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Blackfalds local aiming to build an arts group Becca Stone is seeking further input for the initiative from the community

BY KALISHA MENDONSA Lacombe Express

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he Town of Blackfalds has a few residents seeking to make the space a little more artsy with a community arts group, spearheaded by a resident named Becca Stone.

Stone had been an active member of a community art group in her hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland – Craigmillar Arts. The group was settled in a local arts centre where the members had access to music workshops, drawing and arts workshops, writing spaces and theatre performance.

“I started off with a writers group, because I used to like writing poetry, and then I progressed into attending the music workshop because I love to sing. I got involved with a couple of the drama productions that we’d do each year. I just loved being an active member of a community arts group, and meeting people. It was a good way to express myself creatively and it was a good outlet,” Stone said.

Recently a meeting was held at After the Grind coffee shop to gauge the interest of community members. Stone said that it was a small but great start because she got to know some of the people interested in the project.

“It went well, we got to know one another, and got to know what kind of arts everybody was interested in. We kind of bounced ideas back and forth about different meetings and what we could do each meeting, possible venues to look for in the future,” she said.

“Ideally, because of my background and what I experienced at home, I would love to have an actual proper registered organization and a proper arts centre.

Say for example, Monday night would be the art workshop and Wednesday night could be a music workshop.”

Stone has lived in Canada for 12 and one-half years with her husband, whom she met through the Craigmillar Arts. She said that her goal with the group is to recreate as similar an experience in Blackfalds as she can to the experience she had in her previous arts group.

The arts group that Stone was

CREATIVITY – From left, Blackfalds Community Arts group members Becca Stone, Denise Sumner and Janine McMillan all gathered at After the Grind Kalisha Mendonsa/Lacombe Express Coffee Shop in Blackfalds during a meeting for the Blackfalds Community Arts group. a part of was extremely diverse.

They would produce theatre productions, explore different painting and drawing mediums, write together and attempt a wide variety of artistic activities. She said it was great for bringing people in as a part of a community.

“Edinburgh fringe festival is one of the biggest in the world.

When Edinburgh City would have their festival, our local Craigmillar community would put on a mini-festival. It was a great way for people to get experience in the arts, and if they liked performing, that was great because people would put on little shows, or display their art, or do little poetry readings. We’d do little gallery events and things too. It really brought our community together doing that,” she said.

One thing that the group did that was especially impactful in the community was to, through funding, purchase some ‘community instruments’ that people who couldn’t usually afford an instrument could play. These allowed members of a povertystricken area of Scotland to still enjoy music and to learn where their passions were.

“There were people of all different ages and all different abilities. You’d see someone playing something and say, ‘Oh, could you show me how to do that? I’d like to try that.’ And it was just great because it allowed people to find where their interests lie,” Stone said.

Stone and her husband have resided in Blackfalds for over a decade. She said that recently, she

had noticed the many new facilities being added to the Town and realized that there was nothing being put forth dedicated to arts, performance and musicians.

The Stone family members are all artistic and enjoy doing crafts, so Becca figured that there must be other families in the area with the same or similar interests. She said this community arts group is going to have a wide range of interests, from decorating, to musical instruments, to poetry, drawing and painting to acting, so that each member may be able to find something that they enjoy.

So far the group has created a facebook page where members can share ideas, receive feedback and engage each other to come up with ideas of how the community arts group would take shape. So

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far, there are no set meet times or scheduled events, as the group is still in the planning stages.

So far, the page has a number of polls and posts that are aimed at helping narrow down dates and times that are appropriate for the users. In a very short time, the facebook group has grown to 66 members who have come together to try and bring more art to Blackfalds.

“My husband and I love music and my kids all love music. We’re big on arts and crafts. I grew up with that, and I do that with my kids now and I thought that there had to be more people around here that are interested in that.”

Details are available on the ‘Blackfalds Community Arts’ facebook page. kmendonsa@lacombeexpress.com

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DeWit takes the PC nomination for Lacombe-Ponoka

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express It was a tight race but Peter DeWit will be representing the Progressive Conservatives (PC) in the Lacombe-Ponoka constituency in the next provincial election.

DeWit was declared as the candidate this past Saturday night, knocking out three other candidates including City of Lacombe Councillor Wayne Rempel, former Mayor of Ponoka Larry Henkelman and current sitting PC MLA Rod Fox. In the end 914 votes were cast in the inter-party nomination race.

DeWit said the experience was “Very nerve wracking,” with each candidate awaiting the results well after 10 p.m. on Saturday night at the Lacombe Memorial Centre.

“We were very excited,” said DeWit . “We worked very hard and it all came together that night,” he said of his campaign and team.

Moving forward, DeWit said he faces a learning

curve, but he will be receiving a lot of support from the PC Party. DeWit has already attended PC candidate training this past Sunday in Red Deer.

As a relative newcomer to provincial politics and even though he announced his intention to run in the PC nomination race just over two months ago, DeWit said it was something he started working towards over a-year-and-a-half-ago.

“I’ve always been interested in politics, but now I have more time for it,” he said. “Provincial politics offers a lot more influence, you have towns and municipalities that rely on provincial funding.”

DeWit is a long-time resident of the Lacombe area and has been involved in many aspects of business and the community. He said he is eager to start work within the constituency, connecting with local community leaders and those on the front lines within the City, towns, villages and municipalities.

“It’s my immediate job to connect with those within the local riding.”

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DeWit wouldn’t reveal if a spring election is on the horizon, but he noted he is prepared for the call, when-

ever it comes.

Rod Fox was one of the three former Wildrose MLA’s that were defeated in the provincial PC nominations on what was dubbed as Super Saturday (March 28th).

Former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith lost the PC nomination in Highwood to Okotoks Town Councillor Carrie Fischer along with

MLA Gary Bikman who lost the PC nomination race in the southern Alberta constituency of CardstonTaber-Warner to Reeve of the Municipal District of Taber Brian Brewin.

The PC’s now have candidates in place for 83 of 87 constituencies, in anticipation of a provincial election. news@lacombeexpress.com

Missing woman found dead near Edmonton

BY ERIN FAWCETT Lacombe Express Missing Central Alberta woman, Roze Burk, 68, has been found dead near Edmonton.

The family of Burk has released a statement saying Burk’s vehicle and body were found last Friday morning in the Evansburg area by a plane.

Evansburg is about 80 kms west of Edmonton.

Jewel, her dog, was found alive and taken to a shelter and was returned home.

Police believe Burk’s vehicle became stuck and she left the vehicle to seek help.

The area where she became stuck is not frequented by travellers, police said.

ROZE RCMP are awaiting autopsy results.

Burk was reported missing from a Red Deer County address on March 13th and was last seen by a family friend at the Deer Park Co-op in Red Deer at 8 p.m. on

March 12th. Though not diagnosed medically, Burk was possibly suffering from dementia-related symptoms. Since Burk’s disappearance the family had spearheaded searches and covered areas north to Maskwacis (formerly known as Hobbema), east as far as Gadsby, south as far as Big Valley and west out to Rocky Mountain House.

Air searches were also conducted by Search and Rescue.

In the statement released Sunday evening, the family said they would like to send out huge thank you’s to all of the wonderful volunteers that helped at the searches, as well as the Deer Park Alliance Church for the use of their facility.

BURK “We did our best but didn’t quite reach her in time. Roze has now rejoined her husband and oldest son as an angel and will be dearly missed by many here on earth.” efawcett@reddeerexpress.com

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Wastewater challenges see no solutions after budget

BY KALISHA MENDONSA Lacombe Express The communities of Blackfalds, Lacombe and Lacombe County are still seeking solutions to the ever growing challenges with the long-ago proposed regional wastewater line.

Due to community growth, the wastewater systems in these communities are near capacity and are beginning to cause problems regarding further development.

Mayor Steve Christie was not pleased when the new 2015 Alberta budget was released with no mention of funding available for the program. “In the original make-up of this larger project in Central Alberta, we were to already be online years ago. We’ve done upgrades for our existing system based on that regional system design. We’ve been putting band-aids on until this point. I’m not overly optimistic after seeing that budget, either,” Christie said.

“We were cut last budget with the Water for Life program and wastewater programs. Once again, with

this budget, we see cuts, and that concerns me. My own thoughts are that if we can’t turn on our taps, and we can’t flush our toilets, then we don’t need schools or roads because people won’t be coming here. That is a very, very integral part of our infrastructure. The provincial government talked about infrastructure as they announced the budget. They are focused on built infrastructure but aren’t acknowledging underground infrastructure that supports the buildings.”

Without the provincial government coming through with their promise of a 90/10 split for funding, where the province supplies 90% of the funding, the program can’t get online. This has caused stress within Lacombe, Lacombe County and Blackfalds because there have been high amounts of development for the last few years and the current wastewater line cannot support the growth.

In 2014, the Town of Blackfalds experienced the single largest year of growth since the town’s

inception.

Lacombe is working to bring in new residential areas and this development will be of concern until the regional water line has been installed.

Blackfalds Mayor Melodie Stol was also unimpressed with the lack of follow-through on behalf of the Alberta government.

“Lacombe, Lacombe County and Blackfalds are going to have to sit down and form a strategy. The need hasn’t changed, the environmental benefits of a regional line haven’t changed, the financial benefits haven’t changed.

What has changed is the province’s ability to come in and be a full partner on this like they should be, and like we’ve been planning for the last 10 years,” she said.

“We have to re-group and come up with a strategy because the problem is still there and we have to solve it. The people of Blackfalds, Lacombe and Lacombe County have expectations that our wastewater is going to be handled properly.

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The communities of Lacombe, Lacombe County and Blackfalds have all spent municipal funds to keep the current wastewa-

ter lines functioning, but have already spent more money than was laid out in the original plan.

“We’re talking about an upgrade coming up that could be anywhere between $3 million and $5

million. Those aren’t small upgrades. If we have to go to that extent in temporary upgrades and then be on a regional system in the next decade, it probably won’t happen.” kmendonsa@lacombeexpress.com

Public Library closed due to flooding Lacombe library patrons are advised that the Mary C. Moore Public Library is closed until further notice due to a flooding emergency, which caused extensive damage to the north end of the facility.

“The City of Lacombe Library Board anticipates that the library will be closed for repairs and restoration for approximately two to three months,” said Head Librarian Christina Petrisor in a press release.

“All library programs and services, including children’s programming, have been suspended until further notice.

“We are working with the City of Lacombe to re-establish basic library services in a temporary location within the Lacombe Memorial Centre sometime in the next few weeks,” added Petrisor.

“In the interim, patrons can return any

borrowed materials at the exterior bookdrop at the library.”

City assessors and restoration specialists are working to determine the extent of the damage to the facility and removing the library collection off-site.

“Our entire library collection is currently inaccessible as it is being placed in storage during the renovation period,” said Petrisor.

“However, patrons can access the online catalogue and order materials from other libraries.”

Member libraries in the Parkland Regional Library system are located in Alix, Blackfalds, Bentley, Clive, Sylvan Lake and Ponoka and are ready to assist local residents with their library needs, officials said.

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Chamber of Commerce Trade Show revitalized

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express

the place to go,” said Bartman.

Booths feature not only businesses, but also local service groups like the local Rotary Club or Big Brothers Big Sisters group, who may want to showcase what their organization has to offer to the community.

“There is also quite a variety of not-for-profit booths,” said Bartman. “It’s not just about shopping. You can also learn about the resources that are in our community.”

Last year, the trade show ran throughout the two arenas, but this year it’s expanded into a new space, including the curling rink, which will play home to the marketplace. The marketplace portion of the show will host home-based businesses similar to a farmer’s market with many vendors that offer cash and carry products.

“In total we will have 30 booths but we might have room for 40 give or take,” she said.

Also in the marketplace, there will be a stage for entertainment, which will feature a fashion show, gardening seminars, dance performances and live music throughout the two days. For the kids, Kyle Key, a Lacombe-based magician, will be returning for a few magical shows and to make balloon animals. There will also

Lacombe’s 34th Annual Spring Trade Show is on the way this month. The Lacombe arena complex will play host to one of the biggest trade shows yet on April 10th and 11th.

Hosted by the Lacombe and District Chamber of Commerce, the show has a lot to offer visitors said Executive Director Monica Bartman. “It’s getting bigger and bigger each year,” she said.

This year for the main trade show portion, the Chamber has registered 152 booths which is already up from last year’s 126.

Only 11 spots for booths remain, so businesses and local organizations are encouraged to sign up soon. The trade show will feature vendors from not only Lacombe, but from Red Deer, the surrounding area and around the province.

Attendees will have the opportunity to browse booths from a large variety of vendors, from car and RV dealerships to home renovation specialists and repair services.

“There are quite a few booths that are companies that do home renovations or interior design, or if you are looking for a new couch for your living room, this will be

be a bouncy house to keep the kids occupied while parents shop and browse the booths and marketplace. “We want to offer some more options to keep people there a little bit longer,” said Bartman.

The Lacombe Composite High School grad class will be fund-

raising for dry grad and will be serving up some type of delicious treat in the marketplace as well.

The trade show runs April 10th from 2 to 8 p.m. and April 11th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $1 per person. All proceeds from the admission fee go to-

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For more information or to book a booth, contact Carmen at 403-352-6695 or email carmen@lacombechamber.ca. news@lacombexpress.ca

NEW ART ON DISPLAY - The halls of the Lacombe Memorial Centre welcomed a new art exhibit by Haley Wasdal, the Lacombe 2012 Arts Endowment winner. Laura Harlings and Mary-Ann Harlings took time out of Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express their day to view the exhibit.

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OPINION Little satisfaction The numbers are in. The farreaching impact is not.

Last week the 2015 Provincial Budget was released and it was a tough pill to swallow for most Albertans.

The government vowed to reduce the revenue gap, mainly created by plummeting oil prices, by making a $1.9 billion reduction in government spending as well as generating $1.5 billion in new revenue.

One of the ways the government will create new revenue is through a new health-care levy, only included through payroll deductions, which will be introduced in July.

It’s expected to generate an estimated $396 million in this budget year. It’s also thought to be more progressive than previous healthcare premiums that were scrapped seven years ago by the PC government, as only those who make more than $50,000 annually will be asked to pay more.

Another way to increase revenue will be through increased fuel tax and sin taxes, as many had so thoughtfully forecasted. Starting last Friday at 12:01 a.m., the tax on gasoline and diesel was raised by

four cents to $0.13 per a litre.

Immediately after it was announced on Thursday afternoon that the gas tax would be increased, piles of people headed to the pumps to fill up one last time to hopefully save a few dollars before the price went up that night.

An increase in liquor taxes (an additional 10 cents) and a hike in tobacco taxes was also implemented the next day. A bottle of wine saw a $0.16 increase, a case of beer $0.90 and a carton of cigarettes an increase of $5. Perhaps these sin taxes didn’t send people in flocks to the store, but it did mean Albertans would indeed be paying more.

Other highlights included job cuts within the government, tax breaks for the working poor and a general increase in government fees all across the board. Government fees went up for marriage certificates, court filings, camping and traffic tickets. What was most disheartening is that corporate taxes remain untouched along with oil royalties, but Albertans can breathe a sigh of relief as a provincial sales tax was not proposed.

Was this the budget we were ex-

pecting? At first glance, yes. The budget was everything the Premier and government warned it would be and more. We did not receive any surprises.

It will take a few weeks for oppo-

sition parties, pundits, municipalities and regular Albertans to fully grasp what this presented budget means and its lasting impacts. For now, we will just have to accept it as it is presented, at face value.

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Alberta Premier Jim Prentice primed the electorate for spending reductions in his 2015 budget by emphasizing that Alberta spends $1,300 more per person than the national average. What he didn’t tell us is how this average breaks down by age.

The bulk of Alberta’s 2015 spending will be delivered through healthcare ($18.9 billion), education ($7.5 billion), post-secondary ($5.8 billion) and human services ($4.2 billion).

Of this money, approximately $17,129 is budgeted for each of the half million Albertans age 65 and over.

By contrast, the budget spends $7,489 for each of the 2.6 million Albertans under 45.

At these rates, Alberta allocates $2,000 more per senior than Saskatchewan, the next most generous province; and $6,000 more than B.C. However, it spends less than Saskatchewan per younger citizen, and only moderately more than B.C. Alberta doesn’t spend more on average. It spends

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KERSHAW more on retirees.

Medical care is at the heart of this pattern. Data show that approximately 41% of the $18.9 billion healthcare budget will go to services and procedures for the 11.5% of the population age 65 and over.

This adds up to more than the entire K-12 budget; a third more than the entire post-secondary budget and nearly double the human services budget.

Such health spending might be fine if Albertans were getting bang for the buck, because we want the best for our aging parents and grandparents. Alas, evidence shows Canadians spend more on medical care than many other rich countries, but get only middling or below average access to doctors, CT scans,

MRIs and patient satisfaction. All the while, doctors get above average remuneration.

In response, Alberta is the first province not to increase annual medical spending in some time. This change will make many of us anxious, because we cherish healthcare. So we must remain vigilant about the effects on seniors’ access to care for their chronic conditions.

If there are problems, we should give further attention to Alberta’s new healthcare levy, which will raise 3% of the health budget. It’s important to focus on revenue sources for the aging population’s medical care because we have not done so historically. As citizens aged 65 and over grew from 9% of Canada’s population in 1976 to 15% today, governments added $32.5 billion in annual medical care spending for this age group. But governments did not increase revenue to pay for it.

Instead, governments held post-secondary spending relatively constant

since 1976, even though twice as many young people pursue this extra education to compete for jobs.

Similarly, governments didn’t build a child care system, even though young Alberta women increased their labour force participation by 42%.

Although trade-offs like these persist into the 2015 budget, we don’t have to cut important services for seniors to escape them. Other reallocations are possible, or we can listen to the 92% of Albertans who supported some kind of tax increase in the government’s pre-budget consultation.

The Premier listened somewhat, raising various taxes by $1.5 billion – one third from fuel tax increases. Since the government brags that Alberta will still maintain the lowest taxes on gas and diesel in the country, there remains room to think seriously about advice from the Ecofiscal Commission.

Supported by Suncor Energy, and championed

by Preston Manning, the Commission urges gov-

ernments to raise revenue less from income taxes and more from systems that put a price on pollution. From a generational perspective, it’s time Albertans think about this option.

Because we’ve spent decades raising medical care spending for the aging population without collecting additional revenue, we now have less to invest in younger generations.

By pricing pollution, Alberta could ease the squeeze that younger citizens face from larger student debts and child care fees that cost more than university. And it could do so while reducing environmental debts left primarily to younger Canadians, their kids, and the children they still want to have, because the province relies so heavily on resource extraction to pursue economic prosperity.

Dr. Paul Kershaw is a policy professor in the UBC School of Population Health, and founder of Generation Squeeze (www. gensqueeze.ca). His column is distributed through Troy Media.

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Central Alberta dancer lights up NYC stage Lacombe’s Alison Jantzie cast in Broadway’s production of Gigi

BY ERIN FAWCETT Lacombe Express Hard work, dedication and passion has landed one Central Alberta dancer under the big lights in New York City.

Alison Jantzie, 27, of Lacombe recently made her Broadway debut after landing a role in Gigi.

According to the Gigi on Broadway web site, the production is, “Set in the magical world of La Belle Epoque Paris, where fashion, glamour and passion prevail, Lerner and Loewe’s celebrated musical is a romantic comedy about one young woman’s journey to find her true self... and her true love.”

Vanessa Hudgens stars in the production which also features Corey Cott, Tony Award winner Victoria Clark and Tony Award nominees Dee Hoty and Howard McGillin, among others.

Jantzie moved to New York in 2011 where she entered her first season with Radio City Music Hall where she was a Rockette.

Jantzie joined her twin sisters Lisa and Kristin Jantzie and together they made history as the first sister trio to dance with the company for the first time in its 85-year history.

Alison had been with the troupe up to May of last year

when she found out she had secured a role for Gigi.

“It is humbling and thrilling and unbelievable,” she said of her new gig. “Every day I walk through Times Square and from the time I essentially started dancing in Lacombe and taking class and musical theatre, people would always say, ‘You should go into musical theatre’. When I came to New York and saw my first Broadway show when I was 16 and I sat in the audience with my jaw on the floor and now after 20-some years of working towards this – to be going to work on Broadway – that’s just unbelievable.”

Rehearsals for the show began in December and the show is currently in previews which means the cast is doing rehearsals during the day and then performing the show in the evening.

“They’re making changes and always finessing the show as we go along,” said Alison.

Official opening night of Gigi is April 8th and it has an open-ended run.

Alison was cast as a ‘swing’ which means that she is responsible to know all of the female ensemble tracks of the production in case a cast member gets sick or injured or has vacation or personal days and performs as needed. Alison

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is also dance captain of the show.

“This is a different role than I have ever stepped into,” she said. “I just made my debut (last) Tuesday because one of the girls suffered an injury the previous night. She was at rehearsal and we weren’t sure if she was going to be on or not that evening.

She had a doctor’s appointment later on in the afternoon and then at 6:30 p.m. I found out she was not going to be in the show. That basically gave me an hour and a half to prepare and fill her shoes.

“That was a really exciting night. My sister managed to make it over from her rehearsal at Radio City to come and see me. It was a really exciting thing to have her in the audience.”

Alison said there is some added pressure having to know multiple cast members’ ensembles.

“There is so much information and the interesting thing is that the show has changed so much. Everyday I learn all of the new changes for six different people basically and then I notate it and then I have to delete, delete, delete and then retype everything when things change. I have quite a comprehensive set of notes for every person and what they do on stage,” she said. “It’s nice though – it’s a different challenge than I have ever had before.”

Alison said she initially auditioned for Gigi because

ACCOMPLISHED - Alison Jantzie is enjoying her successes in New York City. Originally from Lacombe, she will soon be performing in the Broadway production of Gigi. photo submitted Joshua Bergasse was the choreographer. “He is extremely well-known – he choreographed Smash the television show, he’s choreographed On The Town on Broadway. He’s such a dynamic choreographer and that is what initially interested me in the project.

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“As more information came out about the show, it made me even more excited about it.”

Meanwhile, Alison said any dancer can accomplish their dreams if they set their minds to them.

“I think it’s important to seek out any opportunity to perform or to learn, whether it’s in your community or it’s a short drive away. It’s important to take advantage of those offerings,” she said. “It’s also important to never give up.

The path is not a direct express train to a destination.

There are so many exciting opportunities along the way that you just have to have faith in.

“I thankfully had supportive parents and supportive dance teachers that really did try to provide me with all the opportunities that I could have. It certainly wasn’t a direct route here – there were many other paths along the way that lead you to things that you aren’t sure of and then all of a sudden you’re where you dreamed of being when you were five.”

In addition, Alison and her sisters Lisa and Kristin will return to Red Deer this August to teach a dance camp at Red Deer College from Aug. 16th-21st. Check out idinspiredance.com for more information. efawcett@reddeerexpress.com

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

Why is it that Good Friday is ‘good’?

For many of us any statutory holiday is a good day.

We might think it is good because we get a long weekend, as we have the opportunity to spend time with family and take a break from school or work. But why do we have ‘Good Friday’?

Good Friday is the Friday immediately before Easter Sunday when most Christians celebrate as the day to remember that Jesus was crucified for their sins. This does not mean this was the exact day it took place, but rather is an orderly way to remember the work of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Why is Good Friday referred to as ‘good’?

Obviously, if you take time to read Matthew 2627, what the Jewish authorities and Romans did to Jesus was definitely not good, in fact it was horrific.

He was unjustly arrested, judged, whipped, mocked, hung on a cross, forsaken by his father, forsaken by his disciples and friends and died a terrible death.

Wouldn’t a better word be ‘black’ Friday?

However, the results of

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DIBBET Christ’s death for a Christian are very good. Just before Christ died we read he cried out, ‘It is finished.’

For a Christian this means the work that Jesus came to earth to do to reconcile sinners to God was finished, in other words, the work of redeeming sinners from sin and death was finished. 1 Peter 3:8 assures us of this, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the spirit.”

Therefore, there are many reasons to remember the death of Christ, but first of all, by remembering the death of Christ we as Christians remember the cause of death which is sin.

We read in Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is

death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” However, we also keep in view that God was satisfied with the death of his son to give us life. What an amazing gift.

Just as we became subjects of death because of sin, those who believe in Christ become subjects of life through the death and resurrection of Christ.

Secondly, we remember the love of God toward us as undeserving sinners, which is clear from Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

We can’t even begin to comprehend the depth of that kind of love.

Thirdly, we remember that we live in a world under the bondage of sin and death and this love compels us to bring this good news to everyone as Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5:20-21, “Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For he made him who knew

no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.”

Many of us as Christians will remember the death of our Lord and Savior on Good Friday with a respectful worship service.

Whether or not you choose to ‘celebrate’ the Christian meaning of Good Fri-

day, the events of that day should always be in our minds, since the death of Christ on the cross is vital to the Christian faith.

I hope you will take this opportunity not only to spend time with your family, but to take your family to a Good Friday worship service to remember one of

the most important events in all of history.

If you are not a part of a church family who has such a service, you are always welcome to come to our Good Friday service at the Lacombe Free Reformed Church at 10 a.m.

Scott Dibbet is pastor of Lacombe Free Reformed Church.

FOLLOWING THE MUSIC – From O Canada and Chariots of Fire, to Stephen Foster classics like Camptown Races, The Lacombe Lions Community Band joined by the Burman University Silver Winds treated attendees to a magical evening of music this past Monday at the Lacombe Memorial Centre.

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fyi EVENTS Lacombe Lions Club meets the first Monday of the month downstairs at the Lacombe Legion.

Next meeting is on Monday, April 6th at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is at 7 p.m. Guests are welcome.

Pine Lake Singers and Friends Spring concert is Sunday, April 26th at 2:30 p.m. at the Pine Lake Hub Community Centre.

Lunch provided. Admission $5. Everyone welcome.

Lacombe summer swim club Dolphins registration night is April 7th, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Lacombe Junior High School.

Invasive Species Workshop: Hosted by the Lacombe Lake Watershed Stewardship Society, Lacombe County and the Alberta Lake Management Society. Saturday, April 11th, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the LMC. All persons interested in the topic are invited to attend.

Visions Country Gospel concert, Sunday April 12th at 2 p.m. at the Lousana Hall. Admission $15, 12 years and under free. For tickets contact Gwen at 403773-2270. Proceeds to support the Rick Hansen Foundation.

Bentley School Staff Reunion: set for Aug. 6th to coincide with the Town of Bentley’s 100th Anniversary this summer. Any former Bentley School staff members are asked to contact Arnie MacAskill at 403-782-7183 or amacaskill@ telus.net so the committee can establish names and contact information for the reunion.

More information to follow.

Lacombe Legion Community Breakfast, April 19th, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. upstairs at the Lacombe Legion. Cost: $6 per adult (12 years and older), $3 per child.

Alix Easter Egg Hunt at the Alix Youth Centre, April 5th at 1 p.m. Join the Village of Alix in a hunt for eggs, do some Easter crafts and egg decorating.

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There will be lots of homemade Easter baking, eggs, crafts, woodwork, honey, jams, perogies and lots more goodies.

Lacombe Dance Lessons – social and choreographed ballroom dancing. Traditional Two-step or Cha Cha/Jive. For details phone Cliff at 403-782-4094.

St. Andrew’s United Church Jr. Choir for ages five to 18. Meets Thursdays 5:30-6:30 p.m. contact Jessica at 403-352-5486.

Friends of the Library present Rob Welch who will be sharing his experience as a volunteer with A Better World and its projects, 7 p.m. at the LMC in the Servus Credit Room (upstairs) April 14th. Light refreshments will be served, free admission.

St. Andrew’s United Church Adult Choir for those 18 and older.

Practices on Wednesdays from 7:15 – 8:30 p.m. Contact St. Andrew’s United Church office at 403-782-3148 for more details about the choir.

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Quilting and crafts held at Black-

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The Red Deer Legion Pipe Band and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #35 will be hosting the multi-award winning play, Jake’s Gift. The performance will take place on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Red Deer. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. Pipe Band will play at 6:45 p.m., with the play beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the front desk of the Red Deer Legion, by contacting any Pipe Band member or calling Arnie MacAskill at 403-782-7183.

Lacombe Walking Group Wednesdays from 12-12:30 at Medcombe Walk-In-Clinic. No Registration required.

Kozy Korner — Tuesday Dinners every week at noon. Sunday Music April 5 at 1 p.m.

falds United Church on Mondays at 9:30 a.m. Help make quilts or bring your own quilt/ craft to work on. Check out our website at blackfaldsunitedchurch.com or call 403-8854780 for more information.

The Lacombe Legion has bingo on Mondays at 7 p.m. in the upstairs hall. Coffee time runs Wednesdays from 9:30-11 a.m. ($2 for coffee, tea and cookies). On Fridays, there are four meat draws and tickets are $2/ set of three tickets. Draw starts at 6:30 p.m. On Saturdays, there are four meat draws which start at 4:30 p.m. Chase the ace starts after meat draws.

Parkinson Alberta Education offers supports groups for persons with Parkinson disease, family members and caregivers at the following Central Alberta locations: Red Deer, Lacombe, Innisfail, Olds, Three Hills and Castor. Visit www.parkinsonalberta.ca for more information.

Thursdays Grade 3-6 drop-in program runs from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. and Grade 4 and up program from 6 – 9 p.m. Cost is 2$ for drop-in and ball hockey with drop-in 10 passes at $10 and ball hockey season pass at $50.

Taoist Tai Chi a relaxing, low impact exercise; continuing classes year round, for those who have completed beginners or have learned Taoist Tai Chi before.

Participate in classes of your choice. Available in Red Deer, Lacombe, Rocky Mountain House, and Innisfail. Contact 403-3466772 for more information.

Affirm – providing safe and confidential support to people of all sexual orientation and identity, their families and friends. We meet in Lacombe. For more information, call Marg at 403-7821887 or Ross at 403-782-3671.

Imperial Daughters of the Empire is a non-profit women’s volunteer program that raises money in support of numerous

initiatives supporting education. Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of every month and begin at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church. For more information about the group, feel free to contact Mary Lou Wilson 403-782-3923.

Lacombe Art Guild – the guild meets regularly on the second and third Tuesday of each month. A variety of workshops are provided for developing artists. Membership is $15 per year.

Contact Betty Peers at 403782-9968 or blog lacombeartclubwordpress.com. Meetings run in LMC Credit Union Room at 5214 50 Ave. in Lacombe.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society Table Talk Coffee Group: Meets the second Friday of each month at Demi’s Restaurant (Lacombe Motor Inn) at 10 a.m. If you or someone in your life has been affected by MS, join us for a fun, casual and supportive coffee chat. For more, contact Terri Blanchard at 403-346-0290.

Stay and Play – Gull Lake Hall, Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Bentley Town Office Fridays 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Stay and Play is designed to encourage families to spend time together in play, while having the opportunity to socialize and learn about the community and external resources. $2 drop in fee per family is suggested. For more information call 403-748-2160.

Bentley TOPS- Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Every Tuesday in the basement of the Bentley Town Office at 7 p.m. Contact Carolyn 403-396-1002.

Carpet Bowling, Wednesdays 10 a.m. at the Bentley Community Hall. New and returning players welcome. No experience necessary. Call Arnold at 403-748-2744.

Clive TOPS – Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Every Thursday at the Clive Christian Fellowship Church 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Mirror Jolly Seniors — Pancake breakfast every second Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Mirror Moms and Tots play group — Located at the small brick building along Hwy. 50 past the old school. Contact Wendy at 403-788-2612.

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The Big Band Spring Swing Fling set for April 11th

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express Spring is now here and so is the annual Big Band Spring Swing Fling gala on April 11th. Now in its eighth year, the evening hosted by Flatiron Jazz, a local big band group, will be the must attend event of the year, organizers say. The evening will feature a catered meal and the musical stylings of Flatiron Jazz, encouraging attendees to dance the night away. It’s also an occasion to put on your best attire to go out and hear high caliber music within the City.

Flatiron Jazz consists of 15 musicians from Lacombe and the area. The group features one vocalist and an array of horns, saxophones, guitars and percussion.

“Like any big band, we play a fair amount of swing music,” said Flatiron Jazz Director Gerald Ganson. “But we do mix it up quite a bit with a wide variety of styles. We play everything from 50s to 60s music, 70s music and old-time waltzes. It’s stuff a lot of people will like to dance to.”

Flatiron Jazz also dabbles in rock and

roll, country, polka, funk and Latin, which will be sure to complete their repertoire for the evening. “It’s semi-formal and one of the nicest events in town,” said Grant Harder, co-organizer and Flatiron Jazz member of the gala evening.

Each year Flatiron Jazz selects a charitable organization within the community to support. This year the proceeds will help support the Cranna Community Cultural Centre (C4) Initiative and the Lacombe Performing Arts Centre Foundation.

The C4 Initiative plans to build a multiuse facility for the community to celebrate the arts, support families, children and enhance the general well being of Lacombe and surrounding area residents.

“I would really like to see a dedicated performance space in Lacombe,” said Harder, noting that Lacombe does not have any proper space for musical theatre productions, music festivals or recitals.

The C4 facility is planned to house a large childcare facility, the Parent Link Centre and a performing arts venue. C4 is a partnership made up of the Lacombe Performing Arts Centre Foundation, Lacombe

2015 Bowl for Kids Sake a success This was Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lacombe’s 26th Bowl for Kids Sake event. Superheroes showed up in droves at the Lacombe Memorial Centre last month to show their support for the youth mentoring programs in Lacombe and Lacombe County.

With a new twist on the event, this was a new adventure this year. In a virtual Wii bowling tournament format there was more opportunity for teams to stay longer and expand the fun and the fundraising. The tournament style was popular with participants, officials say. The 2015 goal for the

Saturday bowl was $30,000.

The past few years the organization has fallen short of this goal. Officials were pleased to announce this year they had surpassed it with a great community team effort raising $35,503.

These funds will help sustain and grow mentoring programs in Lacombe and the County. The Wii bowling school fundraisers also are hosted by a few schools. This year the goal matched the weekend at $30,000. The students raised an outstanding $36,784 to support the In School Mentoring programs.

With government cut

backs and past declining Bowl for Kids campaigns, the success of this year’s campaign is appreciated more than ever. The total goal was $60,000.

With both campaigns, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lacombe and District (BBBS) reached an agency record of $72,287.

The programs that are directly and locally-funded by these proceeds are the In School Mentoring, Traditional Mentoring, Kids and Kops, Go Girls, camp subsidies and volunteer recruiting and training programs.

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SWING THE NIGHT AWAY– Flatiron Jazz, a Lacombe-based swing/jazz/big band group, will be hosting their annual fundraising gala Big Band Spring Swing Fling on April 11th.

Day Care, Lacombe Family and Community Support Services and the City of Lacombe. Past recipients of the funds raised during the event include the local food bank and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

Ganson also acknowledges that supporting the C4 Initiative seems like a perfect fit, and ties in with performing arts aspect and the group’s mandate.

Since its inception over eight years ago, the gala has evolved from being a Valen-

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tine’s Day themed event to the current spring gala it is today. The Big Band Spring Swing Fling will be held on April 11th at the Lacombe Memorial Centre (5214-50th Ave.) Cocktails are at 6 p.m. with dinner starting at 7 p.m. followed by the dance at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are $60 each and are available at Healing Hands Therapeutic Massage, Everything Nice and Sunny 94. news@lacombeexpress.com

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Artist brings vivid colours to Gallery on Main

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express

viewer that will feel directly connected to it. Poisson works in many mediums, but With vivid, bright, spring Flowers In My Life mainly colours, Didsbury-based showcases her painting abiliartist Dee Poisson has ties as well as her detailed brought an inspiring col- coloured-pencil works. lection of paintings titled “It’s a medium that I am ‘Flowers In My Life’, to the moving more into just beCity. cause I am really fascinated The collection features with the detail,” she said. bold, bright, almost sur- “It’s the inspiration, but real flowers it’s also that have in- “MY ARTWORK IS MULTI- about what spired Poisedium FACETED, MULTI-GENRE m son throughdoes that AND MULTI-MEDIA. I out her life. inspiration GROW THROUGH THE Flowers In have to be My Life offi- VARIOUS STAGES OF MY in.” cially opened Poisson’s WORK AS I LIVE MY LIFE. on March works fea27th and will THE CHANGES IN MY LIFE ture a lot ARE REFLECTED IN MY of naturerun until April 17th at based subWORK.” the Gallery jects, like on Main. florals, but DEE POISSON “I find that she has yet a lot of the flowers that I to fully take on landscapes. end up painting, they some- “I like the idea of them,” times come about as a re- she said. “There is defisult of a relationship I have nitely some interest there with a friend,” she said. too. I don’t think a person “I love flowers and after a is really limited. I think it’s long winter, nothing makes good to explore things.” me happier than to be able One of the works showto get out to my garden to cased in Flowers In My see what is growing.”

Life is a mixed-media piece, For Poisson the big bril- where Poisson used strawliant flowers can often rep- berry leaves from her garresent the many women den, carefully stamping she knows. “Women in them in to bring out texgeneral, we tend to bloom tures and natural beauty. where we are planted,” she “My artwork is multisaid. “Many of them are faceted, multi-genre and friends who have bloomed multi-media,” she acknowlwhere they planted them- edges. “I grow through the selves in either a career or various stages of my work their home.” as I live my life. The changPoisson uses strong co- es in my life are reflected in lours and strong shapes my work.” because that is exactly how Poisson began dabbling she sees her friends — as with her artistic vision in strong women. her mid-20s through the Art is a personal endeavor, use of pottery. From there both to the artist and the she began to draw, after viewer. Poisson finds it fas- joining the Ponoka Art cinating that for each flower, Club to learn specific drawand each painting, there is a ing techniques.

LIVING IN COLOUR - Didsbury-based artist Dee Poisson is featuring her bright floral-inspired collection of paintings titled ‘Flowers In My Life’ at the Gallery on Main.

“I decided that I really liked it,” she said. “I even liked it more than pottery because it was more affordable. Then I just moved right into painting from there because of my love of anything creative. I also loved the idea of not having clay all over me all the time.”

As her life progressed, Poisson began bringing

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“Those pieces were very small when I was doing that,” she said.

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Poisson, along with an

artist collective called the Highway Artists will soon be presenting a collection of paintings inspired by the Alberta Hwy. 22 also known as the Cowboy Trail.

“There will definitely be some landscapes in that.”

The collection will be coming to the Gallery on Main this fall. news@lacombeexpress.com

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Show reflects on veteran’s return to Juno Beach

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express Memories move us, can define us and more than often, inspire us to journey forward. In the theatre production Jake’s Gift, through Jake’s journey, we learn not only about the legacy of remembrance, but we also get to see a true reflection of life and the effects of war spanning across many generations.

Juno Productions’ Jake’s Gift will be presented at the Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion on April 21st.

The timeless production features the talent of one woman, B.C.-based playwright and actress Julia Mackey.

Jake’s Gift is a tribute to all veterans.

The story follows a Canadian Second World War veteran Jake who travels back to Normandy for the 60th anniversary of D-Day. “It’s his first time back since he landed on D-Day when he was there during the war and his main reason for going back is to find the grave of his eldest brother who was killed overseas during the war,” explained Mackey.

“This is a big trip for him, to try to find his brother’s grave. While he happens to be on Juno Beach, kind of looking out and remembering what it was like, this little girl shows up named Isabelle and she’s 10-years-old.”

Isabelle and Jake form a lasting friendship over a three-day period, while Jake heals and deals with unresolved ghosts.

The character of Jake was first developed

by Mackey in 2002 through a workshop exercise.

As she began to finesse the character, slowly the story Mackey wanted to tell, Jake’s story, became a war story about three brothers from the prairies who had a connection to D-Day. Eventually, Mackey was inspired to attend the 60th anniversary of D-Day in France in 2004. “I just had this instinct that that was where I was supposed to go to find the rest of the story,” she said.

Mackey spent a week attending ceremonies and interviewing as many veterans as possible. “Even though it was a little bit intimidating to go up to perfect strangers and ask them to talk to you about their experience during the war, the veterans that

I met were so kind and so willing to talk to me about their experiences during the war but also what it was like to be back,” she said.

After her return, Jake’s Gift then became a combination of the stories veterans told Mackey, her own experience on Juno Beach and a little bit of her own imagination.

Through Juno Productions, Mackey, along with director and stage manager Dirk Van Stralen, began touring Jake’s Gift across Canada in 2007.

Mackey said Van Stralen and herself find it very meaningful to take the story of Jake back to many of the small, rural communities where many of the soldiers originated, as the timeless story resonates amongst many generations.

“The number of families in the prairies who have a connection to soldiers that either never came home or have veterans in their family is so huge,” she said. “Everybody we meet in our audience has someone who has a story like Jake’s.”

Immediately following the conclusion of the production, Juno Productions will present members of the Lacombe Royal

Canadian Legion with a special print titled ‘Fallen Heroes’.

Button packages will also be available for purchase. One hundred per cent of the profits raised from the button sales will be donated back to the Red Deer Legion’s poppy trust fund.

Jake’s Gift will be presented at the Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion (2810 Bremner Ave.) on April 21st. The show is presented by the Red Deer Legion Pipe Band, who will also open up the evening with a few musical numbers.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and the performance will start at 6:45 p.m.

The show runs for 65 minutes, without an intermission and is recommended for ages 10 and up.

Tickets are $20 and are available at the Red Deer Legion front desk or from any Red Deer Legion Pipe Band member. For tickets or more information, contact Arnie MacAskill at 403-782-7183.

Jake’s Gift will also be presented at the Ponoka Legion on April 17th.

For more information, visit www.jakesgift.com. news@lacombeexpress.com

Do you want a shock? High cholesterol for a longer life?

A recent medical tip to readers sparked a quick reaction. It reported a study that those with higher blood cholesterol lived longer! This is contradictory to everything we’ve been told for years.

The Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care reported research

that will shock millions of North Americans who ingest, faithfully, cholesterol-lowering drugs (CLDs).

Scientists analyzed the cholesterol level of 120,000 Danish adults residing in Denmark. They discovered men age 60 to70 with high levels of blood cholesterol showed a 32% decreased

risk of death. Women fared better with a 41% reduced risk of death.

To add more injury to the cholesterol theory, these researchers also discovered that higher levels of LDL cholesterol, the bad cholesterol, was also associated with a decreased risk of death.

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JONES Even more devastating was the fact that low cholesterol in young people was linked to an increased risk of dying! But high triglycerides increased the risk of death.

This isn’t the only report that has contradicted the widely held belief that we should all strive for lower and lower cholesterol levels.

For instance, Dr. Harlan Krumholz at the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Yale University, reported in 1994 that old people with low cholesterol died twice as often from heart attack as did old people with high cholesterol levels.

Eleven studies of elderly people came up with a similar result. But researchers repeatedly tell me that reports that disagree with the current high cholesterol condemnation never get published nor make headlines.

But there are more ways to end your days on earth than by coronary death.

For instance, Professor R. Jacobs from the Division of Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota analyzed 19 studies of 68,000 deaths. Jacobs and his

colleagues concluded that high cholesterol protects against dying of respiratory diseases and gastrointestinal problems.

In another study, Jacobs and Dr. Carlos Iribarren followed 100,000 healthy individuals in the San Francisco area for 15 years.

They found that those who had low cholesterol at the beginning of the study were more often admitted to hospital to be treated for infectious disease.

In its July 1992 issue, Archives of Internal Medicine reported a study of 351,000 men. This showed that low cholesterol levels were associated with increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke, liver disease, pancreatic cancer, digestive disease, cirrhosis of the liver and alcoholism.

Of course, it’s logical for readers to question how a high blood cholesterol level could be an asset for longer life. After all, family doctors, cardiologists and television ads tell us over and over that lower blood cholesterol is the be-all-andend-all solution to prevention of the nation’s number one killer, heart attack.

Economists have a saying, “Follow the money if you want to find the answer to a perplexing problem.”

The plain fact is that billions of dollars have been flowing every year to brainwash doctors and the public about the virtues of CLDs, and this is not going to stop anytime soon.

What should hit the headlines is that high doses of Vitamin C and lysine can prevent or reverse hardening of arteries (atherosclerosis) preventing heart attack. The addition of lysine makes arteries stronger so there’s less chance of an artery rupturing causing stroke.

Yet the medical establishment continues to prescribe CLDs with all their side effects. They totally ignore this less expensive, safe and effective treatment available in both pill and powder form in Health Food Stores in Canada.

In the U.S it’s available at www.mymedi-c.com or by telephone 1-844-871-0069.

It’s incredible that the medical establishment doesn’t say, “Let’s take a critical look at this research. After all, these findings might be right.”

But it won’t happen. Too much money is involved in the marketing of CLDs and no money can be made from Vitamin C and lysine since these natural products cannot be patented.

I believe history will show that the use of CLDs is the most unethical and most dangerous experiment that has ever been conducted by doctors on mega millions of unsuspecting people.

See the web site at www. docgiff.com to see dramatic before and after photos of treatment with Vitamin C and lysine.

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SPORTS Father Lacombe Saints wrap up undefeated season This year the Father Lacombe Saints boys’ basketball team accomplished a lot throughout their season. The boys went undefeated throughout regular season play, while showing continued growth throughout each game.

Practices were held on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the season with just about everyone on the team present at all of them. This shows the great commitment all of the players had to improve personally and dedication they had to their team, team officials said.

Coach Jhoejo Soco did an outstanding job in helping all of the players develop throughout the season. The Saints performed a repeat season claiming the Wolf Creek League Title, CWAJHAA 1J Qualifier Title, and CWAJHAA 1J Championship title for the second year in a row.

The Sacred Heart Titan Classic was one of the boy’s biggest challenges throughout the year.

The tournament featured a lot of good teams from Central Alberta. The boys were injury plagued throughout the tournament losing two of their top scoring players for multiple games. However, they showed they could rally together as a team to be successful. They won the bronze medal game against Clear Vista School.

In the CWAJHAA 1J qualifier tournament the boys were given a bye to the semi-final due to their standings in the regular season. The boys beat Clive School and would play Mecca Glen in the final.

This would be the first of three meetings against Mecca Glen that would turn into a good matchup between the two schools.

The boys beat Mecca Glenn handedly in the qualifier final to advance to the CWAJHAA 1J tournament in Bentley.

The Wolf Creek Championship was by far the biggest and most challenging test throughout the season for the team, officials said.

The boy’s first game was against Mecca Glen School in the quarter finals. Mecca Glen did their homework and adapted their game plan to face our team. Mecca played outstanding defense throughout the game.

The game was back and fourth all the way throughout the game until the end when they pulled away for a 61-53 victory.

The boys faced St. Augustine School in the Semi-Final that would be their biggest test of the season so far. The Kings had a very fast, skilled, and well coached team.

TIER TWO CHAMPIONS – The Father Lacombe School Saints were undefeated in their regular 2014-15 season.

This was a fast game with great defense played by both teams. It was back and fourth throughout the game and by far the most exciting game as a spectator. The boys were trailing and came back to tie it and send it to over time. The 36-30 final would take them to the final against Lacombe Junior high School. The boys won the final 49-33 over the junior high team.

The CWAJHAA 1J Championships were held in Bentley with the boy’s first op-

ponent being Erskine School. The team played Erskine School Friday night and won with all players on the team contributing to the win.

On Saturday morning they played Mecca Glen in the semi-final. The boys have seen lots of Mecca in the last few weekends have good games against them. In the first quarter the boys were up 22-4, but Mecca Glen didn’t give up. The final score of the game was 66-53.

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The boys faced Brownfield in the final on Saturday night and Brownfield played a good game for only having seven players on their team.

Again all players on the team contributed to their 61-45 win to defend their CWAJHAA title. Soco put out the players who will be carrying on the torch next year with Keanu shooting two back-to-back three-pointer shots.

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Central Alberta U14AA Sting wins bronze

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express It was a season that most wished wouldn’t end, as the Central Alberta U14AA Sting racked up wins and championships.

The Sting wrapped up their season last week after attending the 2015 Western Canadian Ringette Championships in Calgary. The competition was tough, but the Sting left the championships with a bronze medal to add to their other accomplishments of the season.

“They were great from the start,” said Head Coach Shawn Wagar of his ringette team. “It really was one of those seasons you just didn’t want to end.”

The Western Canadian Ringette Championships are held annually and the top teams from Alberta, B.C., Saskatchewan and Manitoba compete against each other in the U14AA, U16A, U19A and 18 plus A levels.

The winners of the provincial championships in each province earn the right to attend, with a fifth team in each division representing the host association.

This year’s championships were held from March 25th to 28th, and due to the Sting’s previous triumph, earning the U14AA provincial championship, they appeared at the tournament as Team Alberta.

“We had four weeks to re-brand all of our gear,” explained Wagar. As Team Al-

berta, the Sting had to change all of their team gear from uniforms, playing pants, jackets and hats from the Sting black and gold to the Team Alberta colours.

The girls prepared well and proudly wearing their Team Alberta jerseys, facedoff against 12 teams from all over Western Canada. It all began on Wednesday with a U14 skills competition. The Sting won playing in a five-player relay competition.

Their first game on Thursday was bright and early where Team Alberta hammered the Saskatoon Saints 7-4. The girls continued to show their dominance in game two taking down the Edmonton Elite 4-1.

On Friday, Team Alberta suffered their first loss of the tournament to the Calgary Crossfire, but they earned their way back after a close overtime game against the Calgary 212, winning 4-3.

On Saturday morning in the semi-final, through the guidance of the round robin, Team Alberta was matched up against the first ranked Team Manitoba.

“We lost the game in the final 30 seconds of the game,” said Wagar. “It was a bit of a heartbreaker.”

Team Alberta then faced Team Saskatchewan in a battle for the bronze position in the final game of the tournament.

The game again went into overtime with Team Alberta sighting a true victory with a 3-2 win. Team Manitoba eventually took gold with Team British Columbia earning silver and Team Alberta accepting the

PROVINCIAL BRONZE MEDALISTS – The Central Alberta U14AA Sting won bronze at the 2015 Western Canadian Ringette Championship in Calgary last week. well-deserved bronze.

Some of the Sting’s own even made the 2015 Western Canadian Ringette Championship All-Stars for U14AA, including Jamie Lolar in defense and McKenna Smally as goaltender.

It truly was a magical season with The Sting also winning gold at the Esso Golden Ring Tournament, the world’s largest Ringette tournament, on Jan. 18th, said the

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coach. The girls also earned the provincial title, winning gold at the U14AA provincial championships at the end of February.

They totaled 40 wins, 14 losses and three ties in the season.

The Sting’s roster is made up of girls from Lacombe, Clive and Red Deer. All home ice games were played in Penhold with practices held in Clive. news@lacombeexpress.com

Former NHL goalie discusses struggles with mental illness

BY JENNA SWAN Lacombe Express Before a full house of collegiate athletics supporters, local athletes and Red Deer College board members - former NHL all-star goalie Clint Malarchuk was as guest speaker for RDC’s annual scholarship break-

fast. He told his story of mental illness and how it affected his life as a professional athlete.

Malarchuk talked about the compassion he has been shown from those who do not understand his illness but also the fear and judgment he has received by some because of his mental

state and the stigma, which can so often be attached to it.

“I always ask people that if you don’t understand mental illness don’t worry, no one expects you to, I don’t understand everything else that goes on with other people in their heads,” said Malarchuk.

“But just because you don’t understand it, doesn’t mean you have to judge it.”

He explained he always knew he was different as a child but it wasn’t until much later in life that he was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

However following his diagnosis, Malarchuk survived

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one of the most deadly and devastating sports injuries known to mankind.

It was the night of March 22nd, 1989 – Malarchuk was the starting goalie for the Buffalo Sabres as they faced the visiting St. Louis Blues. Steve Tuttle of the Blues and Uwe Krupp of the Sabres were scrambling before Malarchuk’s safe keep when the unbelievable happened.

As the pair of players crashed hard into his net, the goalie was taken with them. On the way down, the blade of Tuttle’s skate emerged from the entangled web of players and landed along Malarchuk’s carotid artery in his neck causing him to lose one third of the blood in his body.

After a total of 300 stitches and one very close encounter with death Malarchuk’s OCD worsened. He fell into a spiral of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression and alcoholism, which eventually led him to leave the NHL to seek help.

Following his departure from the NHL as a player, Malarchuk reached all time lows, to the point where he now has a bullet lodged deeply in his brain after trying to take his own life.

The crowd of over 500 people at the annual breakfast, filled full of promising athletes were silent as Malarchuk told his harrowing story of mental health and he assured it is not uncommon for athletes to suffer from such issues.

Malarchuk recounts in his recently released biography, The Crazy Game how he was likely predisposed to mental illness as his father was an abusive alcoholic – however his illness was greatly amplified following his neck injury and the post traumatic experience stress he encountered.

Over 150 free copies of the all-star goalie’s book were given away during the breakfast, where he stressed the importance of supporting not only the mental health of student athletes but also the importance of being able to alleviate some of the financial strain that can accompany collegiate athletics.

The annual breakfast helps to raise over $200,000 yearly, which goes towards the support of student athletes and RDC Athletics through the Athletics Leadership Fund. jswan@reddeerexpress.com

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Exploring the meaning of ‘deluxe’ in home decor I have always been a fan of the word ‘deluxe’.

Deluxe means you are achieving a higher standard and that you have discerning taste.

Born of French and Latin descent luxe or luxus it is the definition of luxury or excess. The cheeseburger deluxe is truly elevated in comparison to the lowly cheeseburger by the addition of lettuce and tomato – talk about excess!

The world is slowly turning and I believe some of the definitions of deluxe are changing.

Take for example our C2 Paint, it is a small unassuming brand of paint run by a co-op board that is equivalent to the plain brown wrapper on a sandwich at a great deli. This paint is not the most expensive, nor does it have the flashy advertising campaigns yet this deluxe brand is one of the most luxurious paints you will ever use.

Pure artisan pigments like those found

Kim

WYSE in small metallic tubes on a professional easel ensures that you get a luxurious, deep colour on your walls.

Bringing your attention back to that plain brown wrapper, the terms of deluxe are now more local and simpler.

I believe that sustainable, simply produced products are now considered more deluxe than imported and impossible to read labels. The deluxe experience for me is going to my local market and getting a hand-crafted sandwich made with homemade bread and in-house smoked deli meats which happen to originate from the owner’s bison farm.

This care to detail and farm to table

mentality is truly the new luxury as we strive to take better care of our bodies.

The acquisition of reclaimed hardwood from Alberta farms is in my opinion very luxurious.

Not only have you acquired a beautiful product, you have saved new trees from being harvested AND you are giving a home to a lovely piece of our province’s history.

Taking the time to peruse the farmer’s markets and small shops for distinctive merchandise is positively the definition of excess.

In the new definition of deluxe the small, local and sustainable are the desirable elements that we want to fill our spaces.

Even second-hand opulence belonging to someone else becomes our opulence when given a home. Give a second thought to companies that re-sell show home furniture and places like Habitat where you can buy almost perfect products at a fraction of the cost. I’m sure some of you are shak-

ing your head in disbelief but trust me if you know your merchandise or labels you would be amazed at the deluxe level of some of these products!

Acquiring local, buying smaller volume merchandise with higher quality ingredients and supporting your local retailer are all the new deluxe.

We have been put alongside our products and have been made the guardians of what we will ultimately buy and put into our homes.

At no other time have I seen such responsibility and care bred into buying decisions and I find it utterly delightful that people are putting such care and concern into their consumables.

The new deluxe is here and you should feel great about putting that organic lettuce and home harvested tomato on your locally grown, hormone-free bison burger!

Kim Wyse is an interior designer with Carpet Colour Centre in Red Deer.

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Horoscope ARIES

TAURUS

Mar 21/Apr 20

Apr 21/May 21

Patience is a virtue you must

Share your thoughts and

have this week, Aries. Others

feelings about a particular

may not be able to maintain

project wtth others, Taurus.

your pace, so exercise

The people closest to you will

patience with those who

provide just the support you

need it.

need to move forward.

GEMINI

CANCER

May 22/Jun 21

Jun 22/Jul 22

Embrace the competitive

Cancer, a heart-to-heart

nature of a coworker this

talk with a loved one has

week, Gemini. This person might just motivate you to reach heights you have yet to

chance to communicate for the

promotion at work.

opportunity it truly is.

LEO

VIRGO

Jul 23/Aug 23

Aug 24/Sept 22

Leo, allow someone close to

Avoid rushing to judgment

you to enjoy his or her space

on an issue this week, Virgo.

“whys” and “how comes,” wait until you can get some

does some soul-searching.

solid facts.

LIBRA

SCORPIO Oct 24/Nov 22

Luck is on your side this week,

Scorpio, lend a helping

Libra. Make the most of this

hand to a loved one who could use some words of

lucky streak and invite others

encouragement. Your efforts

to join in your fortune in the

will be both effective and very

weeks to come.

much appreciated.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23/Dec 21

CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20

Sagittarius, anxiety about

Capricorn, thinking outside of

starting a new chapter in life is

the box comes easily to you.

normal. Fear of the unknown

Although others may scoff at

can worry anyone, but look

your unconventional ways, you

forward to all of the positive

always get the job done and

changes that are in store.

this week is no different.

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Jan 21/Feb 18

Feb 19/Mar 20

Aquarius, peer pressure abounds this week, but you needn’t worry about succumbing to it. You like to march to the beat of your own drum, and others look to you as a leader.

Fill-in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.

Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started.

Remember: You must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column or 3x3 box.

15. 12th calendar month 17. Greek capital 18. Communist China 21. Philadelphia sandwich 23. Neverland’s Peter 24. Medical man 27. Domesticates 29. Murdered in his bathtub 32. Dreaming sleep state 34. Drunkard 35. Double 36. Of one 39. Allow 40. Sorrowful 43. Dining hall furniture 44. Partition between 2 cavities 46. Reduce in amount 47. Where passengers ride 49. Sacred fig tree (alt. sp.)

51. Poet Edgar Allan 54. Sea eagle of Europe 59. An awkward stupid person 60. Black tropical American cuckoo 61. Whisky 62. Electrically charged atom 64. Atomic #89

Rather than speculating on the

busy as this special someone

Sept 23/Oct 23

ANSWER

move forward. Embrace this

reach, and this may lead to a

this week. Find a way to keep

HOW TO PLAY:

you feeling confident as you

Pisces, you may need to take an unusual approach to get things done this week.

Don’t be afraid to be aggressive.

CLUES ACROSS 1. Piece attached on one side 5. Flat-bottomed boat 10. Oblong cream puff 12. Czar nation 14. Jump rope fast 16. Ma’s partner 18. Ink writing implement 19. Wet spongy ground 20. “Gunga Din” screenwriter 22. Root mean square (abbr.)

23. Strode 25. Former ruler of Iran 26. Provide with a top

27. Chit 28. Actor DeLuise 30. Point midway between E and SE 31. S.E. Asian nation 33. Protein basis of cheese 35. 1976 Music Pulitzer Ned 37. Belonging to Mrs. Parks 38. Tooth covering 40. Satisfy fully 41. Animal companion 42. Fix conclusively 44. 7th day (abbr.)

45. Pouch 48. Employee stock

ownership plan 50. Fastened with adhesive or masking 52. Don’t know when yet 53. Eagle’s nest 55. Early modern jazz 56. Auricle 57. Atomic #81 58. Social class of manual laborers 63. Groups of regional animals 65. Release draft animals 66. Musical notations 67. Bearing or manner

CLUES DOWN 1. Grippe 2. Scientific workplace 3. Afflict 4. Construction of parts off-site 5. Cut back shrubs 6. Road furrow 7. The Nazarene author 8. Fire residues 9. 3rd tone 10. Excessive fluid accumulation 11. Fellow plotter 13. Inability to use or understand language

ANSWER

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Wages are between $13.75 to $16.00 per hour, depending upon experience and qualifications.

Benefits (dental, disability, life and group insurance benefits) and opportunity for job advancement.

Candidates must be able to work a variety of shifts and have 3 to 5 years previous experience. Must be able to supervisor up to 20 crew. Part-time applications will be accepted from Canadians and Permanent Residents. Apply in person 4419 Hwy 2A, Ponoka, 37479 Hwy 2, Red Deer, and 37428 Hwy 2, Red Deer or email resume to cbay22@telus.net or fax to 403-783-4251.

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

FULL and part-time F/T dishwasher, cooks and bus persons needed for varying shifts, including weekends. Exc. wages and benefits.

Call 403-346-5448 for appointment.

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307 CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Ammeter Close Ackerman Cres.

BOWER AREA

Ingle Close Inglis Cres.

Irving Cres.

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres.

Sunnyside Cres.

LANCASTER AREA

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Lancaster Drive SOUTHBROOK AREA

Professionals

810

Sutherland Cres.

VANIER AREA Viscount Drive Voisin Close

755

FEEDLOT in Central Alberta seeking F/T employee for feed truck operator and machinery maintenance. Send resume to fax: 403 638-3908 or e-mail to: dthengs@hotmail.com

To deliver the SYLVAN LAKE NEWS & CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week.

INGLEWOOD AREA

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Farm Work

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Beatty Close 54 Bell St.

LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

Advocate Opportunities

EXP’D. SERVICE ADVISOR for busy dealership req’d.

Send resume to Box 1104, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Full Time Waitress’s. Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

22 Lacombe Express Advocate Opportunities

Thursday, April 2, 2015

850

Trades

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in GRANDVIEW AREA 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area DEER PARK AREA Dennison Cres. & 1 Block of Davison Dr. ALSO Durand Cr. & Drummond Ave. $69./mo.

ALSO Drummond Cl. & Dowd Cl. $59./mo.

MICHENER AREA 50A. St. between 40 Ave. & 42 A Ave, 50, 51, 51A & 52 St. between 40 Ave. & 43 Ave. and Michener Drive area. $209.00/mo.

HD Journeyman mechanic for busy pipeline facility shop in Sylvan Lake. Must be punctual, be flexible to work extended hrs., service equip., must be able to troubleshoot hydraulic systems, fuel injection systems, sm. engine repairs. Able to work on JD, Cat, New Holland, Cummins fuller transmissions, Differentials. Email: jobs@ redcoreltd.com

MESSINGER Meats in Mirror, AB Req’s a BUTCHER immed.

MUST BE EXPERIENCED meat cutting, deboning, sausage making and kill floor work. F/T (44 HRS) permanent position, $18/hr. Please call 403-391-6061

Truckers/ Drivers

860

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

CONTRACT DRIVERS in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off.

403-586-4558

CONCRETE???

For LANCASTER Area

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

TIRED OF SEARCHING FOR BUYERS?

To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

Household Furnishings

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

Antiques & Art

1520

PETITPOINT PICTURES, Dutch boy & girl, professionally framed. $50. pr. 403-314-9603

Auctions

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197

1530

AUCTION Sales Wed. @ 6 pm.

Antique sales 1st. Sun. of COUNTERTOPS & kitchen the month @ 1 pm. Apr.5 Moose Hall 2 miles south renovations. of Ponoka on 2A Wes 403-302-1648 WE BUY FOR CASH. 403-304-4791 REMOVAL of old concrete, Garage/RV pads, driveways, Check website for full listings patios, bsmt. Dave 352-7285 www.bigstrapperauctions.net

Placing a classified ad is an easy and affordable way Children's to make your wares the Eavestroughing Items focus of attention among CLEANED & BABY DOLL with rooted potential buyers. What are GUTTERS REPAIRED. 403-391-2169 hair & sleep eyes, c/w a few clothes. $10. you waiting for? Contact us 403-314-9603 today and start turning the Massage stuff you don’t want into Therapy something you do want: Clothing REGISTERED 2200

1130

1580

1280

CASH! GET THINGS MOVING WITH THE CLASSIFIEDS!

Misc.

Help

CARRIERS REQUIRED

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542

With 73 papers, approximately: $380.00/mo.

For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301

Accounting .......................... 1010 Acupuncture........................1020 Advocate/Mediation ............1025 Antique Dealers & Stores ...1027 Automotive ..........................1029 Bands & DJ s ......................1030 Beauty/Cosmetic ................1040 Bookkeeping .......................1050 Cabinet Makers...................1054 Child Care/Caregivers.........1060 Carpentry............................1062 Car Rentals .........................1064 Cat Work .............................1065 Cleaning .............................1070 Clerical................................1080 Construction .......................1085 Consulting...........................1090 Contractors ......................... 1100 Computer Services ..............1110 Drafting & Design................ 1120 Eavestroughing ................... 1130 Educational ......................... 1140 Electrical ............................. 1150 Entertainment ..................... 1160 Escorts................................ 1165 Farm Equipment ................. 1168 Financial ............................. 1170 Fireplaces ........................... 1175 Flooring............................... 1180 Food/Catering ..................... 1190 Furnace Cleaning ............... 1193 Glass Shops ....................... 1196 Mobile Glass Shops............ 1197 Handyman Services ...........1200 Health Care......................... 1210 Income Tax .........................1220 Insurance ............................ 1130 Landscaping .......................1240 Land Mapping .....................1250 Legal Services ....................1260 Limousine Services ............1270 Massage Therapy ...............1280 Mechanical .........................1285 Misc. Services ....................1290 Moving & Storage ...............1300 Oilfield .................................1305 Painters/Decorators ............ 1310 Personal Services ............... 1315 Pet Services ....................... 1318 Photography .......................1320 Plumbing & Heating ............1330 Printing................................1335 Rental - Equipment .............1340 Rental - Misc .......................1350 Repair Service ....................1360 Roofing ...............................1370 Snow Removal....................1380 Travel ..................................1385 Upholstery ..........................1390 Well Drilling ........................1400 Welding ............................... 1410 Window Cleaning ................1420 Yard Care ............................1430

Contractors

For VANIER Area

With 42 papers, approximately $220./mo

Business Services #1000 - #1430

880

HOUR MESSAGE THERAPIST REQ’D Start immediately, please forward resume to: drjeff joneschiro@ gmail.com or drop off to: 3, 1959 GAETZ AVE. Jones Family Chiropractic

Painters/ Decorators

1310

1590

ITALIAN ladies chocolate leather boots, soft glove fit over knee length, zippered back, 2 3/4” heel, $200.

403-227-2976

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Homestead Firewood

BULLDOG Metals Ltd. Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. is looking for a highly Free Est. 403-872-8888 avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 motivated Assistant Shop Supervisor. Position is FT. Key Duties include: B.C. Birch, Aspen, Ability to deal with a Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

Roofing multitude of personalities.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 Ability to take & give PRECISE ROOFING LTD. direction. Ability to deal FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. with multiple tasks. Ability Can deliver 403-896-4869 to adjust to change & 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 challenges. Good team QUALITY work at an player. Experience with affordable price. Joe’s LOGS scrap metal materials are Roofing. Re-roofing Semi loads of pine, spruce, an asset but not nec. If specialist. Fully insured. tamarack, poplar. interested in applying, Insurance claims welcome. Price depends on location. please deliver resume in Lil Mule Logging person to the Attn: of Kevin 10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602 403-318-4346 at 4305 78 St Cres.

1370

1720

2 TABLE lamp sets, colored glass stems and metal base, Like new. $8. set; 403-346-2192

Agricultural #2000 - #2290

Farm Equipment ..............2010 Haying Equipment ............2020

RECLINER, brown leather, Tractors ............................2030 like new. $125.

Combines & Headers ......2040 403-358-5568 Fertilizer Equipment..........2050

ROLLING kitchen island 43 x 18 x 36H, 4 doors, 2 drawers, knife block, cherrywood, paid $360, sell for $175 403-886-2542

TAN vinyl rocking chair and ottoman, exc. shape, clean $60 ; 403-886-2542

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

STEREO with radio, cassette & LP, one unit, with clear lid & quality speakers, $25.

403-346-2192

VHS movies, (100). $75.

403-885-5020

Misc. for Sale

1760

BROWNIE 8 movie camera, bar lights and 8 mm movie splicer, Brownie 500 movie projector all for $50 SOLD

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

Farm Custom Work

2080

CUSTOM TUB GRINDING Truck mount grinder w/550 HP. Call Nolan 403-357-9674 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Livestock

2100

GELBVIEH BULLS CHINA - Set of Nikko dishes. Dinner plates, luncheon plates, bowls, cups, saucers, salt & pepper. All for $25.

403-314-9603

METAL work bench with peg board, 2 drawers, 1 shelf 48”wx25Dx62”h $65 403-886-2542

TWO pinwheel crystal trilight table lamps, 26” tall.

Mint con. No shades. $40 for pair. (403) 342-7908

Dogs

1840

TO GIVE AWAY TO GOOD LOVING HOME. 6 yr old Maremma Italian Sheep Dog. Male.

403-343-7100

Sporting Goods

1860

PROSET Hockey Card, one box (NEW) 1991 - 1992, $30.

GOLF bag, black, traveling style. $45.

403-885-5020

Wanted To Buy

1930

LOOKING For a BATHROOM VANITY, white, with drawers, but without sink or taps, size approx. 28” wide x 18” deep x 32” high.

403-346-5360

Quality 2 Year Old Polled Red & Black.

Semen tested. $3500 each.

Dayspring Cattle Sylvan Lake 403-887-4971 dayspringcattle.com RED ANGUS BULLS Yearlings & 2 year olds.

Seman tested. Quiet disposition. Calving ease heifer bulls. Delivered.

Cripps Cattle Company 403-391-2648 Start your career!

See Help Wanted Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

For Rent #3000 - #3200

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

Wanted to Rent #3250 - #3390

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

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

3 BDRM. house in Rimbey $1200 +/mo.

403-704-6397

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

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

Suites

3060

ELNORA, 3 bdrm., main flr., 4 appls. $775/mo. incl. all utils, no pets. immed.

403-348-6594 SYLVAN LAKE, Private bdrm. +. Cable, fridge, ect. $550/mo. 403-880-0210

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

REPUTATION Shorthorn yearling bulls, halter broken, quiet, reasonably priced. Call Jennifer 403-704-6121

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

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

20 ROUND Hay bales, rained on $40/ea.

403-350-9517 Lacombe Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

SMALL Square Hay Bales: 1st & 2nd cut.

SMALL Square Straw Bales 403-784-2276

Roommates Wanted

3080

BLACKFALDS $600 all included, furnished, 403-358-1614 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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Motorhomes

5100

Houses For Sale

4020

Acreages

4050

hitch

4160

Trucks

Attn: Builders

STOW MASTER 5000 tow hitch $150 403-887-3065 BLUE OX tow $200 403-887-3065

Lots For Sale

Realtors & Services..........4010 Houses for Sale................4020 Houses Wanted ................4030 Condos/Townhouses ........4040 Acreages ..........................4050 Acreages Wanted ............4060 Farms/Land ......................4070 Farms/Land Wanted ........4080 Manufactured/ Mobile Homes ..................4090 Income Property ..............4100 Commercial Property ......4110 What else can enliven and Industrial Property ............4120 entertain like the newspaper?

Cottages/Resort Property ..4130 It’s what people turn to for a Businesses for Sale..........4140 heartwarming story or just a Buildings for Sale ............4150 good laugh.

Lots for Sale ....................4160 Out of Town Property ......4170 It’s also your best source for Investment Opportunities ..4180 local news and information. Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190

THEY READ for Fun.

HIGH and DRY

HIDDEN GEM Enjoy the seclusion of this quality, 5 bdrm., 3 bath, Exe. home, furn., 4 + att.

Garage, PRIVATE Boat DOCK! Offered under Appraised Value at 749K !

Be HERE for MAY LONG! Dori Westin, Coldwell Banker Ontrack Realty 403-357-9010

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

4 Acres, 1 Mile E of Caroline, Trees on N Property Line, Power to Property, $129,000.

Dori Westin, Coldwell Banker ONTRACK Realty 403-357-9010

Farms/ Land

4070

Motorcycles

5080 CASH IN WITH THE CLASSIFIEDS!

1991 GMC SLE 1/2 ton, reg. cab, L/B, 350 auto, reliable, $1250 403-348-5380 after 5 pm.

Blackfalds. Duplex lots available. For information call 403-304-5555

Real Estate #4000 - #4190

5050

Residential Building Lots in a Gated, Maintenance 2005 DURAMAX 2500 HD Free Golf & Lake Bedroom LS 150,000 kms, lots extra 2006 HONDA community, 25 minutes $25,000 obo 403-896-3609 GOLDWING TRIKE from Red Deer. Lots w/Lehman Monarch 2 trike starting from 99K Contact kit. This unit is loaded with Mike at 1-403-588-0218 Vans all options plus lots of extra chrome. 49,500 kms.

Buses Bike was triked in 2011.

Cars Asking $33,000 Call (403)318-4653

5070

5030

2012 Mustang 6 spd. manual shift, 3.7 litre, upgraded tires and rims, sporty, black. 56,012KM, $14,000.00 obo. 843-6516

SQUARE section. Top quality grain land. Good older house and buildings. $3,100,000 Olds area. Call Lyle Nielsen, Century 21 1999 BUICK Regal, loaded 156,000 km.403-352-6995 PENDING

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

2001 DODGE CARAVAN, 189,000 km, no rust.

403-442-4223 or 403-373-6279

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Turn those unwanted items into quick cash with a single phone call.

Public Notice #6000

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

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403-748-2628

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403-748-2628 403-350-8628

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Tuesday April. 7th

Co-op Pork Side Ribs $6.59/kg Breast Bone Off - Cut In-store from Fresh Canadian Pork Value Pack

$

2.99 lb

Delissio Pizza 2 for Selected Varieties - Frozen 519-888g - First 4

THREE DAY SALE April 3-5 Co-op Gold Coke or Pepsi Skinless Products Shankless Hams 2L - First 6 Random Cryovac Wrapped First 1

$

1

lb

Hot cross Buns

8.98

.99¢

.99

$

Pineapple

each

$4.39/kg

plus dep & enviro

Co-op Market Town Pumpkin Pie

each Package of 12 - 660g

$

2.99

2 for

$ - 600g

5

each Ripe & Ready to Eat - Large Size - Imported

$

2.99

Lay’s or Ruffles Potato Chips 3 for

$ 220-255g Selected Varieties

7.98

Danone Activia Yogurt 3 for Selected Varieties - 650g First 3

$

9

Quaker Instant Oatmeal 2 for Selected Varieties 228-430g

$

7

Central Alberta Co-op English Estates Centre Lacombe Open Daily until 9pm

403-782-6200

www.centralab.coop

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