the summer playground Would first like to wish Dan and Marie Barnec a very happy anniversary for this coming Friday25th. Hope you two have a great one and congratulations to both of you.

Don’t want to miss this last week of Botha Summer Playground Program.

Today, July 23 is scheduled to be an exciting day at the Stettler Museum from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. It’s a fantastic way to spend a fun filled day and will include a picnic lunch, so you certainly won’t want to miss out.

The museum is a very fun and educational place to visit, with lots of exciting things to see.

Then this coming Friday will be the wind-up day, which means it will be the last event for the year.

They will be having an “In-house Day” with activities, clean-up and walk ‘n stretch events with a movie on the big screen to finish up this summer’s events, so hopefully everyone can attend.

Botha would like to send a big thank you out to

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Jaimie Wahl and all her helpers for running such a fantastic and fun-filled program for this summer, and also a very big thank you goes out to all the children that attended this year, hopefully everyone had fun and hope to see you all back again next summer. It’s a fantastic program, and everyone that attends has a lot of fun.

Bingo takes place again at the Botha Seniors’ Centre the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 5, starting at 7:15 p.m. sharp. The doors open at 6:30 p.m., so please feel free to attend. Who knows, you could be a big winner that evening.

Don’t forget to come

out every Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. to the seniors’ centre for a hot, refreshing cup of coffee with your friends. They would love to see everyone out and it’s a great way just to have a break and a friendly visit with everyone.

In my looking back in history this week, I found out some information that really sounds interesting.

Apparently when Botha was a booming little place, they had two cemeteries with a church in one of them.

In 1905, the federal government granted ten acres of land on the corner of the S.W.1/4-28-3719- W4 for a cemetery and churchyard to the Esto-

nian Lutheran Congregation. There were 60 families who attended.The first and only minister they had was Rev. John Sillack, who lived in Medicine Hat, but occasionally visited his little congregration. When he was absent, Gus Niklom, who was a vicar of the church in Estonia, did the services, Christening, burials, plus other duties that needed to be done.

On the deeds and title to this land were Joseph Tipman, Kristian Hennel and William Klaus. In 1930 Martin Hennel and Jos. J Tipman were elected trustees.

The Estonian Cemetery is now the last remaining place of 72 Estonians pioneers registered out of all Estonian cemeteries in Alberta and possibly in Canada.

The Chapel was built in 1906 and has a row of four hand-curved benches on each side, seating about 30 people. There has not been any services held in there after Rev. John Sillack passed on, when he was in his 90s.The chapel however remained standing as a memorial to the Estonians that lay resting there.

The second cemetery that remains in Botha area is the Woodland Cemetery, which is still used today. The first person buried there was Archibard Gibbons in 1912.This cemetery was first fenced in 1914 and then again in 1928. A well was dug and

Down on the bottom is a picture of the Estonian Cemetry and chapel , and the above picture is that of the Woodland Cemetery.

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the ground was marked out for a flower bed.

The first parcel of land used the middle two acres and then in 1927, the village purchased five additional acres (one acre on the west and four acres on the east of its original spot,) so the cemetery grew. The money was sent to the C.P.R. At that time they did not have enough funding, however, to buy the land totally, which would have given access from the cemetery to the

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Later on in time Mr. Prudden suggested building a fence using stones along the east side of the cemetery, which took place later and still remains there today.

Hopefully everyone had a great summer so far, and if you would like anything added to our little column please free to phone me at 403-742-5317 and I will gladly add it in, thank you.

Hopefully everyone continues to have a fantastic summer months.

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Annual pancake breakfast went ahead despite the rain A number of past and present Endiang and Byemoor residents attended the Red Carpet Premiere of the Jersey Boys movie in Stettler on Friday evening, July 11. Directed

by Clint Eastwood, the movie stars Michael Lomenda, who was born and raised in Stettler. Michael and his parents Mark and Jan Lomenda were present at the gala and visited with everyone. It was a fun event and it does one’s heart good to see a young, local talent succeed in the entertainment industry and make it on the big screen.

An interesting side note to our community is Michael Lomenda is related to Margaret Sacuta. Michael’s mother Jan and Margaret are second-cousins —their McLeod grandfathers were brothers.

We send birthday wishes to Ernie Petrussa who celebrated his 85th birthday on July 14. Congratulations on reaching this milestone, Ernie — we wish you many more.

The community extends sympathy to Sam and Lena Stahl and family of the Byemoor Colony on the tragic loss of their 13-year-old son Steven in a farm-related accident. Our thoughts are with the family in their loss.

Ken and Eleanor Schultz hosted their 32nd annual pancake breakfast and camp-out weekend at their farm south of Endiang on the weekend. There were a few less campers this year.

Rain on Saturday evening delayed the fireworks, but they were well worth waiting for. Nice weather resumed on Sunday for the pancake breakfast.

The 11th annual Great Endiang Balloon Race followed breakfast with participants releasing about 50 tagged helium balloons.

They were last seen heading in a south-easterly direction.

The afternoon saw participants enjoying the Frisbee golf tournament.

Winners were: 1. Judy Crawford and Darcy Limpert, 2. Jeff Crawford and Audra Limpert, 3. Rhonda Sedgwick and Kyle Mohl.

The hard-luck award went to Kai Tucker and Jacky Chop. The winners all received a tub of ice cream.

Everyone was treated

to ice cream treats and a pot luck supper concluded the weekend. Thanks to Ken and Eleanor for their wonderful hospitality once again.

Congratulations to Irene Brooker on becoming a first-time greatgrandmother. Ella Dawn was born on July 17 at Lloydminster to Courtney Ziegler and Matt Metula.

She weighed six pounds four ounces. Proud grandparents are Ernie and Brenda (nee Brooker) Ziegler of Hardisty.

We extend sympathy to the family of Walter Schuler who passed away on July 19 in Stettler. He was 89. Walter was a longtime resident of the Endiang district before retiring to Stettler. He and his late wife Ella farmed southeast of Endiang where they raised their three children — Ann, Doreen and Andrew. They were active community supporters.

Walter’s funeral will be on Friday at 2 p.m. at the Stettler Funeral Home. Our thoughts are with his family in their loss.

A potluck supper is planned for Marguerite Cattanach and Barry MacAuley at the Scapa Hall on July 27 at 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

Keep in mind Petrussa Farms’ 100-year farm celebration is coming up on July 26 at the farm southwest of Byemoor. The Petrussa and Jones families invite everyone to join them in celebrating the farm’s centennial. Plaque presentations are at 2 p.m., supper at 5 p.m. and a dance and fireworks later in the evening.

Remember the Byemoor Hotel hosts its Sunday morning brunch at the hotel on the last Sunday of the month.

There will be a bridal shower for Carrie Somerville at the Endiang Hall on Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. Women of the community are asked to please bring lunch.

Maureen Wasdal, Florence Tucker and John Schofer attended their 40year high school reunion at Buffalo Lake on the weekend. They were in the 1974 graduating class of William E. Composite High School in Stettler.

Alf and Betty Woelk of Calgary visited with Kate

Woelk last week and they travelled to Hanna and took their uncle Ed Glubrecht out for lunch. Ed will be 99 in August — he still drives and enjoys excellent health. He jokingly says he attributes his long, healthy life to never being married.

Les and Rosemary Stulberg had a visit from cousin Craig Morlock of Saskatoon last Thursday. He

was out for his annual visit to the family farm at Delia and to take in his high school reunion at Hanna.

We send happy birthday wishes out to former Endiang resident Ervin Hausher, celebrating his 89th on July 23.

Canadian trivia — James Lewis Kraft introduced processed cheese in Canada in 1915.

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The Big Valley Rodeo Association would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to the following for their SUPPORT for the

2014 BIG VALLEY BUST-OUT RODEO ARENA SET-UP • Art’s Trucking • Jensen Contract Flooring Ltd. • Skocdopole Ranches • Brandon Van Straten • Ponto’s Patch Service Ltd. • Village of Big Valley • Chad Sorensen • Waste Management • Watson’s Welding Ltd. EVENT • Ember Resources • Encana Corporation • Envy Oilfield Services • GT Hydraulic & Bearing Ltd. • Keyera Explorations Inc. • Taqa North Petroleum • Transcend Safety Services Ltd. • Trident Explorations Ltd. • Waste Management CHUTE • Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. • Central Alberta Co-op • Combat Spraying Ltd. • Flare Tech Inc. • Ghostpine Environmental Services Inc. • Lawrence Kennedy Oilfield Ltd. • Tervita • TireCraft (Stettler) • 2-W Livestock Equipment • UFA OUT GATE • Stewart Farming Ltd. ANNOUNCER’S STAND • Jensen Contract Flooring Ltd. CLOCK • Vortex Production Services Ltd. ARENA TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT • Cervus Equipment VICTORY LAP • ATB Financial • AutoTrust-Stettler • Baker Hughes (Petrolite)

• Big Valley Royal Canadian Legion • Canadian Natural Resources • County of Stettler No. 6 • Pengrowth Corporation • Woody’s Automotive Ltd. RODEO CLOWN • Ponto’s Patch Service Ltd. BULL-FIGHTER’S • KDK Enterprises Inc. MUTTON BUSTIN’ • Darrel Ashbacher • Big Valley Royal Purple GENERAL • AB Prairie Steam Tours • Badger Daylighting • Bagshaw Electric Ltd. • Bay View Contracting Ltd. • Big Valley Inn • Bill’s Catering • Bill’s Farm Supply Ltd. • Bounty Onsite Inc. • Brennan Auto Body Ltd. • Chad Ponto • Chad Sorensen • Contact Safety Services Ltd. • Crescent Point Resources • Dean’s Machine Ltd. • Diamond N Western World • Elnora Motors • Fine Line Locating • Heartland Stationers Ltd. • Heartland Marine & Motor Sports • Hydrodig – Stettler • Inter Pipeline Fund • Jank Star Oilfield • Kelly Mailer • Maverick Large Animal Vet Clinic • NOV Wilson • Parcel’s Trucking Ltd. • Pat’s Pet Care • RM Oilfield Construction Ltd. • Rally Rentals • Rodeo Roofing

• Signalta Resources Inc. • Stettler Sales & Rentals Ltd. • Stettler Transit Mix • Steve ‘O’s Oilfield Services • TKS Controls • TransCanada Pipelines • United Tank Inspections Ltd. • Watson’s Welding Ltd. AND SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FAMILY OF ROY NEEDHAM. COLIN CASSIDY MEMORIAL JUNIOR BULL RIDING 2014 Champion – Bryce West, Cadogan, AB • Art’s Trucking • Big Valley Drop In Centre • Arlene Grover & Len Mogck • Big Valley Elks • Biff Balcom • Bill’s Catering • Brice & Shelly Burnstad • Don Saar Cattle Company • Allan & Nora Saar • Big Valley Curling Club • Frontier General Store • Ross & Marion Annable • Grandma Gwen Cassidy • Tom & Yvette Cassidy • White Owl Service Ltd. • The Village of Big Valley • Stock - Kelly Armstrong & Devon Mazei • Chute Boss – Barney Creech • Announcer – Dustin Edwards • Clock – The Thurston Family • Judges -Marty Ward & Troy Robinson • Bullfighter’s – Chris Rowland & Darcy Pollock • Gate & Stripping Chute Crew – Brad Brenchley, Josh Harden, Chad Sorensen, Chad Ponto • Ambulance – Lori Gordon & The Big Valley Fire Department

The Big Valley Rodeo Association would like to acknowledge the very generous donation from TRANSCANADA CORPORATION for the purchase of a new Loading Chute!

Also a special thanks to the Big Valley 4-H Beef Club for cleaning the arena after each event – GREAT JOB! And Thanks again to all our WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS (too many to list) that work many long hours to make the Big Valley Bust-Out Rodeo a success.

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Box 310 Stettler, AB. 4810-50 St. Stettler, AB T0C 2I0 Obituaries DIDRICHSEN Peter Michael March 1, 1960 - July 12, 2014 † Peter Michael Didrichsen of Stettler, passed away in Stettler on July 12, 2014 at the age of 54 years.

Peter was born and raised in Stettler. After graduating high school, Peter worked for Alberta Transportation for about one year. He then went on to study at Red Deer College, where he graduated with a diploma in Business Administration. He then attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton where he received a Bachelor of Recreation Administration, majoring in management and supervision.

Peter’s first job in tourism was working with Winter Cities, an international conference involving mayors from nations in cold climates of the world. Peter also worked in Alberta Tourism.

Peter was in management positions with the Battle River Tourist Association in Camrose for many years. Most recently, Peter was manager for over a decade at the Jewell Theater in Stettler. Peter served a term as President of the Stettler Chamber of Commerce and he was active as a volunteer with the Canadian Northern Society and the Big Valley Historical Society. Peter was very interested in Tourism marketing and promotion, and he also worked independently in this area. He was always interested in new ways to make venues more interesting for people. Peter enjoyed travel himself and some of his favorite times in life were probably his travels near and far. In his twenties, Peter visited the British Isles, Scandinavia, Iceland, France, Switzerland and even the former Soviet Union. In more recent years, Peter and his friends would travel to cities in the U.S.A. and Canada and attend baseball and football games, museums and historical sites. Peter’s passion for sports was well known, and he was seldom seen without a ball cap on. Peter himself played baseball and curled as a youth. A lesser known passion of Peter’s was a strong interest in history, including World War II history and Viking civilization. Peter also loved animals and had a pet rabbit named Spike. Peter was a generally happy, friendly and easygoing guy his whole life. He liked to make people laugh and to surprise people with little gifts. At his birth, Peter was not expected to live for more than a few days. He ultimately lived for 54 years before succumbing to cancer of the esophagus. Peter is survived by his father Finn Didrichsen of Stettler, his sister Sara (Neil) Humphreys of Stettler and their son Andrew (Leah) Humphreys of Calgary; and by his sister Nora Didrichsen of Calgary, family in England including his cousin Suzy (Steve) Morris and by many cousins and extended family members in Denmark. Peter is also survived by many wonderful friends, several of whom spent hours at Peter’s bedside during his final days.

Peter was predeceased by his mother Mary Cecilia Didrichsen.

A service to celebrate Peter’s life will be held at the Christ-King Catholic Church in Stettler on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. to allow all family to be present. All who attend are invited to wear their favorite sports jersey to the funeral and ball cap to be worn after the funeral service in memory of Peter. As an expression of sympathy and in loving memory of Peter, memorial contributions may be made to the Canadian Northern Society in care of Brennen Funeral Home and Cremation Services who have been entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements. 403.742.3315.

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Coming Events HEWITT Marilyn Alfreda Dorothy Marilyn was born on July 31, 1942 at Victoria, British Columbia to parents Dorothy and Alfred Hewitt. Marilyn passed away on July 15, 2014 at her home in Stettler, Alberta.

She will be deeply missed by her loving family: mother Dorothy Hewitt of McBride, BC; daughter Kathy Molendyk (Dwayne Needham) of McBride, BC; sons Ian (Jennifer) Smith of Douglas, ON and Paul Smith of Victoria, BC; grandchildren: Jamie Molendyk of McBride, Shawn (Katrina) Molendyk of Prince George and Memphis Smith of Douglas; great grandchildren: Tanner, Paige, Paytyn, Keagan and Kole; numerous friends and neighbours.

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Local independent general insurance broker has an immediate opening for an experienced, licensed broker in Stettler office.

Level 2 license and great attitude manditory, we offer full benefits, competitive salary and great work environment.

Health Director/Manager

wish kitchen & gift

800

resumes to: or send resumes to: Please apply in personPlease at 3808send - 46 Ave. in Stettler Fax: or Email: Fax:1-888-526-0274 1-888-526-0274 or Email:careers@alliedfab.com careers@alliedfab.com

WELLS FURNITURE.ca 1-888-711-3223

$2500 Bonus Every 100 days

Professionals P

Allied offers Fabrication offers competitive wages, a health program, & wellness program, access Allied competitive wages, a health & wellness access to overtime to overtime hours, and theto opportunity to advance your career; division managehours, and the opportunity advance your career; division management positions ment positions will become availabletoas we continue to grow. will become available as we continue grow.

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SHALLOW WELL ENERPRISES LTD. An Oil & Gas well Production Testing Company, Alberta only REQUIRES

Employment #700 - #920

Welders - Apprentice Apprentice Welders Laborers - Labourers

Dustin Derrick & Heather Keith

800

Oilfield

high quality, dependable, competitive supplier.

“B” Pressure, Journeyman We are now accepting resumes for: and

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Responsible for the operation, administration, reporting and budget of the Duncan’s First Nation Health Programs.

Qualifications: Completed post-secondary education in either a health or management related field, drivers abstract with less than 5 demerits, clear Criminal Records and Child Welfare Checks.

12345 Preferred Skills: Degree in Health Sciences or substantive Health related experience.

All Applicants must submit a complete package with covering letter and supporting documents upon applying.

Fax:(780) 597-3920 E-mail: admin.cea@duncansfirstnation.ca Mail: ATTN.: Steve Kulmatycki, Duncan’s First Nation, PO Box 148, Brownvale, AB T0H 0L0

Be environmentally friendly RECYCLE YOUR PAPER!

EYE SPY… SPY… EYE 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!

Please Recycle Your Paper!

Restaurant/ Hotel

Send resumes to rob@clarkeinsurance.ca or fax to 403-358-3931

820 FULL TIME HOUSEKEEPING POSITION Starting at $13.00/ hr. apply at the front desk with a resume, or email resume to gm@canaltastettler.com

www.stettlerindependent.com

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850

Trades

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Let us amplify your message!

SALES POSITION Are you highly motivated, but looking for a career change?

Are you outgoing and conduct yourself with professional integrity? Do you have a positive attitude and believe in quality customer service?

Stettler Motors may be the place for you.

We’re looking for high energy go getters who want more out of life and their career. Our New and Used Sales Team is top notch and we’re looking for a dynamic individual to add to the Team. A successful candidate should have some sales experience, be computer literate, organized, attentive to detail and above all, must have the determination to build your own income based on your abilities.

If you’ve said yes to the above, please call Kelly Cheater, Sales Manager - 403-742-3407 or email kellycheater@stettlergm.com

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Call for more details 1-800-282-6903 ext 235

is currently looking for a qualified

B Pressure Welder and a combined position for a

Safety and Quality Control Inspector Candidates with experience preferred in the above positions.

Only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Truckers/ Drivers

Industries Ltd.

850

Hot Oiler Class 1 Operators Drivers

850

OILFIELD MANUFACTURING

Fax resume to: 403-742-6590 Email: stettler@terroco.com or drop off resume at Stettler office

Carillion Alberta is currently seeking a permanent full time Licensed Mechanic for the Stettler area.

Being able to work independently is a major asset Must have CVIP license Carillion offers competitive wages and benefits.

Carillion maintains a substance abuse policy.

Experience an asset but not necessary.

Email resume to shelley@twistoilÀeld.com or fax 1-888-880-8752

Please email or fax your written applications to: Carillion Canada Inc. mcroft@carillion.ca Fax: 780-449-0574

860

DRIVERS NEEDED

• Oilfield Tickets Preferred • Driver’s Abstract • Oilfield Experience Preferred • Competitive Wage • Benefit Package • RRSP Plan

HEAVY EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN /TRUCK MECHANIC

has openings for PipeÀtter/Labourer & Apprenticeship Welder

Truckers/ Drivers

Trades

Truckers/ Drivers

Job Title:

Class 1 Drivers

Full & Part Time Positions Available For driving manure spreader trucks in the local area.

Willing to train the right candidate.

Email resume to inepano@gmail.com or fax to 403-742-1309

The right place to find the right person for the job.

Bashaw, AB. Full-time. Some Weekends.

On call.

Monday – Friday. As required Highly Competitive Wages with Full Benefits

Fax resume to: 403-742-6590 Email: stettler@terroco.com or drop off resume at Stettler office

SCOPE OF JOB Working in A&B’s Bashaw shop, this position is responsible for the mechanical maintenance, repairs, servicing, inspections, and rigging up of A&B’s on-highway trailer and truck fleet. The majority of this position’s duties will be involved with trailer repairs.

RESPONSIBILITIES • Perform preventative maintenance, oil changes, tire changes, mechanical and general maintenance to A&B’s fleet of National Safety Code (NSC) qualified trucks and trailers.

• Troubleshoot, diagnose and complete repairs for A&B’s trailer and vehicle fleet.

• Respond to service calls and perform emergency repairs on vehicles and equipment in field locations as needed.

• Assist with ordering of parts, and maintaining inventory.

• Rigging trucks with the following: Tool boxes, box liners, fire extinguishers, first aid kits, radios, hands free communications systems, etc.

• Pick up and deliver vehicles.

• Oversee and ensure registration and documentation of all light duty fleet vehicles is completed.

• Parts pick-up and hot shot deliveries.

• Tracking and submitting of equipment hours and mileage.

QUALIFICATIONS • Alberta On Highway Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Journey Certificate (interprovincial an asset).

• Authorized CVIP Inspection Technician is an asset.

• Gasoline and diesel vehicle experience required.

• Experience with Ford vehicles an asset.

• All candidates are required to undergo and pass a Drug & Alcohol screening as condition of employment.

• A Valid Driver’s Licence.

403.742.2395

• Oilfield Tickets Preferred • Driver’s Abstract • Oilfield Experience Preferred • Competitive Wage • Benefit Package • RRSP Plan

Heavy Duty Mechanic – On Highway Vehicles

Designated Location: Type of position: Hours: Compensation:

860 Industries Ltd.

850

Arnett & Burgess Oilfield Construction Limited

Class 3 or 1

860

Send resumes to: nancy@ableoilfield.com

Trades Trades

850

Please send resumes to hr@abpipeliners.com or fax 780-384-2402

Truckers/ Drivers

860

HIRING

• Class 1 Drivers & Class 3 Drivers • Pressure Truck Driver • Part-time Safety Administrator

Scheduled days off. Home every evening.

H2S and First Aid certification would be an asset.

Please fax resume to 403-742-2760 attention Steve or email to steve@parcelstrucking.com

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860

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Arnett & Burgess OilďŹ eld Construction Limited Is looking for:

Truck Driver – Class 1

Location: Hours: Compensation: Duration of Work:

Blackfalds, AB or Camrose, AB Full-Time. Overtime Competitive Wages Full BeneďŹ ts Permanent

SCOPE OF JOB • Safely and efďŹ ciently load, unload and transport the following heavy equipment: dozers, excavators, graders, sidebooms and ditchers. • Driver must consistently check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order, while assuring that all load-related documentation is complete and accurate. • Follow the proper protocol to report any defects, accidents, or trafďŹ c violations • Driver must also properly maintain log books of working hours and vehicle service. Consistent communication is essential between the driver and supervisors to ensure efďŹ cient transport.

QUALIFICATIONS • Valid Class 1 Driver’s License. • Experience with hauling, loading and unloading heaving equipment is required. • Winch truck experience is an asset • A team player with excellent attention to detail, a strong work ethic and oral communication skills. • All employees are required to undergo and pass a Drug & Alcohol screening as condition of employment.

Please send resumes to hr@abpipeliners.com or fax 780-384-2402

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Restaurant/ Hotel

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 certiďŹ cation.

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

WITH CLASSIFIEDS 1-877-223-3311

Bumper to Bumper Stettler an automotive parts distributor is looking for an experienced

Automotive Parts Person.

Good knowledge of automotive parts and good communication skills would be an asset. Competitive wages and company benefits. Only serious persons should apply. Send resume to 403-742-5415 or ben@bountyonsite.com. We thank all applicants for their submissions, but only those deemed qualified will be contacted. No phone calls please.

Jen Express in Stettler is currently looking for

Experienced Driver Class one licence is preferred, with good communication skills and the ability to work well with a group.

We offer competitive wages, and benefits.

Serious inquiries only please.

Contact us by fax 403 742-5415, or email Trevors@jenexpress.net.

Thanks to all for applications but we will only contact those whom we deemed qualified.

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Jensen Contract Flooring Ltd. in Big Valley, AB is currently looking for a self-motivated NCSO certified safety professional.

This is a full time, permanent position.

The successful candidate will be required to maintain our existing safety program.

Qualifications • Highly organized, achievement oriented with strong multi-tasking abilities. • Be able to work with little to no supervision. • Strong Administrative skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office Products. • Ability to communicate effectively with all employees within our organization • Working towards and/or completed a post-secondary level Occupational Health & Safety Program, NCSO, HSA or equivalent with up to date knowledge of Alberta OH&S Legislation, WCB, and Alberta COR. • Knowledge of ISNet and PICS. • Standard or advanced first aid certification. • WHMIS • CSTS-09 • Valid Class 5 driver’s license with a safe driving record.

Working Conditions • Fast-paced, deadline driven • Travel required Ideal candidate would have working knowledge of construction in a related field although on the job training will be provided. JCF is one of the industry’s most experienced flooring contractors in Western Canada, this is an opportunity not to be missed.

For more information on this posting and Jensen Contract Flooring please go to www.jcfgroup.ca Please send resume’s to jensen@jcfgroup.ca

820

CAMERON BAY HOLDINGS INC. o/a McDonald’s Restaurants in Red Deer, Alberta (Gasoline Alley East and West) requires a full time Restaurant Manager for each location.

Wages are between $51,000.00 to $55,000.00.

Managers are responsible for full operation of the restaurant, including but not limited to hiring and training of staff, running all programs, attending meetings, scheduling, ordering, ensuring safety standards are met, handling customers issues and must be able to work within budgets and understand profit and loss statements.

Both Restaurants are 24 hours and person must be flexible in their working hours and be willing to work weekends. We offer benefits and bonus incentives. We require previous fast food managerial or McDonalds experience or equivalent education.

Restaurants are located at 37479 and 37428 highway 2, Red Deer.

Apply by sending resume to cbay22@telus.net or fax resume to 403-783-2975.

Trades

850

COMFORT COLLISION & RESTORATION

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

for FACILITY PROJECT

• • • • •

The successful applicant will be a ticketed, Red Seal Journeyman Pipefitter/Steamfitter Be able to complete ISO drawings Measure existing and new piping projects within an Oil and Gas Plant Organized A Self-starter Team player

This project runs from August 18 to August 30 2014, and will be by hand only-tools supplied LOA and travel pay also supplied Are you looking to grow your career in a drug and alcohol free environment, surrounded by a great team?

Then Profoxx Energy would like to hear from you.

We are a professional fast growing company that offers competitive wages and benefits in a fun and safe environment.

Submit your resume to: careers@profoxxenergy.com Or by fax 780-622-5056 We thank all those who apply, but only those chosen for interview will be contacted

Now Hiring: INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. No Simulators. In-the-seat The successful applicant training. Real world tasks. will be a registered apprentice Weekly start dates.

Pipefitter Steamfitter Job board! Funding opAND BE tions. Sign up online! • Organized iheschool.com. • A self started 1-866-399-3853. • Team player • Able to take direction KPA PRESSURE SERVICES LTD. requires licensed heavy duty/automotive mechanic.

Excellent remuneration and benefits package.

Fax resume to 780-621-1818. Email kpapress@telusplanet.net or mail to Box 6357, Drayton Valley, AB, T7A 1R8.

No phone calls please.

Carpenters & Helpers

YARD WORKER: The successful applicant will fulfill a variety of tasks including washing, cleaning, loading and unloading of equipment, light duty mechanical work, cutting steel, and assisting customers. Some heavy lifting required.

Now Hiring:

JOURNEYMAN PIPEFITTER

REGISTERED PIPEFITTER APPRENTICE

Requires Full Time

OFFICE ASSISTANT: The successful applicant will preform a variety of tasks including- light duty bookkeeping, data entry, inventory management, telephone answering, filing and merchandising. Strong typing and computer skills are required.

850

Accepting resumes for Autobody Technician.

If you have a genuine interest in classic cars & take pride in your work please fax resume to 403-343-8442

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

Stettler Rentals is seeking to fill the following full time positions:

Trades

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

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

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This project runs from August 18 to August 30 2014, Are you looking to grow your career in a drug and alcohol free environment, surrounded by a great team?

Then Profoxx Energy would like to hear from you.

We are a professional fast growing company that offers competitive wages and benefits in a fun and safe environment.

Submit your resume to: careers@profoxxenergy.com Or by fax 780-622-5056 We thank all those who apply, but only those chosen for interview will be contacted

880 Klassen Construction Is seeking a

Carpenter’s Helper Willing to apprentice the right individual.

Call Darcy at 403-741-4688.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

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880

Amazing career stories begin at Scotiabank

Stettler

Our STETTLER BRANCH is currently seeking a:

We are searching for

SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR

All Positions

Your primary role will be to build and maintain a portfolio of Small Business customers and assist them with their personal and business financial needs.

to join our team at our new Stettler location!

You are results-oriented and have a sound knowledge of the small business market, including the features 14073TS1 and benefits of small business products and services, applicable risk management policies and legal and security documentation for small business products.

You demonstrate excellent relationship building skills and are conversant with small business legal structures and life cycles, competitor offerings and alternate sources of financing. You have a post-graduate degree/certificate in a business related discipline. For more information about this opportunity and to apply, please visit www.scotiabank.com/careers and search for Job ID 14510.

We offer a competitive salary, flexible shifts, benefits to eligible employees and exciting opportunities for career advancement.

Starting wage is based on previous experience. Candidates must be 18 years of age.

Please forward resumes/applications (MS Word format) to:

E: darcy.walker@sobeys.com Store: 4607 - 50th Street, Stettler, AB, T0C 2L0

® Registered trademark of the Great Place to Work Institute. † Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia.

Advertisers in the showcase section maintain Real Estate offices in Stettler, are members of the Red Deer & District Real Estate Board Co-op Ltd., and all offer full multiple listing services.

Candor Realty Ltd.

Ph. 403-742-4424 Fran Snowden

NEW

Stettler’s Best Read Real Estate Section Reaches Buyers and Sellers Where They Live, Work and Farm

4908 - 51 Street OPEN HOUSE

Sunday, July 27, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Karen Cannady

NEW

WELL MAINTAINED, NEAT, CLEAN BI-LEVEL IN PARKDALE. 3 bdrms, main floor laundry and freshly painted. Lovely sun room, fenced & double garage. $239,000.

BEAUTIFUL ACREAGE north of Erskine on Hwy. 835. First house on east side, past Hwy. 601 turnoff. Your hostess: Fran Snowden.

10 ACRES with 1488 sq. ft. modular home. Property is beautifully landscaped.

Stunning gazebo, many outbuildings and only minutes from town. $439,000.

1.6 ACRES right in the village of Botha.

Very spacious 4 bdrm home with nice hardwood floors. Close to school.

Needs a little TLC. $229,000.

GREAT LOCATION! 1.5 storey home close to school and downtown. Ideal family home with 4 bdrms. Also a nice 1 bdrm suite on north side. Ready to rent out. $399,900.

MAINTENANCE FREE LIVING in this 2 bdrm condo at West Park Estates. Open concept on main floor and undeveloped bsmt. just waiting for your ideas. $249,000.

FULLY FINISHED FAMILY HOME with 3 bdrms and 2 baths. Close to all amenities. Double detached garage and fenced yard. $237,500.

RENOVATED BUNGALOW on corner lot.

Many upgrades. 5 bdrms/3 baths, main floor laundry and fenced yard. Lots to offer at an affordable price. $234,900.

UNIQUE 3 bdrm / 2 storey home. New kitchen, beautiful hardwood fooring and main floor laundry. Nice family home in a great location. $338,000.

Locally owned & operated

Visit us at www.century21.ca/candorrealty for more listings

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Business and Services Directory Automotive

1029

Eavestroughing

1130

FINISHING TOUCH EXTERIORS LTD. 5�Continuous Eaves “Gutter Clean� Leaf Protection

Business Services #1000 - #1430

Accounting

1010

Chapman and Co. Professional Accountants LLP

4109 - 48 Avenue, Stettler

Guy Chapman, CA Chris Annand, CA Kendra Walgenbach, CA Naomi Roth, CGA

JT AUTO BODY LTD.

P.O. Box 1328 4702- 51 Ave., Stettler Tel: 403-742-3438 e-mail: gchap@gchap.ca

“Serving Stettler & area for yearsâ€? • Complete auto body repair & painting

Phone 403-742-2869 4606 - 40 St., Stettler

Cabinet Makers

1054

4819 - 51 Street Stettler, AB

TEL: 403-742-6277

403-742-3141

No. 5. 4707 - 42 Street Stettler, AB

www.numeratax.com

Contractors

1100

Thorogood Pinches

&

4814 - 49 Street, Stettler

403-742-5520 403-882-3740 (Castor)

Ph:403-742-5979 Fax:403-742-3656 Box 1595, 4907 - 50 Street, tree ee et et, t, Stettler AB AB info@leschert.net

Gitzel Krejci Dand Peterson CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

4912 - 51 Street P.O. Box 460, Stettler, Alberta

403-742-4431 Toll free 1-877-742-4431 e-mail: gkdpca@gkdpca.com website:

www.gkdpca.com

*27 years experience*

1150

PERFORMANCE Physiotherapy, Acupuncture & Massage “Keeping people in Motion...�

403-742-4533

403-742-5111

Open Monday to Friday 9:00a.m to 4:00p.m.

(Closed over lunch & on holidays)

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House Plan Design Small Commercial Shop Drawings As Builts rg

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Stettler Furnace Cleaning

Phone: 403-742-6612 Cell: 780-935-0540 Email: mstahlberg@shaw.ca

RAILSIDE DESIGN GALEN WIEBE

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN 5004 - 48 AVE., STETTLER

PH: 403-742-4101 FAX: 866-305-5686 galen@railsidedesign.com

Comprehensive eye health and vision exams Top quality frames, lenses and contacts Treatment of eye disease, injuries and surgical co-management

Lori R. Reule

Phone 403-742-2683 New patients welcome

Landscaping

JNB

1240

BOBCAT SERVICES INC.

• Landscaping & Excavating • Deck & Post Holes No Job

LL. B.

Stettler Professional Building 4819 51 Street

Legal Services

1260

of McCuaig Desrochers

5014 - 50 St., Stettler 403-742-4504

Barristers and Solicitors Advocates

DR. D.G. BECKLUND Chiropractor

2401 Toronto Dominion Sq. Edmonton Centre Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2Z1 Telephone: 780-426-4660 Fax: 780-426-0982

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

1196

Bus.: 403-742-2553 Res.: 403-742-0370

1290

Stettler, Alberta

LAW OFFICE

Phone 403-742-2529

403-742-5810 or 403-742-6443

1290

BRIAN HALLETT LAWN & GARDEN CARE Town & Country Big or Small ‌WE DO IT ALL! Phone: 403-742-5830

Plumbing & Heating

Please leave a message if no answer

1330

RUBBER DUCK YARD CARE

Gary G. Grant Law Office 4910 - 51 Street Stettler, AB T0C 2L0

Phone: 403-742-4437

CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon.

U.S. travel waiver.

Divorce? Simple. Fast.

Inexpensive. Debt recovery?

Alberta collection to $25,000. Calgary 403-228-1300 or 1-800-347-2540

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Tru-Fence

Good Fences Make Good Neighbours!

“Contact us for all your fencing needs�

1430

Yard Care

DISCONNECTED PHONE? Phone Factory Home Phone Service. No one refused! Low monthly rate! Calling features and unlimited long distance available. Call Phone Factory today!

1-877-336-2274; www.phonefactory.ca.

• Power Rake • Aerate • Lawns ~ cut & trimmed

• Complete Plumbing & Heating Services • Commercial and Residential • Water Conditioning & Pumps • 24 Hour Service Service Wise - We Specialize

For personalized services call Lana Gross ~ 403-740-3595

Stettler Ph.

403-742-5237

Painters/ Decorators

1310

Painters/ Decorators

1310

STETTLER FLOORING

& Paint

Shane Mercier Owner/Manager

#2 4707 42nd Street Stettler, AB

403-742-5813

Fax: 403-742-5816 shane@stettlerooring.com

Verle Klassen

Ph 403-741-4483 • Fax 403-742-4560 trufence@live.ca

Fax 403-742-2522 ourlaw2@telus.net

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Get rid of your Garbage with. . .

3R

Management

403-742-3007 Misc.

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1290

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

1290

Brenda Anderson, B.Comm., LL.B. 5002 - 51 Ave., Stettler, AB

One block East of Scotia Bank

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403-742-3411

Too Small

Hauck Optometry & Hearing

-Gitzel Krejci Building

• Locks repinned & installed • Windshields repaired & installed • Residential & Commercial Windows & Doors • All your glass & screen needs Main St., Stettler Emergency 403-742-2665 403-742-3628

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LANDMAN REULE LAW OFFICE

BRYON D. BALTIMORE

E. LYNES 403-742-1330 HEARTLAND Dr.Chiropractor Drafting GLASS 4719 - 49 St. & Design

1260

Stettler Eye Care Dr. R. TROY NELSON

Jacquie Mvula,

1193

Glass Shops

Legal Services

Box 1919, Stettler, AB

M.S., R.Aud 4806 – 51 Ave., Stettler, AB 403-742-EARS(3277)

Buzz Andersen

1210

403-742-7795

All types of Electrical Installation & Maintenance

Furnace Cleaning

Health Care

JOE HEEMSKERK, owner

“If It’s Electrical We Do It�

403-742-3418

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Call Barry Harvey

403-742-8838

-Residential -Commercial -Farm Buildings -Renovations Serving Stettler area over 35 years

Randy Long

Health Care

Qualified and Reputable

Certified General Accountants

“Your Service Specialists�

(Beside A & W)

Serving Stettler & Area since 1978

LTD.

4607 - 59 St., Stettler

Electrical

Call Curt or Rob

C.R. GLASS

403-742-2520

Quality Collision Repair and Professional Service‌ Guaranteed!

Phone: 403-742-3555

1196

• Residential • Commercial • Automotive Needs

AUTO BODY REPAIR LTD.

Find out more about us at: www.brennanautobody.com

Glass Shops

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TITAN TRANSPORT LTD.

We are a flat bed company based out of Saskatoon, SK. with an office in Calgary.

We are currently looking for company drivers as well as owner operators.

You must have a min. of 2 yrs. exp. with flat beds.

Canada/U.S. Call 1-800-667-7080 or 306-374-1739 Ask for Robert

Business Opportunities

870

GET FREE VENDING MACHINES. Can earn $100,000. + per year. All cash-retire in just 3 years. Protected territories.

Full details call now 1-866-668-6629. Website: www.tcvend.com

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W.A. GRAIN & PULSE SOLUTIONS is a growing grain export company looking for someone to fill a full time LABOURER POSITION at its Bashaw/Warden locations. Duties will include but not limited to shipping/receiving of product. If interested forward resume by fax to 780-372-4190 or by email Attn Rob: robert.mcdonald@wagrain.ca or Travis: travis.hillaby@wagrain.ca

Employment Training

900

MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED! Learn to process & submit billing claims for hospitals and doctors!

No experience needed!

Local training gets you ready to work!

1-888-627-0297.

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

FALL START •

Community Support Worker Program

•

GED Preparation Would you like to take the GED in your community?

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Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Castor Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca CHEETAH SANDBLASTING & PAINTING Requires Sandblasters & Painters for inside shop work. entry level $20/hr.

Experienced $30/hr. plus Fax resume to 403-742-3887 or email: vgeorge@telusplanet.net

EMF NUTRITION RED DEER BRANCH

is HIRING!! We are looking to fill two positions: Packaging Operator (Bagger) Shipper/Receiver. Please visit our website for more details: www.emf-nutrition .com Apply by July 31st, 2014 Email: hr@ emf-nutrition.com Mail/person: 4747-60th St. Red Deer, Alberta Fax: 204.233.7245 FULL-TIME MEAT CUTTER REQUIRED at Sobeys in Olds, Alberta.

40 hours per week.

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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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ACREAGE AUCTION Estate of Dennis Stedman for Lil Stedman Sunday July 27-10 a.m.

Location---North overpass -East of Innisfail A.B. hwy #590 -5 miles to Hwy #791 Then south 4 miles, east on #350 *** Watch for Signs*** Antiques, Collectibles, Tools, Household, Just too much to mention Check the web for pictures and listing.

PILGRIM AUCTION 403-556-5531 www.pilgrimauction.com AUTO/TOOL AUCTION. Saturday, July 26, 11 a.m.

Auto’s, RV’s, SeaDoo, tools, parts, surplus, storage buildings, benches, tents, pressure washers.

Scribner Auction, Wainwright, Alberta.

780-842-5666; www.scribnernet.com.

Auctions

1530

WARD’S AUCTIONS Antique/Estate Auction.

Monday & Tuesday, July 28th & 29th, 6 p.m.

11802-145 Street, Edmonton. 780-451-4549.

Preview Friday, July 25th 4-8.

Online bidding and pictures at www.wardsauctions.com

Building Supplies

Wanted To Buy

1930

FIREARMS. All types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork & transportation.

Licensed dealer.

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

1550

METAL ROOFING & SIDING. Very competitive prices!

Largest colour selection in Agricultural Western Canada.

Available at over 25 Alberta #2000 - #2290 Distribution Locations.

Farm Equipment ..............2010 40 Year Warranty.

Haying Equipment ............2020 Call 1-888-263-8254.

Tractors ............................2030 Combines & Headers ......2040 STEEL BUILDINGS. Summer meltdown sale! Fertilizer Equipment..........2050 Misc. Farm Machinery ......2060 20x20 $5,419.

25x26 $6,485.

Equipment Wanted ..........2070 30x30 $8,297.

Farm Custom Work ..........2080 32x34 $9,860.

Farm Auctions ..................2090 40x48 $15,359.

Livestock ..........................2100 47x68 $20,558.

Front & back wall included. Livestock - Exotic..............2110 Sheep ..............................2120 Pioneer Steel Poultry ..............................2130 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca Horses ..............................2140 Horse Boarding ................2150 STEEL BUILDINGS/ Riding Supplies ................2160 METAL BUILDINGS Horse/Stock Trailers ........2170 60% off!

Pasture Wanted ................2180 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, Grain, Feed, Hay ..............2190 45x90, 50x120, Seed Grain ......................2200 60x150, 80x100, Seeding & Tillage ............2210 sell for balance owed!

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

Firewood

1660

SEASONED SPLIT FIREWOOD 4.5 kms. West of Stettler Call 403-323-0744

Misc. for Sale

1760

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

Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON RODENT AND WEATHER PROOF SEA CONTAINERS 20 and 40 ft.

Great for storage.

Calgary, Alberta.

403-540-4164; 1-866-517-8335; www.magnatesteel.com

Office Supplies

1800

WHITE 20LB BOND PAPER: 8.5 X 11

10 pkgs. of 500 sheets

$48/case

Shop Stettler & Save!

403-742-2395 Travel Packages

1900

SNOWBIRDS! Parksville/Qualicum, Vancouver Island, 600 sq. ft., 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom fully furnished cottage in treed forest setting. $975/month, utilities included. Available October 1/14 - Spring 2015.

250-248-9899 or andreamichaelwilson @shaw.ca

Farm Equipment

2010

THIS WEEK’S EYE SPY WINNER IS Chris Annand Please come into the Stettler Independent to claim your prize!

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

2190

FEED BARLEY. Paskal Cattle Company in Picture Butte area is looking for Feed Barley.

Put more $$$ in your pocket. Sell direct to us.

Please call Main Office for details. 403-732-5641.

HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

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

Buying damaged or offgrade grain.

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

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

Manufactured Homes

Money To Loan

TWO BEDROOM TRAILER FOR SALE. Comes with an insulated porch, air conditioner, washer and dryer and household furniture (optional). Asking $12,000.

IN ADDITION, one very large two bedroom trailer for sale.

Asking $15,000.

Phone 403-742-8789

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Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420; www.pioneerwest.com

4090

For Rent #3000 - #3200 Acreages/Farms ..............3010 Houses/Duplexes ............3020 Condos/Townhouses........3030 Manufactured Homes ......3040 Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050 Suites ..............................3060 Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070 Roommates Wanted ........3080 Rooms for Rent................3090 Motels/Hotels ..................3100 Offices ..............................3110 Stores/Commercial ..........3120 Industrial ..........................3130 Warehouse Space............3140 Garage Space..................3150 Storage Space ................3160 Land ................................3170 Pasture ............................3180 Mobile Lot ........................3190 Misc. for Rent ..................3200

Wanted to Rent #3250 - #3390 Acreages/Farms ..............3255 Houses/Duplexes ............3260 Suites ..............................3270 Rooms..............................3280 Manufactured Homes ......3290 Housesitting Wanted ........3300 Garage Space..................3310 Storage Space ................3320 Stores/Commercial ..........3330 Office Space ....................3340 Industrial ..........................3350 Warehouse Space............3360 Resorts & Cottages..........3370 Pasture/Land....................3380 Mobile Lot ........................3390

Acreages/ Farms

3010

FOR RENT THREE BEDROOM HOME ON ACREAGE NEAR STETTLER. Available Sept. 1.

For more information, phone 403-742-6210.

Please leave message.

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

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

Mortgages Bought/Sold

3060

L A R G E One & Two BEDROOM APARTMENTS FOR RENT No pets Phone Ellen Phone Linda or at Ernie 403-742-1568 at 403-742-5005 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.

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

Storage Space

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

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

Public Notices

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS

4090

Estate of

PHYLLIS FAY LONG who died on June 30, 2014

Financial #4400 - #4430

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by September 6, 2014 with

......................4410 1983 2 BDRM., 1 bath, Investments Money Wanted ................4420 carport, addition, back deck, Money to Loan ................4430 new metal 8x10 shed, central air, peaked roof, new laminate flooring & new ceiling texture.

Located in Innisfail. $49,500.

403-865-1996 or 597-7063 Money

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Brenda Anderson at

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4430

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and provide details of your claim.

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

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Suites

4190

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Public Notices

Public Notices

6010

Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.) Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 www.stettler.net

CURRENT PROPERTY TAXES ARE DUE As a reminder, Current Property Taxes must be paid by 4:30 p.m.

July 31, 2014 or received postmarked by July 31, 2014 to avoid a 10% penalty. To avoid a further penalty of 18% all taxes must be paid by 4:30 p.m. December 31, 2014.

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Applications have been approved.

1.

Greg Switenky Chief Administrative OfÂżcer

6010 2.

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6010

SUMMER VILLAGE OF WHITE SANDS PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notices

Page 29

Independent CLASSIFIEDS

3.

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

2800-2014 Lot 19, Block 13, Plan 7721414 4108 - 64 Street Bernard M. Benoit

6010

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

AL-ANON 403-742-0990

Detached Garage

ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP

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

2801-2014 Lot 14, Block 2, Plan 943MC 5724 - 42 Avenue Alan DD Thomas

403-742-4263; 403-742-8122 or 403-742-4091

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

2802-2014 Lot 14, Block 41, Plan 2442AE 4805 - 46 Street Levi Parks

CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance)

Uncovered Deck

COCAINE ANONYMOUS

Detached Garage

You may appeal this decision by serving written notice of appeal to the Secretary of the Stettler Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, P.O. Box 280, Stettler, Alberta prior to 4:30 p.m.

August 6, 2014. For further information, please phone 403-742-8305.

Leann Graham Planning & Development Services

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP 403-742-2337

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

BRIGANTIA PLACE (formerly Camrose Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shelter)

780-672-1035 Brenda 403-742-3067 Pager toll-free (20 sec. response time) 1-403-357-6266

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

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS 403-742-4059

HOME SUPPORT STETTLER & DISTRICT 403-742-6568

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Hot Line 403-342-1444

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NOTICE OF TENDER STETTLER AREA FARMLAND The following properties, located in the County of Stettler No. 6 (Stettler Area) are being offered for sale by tender: First Property: North East Quarter, Section 34 , Township 39, Range 20, W4 EXECPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS AREA: 63.99 HECTARES (157.99 ACRES) MORE OR LESS 2014 Taxes $453.79 Second Property: North West Quarter, Section 34 , Township 39, Range 20, W4 EXECPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS AREA: 63.59 HECTARES (157 ACRES) MORE OR LESS 2014 Taxes $521.07 7000 Bushels of Grain Storage.

Third Property: South East Quarter, Section 34 , Township 39, Range 20, W4 EXECPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS AREA: 64.80 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS 2014 Taxes $502.95 Fourth Property: South West Quarter, Section 34 , Township 39, Range 20, W4 EXECPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS AREA: 64.40 HECTARES (159 ACRES) MORE OR LESS 2014 Taxes $545.21 Third and Fourth Properties receive $3100 surface lease revenue annually between the two properties.

Possession date upon completion of 2014 harvest.

Will favor Tenders for all four Quarters over and above single parcels. The Properties are offered for sale free and clear of all financial encumbrances.

Welcome Home!

Celebrating the birth of your child? Share your happy news with family & friends with a special announcement in the classifieds.

1.877.223.3311

Tenders in sealed envelopes marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nichols â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Section 34-39-20 W4â&#x20AC;? accompanied by a certified cheque made payable to Schnell Hardy Jones for ten percent (10%) of the amount of the tender to be in the hands of the Schnell Hardy Jones, Box 1240, 4902 51 Street, Stettler, in the province of Alberta, by twelve oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock noon, on Friday, the 29th day of August, 2014.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid to Schnell Hardy Jones within Thirty (30) days after the acceptance of tender. If the successful Tenderer does not complete the purchase after acceptance of his tender, the deposit shall be forfeited. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. All tenders to be approved by Roger and Barb Nichols. Cheques of unsuccessful Tenderers will be returned.

DATED at the Town of Stettler, in the Province of Alberta, this 2nd day of July, 2014.

STETTLER & AREA ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY SOCIETY (STABIS) For more information phone 403-742-6456

STETTLER & DISTRICT FOOD BANK SOCIETY Kathy Elaine Willis -Williams 403-742-4567 403-742-2745 Elaine Williams - 403-742-2745 4820 - 51 Street

STETTLER CITIZENS ON PATROL RCMP office 403-742-3382 www.stettlercop.org

STETTLER HANDIBUS 403-742-5858

STETTLER HEALTH EMERGENCY LINE PROGRAM 403-742-2337

STETTLER PEOPLE FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS 403-742-2337

STETTLER READ & WRITE OFFICE 403-742-2999

T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Grace â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 403-742-0681 Vivian â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 403-742-3935

VICTIM SERVICE 403-741-7841 CONFUSED? GETTING THE RUN AROUND? CONTACT YOUR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL CENTRE Residents of Stettler and the surrounding area now have access to this free and confidential service. It provides information and referral on social agencies, government services, clubs and organizations, to best suit the callerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need.

Just Dial - 403-742-1155

WHAT CAN THE CLASSIFIEDS DO FOR YOU???

Coming Events Obituaries Memorials Pets Lost/Found Classes Vacation Homes Personals Fitness Arts/Crafts Realtors Babysitters Condos Volunteers Career Planning Legal Aid Tutors OilďŹ eld Announcements Trades Vehicles Public Notices Rentals Acreages Motorcycles Business Opportunities Cottages Livestock Grain/Feed/Hay Tractors Pasture land Campers/RVs Extra Income Security Registrations Meetings Repairs Farmers Markets Trade Fairs Rodeos & MUCH MORE!

Page A30 The Stettler Independent Public Notices

Independent COLUMNS

6010

County of Stettler No. County No. 6 6

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

PUBLIC PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS APPROVED Notice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Applications have been approved as permitted uses in accordance with the County of Stettler No. 6’s Land Use Bylaw No. 1443-10: 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

No: Legal Description: Rural Address: Owner: Applicant: Proposed Development: No: Legal Description: Rural Address: Applicant/Owner: Proposed Development:

Second Detached Dwelling on parcel of land greater than 80 acres (Manufactured Home)

Detached Dwelling 14033 Lot 1 Block 2 Plan 0324233 (Carlisle Estates) 102, 38550 Rge Rd 201 Ted & Kathy Nibourg

No: Legal Description: Rural Address: Owner/Applicant: Proposed Development:

14034 SE 35-37-20W4M 37506 Rge Rd 20-1 Cam & Leisha Hansel

No: Legal Description:

No.: Legal Description: Rural Address: Owner/Applicant: Proposed Development:

Raised Deck

Detached Dwelling 14036 Lot 12 Block 1 Plan 0521511 Buffalo Lake Meadows 305, 40345 Rge Rd 211 Lindon & Marlane Petty

No: Legal Description: Rural Address: Owner/Applicant: Proposed Development:

8.

No: Legal Description: Rural Address: Owner/Applicant: Proposed Development:

9.

No: Legal Description: Rural Address: Owner/Applicant: Proposed Development:

14031 SW 26-39-19W4M Not Assigned to date Phillipe & Alexis Carlson

No: Legal Description: Rural Address: Owner/Applicant: Proposed Development:

Rural Address: Owner/Applicant: Proposed Development: 6.

7.

14030 SW 32-41-17W4M 41537 Rge Rd 175 Geert Bakkers Bruce Paulson & Katie Carlow

14037 Lot 11 Block 1 Plan 0728729 (Carlisle Estates) 410, 38550 Rge Rd 201 Dennis & April Thomas Detached Dwelling & Ancillary Building

Addition to Ancillary Building (1 bay) 14040 NE 5-28-20W4M 38064 Rge Rd 204 James Colin McDavid Ancillary Building 14045 NE 33-36-20W4M 36568 Rge Rd 203 Wayne & Christine Stormoen Ancillary Building

10. No: Legal Description: Rural Address: Owner/Applicant: Proposed Development:

14046 SE 2-42-18W4M 18124 Hwy 53 Barb Bosh & Dion Burlock

11. No: Legal Description:

14048 Lot 1 Block 1 Plan 0224532 Pt. of NE 15-42-19W4M 42258 Rge Rd 192 Gary & Jodi Blouin

Rural Address: Owner/Applicant: Proposed Development:

Detached Dwelling

14038 Lot 13 Block 15 Plan 7820889 Hamlet of Erskine 3 Maple Close Wayne & Jolene Hall

12. No: Legal Description: Rural Address: Owner: Applicant: Proposed Development:

Detached Dwelling

Ancillary Building 14053 SW 25-38-22W4M 38425 Rge Rd 221 Tony & Delores Van Esch Curt Van Esch Ancillary Building

Jacinta Donovan & Cara McKenzie, Development Officers

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The 22 Rick Strankman MLA REPORT “The 22” or the 1922 Committee, is a committee of backbench Conservative Members of the British Parliament. The committee was formed in 1923 but takes its name from the 1922 general election that was won by the British Conservative party.

Executive membership and officers are, by consensus, limited to backbench MPs although since 2010 frontbench Conservative MPs have an open invitation to attend meetings.

The 22 meets every week during the British Parliament session, providing a way for Conservative backbenchers to coordinate and discuss their views, and those of their constituents’. These meetings were traditionally done independently of frontbenchers allowing issues to come to the floor that were seemingly being overlooked.

The purpose of the 1922 Committee is to allow the leadership and the backbenches of the Party to keep in touch with the needs of the constituents that reside in the ridings of the non-frontbench members. The committee has become a very influential committee within the party and the Committee Chairman has direct access to the party leader.

The communication between the Executive branch (Leader and Ministers) of a government and all other members regardless of whether they are in the governing party or not, are paramount to the very principal of democratic representation.

The principal of democratic election of representation is to allow every constituent’s voice to be heard. By marginalizing any member of a Parliament or Legislature, regardless of party affiliation, openly defies the whole principal of democracy itself. As an elected representative sometimes it’s easy to lose sight that the other members in the house speak for constituents that are no more or less important than any others.

Fair and equal representation at the table is the ultimate measure of success or failure of democracy. Democracy has to have a base to grow from, that base is the grass roots, who hold no position, are taxpayers and contributors to society, but most importantly, they are the majority. At times, these important details to what makes a functional and fair system are overlooked, in the name of ambitions of power. History has proven that power without the grass roots of a society is fleeting and little more than a façade.

As Albertans move ever closer to having yet another premier chosen by a select few, it’s hard not to reflect on why it seems that Alberta has a revolving door in the premier’s office. The systematic top-down governance methodology that has crept into the Alberta Legislature is indicative as to why “The 22” came into existence in British politics.

Politics in Alberta has evolved into a process that has become largely undemocratic, with no free votes in the Legislature and government MLAs expected to tow the party line without question. The premier and a small group of mostly unelected appointees make almost every decision in government.

Then people’s elected representatives, on the other hand, generally have little if any real input into the decisions that impact the lives of those who voted for them.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The Stettler Independent Page

Independent COMMUNITY

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Tourists in Big Valley check out some vintage vehicles, including those owned by Rod Miller – including one partially made of wood (centre) and the infamous Tubmobile (right).

Robin Tarnowetzki/Independent reporter

Full steam ahead for annual Big Valley show Robin Tarnowetzki INDEPENDENT REPORTER Tourists riding on the steam train to Big Valley

got the chance to go back in time and see a variety of vintage cars and steam engines at Alberta Prairie’s

Live Steam and Vintage Car Show in Big Valley on July 19 and 20.

“We put it on primar-

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B ig Country P rimary Care Network ( P CN)) i s s earching f or a n R N i n S tettler, AB - 0 .4 FTE Big Country Primary Care Network is searching for a RN interested in working in a healthcare environment that allows you to impact patient care at the primary care level.

The Primary Care Nurse will play a key role in the provision of services for patients in the Stettler Medical Family Physician Clinic. Practicing in a generalist role you will provide primary nursing care to the population of patients seen by the general practitioner.

Areas of practice will include; chronic disease management, prevention and health promotion, some complex care management, and navigation to appropriate resources. If you have experience in some of these areas, we will provide additional education based on your learning needs and organizational requirements.

Responsibilities may include:

Prevention and Health promotion

Chronic Disease Management

Navigation to appropriate services

Promotion of Primary Care service and benefits to advance Primary Care concepts and understanding

Support an organizational culture which fosters relationships and multi-disciplinary collaboration and teamwork

Focus on self management and health behavior facilitation to collaborate with patients in developing a personal health action plan

Promote wellness to a general patient population

Develop and sustain effective relationships with health service partners and community agencies Required competencies and strengths:

Current CARNA registration

Knowledge of community resources

Advanced communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to practice collaboratively and critically problem solve

Valid driver’s license and completion of criminal records check

Proficiency in multiple computer applications including electronic medical records, Microsoft office, Internet navigation

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

Some travel, evening and weekend work may be involved.

Please forward Resume to: admin@bigcountrypcn.com or Fax (403) 442-2276 Application Deadline: Until position is filled

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ily for the passengers, but it’s open to the community and to anyone else in the community who wants to come,” said Bob Willis with Alberta Prairie.

Smoke drifted on the wind and onlookers had to speak loudly over the sound of the engines, but tourists seemed to enjoy seeing the engines at work and exploring the museums of Big Valley.

People came from Hanna, Red Deer, Calgary, Erskine, Stettler, Camrose and other communities to either show off their engines or their vintage cars.

Sunday saw an influx of vintage cars from the Red Deer Car Club.

Those who spent time in Big Valley saw a few fa-

miliar vehicles owned by resident Rod Miller: some cars from the ‘20s, and his own creation: the Tubmobile. One visitor hopped inside and giggled as she honked the different horns and her friend took pictures.

Also wandering the show were the Valley Belles, Big Valley residents who dress up in Victorian-era clothing to greet the tourists on the train.

The show has been an annual event since 1997, though Willis said that it’s been getting more difficult to find people with steam engines.

“It’s getting a little harder,” he said. “It hasn’t been up until now. As the years go on, it will get harder and

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harder to mount this show, concentrating on steam. It won’t be that hard to continue on if we change the emphasis from steam to pump engines. That makes it a little easier, because they don’t have to build them, and they don’t have to have a bunch of certifications to run them.”

The steam engines at the show are scale models of steam engines that would have run in tractors on the prairies. Most of the time, people have built them, and then they show them in Big Valley.

“We hope people get some education, and just some plain fun,” Willis said.

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