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Pictured are the members of William E. Hay Composite High School’s Be the Change team: back row from left — teacher Santana Scarff, Hannah McKay, David O’Donnell, Kalie Tulan and teacher Jefferson McClung; front row from left — Rebecca Rahn, Kianna Taylor and Erin Yaremcio.

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It’s easy for Canadians to take water for granted — living in a land that’s home to one of the world’s largest supplies of fresh water.

But for people living in Third World countries, access to clean water — or the lack thereof — can mean the difference between life and death.

For the next month and a half, a group of high school students will work to raise the money for provide clean water to a community in need.

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The goal is to raise $6,250, enough to build a well in one community and provide access to clean water for 10 families in other communities.

Erin Yaremcio, president of the club at William E. Hay, said that learning about the critical need for clean water had motivated her and the club to make a difference.

“I knew I wanted to do something with water,” she said. “We were going to do something as big as we could, because why not?”

The club’s name is inspired by a widely-circulated quote attributed to Mohandas Gandhi: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

The club is working to promote the challenge through social media, writing letters to businesses, and advertising locally. They have created a hashtag — #StettlerWellChallenge — to promote their project through Twitter and social media.

Yaremcio said that the club’s goal was inspired by the development model promoted by Free the Children, which includes five main pillars: education, clean water and sanitation,

health, alternative income and livelihood, and agriculture and food security.

While access to clean water is only one of the pillars, most of the others are dependent upon it, making it an essential ingredient for community development.

Yaremcio, now in Grade 12, said she learned about the organization when she was a student in Jefferson McClung’s Grade 10 social studies class.

That year, she raised $125, enough to provide a clean water kit for one family, but she became keenly aware of how far the need extends. continued on page 4

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More than 100 people attended a spaghetti supper held at the Heartland Youth Center last week, raising funds in support of the centre’s programs for teens.

Two seatings were held on Thursday, Feb. 5, with 37 people attending at 5 p.m. and another 65 people enjoying the meal at 6 p.m.

“It was a good turnout,” said Courtney Schell, who serves as the leader of the centre’s Torch and Keystone teen community service programs.

The annual dinner, held for the sixth time this year, is organized as a fundraiser in support of those programs. Last week’s event raised a total of $815.

Schell said the funds will be divided between the two programs, describing their activities as

a mixture of community service and recreation.

The Torch program will use their funds either for attending upcoming camps or other activities, such as trips to the museum, pool or Dairy Queen.

The Keystone program will use their proceeds to support a group of three teens going to the University of Manitoba to attend the Fusion National Youth Forum from May 6 to 10.

The group includes Keirsten Docherty, who serves as president of the local Keystone club and is also part of the national youth council for Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada.

She will travel to Winnipeg ahead of the rest of the group to take part in planning the forum.

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are Katie Nimf, one of the club’s junior leaders, and Xavier Moreno, a baking and cooking enthusiast who was working in the kitchen during Thursday’s meal.

“I think it’s really empowering for them,” said Schell. “It’s just a way for them to make memories with kids who are just like them.”

The Heartland Youth Center runs a full slate of programming for youth aged six to 18, and Schell explained that its role is to give those young people a place to belong.

“It provides a safe environment,” she said. “I think that these teens feel like they can really open up here.”

For more information, look up the Youth Center on Facebook or call 403742-5437.

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Preliminary hearing set in Castor arson murder trial Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER A date for the preliminary hearings for Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank, charged with three counts of first-degree murder and a count of arson each, has been set for Feb. 29, 2016 – more than a year away.

Both Klaus and Frank have pleaded not-guilty to the charges laid against them.

In December 2013, the Castor Volunteer Fire Department responded to an early morning blaze at a residence just outside of Castor. The fire department notified the RCMP of the suspicious nature of the blaze.

The bodies of Gordon and Monica Klaus, the father and sister of accused Jason Klaus, were found in the fire. The body of the accused’s mother, Sandra, was not found but it is believed that the extremely hot fire, fueled in part by coal for the home’s furnace, cremated Sandra’s remains.

About eight months later, a police dive team was brought in to search a nearby river, where a “key piece of evidence” was found, according to RCMP investigators. There was no elaboration onto what the evidence found was, or why police chose to search the river.

The body of the family’s dog was also found out-

side the fire zone, shot.

Nearly nine months later, in August 2014, police executed a raid on Monica Klaus’ Stettler residence, where her brother had been living since the fire, arresting him. In Castor, the home of Joshua Frank’s brother was also raided, where the accused Frank was arrested.

Both were charged with three counts of first degree murder and one count each of arson, while Frank also picked up a charge of animal cruelty for the death of the family dog.

Police have remained tight-lipped about the crime, not clarifying whether or not the victims were dead before the fire was set, nor speaking to the possible motive of the crime, so it will be a year before details of the case begin to become known through the hearings and trial, which will see both accused appear before a judge and jury.

RCMP Stettler news Online scam A 40-year-old female attended the detachment and reported that she had provided personal information to an online marketing scam. The complainant was advised that she had won a lottery for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for $200,000. She then provided her name, phone address, e-mail and

date of birth. Complainant later believed the lottery to be fake, as they asked for $500.00 to be sent via Western Union. The money was not sent.

Break-in and theft A local business reported a break and enter to C.J. Oilfield Construction, overnight. The complainant advised that several tools were taken from the business. Stolen were two pipe beveling machines, valued at more than $3,000, a lens out of a welding mask, a grinder and two torpedo levels.

The theft remains under investigation.

Abandoned vehicle 911 received a suspicious abandoned vehicle alert, two miles west of Erskine, on Highway 12.

A Jeep Grand Cherokee was parked on the eastbound shoulder with hazard lights on, no one was around and the passenger side window was broken.

There was broken glass inside the vehicle and the caller could see a cell phone and asthma inhaler, also inside the cab. It was determined that the SUV broke down and the side window was broken by an unknown person. The 65-year-old male owner of the vehicle from Alix, at-

tended the detachment to pick up his recovered wallet. The owner did not wish to provide a statement and was not interested in furthering the investigation.

Stolen tools recovered Report of a 30-year-old male from Stettler attempting to sell tools out of a vehicle on 50 Avenue and 66 Street resulted in the recovery of stolen goods.

A 32-year-old male pulled up in another vehicle with three other occupants and approached the seller, who tried to get into his vehicle and leave. The 32-yearold believed the tools were his, that had recently been stolen. One of the males broke the back window of seller’s vehicle. The 32-year-old then got into the same vehicle and commenced yelling at the seller. The tools were identified by the 32-year-old as being stolen. Charges are pending.

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Town, county and hospital take long-view on upgrades Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER With the finances simply not there to replace Stettler’s aging hospital with a new building and no long-term plan being handed down by Alberta Health Services, the planning for the hospital’s future has found itself in the hands of the Stettler Health Services Foundation (SHSF) and the town and county, which help fund the medical site.

As hospitals in surrounding communities reduce emergency services due to lower volumes, the volume increases at Stettler hospital, explained Leona Thorogood, chair of SHSF. While this is not good for the other communities, it is good for Stettler Hospital, Thorogood explained, as it means that the volume remains high enough to hold onto or even increase the services offered at the Stettler site.

“We know we’re not going to get a new hospital, not with the stress in the cities,” Thorogood said.

The level and quality of services offered at the Stettler hospital is in part due to the generosity of the communities the hospital serves, with hundreds of thousands of dol-

lars coming in annually from events like the Festival of Lights or one-time donations such as legacy bequeaths. The money goes towards the purchase of equipment meant to make life easier and more comfortable not only for patients, but for the nurses and doctors who tend to the patients.

An example of those types of upgrades are bed lifts, which help lift patients so as to not hurt them, or strain the nurses helping them.

“We’re lucky when we receive a legacy bequeath,” Thorogood said.

“Now we have to decide what we do with it so it doesn’t disappear.”

As part of this plan, the foundation, along with the town and county, put up $16,000 to have a study done. The study’s purpose was to determine what upgrades and repairs would be necessary to allow the hospital to continue to function well, reduce maintenance costs, and expand.

The first item highlighted by the report was the operating rooms, of which there are two. While OR 1 is used frequently enough, the second OR was a backup room which, if interest is high enough, could become more frequently

trafficked.

“There are some glaring deficiencies,” Thorogood admitted.

Those deficiencies in OR 1 were rectified when the room was recently upgraded, but included problems like not enough light and outdated equipment.

OR 2, while benefiting from some of the equipment replaced in OR 1, has not yet been upgraded.

“We have doctors interested in coming to the community, interested in accessing these operating rooms for procedures, so the second room is now more attractive,” Thorogood said.

Another matter highlighted by the report was the maternity unit’s layout. Right now, a motherto-be will labour to deliver her baby in the labour suite, but as the baby is ready to greet the world, the mother will be transferred, either on her own feet or in a wheelchair, to the operating room where the baby would be delivered.

With upgrades, there would be a delivery suite adjacent to the labour suites, so mothers wouldn’t have to travel the whole hospital to deliver the baby.

“With so many babies being born here, this isn’t

effective,” Thorogood said. Creating a more unified area where mothers don’t have to traverse much of the hospital to deliver a baby is high on the list of goals.

Also a concern is the size of the emergency department. The trauma rooms there, though adequately sized in the 1960s when the hospital was built, are simply too small for today’s equipment.

Enlarging these rooms would allow for better trauma treatment, Thorogood noted.

The SHSF is several months into an 18-month fundraising campaign, which started in October 2014.

A day-surgery suite, for procedures like endoscopies, would allow for day-patients to easily have procedures done at the hospital, instead of tying up space in the emergency department, which is what happens at present.

The nurse’s station in the emergency department, designed to handle a paper system, is also needing upgrades as it doesn’t well fit today’s electronic equipment. A new call system for nurses is also in the works.

“I don’t want to sit here and raise $100,000 to $400,000 and have it sit

there for years,” Thorogood said, explaining that if the town wanted to replace the hospital, that’s what would happen.

“Our donors know the dollars they donate go to good use as soon as it can,” Thorogood added.

By spending the $16,000 on the study, split three ways between the foundation, county and town, the three organizations now own the study, unlike what would have happened if AHS had paid for it. This means the document is available for reference at any needed time.

“We’re not spending donated money on some major study,” Thorogood said. “But this is money well spent. We aren’t medical professionals, we don’t know what’s needed.”

In the past several years, Thorogood said the climate at AHS has been changing, for the better. The lines of communication are opening up, and while the foundation doesn’t always get what its wants, at least the province seems interested in listening.

Right now, the foundation is working on planning a major fundraiser for 2016, at the end of its 18-month fundraising plan. Though they’re not

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Stettler teens challenge town to meet vital need continued from front page An estimated 780 million people worldwide do not have access to clean water, according to statistics provided by the United Nations.

UN guidelines state that people should have access to between 50 and 100 litres of clean water each day, but most Third World citizens live on less than 10 litres per day.

On top of that, many of those people must travel a kilometre or more to access that water, often in areas where it is dangerous for women or children to travel alone.

“To me, the idea of not having water is not something I can even imagine,” said Yaremcio. “It creates a lot of adversity . . . People need to realize that this is a real issue.”

Yaremcio leads a team of eight, along with support from teachers Santana Scarff and Jefferson McClung. Though their numbers are small, she said the team will work to promote their fundraiser, to make the community aware of the need that exists and to encourage people to contribute towards the goal.

The team is allowed to choose where the funds will be disbursed. Yaremcio said the funds will likely be used to help communities

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“With a board of 18 people, we just can’t do it all,” Thorogood said.

“There’s no way just the board can do it. If anyone, any group or organization, wants to do a fundraiser to raise money for the hospital, we’d be willing to help.”

Support doesn’t just come from within the town and county, Thorogood noted. Since the hospital is the nearest hospital for many communities, with Red Deer being the next larger alternative, Stettler’s become important to a lot of the rural areas.

“We had a doctor in Coronation make a major donation, because she realized it benefits her community,” Thorogood explained. “She can send patients here, now, instead of to Red Deer. This isn’t just a town of Stettler project – it involves all of the surrounding communities.”

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Town saves $26K, taking advantage of 2014 Canadian dollar highs Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER It was a quickly completed town council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 4, with the present councillors moving through the agenda at a quick pace.

Mayor Dick Richards, absent from the past several meetings due to illness, was still away from council, leaving current Deputy Mayor Al Campbell to chair the session.

Councillors Darcy Bachman and Karen Sernecky were also absent.

Safety Inspection contract Councillors first addressed the matter of the town’s inspections contractor, IJD Inspections Ltd., whose contract expires at the end of March.

IJD has been used by the town for the past six years through two three-year contracts.

The company handles all building, plumbing, gas and electric inspections within the town.

In 2009, the last time the town put out a request for proposals for safety code inspections for the town, three agencies responded, with IJD being chosen.

Since then, there’s only been one amendment to the contract, to reflect changes to the pricing scale as well as to extend the contract for an additional three years.

Town staff recom-

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mended the council enter into a new three-year contract with IJD, which council unanimously supported.

Permit fee increase up for vote Council next examined the town’s building minimum permit fee, which is $70. Reviewing several communities, including Calgary, Blackfalds, Red Deer and Bonnyville, council heard that Stettler’s building permit fee was the lowest of all surveyed communities. Bonnyville was the highest with a minimum fee of $150, while Red Deer’s $72.40 was the closest to Stettler’s fee.

Staff recommended that the fee be increased to

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$95, which was supported by a council vote.

Joel van der Veene INDEPENDENT REPORTER

Town saves money by thinking ahead With an eye to replacing its aging fire engine fleet in the future, the town took advantage of the high Canadian dollar in 2014 to secure US dollars. The fire engines are purchased using US currency, and due to exchanging Canadian currency when the dollar was high, the town saved roughly $26,000 of the estimated price.

To pay for the fire truck now, at today’s exchange rate, would cost the town roughly $300,000, as the Canadian dollar is much lower than the US dollar.

The Stettler Regional Board of Trade and Community Development welcomed Matt Dorsett as its new president at its annual general meeting this week.

Dorsett, who is store manager of the Stettler Peavey Mart, was acclaimed at the meeting held on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at the board office, but was unable to attend due to out-of-town business.

The board also welcomed Roderick Bryce as its new vice-president, while several new members were added to the board executive.

The meeting, attended by a total of 15 people and chaired by outgoing president Joyce Kiryk, included an overview of the board’s activities over the past year.

Minutes from last year’s annual general meeting, held Feb. 11, 2014, were approved, as were the annual financial statements and the signing authorities for the coming year.

Executive members Joyce Kiryk and

Brandi Page were approved to serve as the two-member financial review committee.

The board’s executive director, Aubrey Brown, presented his summary of the board activities over 2014, calling it a “unique year” with many new projects launched.

This included the inaugural Canadian Badlands Pheasant Festival, held in October, for which 2,000 live pheasants were released in the County of Stettler.

Brown noted that the festival turned a profit and was deemed a success, even attracting some national media coverage from the specialty channel Wild TV. He later mentioned that plans for the 2015 festival were already underway, including an online registration process, and added “Volunteers will be a crucial factor in terms of the success of that event continuing.”

Another successful event was the annual general meeting of the Metis Nation of Alberta, which attracted an estimated 2,000 people to the district in August. continued on page 9

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Independent VOICES

We’re only one month into 2015 and the boat has already begun to rock: At every level, provincial, national and international, this year promises to be a rollercoaster ride and we, the citizens, the electorate, laymen will have to be on our guard while making decisions of every kind: personal, social, political and financial.

In the province, Premier Jim Prentice has announced his candidates in many ridings for what is believed to be a spring election, and promised a “Super Saturday” for Feb. 21, when there will be balloting in a lot of ridings involving party membership to identify who will stand as PC candidates in that election. There is one disturbing element in the rush by so many hopefuls to run in the elections as PC candidates: The candidates must have gotten the wind that Prentice will be marching to another landslide PC victory and it seems they all want a share of the pie as “yes men” for his legislative initiatives in his next term.

We may very well be in for some very firm austerity, including new or increased taxes while democrat-

ic opposition could be drowned in silence.

Nationally, the resignation of John Baird as foreign minister and the ensuing government reshuffle have laid bare one significant detail: Prime minister Harper may be realizing that it is increasingly difficult to find close confidants to rely on as the time for the national election approaches. The fact that he has assigned additional portfolios to Jason Kenney (defense in addition to his current portfolio of multiculturalism) and Pierre Poilievre (keeping his current portfolio as minister for democratic reform and taking over the employment and social development functions from Kenney and the role of head of the National Capital Commission vacated by Baird) indicates that there are fewer strong backers of his policies in his inner circle. In addition, the desertion to the Liberal Party of Conservative MP Eve Adams, described by a CBC reporter as the “attack dog” for Harper, after describing her former boss a “mean-spirited leader” does not augur well for the prime minister. (The fact that Mr.

Trudeau has accepted Ms. Adams to his caucus with open arms is a shameful episode must be the subject of another editorial.) It looks highly likely that, given declining oil prices, uncertainty of budget revenues and the appointment of highly vocal Jason Kenney to the defense portfolio. Mr. Harper will ramp up conservatism significantly in the next election campaign, beating nationalistic/militarist drums to maintain support from the conservative electorate.

Internationally, on the politico/ military front, more intensified clashes in eastern Ukraine and ensuing appeals from Republicans in the US to arm the Ukrainian military; failure of the anti-ISIS alliance to deal meaningful blows to force the extremists to withdraw from their entrenched positions; increasing social instability throughout the Middle East (the coup in Yemen and the soccer unrest in Egypt causing the deaths of 22 fans) all signal tumultuous weeks and months ahead, which could suck Canadian military deeper into the quagmire if the prime minister continues to hope

to garner votes by supposedly raising the international profile of our country.

On the economic front, Baselbased Bank of International Settlements, better known as “central bank of all central banks” has just released one if its rare public reports warning that the highly leveraged oil industry would see lots of defaults and bankruptcies in 2015, leading to further unemployment at least in Canada. With its price failing to climb, oil will continue to be pumped by profit-hungry companies just to keep their cash-flow going, putting further pressure on the price as demand dwindles with spring approaching and the second biggest economy in the world showing signs of faltering growth. In addition, rapidly rising exchange rate of US dollar will make it impossible for many developing nations to service their debts, further contributing to a slowing down global growth and possibly paving the way for another recession, even depression.

Hold on tight, the rollercoaster ride is on.

– Mustafa Eric

Organic industry has a new development Like most agricultural sectors the organic industry has its annual conventions and general meetings.

And like most they tend to offer events and speakers that support the mandate and philosophy of the members. But at times presentations are made at these events that provide food for thought and may even make the party faithful uncomfortable. A recent organic industry meeting in Guelph Ontario saw a speaker challenge organic growers to face some realities about the alleged nutritional superiority of organic over conventional products. That perceived superiority has been central to the image the organic industry wants to present to the consuming public. However, the speaker suggested that University studies have shown that in many cases there is no nutritional difference between organic and conventional foods. That is not something organic producers want to hear at their conference even though most would know that the presenter was speaking the truth. But its all rationalized as being just part of marketing.

But then the speaker

dropped a bombshell and stated that his organization was developing a handheld instrument based on infrared spectroscopy that could instantly provide nutritional information on food products. The idea being that consumers could make instant educated decisions on the nutrition levels of foods they were about to purchase. That puts real power in the consumers’ hands, but it may not be to the advantage of organic growers as it may show instantly that there isn’t much difference between organic and conventional foods.

The supposed advantage to organic food would be that the same instrument could identify the alleged toxins in conventional foods. That would be a tremendous marketing advantage that would be hard to overcome by conventional food producers even if alleged toxin levels were minute and of absolutely no health concern. In marketing - any negative perception, real or imagined, is virtually impossible to overcome albeit steep discounts will change consumer perceptions about just about any product.

I would suggest that

Ahead of the heard WILL VERBOVEN governments and commodity groups get behind the development of just such a food testing instrument.

The point being it should end the ambiguity and bull fudge that now surrounds the issue of what is and isn’t organic. The reality is that if the nutritional and residue levels of tomatoes grown either organic or conventional are the same it should be presented as such to the consumer. At present without any significant type of testing at any production stage the consumer has no idea as to any residue levels. All there is at present is a promise from organic growers and an assumption from conventional growers that their products meet some sort of perceived standards. Official government testing of residue levels in our food products is at present sporadic at best. I sug-

gest a new type of mobile food testing instrument in the hands of consumers and retailers could be a disaster for the organic industry.

That’s probably the reason the organic industry has lobbied so hard and so successfully, to keep any mandatory testing of their products outside of the organic certification process.

Perhaps the speaker at the organic industry convention was imploring the audience to get a handle on the development of these types of testing devices before they are imposed on their industry. The point being technology has a life of its own and is driven by the market – if a food testing device has profit potential some developer will create it whether the industry likes it or not.

The implication being that the industry needs to find a way to deal with this de-

velopment or it may be decimated by its ramifications. To be fair one should say the same ramifications could face producers of conventional food products if mobile testing devices were to consistently identify toxins even at minute levels and consumers have a choice. It’s a serious development for all producers particularly those that grow products that are marketed almost directly to consumers.

A positive ramification for a nutrition and toxin testing device for all growers and producers is that it would expose the dishonesty and if not outright fraud associated with alleged organic foods that are imported. It’s virtually taken for granted that organically labelled foods from China and Southeast Asia cannot be trusted and that there is widespread deception and corruption at every level regarding organic certification.

It will be interesting to see how the organic industry will be dealing with this new testing technology development. One thing for sure it won’t be going away any time soon.

Stay tuned.

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Stettler to join Telus fibre optic network this summer Joel van der Veen INDEPENDENT REPORTER Local officials are welcoming the news that Telus is bringing its fibre optic network to Stettler this year, investing millions to upgrade its infrastructure to improve the Internet service available to homes and businesses.

Tony Geheran, president of broadband networks for Telus, said the company is investing around $9 million to bring the fibre optic experience to Stettler.

Geheran was in town last week, visiting the Telus office downtown to make the announcement to a group of current and former company employees on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

The new service will allow customers to access speeds up to 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) — fast enough to download a 3.5-gigabyte movie in high definition in six minutes.

By contrast, Telus customers in Stettler are currently limited to a speed of 6 Mbps or less — and some have had trouble reaching even that modest level of service, due to the outdated infrastructure in place locally.

Geheran said Telus has been working on a plan to bring this improved service to Stettler after the town reached out to the company last year.

“We are looking for progressive municipalities that have a strategic vision for their community,” he explained, adding that they were impressed by their conversations with Mayor Dick Richards and other local leaders.

In choosing to introduce the new service here, Geheran said the company had to consider whether such an expansion was financially feasible, also looking at the capability of its current infrastructure.

Stettler will be the 11th community in Alberta to have Telus’s new service introduced here, following Hinton, Edson, Vegreville, Wainwright, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka, Bonnyville, Slave Lake, St. Paul, Innisfail, Blackfalds and Didsbury.

Of those towns, only Didsbury, St. Paul and Vegreville have a smaller population than Stettler. Telus has also made the service available in communities in British Columbia.

The introduction of fibre optic service here puts Stettler in the top 4 per cent of connected communities in North America, Geheran said.

He added the service would be available to about 2,500 residences and 500 businesses — about 90 per cent of the local population — through Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) connections that link the home or business directly to the network through optical fibre.

He explained that because of the expense associated with expanding the network, for the foreseeable future it will be limited to communities the size of Stettler or larger.

“There’s a huge demand for this type of investment,” he said, adding that currently, the demand surpasses the available capital for such expansions.

Smaller communities, he added, “tend to be pretty unattractive from an economic standpoint.”

Beginning in July, the service will gradually be made available to different sections of Stettler. It is expected that most of the town’s neighbourhoods will be connected by December.

Geheran said the improved speed will benefit all users, ranging from home users playing online games to small businesses using the network to upload data.

Eventually, Geheran said, Telus may be able to expand the speed available to up

to one Gigabit per second, once the market support exists for such a service.

The fibre optic cables that make the service possible will be installed by Telus crews beginning over the next few weeks.

Geheran explained that these will supplement, rather than replace, the company’s legacy copper wire network, so those who wish to maintain their existing Internet or home phone service won’t be required to upgrade.

If all goes according to plan, he explained, there should be no service interruptions as the infrastructure is put into place.

The service was also announced via a letter sent to local residents last week by Telus, co-signed by Mayor Richards and Fred Weinheimer, the company’s general manager for customer solutions delivery in southern Alberta.

Greg Switenky, assistant chief administrative officer for the Town of Stettler, said the town has been in discussions with Telus for about six months, but could not disclose that publicly until now as part of their agreement.

“We’re thrilled with their announcement,” he said.

“That’s a pretty awesome selling point for our community.”

Switenky said the town had long struggled with the quality of Internet service available here, and had set a goal of seeking to improve

that service during a strategy setting session between council and senior administrators held in January in 2014.

Following that, he said, the town worked to engage major service providers, including Telus and Shaw, speaking on behalf of residents and businesses.

“We’ve carried a voice on behalf of our citizens and our businesses, saying, ‘We deserve better than what we’ve had’,” said Switenky.

Telus responded to the town’s efforts, and in turn, Switenky said, the town helped to expedite the process of approval for the new infrastructure that is required for fibre optic service.

He noted that the investment being made comes strictly from the private sector, and that the town’s role is strictly co-operative.

For more information, including a map showing the projected date of availability for Stettler neighbourhoods, visit telus.com/stettler or call 1-855-595-5588.

Joel van der Veen/Independent reporter

Telus president of broadband networks Tony Geheran speaks to a group of current and former Telus employees on Wednesday, Feb. 4, regarding the company’s upcoming launch of its fibre optic network in Stettler.

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The world is filled with people who long to be heard Ross Helgeton FAITH & REFLECTION A Chinese proverb says, “To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is essential to all true conversation.” Yet, I’ve noticed that it is increasingly difficult to obtain people’s attention.

Some have told me that this tendency is more pronounced among the young, however my own personal experience is that the trend is irrespective of age.

Robert McCloskey, cognizant of the dearth of attentive listening said, “I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

James wrote that we should be “...swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” (James 1:19). Proverbs 8:33 advises, “Hear instruction and be wise, and do not disregard it.” Admittedly however, the verses are more easily quoted than they are observed. How can

we be better listeners? Just a few thoughts...

The first steps are nonverbal ones. To begin with, we must learn how to be more attentive. My own random thoughts, as well as people passing by, or other distractions, easily prevent me from listening actively.

Looking directly at the person and focusing on their words is helpful. It is difficult for most of us, but we should try not to formulate responses as the other person is speaking...there is nothing intrinsically evil about a thoughtful pause before answering.

Careful, conscious eye contact, good posture, the occasional quiet “I see” and a bit of body language (conservative not convulsive) like leaning forward or nodding in agreement indicates that you are listening and on track.

Verbally, the one speaking will know that we’ve been listening, if we reflect back, in some fashion, what they have been saying. This is not to parrot or use ex-

actly the same words, but something like “It seems to me that you think/feel...is that correct?” One-up-manship where we say, “Yes! That’s just like when I…” is usually inappropriate, as would be an argumentative or combative response.

Often, an immediate response, or judgment call is not necessary. At times we may simply say something like, “I will have to think on this for a while.”

I am not suggesting that I follow all of the previous pointers. I’m trying, but I suspect that I prefer talking to listening and it is relatively easy for me to be distracted...especially when the monologue becomes protracted.

The bottom line is that the world is filled with people who long to be heard by someone who truly cares and they will know that we truly care if we really listen.

“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another person has to say.”

Dorsett new board of trade president continued from page 5 The board also hosted the business and citizenship awards in October, and was involved in putting together the Steel Wheel Stampede held in late August.

The board is currently working on its annual travel guide, which is expected to be published just prior to the May long weekend.

With the increase of tourists getting information online and via mobile devices, Brown said he anticipated a smaller publication with more specific content this year.

He also discussed their work with local industry leaders and government, their efforts to attract and retain businesses, and planning for the upcoming 35th annual trade show in April, which has sold more than 90 per cent of its available booths.

Nominations and elections for the new president and executive members were held at the end of the meeting, as those in attendance took the oath of office.

The meeting was adjourned after roughly half an hour, followed by the board’s regular meeting.

Town councilor Sean Knolls provided an update on the recent announcement by Telus that its fibre optic service will soon be available in Stettler.

“This is something that will attract people to town,” he said, calling it a “utility” and adding, “It’s good for the town in the long run.”

Board of trade manager Stacey Benjamin discussed both the trade show and the

upcoming women’s conference, scheduled for April 24. She also mentioned her new role as one of the directors for East Parkland Community Futures, announced in January.

An update was provided on the new parade float, currently under construction by Dave McCourt.

The float will be centred around a heart shape bearing the name “STETTLER” in large letters, adorned with a model steam locomotive atop and surrounded by models of downtown storefronts. A plexiglass panel at one end will allow space for announcements of coming events.

Brown said the float was being “meticulously assembled” and was expected to be delivered in April, for use beginning in May. The board expects to visit 12 communities with the float this summer.

He also said it could be used for other purposes, including serving as a tourism kiosk or as a backdrop for public announcements.

In addition to Dorsett, Bryce and Kiryk, the board of directors includes the following: Gail Peterson, Alberta Works; Edna Stuart, Royal LePage Central; Brenda Barritt, Stettler Adult Learning/Campus Alberta; Brandi Page, Canalta Stettler; Tom Campbell, Investors Group; Sherry Marshall, TD Canada Trust; Kurt Baker, WISH Kitchen & Gift; and Svetlana Radonjic, Points West Living.

Coun. Sean Nolls serves as the representative for the Town of Stettler council, while Coun. Karen Sereneky serves as the alternate.

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Be sure to join us for Family Day February 16, 2015 Stettler Parent Link Centre is excited to have Jeff Johnson coming to the Rec Centre to speak on the morning of Family Day and then doing a play event in the afternoon. All FREE to families! The rec centre is also having free swimming and skating. Other activities include photo booth, bouncy houses, and craft show. There will be free hot dogs for lunch also.

Afternoon activities 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Jeff’s morning discussion will cover(9:45 - 11:45 a.m.)

Description: This interactive training event takes a hard look at how parents and caregivers can better support playful learning. We’ll look at why it is important to create strong emotional environments where children feel safe, secure, and loved and how to create physical environments where kids are trusted to lead their own learning. Time will be devoted to important topics like managing caregiver stress and burnout, mindful care giving, trusting the play process, and documenting playful learning.

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Clearview transportation staff asked to consider smaller buses Joel van der Veen INDEPENDENT REPORTER Smaller buses could be on the table for the Clearview public school division in the near future, as per a motion made at the school board’s regular meeting last month.

The motion followed an annual report made by transportation director Maryann Wingie at the board’s meeting on Thursday, Jan. 29.

The board approved the transportation division’s request for permission to seek quotes for the purchase of five school buses by the end of August.

However, the motion was amended to include a request to pursue quotes for buses of different sizes, following a discussion by the trustees.

Administrators sought approval to get quotes for four 46-passenger buses and one 52-passenger bus, and with the option of cargo holds, but trustee John Schofer suggested that purchasing smaller buses may save the school division money while still meeting its transportation needs.

Associate superintendent Peter Neale explained that the division maintains a fleet of 51 active buses and three extracurricular buses, and that older buses are eventually redirected to serve as spares to be used when the regular buses are out of commission.

After a bus has served the division for 10 years, he said, the division has found it cost-effective to cycle it out and replace it with a new model.

For the 2013-14 school year, seven buses were purchased at a total of $697,911, according to the report.

Neale said he couldn’t guarantee that buying smaller buses would result in any savings, owing to a variety of factors, including the added complexity that

would result from maintaining a fleet of buses with a wide range of sizes.

“On the rural roads, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to invest in microbuses,” he said. “It wouldn’t be my recommendation.”

Wingie also stated that larger buses are easier to maintain, while trustee Dave Goodwin said the relative scarcity of smaller buses may add a new strain on the budget.

“It may appear to be a savings, but in the long run it may end up costing us more,” he said.

Trustee Yvette Cassidy expressed agreement with Schofer’s point, saying she believed the less denselypopulated areas of the division could be served by smaller buses.

“I’ll go to my grave saying this,” she said. “I pass two buses from Erskine almost every morning, and unless those kids are riding facedown on the floor, there are no kids on that second bus.”

Goodwin made a motion to accept the board’s recommendation, while Cassidy made the amendment to seek quotes on smaller buses — specifically, with seating for 24 to 36 students — and gas-powered models.

All trustees except Goodwin voted in favour of the amendment, while the entire board voted in favour of the amended motion, with the exception of trustee Staci Gerlitz, who was absent.

Trustee Ken Checkel also expressed his appreciation of the transportation staff and their efforts to maintain data on student ride times.

The report indicated a projected transportation deficit of $9,236, down considerably from the $100,000 deficit anticipated last spring, and noted that the department continues to receive an allocation of $300,000 from instruc-

tional grants to support its services.

The report also noted that the division continues to pursue a co-operative busing agreement with East Central Alberta Catholic Schools that would benefit students and schools located within the County of Stettler. A similar arrangement is currently in place covering schools and students in the County of Paintearth.

The division’s policy committee is expected to bring forth a new draft policy regarding yard services for board consideration this month.

The report noted that the department has met the goals provided by the board on ride times, with an average ride time for students in Kindergarten to Grade 9 of less than one hour, and an average ride time of less than 75 minutes for students in grades 10 to 12.

“We’re continuing to strive each year to try to make that better for the future,” said Wingie.

According to a memo presented to the board, a total of 1,332 students ride Clearview’s buses on a daily basis, or about 54 per cent of the student population.

Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER There has been a change of the guard at the Stettler legion after this year’s leadership vote, with Susan Mitchell voted in as the new president.

Past president Ton Vanderburg chose to not run for election this round, stepping down to fill the role of past president. Steven Lockhart is now first vice president, with George Guy stepping into the role of second vice president.

Lorna Sinclair is secretary and Lee Holman is now treasurer. Harry Magee, Stephen LaRose and Karen Collins are on the executive.

For Collins, LaRose and Sinclair, these positions mark the first time on the executive board of the Legion.

Mitchell said that the main goal for her time in the role of president will be to recruit new membership.

“It’s my goal to get younger people, more members, so we can pass the torch,” she said.

“Anyone can be a member – you don’t have to be a veteran, or the child or grandchild of a

veteran to join.”

The Legion supports the community’s veterans and dependents, but also finds itself supporting the community’s youth through bursaries and scholarships and Remembrance Day poetry, speaking and poster contests.

It also supports the community itself through the availability of a sizeable hall and two smaller rooms, which are available for rent.

“On Friday’s we have fish and chips night, and we’ve seen more people come in because of that,” Mitchell said. Starting at about 5:30 p.m. every Friday, fish and fries are available for a reasonable price.

The Legion also has meat draws on Friday and Saturday, shuffleboard on Mondays, crib on Tuesdays, and pool and darts on Wednesdays. During the week, the canteen is open for coffee between 8:30 and 11 a.m.

A special Valentine’s Day dinner is planned for Saturday, Feb. 14 starting at about 5:30 p.m. A dinner of chicken and rice pilaf, followed by dessert.

Search for new manager at BoT to start soon Joel van der Veen INDEPENDENT REPORTER Executive Director of Stettler Regional Board of Trade and Community Development Aubrey Brown, who has long made known his plans to resign from his role to pursue a business venture on the east coast, says he expects to provide a firm date for his departure soon.

Brown spoke of his intentions during the annual meeting of the board of trade, which took place on Tuesday, Feb. 10.

Brown and his wife, Rhonda, have purchased a

hospitality business in P.E.I and she relocated there in October to begin operating the business.

Brown said he anticipates joining her there in May, but will set a firm date later this month, acknowledging that “it’s a unique situation and somewhat awkward.”

He noted during the meeting that although the process to replace him has not yet begun, the board has already received many expressions of interest, which doesn’t surprise him.

“There’s so much happening,” he told the Independent later. “There’s a lot of ener-

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Brown, his wife and their three children have lived in Stettler since 2006, when he joined the staff of the Stettler Independent. He took his present position with the board of trade in 2012.

To his family, he said, Stettler feels like home, as his children attended school here, and the transition will not be an easy one.

For now, and until the hiring process begins, inquiries about the position are being directed to Town of Stettler chief administrative officer Greg Switenky.

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Dodgeball draws young adults to high school gym Joel van der Veen INDEPENDENT REPORTER Balls are flying fast and furious each Thursday night in the gym at William E. Hay Composite High School.

A group of young adults gather at the school each week for a dodgeball game, and those looking for an excuse to get out, exercise and have fun are invited to join in the action.

Hanna Jilek, who is employed at Foremost, said she started organizing the weekly game back at the beginning of December.

“There’s absolutely nothing to do for

young adults in this town, unless you want to go to the gym,” she said, “and I’m not a gym person.”

She and her friends advertised the games through social media and word of mouth, and before long they were seeing a small crowd gathering at the school each week. Jilek said they have seen up to 25 people in attendance.

While the initial plan was to form regular teams, Jilek said lately they have just divided the attendees in half and pitted the two groups against each other.

The games are played for fun, but some players clearly take the game seriously — such as the group of four that designed

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their own team shirts and dubbed themselves “Don’t Stop Ballieving.”

Erica Seed, who works for Boston Pizza, said her co-workers talked her into coming. She didn’t expect to enjoy it, she added, but has now shown up five times.

“When I got here, the people on the other side of the gym, they meant business,” she recalled. “I was sore the next morning.”

The games will continue each week until Feb. 26, but Jilek said she hopes this will lead to other regular events for young adults in Stettler, saying, “We need something to do in this town.”

There is a one-time registration fee

of $10 for anyone wishing to join. The games start around 9 p.m.; those who arrive late can ring the doorbell at the school entrance to be let in.

For more information, contact Jilek at 403-742-6686.

Five simple rules to building real wealth over your lifetime I have commented before on Preet Banerjee’s book “Stop Over-Thinking Your Money”. As I was very impressed with his simple, practical rules to achieving financial success, they aren’t easy to implement, but can dramatically change your life and your future financial wellbeing.

Rule #1 - Disaster Proof Your Life: When young and healthy we think we’re bullet proof and disasters happen to other folks. We get married, have children, buy a home, and a couple of vehicles. Along the way things can happen, we may die too soon, get sick or disabled and become unable to work, or we could lose our job. The randomness of any of these emergencies is why we need protection from them for the financial wellbeing of our family or business.

Insurance can replace lost income if we can’t work, become critically ill, or die too soon, and it’s also important to have a “rainy day fund” if an unexpected emergency happens. Plus having current wills, powers of attorney and personal directives in place is also critical, so someone can step in and make financial or medical decisions if

we’re unable to so.

Rule #2 - Spend less than you earn: This is such a simple, basic rule, but seemingly, many people just don’t do it. You will never build real wealth until you learn to spend less than you make, and if you don’t, disaster is waiting simple as that! It takes real discipline to start, but once you get into the habit, it can be exciting to have money left over every month. The only way to start saving is to first figure out where all the money’s going, then set up a monthly budget.

Once you’ve developed a monthly surplus, have it automatically deposited into a TFSA savings account, a simple process called “paying your-self first”!

Rule #3 - Aggressively Pay Down High Interest Debt: Don’t carry credit card balances at 18% interest or more. Set up a line of credit close to prime that you can roll any unpaid monthly balance into. And don’t be tempted to consolidate high interest debt into a regular mortgage, as it’s all too easy to end up much worse off by doing this.

Rule #4 - Always Read the Fine Print on Contracts: Don’t sign any contracts until you fully understand

what you’re committing to. If you don’t understand the wording, please review with a lawyer. As once done it’s too late to say “I didn’t understand what I was signing” never ever sign contracts that you’re being pressured into, especially for creditor insurance, RRSPs or leveraged investing loans. Don’t buy RRSPs just for the tax savings, especially if you don’t plan to reinvest the refund into your RRSP, and please check with a trusted financial professional to see if investing in a TFSA might make more sense for you than into an RRSP. Rule #5 - Delay Consumption: Understand that new vehicle priced at $40,000 will end up costing you an extra $4,200 or more in interest over 60 months. Think how much more efficient it would be if you saved the money first and paid cash, instead of taking out a loan for the vehicle. Conversely save for a rainy day, a holiday, a new kitchen or add a nice chunk of cash to your RRSP, as mentioned TFSAs are an excellent savings tool, to save cash, all tax-free.

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Players are seen in the midst of action during a dodgeball game at William E. Hay Composite High School on Thursday, Jan. 29.

How to control online spending Buying online is a convenient way to make any number of purchases. Nowadays, shoppers can purchase everything from books to boats online, making it easier than ever before for consumers to connect with their favorite retailers.

But the convenience of online shopping also makes it easy to overspend. When shopping online, consider the following tips that should help curtail spending. * Understand online marketing. Perhaps it’s so easy to shop online because it’s so easy for marketers to target customers via the Internet. Before “liking” anything on social media sites like Facebook, recognize that doing so is inviting marketers to inundate you with advertisements. This might be perfectly alright for some people, but those who want to control their online spending might think twice the next time they profess their love for certain products. * Beware of “limited time only” deals. Online retailers attempt to entice men and women to buy products by offering “limited time only” deals through their Web sites. These deals can be for discounted items like clothing or electron-

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While they might offer good deals, consumers who aren’t looking to buy a vacation package or a new wardrobe should ignore these offers no matter how enticing they might be. * Include online spending when establishing a monthly budget. Online spending is often so convenient that many people fail to account for it when establishing their monthly budgets. Come the end of the month, if you have considerably less money than your budget suggests you should, peruse bank statements to see just how much of that money went toward online spending.

It might be a lot or might be a little, but take it into consideration when laying out next month’s budget. * Recognize it’s real money being spent. Buying online requires real money, but the convenience of online shopping, particularly when using sites that already have your financial information on record, makes it easy to overlook that real money is being spent. Instead of swiping a card at the store, you simply click the mouse a couple of times and you’ve made a purchase.

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Townsend’s Solitaire spotted in Erskine Submitted by Charles Bird My wife and I have lived in Erskine, a small village in central Alberta, since 1992. Erskine is south of Buffalo Lake and west of the town of Stettler. This is a farming area and it is part of the Aspen Parkland ecozone. We have many mature trees and various shrubs around our house.

On the deck to the north of our kitchen window we have a heated bird waterer and, to the east, we have two bird feeders and a hanging onion bag filled with beef suet. We love watching birds. Several winters ago, we had a Townsend’s Solitaire show up and it stayed for around a month. This winter, another one showed

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up on December 27 (see below) and we have seen it regularly ever since.

This nature note is devoted to this species as it is seldom seen east of the Rockies and foothills.

Townsend’s Solitaires are in the Thrush Family.

They are slim, gray birds with short beaks, a noticeable white eye ring, buffy wing patches and white sides on the tail. They are a little larger than a Bluebird and a Thrush and are smaller and thinner than a Robin. We have never seen one at our feeders or on the suet bag. All of our sightings have been at our heated bird waterer (see picture). Apparently, the birds we have seen feed primarily on berries. In our yard we have Nanking cherries, highbush cranberries, apple trees and thorny buffaloberries while a neigbour has junipers. We also saw a bird on a rose bush where it may have been feeding on rose hips.

The above image was taken yesterday (February 6). It was a cold morning, around -17 C, and you can see the bird all fluffed up sitting on the edge of our heated bird waterer.

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“Let’s use the idea of Valentine’s Day to do a random act of kindness on each day of the month,” says Canadian lifestyle expert Janette Ewen. We might do things like: • Send someone a hand written note of thanks.

• Put change in the charity box at a cash register.

• Give a compliment about someone to his or her boss.

• Allow another person to jump ahead of us in a line up.

• Leave a bigger tip than expected.

• Hold the elevator for a stranger.

• Smile and say hello to passers-by on the sidewalk.

• Pay for someone else’s coffee in the drive thru.

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another,” Ewen continues. “The positive feeling you get from doing something nice for someone else will stay with you all day.

“And don’t forget to treat yourself to an act of kindness this month,” adds Ewen. “And I say do it with jewelry. Have you seen, for example, Pandora’s new Valentine’s Day jewelry collection, which includes a sterling silver bracelet, ring and necklace with the word Love spelled out in sparkling crystal script?”

She adds that the handfinished jewelry pieces make a great gift (Pandora.net), but also serve as a good reminder that one act of love can lead to another, and then another. Each one helping to spread the meaning of ‘Be my Valentine’ a little further.

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A look back at early days of Big Valley Linda Stillinger BIG VALLEY BULLETIN Back in 1918, a number of small municipal districts were formed in our area of the province and Big Valley became part of the Vimy Municipal District. In 1943, the Municipal District of Stettler was formed by an amalgamation of all or parts of nine different municipal districts. A few of the municipalities that were combined were Waverley no. 367 (main office in Erskine), Success No. 336 (main office in Byemoor), Dublin No. 366 (main office in Gadsby) and Vimy No. 337 (main office in Big Valley). In our early Big Valley newspapers, there are council reports from our village or town council as well as separate reports from the Vimy Municipal Council.

The Vimy Municipal Council meetings were held at the municipal office, which is a tiny little metal shack that still sits on

Big Valley’s Main Street. It is so small it is amazing that more than three people could sit down in there at the same time.

According to the June 10, 1925 Big Valley Journal, a meeting was held there with Secretary Biggs, Reeve Sutfin and Councillors Darkin, Foote, Sandberg, Hockley and Pivert. They must have been crowded in there elbow to elbow.

In 1955, the Stettler Municipal District incorporated to become the County of Stettler, so this year, the County of Stettler celebrates its 60th anniversary.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Big Valley Historical Society for continuing to share these interesting historical tidbits. The next meeting of the Big Valley Historical Society will be on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at the railway station. Anyone can attend and visitors are always welcome. 2015 memberships are now due.

Twelve players came out for crib at the Big Valley Inn on Sunday, Feb. 8. Dennis Johnson placed first, Margaret Levesque tied with Stan Nattestad for second and Dorothy Annabel placed third. Len Shaw took home the booby. Gloria Emblau won the regular draw and Stan Nattestad won the 50/50. Welcome to newcomers Dale and Joy Kobi as well Marie Ridley. The next Big Valley Inn crib tournament will be on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m.

At the Big Valley Drop-in Centre’s Wednesday, Feb. 4 crib night, first place went to Ron, second to Connie, and third to Lynne. On Sunday, Feb. 8, first went to Ron, second to Bob, third to Earl and Connie took home the booby. Drop-in crib takes place Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. and Sunday afternoons beginning at 1 p.m.

Also at the drop-in centre, canasta is on Mondays at 7 p.m., floor curling is on Tuesday and Friday afternoons at 1 p.m.

and February’s potluck and meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 12 noon.

The next community pancake supper is on Monday, Feb. 23 beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Everyone is welcome.

The Big Valley Oil Kings are set to play the Tofield Satellites in the Battle River Hockey League’s best of seven semi final playoffs. The series will start in Tofield this Friday, Feb. 13 then return to Big Valley for game 2 at the Agriplex on Saturday, Feb. 14. Let’s pack the arena to support our Kings in this exciting playoff action.

Don’t forget Big Valley Minor Hockey will be hosting the Hockey Alberta Peewee D Provincial Tournament on March 19 to 22, 2015. There are many volunteer and sponsorship opportunities available. We need your help to make this a successful event. If you would like to be involved, please contact Dan or Andrea Webster at 403-876-2064.

Great afterschool program off to a good start Louise Bellair BOTHA BOOSTER A big “congratulations” goes out to the principal of Botha School (Mike and

wife Melissa Flieger) on the arrival of their latest son (Henry) born on Wednesday, Jan. 28, also to his big sister (Lily). She is very excited to be a big sister and

Say hi to Onyx! He is one of Midnight s kittens and is a real sweetie. Onyx loves to cuddle and is so friendly.

Onyx is the largest kitty of his litter but one of the quietest. He loves to play but is starting to hit those kitty teenage years and likes to sleep more now.

Onyx will curl up with his foster Mom every night and purr while he relaxes on her lap. He would make a beautiful addition to any family home.

How sweet am I? Stormy is a very sweet boy who loves to run around and play. He has a great time playing with his litter mates, foster kitty and pup. Stormy is the quiet one of the litter and likes to sit and take it all in.

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The staff at the School would like to thank their staff Mrs. Boxma and Mrs. Maxwell plus several parents that take the time out of their busy schedules for tying and untying so many skates and coming out to help. This is very much appreciated alongside the parents that join them at the ski hill to help out. If you could join them on skating or skiing days or both, this would very much be appreciated.

The after school program is really turning out great.

There are 14 students already involved in this program and enjoying it. During this time, students are

getting the chance to do some exploratory learning.

Some of these activities include building a roller coaster with kinex and or a log cabin with frontier logs.

Another program they just started was floor hockey inter-modals at recess, three days per week, which the children are really enjoying.

Botha’s next school council meeting will be held on Feb. 19, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the school library. Some topics that are going to be discussed this time will be Stettler School Study, and also Botha’s new report cards. So please keep this in mind and hope-

fully everyone can attend these important meetings.

Quilting day takes place again on Monday, Feb. 23 starting at 9:30 a.m. at the seniors’ centre, so hopefully everyone can join the ladies.

A belated happy birthday wish goes out to Brenda Klatt for this past Wednesday, Feb 4. Hope you had a fantastic day, Brenda.

Talking about birthdays, if you see or know Trevor Wedrick wish him a great one for today, Feb. 11 as it’s his big day. Happy birthday, Trevor, hope you have a great day.

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With old-man winter still wanting to hang on and we just finished getting another dump of snow, and if you need your driveway cleaned out, please contact the village office.

Here’s something to mark on your calendars: The afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 22, starting at 1:30 p.m. make sure you come out to the Botha Hall and dance to the music from the Black Velvet Band.

This will be their St. Patrick’s Dance, so please wear something green in color. Hopefully everyone can come out and have some fun, there is no age limit on who attends.

Floor curling takes place every Tuesday and Wednesday’s afternoon starting at 1 p.m. They would love to see everyone attend these events.

Got something planned for this long upcoming weekend, with Family Day happening on Monday, Feb 16? There will be several events happening around the country so, hopefully everyone can attend one of these special events with your families.

Then next Saturday, Feb. 14, don’t forget your sweetheart, as it is Valentine’s Day, so hopefully everyone has a great one.

Have a great Family Day everyone, and hopefully the weather cooperates for this special weekend, have fun.

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Curling and minor hockey in full swing Byemoor was a busy berg on the weekend with curling and hockey. The men’s and women’s curling bonspiel wrapped up on Saturday with a banquet and awarding of prizes. There were 18 rinks participating this year from Halkirk, Hanna, Delia, Rumsey, Big Valley, Stettler and, of course, the local Endmoor curlers.

In the men’s division the winners were: A Event — 1. Justin Jones, 2. Jamie Muhlbach, 3. J. D. Johnson.

B Event — 1. Hanna Building Supply, 2. Eldon McCrindle, 3. Tyler Stulberg.

C Event — 1. Kent Holowath, 2. Jamie Kobi, 3.

Eugene Nixon, 4. Danny Grover.

The women’s division winners included: 1. Betty Primrose, 2.

Marg Kiemele, 3. Nicole Devaleriola, 4. Carolin Schofer.

Also on Saturday, at the arena was the Novice hockey tournament. The Byemoor-Big Valley Novice Thunder team were the hosts. Teams also travelled

from Red Deer, Stettler (two teams) and Drumheller. Each team played two games. The local team won both of its games, 12-1 against the Stettler Yellow team and 5-3 against Drumheller. Heart and Hustle awards went to Willow Stefanik and Parker Van Haga.

The information meeting at the Byemoor fire station was well-attended on Tuesday evening with more than 20 interested folks in attendance. It is important to have a sufficient number of volunteer fire fighters to keep the station viable. Hats off to the volunteer firefighters (past, present and future) who work to protect our homes and property. In these times when people lead busy lives, many may feel they don’t have time to become a volunteer fire fighter, but you are not expected to be available for every fire.

The next meeting to organize training of the volunteers is set for Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Byemoor fire station. All interested men and women of the community are welcome and

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The crib meet at the Endmoor Drop-in Centre on Tuesday evening saw Rita Stiles post the top score while Doug Harrold had the second best showing. Next crib night is on Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. with everyone welcome.

Lindsey and Angeline (Mappin) Shadlock enjoyed a winter get-away to Cuba in January.

Dale and Dee Green’s vacation to Central America included sight-seeing in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Get well wishes go to Sonny Gallant, who is re-

covering from cataract surgery and to Dwayne Watson, who suffered a broken arm in a vehicle mishap under white-out conditions.

Hope you both recover quickly, guys.

Anita Mappin along with Lee Carrothers of Westwoods attended the provincial conference of Alberta Agricultural Societies in Edmonton on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Kate Woelk had a friend, Rose Zinck, from Medicine Hat spend a week-long visit with her.

Happy Birthday wishes go out to Barry Whymark, who celebrates a special

Rare bird spotted in Erskine Coming up this Friday is the annual skating party sponsored by the Erskine Recreation Board (and not last Friday as mistakenly stated in last week’s paper-my screw up). Bring the family out and enjoy skating, campfire, hot dogs and hot chocolate. The ice is perfect again for skating and I’m sure it will be a fun evening.

CARA curling will take place this Thursday at the Erskine Curling Rink.

Good luck, Erskine! This Friday, it is Red-Pink Dress up Day. There is no school on Monday, which is Family Day, nor Tuesday which is PD Day. Coming up at the school is the annual Book Fair beginning on Feb. 19 and carrying on until March 3. This will be set up at the school library and there will be an excellent selection of books, games and merchandise for kids and adults to purchase. Any profits go towards purchasing new books and other materials to keep the school’s library up-to-date.

The school really needs more parents to come out to the parent council meetings.

A survey is requested as to the best times and days for these meetings so Mrs. Spiller is asking for these surveys to be filled in (they are completely confidential).

On Family Day, the Erskine Curling Club will be hosting their annual family funspiel. Bring the family and enjoy curling, games and prizes. Anyone wishing to enter a rink can phone Heather Jobs at 742-6222.

birthday on Feb. 15 — his 65th. Congratulations on reaching that milestone Barry and enjoy being on the government payroll.

Congratulations to the Peewee hockey team on a successful weekend of hockey. They played in Sundre on Friday evening and won 8-4. On Sunday afternoon, in Sylvan Lake they posted an 8-3 win.

If you haven’t already got your tickets for the Valentine Dine and Dance on Feb. 14 in Byemoor, be sure to do so soon. Tickets are available at the Byemoor Store or from most Sullivan

Lake West Agricultural Society members. Remember some lucky person will be going home with a $2,000 travel voucher.

Remember the Boar’s Cup hockey tournament is coming up this weekend.

First game is at 7 p.m. on Friday evening with games on Saturday starting at 12 noon and the finals on Sunday are at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Be sure to take in some of the games.

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The United Church held their annual meeting last Sunday and it has been approved by the board to be a partner with a Church near Horton, Staffordshire in England. There are many similarities between this small church and the one in Erskine. It is called St. Michael’s and All Saints and is a church of England (in Canada it is the Anglican Church). It is located in the same agricultural setting as Erskine and has about the same number of members.

Charlie Bird, our local botanist, has spotted a new bird in his yard called the Townsend Solitaire, a member of the Thrush family. They are usually seen in the Rocky Mountains and rarely seen east of there. They feed off berries of which Mr. Bird has a lot of in his back yard so this beautiful, fluffy bird is having a good feast.

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Don’t miss curling and oyster night I will let you know first thing. The rumors are true, the ag society is planning a poker rally for Feb. 21, so get your snow machines ready and call your friends because if this snow keeps building, it will be a great day.

The women’s bonspiel will be underway by the time you read this, so get into town for a good meal

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Next up on the ag society’s schedule will be the mixed bonspiel which will be held from Thursday, Feb. 26 to Sunday, March 1. Call Brooke and Jackie Watts to sign up.

Richmonds are busy preparing for their big day.

Their 18th annual bull sale will be held on Friday, March 13, so hopefully they are not superstitious about Friday the 13!

I will close with a few puns you can share with the young ones in your family.

Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cutoff?

He’s all right now.

I couldn’t quite remember how to throw a boomerang; but it eventually came back to me.

Enjoy and have a good week.

Congratulations to Tanner and Megan Walgenbach on the birth of the baby girl on Feb. 2. Paige Tristan Walgenbach was born at the Lethbridge hospital weighing five pounds 15 ounces.

Proud grandparents are Cecil and Pat Walgenbach. great grandparents Vern and Kay Hansen; Frank and Eleanor Dahlgren. Tanner and Megan live in Lunbreck.

Saturday night, Frank and Eleanor took Darcy, Tammy, Kayla and Luke Hronek to the Tasty Wok for a birthday celebration. Joining them was Elva McAllister. Happy 40th birthday, Tammy!

Kalli Bigney turned three with a birthday party on Saturday afternoon at her parents Tom and Angela’s. Also there were both grammas and papas (Velvet and Fred, Charlene and Dennis) as well as Aunty Amanda and Uncle Wayne; Auntie Haley; cousins Cooper and Rowyn. Uncle Kyle got to see her next day.

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Belated birthday greeting to Ray Musgrove, who turned nine on Jan. 26; his dad Grant Musgrove, whose birthday was Feb. 3 and happy birthday to Shirley Reynolds (Feb. 6). Bill and Joyce Hansel were among the friends who gathered at Gordie and Shirley’s for birthday cake and coffee.

On Sunday, Bill and Joyce drove to Provost to attend great grandson Ryder Trennery’s first birthday along with many friends and family there.

His birthday was Feb. 5.

Westwoods Agricultural Society is hosting the County of Stettler Community Service Awards on Friday Feb. 27; cocktails at 6 p.m.; supper at 6:30; awards and music to follow.

Tickets are $15 and are available at the County of Stettler office or call Debbie Shepherd at 403 883 2717.

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J. D. Johnson, Al Gamroth, Corwin Solick, and Kurt Chick were curling in men’s spiel in Byemoor. They lost out in the fours of the A event.

Jason Turre also had a team.

Deirdre and Ron Muncy returned from a week’s holiday in Tullum, Mexico and then a week’s holiday in Cancun. They enjoyed the weather and didn’t much like returning to the cold and snow.

On the weekend, the Halkirk Elks hosted an Alaskan seafood and

The Donalda Coulee Friendship Club will hold their annual general meeting on Friday, Feb. 13 starting with a potluck supper at 6 p.m. followed by a regular meeting, then the AGM, new members always welcome.

Feb. 17 is Shrove Tuesday and a “ Strawberry Pancake Supper” will be held at the drop-in; doors open at 5:30 p.m.

The Donalda & District Museum Society will hold their annual general meeting on Tuesday Feb. 24 following the regular meeting, start time 7 p.m. at the library, looking for new members.

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Global Play Day was marked at SES Our students and staff embraced the return of colder weather last week. The children were thrilled with the fresh snowfall.

During recess, they were busy building snow forts, sliding down snow piles and icy slopes. The snowstorm had transformed their playground, providing new opportunities for exercise and imaginative play.

On Wednesday, Feb. 4, our kindergarten classes celebrated the first annual Global Play Day. The students were encouraged to bring a non-battery, non-electronic toy or game to school for this special time. They had an exciting fun-filled hour of unstructured play, sharing their toys with friends in the classroom. Global Play Day was organized to raise awareness about the necessity of unstructured play for young students in schools around the world. It was a wonderful event.

Mrs. Sylvester’s Grade 1 class enjoyed comparing different objects during their measurement unit. Wednesday was especially fun, as each student brought in his or her own stuffie to compare with a friend’s favorite stuffie. The students were surprised to find out which stuffie weighed the most and which one was the lightest. They were amazed to learn how deceiving looks

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can be! What an enjoyable and meaningful way for students to learn how to use all the different terms of measurement.

Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Boyd-Stadelmann’s Grade 2 classes were proud of the watercolor polar bears they were painting for an art project. Their spectacular polar bears will be displayed in the school library for all to see.

In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, and to nurture the love of reading, Mrs. Baltimore, our school librarian, created a “Books We Love” tree in the library. Students chose a favorite book and wrote the title on a heart to display on the tree. Ms. Watts’ Grade 4 students were the first class to put hearts on the tree. On Friday, as the students headed home for the weekend, the tree was nearly covered with hearts.

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SES students (from left) Aedyn Skuce, Beau Hadley, Ryan Robinson, Kira Johnson are placing “Books We Love” hearts on Valentine’s tree.

CKCS kicks off Jump Rope for Heart

By Elli Anderson & Abbey Bohn, Grade 8 students Christ-King had a wonderful start to February. With it being ‘Heart Month,’ Christ-King is gearing up for their Jump Rope for Heart day on Feb. 27, in order to raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Two members representing Jump Rope came to CKCS on Feb. 3, to present to the student body what Jump Rope was all about. Through the presentation, students learned many healthy tips on how to keep our hearts healthy.

Students were also included in the presentation, and were taught different skipping techniques. All of CKCS is pumped up for Jump Rope for Heart and reaching our goal of $1500 should be no problem.

The Christ-King Chargers travelled to Big Valley on Feb. 4 to face off against the Bulldogs.

Both girls and boys teams played very hard, but conceded both games. Both teams look forward to their next match on Feb. 11, when they have a home game against the Erskine Extremes.

The Charger boys travelled to Coronation on Feb. 7 for a tournament.

They played Coronation

as well as Theresetta. Despite their best efforts, the boys conceded both games. Good job to all players and a big thank you to parent drivers and Coach Matt.

Intramurals have been going well. Each house team has a chance to play once a week during lunch recess. The primary grades have been focusing on tag games, while the junior grades have been focused on basketball.

Every student from grade 4-6 is looking forward to the final basketball tournament. Junior high students have been doing a wonderful job of coaching, refereeing, and score keeping.

On Feb. 6, CKCS Spirit Squad hosted “Dress like a teacher” day. Students were invited to wear their best teacher outfit, or to pick a teacher in the school and dress like them. It was a great success, with many ‘mini-teachers’ filling the halls and classrooms. A student even came dressed as the school’s custodian Mr. Derr. The day was a major success, and students had lots of fun.

This week, CKCS looks forward to participating in Random Acts of Kindness, as well as celebrating Valentine’s Day. Stay tuned Stettler.

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Semester 2 is on This week students got back into the routine as they transitioned into semester two. In sports, the senior girls basketball team played a great game against Lacombe, winning 52-47. Congratulations to Dacia Gramlick, who led the team with 25 points and a shout out to Dagmar Lohmann Ochoa for a few great baskets. Great job ladies!

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Last Wednesday night the JV boys Wildcats played their best game of the season, defeating Ponoka 66-52. Special mention goes to Mitchell Gudgeon for sinking the most rebounds.

Archers that are interested in attending either provincials or nationals need to sign up at the office.

In school clubs, there will be a Coffee House on Friday, Feb. 13. Be sure to sign up if you’re interested in performing.

Also, Chess Club has now started on Fridays in the mechanics shop.

In other news, the next session of driver’s training will be on March 14, 21 and 22. Please sign up at the office if you’re interested.

That’s all for this week!

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Brooke Clark (5), of the William E. Hay Composite High School senior girls basketball team, tries for a basket during a home game against the Lacombe Rams on Tuesday, Feb. 3.

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Sr. girls overtake Lacombe in “relentless” game Joel van der Veen INDEPENDENT REPORTER Stettler’s senior girls basketball team came from behind to defeat the Lacombe Rams in a close game at home last week.

The girls from William E. Hay Composite High School hosted the Rams on the afternoon of Tuesday, Feb. 3, falling behind in the first couple of quarters.

Though the score sat at 25-18 for the Rams at the halfway mark, the Wildcats’ defense kept the gap narrow, and by the end of third quarter they had caught up, ending with a score of 35-34.

The Rams kept the Wildcats on their toes, but Stettler ultimately prevailed with a 52-47 win.

“I thought it was a good team effort,” coach Charisse McDonald said, adding that she was pleased at how the Wildcats pressed despite the Rams’ “relentless” push.

Dacia Gramlick was the team’s top scorer with 25 points. McDonald remarked that it was one of Gramlick’s better games, given that many of her baskets were scored from beyond the key, as opposed to layups.

“It makes a huge difference when you can make the defense play the whole court and not just in the key,” she said, also observing that the Rams lacked a strong ball-handler.

Dagmar Lohmann Ochoa scored seven points while Brooke Clark and Morgan VanDusen contributed six points each.

Senior boys Stettler’s senior boys team also hosted Lacombe on Tuesday, facing a similarly tight match but falling just short at the final buzzer with a 58-57 loss.

After a close first quarter, Stettler led for most of the game, achieving a seven-point gap with a score of 48-41 at the end of period three. But a string of three-point shots brought the Rams within striking distance.

“That just seemed to deflate us, and then put us back on our heels,” said coach Warren Aspenes.

Stettler was one point behind as the game’s final seconds ticked down. Kyle Poapst was fouled with less than a second remaining but did not connect with his free shots, and Lacombe ended the game with the narrowest of victories.

“He did exactly what he was supposed to do,” Aspenes said in Poapst’s defense. “He was the guy that we wanted to have the ball.”

Aspenes also said the game shouldn’t have ended as closely as it did, adding that the Wildcats’ offense were still giving away too many turnovers and missing opportunities to score.

He noted that he was pleased with his team’s defensive efforts, calling it a tough loss and adding, “We’ll learn from it.”

Aspenes also noted that the team would need to achieve some wins in the few remaining games to earn a spot in the upcoming playoffs.

Jordan Lane led the scoring for Stettler with 14 points, followed by Poapst at 13 points and Will Hall with 10 points.

Up next Both teams were scheduled to play in Sylvan Lake on Tuesday, Feb. 10, then attend a tournament in Lacombe on the February long weekend.

All remaining league games for both teams will be away games, but the senior teams will also host a home tournament on the weekend of Feb. 20 and 21.

JV boys enjoy surprise win over Ponoka Joel van der Veen INDEPENDENT REPORTER Stettler’s junior varsity boys basketball team returned from its semester break to enjoy a 66-52 win over Ponoka last week.

The JV boys from William E. Hay Composite High School hosted Ponoka Secondary Campus on Wednesday, Feb. 4, taking the lead early on and not letting go.

While Ponoka rallied in the fourth quarter and reduced the gap somewhat, Stettler remained well ahead at the game’s close.

Given their performance relative to Ponoka over the season so far, coach Michael Kocher said prior to the game that his expectations weren’t high.

Assistant coach Rachelle Campeau was also surprised by the win but happy to see the JV boys stepping up their game.

“We had an excessively long break, (so) coming back in, I was a little worried,” she said. “It was nice to see them making passes and actually doing the plays that we’ve been talking

about.”

Paul Du Toit was the top scorer with 13 points, followed by Mitchell Gudgeon with 12 and Tyler Matchett with 11.

Ponoka coach Ryan Newman attributed his team’s loss to the absence of four key players and inconsistent play.

The JV boys also visited Rocky Mountain House on Monday, Feb. 9, defeating the Rebels 69-45. Coaches noted the performance of Alex LeBlanc on defense, and of Keegan St. Denis, who scored seven three-point baskets.

JV girls The junior varsity girls also played at home Wednesday night, but as Ponoka has no JV girls team, they instead welcomed the girls team from Castor’s Gus Wetter School for an exhibition game.

Castor handily won the match with a score of 72-33, but coach Kim Poapst said it was good for the girls to be back in the game after the semester break, despite being “crushed” by Gus Wetter.

“They moved the ball really well,” she said of their competitors. “We were intimidated.”

“They made us run and we haven’t run for a while,” Poapst continued. “It was good to play a strong team.”

She was pleased with several aspects of her team’s performance, including scoring by most of her players and three-point baskets by Sydney Poapst and Jessica Lane.

Poapst and Kayla Myshaniuk were the top scorers with eight points each.

The JV girls also visited Rocky Mountain House on Monday, Feb. 9, achieving a 53-47 win in overtime.

Coaches credited the girls with showing grace under fire, with special recognition for Sydney Poapst, scoring four three-pointers in the final minutes of the game, and Shayna Brower, who also scored a three-pointer of her own.

Up next Both JV teams are scheduled to host Red Deer’s Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School on Wednesday, Feb. 11, and compete in a tournament in Wetaskiwin over the long weekend.

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Tyler Matchett (15) of the William E. Hay Composite High School junior boys basketball team attempts to score during the game against Ponoka on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

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Hammerfest time as martial arts school hosts annual tournament Joel van der Veen INDEPENDENT REPORTER An annual martial arts tournament drew more than 200 competitors to William E. Hay Composite High School at the end of January.

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tially as a small event, held at the club and featuring only local competitors.

Five years ago, they moved the event to the high school gym, and it has only continued to grow since then, with 208 competitors taking part this year and hundreds more in attendance to watch the proceedings.

“Every year, you find ways to make it better and better,” said Hargreaves, noting that the event was also a success from an organizational standpoint, as even with a full schedule, they were able to finish everything by 4 p.m.

In addition to Red Deer and Stettler, the tournament attracted participants from the Dual Dragons clubs in Alix and Bashaw.

The clubs are also affiliated with Unified Taekwon-Do International, opening the door to competitors from clubs in Hanna, Veteran, Wainwright, Wetaskiwin and as far away as Saskatoon.

The day began with registration and the black belt meeting, followed by opening ceremonies and introductions.

Competitions began with forms and sparring for the children’s and junior divisions, for ages 4 to 10, up to junior green belt.

Musical and weapons forms competitions were followed by the “Power Hour,” which included stop point sparring, continuous sparring and breaking events for the black belts, as well as random draw team sparring for blue belts and up.

The afternoon continued with youth and adult forms and sparring for colour belt divisions, ages 11 and up.

Hargreaves said that as the tournament grows each year, more students can take advantage by learning from their challengers and watching them in action.

“It’s a great experience for every student to be involved in that,” he said. “It brings a lot of confidence to everybody that is able to compete.”

Instructor Will Brown, who started studying Taekwon-Do seven years ago, said the students appreciate the tournament because they have the opportunity to face challengers trained in other martial arts, such as karate and kung fu.

“It really pushes us, which is why we like it,” he explained.

A raffle draw raised $510 in donations for KidSport, a national not-forprofit organization that offers financial help for sports registration fees and equipment for kids aged 18 and under.

The Dual Dragons club has operated in Stettler since 1989, with Hargraves running the club for most of that time. Some of his students have gone on to great success, including running clubs of their own.

Brown, who teaches in Stettler and also operates the club in Alix, and Sean UnKauf, who runs the club in Bashaw, will be graded for their third-degree black belt in Stetttler on May 30.

Another student, Cade Bengert, will be graded for his fourth-degree black belt in Saskatoon on June 6.

Following is the complete list of local competitors who earned medals during the Hammerfest tournament: Age 4: Majkin Jensen, forms bronze, sparring bronze.

Age 5: Bailey Manton, forms bronze, sparring gold; Colin Scheller, forms gold, sparring silver; Danika Jensen, forms silver, sparring gold; Delsin Ball, forms silver, sparring silver; Gabby Coolen, forms silver, sparring bronze; Garrett Copeland, forms gold, sparring bronze; Jaxon Carson, forms bronze; Jordan Klaus, forms gold, sparring gold; Kian Owens, forms gold, sparring gold; Oliver Benjamin, forms bronze, sparring bronze; Rori Jenkins, forms bronze, sparring silver; Tristan McCollum, forms silver, sparring silver; William Besuijen, forms gold, sparring bronze.

Age 6: Caleb Van Dermeme, sparring silver; Ethan Breker, forms silver, sparring bronze; Jayna Weatherly, forms silver, sparring gold.

Age 7: Brooke Stuart, forms silver, sparring gold; Daniel UnKauf, forms gold, sparring gold; Eboni Rosin, forms gold, sparring gold; Jaxton Jones, sparring silver; Mark Manalili, forms gold, sparring gold; Natalia Bruketa, forms bronze, sparring bronze; Savannah Carlson,

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Tristan McCollum is pictured exhibiting his form in the white and yellow belt category for competitors aged five or six years during the Dual Dragons Hammerfest tournament, held on Saturday, Jan. 31 at William E. Hay Composite High School. sparring silver; Savannah Thomas, forms gold, sparring silver; Seth Baird, forms silver, sparring bronze; Tavis Sidertsch, sparring silver; Zander McCollum, forms gold, sparring gold.

Age 8: Alexander VertFisher, forms silver, sparring silver; Duncan Chostner, forms silver; Garth Roth, forms silver, sparring bronze; Jasper Tate, forms bronze, sparring bronze; Kim Josh Palpalatoc, forms bronze, sparring bronze; Tashina Melanson, forms silver, sparring gold; Xavier McCollum, forms gold, sparring gold.

Age 9: Brett Stuart, sparring gold; Jace Richardson, sparring silver; Jaydon Haustein, forms gold, sparring silver; Liam Latham, sparring bronze.

Age 10: Brodie Pearson, forms bronze; Cody Morris, forms silver, sparring bronze; Easton Sauer, forms gold; Jamie Dickson, forms gold, sparring gold; Josiah Keith, forms bronze; Noah Stonehouse, forms gold; Alexandre Neale, forms bronze; Josh Brown, sparring silver.

Age 11: Cassidy UnKauf, forms silver; Kristian Quiding, forms bronze; Mathew Neale, forms silver; Nolan Saffran, forms silver, sparring silver; Ryan Yates, forms

silver; Sienna Whiteside, forms gold, sparring gold; Zackary Darby, forms bronze, sparring silver.

Age 12: Anton Hodnefield, sparring silver; Ethan Rahn, forms silver, sparring bronze; Jessica Boizard, forms gold; Matthew Clark, forms bronze, sparring gold; Nathan Reelie, sparring silver.

Age 13: Curtis Myshaniuk, sparring gold; Kaitlyn Jenkins, forms silver, sparring bronze; Lana Grypuik, sparring silver.

Age 15: Ally Zitaruk, sparring gold; Bethany Brown, sparring gold; Kathleen UnKauf, sparring silver; Kayla Myshaniuk, sparring gold; Mikayla Whiteside, forms silver; Tataina Avramenko, forms bronze, sparring bronze; Andrea King, forms silver.

Age 18 and up: Amber Russell, forms silver, sparring gold; Blake Boizard, forms bronze, sparring silver; Cade Bengert, forms bronze; Helen Neal, sparring gold; Logan Kopas, forms silver; Tara Kurk, forms gold.

Age unspecified: Cassie Walgenbach, forms bronze; Coy Jenkins, forms silver, sparring silver; Blake Jack, sparring silver; Maggie Tate, forms gold; Michelle Mcdonald, forms bronze; Trinity Chapman, forms bronze.

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Bantam teams duke it out to tie in Castor arena Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER It was a battle of blue-and-white on the ice at the Castor Beaverdome on Feb. 8 as the 3Cs and Stettler Bantam B Storm battled it out for superiority – failing to beat each other out, the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 tie.

Stettler landed themselves on the scoreboard first when Isaac Lee fired a shot off the post past the 3Cs netminder with about eight minutes left in the period. It was the only goal of the first, and the second was a stalemate, but Lee repeated himself early in the third, putting the Storm up 2-0.

Carter Zimmer managed to get the 3Cs on the board with about six-and-a-half minutes

left in the game, and with less than three minutes remaining, Dean Radefeldt scored a second goal, ensuring the game had no clear victor.

Atom Stettler Atom A hosted Red Deer on Feb. 7, losing 8-2. Bret Hymers and Chance Morbeck scored for the home team. The next day, they hosted Wainwright, who beat them 5-3. Morbeck and Hymers each scored a goal, and Riley Turre scored the third.

Atom B faced the Consort Comets on home ice but found no advantage, losing 7-5.

Thorson Marshall scored twice, and Zach Forseth, Caleb Couch and Cole van Ringen scored a goal each. continued on page 31

Bulldogs keep ahead of Chargers Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER The Big Valley Bulldogs hosted the ChristKing School Chargers last Wednesday, Feb. 4, winning 56-16, though such a deficit isn’t usual for the Stettler girls, according to coach Kristy Gulak.

“This season we’ve shown a lot of growth and improvement,” she said. “We’re playing better as a team and improving individual skills.

The score against Big Valley isn’t indicative of the season we’ve had.”

It’s a growing year for the Chargers, who have several Grade 5 students on the roster, and saw much of its scoring power age out at the end of last year.

Still, the girls have been playing hard all season and having a good amount of fun as they’ve learned to work well together.

There was plenty of movement on the court with

the game as both teams spent a good amount of time chasing the ball from one net to the other, without either team owning the ball for most of the game. The Bulldogs simply had better setup and netting skills, Gulak said.

The Chargers will host the Erskine junior basketball team tonight, starting at about 3:15, in the ChristKing gymnasium. Everyone’s welcome to come support the girls, Gulak said.

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Daughter of Carmen Dwight Barton and Elsie Rhoda Fraser.

Joan is survived by sons; Patrick “Pat” Fargey (Karin Smith-Fargey), Michael Fargey, Peter Fargey (Emily Shaw); grandsons, Ben (Lacy Bertrand), Ian Fargey and Ewan “EJ” Fargey; granddaughter, Noelle “Rose”. Niece and nephews; Karen Carter, John (Tracy) Carter, David Carter( Melissa Jennings), Stephen Zaruby(Laura Pierce), Jeff Zaruby (Jennifer Pennington), Dayelle Fargey and Kyle Fargey (Megan Kozminski); brother-in-law, Walter Zaruby and sister-in-law Mona Fargey.

Joan was caring, giving, earnest and sincere to her last breath. Born and raised in Winnipeg, sport and social participation shaped her life. Flatwater paddling became a passion in high school (Daniel MacIntyre) and this continued well beyond. She competed in several National Championships and on occasion, to North American events.

She began a career as a “secretary”, but given that she did not like this, very true to form, she changed directions to become a career X-Ray Technician, and X-Ray Unit “Manager”. She married husband Jack Fargey after a lengthy and long distance relationship, first having met at a community event while both were in high school. Jack was 6 years into the RCMP when they married. Vegreville, AB was their first stop where Pat was born, followed by Mike in Hinton, and Pete in Mayerthorpe. Taber, Bonnyville and Stettler rounded out her family’s residential tour through Alberta.

From her roots in Winnipeg, to these communities, curling became her healthy sporting obsession. To the very end she held this obsession - as a focussed, and quite strategy opinionated, spectator. In each of the communities she lived in, she was a keen participant in the curling scenes found there - whether locally, playdown, or any competitive progress made from there. The many friends that she made through curling were quite like those she made otherwise life long.

At any of the stops the family made, she always worked at the local hospital, and did not like the brief stints when she was not. She set the pace at home too - her rhythm was that which the family happily danced with, and to. Her engaging and inclusive personality, healthy curiosity, love of humour, social touch, and essential gentle and generous spirit, was without fail felt by those she passed by and worked or played with. As were the many she stayed in touch with. She always had time to listen, and time for you to share. It was not coincidence that the Fargey place, in whatever town, was a place where lots of kids liked to hang out when her boys were of school age.

And it is certainly very telling of her personality that she took, and even lead, yoga after age 50, set herself up to downhill ski for 8 years after an early retirement at age 60, and then finally sailed on her own to fulfill a lifelong prairie girl desire to live by the sea - at age 75. She was always a committed and contributing member of the United Church in each community she lived in. Always one to finish, she did so, quite literally, to the very end.

Through circumstance, and indeed by disposition, she lived the Serenity Prayer. With one caveat - there was always hope. She will be missed by all those she touched, and would hope to be remembered by sharing in the example of how she chose to live. There will be a service held locally for Joan in the near future.

GIESELL Edel Inga 1928 - 2015 Oct. 7, 1928 - Jan. 20, 2015 Mrs Edel Inga Giesell, formerly of Big Valley, passed away peacefully at Points West Living, Stettler, AB on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the age of 86 years. Edel was born in Bassano, AB and was raised at her parent’s farmstead in Hussar, AB. After completing primary school in Hussar, Edel continued her post-secondary education at Olds School of Agriculture and Home Economics. In 1953, Edel married Svend Giesell, locating to the Big Valley area to begin their farming careers. Edel and Svend were blessed with four children; Brenda, Paul, Lila and Mark. During the winter Edel enjoyed many years of curling in Big Valley and surrounding areas. In the summer there was the bountiful garden that needed attending and if the day had been very hot they would pack up the family and drive down to Mackenzie Crossing so everyone could have a cool dip in the river and eat a picnic meal prepared by her loving hands.

Playing a game of cards while visiting the neighbors was another favorite pastime.The Jakes Butte School had monthly whist card games and the whole neighborhood would attend these popular family friendly get togethers. In later years she joined the Endmoor Drop-in so she could continue to play cribbage and visit with friends. Edel was a 4H leader, she started a sewing club to teach the next generation of seamstresses. As a 4H leader she became interested in the history of the organization in Big Valley so she accumulated pictures and newspaper clipping from the earliest beginnings together with past leaders recollections so all the data was available if anyone wanted to keep this history. Edel’s passion for handicrafts won her many awards at local community fairs with her Hardanger creations being absolute works of beauty. Because of her love of handicrafts Edel joined the Sullivan Lake Ag Society and helped with their yearly fair. Edel is survived by her two daughters Brenda (Larry) Meyer of Big Valley and Lila (Dan) Taylor of Calgary, six grandchildren Neil (Kathy), Barrie (Sandy), Colleen (Robert), Curtis, Kristina and Connor and six great grandchildren Dylan, Riley, Sadie, Lexi, Colbie and Braelynn. Edel was predeceased by her parents Sofie and Eske, her brother Richard and his wife Edna, her husband Svend and two precious sons Paul and Mark. A memorial service will be held at the Brennen Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, February 6, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. A private family internment will be held at a later date. As an expression of sympathy and in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to any local Big Valley organization through in care of Sylvie Tremblay at BRENNEN FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES Box 193 Stettler, AB TOC 2LO. 403.742.3315 Condolences can be forwarded to the family by visiting our website at www.brennenfuneralhome.com

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Human Resources at 403.742.9220 or fax in a resume to 403.742.9221 or email to hhaven1@telus.net Please submit your resume by 4:00 P.M. February 23, 2015.

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

REQUIRES: “U” Stamp Pressure Vessel Shop

2nd & 3rd Year Apprentice Welders Proficiency in operating equipment and metal fabrication

RESUME@CAPEMFG.CA

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Independent CLASSIFIEDS

Business Opportunities

870

SAWMILLS from only $4,397. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & dvd: www.Norwood Sawmills.com/400OT. 1-800-566-6899 ext.

400OT. THE DISABILITY Tax Credit. $1,500 yearly tax credit. $15,000 lump sum refund (on average).

Covers: hip/knee replacements, back conditions & restrictions in walking and dressing 1-844-453-5372.

880

Misc.

Help

SHRUMS MEATS HIRING MEAT WRAPPER / KILL FLOOR. Phone 1-403-742-1427 or fax 403-742-1429

Employment Training

900

ARE YOU an individual who would like to pursue a career in the Print Media and could use a little help getting started or wish to continue your print journalism studies?

Eligible applicants are Albertans/NWT who are: graduating high school students intending to pursue journalism studies; existing journalism students; or staff members of AWNA member newspapers who wish to return to school for refresher courses. For more information, please visit: http://www. awna.com/bursaries.

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.

1530

Auctions

VALENTINES DAY Antique and Collector Auction! 11 a.m. Saturday, February 14. Wainwright Legion, Wainwright, Alberta. Furniture, collectibles, oil/gas, advertising & much more!

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

1550

Building Supplies

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.

1620

A-STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers. Used 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; & 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Seacans high cube & insulated containers 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; HC. Winter Specials in stock now. Self unloading delivery. Phone toll free 1-866-528-7108; www.rtccontainer.com.

Firewood

1660

Household Appliances

1710

THIS WEEKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Dale Wilson Please come into the Stettler Independent to claim your prize!

Misc. for Sale

1760

2001 YAMAHA 700 SXR 1.5â&#x20AC;? track, Veriflow carb system, 4622 kms, never crashed, orig. owner, always shedded $2900 403-742-0063

Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990

Auctions

1530

AUCTION Sales Wed. @ 6 pm.

Antique sales 1st. Sun. of the month @ 1 pm. Feb. 8 Moose Hall 2 miles south of Ponoka on 2A WE BUY FOR CASH. 403-304-4791 Check website for full listings www.bigstrapperauctions.net

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 9th Annual Red Deer Speed Show & Collector Car Auction.

March 13 - 15, Westerner Park. Special Guests Rick & Kelly Dale - American Restoration. Dan & Laura Dotson - Storage Wars.

Consign today.

1-888-296-0528 ext. 103; egauctions.com.

ESTATE & COLLECTIBLE AUCTION Sunday Feb. 15, 10 a.m.

Bowden Lions Hall Bowden, AB Collectibles, Rifles, Saddles, Furniture, Glassware, Shop tools, Check web for full listing & pictures.

Pilgrim Auction Service 403-556-5531 www.pilgrimauction.com

BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY Automotive

Office Supplies

1800

WHITE 20LB BOND PAPER: 8.5 X 11 10 pkgs. of 500 sheets

$48/case Shop Stettler & Save!

403-742-2395

Business Services #1000 - #1430

Accounting

2180

Wanted: Pasture to rent for 2015 & beyond.

Call 403-741-2099.

1210

Health Care

1010

-Gitzel Krejci Building â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Electrical We Do Itâ&#x20AC;?

AUTO BODY REPAIR LTD.

Quality Collision Repair and Professional Serviceâ&#x20AC;Ś Guaranteed!

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

4819 - 51 Street Stettler, AB

1100

Thorogood Pinches

&

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

1193

Stettler Furnace Cleaning

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

Physiotherapy, Acupuncture & Massage

-Residential -Commercial -Farm Buildings -Renovations

Buzz Andersen

1196

4806 - 51 Ave., Stettler, AB 403-742-EARS(3277) Open Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

(Closed over lunch & on holidays)

Serving Stettler area over 35 years

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

Chapman and Co. Professional Accountants LLP Guy Chapman, CA Chris Annand, CA Kendra Walgenbach, CA Naomi Roth, CGA P.O. Box 1328 4702- 51 Ave., Stettler Tel: 403-742-3438 e-mail: gchap@gchap.ca

G K D P

Gitzel Krejci Dand Peterson CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

HEARTLAND 403-742-1330 â&#x20AC;˘ LocksGLASS repinned & installed Drafting & Design

1120

House Plan Design Small Commercial Shop Drawings As Builts rg

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

RAILSIDE DESIGN GALEN WIEBE

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

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

PH: 403-742-4101

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

galen@railsidedesign.com

1029

JT AUTO BODY LTD.

FAX: 866-305-5686

Eavestroughing

1130

FINISHING TOUCH EXTERIORS LTD. 5â&#x20AC;?Continuous Eaves â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gutter Cleanâ&#x20AC;? Leaf Protection

â&#x20AC;˘ Windshields repaired & installed â&#x20AC;˘ Residential & Commercial Windows & Doors â&#x20AC;˘ All your glass & screen needs Main St., Stettler Emergency 403-742-2665 403-742-3628

C.R. GLASS

Call Curt or Rob

â&#x20AC;˘ Residential â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Automotive Needs

403-742-2520 4607 - 59 St., Stettler (Beside A & W)

Health Care

1210

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

1240

REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Full boxes as low as $0.99/tree. Free shipping. Replacement guarantee.

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

LTD. Legal

Randy Long

Services

Stettler Professional Building

ANDERSON LAW OFFICE

Fax 403-742-2522

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

ourlaw2@telus.net

Misc.

Services

1290

NEED A LIFT, CALL A FRIEND

STETTLERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FRIENDLIEST CAB Open until one hour after bar closing time

403-742-3007 KILL BEDBUGS with Good Clean Dirt! Natural, nontoxic, effective. Only $11.99 at GoodCleanDirt.com. We also offer giant zip-seal bags to protect your belongings from infestation.

Personal Services

1315

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.

DEBT CONSOLIDATION Program. Helping Canadians repay debt, reduce or eliminate interest regardless of credit!

Qualify now to be debt free. 1-877-220-3328.

Government approved, BBB accredited.

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.

Plumbing & Heating

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10% Dis

Gary G. Grant Stettler Eye Care Law Office Dr. R. TROY NELSON

4910 - 51 Street Comprehensive eye Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 health and vision exams Phone: 403-742-4437 Top quality frames, lenses and contacts Misc.

Treatment of eye Services disease, injuries and surgical co-management

1290

1330

Bevâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Valances

Gorgeous new fabric collections!

Available for: * Draperies * Valances * Upholstery Call Bev for your in-home consultation at 403 742 1965

ns shio w Fa Off Windo to 30% 20%

Beverley Plett bevplett@hotmail.com

Stettler

STETTLER

403.742.1965

Home Consultations â&#x20AC;˘ Shades & Blinds â&#x20AC;˘ Soft Treatments â&#x20AC;˘ Fabrics & Hardware

Misc.

Services

â&#x20AC;˘ Complete Plumbing & Heating Services â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial and Residential â&#x20AC;˘ Water Conditioning & Pumps â&#x20AC;˘ 24 Hour Service Service Wise - We Specialize

1290

Ph.

403-742-5237

Misc.

Services

1290

RURAL WATER TREATMENT (Province Wide)

Phone 403-742-2683 New patients welcome

403-742-8838 403-742-5810 or 403-742-6443 *27 years experience*

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.

Management

CALL RICK

Phone 403-742-2529

One block East of Scotia Bank

403-742-3411

403-742-5450 or 403-741-4718

Brenda Anderson, B.Comm., LL.B.

Hauck Optometry & Hearing

4719 - 49 St. Stettler, Alberta

4819 51 Street

1260

5002 - 51 Ave., Stettler, AB

Dr. E. LYNES

Call Barry Harvey

Landscaping

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your Service Specialistsâ&#x20AC;?

Chiropractor â&#x20AC;&#x153;Serving Stettler & area for yearsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Complete auto body repair & painting

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

LL. B.

403-742-4533

1290

3R

of McCuaig Desrochers

Lori R. Reule

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keeping people in Motion...â&#x20AC;?

Misc.

Services

Get rid of your Garbage with. . .

BRYON D. BALTIMORE

403-742-3418 Glass Shops

1260

LANDMAN REULE LAW OFFICE

Qualified and Reputable

Certified General Accountants

Legal Services

Barristers and Solicitors Advocates

PERFORMANCE

Serving Stettler & Area since 1978

Furnace Cleaning Contractors

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

403-742-5111

Phone: 403-742-3555

www.numeratax.com

4814 - 49 Street, Stettler

All types of Electrical Installation & Maintenance

4109 - 48 Avenue, Stettler

403-742-3141

Automotive

Pasture/Land Wanted

1150

Electrical

Chiropractor

www.gkdpca.com

Agricultural #2000 - #2290

1029

DR. D.G. BECKLUND

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

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

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

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Grain, Feed Hay

2190

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

Condos/ Townhouses

FOR SALE: Alfalfas, Clovers, Grasses plus Hay, Pasture, Reclamation and Lawn Mixtures. Early order discount - Book now!

No charge custom blending. Call 1-800-661-1529 or esther@ hannasseeds.com.

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.

For Rent #3000 - #3200

ROUND hay bales. Cheap Free delivery. Self unloading. No Sunday calls 403-843-6380 403-704-3509

CLASSIFIED Want Ads do more things for more people than any other form of advertising. Phone 1-877223-3311

The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to sell is with a Classified want ad. Phone 1-877-2233311

Misc.

Help

EASY!

880

3030

FOR RENT IN PONOKA, 2 bedroom condo with large den, 2 1/2bath, washer/dryer and all kitchen appliances included. $1300/mo. condo fee incl. excl. utilities call 403-392-0565

HOW can you make your phone ring and make some quick cash?

Place your ad here . . .

Phone 1-877-223-3311

Houses/ Duplexes

Suites

3060

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

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

3020

HOUSE FOR RENT Castor

Looking for Full Time Tire Technician Duties to include mobile service truck and sundry duties as required.

Competitive Wages and Benefits.

Inquire In Person to Patrick 5501 - 50 Ave., Castor, Alberta or Email: castire@telusplanet.net Auctions

1530

Squeezthee 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

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

Commercial Property

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Independent CLASSIFIEDS

4110 3 SHOPS FOR RENT

PRICE REDUCED ~Now willing to separate shop ~Sitting on 2 acre lot in total 1st and 2nd Shops- 50’x90’ Duplex style construction, Metal Building, South and North sides identical. Office Space @1000sq ft with bathroom, Shop floor 25’x70’ 1750 sq ft, with bathroom, 14ft overhead doors, insulated, 2 walk in doorways, 3 phase power available, Huge parking lot, rent dependent on duration of lease.

2 BDRM, 2 bath upstairs finished basement house in Stettler incl. garage & fenced yard.

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

All utilities, cable, internet.

1 Bedroom, $800/mo.

2 Bedroom, $1100/mo. plus D.D. Avail. immediately Kimberly 403-690-5828

Storage Space

Household, furniture, business records, etc.

Various sizes. Protected by security alarm and fenced and lighted perimeter. Owner: Reg and Darlene Hunter 403-740-9283 or 403-742-3153

Public Notices

Call Jodie at Points West Living for details. 403-740-7700 Industrial

3130

Industrial Shop/Land for Sale or lease in Stettler, AB $335,000 • 7500 ft2 quonset shop on 1 acre • 208V and 480V service • Overhead radiant heat and 4 exhaust fans • 2 bathrooms • Two 16’ wide x 14’ high automatic overhead doors • Option to buy 12’ x 40’ office skid and 30’ x 40’ heated/insulated tent • Great setup for a welding or machine shop Call Jeff at 403-742-6400 or email jeff@alliedfab.com

Commercial Property

4110

Commercial BLDG.

FOR SALE OR LEASE

3rd Shop- 60’ x 40’ -2400 sq ft Metal building, insulated, infrared heat, single phase power. Small office with mezzanine on top, 10’x14’ & 12’x14’ shop door with electric door opener. Huge parking lot. Rent price dependent on duration of lease. Triple net.

Separate living accommodations on site can be provided

*Fenced Compound * 2300 sq. ft. * 1.9 acres *Corner Lot

Email or Call: dreinhart@telus.net 403-740-6630

Phone 403-740-5657

Land

3170

Crop land for cash rent. 1 to 3 year lease payable April 15. 65 A - SE7-38-18, 35A - NW6-38-18, 70A SE12-38-19, 140A SE24-38-19, 100A SE23-38-19. Tenders subject to owners approval.

Lazy SD Ranches, Box 435, Stettler, AB, T0C 2L0.

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Real Estate #4000 - #4190

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

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6010 Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.) Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 www.stettler.net

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For Rent Senior Friendly Community 1 bedroom suite available

3160

STETTLER MINI STORAGE

$1,300.00/mo.

Call or text 403-740-3113 Suites

3060

Suites

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Applications have been approved as permitted uses in accordance with the Town of Stettler Land Use Bylaw No. 2018-11: 1.

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

2841-2015 Lot 4, Block 4, Plan 1223548 4021 - 50 Street Donald & Elsie Yates Single Family Dwelling with Attached Garage

Leann Graham Planning & Development Services

FOR BID 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 -Loaded (Gas) Crew Cab / 92000 Kms. Viewing at Vision Credit Union - Stettler Bid Forms May be Picked up at Vision Credit Union & Sealed Bids Dropped off.

Bids Accepted Till February 20, 2015 The Highest or Any Bid may not necessarily be Accepted

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Independent CLASSIFIEDS

4020

Public Notices

6010

Public Notices

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

Transportation #5000-5300

A lifestyle you have more than earned Stunning new Laebon home in the Timbers-Red Deer 1426 sq.ft. 3 bdrms/2baths, large private master suite $499,900 Call Samantha 403.392.6261

Amazing new Laebon Home 1452 sq.ft. modified bi-level with large private master suite 3 bdrms/2baths $394,599 Call Jocelyn 403.302.9612

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

5030

Cars

Drive a little save a lot Brand new 2135 sq.ft.

Laebon home 3 bdrms/2.5 baths $431,599 Call Jocelyn 403.302.9612

4090

2006 BUICK Lucerne fully loaded, 3.8 V6, 35 mpg. plus new tires, nice shape, approx.

180,000 kms, $5500 obo 403-740-5560

3 BRAND NEW 20 X 76 Triple M Homes. Starting from $108,000. Available for immediate or spring delivery. For more information call United Homes Canada 1-800-461-7632 or visit us at www. .unitedhomescanada.com.

Public Notice #6000

Buildings 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.

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Financial #4400 - #4430

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

Money To Loan

4430

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

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

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

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Town of Stettler, in the Province of Alberta has given first reading to borrowing Bylaw No. 2062-15 which will, upon final passage and approval, authorize the proper officers of the said Town to borrow monies from the Alberta Capital Finance Authority or another authorized financial institution by way of debenture issue, to pay for the cost of the following municipal purpose, namely purchasing a Fire Engine (the “project”);

ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP

The total estimated cost of the aforesaid project amounts to $709,000. The net amount to be borrowed on the credit and security of the municipality at large by the issue of debentures shall not exceed $709,000. The debentures are to be repayable to the Alberta Capital Finance Authority or another authorized financial institution, in semi-annual or annual equal payments of combined principal and interest not to exceed twenty (20) years, the annual interest not to exceed ten per centum (10%), or the interest rate as fixed from time to time by the Alberta Capital Finance Authority or another authorized financial institution on the date of borrowing; NOW THEREFORE NOTICE is hereby given by the Council of the Town of Stettler that, unless a petition of the electors for a vote on Bylaw No. 2062-15 is demanded, as provided for by the terms of Section 231 of the Municipal Government Act, the said Council may pass the said borrowing bylaw.

A copy of the proposed borrowing bylaw may be inspected during regular office hours at the Town of Stettler Municipal Office, 5031 – 50 Street, Stettler, Alberta.

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

AL-ANON 403-742-5233 403-742-0990

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

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP 403-742-2337

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

BRIGANTIA PLACE (formerly Camrose Women’s Shelter)

780-672-1035

CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance) Brenda 403-742-3067

COCAINE ANONYMOUS Pager toll-free (20 sec. response time) 1-403-357-6266

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

Dated at the Town of Stettler, in the Province of Alberta, this 3rd day of February, 2015.

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS

Town of Stettler Per: Steven Gerlitz Assistant CAO

HOME SUPPORT STETTLER & DISTRICT

403-742-4059

403-742-6568

INFORMATION FOR ELECTORS

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS

Pursuant to Section 251 of the Municipal Government Act a borrowing bylaw for the purpose of financing a capital property when the term of the borrowing exceeds 5 years must be advertised.

STETTLER & AREA ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY SOCIETY

Section 219 to 226 of the Municipal Government Act prescribes the rules for petitions that must be strictly followed to ensure a petition is valid.

To be sufficient the petition must be signed by electors of the Town of Stettler equal in number to at least 10% of the population. Only electors are eligible to be petitioners.A petition must consist of one or more pages, each of which must contain an identical statement of the purpose of the petition. Other requirements for a petition are prescribed in Section 224 of the Municipal Government Act. Pursuant to Section 1(i) of the Municipal Government Act an “elector” means a person who is eligible to vote in the election for a Councillor in the Town of Stettler under the Local Authorities Act. Pursuant to Section 47(1) of the Local Authorities Act a person is eligible to vote in an election if the person:

Hot Line 403-342-1444

(STABIS) For more information phone 403-742-6456

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

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

STETTLER HANDIBUS 403-742-5858

STETTLER HEALTH EMERGENCY LINE PROGRAM

(a) is at least 18 years old, (b) is a Canadian citizen, and (c) has resided in Alberta for 6 consecutive months immediately preceding election day and the person’s place of residency is located in the Town of Stettler on election day.

STETTLER PEOPLE FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS

The last date to file a sufficient petition with the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town of Stettler regarding any of the proposed borrowing bylaw is March 5, 2015.

STETTLER READ & WRITE OFFICE

A copy of the said provisions of the Municipal Government Act may be obtained during regular office hours from the undersigned at the Town of Stettler Municipal Office, 5031 – 50th Street, Stettler, Alberta.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Pursuant to Section 231 of the Municipal Government Act the electors may submit a petition for a vote of electors to determine whether the proposed borrowing bylaw should be passed. A petition for a vote of electors on a proposed borrowing bylaw is not sufficient unless it is filed with the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town of Stettler within 15 days after the last date on which the proposed borrowing bylaw is advertised. If a sufficient petition is not received the Council of the Town of Stettler may pass the proposed borrowing bylaw.

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OF THE Town of Stettler, Province of Alberta SECTION 251 - THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT

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

BLOW OUT ALL 2014 models on our lot. Any homes sold that are our 2014 models off our lot will get a discount of $2000. Delivery included for 300 kms. For more information call Marg at Craig’s Homes in Lethbridge, Alberta at 1-855-380-2266.

LOW OIL + Canadian Dollar = Great Savings!

New SRI 20’X76’ Modular Homes. Immediate delivery. Call Delee 1-855-358-0808; www. westerncanadianmodular.com.

PUBLIC NOTICE TO ELECTORS

All persons interested are hereby notified and they are required to govern themselves accordingly.

Manufactured Homes

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Laurie Tait, Office Administrator Town of Stettler Box 280 Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 e-mail: ltait@stettler.net

www.stettlerindependent.com

403-742-2337

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Philpot takes high score in Wednesday cash bowling league Joel van der Veen INDEPENDENT REPORTER Dave Philpot had the high score in Wednesday’s cash league at Heartland Bowl this week, rolling a 299 game.

Fred Milner holds the lead position in the scratch series with a score of 966, while Shauna Laisnez rolled a 265 game, giving her the high score in the women’s series

with a total of 865.

Milner is one of two seniors from Heartland Bowl who will compete in the Alberta 55+ Winter Games in Lethbridge on Feb. 19. The second is Ken Fischer.

Other high scores from this week’s bowling action are listed below: Tuesday YBC bantam: boys scratch game — Mason

Bantam teams duke it out continued from page 23 Atom C tied the Rocky Lightning 4-4 when they hosted on Feb. 7. Reid Shirley scored twice, and was backed up by goals by Wyatt Streit and Brody Lang.

It was a battle of Stettlers on Feb. 8 when Atom C faced the Stettler Atom all-girls team. The girls won 10-1 over Atom C. Dawson Campbell scored the lone goal for Atom C.Gabby Heck scored four goals, Chloe Shingoose three, Charlee Resch two, and Reagan Robbins one goal for the girls.

Peewee Peewee A hosted Blackfalds on Feb. 7, losing 11-1, with Shay Anderson scoring the lone goal. They redeemed themselves the next day against Wainwright, winning 4-2, with Anderson, Marcus Laisnez, Corben Bredy and Reece Kranzler each scoring a goal.

The Big Valley Thunder played in Sundre on Feb. 6, winning 8-4. Kasey Kiemstra scored four goals and Daniel Brown two, while Tynan Whiteside and Rhett Walker each scored one.

Stettler Peewee B won 10-0 over the Bentley Canucks on Feb. 6. Ty Dowling and Jackson Mulbach each scored three goals, with single goals by Liam McQuay, Skylar Hymers, Luke Martin and Quinn Hansel making up the rest.

Bantam Bantam C also played on Feb. 7, hosting the Killam/ Sedgewick Outlaws, losing 6-5 to the away team. Riley Cornelssen and Isaac Lee each scored twice, with the fifth goal scored by Kolby Ringdahl.

Midget Stettler Legion Midget continued their winning ways, dropping Innisfail 12-1 and Red Deer 5-1 on Feb. 7 and 8 respectively.

Against Innisfail, Brendan

Bardwell, Kieran Rost and Mark Bengert each scored twice, with Paul Du Toit, Zack Werbowesky, Andrew Bauman, Stefan Du Toit, Cody Ball and Matt Sylvester each scoring once.

Against Red Deer, Ethan Rost scored four of five goals, with Brett Rider’s first period powerplay goal the only non-Rost goal of the game.

Stettler Midget B defeated the West Yellowhead Rockies 9-4 on Feb. 8. Tye Mulgrove scored three goals, Jackson Zimmerman two, and Rylee Jacobson, Jordan Fisher, Brendan Pederson and Tristen Nixon each scored once.

On Feb. 7 Midget C headed away to face the Maskwacis Hawks, winning 8-3.

Two goals each were netted

by Steven McCrea and Scott Verhoeven, with single goals

by Tanner McDermand, Ryan Mielke, Tristen Bryce and Brycen Bainbridge making up the rest. The next day, the team hosted Innisfail, winning 6-1. McCrea scored three goals, with single goals from Verhoeven, McDermand and Bradley Dods to make the rest.

Girls Peewee girls beat the Lacoka girls 10-0 on Feb. 7 in Clive. Three goals were scored by Brook Warner, with Alandra Couch, Brooke Laisnez and Willow Sorenson each netting two apiece.

Brittany Anderson scored once.

The next day the girls repeated a win, this time against Camrose 6-3. Sorenson scored three goals, Couch two, and Chelsea Couch one.

The Stettler OK Tire Storm Midget girls team beat the Endmoor Vipers 6-2 on Feb. 7. Hailey Adams and Jayden Hogg each scored twice, with single goals by Miranda Storch and Morgan VanDusen making up the rest. For the Vipers, Emily Brown and Jesse Jack scored.

Ruby, 112; boys scratch series — Kai Littlewood, 172; girls scratch game — Sydney Shirreff, 130; girls scratch series — Sydney Shirreff, 339; team scratch game — 100% Awesomeness, 501.

Tuesday YBC junior: boys scratch game — Ethan Littlewood, 165; boys scratch series — Ethan Littlewood, 261; girls scratch game — Cassidy Braun, 126; girls scratch series — Cassidy Braun, 359.

Tuesday YBC senior: girls scratch game — Shelby

Gauthier, 140; girls scratch series — Shelby Gauthier, 378.

Tuesday 55+: men scratch game — Bill Stewart, 262; men scratch series — Bill Stewart, 714; women scratch game — Val Wandler, 222; women scratch series — Vi McCarty, 582; team scratch game — Odds and Ends, 808.

Tuesday mixed: men scratch game — Colin Hansel, 221; men scratch series — Colin Hansel, 591; women scratch game — Susan Ren-

schler, 199; women scratch series — Susan Renschler, 536; team scratch game — Banana Creamers, 692.

Wednesday ladies coffee: women scratch game — Joy Kobi, 211; women scratch series — Ione Butterfield, 584; team scratch game — Gad About Granni, 704.

Thursday ladies: women scratch game — Shirley Hellebo, 228; women scratch series — Shirley Hellebo, 583; team scratch game — Slow Starters, 755.

Thursday mixed: men

scratch game — Dillon Johnston, 264; men scratch series — Ross Walstrom, 594; women scratch game — Carla Danskin, 218; women scratch series — Carla Danskin, 572; team scratch game — SchwartzLess, 757.

Friday seniors: men scratch game — Bill Stewart, 237; men scratch series — Bill Stewart, 651; women scratch game — Lilian Schell, 266; women scratch series — Doreen Stewart, 609; team scratch game — Loaded Up, 769.

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