Ponoka News, June 17, 2015

CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY Vol. 67, No. 25 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 170, 2015 | 403-783-3311 | WWW.PONOKANEWS.COM

Locos lose but keep improving.

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Prominent businessmen and builders from in and around the Village of Ponoka in 1901.

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Planting flowers Kinnette-in-training Brynn Cline helps plant flowers in the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre palliative care garden to add color and joy to the patients’ lives, Wednesday, June 10. Please see our story on page 4.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Town council supports Ponoka Youth Centre Water meter holdouts

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

After initially turning down a request for financial help for the Ponoka Youth Centre (PYC), town council approved another request to help with utilities and swimming fees.

Council received a letter from the centre dated Jan. 28 during its regular meeting Tuesday, June 9 expressing disappointment the town was unable to provide financial help.

The PYC originally asked for $13,000 in assistance.

The letter asked for support with a reduction of $2,200 in utility costs and $1,000 reduction in swimming fees and a $1,000 donation to a benevolent fund for families in need of help.

CAO Rachel Kunz said that while the budget is complete and there is no money set aside for other programs, there may be some options for in-kind help.

“They (PYC) do wonderful work. However, accepting this could have quite a few applications following,” said Kunz, referring to the benevolent fund request.

Coun. Loanna Gulka spoke in favour of the PYC and what it offers. “We’re supporting a

group in our community that gives a lot,” said Gulka.

Coun. Carla Prediger said she supports the youth centre but requested an opportunity to see the group’s financials and how it is supported by other groups such as Ponoka Family and Community Support Services.

Mayor Rick Bonnett suggested that the work the PYC does for the community has many benefits. “They are providing programming that’s covering a lot of the youths for us,” said Bonnett.

Coun. Tim Falkiner agreed and suggested it is “no brainer” to reduce utility costs.

Council agreed to provide the reduction in utilities and swimming fees with in-kind grants of $3,300.

PYC had originally made this current request at council’s Feb. 10 regular meeting.

Council supports grant application Town administration is hoping to take advantage of a federal grant program celebrating 150 years of Canadian history.

The Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program is

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meant to bring funds to legacy projects that will have a lasting effect on a community and provides a 50/50 split in funds with a maximum grant of $500,000.

Administration hopes to put the money to aging playgrounds using a playground assessment report, which has not yet been made public.

Priorities for the grant are as follows: • First: Central Park and West View playgrounds • Second: Lucas Heights and Co-Op Park playgrounds • Third: Lion’s Centennial Park Playground There is $89,000 set aside for playground replacement and Kunz said they hope to find the rest from the Municipal Sustainable Initiative funding or from a general operating funds transfer in 2016.

If successful, the town will put $250,000 to replace the four highest priority playgrounds.

Coun. Loanna Gulka said she understands the Ponoka Elementary School playground committee is also applying for the grant, possibly creating a conflict, but Kunz feels it is worth applying for.

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the recommendations in the study and Kunz replied that there is a need to replace some of the aging playgrounds.

“This is a good opportunity.

We have nothing to lose,” Kunz added.

Funding is dependant on approval of grant applications.

Temporary organizational restructuring With the retirement of Ted Dillon, fire chief and director of protective services for the Town of Ponoka, administration needs to make some organizational changes.

Kunz told council that Dillon’s official retirement date is set for Sept. 4 but the new fire chief is set to start at the beginning of July.

During that time the new fire chief would generally answer to Dillon, but he will be out of the office until his retirement date. Kunz said by default the new chief would then answer to her but she needed it to be officially in the books.

“The (new) fire chief will also answer directly to me,” said Kunz.

Bylaw officer Willie Jones, who usually answers to the director of protective services, will also answer to Kunz unless the organizational structure is permanently amended or a new director is hired.

Council supports Samson pow wow Council requested a gift basket be provided to the Samson Cree Nation for their pow wow to be held Aug. 7 to 9.

Gulka made the motion after council received the letter from the pow wow committee.

must comply or risk disconnection

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

In a 4-3 vote, Town of Ponoka councillors decided to have residents’ water supply disconnected if they don’t comply with the installation of wireless water meters.

The decision was made during council’s regular meeting Tuesday, June 9 after receiving a request from administration to have staff manually read water meters or to invoke the town’s water rates bylaw, which would disconnect their water unless residents comply.

These were the only two options provided in the request for decision.

Administration told council there are nine hard refusals and 21 soft refusals of the wireless water meter installation.

To give residents an opportunity to have their say, council moved the public forum portion of the agenda forward. Speaking against the request was a resident who provided just her first name of Lois.

She stated the town’s methods are draconian and suggests this decision is the town’s way or no way.

Mayor Rick Bonnett suggested the intent was to save people money in the event of a leak.

“If you have a leak, we can detect that leak and you’re not paying for that extra water,”

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said Bonnett.

Haley Brochu was another resident present who said she was using a new wireless water meter in her home. She requested that council consider the possibility that they cannot know for sure if there are, or are not, long-term side effects using the wireless system, as some people have claimed.

She said she is holding out hope the town will overturn their previous decision, made in Oct. 22, to give residents no options. “I would like to ask (if) there’s any possible way to look at this,” said Brochu.

Coun. Marc Yaworski stated he is disappointed that the town had to go down this road but the purpose of the meters is to help residents.

“We put them in to save taxpayers money,” said Yaworski.

He added that the town loses approximately $300,000 a year in unaccounted for water and the wireless water meters are intended to help find those leaks.

Coun. Carla Prediger said that a compromise should be better than forcing people to have a wireless water meter.

“Whether it’s scientifically proven or not … the point is to have a choice,” said Prediger, referring to claims that the wireless system causes health issues.

Coun. Loanna Gulka asked if residents did have the option to stay with manual meters, if there would be cost recovery. CAO Rachel Kunz said if council went with that option a request for a decision would be brought to the table.

The other concern for council was safety. Gulka asked what would happen to staff if residents refused to let the installers in.

“We would have to get legal advice before we proceed,” replied Kunz.

Bonnett and councillors Yaworski, Tim Falkiner and Sandra Lyon voted to disconnect the water supply unless residents comply. Councillors Gulka, Prediger and Teri Underhill voted against it.

Council already gave direction to administration that there would be no options for water meter holdouts during Oct. 22 regular meeting last year. Despite that direction, administration provided council with this second request. At that meeting, Prediger and Gulka had also voted in favour of giving residents options.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Man attempts to sell firearms to plainclothes police officer

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Attempting to sell firearms to a plainclothes police officer landed one man in trouble with police last week.

The man was riding in a quad Thursday, June 11 that was reported stolen from Rimbey earlier in the

day, say police, and he tried to sell some firearms to a plainclothes police officer, which alerted RCMP to the issue.

Police attended the location southeast of Crestomere on Township Road 424. He was arrested and charged with possession of stolen property under $5,000, possession of stolen mail, possession of a .22 calibre rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun without a licence and police say additional charges are pending.

Lock it or lose it campaign for June and July Ponoka RCMP are working to find ways to remind residents to “Lock it or lose it” during June and July.

A recent rash of

break-ins of homes and vehicles, many of which were unlocked are keeping investigators busy. Most recently was the theft of a white GMC 3500 pickup overnight of June 10 that was taken from a business west of Ponoka.

Police say the truck had its keys inside it.

In another case, homeowners called police at 11:40 p.m. on Jun 8 after noticing two individuals with dark hoodies checking to see if vehicles were unlocked.

In one instance, individuals stole a 7mm firearm, ammunition and a cell phone from a location on Township Road 443 and Range Road 261. It was reported to police June 16 at

Suspended operator caught driving

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

A man who pled guilty to disqualified driving was handed an $800 fine in Ponoka provincial court on Friday, June 12.

Darren Simpson, 47, was pulled over by Ponoka RCMP on May 8 while leaving the McDonald’s parking lot with a burnt out taillight.

The officer discovered Simpson was a suspended driver from several years ago who had never taken the proper steps to get his licence back.

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A man who has been in breach of his probation since 2012 was finally sentenced to pay a $500 fine.

Donald Wilson was convicted on Oct. 12 2012

by Judge W. Andreassen and handed 90 days in custody plus an 18-month probation for a fraud offense.

A term of the probation had Wilson paying $16,917 in restitution.

As of April 12 2013, Wilson was not working steadily but by that August he was employed again and made his first payment of $2,000.

On Oct. 22 of that year,

Wilson said he was making more moves to pay restitution but when nothing changed he said he had asked his brother to make a payment and he just must have forgot. However, by Dec. 11 no new payment had been made.

Wilson had only paid $2,000 out of the total and was supposed to have half of it paid by that point.

Shortly before his June 12 2015 court date Wilson finished paying the remaining balance.

He has a previous criminal record with similar convictions.

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11 a.m. and police say the owner was able to track the location of his/her cell phone into Maskwacis, where it was eventually turned off.

Police say they are working on public messaging campaign to remind residents of the risks of leaving their homes or vehicles unlocked.

Police looking for chocolate thief A motion alarm at the Ponoka Youth Centre June 4 alerted police there would be someone inside.

It appears culprits broke through the skylight and took several chocolate items.

Ponoka RCMP and the Integrated Traffic Unit took 90 calls for service last

week including potential impaired drivers and calls of mental health cases.

If you have information

on any crime call Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477.

THANK YOU On behalf of Cheri Trahan and Wendy David we would like to forward a long overdue thank you to all who participated in the Brothers Keeper Event April 25th at the Ponoka Stampede Grounds.

Slough Water Symphony - Band Bob Ronnie - Catering Hammy’s Liquor Store - Bar Stock Hamilton’s IGA - mix Cathy Spence - decorations and snacks Stage Coach Saloon - event room Thank you to all businesses that were accommodating in hanging posters and donating items for the silent auction.

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Religion

Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship

Movies, moments and things that matter

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

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKA Sr. Pastor Paul Spate

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Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

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

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

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

Rev. Mitch Ramkissoon www.parklandurc.org

PONOKA WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Pastor Rob McArthur

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Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.

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

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PONOKA UNITED CHURCH Minister: Beatrix Schirner

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Sunday Service 10:00 am.

5020-52 Ave. Ponoka

Phone: 403-783-4087

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

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Pastor W. Delleman Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Pastor William Delleman Sonrise Christian Reformed Church

I have always enjoyed a good movie. Friday nights almost always included a film at the Capital 6 on Granville Street in Vancouver. First with my buddies and then, my wife, we’d watch comedies, dramas and my personal favourite sci-fi. The list is long. A brief sampling includes: Apocalypse Now, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Star Wars, the early Superman and Batman films.

Jaws, Alien, Close Encounters and cult classic Mad Max. First the original films with Mel Gibson, recently remade with twin lead roles

by Tom Hardy and Charlize

Thereon.

I’m not entirely sure why the sci-fi genre captivated me the way it did and still does. I guess I love the imagination and effects.

The open boundaries of time, space and possibility. More recent films like Star Trek, Ex Machina, The Avengers and Tomorrowland do the same. And judging from the number of films being produced, I am not alone in my interest.

It seems that many people in many places like this stuff. There have been literally hundreds of movies made over the last generation that portray possible futures. TV has added thousands more episodes of the same. Typically there are the shows and films that speak about a future marked by progress, success and happiness where robots do the heavy lifting. Others depict a future as messy as today, but filled with superheroes who can save the day against aliens or the darker elements of humanity. Still others talk about the world after the disaster, when human ingenuity runs amok and the world ends through war or plague. In order, that’s what the Star Trek, Iron Man and Mad Max films are all about.

At the core, I think what this show is that people

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about today. Why not shift priorities and live like today matters? Spend the day with someone you love; reinvest in your marriage; work hard your entire shift; refuse to be a slave to your phone; join a service group, sweep the sidewalk. Go outside and meet a neighbour for the first time; make a new friend. Quit watching the news obsessively; accept some moral boundaries; refuse to insist on your rights all the time.

Our present is a direct reflection on the kind of people we are. The future is what we are making of it on the current chosen path. The problem isn’t so much ISIS over there as us right here.

So as Jesus said, “love one another.” Not with platitudes or sentiment, but “as I have loved you.” (Gospel of John 13.34-35) With the self-sacrificing kind of love that Jesus offers and gives strength to embody. Love one another radically in my name, says Jesus and that’s all you need do in response to my love for you. And never fear, I’ll not leave you to face the future, let alone today on your own. The future, after all is secure in his hands.

Kinettes beautify hospital grounds with flower-power

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

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are curious, interested afraid - of what the future holds. And if I had to pick, I’d say fear was the motivator behind it all. I find this neither surprising nor something to be judgmental about. Our world is marked and marred by domestic violence, terrorism, plague viruses and abusive government. Women still have more to fear from the men they know than strangers; police officers are receiving less respect than ever; public opinion follows trends on Facebook and TMZ. The list is long, anxiety provoking, confusing. It is no wonder that people want to sit and watch a film that offers something different regardless of whether it is false hope or the grisly details of our failures played out through Zombies. I share some of those feelings; I also believe that fear is a dead end.

Practically speaking, I believe that if we are fearful of the future it means we have little hope or confidence about today. I also believe that today is the future being birthed. Or to put it another way, if you’re worried about the future, why not do something

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The Ponoka Kinettes are using the warm spring weather to add a little cheer to the grounds of the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre in the form of flowers they planted in the palliative care garden on Wednesday, June 10.

“This is the fourth year we’ve been doing it,” said project chair Amanda Hamilton. “We just come and plant and help.

“We actually started doing this for my mother-in-law, she was sick,” she added.

The Kinettes hold monthly done-in-a-day projects in the community and the idea of planting flowers in the garden took root after Hamilton spoke with volunteer resources co-ordinator Leanne Brusegard.

“She (Brusegard) expressed a need and we were looking for projects,” Hamilton explained.

The projects has also turned into a bit of a get together for the Kinettes members where they — and sometimes their young daughters —can give back and get their hands dirty. “It’s really nice just to be outside and plant it, but it’s the patients that really get to enjoy it,” said Hamilton.

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Reflections of Ponoka Cook Myer was Ponoka’s first land guide and village mayor

BY MIKE RAINONE FOR THE NEWS

There is no doubt that our great community has come a long way from that exciting historical milestone on July 27, 1891, when the first Canadian Pacific Railway train chugged into Siding 14 near what would soon become the Village of Ponoka. The vast and unbroken area grew at a rapid pace going into the 20th century, with hardy pioneer families seeking a new environment, some as farmers and ranchers looking to tame the rich land, others as tradesman, along with businessmen, professionals, and labourers ready to serve the expected urban and rural population explosion.

From this overwhelming challenge, many men and women would emerge over the decades to our present day as leaders who must be ready, willing and able to compromise, work together and take this vibrant community into a bright future that has survived and thrived through many generations over the past 125 years. The weekly Reflections and Remember features will continue to salute the amazing efforts, contributions, and tenacity of our early pioneers.

Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

These prominent businessmen and builders from in and around the Village of Ponoka in 1901 were (top row, left to right) Pete Horn, Andy Reid and Jas Stoutenberg, (second row) William Spackman, Jack McCue, F.M. Lee, Mr. Sellars, Mr. Slater, Wes Wornock, Mr. Carson, Mr. Ward, and Mr. Pitcairn. Shown in the third row (left to right) are unknown, William Kennedy, Jack Purdy, Alex Fairfield, Mr. Myers, unknown, and Wes O’Brien; then seated in front are T.J. West, C.C. Algar, Cook Myer (village mayor and land guide) seated in the wicker chair, Mr. Courtright, unknown, and Dr. Drinnen, Ponoka’s first physician. Most of these gentlemen were members of the local Oddfellows Lodge, and generations of their families and many others worked extremely hard together to build our community into a bright and strong future.

Cook Myer and family

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The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #66 have proudly honoured the late war veterans of Ponoka and districts each summer for many years with their annual Decoration Day ceremony at the Forest Home Cemetery. Following the march to the Cross of Sacrifice by the Legion Branch and Ladies’ Auxiliary color party just after sun-rise, members, families, and guests salute the laying of the wreaths, as well as the placing of the Canadian Flag at the graves of every veteran at rest in the Legion Field of Honour as well as throughout the cemetery.

Following the solemn gathering the flags are once again removed from the headstones at sundown.

Cook Myer was born on April 21, 1856 in Fountain County, Indiana as a member of a family of six boys and six girls who had immigrated to the United States from Europe. As the clan began to scatter and seek their own fame and fortune, Cook would move to Illinois at the age of 18, where he worked and made his home, then met and married Miss Almeda Pitts in 1872. To this union were born two sons, Henry and Thomas, and two girls, who died in infancy, and after getting tired of living on dirt floors and trying to scratch out a living, the family decided to make the long and gruelling three month trip in a covered wagon from Nebraska to the rich plains of Alberta.

Upon arrival they passed through the Village of Ponoka, spent their first winter on the shores of Gull Lake, then returned to Ponoka in the spring and homesteaded on a big hill east of town, which they later sold to the provincial government for the site of the new mental hospital. Among the many precious memories of Cook and Almeda’s granddaughter Lillian Myer Babb was visiting their palatial big grey home at the north end of town (5020-53 Avenue), where they listened to granddad’s great stories of the old days, and sampled some of grandma’s scrumptious cooking.

In 1899, the Federal Department of the Interior had appointed Cook Myer as the official Land Guide for the Ponoka Area, with the government

offering Freehold Title to pioneer families for $10, providing they stayed on the land for three years, during which time the they would break the land and build a home, and also keep up with their annual taxes of 6 cents an acre..

Advertisements that were distributed throughout Alberta and beyond stated that the land between Edmonton and Calgary offered the greatest advantages to settlers desirous of coming to the prairies, and guaranteed good soil, good water, coal, and wood in abundance.

Through the great efforts and dedication of Cook Myer over the years, more than 300 new settlers found homes in the districts surrounding Ponoka. In the early days he and his wife Almeda also operated a ‘stopping house’ in the area that is now 50 Avenue and 50 Street, which accommodated many of the new arrivals into the districts, as well as operating a small stable in the back for ponies. Myer was a very friendly and popular gentleman; wherever he went, he loved to stop and visit, always took a keen interest in all public enterprises, helped to organize the first school service in Ponoka, then later became the first overseer of the village as well as being elected as the mayor in 1901.

Almeda Myer was a very busy little ‘homebody’ and a steadfast Christian, and in those days of no radio or television, the church filled the needs of her social life as well as to get through many hardships and sorrows, and was

always willing to help so many others in the same regard. The Cook Myer family were highly loved and respected in those early beginnings of Ponoka, and also had a number of friends among the Cree Indians at Hobbema, who would always come for visits and bring the kindly family all sorts of berries and fish when they were in season. Cook, who never owned a car, always kept a team and buggy in his barn, and loved to put the top down and take the family and friends out for a drive throughout the community. He also kept rabbits, pigeons, and a cow at the big house in town, and Almeda would turn the lovely yellow cream into butter.

Her granddaughter Lillian vividly recalled in our Ponoka Panorama History Book that in her grandmother’s house, there was a room where the blinds were always down and the door shut. It had lovely rugs, stiff lace curtains, wax flowers, old photos, lovely little tables and hard chairs, and a bit of curl of hair in a frame. It was Almeda’s way of reaching out to others by hosting countless community weddings and funerals all year round. After making their home in Ponoka for several decades, Mr. and Mrs. Cook Myer moved to Florida for a short time, but their strong love and dedication for the community brought them back home here to farm the Ed Winter’s place, where they would live happily together to the ripe old ages of 82 and 84.

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Opinion

Strawberry rhubarb crumble pie

Treena Mielke Black Press

My housewifely pride escalated to dizzying heights last Sunday when I lifted the strawberry/rhubarb crumble pie out of my oven.

As I set the still warm

concoction carefully on the counter, it oozed juice and perfection equally and I was happy.

Incredibly, the pie tasted as ridiculously delicious as it looked.

Unfortunately, while I was in this state of domestic goddess bliss, loving the pie and myself with equal fervor, I greedily consumed two generous pieces. It wasn’t until later when my tummy protested that it was full, way too full, that I remembered to do the math.

Calories in/calories out!

I thought of the treadmill and how it would need to become my best friend for a really long time if I was to make any attempt at balancing out the number of calories that are, no doubt,

in two pieces of rhubarb, strawberry crumble pie.

I felt sad. Full, but sad!

I chastised myself, thinking I probably should not have used an old fashioned recipe that called for butter, sugar, white flour and sour cream in such generous quantities. I may be wrong, but I’m thinking none of those ingredients equate to any kind of weight loss.

I’m not sure what it is about spring and rhubarb that stirs that domestic feeling in me, making me want to slip into my kitchen and concoct something, anything containing the magic ingredient of rhubarb.

I mean I don’t even own a rhubarb patch.

It’s sad, really.

When I was a kid, we

had rhubarb. Actually, I think everybody had rhubarb. However, I would venture to say, even though I really don’t have scientific proof, that we had the best rhubarb in town. True, the town I’m referring to was small, the ‘blink and you miss it’ kind of small, and we never won any prizes with our rhubarb or anything, but some things you just know.

We also, actually, had the best yard in town. And it wasn’t because it was all manicured and pretty. In fact, it was quite the opposite.

But the yard, which in reality was filled with quack grass, and hedged with overgrown carragana bushes, was a place where imagination lived and

laughed and played for as long as the seasons of our childhood lasted. In that yard, ball fields and football fields were created, and great athletic feats were achieved, the like of which no one since has dared lay claim to.

Our rhubarb was really cool, too!

I drove by that yard the other day. The rhubarb was gone and so, on that field of dreams, were the kids that played there so long ago.

Me. My brothers. My sister.

I drive on, responding to the ever beckoning call of adulthood and the present.

But, even though shades of the past have slipped into the background where they belong, I still wanted some rhubarb. And I still wanted

to create something fragrant and delicious.

Luckily, my daughter has lots of rhubarb so a trip to the rhubarb patch meant a visit with her as well.

Sitting in cozy leather chairs in her newly created book room, with her little white mongrel mutt curled up on my lap like he belonged there, we sip coffee and chat companionably.

I listened to my grandson softly strumming his guitar in the background. Outside the window, a misplaced wild rose bush blooms in accidental splendor and I feel a rush of unexpected joy.

It’s good. And, really, surprisingly, it has nothing to do with the rhubarb.

Or does it?

Appealing to town to back off from strong-arming residents Dear Editor, On Tuesday I attended the council meeting to speak out about something that has become of interest to me. I know I run the very real risk of being viewed as crazy by writing this. I’m sharing my feelings anyway. I am concerned about the safety of the water meters that have been installed in our homes. Just to clarify, yes I have one in my home and no, I am not overly interested in joining with those who desire a civil case against the town.

I have no clear evidence that smart meters are, or have the ability to, make us sick; the problem lies in the fact that there is likewise no clear evidence to prove that they are safe (the WHO classifies them as “possible carcinogens”). Yes, I recognize they are “approved” as safe, so was thalidomide (look it up), but the powers that be realized they had made an error in approving that. The difficulty is that real long-term safety studies cannot have been done. Science is theory based; everything

about science is “until proven otherwise”. We will only know the true dangers and effects of todays technology in 10, 20, maybe 50 years.

It’s difficult for me that we are willing to be, and willing to let our children be, the long-term test subjects. Councilor Mark Yaworski obviously agrees with this “is it safe is it not safe?” mentality, in fact at the meeting, right before voting in favor of disconnecting the water to all the homes that have not yet complied with having a new smart meter put in he stated “I have one of these things in my home, I don’t know if they are safe, or if they are unsafe, we will only know that in the future, but I’m tired of having this issue cross the council desk.

We need to just vote to get the job done and get on with it” (loosely quoted). This doesn’t sound like a remark that comes from someone who is overly concerned with caring for the residents who trusted him to be their voice.

Once Neptune Technologies completed the bulk of the installations, the town hired a

contractor to complete the task of getting the meters installed in the remaining hundred or so homes. I spoke with this contractor and shared my concerns with him, stating that I would in fact like to have this meter removed.

He agreed with me that the town should be more than willing to work with anyone who will work with them. In his final report to the town concerning his work, the contractor made a suggestion to the town that anyone who did not wish to have a meter in their home for such personal reasons as health concerns, and who was willing to work with the town, should be allowed to opt out of the new water meter. This report was given to Dave McPhee (Director of Operations and Property Services) at the town, however this suggestion was not passed on to town council (it is my understanding that town council has access to the whole report). I have to wonder why, even after receiving such a suggestion from a trusted professional, the town council would still push through with

the no option agenda?

I believe the no option decision is based on trying to strong-arm a small group of people who may be playing hardball with the town.

They have made this a civil suite; they have potentially made enemies with the town. I want to be clear that is not my goal, I don’t want enemies, I just want choice, and I know I am not the only one that does.

I will be respectfully asking the CAO to reconsider the decision and to work with those of us who are willing to work with the town.

If you’re concerned at all about the safety of the meters, or even about the fact that the town would actually cut off water to 25+ residents, I ask that you would do the same. If you are among the residents who already have a water meter installed and desire to work with me in asking the town to reconsider, please contact me at haley.88@live.ca.

Haley Brochu Ponoka

Sad to leave Ponoka Dear Editor, I am one of the two medical students who has been working in Ponoka over the past year with the University of Alberta’s Integrated Community Clerkship program and our rotation is now coming to an end. During that time I have had a chance to meet and

be a part of the care of many people in this town. Before we left I wanted to reach out to express my gratitude and appreciation to all who made my time here so memorable.

I would like to express my gratitude to the physicians of the Family Health Clinic who patiently (and I must empha-

sis patiently) taught us over the past year. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.

I would like to thank the office staff, nurses and other healthcare professionals at the Family Health Clinic and the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre who looked out for

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us, who helped guide us and who answered our endless questions. It was a pleasure to work with all of you.

Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to the people of the town and county of Ponoka who I met in the clinic and the hospital. It was a privilege to share in your lives,

in the 3 a.m. births, in passings, in hockey injuries and strep throats, in bumps, lumps and mumps, in watching some of you become mothers and fathers while being a part of your care team when some of you said goodbye to your own mother or father.

It is bittersweet to leave

this town now (especially right before stampede). I will always look back on this year as the first year I truly began the study of medicine. It has been a great joy to have been a part of this community for the past year.

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NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS REMINDER! The deadline for written Property Assessment Appeals is June 30, 2015. Remember you can only appeal your assessment – not the tax amount. Call 403-783-0127 for more information.

Taxes Are Due on June 30, 2015. Avoid late penalties and pay on time!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Canada Day “Human Canadian Flag” Attempt on July 1st **** Ponoka Day in the Park, August 28th **** For more information please contact Wes Amendt, Director of Community Services (403) 783-0118 or e-mail wes.amendt@ponoka.org

Fire Hydrant Flushing From May to October, weather permitting, the Water & Wastewater Utilities department will be flushing fire hydrants throughout town. When crews are in your neighborhood you may have some discoloration to the water in your home. This is normal and can be cleared by turning a tap on inside and/or outside your home to run the water for a short time.

Thank you for your cooperation.

EVENTS AND RECREATION Ponoka Stampede Parade Friday, June 26, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

Theme: 50 Years of the Canadian Maple Leaf Flag

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Storm aftermath: A Ponoka resident tries to find a plugged drain after heavy rainfall and hail swept over town Thursday, June 11.

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THANK YOU THANK THANK YOU YOU On behalf of the staff and students at Ponoka Secondary Campus, we would like to recognize our award sponsors, presenters, Ms. Lorrie Jess, Mr. Mark McWhinnie, Mr. Ron Orr as well as everyone else who helped make GRAD 2015 a HUGE SUCCESS. Your support of our students is greatly appreciated.

Special Thanks Country Gardens and Greenhouse Harold Radke and Frank Mickey Wolf Creek Public Schools EPS Moulders Inc. Flowers for You Amanda Dux Vold Audio Ponoka News Annette Fenske Town of Ponoka

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The Pride in Your Property Contest is open to Town residents and businesses. Here’s your chance to nominate yourself, a business, or someone you know for having a well-kept property. Prizes are awarded to Residential and Business properties as follows: Best Kept Residential - 1st Prize $500 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit 2nd Prize - $250.00 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit Most Improved Prize of $500 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit Best Kept Commercial/Industrial – 1st Prize $500 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit 2nd Prize - $250.00 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit Entry forms are available at www.ponoka.ca, or pick up at the Town Office.

Reward yourself or someone you know for their hard work and enter today!

Deadline for entries is July 31st !

Alberta Dutch Elm Disease Awareness Week June 22-28 • Do not store elm firewood at any time.

• Do not transport elm firewood within or into Alberta.

• Do not prune elms between April 1 to September 30.

• Check your elm trees for DED symptoms With your help we can keep Alberta DED free.

Be a Responsible Pet Owner With summer upon us, more residents will be out enjoying the days with their pets. Please keep in mind to always pick up after your dog, regardless of where they decide to do their business. It is not the responsibility of other residents to clean up after your pet. Please help keep Ponoka clean and safe for all. Thank you for your cooperation.

Aquaplex Update Register now for Summer Swim Lessons! 403-783-0131.

Extra Lesson Set just opened...July 6-10 call soon to get a spot space is limited.

Are you a good artist or have some great ideas and would like to see that put into art? The Aquaplex is looking for someone to help design a mural for the blank wall space over the whirl pool. The top 5 will then be selected and voted on by you the public and painted by a professional artist. Have the designs water related and of course appropriate. You can tie in the town theme and logo, or go a who different route. Submit by July 2nd to the Aquaplex front desk. Thank you!

COUNCIL UPDATES & BYLAW INFO Customer Service Notice – Bylaw Inquiries To better serve our customers, the Town’s Safety and Bylaw Officer, Willie Jones, in now located right in Town Hall. Willie will be happy to answer your questions and inquiries about bylaws during the hours of 9 to 11 am, and 2:30 to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. For an appointment, please call 403-783-0139 or inquire at the Customer Service Counter.

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Property owners, tenants, or lessees are responsible for landscaping, mowing, cleaning, and weed control from the property line to the concrete work or edge of the roadway for all boulevard areas adjacent to their property.

Next Town Council Meetings June 23 & July 14 @ 4:30 pm QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Courage is being scared - but saddling up anyway.” ~ John Wayne

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Town enters Coors One Horse Town competition

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

The Town of Ponoka is putting its best foot forward to win the Coors Banquet One Horse Town Competi-

tion, a challenge that will give the eventual winning town a free concert with country stars Tim Hicks and the Road Hammers.

Town council was eager

to support the initiative after receiving a letter from Molson Coors stating that Ponoka was nominated. The actual concert is set for Friday, Sept.

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Amid concerns, county names boat launch Stoners Landing

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

At the request of the Westlake Community Society, the new boat launch being constructed on Westlake Road has been officially named Stoners Landing by Ponoka County council.

County CAO Charlie Cutforth told council during its Tuesday, June 9 meeting that the area had always been know as Stoners Landing,

whether it was an official title or not.

Stoner is a surname tied to the area.

Council was up for the idea but councillors were concerned with how much replacing signs would cost when they were stolen for novelty.

“I’m not sure we give them any signage, now that I think about it,” said Cutforth.

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Coun. Carla Prediger was in full support of the event. “I think this would be a really good opportunity,” she said.

Voting takes place on the

Internet at: www.coorsbanquet.ca/en/oht . Anyone over 18 registers to vote and enters a picture of their town and the two towns with the most entries will be selected.

Once the two are selected, footage of both is presented and voting continues until there is an eventual winner.

Ponoka will be in competition with other communities including the City of Lacombe and the Town of Drumheller.

Coun. Loanna Gulka asked if there would be a strain on town staff if they won and CAO Rachel Kunz replied it is a once in a lifetime opportunity they hope to take advantage of.

The winning town will need to work with organizers to help spread the word, bring local authorities and services on board, support from the local government, potential venues and other help.

County gifts Air Cadets with $50,000 donation for new location

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

It was not a unanimous decision but Ponoka County council will honour an agreement made with the Ponoka Air Cadets when the organization was looking to build a new structure on its current lot.

Council had approved a $50,000 contribution to go toward the new building.

However, the Air Cadets are now moving into the pink building, former

Ponoka Elementary School, and councillors walked into their Tuesday, June 9 meeting questioning whether or not the cadets should still get the money.

Each of the councillors voted in favor of giving them the money with the exception of Coun. Mark Matejka.

During the meeting council was made aware, via a letter, the Cadets were still hoping for the funds.

“It was assumed the

capital contribution would not be required,” said CAO Charlie Cutforth.

The Cadets will use the money to manage utility, maintenance and upkeep costs.

Cutforth recommended council add to their approval of the donation that it be labeled a one-time contribution for start up costs and not an annual occurrence.

“Then they know and we know,” he clarified.

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Mecca Glen student receives Alberta Great Kids award

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Strong qualities of caring and generosity have earned seven-year-old Mecca Glen student Kaelyn Weiler a Great Kids Award.

Sixteen Alberta youths, Weiler being the youngest, received the award at a special banquet Saturday, May 2 at the Fantasyland Hotel at the West Edmonton Mall.

The event is part of a Government of Alberta initiative to recognize young leaders within the province and Weiler was nominated by teacher Jenny Ronnie. In her nomination letter, Ronnie said Weiler is a model school citizen.

“It has been my pleasure to experience the genuine and heartfelt girl that she is every day to the people around her,” said Ronnie.

Receiving the award was a complete shock to the young student.

“I felt proud,” she said simply of receiving it.

While she was shy during the interview, it is clear Weiler takes leadership to new levels in her school.

“She is the first one to encourage a struggling student, or stand beside their desk and tell them what a great job they are doing,” continues Ronnie in the letter.

Further, when in Kindergarten last year, Weiler wanted to host a bake sale and lemonade stand for the Ponoka Food Bank. That effort succeeded in raising $500 and was held at the same time as the Terry Fox Run. She decided to give the money to the Terry Fox Run Foundation.

“Kaelyn helped teach all students, staff and community members that life is about giving and sharing with others,” said Ronnie.

“She is one of the most genuine and caring children I have ever taught,” she continued.

Weiler is now in Grade 1 and she said the awards night was a fun experience and she was pleased to bring Ronnie and family to the event.

Kids six to 18 years old are eligible for the award and Weiler was six at the time of the night making her the youngest of the pack this year.

The awards website states that Weiler has a genuine concern for others and examples of her generosity started at the age of three.

“Although she is shy, she never lets that stop her from making sure people (and animals) around her always feel included and loved,” the site continues.

Award recipients also received a night stay at the hotel and breakfast in the morning.

Mecca Glen teacher Jenny Ronnie and Kaelyn Weiler pose at their school Thursday, June 11 after Weiler won a Great Kids Awards. Weiler was nominated and is one of 16 Alberta kids who won the award.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

THANK YOU I would like to extend a huge thank you to the community of Ponoka and surrounding area for all the support received for the “Helping Hope” fundraiser dinner & auction as well as other individual donations. The strong community support shown towards myself and family far exceeded any expectations. I’m touched beyond words! God Bless.

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Building owner frustrated with break ins and graffiti

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Frustrated with break ins and graffiti at his building in Ponoka, Murray Mackay is speaking out in the hopes that a resolution can be found to his troubles.

He says unknown culprits have damaged his windows, taken items and more recently sprayed blue graffiti at his property on 5301 50 Street. Mackay uses the building as a birdhouse workshop and sells

them to different charities.

“It’s all for charity,” said Mackay.

His frustration stems from having his front windows smashed in, and having to replace equipment and yet it appears

there is nothing the police can do to stop the recurring incidents.

Cpl. Jeff Sehn recommends any such incidents be reported to police, whether or not victims think it can be solved.

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“It allows us to find trends and patterns to target our patrols,” explained Sehn.

Other options to deal with and mitigate similar problems, as recommended by the RCMP, are to have good lighting on a property, keeping it clear and tidy and locking doors.

Sehn said another option is for owners to get to know their neighbours and exchange contact numbers in the event there is an issue.

RCMP have also released a document called Crime Prevention through Environmental Design.

Primarily directed to architects, planners and builders, there are recommendations that may help building owners.

Here are key points in the document: • Territoriality: fostering residents’ interaction and vigilance over their neighbourhood;

• Surveillance: maximize ways to spot suspicious people or activities; • Activity support: encourage the intended use of a public space; • Hierarchy of space: identify ownership by separating public space from private space; • Access control/target hardening: using physical barriers, security devices and tamper resistant materials; • Environment: design or location decision taking into account surrounding groups; • Image/maintenance: ensure that a building or area is clean, well-maintained and graffiti-free; On Mackay’s part, the hope is that police are able to solve the matter and catch the culprits in the act.

“This is right on the main spot, they (police) can come around the corner and catch them,” stated Mackay.

Murray Mackay stands in front of his vandalized building on 50 Street Thursday, June 11. He says he has had to deal with several issues of break ins and more recently, graffiti.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

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ADVERTORIAL Hamilton’s IGA launches new sale system, honors Tom Staff at Hamilton’s IGA were busy last Wednesday rolling out the store’s new point of sale system that will bring new and exciting promotions to benefit customers.

What people may not realize is Tom Hamilton was an integral part in developing the software and because of that the system is called T-POS, or Tom’s Point of Sale, explained owner and father Jim Hamilton.

The family-owned grocery store has spent the last three years collaborating with JS Software, (a POS software company) and with four other multi store chains in Alberta and BC. The group share in the development rights of the software and already have had interest from other grocery chains about using the system.

The new system can handle multiple promotions and includes a touch screen system for staff as well as being able to accept “tap” debit/credit cards. Applying discounts to promotions is a cinch as the T-POS system will automatically track and monitor sales.

Promotions like 10% Tuesday will now happen without cashier intervention.

Much of this is possible through Tom’s dedication to seeing the system become a success. JS Software owner David Gould said the idea for a front end POS system took over three years to develop and he said Tom was instrumental on working with them on testing and development despite not working for JS Software.

“He was always at the forefront of coming up with good ideas,” said David. “That was the way Tom was.”

The demands for the software at Hamilton’s IGA are high enough that it became an ideal testing ground for T-POS as well and Hammy’s Spirits was the first store to implement the new system

Amanda Hamilton, with James & Kaitlyn (in cart), proudly stand beside the sign announcing the point of sale system that her late husband, Tom, helped implement. Amanda made the first purchase through T-POS at Hamilton’s IGA on June 10, 2015 at 9:00am.

Tom Hamilton, ringing in the first purchase at Hammy’s Spirits on launch day of T-POS: Dec 10, 2014

From left: Peter Maria with JS Software, IGA grocery manager Dennis Dupuis, JS Software owner David Gould with Dan Truman, James with Peggy Hamilton, Kaitlyn with Amanda Hamilton and Jim Hamilton

last December, which allowed Tom, David and his team to enhance T-POS. David said it was an exciting day watching T-POS go live and he looks forward to enhancing the software program with further benefits to customers. “I’m really excited for Jim and the T-POS name.”

David came up with the name to honour Tom for his dedication to the system.

Other benefits of the T-POS system: The new system groups items on a receipt together allowing customers to review them based on their categories. “It’s easier for our customer to check their products off when they get home,” explained Jim. There are many parts of T-POS that Hamilton’s IGA hopes to enhance on in the future such as the ability to develop and maintain a loyalty rewards program. Going forward customers will have the ability to review their purchases online. Jim feels the sky is the limit with this new system, because they are working directly with the programmers they can ask for and get new features added quickly.

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Reporter, writer and musician Wab Kinew spoke to students at the Ermineskin Junior/Senior High School Tuesday, June 9 advocating youths stand up for themselves and their culture.

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Students at the Ermineskin Junior/Senior High School received powerful inspiration last week from Wab Kinew, a First Nations journalist and musician.

The event was held Tuesday, June 9 at the school with Kinew starting off by encouraging youths to delve into their Cree culture and history. He said recent recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission made him think about the courage of his elders to recount the stories of Indian residential

Journalist/musician inspires First Nations students schools.

With telling those stories now he feels there is an opportunity to reconcile with and heal from those trying times.

“It’s not about anger.

It’s not about revenge. It’s about telling the truth,” said Kinew.

His hope is First Nations youths will thrive in their personal and professional lives and suggests the world is not going to change. “We’re in a part of a globalized society,” Kinew suggested.

Taking those steps is integral in their selffulfillment and Kinew recommends instead of waiting for someone or some legislation to help them, youths should go out into the world and reach their goals.

Referring to the residential schools, Kinew also advised youths to remember that despite not being allowed to speak their own language in many residential schools, elders kept their traditions and language alive.

Rather than wait for help from the same government that initiated the residential school system, Kinew recommends taking action to deal with personal and cultural challenges they face.

Kinew also suggests that there is much in First Nations spirituality that can be used to help solve problems in the world and youths are the ones who can bring that about.

One student asked about how to gain more knowledge of their language and culture from elders.

Kinew feels the best way is to learn as much about their language as possible and improving their vocabulary through books and the Internet. He advises daily practice and study and also striking up conversations with elders in their native tongue.

“You need to devote time to study it everyday,” said Kinew.

“Part of what it means to become an adult . . . is standing up on your own two feet,” he added.

The more people stand up to and do the right thing, while it may be scary, they will also be recognized in their community for it and will be trusted.

He sees more people on what he calls the Pow Wow Trail and finds others are bringing life to their culture and language.

“It happens because people stand up and say ‘I’m going to teach young people about our culture,’” stated Kinew.

PONOKA NEWS 15

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Samson Nation breaks ground for housing project

BY MUSTAFA ERIC

Officials and staff of the Community Development at the Samson Nation in Maskwacis symbolically broke ground on Friday, June 12 to start a housing project to construct 17 new units to provide desperately needed accommodation for the community.

Head of the Community Development Board Clayton Bruno said before the groundbreaking ceremony that there were more than 300 applicants for the 17 housing units, a figure he said showed the urgency of the need for new housing in the community. The construction will be financed by the federal government funds.

Bruno said the project was significant in the sense that it showed their new approach to the solution of the housing crisis in the Samson Cree nation.

He said they were moving from keeping up with repairs of the existing units to creating new and better housing for the community. “There are a lot of mould and plumbing issues in the current units, which are on average 40 years old,” Bruno

said.

He added that the primary goal was channeling funds to creation of new accommodation units instead of wasting money on extending life of the old structures.

Bruno also stated that the Samson Cree nation would go into partnership with the international NGO Habitat for Humanity in order to construct housing for the community.

He said they would be initially building five units in a new modality under which, tenants at the housing units would be paying regular fees during their occupation of the houses and that, when they move out, they would receive their money back minus the cost of repairs required to bring the residence to the condition of the time they moved in.

Bruno added that the project would take into account the special circumstances of the individuals in the community.

“We will be building units for seniors, for disabled people and for bachelors, single members of the community as well as for big families,” he said.

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PONOKA NEWS 17

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Savings grant options for people with disabilities

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

People with disabilities may have a savings grant available that will help them plan for retirement.

To help people understand how the grant works, the Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD) is hosting an information session on the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), which brings matching grants to those that participate, says executive manager Bev Matthiessen.

The session is set for Tuesday, June 23 at 11:15 a.m. at the Ponoka Family and Community Support Services building and Matthiessen said people and parents of individuals with disabilities, or organizations that deal with people with disabilities will benefit from the session.

She says the federal grant program has been active for several years but not many people know much about how it works. Her hope is by bringing the information sessions to rural communities such as Ponoka, it will be accessed more.

The long-term savings plan provides several opportunities to put money aside for retirement, said Matthiessen.

She said money set aside will be matched by the federal government Canada Disability Savings Grant up to $3,5000 per year with a total bond of $70,000.

Further to the savings grant is also the Canada Disability Savings Bond, which will be matched up to $1,000 per year into the RDSP with a maximum bond of $20,000.

For the grant, if an individual puts up to $500, the amount will be matched three to one. If a person puts in more than $500 to $1,000, the amount will be matched two to one.

“It’s free money from the government that a person can save for their retirement,” said Matthiesen.

She says there are many parents who are working to support children with disabilities. One question parents have is how do they plan for their children’s retirement once they are gone.

Matthiessen, said RDSP may be a viable option for families to look into. For more information on the ACCD visit www.accd.net.

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Family celebrates five generations of Ponoka women

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

The birth of Emily Carey on Jan. 30 this year brought about a significant milestone for her family; there are now five generations of females who are proud to call the Ponoka area home.

Although she doesn’t realize it yet, Carey has a great great grandmother, a great grandmother, a grandmother and of course her mother, explained Doreen Rausch proudly, who falls under the category of great grandmother.

Rausch said they knew Carey was going to be a girl and there was much excitement in the family as they hoped to have an opportunity to get a picture together. And they did that just weeks ago, Rausch had all five ladies get together for a picture with great great grandmother, Anna Dewald; grandmother, Donna Stickney; new mom Brett Stickney; Carey and of course, Rausch.

Dewald moved to Ponoka in 1939 and the family has since stayed close together and with the birth of Carey, they have much to celebrate, said Rausch. “We’ve always been really close.”

One thing Rausch feels about Carey is she will be just as strong-willed as the rest of the ladies but more importantly, it gives family more opportunities to be together.

“We all really care about each other,” said Rausch.

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Celebrating five generations of Ponoka ladies: In this photo taken a few weeks ago, a Ponoka family of five generations of women is seen. Great great grandmother Anna Dewald (bottom left), great grandmother Doreen Rausch (bottom right), grandmother Donna Stickney (back middle), mother Brett Stickney (top left) and little Emily Carey pose.

Photo submitted

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Residents come together for cancer research fundraiser

Teams took on the three-on-three floor hockey challenge during the BS to Cancer fundraiser Saturday, June 13 at the Ponoka Culture and Recreation Complex.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

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The fourth B.S. to Cancer fundraiser went off without a hitch last weekend despite the worry of a little rain.

The event was held Saturday, June 13 at the Ponoka Culture and Recreation Complex and brought silent auction and bake sale items to help increase money going to the palliative care unit at the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre, said orga-

nizer Craig Sorenson.

The day included head shaving and a three-on-three floor hockey tournament.

Teams paid a fee and entered the fun competition intended to get people active.

“The goal is to just have as many teams and have fun,” said Sorenson.

He said that while there were less teams this year, they had more players eager to support the fundraiser.

“I love seeing the town and the community people getting together,” said Sorenson. “As much money as we raise too that’s just a bonus.”

He said there was strong support from businesses and residents and it was their support that helped make the event possible.

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and the people have always gone above and beyond for us,” said Sorenson.

Originally the floor hockey games were set to be played on the Scott Seaman Outdoor Rink, but rainy weather made that a challenge. Sorenson said the town allowed them to play on the small indoor rink, of which he was grateful.

His goal for next year is to host the event on Father’s Day. Originally the B.S to Cancer fundraiser was put together after Sorenson’s father, Bob, a member of the Ponoka Fire Department for many years was diagnosed with cancer, hence the name of the fundraiser B.S to Cancer. The event has grown to bring funds to different cancer or health programs.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

St. Augustine honours long standing staff member

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

An administrative assistant at St. Augustine Catholic School recently celebrated 30 years of service with the division at the annual Awards Recognition Night on Tuesday, June 9.

“It was a nice banquet we had, so I guess it’s nice

to be recognized,” said award recipient Heather Bailey.

When Bailey first started working at St. Augustine, she was placed in the library. “I started in the library but that was very short before I got moved to the office.”

Although the Awards

Recognition Night is an annual event, Bailey was still surprised when she realized she would be part of the festivities this year with her 30-year achievement.

“It doesn’t feel that long really,” she said.

“School years go by in a blink,” she added.

Since taking up her po-

sition at the office, Bailey has seen a number of changes come and go through the school, including eight principals. “I just keep outliving them,” she joked.

Thanks to a speech given at the banquet, Bailey recalls once having to get her work done on a selfcorrecting typewriter; it is a

far cry from the duel screen system she works with now.

Bailey has also been able to watch all the children who attend the school grow from young elementary students just starting out on their academic journeys to graduated poised to begin all new journeys. “That’s the fun part,” she remarked.

Bailey’s own children attended St. Augustine and she says one of the perks of the job was having holidays off to spend with them.

“When your kids are, little it’s a great place to work.”

“And when your kids are old enough to leave, you don’t know anything else,” she added with a laugh.

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Heather Bailey seen here with principal Curt Baron celebrated 30 years of service with her St. Augustine Catholic School family at an awards banquet held Tuesday, June 9.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

County ag manager takes assistant CAO role in northern Alberta

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Ponoka County manager of agricultural services Shayne Steffen’s last day with the county is June 19 before he takes up the assistant CAO role in Saddle Hills County.

Photo courtesy of Donna Nobel

Ponoka County manager of agricultural services Shayne Steffen is leaving Ponoka County and taking up an assistant CAO position in northern Alberta at the end of the month.

“There was just a job opportunity I heard about in Saddle Hills (County) through a friend of mine,”

said Steffen.

Saddle Hills County is located approximately 40 minutes north of Grande Prairie.

While he was not looking for a position to take him away from Ponoka County, Steffen felt when this prospect landed in his lap he needed to jump on it. “There was an opportunity to further myself and

test myself. It’s a good career move,” he said.

Steffen interviewed with the Saddle Hills County CAO just over a month ago and got the position after a sit down session and a tour of the county.

His last day at Ponoka County is June 19 and he starts at Saddle Hills on June 24.

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“The process was probably going to take until the fall but their fieldman was injured,” said Steffen.

He was asked to start early and help with ag management until everything is once again settled.

“I’ll probably be doing double duty until October,” he explained.

Steffen has worked with the county for eight years and feels he has had many role models from the county that will help him settle in his new position.

“I’ve had lots of good experiences from Charlie (Cutforth, CAO) over the years. Hopefully I can take that with me,” said Steffen.

“Actually I’ve learned something from everybody in this office, and the county has been a fantastic place to work at,” he added.

Although he is facing a steep learning curve Steffen is looking forward to his future. “I think a good part about helping out with the ag side of things is I’ll

be able to get out and talk to people and learn the area.”

Steffen says land area of Saddle Hill County is at least the size of Ponoka County but the population is considerably lower.

Unlike Ponoka County, a large percentage of Saddle Hills is protected forestry area. “There is some farmland,” said Steffen.

Also excited for the move is Steffen’s family of four children and wife Andrea. Steffen had been looking to move to an acreage or small farm in central Alberta but it was too financially challenging. “Up there, we’ll be able to get a small farm or a decent acreage for a decent price.”

Ponoka County’s assistant agricultural fieldman Justin Babcock will move into Steffen’s role after he leaves. “I trained him to do this job so now it’s his turn to put his spin on things,” said Steffen.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Saluting our dads… the neighbourhood BBQ King and have fun, but don’t forget to share all the greatest and craziest memories and wild and wonderful antics of your childhood, even though they may have never been uttered in mixed company before. If you and yours are unable to get together this Father’s Day, please make sure to pick up the phone, or iPad or whatever you might have handy to zoom around the world in seconds, and then go ahead and share a chat with those

precious loved ones who may have made us just a little stressed or greyer along the way, but in the end have made our lives all worthwhile and worth keeping.

Over the years Father’s Day has always been special for yours truly because I have been able to share them with my dad, who is now 96 years old, still quite spry, and sharing his ‘golden years’ with our stepmom Jean in Victoria, B.C. Like so many of you, as we grow

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Over the years through the good times and the bad times I feel that I have been very blessed to have been able to celebrate in one way or another something like 40 Father’s Days with our ever-growing clan of four now mostly grown up and slightly mellowing children. Whether it be in the back yard, at the lake, at a ball tournament or being pampered at the home of one of the siblings, all of us as dads must never forget those warm and wonderful occasions of sharing, caring and carousing with our children and the other very precious part of the ‘all in the family’ adventures, none other than our beloved wives and the mothers of our rambunctious crew.

For those of us who have become seniors and grandparents, we may not be able to dominate the family pickup game of ball or soccer anymore, or outrun anyone, but that just gives us more time to sit back in the old lawn chair and admire what we have somehow managed to accomplish over those wild, wonderful, and often weary years of raising them from toddlers to teens.

Now it is time to quit lecturing and worrying about our kids so much, and to start spoiling our grandchildren as much as possible, as long as it is in between naps and before 8 p.m. Whether you choose to celebrate with your ‘favourite guy’ this coming Sunday around the BBQ, on the golf course, fishing, watching the game, on a road trip or just sitting around the campfire reminiscing, please relax

older we can now really appreciate how our parents worked so hard to lead us down the right path with what humble resources they may have had. Of course, there were and will always be a few setbacks, sadness, challenges, and ‘tough love’ along the way, but those are the glorious growing years, which we somehow managed to survive, and must always encourage our siblings to do the same. continued on page 22

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Our dads continued from page 21

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Now let’s have a little fun with good old dad • Son: ‘Here’s my report card dad, along with one of your old ones that I found in the attic.’

‘Well, son, you’re right.

This old report card of mine isn’t any better than yours, so I guess the only fair thing to do is to give you the same punishment that my dad gave to me.’

• Father, pacing the floor with a wailing baby in his arms as his wife lies snug in bed. “No one ever asks ME how I manage to combine marriage and a career.’

• Once we have achieved grandpa status we are now referred to by the younger generation as ‘old and wrinkled super dads’.

• When the young man asked his father to help him find the least common denominator in his math problem, he quickly replied, ‘Don’t tell me that still hasn’t been found yet, they were looking for it when I was a kid, and now I have trouble just adding up my golf card.’

• School secretary: ‘You say Michael has a cold and can’t come to school today, and whom am I speaking to?’ ‘This is his father.’

• Always remember that many of us may have inherited our dad’s genes, but unfortunately some of them won’t fit us the same as they do him.

• Son: ‘For $20, I’ll be good all week.’ Father: ‘When I was your age I was good for nothing.’

• Always remember that Adam was created first....to give him a little time to say something, and for just a little while to have the first and the last say in every conversation.

There will still be lots of time to dash out and get a card or a neat gift for the dad in your house, who would likely prefer golf balls to flowers or chocolates? Have a great Father’s Day (Sunday-June 21), then just keep on celebrating as a family all year round, and always remember that a perfect relationship is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other. Have a great week, all of you.

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Wayne “the Timbit Bandit” Marsden accepts a donation in prison costume at Tim Hortons Thursday, June 11 for the Outlaw Roundup, which is raising funds for the Ponoka Elementary School playground project. His goal is to raise $6,000.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

“Timbit Bandit” challenges Outlaws to raise more money

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Outlaws with the ATB Financial Outlaw Roundup are coming up with unique ways to raise as much money as possible for the Ponoka Elementary School playground project.

Most recently, Wayne “the Timbit Bandit” Marsden threw down the gauntlet to other “Outlaws” to raise more than his goal of $6,000, and he has already started.

Dressed up in an oldtime prison costume and in a made-up prison Thursday, May 11, Marsden sought donations from Tim Hortons customers in the drive through lane of his store.

Support has been strong and customers, friends and those interested in the playground project have already donated more than $600 on Thursday. He is campaigning strong and he hopes to inspire his other “Outlaws” to raise as much money as possible.

“I’ve dropped off pledge

forms throughout the town,” said Marsden.

“I challenge them to beat me,” he added.

Staff at the store are in full support of his goals and Marsden said they came up with the idea to dress up and seek donations in the drive thru lanes.

“I’d love to see that playground built,” stated Marsden.

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Farm & Ranch

4-H youths close out a successful season

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Ponoka’s West, Central and East 4-H clubs attended the annual awards night celebration at the Ponoka Legion Sunday, June 14 with many youths receiving awards for their hard work to the program.

The awards night for the Ponoka 4-H Clubs is a time to celebrate members’ accomplishments over the year and bring recognition to those that helped make it happen.

Laverne Klimec, the outgoing secretary for the Ponoka 4-H Beef Club, says the awards night is a culmination of the whole year and members and sponsors are recognized.

“It’s an opportunity for those sponsors to come and meet the kids,” said Klimec.

She added the members receive recognition not only for their hard work raising steers and heifers, but also for record keeping, public speaking and other programs offered by the 4-H. One of the big awards that night was the ATB 4-H Awards of Excellence, said Klimec. There are four stages in the award of excellence program that starts at bronze, three years; silver, four to five years; gold, six to seven years and then platinum, eight years or more.

There were members in each category, explained Klimec. Another fun aspect of the awards night is seeing the younger members receive awards for the first time.

“That’s pretty cool to see. It also gives a chance for the juniors to see what 4-H is going to give you,” she explained.

She feels they will have a similar number of members next year as some youths are aging out and young Cleavers — those entering the program too young to be a full 4-H member — will be coming in.

Klimec says there are many community efforts that the 4-H is involved with and she suggests these awards are a positive addition to a person’s resume.

Charity Steer Each year all three clubs pitch in money and time to raise a 4-H charity steer with funds to benefit local programs if possible.

This year the club chose the Ponoka and District Health Foundation as the recipient, explained 4-H leader Joyce Winter.

“We like to keep the funds in the Ponoka area,” ex-

plained Winter.

She suggests people are willing to donate to the program when they see it brings benefits to local groups, and the she says the hospital is something that is used by everybody.

This year the club raised $7,290 for the foundation.

Awards of Excellence recipients: • Dylan Giles, bronze • Madison Fleck, bronze • Tasha Kjenner, bronze • Kelli-Rai Sieben, bronze • Kristofer Malterer, silver • Lisa Winter, silver • Jesse Stretch, silver • Emily Hagemann, silver • Patrice Stalder, silver • Helena Winter, gold • Hannah Stretch, gold • Tawni Kjenner, gold • Simon Stalder, gold • Matthew Klimec, gold • Kaitlin Malterer, platinum • Tyson Matejka, platinum

VJV MARKET REPORT MARKET REPORT JUNE 10, 2015

On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 1881 head of cattle went through our rings TOTAL - 1881

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

145.00-155.00 130.00-145.00 130.00-142.00 120.00-130.00 160.00-215.00 160.00-183.00

Feeder bulls 190.00-215.00 Good Bred Cows 2200.00-2950.00 Older Bred Cows N/A Good Bred Heifers: N/A Cow/calf pairs (younger) 3300.00-3775.00 Cow/Calf pairs (older) 2600.00-3200.00

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

215.00-229.00 227.00-236.00 238.00-267.00 265.00-292.00 310.00-325.00 320.00-340.00 320.00-350.00 320.00-350.00

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

195.00-230.00 375.00-485.00 300.00-900.00 NONE NONE

Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers

213.00-223.00 223.00-229.00 227.00-250.00 235.00-272.00 275.00-292.00 305.00-324.00 310.00-325.00 310.00-330.00

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4-H members celebrated their annual 4-H awards banquet Sunday, June 14 at the Ponoka Legion. Here (l-r) Sharon Haines presents young Cleavers Kally Wills and Carter Gustafson with awards while Jeff Harvey watches on.

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Desire for grain price control drives G3 port plans

BY JAN SLOMP

G3 has announced it may build a new grain terminal at the West Lynn terminal on the North Shore of Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet.

G3 is the joint venture of US-based multi-national grain company, Bunge Ltd., and the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co. (SALIC), owned by the Saudi government. It was given the assets of the nowprivatized CWB in early April in return for a promise to invest $250 million in the company. While some are cheering the news of another port facility, in fact, it is more evidence that ending the farmer-directed singledesk Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) has made our grain system less efficient and has allowed grain companies to become more powerful and profitable.

The single-desk CWB co-ordinated transportation from country elevator to port vessel so that the existing port facilities were well-utilized and grain moved on time, even ahead of schedule. For example, the CWB co-operated with different terminal owners to achieve efficient loading of 50-60,000-tonne Panamax vessels, since no single elevator company was, or is, big enough to load them in one shot. Single-desk efficiency often resulted in dispatch payments, the bonus paid by vessel owners for fast service. Because the single-desk CWB sold grain on behalf of farmers, we also received the dollar benefit thus earned.

The 2013-14 bottlenecks were not caused by lack of terminal capacity, but resulted from the lack of co-ordination due to the destruction of the Wheat Board’s single-desk. The grain companies actually benefited immensely from the logistical problems by using transportation delays to justify devaluing farmers’ grain with wide basis charges, while pocketing millions in excess profits.

More terminal capac-

ity, whether inland or port, worsens farmers’ position when the added storage capacity is under the control of the grain companies instead of farmers. G3 and the “Big 3” – Cargill, Richardson and Viterra – would all benefit from the proposed West Lynn facility, as it enables them to store larger quantities of grain, which increases the buffer between farmers in the countryside and their end-use customers. This “holding tank” creates room and time for grain companies to widen their margins by buying from farmers as low as possible, then controlling the outward supply to maximize the selling price to customers. Like captive supply in the beef sector, expanding grain company storage capacity just helps depress the price paid to farmers.

No doubt G3 can afford to build an expensive new terminal. It was just given the assets of our CWB, is partly owned by the one of the worlds’ wealthiest governments, and stands to make billions selling landlocked prairie grain to the former customers of the single-desk CWB. Agriculture Minister Ritz promotes high yields and trade volumes that benefit multinational corporations, yet we know from our single-desk CWB experience that prosperity for prairie farmers comes from efficiently moving and selling “enough” volume for premium prices, while putting the money into farmers pockets. It is painful to hear our government talk about adding value and developing export markets for grain companies after unilaterally destroying an institution that did exactly that on behalf of farmers — especially after handing its remaining assets to a company jointly owned by the state of Saudi Arabia, a country notorious for human rights abuses.

Jan Slomp is the President of the National Farmers Union and farms near Courtenay, B.C.

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Ten accountability reforms Premier Rachel Notley can do right, right away PAIGE MACPHERSON, CTF ALBERTA DIRECTOR

Alberta’s NDP government proposed many important accountability reforms in their election platform. The party’s sweeping majority was predicated on sweeping out the old government secrecy and ushering in a new era of transparency.

Based on both her platform and her commitment to transparency, here are ten things Premier Notley can do right, right away that would clean up government and make it more accountable to Albertans: 1) Put boards, agencies and commissions on the sunshine list This was an NDP platform commitment. Taxpayers deserve full disclosure of all the large salaries they pay.

2) Introduce an ‘Infrastructure Sunshine List” This NDP platform commitment is meant to discourage politicians from building projects purposefully in ridings where they could score votes. An “Infrastruc-

ture Sunshine List” would show taxpayers on which projects their infrastructure cash is being spent.

3) Switch the Alberta budget back to cash accounting Through an accounting trick, the Alberta government can post budget surpluses while still borrowing a great deal of money. Their current ‘accrual accounting’ only shows part of the debt picture and hides government spending. Alberta previously used cash accounting (the way you’d manage your household budget). A shift back would dramatically improve budget clarity.

4) Properly fund the Auditor General’s office Prior to the election the PCs voted to claw back funding to the Auditor General (AG). Spending money on the AG’s office actually saves money over the long-term by rooting out waste. This should be a no-brainer.

5) Full financial audit of PC government books NDP Infrastructure Minister Brian Mason ac-

knowledged they’d found financial skeletons after peeking in the old PC government’s closet. But the premier hasn’t requested a full audit.

In the 1990s, Saskatchewan's NDP won on opening up the past government's books, after which many spending scandals were revealed. Here, the NDP teased us with skeletons. Show us the books.

6) MLA Recall Party leaders in Alberta have the power to kick MLAs out of their caucus, which Premier Notley took advantage of right out of the gate.

Why not put that same power in the people’s hands. If they find their MLA grossly unfit for office, Albertans should have the ability to show their MLAs the door, more than once every four years.

7) Reform the Freedom of Information Act Alberta has one of the most archaic freedom of information laws in Canada, making it difficult for journalists, advocacy groups, researchers and any Albertan to access information about government activity. Reform

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8) Improve the Whistleblower Protection Act When Alberta’s whistleblower protection law came into effect, the NDP (then on opposition side) said it did not go far enough. This is true. Alberta’s law should be amended to, at the very least, require that when wrongdoing occurs, the Integrity Commissioner should report the details publicly.

9) Strengthen the Conflict of Interest Act In their platform, the NDP promised to prevent MLAs from using their positions to benefit friends, and expand the Act to mean all senior staff of provincial boards, agencies and commissions are held to the same standard.

It’s a common sense reform promise Premier Notley should keep.

10) Citizens’ Initiative Referenda Citizens’ initiative referenda would allow Albertans to bring important issues to a public vote after receiving enough petition signatures.

British Columbians voted in Citizens Initiative Referenda in 1991, the same year the province elected the NDP. They used a referendum to vote out the unpopular harmonized sales tax (HST) after the government introduced it.

Notley should tip her hat to direct democracy and give Albertans a meaningful voice in policy decisions.

Premier Notley has the opportunity to show Albertans her government is serious about improving transparency and accountability. Open those legislature curtains and let the light shine in.

Alberta must prepare for the end of oil

BY ROBERT MCGARVEY AND MARK ANIELSKI TROY MEDIA COLUMNISTS

Alberta is changing. It has a new NDP government, a scary new fiscal 'reality' with $60 oil and a millennial generation coming of age with a new lease on life.

But Alberta is also linked to the past and a very particular set of economic assumptions. Alberta's economic strategy remains solidly industrial, predicated on oil and gas. Most Albertans expect oil prices will recover and that demand for oil will remain solid for decades. Albertans of all political stripes are united in the belief that the royalties we receive from this commodity are necessary to support our fiscal future.

Unfortunately, these assumptions could be completely wrong.

The future of energy is changing and - regrettably the past is not a reliable guide to the future. The past was oil's golden age. Oil has been a vital commodity for more than a century, tied to the industrial world's dependence on the internal combustion engine. But it's also clear that we're in the final stages of the industrial economy.

Over the past 30 years, a silent revolution has overtaken western developed economies. Today, factories and machines do not drive our economy but new ideas, network applications, software and other forms of creative assets.

Value and productivity are defined much differently in the modern economy. Value is more ethereal; it's found in intellectual property, in the collected 'data' mined from the everyday activities of millions of people, in (ghost like)

digital phenomena such as software or in networks of collaborating individuals who have never met in person.

Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts,"We will have the requisite hardware to emulate human intelligence with supercomputers by the end of the decade, with software models of human intelligence by the mid-2020s."

Older style machines are dying today, being replaced by super-intelligent automation, whose creative destruction is devastating industry after industry.

There are sweeping implications for Alberta. How long do you think it will take this technological wizardry to solve the energy storage problem? Once that is solved, it will end the age of oil and gas.

Technological advances in solar and wind power are accelerating exponentially and will soon create viable electrical generation capacities for renewable - green - power.

The technical hitch that prevents a green revolution from happening is reliability of supply. Both solar and wind power are intermittent in their generation. If the wind is blowing there's wind power; if the sun is shining there's solar power. But what happens on a cloudy, windless day?

Now imagine a world in the not-too-distant future when we've developed super-efficient energy storage devices.

Home energy systems Imagine a world where every household has its own localized green energy system. Electricity is generated in the home from recycled household waste, tiny but super-efficient rooftop wind turbines and solar collectors. continued on page 28

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Waterloo: The fall of a Pivotal, premium questions superpower

Gwynne Dyer Think Globally

Thursday is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, and in the course of the day you are almost bound to hear or read somebody claiming that it “changed history.” It was a very big battle, after all, and it would be a century before Europe saw war on that scale again.

But did the events of 18 June 1815 “change history”? Probably not.

The really decisive battle was fought a year and a half before that near Leipzig in Germany: the ‘Battle of the Nations’. Three times more men were involved in that battle than fought at Waterloo. There were many more battles before the Russian, Austrian and Prussian armies entered Paris and Napoleon finally abdicated as Emperor of the French in the spring of 1814, but he never won another battle.

Napoleon was given a mini-kingdom on the island of Elba, off the Italian coast, to keep himself busy. The victors began to put Europe back together after twenty years of almost unbroken war, around 3 million combat deaths, and a comparable number of civilian casualties. And after only ten months, Napoleon escaped from Elba and went back to France for another try.

But it was really already over. The British (the paymasters of the coalition), the Austrians, the Prussians and the Russians were all still mobilised, and their armies started closing in on France.

In the ‘Hundred Days’, Napoleon managed to lure many men who had fought for him in past wars back into his new army, but it was pure nostalgia.

He moved fast, hoping to defeat the British army

in what is now Belgium before the other allies arrived to reinforce it, and he almost succeeded. The British commander, the Duke of Wellington, said that the battle of Waterloo was “the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life.” In the end, late in the afternoon, the Prussian (German) army showed up and turned the tide. But if Napoleon hadn’t lost at Waterloo, he would have been defeated a little later.

“God is on the side of the heaviest battalions,” said Voltaire, and Napoleon agreed, just substituting “the best artillery” to demonstrate that his military knowledge was fully up to date. But his political knowledge was woefully deficient: God is actually on the side of the biggest economies, especially if they know how to turn their wealth into military power.

Britain had already overtaken France as Europe’s biggest economy (and in those days, that meant the world’s biggest economy). The industrial revolution in Britain was already into its second generation, while France had barely entered the first. Even in sheer numbers of people, a low birth rate meant that France would fall behind Russia, then behind Germany, and eventually even behind Britain in population.

So even if Napoleon could go on winning battles, he couldn’t win the war. In the end he couldn’t even win the battles. He was running out of soldiers, and his enemies had spent a generation at war learning (very expensively) to fight battles just as well as he did. Waterloo only confirmed what everybody with eyes could see already: France was finished as Europe’s superpower.

Then Britain got a century at the top (and after 500 years of Anglo-French wars, it never had to fight France again). The United States is now about 75 years into its term as the reigning superpower – and you are probably assuming that I am now going to speculate who gets the crown next. Wrong on two counts.

First of all, it’s a thorny crown, and nobody in their right mind would want it.

The relevant statistic (which hides in plain sight) is that the more powerful a country is, the more wars it fights and the more people it loses.

More power doesn’t give you

greater security; it just gets you into more trouble.

Secondly, about half the time there is no undisputed top dog. That was the situation for the century 1600-1700, when Spain was in visible decline but France was not yet ready to assume the mantle of sole superpower. It was equally true in 1945-1990, when nuclear weapons (the great equaliser) meant that the United States and the Soviet Union were co-equal superpowers even though the US economy was far bigger than the Soviet one.

And now, with the American superpower allegedly in decline, there is obsessive speculation about when China will step in and take over the role – or might it turn out to be India instead? As though it were still the early 19th century, when France was going down and Britain was taking over. It isn’t.

Military power doesn’t deliver the goods any more.

The United States has lost almost every war and miniwar it has fought in the past fifty years (except Grenada and Panama), even though it accounts for around half of the planet’s spending on defence. In the present global strategic environment, decisive victories are about as rare as unicorns.

This is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it is probably a good thing. Victory is a much over-rated concept.

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

Brennan Turner FarmLead

Crop quality continues to be the big question on the mind of the market for the first week of June 2015 as the entire grains and oilseed complex is predominantly focused on weather. Even despite seeing the largest one-day drop for the U.S. dollar earlier in the week since 2013, weather issues are completely at the steering wheel (really par for the course though for this time of year). Between freezing temperatures in many areas of Western Canada to persistent wet conditions in the U.S. Southern Plains, some premium was built into the market.

Specifically, there’s concern over the quality of U.S. winter wheat crops and limiting rains in spring wheat growing areas of the northern U.S. states and Western Canada. There are also some growing concerns of drier pockets in parts of Eastern Europe (i.e. Western & Southern Russia) that will

see premium continue to get built into the market without adequate moisture.

Canola continues to press higher, supported by a stronger U.S. Dollar, with the July & November contracts now up near $500/MT. After cold, end-of-May temperatures, likely around one million acres got re-seeded in Western Canada, notably Saskatchewan and Manitoba where at least 900 and over 2,700 crop insurance claims have been put in respectively!

Keep in mind, that there’s still time for a reseeded crop to grow! More to the west, things are still looking fairly dry, and as such, there is some clear opportunity for canola prices to head across the $500/MT level soon if we don’t see weekend rains in the aforementioned areas. Other crops that are seeing bumps in prices include flax and some pulse crops, like chickpeas.

Yes there are definitely some possible weather issues popping up here & there but you can’t expect a 25 per cent price increase over night. On that note it’s easy to think more and more negative weather will come around.

The question (slash reminder) is how many weather events do you or will you need to see and accept in order to start managing price risk? If the market is up 10 per cent, would you consider selling 10 per cent of production or what’s left in the bin, or do you need the price to go another 10 per cent higher? The reality is, no one can say for sure that the market will go another 10 per cent higher so why not make a sale when you can! Worst case scenario,

if It does go higher, you still have 90 per cent left to sell!

(For old crop this is simple, but for not new crop, which will surely depend on what your fields are looking like – crop risk management before price risk management in my opinion).

Ultimately, as humans, we feel better about avoiding losses than we do about making little gains, a behavioural economics theory known as “loss aversion”. Simply put, there’s a volatile trading environment right now and the best risk managers would make sales and lock in profits, and if the price continues to go up, you make more sales.

Conversely, you could also make zero sales, betting the market will continue to go higher, but if the market does happen to pull back, you’ll be asking yourself “why didn’t I at least sell something?”

To growth, Brennan Turner President, FarmLead.com Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, SK, where his family started farming the land in the 1920s.

After completing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead. com, a risk-free, transparent online and now mobile grain marketplace (app available for iOS & Android). His weekly column is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief.

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

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End of oil continued from page 26 Although the generation of electrical power will still be sporadic, depending on the availability of sunshine or wind, the energy will be stored in household storage systems. They will consistently light and heat the house, fuel the greenhouses we use to grow most of our food (year round) and charge our electric cars.

Once the capital cost is paid off, electrical power is basically free. When all this happens, power will be locally generated, green, cheap and plentiful - as it should be.

We won't need gasolinepowered internal combustion engines. There won't be a need for large-scale coal or natural gas powered electrical generation plants. We won't need a vast network of highpowered transmission lines creating havoc up and down the grid.

Although there will always be a market for oil and gas, oil's dominance of the economy will be a thing of the past.

This energy revolution will not happen overnight, but it will certainly happen in the lifetime of Albertans alive today. Preparing for the end of oil is not something that can be ignored.

For good or ill, it is the strategic future for Alberta.

Robert McGarvey is an economic historian and co-founder of the Genuine Wealth Institute, an Albertabased think tank dedicated to helping businesses, communities and national build communities of wellbeing.

Mark Anielski is a partner and co-founder of Genuine Wealth Inc. and the Genuine Wealth Institute.

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Students and coaches honoured at PSC athletic banquet

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Shaye Leidenius (left), Keenan Haines and Daria Leidenius (right) received recognition at the Ponoka Secondary Campus Athletics Banquet for earning 90 points toward their Ponoka Athletic Award, which measure the students’ participation, athleticism, leadership, teamwork and work ethic.

Photo by Amelia Naismith

Ponoka Secondary Campus held its annual athletics awards banquet on Tuesday, June 9 to celebrate the achievements and personal growth of its junior high and high school athletes.

The school honours the students with a series of awards, taking into account athleticism, participation and leadership shown during school sports.

During the ceremony, staff,

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students and community members in attendance heard from each of the school sport team captains as they regaled their season and thanked the coaches and their supports.

Football captain Ashton Soosay took to the microphone to talk about the developments the team continues to see under the guidance of the coaches.

“This year’s football team, I think it was one of the best seasons we’ve ever had.”

Cross-county coach Shawn Hollingsworth encouraged students who attended the banquet to consider investing in the sport in the future. “It’s an amazing sport and a lifelong sport.”

He is also hoping more students will join the team next year. “It’s one of those fringe sports I think all athletes can partake in.”

“We had a good year. I’d like to congratulate all the runners,” he added.

A theme spoken about by many of the team captains was how much of a positive influence the coaches and team supports are for the students.

“This year, starting out, we really grew as a team,” said junior high girls’ volleyball captain Maia Hoogers, who made sure to thank the coaches for that.

Junior varsity girls’ volleyball captain Regan Corkery told the banquet about how many game skills the team had developed over the season.

“We had a great group of girls this year,” said Corkery.

“Thank you to coach (Ron) Labrie and all the girls for a fun year,” she added.

Senior boys’ volleyball captain Tavis Lee told the audience his team had a strong season under Labrie. “On behalf of the guys I’d like to thank coach Labrie … I speak for many in saying he has had a huge impact on my life and others.”

Over the course of the season, when a game was not going as the boys’ hoped Labrie never let the students’ drive or spark fail, says Lee. But the love and support for the teams was not just recognized in the coaches. “I’d also like to thank the parents,” said junior varsity boys’ basketball coach David Majoros.

Award recipients: Grade 7 Bronc of the Year – Emily Davis, Maia Hoogers and Mick Mercer Grade 8 Bronc of the Year – Shayla Ennis, Tori McNalley, Owen Feragen and Travis Hyink Grade 9 Bronc of the Year – Alexi Buffalo and Joel MacLeod Grade 9 Athlete of the Year – Kiana Weed and Clayton Raugust Grade 10 Bronc of the Year – Leanne Wiancko and Jayden Hagemann Grade 10 Athlete of the Year – Tess Pearman and DJ Horne Grade 11 Bronc of the Year – Hailey Boser and Darcy Hoogers Grade 11 Athlete of the Year – Delaney Brachmann, Ashton Soosay and Carter Makofka Grade 12 Bronc of the Year – Shaye Leidenius and Keenan Haines Grade 12 Athlete of the Year – Daria Leidenius and Tavis Lee Ponoka Athletic Awards 30 Points – Carter Makofka, Nick Seymour, Ashton Soosay, Wes Leis, Jordan Wombold, Kellyn Pritchard, Casey Cahoe, Dallon Perry, Kendyl Stretch, Ranelle Muncaster, Dayna Brachmann and Tyson Matejka.

Ponoka Athletic Awards 60 Points – Darcy Hoogers, Jordan Labrie, Tavis Lee and Ryan Haines Ponoka Athletic Awards 90 Points – Keenan Haines, Shaye Leidenius and Daria Leidenius

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9 out of 10 small businesses want premiers to make free trade within Canada a priority Provincial and federal ministers urged to seal internal trade deal FROM CNW

CFIB is urging federal and provincial trade ministers to push hard for a new internal trade deal that removes trade barriers within Canada.

As trade ministers met in Toronto recently to update Canada's primary national agreement on the movement of goods, services and labour across the country (the Agreement on Internal Trade, or AIT), small businesses were seeking a new deal that makes internal free trade a priority: according to a new CFIB report released during the meetings, 87 per cent of small business owners said premiers need to reduce trade barriers between provinces.

With provincial leaders having previously committed to establish a new internal trade deal that removes barriers by spring 2016, there has never been a better time to create a national, comprehensive trade agreement. Canada is set to open its arms to new international trade, yet its provinces and territories still maintain artificial barriers that prevent the free movement of goods, services and labour within the country.

"With Canada and the European Union about to ratify a new comprehensive free trade agreement, it's more important than ever for the provinces to move quickly to remove internal barriers within Canada through the creation of a new trade deal," said Laura Jones, Executive Vice-President at CFIB. "As things stand, there may be instances where European companies have better access to Canadian opportunities than a business in a neighbouring province."

Only nine per cent of small business owners think the existing AIT helps them trade between provinces, and almost one-third (28 per cent) were not aware the AIT existed.

Thirty-one per cent of small business owners moving goods or workers in or out of their own province reported frustration with the often conflicting provincial rules and regulations they face. For example, a vehicle registration permit in Ontario is not acceptable in Manitoba, while a "wide load" sign posted on a truck travelling on an Alberta highway must be switched at the Saskatchewan border.

"Despite efforts over the years by governments to overcome Canada's internal trade barriers, there are still too many restrictions from province to province," said Corinne Pohlmann, Senior Vice-President of National Affairs at CFIB. "It's time for provincial trade

ministers to take the existing momentum on trading issues to seal a national deal that reflects the 21st century trading needs of Canadian small businesses."

CFIB's report recommends

a new approach to internal free trade that features vital guiding principles: Mutual recognition: where a product or service complies with rules in one province, it will

be acceptable to all provinces.

Negative listing: an assumption that cross-border trade is permitted unless stated otherwise.

Dispute resolution: a faster

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Sports

Manluk falls to Ponoka Storm FC

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Ponoka men’s Storm played a strong home game last weekend against Manluk Wetaskiwin Sunday, June 14, earning a 4-1 win.

It was unclear, however, at the end of the first half who was going to come out with a win as the score was only 2-1 for Ponoka.

Both teams battled for control of the ball with Ponoka Storm having a slightly higher percentage of possession over Wetaskiwin. At times, Storm was on the offense and at others, Manluk would keep the pressure on during a somewhat heated match.

Ponoka scored early on in the first half with Wetaskiwin fighting every inch of the field to tie it up. Manluk managed to garner two yellow cards for rough play, putting them in a tough spot. Players had to be more cautious in their attack and ensure the ball was their focus.

Storm coach Lonny Behm said the team had a bye week last week after coming out of a loss and this was a positive win for the team. “We worked hard on playing the ball wide and keeping possession.”

He said Manluk’s attempts on goal did not overly concern him as they struggled to convert attempts into goals. Behm added keeping the ball wide is something the Ponoka players have focussed on.

“We played solid defensively and moved the ball really well offensively,” said Behm.

Their hard work paid off with minutes left in the first half.

Manluk found a hole in the Storm’s defense and scored, tying the game 1-1. Ponoka returned the favour with seconds left in the first, taking the lead 2-1.

Much of the second half was spent continuing that fight for control of the ball. Again, Ponoka appeared to have a slight majority of possession and the home team did everything it could to score.

A penalty against Manluk changed the flow of the rest of the game. Number 11, Christoph Dittmart capitalized on the opportunity by faking left and shooting right, bringing

Ponoka Storm’s Christoph Dittmar fakes left and scores against the Wetaskiwin Manluk converting a penalty Sunday, June 14. Ponoka won 4-1.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

the score to 3-1.

Determined not to give up, Manluk put on the pressure and the Storm put themselves in a tough position after giving the Wetaskiwin players an opportunity with a free kick. During player positioning, however, it appears an argument ensued and a Manluk player kicked a Ponoka player.

His actions earned himself a red card, ejecting him from the game, and bringing the Wetaskiwin team to 10 players against Ponoka’s 11.

Ponoka used their player advantage to draw out the Wetaskiwin defense creating gaps in their defense. Their patience payed

off and Ponoka managed another goal, bringing the game 4-1.

There were two other opportunities to score with Ponoka being offside in one attempt while the ball bounced off the goal post in the other. Other scorers were Elzard Visscher (2) and Eric Ehscheid.

Behm said the Storm has only one loss in the season and sits in first place just ahead of Camrose. “We have more points to make up on them,” he added.

Storm has two bye weeks ahead and Behm is hoping to organize two exhibition games to keep the players fresh for their next league match.

Ponoka Minor Soccer finds success in tournaments SUBMITTED

U10 boys coach Rob McArthur poses with his team last weekend after a strong showing at a tournament in Rocky Mountain House. The mixed team won three and lost one game.

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The U14 girls with coach Greg Bendera and U12 boys with coaches Cam Hinton and Josh Lubach participated in the Millet Classic Tournament Saturday, June 13 and 14 and found some positive results.

U14 girls round robin draw: • June 13 versus Cold Lake Thunder: 1-1 draw • June 13 versus Sherwood Park Huskies: 3-2 win • •une 14 versus Leduc Code Red: 2-0 win In the gold medal match

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against the Sherwood Park Huskies, Storm tied 0-0 at the end of regulation.

Eventually the game went to penalty shoot out where Ponoka won 5-4.

U12 boys round robin draw: • June 13 versus Pigeon Lake Vikings: 4-0 win • June 13 versus Thorsby Spartans: 4-2 win • June 14 versus Strathmore Spurs: 4-1 loss • June 14 versus Leduc Code Red: 3-2 win • June 14 bronze medal game versus Edmonton TRSA: 5-2 win.

U10 teams head to Rocky Mountain House

Two Ponoka Storm U10 teams with coaches Brad Normandeau and Rob McArthur travelled to Rocky Mountain House to participate in a U10 minitournament hosted by the Rocky Knights club.

In addition to the two Ponoka teams, there were two teams from the hosts as well as two Sylvan Lake teams. Teams are mixed boys and girls and Team Normandeau posted 4-0, 1-0 and 2-1 wins, while Team McArthur had 2-1 and 1-0 wins and a 6-0 loss.

Despite the chilly weather, the kids had fun and the Ponoka Minor Soccer As-

sociation is hopeful that we will be able to host our own U10 tournament in 2016.

C.A.S.A. League play finishes up its regular season this week, with our district provincial qualifying tournament taking place in Stettler, Friday, June 19 to 21.

All Ponoka competitive teams are participating and league finals will run next week at various locations depending on how teams finish.

We will host the U14 girls league final on Wednesday, June 24 at the Scout Hall field – opponent to be decided.

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Losses and weather affect Ponoka Minor Ball teams

Presley McAteer lines up her body, the bat and the ball, hoping to find the sweet spot while up to bat during the girls’ U14 home game on Tuesday, June 9.

Photo by Amelia Naismith

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Ponoka U14 girls’ fastball team lost a challenging battle against their Lacombe

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“They pretty much got the lead early,” said coach Lucas Willier, referring to the

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While the Ponoka U14 girls are generally a strong team when it comes to running and stealing bases, the athletes simply were not having their best game, says Willier.

“We just couldn’t get enough runs in the end to come back,” he explained.

Willier says Lacombe had strong pitching that tripped up Ponoka a bit. By the time the team got two girls on base, the third girl to strike out would put them back in the field.

Ponoka was able to get three home runs during the game; they just did not add any extra runs to the score.

“We were hitting really well,” said Willier.

“It was all single home runs. We didn’t cash in when we had the girls on base,” he added.

U12 The U12 girls, also coached by Willier, were scheduled to play a home game agaisnt Lacombe on Thursday, June 11 but a spring storm cancelled the game.

Baseball Ponoka’s minor baseball teams played multiple games last week, which led to some tough challenges for the teams.

On Tuesday, June 9 the Peewee team lost to Bentley 1, 25-9 in a home game.

The Mosquitoes also lost their Tuesday home game to Sylvan Lake A, 9-1.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Locos lose two but gaining strides as season winds on

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

As the lacrosse season continues, so does the growth of the junior Lacoka Lacrosse Locos.

The Locos played two games over the weekend losing both but not without gaining some momentum and experience for players, said coach Mike Wood.

Their first game was Saturday, June 13 at the Ponoka Culture and Recreation Complex against the Calgary Wranglers. The Locos started strong scoring within the first three minutes of the game.

They kept up the pressure and minutes later scored again, bringing the game to 2-0. Penalty troubles caused them some pressure during the first period but the Locos managed to kill the time and stop the Wranglers’ offense.

Passing was strong for the Locos who kept up an active offense against a team that had defeated them 21-6 just one week earlier. Wood said his team keeps improving as the season continues. “I can never question their heart,” he stressed.

Much of the first period produced back and forth plays for both teams with the Locos managing to keep a narrow lead over the Wranglers scoring three against one. A pen-

Locos’ junior player Brennan Elder takes a shot against the Calgary Wranglers’ goalie Saturday, June 13 at the Ponoka Culture and Recreation Complex. The Locos lost 10-9.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

alty against the Locos with 3:48 left in the first period created an opportunity for the Wranglers that they capitalized on.

Rather than give up, the Locos kept on the pressure and scored with seven

seconds left in the first period. The score was now 4-2. This was a relatively equal game for the Locos who eventually lost 10-9 against the Wranglers.

Wood said his team has improved greatly as play-

ers show up for practices and he has a full roster at the majority of their league games.

“Not it’s just down to the little specialty parts of the game,” he explained.

The next day the Lo-

cos played an away game against Strathmore Venom losing 13-9. Wood said it was a relatively close game until the third period. The Locos pulled their goalie out at to try and narrow the point gap but the Ven-

om took advantage of the empty net and scored.

The Locos’ next home game is Saturday, July 4 at 6:30 p.m. where they face off with Medicine Hat Sun Devils.

Lyle Norn memorial barrel racing closes out another fun series

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Nikki Makofka turns a barrel Sunday, June 14 at the Stampede Grounds on the final day of the Lyle Norn Memorial Barrel Racing series. Funds raised from the event will go the to the Lung Association of Alberta and NWT. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Barrel racers had fun finishing off the second annual Lyle Norn Memorial Barrel Racing series Sunday, June 15 at the Stampede Grounds.

The event was organized

by Kaylee-Jo Henkelman and Shayna Dodds, who wanted to raise money for the Lung Association of Alberta and Northwest Territories. The series brought an average of 60 riders in the open said Henkelman.

“It was awesome,” said Dodds, “good weather, good ground. You couldn’t ask for anything better.”

She said like last year, they had a strong number of sponsors, which helped create many fundraising op-

portunities.

Dodds said the raffle was a big seller this year but they were a little bit down in barrel racers compared to last year. Henkelman feels rodeo season has competitors travelling all around the province and they are looking at different ideas to change up the program.

Having the peewee and youth barrel racers during the event added to the fun and gave parents a chance to see their kids try out.

“They’re the most exciting to watch for sure,” said Henkelman.

“Our main goal is to grow it every year and to grow our donation amount every year,” she added.

One of the ideas the pair

are looking at is the potential of changing the series to a one-weekend event.

“To see if we can try and draw in hundreds,” Henkelman added.

She suggests this may bring more people to their event, which would potentially raise more money for the lung association.

Dodds says she is most proud of being able to work closely with Henkelman and accomplish the goals they set out to do. Last year the series raised $6,500 for the Lung Association.

Corina Dixon won the high point saddle and the series received a last-minute donation from the Royal Order of the Moose for $1,000.

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When the angels came to take you away, Part of us went with you.

And it will never be the same without you.

THOMPSON Gail Louise Gail passed away at the Chinook House of the Centennial Centre in Ponoka on June 9,th 2015 at the age of 56 years.

Her daughter Bobbie Lynn, Brian McLaren, her loving partner of 12 years and many other members of her family were there to love and comfort Gail as she passed.

Gail was born on April 10th, 1959 in Cranbrook, British Columbia.

She is survived by her large family and many friends that loved and supported her during the many years she fought a courageous battle against her illness.

Surviving Gail is her loving partner of 12 years Brian McLaren & his family.

Daughter Bobbie Lynn (Cody) and their children Dexter, Adison and Keely; Allan Hill, Gail’s Ex Husband and lifelong friend.

Sister Faye (Steve), their sons Blair (Sher), Blain (Marcel) and their grandsons Brant & Colby; Sister Hazel (Brian), their sons Cody, Casey (Kristina) and their grandchildren Cassidy, Madison & Cole; Brother Wesley (Margaret), their children Tyler(Kayla), Tanessa (Scott), Tanya & Austin; Brother Bart (Corry), their children Jamie(Lee) and grandson Nash; Jesse & Brent.

Gail was predeceased by her Mother Phyllis Earl Thompson and her Dad Grant Thompson, her eldest brother Brent, nephew Brant, and sister-in-law Michelle.

Gail’s family and many friends would like to sincerely thank all the staff at the Chinook House for the wonderful care and compassion they so generously gave to Gail and her family.

If friends desire memorial contributions may be made to the David Thompson Health Foundation Trust, Centennial Centre, Chinook House, Box 1000, Ponoka, AB. T4J 1R8 Funeral Services will be held from the Lacombe Memorial Center, 5214-50 Ave. Lacombe, AB. On Wednesday, June 17th at 1 P.M. Funeral Services will be held from the Lacombe Memorial Center, 5214-50 Ave. Lacombe, AB. on Wednesday, June 17th at 1 P.M. Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements. 403-782-3366 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, Caring For Families”

REG PERRY On June 14, 2015 Mr. Reg Perry of Ponoka passed away at the age of 76 years. Reg will be lovingly remembered by his wife Denise; son Stan (Darlene) and daughter Sharlene; grandchildren Nichole, Cody (Roze), and Kyle; great-granddaughter Bailey; as well as many other relatives and friends. A Celebration of Reg’s Life will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Ponoka at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, June 19, 2015. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to S.T.A.R.S. To express condolences to Reg’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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In business 20+ years.

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

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SPECIALIZING IN: ~ Curbs / Sidewalks ~ ~ Driveways ~ ~ Basement Floors ~ ~ Stamped Concrete ~ ~ Exposed Concrete ~

Ph: 403-783-6428 Cell: 403-783-1905

HEATING

1530

AERO AUCTIONS 1 Day Industrial Auction. Tuesday, June 23. 9 a.m. Hwy 16 & Hwy 60 Edmonton.

Live & On-Line Bidding.

Timed Auction. Mobile offices, excavators, dozers, graders, truck tractors, trailers, pickup trucks misc attachments & much more! Consignments welcome! Visit: aeroauctions.ca.

1-888-600-9005.

AUCTION FOR Taras Hlus/Bruderheim - June 27. Case/Kubota tractors; 3-pt attachment; Lincoln welder; electrical construction equipment; steel grain bins; Greelee 555 electric pipe benders, etc. Details: www.spectrumauctioneering.com. 780-960-3370 / 780-903-9393.

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

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Robin Esau

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

robin@KlesAir.com www.KlesMechanical.com

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Commercial - Residential Installations - Repair

3912 - 66 St, Ponoka www.wcmltd.ca

403.783.3501 wcmltd@telus.net

ROOFING

Auctions

1530

INCREDIBLE ANTIQUE Store Dispersal Auction!

314 - 7 Street S, Lethbridge, Alberta.

Unreserved, no buyer’s fee. Sunday, June 21.

Pictures at www. scribnernet.com. Starts 10 a.m. Scribner Auction 780-842-5666.

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Services

1290

Auctions

1530

Whatever You’re Selling...

We Have The Paper You Need!

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

Misc.

Services

1290

PONOKA BOBCAT SERVICE A division of 1127730 Alberta Ltd.

ROY’S ROOFING & SIDING

• Tree stump grinding • Gravel pads • Dirt removal/spreading

• Siding • RooÀng • Fascia • SofÀt • Windows • Sheds

- Compact bobcat - Dump trailer - Stump grinder

403-740-6081 VETERINARY SERVICES

Bovine Veterinary Services

NO JOB TOO SMALL!

WCB • Insured • Licensed Locally owned/operated

CALL BRIAN HEBERT

403-506-3377

Welding

On-Farm Mobile Veterinary Services

1410 Welding 1410

Ultrasound-aided ReproducƟve Programs CETA CerƟĮed Dairy and Beef Embryo Transfer Herd Health

Phone 403-391-1684 ʹͶ

Dr. Bruce Wine

• FENCE LINES • CUT LINES • POWER LINES • PIPELINES • BRUSH & BUSH • STUMPS Can do trees up to 15” wide

1.403.318.0498 1.403.358.0452

VETERINARY SERVICES

www.bigstrapperauctions.net

COMMERCIAL FOOD EQUIPMENT. Wed., June 24, 10 a.m., MAS Sales Centre, Blackfalds, Alberta. Selling coolers, freezers, ranges, ovens, display cases, SS sinks, appliances, dishwashers, mixers, slicers, prep table, beverage equipment, new catering, food transport & storage, shelving & small wares. www. montgomeryauctions.com.

1-800-371-6963.

Estate & Landscaping Auction Sunday June 21- 10 a.m.

3.5 miles north of Olds on Hwy 2A 247 Cat Skid steer, Dump trailer, Triple axle trailer w/beaver tails, Stump grinder, Aerators, Shop tools, Polaris snow machine, Yard & garden items, Household & misc. items, Rifles.

Just too much to mention.

Check web for full listing & pictures Pilgrim Auction Service 403-556-5531 www.pilgrimauction.com

Auctions

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A-CHEAP, lowest prices, steel shipping containers.

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

Firewood

1660

FAX: (403) 783-8178

LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

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

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

MAIN: (403) 783-7591

MULCHING TO SUIT ALL NEEDS

Doug Casey

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

1530

AUCTION Sales Wed. @ 6 pm.

Moose Hall 2 miles south of Ponoka on 2A. UPCOMING SALES LOCATION AUCTION #2 5108-47 Ave. Ponoka, AB Sun. June 28, 12 noon 2006 Uplander Chev van, 110,000 kms; lots of beautiful furniture.

NO AUCTION WED. JULY 1 Check website for full listings

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TREE MULCHING Hillbilly Tree Mulching Ltd.

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1530 BIG STRAPPER AUCTIONS presents a

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

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

TREE SERVICE

BEST PRICE TREE SERVICE OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

LIVING ESTATE SALE FOR MEL PETERSON

Sunday, June 28 at 12 Noon

FREE Estimates | Fully Insured

403.396.7623

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.

Misc. for Sale

1760

PALLETS, heavy orange CCP, 40x48, price negotiable. 403-391-8385 USED pressure treated posts. You pick 75 cents.

Used barbed wire. Price negotiable 403-350-0665

Items To Give Away

1940

MORNING GLORIES And more, are up!

Come & get them

403-783-2060

Agricultural #2000 - #2290

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

Farm Equipment

2010

EQUIPMENT FINANCING! Any type of commercial equipment will be considered. Oil/gas, agriculture, hospitality, construction, technology. We work with all types of credit. Call Steve 780-782-1252.

Livestock

2100

9 Bulls For Sale

Registered Yearlings

2006 Uplander Chev van with extra set of tires, leather furniture, coffee & end tables, dressers, table lamps, floor lamp, china cabinets, Spode Christmas china, Hummel figurines, crystal, glassware, collectable plates, carnival glass, beer steins, patio furniture, plastic totes, silverware, pots & pans, salt & pepper shakers, dishes, wall clocks, drill bit kit, tools, ladders, fishing rods & lures, leaf blower, shovels, tomato cages, plastic garbage cans with cart,fold up card table,old style wooden washboard,collectable model cars, vans, & trucks, wooden tea cart, indoor water fountain, vinyl records, variety of novelty signs, oil lamps, bar fridge, flat screen tv with stand, wooden plant stand, microwave stand with wheels, and more!

Call Jim (780)

387-6050

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

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

Grain, Feed Hay

For a complete listing call 403-304-4791

Ponoka Veterinary Clinic Dr.Jacobson Murray•Jacobson • Dr. Murray Dr. Clayton West Dr. Clayton West • Dr. Nicole Macdonald • Dr. Katie Graves Dr. Ashley Shannon

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

24 Hr. Emergency 403-783-4348

5502 - Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB

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LEAKY BASEMENT? Derek Wallace 587-340-2830 1-800-587-7325 www.edmontonwisecracks.com

“Professional cost effective solutions for wet basements”

Serving Ponoka & Area PLUMBING

Black Angus

Visit our website www.bigstrapperauctions.net to view items

VETERINARY SERVICES

F R E E E S T I M AT E S

#2, 5108 47 Avenue, Ponoka, AB

SPECIALIZING IN DANGEROUS TREES COMPLETE REMOVAL & CLEANUP

• Topping • Dropping • Slashing • Stump Grinding & Tree Disposal • Tree Chipping

Garden Supplies

2190

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

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

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

JESSE ZINTER Office - 403-783-5489

WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICE

• Water wells drilled • Water wells serviced 403-783-2220 WEBSITE@DARCYSDRILLING.COM

WATER WELL SERVICE

ECKLUND

Water Well Service

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

IRRIGATION

Ponoka Irrigation Supplies & Service * NEW INSTALL * REPAIR * MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS * SALES & SUPPLIES TO ALL MODELS

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

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

3 BEDROOM DUPLEX IN PONOKA c/w fridge, stove, washer & dryer No Pets, Non smoking $850.00/month $850.00 Security Deposit Available July 15, 2015 Phone (403) 704-6903

403-790-6011

AVAILABLE JULY 15

Private, newer larger two bdrm lower suite All utilities, laundry, cable & internet incl. N/S. $1100 plus D.D.

780-217-9363

2 BDRM bsmt. suite in PONOKA incld’s util’s, washer/dryer, no pets, non partier, N/S. Long term working tenants and seniors welcome.

Avail immed. 403-704-1645

Cottages/Resort Property

4130

BURNSTICK Lake cottage for sale, on beautiful mountain lake about 45 minutes west of Red Deer.

The bungalow is 805 sq. ft on a 1/3 acre lot. $345.000. Contact owner at kgaida@shaw.ca or 403-244-6774.

Buildings

4150

LOOKING FOR a shop?

Post Frame Buildings.

AFAB Industries has experience, expertise, reliability and great construction practices. For a free quote, Pasture contact Ryan Smith 403-818-0797 or email: HORSE pasture for rent, ryan.afab@gmail.com. north of Ponoka, Hwy 2A. Ref. avail. 403-391-8385 STEEL BUILDINGS /METAL BUILDINGS 60% TOO MUCH STUFF? off!

20x28, 30x40, 40x62, Let Classifieds 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, help you sell it.

80x100, sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206; www. crownsteelbuildings.ca.

3180

Real Estate #4000 - #4190

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

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Our Big 35th Anniversary Sale!” 20x20 $4500. 25x24 $5198. 30x30 $7449.

32x36 $8427. 40x46 $12,140. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422; www. pioneersteel.ca.

Financial #4400 - #4430

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

Motorcycles

5080

2008 SUZUKI Boulevard C109RT, LOADED

Saddle bags, windshield, cruise (manual), running lights, back rest, 44,500 kms.

MINT CONDITION! $7990. o.b.o.

403-318-4653 Red Deer

Public Notice #6000

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

3 BEDROOM DUPLEX Investments ......................4410 Money Wanted ................4420 IN PONOKA Money to Loan ................4430 Public c/w fridge, stove, Notices washer & dryer Money NOTICE TO To Loan No Pets, Non smoking Condos/ CREDITORS & BANK SAID NO? $1050.00/month Townhouses Bank on us! Equity CLAIMANTS for purchases, $1050.00 Security Deposit PONOKA 1/2 duplex/condo Mortgages debt consolidation, Estate of FRED MARTENA on one level for age 55 yrs.+, renovations.

ALSO KNOW AS Available Immediately 2 bdrm., att. garage. Mint foreclosures, Bruised credit, condition! Call AVRIL FREDERIK MARTENA self-employed, EVANS, Century 21 Phone (403) 704-6903 unemployed ok.

4040

MATURE couple. 1 bdrm. house, 2 bath, in Rimbey, 4 appls, no pets, n/s, ref’s req’d, $500/mo. DD $500 780-465-7107

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

PONOKA 3 bdrm. newer townhouse, 3 bath, 5 appls. rent $1500. 403-704-1221

Manufactured Homes

3040

1980 14’ x 68’ SAFEWAY Canadiana, 2 bdrm., fridge, stove, washer, dryer, in the Rimbey mobile park. Immd. possession. $650/mo.

DD same 1-780-465-7107

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

RIMBEY 2 bdrm. , 2 levels with balcony, insuite laundry, inclds. heat & water. Phone 403-843-4894

Advantage, 403-348-6303

Manufactured Homes

4090

2000, 16X76’ SRI Modular.

To be moved. Immaculate with new shingles, siding & Áooring. $70,000. Available immediately. Call Western Canadian Modular Homes 1-855-358-0808, Red Deer, Alberta.

NOW is the time to order.

Want that new home before the kids are back in school, order now. Call Marg, 1-855-380-2266 at Craigs Home Sales in Lethbridge, Alberta to have your home in time.

2003 SRI 16’X76’ 1216 sq. ft. $52,000. Originally a 3 bedroom home and easily converted back. Very clean & in excellent shape.

Includes appliances.

Available immediately. For more information call United Homes Canada 1-800-461-7632 or visit our site at www. unitedhomescanada.com.

Here’s what you told us!

Cars ..................................5030

Classifieds...costs so little SUV’s................................5040 Saves you so much!

Trucks ..............................5050

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

403-357-0287

“How happy are you?”

6010

FROM CNW

The results are in from the first-ever ATB Financial Alberta Happiness Survey and, it turns out, we're a pretty happy bunch. The majority of Albertans surveyed said they had a high level of life satisfaction, general happiness and emotional wellbeing. In fact, eight out of ten Albertans say they are happy.

As the first-ever comprehensive survey done on happiness in our province, ATB discovered what makes Albertans happy and the top three factors turned out to be: • Feeling healthy • Supportive relationships with family and friends • Time spent doing things they love Still, Albertans have some room to improve when it comes to happiness. Our overall happiness level is lower than the United States (87 per cent) and many European countries.

“We were happy to learn that most Albertans—79 per cent of them—feel our province is a great place to find happiness,” says Rob Roach, Senior Analyst at ATB Financial. “It’s interesting to note the survey happened when the economic slowdown was already underway, a time we know, has been difficult for many Albertans.”

Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it does matter, the survey says. The percent-

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4090

SILVERWOOD LUXURY Modular Log Homes. Show Home 311 - 36 Ave. SE, Calgary. Discover how we Transportation can design, build & Ànish your custom log home in #5000-5300 weeks. 1-855-598-4120; Automotive Services ........5010 www.silverwoodloghomes.ca. Antique & Classic Autos ....5020

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

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PONOKA STAMPEDE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE It gives me great honour to welcome everyone to the 79th edition of the

“Wild West of 36” Ponoka Stampede.

Our success is only possible because of the dedication and hard work of our directors, hundreds of volunteers and all our sponsors.

Without our loyal fans and community support, it would not be possible to put on a world class show and chuckwagon racing.

Ponoka Stampede offers top prize money, which in turn brings in the world’s best contestants, stock contractors and Chuckwagon drivers, making our small town famous in

the world of rodeo and chuckwagon racing.

I would like to invite everyone to the events taking place in our community such as the Stampede breakfasts, the Parade, Art Show and the West Coast Amusements Midway. We have a great lineup of entertainment as well, bringing you Sawyer Brown, Josh Turner, the annual Talent Show and four evenings ending in fireworks.

Enjoy your stay and take in all that the Ponoka Stampede has to offer!

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STAMPEDE PBR KICKOFF HONOURS LOCAL BOY

Bull riding action will help kick-start the Ponoka Stampede with the popular Jace Harty Memorial PBR Bull Riding event set for Wednesday, June 24. 30 contestants are coming from all over the world to compete.

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By Amelia Naismith The 13th annual Jace Harty Memorial PBR event is once again starting the Ponoka Stampede and promises to be an action-packed night to thrill the fans and pay homage to a Ponoka boy, a lover of the sport.

The PBR takes place on Wednesday, June 24, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a local kid that got in an unfortunate accident,â&#x20AC;? said organizer Nanson Vold. He feels having the bullriding event in his name is a great way to pull the community together and memorialize a young man who was loved by everybody he met.

Once again, 30 contestants are travelling from all over the world to master the beast and claim the championship title. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The

top 10 come back for a short round,â&#x20AC;? said Vold.

The total purse up for grabs at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event is $40,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the biggest bull riding event in Canada, except for the (Canadian) Finals,â&#x20AC;? said Vold.

For the event, 12 contractors will supply their rankest bulls to challenge the cowboys. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vold Rodeo will have some bulls there,â&#x20AC;? said Vold.

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CHILDHOOD DREAM COMES TRUE FOR MISS PONOKA STAMPEDE

By Amelia Naismith Miss Ponoka Stampede is one day closer to living her childhood dream as the kickoff for Stampede looms on the horizon.

Ashley Akkermans was chosen as the Ponoka Stampede Queen earlier this spring after beating out a veteran competitor in her first time out of the gate.

“I’m very surprised. I’m shocked and in awe,” said Akkermans, following her win.

Akkermans may have grown up on a mixed farm operation just outside of Ponoka, but she never believed her wish to become a rodeo cowgirl would be anything more than a fantasy.

Ponoka Stampede’s newest royal figure did not get her start in the rodeo lifestyle or even 4-H until she was well into her teens.

One day her father told her to go out to the barn after work. Inside she found two horses, the partially broke appaloosa became her primary riding horse. “Even though he had a lot of problems, I made it work because I wanted to be a cowgirl so bad,” Akkermans recalled.

She was so enthused by her passion to become a cowgirl and a queen that she had no qualms paying her dues. She recalled having to start out in 4-H the way every young member does and remembers the fun times she had playing games and building her skills through the ranks of the organization.

As Miss Ponoka Stampede, Akkermans is thrilled at her year ahead which she will immerse herself in her duties and represent the spirit of rodeo to fans.

Welcome Ashley Akkermans, the 2015 Miss Ponoka Stampede.

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CALNASH AG EVENT CENTRE OFFERS FULL LINEUP DURING STAMPEDE

By Amelia Naismith The Ponoka Stampede week action is not limited only to the Stampede Grounds and fans can also check out the variety of events located at the Calnash Ag Event Centre throughout the week.

On June 25, 26 and 27 fans of the Wild West can check out the action-packed, gritty, gunslinging, yet family-friendly Canadian Finals Mounted Shooters shows.

“Where else can you go to see that,” asked Calnash event co-ordinator Joyce Vold. “Cowboys riding and shooting guns.”

June 28 to 30 the Calnash Ag Event Centre is also home to multiple roping events.

On June 28 and 29 fans can come see the Canadian Qualifiers Team Roping, beginning at 9 a.m.

On June 30 the Old Timers Team Roping takes over. The event used to be in the Ponoka Stampede lineup but was discontinued for a few years. “This is the first year we’re back at it,” said Vold.

“It’s a 90 plus, 100 plus and 110 plus,” she added, referring to the roping categories. The combined ages of the roping teams must add up to the minimum age of the category they are competing in and must be, individually, 40 or older, 45 or older, or 50 or older for the category, respectively.

“On June 30 we have a feature event as well; Open Team Roping. That’s at 5 p.m.,” said Vold.

The Calnash Ag Event Centre will once again feature mounted shooter shows throughout the Ponoka Stampede week.

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She says the event should be over in time for the Josh Turner concert for viewers who want to see both.

“Team roping, it’s an event for all ages,” said Vold.

She states qualifying ropers must be between the ages of 13 and 85.

Penning has been a usual event to grace the ag centre during the Ponoka Stampede but it is being held off this year. “We wanted to try something different,” said Vold.

“Everything is free admission, come down and enjoy,” she added.

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CATTLE SALES HIGH AND SO IS THE CATTLE RAFFLE PRIZE MONEY

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Prize money for the Ponoka Stampede Cattle Raffle will get the winner a whopping $70,000 or 40 head of cattle this year.

Stampede director and past-president Joe Dodds said, with the increase in cattle sales, the association also had to increase the prize money on the 40 head of cattle.

The raffle is a big fundraiser for the Ponoka Stampede and Exhibition Association that has raised more than $1 million since its inception.

Dodds has managed the sales of the cattle raffle for some years now and feels this is a great fundraising project for the association, which was originally started to help build the grandstands at the Stampede Grounds.

Five thousand tickets have been printed this year and Dodds expects to sell out, as they do every year. “Get your tickets quick,” he quipped.

Dodds said the fundraiser is something people take great pride in helping with. He feels it is almost as if people take some ownership in being part of the busy week.

Compared to most lotteries, the odds of winning are relatively good and most people tend to take the cash, as they don’t have the means of dealing with that many cows.

Ten tickets are drawn randomly each day for six days and of those 60 tickets, one will be drawn to bring winnings to a lucky winner.

The remaining 59 ticket owners get their money back, says Dodds.

Support for this fundraiser has been overwhelming, says Dodds, who has seen people buy 10 books of tickets in support of their programs. He recalls one instance where an individual already had a ticket drawn, but bought another one anyways.

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79th Annual Ponoka Stampede

PARADE Friday, June 26 beginning at 10 a.m.

SALUTE TO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CANADIAN FLAG

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PONOKA STAMPEDE PARADE GUIDELINES 1. Entries should be at the Arena marshalling area before 9:00 a.m. to be judged.

Entries should be totally assembled and participants ready to be judged.

2. The Parade Committee reserves the right to refuse access to the Parade to any entry deemed unsuitable, or dangerous.

3. An ambulance and tow truck will be on standby in case of any emergency.

4. Entries must not deviate from the established parade route unless directed by a police of¿cer or parade of¿cial.

5. No smoking or alcoholic beverages are allowed on parade entries.

6. Items such as candy, balloons, etc. may be given out to spectators by “Walkers” who accompany the Àoat and hand out treats from a safe distance by using small bags or pails. There is to be NO THROWING OF CANDY from Àoats for safety’s sake.

7. All entries should be 80% decorated and decorations securely fastened.

8. Individuals driving quads or garden tractors on the parade route must be over the age of 14.

9. Along the parade route you may encounter travelling parade marshals who have the authority to ask you to slow down, speed up, etc.

YOUR COOPERATION IS APPRECIATED TO HELP MAKE THE PARADE SAFE FOR EVERYONE!

The 3-mile long Ponoka Stampede Parade is making plans for the 79th Annual Parade. We would like you to be a part of this exciting event at the famous Ponoka Stampede. Your entry would add greatly to the quality and variety of our well-known parade. Please ¿ll out the attached entry form and plan on having a great time at both the parade and the Ponoka Stampede.

PARADE DIRECTOR - GREG GORDON Rodeo Of¿ce: Box 4336, Ponoka, AB, T4J 1R7 Ph. 403-783-3120 Fax 403-783-5858 Cell 403-704-3541 PARADE BEGINS AT 10 A.M. SHARP - RAIN OR SHINE Marshalling takes place in front of the arena complex (4410-54 St.)

Judging at 9:00 A.M. SHARP PONOKA STAMPEDE PARADE CATEGORIES 1. PROFESSIONAL: an entry built by a professional.

2. NON-PROFESSIONAL: an entry built by volunteers to represent a business.

3. NON-COMMERCIAL: an entry representing a community organization, built by volunteers.

4. MOUNTED: any group or individual mounted on horses, mules, etc.

5. 4-H: any 4-H group - beef, dairy, horse clubs, mechanics, etc.

6. HEAVY HORSE HITCH: an entry featuring heavy horses.

7. LIGHT HORSE HITCH: an entry such as horse & buggy, using regular horses to pull.

8. OLD-TIME: any entry representing the past, (carts, buggies) non-motorized.

9. ANTIQUE: any antique motorized vehicle.

10. DECORATED CARS: cars of any age, 80% decorated.

11. COMEDY & NOVELTY: an entry with humorous theme.

12. SPORTS & RECREATION: any group from a sports or recreation activity or organization.

13. CHILDREN’S: includes carts, decorated bikes, novelty items.

14. BEST MARCHING BAND 15. BEST NON-MARCHING BAND 16. TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGES: any entry representing a town, city , etc.

17. COMPLIMENTARY: any entry which does not wish to be judged.

STAMPEDE PARADE ENTRY FORM Name of Individual or Organization: ______________________ ___________________________________________________ Mailing Address: _____________________ Ph: ____________ Town/City: ___________________Postal Code: ____________ Category You Are Entering: (must be ¿lled out) __________________ Description of Entry: __________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Number of Participants: _______________________________ Special Needs (if any): _______________________________

Deadline for entries is Wednesday, June 24

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RODEO CHALLENGE A FAMILY-FUN EVENT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye The Rodeo Challenge has been a favourite stop for children with special needs for the last 16 years at the Ponoka Stampede.

Young enthusiasts can get into the western swing of things with modified rodeo-style events which will be held at the Stampede Grounds Saturday, June 27.

This fun and family-oriented event was organized by Marjorie and Ken Krossa and Lynden and Diane Vold to give Krossa’s daughter Skylar, who has Down Syndrome, a chance at having fun through some modified rodeo events.

The Giddy Up Rodeo, hosted by the Calgary Stampede, was the inspiration behind the Rodeo Challenge and the Krossas and Volds worked hard to bring it to Ponoka. After much dedication and help from the Ponoka Stampede and Exhibition Association, the challenge took flight and has been a regular feature during the busy week ever since.

“We started with Skylar because she likes to rodeo,” says Marjorie Krossa.

The goal is to give these kids a chance to have a day for themselves, explained Krossa. She feels the children have fun and

gain a sense of pride, especially when they receive their own trophy, presented by Encana, who has been a trophy sponsor for many years.

Families pre-register their kids and Krossa cannot remember the last time they had any empty spots. Kids aged five to 18 years old with physical or mental challenges are welcome.

Here is a list of the different events: Flag Picking: Contestants ride quiet, specially selected horses Calf Roping: Contestants learn to rope a wooden calf Bull Riding: Contestants ride handrocked bull for 8 sec.

Chuckwagon Races: Hand pulled Chuckwagons race around the barrels Wagon Ride: Horse drawn wagon ride, wheelchair accessible Petting Zoo: Small farmyard animals for petting Face Painting: Hypoallergenic makeup upon request Come rain or shine, the challenge will be held. At press time there were still some spots available. For more information check out http:// ponokastampederodeochallenge.ca/.

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Children with special needs can expect a fun time at this year’s Rodeo Challenge set for Saturday, June 27 at the Stampede Grounds. Events feature fun modified rodeo events for kids.

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PONOKA STAMPEDE would like to THANK

2015 PONOKA STAMPEDE SPONSORS SHOWDOWN SPONSORS • ATB Financial • Eagle Builders LP • Labatt’s Alberta Brewery, Budweiser • Long Run Exploration Ltd. • Pidherney’s Inc. • RAM TOMMY DORCHESTER “DASH FOR CASH” • Trailblazer RV DIAMOND SPONSORS • Legacy Ford PLATINUM SPONSORS • Cervus Equipment & John Deere – Ponoka • Red Deer Motors • Wrangler

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Hamilton’s IGA Peavy Mart/Work King Serratelli Hat Co. Troy Fisher Silverworks Inc. U.F.A. West Coast Amusements

TRACK SIGN SPONSORS • Big Country Energy Services Inc. • CEDA • Central City Asphalt Ltd. • Ember Resources • Samson Cree Nation • W. Foley Contracting

GOLD SPONSORS • Beam Global Canada (Alberta Premium) • Calnash Trucking (South) • Don Laing Trailers • Gov’t of Alberta – Office of Traffic Safety • Town & Country Supplies • Zoetis

CHUTE SIGN SPONSORS • 2W Livestock Equipment • ATCO Pipelines • Boston Pizza • CFCW Radio • Cook County Saloon • Inland • Jones Boys Saddlery & Western Wear • Merial Canada (Ivomec) • RE/MAX Real Estate Central Alberta • Servus Credit Union • Stretch Construction • Sylvan Lake RV

SILVER SPONSORS • Bonavista Energy Corp.

• Brahma Boots • Crazy Horse Casing • Encana

BRONZE SPONSORS • All Structures Metal Buildings • Apex Distribution • Bobby Wills • Bottomly’s RV World

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D.J. Will Holdings Ltd. David Gilmore Fortis Alberta Gemini Corporation Global Overhead Doors Ltd. KFC – Ponoka, Rocky Mtn. House, Red Deer Lor-al Springs Ltd. Manulife Bank MCC Recording Studio Morskate Manufacturing Ltd. Ponoka Co-op Oils Ponoka Dodge Chrysler Jeep Redcore Ltd. The Big Picture of Design

STOCK AWARD SPONSORS • Abt Cattle Co. – Saddle Bronc Halter • Busted Ladies Lingerie.

– Bareback Halter • Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. – Bull Bronze Plaque BUCKLE SPONSORS • Black Aces Chuckwagon Promotion • Camex Equipment & Rentals • Classic Granite Works • East Country Electric • Featherlite/Allan Dale Trailers • Foothills Inspection Services Ltd. • JAX Steakhouse & Bar • MacKenzie’s No Frills • McDonald’s Restaurant • Ponoka Lions Club • Ponoka Professional Pharmacy

• Sommer Home Hardware Building Centre • The Butterfield Family • The Dodds Family • The Gerald Rausch Family • The Liquor Store • Treo Drilling Service L.P. FRIENDS OF PONOKA STAMPEDE • Accu Publishing (2007) • Bob Ronnie Catering • Cantriex Livestock International Inc. • Communications Group • Crawford Agencies • Dave Hoybak Oilfield Const.

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OUTLAW ROUNDUP SUPPORTS THE PES PLAYGROUND PROJECT FOR 2015 Submitted ATB Financial has proudly supported community-based charities and initiatives in Alberta for over 75 years. Last year alone, we supported over 545 charities through 28,000 volunteer hours, raising $3.4 million in funds for Alberta charities.

In Ponoka, our tradition is no different. The ATB Ponoka Branch has always supported a variety of community groups and initiatives through sponsorship and volunteerism. In just the past six years, the branch has raised $113,250 for a variety of local community groups including the Ponoka Youth Centre, Ponoka Victims Services, the SplashPark Project, Ponoka Composite High School Broncs Athletics Program, KidSport Ponoka and Ponoka Minor Soccer through our locally created western themed jail and bail — the ATB Financial Outlaw Round Up. This year, we’re celebrating our seventh annual round-up in support of the Ponoka Elementary School Council Playground Redevelopment Project.

The team is committed to developing an exceptional, modernized playground. This worthy project will result in a variety of fun and exciting play structures that will benefit the entire community by creating a fully accessible play space where imagination, fitness and friendships can flourish.

The 7th ATB Financial Outlaw Round Up, and the first ATB Financial Pancake Breakfast, will take place on Thursday, June 25 2015 at our “hometown hooskow” at the Kinsmen Recreation Centre from 8 to 11 a.m. So wrangle up your rustlers and mosey on down for a free break-

fast, some fine entertainment by Jamie Woodfin and all the rest of the fun and excitement as we arrest our local Outlaws to support this awesome community project.

Meet this year’s outlaws: ATB Financial Regulator, James “Slippin Jimmy” Taylor ATB Financial Regulator, “Shady Sadie” Dodds Central Vet Clinic Renegade, Kelly “Smelly” Loree Darcy’s Drilling Desperado, Tasha “Top Gun” Lydom Matejka Farms Rule Breaker, Mark “Moonshine” Matejka Partners in Crime from the PES Parent Posse, Merrywomen Jenn “Robin Hood” Bartley and Layna “Little John”

Thursday, June 25, 8-11 am

Palechek Ponoka Elementary School Sheriff, Lois “ the Saskatchewan Kid” Spate Rip’N Ronnie’s Fitness Renegade, Michelle “Muscular Mitchell” Reed

The Brick Bandit, Andrew “Brickhouse” Middleton Tim Horton’s Hooligan, Wayne “the Timbit Bandit” Marsden Town of Ponoka Range, Rick “Boomer — the Mayor” Bonnett

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This year fundraising efforts are going to the Ponoka Elementary School playground project.

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Ponoka Stampede week offers several pancake breakfasts

By Amelia Naismith What better way to start a day of rodeo action than with a hearty pancake breakfast?

And fans of the Ponoka Stampede will have plenty to choose from during the stampede week.

On Thursday, June 25, the most rootin’ tootin’ Wild West breakfast takes shape at the ATB Financial Pancake Breakfast and Outlaw Round up. It is held at the Ponoka Community Kinsmen Centre from 8 to 11 a. m.

On Sunday, June 28, Alberta Cattlemen’s Pancake Breakfast and Cowboy Church will grace the main grandstand at the Ponoka Stampede Grounds.

This busy breakfast gives pancake and rodeo lovers the chance at a breakfast with a show, featuring some country gospel music adding ambiance to the yummy taste.

It also runs from 8 to 11 a.m.

The third pancake breakfast of Ponoka Stampede week is the breakfast held at UFA Petroleum in the Southwest Industrial Park. It will welcome hungry guests from 8 to 11 a.m. on Monday June 29.

The last pancake breakfast of the Stampede fans can enjoy is held the morning of the Rodeo Finals — Canada Day, Wednesday, July 1 — and the $50,000 Tommy Dorchester Dash for Cash.

Located at Gemini Corp. in the Southwest Industrial Park — 8 to 11 a.m. — folks can get their final fill of pancakes, sausages, syrup and butter before heading back to the Stampede Grounds for the fullest, most exciting day of rodeo thrills, chills and spills.

Pancake breakfasts and rodeo time go hand-in-hand and this year is no different. There are several pancake breakfasts this year in Ponoka and people can expect the traditional pancakes.

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CANADA DAY TO BE MARKED WITH HUMAN FLAG Ponoka News Staff Finishing off the busy Stampede week on Canada Day, set for Wednesday, July 1, has been a big part of the Ponoka Stampede.

While the final Pro Rodeo Showdown and the $50,000 Tommy Dorchester Dash for Cash are an exciting part of the day, groups are also busy celebrating Canada’s birthday.

The Klaglahachie Fine Arts Society (KFAS) is hosting another children’s festival day of fun by the United Church with a joint effort from Tim Hortons, a major sponsor, and the Town of Ponoka.

This tasty celebration boasts cake and other treats, musical entertainment and has been more geared toward youths.

Wes Amendt, director of community services for the town, said they were working on getting a large human flag with registration starting at 12 p.m.

To prepare for the event, students from St. Augustine Catholic School will be doing a trial run Monday, June

Klaglahachie Fine Arts Society is once again hosting Canada Day festivities at the Ponoka United Church, in conjunction with Tim Hortons and the Town of Ponoka. A barbeque is being held at the Hamilton’s IGA parking lot at 11 a.m. and later that evening, in Centennial Park—weather permitting— the band Slough Water Symphony will be playing music in the park.

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22 to work out the kinks. Amendt says for the big day the first 200 kids will get a free white or red t-shirt ordered specifically for the day. He encourages people to come dressed with white or red t-shirts to highlight the flag.

Other kids’ entertainment includes games, a bouncy castle, a balloon artist and face painter until 5 p.m.

Starting at 7:30 p.m. at Centennial Park, weather permitting, the band Slough Water Symphony will be entertaining music lovers with their renditions of old time country and rock and roll.

Amendt says the town is working hard to ensure

the day goes well and he says anyone interested in helping out can call the town office to throw their name in the hat.

He says they have booked a bucket truck to get a photographer high enough to get a picture of the human flag. Amendt says they’re goal is to get several hundred participants.

The town is working on bringing fireworks that night and hope to have them over Centennial Park.

Also as part of the day’s celebrations, there will be a Canada Day barbecue at Hamilton’s IGA starting at 11 a.m. Organizers plan on bringing musical entertainment to the popular barbecue.

and Pancake Breakfast

In support of the Ponoka Elementary School Council Playground Redevelopment Project Thursday, June 25, 2015 8am – 11am Ponoka Kinsmen Recreation Centre Entertainment: Jamie Woodfin Bring the brigade to enjoy a pancake breakfast on ATB, and help support a program that knows that the key to building community is having fun.

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FARMERS MARKET PLANS FOR A BUSY WEEK DURING PONOKA STAMPEDE Ponoka News Staff Fresh produce sellers and home crafters are gearing up for a robust Ponoka Stampede week.

Held at the Ponoka Culture and Recreational Complex, the Farmers’ Market is managed by long-time organizer Donna Merrill and will be held Wednesday, June 24 and Thursday, June 25 as well as the following week on June 30 and July 1.

Many vendors will grace the market with a variety of produce and wares, making the Farmers’ Market a fantastic place to hunt

down fresh and locally gown fruits and vegetables, woodwork from artisans and an array of western style products fit for Stampede week.

Merrill says she has been busy taking in requests from vendors for tables and expects there will be a full list of options for shoppers.

Merrill and the Farmers’ Market remain actively involved with philanthropy and hold regular 50/50 draws, with proceeds going to charities and other organizations within the community.

The popular Farmers Market will take place at the Ponoka Culture and Recreation Complex on Wednesday, June 24 and Thursday, June 25 as well as Tuesday, June 30 and Wednesday, July 1.

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DEE BUTTERFIELD INDUCTED INTO PRO RODEO HALL OF FAME

By Amelia Naismith A staple in the rodeo world and wellknown barrel racer Dee Butterfield is one of this year’s inductees into the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame.

Butterfield found out at the beginning of March that she had been chosen as a 2015 inductee. “You have to be nominated,” she explained.

Butterfield had no idea she was being considered for the Hall of Fame and was in complete surprise when she got the phone call.

“It’s definitely an honor to be inducted with all

the other people who have contributed to rodeo,” she said.

A few memorable highlights from Butterfield’s years in the world of rodeo include her winning the Canadian Championship in 1992 and first qualifying for the Canadian Finals Rodeo in 1974.

“In ’75, it was the Year of the Woman,” recalled Butterfield. She was named the Canadian Pro Rodeo Woman of the Year.

“That was a big surprise,” she said.

Butterfield and her husband Craig

also qualified for the Canadian Finals together over the course of her career.

“I also used to team rope quite a bit, too,” she added.

Butterfield grew up on a ranch outside Williams Lake, BC and that’s where her love of rodeo began.

“My father, he just lived to rope, he loved to rope,” said Butterfield.

“I started barrel racing when I was 11,” she added.

Butterfield has also passed on her love of rodeo to her apt children. She said her son Chance Butterfield

had won the Alberta and Canadian High School steer wresting titles and joined his father teaching at rodeo clinics.

Daughter Brook Robertson qualified for the Canadian Finals Rodeo last year and was a former Miss Ponoka Stampede and Miss Rodeo Canada.

Butterfield says everything in her life has revolved around or is affiliated with rodeo.

Outside of competing, she has taught, trained and raises horses.

She is incredibly grateful for the support of family and

A sketch of Dee Butterfield released during the 75th anniversary of the Ponoka Stampede immortalizes the barrel racer’s talent.

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friends throughout her experiences.

“I just really appreciate the friendships that have

developed over the years,” said Butterfield.

“The people that you meet, that’s the rewards in it,” she added.

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SAWYER BROWN IS COMING TO ROCK PONOKA STAMPEDE

By Amelia Naismith Gold-album country superstar band Sawyer Brown will be the first of the grandstand entertainment lineup to take the stage at this year’s Ponoka Stampede.

Sawyer Brown is set to perform the evening of Thursday, June 25 following the first performance of the Ponoka Stampede Pro Rodeo.

The Ponoka Stampede is the fifth performance date for the band in an extensive tour that runs until Dec. 25, 2015.

Since it was founded in 1981, the band has seen both some growth and transition in its membership and the sound it produces, but fans who fill the dirt arena and bleachers at the Ponoka Stampede for the concert will not be disappointed with the familiar tunes that will be heard blasting through the town.

Over the years, the acclaimed band has released more than 20 studio albums, adding up to more than 50 charted singles and five top 10 singles.

With their beloved country songs, Sawyer Brown has also gathered numerous awards including, Academy of Country Music (ACM) awards, Country Music Association (CMA) awards and Country Music Television (CMT) awards.

The band’s most recent album, Travelin’ Band, was released in 2011.

According to the band’s website, http:// s aw ye r b row n . c o m / , Sawyer Brown has played in more than 4,000 shows in the last 30 years and logged distances well into seven figures; they are a quintessential example of a travelling band.

Josh Turner Country megastar and double-platinum selling singer/songwriter Josh Turner will thrill crowds in the second grandstand stage show on Tuesday, June 30.

As a fan of traditional country music himself, and one of the youngest members of the Grand Ole Opry, having Turner join the Ponoka Stampede lineup is thrilling for the fans of the genre.

Turner is currently working on his sixth studio album and the single Lay Low was released in the fall

of 2014.

Its predecessor, Punching Bag—Turner’s fifth album—was released June 12, 2012. The album encompassed everything Josh Turner fans have come to love and expect; including rollicking country hits with a bluegrass influence and love songs that perfectly

showcase his baritone voice.

“I wanted to express the idea that life is tough.

You get a lot of punches thrown at you and a lot of times you’re not in control.

But you have to take those punches and keep moving forward,” Turner states on his website: http:// joshturner.com/home.

Sawyer Brown will perform at the Ponoka Stampede Thursday, June 25 as part of the Pro Rodeo and Stage show.

Josh Turner is the main stage show act at the Ponoka Stampede with the performance set for Tuesday, June 30.

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Global Overhead Doors Ltd. KFC – Ponoka, Rocky Mtn. House, Red Deer Lor-Al Springs Ltd. Manulife Bank MCC Recording Studio Morskate Manufacturing Ltd. Ponoka Co-op Oils Ponoka Dodge Chrysler Jeep Redcore Ltd. The Big Picture of Design STOCK AWARD SPONSORS Abt Cattle Co. – Saddle Bronc Halter Busted Ladies Lingerie. – Bareback Halter Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. – Bull Bronze Plaque BUCKLE SPONSORS Black Aces Chuckwagon Promotion Camex Equipment & Rentals Classic Granite Works East Country Electric Featherlite/Allan Dale Trailers Foothills Inspection JAX Steakhouse & Bar MacKenzie’s No Frills McDonald’s Restaurant Ponoka Lions Club Ponoka Professional Pharmacy Sommer Home Hardware Building Centre The Butterfield Family The Dodds Family The Gerald Rausch Family The Liquor Store Treo Drilling Service L.P. FRIENDS OF PONOKA STAMPEDE Accu Publishing (2007) Bob Ronnie Catering Cantriex Livestock International Inc. Communications Group Crawford Agencies Dave Hoybak Oilfield Const.

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ATB Financial Pancake Breakfast & Outlaw Round Up at Kinsmen Recreation Centre Farmers Market - Arena Complex Ponoka Canadian Finals Mounted Shooters at the Calnash Ag-Event Centre West Coast Amusements Midway Opens Pro Rodeo Stage Show Featuring SAWYER BROWN Free Dodge Truck Giveaway Fireworks & Live Entertainment at thee Stagecoach St geccoa St Stag o chh SSaloon aloo ooon

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MONDAY, JUNE 29 - Senior’s Day 8 am - 11 am 9 am 10 am - 6:00 pm 12:30 pm 1 pm 6:30 pm

Theme - 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Flag

Pancake Breakfast at UFA Petroleum - Industrial Park Ponoka Stampede Team Roping at the Calnash Ag-Event Centre Ponoka Stampede Western Art & Gift Show - Arena Complex West Coast Amusements Midway Opens Pro Rodeo Pony Chuckwagons, World Professional Chuckwagons, Kids Wild Pony Race, Talent Show & Fireworks, Live Entertainment at the Stagecoach Saloon

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FRIDAY, JUNE 26 - Kid’s Day 9 am 10 am 12 - 6:30 pm 12:30 pm 1 pm 6:30 pm 8:30 pm

Ponoka Canadian Finals Mounted Shooters at the Calnash Ag-Event Centre Ponoka Stampede 3 Mile Long Parade Theme: 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Flag Ponoka Stampede Western Art & Gift Show - Arena Complex West Coast Amusements Midway Opens Pro Rodeo Pony Chuckwagons, World Professional Chuckwagons, Kids Wild Pony Race, Live Entertainment at the Stagecoach Saloon Beer Gardens & Dance - Arena Complex

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

Ponoka Stampede presents the World Professional Chuckwagons Dodge Pro Tour

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Art lovers can get into the western spirit at the Stampede Art Show

Miss Ponoka Stampede 2014 Katy Lucas partakes in the Ponoka Stampede Live Art Auction. This year’s auction takes place Sunday, June 28 at the Stage Coach Saloon; it begins at 4 p.m.

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By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Art lovers can get into the spirit of the Wild West at the Ponoka Stampede Western Art and Gift Show for four days during the rodeo week.

Admission is free to the show, which will be held at the Ponoka Curling Rink from Friday, June 26 to Monday, June 29. Times vary but attendees will be able to have a look at original artwork, prints, metal work and woodwork.

They can also find other items such as western clothing, fudge, card reading and fun events for the kids such

as face painting. The event has been going on for 23 years now and is a popular addition to the busy stampede week.

One of the limited edition prints at the art auction is the poster of Ponoka bull rider John Dodds riding Harvey Northcott’s bull Confusion. One print was sold at the World Professional Chuckwagon Association tarp auction on Friday, May 1 for $1,500.

The original print by artist Gaile Gallup will be up for auction Sunday, June 28 at the Stagecoach Saloon. The auction usually brings in big buyers and big dollars.

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Stampede Parade an exciting event for residents and visitors

The famous 3 Mile Long Parade is set for Friday, June 26 bringing thousands of people along Ponoka’s streets with fun floats and entries. This year’s theme celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Maple Leaf flag.

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By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Town residents and visitors of the Ponoka Stampede enjoy the many different floats that make up the procession on the parade route.

Dubbed the Ponoka Stampede 3 Mile Long Parade, the event is set for Friday, June 26, said stampede director Greg Gordon. He says rain or shine, the parade will be held but since he took over organizing the event, it has only rained once.

It’s almost a full time job, says Gordon of the parade, which is so long that by the time the first float comes full circle, the last float is just leaving. This year’s parade theme celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Maple Leaf flag and attendees can expect floats to take on

the theme in full force.

Support for the parade has been strong and Gordon says he has volunteers who have been part of the event for almost 30 years.

About 50 people help out with the parade.

One change to the parade this year is people will not see dignitaries in cars. They will either be on floats or will be at the Ponoka Fire Hall portion of the parade route to watch the event, says Gordon.

Every year thousands of people watch along the busy parade route.

This year’s parade falls on the last day of school for Wolf Creek Public Schools. To accommodate the parade, schools in Ponoka will be closed so students can take part in the parade.

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Midway brings family fun during Ponoka Stampede

The midway brings all sorts of fun to kids of all ages from West Coast Amusements and is set to start the evening of Thursday, June 25. Tickets can be purchased at Hamilton’s IGA until Wednesday, June 29, at 9:00 pm, or at the midway itself.

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By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Families looking for thrills and chills can check out the midway right on the Ponoka Stampede grounds.

West Coast Amusements has been coming to the Ponoka Stampede for many years now and fun rides for the whole family are available starting Thursday, June 25. Kids of all ages can enjoy the whirling, spinning rides and older kids will also find fun in some of the thrilling rides available.

Some of the excitement includes whirly rides for older kids and slower rides targeted at the younger children.

Anyone with a sweet tooth will find a range of tasty treats such as cotton candy, candied apples and other options.

There are a wide variety of fun games and prizes for those lucky enough to win and some people enjoy taking a ride during the fireworks set for Thursday, June 25 and June 28 to 30.

The rides open at 12:30 p.m. and run until 11:30 p.m. People looking for a bird’s eye view of the fireworks might want to try out the Ferris Wheel, a popular attraction at the midway.

Tickets or wristbands can be bought at the midway or at Hamilton’s IGA.

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Come join us at the 5th Annual

Ponoka Stampede Live Art Auction

Original painting of John Dodds

by Gaile Gallup

Sunday, June 28 at 4pm directly following the rodeo performance at the Stagecoach Saloon 2015 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Gaile Gallup ........................................... original poster Bernie Brown ......................................... pencil Bruce Koch ........................................... oil on canvas Gina McDougall Cohoe ........................ bronze Shannon Lawlor .................................... acrylic on board Greywolf Metal ...................................... ÀUHSLW Kelly Pollitt ............................................ photography Nancy Dougherty .................................. oil on canvas Donna King ........................................... oil on saw, mounted Henri deGroot ....................................... giclee

Matt Robertson .................................... spurs Jeff Boyle .............................................. wood carving Inge Sybrandi ........................................ oil on copper Corrinne Nelson ................................... scratchboard Katherine Ellison-McKelvie .................. mixed media Double Tree Creations ......................... wood work Kim Penner ........................................... giclee 'HH %XWWHUÀHOG ..................................... longhorncow skull Roberta Murray .................................... oil on canvas Ash Cooper ........................................... watercolour

Ashley Akkermans ~ Special Guest Artist For more info about the art auction or the limited edition 2015 Ponoka Stampede Poster please visit www.ponokastampede.comor email us at stampede@ponokastampede.com

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By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Attendees to the Ponoka Stampede, the largest professional seven-day rodeo in western Canada, can find some exciting entertainment this year.

Infield acts Niki Flundra and LaRue Olson will bring their unique talents to the Stampede Grounds.

Olson’s story is significant in many ways, not the least because he is a hometown Ponoka fifth generation cowboy and the fourth Olson to perform at the Ponoka Stampede.

He is a trick roper who has the skills and athletic ability to perform special numbers; he recently performed at the Calnash Ag Event Centre during the Cinch Spring Thaw Timed Event Challenge. continued on page 29

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continued from page 28 Olson said his grandfather, uncle and father have all performed at the Stampede and it has always been a goal for him to continue on the tradition. He was also a bulldogger, calf and team roper and has a strong understanding of the rodeo lifestyle.

“I just one day decided to get serious about trick roping,” said Olson.

What gets him most excited is getting the crowd involved. He says it helps him stay calm. “It relaxes me and it’s really enjoyable when you work with a crowd,” said Olson.

“I’ve definitely always loved the roar of the crowd,” he added.

This will be the biggest event of the year for Olson and he looks forward to being able to be part of the show. He has also performed in Ottawa on Canada Day and worked with the L.A. Kings hockey team.

Flundra is also excited to be part of the entertainment.

She is an accomplished trick-rider, liberty horse entertainer and stuntwoman who has taken her skills all the way to the silver screen.

As part of her act, Flundra says she will be working with three horses at liberty, which means they will be free of ties, saddles and reigns. This is her sixth year with the liberty act and she says it is a popular feature to her show.

Flundra has also performed on the big stage at the National Finals Rodeo in the United States, the Canadian Finals Rodeo and many other shows. For more information on Flundra check out www.cowgirlinup.com.

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Charity breakfast opportunity in high demand at Ponoka Stampede

By Amelia Naismith One of the most elegant events of the Ponoka Stampede is the annual Chicks for Charity Champagne Breakfast.

The long-standing breakfast and charity auction remains a festive occasion for women to dress in their finery and band together to support a variety of causes throughout central Alberta.

This year’s Chicks for Charity event is held, as always, at the Stage Coach Saloon on Saturday, June 27, beginning at 8 a.m.

The proceeds raised through the breakfast will to go to four different ventures. “This year we’ve chosen to donate to the Stepping Stones program,” said president Jane Wierzba.

“The Stepping Stones program is a foundation in place to help young mothers,” she added.

Funds are also going to the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter, the Centennial Park Playground and to purchase a defibrillator for the Ponoka Youth Centre.

In the past few years, the event has been able to raise more than $40,000 and, at the hand of the caring ladies, it is expected to do well again this year.

“We sold out in seven days,” said Wierzba. However, those still hoping to attend should not lament.

If they contact Wierzba at 403-358-8770, they can get on a waiting list, as some spaces are opening up.

Wierzba encourages every woman who wants to be involved to try and attend. “Be active in your

The Chicks for Charity Champagne Breakfast, held Saturday June 27, continues to raise funds and awareness for several causes throughout central Alberta. The breakfast begins at 8 a.m. at the Stage Coach Saloon.

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community and help us join together,” she appealed to Ponoka women.

This year the event is also changing its raffle for-

mat and will present a still-secret guest speaker.

“We’re going to have lots of prizes and it should be a good time,” said Wierzba.

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Jamie Woodfin comes to play Stampede for fifth year

Musician Jamie Woodfin is set to play twice during the busy Ponoka Stampede week. First at the ATB Financial Roundup Thursday, June 25 and then Saturday, June 27 at the Beer Gardens.

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By Amelia Naismith Ponoka native and singer/songwriter Jamie Woodfin is performing twice during the 2015 Ponoka Stampede.

Woodfin is playing at the ATB Financial Pancake Breakfast and Outlaw Roundup for the

second year in a row; Thursday, June 25.

“It’ll be an acoustic performance,” said Woodfin, referring to the intimate set.

“We just joke around and talk and play music,” he added.

On Saturday, June 27

Woodfin will perform at the Beer Gardens and Dance with his full band.

Woodfin’s path led to the Ponoka Stampede first in 2011 and 2012 with its annual talent show.

In 2013, he also performed at the Jace Harty Memorial PBR event.

This is his fifth year of involvement with the Ponoka Stampede.

Woodfin may have got his start on the Stampede talent show stage, but he released a single — Just Feels Right — earlier this spring, which is getting good play time on Canadian country radio stations.

On Tuesday, following his beer gardens performance Woodfin and his band are travelling to Fort McMurray to open for Corb Lund.

“It’s been a busy year,” said Woodfin.

“We’ll definitely be

playing the single plus some other material,” he added, referring to his two Ponoka Stampede performances.

He recently got back in the studio and plans

to release a follow up single later this summer.

Having grown up in Ponoka, Woodfin says he loves coming back and getting to play for so

many familiar faces. “It’s always good to perform in front of a hometown crowd.”

“I like to support the community as much as I can,” he added.

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Stampede tarp auction sees record sales, again

The chuckwagon races are a staple of any rodeo and at the Ponoka Stampede they run Friday, June 26 until the highly anticipated $50,000 Tommy Dorchester Dash for Cash on Wednesday, July 1.

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By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye One of the exciting events at the Ponoka Stampede week is the thundering of horses racing in the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) competition.

They don’t call it the Half Mile of Hell for nothing as rodeo fans can be heard stamping their feet in the grandstands when the wagons come rolling to the finish line.

This year’s tarp auction Friday, May 1 at the Stagecoach Saloon brought record sales, of $519,000, despite tough

economic times, up $11,000 from last year.

Roger Moore took the high bid of $50,000 — he brought in $51,000 last year — from Pidherney’s with the next highest bid at $25,000 for Kurt Bensmiller from the Tsuu T’ina Nation. Stampede vicepresident and organizer of the auction, Blair Vold says six nights of chuckwagon races is a good opportunity for corporate sponsors to be promoted.

“This brings more of the bigger sponsors here . . . it’s just a big show and lots more prize money up,” said Vold.

He added the chuck-

wagon races will be broadcast live via payper-view during the Stampede. “If you can’t make it to the rodeo you can watch it live,” WPCA president speaks on new endeavours The WPCA is actively looking at ways of improving its audience base, says president Ed Wittchen. Tools such as social media are embraced and drivers and outriders are encouraged to take to sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

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continued from page 32 You know, build our brand,” he explained.

With the other tarp auction sales down from recent years, Wittchen says he has been reminding drivers about the importance of getting to know their sponsors. In Ponoka’s case, that seems to have worked.

Speaking about some drivers, Wittchen says they and their sponsors have become personal friends. Indeed, Moore works for Piderney’s and has for many years.

“When times got tough … they didn’t walk away,” he said.

Pilot program to track horses The WPCA has been quite vocal about its code of care that ensures proper treatment of racehorses. Continuing on with that plan, the association is working on a two-year pilot program to use electronic chips in the thoroughbred WPCA

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horses.

Wittchen says the new program, dubbed the Traceability Project, will give the association first-hand knowledge of where every horse is and which horses are racing.

Officials can then waive a detection device over a horse before a race to ensure what riders say is accurate.

“We do random drug tests and on the drivers every show,” explained Wittchen.

Vice-president John Lee has been working on this project for some time and he says the WPCA is working closely with provincial and federal planners.

“Really we’re the only equine organization that really has stepped forward now,” said Lee. By using electronic chips there is also a means of tracking the horses if they are stolen, he added.

To do this, the WPCA is developing new software and Lee says driv-

ers are embracing the initiative.

“Most of the stuff that is in there they’ve been

doing anyway,” added Lee. He feels following a specific code of care is

becoming a vital part of animal and equine groups and he expects many associations will

need to adopt something similar in the near future.

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Red Deer based singer/songwriter, Bradley Abel is back from his cross Canada tour promoting his debut EP, Trouble. Bradley is known for playing his mix of covers and original songs everywhere there is music. He’s played Irish pubs, country taverns, cruise ships or anywhere that has a stage. Playing a range of covers from City and Colour to Bob Marley to classics like Neil Young, The Band, Tom Petty and everything in between.

This spring he recorded his first full length album under the name One Day in May. – www.bradleyabel.com

Brookelyn Anderson

Born in Red Deer and raised on a small farm west of Eckville; Preston was around 10 years old when he got his first acoustic guitar that he still cherishes to this day. Preston works in the oilfield industry to support his wife and two year old daughter.

He enjoys playing at jams and for family and friends in his spare time.

Throughout the years, friends and family have always encouraged him to pursue a career in music. Preston enjoys being outside camping, quading, playing songs around a camp fire as well as listening to all types of country music.

Hi, I’m Brookelyn Anderson, age 17 and in Grade 11. I recently moved from Winnipeg to Red Deer. My audition was the first time to sing in front of an audience but I’ve been singing my whole life. I sing everywhere - whether in a store, the car or around the house. When I’m feeling down I always sing and all of my worries go away. I guess you could say music and I have gotten along pretty well over the past years. This has already been a great experience and I hope to see you all in Ponoka.

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Jennie Hawryluk

Though only 12 years old, Jennie Hawryluk has an incredible love of country music. She is currently in grade 7 at Springbank Middle School. Jennie is in Gr. 3 RCM piano as well as Gr. 3 RCM Voice. In 2014, Jennie was a Young Canadian in the Calgary Stampede, chosen as a junior performer for the Calgary Stampede Talent Search, won the Strathmore Stampede Talent contest and played a lead role in her school’s musical production. Jennie has had over 5 years of performance experience in both piano and voice recitals but always looks forward to her next singing opportunity.

Tanya Nydokus

Tanya was born in St. Paul, AB and was adopted into a loving family at the age of two and a half years. Her family was musical and could see that she loved to sing at an early age.

She entered many school music festivals, sung for many weddings/ functions while growing up. Tanya has sung several years at the Ivan Daines Country Music Piknik in Innisfail and recently performed for a memorial service at the Ranchman’s in Calgary. Tanya now resides in Ponoka and is currently employed at the Golden Leisure Lodge as a lodge attendant.

Sam Lundell

My name is Jordan Hillareguy.

I love music and have for my whole life. It’s been with me through some hard times. It’s my dream to play on stage and share my words with the world. I love music, and I love this little town. I want to make Ponoka proud.

Former Ponoka County resident, Sam Lundell, began his musical endeavors studying violin at age 5, later adding musical theatre, piano, dance, vocals and guitar.

Sam’s performance passions have resulted in amazing opportunities, including opening for High Valley and playing with Grammy Award winning band Switchfoot, fronted

by Sam’s musical idol, Jon Foreman.

Sam is excited and feels privileged to be sharing the Ponoka Stampede Stage with 10 talented musicians on June 29th!! www.samlundell.com

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Ashley RiChard

Ashley is a 17 year old from Red Deer. This past year she played with the Red Deer Midget AAA Chiefs hockey team and successfully won silver at the National Esso Cup Championships. Ashley has also been learning to play guitar and ukulele. Music is both a passion for herself and her family. She plans to carry on the music legacy in her family and keep pursuing hockey in the near future.

Jordan is 13 years old from Lloyminster, Sask. She has been performing in front of audiences since she was 10, and has played in many local fairs and festivals.

Jordyn has opened for singer/ songwriter Amber Bauer, The Johner Boys and most recently Brett Kissel. She plays both the guitar and piano and began song writing a few years ago.

Music has always been her passion, and she hopes to one day make it her career.

Jeremy Rush Born and raised on a ranch in Pigeon Lake, Jeremy acquired a passion for music at a very young age. The 25 year old Alberta boy performed for youth across the country in the acapella group “Hoja”, was a soloist in musical ensemble “Revv 52” for 4 years but finally found his niche in country music where he opened for Canadian artist George Canyon last August. Rush currently lives in Calgary, a tradesman by day and singer/songwriter by night.

Jessica St. Dennis

Jessica is 22 years old, with a passion for music; she resides in Blackfalds Alberta with her family. She was inspired to sing by her late Grandmother Agnes, who found immense joy in listening to her sing songs around the house. Jessica was introduced to the concept of guitar accompaniment by her Aunt Josey McNeill, and has since been called a ‘musical parrot,’ she hasn’t looked back since. Through exposure to bluegrass and old country by her grandfather Mel, she has developed a deep rooted love of old classic country music. When she is not working or volunteering, you will find her enjoying one of her favourite pastimes – reading. However, no matter where you see her, at work, or play, she will always have a song on her lips and love in her heart.

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Reflections

79TH PONOKA STAMPEDE HONOURS JANET VOLD

By Mike Rainone for the News Families and individuals from our town and county as well as from all facets of the rodeo community in this area and throughout Alberta were saddened by the sudden passing of life-long Ponoka district resident Janet Vold on March 12, 2015 at the age of 64 years. In sincere tribute to a great lady who has passionately devoted many years of her active life to the promotion and mentorship of the thrilling sport of rodeo, the Ponoka Stampede Association has named the late Janet Vold as the Honorary President of our 79th Stampede from June 24 to July 1, 2015. This very special occasion of recognizing longstanding individuals and families for their dedication and contributions to rodeo and community has been a proud tradition of the Ponoka Stampede for many decades, but this year will be a first, as three generations of the Vold family, including Janet, her father Clifford, and her grandfather Nansen have been chosen for this coveted honour.

Janet was respected greatly in the rodeo world with her larger than life love and knowledge of the sport, and at the celebration of her life at the 79th Ponoka Stampede, members of her family will be riding in the 3-mile long parade on Friday-June 26, then at the 6:30 p.m. evening performance they will gather in front of the main grand-stand, where the Stampede Association, extended rodeo family, friends, and fans will dedicate the first pro-rodeo performance to her memory.

A lifetime devoted to helping others Janet Lorraine Vold was the oldest daughter of Cliff and Marion Vold, and was born in Ponoka, Alberta on May 30, 1950 as a fourth generation member of one of our district’s first and very colorful pioneer families, which began when Andrew Vold settled here in 1896. She spent the first year of her life just outside of the tiny village of Morningside until her parents moved east of Ponoka and settled in the Water Glen district.

Her uncle, avid auctioneer and stock contractor Harry Vold, fondly recalls that as a little toddler Janet quickly became a real daddy’s girl right from the start, following him around every day, and falling in love with all the

horses and ponies on the family ranch.

She always possessed a great passion for the country life, would sit for hours in the pasture watching the colts, and soon became a real good horsewomen. During Janet’s younger years her busy life included attending Mecca Glen School, riding horses for endless hours with her sisters Sharon and Brenda, as well as becoming a member of the 4-H Horse and Garden Club and The Ponoka Light Horse Club, attending lots of gymkhanas, and helping with the chores when she had time. Some would say that Janet was never much of disciplinarian, but were surprised when she became a faithful school bus patrol, and really enjoyed her first small leadership role of standing up by the bus driver, then opening and closing the door at each stop and greeting her fellow students.

Like so many other students from those quaint Ponoka country schools, Janet would complete her education at the Ponoka Composite High School.

As a teenager, Janet Vold would receive another very prestigious honour when she was christened by the Montana Band from Maskwacis as Princess White Cloud in a colorful ceremony led by the late Mrs. Victoria Currie. She was always extremely proud of this very first ever honour bestowed upon a fourth generation family member, as her grandfather Nansen had been named honorary Chief Eagle Feather and her father Cliff as honorary Chief Spotted Horse in similar ceremonies during the Ponoka Stampede just a few years before. At that time, Janet was only the third woman in Canada to receive the coveted award, with the others being renowned poet Pauline Johnson and Governor General Adrienne Clarkson many years later.

Following her graduation from high school, Janet held many office jobs in and around Ponoka, as well as at Maskwacis, Wetaskiwin, Red Deer, Bashaw and Ferintosh, during which time she volunteered as a member of the East Country Women as well as on the board of Ponoka Victims Services, but always found a little time for those fun trail rides, especially into the mountains. Always looking for a new challenge and a change of pace, Janet moved to Billings, Montana, in 1980, where she spent most of her spare time trading horses. She returned to

As a young teen-ager Janet Vold received the great honour of being christened Princess White Cloud by the Montana Band from Maskwacis.

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Ponoka in 1983, took a job working at the Montana Band, and moved a house onto the Vold family ranch just a short distance from where her grandparents had homesteaded so many decades before.

It was there at this point that Janet Vold learned the vital importance of treating all people fairly, sincerely noting that ‘the guy mopping the floors one day can be the chief the next day.’

This was also a milestone turning point in her life when she got involved

in the timing of rodeos, and loved it so much that she pursued and received secretarial duties when Diamond Five was starting up and hosting many native and professional rodeos. As the late Kathi Vold kindly agreed to ‘show her the ropes’ and got her started in the hectic world of rodeo, Janet found the rodeo office the most challenging but enjoyable atmosphere for her, and so began her amazing 20 plus years’ career. continued on page 37

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FORMER RODEO SECRETARY JANET VOLD HONOURED continued from page 36

Along the way, Janet firmly believed that the secretary of the rodeo behind the scenes was like the hub of the wagon wheel with the stock contractor, the contestants, the judges, the committee, and all the other personnel that she looked forward to connecting with each and every day, before, during and after each event.

Janet Vold made it a point to be the ‘contestant’s friend’, and at whatever rodeo she worked, she got to know each and every cowboy or cowgirl by their first name, whether they were an NFR champion or a boy’s steer rider, she greeted several hundred of them at each event, wished them the best of luck, and even shared that big bowl of jelly beans on her desk.

Janet had a unique gift each day of inspiring them all to have a good run by getting them laughing and loose with her great sense of humour.

Janet worked her favourite hometown Ponoka Stampede for over 20 years, but also served as the rodeo secretary at many other pro-rodeos at Maskwacis, Big Stone, Leduc, Grande Prairie, Fairview, Cereal, Saskatoon, Maple Creek, Red Deer, the Edmonton Spring Rodeo, Camrose, Lacombe, Sundre, Benalto, Olds, Okotoks, Bruce, Strathmore and Cold Lake, as well as working at the FCA finals in Red Deer, and at bullriding events in Airdrie, Irricana, Red Deer, Spruce View, Olds, Cochrane, and Oyen. One of the proudest highlights of Janet’s overwhelming dedication to the Ponoka Stampede was when she helped to organize the 75th Anniversary Reunion, where she really enjoyed reconnecting and meeting with many of the great rodeo contestants and families of our glorious past during the gala 2011 celebration.

After her mother Marion passed away in 2002, Janet moved to Ponoka to live with and care for her dad Cliff, and remained there until his passing.

Over the last nine years, her nieces and nephew Shelby, LaRue, and Laine all lived with her from time to time or another and she was fondly referred to as their ‘other mother’, as well as always striving to be a great daughter and sister, a kindly aunt, and a good

supportive and lifetime friend to so many.

Following are only a few of the hundreds of sincere quotes, accolades, and expressions of deep respect and appreciation by members of her family, the Ponoka Stampede Association, our community and the Canadian Rodeo community following the loss of Janet Vold, a special lady, who will never be forgotten. *’Janet was always on top of everything, and she was organized from start to finish. (Cousin and Stock Contractor Wayne Vold). *’The books were always balanced when Janet was on the job, taking all the entries and calculating the total points to the winners and the fans in every event.’ (Frank Mickey, Life Member of the Ponoka Stampede Association). *’We are all going to miss Janet Vold. We’ve lost a top hand not only at the Ponoka Stampede, but in the sport of rodeo throughout the Province of Alberta.’ (Long time PSA Board member Dr. Gary Harbin). *’We always enjoyed riding our horses together all over the ranch, where there were absolutely no bikes. I vividly remember a trip to Wyoming in a home-made camper, which began to fall apart on the way, but as always Janet managed to keep it all so calm.’ (Sister Brenda Vold).

She was always there for me, and was my mentor all through our life together.’ (Sister Sharon Olson). *Some of those very special things that Janet always enjoyed and appreciated during her ‘grand rodeo adventure’ were: phone conversations with Maki Baird, her birthday parties with the crew in Grande Prairie, Wayne’s assuring hand on her shoulder on the last day of the Ponoka Stampede, listening to Shane Franklin recite poetry on Sunday mornings during the Sundre Rodeo, relaxing in the mountain air with the Northcott crew in Jasper Park, and of course the ongoing camaraderie at each and every event.

Please think of Janet Vold when you see young foals playing in the sun or when you spot the first crocus of the season.

Janet Vold at the rodeo office doing the job that she loved the most.

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Janet Vold with sisters Brenda and Sharon at the Ponoka Stampede rodeo office.

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This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s judges included Dave Gilmore, who once again donated one of his handcrafted guitars as one of the prizes, and the morning show from KG Country radio, Jessica Hoy and Matt Di Paola.

Over the course of the two-night auditions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wednesday, May 27 and Thursday, May 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the judges saw a total of 42 contestants, who added some flair to the competition by representing a number of different genres, including country, traditional country, pop and blues rock. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the Ponoka Stampede draws such a huge crowd â&#x20AC;Ś I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a great evening with different genres represented,â&#x20AC;? said Hoy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at a stampede doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean you need to listen to country,â&#x20AC;? Di Paola added.

Having chosen 11 finalists, the judges had a tough time sorting through all the vocally endowed contenders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really hard, there was a lot of really, really talented people,â&#x20AC;? said Hoy. For Hoy, she was looking for those with the highest confidence to move forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stage presence is key,â&#x20AC;? Di Paola explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think all the people who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it, keep performing and come back next year,â&#x20AC;? he added.

The Ponoka Stampede Talent Show has been a part of the Stampede lineup for approximately 30 years and association member and show organizer Keith Kjenner says country stars such as Shane Yellowbird, Gord Bamford, Brett Kissel and Stacie Roper of Hey Romeo have all performed in the show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For those of you getting up here for the first time, it all has to start somewhere,â&#x20AC;? said Kjenner. continued on page 39

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“So that’s what he did, and he won,” said Kjenner.

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