Ponoka News, February 25, 2015

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CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY Vol. 68, No. 8 | WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 2015 | 403-783-3311 | EDITORIAL@PONOKANEWS.COM

Volleyball club hosts annual tourney Story on page 25

Emil and Anna Hoybak’s Asker family included 15 children!

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Family Day fun L to R: Clair Parker, Jada De Ryck, Robin Patrick and Edyn Schumacher do a little group skating during Ponoka’s indoor skating Family Day festivities, Monday Feb. 16.

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Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

Provincial government seeks feedback on Budget 2015

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Albertans have an opportunity to provide input into Budget 2015.

With the provincial government facing a potential $7 billion drop in revenues due to low oil prices, Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Rod Fox says taxpayers can have a voice in how they feel the budget should be arranged.

He took some time to enlighten members of the Ponoka and District Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday, Feb. 17 during a lunch meeting, about what the province is working on with Budget 2015. “Albertans should expect a no-frills budget,” said Fox. He says people deserve to know the facts with regard to some of the challenges the province faces. Despite large growth in population, oil prices are declining at a rate that is sure to effect government spending.

“The problem that we’re confronted with right now is that the province relies heavily on volatile energy resource revenues,” said Fox. Looking at pipelines to ease the burden It is clear the province needs to move to a more sustainable plan, said Fox, but he did not say how that would look. Rather than discuss alternative

investment in public infrastructure, it can take you decades to catch back up. This government won’t make that same mistake again,” stated Fox. Much of Fox’s speech tried to impress upon listeners the need for financial restraint as well as infrastructure development to meet the large influx of people expected to move to Alberta every year, an estimated 100,000 people.

“That’s bringing 15,000 children into our province annually,” said Fox. He suggests the province will borrow to finance large capital projects that will service a growing population.

It’s not all doom and gloom; Fox says the province has no net debt and more assets than liabilities and Alberta has weathered these market challenges before. “We will rebound.”

Renewable energy and health premiums The question of investing in renewable energy did come up from one participant in the discussion, but Fox could not give any definitive answers on what that plan would look like except to say this budget has a 10-year vision.

The question of raising health premiums came up as well but Fox said he feels it would cost too much to set up a system that would be viable.

Information on Budget 2015 and a survey can be found on the Alberta Government Budget information website at http://alberta.ca/budget. cfm.

Survey questions focus on potential cuts to infrastructure, school and health care spending. There is also an opportunity to offer personal thoughts.

energies or renewable resources, the were mentioned during the discusquestion of four major pipelines came sion, but Fox feels Albertans are not eager to see a sales tax. up.

“We need to look at efficiency, There are four proposed pipelines that Premier Jim Prentice is looking costs and productivity in our governinto: Keystone XL, Gateway, Trans ment,” said Fox. The province is also looking Mountain and Energy East.

Fox says the government is look- at market access for other revenue ing at ways to get these pipelines sources such as agricultural products, forestry and energy. operational, even Reducing through Alaska for the Keystone “For every one-dollar g o v e r n m e n t XL pipeline. drop in the price per waste A plan is beFocusing on barrel of oil in one ing put into place these pipelines to reduce internal appears to be year, the province exsomething the faces $215 million government penditures such provincial govas only hiring less in revenue. “ ernment feels will Rod Fox, Lacombe-Ponoka MLA critical frontline get Albertans out workers, limiting of this economic instability. Fox says for every dollar travel and training expenses and cutdrop in the price per barrel of oil in ting down on spending on goods and one year, the province faces $215 mil- services.

“Payroll and staffing are the lion less in revenue.

“Imagine if your salary was biggest costs in Alberta right now. Alslashed by that much,” said Fox in ref- berta has the lowest taxes in Canada erence to the 50 per cent decline in the and our public services also cost the most,” explained Fox. price of oil.

There are plans to look at the $5 Compared to Norway, with a 25 billion contingency account to help per cent sales tax and a 48 per cent transition into less spending in the income tax rate, Fox said Alberta has near future. He feels the biggest chalno sales tax.

Health premiums and sales taxes lenge the province faces is meeting growth needs, but not reducing spending by $7 billion. “The result would be a crushing recession.”

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Town staff keeping up with snow removal

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

By now most residents have seen Town of Ponoka public works crews clearing snow along downtown and in residential streets.

The biggest challenge they face isn’t the snow, but actually cars parked on streets they are clearing, says Donna Brinkworth, communications officer.

She says town council has expressed the desire to see the snow removal policy and bylaws updated and so staff are working diligently to meet those requests.

Most recently, the town’s bylaw enforcement officer has started driving by residential streets in the morning in an effort to notify residents if their cars are blocking the path of large equipment.

The challenge crews face, Brinkworth explains, is having to maneuver around the cars, which causes snow to be left over. “They’re not able to properly clean,” she stressed.

Brinkworth says town crews will usually put up No Parking signs the night before to give people time to move vehicles for public works, which usually starts up at 8 a.m.

“As long as the signs are in place, they’re working in that area,” said Brinkworth.

In an effort to get information out to residents as soon as possible, she updates the Town of Ponoka’s Facebook and Twitter social media sites. She says the current bylaw states that if a car is not moved, the town could have it towed to an adjacent street.

“Obviously our preference is that people will move their cars,” said Brinkworth.

Sidewalks Brinkworth says another area the town is looking at is for sidewalks to be cleared of snow.

“We’re a senior friendly community and we want to be a walk-able community,” she said.

Ultimately, property owners or those occupying a building are responsible to clear their sidewalks. Brinkworth says if there are issues with a sidewalk, doorknockers will be placed on residents’ doors and they then have 24 hours to clear the sidewalk.

If clearing is not done by the deadline, then contractors will do the work and the bill gets passed on to the residents.

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Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

Non-breakaway Lifeline cords the cause Police looking for Bentley man in domestic case of Ponoka senior’s death, report shows of domestic violence, police

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

The untimely death of Ponoka senior Elizabeth Bell in February 2013, which was caused by the lifesaving device around her neck, has forced the company delivering its service to look at using only breakaway cords.

Bell was accidentally asphyxiated by her Philips Lifeline lanyard, which became entangled in her walker, and the resulting inquiry into her death

by Judge Bart Rosborough gives strong recommendation to replace all Lifeline lanyards to breakaway cords.

Ponoka Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) administers home care with Alberta Health Services and also works with Philips Lifeline to distribute either the Lifeline lanyards or bracelets to clients. Since Bell’s death, FCSS has offered only breakaway lanyards or bracelets.

“I want to commend the staff for what they did after the situation became aware to us,” said Shannon Boyce-Campbell, FCSS executive director.

Staff immediately notified all clients with the Lifeline lanyard, and recommended they be changed to breakaway cords as

there was a risk of injury to the owners. The inquiry by Rosborough states that FCSS’s concern was for the safety of its clients. It details how FCSS staff members, Kimberly Saunders and Ethel McLellan, administered the Lifeline program and worked quickly to change to breakaway cords.

“Bell’s death sparked swift and significant action by the staff at FCSS. McLellan testified that their first concern was for Bell and the members of her family. Their second concern was prevention of similar occurrences. Saunders ordered 50 new breakaway cords for the pendant Lifelines,” explains Rosborough.

Investigations show that Philips announced the availability of breakaway cords in 2011 but did not proactively promote the new design because they feared “there was a possibility consumers would become concerned about a risk that wouldn’t apply to them or was rare; that they would be unnecessarily alarmed.”

Rosborough feels that was unfounded. His report concludes that FCSS immediately and proactively replaced the non-breakaway lanyards with no issues arising from its cli-

ents. He recommends Alberta Health Services and/or Health Canada working with Philips, to replace all non-breakaway lanyards to breakaway ones.

Boyce-Campbell said Bell’s death brought sadness to members of the organization and her hope was that the family could have some closure from the report.

In an interview with CBC, Bell’s daughter Stacey Greenwood, said had her mother used the wristband, she might still be alive. “She didn’t deserve to go this way.”

Her hope was that the inquiry could help educate others.

"What my sister and I both wanted, prevent it from happening for anyone else," Greenwood said.

Boyce-Campbell says the Lifeline program has saved many people’s lives and this event was something staff never wanted to see. “It impacts our staff and it impacts how we do business,” she said.

Use of the Lifelines is something she feels is important for clients and they have the option of using the wristband or the breakaway lanyard.

“This is something we wish we could have prevented for Elizabeth,” she concluded.

Shane Yellowbird trial set following impaired driving charges

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Ponoka RCMP are on the lookout for a Bentley man who is reported to have punched a woman numerous times at her home.

Investigators say 40-yearold Bret David Shimwell was still at large at press time after he assaulted the woman and put her in a headlock Friday, Feb. 20 at her home on Range Road 250. Police say he faces five counts of breach of recognizance over a previous assault on the same woman last November.

Police are looking for Shimwell, who was not at the scene of the incident. His last known address was in Bentley. There were children in the home at the time of the altercation.

Impaired driver clocked at 150 km/h Members of the Ponoka Integrated Traffic Unit moved quickly to intercept a vehicle reported to be swerving all over Highway 2 last week.

The report came in that a black 2014 Dodge Ram was speeding, swerving in and out of lanes and the driver was throwing empty beer cans on Highway 2. Officers say the

man was located southbound near Menaik Road travelling at 140 km/h.

Once located, the driver, a 31-year-old man from Cochrane, sped up to 150 km/h before he was stopped. He was arrested and taken to the detachment where he provided two blood-alcohol samples of .15 and .14.

Investigations showed the man was a suspended driver after being found impaired in January in Fort McMurray.

Woman charged with assault A fight between two adults has resulted in charges of common assault on a 43-year-old woman.

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Airdrie man arrested for impaired driving Ponoka RCMP charged a 39-year-old Airdrie man for impaired driving after travelling at speeds in excess of 150 km/h last week.

He was stopped Sunday, Feb. 22 at 1 a.m. on Highway 2 near Menaik Road and subsequently provided two blood-alcohol samples of .09.

Break and enter at industrial park Investigators are on the lookout for suspects involved in the theft of an ATV from a Southwest Industrial Park business last week.

The culprits entered the property Sunday, Feb. 22 and successfully removed the quad.

The matter is still under investigation.

Ponoka RCMP and the Integrated Traffic Unit received 58 calls for service last week with calls ranging from domestic disputes, mental health issues and minor highway collisions.

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

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Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

Do we die with a hard heart or a soft soul?

Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship

CHURCH DIRECTORY Associated Gospel Churches of Canada

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

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKA Sr. Pastor Paul Spate

Erin Dirsten - Fac. Youth & Family Min. & James Crosina - Fac. of Community Life

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Bible Discovery Hour 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

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

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

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

Rev. Mitch Ramkissoon www.parklandurc.org

PONOKA WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Pastor Rob McArthur

403-783-5659

Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.

Corner of Hwy 53 & Hwy 2A (former Crossroads Restaurant)

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PONOKA UNITED CHURCH Minister: Beatrix Schirner

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Sunday Service 10:00 am.

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

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

403-783-6012 • www.sonriseponoka.com

ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH Fr. Chris Gnanaprakasam, S.A.C.

Deacon Rollie Comeau St. Augustine Catholic Parish The title of this article is not mine. It belongs to one of my favourite writers, Ron Rolheiser, who writes in a journal I receive. The title grabbed my attention though, because it seems of late I have been attending a lot of funerals and without exception, I find myself pondering my own death and how I will leave this world when the time comes.

For the most part, we all live within relationships, be they family, work, school, or leisure. In every one of these situations there will come a time when we will get hurt, when we will be taken for granted or treated unfairly. This seems to be a given in life. All of us will get hurt at one time or another.

The biggest question is, how will we handle that hurt? Will it be with bitterness or forgiveness? The way we handle it, may in fact colour or influence the way we chose to live out the rest of our life and determine the kind of person we are going to be.

As Rolheiser alludes to in his article, “Suffering and humiliation will either soften our hearts or harden

our souls.” He goes on to say that there is no depth of soul without suffering. At first glance, I questioned his thinking because life itself with all its goodness also contributes to who we are and who we become. But if you really think about it, many of the experiences of suffering and humiliation push us to a deeper perception of ourselves. For example, if we were bullied as a child, if we were abused in some way, if our physical appearance made us feel inferior, if we never got picked first for a team, if we had a weight problem, if we couldn’t afford great clothes and so on.

All of these situations are humiliating, but the truth is, they have also contributed to the depth of our soul. And this depth is not always the same. It can make us deep in understanding and forgiveness or it can make us deep in bitterness and resentment.

I recall as a school principal having the father of one of the students killed at the Columbine shootings speak to our student body.

The man was a pastor of a church in Columbine. One could have expected from him just a twinge of bitterness over the loss of his son, but there was little of that. He spoke briefly about the pride he had in his son for the way he saved other students from being shot, but he spent the majority of time explaining the heart of the young man, the shooter, who had been hurt and bruised in his short life and who had now acted out in bitterness and despair.

We see the opposite in Jesus in how he faces his crucifixion. Crucifixion was designed by the Romans to do two things: to inflict the maximum amount of pain that was possible for a person to absorb and to humiliate the one being crucified.

Even Jesus had pondered for an instant if there would be another way to get to Easter Sunday without having to go through Good Friday. In the end, after sweating blood, he accepts that there is no other way.

The issue for Jesus was not whether to die or not to die. It was about how to die.

Jesus’ choice was this. Do I die in bitterness or in love?

Do I die in hardness of heart or softness of soul? Do I die in resentment or forgiveness?

We know which way he chose.

This is the issue that is always before us in terms of our maturity and ability to re-generate ourselves.

We all know the stories of the daughter who no longer speaks to her mother, or the son who is alienated from his father, the neighbour who won’t talk to his neighbour, the co-worker who ignores his fellow worker, the friend who has betrayed our trust. Maybe we have had to deal with these issues in our own lives.

The decision is always before us, do we give ourselves over to bitterness or to love, to resentment or forgiveness? The path we choose will determine both our maturity and our happiness; and of course in the end will determine if we die with a cold heart or a warm soul.

(With credits to Ron Rolheiser)

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Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

Reflections of Ponoka

Emil and Anna Hoybak’s Asker family included 15 children!

BY MIKE RAINONE AND PERCY JOHANSEN FOR THE NEWS

In the late 1800s, thousands of individuals and families left their homelands and travelled by steamship half way round the world in search of exciting new opportunities in the United States and Canada. They could only bring along a few of their most precious belongings on that long and rugged trip, and on arrival, found humble shelter in the newly established towns and villages of this promised land, and then bravely ventured out to seek new homesteads and occupations.

Emil Hoybak was born in Asker, Norway nearly the lovely Oslo Fjord in December 1864, and as a lover of the sea, he became a keen sailor. As a very young man, he immigrated to the United States, settling near Oakes, North Dakota, where he homesteaded, later meeting Anna Grenbeck, who had immigrated there from Skjotte, Norway with her widowed mother and family. Anna and Emil were married on March 19, 1897, and after farming for a year in Oakes, the drought was too much, and they headed for Canada with their infant daughter Eva. They made the long trip across country by train with all their settler effects, and were forced stop in Wetaskiwin because the Battle River was in flood. From there, they crossed the Samson Indian Reservation and forded the river at a shallower spot, and then slowly made their way into the Ponoka district. In 1898, the little family filed on a homestead in the Asker district on the N.E. of 4-43-23-W4th, which was located about one mile north of where the Mecca Glen School is now located. For a while they stayed with O.C. Ravnsborg, who was the first settler to arrive in the area in 1895, and was a key figure in the initial settlement of the Asker district.

One day while Emil was busy cutting logs to build their future family home, Anna was walking across the Andrew Vold homestead, picked up buffalo skull, and placed it where she wanted their first cabin to be built.

Over the years Emil and Anna worked very hard on their two quarters of land, later purchased the land across the road from Magnus Anderson, and then in 1905 built a lovely new home to accommodate their close and growing family, which would eventually reach 15 children. Along the way, they diligently worked together with the neighbours and keenly shouldered their fair share of the ambitious day to day pioneering, contributions, and plans for the ongoing needs of the fast growing country community of Asker. Emil and Anna were always faithful supporters of both the Asker Church and the Asker School, faithfully walking two miles to Sunday school, where Anna taught for many years, with the girls always looking very sharp in their white starched dresses and bonnets. Along with tending to her own large family,

Mrs. Hoybak also became an amazing seamstress, as well as being very capable and willing to take care of the sick in the district, assisting with the birth of many babies over the years in a caring and compassionate manner. Mr. Lovig was always a good neighbour of the Hoybak family, and made Anna a spinning wheel, on which she would spin the raw wool, and then in the evenings could sit in her favourite chair and knit the mittens, socks, stockings, vests and sweaters to clothe her large and growing family. Percy Johansen, who is the oldest grandchild on both sides of the family at 86, fondly recalls that grandma was also a wonderful cook and baker, and Norman Vold once told him that when This early Hoybak family picture includes parents Emil and Anna, sons Alf, Grant, she got down to 20 loaves of Clarence, Ralph and Gunnar and daughters Eva Nelson, Agnes Edin, Nina Johansen, bread, she would get busy Ruby Evans, Pearl Hoybak, Edna Ballash, Nettie Anderson, Annie Fraser, Isabel Tugand bake another 40 on the man, and Vivian Reid, who is the only surviving original family member. She grew up big wood stove the very next with the family on the farm in the Asker district, and at 99 years of age still lives in day. There were always up to her own home in Ponoka.

Photo courtesy of Percy Johansen seven of the Hoybak children going to school at the same He also served on the Asker School Board for many years, time, so one can only imagine how many sandwiches had to but always found time to teach the boys to become very cabe made in the morning, and thank goodness they always had pable horsemen and farmers. a huge garden. The children also picked lots of wild fruit to Emil and Anna Hoybak lived in the Asker district for 42 preserve for the long winter, learned how to hunt, and milked years, then built a new home in Ponoka and retired. They latmany cows in the summer around the old windmill. Percy er moved to B.C., where Emil passed away in 1948 at the age will never forget those annual family Christmas Eve parties of 84, after which Anna moved into a home near her son’s in at Gramma’s and Grandpa’s big house, where over 30 people Surrey and passed away in 1958. Over the years, the couple showed up to celebrate, and usually all stayed overnight.

In those early days the Hoybaks and many other district had been blessed with 26 grandchildren. Their active life had families had to travel to Wetaskiwin for provisions, groceries, been built on the strong faith and heritage of the Christian medical supplies, and mail, and then in the fall, Emil would religion, as well as a great appreciation of the countless loyal take a wagon box full of wheat to be ground into flour. Most friends and neighbours, with whom they helped to build the of these trips to the north would take two days, as long as the proud Asker community together. A gala Hoybak Centenweather co-operated and the Battle River wasn’t in flood. As nial Reunion was hosted in Asker in 1998, during which Carl well as handling the daily and seasonal chores on the farm, Hoybak presented a delightful and colorful history. Grandson Emil also worked on the construction of the first Asker to David Hoybak owns the original Ponoka homestead, has rePonoka corduroy trail, often having to use the big logs they ceived a historical certificate from the Alberta government, cut at Nelson Lake to go across the many areas of muskeg. and the longstanding Hoybak family tradition still carries on.

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Has Canada changed?

Mustafa Eric

Editor As predicted several months ago in this column, former premier Alison Redford has been officially absolved of any misuse of taxpayers’ money as a result of an investigation by the RCMP. The case is closed and all the time and money spent for the investigation alongside the effort by the opposition to hold the former premier accountable for her excessive spending were wasted.

As mentioned earlier, Alberta being a province where money is easy to come by and spend (at least it has been until very recently), it is not something very surprising that a high flying politician gets away with wasting taxpayers’ money. After all, the same thing has been happening at the federal level, too (remember Senator Mike Duffy receiving $90,000 from Stephen Harper’s chief of staff and other senators also claiming money from the Senate coffers that

they were not entitled to); but at least in that case RCMP have laid charges against Senator Duffy and trial is soon to begin.

But last week’s news from the CBC about RCMP practices aimed at helping the Harper government at the expense of potential victims of pedophilia is really disturbing, not to say disgusting: According to the public broadcaster, over the last five years, RCMP have withheld spending some $10m. allocated to fight online child pornography and they did this to help the Harper government to patch up their budget deficits. (http://www.cbc.ca/ news/politics/child-pornpolicing-program-suffersfrom-rcmp-underspending-1.2963885) And this comes apparently, according to the story, at a time of increased tips being received by the police regarding online pedophilia.

So, for the national police organization with which we entrust our safety and security, helping the prime minister to cover his mismanagement of the budget was more important than helping the children not to fall into the net of the online child abusers.

But this was not last week’s only revolting news: In Saskatchewan, a two-year-old boy and an 18-month-old girl died

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after fire broke out at their home on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation last Tuesday. The volunteer fire chief and mayor of the neighbouring Loon Lake settlement, who refused to respond to the fire call, was quoted in the media as saying ”How do I protect the rest of the community if I burn everything, my resources, and not get paid for it?”

Allegedly, the First Nation has outstanding bills to be paid to Loon Lake Fire Department.

Personally, I sense a

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lot of unjustified exaggeration in that pretext not to save people’s lives in a burning home: Is that fire department so poor not to be able to attend a fire, was it inconceivable for the fire chief to save lives first and ask for money later? Another question that comes to mind is whether the chief could have refused to respond to a fire call from a non-First Nation community?

But what is interesting is the series of comments put on a Facebook page regarding the incident:

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majority of people who commented said the fire chief was right to refuse to attend to the fire and the deaths of the toddlers were, according to one comment, “a necessary lesson” for the First Nations band.

So one can’t help thinking if this is the humane, gentle and caring Canada we are a part of.

Growing almost indifferent to news of police transferring its own money to government to plug budget holes but leaving potential criminals target-

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ing children off the hook and two toddlers dying in a fire because of alleged unpaid bills, how much have we lost touch?

What would the reaction be to similar news five years ago or 15 years ago?

Drinking, as it were, a concoction of easy oil money and Stephen Harper-style leadership year after year for almost a decade, has the Canadian society stopped being the exemplary nation known for its devotion to humanitarian values?

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Aligned calendar project continues two more years

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

After a vast pool of positive feedback from the recently introduced division-wide aligned calendar, the Wolf Creek Public Schools board of trustees approved a continuation of the calendar for the 2015/16 academic year and a draft for the 2016/17 year.

Looking at the responses to the system, the board feels there is support and positive benefits to every stakeholder group; principals and assistant principals, teachers, parents and students.

Going into creating two new calendars, assistant principal of people services Jayson Lovell says the division made sure to stick to some guidelines. “We wanted to make sure as much as possible that the semesters were balanced.”

Diploma dates, which are held several times over the year, needed to be taken into account so students

were not given too many days off for teacher professional development when preparation and instructional time is critical.

“We wanted to make sure the strategic placement of breaks was there as well, for both staff and students,” said assistant principal of technology services Mark McWhinnie.

For the upcoming 2015/16 school year, professional development days will fall almost regularly on every second Friday.

School is slated to start Aug. 31. “Recognizing we wanted the students to have a full five-day week,” said McWhinnie.

Feb. 1 will start off the second semester with a four-day week.

One of the biggest challenges the aligned calendar faced is making sure students in upper level classes have enough instructional time with teachers.

This year had 16 professional developments days

and next year — before the trustees amended and approved the calendar at their Tuesday, Feb. 17 meeting — had those 16 days plus two division days away from school. “I don’t think we can go up to that total level of 18 . . . I think we’re already really pushing that as it is,” said trustee Barb Walker.

“I know for myself I would personally like to see one less (professional development) day in that school year,” she added.

The issue was solved by McWhinnie, who suggested instead of one less professional development day, an instructional day is added to the calendar.

When it comes to compressing content into instructional days, the division believes in the success of the system. “I’m confident we can have some solutions that will address that,” said Lovell. continued on page 8

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PSC Broncs News Mr. Kevin Ferguson PSC Theatre We are very excited ex to Ӿnally have our theatre up and running at Ponoka Secondary Campus. There are still a number of details that need to be completed, such as the addition of curtains, proper stage lighting, and the instillation of a sound and video screen system, but we are getting closer every day to Ӿnally getting everything put together. Currently we have most of the seating in, and the facility has been far enough along to actually hold classes in as well as hold rehearsals.

The Ӿrst ever play that will be held in our new theatre will be the musical Dracula. The performance dates are set for April 16, 17, 18 and 23, 24, 25.

Although Dracula is a darker theme to pursue this play is actually a story about love lost, and love found again. In short this production should have something for everyone, and may even evoke a tear or two, for the heroes and villains in this show much like Dracula himself, can be quite elusive.

We look forward to seeing all of our community members and feel free to stop by and check out the theatre for yourself!

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Aligned calendar project continued from page 7 “We’ve also lengthened the times students are going to school,” he added.

Trustee Bob Huff is concerned that, after the division has invested so much into the aligned calendars, test marks may not go up as a result of better-prepared teachers coming out of the professional development days. “What are we going to say to the kids? . . . In theory, this is wonderful.”

He says, if student marks drop, the public is going to believe that is the kind of system the division buys into. “I worry for these high school kids.”

“There’s a lot of work going into making sure the quality of the activities is of the highest level,” said Lovell.

Walker and Huff both feel a lack of communication between the division, the school, the parents and the community is hindering the project.

With more information being fed to stakeholders online, Walker feels it is leaving older parents and families who are not as comfortable online, out of the loop. “That’s a communication problem for principals to consider.”

However, the division feels the challenges brought on by the system are outweighed by its strengths.

“The most important being the opportunities for our staff to get together and discuss students. That’s really what it’s all about,” said Lovell.

“And that’s what we’ve heard most from our staff,” he added.

“It’s not just the struggling student. It’s also important our high achieving students have the opportunity to be heard and discussed,” McWhinnie added.

Introducing the teachers to working together to teach students with more of a village mentality is also prepping them for Inspiring Education curriculum redesign. “Our teachers will have to work together,” said Lovell.

2014/15 feedback In a survey on the calendar’s effects on the division, the division received 305 teaching staff responses.

In response to a question whether the professional development days assist with student interventions, 70 per cent of the division’s teachers provided feedback and 81 per cent of the respondents agreed it was beneficial.

“I think that’s a really strong level of support,” said

Lovell.

Of the participating teachers, 72 per cent support the continuation of staff collaboration professional development days.

There were 1,178 student responses. “Students are happy with the aligned calendar,” said Lovell.

Of the students who responded to the survey, 88 per cent feel the collaboration professional development

days that come with the aligned calendar is important for their learning and should be continued.

From the 844 parent responses, the division was also able to deduce how easy it has been for parents to fit the aligned calendar into their schedules.

Of the participating parents, 77 per cent who responded want the aligned calendar to continue.

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For decades, governments in Canada have funneled billions of dollars into the coffers of private, for-profit businesses. It’s hard to pin down an exact figure for this largesse, so numerous are the programs and forms: “grants,” “loans,” “investments” and so on.

Some of the familiar names include such downtrodden businesses as Pratt & Whitney, Bombardier and General Motors.

Many of these programs have continued, virtually unchanged, regardless of the stripe of government in power. Today, even governments that otherwise are at odds with each other on virtually every other issue – take the federal and Ontario governments – will find that one point of agreement is that there’s

essentially no business too big or too small unworthy of taxpayer money.

We’re often told about the “private sector jobs created” as a result of these “investments.” No one seems to stop and ask some obvious questions.

If the only reason these jobs exist is because a government is transferring public money to a company so that they hire people, in what way are these private sector jobs?

How is this different than the government just hiring more people directly?

If these investments are so sound, why are no private investors taking up the offer? Surely the prospect for a sure thing would have a lot of takers.

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Except we don’t.

There is no compelling reason why Canada needs to be in the business, for example, of manufacturing of airplane engines. And if other countries want to subsidize the production of goods that Canadians can then buy, so much the better: then all Canadians can benefit from their foolishness. Meanwhile, with freed up capital and resources, savvy Canadian entrepreneurs can look for new opportunities in new fields.

The very idea that governments should always rush to the rescue of businesses in the name of saving jobs turns basic economic principles on their head. The reason that real, sustainable jobs are created and continue to exist, it is because they create a product or service that meets a need in the marketplace. If we are going to start ignoring this very basic fact, we may as well have the government “create jobs” by paying individuals $50 an hour to dig holes and then fill them back up again, because the waste of economic resources is little different.

Worst of all, government subsidies send exactly the wrong message to businesses: that the way to succeed isn’t to compete in the market and win by offering higher quality and lower prices, but to come begging to the government for help – and to use the threat of pulling out jobs as a way to blackmail nervous governments into handing over public dollars.

Sadly, the precedent for this madness was set long ago. Politicians love the photo-op and ribbon cutting opportunities. Too many businesses love the free money. Only the taxpaying public loses.

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Impact investing the dawn of a new era Impact investors seek out companies that both make a profit and provide a social good

BY MARK ANIELSKI

Troy Media Columnist

A new era is dawning in the investment world. It is being termed ‘impact investing’ and, according to a column in the New York Times, “Impact investors seek out companies that are intentionally designed both to make a profit and provide a measurable and accountable social good.

Impact funds are frequently willing to accept lower financial returns for the sake of doing good - say a 7 per cent annual return compared with an 11 per cent return.”

There are an increasing number of investors, like myself, who are interested in investing their after-tax dollars in investments that will generate a reasonable financial return while also contributing to a net positive impact on the well-being on the community in which a business operates and on the environment.

This form of ‘Wellbeing Impact Investing’, however, will require new tools for measuring what I call the Well-being ROI (return on investment).

Investors seeking a well-being return on their investments will need to identify companies and investment opportunities that are contributing to a genuine well-being impact.

Verifying that these investments are in fact delivering a well-being ROI will require a new generation of financial analysts, accountants and economists.

This shift will also require a change in the legal DNA of corporations: the onus will now be on companies to demonstrate a net positive financial return in harmony with their contribution to the company’s human capital assets (employee well-being), to the communities they impact

(measured in terms of trust and relationships) and to the natural environment (measured in terms of their environmental footprint).

The Flourishing Enterprise (a book co-authored

by Paul Werder and other business authors, including Peter Senge) is becoming the new model for business. These authors argue that the flourishing enterprise - the aspiration that humans and life in general will thrive on the planet forever - should be a key goal for every business today. This is a bold concept, like sustainability was a decade ago. Just as sustainability has become a matter of course, so too will flourishing become a cornerstone of business tomorrow.

Unfortunately, impact investing and impact funds are relatively new in the financial world, only coming on to the scene seven or so years ago. According to the New York Times, a 2010 report by the Rockefeller Foundation and JPMorgan projected that impact investing could see new capital inflows of up to $1 trillion by 2020.

That lofty goal, however, is unlikely to be reached with only $40 billion invested through these funds to date. Fortunately, new impact funds and social impact bonds are being born.

And new investment banks, such as Winnipegbased Usand Group, are also being born. Usand is leveraging low-interest debt to help finance a new era in First Nations economic well-being, empowering First Nations to develop their own flourishing enterprises and economies of well-being.

But one of the biggest challenges in this new frontier of well-being impact investment will be measuring and verify-

ing companies which are actually contributing to the well-being and common good of society. We will need to develop more robust analytic and duediligence tools to help us determine whether or not companies are actually contributing to the net positive well-being of their employees, their customers, the communities they serve and the relationship they have with the natural environment.

This path, however, is not as difficult to achieve as first appears, although it will require that we return to the original spirit and intentions of accounting, when Luca Pacioli (a Franciscan priest and mathematician) and Leonardo da Vinci, the fathers of accounting system we use today, argued that a wise business person measured what mattered most to the flourishing well-being of the business enterprise, the family associated with the enterprise and the community.

I believe a new accounting system - which I call Genuine Wealth - that measures the well-being returns on the human, social, natural and built assets of an enterprise or community is possible and will become the new bottom line for businesses, the financial world and economies. Corporations, banks and investment funds that can demonstrate a wellbeing impact will gain the competitive advantage in the 21th Century.

Mark Anielski is a wellbeing economist, author of the best-selling book The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth, taught Corporate Social Responsibility for 10 years at the School of Business (University of Alberta), and is the co-founder of the Genuine Wealth Institute.

An alternative instrument for energy sector investments

BY KIM INGLIS

As Canadian investors contemplate tax season, they think about efficiency. Do I pay too much in taxes? How can I minimize them? One answer comes in the form of flowthrough shares, which provide a legitimate tax-assisted investment vehicle to save or defer taxes.

Flow-through shares are a financing mechanism that has been around for nearly three decades, originally designed to expand Canada’s natural resources sector. Certain early-stage Canadian resource companies, which typically have overhead but little income, can fully deduct eligible exploration expenses that “flow through” to investors.

Resource companies and investors can both benefit. Investors are able to apply these special deductions against their own income and, in the year they are purchased, the deduction can be up to 100 per cent of the amount invested. Resource companies in the mining, oil and gas and renewable energy and energy conservation sectors acquire capital, raised through the flow-through share offerings, to finance exploration and development.

According to Canada’s Department of Finance, in the period from 2007 to 2012 the oil and gas, mining, and clean energy sectors raised approximately $1.4 billion of public equity annually via flow-through shares. Tax benefits, including the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit, aver-

aged $440 million per year.

Investors can take current year taxable income and convert it to capital gains taxable in the future. Due to the preferential tax treatment of capital gains, the adjusted cost base of the flow-through shares is low or nil. When the flow-through shares are eventually sold, investors can offset capital gains against available capital losses backwards three years or forward indefinitely.

Because flow-through shares involve investment in junior resource companies, volatility and liquidity are considerations. Proper diversification is difficult to achieve when buying the shares outright; so some investors choose flow-through limited partnerships (FTLP). FTLPs pool their funds with other investors and invest in multiple flow-through share issues actively monitored by professional managers.

It’s generally considered best to purchase FTLPs early in the year because the FTLPs that come out early are more likely to allocate the full value of their investors’ funds. And, since they’re out early, they have greater choice in the resource issuers they select for

investment.

FTLPs that open for purchase later may find there are insufficient flow-through issues to invest all of the investors’ funds, and investors won’t get the full tax deduction of their initial investments. This defeats a key reason for using flow-through in the first place.

Flow-through is not for everyone. These shares are complex investments most suitable for sophisticated investors subject to the highest marginal tax rate. Investors should have a high degree of risk tolerance; they should carefully assess both risks and benefits; and they should seek professional tax advice. Investment decisions should never be based solely on tax advantages; they must always reflect investment merits and compatibility with portfolio goals.

Kim Inglis, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP is an Investment Advisor & Portfolio Manager with Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, a division of Canaccord Genuity Corp., Member – Canadian Investor Protection Fund. www. reynoldsinglis.ca. The views in this column are solely those of the author.

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Puddles and pot holes... no fear... spring is near. been having a great year in the sunshine, are hoping that their weekend visits to the hut-hangout on the lake won’t be cut short, and what a sinking feeling that would be.

Whatever the case, dear

old Mother Nature and her buddy Jack Frost will somehow get even and make it all come out right just in time for planting and golf season. If this keeps up, just think how much the town will save on their snow removal budget,

but if we do happen to get blasted with another dump or unpredictable ice storm, please co-operate by shovelling your walks, and moving your vehicle from the posted clearing routes. Whether March comes in like a lion or

a lamb, we had better not rush out and buy our new spring wardrobe just yet, because as Albertans, we know by now that the forecast might just change, if we wait just a few hours..

A look at the laughable

side of life. *As seniors we can insist that we don’t have gray hair. Instead they are known as ‘wisdom highlights’, and the more we have, the wiser we are. continued on page 15.

Mike Rainone Hammertime As we relish in one of the mildest winters in Alberta history, we don’t really care what the sleepy old Ground Hog saw and we may even dare to start thinking about a hint of spring. While the skiers, boarders and snowmobilers are still roaring around in the high country and the kids are building great snowmen and forts, in some areas the usual piles of snow have quietly surrendered to last year’s grass.

Sure, there will still be a few snow storms, cold snaps and the odd blizzard, but considering what we got zapped with and managed to survive last very long winter, this one has been some sort of an El Nino paradise. As we get out and about each and every day, many of our January and February experiences have included hopping over puddles, shoveling slush, dodging pot holes, and really getting a kick out of watching the younger generation toss off their heavy coats and venture outside in shorts and T-shirts. Some hardy souls even dared to take their motorbikes out of the garage for a quick spin while others cruised the streets with the tops down on the convertible or used a dry spot in the park to chip some golf balls.

Of course there is always a down side to these glorious sudden mid-winter warm-ups as the outdoor rinks are melting, our vehicles are always dirty, sniffles are dominant and those old weather prognosticators are reminding us that if we don’t get more moisture, it might be a really tough spring. Meanwhile, the ice fishing fanatics, who have

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Mobile prostate cancer testing Man Van makes its way to Ponoka

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

“Don’t worry guys, it’s a blood test, not a glove test.”

Ponoka men over 40 will be able to take a free Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test through a mobile testing unit called the Man Van. The event is hosted by the Ponoka Elks and is set for Saturday, March 7 at the Elks Hall. Nurses with the Prostate Cancer Centre will use the mobile unit to do a simple blood test, called a PSA test, to check if levels

warrant further testing, explained Linda MacNaughton, director of the Man Van program for the centre.

The PSA test checks for a specific protein produced by the prostate that can be found in the blood; if levels are above normal, the centre then refers patients to a doctor for further testing.

MacNaughton says more than 18,500 men have been tested since the program started in 2009 and a number were found to have prostate cancer. If testing is done early enough, it is quite treatable.

These PSA tests should be done in conjunction with a family doctor, who will conduct a prostate exam as

well, but MacNaughton says many men don’t even have a doctor.

She says men are advised to get appointments at 40, 45 and 50 years of age. After that she says they should get checked once a year. MacNaughton says it is not something people like to think about, but a PSA test takes about 10 minutes and “it could save your life.”

The hope for Elks is to help raise awareness of prostate cancer and to get men checked, explained member Jim Klinger.

Like any blood test, the only issue a patient may have is some slight bruising to the arm.

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Thespians rehearsing at the Asker Church on Friday, Feb. 20 for their performances in the first week of March of the play Radio Active which is staged as their traditional early spring show.

Thespians prepare for traditional spring show

Photo by Mustafa Eric

BY MUSTAFA ERIC

More than 30 home-schooled youth from several central Alberta communities have been rehearsing for weeks for the annual Thespians spring show at the Asker Church located just east of Mecca Glen School.

Debbie Zepick, director of the musical which will be staged in the first week of March in four performances said the play “Radio Active” was based on a radio show of 1940s and that it tells the story of a radio drama which is played out at the same time a dramatic news item is broadcast by the radio.

The play was written by Mary MacDonalds and the score was composed by Donald Woodward, both of Australia.

Zepick is helped in the production by her husband Dean and assistant director Daniel Allers.

There will be three evening performances on March 4, 5 and 6 with a matinee on the last day, March 6.

Zepick said the Thursday night performance would be the “dessert night” and would cost $15 per ticket. “The other performances will be free will offering,” said Zepick indicating that they would welcome donations from the audience.

Friday’s matinee performance will be mainly for young children and seniors.

Zepick said, they would produce two more shows in summer one in July and one in August with the participation of youth from all over Alberta. No decision has been made yet with regard to the plays to be staged.

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Canadians increasingly prioritizing fairness as a measure of good business and government FROM CNW

Report analyses thousands of online conversations to unearth emerging priorities and values A new report studying thousands of online conversations among Canadians has concluded that 2015 will be the Year of Fairness.

The Bold Thinking Report, What Canadian Culture Creators Want You to Know is a collaborative effort of NATIONAL Public Relations and its digital division Sonic Boom, a customer experience agency, and reddit.com.

"Fairness cuts across Canadians' discussions on reddit of a broad range of topics, and leads us to conclude that, more and more, it is being applied to consumer decisions to buy products, support companies and advocate for issues. More than ever, Canadians will support corporations and organiza-

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Reddit has emerged as one of the most influential communities online. Widely regarded as the "front page of the Internet", reddit is frequented by early adopters of technology, geeks and cultural creators.

As such, reddit conversations serve, in part, as a proxy for emerging values and beliefs, which in turn affect a variety of decisions, from which product to buy to which politician or issue to support.

Over 7.4 million Canadians visit each month averaging 18 minutes per visit.

"Through our belief based consumption research, which uses social sciences and ethnographic methodologies, we analysed over 20,000 discussions on topics ranging from financial services and pharmaceuticals to telecommunications and energy. What we found is that Canadians don't begrudge companies making a fair profit, but want to ensure that corporate actions are not exploitive and that those in positions of power act with impartiality,” said John Crean, national managing partner at NATIONAL. "Further, Canadians increasingly expect companies to be progressive, inclusive and fair-minded," he added. "And if they aren't, Canadians will be more likely to organize and become involved themselves."

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Willow galls A nature note SUBMITTED BY CHARLES BIRD

At this time of year (mid February), around Erskine in south-central Alberta, things look dreary outside.

We have around 15 cm (6 inches) of snow on the ground, the migrating birds aren't back and the buds on the trees haven’t started to swell. Nevertheless, we do have the winter birds and one can find tracks of coyotes, weasels and voles, and on trees we can find a wide variety of lichen species.

When I was hiking down at Erskine Lake recently, I noticed a number of small, cauliflower-like growths on the ends of a number of willow trees. This nature note is about them. Below, you will find a photograph taken during the fall and beside it, a photograph I took during my hike.

This structure is called a “willow gall”. It is caused by a tiny, mosquito-like fly called a “gnat” or a “midge” that belongs to the species Rhabdophaga strobiloides of the Family Cecidomyiidae. The gnats emerge in the spring

from pupae within the galls where they overwintered.

After mating, the females lay eggs in the tender shoots of willows prior to, or around, the time when the willow leaf buds are opening. After hatching, the larvae start to feed on the developing bud. With time, the surrounding tissue swells forming a tumor, develops immature leaves and forms the gall. The lar-

vae turn into pupae in the fall.

Woodpeckers are known to peck away at the galls in order to get at the pupae.

Scientific names are interesting. “Rhabdo” means “tumor” and “phaga” means “eating”.

If you do an internet image search for “willow galls”, you will find numerous images of the galls and

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Key Findings on Fairness Some top-line key findings included the following:

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fair access to available and emerging technologies; • Conversations online about our retail sector suggest that fairness

and respect for the people throughout the supply chain, from those in manufacturing plants to those in direct sales positions,

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Entertainment

Benefit from going with the flow

Terri Schlichenmeyer The Bookworm

For weeks now, your top client has been dancing around a decision.

It’s been a careful bal-

let just getting him to this point, but he can’t commit.

You are, in fact, getting a little worried that he might waltz right out of the deal and you may need some fancy moves to keep things on track.

So how do you learn to be light on your feet and creative in this situation – and others? Start with “Yes, And” by Kelly Leonard & Tom Yorton.

In their long careers with The Second City, Chicago’s famed comedy center, Leonard and Yorton have had the good fortune to watch talented performers shine through the use

of improvisation. Improv, in comedy and at work, lets practitioners respond more quickly to a situation – sometimes with the bonus of comic relief.

Comedy and business have three major things in common, say the authors: “Creativity, Communication, and Collaboration,” and there are seven elements inside those three basic “pillars.” The “bedrock” of them all is “Yes, And,” which is a way to keep ideas flowing, solve problems, and keep employees involved. Yes, And helps with “creating something out of nothing” by asking for more. It builds on everyone’s contributions and levels the “playing field of the conversation.”

Once you understand the power of Yes, And (and once you understand what it isn’t), the next step is to eliminate all teams in your organization and build an “ensemble.”

Teams are adversarial, the authors say; ensembles are collaborative. Let ensembles collaborate freely by ceding control, showing respect, and teaching them to let go of fear.

Know how to use customer feedback as a “cocreation tool.” Remember that people are more likely to embrace an idea if they helped form it. Pay attention to what’s going on in the world, where your business is, and where your clients sit. Don’t be afraid to look foolish when utiliz-

ing humor in your business improv.

And finally, learn how to “Follow the Follower.”

You aren’t an expert on everything and “Sometimes being a good boss means getting out of the way.”

I don’t know of any business person who likes to hear the word “no.” It’s a syllable that often frustratingly shuts things down, but what you’ll find in “Yes, And” may help spin that answer around.

While this is a serious business book about not always being serious, authors Kelly Leonard & Tom Yorton use entertaining anecdotes and workplace examples to explain how improv - thinking fast, listening, and acting on what

you heard – is a talent that translates easily from stage to office. I loved most of their ideas, but I have to admit I became overwhelmed sometimes, which is perhaps the point: nobody says you need to do everything here. Improvise.

If your sales or marketing department needs freshening up, this book and the exercises inside it may help, and they’ll surely make things fun. So put your best self in, put your best self out, and read “Yes, And.” Isn’t that what it’s all about?

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Farm & Ranch

Taking it to bed After negotiations failed, C.P. railway employees headed to the picket lines for all of one day before C.P. and the Teamsters union agreed to a mediated arbitration, a deal that squashed possible government intervention. With C.P. rail making more over the past couple years (much to the chagrin of a few industries, including agriculture), it’s clear that the union is looking for a little bit more cash for their members but in the form of asking for a better work-life balance (they’re against 12-hour shifts; C.P. says 60 per cent of their employees make $80,000 - $160,000/ year working an average of 31-35 hours/week).

Whatever your position on the issue, the mediator will hopefully help take this issue to bed and keep grain moving.

What hasn’t been moving along is the negotiations between the Western world and Russia over the fate of Eastern Ukraine. Kiev government officials and rebel separatists in the eastern region of the country continue to bicker while the debate continues to rage on whether or not the U.S. should supply arms to Ukraine with most thinking that any support would be more than matched on the other side of the trenches by Russia (not to mention possibly provoking other arms support races, like Moscow supporting Iran).

From an agricultural standpoint, a recent poll

by APK-Inform of farmers suggests that the spring seeding season will be 60 per cent more expensive than last year! Can you imagine your seeding

costs growing that much in just one year (Hard to hedge that)? Accordingly corn acreage is expected to drop 7 per cent yearover-year, with many expecting lower yields for that land that is planted thanks to lower crop input use. Conversely, Russian corn planted area has more than doubled in the past four years to a record 6.4 million acres and may continue to expand if the winterkill crop rates are higher than expected.

After exporting 2.1 million tonnes of wheat in January alone, the Russian government is hoping that their new export tax at least €35 (or $40 USD) per tonne and limited trading partners will keep February-June wheat exports maxed out at two million tonnes. Most analysts have wheat exports from Mother Russia pegged at

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slightly more than 21 million tonnes, which would be a 15 per cent year-overyear increase.

Overall, the grain trade continues to be more of a buyer’s market with more supply available and geopolitical risk laying low as negotiations continue between the Western world and Russia – most think that Putin is far from done influencing/targeting the region, making it unlikely that this alone will soften wheat prices. Flipping gears, U.S. grain demand hasn’t really waned, but companies are sourcing from elsewhere for things like flax (Kazakhstan) and oats (northern Europe) because they can ensure timely delivery of the product versus waiting on Canadian railway service. This in mind, one should look at locking in a good basis as the devalued

Canadian loonie doesn’t seem to have much more room to drop and we’re seeing better basis levels that where we were a year ago. This outlook combined with making cash sales on rallies can help you go to bed at night with a profit resting easy on your mind.

To growth, Brennan Turner President, FarmLead.com

Brennan Turner

Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, SK, where his family started farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, transparent online and now mobile

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Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

On-farm grain storage options

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Recent record yields and transportation backlogs have increased interest in on-farm storage options.

“There are many different storage options available, either temporary or permanent,” says Todd Bergen-Henengouwen, project assistant, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD), Edmonton. “The two most popular options are steel grain bins (either corrugated or smooth walled with or without hoppers) and grain bags.

Other options are sheds, producer owned grain elevators, grain rings, piles and bunkers.”

The last 10 years have seen bin prices climbing, says Bergen-Henengouwen. “In 2004, the average corrugated hopper bottom was priced at $2.50/bushel while in 2014 it is close to $4.00/bushel. With the price increase and the need for unexpected grain storage producers have been looking at grain baggers as a viable option.”

Grain baggers are useful in situations when: • the land is either rented or leased and investment in permanent storage is not desired • the operator only needs to store grain for

a short period of time, or has plans to exit the business in a few years

• land is located long distances apart • storing low quality crops such as feed wheat, barley and sample canola • grain is dry and has no need to be dried or aerated • there is plastic recycling in the area • there is a need to store large volumes of grain “Having developed a partial budget to compare bins from baggers it was found that operations need to store more than 70,000 bushels of grain per year to make the bagger economical competitive to bins,” says Bergen-Henengouwen.

Baggers have their disadvantages as storage is temporary and damage can occur to the plastic either through wildlife, trees or human damage (snowmobiles). Once the bag is exposed to the elements, grain spoilage and pest and wildlife damage and losses can occur. As

• there is limited labour and trucking available during harvest

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“Choosing the right grain storage system can be difficult decision for an operation but by looking at total costs, the farm future plans, existing systems and labour

availability producers can narrow down the best option for them,” adds Bergen-Henengouwen.

For more information on grain storage cost comparisons and storage considerations go to ARD’s Farm Manager website.

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PONOKA NEWS 23

Sports

Broncs hunt down the Rams with a win at home

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Both Ponoka Secondary Campus’ senior basketball teams had a strong showing against the Lacombe Rams last week.

They played the Rams at home Tuesday, Feb. 17 with the girls taking a 43-35 win.

The girls had to fight for every point they made, however, as Lacombe was unwilling to let up on the pressure, the point spread stayed relatively small, bouncing from a one point lead to five points. It wasn’t until the fourth quarter that the Broncs ran away with the game, explained coach Adam Troitsky.

“A few things happened. We started to rebound the ball,” he said.

The other thing that worked for the girls, added Troitsky, was making jump shots that forced gaps in the Rams’ defense. “We got some rebounds and more opportunities to score.”

As the fourth quarter progressed, the Broncs found themselves with a larger lead, which gave them some room and time to work around the Rams.

Senior Broncs’ Jaden Sandin makes a layup Tuesday, Feb. 10 against the Notre Dame Cougars. The boys lost 65-54.

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“So they’re extending their defense more, which gives us more room to operate and score and make those passes,” said Troitsky. “They can’t just sit in the key and dare us to shoot.”

He says the biggest challenge they faced was not having some starters at the game.

Senior boys trounce Lacombe The senior boys had no contest from the Lacombe Rams, who struggled to find a groove against Ponoka.

Defensive plays were no trouble for the Broncs, who managed to steal the ball several times and then capitalize with completed baskets, and even a few dunks to excite the home crowd. Score-wise, the Broncs played a strong game taking a commanding 59-16 lead at the end of the first half.

They scored another 30 points and eventually defeated the Rams 89-34. Coach Blaine Haines said the team’s defense is becoming more solid as was witnessed during a tournament the weekend before where they won in the final game 74-51. continued on page 23

St. Augustine Kings and Queens working to get a win

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

St. Augustine Kings’ Ryndale Camat takes a layup under pressure Wednesday, Feb. 18 during a game against the St. Dominics Huskies. The Kings lost 64-42.

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The St. Augustine Kings and Queens battled it out against St. Dominics’ Huskies Wednesday, Feb. 18 with both teams unable to get their first win of the season.

Although the female Huskies defeated the Queens 56-28, there were some strong moments for the Ponoka girls who managed to hold their opponents from making any real headway in the second quarter.

Not only did they face a stronger and faster team, but the Huskies were also more experienced on the court and yet the Queens were able to drop the deficit to a few baskets in the second quarter.

“They finally found their confidence. The girls can work quite effectively, not only in their press, but on their offense when they think they can. We were within four points of them in the second quarter,” explained coach Katherine Bergum York.

She said the Queens struggled to regain some of that momentum after the break in the first half, which has been their biggest enemy.

“We lost the game in the 3rd quarter, this is when our energy was totally gone. They tried to bring it back in the 4th, but by that time, it was too late to make a difference.”

The girls’ sudden stops halfway to the key became a predictable tactic and the Huskies started to dominate defensively. At times

they were able to snatch the ball clean out of the Queens’ hands.

Kings can’t match Huskies’ height Many of the boys on the Huskies team were taller than players on the home team, which ended up being a big problem for the Kings who lost 64-42.

At one point in the third quarter, the strong Kings’ defense held the Huskies from scoring in at least eight tries in a row, but because of their height, St. Dominics players were able to easily rebound the ball.

On more than one occasion, the Kings were unable to grab the rebound in their own key and eventually, the Huskies would score.

“It’s hard to a compete with a small team and a big team like that,” said Kings’ coach Adam Bowie.

He said the players are working on pushing the ball down the court and using their strength to keep control of the ball. He teaches the players to keep the ball out of the middle of the key if possible when facing taller players.

“We have to work that much harder when they’ve got inches on us,” said Bowie.

He said the biggest challenge for the team is not seeing any wins this season, but he focuses on the technical skills as players improve in areas such as their offensive plays and their zone defense.

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Ponoka gymnast places in top six at Canada Games

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Ponoka’s Findlay McCormick placed six in the floor event finals at the Canada Winter Games, Feb. 13 to March 1, gymnastics competition.

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However, he enjoys seeing that many in the audience coming to see the sport. McCormick says not everybody has the opportunity to watch a gymnastics competition, so when people get the chance it is something new to explore.

“It’s one of the more exciting sports to watch at the games,” he explains.

For the event finals, after an hour of warm up - in regular competitions there is about 10 minutes - the gymnasts were led through an entrance ceremony before the routines began.

McCormick competed second and he says going near the beginning is a good way to keep the nerves down, as he does not have to see what he is up against. “There wasn’t as much to live up to . . . just a little less pressure.”

That was the second of the two top competitions he feels he had this year.

While the competition takes the top eight, McCormick believed he would be able to make the top six, and going in that is what his mind was set on.

“It was a really cool experience,” said McCormick.

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Coming out of his first time competing at the Canada Winter Games, Ponoka gymnast Findley McCormick placed sixth in the floor finals.

The games, which began on Feb. 13, were held in Prince George and McCormick spent nine days there.

Over the course of three days, McCormick participated in three different competitions; the team competition, the all around finals and the event finals, where he gave his 6th-place achieving routine.

“All six of us had a pretty good competition. I managed to make it through my routines without any major mistakes,” McCormick said of the team competition, referring to his Alberta teammates.

The competition consisted of all six events: rings, vault, parallel bars, high bar, floor and pommel horse.

“My routines consist of eight skills in each, that I perform in sequence,” said McCormick.

This may have been his first time at the Canada Win-

ter Games but McCormick has competed in national competitions five times before. “I was just telling myself to do my best.”

McCormick says the team competition was one of the best two performances he has had this season, the other also coming from the Winter Games.

During the second competition, the all around finals, McCormick feels he did well but did not hit the same calibre as his first round. “I had a fall on high bar, but it still went pretty well.”

When it comes to falling McCormick says the best way to get over it is to focus on the competition ahead.

Gymnasts do not have much time to dwell on mistakes anyway, there is only 30 seconds to get back into their routine.

His third and final competition was the event finals.

“It was a good routine.

It was a bit more nervewracking.” The competition only runs one event and one gymnast at a time and McCormick says it was a little tougher with approximately 200 pair of eyes on him.

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The following day the team lost again while only scoring twice after the Rocky ConocoPhillips Warriors beat them 9-2.

Caleb Littlechild and Dayzel Bull both scored once.

Ponoka Calnash Trucking tier 5 Atom team won its Saturday, Feb. 21 away game over the Stettler Atom Female team with a final tally of 6-3.

Kevin Krammer scored twice; Kobe Schmidt, Jakub Palechek and Dylan Jones each scored once.

The following day the team dominated the Lacombe Atom C Rockets, 8-3.

Kevin Krammer and Nevin Thompson both took home hat tricks while Jakub Palechek scored twice.

Maskwacis Peewee A Hawks lost 4-1 to Red Deer Sunrise Roofing in an away game in Feb. 21.

Anika Deschamps scored the teamís sole goal late in the third period on power play. continued on page 26

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Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

Volleyball club hosts annual tourney

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Family Day for some was a chance to get together but for diehard volleyball buffs, it was a day to try their skills against other teams.

The Warriors, one of

Broncs win continued from page 23 “The younger players are starting to understand shot selection better in our offense, and as a result, we’re starting to find some consistency at that end of the floor as well,” said Haines.

“Bottom line: when we play hard, smart, and together, the Broncs are tough to beat,” he added.

Broncs versus Notre Dame Cougars Feb. 10 The week before Ponoka played the Notre Dame Cougars with the girls finishing off with a win.

They defeated the Cougars 47-32, partially helped by a burst of energy close to the end of the game.

“I think things just started to go right,” said Troitsky, referring to the last three minutes of the game.

For the boys, it was clear the Cougars were a tough team to beat. They had the Broncs on the defense for most of the game eventually winning 6554. The first quarter started slow for the Broncs who struggled to match the intensity and speed of the Cougars. Rather than panic, the boys stayed calm and managed to narrow the lead to 18-17 for the Cougars.

It was an emotional back and forth for the Broncs who had to work overtime after an ankle injury for starter Justin Braithwate.

At one point in the game, the Broncs were down 61-34 but they refused to give up.

In the fourth quarter the team started putting up solid defense and execute offensive plays, which narrowed the large gap.

“We were playing some of our best ball at both ends of the floor,” said Haines.

“I’m super proud of our effort and the no quit in us,” he added.

The Broncs were playing the Wetaskiwin Sabres in their last home game of the season Tuesday, Feb. 24 as Ponoka News went to press. The story will be in next week’s edition of Ponoka News.

two Ponoka club volleyball teams, hosted their annual Family Day tournament at St. Augustine School with a total of 16 teams competing in two categories at the school gym.

The round-robin tournament had teams play two sets a match with no real winners or losers, just a chance to get back in the groove, said Warriors’ head coach and organizer Darren Josephison.

“It’s kind of a preseason tournament. Just to give the girls extra touches on the volleyball,” said Josephison.

The two categories were teams with players aged 13 to 14 years and 15 to 16 years.

Ponoka club volleyball player, Hannah Morin, with the Warriors passes the ball over some blockers on Family Day at St. Augustine Catholic School during a fun tournament.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Demand to compete was great. Josephison had to turn down eight other teams for lack of room. “If we had more facilities we could’ve had more teams,” he said.

There were two Warriors teams competing as well as two Central Alberta Rage teams, another club in Ponoka. Both have athletes from the central Alberta area. While it was a fun time to coach, Josephison also gave athletes who have since graduated from the program a chance to learn the finer points of coaching.

He said it is a way for them to give back and he enjoyed mentoring them through the tournament.

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Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

Reaching: Ponoka’s Atom Quality Paint/McDonald’s players fight to grab the puck out of the Lacombe Atom A Rockets team Friday, Feb. 20. Ponoka lost 9-1.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Busy weekend for local minor hockey continued from page 24 Ponoka Peewee Elks shut out the Innisfail BP Flyers 4-0 during a Feb. 21 home game.

Cule Laing, Jake Simanton, Joel Hollingsworth and Maison Senft each scored once.

The following day the team dominated another home game, against the West Country Chiefs, 20-3.

Joel Hollingsworth scored five times, Braeden Toporoski and Cyle Laing both scored four times, Jake Simanton and Maison

Senft scored twice each, and Cody Cox, Connor Hoag and Colter Bresee all scored once each.

Maskwacis Peewee B Hawks beat the Ponoka McDonalds Peewee tier 5 15-10 in a Feb. 21 home game.

For Maskwacis: Pierce Cutarm scored five times, Darrian Soosay earned a hat trick, Tryon Simon, Carter Wildcat and Sky Cutarm each scored twice, and Leland Swampy got one goal, For Ponoka, Zachary Rausch and Ethan

Little both scored three times while Zachary Zelinski and Ashton Bandet both scored twice.

The following day Ponoka lost 5-2 to the Thunderstars in a home game.

Gavin Allen-Prefontaine and Ethan Little both scored once.

Also the following day Maskwacis dominated the Sylvan Lake Peewee B2 Lakers by winning 10-6.

Carter Wildcat scored seven times. Tryon Simon, Seth Saulteaux and Drayton Littlechild each scored

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Maskwacis Peewee C Hawks were defeated 6-1 by the Sylvan Lake Peewee B2 Lakers, Sunday Feb. 22.

Ellas Morin a power play goal during the first period.

Maskwacis Bantam A Hawks suffered a heavy loss 17-1, Feb. 20, at the hands of the Rocky Riverside Fuels Raiders.

Isaiah Deshamps-Cross scored the teamís only goal.

The following day the team more than doubled their opponentís score in a 6-2 win over the Sylvan Lake Bantam A Lakers.

Isaiah Deshamps-Cross scored twice while Aiden Whitebear, Carson Bear, Jerry Johnson Jr. and Kean Littlechild each scored once.

Ponoka Bantam Moose beat the Sylvan Lake Bantam A Lakers 6-3 during a Feb. 20 away game.

Cyrus Thompson scored four times and Jayden Nokohoo scored twice.

The following day Ponoka lost a home game 5-1 to the Rocky Riverside Fuels Raiders.

Brenden Patterson scored the teamís sole goal.

On Feb. 22 the team tied 5-5 with Rimbey.

Copper Jones scored twice while Quinton Adam, Cyrus Thompson and Jayden Nokohoo each

scored once.

Maskwacis Midget A Hawks beat the West Yellowhead Rockies Midget team 7-5 in a Feb. 21 home game.

Tyson Mackinaw, Cake Swampy and Trentin Wolfe each scored once while Tristan Saddleback earned four points.

Ponoka Midget Westpro Stampeders tier 4 team shut out Rimbey 8-0 in a Feb. 20 home game.

Lewis McDowell scored five times, James Lea twice and Daniel Huchkowski once.

The following day the team narrowly lost 3-2 agaisnt the Stettler Midget C team.

Lewis McDowell and Josh Vold both scored in the second period during a power play.

On Feb. 22 Ponoka trumped the Rocky TAQA Renegades 10-4 during an away game.

Lewis McDowell and Josh Vold both scored three times while Noah Spelrem and James Lea scored twice each.

Maskwacis Midget B Hawks were defeated in a Feb. 21 away game against Rimbey, 7-2.

Kehew Buffalo and Larenz Saddleback both scored twice.

The following day the team lost to Stettler 8-5.

Jonah Bull scored twice while Grayson Larocque, Kehew Buffalo and Keyshawn Threefingers all scored once.

Lacoka Peewee Female narrowly lost an away game on Feb. 21, 3-2, against Whitecourt.

Kirsten Krzywy and Amanda Hutchowki both scored once.

On Feb. 22 the team was shut out by Stettler, 2-0.

Maskwacis Peewee Female Hawks was defeated 10-6 by Warburg on Feb. 21.

Candence Dion and Jayliese Swampy-Montour both scored twice. Eliyah Raine and Zanesha AlexisBull each earned one goal.

The following day the team was shut out 7-0 by Whitecourt.

Lacoka Warriors Bantam team was defeated 5-2 during an away game against Camrose on Feb. 22 Camryn Fodor and Zoe Lorenz-Boser both scored once each.

Maskwacis Midget Female Hawks suffered two shut outs one Feb. 21 and 22. Against Stettler, 19-0, and 16-0 against Camrose.

Lacoka Midget Female team tied its Feb. 22 away game 4-4 against Stettler.

Danica Poison earned herself a hat trick and Brooke McBurney scored once.

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JOHANSEN (Anderson) Doreen Marguerite

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Nov. 9, 1933 to Feb. 14, 2015

It is with heavy hearts we mourn the passing of our mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Doreen Johansen; from a short, yet intense, battle with cancer. Doreen was born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, the youngest of Zacarias Anderson and Caroline (Christiansen) Anderson. Doreen was raised in the Torch River region of Saskatchewan. Much younger than her siblings, Doreen, grew up on the family farm and maintained strong memories of life along the Torch River.

At the age of 16 Doreen moved to Tisdale, Saskatchewan, to attend high school. Later she married and had her two daughters there before moving to Victoria where her son was born. Moving to Bowness, Calgary in 1959 she raised her family there. Doreen then moved to Ponoka, Alberta in June 1973 on her marriage to Henrik (Henry) Johansen, also becoming step mom to his daughter and son. Most of their shared life was spent living on an acreage on West Matejka Road, just south of Ponoka. It was a place Doreen embraced; planting a large vegetable garden, along with numerous flowers and fruit trees. The harvest was plentiful and shared with family and community. It was a great place to be family and many memories remain of the years spent on “the farm.”

Doreen and Henrik moved into Ponoka about 12 years ago due to health issues.

Mourning Doreen’s death are her children: Karen (Gene) Buettner of Blackfalds, Colleen (Ray) Chernesky of Calgary, Raymond (Kathy) Chartier of Edmonton, Joan (Dave) Johansen Hornett of Lacombe, and Kevin (Lynnette) Johansen of Red Deer; her grandchildren: Corey Chernesky, Kelly Chernesky-Mooney, Mike (Michelle) Chartier, Jacqui (Josh) Chartier, Keiton Alex, Chris (Eileen) Chartier, Mackenzie (Steve) Schlang, Chelsey Hornett, Ben Hornett, Karly Hornett, Amy Johansen, and Aron (Melissa) Johansen; her great grandchildren: Bridgette and Gwyneth Chernesky-Mooney; her nephew, Murray (Debra) Roed of Kelowna; her nieces Audrey (George) Turcotte of Vernon and Jeanne (Debbie) Mules of Richmond; and her sister-in-law, Vi Anderson of Sault St. Marie. Doreen was predeceased by her parents, siblings and in 2004, her husband, Henrik Johansen. The family would like to express thanks to Dr. DuToit and the nursing staff at Ponoka General Hospital for their kind and compassionate care of Doreen. A Funeral Service to celebrate Doreen’s life was held at the Ponoka Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 21, 2015 with the Interment Service following at Forest Home Cemetery. Donations can be made in memory of Doreen to Alberta Cancer Society. To express condolences to her family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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On February 19, 2015 Gene deWit of Ponoka passed away at the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre at the age of 85 years. Gene will be lovingly remembered by her children Dwayne (Judy) Anderson, Debbie (Dennis) Dandeneault, and Lori (Ken) Teters; grandchildren Brad, Kelsey (Rodney), Kayley, Heather (Mike), Sara, Kari (Brad), Kristi (Brent), and Julie (Tim); ten great-grandchildren; siblings Betty Hauser, Anna Cline, Roy (Vera) Johnson, Rudy (Tomiko) Johnson, Bill (Lorraine) Johnson, and Susan Johnson; as well as many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Gene was predeceased by her parents Syd and Lillian Johnson; brothers David Earl “Buzz” Johnson and Kenneth Gordon Johnson; and brother-in-laws Gerald Cline and Don Hauser. A Funeral Service to celebrate Gene’s life will be held at the Ponoka Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 28th.

Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to the Ponoka Hospital & Care Centre (Palliative Care), S.T.A.R.S., or the Canadian Diabetes Association. To express condolences to Gene’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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Thank You WILSON The family of Emma Wilson would like to sincerely thank the many friends for all the cards, floral tributes, memorial donations and messages of condolences with the passing of our dear Mother.

Thanks to Trinity Lutheran Church and Pastor Tim Graff for his many visits and prayers.

To the Legion Honor Guard for your tribute.

To Dr. Halse, Dr. Chan and Dr. Saini and all the kind and caring staff of the Palliative Care Suite at Ponoka General Hospital.

To Linda Banco, Dean and Brenda Hill and the many other wonderful friends who visited Mom throughout her illness.

Thank you. She cherished her friends and family.

She is at Peace.

Emma Evans February 28 from Noon - 4 PM at Ponoka Scout Hall

Tristan Kevin Joseph Walcheske July 15, 2009 -Feb. 25, 2010 To lose someone leaves a heartache no one can heal Love leaves memories no one can steal We love you Tristan.

Never a day goes by that we don’t think of you.

Miss you and love you always Gramma Phyllis, Kevin, Jenah, Katie & Rhys

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

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

This space could be yours for $

30

PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311 VETERINARY SERVICES

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

Livestock

ANYT ANYTHING & EVER EVERYTHING

Robin Esau

EquipmentMisc.

Firewood GRAVEL PROPERTY w/River Frontage, Spruce View, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 29 in Edmonton. 148+/acres titled, 65+/- acres cult, gravel pit w/stock piles, North Raven River frontage, fenced, $4800 SLR. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

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Large & Small Jobs

HEATING

1530

1530

Let us amplify your message!

BOBCAT SERVICES

403-783-0663

Auctions

COIN AUCTION Sunday March 1- 11 a.m.

Bowden Lions Hall Bowden, AB 225 lots-Silver coins (from 1800’s to present), Paper money,(1898, 1937, 1954), ICCS & ANAGS certified coins, Unopened rolls from mint, 1948 Silver dollar, Coin sets, Nfld., USA coins.

Sale is subject to additions and deletions.

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

First Call Towing

8AM - 12:30PM • 1PM - 5PM

Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990

www.bigstrapperauctions.net

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

Also RV storage.

Secure compound.

Call Keith at

Misc.

Services

Auctions

2100

30 Bulls For Sale

Registered Yearlings

Black Angus Call Jim (780)

387-6050

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

Fully guaranteed.

Call Carole Barclay at 403-742-4825, Terry 403-740-5037 Ricky 403-740-5711. email bardale@xplornet.com

Horses

2140

NEED A FARRIER? Over 15 years experience Reliable & professional Serving Central Alberta

Call Ryan 403-895-2235 WE BUY HORSES: broke, un-broke, or unwanted.

Jerry Dodds 403-783-0303

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

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

Bovine Veterinary Services On-Farm Mobile Veterinary Services Ultrasound-aided ReproducĆ&#x;ve Programs CETA CerĆ&#x;ÄŽed Dairy and Beef Embryo Transfer Herd Health

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

Dr. Bruce Wine

TREE MULCHING Hillbilly Tree Mulching Ltd. • FENCE LINES • CUT LINES • POWER LINES • PIPELINES • BRUSH & BUSH • STUMPS MULCHING TO SUIT ALL NEEDS

Doug Casey

Can do trees up to 15� wide

1.403.318.0498 1.403.358.0452

VETERINARY SERVICES

Southwest Industrial Park 4102-64 St., Ponoka 403-783-5200 8 a.m. - 5 p.m Mon. to Sat. • Open late Thursday 24-hour Emergency Call Dr. Bill Frischke • Dr. Kelly Loree • Dr. Leighton Coma Dr. Trevor Hook • Dr. Jasmine Hardy

Reaching 6000 households weekly

For just

$30 per week this space could be yours!

403-783-3311

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

PONOKA NEWS 31

VETERINARY SERVICES

Ponoka Veterinary Clinic Dr. Murray Jacobson Dr. Clayton West Dr. Ashley Shannon

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

24 Hr. Emergency 403-783-4348

5502 - Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB

T4J 1M1

THIS SPACE COULD BE YOURS FOR

$30

PER WEEK.

CALL 4037833311

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

ROUND hay bales. Cheap Free delivery. Self unloading. No Sunday calls 403843-6380 403-704-3509

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

3020

FOR RENT 3 BDRM HOUSE • 1 ½ bath • 5 appliances • 2 car detached garage • Fenced yard $ 1650/mnth plus D.D.

MIXED 4 Plexes/ HAY 6 Plexes FOR SALE 3 BEDROOM IN 4-PLEX, IN PONOKA. 1200 lbs bales 4 appliances. Close to pool & seniors 403-843-6065 swimming drop-in Centre, no pets, mature tenants only 403-783-5493

Suites For Rent #3000 - #3200

Welding

1410

3060

FURNISHED BACHELOR SUITE FOR RENT IN PONOKA. TV & utils. incld. $700/mo.

403-963-0204

Welding

1410

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

WATER WELL SERVICE

MAIN: (403) 783-7591 FAX: (403) 783-8178

ECKLUND

Website: www.harbinwelding.com E-mail: bharbin@telus.net

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

Advertise your business in the Business Directory!

Real Estate #4000 - #4190

4090

Manufactured Homes

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.

Businesses For Sale

Buildings For Sale

Darcy’s Drilling Services

Houses For Sale

4020

OPEN HOUSE

5004 - 61 AVE. CLOSE, PONOKA SATURDAY, FEB. 28 1 - 5 PM

4140

A.L.L. STARS REALTY LTD.

1-780-352-1317

6010

Ponoka County ROAD ALLOWANCE LEASE NOTICE Notice is hereby given of the intention of the Council of Ponoka County to consider the following road closure and lease by-law: By-Law 4-15-RL closing the northerly 600 meters of the statutory road allowance lying west of the SW 32-42-26-W4.

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.

Financial #4400 - #4430

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

Money To Loan

Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected may ask questions or make comments.

This hearing is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

A copy of the proposed by-law may be inspected at the County Administration Building, Ponoka, Alberta during regular office hours.

Dated at Ponoka, Alberta this 12 day of February, 2015.

Charlie B. Cutforth Chief Administrative Officer Ponoka County 4205 Highway #2A Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1V9 Phone: 783-3333 Fax: 783-6965 e-mail to: PonokaCounty@PonokaCounty.com

4150

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.

CALL 1-877-223-3311 CLASSIFIEDS HOT-LINE

REFRESHMENTS Newly renovated, 4 level split completely developed.

Huge yard, over sized garage and quiet cul-de-sac.

CALL AUDREY BANNISTER

Public Notices

The closed area will be leased to Herman Verhoef.

GLASS business in Central AB. $380,000 in sales in 2014. Includes all stock/vehicles, franchise.

5 yrs. established.

403-783-1020 for info

WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICES

Email: darcysdrillingservices@hotmail.com

PONOKA 1 bdrm. clean quiet adult building, no pets $735/mo. plus power avail., heat/water incld.

Feb. 1, 403-348-6594

3050

JESSE ZINTER Office - 403-783-5489

Darcy Schmidt Ph: (403) 783-2220 Fax: (403) 783-8828

3060

403-790-3309

Hours of Business: Monday - Friday 7:30 8:00 am - 5 pm

• water wells drilled & serviced • new pump & pressure system installations • all types of pump repairs • well shocking

Suites

FOR SALE: Alfalfas, Clovers, Grasses plus Hay, Pasture, Reclamation PONOKA and Lawn Mixtures. Early Quiet N/S, non partier, order discount - Book now! clean, working renter only.

No charge custom blend*LARGE 2 BDRM. MAIN ing. Call 1-800-661-1529 4 BDRM. house, Ponoka LEVEL SUITE W/ LARGE or esther@ on quiet cul-de-sac, fully COVERED DECK No pets hannasseeds.com.

403-704-1645 fenced yard, det. single garage, fresh paint, new HEATED CANOLA buying blinds, 5 newer appliance, Green, Heated or Spring- ceiling fans in every room, * RIVERSIDE APTS. * thrashed Canola. Buying: fully dev. bsmt., 3 1/2 Newly renovated oats, barley, wheat & peas baths, absolutely NO Pets 1 & 2 bedroom units in for feed. Buying damaged or smokers.

Ponoka: 3724-45 Street. $1600. or offgrade grain. “On 403-357-0287 rent/sd., tenant pays all Farm Pickup” Westcan utilities. Min. 12 months Feed & Grain, lease. Avail. immediately.

1-877-250-5252.

403-619-5758

PLUMBING

PONOKA PLUMBING & HEATING

Houses/ Duplexes

Public Notice #6000

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

Ponoka County PUBLIC NOTICE Amendment to Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Dan Brachmann to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows: Reclassify part of the NW 7-44-27-W4 (approximately 27 acres) from Agricultural District to Country Residential Hobby Farm District to allow future subdivision of the rezoned area.

Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected may ask questions or make comments. This hearing is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

A copy of the proposed by-law may be inspected at the County Administration Building, Ponoka, Alberta during regular office hours.

Charlie B. Cutforth Chief Administrative Officer Ponoka County 4205 - Highway #2A PONOKA, Alberta T4J 1V9 Phone: 783-3333 Fax: 783-6965 e-mail: PonokaCounty@ PonokaCounty.com

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Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

OPEN

10 AM - 11 PM 7 Days A Week

Hammy’s SPIRITS BAILEYS ORIGINAL IRISH CREAM 750 ML

2499 $ 3299 $

EACH

1.14 L

EACH

BOONE’S ASSORTED FLAVOURS 750 ML

3/$1200

4

$ 49 EACH

OR

LAMBS PALM BREEZE OR WHITE RUM

JAGERMEISTER HERBAL LIQUEUR

750 ML

OR

1.14 L

12

49 EACH

750 ML

2/$2100 $

1099 EACH

750 ML

2099 $ 99 31

$

EACH

1.14 L

EACH

DEADBOLT RED

OR

99 EACH

EACH

ABSOLUT VODKA

750 ML

22 $ 3499 $

2/$2400 $

99 EACH

WISER DELUXE CANADIAN WHISKY

EACH

1.14 L

23

$

EACH

CARNIVOR CABERNET SAUVIGNON

$

355 ML 15 PACK CAN

2799

$

2449 $ 3699

CANADIAN OR COORS LIGHT

1.14 L

750 ML

EACH

SAWMILL CREEK MERLOT OR CHARDONNAY

MONKEY BAY PINOT GRIGIO OR SAUVIGNON BLANC

2/$1200

2/$2100

750 ML

OR

6

$ 49 EACH

750 ML

OR

1099

$

Bay #5, 4502 - 50th St. • 403-783-2333 Prices in effect Wednesday, Feb. 25 to Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2015 Prices do not include GST or deposit. We reserve the right to limit quantities

EACH