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MOUSH SARA JOHN INDEPENDENT REPORTER The blue rink at the Stettler Recreation Centre was transformed into a hub of winter activities on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 19 as the Stettler community came out to participate in the fourth annual Skate with Santa event.

Hosted by the Parks and Leisures Services, the event has become a fun fixture for families during the festive season.

The idea was conceived by Gerry Little, a former parks foreman.

“Gerry organized it where he used to work, but when he

moved away we kept it going, trying to make it better than the previous year,” said Jacqui Newton, a representative from the Parks and Leisures Services.

With this year being one of the bigger turnouts, Newton said, “There were a wide range of activities from skating and shinny to ice painting, along with several stations where kids could play games and collect tickets to redeem for a small prize.”

Some of these games were fish for candy canes, shoot the puck, bowling, ring toss and bean bag throw.

The highlight of the event was Santa Claus, who posed

with children for pictures and skated around the rink for an hour.

“We were able to put this event on because of the local sponsors and volunteers,” said Newton.

There were free hot dogs and hot chocolate being served just outside the rink.

“It is such a fun event for the kids to experience,” said Abigail Witherspoon, who was visiting from south of Stettler with her two kids, aged two and four. “It is our first time, but we are enjoying it, its great!”

According to Newton, there were about 80 people in attendance, including kids, which

was not too bad, given the number of events during the weekend at this time.

“I feel it turned out really well, and we were pretty organized this year,” said Newton.

“We had plenty of staff helping out so everything went smooth, and its fun to see the families enjoying the day, and I would say take the time this holiday season to slow down and enjoy the moments spent with friends and family.”

As the afternoon waned away a corner of the ice rink became a colourful canvas as kids tried their hands at ice painting and other activities, and kept their spirits up throughout the event.

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From left, teacher Doug Gregory, William E. Hay Secondary Campus student Hannah McKay, Stettler and District Hamper Society president Janelle Robinson and son Dax, and teacher Samantha Mielke. The William E. Hay delegation presented Robinson and the society with several hundred dollars worth of food and a cheque for $11,000 at the FCSS office on Tuesday, Dec. 15.

School raises $11,000 for community’s Christmas needs ‘I’m flabbergasted’ - Hamper Society president

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STACEY LAVALLIE INDEPENDENT REPORTER When Janelle Robinson, president of the Stettler and District Hamper Society, was told that students of William E. Hay Secondary Campus had raised money for the Christmas Hamper program, she expected a few thousand dollars.

Instead, she received $11,000, a sum that left her “absolutely flabbergasted.”

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Staff and Management from Stettler Royal Bank wish to thank the Stettler community for their generosity. In mid November the team at Royal Bank began collecting toys and donations for the Stettler Hamper Society, they were overjoyed with the contributions that came in and are so thankful to their clients and the community for their generosity.

“I’m just shocked and so honoured,” she said.

“To have all that energy put out way? There’s no words.”

The school has always fundraised at Christmas, but for the past several years that energy has been devoted to Operation Christmas Child, which fills up shoe boxes with items for children in need around the world.

This year, after a group of teachers and students approached Principal Norbert Baharally with the idea of directing the fundraising attention locally instead of internationally, the school got on board with a change in direction.

Retiring teacher Doug Gregory, who finishes up his career at the end of this school year, “planted the seed,” Baharally said.

From there, it was teachers and students who did all the work, with homeroom

teachers “pounding the pavement” with the kids, and helping them think up ideas to raise money.

Some of the students did the tried-and-true fundraisers, baking up heaps of holiday treats and selling them off for handy profits.

A spaghetti dinner brought in a pretty penny. Other students got creative, with one class of students auctioning off their artwork and another group of students and volunteer victims/teachers engaging in a pie-throwing contest.

One of the most creative events was “date night,” Baharally said. For $10 a person, the date nighters enjoyed a movie, popcorn and pizza, drinks, and free babysitting, offered by students of the class.

On Tuesday, Dec. 15, Gregory, fellow teacher Samantha Mielke, and student Hannah McKay joined Robinson at the

FCSS office on Main Street in Stettler to present their earnings. Not only did they show up with the cheque, they also brought a car full of donated food. With the $11,000, food and toy donations, and gift cards, Baharally estimated nearly $12,000 was actually raised.

FCSS employee Patrick Kelly said “It’s unreal. It’s amazing.”

This year hamper requests are up, with 145 being requested by those in need from the community.

Each “hamper” comes with food for a holiday meal as well as gifts for children, including clothes, toys and outer wear. The estimated cost of a hamper is about $250.

“When people say kids these days don’t have a sense of community, I just want to say, ‘Look at these kids!’” Gregory said. “I’m so proud of them.”

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Ken Bengert, Midget A team manager (right) gives a hand to the midget boys as they unload a truck of groceries at the Food Bank on Monday, Dec. 21.

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Stettler Minor Hockey Association (SMHA) fundraises for the Food Bank and FCSS MOUSH SARA JOHN INDEPENDENT REPORTER The Stettler Minor Hockey Association (SMHA) had its midget players work over the weekend, from Friday afternoon, Dec. 18 to Sunday evening, Dec. 20 to fundraise for the Food Bank and the crisis aid program of the Family and Community Support Services (FCSS), with $1,340 raised from a progressive 50/50 and a truck full of groceries, delivered to Stettler Food Bank on Monday morning, Dec. 21.

“The donation of $1,340 that the Midget boys made this morning is going to the crisis aid program, which is a onetime access program for people in a state of crisis, providing things like medical assistance, grocery, clothing vouchers etc.,” said Patrick Callin, an FCSS representative.

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cessing this program use it as their last resort, because they have been unable to access any other government-funded programs.”

The crisis aid relies only on community donations, and is accessible by residents of the community only.

The SMHA executive board came up with the idea and handled the logistics by gathering volunteers and other team members to help out.

“I simply thought our midget players who have been playing hockey and have had the support of the community for years, needed to do something to give back,” said Ken Bengert, Midget A team manager. “When I approached the board, they came up with the Progressive 50/50 and Food Bank Truck idea, which was great and I would personally like to see this being held every year.”

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The total amount raised from the progressive 50/50 was $2,680, with $1,340 going to Cheri Snider of Crowsnest Pass and $1,340 going to FCSS in Stettler.

“The truck is full of groceries which will be going to the Food Bank,” said Bengert. “This collection of food has been going on for two weeks.”

The Bantam and Midget girls collected a big portion of the food donation during their home tournament last weekend, Dec. 11-13.

The Atom teams recently made a food donation as well, and this came after their home tournament which was late November.

“I honestly had very little to do with the organizing,” said Bengert. “It ran very smoothly and it’s because of the very strong group of volunteers within SMHA who know how to get things done.”

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the feedback for the first time has been “great”.

“Everyone has tightened up their cash flow this year with the way the economy has been, but they still know how to donate and help the people that need it,” added Bengert. “This community has always been good about helping out.”

Several players from the Midget A, B and C teams have been at the rink all weekend to sell 50/50 tickets.

“When the organizers asked the Midget boys about giving up their time, it was very nice to see them step up, as none of this benefits SMHA, all the cash and food goes back into the community,” said Bengert. “We’ve had many people from other communities that were in town for a game say this was a good idea and they think their hockey associations should do something similar and I hope they do!”

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Council approves budget requests for museum and library STACEY LAVALLIE INDEPENDENT REPORTER

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TransCanada Pipelines representative Kent Armstrong presents a cheque of $750 to Betty Birch, board chair of Food Bank on Thursday, Dec. 17.

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It was a brisk council meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15, as council had a light agenda for its last meeting of the year.

Mayor Dick Richards and Deputy Mayor Karen Sernecky were both absent from the meeting, so assistant CAO Steven Gerlitz called the meeting to order and directed councillors to elect a chairman for the meeting. Council unanimously selected Councillor Sean Nolls, to Nolls’ jesting dismay.

Most of the discussion at the meeting revolved around the budget process, which is now underway and will continue until nearly the end of May. The Stettler Town and Country Museum budget was addressed at the meeting, with the staff recommendation that the museum’s budget be increased to $30,000 for 2016 unanimously passed. The increase of $2,000 to the $30,000 continues a trend of an annual $2,000 raise that has taken place since 2010, when the budget was only $18,000.

The museum had asked the increase of both the town and the County of Stettler, as the funds were needed to address the need for repair on several of the historical buildings located in the village-like museum setting. The money also helps support the museum’s operating costs, renewal projects and other site improvents.

Last year, the museum completed exterior painting on the red pole barn, caboose, Felix House, speeder shed, the courthouse eaves and upper window, started restoration of the Estonian log house, completed a new walkway to the train station, and held several fundraising events

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including Light the Night and the inaugural Night at the Booseum.

This year, the museum wants to finish the caboose renovations, replace the roof and ramp of the Ransom School, replace the floor in the pole barn, paint the interior of the courthouse, complete refurbishment of the Estonian house, stabilize the Felix House, fix the sidewalks around the main building as well as update the bathrooms, hot water tank and heating, replace the deck and ramps on several buildings, and build the gazebo for the Wilda Gibbon memorial — plus other minor things.

Council heard from CAO Greg Switenky that the requested increase was not a surprise and the $2,000 had been worked into the interim budget, meaning that there’s no financial implication to the budget if council approved the museum’s budget request.

Council also entertained a delegation from the Stettler Public Library, which presented its budget for 2016 and discussed some of the programs offered by the library as well as some of the financial hurdles.

The delegation was headed by library’s manager, Mary Zazelenchuk.

The presentation revealed that the budget for 2016 is estimated at just shy of $450,000. Of that budget, the town is being asked to foot $232,961 this year.

Zazelenchuk spoke about some of the library’s sources of income, including invigilating for distance education students.

Students who take college courses or distance education courses can take their tests in the exam room in the library, and the educational institution pays the library for each test.

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members of the community continue to experiment with the machine, with prints costing anywhere from $0.50 to $10, usually, Zazelenchuk said.

When asked by councillor Al Campbell what sort of things people could use a 3D printer for, she explained that the range was wide. However, one library user, confined to a wheelchair, used the printer to make himself a set of unique handgrips, which helped him move himself around easier because of the increased traction.

Programs at the library continue to be well attended, attracting a wide range of ages, Zazelenchuk reported.

From tots to great-grandparents, to fifth-generation Canadians to brand new immigrants, programs at the library are rarely empty. Circulation is also at a five-year-high, Zazelenchuk noted, with more physical books remaining more popular than the digital eBook.

One factor in the increased costs on the operating side are those eBooks, Zazelenchuk reported. For the library, those digital editions cost them roughly 50 per cent more than the hardcover books, a “cash grab” that is painful for book budgets. However, those books aren’t lost or damaged, so that’s one factor likely considered in the higher cost. However, unlike traditional books, those books can’t be sold off when their time with the library is done.

The library also loans out more than books, having an extensive DVD collection of movies and television series.

Council had previously approved the numbers for the library, but showed their support for the organization by approving the budget as presented, essentially ratifying a previous decision.

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Dacia Gramlick spellbind audience at first hometown concert MOUSH SARA JOHN INDEPENDENT REPORTER Dacia Gramlick performed to a packed audience at the Stettler Alliance Church on Saturday evening, Dec. 19 as she belted out soulful renditions of classical music.

Accompanied on the piano by Veronica Weber, the concert also included special performances

by Rhonda Sylvester and Kaylee Somerville.

In September, Gramlick became a member of the University of Alberta Madrigal Singers Choir and will be visiting Greece during her Christmas break.

In consultation with Sylvester, who has trained Gramlick for eight years and with one of her teachers in Edmonton, Shannon Hiebert, Gramlick organized this concert, her first in her hometown.

“I loved the idea of doing a concert in my hometown because they have supported me so much over the years,” said Gramlick.

“Veronica Weber has played for me in the local music festivals, so when I decided I was going to have a concert she was the first person I thought of to play for me.”

The order of the music was decided by all three performers, keeping the classical pieces towards the beginning and the Christmas numbers at the end.

“I had sung with Kaylee for quite a few years and this being her senior year, I thought it would be awesome for her to perform, but if it weren’t for Rhonda I may not have been at the level I am at today,” said Gramlick. “She was my teacher for eight years and taught me most of what I know today, so I definitely wanted the chance to perform alongside her.”

‘O Mio Babbino Caro’ was Gramlick’s final solo and she said, “It has been probably my favourite song that I’ve worked on and this year, it has gotten better than last year so I really wanted to share that with everyone.”

Music has been Gramlick’s passion for years, and she started taking singing lessons since Grade 4, while the past four months she has been taking music at the University of Alberta with “some profound teachers”.

“I truly believe she was made to sing and I have loved every minute throughout the years and

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seeing how far she has come takes my breath away,” said Gramlick’s mother, Michelle. “There is something special about her and I know I’m not the only one to think that way.”

Gramlick has been a part of the American High School Honors Choir who performed in Carnegie Hall, New York for two years.

She was also a part of the Alberta Youth Choir in 2014.

For solo performances, Gramlick has placed every year except for one in provincials.

In May 2015 Gramlick placed first in the Musical Theatre Ballad category.

“I still don’t really have a person in the music world that I am individually inspired by but all the different kinds of music itself inspires me,” said Gramlick.

“I am so excited to see where I can go with it.”

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Dacia Gramlick performs in her first concert at the Stettler Alliance Church on Saturday evening, Dec. 19.

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Most folks see bears as denizens of forests and mountains. On the whole that is true, except for grizzly and polar bears, both are quite happy to also live out in the wideopen spaces of the prairies, northern tundra and arctic areas. In fact, one of the ancestral natural habitats of the grizzly bear is the great plains of North America. Before white settlers came into the west, thousands of grizzlies occupied areas from the Alberta foothills all the way to the ManitobaOntario border and south to Mexico. The official scientific name of the grizzly is the North American Brown Bear and reference is made to a variety of sub-species dependent mostly on where they are located such as the Alaska Kodiak bear, the Mexican grizzly, etc… The unofficial name `grizzly` was applied by early explorers and refers to their appearance.

One ponders what the grizzly bear survived on whilst living on the plains during the past millennia, as food sources would seem either sparse or hard to catch. Much of the plains were occupied by

swift grazing animals like bison, elk, deer and antelope, all of whom could outrun any bear in the open. Lucky for bears they are omnivores and can survive by eating almost anything like vegetation, bugs, fish, worms and rodents. They are also significant scavengers of carrion of any kind, which the vast herds of millions of grazing mammals provided on a steady basis. Bears are also robust opportunists and rely on other predators to their hunting for them. A key to their survival on the plains was their relationship with their arch rival, the prairie wolf. Bears have the uncanny ability to sniff out and locate wolf kills for many miles around. They would then chase wolves off their hard-won food supply. Only a large aggressive wolf pack had the ability to keep a hungry grizzly off their kill.

With the arrival of white settlers the fate of both the prairie wolf and prairie grizzly bear was sealed and both were all but exterminated from the Canadian plains by the 1900s. Governments on both sides of the border put bounties on wolves

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which wiped them out by the 1920s, that saw a big food source loss for grizzlies. Then the bison disappeared and another food supply was lost.

Then cultivation and cattle grazing took over much of the traditional grizzly habitat. The final straw was the vulnerability of a large somewhat slow moving mammal on the open prairie, it made it an easy target for hunters on horses with long range rifles. The prairie bear basically disappeared within a fifty year period. There was no stopping the extermination of prairie bears anywhere near human habitation as humans, being a prey species, have a visceral psychological primal fear of such a large threatening predator. By

the early 1900s grizzly bears were confined to mountains and deep forested areas mostly in the Alberta Rockies, and BC. The cousin of the grizzly, the more numerous Black Bear, never was a significant resident of the plains but thrived on the fringes in forested areas. An area that they still occupy to this day in considerable numbers. The two bear varieties are not happy neighbours and generally avoid contact with each other. In addition humans have a somewhat more sympathetic view of black bears, seeing them as less aggressive and more of a nuisance animal, that perception probably saved them from extermination in many areas. That causes one to ponder why then

do government agencies and wildlife groups spend so much money, time and energy trying to increase grizzly numbers – isn’t one bear variety enough in the wild environment. I suspect it has more to do with psychology and the business end of conservation. For reasons that escape me grizzly bears are seen as some sort of iconic species in the wilderness that are critical to ecological stability. I would dispute that as there is little evidence that a wilderness area collapses with the absence of a grizzly bear, the presence of black bears would seem to mitigate such concerns.

However, from a conservation business aspect grizzlies do have a role.

They create jobs for government conservation employees and a host of related services. University researchers are kept busy with government grants for investigating grizzly behaviour of every kind.

And of course wildlife groups have a continuing iconic symbol to support their endless fund raising campaigns. It would seem the grizzly bear has created its own people-sustaining industry.

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Ditched vehicle results in many charges for disqualified driver STACEY LAVALLIE INDEPENDENT REPORTER A midnight vehicle breakdown and request for help has resulted in multiple charges being laid against a 46-year-old Stettler-area man.

Shortly past midnight on Dec. 16, Michael Seyer knocked on the door of a rural residence near Botha, explaining to the home owners that his vehicle had ended up in the ditch, and he’d like help getting the vehicle out if possible. The homeowners went and assisted Seyer in extricating the vehicle from the ditch, but grew concerned about his state of sobriety and chose to follow him afterwards, at a discreet distance.

According to Stettler detachment commander Sgt. Phil Penny, the couple observed speeding and swerving driving by Seyer.

Eventually, the vehicle again became disabled, though Penny did not have the exact details as to how available by press

time.

With his vehicle no longer working, Seyer exited the vehicle and began walking, which is when the police — phoned by the concerned Botha-area residents — arrived.

Police heard that when Seyer had come to the residence, he had a shotgun with him — though Penny said the firearm was never

held or brandished in any threatening manner, a fact he couldn’t “emphasize enough.”

Seyer is facing a charge each of driving an unregistered vehicle, driving with no insurance, disqualified driving, dangerous driving, and breach of probation. He will appear in a Red Deer court today, Dec. 23.

PJs for a good cause STACEY LAVALLIE INDEPENDENT REPORTER For the second year in a row, volunteers are collecting pyjamas to help kids in need in the community.

Karen Pivert and Brenda Vegter started the Christmas PJs drive last year and according to Vegter, had an outstanding response.

“We got PJs, and then some,” she said with a laugh. While many sets of pyjamas were distributed through the Stettler Community Hamper Society in the Christmas Hampers, leftover pyjamas were distributed throughout the year as needed.

That means that this Christmas, the clothing-drive is starting anew.

“We’re asking for donations of boys’ and girls’ pjs in all sorts of sizes,” Vegter said.

“If you’re not sure what type to get, we’re accepting money donations, too.”

The sleepwear should be for youth from birth to 18 years of age, and can be dropped off at Old Fashion Candy and Scrapbooking on Main, or Gitzel Krejci Dand Peterson at 5912 51 St. Vegter said both sites will accept pyjamas, but financial donations should only be dropped off at Gitzel Krejci Dand Peterson.

“It’s been a bit slower this year, but as word gets out I know we’ll be able to help out,” Vegter said.

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When staring up Main Street in Big Valley, visitors can’t help but notice the bright blue-and-white church that quaintly occupies the top of the hill.

A conservation architectural study at St. Edmund’s Anglican church will soon be underway after the Big Valley Historical Society (BVHS) is one of three Stettler-area groups to receive grants from the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation’s Historic Resource Conservation Grants program.

The lucky recipients were named last Friday, Dec. 18, with BVHS securing two grants.

Lois Miller, treasurer for BVHS, said she’s very excited.

“Both (the church and grain elevator) are landmarks in Big Valley,” she said. “These grants will help us keep them sound

and looking pretty.”

With a leaking roof on both the grain elevator and the blue church, BVHS brought in an inspector from the government, as both buildings are historic sites. The instructor felt a “conservation architectural study” should be completed on the church before repairing the roof because it was important to know if there were other issues with the quaint building before beginning work.

BVHS applied for a grant to cover 100 per cent of the cost, Miller said, and everyone was elated when they found out they’d received full funding, to the tune of $17,150.

Other grant recipients include the Rocky Mountain Rail Society, which has membership from all over central Alberta. The organization has been working on repairing a steam locomotive, the 6060. The train, built in 1944, is “an excellent example of the late-era steam locomotives

from the days of the Second World War,” the press release from the foundation noted. The train is known as the “Spirit of Alberta” to mark the province’s 75th anniversary.

The final recipient in the Stettler-area of grant money is the Stettler United Church. The $540 received will help cover the cost of the Casavant organ repairs. The foundation praises the Stettler church’s blending of architecture. “(Stettler United Church) was one of the first churches built specifically for use as a United Church,” the foundation noted in its press release. “Its architecture (represents) an intriguing transitional style between the historical architecture of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregrationalist churches of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the modernist churches of the latter half of the 20th century.”

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Merry Christmas Battle River-Crowfoot!

From my family to yours, I wish everyone all the blessings of the Christmas holiday season. It was great to see many constituents attend our Battle River-Crowfoot constituency office’s Christmas Open House. I always look forward to coming home from Ottawa to share some holiday cheer with my constituents.

The Liberals made an election campaign commitment that they would run an annual budgetary $10-billion deficit and they would balance the budget in four years. This week, Finance Minister Bill Morneau held a press conference to say that the economy is slow, oil prices are low and the deficit will be much higher than the commitment made by the Liberals during the campaign. That is a broken promise.

By midway through the first week of the new Parliament, Finance Minister Morneau frantically admitted during Question Period, “…we find ourselves in a more challenging situation than we expected…”

Yet, our Conservative party had been saying for four years that the global economic recovery is fragile and economic growth is painfully slow.

We warned that creating much needed jobs here in Canada should be the priority. The Liberal’s election campaign claimed to Canadians that we just have to change spending priorities. The Liberals are now struggling confronted

by the difficult economic reality.

Another promise was that the Liberal tax plan would be revenue neutral.

But we now know that it is not, and there is another $1.2 billion shortfall. The Finance Minister is going to fill that gap by taxing small businesses. He also is reducing by half the annual Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) contribution thereby limiting the ways Canadian save for retirement. Other taxes will be raised as he goes down this long road of long-term structural deficits.

I will not understate the challenges many of my constituents are facing this Christmas. We have increased taxes from the NDP provincial government and the federal Liberals are piling on promising to raise Canada Pension Plan premiums and not following through on future Employment Insurance cost reductions planned by our Conservative government.

Given the low price of oil, there are many layoffs and job losses affecting

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Kevin Sorenson MP CROWFOOT families in our riding. Bills continue to pile up and payments on equipment and machinery – some of which is not even being used – still need to be paid.

In 2016, we will have to be resilient and creative.

Our heritage teaches us that past generations of Canadians living on the prairies have overcome great challenges. We can draw strength and optimism from their legacy.

Although we are living in difficult times, the Christmas season allows us to rest and reflect with family members on what is truly important.

May your celebrations be festive and safe. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this or previous columns you may write me at 4945-50th Street, Camrose, Alberta, T4V 1P9, call 780-6084600, toll-free 1-800-6654358, fax 780-608-4603 or e-mail Kevin.Sorenson.c1@ parl.gc.ca.

Merry Christmas to all and please, please drive safe, find a designated driver through the festivities and remember all those other vehicles on the road have families, too.

The Christmas spirit was alive with songs and stories at the Botha community hall on Wednesday night. The hall was filled with standing room only and even that filled up when Gadsby and Botha families watched the students as they hosted the annual Christmas concert. We even had a mock team from CBC anchoring the event with questions about what Christmas means to others. The finale included all the students from kindergarten to Grade 6 with a beautiful rendition of the Huron Carol. Costumes were great. A bake sale followed. Food bank donations were taken and tickets sold. Great job to the teachers and students.

Get well wishes to Vic Carey who had an early Christmas present with a new knee. The surgery took place in Medicine Hat on Wednesday. Barb and Vic returned home on the weekend.

Velvet Nickerson enjoyed a few days visit from her niece Veronica from Stoney Plain. They shopped, baked, decorated and visited. Great catch up for Velvet after her stay in hospital.

Helen Heier has already enjoyed al family members and anticipating visits throughout the Christmas holiday.

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Expensive Christmas presents are no substitute for His presence!

The birth of Christ was a monumental event. R.W. Stockman wrote, “The hinge of history is attached to a Bethlehem stable.” However, Christ’s birth was not only monumental but purposeful.

The principal reason Jesus came is stated in 1 Timothy 1:15, saying that, “Christ came into the world to save sinners.”

His presence in the cradle was followed by His payment on the cross and the empty crypt displayed His power over death.

I have a little confession to make. Though I have spent most of my adult life studying the cradle, the cross and the crypt, I don’t fully comprehend them. The incarnation, God coming in human form, through the virgin birth; the cross of Calvary, where Jesus carried our sins in His body; the empty crypt proving Jesus’ claim that He had power to lay His life down and power to take it up again… these are breathtaking theological truths! While I continue to diligently study and learn, I recognize that I’ll never have a comprehensive knowledge of these truths.

However, I also have a profession. I don’t need complete understanding to believe! Full knowledge isn’t prerequisite to saving faith. The same truths that stretch my imagination establish my faith.

What does Jesus coming mean to you and me personally? Romans 6:23 provides both positive and negative commentary. The negative says that the “wages of sin is death”. Wages are earned and the paycheck is death. The positive, in contrast, says that “God’s gift is eternal life through Jesus”. A gift isn’t earned, but given without asking for payment.

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However, a gift is two sided, involving giving and receiving. The procedure is only half done through provision; acceptance of the gift completes the process. The gift of God in Christ is paid for, packaged and available but, to become a Christian, we must receive the gift.

Just as we receive our Christmas gifts this year, we need to reach out to God and accept the gift of forgiveness and everlasting life found in Christ. Jesus extends a personal invitation. He says, “Listen! I am standing and knocking at your door. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will eat together” (Revelation 3:20).

A simple, sincere prayer in response to His gracious invitation is all that is required. You will find Him to be a most remarkable Christmas guest…and the most expensive Christmas present, will never be any substitute for His presence!

Have a blessed CHRISTmas!

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Library has you covered during holidays SHAUN ROSS STETTLER PUBLIC LIBRARY Hola newspaper aficionados! Happy holidays from everyone at the Stettler Public Library. If you are in need of something to do between Christmas and New Year’s, then the library has you covered.

We now have the wonderful Mark Fox at the library on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. He will be running the Make, Take and Create drop-in program that will be running in the new year.

Do you have an invention idea that keeps bouncing around your head? Or is there something that has been sitting in your basement waiting to be fixed, but you don’t know where to start? Maybe you just want to learn some new skills and have a desire talk to like-minded people.

If so, Make, Take, Create Time is for you. This dropin time is unscripted and ad hoc. Just show up and we’ll use the library’s tools and resources to help you flesh out your ideas and possibly hook you up with local talent that can help you make your idea a reality or help you explore an interest. All ages welcome.

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After Christmas, we have a full week of activities. All these events will require pre-registration. Call the library at 403- 742-2292 to get in on the fun.

Join us on Monday, Dec. 28 at 1 p.m. for Rub-aDub-Dub. Come into the library and make soap molds. Just bring in what you want molded (your thumb, a plastic fish) and you will leave here with something better than a boring ol’ bar of soap. Also make scented bath salts to go with your soap. Limit of 20 participants.

Do you have a toaster you hate? This is your chance to show that toaster who is boss. On Tuesday, Dec. 29 at 1 p.m. with Take apart Tuesday, spend some time taking apart appliances and electronics to see what’s inside. Then build a fun model robot with the parts. Limit of 10 participants.

On Wednesday, Dec. 30 at 1 p.m., the library has a learn-to-solder program.

It’s filling up fast, but we do have a waiting list.

Thursday, Dec. 31 at 1 p.m., we bring you Mega Mucho Marble Mania (or Marble Mania for short).

Make a LEGO marble maze, a paper tube marble run and more. Limit 15 participants.

I like food. You like food. Everyone likes food.

Unless you are a robot… but that isn’t going to stop you from coming to Food Science on Jan. 2 at 1 p.m., is it? Make liquids into edible spheres, fizzy edible powders and more.

Limit 15 participants. (no robots… ok, robots can come too.)

Remember, most librarians are people, too, so keep our holiday hours in mind. We will be closing at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve and we will reopen on Monday, Dec. 28 at 10 a.m.

We will close at 4 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and reopen in 2016 on Saturday, Jan. 2, when we will return to our normal scheduled hours.

The outdoor book drop, however, is available all the time.

Keep an eye out for additional activities on our website (spl.prl.ab.ca) and Facebook page. And if you have an activity you’d like to do/see at the library feel free to let us know.

Once again, from the bottom of all of our hearts, have a fantastic holiday.

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Stacey Lavallie/Independent reporter

Heartland Youth Center scholarship recipients include (from left) Kelsey Bissett, Cass Docherty and Dacia Gramlich (far right) pictured here with HYC treasurer Pauline Christian. Missing are Keirsten Docherty and Dustin Jackson.

HYC made us better people: award recipients STACEY LAVALLIE INDEPENDENT REPORTER If there’s one thing the winners of this year’s bursaries and scholarships have in common, it’s a belief that Heartland Youth Center (HYC) has made them a better person.

The sentiment was shared by Dacia Gramlich, Cass and Keirsten Docherty and Kelsey Bissett, four of the five recipients in 2015.

Bissett and Gramlich won the Nicole Blumhagen Memorial Scholarship, Keirsten Docherty the Fidelity Investments multi-year scholarship through the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, while Cass Docherty won the Best Buy Grade 10 scholarship through the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada. Dustin Jackson, who was unavailable for comment, won the Professional Institute of Public Service of Canada scholarship.

All of the winners, except Cass Docherty who is now in Grade 11, are in post secondary studies in Alberta and British Columbia, and all spent six to 12 years in HYC programs, working as junior leaders, or later as paid employees of HYC, leading its youth programs.

Keirsten Docherty’s scholarship, which guarantees $10,000 split equally over four years, has already made a great impact.

The student has just completed her first semester at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, where she’s studying anthropology.

“This has made a huge difference,” she said. “It’s a big part of my tuition, one less worry.”

Keirsten Docherty said wanting to travel the world was what first made her consider anthropology, as well as an interest in different cultures.

“I want to learn and I want to help people, and anthropology seems the best choice,” she said, adding that she’s been enjoying it thus far.

For her little brother, the money from his scholarship will help cover tuition.

The scholarship also came with money for a computer, and the business threw in several extras at no cost, Cass Docherty said.

“I thought I was going to study architecture,” he explained. “Now, I’m not sure. I really like chemistry.”

With another year before a final decision has to be made, Cass Docherty said he’s keeping his options open but is focusing hard on his studies, all the while working a part-time job in Stettler.

For Bissett, HYC was a part of her life from the get-go, as her mother, Winnie Bissett, is the executive director.

“I have essentially been raised at HYC,” she said.

Now, she’s working toward her psychology undergraduate degree at Athabasca College via correspondence courses.

“The amount of work associated with correspondence university courses is fairly significant and stressful,” she said. “I am fascinated by all the concepts and theories associated with psychology, which makes the process enjoyable.”

She continues to work part-time at HYC, where working with the kids and the programs offered there let her release some of the school-related stress.

Gramlich’s no stranger to most of Stettler; a gifted singer and track and field athlete, Gramlich’s successes are regularly reported in the arts and sports sections of the news. Now she’s making waves in Edmonton, where she studies music at the University of Alberta. She’s joined a choir there and is heading overseas to perform in the New Year, and is part of the track and field team.

She worked with HYC as a program facilitator, and a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters. For her, winning the Nicole Blumhagen Memorial award meant quite a bit.

“The scholarship was for mentoring and so by mentoring I was honouring her (Blumhagen), I think,” Gramlich said.

“Mentoring is such a wonderful things for people to do because it enables you to be a positive influence on someone’s life who may really need it.”

The scholarship winners have to have good grades and show involvement and volunteerism, and apply for the scholarships, with the winners not chosen by HYC, with the exception of the Nicole Blumhagen Memorial Award.

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Donalda library hosts annual teddy bear sleepover MOUSH SARA JOHN INDEPENDENT REPORTER The Donalda Public Library hosted its annual teddy bear sleepover on Saturday, Dec. 19.

With 26 kids in attendance, the event was a huge success according to

librarian Naomi Labelle. “One of our main objectives here at the Donalda Library is to expose young children to the library environment and the younger the better, so we try and create young readers, whether it be actual books, or on tablets because read-

ing is reading and young readers turn into life long readers,� said Naomi Labelle. “We love kids and we love to see kids, teens and parents using our resources.�

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Dean from The Wooden Nickel CafĂŠ at the Donalda Tavern donated pizzas for the event and there were other refreshments, including veggie trays and cookie and candy trays, besides popcorn.

At the intermission, the kids got creative and used play dough to make multi-eyed monsters and candles and other “cool things�.

The sleepover ran from 6 to 9 p.m. “I feel it was a very good turn out and I’m already excited to see how many come next year,� said Labelle. “We had toddlers all the way up to a couple of teens all sitting together, while the bigger kids stepped up helping the lit-

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An unconventional “tiny” mobile home, made in Stettler MOUSH SARA JOHN INDEPENDENT REPORTER Lindy Peterson, formerly of Stettler, has been thinking outside the box for some time as to how one can fundamentally alter one’s residential quarters in a way that is a lot more environment friendly, less costly and more personal.

And to turn the idea into reality, Stettler’s Dan Hebert built a tiny, portable home for Peterson, who now resides in Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The ‘tiny home’ was shipped out on Wednesday, Dec. 16 to the west coast.

Convinced of the possibility of realizing her dream after doing a lot of research, all Peterson wanted was a space of her own.

“At first, I wasn’t sure about the idea but the more research I did, the more excited I became, because all I was really

interested in was having my own space that I could design the way that I wanted and use high quality materials without the large investment and carbon footprint of most houses,” said Peterson. “This allows me to have a home of my own, but forces me to really think about what personal belongings are really important to me.”

A few months back Peterson was quite surprised at the amount of things she had collected over the years.

“My space felt cluttered and none of it added any happiness to my life, so a tiny house allows me to have all the basic things I need, and yet save my disposable income for experiences such as traveling and spending time with all the people who are most important to me,” added Peterson.

“My mom is the one who convinced me, so both

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The interior of the tiny home that was built by Dan Hebert in Stettler for owner Lindy Peterson, who has spent her childhood in the town, but now is a resident of British Columbia. her and I came up with a design that we thought would fit my lifestyle quite well.”

Building a tiny home isn’t easy, and has to take into consideration

a lot of factors, including weight, height, width and length, especially since the house would be making the trip all the way to Vancouver Island, including a trip

on the ferry.

“My tiny house is built much like a mobile home which simplifies things when hooking up to water and power and it is pretty much as easy as just plugging it in,” said Peterson. “Sewer is the part that complicates things a little but I am lucky that the spot I have rented for my house has these things all readily available.”

One of Peterson’s biggest challenges with the house is storage.

“Since they have a limited amount of space it forces you to be creative when designing and making use of vertical space,” continued Peterson. “Each piece of furniture has a dual purpose as well, for instance the couch will become a bed, but also with storage underneath.”

Other limitations include when looking to live in or close to a town or city there are zoning

restrictions that exclude tiny houses as part of the community.

“They usually look for a minimum size of 700 sq. ft which defeats the purpose of a tiny house, but luckily I have found space to rent on a piece of property outside of town with services and a spot for a nice deck and garden for myself,” added Peterson.

Lindy’s mother, Robbie Peterson was very closely involved in the building, right from the start till the end.

“Ultimately we very much trusted and relied on the skill and knowledge of our builders and other tradesmen,” said Robbie Peterson. “At the end of the day this was very much a group effort, we had some terrific people who were involved in one way or another.”

The tiny house is now affectionately known as ‘Lindy’s Lair’.

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“We’ve definitely seen an increase in the number of surrenders,” Benner said.

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While it may seem like a good idea to surprise the family at Christmas with a long-desired puppy or kitten, it’s a surprise the Animal Haven Rescue League would rather see not happen.

“I think, if it’s a family decision, made with full knowledge of the costs and responsibilities, getting a pet at Christmas is OK,” league president Boni Benner said. “As a surprise, it’s definitely a bad idea.

You don’t know the recipient’s financial situation, if they can afford to care for the pet, if they have time, or even if they want it.”

Since oil prices plummeted earlier this year, the energy industry in Alberta has felt the pinch. Layoffs, reduced hours and lower wages have meant families all across the province have had to cut back. In some cases, that means moving

With the downturn in the economy, animal rescues like Animal Haven Rescue League are struggling under the double burden of reduced donations and increased surrenders, all while taking care of typical rescues like Scout, pictured here, and her puppies. The puppies won’t be available for adoption until the new year, but the rescue isn’t even entertaining inquiries right now as it doesn’t want the puppies to be adopted as a late Christmas surprise.

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It’s a double-whammy for the rescue, which has the number of pets in foster care going up while donations are going down.

“We’d have more animals if we had more foster homes,” Benner noted. “We get calls every day.”

There also has been a “kitten boom,” which is a bit unusual at this time of year since kittens tend to be born in the warmer months of the year.

Benner said the increase in kittens and puppies is another sign of the recession — well-meaning, normally responsible pet owners may not be able to afford the cost of spaying or neutering. There’s currently no spay/neuter program in the Stettler area that offers discounts or free procedures — though a delegation has appeared before both town and county councils this year looking for support for such programs or trap-neuter-release programs for ferals.

Animal Haven is currently running a fundraising campaign to help cover the cost of the increase in surrendered items, courtesy of a mother dog named Scout and her four puppies.

The rescue partnered with a remote First Nations community that has no easy access to veterinary care, taking in the pregnant Scout. Once the puppies are weaned, they’ll be adopted out in the community, with Scout being spayed and returned to her owners.

Anyone making a donation to Animal Haven will have a chance at naming the puppies, with a draw being held to choose who gets the honours. Whether or not the puppies’ new owners keep the name is up to them, but until they’re adopted, that name will be the puppy’s name. There are three boys and one girl needing to be named yet.

For more information, visit www.animalhavenrescue.ca.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

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A fabulous Christmas concert B ye m o o r S ch o o l Christmas Concert on Thursday was well attended and was a wonderful production that delighted the audience.

It is great to see the traditional Christmas concerts continue.

The welcome and a couple of recitations were given by the kindergarten class — always a popular part of the program. The holiday musical “A Party in a Pear Tree”, a hilarious spin on “A Partridge in a Pear Tree” had the crowd in stitches. It was followed by the Nativity — a traditional production and the reason for the season. Both involved

the entire cast of the 32 students of the Byemoor School.

The evening ended with the arrival of Santa Claus; the little ones got to sit on his knee and each received a candy bag from Santa’s helpers.

Hats go off to the students, teachers and staff of the Byemoor School for their hard work in presenting a fabulous Christmas concert.

Frequent foggy and frosty days have created a picturesque winter landscape, beautiful to the eye, but has caused much havoc to power lines. There were numerous power outages several days last week as

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power crews scrambled to repair broken lines.

Special thanks to the power crews for their long hours of dedicated service in getting the power lines up and running again under challenging conditions.

Dave and Lynne Nixon,

along with granddaughter Aubree Coates, spent a couple weeks at Nanaimo, B.C., enjoying a different climate from the prairies.

Adam and Paige Jones and family are enjoying a visit from Paige’s parents David and Margie Eager

from Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia.

Warren and Lindsay Jones and daughter Charleen are celebrating the Christmas holidays with Lindsay’s family in Nova Scotia.

The County of Stettler held a Christmas potluck luncheon for its staff along with long-service awards on Friday in Stettler. Long-service award recipients of local interest included Gary Groat for 15 years and Randy Grams for 30 years of service.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish the readers of this column from far and near a wonderful Christmas

season, filled with the warmth of family, friends and fun. May 2016 be full of good things for you all.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas trivia — “Christmas caroling began as an old English custom called Wassailing - toasting neighbours to a long and healthy life.”

— “The first Christmas card was created in England on December 9, 1842.”

— Famous people born on Christmas day include: “Isaac Newton, Clara Barton, Conrad Hilton, Humphrey Bogart, Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Buffet, Sissy Spacek, Barbara Mandrell, Jimilee Carothers and Nolan Groundwater.”

New Year’s Eve dance will be awesome What a hopping little place the Botha Hall will be next Thursday with the “Country Gems Band” entertaining the crowd on New Year’s Eve, so hopefully everyone has their tickets and are ready for some fun. With the New Year’s Eve Dance taking place, there will be no dance on Sunday, Dec. 27, so make sure you grab your tickets.

There is also no Bingo evening next Wednesday, and the one after that, Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 due to the holiday season. This group will start up again the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 6. The committee would like to wish everyone the best of the festive season, and they hope to see everyone back next year.Congratulations to all the winners at the last Bingo evening.

It’s hard to believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve, so all kiddies be extremely good and get to bed early as Santa Claus comes tomorrow night.There also will be several Christmas Eve services held tomorrow evening at different churches, so please attend one of these and get

Tuesday night was marvelous The Mother Teresa students and their teachers presented their annual Christmas pageant on Tuesday evening.

Bailey Musgrove acted as emcee for the evening. Principal Sheri Beier welcomed everyone and Natalie Schilling played ‘Oh Canada’. Grades 1 through 6 sang songs, complete with actions, recited poems and thrilled the audience. The jr. high wrote their own material and presented ‘get smart’, a Christmas comedy, under the direction of Mrs. Ellyn Schaffner , that was enjoyed by all.

The Nativity, performed in candlelight , was an awesome sight. An excellent concert! Seven students from Mrs. Karen Norman’s piano class also

the reason of the season back into our holidays.Happy birthday, Jesus.

Several clubs will be shutting down for the holidays season and will start up the beginning of 2016, so keep your eyes open for their start up dates.

Coffee hour will continue through the festive season every Wednesday starting at 10 a.m. at the Senior Centre, so get out and enjoy a friendly visit with your friends over the holiday season.

With the arrival of the white stuff falling on our ground now, please contact the village office if you need any snow removal done, their number is 403-7425079.

The first monthly seniors’ meeting for 2016 will be held on Jan. 4, starting at 12 noon.They are hoping all seniors can attend. They start with a potluck Luncheon with the meeting to follow right after, so please plan something for this. Please keep this date open for this,

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played between each act.

Santa came and presented each youngster with a candy bag, compliments of the Halkirk Elks.

Parents served a delicious lunch to end the evening.

Our students spent Thursday, the last day of school, at the Circle Square ranch where they enjoyed hay rides, a wiener roast and a Christmas movie. Many thanks to the Ranch staff for providing this entertainment. School is back in session on Jan. 4. continued on page 16

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Thursday, December 31 Wayne Long accepts donation from Cindy Cassidy and Don Parsons of Metalex Metal Buildings Inc.

Kidsport wishes to thank Metalex Metal Buildings Inc. for their donation to the program!

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

A beacon of peace The Christmas holiday season brings family and friends together.

It helps us appreciate the love and support we have in our lives that we can sometimes take for granted.

During this season of giving, it’s important to take the time to enjoy the simple things in life and remember what is truly important.

It’s also at this time of year that we appreciate our friends and family that surround us, but it’s also important to be thankful for the peaceful nation we live in. People from around the world view Canada as a beacon of peace and prosperity.

Canada’s beacon shines because of those who instilled the values that

make us Canadian and the legacy they’ve left behind. What they left behind acts as the moral compass that guides our nation.

The stature of our nation on the world stage as one of the most peaceful and safest nations on earth is in large part due to the spirit of Canadians from coast to coast - past and present. This instilled-spirit of giving transcends our borders, which is why so many from around the world seek to become part of this great nation.

The pursuit of peace has been sought-after since the dawn of recorded history. T hroughout Canadian History, people have captured the true spirit of

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The story of an elderly Cherokee Elder that was teaching his grandchildren about life, gives a great perspective of how the spirit that exists in Canada is achieved. The

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Elder told his grandchildren, “A fight is going on inside me, it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One wolf is evil - he is fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, competition, superiority, and ego. The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility,

kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person too.”

The children thought about his message for a while and then one of his grandchildren asked him, “Which wolf will win?” The grandfather simply replied: “The one you feed.”

In many ways this story mimics what we all, in our own way, face everyday as Canadian citizens; most importantly as parents. At some point we are all faced with having to make the decision on which one of the wolves we intend to feed; which wolf ultimately contributes to the type of environment we will live in.

Wishing you peace, joy, and all the best this wonderful holiday Christmas

season has to offer. May this incredible time of giving and spending time with family bring you joy that lasts throughout the year. May your wolf of good always be nourished and healthy every day of the year.

The above article was co-compiled by a small group of Official Opposition MLAs who each week, get together to talk through a legislative policy issue. As part of the process, a short commentary is compiled and then edited. The editorial committee members include Grant HUNTER, Cardston-Taber-Warner; R i ck S T R A N K M A N, Drumheller-Stettler; Dave SCHNEIDER, Little Bow; Wes TAYLOR , Battle River-Wainwright; Ron ORR, Lacombe-Ponoka; Mark SMITH DevonDrayton Valley and Don MacINTYRE, InnisfailSylvan Lake

Tuesday night was marvelous continued from page 15 We send belated greetings out to Rose McColman who celebrated her 70 birthday on Dec. 11. Unfortunately Rose is now a patient in the Castor hospital and we also send get well wishes.

Congratulations to Clint and Lauren ( Potter ) Saruga on the birth of a 7 lb.

1 oz. baby girl, Bria Adeline, born on Dec. 18.

Bria is welcomed by two big sisters, Jaylyn and Eberlee, at home as well as proud grandparents Doug and Lynne Potter and great grandparents Max and Lorraine Potter and Jim and Ethyl Baird.

Congrats to Kiara Gamroth, who placed second at the Alpine skiing qualifiers held last Sunday at the Canyon

Ski Hill in Red Deer. She will compete during the Alberta Winter Games scheduled to be held in Medicine Hat in February.

We have a correction from last week: Morgan Jordal plays hockey with the Stettler bantam girls.

Clearview bus drivers held their Christmas supper at the Shangrila last Wednesday in Castor.

Coming up – Jan. 19 – Seniors’ Christmas supper; Feb. 6 – tentative date for the Elks’ Seafood and Comedy night.

We send greeting out to the editor and staff of the local papers and to all our readers. May the spirit of Christmas be with you and yours during this special time of year. We also wish you a happy and healthy New Year. Have fun - Drive safe. See you next year!

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Lightning lose in shootout to Thrashers, dimming playoff chances MOUSH SARA JOHN INDEPENDENT REPORTER Stettler Lightning had a great start to their weekend as they went on to beat Mountainview Colts 2-1 on Friday, Dec. 18, but they suffered once again at the hands of Three Hills Thrashers on Saturday, Dec. 19 losing in the shootout 2-1, falling further behind in the race for playoff spots.

In their first game on Friday, the Lightning boys took charge right from the start with Dylan Houston scoring in the eighth minute of the first period with a pass from Jacob Bottomley.

Lightning kept playing a solid game against Colts and no goals were scored in the second period.

A recharged Colts team equalized in the first few minutes of the third period, but Lightning came back and shattered their defence by scoring a second goal.

Chandler Knibb scored the second goal with a pass from Tyler Wagner and Jacob Bottomley.

“I think Friday night was the best effort we have had from all 20 players that were in the lineup and we did an excellent job of staying composed and keeping Mountainview to the outside, making sure to shut down the stretch plays that they were looking

for, which eliminated any chance they had of getting their firewagon brand of hockey going,” said head coach Gavin Brandl. “Any time you can match up against a team that averages five goals per game and limit them to one you have to be happy and it was an effort that all the boys should be proud of.”

In their second game on Saturday, against the Three Hills Thrashers, Lightning once again made an impressive start with Dylan Houston scoring unassisted in the first period, but they were unable to maintain the pressure on the Thrashers defence.

The opponents equalized in the second period, but Linden Heidecker scored with a pass from Dylan Houston within a couple of minutes, giving Lightning the lead 2-1.

Thrashers scored again at the end of the second period, pushing the score to 2-2.

In the third period Lightning player Dylan Houston scored his second goal with a pass from Chase McGonigal and Chandler Knibb, giving his team the 3-2 lead.

But once again Thrashers came back and equalized the score in the final minutes of the game, forcing an overtime.

With both teams play-

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Dylan Houston of Stettler Lightning caught up in a tumble as he tries to take possession of the puck from opponent Mountainview Colt players Damien Chopek (#23) and Ben Schierman (#11), on Friday, Dec. 18. Lightning won 2-1. ing a great game, the overtime was goalless, leading to shootout.

Dylan Houston scored his first, but with Steven Fletcher and DJ Kistner’s goals being blocked by opponent goalie, Thrashers took the game 2-1.

“Saturday was a tough loss to take, giving up a goal with two minutes left and then losing in a shootout, but it’s easy to

point fingers at the players who were on the ice for the tying goal but the fact of the matter was that we had 58 minutes of hockey prior to that point where we just didn’t execute our game plan,” said Brandl. “We were soft all over the ice, and we didn’t hit them nearly as much as we should have and although we put 39 shots on net, their goalie

saw every single one of them and at no point did we have anyone determined enough to make his job hard.”

According to Brandl, Lightning has a plethora of divisional games left on the schedule and certainly can’t afford to leave any more points on the table.

“The general consensus amongst my fellow

coaches and myself is that taking 3/4 points from two of the top teams in the division should be deemed a successful weekend, but we really feel like we missed an opportunity to win both those games and now we have to hope that leaving that extra point on the table against Three Hills doesn’t come back to haunt us,” said Brandl.

Wildcats beat Sylvan Lake, girls win 60-30 and boys 58-39 MOUSH SARA JOHN INDEPENDENT REPORTER The Wildcats players had a field day on Wednesday, Dec. 17 as they played their away games against Sylvan Lake, beating them convincingly.

The girls won 60-30, while the boys won 58-39.

The girls’ coach, Kim Poapst was very pleased with the victory, particularly with the three pointers scored by three of her players.

“They all shot well from the outside,” said Poapst. “But we need to work on man-to-man defence, and ensure that the girls think about what is going on

when they come off the bench.”

According to Poapst, although the girls are winning by a large margin, she wants to focus on a game plan where they are up two or down two.

“This helps us see as coaches who we should have on the court at the end of a close game and make the girls think what to do on the offensive and on the defensive,” added Poapst.

The girl Wildcats are to participate in a senior tournament in Lacombe in January.

“This will be an awesome challenge for us as our record is 9-0, so we are looking forward to the new year,” said Poapst.

“We have a great group of student athletes who continue to improve.”

After Christmas when Wildcats play Hunting Hills from Red Deer, Poapst wants her girls to “move the ball quicker”.

“We need to focus more on outside shooting and stronger defence against stronger teams, so our strategy for Hunting Hills would be to move the ball quicker and make sharper passes,” said Poapst. “Using screens in our offence and using a full court zone press, we need to work on our press break as Hunting will probably press us.”

Wildcat boys win 58-39 against Sylvan Lake The boy Wildcats pulled off an impressive win against Sylvan Lake, beating them 58-39 on Wednesday, Dec. 17.

The boys’ coach Warren Aspenes was quite happy with the win, especially since they had a short bench.

“We only had seven players, but our defence was still quite good and we were able to shut Sylvan down,” said Aspenes.

“We are still trying to improve our ball and player movement on offence.”

According to Aspenes, the boys are quite strong on their defence.

“Defensively they know what to do as individuals, but now they need to learn how to communicate with each other and enhance their efforts,” added Aspenes.

Wildcats play Hunting Hills in Red Deer on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016.

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Stettler peewees triumphs over Sylvan Lakers 5-2 STACEY LAVALLIE INDEPENDENT REPORTER It was a closely fought battle, but the Stettler Peewee B Storm pulled ahead and kept ahead, bringing in a 5-2 win over the Sylvan Lake B2 Lakers on Dec. 19.

The win was made possible by the two goals by Jackson Muhlbach, and individual goals by Tyson Brower, Gage Hunt and Dawon Campbell. The following day, the team hosted the Hughenden Jets, losing in a close 4-3 game. Goals by Muhlbach, Douglas MacPherson and Brennan Andrews.

In other minor hockey news…

The Atom Cs hosted the Lacombe B1 Rockets on Sunday, Dec. 20, losing 11-2. Goals were scored by Rylen Mohn and Brandon

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On Dec. 19, the Atom girls hosted the Rocky Rockets, tying the game 3-3. Hannah Cornelssen, Mackenna Hogg and Emma McMullin scored.

The next day, the team headed to Maskwacis, where they defeated the home team 9-0.

Mackenzie Laisnez scored three goals, Grace McMullin two, with solos from Mya Prehn, Emma McMullin, Ashley Lang and Alyssa Shaw.

The Stettler Peewee As headed to Sundre on Dec. 19, playing the first of two tied games for the weekend. The 5-5 tie was made possible by two goals by Skylar Hymers, and solos by Zac Forsyth, William Praski, and Chance Morbeck. The next day, the team hosted Ponoka, with a repeat

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by Cottam prevented the loss.

On Friday, Dec. 18, Stettler Midget A headed to Okotoks, winning 4-2. Tye Mulgrove scored both goals. On Dec. 20, the team hosted Pincher Creek, winning 9-3. Quade Cassidy and Tye Mulgrove two goals each, with solos

by Ethan Rost, Jordan Lee, Mark Bengert, Drew Cassidy and Erik Rost.

Heading to Castor on Thursday, Dec. 18 to face the 3Cs, Stettler’s Midget B pulled out a 5-4 win off of two goals each

by Brayden Smith by Ryan Mielke, and a solo

by Brendan Tucker. The team’s luck didn’t hold as on Saturday, Dec. 20, the team was crushed 12-1 by the visiting Rocky Royals.

Smith scored the lone Stettler goal of the game.

In girls’ action…

On Dec. 19, Stettler Peewees headed to Camrose, winning 5-4.

Ava Lee scored twice, with goals by Alandra Couch, Paige Simpson and Gabby Heck making up the rest.

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Dawson Campbell of Stettler Peewee steers the puck away from opponent Sylvan Lakers B2 as Hunter Freisen of Stettler looks on, in their game on Saturday, Dec. 19. Stettler won 5-2.

The team headed to Warburg the next day, but results were not available by press time.

The Bantam girls headed to Leduc on Saturday, Dec. 19, where they lost 4-1. Devon Johnson’s pow-

erplay goal was the only point for the team. The next day, the team had a second chance at beating the same team when they hosted, this time winning 2-0. Hayden Friesen and Brook Laisnez scored.

On Dec. 19, the Stettler Girls’ Midget team hosted the Endmoor team, and on Monday, Dec. 21, hosted the Camrose team. No results from either game were available by press time.

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The Donalda & District Museum will be open for special Christmas hours from Dec. 21 to 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., bring the family down and enjoy what our museum has to offer. The museum will be closed Dec 24-25.

The Donalda Library will be closed Dec. 24-25, as well as Dec. 31 –Jan. 1 for Christmas and New Year’s.

The Donalda Coulee Friendship Club will hold its next meeting Jan. 4 at noon. New members welcome. There will also be a pancake breakfast and jam session Jan. 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Birthday wishes this week go out to Doris Banziger, Kelsey Jaksitz, Laura Dahl, Madison Swaren, Christy Shoettler, Larry Ross, Timothy Swaren, Drew Rouse, Melinda Bernard, Jeanne Pearson and John MacNeil.

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NEW YEARS DAY Antique Collector Auction! 11 a.m., Friday, January 1, Wainwright Legion, 1030 - 2 Ave., Wainwright, Alberta. Scribner Auction 780-842-5666; www. scribnernet.com.

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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

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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FOR SALE: Alfalfas, Clovers, Grasses plus Hay, Pasture, Reclamation and Lawn Mixtures. Early order discount - Book now!

No charge custom blending. Call 1-800-661-1529 or esther.stigter@ hannasseeds.com.

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.

ROUND BALES - Hay, green feed, straw and bulk oats. Delivery available.

No Sunday calls please.

Phone 403-704-3509 or 403-704-4333.

Farm Custom Work

Wanted to Rent #3250 - #3390 Acreages/Farms ..............3255 Houses/Duplexes ............3260 Suites ..............................3270 Rooms..............................3280 Manufactured Homes ......3290 Housesitting Wanted ........3300 Garage Space..................3310 Storage Space ................3320 Stores/Commercial ..........3330 Office Space ....................3340 Industrial ..........................3350 Warehouse Space............3360 Resorts & Cottages..........3370 Pasture/Land....................3380 Mobile Lot ........................3390

Houses/ Duplexes

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BEAUTIFUL cottage $700/mo., plus utils., in Halkirk, AB. on large lot, 2 bdrms, newly reno’d 780-583-2380

GREAT SNOWMOBILING AND ICE FISHING Buffalo Lake/Rochon Sands Lakefront, extensively renovated, 3 bdrm. 2 full baths, 5 new appls, extra large lakeside deck/backyard, no pets, n/s, SD, 20 minutes from Stettler, AB. Ref’s Req’d. Avail. now.

1-403-742-0024

HOUSE for rent in Stettler.

2 bedroom with yard.

Small dog or cat ok. $800 monthly. Available Jan. 15.

Call 403-742-6467.

3030

Suites

3060

Spacious 1&2 bdrm units.

Balcony, in suite storage, water & heat incl.

Available immediately.

New managers Frances or Mic 403-742-4448 BEST RENTAL VALUE IN STETTLER 1 & 2 Bedroom, furnished kitchenette suites.

All utilities, cable, internet.

Avail. immediately Kimberly 403-690-5828

Storage Space

3160

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

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

Pasture

3180

PASTURE & HAY LAND. 400 - 8000 acres of year round water supply. Full operational with management available. Central Saskatchewan. Crossfenced & complete infrastructure. Natural springs excellent water.

Shortly ready to locate cattle. Other small & large grain & pasture quarters. $150k - $2.6m. Call Doug Rue 306-716-2671.

Real Estate #4000 - #4190

CUSTOM WORK COMPANY • • • • • •

Silage Baling & Wrapping Combo Round & Square Bale Hauling Bale Stacking Corral Cleaning Fencing Construction & Removal Welded Steel Panels & Gates

My family and I run a custom work operation based out of the Coronation area. All of our equipment can be loaded and transported to your Åeld. We operate late model reliable equipment allowing us to do fast and e‫ٻ‬cient work.

1477834 ALBERTA LTD.

DAN 403-821-0502 | 403-854-8317

4090

New Blackfalds Condo. 2 DOUBLEWIDE mobile Bdrm/2 Bath. Main Áoor & home in Erskine, 1,479 sq.

2nd Áoor options avail. 2 ft., 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 powered parking stalls. bathrooms. Recently Rent $1,400. Pets negorenovated & upgrades, tiable. Ask about rent covered deck, RV parking. incentives. 403-396-1688.

403-742-5868.

2080

CUSTOM HAULING & FIELD OPERATIONS

Manufactured Homes

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

HARVEST SALE! Save $50,000 from the replacement cost of this 20 X 76 drywalled Grandeur Showhome that has to go! A sacriÀce at $124,900. Call Terry 1-855-347-0417 or email: terry@ grandviewmodular.com.

Motorcycles

Public Notices

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WIN - 2016 Harley Davidson Dyna Wide Glide FXDWG103. 2nd $700/credit; 3rd $300/credit. Only 599 tickets printed. Three Early Bird Draws. $100/ticket. June 17 draw.

Proceeds to support Motorcycle & Harley Programs, GPRC Fairview Campus. 1-888-539-4772; www.gprc.ab.ca. License #421307.

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Start at $219,900. Call 403-396-1688.

403-742-5437 during business hours

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

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

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS 403-742-4059

HOME SUPPORT STETTLER & DISTRICT 403-742-6568

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Hot Line 403-342-1444

CALL 1-877-223-3311

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

STETTLER FOOD BANK Betty Birch 403-742-0732

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

6010 Village of Gadsby

STETTLER HANDIBUS 403-742-5858

Notice is hereby given that under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, the Village of Gadsby will offer

STETTLER HEALTH EMERGENCY LINE

For Sale, By Public Auction,

STETTLER PEOPLE FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS

in the Village Office, Gadsby, Alberta, on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., the following parcel:

STETTLER READ & WRITE OFFICE

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These parcels will be offered for sale subject to a reserve bid and to the reservations and conditions in the existing Certificate of Title. These parcels will be offered for sale on an “as is, where is” basis Terms: Certified Cheque or Bank Draft at time of sale. GST does not apply to this sale.

The Village of Gadsby may, after the public auction, become the owner of any parcel of land not sold at the public auction.

Condos/ Townhouses

BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION

Brenda 403-742-3067

TELL it all! Tell it well! Make your ads sell for you by giving full description of goods or services offered. Include prices and terms. Phone 1-877-223-3311 for a friendly ad taker.

Public Notices

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

Automotive Services ........5010 Antique & Classic Autos ....5020 Cars ..................................5030 SUV’s................................5040 Trucks ..............................5050 Heavy Trucks....................5060 Vans/Buses ......................5070 Motorcycles ......................5080 Campers ..........................5090 Motorhomes......................5100 5th Wheels........................5110 Holiday Trailers ................5120 Tent Trailers ......................5130 Utility Trailers ....................5140 ATV’s ................................5150 Boats & Marine ................5160 Snowmobiles ....................5170 Tires, Parts & Accessories ......................5180 Auto Wreckers ..................5190 Vehicles Wanted ..............5200 Car/Truck Rental ..............5210 Recreational Vehicle Rental ..............................5220 Trailer Rental ....................5230 Misc. Automotive ..............5240 RV’s ..................................5300

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Redemption may be effective by payment, by Certified Cheque or Bank Draft, of all arrears of taxes, penalties, and costs at any time prior to the date of the Public Auction.

Dated at Gadsby, Alberta, December 9, 2015

Carla Tuck, CAO

403-742-6568

403-742-2337

403-742-2999

T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Grace - 403-742-0681 Vivian - 403-742-3935

VICTIM SERVICES 403-741-7841 CONFUSED? GETTING THE RUN AROUND? CONTACT YOUR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL CENTRE Residents of Stettler and the surrounding area now have access to this free and confidential service. It provides information and referral on social agencies, government services, clubs and organizations, to best suit the caller’s need.

Just Dial 403-742-1155

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Students on a mission for the perfect present find much more STACEY LAVALLIE INDEPENDENT REPORTER The search for the perfect present for their teacher took students to an astounding journey during the Christmas Concert held at the Evangelical Free Church in Erskine on Sunday, Dec. 13.

The show, which was split between acted scenes from some of the older children and singing from a youth choir, delivered messages about the meaning of Christmas, as the students discovered it

wasn’t about things, but about the birth of Jesus.

The church pews were packed full of friends, family, and members of the community who came out for the annual holiday tradition, and it was obvious to all that the kids on stage had rehearsed long and hard as all the lines were memorized, and the microphone passing during the play portions was timely.

The hand-crafted props — a business sign and other small things — added some delight to the show,

while the choir, dressed in their handsomest and prettiest Christmas finery, added a special touch to the Christmas spectacle.

Stacey Lavallie/Independent reporter

Kids perform at the annual Christmas Concert at the Evangelical Free Church in Erskine on Sunday, Dec. 13.

The children, playing students on the search for the perfect present for their teacher, find more than the best gift while on their adventure.

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

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Whatever is beautiful.

Whatever is meaningful.

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May it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year.

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Candor Realty Ltd. ROYAL LEPAGE

NETWORK REALTY CORP. Independently Owned and Operated

Bus.: 403-742-3069 403-740-9212 5002 - 50th Ave., Stettler www.royallepage.ca/andybirch

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4908 - 51 Street

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Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in Alberta Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer trade may be required. * No purchase necessary. Open to Canadian residents with a valid driver’s license who have reached the age of majority in their province of residence. Contest closes January 4, 2016. Credit Awards up to $10,000 include applicable taxes and must be applied to the purchase or lease of a new 2015 or 2016 MY Chevrolet vehicle delivered on or before January 4, 2016. 30 Vehicle Awards available to be won, each consisting of winner’s choice of a vehicle with an MSRP of $35,000 CAD or less. The customer is responsible for any other taxes, license, insurance, registration, or other fees. Vehicle Awards are not transferable and no cash substitutes are permitted. Not all awards have the same odds of winning. For full rules and program details visit your GM dealer or gm.ca. Correct answer to mathematical skill-testing question required. See your GM dealer or gm.ca for full contest rules and program details. ^ Offer available to qualified retail customers in Canada for vehicles delivered between December 4th, 2015 and January 4th, 2016. 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, Scotiabank® or RBC Royal Bank for 84 months on all new or demonstrator 2015 Spark, Sonic, Cruze LS 1SA, Malibu (except LS), Volt, Impala, Camaro, Trax, Equinox LS AWD, Traverse, Colorado 2WD, Silverado 1500 Double Cab 2WD WT / Crew Cab 2WD WT and Silverado HD’s WT 2WD with gas engine.

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