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Vol. 66, No. 48 | WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, 2014 | 403-783-3311 | EDITORIAL@PONOKANEWS.COM

Jared Nucolls wins Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour Story on page 24

Farming tradition of the Bednar family Story on page 5

The Man in Red Is Back In Town!

Santa Claus arrived at the Town Hall by a fire truck instead of his traditional reindeer-pulled sleigh on Friday night, Nov. 21 for the launch of the festive season and Almost Midnight Madness sale event and was surrounded by dozens of kids who all received hugs from the man in red.

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Almost Midnight Madness launches Ponoka’s holiday season

BY MUSTAFA ERIC

An all-smiles Mayor Rick Bonnett, apparently relieved with Mother Nature’s cooperation in delaying the first major snow dump of the season, appealed to all Ponoka residents on Friday, Nov. 21 to make use of the good weather to do their shopping tours in town and support local businesses.

After the Christmas carolers ended their mini-concert in front of the town hall, Bonnett lit up the town’s Christmas tree and officially declared Ponoka’s holiday season open and launched the Almost Midnight Madness sales event of 2014.

He thanked the Chamber of Commerce for organizing the commercial event for another year and thanked the residents who came out to see the deals.

Santa arrived by a fire a truck to give hugs to jubilant kids while donors flocked to Ponoka News office to support the town’s food

Time for a fun sleigh ride: Shoppers were able to enjoy a fun sleigh ride at Jones Boys Western Wear during the Almost Midnight Madness sale event in Ponoka Friday, Nov. 21.

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bank, filling dozens of boxes with a variety of food items. More than 900 pounds of food and $45 in cash were donated within a period of two hours.

Thanks to warm weather, shoppers filled the downtown streets and checked shop windows and shelves inside the stores. No figures were available at press time as to how this year’s Almost Midnight Madness compared to last year’s in terms of business volume.

Elsewhere, there were sleigh rides for shopper families and many residents enjoyed the fireworks show.

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Police deal with two collisions involving one vehicle

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Four people are being investigated after being involved in two collisions with the same car north of Ponoka on Baker Road Saturday, Nov. 22.

The call came in with the information that a vehicle was involved in a collision at approximately 7 p.m. Emergency crews, including the Ponoka Fire Department, attended the scene where a woman was found trapped in a Chevy Trailblazer.

Investigations showed there were three people, two men and one woman, who left the scene and showed obvious injuries from the collision.

Police say they were also intoxicated when found.

As a result of questioning, it was determined the vehicle first drove off the road and into the ditch on Menaik Road, east of Range Road 253.

It is believed that someone else took the wheel at this time and eventually the driver missed the Baker Road turn and rolled numerous times.

A collision analyst was called in to investigate the scene. The matter is under investigation.

Sudden death at hotel Staff at a Ponoka hotel had the shock of their life after finding a man dead in his hotel room.

It was believed the 40-year-old Red Deer man had checked out for the day Wednesday, Oct. 19 when employees went to clean his room. The major crimes unit from Calgary attended the scene and determined that foul play was not involved.

The matter is still under investigation.

Drunk driver nabbed on wrong side of the road Driving while drunk proved to be a big mistake for an Irish man who forgot what side of the road he should be driving on.

Officers stopped the driver after noticing him driving erratically on the wrong side of the road Nov. 22 at 1:15 a.m. Rather than pull over on the right side, the driver, a 23-year-old Irish man, pulled over on the left.

He provided two blood-alcohol samples of .24 and had to surrender his passport.

Culprit evades police Ponoka RCMP are looking for an individual who was in possession of a stolen vehicle last week.

Correction

Officers attempted to pull over the driver of a 2004 Ford SRW west of Ponoka last week. The driver pulled away and at some point jumped out of the vehicle in the Don Laing Industrial area.

A police dog was called but the trail was lost. Investigations show the vehicle was recently stolen.

Internet fraud A Ponoka man had to delete his email account last week after finding out his contacts were compromised.

Contacts of the man received emails last week stating that the victim was in Turkey in prison without a passport. The email stated the man needed cash sent immediately.

Police recommend if residents receive any requests for money or cash to use extreme caution, especially if the money is to be sent to a foreign country.

Ponoka RCMP and the Integrated Traffic Unit took 86 calls for service last week.

If you have information on any crime call Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Curfew breaker sentenced to one day in detention

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

A twenty-five year old woman faced one day in detention following charges related to breaking her house curfew.

It was discovered by RCMP that Jessica Masyk had violated her curfew conditions as she was seen near Tim Hortons several times between Oct. 24 and Nov. 7, 2014.

She did not return to the residence at all four times or she left during curfew hours and on several occasions turned up 15 to 45

minutes late.

Masyk entered an early guilty plea, after already having served 10 days in custody. They were taken for one and a half days credit, leaving her with only one day remaining in detention.

Masyk was also imposed a $100 fine in court on Friday, Nov. 21.

“I’m very apologetic and I’m going to learn from my mistakes.

I want to better myself,” Masyk told the court via closed circuit television during her Friday appearance.

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship CHURCH DIRECTORY Associated Gospel Churches of Canada

CHURCH OF THE OPEN BIBLE Pastor Jerry Preheim • Pastor Matt Sealy 3704 - 42 St. Ponoka 403-783-6500 Worship Service 11:00 a.m. • churchoftheopenbible@telus.net

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKA

Sr. Pastor Paul Spate Erin Dirsten - Fac. Youth & Family Min. 5109 - 57 Ave. Ponoka www.fbcponoka.org 403-783-5533 Bible Discovery Hour 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

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

Everyone Welcome! phone: 403-783-6962 • www.baptistreformedponoka.org

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

Rev. Mitch Ramkissoon www.parklandurc.org

PONOKA ALLIANCE CHURCH

Tara Newton (second from left), family-school liaison worker at St. Augustine secondary school, accepts coats and hand-knitted scarves from Knights of Columbus members: Vic Bliele (far left); (and to the right) Adam Bowie and Russell Hemingson. The Ponoka Knights make an annual donation of Coats for Kids to the Good Samaritan Fund.

This year, Mr. Bliele knitted special scarves and toques to keep the children even warmer.

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

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PONOKA WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Pastor Rob McArthur

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Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.

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PONOKA UNITED CHURCH Minister: Beatrix Schirner

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Sunday Service 10:00 am.

5020-52 Ave. Ponoka

Phone: 403-783-4087

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

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

403-783-6012 • www.sonriseponoka.com

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

Procrastination I’m sitting at my desk wondering, for the umpteenth time, why I have once again put off writing this article until it’s almost too late.

It’s not a difficult task and I really do enjoy it! So why always the last minute?

Procrastinators always have a very good reason. Mark Twain once said “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow”.

South of the border, our Mexican friends have a word for it: “mañana” — tomorrow. That is the easy route.

There is a Spanish proverb that says, “The road of by-and-by leads to the house of never.”

Usually when one says, “mañana”, it really means, “Never.”

This topic often lends itself to some pretty good humor - but since I’ve waited too long so I had to google some for you.

“One of these days I’m going to get help for my procrastination problem.” (Note: That day never seems to come)– “One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow.” ~Vincent Foss

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Mae West is quotThe English have a ed as saying - “He who proverb that says, hesitates is last.”

“Procrastination is We never lack for a the thief of time.” goal because “ProcrasGod’s Word (the tination always gives Bible) puts it likes you something to look this: “… Today if forward to.” ~Joan you will hear His Konner voice, harden not your Chris Parker had hearts” (Heb.4:7). the right idea when he And again, “… besaid hold, NOW is the “Procrastination is accepted time; behold, like a credit card; it’s NOW is the day of a lot fun until you get salvation.” (2Cor.6:2).

Pastor Jerry the bill.”

Isaiah writes, “Come Preheim “I like work. It NOW, and let us reaChurch of the Open Bible fascinates me. I can son together, says the A member of the sit and look at it for LORD …” (Isa.1:18).

Ponoka Ministerial hours.” ~Anon The tendency of Association Here’s my favorite man is to want to “The sooner I fall wait for another time. behind, the more time Don’t be like GoverI have to catch up.” ~Anon nor Felix; when he heard the gospel Procrastination is not always a from the apostle Paul (about his good thing – to be frank it is NEV- soul’s salvation), He trembled and ER a good habit to get into! then sadly Felix responded, “…

It is not that there is no intention Go your way [Paul] for this time of doing the thing in question. It is when it is convenient, I will call for just put off. We have another prov- you” (Acts 24:25). erb that puts it very bluntly.

He put off the greatest need of “The way to hell is paved with his soul and we don’t know if he good intentions.” ever did respond to God’s call.

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Reflections of Ponoka The fine farming tradition of the Bednar family In the colorful early history of the prairies, the proud tradition of farming has always been front and centre, with the deep and growing roots of countless families leading the way in establishing the bright and prosperous future of our thriving urban and rural communities. From the Eastside, Seafield, and surrounding districts in the County of Ponoka, several generations of the Bednar family have excelled and left a lasting impression in the rolling fields of agriculture, and that proud tradition still carries on.

First Bednar family came from Nebraska Martin Bednar was born in Czechoslovakia in 1876, and his parents Frank and Mary Bednar brought him to Nebraska, U.S.A. when he was only four years old. In 1900, he married Mary Holecek, who had been born in Nebraska of Czech parents, and then in 1910 they embarked on the long journey with their young children William, Gustave, Martha, and Martin, finally arriving in the friendly little town of Ponoka.

Martin worked as a blacksmith in Ponoka, where the family lived in a home near the old town hall, but in 1913 the ‘farming fever’ took over and they moved onto their first homestead in the Seafield district. Martin’s parents, Frank and Mary, later joined them, and they all lived together in a palatial home that stood on a hill between the railroad and the Calgary Trail. All the children attended Seafield School, while Grandpa Frank still loved farming and leading the teams of horses with the walking plow and breaking many acres of land. Eleanor was born in 1917 and the family moved a half a mile west to the buildings that were later known as the ‘MB Ranch’, and was shared, farmed, and expanded over the years by Bill, Martin and Gus Bednar families until it was destroyed by a stubble fire in 1937.

As a skilled blacksmith, Martin continued to excel at his trade, fashioning such great vehicles as a Bennet Wagon,

a classic Bob Sled with a coupe on top, a huge 1927 combine that was pulled by 12 horses, and on and on. Mary was a master of fine Czech pastry, as well as a long-standing member of the Seafield Ladies’ Club and the F.W.U.A. They retired to Ponoka in 1945, celebrated their 60th anniversary in 1960, and lived happily together and enjoyed their family times for many years, with Martin passing away in 1965 at the age of 89 and Mary in 1970 at the age of 88.

Gus and Katherine Bednar Gus Bednar farmed with his father Martin and brother Bill in the early years, then later rented the Charlie Segerstrom land northwest of Ponoka as well as three quarters at Nebraska.

He loved toiling in the summer with his four-horse team building highways as far north as Stony Plain. Also an avid athlete, Gus played ball with the Pleasant Hill team and hockey with Seafield, loved dancing and music, and was an accomplished violinist.

In November 1932, he married Katherine (Dollie) Fink of the Hazel Hill district, and lived in a house on the first Bednar farm, raising their constantly growing family of Ronald, Richard, Marilyn, Frank, Bernard, and Larry. They moved to the Slepicka farm in the spring of 1936, where Gus built more buildings, raised horses and cows, and loved to thresh each fall with Dick Jones and the crew throughout the districts for many years. Vivid family memories included tough farming with only horses through the ‘dirty 30’s’, but the thankful return of the Beavers in 1938, as well as purchasing more farm land from Clayton Hepburn in 1943.

Frank took over the farming after Gus died suddenly in 1961, then Bernard moved home in 1962 to share the ongoing work.

William and Elsie Bednar William Bednar, always fondly known as Bill, was 9 years old when his family moved to Ponoka. He attended school in town and later at Seafield, and as a young lad became very skilled

Remember When...

Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

A great photo, taken in 1945 on the grounds of the Provincial Mental Hospital near Ponoka, shows a group of staff riding on the hospital fire truck in celebration of ‘Peace Day’, which marked the end of the Second World War.

Elsie Bednar with her marvelous horse Edith in 1926 down on the farm.

at driving large teams of half-wild horses used in the field work. In 1929, he married Elsie Kendell from Tofield, and they would later live in a house on the banks of Wolf Creek, just west of his parents’ homestead.

Through the toughest of times, Bill and Elsie always strived to bring a keen mood of optimism, as well as the meaning of true values and joy to the Eastside district. Along the way, he assured all families that working together with the farming, the threshing, the wood sawing and the chores would always make it easier and even fun to succeed and carry on. His constant clowning and joking would perk up everyone, young and old, and Bill would always be there to help out, no matter what. Elsie, who taught school at Eastside from 1948 to 1950, was also a true homemaker, and although they had only one child, Joyce, their home was always open to other children, as well as friends and neighbours over the years. Bill, who purchased the Eakin farm in 1946, was always active in community affairs, especially the Farmer’s Union, and received the distinction of being named as the ‘Bacon Champion’ of the Ponoka area in 1961.

Bill passed away at the young age of 62 years in 1964 and Elsie later moved into Ponoka, where she enjoyed taking in boarders in her big house and pampering them with her wonderful meals and baked goods. Elsie taught Sunday school for many years, and it was her constant ‘polite nagging’ that finally got the iron railing built in front of the United Church.

Bill and Elsie Bednar in 1929

Her failing eyesight forced her to give up her favourite pass-times of bowling, quilting, driving, scrabble and other pleasures, and she passed away peacefully at the Ponoka Hospital in 1991 at the age of 89 years.

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Opinion

Where to find the money for infrastructure The game is on.

Now that the newly installed premier and his formerly unelected ministers have won their seats in the legislature and the full provincial cabinet assumed their “elected” positions - meaning the process of having to please the voters in now over – we have begun to hear how the new PC leadership will try to tackle our problems.

As it was widely reported in the provincial media, Mr. Prentice and his ministers have floated the idea of user fees and toll roads to generate funds for vitally needed new infrastructure construction and upgrades of aging roads and transportation network.

They were responding to municipal representatives during a ministerial forum at the fall convention of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) in Edmonton last Thursday.

Predictably, there was reaction from all opposition parties, asking Albertans to resist the indirect form of taxation while Mr. Prentice said he would not make any move

without consulting the elecpossibility of at least a partial torate. shutdown of the operations in Obviously, the PC leadthe oil sands is closer to realership is scrambling for a ity than it has ever been. steady source of income givUnfortunately, the proben the downward spiral of the lem is not the only in the oil prices in the international energy sector. markets and consequent deWith the US greencline of bitumen royalties back getting ever stronger, flowing from the oil sands. commodity prices are also Although nothing has being hit, and among those Mustafa Eric been cast in iron yet, as the negatively affected are also Editor electorate, we should be agricultural commodities. mindful of the fact that the While the strong US dollar discussion on user fees and may seem to be an advantoll roads may just be a harbinger of worse tage for Canada’s exporters, the fact that all days to come and that Albertans must keep commodity trading is done with the use of themselves informed not to blindly agree to American dollars, that advantage is being what politicians tell them. wiped out in the international markets.

With growth in the energy-hungry ChiWith our province’s economy basically na noticeably slowing, and a range of oil relying on energy and agriculture, the picproducers from Russia to Mexico to Nige- ture is not very bright and there may be ria promising to increase their production some hardship ahead, and when there is just to be able keep their revenues steady, hardship, there is one way to get out of it: thereby driving down the price further, the hard work and austerity.

Judy Dick Manager

Mustafa Eric Regional Editor

Jeff Heyden-Kaye Reporter

But as Albertans, before agreeing to endure the difficult days that might come, we have a right to know how we reached this point: When oil prices were hovering about $110 per barrel in 2011, the then Premier Ed Stelmach was boasting about a more than $20 billion Heritage Fund.

We know understand that it is down to around $17.5 billion and that much of this money has been invested, bringing in meager revenues in this low interest environment.

The question of what happened to the more than $ 2billion aside, one cannot help asking why the provincial government is not using at least part of the Heritage Fund to launch its infrastructure building program and resorting instead to new ways of taxing the people of the province.

Personally, as a voter, I would expect the premier to convince me of the necessity to pay for using the province’s highways before he comes and asks for my vote in the next election.

Amelia Naismith Reporter

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

The debate over assisted death Dear Editor, Conservative MP Steven Fletcher, who has served the riding of Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia in Manitoba since 2004, is the first quadriplegic to serve in the House of Commons. He was Minister of State for Democratic Reform in 2008 and in 2011, the Minister of State for Transportation. After his exclusion from cabinet in 2013, he twitted: “I am Conservative. I am a traditionalist. I wish I had left Cabinet in the traditional way--- with a sex scandal.”

Though his sense of humor has kept him going, it is with all seriousness that he has introduced two bills in parliament to legalize and monitor physician-assisted death.

Much of the motivation comes from the memory of the pain he suffered after a near-fatal car accident in January 1996. Each successive day in hospital, he said, “expanded the dimensions of” his “pain, trauma and grief”, a recent news article reported.

He was intubated, i.e. a pipe was put down his throat and wind-

pipe. He often felt like he was drowning but could only click his tongue during moments of panic.

“I was terrified,” he said. He couldn’t speak or write down anything. He had no real means of communication, was fully conscious and in enormous pain.

“I’ve gone through that once.

And if I had known ahead of time what was going to be in front of me for the next half a dozen years, I would have said, ‘Just no thank you.

It’s just not worth it.’”

Fletcher says he can’t feel his body below his neck and sometimes wonders if it’s there at all. He can’t control his bladder or bowel. His head and neck are always in some measure of pain. “There is little privacy and daily indignity.”

On what grounds would the state deny assisted death to Mr. Fletcher, who clearly is competent to make there own decisions, unless politicians want to preserve their social conservative electoral base or assume their values of life and death trumps all other considerations?

George Jason.

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NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Did you Know…?

Clubs, groups and individuals can now enter your own community events on the Town’s website via the Calendar Portal! The link to the calendar portal is: http://www.ponoka.ca/calendar/icalevent_ edit/0?year=2014&month=11&day=12 once your event is submitted it will go through an approval process, and then becomes live on the Town’s website!

12 EASY PAYMENTS! Take advantage of a more convenient and feasible way of paying your property taxes! Sign up for Preauthorized Monthly Tax Payment Plan for payment of 2014 property taxes. We will need a VOID cheque and a signature for authorization. No need to re-apply if you are already signed up. Stop in at the Town Hall or call Val @ 403-783-0127 for more information. Deadline for signing up is December 15, 2014.

Waste Transfer Station *Winter Hours 10 am – 4 pm* There is a minimum tipping fee of $8.00 per visit. There is no charge for compostable materials or tires. Call 403783-8328 for more information.

EVENTS AND RECREATION Come Celebrate RBC Sports Day! Drop in at the Ponoka Youth Centre on Thursday Nov 27th from 10:00am-11:15 where SPORTBALL will be there leading fun activities for children and parents to enjoy together. Come learn about SPORTBALL and about how the Ponoka Early Child Development Coalition has received a grant from RBC to provide SPORTBALL programs free of charge for children 16 months to 5 years of age! Please call 403-963-1562 for more information.

35th Annual Fireman’s Christmas Ball Tickets are now on sale for the 35th Annual Fireman’s Ball being held on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at the Kinsmen Community Centre. Entertainment provided by Jamie Woodfin. To purchase tickets or for more information, please call 403.704.9022 or inquire with any firefighter.

Mark Your Calendar The Holiday Train will be in Ponoka on Monday, December 8th at approximately 3:45pm.

Bring a non-perishable food item for the Food Bank and catch the entertainment!

Aquaplex & Recreation Update: Amanda Burnett Broncs Rugby

The Aquaplex will be closed at 5 pm December 5th, and closed to the public December 6 & 7th for the Ponoka Pool Sharks annual swim meet.

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I am a new student st in Grade 12 at Ponoka Secondary Campus this year. Back home I was very active. I exercised every day, did a martial arts class twice a week and played a girls contact sport, Rugby. To try and make friends and still be active I Ӿgured I·d join a sports team here at PSC. After looking around I realized there are no contact sports for girls so I did some research and found out that a good bunch of girls wanted a contact sport like rugby to play. So this year PSC will proudly be supporting this new sports team. A few girls and I banded together and made a female contact sport a new option in Broncs Athletics. This new team will be for girls only. So far we have 30 high school girls and 4 junior highs seriously interested for the season start date set at February 2, 2015. Some community coaches have been contacted and are excited to start training with us girls. PSC supports this new team to the best of the school board·s ability Ӿnancially, but starting a new sports team is very expensive. The team is in turn looking for the support of the community through donations or sponsors. We are always willing to help out the community as gratitude for their support and encouragement. We couldn·t have done this without the help of our teacher advisor Mrs. Annitta Hoӽman for everything that she has done for us to get our rugby family going. A thank you also goes out to our sports director, and football coach, Mr. MacGregor and our wonderful principal, Mr. Ian Rawlinson for giving the school an addition to its extracurricular activities. Please contact Annitta Hoӽman at 403-783-4411 for any questions or concerns.

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November 26 - December 2 Nov 26 – BB Sr Girls in Rimbey Nov 27 - BB Sr Teams exhibition @ 6pm Dec. 2 - BB Sr Boys & Girls at Lindsey Thurber

Please visit our website for all upcoming events and exciting news! www.psc@wolfcreek.ab.ca

Air Cadets Bottle Drive The Air Cadets will be holding a door to door bottle drive on Saturday, December 6, 2014. Help them with their fundraising efforts!

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Proudly sponsored by Ponoka Lions Monday - Thursday: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Saturday & Sunday: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm **Shinny Hockey on Weekdays only**

Library News CHRISTMAS CRAFT DAY: Ponoka Jubilee Library invites EVERYONE to come to the library on Saturday, December 6th from 12:00-3:00 for a Christmas Craft Day. Roll beeswax candles, make a candy cane wreath and create a handprint Christmas tree ball ornament. Everyone is welcome, but all children under 10 must be accompanied AND HELPED by an adult. Please stop by or call the Library at 403-783-3843 to let us know you are coming, we need to know so we can have supplies for everyone! Merry Ho Ho Ho! Family LEGO Club: Ponoka Jubilee Library invites children & adults to take part in our Family Lego Club.

Come build whatever your imagination can come up with! All Lego will be provided by the library, and the masterpieces will be put on display for all to see. Final meetings for 2014: Friday November 28th and Thursday December 11th. REGULAR MEETINGS: Every second week, alternating between Thursday and Friday. Ages 4+, all younger children must be accompanied or supervised by older sibling or guardian. No Lego bricks will come into or leave the library. No fee or registration required.

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Sidewalk snow removal is the responsibility of the resident and/or property owner and must not be shoveled onto the street, except in areas like downtown, where there is no front yard. Sidewalks not cleared within 48 hours of snowfall are subject to fines and if cleaned by the Town, costs will be charged back to property owner. Thank you for your cooperation.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: There are three things in life that people like to stare at: a flowing stream, a crackling fire and a Zamboni clearing the ice. ~ Charlie Brown

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The organizing committee of the FIRST ANNUAL PONOKA FESTIVAL OF TREES sincerely thanks the sponsors, everyone who donated and purchased live/silent auction items, made monetary donations and the volunteers who helped in so many ways to make this event such a success!

PRESENTING SPONSOR Legacy Ford, Ponoka OPENING NIGHT GALA Alberta Flares Energy Services Ltd. Danny Hooper, Auctioneer – Ponoka Ag Society BREAKFAST WITH SANTA Julie’s Travel SENIOR’S TEA ATB Financial Financia FACILITY Calnash Ag Event Centre PONOKA FIR Family Health Clinic Rowland Parker & Assoc.

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GREEN LARCH Ponoka Professional Pharmacy Bob & Company Catering Sommer Home Hardware Building Centre Ponoka & District Chamber of Commerce Ponoka Coin Laundry MONETARY DONATIONS Gary Kohlman Jorgenson Homes Ivy Pugh Sherrie Meilleur Tyler Fessler Ponoka Health Foods Gail Zerbe Amelia Naismith Rick Barr LIVE AUCTION DONORS Ponoka Stampede Assoc.

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A $59,500 donation has been made to the Ponoka & District Health Foundation because of the phenomenal community support given to the 2014 Ponoka Festival of Trees

SILENT AUCTION DONORS Donna McLaren, Prairie Boys Truck & Car Wash, Direct Travel & Cruise Centre, Dykstra Farms, Dunc’s Septic Tank Service Ltd., Wedin’s Team & Corporate, John’s Place, Thirsk Automotive Distributors Ltd., Central Office Supplies, Deb Jones, Sisters Country Rustic, Jones Boys Saddlery & Western Wear, Shannon Winder, Shoppers Drug Mart, Busted Ladies Lingerie, Rexall Drugs, Flowers For You, Kathleen Mennell, Dot’s Crafts, McDonalds - Ponoka, Bruce’s Tru Hardware, Dr. Brett Jones, Lynn Christiansen, Pixie Photo, Jones Agencies, Dorothy Ungstad, Randy Hammond Trucking, Calnash Ag Event Centre, Glenda Pugh/Lorna Norn, Steel Magnolias, Walrus & the Carpenter, Jessie Jayne, Blaine Calkins, Billie-Jo Poitras, BMO – Bank of Montreal, Town & Country Supplies, Susan Whitecotton, Wolf Creek Golf Resort, Paradigm Chiropractic, Lacombe - Reah Round Massage, Alberta Flares, Don Laing Trailers Inc., Noah Boakye-Yiadom, Festival of Trees

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Thousands raised: On Sunday, Nov. 23, the Ponoka Festival of Trees organizing committee presented a cheque for $59,500 to Nell Liddle of the Ponoka Hospital Foundation. Organizing co-chair Sherry Gummow used the opportunity to once again thank the sponsors, congratulate the festival’s success and add that 2015 was already on people’s minds. During the presentation of the cheque, tears sprung to Liddle’s eyes as she thanked the committee and sponsors for their hard work.

Pictured are (l to r) co-chair Judy Dick, committee member Lori Jones-Holt, committee member Cec Dykstra, Nell Liddle, Sherry Gummow, committee member Theresa Turner and committee member Inger Laing.

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

The darker side of the holiday season By now the twinkling and story stated that, on any given night joyful sights and sounds of the in our nation, some 35,000 Canaholiday season are out and about dians have no place to call home, everywhere. The stores are full of and much closer to all of us is the excited shoppers, the children are fact that 6,600 of these poor souls making up their wish lists with are in the province of Alberta. The glee and ever-changing minds, and Canadian Alliance to End Homethat most glorious family holiday lessness has launched their ’20,000 celebration of Christmas is now in Homes Campaign’ with a bold full swing. Hopefully, we will all objective to house 20,000 of our take some precious time to share nation’s most vulnerable by 2018, the true meaning of this holy cel- but the ‘experts’ at all levels of the ebration, which is the birth of the government are insisting that the Christ child on that faithful morn- solutions to the ever-growing probing in a distant stable so many lem of homelessness and poverty decades ago. must come from the communities.

The Yuletide season should be Of course, there have been all sorts all about family and friends gathof promises and plans coming from ering together to trim the tree, to our freewheeling elected officials, take part in joyful song and bountiful feasts in our warm and jolly but when are they finally going homes and community events, but to pass the cash and the direction to also to extend our caring and to the hardworking and dedicated compassion by giving and sharing community groups of ‘working with others. Unfortunately, along folks’ who live and know where with all the love, the joy and the the poverty is all happening, each good times that so many of us are and every day?

So how can we give hope/ blessed with, there are countless help over the holidays? others who may not be able to enMost of us, as families, school joy the camaraderie of the holiday classes, businesses, neighbours season, and may be forced to suffer and individuals. will be attending alone through the frigid winter bethe annual Kinsmen Carol Festival, cause of many tragic and sad circumstances beyond their control.

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as well as countless school and church concerts, parties, games, and other jolly events throughout the holidays. During these festivities, the organizers, sponsors and hosts have given their guests the unique opportunity to have a great time, as well as to also support a vital Mike Rainone community cause of Hammertime their choice. Please check the newspapers and posters for all the activities, and then really enjoy your precious time with others, and thanks for giving just a little help from the heart for so many special causes. *The students of the Ponoka Secondary Campus will once again be hosting the vital ‘Santa’s Anonymous’ program through the 2014 holiday season. Colorful gift boxes will be located throughout town and at various events to collect toys or items for the Ponoka Food Bank, which will help to fill the many Christmas hampers that will be delivered to those who need and appreciate them.

*The joyous CPR Holiday Train will be rolling into Ponoka on Monday, Dec. 8 at approximately 3:45 p.m. There will be fabulous entertainment and treats for the whole family, with the only admission being a non-perishable item for the Ponoka Food Bank. Another article that appeared in the media recently stated that the vital funding for the Food Banks across the Province have dropped by nearly 70 per cent. *Some community groups gather items such as socks, gloves, coats, boots and other clothes that will help keep those people who are in need of them warm during the cold winter. Among the greatest age-old traditions of the yuletide season are the rustic Salvation Army Kettles and attending the Christmas Eve church service with family and friends. The Ponoka Community Christmas dinner at the Kinsmen Recreation Centre on Dec. 25 has become a popular, friendly and fun event over the years for those who are by themselves, are visiting, or have not made plans for the amazing festive feast. Please watch the paper or posters for more information if you wish to attend, to volunteer, to entertain or to donate to this gala afternoon.

Thank you as always for opening your hearts and sharing your generosity and kindness so that everyone, young and old, can celebrate the joys of Christmas, and have a great week full of jolly jingles, all of you..

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Legion awards members at annual ceremony

BY MUSTAFA ERIC

Ponoka’s Royal Canadian Legion Branch #66 held its annual honours and awards ceremony at the Legion premises on Saturday, Nov. 22 with the attendance of municipal and provincial dignitaries and members.

Following the opening ceremonies and dinner, Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Rod Fox addressed the participants saying that he was proud to be part of the event organized to recognize the services of the members to both the Legion and the community. He said he had brought the greetings of the Alberta Legislature to Ponoka’s Legion members.

Mayor Rick Bonnett echoed the sentiments expressed by Fox. “The services you provide make this town a great place to live,” said the mayor. “I thank you on behalf of the town council, town staff and all the residents.”

Ponoka County Deputy Reeve Bryce Liddle also thanked the Legion for their contribution to the community.

Following speeches, the recipients were presented with their medals,

bars, pins and certificates.

The list of the recipients of awards and honours at this year’s banquet is as follows: Legion Awards: Ordinary Members Five years: Maurice Paul, Leo Belanger, James Marshall, Adrian Verburg Ten years: Craig Paterson, Raymond Anderson Fifteen years: George Streeter Twenty years: Dorothy Houghton, Darrel Perkins, Wilton Littlechild, Jack Hyland Twenty-five years: Phyllis Carmichael Thirty years: Gary Armagost, Donald Dillon Thirty-five years: John Wills, D.Redding, Ed Winter Forty years: Walt Burchnall Associate Members Five years: Lorraine Bailer, Denise Bos, Ilona Carter, Kim Evernden, Rick Evernden, Ron Labrie, Maria Lentz, Chad McIsaac, Kathy Miller-Sande, Roy Parker, Gary Sande, Bonnie Sandin Ten years: Sybil Evans, Alastair

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Colquhon, Lynnette Johnston, Glen Wright, Patricia Weinkauf Fifteen years: Mellody McNeil, Bob Smith, Margo Moench Twenty years: Elizabeth Morrow, Robi Ferguson, Sylvia Cire, Marlene Ferguson, Reg Rust Twenty-five years: Charles Patterson, William Dillen, Kevin Hildebrandt, Christine Kawamura Thirty years: D’Arcy Greene, Pearl Sherman Thirty-five years: Reg Johnson, Dan Churchill, Linda Richard Forty years: George Crowhurst, G. Dahms,, Neil Lalonde, M.L. Martens. J. Dickau, H.D. Lawton The colour party, Legion President Sybil Evans and MC Stan Orlesky Affiliate voting stand in salute as the Legion members and guests sing “O Canada” at members the start of the award ceremony during the Legion’s Honours and Awards Photo by Mustafa Eric Five years: Ken banquet on Saturday, Nov. 22.

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Xmas gifts on sale at Winter Farmer’s Market

BY JEFFREY HEYDENKAYE

Holiday shoppers looking for handmade gifts can enjoy the many different crafts available at the Winter Farmer’s Market.

The first day of the market was Wednesday, Nov. 19 with more days planned for Nov. 26 to 27 and Dec. 3 to 4, explained organizer Donna Merrill.

The market brings a variety of vendors and she tries to ensure there is only one business category per vendor to give shoppers many different choices of holiday gift items.

“We could have 10 more bakers in here but it doesn’t make sense to have them,” said Merrill’s son Ken, who helps out with the market.

He enjoys giving craftspeople a chance to sell their wares to shoppers and feels the winter market is an ideal place to do just that.

Keeping vendors and shoppers entertained was Don Dubitz with music and jokes that made everyone laugh.

Ken says each year different vendors make it the market, which gives shoppers something different to buy.

Also this year 50/50 tickets are being sold to raise money for the Ponoka Food Bank.

Tickets go for $1 each or $5 for 10, said Merrill.

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WCPS sees China’s education system firsthand

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Several members of Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) took a ministry-assigned trip to China in early November, now they have returned to central Alberta with a much greater understanding on how education is structured on the other side of the world.

Superintendent Larry Jacobs, Assistant Superintendent of Inclusive Learning Services Amber Hester and two school principals from the division visited China.

Upon arrival, Jacobs made a presentation to the Chinese Minister of Education, detailing the advancement of initiatives such as 21 Century Learning and Inclusive Learning.

The WCPS team toured many schools in Beijing and throughout the province of Guangdong at the early, mid and high school levels.

“They are going through a process very similar to ours, restructuring their whole curriculum,” said Jacobs.

His team met with the minister, teachers and principals to talk about China’s curriculum, teacher’s training and budgets.

Jacobs says China’s curriculum is extremely content oriented with a rigid structure Alberta would have held 50 years ago.

“When you explained how some of our schools work, is it even something they could fathom?” asked Trustee Pam Hansen, to which Jacobs’ answer was “No”.

While touring classrooms, Jacobs saw rows of desks with a teacher either at lecture podium or a chalkboard. In the schools, teachers use little technology and students none. “They have tons of technology in their society, they call it a rest; being peaceful away from technology,” said Jacobs.

Jacobs did not see inclusive classrooms that would be found in Alberta.

“I walked through 40 to 50 classrooms and I didn’t see anything that reminded me of behavioral challenges.”

He guesses students needing extra support are educated in a separate

system.

“They have the ability to differentiate but I got the impression, by their response, they differentiate based on physical limitations,” said Jacobs.

China’s students write two important exams; one at the end of Grade 9 to decide what high school they can attend and one at the end of high school to determine an appropriate post-secondary stream.

“It’s such a highs stakes test, they have tremendous security around it,” said Jacobs. He counted approximately 20 cameras just at the unloading dock where the tests are scored.

The WCPS team also toured a privately funded pre-school, where children as young as three attended. “I think it’s a lot like we would do it, it’s very play oriented.”

Grade 1 is where the difference between China’s and Alberta’s educational systems emerges. When Chinese students reach Grade 1, the remainder of their schooling is content driven.

“They focus very hard on their alphabet . . . it’s more the concept,” said Jacobs.

The alphabet means written characters. “It would be more the context of our kids understanding a word,” said Jacobs.

Teachers in the country are therefore experts in their field, many with master’s degrees. “The teachers are trained to make sure they taught from a Chinese perspective,” said Jacobs, referring to the training college.

However, Jacobs added that they do not make as much as an Alberta equivalent would. “It doesn’t draw the highest talented people in the country.”

For Jacobs, his biggest realization from the trip was a view on how education systems can vastly differ.

“Probably a deeper understanding of the complexities they face.”

The Chinese, with their culture driven education system, have already recognized that the weight of their culture will make it difficult for their

students to operate in other countries. Jacobs applauds them for acknowledging they need a system that is more understanding of the world.

In a scenario where a student from Alberta and China, both of similar level of intelligence, were taken to a country unfamiliar to them both, Jacobs feels the Albertan student would fare better. “We have the ability to work in teams, we have the ability to innovate . . . they’re very bright, they just don’t have the same framework.”

“When you think about our society, it has to contemplate so many different points of view,” he added.

Jacobs presented his trip to the WCPS board of trustees at its Friday, Nov. 21 meeting and trustee Bob Huff wanted to know how the division, with its new knowledge, can better position students to compete with the rest of the world. “I think what we’re dong is absolutely perfect in terms of raising critical thinkers,” said Jacobs.

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Fiber optics brought to Ponoka businesses

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

It was made public last spring that the Town of Ponoka was partnering with Telus to improve services with fiber optics and members of the Ponoka and District Chamber of Commerce heard first hand on Tuesday Nov. 18 from a Telus representative how they can actually benefit from the improvements.

The cables have already been installed in some areas of Ponoka and completion of the project is slated for next summer. “We’re really just getting started in Ponoka, it’s going to be constructed in a staggered fashion,” said marketing project manager Larry Vanderveen.

In the past, companies such as Telus have used copper wiring but the technology has reached its limit in comparison to the new demand created by the technological advance.

“The technology of copper wiring has been an incredible piece of wizardry for us,” said Vanderveen.

As data transfers became larger and larger, compression would have to occur to efficiently transfer it through the wires. “We’re reaching the end of that compression story, we can’t cram much more down that line,” said Vanderveen.

Fiber optics will allow larger amounts of data to flow at higher speeds without signal degradation due to resistance from the copper metal.

The faster technology will feed into the Information Age by allowing businesses to manipulate more data at higher speeds. “We want everything faster, we want it in high defi-

This illustration is a screen shot taken from www.TELUS.com/Ponoka and explains the timelines expected for the task of installing fiber optics for Ponoka houses and businesses.

nition and we want it yesterday,” said Vanderveen.

In the long run, fiber optics will be more cost effective than trying to fit already installed copper wiring into everyday needs because the optic

technology is a one-time build with a greater capacity to stretch.

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16 PONOKA NEWS

Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Funding, FNMI success top WCPS priority list First Nation, Métis and Inuit student success was given the second place spot

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

A survey questionnaire given by the Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA) has helped the Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) board of trustees identify the issues that they would like to place at the top of their priorities list.

The survey, designed to help direct ASBA’s advocacy efforts, was filled out by the WCPS trustees together during their Friday, Nov. 21 meeting and while there was agreement on

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Near the top of the survey, the trustees were asked how important adequate, stable, predictable funding was. “In my mind that is a number one,” said board chair Trudy Bratland.

“I think that’s a huge one,” trustee Pam Hansen agreed.

First Nation, Métis and Inuit student success was given the second place spot.

Where the board should place student health and wellness was also a question. “I think that should be before the other two,”

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said trustee Barb Walker. “That’s retary-treasurer Joe Henderson the whole point, student health Transportation, wraparound and wellness.” services and 21st Century comHowever, the concept was petencies were given places six, ranked third. Jess and Bratland seven and eight, respectively. felt if funding is not in place, The board felt English lanhealth and wellness cannot be guage classes did not need to be achieved. at the top The sur- “That’s the whole point, of the list. vey also had “(It’s) more student health and an area for important wellness.” ‘other’, so probably for Barb Walker, WCPS Trustee boards could other school add what was boards than on their own agendas if it was not us,” said Bratland. “More so in already in the survey and the trustthe urban areas than some schools ees took the opportunity to bring in our division,” added trustee equitable rural school funding to Lorrie Jess. the table and ranked it fourth.

Henderson felt the trustees Despite some differing opinshould mainly focus on their ions, infrastructure came in fifth. top three priorities in order to “The Blackfalds (new school) is communicate strong feelings to the critical development one for ASBA. ‘This isn’t to capture a us, but overall infrastructure is whole realm of new stuff.” pretty solid,” said superintendent “One of the points I’m always Larry Jacobs. careful about when I fill out a surBratland felt infrastructure might sit at a 10 in the board’s list, vey is to make sure it’s obvious to but other members did not want them that there’s a spread between it that low. “It’s pretty important what’s important and what’s not,” still, to maintain them,” said Sec- said Jacobs.

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PONOKA NEWS 17

Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Volunteers taped to tables for Movember fundraiser

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Five employees at the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury braved being duct-taped to a table in order to raise money and awareness for the Movember campaign.

The Movember team at the centre spent lunch hour Thursday, Nov. 14 selling strips of duct tape and selling baked goods to raise as much money as possible for their campaign.

For $10 dollars, staff could buy 10 strips of duct tape to ensure their co-workers would not fall off the table once lifted upright. Coorganizer and Mo-Sista Deanna Jones said this year many ladies joined in the effort and they wanted to bring some fun to the day.

“It was just a lot Five volunteers agreed to be duct taped Thursday, Nov. 19 to tables in order to raise money of people with a lot of for the Movember fundraising campaign. A ideas,” said Jones. team at the Centennial Centre for Mental Health Chad Laughy is and Brain Injury hope to raise $15,000 for the another organizer who program. Here Darryl Johnson, Chad Laughy, also volunteered getRussell Hemingson, Greg Workun and Len Icke ting taped up. While “pose” for their co-workers. being mummified onto Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye the table, Laughy said their goal is to raise at least $15,000 and they may be have developed camaraderie and on track to do that. The team raised teamwork. $1,182 at the fundraiser.

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18 PONOKA NEWS

Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Begin with the end in mind Christmas carol player, extraordinaire.

True, I have that objective every year, and somehow it never happens cause I get all busy with other stuff and am exhausted and flop on the couch to watch another

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The lace curtains, which aren’t really curtains at all, but lengths of lace bought cheaply by me at IKEA about 100 years ago, are gone, replaced by really good, expensive window coverings that amaze Treena Mielke people, me included.

On The The tired dirty blue Other Side rug in the living room has been torn up and gone to a place where such tired, dirty blue rugs go, never to be seen again.

In its place is my new floor made of veneer or something, all shiny, new and clean and hardly walked on at all, and definitely not urinated on by a misbehaving puppy. And I am proud and happy and pretty sure I didn’t spend too much because of the deal I got. Well, the guy said it was a deal and who am I to judge?

I am sitting at the piano, on my brand new piano bench, which has been a work in progress work thing in the garage for several months. I am dressed simply, but nicely, playing Christmas carols effortlessly and my fingers glide over the keys like I know what I’m doing and all my latent musical talent is bursting forth sort of naturally, like it is supposed to.

I have the old coal oil lamp, the one that apparently belonged to my mom lit, and it casts a really cool glow over me and the piano bench and the new floor and the tree and it is all good.

Okay, so none of the above has really happened and, who knows, some of it may never happen, but in his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey says, “begin with the end in mind.”

And, so there you go! I’m beginning, at least.

After all, you gotta start somewhere.

I thought about getting the tree out the other day when the three little boys came to visit, but other things got in the way, and before I knew it their mom was back to scoop them up and take them to their skating thing. I was left with a basement full of toys, three dozen slightly burned cookies, minus about a dozen that got eaten, some by me, some by other adults, but mostly by two little boys.

The baby is only seven months old and too young to eat slightly burned double chocolate chip cookies, eating instead some concoction of banana and apple sauce, fed to him by me with this little tiny plastic coated spoon that was almost, but not quite, hidden in my knife and fork drawer. He certainly gobbled up the stuff, anyway, sitting on my knee, covering me and him with the gooey concoction and rewarding me in the end with a big, wide, open mouth grin.

“You are so cute,” I tell him, sounding so grandma like, all mushy and gooey, kind of like the baby food, but seriously, I can’t believe how happy I feel when he nestles his dear little head in my shoulder. It’s like nothing else matters much!

Anyway, as far as playing Christmas carols, my music teacher gave me three new ones to learn.

They are not new, of course, but old, but the point is, they are new to me and, at this moment which still happens to be in November, I cannot play them very well at all.

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Already questions for next year

Prairie grain elevators disappearing from the land

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Grain elevators once used to be the hub of any small prairie community, but modernization has slowly taken those structures off rural Alberta’s sky line.

Saddened by the loss of these grain elevators, Jim Pearson has been collecting data on these elevators over the years in Alberta and now Saskatchewan. He has written a series of books called Vanishing Sentinels on locations of grain elevators still standing.

In older times, people could make a phone call at the grain elevators and catch up on the latest community news.

“You could go down there and have a cup of coffee with the agents,” said Pearson.

Some grain elevators have been torn down and others have had other problems such as fire. Pearson remembers fondly about one elevator near Drumheller.

“Literally 13 years ago this week…we lost that big elevator in Delia due to a fire,” said Pearson.

Even more recently two elevators were recently torn down in Warner. Alberta Wheat Pool No. 1 and 2 were taken down within days of each other and Pearson drove to Warner to be interviewed by CTV Lethbridge. He feels these elevators have a strong history in their communities and he wants to raise awareness of the issue.

“The last elevator row in Alberta now is gone,” said Pearson on the Warner situation.

Not only are the grain elevators an important piece of a community’s history, they also provide a major tax base for some areas. In some cases, some communities have all but disappeared after the dismantling of their grain elevator.

Pearson says pilots used to use the elevators as landmarks as well. For more information of the Vanishing Sentinels series go to www.vanishingalberta.ca for books, postcards and other updates by Pearson.

He has information on elevators of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan and he is considering a trip to Manitoba.

Rounding out the middle of NovemSpeaking of trends, ber, the markets seemed to pause a bit ethanol prices have and then dropped lower a bit as some recently climbed to a farmer selling increased and probably premium above gasothe last of U.S. corn and soybeans fields line in the U.S., creating getting harvested as by now, most placa conundrum for those es have too much snow on the ground refiners who usually (have to wait until spring!). While U.S. get it at a 50 cent/galsoybean crush volumes from Octolon discount. At current ber show that volumes were up, there corn prices, ethanol is some suggestions that the new crop margins are roughly supply is starting to filter in, which is $0.90 per gallon! That why the market’s reaction to the higherbeing said, if demand than expected number was fairly mute from the blenders can on both canola and soybeans. What hold, then it would supBrennanTurner shouldn’t fall on deaf ears is that this port ethanol’s price, and Farmlead time of year can be better for fertilizer intuitively, we should prices as, according to the Alberta Agexpect to see sustained riculture Ministry, only once in the past strength in at least corn 10 years have prices in the spring been lower. That demand. However, with more corn being said, with the relatively slow and wet harvest available than ever before thanks to of 2014, there’s a lot of questions out there as to what the record U.S. harvest, ethanol will not only to plant next year but what nutrients in the be variable to watch in the short term. soil need replacing? Do you know?

While, yes, feed demand is strong, Wheat has been fairly resilient but we might see front-month soymeal contracts have prices trade sideways over the course of winter as a wide spread from deferred delivery, the record global crop seems be factored in. We’re creating concern that premium will bound to see some cyclical rebounds towards the narrow as soybean crushers and prospring but geopolitical risk (i.e. I.S.I.S. expanding its cessors are running at full tilt and rail geographical control) could also create some selling problems get worked through. Historiopportunities over the snowmobiling and ice-fishing cally, things match up to 1997-98 when months. One interesting variable in the wheat mar- a 70 million-tonne U.S. soybean harket has been that despite wheat grading not so great, it’s still getting used for baking and milling purposes.

Per the Canadian International Grains Institute, those hard red spring wheat grades coming in at three or better because of mildew issues are still making quality breads, although the noodle quality isn’t as great as years past because of poor colour. Ultimately, the th world standard when it comes to wheat is based off things like protein and falling numbers and that’s where Canada may be headed over the next few years.

vest flooded the market and although demand was strong for the Oct-Dec period, it filtered off in subsequent months. Given that Informa’s predicting another year of record U.S. soybean acreage in 2015 (88.3 million acres) and South America being a much larger player than it was 17 years ago, it’s hard get bullish right now going into 2015 for the oilseeds. Certainly, there’s crop left to market from this year’s harvest but it’s worthwhile to take a deep breath and start a to-do list for the coming six-to-nine months.

To growth, Brennan Turner President, FarmLead.com Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, SK, where his family started farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, transparent online and mobile grain marketplace (app available for iOS and Android). His weekly column is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief. He can be reached via email (b.turner@farmlead.com) or phone (1-855-332-7653).

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

PES playground committee kicks off fundraising campaign

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

This illustration gives an idea of the They’ve only just proposed layout for started, but the Ponoka an outdoor classroom Elementary School at Ponoka Elementary (PES) Playground School.

Committee has already Illustration courtesy of raised $22,000 towards ParkWorks a new play and ultimately a study area for the students.

With the imminent move of PES students to the refurbished Diamond Willow Middle School, the students’ playgrounds are getting torn down. Most of them don’t meet safety standards anymore and will be removed. Two different playgrounds are able to be re-used but can only accommodate 75 kids, explained playground committee co-chairperson Layna Palechek.

She and Jen Bartley has letters of support from the Town of Ponoka, make up a two-person team who are dedicated to Ponoka County, Lacombe/Ponoka MLA Rod Fox see a new playground for students that will also and Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins. They intend be accessible by students with physical disabilities. to fundraise and are looking at grant applications They want this playground to be a place for kids to with regard to the Community Facility Enhancehave fun throughout the week. ment Program (CFEP).

“It’s critical to development and health and CFEP provides grants up to $125,000 in education,” said Palechek. matching funds but Palechek says Fox has requestShe feels that while most children are on the playground, others with wheelchairs or other hin- ed special consideration be given to this project to drances are unable to join in on the fun. This new double the grant amount.

They have prepared a 54-page proposal that playground addresses that issue.

The ambitious plan doesn’t come cheap though, which is one of the reasons the Ponoka Rotary Club has jumped on board to help out with whatever grants they can.

“It’s considered a destination playground that youth or children from across the region can come to,” said Rotary president Cameron Chisholm of the proposal.

The first part of the project is to build a new playground with new and fun features including a 25 to 30 foot high sky walk, explained designer Pat Zelenak, of ParkWorks, the company hired to design the playgrounds. He says this will be the second park in Canada with this feature.

The committee, Zelenak and members of the Rotary Club fielded questions at PES Thursday, Nov. 20.

Phase two will bring an outdoor classroom to the courtyard at the new school with outdoor seating and gardens. For many years the centre courtyard was unused but Palechek sees this space as a great way of getting • Adults only (40+) • $1380/mnth unfurnished students outside to learn.

“The education as• No children, no pets • $1680/mnth furnished pect was exciting to • All utilities included except telephone develop,” said Zelenak.

Before grant funding, the playground phase is expected to cost $478,000 and the courtyard is expected to cost $547,000.

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illustrates the new playground and classroom space.

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Hospital Auxiliary ready to purchase new equipment

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Sales from the Hospital Auxiliary Gift Shop and a cheque donation by the Clive Lions has garnered enough money to purchase new equipment for the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre.

Members of the Hospital Auxiliary recently held two big sales at the shop earning more than $4,500.

That, coupled with a $2,000 donation from Clive Lions is enough money to buy a machine called a NeuroGym Sit-to-Stand Trainer, worth $6,000.

Sue MacKenzie, manager of the Ponoka community for long-term care and home care, said this equipment trains patients on how to stay balanced when standing after sitting for some time.

“This is actually physiotherapy equipment,” said MacKenzie.

“With training it’s amazing . . . It’s a really good piece of equipment,” she added.

The equipment encourages mobilization of the hips and knees, improves standing balance and stability, helps with transfers from one place to another and improves rehabilitation without straining the therapist.

Treasurer for the Clive Lions, Dave Boyd, said the group earned money at a casino, which allows for donations to worthy causes. He says they have donated to different non-profit groups such as Ronald McDonald House, the Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre and the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation.

MacKenzie said she usually gives the Hospital Auxiliary a wish list of equipment they need and the group looks as what they can do to help.

As part of their casino earnings donations, the Clive Lions Club donated $2,000 to the Hospital Auxiliary Wednesday, Nov. 19. Here auxiliary members Irene Rausch, Dorothy Ungsted and Joyce MacKenzie accept the cheque from Dave Boyd, treasurer for the Clive Lions.

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Premier Prentice campaigned on fixing property rights.

Wildrose members, like most Albertans, were hopeful he would.

After all, landowners have watched their rights erode under problematic PC legislation like Bill 36, the Alberta Land Stewardship Act, and Bill 24, the Carbon Capture and Storage Act. Prentice promised Rod Fox to consult with property MLA rights advocates and turn in a landmark bill – Bill 1 – that would fix this issue.

On Monday, Bill 1 – the Respecting Property Rights Act – fell flat when it was introduced to the Legislature. It left property rights advocates, as well as my colleagues and I, disappointed.

Bill 1 is just seven words long and it pledges to do nothing except repeal Bill 19, the Land Assembly Project Act, legislation that has never even been utilized because it has never been proclaimed.

While eliminating Bill 19 is a victory for Albertans, Bill 1 fails to address several of the real issues landowners are dealing with.

Under Bill 1, problematic bills like Bill 36, the Alberta Land Stewardship Act, Bill 24, the Carbon Capture and Storage Act, and Bill 2, the Responsible Energy Development Act, remain unscathed and in full effect.

This is not what landowners were asking for.

We in the Wildrose Official Opposition recognize that if we are going to make significant progress on property rights, it’s up to us to do the heavy lifting.

That’s why we have proposed a bold, new idea that will be impossible for Mr. Prentice or his government to deny, if in fact they’re serious about restoring real property rights in Alberta.

On Nov. 24, we will introduce Motion 501, a legislative motion that will be the first step in entrenching Alberta landowner rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Lethbridge MP Jim Hillyer is introducing a similar Motion in Ottawa. He will ask parliament to support the same principle: to amend the Charter to enshrine property rights for Albertans.

If the Alberta Legislature, the House of Commons, and the Senate all pass this motion, the result would be that any current or future Alberta government could no longer take actions under any law to diminish the value of property without fairly compensating landowners, as those common sense rights would be enshrined in the Charter – Canada’s highest law.

This kind of positive change is possible and critical for advancing property rights here in Alberta.

Under Section 43 of The Constitution Act, changes can be made to the Charter that apply only to individual provincial legislatures.

We will need support from other parties in the Legislature, however, if this motion is to succeed, and I assure you, we will be working relentlessly to receive that support.

The fact is, supporting this motion should not be about partisanship, it should be about doing what is right for Alberta.

We will provide a convincing case for this motion to succeed in the coming days. By calling your MLA and asking them to vote for Motion 501, we will deliver real change.

If you have questions or concerns please contact me directly at Lacombe.ponoka@assembly.ab.ca or #101 4892 46 Street, Lacombe, AB T4L 2B4

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Sports

Maison Senft of Ponoka Peewee Elks seeks to score against Bashaw Stars during their game on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Ponoka Culture and Recreation Complex.

Photo by Mustafa Eric

Peewee teams host first tournament of the season

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Ponoka’s Peewee A and B teams hosted the first hockey tournament of the season with both struggling to find a place in the finals match.

The Peewee B McDonald’s lost all three of their games but team manager Jill Little says it wasn’t for a lack of effort.

“They probably played the best three games of the season so far.

They had a lot of heart and a lot of hustle,” said Little.

Despite the losses, Little says coach Mark Prefontaine has been working closely with players to develop their confidence and improve their play. Compared to the start of the season, Little says the McDonald’s Peewee B team have seen great improvements.

“I think our kids have really good attitudes . . . I don’t think there was any negativity,” said Little.

She added there are also two players who have never played hockey before who have worked to

improve their skills.

Manager for the Peewee A Elks, Arlene Busat, said their team played all three games in one day but were still able to capitalize on one win against the Sherwood Park Crusaders.

Playing three games in one day was a struggle for the Elks but also gave the team some important lessons.

“It’s not unusual to have at least two games in a day (at tournaments),” said Busat.

The Elks next played the Bashaw Stars and Thorsby Thunder who proved to be too tough for the Ponoka team. The Stars and Thunder ended up playing each other in the A finals with Bashaw narrowly defeating Thorsby 7-6.

Wetaskiwin Scotia Bank defeated St. Alberta Thunder 12-3 in the B finals.

Little thanked the many parents and businesses that supported the tournament over the weekend.

Junior Ponoka golfer wins MJT nationals tour

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Ponoka golfer Jared Nicolls earned his first nationals title at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour (MJT) in Arizona last week.

The tour was held Friday, Nov. 14 to Sunday, Nov. 16 in Phoenix, AZ with junior Canadian golfers vying for the MJT top spot. Nicolls, who finished with scores of 71-70, said this was his first nationals win and he couldn’t be more excited.

Things were looking good for Nicolls, who didn’t know he was tied for the lead with three holes left on the last day. A chippedin birdie on the 16th hole helped boost his confidence to sink a long 45-foot putt on the 17th hole.

“The adrenaline was going because I knew I was close now,” said Nicolls.

He completed the 18th with a birdie. “I had a little bit of the Wolf

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Creek magic,” he added, referring to his home golf course.

Nicolls was actually in the lead on the last day after one leader boogied the first hole and another shot it in seven. Anything could have happened, so Nicolls kept calm and had a steady game throughout the course. His birdies ensured the win although he only won by one point.

The same player who shot the first hole in seven, eagled the 18th hole, narrowing the gap but that was not enough to surpass Nicolls.

Team Alberta Nicolls received a call over the weekend that Team Alberta wants him on their roster for 2015.

“Team Alberta was kind of a goal . . . You always look up to those guys,” said Nicolls.

He is excited to have his final year of junior golf representing Alberta.

Ponoka golfer Jared Nicolls poses with his recent Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour nationals trophy Sunday, Nov. 16 in Phoenix, AZ. Photo courtesy of Jared Nicolls

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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Stampeders lose in overtime to Medicine Hat

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

The Ponoka Stampeders’ road trip to southern Alberta did not prove as fruitful as hoped but the team came close to a win.

Their first game was against the Medicine Hat Cubs where Ponoka lost 4-3 after taking the game to overtime Saturday, Nov. 22. Team captain Cody Lemon, who is still off due to an injury, said he was proud of the effort of his teammates.

“It was a huge confidence builder for us,” said Lemon.

The narrow loss showed the players that hard work and dedication in a game provides the potential of a win, he added. “We weren’t going to let the team push us around.”

Kyran Karol, with an assist from Chandler Knibb and Nate Higgins, scored their first goal in the second period. Thomas Barrett capitalized on a power play at 13 minutes into the second. Five minutes into the third period Braeden Grant, assisted by Kyran Karol, scored the goal that tied it 3-3 forcing overtime.

“I think if we played all 60 minutes we would’ve taken two points,” said Lemon.

Shots on goal were 46 for Ponoka and the Cubs took 45 shots.

Okotoks Bisons pull ahead The Stampeders competed against the Okotoks Bisons the next day, which was a one-point game

until the third period.

Ponoka lost 2-5 against Okotoks but Lemon said they held them for most of the game. “Es-

“I think if we played all 60 minutes we would’ve taken two points.”

Ponoka Stampeders’ Captain Cody Lemon

pecially in the first period. Everyone stepped up.”

Okotoks capitalized on three of the seven power plays against the Stampeders compared to two of eight for Ponoka.

The Stampeders’ two goals were scored during power plays. Brandon Duthie scored in the first period after receiving help from Kyran Karol and Tye Munro. Ponoka’s second goal was scored in the second period by Kyran Karol with an assist from Thomas Barrett and Tyson Crampaign.

Shots on goal for Ponoka were 29, compared to 52 from Okotoks.

Lemon says the team is getting better with each game played and he looks forward to watching them at their next home game Sunday, Nov. 30 at 2:30 p.m. against the Strathmore Wheatland Kings.

Lemon said he would be taking some time with physical therapy to try and heal a rotator cuff injury.

Many losses for Ponoka and area minor hockey teams

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Ponoka Quality Paint/McDonalds Atom team lost to Wainwright 20-4 during a Sunday Nov. 23 away game.

Braedan Broullette scored twice early in the second period and Josh David earned one goal late in the same period.

Maskwacis Atom A Hawks lost their Nov. 23 home game to the Lacombe Atom A Rockets 12-5.

Dayzel Bull scored twice while Caleb Littlechild, Alysik Buffalo and Nathan Deschamps Jr. scored one each.

Maskwacis Peewee A Hawks were beaten 7-3 on Saturday, Nov. 22 by the Red Deer iHotel team.

Jason Jr. Makinaw, Damien Omeasoo and Kaedin Laroque-Wolfe each scored once.

The following day the team again lost to Red Deer iHotel 12-5 in a home game.

Kaedin Laroque-Wolfe scored twice while Remington Buffalo, Rielly Mackinaw and Jason Jr. Mackinaw all brought in one goal each.

Ponoka Fountian Tire Wolves Midget team in tied its Nov. 22 away game against the Innisfail Kinsmen Flyers 4-4.

Shawn Wilton scored twice while Kellyn Pritchard and Jordan Wombold brought the number to four.

Maskwacis Midget A Hawks beat Stettler 6-4 in a home game, Nov. 21.

Tristan Saddleback and Cale Swampy both scored twice. Chevazz Rabbit and Jacobi Omeasoo earned one apiece.

Lacoka Peewee Female lost to Wainwright 8-2 on Nov. 22 during an away game.

Cassandra Klinger and Reagan Kelly scored the team’s two goals.

The following day the girls lost 7-0 to Leduc.

Maskwacis Female Peewee Hawks lost 11-0 to Stettler during an away game, Nov. 22.

Maskwacis Bantam Female Hawks was beaten

by 9-4 by Rimbey during a Nov. 21 home game.

Jessica Whitebear earned herself a hat trick and Tricia Omeasoo brought the number to four.

On Nov. 23 the girls lost an away to Camrose, 12-2.

Tricia Omeasoo and Jessica Whitebear scored the two goals.

Maskwacis Female Midget Hawks lost 19-0 to Camrose on Nov. 22 during a home game.

The following day Endmoor defeated the Hawks 11-2.

Alisha Buffalo and Summer Lightning each scored once.

Gold medal winning Grade 8 team from St. Augustine school pose for cameras after winning the top spot.

Contributed photo

St. Augustine takes home the gold at Skills Canada cardboard boat races SUBMITTED BY PAMELA HOFFMAN

St. Augustine School was well represented at the Skills Canada Cardboard Boat Race Competition on Thursday Nov. 6. All teams, 21 junior high and 9 senior high, constructed a boat out of cardboard within a 1.5 hour time limit. Each team was given an 8m roll of duct tape, one roll of packing tape and a cutting tool. After construction one team member raced the boat across a swimming pool. The race was followed by a float test in which three of the four team members climbed in the boat while the fourth held it steady. Final scores were based on: design, construction, safety, speed across the pool, and weight capacity.

Two of our junior high teams pooled their talents and built sturdy boats worthy of even Captain Sparrow. Our Grade 7 team had a very strong showing during the timed trials. The float test proved more challenging however… and down

they went! Regardless, our Grade 7 team still achieved fifth place out of 21 competing teams. Well done!

Our Grade 8 team were also very quick in their dash across the pool.

During the weight test they managed to stay afloat for an entire minute (the maximum). Once the tallies were in, our Grade 8 team had the highest score and were therefore the gold metal champions!

Both teams had a swimming good time and are already anticipating next year’s event. Congratulations to both teams!

Teams: Grade 8: (Our Gold Metal Champions!)

Aidan Gratton Brooklyn Green Mina Shin Jared Bussiere Grade 7: (5th place) Dylan Giles Luke Bonnett Rylan Lefebvre Dominik Kustiak

PONOKA O O TIM HORTON’S MITE

PLAYEROF THE WEEK SHARE THE

WORD!

...We are helping Goalies save on making Saves!

Congratulations Cole Palechek he is the Ponoka Mites player of the week. Cole is 5 years old, his favorite hockey team is the Oilers and his favorite position to play is defense.

When he is not playing hockey he likes to watch How To Train Your Dragon and play with toys. His favorite animal is the scorpion and he wants to be an astronaut when he grows up. If Cole had one wish he would like to go to Lego Land. Keep up the hard work and good luck on the rest of your season.

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Coming Events

Obituaries CLEMENTS Shirley Joyce Aug. 24, 1932 - Nov. 19, 2014

Shirley passed away peacefully at her home at the age of 82 years. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Alvin; son David; daughter Carla Buffalo and son-in-law Ron; grandsons Jason Swartz and wife Melanie, Shane West, and Taylor Crane; granddaughters Jodi Ellen, Tasha Clements and husband Steven Vandeburgt, Sarah Jo Buffalo-Clazie and husband Jeffery, Carly Buffalo-Simon and husband Dylan, and Catrina Crane; great-granddaughters Emily and Gillian Cutknife-Ellen, Ember and Harlow West, Faith Vandeburgt, and Sasha Swartz; great-grandson Jordan Swartz; sister-in-law Shirley M. Clements; nephew Kenny Clements; brotherin-law Tom Clements Sr. and wife Rhonda; nephew Tom Clements Jr. and wife Angie and family; niece Holly Clements; brother-in-law Doug Clements and wife Debbie and family. When Shirley was well, she loved to play bingo - a place where she could go to visit and talk with her many friends. At Shirley’s request, there will not be a service. To express condolences to Shirley’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

Arrangements Entrusted To PONOKA FUNERAL HOME ~ A WOMBOLD FAMILY FUNERAL HOME ~

What’s Happening #50 - # 70

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

BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Coming Events

Mentors make a

difference 403-783-3112

Your support is much appreciated.

A special thank you is also extended to Mayor Rick Bonnett and Reeve Paul McLauchlin for their participation and good sportsmanship.

Getting Married?

Let your friends & family know in the Announcements 1.877.223.3311

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Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

CELEBRATIONS ALCOHOLICS HAPPEN EVERY DAY ANONYMOUS IN CLASSIFIEDS Monday night meetings at the Anglican Church Ponoka 8:30 p.m. Phone 403-783-0719 for info.

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds We change daily to serve you better.

52 PONOKA FARMER’S MARKET Christmas Markets

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Ponoka

Indoor & Heated At the Royal Canadian Legion, Hwy 2A

Meetings

Employment #700 - #920 Caregivers/Aides................710 Clerical ..............................720 Computer Personnel ..........730 Dental ................................740 Estheticians........................750 Hair Stylists ........................760 Janitorial ............................770 Legal ..................................780 Medical ..............................790 Oilfield ................................800 Professionals......................810 Restaurant/Hotel ................820 Sales & Distributors ..........830 Teachers/Tutors..................840 Trades ................................850 Truckers/Drivers ................860 Business Opportunities......870 Miscellaneous ....................880 Volunteers Wanted ............890 Positions Wanted ..............895 Employment Training ........900 Career Planning ................920

Farm Work

For tables or more information call Donna at 403-783-6776

The Ponoka/Rimbey Palliative Care Council wish to thank all the business’s and individuals who donated to the Silent Auction at the FCSS 40th Anniversary Gala.

Meetings

AL-ANON WEEKLY MEETING THURSDAY AA Meetings FOR FRIENDS AND at 8:30 p.m. in the FAMILY OF ALCOHOLICS. Catholic Church basement.

52 Street & 52 Ave. Tuesdays 8 p.m.

Ponoka.

Neighborhood Place 403-783-4347 5115 - 49 Ave., Ponoka For more info 403-783-4557 403-783-3442

Weekly meetings Tuesdays @ 8 p.m.

Neighborhood Place 5115 49 Ave. Ponoka For more info.

403-783-4557 or 403-783-8371

Wednesday, December 3 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Thursday, December 4 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

THANK YOU

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ALATEEN

Wednesday, November 26 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Thursday, November 27 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Card Of Thanks

Meetings

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

1-877-223-3311

59 Monday, December 1, 2014 7:00 p.m.

ED L L Calnash E C Trucking Ag CAN Event Centre

For further information contact Lauraine at 403-783-3713 2015 Memberships are $5.00 and will be available.

Everyone Welcome!

GARAGE SALE

Sat, Nov. 29 9am - 5pm

Candles & candleholders Shower curtains & liners Hair accessories Christmas ornaments Stationary Housewares Electrical Kids “birthday” candles, invitations, balloons, goodie bags

COME CHECK US OUT! 4518 37 Ave, Ponoka

FARM/FEEDLOT LOOKING FOR FULL TIME/ YEAR ROUND EMPLOYEE. Employment includes Animal Health, Farming and Equipment Operation, and Feeding Equipment Operation.

Must be physically fit.

Having a Class 3 an asset.

Email: dthengs@hotmail.com Fax 403-638-3908, or Call 403-638-4165.

Medical

790

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888-528-0809 to start training for your work-athome career today!

Mostly new items from a closing out sale: • • • • • • • •

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

403.783.3311

Visit us online...

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS needed! Employers seeking over 200 additional CanScribe graduates. Student loans available. Income-tax receipts issued. Start training today. Work from home! www.canscribe.com; info@canscribe.com.

1-800-466-1535.

www.ponokanews.com

Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Oilfield

800

AN ALBERTA OILFIELD company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided.

Drug testing required.

1-780-723-5051.

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid Haulers for Central Alberta. Oilfield tickets req’d. Competitive salary and job bonuses. Resume to terry@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

ZUBAR Production Services

is currently taking resumes for experienced Production Testing Personnel Email resume to: rdzubaroffice@telus.net or fax to (403)346-9420.

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

McDonald’s Restaurants operated by Cameron Bay Holdings Inc. now has positions for Assistant Restaurant Managers.

Candidates require 3 - 5 years quick service experience along with some managerial experience. Previous McDonalds experience is an asset. Skills needed include: ability to work with store and other managers, hire and train crew, run effective shifts, maintain food and labour controls, be a brand ambassador to our guests as well as understand, maintain and support the store programs and procedures. Ability to work any days, hours or shifts as restaurants are 24 hours. Annual salary of $40,000. 00 plus benefits.

Stores are located at 4419 Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB, 37479 Hwy 2, Red Deer County, and 37428 Hwy 2, Red Deer County. Fax resume to 403-783-4251. Email cbay22@telus.net.

Trades

850

EVRAZ Red Deer Works is now accepting applications for

Journeyman Millwrights, Electricians, and Machinists.

Individuals must be safety conscious, physically fit, able to work overtime and shift work.

Wages start at $40.00 per hour and offer an excellent benefit and pension package.

Please send resume to reddeerhr@evrazna.com or deliver in person to 27251 391 Township Road F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca GPRC, FAIRVIEW CAMPUS requires a Heavy Equipment Instructor to teach in our Heavy Equipment Program! Please contact Gavin Winter at 780-835-6695 and/or visit our website at www.gprc.ab.ca/careers for more information.

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Trades

Trades

850

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT Operator School. In-the-seat training. No simulators.

Real world tasks. Weekly start dates. Funding options. Weekly job board!

Sign up online! iheschool.com.

1-866-399-3853.

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Truckers/ Drivers

860

PETROFIELD Industries, the Leader in manufacturing Hydrovac trucks, is accepting resumes for the following positions: * Quality Control Manager (You will have trade or technical education, Quality Control training/ FULL TIME coursework / certification, Project Management Training. Fabricator/ welder experience, 3 - 5 years QC experience and CWB Start your career!

NEEDED Supervisor Certification.

See Help Wanted Class 3A Driver’s\Licence Celebrate your life Please apply at an asset) with a Classified * General Labourers Perry’s Pizza * Industrial Painters ANNOUNCEMENT * Sandblasters JOURNEYMAN Heavy * Material Handler Something for Everyone Duty Mechanic required for * 2nd Yr Welder with Everyday in Classifieds oilfield trucking company.

Aluminum experience Will consider 3rd year apprentice or higher.

Visit our website at: Full-time position. Phone www.tornadotrucks.com Business resume to: 780-842-6444. for more details. Our Opportunities Fax 780-842-6581. Email: Company has an rigmove@telus.net. enthusiastic fast paced GET FREE vending working environment, with Looking for a new pet? machines. Can earn advancement possibilities $100,000. + per year. All Check out Classifieds to for the motivated person, cash-retire in just 3 years. find the purrfect pet. and offers an excellent Protected territories. Full benefit package. fax TOO MUCH STUFF? details call now 403-742-5544 Let Classifieds e-mail: hr@petrofield.com 1-866-668-6629. Website: www.tcvend.com. help you sell it.

770

AG EQUIPMENT

820

Is looking for a

DRIVER

870

Janitorial

Restaurant/ Hotel

Full Time Cook

40 hrs per week Please call 403-783-8500 Or drop off resume at 5020 50 Ave Sales & Distributors

Rimbey Implements Ltd.

830 Ponoka, AB

is hiring an

Al York

Cell: (403) 783-0593

Assistant Front Store Manager (AFSM)

This is a fantastic full time opportunity where you’ll be working with a great team to provide excellent customer service while exceeding sales targets and merchandising standards.

Please reply in confidence to

General Manager Bus: (403) 843-3700

Rimbey, AB

Fax: (403) 843-3430

ANIMAL SERVICES

Shoppers Drug Mart #357 5015 50th Street, Ponoka or email fsdm357@shoppersdrugmart.ca

Applications are invited for:

Misc.

Help

880

Position:

8 HOUR CLEANING PERSON POSITION (evening shift)

Location:

PONOKA SECONDARY CAMPUS, PONOKA

Benefits: Wolf Creek Public Schools offer all full-time cleaning staff a comprehensive benefit package which includes three weeks of paid vacation annually.

Salary range: $16.35 -$19.55/hr. based on experience with opportunities for annual wage advancement.

Qualifications: Willingness to perform tasks and to remain flexible in the performance of duties Previous history of excellent work habits and attendance record Previous experience with all aspects of cleaning and maintaining a school would be a definite asset, “on the job” training will be provided as well The ability to cooperate with staff and students Physically fit so as to perform all required duties Ability to understand and follow instructions

Employment Opportunity: DISPATCHER Please submit applications to: Calnash Trucking 6526 44 Avenue, Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8 Fax: 403-783-3011 Email: hr@calnashtrucking.com Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.

Deadline for Applications:

Interested candidates are invited to submit applications to: Mr. Mel Henderson Custodian/Grounds Foreman

Phone: 403-785-0728 Fax: 403-783-3155 Email: mel.henderson@wolfcreek.ab.ca Please Note: We appreciate the interest of all applicants, but advise that only candidates selected for an interview for this competition will be contacted. \The successful applicant will be required to provide a current Criminal Records Check statement and Child Intervention Check at their own expense.

Be environmentally friendly RECYCLE YOUR PAPER!

30

PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311 AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

A & J AUTOMOTIVE A & J AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR

November 28, 2014 however this position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

Wolf Creek Public Schools 6000 Highway 2A Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1P6

This space could be yours for $

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR: • Winch Tractor Driver • Bed Truck Driver • Picker Operator • Pilot Car Driver • Swamper For Local & Camp Work Please submit applications to: Calnash Trucking 6526 44 Avenue, Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8 Fax: 403-783-3011 Email: hr@calnashtrucking.com Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.

6701 - 46 Ave. 6701 46 Ave. Ponoka, AB - T4J 1J8 Ponoka, T4J 1J8 (403)AB783-8755 (403) 783-8755 Al Dickhaut Owner/Operator Al Dickhaut Owner/Operator

This space could be yours for $

30

PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311

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“Reasonable rates on all your plumbing needs” Gas Fitting - Home Renovations - Drain Cleaning -24 HOUR SERVICE-

Misc.

Help

5306 - 60 ST, PONOKA, AB T4J 1K7 PH: (403) 783-6372 • FAX (403) 783-6345

Sur-B Enterprises Ltd.

BOBCAT SERVICE Misc.

Help

880

Misc.

Help

403-963-5000 Reaching 6000 households weekly

For just

$30 per week this space could be yours!

403-783-3311 BOTTLE DEPOT

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

Closed Sundays & Holidays We Now Recycle Milk Cartons for Deposit

3, 5520 Hwy 2A (Across from Husky)

403-783-6875 SALES & SERVICE

Motorcycles & ATV’s Tues - Fri: 8:30 am-5:30 pm Saturday: 9 am-3 pm

403-783-5185 1-800-662-7135 Fax: 403-783-4635

Misc.

Help

880

INTERESTED IN the Community Newspaper business? Alberta’s weekly newspapers are looking for people like you. Post your resume online. FREE. Visit: awna.com/for-job-seekers.

880 WOLSELEY INDUSTRIAL /MAVERICK SUPPLY

Jack 403-783-5283 or Cell: 403-588-0597 Call JimSurbey Ashbough 783-2764 or Cell: 588-0599 Jack Surbey 783-5283 Cell: 588-0597

www.doorsondemand.ca

880

EXPERIENCED HOG FARM WORKERS NEEDED. All areas of the barn.

Must have 2 yrs of previous experience. $18/hr or higher depending on exp. + benefits. F/T year round work. Resumes can be faxed to 403-748-4613

BOBCAT SERVICES

OVERHEAD DOORS

870

THE DISABILITY Tax Credit. $1,500 yearly tax credit. $15,000 lump sum refund (on average).

Covers: hip/knee replacements, arthritic joints, COPD. Apply today! 1-844-453-5372.

JAMES AVERY

• Snow Removal • Driveways & Parking Lots • Post-Hole Augering - 6, 9, 12, 15 • Corral Cleaning • Gradingor&Cell: Construction Call Jim Ashbough 403-783-2764 403-588-0599

Business Opportunities

YOUR PAPER!

SHANDALL PLUMBING LTD.

Misc.

Help

RECYCLE

PLUMBING

Warehouse Person/Shipper-Receiver

Required for Rimbey Oilfield Supply Store Duties to include: Shipping & Receiving, Deliveries, Inventory Control, Heavy Lifting involved, Assisting Inside Sales, Clerical Duties, Operating Forklift Please Send Resume to: Email: rick.davies@meridianvalve.ca Fax: (403) 843 - 3775 In Person: 5618 – 44th St, Rimbey

Misc.

Help

880

Misc.

Help

880

STA M P E D E

is now

HIRING

P/T and

F/T cashiers Please drop off resumes in person or fax 403-783-8273

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Volunteers Wanted

890 TOWN OF PONOKA SUBDIVISION & DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

WINTER START GED Preparation

The Subdivision and Development Appeal Board has two upcoming vacancies.

Any person interested in serving on the Board is requested to submit a completed Application on or before December 8, 2014 to the Town of Ponoka.

Application Forms are available at the Town Office: 5102 - 48th Avenue Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1P7 or on the Town’s website at: www.ponoka.ca

Misc.

Services

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880

Misc.

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Misc.

Services

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

Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Castor Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe

Legal Services

1260

CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon.

U.S. travel waiver.

Divorce? Simple. Fast.

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

Calgary 403-228-1300/ 1-800-347-2540.

Misc.

Services

1290

OUR SPECIALITY

Repair of any cooling or refrigeration system as well as large household appliances.

Berni's

900 LET US WELCOME YOU!

MASSAGE CAREER At Alberta Institute of Massage we deliver exceptional training, inspire learning, and ignite passion for knowledge! “AIM for Success!�

403-346-1018. Now enrolling for January full-time and distance programs.

Our hostess will bring gifts and greetings, along with helpful information about your new community.

and Appliance Service

Misc.

Services

1290

Misc.

Services

1290

Business Services #1000 - #1430

Misc.

Services

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e Squeezthe MOST out of your advertising dollars Place your ad in this newspaper and12345 province wide $ with a combined circulation of over 800,000 for only...

995 plus GST/HST

Value Ad Network

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HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 6 pm; Fri. 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 7 pm; Sat. 9 a.m. - 12 noon; Sun. 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. & 4 - 7 p.m.

403-783-6272

www.clinkerskennels.ca

Plumbing & Heating

1330

STOP! TIRED OF THAT OLD BATHROOM

JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER/ FINISHING CARPENTER Call Brian 403-783-7417 | 403-913-4217

Heather Goodwin 403-704-3647 heathermccg@shaw.ca

403-783-4880

Pet Services

Renovate with a wide variety of choices

MEDICAL BILLING Trainees needed! Learn to process & submit claims for hospitals and doctors!

No experience needed!

Local training gets you ready to work!

1-888-627-0297.

Refrigeration

Unplanned pregnancy may be difďŹ cult to face.

We care. For conďŹ dential help call 403-343-1611 (24 hrs.)

* Quality Boarding for your dogs & cats *Proof of vaccinations and advance bookings required

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

1290

1315

CLINKERS KENNELS

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

Employment Training

Personal Services

Rental Misc

1350

Need RV or Self Storage?

Personal Services

1315

SNOWBIRDS

Check your home, shovel sidewalks, check you water lines, furnace & secure your home

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

Also RV storage.

Secure compound.

Call Keith at

Local references available

First Call Towing

Tradesman 403-783-7417 | 403-913-4217

783-3636

Welding

1410

Welding

1410

Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association toll free 1-800-282-6903 x228 email andrea@awna.com or visit this community newspaper

Well Drilling

1400

Well Drilling

1400

Well Drilling

1400

DENTISTRY

RIMBEYDENTALCARE 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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AUCTION Sales Wed. @ 6 pm.

Antique sales 1st. Sun. of the month @ 1 pm. Nov. 2 Moose Hall 2 miles south of Ponoka on 2A WE BUY FOR CASH. 403-304-4791 Check website for full listings www.bigstrapperauctions.net

Building Supplies

1550

METAL ROOFING & SIDING. 30+ colours available at over 40 Distributors. 40 year warranty. 48 hour Express Service available at select supporting Distributors.

Call 1-888-263-8254.

EquipmentMisc.

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A-STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers.

Used 20’ & 40’ Seacans high cube & insulated containers 40’ HC. Winter Specials in stock now. Self unloading delivery. Phone toll free 1-866-528-7108; www.rtccontainer.com.

Firewood

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LOGS

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

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View our 29 patented and patent pending inventions online at

www.1800bigiron.com

• B-PRESSURE • PIPELINE • OILFIELD • ASME Section VIII Division I VESSEL FABRICATION & PIPING • SHOP/PORTABLE • CNC PLASMA CUTTING • ALUMINUM • SHEARING & FORMING

MAIN: (403) 783-7591 FAX: (403) 783-8178 Website: www.harbinwelding.com E-mail: bharbin@telus.net

DR. STEVE CALDER BS C DDS

Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Misc. for Sale

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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.

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

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

DENTAL CARE BIRCHLAND DENTAL CLINIC PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY

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

DR. HUGH PORTER • DR. RICK BARR DR. JEFF BARR • DR. GREG EDWARDS - General Dentistry - Orthodontics - Cosmetic Dentistry - Bonding - Veneers - Bleaching - White or Gold Fillings - Crown and Bridge - Implant Restorations “WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME NEW PATIENTSâ€?

EYE CARE Drs. Heimdahl, ZoBell & Kallal 403-783-5575 1-800-662-7168 WWW.4YOUREYESONLY.CA

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5120-51ST AVE, PONOKA

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

NEW PATIENTS ALWAYS WELCOME

OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday 8AM - 12:30PM • 1PM - 5PM

BOBCAT SERVICES

BRUCE’S BOBCAT Large & Small Jobs ANYTHING ANYT EVER & EVERYTHING

403-783-0663 HEATING

“Committed to your comfort�

Robin Esau

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

robin@KlesAir.com www.KlesMechanical.com

Advertise your business in the Business Directory!

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HEATING & EAVESTROUGHING

Commercial - Residential Installations - Repair

3912 - 66 St, Ponoka www.wcmltd.ca

403.783.3501 wcmltd@telus.net

This space could be yours for $

30

PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311 VETERINARY SERVICES

Misc. for Sale

RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME & leg cramps? Fast relief in one hour. Sleep at night.

Proven for over 32 years; www.allcalm.com. Mon-Fri, 8-4 EST. 1-800-765-8660.

Wanted To Buy

1930

FIREARMS. All types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed dealer. 1-866-960-0045; www.dollars4guns.com.

LOOKING FOR BOOK OVER THE YEARS: A HISTORY OF THE RIMBEY AREA. If you can provide this for me please call 250-753-2846

Bovine Veterinary Services On-Farm Mobile Veterinary Services

Herd Health

Phone 403-391-1684 Í´Íś Š‘—” Â?‡”‰‡Â?…› ƒŽŽ

Dr. Bruce Wine

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS HERE FOR JUST

30

$

PER WEEK.

Agricultural #2000 - #2290 Farm Equipment ..............2010 Haying Equipment ............2020 Tractors ............................2030 Combines & Headers ......2040 Fertilizer Equipment..........2050 Misc. Farm Machinery ......2060 Equipment Wanted ..........2070 Farm Custom Work ..........2080 Farm Auctions ..................2090 Livestock ..........................2100 Livestock - Exotic..............2110 Sheep ..............................2120 Poultry ..............................2130 Horses ..............................2140 Horse Boarding ................2150 Riding Supplies ................2160 Horse/Stock Trailers ........2170 Pasture Wanted ................2180 Grain, Feed, Hay ..............2190 Seed Grain ......................2200 Seeding & Tillage ............2210

REACHING 6000 HOUSEHOLDS PER WEEK. Horses

VETERINARY SERVICES

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

2140

WE BUY HORSES: broke, un-broke, or unwanted.

Jerry Dodds 403-783-0303

AVAILABLE JANUARY 2015

1/2 Duplex, 2000 sq. Ft 3 bdrms, 3 bathrms, plus lower level walkout Heated garage N/S, N/P References required $1100 Plus DD 587-729-0107, Ponoka

Suites

3060

AVAILABLE DEC 1

Furnished bsmt suite $700/mnth plus $300 D.D. utilities included, N/S 403-783-4628

AVAILABLE DEC 1

Stores/ Commercial

AVAILABLE FOR RENT

2 bdrm, ½ duplex 4 appliances

403-783-2918 AVAILABLE DEC 1

3 BDRM DUPLEX

North end of Ponoka $ 1050/mnth plus D.D.

403-877-1941 Realtors & Services

3050

3 BEDROOM IN 4-PLEX, IN PONOKA. 4 appliances. Close to swimming pool & seniors drop-in Centre, no pets, mature tenants only 403-783-5493

3020

2 bdrm, 1 ½ bath duplex Attached single garage Near Senior’s Drop in Centre 50+, N/S, N/P, No children 403-783-4236 or 403-704-5556 (cell)

Suites

3060

PONOKA Quiet N/S, non partier, clean, working renter only. * LARGE BACHELOR SUITE * LARGE 2 BDRM BSMT SUITE *LARGE 2 BDRM. MAIN LEVEL SUITE W/ LARGE COVERED DECK 403-704-1645

* RIVERSIDE APTS. * Newly renovated 1 & 2 bedroom units in Ponoka: 3724-45 Street.

403-357-0287

3 BDRM. DUPLEX IN PONOKA, 4 appls., rent $900 + utils.

Avail. Dec 1. 403-783-3860

Wanted to Rent #3250 - #3390 4 Plexes/ Acreages/Farms ..............3255 Houses/Duplexes ............3260 6 Plexes 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

3020

FOR RENT

For Rent #3000 - #3200

Houses/ Duplexes

Ultrasound-aided ReproducĆ&#x;ve Programs CETA CerĆ&#x;ÄŽed Dairy and Beef Embryo Transfer

Houses/ Duplexes

1760

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

3120

For Lease Jan. 1, 2015 Office Space

(Former Chiropractic Office - Wedin’s building) 2100 sq. ft.

Reception area, 5 offices and storage Private washroom Contact Murray 403-783-7564

4010

Reaching 6000 households weekly

For just

$30 per week this space could be yours!

403-783-3311

RECYCLE

8 a.m. - 5 p.m Mon. to Sat. • Open late Thursday 24-hour Emergency Call Dr. Bill Frischke • Dr. Kelly Loree • Dr. Leighton Coma Dr. Trevor Hook • Dr. Patricia Kelly • Dr. Jasmine Hardy

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.

YOUR PAPER!

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

2190

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4020

Investment Opportunities

4180

HOUSE FOR SALE

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4 BDRM, 3 BATH HOUSE with 5 APPLIANCES IN RIVERSIDE Large deck, double detached garage Immediate possession Only $240,000 Will trade for land or cattle

Buildings For Sale

NOVA SCOTIA HOME Grain, Feed Hay

Houses For Sale

4150

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% off!

20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100, sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206; www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Houses For Sale

4020

ATTN INVESTORS

Duplex for sale in Charlottetown, PEI. You’ll love it.

Exc. rev. prop. 1100 sqft per side 3&2 bdrm; potential for one bsmt suite, 1/2 acre propand great location; near downtown.†$245,000.

Ph: Rod (403)318-5575 or: rodmcdon@hotmail.com

Mortgages Bought/Sold

4190

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

Bruised credit, self-employed, unemployed ok.

Dave Fitzpatrick: www.albertalending.ca.

587-437-8437, Belmor Mortgage.

Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014

Mortgages Bought/Sold

4190

DO YOU OWN real estate? I offer 1st & 2nd mortgages with no credit check. Get approved today. Call 1-866-405-1228 or email: info@ firstandsecondmortgages.ca.

Financial #4400 - #4430

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

Houses For Sale

PONOKA NEWS 31

4430

Money To Loan

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

GET BACK on track! Bad credit? Bills?

Unemployed? Need money? We lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420; www.pioneerwest.com.

GROW AND EXPAND your operation with confidence. Imagine what you could do with 80% of your next four canola crops. Partner with us.

844-715-7355; www.inputcapital.com.

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Ponoka Veterinary Clinic

PART

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

VETERINARY SERVICES

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

YOUR

RECYCLE

24 Hr. Emergency 403-783-4348

5502 - Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB

YOUR

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THIS SPACE COULD BE YOURS FOR

PAPER!

$30

4020

PER WEEK.

BEAUTIFUL LOCATION!

CALL 4037833311 PLUMBING

PONOKA PLUMBING & HEATING

389,900

$ • Walkout 1068 sq ft bungalow on 12.83 acres ½ mile off Hwy 795 • 3 bdrm, 2 bath, open concept with vaulted ceilings • New carpet in main floor bdrms • Wood burning fireplace, cold room, 20' x 12' deck off dining area

• JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER REQUIRED

• 32' x 24' triple garage, 12' x 10' shed, 40' x 30' horse barn, 8' x 12' storage shed • Well pump was changed in 2013.

• Acreage is mainly fenced and backs onto ravine

We now carry a complete line of Ritchie Stockwater parts 5110 -50 Street Box 4414 Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1R7

Call Daryl Abram or Harry Pederson Royal LePage Gateway Realty Leduc Office: #5, 5110-50 St Office: (780) 986-8407 | dabram@royallepage.ca “I am NEVER too busy for your referrals”

Farms/ Land

JESSE ZINTER Office - 403-783-5489

ADVERTISING WORKS!!!

4070

Advertise your business or service in the Full 1/4 section of land (No 2 soil) 2200 sq ft bungalow with double att. garage 40’x50’ insulated work shop (in-floor heating) with big overhead door.

Livestock barn - multi-purpose, sheds, corrals, etc.

CLASSIFIEDS

TODAY!

For further info call Andries Steegstra • 403-391-6260 ROYAL LEPAGE- Lifestyles Realty Misc.

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Hours of Business: Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 5 pm

1-800-910-6402

403.783.3311

WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICES

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

WATER WELL SERVICE

ECKLUND

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

Advertise your business in the Business Directory!

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* GREAT FINANCE RATES

*DOOR

PRIZES

& MORE

2012 CHRYSLER 200 T0614A

LEATHER/ AUTO 35K

$

16925

2011 DODGE CARAVAN SE

2011 FORD FUSION SE

$

$

L0153

OR

$

139 BW

16994

OR

$

136 BW

2010 DODGE JOURNEY RT L0374

T0678A

17994

OR

$

144 BW

2010 FORD F150 XLT CREW CAB

2010 FORD F150 XTR CREW CAB

2011 FORD EXPEDITION Limited

$

$

$

L0303

18995

OR

$

157 BW

2009 BUICK ENCLAVE

22994

OR

21950

OR

$

179 BW

2011 FORD F150 XTR L0399

$

193 BW

$

24950

OR

$

199 BW

LEATHER/ROOF/ AWD 30K

5.7L

26995

OR

L0351

$

221 BW

$

28875

$

152 BW

2011 FORD F150 FX4 T0388A

22900

OR

$

199 BW

2011 FORD EDGE SEL T0687A

$

22994

OR

$

183 BW

2010 FORD F150 LARIAT BODY LIFT AND OVER SIZED WHEELS

2010 DODGE RAM 2500 SLT

$

OR

L0090

2012 DODGE JOURNEY RT L0364

18994

T0751A 138,000 KM, GREAT SHAPE

5.0L 66K

T0422A

$

T0121A

$

OR

$

237 BW

$

25994

OR

$

207 BW

$

26950

OR

$

221 BW

11 TOWN AND COUNTRY

2011 FORD F150 FX4 SUPERCREW

$

$

L0384

28994

OR

$

L0328

230 BW

29994

OR

$

238 BW

*All pmts based on 72 mth oac, o down 4.99% Example #l0242 72 mths total interest over term $1948 or total pmts of $14057 *Not all vehicles exactly as illustrated

“Let your Legacy start here.”

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