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Wildrose’s Rick Strankman, incumbent MLA representing Drumheller-Stettler, and supporters react to news Tuesday night that he had been re-elected.

NDP wins landslide, to form majority government, Strankman reelected INDEPENDENT STAFF Voters in Alberta awarded the New Democratic Party of Alberta a resounding victory and demoted Progressive Conservatives to the position of the third ranking party in the provincial legislature in a historic shift of political fortunes. Wildrose Party, under the 37-day-old leader-

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NDP wins landslide, to form majority government, Strankman reelected continued from front page In the Drumheller-Stettler riding, Wildrose MLA Rick Strankman was reelected with a comfortable majority. As the Independent went to press, with results from 79 of the total 89 ballot boxes reported, Strankman was leading with 6,509 votes against PC candidate Jack Hayden’s 4,771. NDP candidate Emily Shannon had received 2,483 votes.

There were lineups at the Stettler Community Centre, where 15 polling stations for the riding were set up, lineups, which at times were stretching out the doors.

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dent, but I’m superstitious about that, too,” Strankman said from his constituency office in Hanna on Tuesday night after the results were announced.

“I did my best to promote Wildrose policy and it seems people in the riding responded well,” he said.

Strankman expressed disappointment with the provincial results, saying he had hoped the Wildrose policies would find “broader provincial traction.”

“I’ve lived beside the failed social experiment called Saskatchewan my whole life,” he said by telephone from Hanna.

“I’m sad Albertans chose this path, but now it is up to the leadership of Rachel Notley. The truth will be in the pudding.”

Hayden, who gathered with his supporters at the hall in Endiang, conceded defeat with a short statement around 9 p.m.

“I hope the agenda includes rural Alberta, because we really don’t have any representation now in the governing party,” the PC candidate said with reference to the NDP, which took an overwhelming majority of their support from urban centres.

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JACK HAYDEN, PC CANDIDATE “It’s going to be a real challenge for those of us in the rural areas,” Hayden added.

With regard to the strong showing of the Wildrose Party, Hayden did not conceal that he was surprised, but he was stoic. “People are always right. That’s democracy,” he said.

“I think everyone will give the new government a chance and will make a decision on what that produces. And I think the next election will be as exciting as this one,” he predicted.

“It’s quite a dramatic change for the province, and we see now what happens for the future.”

He said he and his wife would be going back to their consulting business.

Hayden campaigned on his past experience as an MLA, county councillor and school board trustee, while also citing his experience working in cabinet and in various boards and organizations across Alberta and the country.

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role as minister in Ed Stelmach government and his active involvement and leadership in the legislative processes leading to the adoption bills restricting property rights alienated many of his supporters.

Emily Shannon of the NDP was not available for comment on the results of the elections.

At the provincial level, the biggest upset in Alberta’s political history ended the 44-year-old political dynasty of the Progressive Conservatives, who wanted to revive their political fortunes late last year by appointing Ottawa-hardened politician Jim Prentice as their leader, following two unsuccessful PC governments under Ed Stelmach and Alison Redford.

However, Prentice’s political maneuver to have opposition Wildrose MLAs cross the floor and his statements blaming Albertans for the budgetary problems of the province generated strong reaction to his leadership.

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ATM bandits in custody after hit-and-run in Sylvan Lake Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER Two men suspected to be behind the ATM and VLT robberies in Big Valley, Bashaw and Donalda in the past month have been arrested after a K-9 unit tracked them down in Sylvan Lake.

The two men join a third man arrested after the Big Valley robbery.

The first of four incidents involving the accused was in Big Valley around 4 a.m. on April 18.

Three men broke into a local store by breaking the window and stole an ATM, escaping in a lightcoloured pick-up truck.

Someone who came to investigate the noise was pepper-sprayed.

One of the three men accused in this was caught with ATM parts in the back of his truck in a traffic stop and arrested.

On April 21 around 4:45 p.m., police responded to an armed robbery at the Bashaw Foods Liquor Town store on 50 Street in Bashaw. Two men held the three employees working in the store at gunpoint. They also pepper-sprayed the employees, and assaulted them with an ice chipper that had been in the store.

The accused fled with money in a white pickup truck that had been

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About 20 minutes later, police were called to Donalda Hotel where an armed robbery was taking place. Two men held the employees working at the hotel at gunpoint.

The men stole money and a VLT machine from the location, and fled in a truck that had been parked behind the hotel.

Two days later, an Alberta Traffic Sheriff clocked a white pick-up truck doing 150 km/h, but chose to not pursue due to public safety concerns.

An hour later, at 9:30 a.m., Sylvan Lake police were called to a hit-andrun around 9:30 a.m. on Highway 11 at Range Road 20. A pick-up truck had hit a Dodge Dart car, but had fled by crashing through several barbed wire fences on to an adjacent field. The truck was found abandoned in the field, and the drivers arrested nearby without incident.

The truck had been reported stolen from Leduc two days earlier and had been plated with a stolen licence plate, RCMP reports. A sawed-off shotgun was found nearby.

When the truck had been spotted by the sheriff, it had an ATV in the back which was not present.

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stolen from a residence in Eckville, was found abandoned near Half Moon Bay. The occupants of the Dart were taken to the hospital and released after treatment of minor injuries.

Thirty-seven-year-old Dixon Ross Bergseth of Red Deer is facing three charges of possession of stolen property under $5,000, and a charge each of flight from police, dangerous driving, failure to remain at the scene of an accident, possession of stolen property over $5,000, unlawful possession of firearm, unlawful possession of a prohibited firearm and unlawful possession of a prohibited firearm contrary to orders.

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17-year-old who cannot be named under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, faces three charges each of possession of stolen property under $5,000 and fail to comply with youth probation orders, and a charge each of possession of stolen property over $5,000, unlawful possession of firearm, unlawful possession of a prohibited firearm, and possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine).

Investigation continues and further charges may be laid.

Anyone with information about these crimes is asked to contact the RCMP at 403-742-4438 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS(8477).

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Cuts, fees, belt-tightening lead Clearview to balanced budget Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER Cuts to transportation and school hours, in addition to general belt-tightening, has led the Clearview School Board to what it anticipates will be a balanced budget.

Peter Neale, Clearview’s associate superintendent for business and finance, made it clear that the balanced budget in part is a result of cuts, new fees and reduced hours.

“I am really proud (of our staff),” Neale said. “The overall goal was to find reductions everywhere except in the schools.

Everyone did everything they could...to make sure kids had all the money they could.”

The Alberta government requires a minimum of 475 hours of education for Kindergarten students, 950 hours for grades 1 to 9 and 1,000 hours for high school.

Traditionally, Clearview has provided beyond those minimum hours.

In the 2014-15 year, grades 1-9 had 970 hours of instruction, Neale said. Next year, it’ll be the 950, a reduction of 20 hours – or a school year of 183 days going down to 175. In Stettler, Kinder-

garten students receive nearly double the required hours of instruction as Stettler Elementary School offers full-day Kindergarten. While the full-day Kindergarten will still be available next year, the students will have a teacher half the day and a Kindergarten co-ordinator the other half, effectively cutting those instructional hours back to the provincial minimum, Neale noted.

Most of the cuts being made in staffing comes at the expense of support staff, with cuts to secretaries, librarians and teaching assistants. Clearview’s teaching assistants is where most of the cuts will be made, Neale said.

The board also took aim at its bussing routes, cutting three routes altogether and stopping double-runs in one location.

Double-runs, where a bus will pick up high school students and transfer them to a bus that heads to Stettler, then double back for local school students, are in place in Big Valley, Erskine and Botha.

Erskine and Botha only have double-runs in the afternoon, while Big Valley has them both morning and night.

Starting next year, though, the morning double-run in Big Valley

will be one single run, meaning students will have a longer journey to school by bus.

A Stettler route joins Byemoor and Brownfield in having a route discontinued. The students from these routes will be absorbed into other nearby routes. While again this saves the school board money, it will increase the length of time the students spend on the bus, something Neale said is an unhappy compromise.

“We have pretty aggressive targets” he said in reference to the amount of time students spend on the bus. While they were able to meet these targets for this school year, he anticipates that will not be the case in the fall.

“Parents usually are very good about accommodating students’ longer bus rides, though we like to keep them shorter,” Neale said.

Books, homework and electronic devices help keep students occupied on the longer runs.

Another change to transportation is an increase of the transportation fee for Stettler students. The fee, which has been $200 since 1995, is going up for the first time in 20 years to $300 – a number that is mostly just an adjustment for inflation, Neale explained.

Nominations to recognize local recyclers now open Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER For the past several years, when judges from Communities in Bloom were in town, the Stettler community has taken a moment to recognize its recyclers in the form of the Recycling Excellence Awards.

Nominations are now open for people to recognize those individuals, groups and businesses who take the Three Rs to a whole new level.

Reuse, reduce and recycle has been a mantra in Canada for about 20 years, but some people in the community have been at that task a lot longer, or have found new and creative ways to apply the concept to areas of work and personal life.

Last year, the Heartland Beautification Committee recognized Don Lynn

of Re-Glycol, which takes antifreeze and recycles it into a usable product, and Carolyn Victor, a retired teacher who taught her students to recycle before recycling was a common feature in community households. Superfluity, a thrift store that takes in donations from the community and sells them in a store in Stettler, with the money going back into the community, was also recognized.

With the Communities in Bloom celebration comes in July, this year’s recyclers will be recognized, as well as later in October as well.

To nominate yourself or another for the award, you can download forms from the Town of Stettler website or contact the Stettler Recreation Centre.

Heartland Beautification Committee is also holding its spring plant exchange on Saturday, May 9 between 10 a.m. and noon, at the Rotary Spray Park.

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Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER The rash of thefts in Stettler’s industrial areas has led police to believe they are likely being committed by the same person or persons.

Despite increased patrols in the areas being targeted, thefts are continuing to happen.

“There is a person or persons who are patrolling the area,” Stettler RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Duncan Babchuk said. “They’re looking for things they can steal and sell for money. Tools, recreational vehicles, vehicles, for example. They have an avenue to dispose of these items.”

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spend a lot of their work hours outside of teaching hours, grading work, planning activities and in other school-related tasks, the easiest way to cut back on staff without sacrificing student learning is by ensuring the time teachers spend in school is mostly devoted to actual teaching.

Neale was the first to admit that pushing teachers closer to the 905 hours is difficult, because teachers put in a lot of hours doing those other tasks that come as a part of the instruction process.

“Everyone understands this is happening to all teachers,” Neale said. “The goal here is to be fair to everyone.”

While Clearview will see fewer teachers in its schools’ halls this year, the ratio of student to teacher is projected to improve because of the plans regarding teaching hours.

Until the schools in the division have their individual budgets submitted to the board, Neale said he won’t know if there needs to be further adjustment, but he said the schools are aware of how tight the budgets need to be and he expects that once they’re in, the school board will be balanced – despite no access to reserves.

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The School of Choice fee – where students choose to go to a school rather than the one in their community – also rises from $200 to $300 a year.

Finally, a fee is being added for yard service, which has a bus go down a driveway onto acreages to pick up children, rather than having them wait a few kilometres down the drive on the highway side. It, too, will be $300.

“We’ve been looking at yard service, and we were told we should make it part of budget discussions so we did,” Neale said.

“We wanted an easy approach” to billing for the service, and so made it a flat fee.

For families who are choosing school of choice and yard service, the fees come to $600. Yard service is not offered in the Town of Stettler.

Using teachers more effectively next year will end up saving the school board money too, Neale said. While the logistics are currently still in the works, the plan is to have existing teachers at Clearview schools work closer to the 905 teaching hours spelled out in the collective agreement with the province.

Neale said that while teachers

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has always been a target for thieves, but this increased regular acts of theft have the police’s attention.

“The problem is suspects can see us coming,” Babchuk said of the increased patrols. “They can just shut off their vehicle and look like any of the other parked vehicles in these industrial lots.”

Police say tools, diesel, gasoline, vehicles, diesel filters and now an ATV are just some of the items that have been stolen.

Sometime early on March 29, thieves cut through the fence at Romar Power Sports and entered the storage yard, where they stole a customer’s 2014 Yamaha Special Edition ATV. The bright blue recreational vehicle then was

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This time, an eye-witness reported seeing a truck and trailer in the area around the theft, but police still need more information to help catch these thieves.

This time, the value of the theft was in excess of $10,000.

“Businesses have to be – and are being – diligent,” Babchuk said. “Invest in solid locks, and protect those locks so they can’t just be cut off.

Surveillance cameras are good, too.”

At the same time, Babchuk warns people to be wary of “too good to be true” offers on Facebook, Kijiji and Craigslist. continued on page 8

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The sold-out women’s conference in late April saw the Stettler Community Centre full of women of all ages engage in several workshops and enjoy several speakers on various topics.

Women’s conference inspires healthy, meaningful conversations Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER The third annual Women’s Conference, held in Stettler Friday, April 24, was a good place for healthy and meaningful discussions about confidence, health, and family, according to organizer Brenda Barritt.

The conference, which sold out roughly a week before its April 24 date at the Stettler Community Centre, is a joint project between Stettler Adult Learning and the Stettler Board of Trade.

It had originally begun years ago as an

office administrator’s event, according to Stacey Benjamin with the Board of Trade. When it was noticed that most of the attendees were women, it expanded into the women’s conference, now in its third year.

“It was fantastic,” Barritt said. “The parking lot was very full at 8:30 a.m.”

She said that companies even paid for people at some of their out of town branches to come to the conference.

While companies sprung for a lot of their employees, though, some people were independently registered with friends just to have a day out with their

friends.

“All of our speakers were really wellreceived,” Barritt said. It was speaker Laurie Widmark, a senior manager with the government of Alberta, who seemed to have made the biggest impact.

“Personally, she was one of my faves,” Barritt said.

With more than 20 years of experience in the fields of social work and organizational culture, Widmark has come to specialize in human behaviour, especially in complex or stressful environments.

She spoke about self-confidence, us-

ing a mix of science, social science and humour to keep the crowd entertained, all the while ensuring everyone left the conference feeling like they were able to take steps to boost their self-confidence.

Also well-received was a panel of health-care specialists – doctors and nurses – who hosted a health care panel.

Guests at the conference were able to ask anything about women’s health and how it changes, with health care specialists on hand to answer the questions.

“We had a lot of healthy conversation about our bodies and our health,” Barritt said.

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Oh to be a fly on the wall in the Progressive Conservative War Room! Although the 2012 election was a sort of dress rehearsal for this one, things are very different this time around.

So what has changed since 2012?

Simple: opposition has been legitimized in the province. Not only have Albertans become accustomed to effective opposition, but they have actually developed a taste for it. The political discourse in this province used to favour the party in power by dismissing opposition as unnecessary or irrelevant.

There’s a long history of non-partisanship in Alberta. Some scholars trace this back to when Alberta was part of the North West Territories.

As a “colony” of the federal government, political autonomy was circumscribed. The main job of the Territorial government was to petition Ottawa for schools, roads, etc. so there was no need for opposition parties.

For various reasons, the nonpartisan sentiment survived and was cultivated for over a century.

In the modern era it was fuelled by western alienation, which pitted the provincial government against Ot-

tawa, the external foe. With all political energy channeled outside the province, opposition parties were in an invidious position: unable to deflect the political gaze to internal problems and issues yet unable to disagree with the government championing Alberta’s interest so valiantly.

This strategy worked well when the Liberals were in power federally, and there were hiccups during the Mulroney era. However, since 2006 when the Conservatives came to power the external enemy discourse no longer worked. Thus, it is not surprising that Albertans began to be more aware of and take more interest in what was going on within the province.

What went hand-in-hand with western alienation was the need to construct a narrative around Alberta’s exceptionalism. The image of the self-reliant, independent Albertan was carefully constructed.

This mythical figure was invested with qualities like strong individualism and a fondness for free enterprise - in contrast to Central Canadians who nuzzled up to the public trough.

The dominant narrative went unquestioned even when Peter Lougheed described his province as the last bastion of free enter-

prise in the West, while acquiring an airline, investing in Syncrude and unilaterally eliminating the 16 per cent ceiling on royalties established by the Social Credit government. It should be pointed out that Albertans were pleased that the Lougheed government “acted like an owner” and championed the public interest.

Internal opposition from the Liberals and New Democrats was neutralized by labelling them freespending socialists, a position that the media bought into. It was only when the Wildrose Party appeared on the right of the political landscape and began to blast holes in the PC’s credibility that there was a paradigm shift.

Leading up to the 2012 election and in the legislature thereafter, Danielle Smith and her caucus made life very uncomfortable for the government. Mounting an attack from the right, the dominant narrative ensured that the criticism was taken seriously.

A measure of how accurate this narrative is comes from the reaction of Albertans during the last election campaign. Faced with the prospect of a government that would put into practice the sort of tough love, market-oriented measures deemed necessary, voters fled into the arms of

Allison Redford who campaigned as a Red Tory.

No matter, Wildrose must be credited with legitimizing opposition in this province. Suddenly, dissent is legitimate and criticism of government is not treason; instead, it is a healthy part of democracy.

This is the most fundamental difference between 2012 and 2015: Albertans who have witnessed the benefits of effective opposition are no longer as easy to manipulate.

What might happen May 5 is impossible to predict because polling now is so unreliable. Will the PCs and Wildrose split the vote leaving an opening for the NDP? Or will the NDP prove a bridge too far for many Calgarians, providing an opportunity for the beleaguered Liberals (who do have a core of support) or even the fledging Alberta Party?

I won’t hazard a guess as to the outcome Tuesday night. However, it is bound to be the most exciting and unpredictable election this province has had in living memory.

This is why worry beads must be in great demand in the PC camp.

Doreen Barrie is a Political Scientist at the University of Calgary. She is the author of The Other Alberta: Decoding a Political Enigma.

Vancouver harbour needs to get its act together Will Verboeven AHEAD OF THE HERD The recent fuel spill in Vancouver harbour showed once again how woefully unprepared BC is in protecting its coastline from environmental disasters. BC governments at every level seem all too quick to blame everyone else for any possible environmental issue whether real or imagined.

It’s now clear that there is no coordinated action plan to include all the stakeholders when a spill or disaster occurs. The approach seems to be that if no serious spill has occurred then why bother worrying about doing anything. Add into that bureaucratic chest thumping by various agencies and you have a recipe for disaster. When such competing interests are not forced into a coordinated approach, bureaucracies are bound to resist change.

To be fair, there is the issue of jurisdiction and that means the coast guard and the Fisheries and Oceans Canada department con-

sider the immediate coastal shoreline and all adjacent water their exclusive responsibility. There is no history of sharing that responsibility with BC provincial and municipal governments. That saw the coast card handle the recent fuel spill by itself. However, because there was a delay in getting the spill under control, the BC premier and Mayor of Vancouver where quick to blame the coast guard. The insinuation was that had the coast guard involved those governments that somehow the fuel spill would have been addressed a lot quicker. However there is no indication that involving local governments in dealing with the fuel spill would have made any difference. But there was political hay to be made by those same governments and selfserving BC politicians.

One hopes that perhaps a lesson can be learned from the recent fuel spill – that being there are too many grain ships waiting in Vancouver harbour, and too

many ships increases the possibility of oil spills. But history shows that nothing is ever done to discourage the number of waiting ships. As long as demurrage costs are paid for by grain growers there is little incentive to speed up the scheduling and loading of grain shipments. You would think that there would be a demurrage formula that significantly increases the cost on a daily basis or requires waiting ships to leave after two weeks. The other incentive would be to allow only a certain number of grain ships to wait in certain areas. For instance rather than 30 or more ships being anchored at various sites, restricting it to 10 ships at any one time would force ship owners and shippers to improve coordination. How about making long term anchorage more costly and more trouble by requiring all waiting ships to be surrounded by oil spill booms and daily inspections. Any approach that reduces waiting times reduces demur-

rage charges and reduces those costs to grain growers. However, one expects that any move to speed up or eliminate grain ship waiting times will be met by resistance from powerful shipping and handling lobby groups. It’s unlikely the coast guard will initiate waiting time changes and restrictions as that seems outside their mandate. Besides one suspects a cozy relationship between long time shippers, terminal operators and entrenched regulators like the coast guard.

Another way to improve the situation would be for the BC provincial government and the city of Vancouver to put their money and lobby where their mouth is. Instead of playing politics with the issue perhaps they need to find ways and means to make doing business miserable for grain terminals and shipping companies. Surely there are on-shore regulatory angles that can be used to pressure them to reduce waiting times and improve

coordination. But such action seems unlikely, being BC politicians have a history of making politically correct rhetoric over any real action when it comes to environmental issues.

For example BC boasts about being green when they are in fact one of the most significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions as a result of their massive coal mining industry. BC cuts down more trees than it replants. The city of Victoria is notorious for pumping massive amounts of raw sewage into the ocean.

BC is opposed to pipelines which means more oil products will have to be shipped by rail. BC wants it coastline to remain pristine, yet it is allowing the flooding of 10,000 acres of agricultural land and wildlife habitat in the Peace River district.

The point is - don’t hold your breath expecting actual common sense on environmental issues, including grain ship fuel spills, from any BC or Vancouver city governments.

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Nice car - This year’s hottest auction item at the Heartland Youth Centre’s (HYC) annual

fundraiser will be the 1956 Pontiac Laurentian, previously owned by late Lloyd Smith, a longtime friend of HYC, who willed this car to Charlie Thurston, another HYC friend, who, in his turn, donated it to the youth centre to be auctioned off. The car is open to viewing at the Stettler GM until June 5. Organizers say it will be sold during the live auction part of the HYC’s Awesome Auction fundraiser on June 6 and no bids before that will be accepted. For those without tickets for the fundraiser, doors will be opened around 7:30 p.m. for everybody to be able to bid for the car.

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Baseball action is back Patty Steen RUMSEY RECORD Well, it has been an exciting week for the politicians who were busy telling us how they would fix all the wrongs that had been done so far. I hope the right people are in control of our money for the next 4 years.

Locally, the excitement is more centered on the baseball diamonds up at the Ag Grounds as there is a Bantam hardball team ready to play their first game of the season this evening, so head on up to the action and take a boo at how our kids perform.

Their games will be on Monday or Wednesday evening. There is also a mixed softball team of ages 9 to 12 that will be playing around the area and a coach pitch team of kids ages 4 to 6. If you hear some noise up at the Ag Grounds during the

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Independent COLUMNS week, then there must be a game in progress and you should head on up to see how they are doing.

The 4-H Beef club has postponed their bottle and battery drive by a little bit to give everyone more time to collect around the community. Their sort date will be on May 12 in conjunction with a regular meeting.

April’s birthday club at St. Mary’s was hosted

by Donna Sengaus, who did a wonderful job. The birthdays this month were Abby McNaughton celebrating 100 years and Yvonne VanCowenberge, who celebrated 103 years.

That is truly remarkable.

Ely Goddard and Christel Jakob also celebrated their birthdays. In May, the birthday club will hold their next party on Monday, May 11 with Pat Hatt hosting. Thank you to all the ladies who

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I will continue to pester you about submitting your family story to the 2015 edition history book.

They’re coming in slowly and the committee would like to see a lot more so take a few minutes to get your bit in the book.

My joke for the week: A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, “This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.�

The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, “Which do you want, son?�

The boy takes the quarters and leaves. “What did I tell you?� said the barber. “That kid never learns!�

Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store. “Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?�

The boy licked his cone and replied, “Because the day I take the dollar, the game is over!�

Have a good week!

Happy Mothers’ Day to all Louise Bellair BOTHA BOOSTER This coming Sunday, May 10 is Mothers’ Day, so hopefully everyone has something special planned to do with their mothers.

There are several Mothers’ Day breakfasts around the county, so take your mom out of the kitchen and take her out for a great time.

Next Monday is quilting time again, so come to the seniors’ centre at 9:30 a.m. and join the ladies for a great time.

Then on Wednesday May 13, come on out to the seniors’ centre to join in a great game of Bingo. Grab your Bingo Dabbers and come on out, who knows you could be the next big winner.

We had a winner at the last Bingo evening, so a big congratulations goes out to the winner of the loonie pot. So with this upcoming game you could be the next big winner of the jackpot, which no one has won for a while,

or the Loonie pot again. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the balls start rolling at 7:15.

It’s hard to believe in a couple of weeks it will be Victoria Day weekend again with a lot of campgrounds reopening for the season again. So gather up all your camping supplies and get ready for that exciting weekend.

Every Wednesday starting at 10 a.m., come on out for a great visit with your friends and neighbors over a hot refreshing cup of coffee. They have a great time, and would like to see everyone join them.

Then, every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m., join the group at the seniors’ centre again for a great game of floor curling, it’s a fun game and they would like to see everyone join them.

So in closing I would like to wish all mothers out there a very special Mothers’ Day, and hopefully you all have a fantastic day.

Summer students sought for museum Kasheen Clouson DONALDA DIARU Sunday May 10, Mothers’ Day brunch will be held at the drop-in centre in Donalda. Doors open at 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

The Donalda & District Agricultural Society has a vacancy on the board, if anyone is interested in filling this position, please contact Brenda Gebhardt at 403.883.2440.

The Donalda & District Museum and Gallery for the Arts are looking for summer students for the upcoming summer. If you are interested, please drop off a resume at the museum office or email them to me at info@ donaldamuseum.com.

The Donalda Coulee Friendship Club is open every Saturday afternoon at the drop-in from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. for coffee and fel-

lowship. Everyone is welcome.

Birthday wishes this week go out to Jackson Rider, Kaylon Clement, Luke Broemeling, Chris Norman, Hunter Hartum, Arne Norman, Cheryl Thomson, Ella Bailey, Tara Helfer, Curtis Fuller, Travis Mueller, Ashton Thebeau, and Lyrah Thomson. Happy birthday to all and hope everyone has an awesome day.

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While someone who unwittingly buys stolen goods is unlikely to be charged, if police track stolen items to a buyer, those items are seized

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Annual spring fling celebrates Métis heritage Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER The smell of buffalo and beef stews wafted through the Big Valley Community Hall on Saturday, May 2 as Métis from all over the region and province gathered for the Hivernant Métis Society’s annual Spring Fling.

The Spring Fling is the first of two of the society’s major events in the year, the other being the Rendezvous during the August long weekend.

This year marks the Society’s decade anniversary and people were out in force to enjoy a day of music, fellowship and delicious food.

Darlene Blondeau, from Calgary, made her first trip to Big Valley with her husband Len. She’s lived in Calgary for the past two years, but hails from Fort Qu’Appelle in Saskatchewan.

“Marlene (Lanz) convinced us to

come,” she said with a laugh. “She’s always talking about this area but we’ve never been able to come.”

Blondeau said she’s always known about her Métis heritage and embraces it fully.

“I have a lot of memories of family gatherings,” she said. “They were a lot of fun. The whole family was there – aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins.

There was storytelling, singing and dancing, and wonderful food.”

Now her children and grandchildren come to family gatherings and those stories, songs and dances are being passed on to the next generation.

“We’re very proud of our heritage,” Blondeau said.

With the Métis people relying mostly on oral tradition, gatherings like the one in Big Valley are important, Marlene Lanz, president of the Hivernant Métis Society said. Without them, stories and history could be lost, or

“whitewashed.” The term refers to the treatment of First Nations and Métis history in history courses in school.

“They’re very European-centric,” Lanz noted.

The Métis culture isn’t about pitting one side against another, though – it’s about embracing how the Europeans meet up with First Nations and create something new, Lanz noted.

The Métis flag, a white infinity symbol on a red or blue field, represents those two sides coming together to make something that will last forever, Lanz explained.

Today, Lanz goes to schools to teach Métis history and culture, teaching the tales, medicines and skills taught to her by her own parents, that was taught to them by her grandparents, all the way down through history.

“I am who I am because of my parents,” Lanz said. “I’ll never forget that.”

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Stettler Board of Trade named Stacey Benjamin as its new executive director this week.

Benjamin grew up in Stettler and has worked with the board since 2009 first as an office assistant, and then as the office manager.

“We’re thrilled to have Stacey step up and be on board,” said Greg Switenky, CAO, Town of Stettler. “She was always a key component of the organization.”

Benjamin’s goal moving forward is to promote Stettler as a prosperous business community.

“I want to let people know that we’re open for business and promote Stettler as a place for businesses to come and work and set up shop,” she said after accepting her new position.

“I’m looking into more of the economic development and promotion of the community.”

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Palatal experiences serving noble causes Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER Wine-tasting wasn’t on Bree McRae’s list of events that she would typically call her style, but when a friend offered her tickets to the Rotary Club’s A Taste of Stettler event this past Friday, she decided to say yes.

By the end of the night, though, McRae vowed she’d be back the following year.

“I like how you get to meet a lot of people, and see what’s in the community,” McRae said, referring to the vendors found at the event on Friday, May 1, at the Stettler Community Hall.

“I didn’t know a lot of these places existed,” she added.

Now in its fifth year, the annual event has become one of Rotary Stettler’s largest fundraisers in the year.

“Every year it gets bigger and better,” Peter Boys, a member of the club, said.

He had been to several wine-tasting events in other communities and thought it would be a good choice for Stettler, so helped bring the event here five years ago.

While the Jazz Guys performed on stage, eventgoers circled the room, drifting from table to table, sampling different wines, beers, and liquors as well as cuisine from local restaurants and stores.

For those sampling the food and drinks, the event wasn’t just a perfect chance to socialize, but also to try new palatal experiments without the financial investments on something they may not enjoy.

“I’ve tried so many things tonight,” McRae said.

“Some of these things I’d never spend money on, because if I didn’t like them I’d be out the money.”

For vendors, it’s a great chance to lure in those who might have been hesitant in the past, as well as offer

up rarer purchased items for taste-testing. It’s also a good time to try out recipes and see what works and what doesn’t.

Rob Foote, a food expert at Sobeys, created a desert using some less mainstream cheeses and flavouring for the night. The mascapone and balsamic dressing treat, in a little wafer cup, was adorned with a slice of grape, and was a popular bite-sized treat.

“No one really knew what to do with (the dressing),” Foote said of the Italissima Crema balsamic dressing.

Local abbatoir and smokehouse Forestburg Meats had a table adjacent to the stage, giving them not only an excellent venue for enjoying the music, but an easy to access booth, unencumbered by nearby tables.

There, owners Gordon and Gary Poole, provided a selection of smoked meat from their storefront.

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He, like McRae, said one of the benefits of the event was having people try the products available without having to pay out of wallet, other than the cost of a ticket.

Over the years, the type of drinks – and the interest in them – has changed.

Ricky DeCorby, with Sleeman Breweries, had craft beer options from the Okanagan Microbrewery.

“Last year I brought several cases, and I just took them all back,” she said.

This year, though, people were really into sampling the different lagers and ales she had available.

“A lot of people stick with what their parents and grandparents drink,” she noted. “This is a great way to find a new drink you like without having to spend a lot.”

Scott Pfeiffer, president of Rotary Stettler, agrees, and noted this year’s Taste of Stettler was all but sold out.

“Each year it gets bigger and bigger,” he said.

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Rotary has already dropped 1,000 of these shelter boxes – they include a tent and a box of equipment like cooking utensils, bedding and so forth – in Nepal to help the thousands displaced by the earthquake.

Another big effort for Rotary is the eradication of polio, Pfeiffer said.

“One vaccination costs 60 cents,” he said. “Only three countries today really still have polio. We’re close to eliminating it.”

The Rotary club also sponsors exchange students. Currently, Taiwan’s Grace Wu is living with a foster family in the community, and Stettler’s Meghan Larose is in Taiwan.

The spray park in West Stettler Park, the whirlpool at the pool, and the seating area with the fireplace at the library are three areas in which Rotary has contributed locally. It also helps with the Food Bank, Handi-Bus, Skate Park, Variety Showcase, Heartland Youth Center, football and more deserving options in the community.

Last year’s event raised roughly $6,500 and is on course to raise roughly the same amount this year, Boys said.

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Achievements in badminton continue Hannah McKay WILDCAT CORNER This week, in sports, Allyssa Acera, John Langford and Adam and Eric Pitzel headed to badminton provincials last weekend. Allyssa and John competed in singles, while Adam and Eric competed on a doubles team.

Congratulations to the high school badminton players who all earned at least 1 win this past weekend in provincials. Eric & Adam and Alyssa ended third in their pools while John went on to earn silver in a three-set nail biter final. Way to go, athletes! Great job! Congratulations to all of the Grade 9 badminton players who competed in CARA. Winning third place: Sam, Krysta & Rachelle, Jessica & Johan. The players moving on to CWAJHAA with a second place finish: Kayla M., Davin N. & Braydon S. Lastly, our CARA champions are: Talon C., Shayna B. & Erik R., Adam S. & Jay N. Way to go guys! We would like to thank the parents and adults who watched and Mr. Aspenes and Mrs. Resch for organizing the event.

In other sports news, tennis and track are starting up. Watch for athletes outside enjoying the spring sunshine getting ready for competitions.

In other news, on Friday May 1, the students’ union hosted a luau dance and had a great turnout! Also, the One Act Festival was a success, displaying lots of talent in the performing arts. If you would like to donate your hair for a good cause, Be The Change is going to be hosting a hair drive on June 2 in cooperation with Keep Kira Smiling. If you would like to sign up, or find out more about requirements, please visit http:// bethechangestettler.wix. com/hairdrive. Anyone from Stettler or any surrounding communities may participate. That’s all for this week.

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Little ones learn about dental care Stettler Elementary School students experienced a variety of special activities and interesting lessons this week, both in class and in the community.

All students, in kindergarten through Grade 5, attended farm safety presentations. This is an annual event for each student. The lessons are designed for each grade; however, all lessons focus on the importance of practicing safety on the farm. Students learn that although they may not live on a farm, it is wise to learn farm safety for those times they visit friends or family on the farm. Many of the concepts the students learn can also be applied to other situations. The students were eager to learn and asked many questions.

As April drew to a close, the kindergarten teachers wanted to draw attention to national oral health month, which is April, and the many benefits of taking good care of one’s teeth.

They invited Mrs. Donna Gendre, RDA, to their classrooms. Mrs. Gendre delivered an exciting presentation that taught the little ones about the importance of their teeth and how to care for them. Thank you to Mrs. Gendre as well as to Dr. Nordstrom, who donated dental packages for each Kindergarten student.

The kindergarten students also walked to the community hall this week and spent an afternoon singing and dancing to a performance by Treehouse TV entertainers Splash and Boots. Preschoolers who attend SES’s early Learning program were also invited to attend. The students had a marvelous time.

Mrs. Lang’s Grade 1 class worked on a variety of building projects. They experimented with several types of building materials.

One of the highlights of the Science unit was building a 1KL Town.

As part of Mrs. Starling’s, Buoyancy and Boats Science unit, her Grade 2 students made boats at home out of common recycled materials. The assignment required that the boats be buoyant, stable, could carry a load and be propelled in some way. The students tested the boats in a water table during class.

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Several classes, including Mrs. Ecklund’s students, are watching the Edmonton Journal Goosecam.

They check in each day for a few minutes to see how Patience, the mother goose, is doing. She has five eggs this year. The students watch her each morning, drawing sketches and writing observations about her as part of their Animal Life Cycles unit in Science.

Through the winter months, Mrs. Lynn’s class walked to Paragon Place every other week to play crib with some of the seniors that live there. It was a wonderful way to improve the students’ math and social skills, and the seniors enjoyed having company during the cold weather.

SES students enjoyed a hot lunch on Friday which was organized and delivered to the classrooms by school council parents and volunteers. Thanks to all who helped make this a special lunch treat to wrap up a busy week.

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Shop smart for Mother’s Day continued from page 12 • Skip the chocolate overload. Flowers and chocolates are traditional Mother’s Day gifts. However, calorie-conscious women may not want to be faced with the temptation of a warehouse-sized box of chocolate treats. If Mom truly loves chocolate, treat her to a gourmet piece or two, but don’t make that your main gift.

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Don’t miss Mothers’ Day pancake breakfast A bus load of 31 seniors from the Heart Haven, Paragon Place and Willow Creek Lodges in Stettler enjoyed a visit to our area on Friday.

The seniors liked the opportunity to take a drive in the country and see what’s happening in the rural areas.

The group stopped for lunch at the Byemoor Hotel, then returned to Stettler via the Endiang and Halkirk districts where they enjoyed seeing the wind turbines near Halkirk.

Among the seniors on the bus trip were a few former residents from our community who included Agnes Sorensen, Barb Schilling, Olwin Pearson and Isabel Nixon.

Last Monday the Endmoor floor curling club wrapped up its curling season at the Endiang Hall. The wind-up began with a delicious potluck dinner which was enjoyed by the more than 30 persons attending, including some former members who were invited back for the event.

A couple of games of floor curling were played in the afternoon along with much visiting.

Cake was served to honour two special birthdays of club members, Joan Morrison on her 80th and Carol Sisley on her 65th. Joan and Carol are among the floor curlers from Delia who the local club was fortunate to have join the club at Endiang.

Ken and Eleanor Schultz were presented with a gift from the group in appreciation for their efforts in organizing the floor curling events and keeping things running smoothly.

Floor curling will resume again in October and is open to all ages.

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Antoinette Wecker from Hanna returned on Saturday from a weeklong vacation to Mazatlan, Mexico.

Remember the Mothers’ Day pancake breakfast coming up on Sunday at the Endiang Hall from 9 a.m.

– noon. Proceeds go to the Endiang Board of Trade to buy flowers for the hamlet.

Rhonda Munns is hosting a Mothers’ Day Garden Tea at her Cattlemunns Ranching gift shop south of Endiang from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on May 9-10. High Tea by reservation only is also available by calling Rhonda at 403-665-2431 or 403854-1137.

We extend sympathy to Blanche (Riggins – Derwantz) Henry on the passing of her husband Dale Henry on April 28 in Red Deer. Dale was 75 years of age. Some folks from our community attended Dale’s funeral held in Stettler on Saturday.

Our thoughts are with Blanche and her family in their time of loss.

Happy birthday wishes go out to Shirley Erion, who celebrated her 65th birthday on May 1. Enjoy being on the government payroll now, Shirley.

Mickey Tucker, Gladys Groat and Bob and Eileen Green enjoyed a bus trip through B.C. which included

several casino destinations along the way.

Ryder Buchwitz celebrated his 10th birthday in style on the weekend at the West Edmonton Mall where he and his guests enjoyed the Water Park and Galaxyland. Joining Ryder were his mom and brothers, cousin Cash Buchwitz and also from Melfort, Sask. grandma Sandi Hodgson and Twila’s brother Mark Hodgson and his family.

Visiting this week with Kirk and Twila Buchwitz and family is Twila’s mother Sandi Hodgson from Melfort, Sask.

Congratulations to local girls Jesse Jack and Darcee Hall on a tremendous job at the Alberta Challenge Cup girls’ hockey tournament in Medicine Hat that wrapped up on Sunday. The girls played on the Southern Lightning hockey team that made it to the final game. The championship game was a very close one, ending with a 2-1 score for the opponent. A number of local fans made up of family and friends attended to offer their support. Great job, girls!

The Byemoor Store has Girl Guide cookies for sale as Jesse Jolicoeur is fundraising with her Pathfinder group for a trip to Switzerland.

A Celebration of Life memorial service has held on Saturday in Drumheller for Wayne Chapin.

Wayne lived in Byemoor and lost his life earlier this year in an ATV mishap near Byemoor.

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Dust off your hat for Bust out Rodeo Linda Stillinger BIG VALLEY BULLETIN The first train of the tourist season will be coming into Big Valley at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 16. Hard to believe it’s that time of year already but it sure will be nice to have visitors again. We have been having a few more drive in tourists lately. Last Friday, McAlister Motors Museum had visitors from Yakima, Washington, San Diego, California, the province of Quebec, Sylvan Lake, and Rumsey. Great to see visitors coming in from such a variety of places; even some from Stettler.

Ten members were at the Elks’ April meeting. Disbursements were made to the Big Valley Rodeo along with a pledge to the Elks walk-athon in Acme, which was on May 3. Brother Larry gave a rundown of all the upcoming inter-lodge golf dates. On Friday, June 2, Castor/Halkirk will host at Castor; Hanna will host on the 27 or 28 of June (as yet to be finalized) and Big Valley will host on Saturday, July 11 beginning at 2 p.m.

On Sunday, May 31, Big Valley’s annual Memorial Golf Tournament honouring brothers Elmer Kerbes and Lloyd Duncan takes place. Breakfast is at 8 a.m. with tee off at 10 a.m. There will be lunch and lots of prizes.

Everyone is welcome.

The Club Draw was won

by Ryan Rivett who donated his share to the Elks Fund for Children.

The first 200 Club winners for the new season are: Oliver and Maryanne Bull, Larry Anderson, Erik Elines, and Allan Sandberg. There are still a few books for sale.

Contacts are Bill Smillie,

Larry Meyer or any Elk member.

Don’t forget to stop by this weekend and take in Big Valley’s annual Bust Out Rodeo at the Agriplex.

Competition begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 8 and continues on Saturday at 7 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m. There will be wild pony racing on both Friday and Saturday for youth 12 and under and a dance Saturday night following the rodeo action. Dust off your cowboy hats and boots and come join us for some great rodeo action.

Also this weekend, Big Valley’s annual Mothers’ Day Breakfast will be held on Sunday, May 10 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Big Valley Jubilee Hall.

May birthday wishes go out to Sandra Schell – 2, Alana Stefanik – 4, Shelley Burnstad – 6, Joy Walker – 7, Dale Johnston – 7, Erika Stefanik – 8, Trudy Spence – 8, Hudson Stewart – 8, Wayne Garrison – 9, Marilee Colp – 10, Tennille Daychief – 10, Bentley Stewart – 10, Les Knapp – 12, Chantel Dubitz – 15, Eldon Stewart – 15, Teresa Greig – 16, Abigail Webster – 17, Rilynn Stewart – 20, Deanna Skocdopole – 25, Pat Parkin – 26, Dallas Gordon – 26, Tim Burnstad – 27, Otto Nicklom – 28, Barry Bolton – 28, and Madison Tizzard – 30.

Happy anniversary to Don and Margaret Lane – 1, Quinton and Amanda Baird – 4, Art and Ann Tizzard – 4, Wayne and Holly Skocdopole – 7, Rick and Carmen Tizzard – 9, Bob and Sue Boswell – 12, John and Marian Rinehart – 20, Wolf and Dorothy Dressler – 22 and Russell and Alice Faye Watts – 28.

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Meghan Matchett of Stettler U14 girls tries to wrest the control of the ball from the Camrose defender in the first of the two games the teams played against each other during the Sunbreaker tournament in Camrose over the weekend.

Camrose won the game 1-0.

Stettler minor soccer makes a strong showing in Camrose Mustafa Eric INDEPENDENT EDITOR Stettler’s full line up of girl soccer teams travelled to Camrose for the annual Sunbreaker tournament over the weekend, May 2 and 3, to hone their skills and test the strengths of the teams they will play throughout the new season with U 16 boys also making a pitch at the title in their category.

U18 girls team returned from Camrose with medals, silver ones, after they lost the title game to hosts Camrose 1-0. To advance to the final, Stettler girls won their first game 1-0 over Lacombe and tied with Rocky Mountain House 2-2. Head coach Tammy Dolliver said

with some of her players never having played soccer before and some of them new to the team, their performance was “great.”

U16 girls lost their two games to Rimbey and Rocky Mountain House with the same score: 3-0. But their coach Shelley Davis Hall said she was satisfied with her team’s play. “They played great,” she said.

Despite having won their first game 1-0 over Ponoka, U14 Stettler girls were deprived of the chance to bring back gold medals when they lost two consecutive games against Camrose. In their first game, Stettler girls lost 1-0, but still made it to the championship game against Camrose and forced a shoot-out in the title match after a goalless draw in regulation. Coach Breanna Davis-Hall

said her girls had improved “tremendously” since they started practices.

U12 girls lost their first game to Camrose 4-2 and the second to Lacombe 3-1 but their coach Angela Gendre said she was satisfied with her team’s efforts. “The girls worked very hard this weekend and had lots of fun,” she said, adding that strong wind and a short bench were the two challenges they had to overcome.

As for U16 boys, they easily overpowered Rocky Mountain House 4-1 in their first game, with goals coming from James Switenky (2), Chase Dolliver and Bradley Dods but lost their second game to Ponoka 3-0. As with other Stettler teams, the short bench turned out to be a significant disadvantage for Stettler boys.

Thunder continue to improve, but wins elude teams Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER While coaching staff continue to be happy with improvements in the various skills necessary for a successful lacrosse team, wins continue to elude the Stettler Thunder teams after another winless weekend.

Saturday’s May 2 Midget game against the Red Deer Chiefs, a 10-7 defeat for the Thunder, was the closest of the games, a hard-fought battle that saw the Thunder trailing slightly each period, but keeping in the game.

“It’s not unusual to see

games in double-digits in lacrosse,” Kim Smyth, past-president, said.

“These scores aren’t terrible by any means.”

At the end of the first period, the Chiefs led the Thunder 3-2, with Stettler’s Noah Smyth and Ryan Mielke scoring.

The Chiefs added another four goals in the second and Stettler’s Mielke and Smyth adding another two, for a score of 7-4.

Stettler’s Derek Smyth added two more goals and Mielke another to bring Stettler’s final tally to seven, while defense managed to limit the Chiefs to another three goals.

The tykes and minitykes didn’t play this weekend. On May 2, the Peewee hosted Didsbury, suffering an 8-1 loss.

Bantam hosted Innisfail, losing 9-1. Novice also faced a team from Didsbury, losing 11-3.

On Sunday, Peewee hosted Sylvan Lake, dropping the game 12-4.

Bantam headed to Red Deer, where it lost 103. On Monday, May 11, Bantam Thunder hosted Red Deer, another loss.

On Friday, May 8, the Bantam Thunder will host Olds at 6 p.m. in Stettler, followed by a Midget Thunder game versus Blackfalds.

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This Peewee Thunder’s break for Sylvan Lake’s net is ended early after a hard shove from the opposing team’s player, sending the Thunder runner to the ground.

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Batters, pitchers on target for new season Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER The Stettler Bantam boys’ baseball team took to a West Stettler park last week for an exhibition game with Heisler before heading into its first provincial weekend of the season.

There, the Stettler boys were handed a 13-8 loss, but according to coach Jeff Lee, it was an excellent experience and demonstrated where the first-year bantam team needs to focus in practice in the coming weeks.

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The team plays in a provincial league, which means this past weekend, May 1-2, they faced local teams in the AA division. There, the Bantam boys didn’t fare as well against teams from Red Deer, Lacombe and Camrose.

“We’re probably a tier four team,” Lee said. “These teams were tier one. It was pretty unbalanced.”

Despite that, like in the Heisler game, batters were connecting really well with

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Defensively, though, there were holes, Lee admitted.

“It was the errors that got us,” he said. “Everything else, we were competing on these teams’ levels.”

The size of these larger communities mean the teams have a larger pool of players to draw from, whereas Stettler’s fielding its first Bantam team in a year this year, as last year there wasn’t enough kids to form a team.

The younger team, comprised of first-years only, means the team is a bit of a small fish in a pond of big fish, Lee said.

“We held our own though,” he added, proud of the players who took a bit of a drubbing on the weekend.

With this round of provincials over, the next round will pit teams from north and south against each other. There, more stratification will happen and it’s likely the Stettler team will play against teams of similar capacity, rather than being

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A Stettler Bantam baseball player takes to the plate, swinging hard for the ball during an exhibition game in West Stettler Park last week. The exhibition game against Heisler was the first game of the year for the team. pitted against teams vastly higher in skills like this past weekend.

“We’re going to be focusing our attention on defence now,” Lee said. “You can be leading but have bases full, and if a ball bounces between your legs and you

have to run for it, the other team just got four runs. That hurts, and we need to improve on that.”

In girls’ softball, Stettler’s U12 Jays beat Lacombe by a score of 11-10 in the first game of the season.

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Andrea Peacock INDEPENDENT REPORTER Three teams from Stettler participated in the Stettler Seniors’ Floor Curling Bonspiel on April 23.

One of those teams came out on top, winning first place in Group B. Other participating teams came from Bawlf, Botha, Camrose, Castor, Daysland, Endiang, Galahad and Halkirk.

There were 16 teams in total in the tournament at the Stettler Recreation Centre.

First place in Group A was a team from Botha.

Second and third places in Group A were Bawlf and Halkirk, and Camrose and Bawlf from Group B. Women from the Stettler Seniors’ Centre catered the dinner.

Those interested in getting involved with floor curling can drop in at the Seniors’ Centre Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.

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Many birthdays marked over the weekend A large group of family and friends gathered on Saturday afternoon to help Vera Airey celebrate her 95th birthday at the East wing in Paragon Place. Our community joins in wishing Vera a very happy birthday.

On April 29, Jim Duncan celebrated his 85th birthday joining with Ross and Karen at the home of Murray and Linda in Stettler for supper and birthday cake. We send birthday greetings to Jim, who makes his home in Paragon Place.

A happy birthday goes out to Alvin Peoples, who was the guest of honor on Saturday when his family and friends hosted a surprise 70th birthday party at the Halkirk Seniors’ Centre.

Melody Kent celebrated a very special birthday on Sunday afternoon in the hall.

The “come and go” afternoon tea was attended by many friends and lots of family on the occasion of her big 6-5. Congratulations Mel. Donna Hall also had birthday on this very busy weekend. Happy birthday to Donna, whose milestone was the double 5s.

Our community extends condolences to the members of the Berry family, who gathered on Saturday in Castor at a memorial service honoring the lives of Gordon and Sandi (Berry) Klaus and their daughter Monica.

The family of Alice Duke gathered on Sunday at the seniors’ centre following the placing of her ashes at the Halkirk cemetery. Alice passed away last November.

Congratulations to Andrew and Dena Boxma on the arrival of a 9 lb. 1.5 oz. baby girl, Sadie Angela, born on April 26 in Stettler. Sadie has two big sisters, Leah who is four and Abby who is almost two. Proud grandparents are Angie Boxma and Basil and Christine Nichols. This is another great grandbaby for Joyce Neilson.

Our community bids farewell to David and Jill Brodersen

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and their family Derek and Breann as they start a new chapter in life and make a move to Stettler. Their farm sale was held on Saturday, May 2.

Friends of Mike and Shirley Vanak will be interested to hear that they have moved to Medicine Hat, to be nearer to their family, as of the end of April. We extend our best wishes to them.

Congratulations to six badminton players from our school who will advance to CWAJHAA in Red Deer next Saturday. Abby Musgrove and Brooklyn Perry received a gold in Grade 8 girls’ doubles; Devon Johnson and Bailey Musgrove received a silver in Grade 7 girls’ doubles and Cale Neufeld and Trey MacGillivray received a silver in Grade 7 boys’ doubles.

Rae-Anne Cordel and Katelyn Dahmer, members of the Ladies of the Heartland equestrian drill team, participated in the Mane event at the Westerner in Red Deer last weekend. The ladies will participate in parades and/or rodeos at Stettler, Coronation and Halkirk this summer.

May 3 to 9 is Volunteer Firefighters week. The Village of Halkirk and its residents salute our firefighters. An appreciation and recruitment BBQ will be held at a later date.

Coming up: May 6 – Open house at Mother Teresa at 7 p.m.; May 10 – Elks annual salute to moms pancake breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m.; May 20 – Grade 9 farewell and pot luck supper; May 27 – Mrs. Norman’s piano students recital at 7 p.m. in the hall; May 30 – Hazardous waste disposal at fire hall.

New blood required for recreation board The Erskine IOOF will be holding their Mothers’ Day Pancake Breakfast this Sunday at the hall at 9 a.m. Bring your wives and moms out for an excellent breakfast and help support this fundraiser.

There is a problem within the Erskine Recreation Board, which needs to be addressed to our community of young parents. The current executive has been on the board for at least 20 years and new people are required to take over. If the board folds, there will no longer be the Waverly Club Rooms, the playground, the skating rink and shack and no commu-

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nity events, so it is crucial for someone else to take their turns instead of just taking advantage of everything with no input or without helping out occasionally. Our board is tired and they have no small children anymore. To this end, there will be a picnic in the park on Thursday, June 4 at 6 p.m. This is for adults only. Walk, bike or drive over to the playground for hot dogs, refreshments and

socializing. Please come and support our community -- new volunteers with new ideas are needed.

A good time was had by all the scrapbookers who came out for a weekend retreat at the hall in Erskine.

The next one will be in October, so watch for emails about when and where.

The kids will have a nice long weekend beginning May 14, which is PD Day, May 15 in lieu of PD Day thru to May 18, which is Victoria Day. On March 27, grades 6 and 7 will have a visit to the Legislature.

Happy Mothers’ Day to all the mothers out there.

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News of a marriage and a new baby A beautiful green day for a drive on Sunday with the leaves are appearing on all the trees.

Paulette and Percy Heer drove to Three Hills to attend granddaughter Josie Wideman’s adult baptism at the Bethal Mission , followed by a potluck dinner at the church. An afternoon visit at the Wideman home before heading over to the Parable Center in Three Hills to watch Josie perform in the ballet Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. A two-hour production involving 62 performers and numerous back stage support. Well done!

Congratulations to Sandra Rowland and Mike (Michel) Gregoire, who were married on Saturday, May 2 at the First Life Church in Hanna. The attendants

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were Velvet Nickerson and Jean-Marc Gregoire (Mike’s brother), the flower girl Sierra Newman, Sandra’s niece; mother of the bride, Mary Ann (Rowles) Russell.

Giving the bride away were Sandra’s sons Corey and Jacob. The reception and dance were held at the Hannah Legion.

Fred Entwisle has been enjoying a week of camping with brother-in-law Joey Prillar and his son Tyler at the Huber dam.

They’ve been fishing and relaxing. Fred took Saturday and joined Velvet for the wedding. Then on

Sunday, daughter Haley, Nick, Cooper and Rowyn visited the camp.

The annual meeting of Heritage Place (church building) was Thursday.

There was good discussion and planning ahead.

It was an exciting weekend for Marie (Baird) Vance, who became a great grandmother on Friday, April 24. Granddaughter Mel (Melanie) Baird and Ryan Madden are the proud parents of the baby boy, Seth Doniven Madden, who arrived in Red Deer Hospital. Congratulations to all!

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FRED HENRY HENKE August 25, 1928 - April 25, 2015 Fred was born at Red Willow, Alberta. He was the youngest of three sons born to Fredrich and Emma Henke. In the spring of 1929 he moved with his parents and two older brothers to the Science Mound District of Donalda. He took his schooling at Science Mound School and Vermillion Lakeland College graduating in 1949.

Fred married Doris Jones on Nov 13, 1950. From this union, two children were born; Shirley Mae (Sher) and Warren Lee. His family was always number one in his life and farming being his second. Fred rented his first quarter of land when just sixteen-years-old, farming with his father while still attending school in his last year at Science Mound. Another love of his life was carpentry and wood working. Many family members, friends, and neighbours have a finished basement, remodeled room, patio, picnic furniture, bird houses, feeders and outdoor games, to attest to his handiwork.

Fred was a leader in the community belonging to many organizations over the years. He volunteered in various capacities, taking on any duties required of him. His philanthropy knew no bounds. He was generous of time, of money, and spirit.

Fred enjoyed sports and participated in many including baseball, softball, snowmobiling, stock car racing, curling, and golfing.

Fred and his wife Doris moved in to the village of Donalda in June of 1978 when their son took over the family farm. For four years from the spring of 1986 until the fall of 1989 Fred managed Pelican Point Park and Campground. During this time he also acted as assistant to the Village of Donalda foreman. During the winter months he was ice maker and caretaker of the Donalda Curling Club. He held the latter position from 1978 until the spring of 1998 when he retired.

Fred’s semi-retirement years were spent working for the Village, taking over the foreman position in 1990 and retiring in Oct 30, 1999.

Fred truly loved the outdoors and enjoyed camping with a passion. He especially liked the time spent at his and Doris’s lot at the Bashaw Golf and Country Club, watching and feeding birds, golfing and being close to nature. From here they moved to Bashaw, Alberta in August, 2003 following his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. His long fought battle took them to Brooks, Alberta in August, 2007. Here he managed with Doris’s tender, loving care until moving to the Sunrise Garden Age Care Centre May 1, 2013. Under the auspices of the wonderful attention provided by the staff there, he thrived until his passing April 25, 2015.

He is survived by: his loving wife Doris; his daughter Sher Burk (Richard); his son Warren Henke (Toni); his grandchildren Stonewall Burk, Kevin Burk, Chris Burk, Lorelei Burk (Dan Coburn), Danny Henke (Connie), Cindy [Henke] Freimark (Smokey), Dimitri Henke, and Trey Henke; great-grandchildren Alex, Danielle and Spencer Burk, Christian Johnson, Aubree Henke and Jet Freimark. He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family.

Funeral services were held Sharon Lutheran Church, Donalda, Alberta on Saturday, May 2, 2015. Interment took place at the Donalda Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the Donor’s choice in care of Brennen Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Box 193 Stettler, Alberta, TOC 2LO who have been entrusted with the care and arrangements.

BRENNEN FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES of Stettler, 403-742-3315 in charge of arrangements.

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HENRY CARMAN ‘DALE’ Apr. 5th, 1940 - Apr. 28th, 2015 It is with heavy hearts we announce that Dale passed away suddenly but peacefully, surrounded by his loving family and the caring staff at The Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury in Ponoka at the age of 75.

Dale was born at Lampman, Saskatchewan, the youngest child of Adam and Christina Henry. He went to Crystal, Browning and Lampman Schools before heading to the University of Saskatchewan where he earned an Honours degree in physics. Then he headed to Montreal where he achieved his Masters degree in Meteorology from McGill University. He was employed as a Meteorologist at Environment Canada for 31 years, retired at age 53 and spent winters in Arizona and travelling around the world.

Dale was predeceased by his parents Adam and Christina Henry; his wife Peggy and his brothers Gordon and Ronald.

He is survived by his devoted wife Blanche; his children: Deborah Shul (Clarence), Randy Henry (Terina) and Sue Henry (Gordon); his stepchildren: Diane Anderson, Wayne Derwantz (Lynn), Larry Derwantz (Susan) and Scott Derwantz (Debbie); his grandchildren: Kellen, Brenna, Sarah, Adam, Christian, Kyla, Aron, Scott, Rick, Stephanie, Lisa, Erica, Hilary, Ashley, Rebecca and Victoria and his great-grandchildren: Logan, Jaslynn, Keaton and Kendall and his sister Marjorie Jacober as well as extended family and many friends.

Dale was a man of many talents: he loved dancing and music, enjoyed baseball, curling and golf and was an excellent handyman - carpenter, plumber, electrician, drywaller and step-builder! He made sure his projects were completed to perfection.

If friends so desire, contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society or the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury or a charity of the donor’s choice.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.stettlerfuneralhome.com A memorial service was held at the Heartland Chapel of Stettler Funeral Home 4707-70 St., Stettler, Alberta at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 2, 2015 and internment will be in Winnipeg at a later date.

STETTLER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 403-742-3422 entrusted with the care and funeral arrangement

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SCHIFFNER 1929-2015 A funeral service for Alice Margaret Schiffner will be held on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 2:00 pm at the Advent Lutheran Church, 11 Scenic Acres Gate NW, Calgary, AB.

A TRIBUTE TO SARAH DYCK She was a very tender woman That she was indeed.

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Stettler Rifle & Pistol Club Spring Clean Up Outdoor Range Saturday May 9, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

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BRIDAL SHOWER for Jennifer McLean bride-elect of Terence Hughes May 9, 2 p.m. at Linda Hall.

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Stettler & District Handibus Society

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CHURCHILL BELUGA WHALE Tour. Experience Canada’s north, it’s wildlife and fur trade history on this Hudson Bay weekend.

Departs Calgary on Aug. 22. 1-866-460-1415; www. classiccanadiantours.com.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. in the F.C.S.S. Building (4720 50 St.)

26TH ANNUAL Red Deer Mother’s Day Antique Show & Sale. May 9 & 10.

Sat. 10-5:30 & Sun. 10-4:30. Westerner Exposition Grounds. Over 350 sales tables, Canadiana furniture and collectibles.

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Adults only beginner workshop. Sun., May 31, 1-3, $30. Call or text Etana to register.

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MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST RED WILLOW HALL Sunday, May 10 8:30 am - 11 am $7.00 per person $20.00 per family Age 5 & under free

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STETTLER TRANSIT MIX READY MIX TRUCK DRIVER Stetter Transit Mix, located in Stettler for over 45 years is seeking experienced, mature and reliable mixer truck drivers.

Some basic duties are as follows: - Operate all functions of concrete delivery - Operate and drive trucks with air brakes and demonstrate defensive driving skills - Ensure quality of product delivered including proper mix and slump - Mechanical aptitude and strong problem solving skills - Work long shifts with non-standard break times - Perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials - Managing customer and vendor relationships - Representing Stettler Transit Mix in a professional manner

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Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. is seeking qualified candidates to fill Floorhand, Derrickhand and Driller positions. These positions are locally based.

Applicants must have all necessary valid tickets for the position applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary & benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: 403-258-3197 Or mail to: Ste. 5309, 333 - 96 Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

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COOK SUPERVISOR Permanent Full Time HEAD COOK Position at Paragon Place Senior’s Lodge • 5+years experience managing a team in a food services environment including a commercial kitchen • Demonstrated knowledge of quantity cooking and purchasing • Experience planning nutritious menus • Analytical, organizational, and excellent communication skills • Ability to produce a Criminal Record Check.

• Wages and benefits according to our Collective Agreement with CUPE. This is a rewarding position with the opportunity to help the seniors in our community.

CONTACT County of Stettler Housing Authority, Human Resources - 403.742.9220 Fax resume to 403.742.9221 or email carol.dyck@stettlerhousing.com Submit your resume by 4:00 PM May 6, 2015.

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Jensen Interiors is a new residential interiors store selling flooring, lighting, window furnishings and wall coverings as well as offering an Interior Design service, opening in Stettler in June 2015.

We are currently looking for staff for the following positions; Showroom Consultant & Warehouse Manager Responsibilities for both positions will include, but are not limited to: - Assisting customers with product selection and completing quotes and sales in a professional manner - Organising trade installations and following up with customers when projects are complete - Stock Management - General housekeeping Qualifications: - Great customer service and communication skills; - Attention to detail and an interest in Interior Design & Decoration; - Fantastic organisational skills and computer literacy; and - Ability to multi-task The Showroom Consultant role will be part-time (approximately 30 hours per week) and will include Saturdays.

The Warehouse Manager role will be full-time and will include Saturdays.

We will provide full training which you will need to be available to commence at the end of May 2015.

If you are interested or to find out more information, please email info@jenseninteriors.ca

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Salary is negotiable based on prior job experience.

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Combat Spraying Ltd. is a local company specializing in Oilfield & Reclamation services. We are currently looking for employees for the 2015 spraying/ reclamation season.

Applicants must be highly motivated, have excellent verbal skills, be able to work long hours and/or travel to jobs outside the area. These positions involve applying herbicides on oilfield facilties, pipeline right-of-ways and environmentally sensitive areas. Sprayers will be trained but must have a valid driver’s license and applicable oilfield tickets (Standard first aid, TDG & H2S Alive.)

Wages: Sprayers – $21 - $27/hr Please email resume and references to combatspraying@xplornet.com or fax a resume to 403-742-6550

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AUCTION. Tractors, horse trailer, coral panels, garden centre dispersal, tools, surplus, collectibles, furniture and more. 10 a.m., Saturday, May 9.

Scribner Auction, Wainwright, Alberta.

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

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 8th Annual Calgary Collector Car Auction June 12-14, Indoors Convention Center Grey Eagle Casino. All makes & models welcome. Consign today 1-8880296-0528 ext.

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COMPLETE CLOSEOUT AUCTION for Angelo Concrete Work Ltd. 3 Day Auction, May 12, 13, 14.

15840 - 118 Ave., Edmonton. Over 50 years in the ornamental concrete business. Fountains, planters, lawn ornaments, stepping stones, ceramic granite & marble tile, forklifts, skid steer. Over 5000 items. Selling all inventory & equipment.

For more details phone 780-440-1860.

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JD 1840 with canopy + 3 pth. 12’ disc. Jones post UNRESERVED COIN & pounder. 3 new rolls game Currency Auction. $1000 wire 8’. 1974 F600 grain bills, domestic, US, truck, 16’, but runs good. foreign,, pre-ConfederaBale feeders, gates and tion Canada. No buyer’s calf shelters. 12 hp Kohler fee! 6:15 p.m., Friday, May grain auger motor, electric 8. Scribner Auction. start. 403-741-6968, Wainwright, Alberta.

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

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

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

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

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Firewood Call Carole Barclay at 403-742-4825, Terry 403-740-5037 LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, Ricky 403-740-5711. email bardale@xplornet.com tamarack, poplar.

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1680

BEAUTIFUL SPRUCE TREES. 4 - 6 feet, $35 each. Machine planting: $10/tree (includes bark mulch and fertilizer). 20 tree minimum order. Delivery fee $75 - $125/order.

Quality guaranteed.

403-820-0961.

SHORTHORN bulls for sale, reds, roans and whites, 2 yr. old yearlings.

Semen tested and delivery within 100 miles. www.prospecthillshorthorns.com Les & Shelley Peterson, 780-877-2444.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

BUSINESS Automotive

1029

Drafting & Design

SERVICE DIRECTORY 1120

1193

Furnace Cleaning

Stettler Furnace Cleaning Business Services #1000 - #1430

Accounting

1010

G K D P

Gitzel Krejci Dand Peterson

GALEN WIEBE AUTO BODY REPAIR LTD.

Quality Collision Repair and Professional Service‌ Guaranteed!

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

1070

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

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

K K Keen een Klean lean • Carpet Cleaning • Carpet • Upholstry Cleaning Cleaning • Window Washing 403-742-6970

403-742-6970 403-740-9782

Chapman and Co.

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

Construction

1085

MMBI Construction . Commercial . Industrial . Residential . Agricultural . 25 Years Experience . Multiple Crews

PH: 403-742-4101 admin@railsidedesign.com

House Plan Design Small Commercial Shop Drawings As Builts rg

e ahlb a St r vice

ik Se Mon afting Dr

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

Eavestroughing

1130

www.numeratax.com

Thorogood Pinches

&

Certified General Accountants 4814 - 49 Street, Stettler

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

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

Automotive

1029

JT AUTO BODY LTD. “Serving Stettler & area for yearsâ€? • Complete auto body repair & painting Call Curt or Rob

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

-Residential -Commercial -Farm Buildings -Renovations

5�Continuous Eaves “Gutter Clean� Leaf Protection

Stettler Eye Care Dr. R. TROY NELSON Comprehensive eye health and vision exams Top quality frames, lenses and contacts Treatment of eye disease, injuries and surgical co-management

Phone 403-742-2683 New patients welcome Landscaping

1240

403-742-2520

Call Barry Harvey

403-742-8838 *27 years experience*

Electrical

1150

HEARTLAND GLASS

• Locks repinned & installed • Windshields repaired & installed • Residential & Commercial Windows & Doors • All your glass & screen needs Main St., Stettler Emergency 403-742-2665 403-742-3628

BRIAN HALLETT LAWN & GARDEN CARE Town & Country Big or Small ‌WE DO IT ALL! Phone: 403-742-5830

Please leave a message if no answer

Training for life

403-742-5111 Serving Stettler & Area since 1978

DR. D.G. BECKLUND

1150

TKS CONTROLS LTD. FOR ALL YOUR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL NEEDS 24 hrs. SERVICE CALL GLENN AT 403-742-7876

LAW OFFICE

Brenda Anderson, B.Comm., LL.B. 5002 - 51 Ave., Stettler, AB Phone 403-742-2529 Fax 403-742-2522 ourlaw2@telus.net

BRYON D. BALTIMORE Barristers and Solicitors Advocates 2401 Toronto Dominion Sq. Edmonton Centre Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2Z1 Telephone: 780-426-4660 Fax: 780-426-0982

Gary G. Grant Law Office

RUBBER DUCK YARD CARE

Phone: 403-742-4437

• Power Rake • Aerate • Lawns ~ cut & trimmed

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

For personalized services call Lana Gross ~ 403-740-3595

Physiotherapy, Acupuncture & Massage

1290

CANADA BENEFIT GROUP. Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000. from the Canadian Government.

Toll free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canadabenefit .ca/free-assessment.

Livestock for Sale GET BACK on track! Bad credit? Bills?

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

NEED TO ADVERTISE? Province wide classifieds.

Reach over 1 million readers weekly. Only $269. + GST (based on 25 words or less). Call this newspaper NOW for details or call 1-800-282-6903 ext. 228.

Personal Services

1315

HIP OR KNEE Replacement? COPD or arthritic conditions? The Disability Tax Credit. $1, 500 yearly tax credit. $15,000 lump sum refund (on average) Apply today!

1-844-453-5372.

Plumbing & Heating

1330

Stettler Professional Building

Concrete work Lift, Level and Repair

Chiropractor

35 years experience.

Fully Licensed & Insured.

Phone John Kellich 780-975-5343 or 403-742-0646 No Job Too Big or Small REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Full boxes as low as $0.99/tree. Free shipping. Replacement guarantee.

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

4719 - 49 St. Stettler, Alberta One block East of Scotia Bank

1290

Misc.

Services

1290

403-742-3411 CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon.

U.S. travel waiver.

Divorce? Simple. Fast.

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

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

Misc.

Services

1290

Get rid of your Garbage with. . .

3R

Management

403-742-3007 Misc.

Services

1290

RURAL WATER TREATMENT (Province Wide) )RON &ILTERS s 3OFTENERS s $ISTILLERS s 2EVERSE /SMOSIS h+ONTINUOUS 3HOKv #HLORINATOR 0ATENTED 7HOLE (OUSE 2EVERSE /SMOSIS 3YSTEM

12345 7ITHIN MILES OF %DMONTON

7ATER 7ELL $RILLING 2ED $EER #ALGARY .EW 'OVERNMENT WATER WELL GRANT STARTS !PRIL 4IME 0AYMENT 0LAN / ! # FOR WATER WELLS AND WATER TREATMENT

")' )2/.

View our 29 patented and patent pending inventions online at

www.1800bigiron.com

2100

SHORTHORN bulls for sale, reds, roans and whites, 2 yr. old yearlings.

Semen tested and delivery within 100 miles. www.prospecthillshorthorns.com Les & Shelley Peterson, 780-877-2444.

Pasture/Land Wanted

2180

LOOKING for pasture for 15 cow/calf pairs.

Phone 403-740-0054.

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

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.

SEED GRAIN WHEAT CERT. HARVEST, REDWATER, FOREMOST BARLEY CERT. COPELAND, COWBOY, COALITION SEED,OATS SEED, FAVA BEANS PH. 780-855-2240, CEL, 780-678-6329 SQUARE hay bales, horse hay quality, 90% meadow brome, 10% alfalfa, no rain, plus second-cut alfalfa. 403-741-4353

Seed Grain

2200

COMMON SEAD OATS 97% germ. Colour sorted. $475/bushel. Call Glen Lepard 403-740-2872.

COMMON seed oats for sale.

Contact 403-883-2626 or 403-740-5598

LL. B.

4819 51 Street

DOUBLE J MUDJACKING

Dr. E. LYNES

Tell them Danny Hooper sent you

Misc.

Services

LANDMAN REULE LAW OFFICE

PERFORMANCE

Misc.

Services

Livestock

Lori R. Reule

403-742-5810 or 403-742-6443 Electrical

ANDERSON

4910 - 51 Street Stettler, AB T0C 2L0

1210

403-742-4533 All types of Electrical Installation & Maintenance

1260

(Beside A & W)

“Keeping people in Motion...�

“If It’s Electrical We Do It�

Legal Services

of McCuaig Desrochers

4607 - 59 St., Stettler

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

403-742-1330

1150

1210

-Gitzel Krejci Building

Serving Stettler area over 35 years

Electrical

• Residential • Commercial • Automotive Needs

Chiropractor

Buzz Andersen

First Aid Training teaches how to respond confidently when injuries occur.

LTD.

Health Care

Randy Long

Health

4819 - 51 Street Stettler, AB

403-742-3141

1196

C.R. GLASS

FINISHING TOUCH Care EXTERIORS LTD.

Call Gord 403-742-9761

Glass Shops

“Your Service Specialists�

SATISFACTION BUILT-IN!

1100

403-742-3418

FAX: 866-305-5686

a division of:

Contractors

Qualified and Reputable

4905 44 AVE., BAY 2, STETTLER

Phone: 403-742-3555

Cleaning

Professional Accountants LLP

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN

4109 - 48 Avenue, Stettler

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

www.gkdpca.com

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Independent CLASSIFIEDS

• Complete Plumbing & Heating Services • Commercial and Residential • Water Conditioning & Pumps • 24 Hour Service Service Wise - We Specialize

Stettler Ph.

For Rent

#3000 - #3200 403-742-5237 Acreages/Farms ..............3010

Roofing

1370

METAL ROOFING & SIDING. 30+ colours available at over 40 Distributors. 40 year warranty. 48 hour Express Service available at select supporting Distributors. Call 1-888-263-8254.

DO YOUR PART

RECYCLE

YOUR

PAPER!

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

Wanted to Rent #3250 - #3390

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

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

IN STETTLER 2 bdrm. older house AND 3 bdrm. mobile home.

No pets, ref. req.

Avail. imm.

403-742-6631

Page 22 Suites

3060

L A R G E One & Two BEDROOM APARTMENTS FOR RENT No pets Phone Ellen Phone Linda or at Ernie 403-742-1568 at 403-742-5005 BEST RENTAL VALUE IN STETTLER 1 & 2 Bedroom, furnished kitchenette suites.

All utilities, cable, internet.

Avail. immediately Kimberly 403-690-5828

Independent CLASSIFIEDS Mobile Lot

THIS WEEK’S EYE SPY WINNER IS LARRY TUCK. Please come in to the Stettler Independent to claim your prize.

Real Estate #4000 - #4190 Realtors & Services

Storage Space

3160

STETTLER MINI STORAGE Household, furniture, business records, etc.

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

3190

4010

ARIZONA LICENSED realtor needs listings! Do you have Arizona property? A sale of $235,000. US works out to over $283,000. Cdn. I need listings. Alberta born and raised. Call Maurice Beaudoin at 480-619-0067, Realty Executives Forum, Scottsdale.

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

Place your ad here . . .

Phone 1-877-223-3311

4090

Manufactured Homes

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.

Commercial Property 3

Businesses For Sale

4140

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

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

CLASSIFIEDS Sell it Best! To place your ad phone 1-877223-3311

4110

O O

TRUCK SHOPS FOR SALE OR LEASE PRICE REDUCED~Sitting on 2 acre lot AT THE EAST END INDUSTRIAL AREA STETTLER

2 BAYS 25X90 2250 SQ FT, INCLUDING 1000 SQ FT OFFICE SPACE, ENTIRE BUILDING REPAINTED, HARD WOOD FLOORING, 14 FT DOORS 1 BAY 60’ x 40’ 2400 sq ft . INSIDE REPAINTED & CONCRETE FLOOR, TWO- 14 FT DOORS Lease. Triple net.

Separate living accommodations on site can be provided

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

Buildings For Sale

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

4150

Motorcycles

STEEL BUILDINGS “Spring Sales with Hot Savings!” All steel building models and sizes are now on sale. Get your building Transportation deal while it’s hot. Pioneer #5000-5300 Steel 1-800-668-5422; Automotive Services ........5010 www.pioneersteel.ca.

Antique & Classic Autos ....5020

Mortgages Bought/Sold

4190

BANK SAID NO? Bank on us! Equity Mortgages for purchases, debt consolidation, foreclosures, renovations. Bruised credit, self-employed, unemployed ok.

Dave Fitzpatrick: www.albertalending.ca.

587-437-8437, Belmor Mortgage

AN EXCELLENT CHOICE WHERE YOUR AD REACHES RURAL READERS

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

CALL FOR fast results: Classified 1-877-223-3311 Want Ads. Phone 1-877- CLASSIFIEDS 223-3311.

HOT-LINE

This paper is

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5080

2008 SUZUKI Boulevard C109RT, loaded with saddle bags, windshield, cruise (manual), running lights, back rest, 44,500 kms.

Excellent Condition! $8200. o.b.o.

403-318-4653

Motorhomes

5100

1995 Georgie Boy Pursuit motorhome.sleeps 6, low miles, Excel cond, air con, solar panel,tv. Call 403-845-3299 for appt to view. Asking $14,500.

+

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

1-877-223-3311 To Place Your Ad Now!

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

1-877-223-3311

Advertisers in the showcase section maintain Real Estate offices in Stettler, are members of the Red Deer & District Real Estate Board Co-op Ltd., and all offer full multiple listing services.

Candor Realty Ltd. Ph. 403-742-4424 Fran Karen Snowden Cannady

4908 - 51 Street

CONDO

RETIRED? LOOKING TO DOWNSIZE? This is the perfect place for you.

2 bdrm/2 bath and all appliances included. Close to all amenities. $249,900.

ACREAGE

NEW

FAMILY HOME

3.11 ACRES NEAR ERSKINE Acreage presently used as a summer home with propane for heat and a generator for electricity.

Several outbuildings and corrals.

Priced to sell at $198,500.

VERY AFFORDABLE LIVING in this 5 bdrm/ 3 bath home. Nice 2 storey family home with finished bsmt, deck and fenced yard. $189,900.

CONDO

ACREAGE

1st CHOICE REALTY 4913 - 51 STREET

403-742-6747

JUST LISTED

JUST LISTED

10 ACRES CLOSE TO TOWN - Nice 3 bdrm mobile home, beautiful landscaping, 2 wells, 2 barns, quonset and workshop. Everything you need is here. $369,900.

STARTER Industrial Lot - With 48 x 150 ft. metal quonset.

16 x 12 doors. Concrete floor.

Available immediately! $335,000. Call today!

Beautiful 6 acre property just off highway west of Erskine.

Clean home with attached garage. 30 x 32 ft shop. 22 x 26 ft. barn. $429,500 Don’t wait!

Very well kept - 1280 sq. ft. bungalow with double garage. Lots of room for an RV. Many updates including windows, doors, siding, insulation. Only $229,000. Call now!

When You Get The Facts It’s Re/Max. View Stettler area listings at: www.stettlerhomes.com “Each office independently owned & operated”

MODERN 3 BDRM MOBILE on its own lot. Nice bright home, well maintained and all appliances included. Ideal home for young family just starting out. $175,000.

Locally owned & operated

AFFORDABLE LIVING - Ideal retirement home or great place to start out. This 2 bdrm apartment style home is very bright, neat and clean.

Only $125,000.

RED WILLOW

OLDER 1 bedroom bungalow on 4 lots in Red Willow.

Great home for a young couple. Ideal for future development. New well in 2013. $49,900.

3.25 ACRES WITH 3 BEDROOM CUSTOM BUILT HOME - Open concept kitchen, dining and living room. Finished basement.

Wrap-around deck and heated/ insulated shop. $395,000.

ACREAGE

IDEAL HOME FOR YOUNG FAMILY - Very well cared for bungalow with 5 bdrms/2 baths.

Basement has a 2 bdrm suite ready to rent out for added income. $215,000.

Visit us at www.century21.ca/candorrealty for more listings

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Public Notices

Public Notice #6000

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

Public Notices

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

DALE SAMUEL NICHOLS who died on April 9, 2015

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by June 19, 2015 with

Brenda Anderson at

ANDERSON LAW OFFICE

Bay 5, 5002 51 Ave. Box 190, Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0 and provide details of your claim.

Public Notices

6010

1. Vendor makes no warranties or representations about the property’s size/measurement, condition or environmental status.

2. Buyer to be responsible for all costs associated with registration.

Tender price shall be excluding G.S.T. 3. Tenders must be received by Landman Reule Law Office, Box 1630, 4819 - 51 Street, Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0 in a sealed envelope marked “Burnstad-Colp Tenders” no later than 12:00 o’clock noon on Tuesday, May 19th, 2015. A deposit equal to 10% of the purchase price in the form of a certified cheque or bank draft payable to Landman Reule Law Office must accompany the tender.

4. The balance of the purchase price to be paid by solicitor’s trust cheque or certified funds on or before June 9th, 2015 (“Possession Date”).

5. Property taxes to be adjusted as of the Possession Date.

6. Combined annual surface lease revenue equals $5,000.00. Surface leases will be assigned to the purchaser as of June 9th, 2015 but current year’s surface lease rentals shall NOT be adjusted.

REQUEST FOR QUOTES The County of Stettler No. 6 is inviting all interested Contractors to submit quotes for a three (3) year contract to haul sewage from Buffalo Sands, Buffalo View Estates and occasionally other sites as the County may deem necessary, to a licensed sewage facility.

Full details of the job description, estimated quantities and Quote Sheets may be obtained from the County of Stetter website - www.stettlercounty.ca, or by emailing your request for a quote package to Darlene Croker, Administrative Assistant at dcroker@stettlercounty.ca.

For more information contact The County of Stettler at 403-742-4441.

Sealed quotes will be received until 2:01pm local time, May 6, 2015 at the County Administrative Office.

PART

A copy of Bylaw 2063-15 may be viewed at the Town Office during regular hours of business or the Town of Stettler website at www.stettler.net.

A Public Hearing on the matter of Bylaw 2063-15 will be held at the Council Chambers, Stettler Town Office, 5031 - 50 Street on May 19, 2015 at the hour of 6:45 p.m. when written or oral presentation for or against the bylaw will be received.

Dave Dittrick, Contract Development Officer

Community Support Services ADULTS/ CHILDREN ANONYMOUS Wednesday 6:00 p.m.

For more info call Bob 403-820-5583

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-742-4271; 403-742-1887

AL-ANON 403-742-5233

ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP 403-742-4263; 403-742-8122 or 403- 742-4091

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP 403-742-2337

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

BRIGANTIA PLACE (formerly Camrose Women’s Shelter) (780) 672-1035

CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance) COCAINE ANONYMOUS

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

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

PUBLIC NOTICE BYLAW 2063-15

6010

Brenda 403-742-3067

Please provide contact information, including a phone number, with the tender.

A part of the majority of the NW 1/4 04-39-19 W4M and a portion of the SW 1/4 04-39-19-4 that is located in northeast portion of the Town of Stettler.

PAPER!

INVITATION TO QUOTE PUBLIC PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE

7. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

YOUR

YOUR

6602 -- 44 44 Ave., Ave., Box Box 1270, 1270, 6602 Stettler, AB AB T0C Stettler, T0C2L0 2L0 Phone: 742-4441 Fax: Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 742-1277 403-742-1277

NE 12-36-21 W4, containing 156.70 acres more or less.

This property is pasture and has a water well and surface lease revenue.

Public Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Municipal Council of the Town of Stettler to pass Bylaw 2063-15 to adopt an amended “Northeast Industrial Area Structure Plan” for the following lands:

RECYCLE

County of of Stettler Stettler No. County No. 6 6

The following property as briefly described, subject to the reservations, exceptions and non-financial encumbrances contained in the existing certificate of title, are being offered for sale by tender:

The sale of the land is subject to the following terms and conditions:

Public Notices

6010

LANDS FOR SALE BY TENDER LOCATED IN COUNTY OF STETTLER No. 6

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

DO

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Independent CLASSIFIEDS

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

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICE

403-742-2337 (parents who have lost a child[ren])

Notice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Applications have been approved with a variance or as a discretionary use:

403-742-4059

1.

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

2.

2853-2015 Lot 13, Block 1, Plan 1321364 4211 - 50 Avenue Kneeland & Sons Construction Ltd. Mobile Home, Detached Garage & Covered Deck

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

2856-2015 Lot 3, Block 3, Plan 9926514 4003 - 50 Street 1034486 Alberta Ltd. Mobile Home

You may appeal this decision by serving written notice of appeal to the Secretary of the Stettler Subdivision & Appeal Board, P.O. Box 280, Stettler, Alberta prior to 4:30 p.m., May 20, 2015. For more information, please phone 403-742-8305.

Dave Dittrick Planning & Development Services

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS HOME SUPPORT STETTLER & DISTRICT 403-742-6568

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Hot Line 403-342-1444

STETTLER & AREA ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY SOCIETY (STABIS) For more information phone 403-742-6456

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

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

STETTLER HANDIBUS 742-5858

STETTLER HEALTH EMERGENCY LINE PROGRAM 403-742-2337

STETTLER PEOPLE FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS 403-742-2337

STETTLER READ & WRITE OFFICE

THIS?

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Don’t waste time sifting through garbage online.

Find what you need from a trusted source.

hether it happened Yesterday or Today, Whatever you want to say, To celebrate your special day...

~ Say it with a classified

ANNOUNCEMENT 1-877-223-3311 309-3300

Email: classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

OR THIS?

403-742-2999

T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Grace - 403-742-0681 Vivian - 403-742-3935 CONFUSED? GETTING THE RUN AROUND? CONTACT YOUR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL CENTRE Residents of Stettler and the surrounding area now have access to this free and confidential service. It provides information and referral on social agencies, government services, clubs and organizations, to best suit the caller’s need.

Just Dial - 403-742-1155

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Independent SCHOOL ZONE

A special honour for Mrs. Pinkoski

By Elli Anderson & Abbey Bohn This week Christ-King had its very last badminton tournament. Grades 6 to 9 badminton players competed in CARA on April 29. CARA was at Christ-King and SMS. All singles and double teams played hard, and ended up winning quite a few of the games. Congratulations to Joel Gustavson and Josh DeGuzman, who walked away with third place in the finals.

Our next upcoming unit in gym is Track and Field for all ages. The Grade 1 and Grade 6 students will have their track meet here at Christ-King on May 28, while the Grade 4 to 9 students will travel to Wainwright on June 2 for their annual track meet.

Good luck to all students – practice hard in the next month.

The Sacrament of Confirmation for several of our students took place

on May 2. Students have attended semi-weekly classes since September, leading up to this big moment. Archbishop Richard Smith travelled from Edmonton to confirm our youth: Autumn Wyness, Charles Ramos, Carlos Ramos, Jesse Jarmin, Madison Jarmin, and Shelby Sobchyshyn.

Surrounded by family, friends and teachers, each student established their belief in God and their commitment to our faith.

Congratulations to all students. We are so proud of you.

We are also very proud to announce that our principal, Veronica Pinkoski, was awarded the Excellence in Catholic Education last week at the Blueprints Retreat. She was presented with the award by the Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta. At CKCS, we all know she is an excellent role model, teacher and principal, but it was wonderful that oth-

ers recognized her for her commitment to CKCS. We are all very excited about her achievement, and would like to congratulate Mrs. Pinkoski.

She is dedicated to always celebrating all students at CKCS, and we feel that she deserves just as much recognition for this award. Our school would not be the same without you.

Students have continued to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes this past week. Our JDFK walk will take place on May 8. CKCS foyer is decorated in shoes this week, to show our commitment to helping those who are affected by diabetes. We can’t wait to all participate in the walk to show our support in finding a cure.

These next two-month of school will go by very quickly.

Many yearend events and activities are planned for students and teachers. Stay tuned Stettler.

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Veronica Pinkoski accepting the Excellence in Catholic Education award.

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