Ponoka News, April 15, 2015

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Girls attended Minor Ball’s fastball training session.

Story on page 30

Farmers and Indians assist others to get through the flooded Battle River.

Story on page 5

Dracula Prepare for spooky fun at PSC’s rendition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula set for April 16 to 18 and April 23 to 25. Here Dracula (Ian Ferguson) offers Harker (Dylan David Hart) some food in a dress rehearsal Monday, April 13. Nine original songs were written for this play. See our story on page 24.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Premier Prentice makes campaign stop in Ponoka

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

With the provincial election campaign period underway, politicians are already making their stops in communities.

Premier Jim Prentice was the first to stop in Ponoka and he took some time to answer some questions.

The first question to Prentice was whether he felt there would be backlash from voters after seeing Wildrose members such as former MLA Rod Fox cross over to the PC Party. Fox ultimately lost the PC nomination to Peter DeWit. “I think the ballot question in this election is who has a realistic plan for the future of this province,” answered Prentice.

With a large deficit and

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a tough economic outlook, he suggests the question should be on who has long and short-term plans for the province. In reference to DeWit, the new PC candidate for Lacombe-Ponoka, Prentice said “He won the nomination contest fair and square.”

Following up on the nomination process, Prentice was asked about PC Party rules that have recently come under fire. One of those rules is not to release the voting results of the nomination election.

Prentice did not answer the question directly except to say the PC Party nominated 87 candidates across the province. “We’ve got a really fine team of men and women.”

“At the end of the day

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people will judge the parties by how realistic the plan is they put forward,” he added.

Prentice also touched on the goal of the budget.

“It’s important that we keep building infrastructure,” said Prentice.

There are four key goals in the budget, he added: • Balancing the books despite a $7 billion deficit while still spending money for infrastructure. “We plan to rebalance over three years,” he said.

• Cutting waste and duplication of services.

• Protecting frontline jobs such as teachers and nurses; while some of those jobs are protected, the ones that will lose jobs are the ones not in unions.

• Keep building the public infrastructure. “We may have made a conscious choice over the next three years, in the face of oil prices, to building infrastructure,” the premier said.

Diversification of resources During the budget announcement, the premier mentioned diversifying resources but that related to existing ones and not delving into renewable resources. When asked about it, Prentice said the province needed to work around its strengths.

“We need more agricultural processing, we need to open up new markets in the Asia-Pacific,” said Prentice.

He says building on the province’s core industries of energy, agriculture, tourism and forestry are the main areas to focus on.

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Man held at gunpoint in targeted incident

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Ponoka RCMP are investigating a drug-related incident where a man was held at gun point in his home.

Two suspects forcibly entered the home and held the victim at gun point Tuesday, March 30 at 10 a.m. While he was being held, a roommate hid in the closet to avoid the suspects.

The victim fled the home before harm could occur. Police say approximately 30 minutes later, the person in the closet called the detachment as he feared the victim was abducted.

A few hours later, the victim who had escaped returned to the home where investigators continued with their questioning. Police say the event was isolated and there was no danger to the public. It is believed to be drug-related and officers now have a sketch of the suspects. The investigation continues.

Impaired driver found slumped at the wheel Police had to smash the windows of a vehicle after

finding an impaired motorist slumped over the wheel.

Two officers had to work together Wednesday, April 8 to turn off the ignition of a red Buick Century after the car was still in drive.

Initially one officer located the vehicle stopped in the middle of Range Road 253 near Menaik Road. A second Mountie came to assist as the first was unable to gain the attention of the driver. All the windows were rolled up at the time.

At one point, the Buick started to creep forward on the road and another officer had to align his cruiser to prevent the Buick from going further.

It was at this point that officers smashed the windows to gain access and turn off the engine. The driver, a 25-year-old Edmonton man, was arrested and taken to the detachment where he provided two blood-alcohol samples of .12.

Dog thieves arrested Rottweiler puppies were rescued from their wouldbe thieves with the help of social media last week.

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Police say the suspects, a 21-year-old man from Red Deer and a 16-year-old youth from Ponoka, helped investigators by declaring on social media that they had the animals. Both were charged with possession of stolen property.

Handgun stolen from vehicle Mounties are on the lookout for a Marlin boltaction firearm that was removed from a vehicle.

Police say overnight, Friday, April 3 culprits entered the vehicle on 50 A Street and took the firearm, which had a trigger lock and was covered. Ammunition in the vehicle was not taken. There are no suspects at this time.

Damage to bridge Police are investigating damage that was made to a bridge on Gee Road recently.

The front axle of a large truck was left near the bridge where substantial damage to the structure was made. A nearby lease site also received damage to its gate and police believe the

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Religion

Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship

The way you live makes you close to God

CHURCH DIRECTORY Associated Gospel Churches of Canada

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

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKA Sr. Pastor Paul Spate

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

5109 - 57 Ave. Ponoka www.fbcponoka.org

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Bible Discovery Hour 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

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

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

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

Rev. Mitch Ramkissoon www.parklandurc.org

PONOKA WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Pastor Rob McArthur

403-783-5659

Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.

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PONOKA UNITED CHURCH Minister: Beatrix Schirner

ponokaunited@shaw.ca

Sunday Service 10:00 am.

5020-52 Ave. Ponoka

Phone: 403-783-4087

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

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

403-783-6012 • www.sonriseponoka.com

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

5113 - 52 Ave., Ponoka, T4J 1H6 403-783-4048 stachurch@shaw.ca

ST. MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH Rev. Donna Willer Rev. Marty Tuer, Honourary Assistant 5120 - 49 Ave. Ponoka

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Sunday Service: Holy Eucharist 10 a.m. www.stmarysanglicanponoka.com

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 5501 - 54 Ave. Ponoka 403-783-4141 Sunday Service: 10:30am Sunday School: 10:30am Pastor Tim Graff • trinityponoka.ca

ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Pastor Fred Knip 9 miles east on Hwy 53 403-782-9877 Jr. Church during service for children Sunday Service 10:30 am

James Strachan The United Church of Canada not a member of The Ponoka Ministerial Association I’m going to come right out and say it: I am a “heretic.” Heretic comes from a Greek word that means “able to choose.”

For centuries, the formal and organized Christian community has used it to denounce and condemn anyone who chooses not to believe some or all of Christian doctrine. In my case, it is “some” that I choose not to believe. It is because of this, that I am not a member of the local ministerial. I can’t “sign up” for some of the things they insist that a minister must believe.

I tell you all of this because I feel quite sure that

there are quite a number of you reading this who would be in the same camp. Some of you would be people who say, “I used to be a (name your denomination)…

BUT…” The “but” usually has to do with beliefs or practices that your former Church espouses, which you can no longer stomach.

For many Christian churches, organized or informal, it is what you believe that makes you ‘right with God.’ For these Christians, ‘believing’ a number of propositions or doctrines is what makes you a “Christian.” ‘Believing’ is an interesting word. It means a great deal more than simply accepting a list of statements. It means “giving yourself wholeheartedly” to something. Perhaps it’s best translated as “be-loving.”

When you say, “I believe in my children,” you don’t mean that you accept their existence as fact. It means, “I love them and give myself wholeheartedly to them, no matter what.” In other words, I “be-love” them. Think of all the ways in which people ‘be-love’ aspects of God’s creation.

That net spreads a lot wider then the boundaries of traditional Christian ‘beliefs.’

When you come right down to it, we need to remember that Jesus himself was not a “Christian.”

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says that he was Christos, or Messiah, “the anointed one of God” He was a faithful and practicing Hebrew, a Jew! He called upon people to believe and trust in God, to believe and trust the Word he brought from God, to participate in God’s Kingdom by living the “Kingdom life.”

The Word Jesus brought from God, and shared with anyone who would listen, was that God loved them unreservedly, and in response, they could and should live the ways of God’s Kingdom. In the beginning, remember, his disciples and friends were not called Christian, but rather “Followers of the Way.” Jesus spoke very little about religion, and very little about “believing.”

He spoke about behavior.

The ways of the Kingdom involved behavior, rather than beliefs. And those who were prepared to live by the ways of the Kingdom, were participants in that Kingdom, God’s Kingdom.

If you translate that into the language and concepts of our time, it boils down to the fact that those who live the Kingdom ways are demonstrating God’s way to their neighbours. And that’s what Jesus wanted: for human beings to live by God’s ways, whatever their religious beliefs!

So, what are ‘the ways

of the Kingdom’? If you read your way through the brief Gospel of Mark, you find Jesus laying out that “way” in words and in actions. He urged acceptance and the embracing of outcast people; he urged that healing and care be given to anyone who asks for it; that you practice (as he did) the tenets of your religion, whatever religion that is; make every effort to see that the hungry are fed, the damaged made whole; let people know that God loves the whole world without reserve; love and encourage children – your own and those of others; and above all, trust God utterly and always. Those who live this way, Jesus called his “family.” (Mark 3:35) Jesus demonstrated the love of God so completely that when those who disliked it and said he was wrong (a heretic!), he did not resist, but gave himself to death to demonstrate the Kingdom way and God’s love.

So, if you have trouble ‘believing’ some things, if you choose odd ways of thinking, remember that what God cares about (according to Jesus) is the way you live, the way you behave. Look carefully at the Kingdom ways listed above. That’s the way to be close to God, whether you are ‘religious’ or not!

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Reflections of Ponoka

Growing up down on the farm in the early days

Early memories

Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

In the early days of the settlement of our town and surrounding districts everyone always faithfully pulled together to help each other in many times of need. This classic early 1920s photo features the Town of Ponoka off in the background, while farmers and Indians with horses and carts assist others to get through the flooded Battle River.

Carl Dimant

BY MIKE RAINONE FOR THE NEWS

Remember When...

Photo courtesy of Ponoka Panorama

A familiar sight around Ponoka in the 1930s was a diminutive gentleman by the name of Carl Dimant, who was less than four feet tall, but was a friend to all, a great entertainer and carrier of all the community news. He would travel through the country with his cart pulled by Shetland ponies, stopping to sharpen scissors, knives, saws, and other items, as well as enjoying lots of visiting and good jokes.

Samuel Doran came to the Ponoka district from Marysville, Oregon in 1903 and homesteaded the N.E. 20-44-27.

After living with his brother Lawrence for four years, Sam married Mabel Bates from the Home Glen district and lived in a little log house until their spacious new home was completed in 1911.

Together they would work very hard farming and raising their cattle, got very much involved in the community, and along the way raised their family of 11, including Hazel, Walter, Edward, Francis, Patrick, Bill, Mary, Julia, Dorothy, Irene, and Joseph, who died in infancy. The children enjoyed their many adventures and chores while growing up on the farm and attending school, then looked forward to getting married, raising their own families, and beginning their new lives in the local districts and far beyond.

Bill Doran married Maureen O’Dougherty and they were blessed with a family of four while Bill enjoyed a long and successful career of teaching school and agriculture. In his retirement years, he loved to write the many delightful memories of growing up on the family farm, and we are pleased to share some of these tales with our readers in Reflections.

From the pen of Bill Doran During the 1920s and ‘30s, I can clearly remember many Indian tribes moving through the country. In their groups of about 30, there would probably be eight to 10 colts trying to nurse as they trotted alongside their mothers, who were doing all the pulling of the heavy loads. Along with lots of horses and dogs, there were also lots of kids.

They would often be hired by the farmers in the district to clear land, pick roots or do some stooking, and what seemed very strange to me was that the women worked as hard, if not harder than the men. I can fondly recall one group that Dad had hired to do some land clearing, they set up their tents a few hundred yards from the house, and before long they were borrowing sugar, flour, milk, and other items from our mother. The dark skinned children, particularly the babies, really attracted my attention. They were very shy for a while, and then they gradually accepted us into their play and games, but I am afraid that at first some of the settlers and farmers did not accept the presence of the Indians very well. As a young boy, I was always very intrigued by the method that the groups used to transmit messages to the other Indians. Usually by a crossroads, they would arrange twigs and branches in such a manner as to indicate the direction and distance to the next campsite.

Their unique system was often referred to by many a white man as the ‘Indian telegraph’.

During those tough but exciting pioneer days, various

travelling salesmen used to wander through the countryside in covered wagons dispensing their wares and buying junk, on which they might, or might not, make a profit.

Many used to have meals and sometimes spend the night at our place, and one who used to avail himself of the ‘Doran hospitality’ was a red- headed Jewish traveller who had a real sense of humour. He explained the red hair to all of us by guessing that a red-headed Irishman must have gotten mixed up with his ancestors sometime in the past. Anyway, he wouldn’t eat bacon and pork, and we kids always used to wonder why not? One Wednesday morning, which was always ‘hog day’ in Ponoka, he was helping us load a bunch or market sized hogs into our old truck to ship them to market, and we were having a lot of trouble getting them into the loaded. One big bruiser finally broke away, and when that Jewish chap tried to stop him he ran right between his legs, and dumped him into the mud. As he picked himself up he looked us kids right in the eye and said, ‘Now you know why I don’t eat bacon....it’s because there’s a bit of the devil in all of those xxooxx pigs.’

A very familiar sight in the early 1930s was Mr. Carl Dimant and his team of Shetland ponies pulling an undersized two-wheeled cart. Carl was a dwarf less than four feet in height, but was very strong in the arms and shoulders.

This delightful little gentleman was liked by all and welcomed by everyone, including the patrons of the local pubs, and with his very high pitched voice, was constantly chattering as well as being great source of all of the community news. His specialty was travelling through the country with his ponies and cart, offering to sharpen everyone’s scissors, saws, and other items.

When I was 15, I read in a magazine about a boy who had carried out an interesting experiment involving both crows and magpies, so I decided to duplicate it. I very carefully robbed three crow’s nests and three magpie’s nests of the eggs and placed four hens’ eggs in each. Keeping a careful record of the date, I went back exactly three weeks later to check the results and found that I hadn’t fooled the magpies as they had destroyed and ate the hen’s eggs; but those wily crows had dutifully incubated the eggs, the young chicks were healthy, and not one had yet fallen from their nests high up in the trees. In fact, at one such nest there must have been at least a 100 crows, either perched in the nearby trees or flying close by, and I assumed with joy that it must have been a case of the proud parents showing off their strange new offspring to the quickly gathering crowd.

Please watch for more stories of our colorful history from town and districts in Reflections, and if you have some information or old photos for us to share with our readers, please give the Ponoka News a call.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Opinion

Time for the electorate to speak

Mustafa Eric

Editor The election date has been announced and all party leaders have begun crisscrossing the province to ask for votes in return for promises, of which we can never be certain of delivery.

As of today, the politicians will have 20 more days to speak and then it will be the turn of the electorate to speak, at the ballot box. But what will the electorate say?

Months before an election was even in the horizon, there was a lot of talk within the Conservative powerbase that Jim Prentice might not be the answer to the PCs’ woes, some cynics were even suggesting that Prentice would

be a “waste of time.”

There was also talk that time had come for a change because the deeply entrenched position of the governing party was inevitably leading to inertia among the PC leadership and they needed a jolt. Others were heard saying they could well vote for another party if only its name had some connotation suggesting a conservative leaning.

This may be one of the key issues in deciding the future of the province: Are we, as voters, going to support a political party as we support a hockey or a football team, or are we going to cast our ballot based on an informed comparison of the platforms being offered by the political parties?

Are we going to be blindsided by the sympathies we nurture for this or that political philosophy or shall we allow rationality to take over from our sentiments in deciding which way to use our vote?

Now we have to face the

fact that the latter option, that is the rationality-based one, is admittedly more difficult: it requires us not only to think but also to act as responsible citizens learning the main points of the platforms of the each party asking for our vote, to weigh them according to our own yardsticks, and yes, according to what extent they will serve our personal interests as well as those of the people of the province.

How many of us will spend the time and make the effort to study the material that the parties’ candidates have been distributing nonstop and at every possible venue? And how many of us will find it adequate to become informed of the parties’ offerings through the interpretation of friends and family and, of course, of the media?

If we don’t do our homework before casting our vote, how much justification shall we have to complain when the new government takes steps that we will not be fond of?

PCs declare energy wins, seniors lose Dear Editor, Since 2007, we tried to have a water contamination issue addressed by government. We wrote to every Environment Minister, Energy Minister and Premier since then. There were no actions taken to protect us from further impact. Instead, energy companies were allowed to drill, fracture and co-mingle gas zones, making identification of the source near impossible.

We were told we had no standing to object to future ongoing drilling even with proven deep gas showing up in our water. Our case was closed in 2014, leaving us to deal with it.

Our letters of concern have always been responded to first, by the Liberal party, then NDP and several weeks later by the

Minister of Energy representing the Premier. Does that not tell you who really runs this province?

We received no response from the Wildrose party, yet they garnered the most rural seats in the last election? That says a lot about their loyalty to their electorate.

Can it get more ridiculous?

Sadly, yes it can. April 9, we attended a public meeting in Trochu hosted by Alberta Surface Rights Group, a landowner group that works to protect rights, particularly in dealing with oil and gas development on the land. The reason for this meeting was to inform the public of some recent Surface Rights Board (SRB) decisions which they believe have breached the Act. This Act was established in the

1930s to balance energy development and protect landowner rights. Lawyer, Keith Wilson, explained that oil companies can gain access to land, even when the landowner is not in favour, through a Right of Entry Order granted by the government. To balance this taking, landowners were promised the right to be made "whole" or compensated by the company, or failing that, by the government, for leasing of their land. With low oil prices some energy companies are declaring bankruptcy and calling on protection under the federal Bankruptcy Act to not pay landowners. In the past, the government would make payment and seek restitution from the company. Not today!

One case involved an elderly couple who have not

Judy Dick Manager 5019A Chipman Ave., Box 4217, Ponoka, AB. T4J 1R6 Phone: 403.783.3311 Fax: 403.783.6300 Email: editorial@ponokanews.com Published every Wednesday by PNG Prairie Newspaper Group in community with: Regional Publisher, Fred Gorman

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True, just as in federal politics, we don’t have in the province a strong tradition of political opposition and one that was just blossoming a few short months ago has now been almost completely spoiled thanks to political tricks of Premier Jim Prentice.

But simply because there is no viable opposition, are we to allow the governing

political force to perpetuate its rule? If we believe X party will do better in government but has little chance of winning, should we stay home and allow our voice to be drowned by the majority, or should we go out and, albeit anonymously, empower our single ballots make a stand for the platform we believe to be better?

Voting is a right that

mankind has travelled a very long distance to realize, at least in respect to the blood, sweat and tears shed along that road, we should go out and make our voices heard regardless of which side it cheers for.

After all, according to George Jean Nathan, a US literary figure; ”Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”

been paid for three years, total bill amounting to over $100,000.

Without the energy company present at the hearing to provide any defense, the SRB decided in favour of the oil company over the landowners.

No payment required! This would be like the hockey team that doesn't show up to play being given the win. Have we now entered the world of bullies or just referees with a

different set of rules? These are legal agreements being violated.

This government has been protecting the energy industry and has failed the people of this province.

Why would we support a government, which endorses the abuse of innocent people?

Premier Prentice promised in his pre-electioneering that he would restore landowner rights removed in Bill 12. Isn't this

just the opposite? Does he say one thing, but do another?

The people of this province deserve to be protected from huge corporations, not to be their creditors and be left with their mess. It is time to change political thinking and put power back into the hands of the people. The PCs have failed and its time to tell them so.

Ronalie Campbell Ponoka

Defeat this budget, defeat Prentice Dear Editor, Alberta is the last to join the “Have Not” provinces. Why? Albertans will no longer have to pay equalization payments. The Progressive Conservative Party put Albertans billions of dollars in debt.

Albertans paid $18.9 billion in equalization pay-

ments in 2011 (latest stats from Finance Alberta). That is $5,012 per person, or for families of four $20,048.

What family couldn’t use that money now?

With $19 billion a year, Albertans will have no increase in taxes and money to spare, if Dictator Prentice and his spendaholic government are defeated in the

“budget” election.

Dictator Prentice is relying on you non-voters to stay home. He has already proven he is willing to pay taxpayers dollars ($27 million) on an illegal election.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Committee seeks feedback on future of Ponoka’s downtown

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Planners with the Town of Ponoka want feedback from the community on the future of the downtown core.

The Downtown Revitalization/Heritage Committee posted the survey Monday, April 13 to see what residents want to see happen downtown. Chairperson Teri Underhill said a big goal for many communities was the revitalization of their downtown areas.

Seeking community feedback was an important part the committee’s goal, she explained. “Everybody has a lot of concern about our downtown.”

She recalls Ponoka’s downtown area to be a hub of excitement in the community and says those times have changed, but Underhill wants to see a thriving core again.

“The reality is, it is not going to be what it traditionally was,” added Underhill.

Putting out the survey might garner important feedback for the committee, which is still in its early stages of development.

She says there are many small communities trying new ideas and she hopes with that research and feedback from the survey, the committee will have clear direction for the future.

“I’m hoping that people will be enthusiastic about it,” added Underhill.

Survey questions relate to what residents and business owners would like to see in the downtown core and can be found at the town’s website under Re-imagine Ponoka’s Downtown recent news.

A Facebook page under the same name has also been created. The survey will run for two weeks from April 13.

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Ponoka Day in the Park , August 29th.

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Report a Pot Hole / Sidewalk Repair Have you noticed a pot hole on your street or back lane or have a sidewalk that is in need of repair?

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PSC Broncs News Wendy Fessler Student Services & Academic and Career Counselor As we move into spring, PSC is planning for another exciting year in 2015-2016. We will begin our registration process by touring the Gr. 9s from our rural schools, Crestomere and Mecca Glen, and helping those students select their courses for Gr. 10, ensuring they know what our school has to offer and hope to get them involved in our numerous sports and extra-curricular clubs and activities.

We will also be planning for our Gr. 6 students who will be moving up to ensure those students feel comfortable in our building and plan for options that they are going to find meaningful and fun in their day. In conjunction with touring new students, we also want parents and the community to come into our building and see what we are all about.

Now we are done our renovations and our new fine arts centre is complete, we want people to come in and see what changes have happened.

We will be hosting an OPEN HOUSE and a POST-SECONDARY FAIR - APRIL 28th from 4-7.

This will give a chance for any parents, students and community members to see our school and what post-secondary options are available for their child in the future so that we can plan their educational goals and get them in the courses that they will need to be successful.

We will also be meeting with our existing Gr. 9s moving on to ensure they know how high school course streaming works and know what they need to graduate and registering our Grade 10s and 11s for the next year. I encourage all parents to contact me if they have any questions about their student’s education goals and progress.

This Week At PSC April 15 - April 22

April 15 – Social 30-1 30-2 Diploma Part 1 @9am April 16 – Social 30-1 30-2 Diploma Part 2 @9am April 16 – Opera Field Trip, Dracula Play @7pm April 17 – PD Day, Bio 30 Diploma @9am April 21 – WC Badminton Playdowns @3pm Please visit our website for all upcoming events and exciting news!

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Job Opportunities: -Volunteer Fire Fighters -Fire Chief -Transfer Station Attendant For more information please visit the Town website and apply to hr@ponoka.org

EVENTS AND RECREATION Library News DESSERT WINE TASTING: Ponoka Jubilee Library is hosting its 4th Wine Tasting! ‘Uncorked’ is a dessert wine tasting, and is being held THIS Saturday April 18th, starting at 7:00 pm. It will feature 8 different dessert wines from around the world along with food pairings. Makes a great date night, ladies’ night out, or a nice way to meet new people. Ticket prices are $40/person, and can be purchased at the Library at 5110 48 Avenue. All participants must be 18+.

WAKE UP YOUR GARDEN: Ponoka Jubilee Library is partnering with Tine Roelofsen from Bobtail Nursery to present ‘Wake Up Your Garden’. On Thursday May 7th from 6:30 pm-7:45 pm, come discuss what garden chores need to be done in May. The program includes clean-up, fertilization, pruning, planting of lawns, flower beds, trees, roses and vegetables. Please contact the Library at 403-783-3843 to let us know you plan to attend. No fee.

COMMUNITY CAUSE: Ponoka Jubilee Library is super excited to have been chosen as Cilantro & Chive’s Community Cause for April! For every burger purchased at Cilantro & Chive in April, $0.50 will be donated towards the library’s free membership program. So go enjoy an amazing burger, and help support Ponoka Jubilee Library!

CANADIAN FIREARMS SAFETY COURSE: Ponoka Jubilee Library is hosting a Non-restricted Canadian Firearms Safety Course on Sunday May 24th from 8:00 am - 5:30 pm. You must pre-register; cost is $120.00/ person. Space is limited. Go to www.albertafirearmscourse.com for more information, or contact the Library at 403-783-3843.

Aquaplex: Professional Day Swim April 17th from 1 – 3 pm.

Aqua Zumba starting Wednesday April 22nd 8:30-9:30am. • Closed at 5pm Friday April 24th.

Closed to the public Saturday April 25th for Sharks swim meet, come out and cheer! *There will be NO swim lessons that day* Open regular hours Sunday April 26th

COUNCIL UPDATES & BYLAW INFO DID YOU KNOW...???

Your civic address must be displayed on your property, both on the front and back. Civic addresses are used by our public works department as well as emergency services to locate your property.

Not displaying your civic address could result in delays for these services in assisting you.

REMINDER… Spring is finally here, and the Town is reminding those who operate seasonal businesses i.e. grass cutting, landscaping etc. that a business license is required to operate within Town limits.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

LACOMBE-PONOKA

Voting Made Simple Provincial General Election – May 05, 2015 Voting will take place to elect a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Voting hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Additions to the Voters List may be made beginning April 13, 2015 during regular office hours by contacting the Returning Officer: Margaret DeVries in Lacombe-Ponoka. Revisions will conclude on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 4:00 p.m.

Candidate Nomination Papers for the Provincial Election must be filed with the Returning Officer during office hours, beginning immediately and concluding at 2:00 p.m. on April 17, 2015.

Returning Officer office hours: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

If you would like to work on Voting Day, apply at www.elections.ab.ca.

Advance Voting will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from April 29, 2015 – May 02, 2015 These Advance Polls offer level access.

Advance Poll Locations: Office of the Returning Officer: 117, 5001 52 Street, Lacombe, AB T4L 2A6 Rimoka Seniors Lodge, 5608 57 Avenue, Ponoka, AB

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Available from the Returning Officer throughout the election period for electors who will be unable to vote in advance or on Voting Day because of:

10:00 a.m. on May 15, 2015 at the Office of the Returning Officer for Lacombe-Ponoka

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Returning Officer: Margaret DeVries Address: 117, 5001 52 Street, Lacombe, AB T4L 2A6 Phone: (403) 782-1301 Fax: (403) 782-0730 Email: ro66@elections.ab.ca

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PONOKA NEWS 9

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

PSC deals with growing problem of misuse of social media

BY MUSTAFA ERIC

In a recent PSC parent council meeting, school’s resource officer Const. Glen Wallace of RCMP made a presentation, during which two issues appeared to stand out: use of marijuana and misuse of social media among the students.

Ponoka News interviewed Ponoka Secondary Campus Principal Ian Rawlinson and Assistant Principal Kathy McTaggart on the topic.

Excerpts from the interview: Ponoka News: What are the dimensions of the two major issues that were discussed during the recent presentation by the school resource officer?

Ian Rawlinson: “Our problem here is not a severe problem, we do have students that bring marijuana and weed to our school for sure, unfortunately that is a problem of our society. Our ability to control the things we do, we do go into lockers, they are our lockers and we have a legal right to go into lockers, we also use our police, but the two can’t conflict.

“So if I find marijuana on a student, my focus as a school administrator is to deal with the student, not necessarily to legally charge them and go through the legal system. However, if the student is bringing an excessive amount of drugs to school or alternatively selling drugs at our school, that’s when we seek expulsion or we go through a different process. That’s how we separate the two.

Most of the stuff we deal with is what I would say fairly minor incidents, they would have a joint or half a joint. We do go into lockers, we take an educational approach to it, so it is not you bring a joint and you’re done and thrown into jail.

Our job is to educate.

“In that regard, what we do is we allow them access, we have an ADAC counsel that comes in, we mandate mandatory counseling to students quite often, we obviously bring in parents to educate parents. Our hope is to make the student to understand that this is not acceptable behaviour and if

that doesn’t work, then ultimately the consequences escalate…”

Kathy McTaggart: “To me that (misuse of social media) is the bigger issue in that it is really hard to control that. That’s something we have a lot of issues brought to us that happens outside the school and that’s where we use our social worker and bring together all the affected students and talk it out.

“When it comes to us, it is usually ‘this person is bullying me’, we try to get to the bottom of it, figuring out if it is a case of bullying or it is a case of all parties involved going back and forth. Most often, it turns into ‘I can’t say you’re bullying’ or ‘I would suspend you both’ because the kids go back and forth with it,

then we have a meeting with all the kids involved and our school social worker to discuss ‘why are you guys doing all this?’ or ‘why are you making decisions to say this stuff over social media?’ and then kids have to talk face to face.

Ian Rawlinson: “It is the old school; it is very easy to say something over social media, it is almost anonymous, you can be actually anonymous, at the end of the day we feel it is important for them to sit around the table because this is how they are going to have deal with it as adults.

“Marijuana is not the largest issue, nor is alcohol abuse and I would say our school and most schools in Alberta would deal with those things but we can educate our kids and work with

them over those issues. The tougher one for is the social media one.

“Because there are so many avenues, the minute they feel hurt, they want to act out, they can do it anywhere anytime, it is im-

mediate. But I think this is a society issue, this is a society problem and I would say that it is consuming more and more of our time.

“But it is important for your readers to understand that we’ve had situations

over the Facebook and over other social media when kids themselves started to make comments to other kids, saying this is inappropriate and take this garbage out of here and they have started to self-correct.”

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Leaders of Tomorrow reaches record nominee numbers

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

If an awards presentation ceremony held at St. Augustine Catholic School on Sunday, April 12 is any indication of the future of Ponoka, the community is

in good hands as 47 Leaders of Tomorrow nominees were honoured in front of family and friends.

In the elementary categories, all 10 nominees walked away as winners while the junior and senior categories

Virginia Harvey was named a Leaders of Tomorrow nominee winner at the program’s awards ceremony and received her certificate from Miles Cymbaluk ‘SIRRS representative’ on Sunday, April 12 at the St. Augustine Catholic School. Also awarded in the senior category was Hannah Allin, and from the junior category, Derek Lange and Emma Wittal.

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chose two of the 18 and 19 candidates, respectively.

In the junior category Derek Lange and Emma Wittal were chosen as the Leaders of Tomorrow; Hannah Allin and Virginia Harvey were named from the senior category.

“I think this is our highest number we’ve had,” said board chair Leanne Brusegard. “We were very impressed.”

Last year the program saw 32 youths nominated.

Brusgard says the number is getting higher as both teachers and community members participated this year. She says having the community nominating outstanding students makes a huge difference in the program.

“It warms my heart and makes me feel proud to live in this community,” said Brusegard.

As the program nears its 20th year in the community, Brusegard says she had seen the ripple effect as more and more students encourage each other to get involved.

“They don’t do it to be recognized, they do it because they enjoy what they’re doing.”

“It validates what they’re doing,” she added.

Having just being nominated as a Leader of Tomorrow will put an impressive mark on the students’ portfolios and help them achieve their future goals, Brusegard explained.

This is the 19th annual awards ceremony held in Ponoka and Miles Cymbaluk, representing SIRRS Law Group, one of the program’s two major sponsors (the other being Rowland, Parker and Associates), says although not everyone was named a winner, each student candidate is truly a leader in their community and worthy of the title Leader of Tomorrow.

“It’s a great group of award nominees and recipients. The community is doing a really good job of raising their children here,” said Cymbaluk.

Brusegard says without the support from the program’s sponsors, it would not have been able to continue this year. She added everyone is thankful for their continuing commitment to ensure the longevity of Leaders of Tomorrow in Ponoka.

Mayor Rick Bonnett was also in attendance and he stressed the fact that

just being nominated is an achievement for the hardworking, selfless students.

“Not everyone will be presented as winners here today, but in our hearts and minds you’re all winners.”

Ponoka County Reeve Paul McLauchlin told the students and the audience of his own experience with leadership in his younger years.

At 18 years old, McLauchlin was made a park ranger and auxiliary RCMP member.

He says his biggest lesson learned, when it comes to being a leader, was humility.

The day he saw a large group of people coming into the park with many coolers was the day he hurried down to bust them and jumped out of the vehicle before he took his seatbelt off.

With a laugh, McLauchlin said the church group with many Kool-Aid drinks in their coolers was very nice about helping untangle him from the seatbelt.

“Have fun and be humble,” said McLauchlin.

“I’m very proud of the community I’m a part of and today is a very good example of why I’m so proud,” he added.

Curt Baron, St. Augustine School principal, said

there were three groups of people to thank for helping the nominees get to where they are: educators, parents and guardians, and the students themselves.

“To my fellow educators, I want to say job well done,” said Baron.

He believes teaching classes such as math and English are the easiest lessons a teacher will pass on to their students. “It’s the more intangible lessons that are the hardest.”

When it comes to parenting a child, Baron feels sacrifice, patience and dedication are key. “Thank you for giving those things,” he said.

With a world of knowledge and influences opening up to students via the Internet, Baron says never has the idea ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ been more important, nor has the phrase ‘home is where the heart is” needed to be truer.

“Finally to the students, kudos to you. Being a leader is hard work. Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions. Sometimes you have to do what is right, not what is popular,” said Baron.

“Wear today as a badge of honor,” he added.

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PONOKA NEWS 11

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

National Volunteer Week peppered with celebrations

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

National Volunteer Week kicked off Sunday, April 12 and Ponoka Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) could think of no better way to spend the day than bringing the community together to honour the volunteers in the community.

An informal celebration held at the Ponoka Kinsmen Community Centre on Sunday included a comedian, games and ice cream as volunteers, young and old, got together to share and appreciate the gifts their presence brings the community.

“The formal volunteers is what we’re honoring, and also those hidden gems,” said FCSS executive director Shannon Boyce-Campbell.

The event looked to celebrate the diversity of volunteers in the community, from those serving with FCSS to the Brownies and Ponoka Gymnastics and Trampoline Club members that helped spearhead event, along with Ponoka County and the Town of Ponoka.

“We also got funding

through Volunteer Alberta,” said Boyce-Campbell.

Selfless volunteers are regarded as the backbone of rural communities and Boyce-Campbell says they are an essential service to communities such as Ponoka and to organizations like FCSS. “Without volunteers, I think it would have a huge financial implication on social services,” said BoyceCampbell.

“I think it’s life-changing to have a volunteer in some of our situations,” she added, referring to the volunteers that keep many of FCSS’s programs alive.

She also hopes the recognition ceremony encourages other in the community to take the time to volunteer.

“Because the rewards of being a volunteer never end.”

Shelly Van Eaton, program co-ordinator with Ponoka FCSS, designed a

ferent. When volunteers see a need people from all walks of life, they come out to address the issue,” said Calkins.

A volunteer awards ceremony is being held at the Ponoka Seniors Drop-in Centre on Friday, April 17 at 1 p.m.

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Attendees of the Ponoka FCSS volunteer appreciation ceremony play a series of Minute to Win It team-building games at the event, held Sunday April 12 at the Kinsmen Community Centre.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Ponoka teen continues fight against rare cancer

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

A Ponoka teen and her family are banding together for a difficult battle after the young girl was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer late last year.

Hope Trimble-Willis, 17, went to the Ponoka Hospi-

tal and Care Centre on Nov. 12, thinking she contracted a parasite from milking cows.

While it was determined she did not have the parasite, doctors were concerned about her kidneys and she was moved to the Red Deer Regional Hospital for a CT scan.

Her mother, Kristy Wil-

lis, was told she had bacteria in her stomach from either whooping cough or pneumonia and she was moved back to Ponoka overnight.

A week passed and Trimble-Willis was feeling no better; trying another route, she went to see the family doctor.

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“Her doctor asked her why she was walking around.

He said ‘you have a collapsed lung’,” said Willis.

She was admitted to the Wetaskiwin Hospital and Care Centre. “They did physiotherapy on her lung,” said Willis.

After five days, there were no changes and Trimble-Willis was sent for a bronchoscopy at the University of Alberta Hospital.

“I got a call stating Hope had a mass in her lung cutting off her upper left lobe,” said Willis.

On Dec. 8 a specialist told the family Trimble-Willis had a carcinoid lung tumor. Surgery was booked for February.

“She went in at 9 a.m. and at 11:39 a.m. (we) got a phone call from the surgeon saying the cancer had moved from the tumor to her lymph nodes. The only thing to try and stop the spread of it was to remove the left lung,” said Willis.

Three to four weeks later the family was informed the tumor had gone from typical to atypical. “What was in her lymph nodes was highly aggressive,” said Willis.

Hope Trimble-Willis was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on Dec. 8, 2014. A benefit is being held May 29 at the Ponoka Community Golf Club to raise funds for her and her family.

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“They can’t tell us what form of cancer it is,” she added.

Trimble-Willis began chemotherapy on March 23 and on March 29 she became very ill. She was taken to the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton. Along with the cancer, Trimble-Willis has a rare infectious disease called

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“The chemotherapy and the cryptosporidium could be deadly for her, together,” said Willis.

Because Trimble-Willis is a minor she must have somebody within 10 to 15 minutes from the Institute each time she is admitted. However, because she is older than 16 her family is not able to stay at the Ronald McDonald House.

“Financially it’s kicked our butts,” said Willis.

Willis’s aunt, Lorraine Gustafson, has planned a dinner benefit, which takes place May 29 at the Ponoka Golf Course to raise some funds for the family.

Those who want to help can also donate through gofundme.com. Willis says email money transfers can be made through helpinghopewillis@ gmail.com. Donations can also be made at any Alberta Treasury Branch into the account #886-00423030200.

For more information on the benefit, Gustafson can be contacted on Facebook at Helping Hope or via the gmail account. “(She’s the) best teenager you could ever imagine. She’s one of those kids you wish every parent could have as a teenager,” said Willis.

The mother-daughter duo are as much best friends as they are parent and child.

Trimble-Willis is an avid fan of fishing, quading, snowboarding and hunting.

“She has her good days and she has her bad days,” said Willis. “She hasn’t let it define her as a person.”

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Fish in short supply along Battle River in Ponoka

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Fishermen could probably tell tales of an abundance of fish in the Battle River, but those times have changed and fish are in short — and in some cases — no supply.

A recent study by the Battle River Watershed Alliance (BRWA) showed a low score for the Battle River along Ponoka. To combat that, the alliance started a program that is intended to improve those areas.

They hosted the launch Thursday, April 9, which is called the Ponoka Riparian Restoration Program. The BRWA is working closely with farmers and producers on the benefits of riparian area management.

What is a riparian area?

A riparian area is located between the land and the waterway, explained Kelsey Rawe of Cows and Fish. She says a healthy riparian area will be lush with native plants and vegetation.

“It’s dryer than wet, but wetter than dry,” she stated.

To give attendees an understanding of the plan, the BRWA brought speakers from Cows and Fish and entrepreneurs who developed watering methods for cattle that takes the herd away from the riverbank.

Their main goal is to improve upon the riparian area, which in turn helps the nutrients in the water. The BRWA recently conducted a two-year program with farmers along Ferry Point, near Dried Meat Lake, with similar issues to Ponoka and found some success.

Farmers were eligible for a grant to help with input costs, explained Sarah

Farmers and demonstrators see the benefits of a mobile solar powered water trough system that takes cows away from the river Thursday, April 9. The presentation was part of the Battle River Watershed Alliance’s Riparian Restoration Program.

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Skinner, watershed planning co-ordinator.

“We wanted to do something that was going to help the area of Ferry Point,” said Skinner.

Initial discussions with landowners at Ferry Point determined they all relied on the river on a substantial level. In a confidential study, the BRWA worked closely with those farmers to help improve the water quality and fish habitat, while maintaining intense agricultural production.

The alliance was able to get permission to use names and examples from the study and Skinner showed some of the results and costs to attendees.

Demonstrations were also

conducted right on the riverbank across from Hamilton’s IGA, which were intended to show producers ways to get animals away from the riverbank while ensuring they could still drink water.

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RCMP briefs continued from page 3 The man was charged with having no insurance and driving while suspended.

Youth assaults woman Ponoka RCMP are investigating an incident April 8 where a 15-year-old boy is reported to have assaulted one woman and thrown another across a room.

Police attended a home on 45 Street after reports of the assault and threats on the women. Charges are pending.

Man arrested for assaulting teenage girl Police were called to the Oasis Motel April 8 at approximately 9 p.m. after reports of a man hitting a 15-year-old girl with a pipe.

The victim is reported to have no injuries from the incident but the 28-year-old man was charged with assault with a weapon after swinging a pipe at her head after a verbal altercation.

Police say the man was intoxicated and drugs are believed to be involved in the incident.

Senior driver speeds through construction site Speeding through a construction zone at 119 km/h may have landed a senior motorist in hot water with the Transportation Safety Board.

Officers say the driver, a 72-year-old man from Edmonton, was driving his 2008 Toyota Corolla in an erratic manner and was swerving in and out of the lane southbound on Secondary Highway 611.

It is believed he was on numerous medications and he received a ticket for speeding as a result.

Impaired driver cuts off police cruiser Cutting in front of a police cruiser while impaired April 9 was a bad idea for one motorist.

Police say the driver, a 34-year-old woman, cut off the police cruiser in a 1999 Dodge Dakota. The Mountie had to slam on the breaks to avoid a collision and subsequently pulled over the driver.

She provided two bloodalcohol samples of .12 and .11 at the detachment and was charged with impaired driving before being released.. The passenger, a 31-year-old Maskwacis man, was found to have warrants for his arrest.

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Heavy winds keep firefighters busy Many Ponoka residents could see a large could of smoke from a grass fire south of Ponoka Friday, April 10.

The fire department worked for several hours in the

afternoon to quell the flames, which covered a large area. At the same time there was a report of a barn fire west of Ponoka on Secondary Highway 792.

The fire was quite small and no animals were harmed in the incident.

Ponoka RCMP and the Integrated Traffic Unit took 200 calls from March 29 to April 13.

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Broncs World Tour makes Vimy presentation at Ponoka Legion

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

With another Broncs World Tour journey coming to an end, Ponoka Secondary Campus teacher and program organizer Ron

Labrie, along with his students, gave a presentation of their experiences at the Ponoka Royal Canadian Legion on Thursday, April 9.

Each year, following the conclusion of the trip

by the World Tour class, a presentation is made in the community, with a special focus on the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.

“For the younger gener-

ation, it is really an amazing project,” said Labrie.

“I think it’s good for the students to find out about who lived in their community and made the ultimate sacrifice,” he added.

Bringing the information back to the community also benefits the legionnaires in particular, as it reaffirms future generations will carry on in remembrance, says Labrie.

As the event progressed, a parade of astounded and emotional Broncs students briefly shared their experiences from the Vimy Memorial.

The day the students

“I guess we should be proud because the Canadians really did take this ridge.”

Ron Labrie, Broncs World Tour organizer

visited the monument it was pouring rain with high winds, which many students said added to their feelings of the day.

“The guards were just so impressed with our ability to hang out there in the terrible weather,” said Labrie. He says it would have been similar weather on the day of the Battle and it only added more awareness for the students on what the soldiers would have been up against.

By no planning of his own, Labrie says the Broncs World Tour will be finished researching all the Ponoka soldiers by 2017, the centennial year of Vimy.

Over the past school year, one of the soldiers researched by the Broncs

World Tour students was Lawrence Wyatt. He was born in Halifax but eventually moved to Alberta and enlisted in Calgary when he was 20 years old.

Wyatt was on location when the Battle of Vimy Ridge began and, in the days following, helped storm a key village in the area. “It led to Lawrence’s untimely death,” said Amy Hodges, a student with the Broncs World Tour. Wyatt was not yet 21 years old.

A photo of Wyatt, his two brothers and his father, all in their military uniforms was discovered by the students. However, Labrie says they are unable to tell who is who.

Vimy Ridge For Canada, the Battle of Vimy Ridge is an especially important military accomplishment. “I guess we should be proud because the Canadians really did take this ridge,” said Labrie.

Labrie told the audience how the Canadian forces were able to use physics to pinpoint within a few meters where the German guns were. The Germans were attacked and this aided the allies’ advance along the kilometres long ridge. “It was really a difficult battle,” Labrie said.

In 1920, the land of Vimy Ridge was gifted to Canada and it is where the Vimy Memorial stands.

Labrie says it is so magnificent that even Hitler could not destroy it. “He went there and was actually quite enthralled by its beauty.”

“Those who are able, I would encourage you to definitely try and get there someday. It is the best part of Canada, I think,” said Labrie.

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Live theatre will always be great entertainment

Mike Rainone Hammertime In today’s lively world of electronics and off-thewall technology our wide and glitzy array of entertainment choices can include mega concerts, massive movie theatres with big screens and surround sound, 70-inch TVs and all those other everyday gadgets on which we can download anything, as well as Skype, text, twitter, tweet,and chat throughout the world.

On the Easter weekend, four of us took advantage of a special Christmas gift and attended the ‘Oh Boy- Buddy Holly’ Jubilations dinner theatre at West Edmonton Mall.

The 1950s music was fabulous and it didn’t take long for us to start grooving and going back to the wild and wonderful ways and days of our youth. The food was out of this world, and the acting and the close and personal action and comedy kept us cheering and chuckling to way past our usual bedtimes. This rollicking three-act presentation was led by six very talented performers who throughout the night superbly played a total of 16 characters, which also included many quick costume and set changes that were ably assisted by a top-notch supporting cast. A real treat was getting to meet all of the performers as they wandered through the crowd before the show even started, as well as a chance to shake their hands and perhaps grab an autograph right after the spectacular finale. This particular rockem-sockem production has drawn packed houses at the Jubilations Theatre from Feb. 7 to April 12, when they hit the road for the rest of their nine-month tour, maybe even on the stages of Broadway. continued on page 24

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Assaulter handed six months in custody

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

A Ponoka man who pled guilty to two counts of assault is now facing six months in custody, following sentencing in Ponoka provincial court on Friday, April 10.

On March 29, 2015 Ponoka RCMP responded to a domestic assault in progress. Upon arrival at the residence in town, they were met at the door by a frightened and crying woman.

She told them her partner, Joshua Desjarlais, 36, was drunk and had thrown her into a nightstand, injuring her head. The incident started over an argument about a cell phone.

On Jan. 1 of this year Desjarlais had attacked the same woman, throwing her into a bookcase. She was unable to walk or go to work for two days.

The woman told RCMP Desjarlais had threatened her life in the past and that

such situations were common.

In court, Desjarlais did not dispute any of the facts read.

Desjarlais has a previous criminal record but not many violent crimes, the Crown informed the court.

Both the Crown and defence were seeking 90 days in custody. Both parties felt Desjarlais’ punishment should sit at the lower end of the spectrum due to a guilty plea on his first appearance and a criminal record with a low percentage of violent crimes.

However, Judge DJ Plosz did not feel 90 days in custody was appropriate.

“You don’t deserve to have a partner. You deserve to be put out on an ice floe and set out on your own,” Plosz told Desjarlais, who was present in court via closed circuit television.

Plosz also denied Desjarlais his wish to serve his time intermittently, as to not interfere with his job. Plosz

felt Desjarlais is a danger of being a repeat offender.

“He’s a wife beater, and wife beaters are cowards.”

Following his release Desjarlais must adhere to a two-year probation, with conditions including no possessing firearms, ammunition, explosives or anything that could be used as a weapon, seek treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, and any other treatments a probation officer deems necessary, no alcohol, no entry to any establishment where the main purpose is selling alcohol or gambling, no leaving the province without written permission from a probation officer, not contact the woman and he must stay one kilometre away from her residence and place of employment.

Desjarlais was sentenced to pay a $100 fine, as well. He must also submit his DNA. Desjarlais told the court he wants to look into anger management. “I’m going to

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get counselling for myself.

I really do wish to better myself and I wish this never happens to anyone. I apologize for everything,” he said.

Plosz says his main focus is the protection of the victim. “It appears to me now that you’ve got your back up against a wall you want to better yourself.”

“You’re a mean, nasty man,” he added.

Disqualified driver impersonates, apologizes over text A woman from the Samson Cree Nation was sentenced to 60 days in jail and a $300 fine after pleading guilty to impersonation and driving while disqualified.

Iris Bull, 40, also pled guilty to failing to appear in court.

On Feb. 2, 2014 Ponoka’s RCMP stopped a driver who identified herself as

Danielle Labelle.

In the following days, Labelle contacted the RCMP and emailed texts Bull sent to her, apologizing for using her name.

At the time of the incident, Bull was a suspended driver and when RCMP learned she had provided an incorrect name, extensive efforts went into finding her.

Upon arrest, she declined her right to speak with a lawyer and was released on a promise to appear. She did not show for her March 20, 2015 court date.

The court was told transportation issues kept her from getting to Ponoka.

At the time of sentencing, Bull had been in custody for seven days; she was given 10 days credit.

Bull was also sentenced to a one-year driving prohibition.

“You’ve caused an innocent person to have a charge laid against them . . . that’s serious stuff,” said Plosz. “I don’t take kindly to that.”

“It’s time to smarten up Ms. Bull and stop getting people into trouble,” he added.

Trial date set for serial assaulter A two-day trial has been set for Daniel Archambault; May 26 and 27, commencing at 9:30 a.m. in Ponoka.

A pre-trial is being held in Wetaskiwin court on May 11.

While Archambault is currently in custody, he will appear in person during the Ponoka trial.

Archambault’s 25 counts of charges include several assaults, possession of prohibited and imitation weapons, uttering threats and possession of controlled or illegal substances.

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Reached the top! Members of the Ponoka Wheelchair Van Society are excited to have reached their funding goal of $160,000 to replace their aging vans. With help from Ponoka County, grant money from a Community Initiatives Program and from businesses and individuals. Here (l-r) Joan Pattison, secretary Lynn Lawrence, president Nell Liddle, Vern Dick, Norman Schiewe and Ed Pattison celebrate in front of the ATB Financial Branch Thursday, April 9 where they kept their thermometer.

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TRADE FAIR 2015 For the love of heroes at Ponoka Chamber trade fair

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Anyone who loves heroes is going to enjoy the Ponoka and District

Chamber of Commerce’s superhero-themed trade fair this year.

The event is set for Friday, April 17 and Satur-

day, April 18 at the Ponoka and Culture Recreation Complex, says executive manager for the chamber, Les Jaster. He says the goal

was to find ways to involve children as much as possible and children are going to have many entertainment options.

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Hamilton’s IGA is sponsoring a weekend of superhero movies in the Curling Rink with pop or hot dogs on sale for 25 cents. On the small ice surface, No Frills is sponsoring a baby crawl to see which baby is fastest.

Jaster says the Ponoka Parent Link Centre has been taking entries for the baby crawl. Another area kids will be entertained is called the Telus Fun Zone. Kids will be able to play four different games in the fun zone: basketball, football, golf and curling.

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That, along with the crowd favourite Co-operators Stage, where local music acts can show off their talents is another exciting part of the fair. Jaster says they have also kept up with the hero theme with large hero cutouts throughout the large ice surface where many of the businesses will be showcasing their wares.

Many businesses stepped up this year to help sponsor the event. “There has been a lot more sponsorship,” said Jaster.

He said he has worked closely with businesses to create a fun event for the whole family. The chamber executive quickly embraced the superhero theme as well.

“We’ve spent a lot of hours putting this together and it’s going to be fantastic,” said Jaster.

He says there will also be entertainment from a face painter, a balloon clown and ice cream treats in the arena as well as a food truck in the front of the arena.

There is also going to be a space on the small ice surface called a Market Square for smaller vendors.

Admission is $10 for a family, adults are $4 each, youths and seniors are $2 and children under five are free. Jaster says if anyone dresses like a superhero, their entry is also free.

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TRADE FAIR 2015 Art club show and sale attendance on the rise

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

The Ponoka Art Club had a busy show and sale over the weekend as it peaked at approximately 150 visitors in one day.

“That’s up from the year before,” said club member Marilynn Magistad.

As always, the club looked to make the show live and interactive as club members such as Magistad worked on pieces as the show progressed. She says people will wander in and out, chatting with her about what she is doing. “It’s quite good for the club.”

This year’s featured artist was Bernice Edwards, who has been with the club approximately for eight years and now its president. However, due to personal matters, she was not able to spend much time at the show.

“She loves horses and dogs,” said Magistad. “She does a lot of colored pencils and she is very detailed.”

“She’s very good at what she does,” she added.

Magistad says Edwards likes to combine older and newer elements of a subject in

one picture.

The Ponoka Potters Guild also had its annual exhibit in the show, with a table laden with different works of art.

“A new feature we had this year is the woodwork of Dick Weibe,” said Magistad. She explained most of the wood he uses is found locally and other types are donated to him.

Another part of the show was the memorial display honouring Marg Boruk, a longtime member of the club who died shortly before last year’s show.

Another feature highlighted the pieces of the club’s featured junior artist Shaelyn Goodwin.

“We’re trying to encourage

younger people to come, we’re all getting old,” said Magistad.

If anyone were interested in taking classes with the Ponoka Art Club they are encouraged to contact Lyla Longford at 403783-1887.

Fall classes begin in the middle of September and the club is taking registration.

Magistad encourages those interested to register as soon as possible as the club has limited space in the classes.

She feels it is the local element that brings people out to the show and gets them interested in classes. “The camaraderie of the club is good and we all help each other.”

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FRIDAY, April 17th 3:00 pm – Murray McRae 4:00 pm – St. Augustine School Choir 5:00 pm – Murray McRae 6:00 pm – Got 2 Dance Productions 7:00 pm – Rob MacPherson – Jr. Golf presentation 7:30 pm – Ponoka Gymnastics & Trampoline Club 8:00 pm – Murray McRae

SATURDAY, April 18th 10:00 am – Flashback Freddie 10:30 am – noon – No Frills Baby Crawl 12:30 pm – Ponoka Gymnastics & Trampoline Club 1:00 pm – Rob MacPherson – Jr. Golf presentation 2:00 – 5:00 pm – Flashback Freddie The Ponoka Art Club’s annual show and sale was held at the Ponoka Senior Drop In Centre, April 11 and 12. As always the Ponoka Potters Guild made sure to show off the works of its members as well.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

PSC prepares heartache and chills with Bram Stoker’s Dracula

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Prepare for spooky fun at PSC’s rendition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula set for April 16 to 18 and April 23 to 25.

Here Dracula (Ian Ferguson) welcomes Harker (Dylan David Hart) to his castle in a dress rehearsal Monday, April 13. Nine original songs were written for this play.

Please see our story on page 24.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Theatre lovers should prepare themselves for a thrilling rendition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula at Ponoka Secondary Campus, which was adapted as a musical by drama teacher and director Kevin Ferguson.

Preparations for the play started about a year ago and has become a labour of love for the teacher.

He wanted to write it as a musical and he asked his son, Mark, to collaborate with him on the songs. Mark is a member of the rock group Bandolier and he was able to take melodies provided by his father to come up with the nine original songs in the play.

“About a week or two later, he’d come back with a song,” said Ferguson in reference to the cooperation with his son.

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An interesting note on their collaboration is that they were only in the same room for about one hour. Much of the work was done over the phone.

Staying true to the story of Dracula After reading the play, Ferguson decided to adapt it as a musical that tells the story of Count Dracula, who moves to London and falls in love with Wilhelmina (Mina) Murray, fiancé to Jonathan Harker.

The character of Renfield, a lawyer and mad servant of Dracula, is the only character not featured in the adapted version, said Ferguson, mainly to play up the love triangle between Harker, Dracula and Mina. He wanted to show the tension between the three protagonists.

“You’re going to get a love story that ultimately is going to

continued from page 16 Like many others around Ponoka in days gone by, yours truly always enjoyed live the-

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stage is much like a Greek theatre with rising seating, allowing actors’ voices to reach farther. Ferguson says they are not using any microphones.

He says putting the play together involved collaboration with musical director Cameron Hinton, students in the drama classes helping with set decoration and with the Klaglahachie Fine Arts Society that provided costumes for the play.

Shows are set for two weekends starting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 16 to Saturday, April 18 and Thursday, April 23 to Saturday, April 25.

For the Friday night shows, if members of the audience come dressed as a character from the play they will get half off their tickets. For more information on tickets, contact PSC at 403-783-4411. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

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knock your socks off … up to the very end, you’re not certain how this thing’s going to turn out,” explained Ferguson.

He said the cast of more than 20 actors are putting on such a strong performance that the audience won’t be able to help themselves but be drawn in. “We have an all-star cast.”

While the story of Dracula is somewhat dark, Ferguson says the young actors were eager to show their skills. He wanted to give them a creative channel.

Expect some chills, too.

Ferguson says the young actresses who play the sisters will add a spooky sense to the story. “They’ll make the hair on the back of your neck stand up,” he said.

Being in the new theatre will also create a personal experience for playgoers. The

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atre, and can fondly remember all the way back to the great days when I strutted around the gymnasium stage of the Ponoka Junior High School as a member of Mrs. Eileen Hailstone’s drama class. If we forgot our lines, the prompter was hiding in the wings with the script or you could just ad-lib until you got back on track, but we didn’t dare start laughing in the middle of a serious or red-hot scene.

Ponoka and district families have always had the unique and fun opportunity of watching or taking part in countless live theatre productions over the years at our schools or churches, as well as under the direction of such energetic groups as CHAPS or the present very active Ponoka Klaglahachie Fine Arts Society. It was from these humble beginnings that former local youthful actors such as Shaun Johnston (Jake and the Kid/ Heartland) and Jade Carter (Jag/Office Ninja/Love or War) and many others would get their start and an opportunity to advance their talents and earn a place on the international entertainment stage.

Dedicated teachers such as Harold Dootson, Kevin Ferguson and many others have carried on that always exciting ‘drama tradition’ in our schools for many years, which so many of us will recall as an amazing and rewarding experience for students, as well as a joy for the families and community audiences that sit on the edge of their seats and cheer them on, time and time again. The Klaglahachie Fine Arts Society is a very active

local arts society that has been involved with community theatre and family friendly events for many years. The goals of this non-profit society, which is based at the Ponoka United Church, is to encourage youth and adults of all ages to take part in their annual music and drama classes, as well as to give them the opportunity to take part or volunteer in one of their productions. Some of KFA’s earlier local presentations have included: Ann of Green Gables, Sound of Music, Jake and the Kid, White Christmas, Barnum, Joseph and the Technicolor Dream coat, and A Christmas Carol, as well as regular special features during the annual Ponoka Stampede week. For more information on their programs please call 403-783-4087.

Taking in or taking part in a live theatre presentation is like stepping into another world for a few hours and then quickly becoming a part of the story, the music, the drama, the dancing, the laughter and everything else about that really big show that is unfolding in living color just a few feet from your comfortable seat.

Many of these delightful theatrical adventures are also staged as community fundraisers for countless special causes, which is a two-fold benefit and experience for all involved. We all have the hope that someday everything will make perfect sense, so for now, let’s laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears and keep reminding ourselves that everything happens for a reason. On top of all that, just go ahead and have a great week, all of you.

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First-time pageant contestant named Ponoka Stampede Queen 2015

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Ashley Akkermans was chosen as the 2015 Ponoka Stampede Queen on Monday, April 13 following the queen competition at the Calnash Ag Event Centre.

Photo by Amelia Naismith

The newest Miss Ponoka Stampede was chosen on Monday, April 13 and the former Ponoka resident is delighted to have been awarded the crown after competing in her first queen pageant.

“I’m very surprised. I’m shocked and in awe,” said Ashley Akkermans, 22.

Akkermans says it was the Ponoka Stampede that inspired

her to get into riding and into the cowgirl culture. “It’s so cool to have a childhood dream come true,” she said.

Akkermans grew up on a farm with a mixed operation outside of Ponoka, but did not begin riding or 4H until well into her teens.

One day her father told her to go out to the barn after work. Inside she found two horses, the partially broke appaloosa became her primary

riding horse. “Even though he had a lot of problems, I made it work because I wanted to be a cowgirl so bad,” she recalled.

While she doesn’t have the same kind of rodeo background other pageant contestants might, Akkermans has been attending the Ponoka Stampede all her life and is thrilled how her first pageant progressed. “I’m really honoured to compete for this rodeo,” she said.

This year’s pageant included only two contestants, the second being Rachelle Dandurand, 21. She competed for the Ponoka queen title last year and has been riding horses since she was four years old.

“Last year was definitely a learning experience for me,” said Dandurand.

On the day of the competition, the two contestants arrived at the Calnash Ag

Event Centre to introduce themselves to the judging panel before the competing in the horsemanship portion on two horses they had not met before. This was followed by personal interviews and modeling.

‘They were both really great. They both really impressed us,” said 2014 Ponoka Stampede Queen Katy Lucas, reffering to her guest appearance and the judging panel.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Pie social helps couple fighting multiple diseases

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Dalyce Scrivens (left), Tovah Bauer (center) and Martin Bauer (right) help serve pie during the pie social fundraiser to help raise funds for Pat and Deryl Spelrem at Asker Church on Saturday, April 11.

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Community members from Ponoka to Bashaw and the rural areas in between came together for a pie social at Asker Church Saturday, April 11 to help raise funds for a couple battling cancer and multiple sclerosis.

Pat Spelrem has been taking care of her husband Deryl, who is fighting MS, for the past five years. However, she was recently diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer.

“There are some needs in their lives and we’re just here to raise money,” said Asker Ladies Aid member Debbie Zepick.

The funds raised for the Spelrems will go toward getting Deryl his own private room at the Northcott Care Centre. “He doesn’t have a phone, we’d like him to have a phone,” said Zepick.

The money is also set to purchase Deryl a power chair, transportation, utilities at their acreage, and a caregiver for Pat if she is able to get home during treatment.

During the social gathering, Zepick informed the crowd Pat has already finished her first bout of chemotherapy. “…in hopes they will be able to shrink things enough for surgery,” said Zepick.

“When we planned this fundraiser, we didn’t know any of this,” she added.

Those who attended the event also had the opportunity to bid on many silent auction

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“Every year we do a fundraiser for a different organization, but this time it’s special because it’s a member of our group,” said Zepick.

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of this community since he was born, and Pat has been a member of our ladies’ group and various things as well,” she added.

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“We really do need a miracle in Pat’s life,” said Zepick.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Supreme Court declines to hear farmers’ appeal

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

An appeal to the Supreme Court to hear a class action lawsuit against the federal government’s decision to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) was declined.

The Friends of the CWB issued a statement last week expressing their disappointment in the Canadian legal system.

“The legal system has quite simply not been able to afford justice to western Canadian farmers so far,” stated Friends’ spokesperson Stewart Wells.

Dismantling the CWB has resulted in lower prices of grains for farmers, added the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance. A fact sheet is provided by the alliance showing the cost of wheat per bushel in February compared to prices during CWB days.

Of the $11.38 per bushel price at the port

on Feb. 26, elevators and railways received $6.69 per bushel while the farmer received $4.69, a share of only 41 per cent , compared to 90 per cent share in 2009. While prices were lower in 2009, $6.82 per bushel at the port, farmers received $6.16 cents per bushel.

Doug Hart has been advocating farmers’ rights for some time and he feels there are two issues: • Getting the best price for farmers.

• Farmers feel they should have the right to the work that the CWB did.

“They’re failing on both those counts,” said Hart, who also spoke against the controversial omnibus Bill C-18 last year.

While grain prices are up, the farmers’ portions are down, said Hart. Some of the money is going to the brokers who are agents for the farmers and buyers. “And they have

no mud on their boots,” he stressed.

He suggests farmers are losing on the deal and feels there is some precedent for them suing the federal government. He referred to Jessica Ernst, who is suing Alberta Environment, the Energy Resources Conservation Board and Encana for negligent investigation of fracking that led to water well contamination.

He said it took three years in determining if Ernst was even allowed to sue.

“I would argue that they’re (the farmers) trying to do the same thing here,” said Hart.

He feels the federal government did not considers farmers’ rights before shutting down the CWB. “The Government of Canada and (Agriculture) Minister Gerry Ritz have a duty of care to farmers.”

The National Farmers Union (NFU) also expressed its disappointment with the deci-

sion. In a press release on Friday, April 10 the NFU states if the Supreme Court had heard the case, it would have been able to determine whether common law rights applied to assets that farmers paid for.

“Did the federal government unlawfully expropriate a proprietary interest of grain producers in the CWB by enacting the Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act in 2011?” asks the release.

NFU board member Doug Scott states that with the CWB, farmers got close to 100 per cent of the price of grain but that has since changed.

The main appeal was submitted by four farmers representing the western provinces and includes Harold Bell of British Columbia, Andrew Dennis of Manitoba, Nathan Macklin of Alberta and Ian McCreary of Saskatchewan.

Smell that weather Five, 10-, and 15-day weather forecasts are all the rage these days as mathematical models built by market players (read hedge funds and commercials) start to calculate the effects of rain, soil temperatures, and any other data point that you can think of.

Yes, the science behind calculating yields and production is much more advanced than you’d think (I would know – I’ve built some of these types

of models, albeit for other industries. If I had the time I’d love to do one for agriculture!). Some cooler, wetter weather is being forecasted for the American Midwest this week, which could slow down some of the most impatient of farmers who are already trying to get into the field with their seeders. That being said, if too much rain hits the major growing regions and impedes field work, prices on the fu-

tures board will increase. The reality is, with technology in drills these days, up to 40 per cent of the U.S. soybean and corn crop can be planted in one week. Thus, the rumour of “the crop won’t get in on time” should be considered opportunities to make sales, and not an indication of the trend.

Also worth consideration is that not much on the demand side can dramatically shift the

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markets before the end of the current marketing year. One supply-side factor could come from later this month when the Russian government is expected to announce whether or not they’ll continue to tax wheat exports after July 1st to start the new marketing year. SovEcon says that an extension of the tax program is unlikely thanks to slowing inflation and crops looking good in the southern Russian regions. On that note, the most recent AMIS report shows that crop conditions worldwide remain mostly favourable, with only “keep-an-eye-on” areas in the US Southern Plains, Eastern Europe, and small pockets in South America & southeast Asia.

The U.S.D.A. put out its first country-wide crop ratings report on Monday, April 6th, showing that winter wheat conditions are doing better than a year ago with 44 per cent of the entire American

crop rated in good-to-excellent health, versus the 35 per cent last year at this time. In the Midwest where soft red winter wheat is predominantly grown (that which trades in Chicago), conditions are seen as pretty favourable thanks to good moisture profiles. Conversely, drier conditions in the southern Plains continue to raise yield concerns Also, the U.S.D.A.’s W.A.S.D.E. report out a few days later on Thursday, April 9th, with the report mostly a yawn as U.S. ending stocks were changed a little bit thanks to subtle changes in feed and exports but the market viewed the report as erroneous.

Some analysts are suggesting that if corn seeding is delayed by cooler/wetter weather in the southeastern America (planting there is delayed), farmers will switch to soybeans. That being said, whatever corn acres lost in the Mississippi Delta will likely

VJV MARKET REPORT MARKET REPORT APRIL 8, 2015

On Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 1734 head of cattle went through our rings TOTAL - 1734

SLAUGHTER CATTLE D1 - D2 cows D3 - D4 cows Good Holstein cows Medium Holstein cows Heiferettes Bologna Bulls

140.00 -154.00 120.00-135.00 120.00-135.00 100.00-115.00 145.00-160.00 150.00-185.00

Feeder bulls 150.00-165.00 Good Bred Cows 2500.00-3350.00 Older Bred Cows N/A Good Bred Heifers: none Cow/calf pairs (younger) 3000.00-3200.00 Cow/Calf pairs (older) N/A

STOCKERS AND FEEDERS Good Feeder Steers 1000 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 900 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 800 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 700 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 600 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 500 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 400 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 300 lbs Plus:

210.00-220.00 230.00-247.00 244.00-259.00 284.00-299.00 317.00-322.00 320.00-350.00 345.00-375.00 345.00-375.00

Dairy Steers Baby Calves Dairy Type: Baby Calves Beef Type: Hay: Sq Bales Straw: Sq. Bales Greenfeed: Sq. Bales

185.00-210.00 200.00-370.00 400.00-700.00 3.00-5.75 1.00-1.50

Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers

170.00-190.00 195.00-210.00 230.00-245.00 250.00-261.00 268.00-285.00 303.00-318.00 320.00-345.00 320.00-345.00

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Brennan Turner FarmLead get made up by the Midwest and Northern Plains thanks to this early spring that we’ve had this year in North America. There’s no doubt that this is probably the driest/furthest along fields have been in six or seven years heading into the planting season. Another week or two of warm weather and prep work is definitely a go, with drills not too far behind.

All things being equal, it’s one of the best times of the year with things greening up and the smell of that freshly turned-over dirt in the air.

To growth, Brennan Turner President, FarmLead.com Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, SK, where his family started farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, transparent online and now mobile grain marketplace (app available for iOS & Android). His weekly column is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief.

He can be reached via email (b.turner@farmlead.com) or phone (1-855-332-7653).

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Archbishop Smith visits St. Augustine Catholic School

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Archbishop Richard Smith visited with the students of St. Augustine Catholic School on Thursday, April 9. His open discussion with the students included topic ranging from the meaning of life to what is love.

Photo by Amelia Naismith

St. Augustine Catholic School students were in for a treat last week when each grade was given a chance at an intimate assembly with Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton archdiocese, held Thursday, April 9.

Smith has made it his goal to visit each of the 182 schools in his archdiocese in order to better understand the students and the challenges they are facing in today’s world.

St. Augustine principal Curt Baron says it was the goal of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic school board to have Smith visit each of its schools over the course of the academic year.

“I think the message is the same across the board, that you’re loved and you’re important,” said Baron.

“I think it’s really good. He’s such as personable person and everybody’s getting something out of it,” he added.

Students would not usually have the opportunity to sit in an open discussion with an archbishop and Baron says the honour is made even better through how open Smith is with the students.

“What I’m finding is the more I talk to young adults like yourselves, the more I learn,” Smith told St. Augustine’s high school students during their assembly.

In the past, Smith says he has held dis-

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cussions with students on topics ranging from depression to people cutting themselves. He noticed each topic had a link to stress. Smith used his time in the school to guide the students in how to deal with such challenges, “… how to deal with it as Catholics.”

“Jesus loves you more than you could ever know,” he added. Smith says there are times when young people need to see that love as something tangible, and that is where their teachers and the Church steps in.

Other questions asked during the assembly related to: how one could know if they are going to Heaven, what is love, if homosexuals will go to Hell and the purpose of life.

Smith says if he wants the students to walk away from the assembly with one message, he wants it to be that God and the Church loves them.

In each of his topics covered, Smith told the students that even when they make mistakes, they need to place their love in God and that will take them to where they need to go.

“God respects human freedom completely. There will be a moment of judgment.

Humans have the freedom to accept or reject God,” said Smith.

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Sports

Lacoka Lacrosse gets into the season PONOKA NEWS STAFF

Midget Lacoka’s Skyler Budd is trying to outmaneuver two Slyvan Lake Buccaneers during their regular season game on Friday, April 10 in Sylvan Lake. Lacoka boys won 6-5.

Photo by Stuart Fullarton- Black Press

The lacrosse season has just begun with Lacoka teams playing over the weekend in Red Deer.

While most details were not posted by production time, it is clear some teams are already in the swing of things with games in Red Deer.

The Peewee B Lacoka Strand Media team

lost their Saturday, April 11 game 4-2 against the Innisfail Phantoms. Both goals were scored by Austin Griffiths.

The Lacoka Locos Peewee 2 played the Stettler Thunder the same day with a 5-2 win.

Scorers were Jaymon Kirbyson (3) and Kael Street (2).

As of Monday, April 13 there were no other results posted.

Training session highlights fastball growth in Ponoka

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

With the startup of another Ponoka minor ball season just around the corner, the Ponoka Minor Ball is using the remaining month to train the youth and put a season plan in place.

The organization recently held a fastball training clinic for the girls looking to play the game.

“The reason we did it is because our season is so short,” said coach Lucas Willier. With only two months to go beginning May 1, he says having that time to get everyone together requires a better planning before the season.

“If we know how many kids we have in our association, we know how many to

plan for,” said Willier.

When it comes to teaching the players, Willier says the session focused on basic skills. “We just do basic fundamentals. It doesn’t matter how old you are … you can never have enough fundamentals,” he stressed.

The training also focuses on proper throwing and catching techniques as a safety measure.

This year, Ponoka fastball will have girls in U14, U12 and U10 age groups.

“This is the first time we’ve had three different age groups,” said Willier.

He added it is also the first time in approximately four years that Ponoka will have a U14 team. “Every year it just seems like we get more kids.”

“Back in the ‘70s and ‘80s it was huge … it’s funny because our younger kids are starting to develop that momentum,” he added.

With so many sports options available, Willier feels fastball continues to grow because of its inexpensiveness. He says it is important to offer all youths a chance to be part of a team.

Willier feels the sport also provides a good foundation for life. “There are more scholarships in softball than there is in hockey.

There’s a lot of opportunity for girls to travel all over the country to play ball,” he explained.

Ponoka minor ball is taking fastball registration right up until May 1.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Ponoka Soccer honing young players’ skills

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Warm weather has teams with the Ponoka Minor Soccer Association getting out into the field and practicing drills.

While numbers are slightly down from last year, Ponoka Soccer has seen growth in the U6 and U8 players, says president Rob McArthur. “We have more girls in U18 than we do boys.”

The U6 teams have also seen so much interest that Ponoka Soccer has, for a first time ever, created a boys and girls league.

There are six U6 boys teams and four U6 girls teams, explained McArthur.

He said the Central Alberta Soccer Association approved the decision and will follow developments closely to see how the pro-

gram does. “We’re hoping it pays dividends in the future.”

McArthur said if younger player development is strong, players may stay the course of minor soccer. “We win the battle of attrition at U6 and U8.”

Ponoka Soccer’s goal is to develop players’ skills and to provide positive programming.

As for the new grass on the soccer pitches north of the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre, McArthur says they are eagerly anticipating its use but want to see strong grass.

Ponoka Soccer has been working closely with Norm Morrow, with the town parks and recreation, to ensure it is healthy before first use. McArthur said they needed two long cuts before the grass can be cut short as a soccer pitch.

Players with the U16 girls Ponoka Storm soccer team practice drills Wednesday, April 8 at the Scout Hall soccer pitch.

Here (l-r) Emily David and Shaelyn Goodwin dribble the ball against each other.

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Central Alberta’s Camrose-based Midget football team Shock, which includes six players from this year’s senior Broncs team, has been working hard to clinch a good playoff spot before the end of the regular club football season this month. The Shock, in their third game travelled to St. Albert to play the host team Storm and lost 14-8. Here Ponoka’s Hector Ibarra (white jersey #50) tackles the Storm running back in the third quarter of the game on Saturday, April 11.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The End of the BRICs Japan our best bet as an Asian

Gwynne Dyer Think Globally

“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable,” said John Kenneth Galbraith, the wisest American economist of his generation. (“A paltry honour,” he would have murmured.) But you still can’t resist wondering when the Chinese economy will be bigger than the US economy – or the Brazilian bigger than the British, or the Turkish bigger than the Italian – as if it were some kind of horse race.

The latest document to tackle these questions is “The World in 2050", drawn up by HSBC bank, which ranks the world’s hundred biggest economies as they are now, and as (it thinks) they will be in 2050. It contains the usual little surprises, like a prediction that per capita incomes in the Philippines and Indonesia, now roughly the same, will diverge so fast that the average Filipino will have twice the income of the average Indonesian by 2050.

The Venezuelan economy will only triple in size, but Peru’s economy will grow eightfold.

Per capita income will doubleand-a-bit in Nigeria; in Ethiopia it will grow sixfold. Bangladesh powers past Pakistan, with a per capita income in 2050 that’s half again as big as Pakistan’s. (It’s only two-thirds of Pakistan’s at the moment.) And so on and so forth: local phenomena mostly of interest to local people.

But what’s happening at the top of the list is of interest to everybody. That’s where the great powers all live, with the BRICs nipping at their heels. Or rather, some of the BRICs are nipping at their heels, and some are not. That’s the big news.

We owe the concept of the BRICs to Jim O’Neill, who came up with it almost fifteen years ago when he was head of economics at Goldman Sachs.

He was the first to realise that some big, poor countries were growing so fast economically that they would overtake the

established great powers in a matter of decades.

The really impressive performers were Brazil, Russia, India and China, so he just called them the BRICs – and pointed out that at current growth rates the Chinese economy would be bigger than that of the United States by the 2040s. We’re quite familiar with that kind of prediction today, but at the time it was shocking (especially to Americans), and the term BRIC has become firmly entrenched in the language. Just in time for HSBC to spoil it.

By now the BRICs are formally the BRICS (with a capital S added for South Africa), . But the South African economy is only in the group out of courtesy, because you couldn’t leave Africa out altogether. It’s much smaller than any of the others and growing very slowly, so you can safely leave it out of the calculations altogether.

China is performing roughly as expected, and by 2050 its economy will be around 10 percent bigger than that of the United States. (Per capita income, of course, is a different matter, and even then China’s will be only a third of America’s.) India will come next, but with an economy only one-third as big as China or the United States But the other BRICs practically vanish from view. Brazil hasn’t even overtaken Britain by 2050, despite having three times as many people. And Russia’s performance is downright embarrassing: its economy barely doubles in the next 35 years, and it ends up smaller than Spain’s.

So six of the top ten countries in the 2050 list are already there today, and the world isn’t going to look so dramatically different at all.

Now, predictions like this are open to all sorts of criticism. China’s growth rate has consistently been two or three percentage points higher than India’s for several decades. Project that to 2050, and China ends up far ahead of India. But China’s growth rate is falling, and India’s may even overtake it this year.

India will almost certainly grow faster in the long run, because it has a young, rapidly growing labour force and China does not. There’s enough time for that to change the pecking order radically by 2050.

The recent performance of the economy obviously affects the long-range forecast more than it should, so Russia drops down the list and Mexico goes soaring up. Five years ago it would have been the other way around, and yet there’s no reason to believe that the fundamental strengths of either economy have changed.

And then there are the “Black Swans”, events like the Sarajevo assassination that tumbled the world into the First World War and invalidated all existing assumptions about the economic future. Not to mention the disasters that you know are coming, like catastrophic climate change – but leave out of your calculations anyway, because you don’t know how to quantify them and don’t know when they will arrive even to the nearest decade.

All that said, some sketchy notion of what the future may bring is better than no idea whatever. And the basic idea behind the BRICs is still sound: the centre of gravity of the world economy is moving south and east.

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

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It is rich, technologically advanced, democratic and abides by the rule of law

Brian Lee Crowley Troy Media Columnist

Geography, history, immigration and economic selfinterest all suggest that Canada's trade should be oriented toward the Asia-Pacific. Yet we need to choose our trading partners with care.

It is a mistake is to be dazzled by China's rise and therefore assume our principal Asian relationship should be with the resurgent dragon.

Japan, in fact, is a far better fit for Canada.

On market size, it is hard to compete with China, now the world's second largest economy.

But Japan is still the world's third largest economy, and it is hugely attractive as a customer in its own right, as well as being a stepping stone to other fastergrowing Asian markets.

Japan is rich and more technologically advanced than China. Its large multinationals are highly profitable juggernauts whose products are prized around the world for quality and sophistication. Tokyo is, along with New York and London, one of the world's three principal financial hubs where global capital is managed with unparalleled skill and speed.

Japan moved early into the high, value-added sectors of R&D, finance and design, and into cutting-edge technologies such as nanotechnology, biopharmaceuticals and materials engineering. It is nimble, too, moving much of its manufacturing offshore when Japanese wage levels made it uneconomic at home.

With that shift, Japan's economic might radiated throughout East and Southeast Asia, helping to spawn shipbuilding in Korea, textiles in China and electronics in Taiwan. Today, Japanese know-how, companies and investments are a cornerstone of prosperity in almost every corner of Asia, including China, Vietnam and Burma.

Japan is also a successful democratic society under the rule of law with a deep commitment to a stable world order.

Since the end of the Second World War, we have both shared a deep belief in resolving international disputes by negotiation rather than force.

Japan enjoys freedom of speech, press and religion, not just in theory but in enthusiastic practice. Its legal system, allied with a culture of scrupulous respect of property and contract, stand in stark contrast to risky autocratic countries where guanxi (personal and family pull), theft of assets and palmgreasing are the common coin of business.

These shared freedoms form the basis of the deep ties that bind Canada and Japan. The third foreign embassy in Canadian history opened in Tokyo in 1929, and some of our biggest companies have been doing business there for decades, all while the Japanese have been investing in Canadian industries as diverse as forestry, autos, video gaming, food processing and oil sands production.

Honda recently announced that

it plans to export cars made in its Canadian plant to Europe when our free-trade agreement with the EU becomes reality. Partnership with Japanese companies almost inevitably brings with it links to other Asian countries.

Japex, for instance, is not only involved in the oil sands, but is a partner with Malaysia's Petronas in a consortium that may be the first to liquefy Canadian natural gas and ship it to Asia.

Unlike China, Japan is under no illusion that everyone must pay it court. Rather, to Japanese eyes, Asia has become a darker place. Anti-Japanese demonstrations have rocked several countries, while China is increasingly and aggressively self-assertive. America's willingness to counterbalance Chinese power is ever more equivocal, reducing the value of its security guarantee and leaving the Japanese seeking reliable allies.

Japan recognizes the complementary nature of our two economies, and prizes many Canadian products. They find Canada, however, an unfocused, parochial and diffident partner who too often fails to deliver. If we can prove them wrong, there is hope for us yet as a Pacific nation. The alternative is to be a mere spectator of Asia's rise.

Brian Lee Crowley (twitter.com/brianleecrowley) is the Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an independent non-partisan public policy think tank in Ottawa: www.macdonaldlaurier.ca.

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Vera Mary Brzus 1936 - 2015 With tremendous sadness, the family of Mrs. Vera Brzus announces her passing at University of Alberta Hospital on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the age of 78 years.

Vera was born in Ponoka, Alberta to parents, Clara and Donald Eastwood, shared her childhood with four sisters. She met the love of her life and on April 10, 1959 Vera and Rudy were united in marriage. Together, they worked very well and very hard on their farm. In their nearly 56 years of marriage, their beautiful memories would be developed by their remarkable love for one another and the family they raised. Vera will be lovingly remembered and greatly missed by her loving husband, Rudy; children, Cathy (Wade) Matkea, Karen (Melvin) Becker and Doug (Janey); grandchildren, Kylie (Marius) Nerland, Kevin (Katie) Becker, Amanda (Paul) White, Angela (Jim) Brzus and Donnie Brzus and great-grandchildren, Layne and Shalyn White. Memories of Vera will also be cherished by her three sisters, Ethel, Connie and Hazel; daughterin-law, Heather Brzus, numerous extended family and friends. Vera was predeceased by her son, Wayne; parents, Clara and Donald and sister, Evelyn. Vera’s life was celebrated and honoured at Buck Lake Community Centre on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, with Interment to follow at Siegel Hill Cemetery. Vera’s family would like to extend their gratitude to the incredible medical team on Unit 5E3 at University of Alberta Hospital for the exceptional care of their wife, mother and grandmother.

Memorial donations in Mrs. Vera Brzus’ name may be made directly to S.T.A.R.S. or to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada. Condolences may be sent to www.serenity.ca Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at: SERENITY FUNERAL SERVICE, DRAYTON VALLEY 780.542.3338 www.serenity.ca

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AUCTION Sales Wed. @ 6 pm.

Antique sales 1st. Sun. of the month @ 1 pm. Apr.5 Moose Hall 2 miles south of Ponoka on 2A WE BUY FOR CASH. 403-304-4791 Check website for full listings www.bigstrapperauctions.net

AUTO/TOOL/SURPLUS AUCTION. Saturday, April 18 at 11 a.m. Autos, tools, parts, surplus, storage buildings, benches, tents, pressure washers.

Scribner Auction, Hiway 14, Wainwright, Alberta.

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

WHEATLAND AUCTIONS Spring Consignment Auction. April 18, 10 a.m. in Cheadle, Alberta. Farm equipment, vehicles, heavy equipment, RVs, etc.

Consign now! Call 403-669-1109; www.wheatlandauctions.com

Domestic, Industrial & OilďŹ eld

Red Deer 403-343-6266 Bentley 403-748-2955 admin@tallpinedrilling.com

Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990

www.tallpinedrilling.com Welding

1410

Welding

1410

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

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

Well Drilling

1400

Well Drilling

1400

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

Well Drilling

1400

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

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View our 29 patented and patent pending inventions online at

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Auctions

COLLECTIBLE & ESTATE AUCTION Sunday April 19- 10 a.m.

Bowden Lions Hall, Bowden AB Stamps, Coins, Collectibles, Furniture, Household, Shop tools, Kitchenware, Lots of items.. Just too much to mention Check the web for full listing & pictures Pilgrim Auction Service 403-556-5531 www.pilgrimauction.com

EquipmentMisc.

MEIER SPRING Classic Car & Truck Auction.

Saturday & Sunday, May 2 & 3, 11 a.m. 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Consign today, call 780-440-1860.

Firewood SPRING EQUIPMENT Consignment Auction.

Sat., April 25, 9 a.m., MAS Sales Centre, Blackfalds.

Farm equipment dispersals, tractors, farm machinery, acreage equipment, cars, trucks, equipment trailers, RV’s, ATV’s, fencing, livestock equipment, lumber, lawn & garden , trees, tools & much more. See www.montgomeryauctions.com or call 1-800-371-6963.

1620

Livestock

2100

12 Bulls Black Angus Call Jim (780)

387-6050

PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year olds. Semen tested and delivered.

Vicwin Farms 403-784-3517, 403-318-7363.

LIMOUSIN BULLS Polled Red and black two year olds and yearlings. Red Angus Yearlings. Semen tested. Combest Limousin Farm. (403)742-5211

Rimbey, Alberta 403-843-2747 Sale Site

1760

MOBILE STRUCTURES $19,000

12 x 20 Skid/Frame .......................................................

12 x 54 skid................................................................

Transport Available

PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY

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

DR. HUGH PORTER • DR. RICK BARR • DR. JEFF BARR DR. GREG EDWARDS • DR. STELIAN LISMAN DR. DAVE CHORKWA

- General Dentistry - Orthodontics - Cosmetic Dentistry - Bonding - Veneers - Bleaching - White or Gold Fillings - Crown and Bridge - Implant Restorations

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

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5120-51ST AVE, PONOKA

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

NEW PATIENTS ALWAYS WELCOME

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

BOBCAT SERVICES

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

For Sale

Allen B. Olson Auction Service Ltd.

AltaFab Command Centre

BIRCHLAND DENTAL CLINIC

Registered Yearlings

Sale Conducted by:

12 x 60 Skid ...............................................................

DENTAL CARE

1660

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

ELAINE JOHNSON SE 20-43-1 W5M 43 AUM Per Year EXPIRY DATE: MAY 31, 2018

2007 ATCO Construction OfďŹ ce

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

Agricultural #2000 - #2290

RAYMOND DAHMS NE 20-43-1 W5M 43 AUM Per Year EXPIRY DATE: JUNE 30, 2023

10 x 28 Wheeled ........................................................

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

EYE CARE

Selling for:

12345 Ranchhand Unit|One bedroom

Family Friendly Dentistry

“WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME NEW PATIENTS�

Fenced with rolling hills, bush & open spaces. Located north on Hwy 771 (Rimbey Gas Plant Road) 4 Miles to TWR 434, east 1 mile on the south side.

Summer Kitchen/Concession

DR. STEVE CALDER BS C DDS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

2 GRAZING LEASE QUARTERS LOCATED SIDE BY SIDE

10 x 20 skid................................................................

RIMBEYDENTALCARE

LOGS

In Conjunction with Spring Machinery Consignment Sale Friday, April 17/15 Rimbey, Alberta Selling at 12:00 (Noon)

Campground Washroom

DENTISTRY

A-CHEAP, lowest prices, steel shipping containers.

Used 20’ & 40’ Seacans insulated 40 HC DMG $2450. 1-866-528-7108; www.rtccontainer.com.

Unreserved Grazing Lease Auction

Misc. for Sale

1530

UNDEVELOPED LAND in Okotoks, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 29 in Edmonton. 80+/acres just North of Okotoks town limit. Currently Zoned A - Agricultural District. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

1530

Auctions

24 HOUR

Auctions

$9,500

$24,000 $38,000 $42,000

I.C. Industrial Inc. t 780-914-1282

403-783-0663 HEATING

“Committed to your comfort�

Robin Esau

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

robin@KlesAir.com www.KlesMechanical.com

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HEATING & EAVESTROUGHING

Commercial - Residential Installations - Repair

3912 - 66 St, Ponoka www.wcmltd.ca

403.783.3501 wcmltd@telus.net

ROOFING

ROY’S ROOFING & SIDING • RooÀng • Siding • SofÀt • Fascia • Windows • Sheds

403-740-6081 VETERINARY SERVICES

Bovine Veterinary Services On-Farm Mobile Veterinary Services Ultrasound-aided ReproducƟve Programs CETA CerƟĮed Dairy and Beef Embryo Transfer Herd Health

Dr. Bruce Wine

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

Doug Casey

2100

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

Fully guaranteed.

Call Carole Barclay at 403-742-4825, Terry 403-740-5037 Ricky 403-740-5711. email bardale@xplornet.com FOR SALE. Simmeron Simmentals, fullblood full Fleckvieh bulls, yearlings and 2 year olds, polled and horned, A.I. bloodlines, very quiet, muscled.

780-913-7963; www. simmeronranch.ca.

RED and black Angus bulls, semen tested and delivery can be arranged.

E & L Ranching in Bowden, Eric @ 403 391-2259. Evenings @ 403 224-2396

Horses

2140

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

Jerry Dodds 403-783-0303

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

FOR SALE

1st cut timothy/alfalfa round hay bales No rain Can deliver

403-704-0158

Phone 403-391-1684 ʹͶ

Livestock

Can do trees up to 15” wide

1.403.318.0498 1.403.358.0452

1ST. cut hay for sale, Phone 403-782-3149 or 403-350-8800 HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

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

Buying damaged or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.

SELLING ORGANIC/ conventional Sweet Clover, Red Clover, Alfalfa, Smooth and Meadow Brome, Crestedwheat, Timothy, Sainfoin. Milk Vetch. Free delivery on larger orders! Pasture and hay blends. Birch Rose Acres Ltd., Star City, SK. Phone 306-863-2900; ivanaudrey@sasktel.net.

VETERINARY SERVICES

For Rent #3000 - #3200 Southwest Industrial Park 4102-64 St., Ponoka 403-783-5200 8 a.m. - 5 p.m Mon. to Sat. • Open late Thursday 24-hour Emergency Call

• Dr. Kelly Loree • Dr. Leighton Coma • Dr. Trevor Hook • Dr. Jasmine Hardy

Reaching 6000 households weekly

For just

$30 per week this space could be yours!

403-783-3311

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 2 bdrm, 1 ½ bath in 4-plex N/S, N/P • $900 + D.D. Plus utilities 403-704-0310 4 BDRM. house, Ponoka on quiet cul-de-sac, fully fenced yard, det. single garage, fresh paint, new blinds, 5 newer appliance, ceiling fans in every room, fully dev. bsmt., 3 1/2 baths, absolutely NO Pets or smokers. $1500. rent/sd., tenant pays all utilities. Min. 12 months lease. Avail. immediately.

403-619-5758

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

4090

Manufactured Homes

Available May 1 2 bdrm condo 1 ½ bath $900/mnth plus D.D. plus utilities N/S, N/P

Real Estate #4000 - #4190

403-783-1301 Houses

4020

For Sale

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

3 BEDROOM IN 4-PLEX, IN PONOKA. 4 appliances. Close to swimming pool & seniors drop-in Centre, very quiet, mature tenants only 403-783-5493 RIMBEY: 2 bdrm., bright & open, incld’s heat & water , off-street parking, storage & onsite laundry, no pets. 403-843-4894

Suites

EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW - 3842+/- sq. ft. on 33.98 title acres & 5.50 Acre Lot w/32, 440+/- sq. ft.

Commercial Industrial Buildings.. Ritchie Bros.

Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, May 7, Getkate Property near Lethbridge, Alberta. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

GRAND THEFT

AT THE LAKE Executive 5 bdrm., 3 bath, Att. 4 + Garage.

Secluded, Quiet. Boat Dock, Beyond affordable, BELOW Replacement @ $749k. Dori Westin, Coldwell Banker Ontrack Realty 403-357-9010

Large 2 BDRM bsmt. suite in PONOKA incld’s util’s, washer/dryer, Acreages no pets, non partier, N/S. Working tenant only. Avail immed.

403-704-1645 PONOKA newly reno’d 2 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, clean quiet building, no pets, balcony $695/mo. plus utils, avail. Apr. 1, 403-348-6594

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

403-357-0287

Houses/ Duplexes

THE HEART of Every Home is in its Kitchen.

Kitchen specials starting at $138,500. Upgrades include full backsplash, stainless steel appliances & more. For more information call United Homes Canada 1-800-461-7632 or visit our site at www. unitedhomescanada.com.

Businesses For Sale

3060

AVAILABLE APRIL 1 Large 2 bdrm suite on main floor Close to downtown $800/mnth $800 D.D. plus utilities, N/S,N/P 403-341-9707

Open House! Wednesday April 15th, 1 pm - 7 pm. #53, Poplar Grove [6205 54 St. Ponoka]. Brand new, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1520 sq. ft. manufactured home in Ponoka! Only $164,900!

Immediate possession available. Toll Free 855.

463.0084, online at www. jandelhomes.com or email us at sales@ jandelhomes.com

4050

4140

HIGH CASH PRODUCING vending machines. $1.00 vend = .70 profit. All on location in your area.

Selling due to illness. Call 1-866-668-6629 for details.

Buildings For Sale

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

24 Hr. Emergency 403-783-4348

5502 - Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB

T4J 1M1

THIS SPACE COULD BE YOURS FOR

$30

PER WEEK.

CALL 4037833311

4150 PONOKA PLUMBING & HEATING

LOOKING FOR a shop?

Post Frame Buildings.

AFAB Industries has experience, expertise, reliability and great construction practices. For a free quote, contact Ryan Smith 403-818-0797 or email: ryan.afab@gmail.com.

Transportation #5000-5300 Vans Buses

5070

2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN CREW, 39,400 kms, fully inspected with factory warranty remaining. 7 passenger, Sto n go seating, Back up Camera, Rear heat & A/C, PW, PL, AM/FM/MP3, Power Seat, CC, and more. $16,800. (will take payments if required). Call Harvey @ 403-358-1698 or email harvey@rewardlease.com

5100

RV CONSIGNMENTS

WANTED Phone Randy Mohl at

403-783-8008

2 bedroom house FOR RENT

403-704-3724

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

PLUMBING

HIGH and DRY

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

3 BEDROOM DUPLEX IN PONOKA Meticulous & Unique c/w fridge, stove, 2184 Sq. Ft. 2 Bdrm., 3 Bath, 2.69 Acres. washer & dryer Heated Shop. Tranquil Crick trickles thru. Mins.

No Pets, Non smoking to Sundre. $437,000 Dori Westin, Coldwell $950.00/month Banker ONTRACK Realty 403-357-9010 $950.00 Security Deposit Available April 1, 2015 Phone (403) 704-6903 Motorhomes

$1000/mth, $1000 DD References required

Ponoka Veterinary Clinic

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

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

JESSE ZINTER Office - 403-783-5489

3260

3 BEDROOM DUPLEX IN PONOKA c/w fridge, stove, washer & dryer No Pets, Non smoking $1050.00/month $1050.00 Security Deposit Available beginning of April, 2015 Phone (403) 704-6903

VETERINARY SERVICES

5704 Hwy 2A North, Ponoka

WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICES

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

WATER WELL SERVICE

ECKLUND

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

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6010

Motorcycles

5080

Ponoka County

PUBLIC NOTICE Amendment to Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Miles and Joyce Crandall to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows: Reclassify the existing 80-acre subdivision in the W ½ NW 30-4325-W4 from Agricultural District to Agricultural (Small Holdings) District to allow for subdivision of the rezoned area into two parcels.

Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected may ask questions or make comments. This hearing is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS 2006 HONDA GOLDWING TRIKE

w/Lehman Monarch 2 trike kit. This unit is loaded with all options plus lots of extra chrome. 49,500 kms.

Bike was triked in 2011.

Asking $33,000.

Call (403)318-4653

Auto Wreckers

5190

FREE SCRAP and truck removal including farm machinery. We pay cash at our yard. 1-780-914-7560; www.sturgeonbusparts.ca.

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

Public Notice #6000

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

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

Public Notices

Whatever You’re Selling...

We Have The Paper You Need!

CLASSIFIEDS 1-877-223-3311 CALL NOW TO FIND OUT MORE

Public Notices

6010

Estate of Hilda Parent who died on February 16, 2015 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by May 22, 2015 with Case Closed Law Office at Box 4490, #4, 5034 – 50 Avenue, Ponoka, AB T4J 1S1 and provide details of your claim.

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

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Worry About Wine, Not Arsenic

BY DAVID WHITE

In late March, two couples filed a class action lawsuit in California alleging that some of the nation’s top-selling low-cost wines contain unsafe levels of arsenic. “Just a glass or two” of wine from producers like Cupcake, Charles Shaw, Franzia, Rex Goliath, and Korbel “could result in dangerous arsenic toxicity,” according to the suit.

Many media outlets jumped on the story. CNN asked, “Should you be worried about arsenic in California wine?”

Local CBS affiliates terrified viewers with breathtaking stories about “high levels of deadly arsenic.” But the coverage was grossly overblown.

For starters, the plaintiff’s analysis considered the EPA’s standard for arsenic in drinking water. If your Franzia consumption rivals your water consumption, you have bigger concerns than arsenic. Plus, as the Wine Institute, a trade group representing California wineries, explained, “arsenic is prevalent in the natural environment in air, soil and water... [so] wines from throughout the world contain trace amounts.”

So consumers should rest easy; winemakers aren’t topping up their tanks with the toxin. But the collective freak-out demonstrates that consumers are starting to pay attention to what’s in their wine. That’s worth celebrating.

Everyone can envision the romantic ideal of winemaking. Next to a picturesque vineyard, farmers tread grapes with their feet in ancient oak barrels. Thanks to ambient yeasts, that juice turns into delicious wine. But in the United States, more than 70 “materials” are “authorized for [the] treatment of wine.”

That oaky aroma? With inexpensive wines, it probably isn’t from barrels, but from oak chips and sawdust.

The juiciness is probably from acid additions. The weight and texture of inexpensive wine could be from concentrates with names like “MegaPurple” and “UltraRed.” As Washington Post wine writer Dave McIntyre once wrote, “today’s winemakers are as likely to wear white lab coats as they are tattered overalls and muddy boots.”

There isn’t any evidence that these additives pose a health risk. But if they give you the heebie jeebies, you aren’t alone.

After all, Americans are beginning to take serious interest in where their food comes from. At grocery stores and farmers markets, consumers are moving away from industrialized calories, even if it means paying more. Logic dictates that if consumers are going to seek out cage-free eggs and free-range chicken, they’ll eventually seek out wine from vintners who are thoughtful and transparent about production.

Wine consumers aren’t there yet. But we’re well on our way.

This past Sunday, I visited Holy Cow, a hamburger joint just outside Washington, D.C. With a heaping side of French Fries, I devoured a burger topped with pimento cheese, a fried green tomato, Cajun mayonnaise, and loads of ketchup. It was awesome. But as much as I enjoy pigging out on fast food -- whether at McDonald’s or Holy Cow -- I try to keep such meals to a minimum. My health consciousness demands it.

In the optimistic future of American wine, well-informed consumers will view cheap, mass-market wine with the same skepticism. An occasional splurge, perhaps. But not something to drink daily.

David White is the founder and editor of Terroirist.com, which was named “Best Overall Wine Blog” at the 2013 Wine Blog Awards.

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