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Notre Dame Spurrell Grade 2 letters to Jesus Editor’s note: To celebrate the Christmas season the Leduc/Wetaskiwin Pipestone Flyer invited several local school classes to write birthday letters to Baby Jesus. This is the Notre Dame Spurrell Gr. 2 class. Out of respect for student privacy, no last names will be printed.

Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus! Mt wish this Christmas is for my Dad’s back to get better.

And I want my family to be healthy. I hope for a safe drive to the farm and my family to be happy. And I hope that my Grandma and Grandpa are not sick. And I hope that no one is sick at Christmas. I want a fun Christmas.

Love Atley Dear Jesus, Happy birthday! My wish this Christmas is love for my dog and my Mom and the animals and the poor people. I hope the people have good food to eat.

Love Tairyn Dear Jesus, My wish this Christmas is to stop the war and to have a healthy world. I wish to have good air and to have peace. Also, to have good food for the poor and to get love. I wish to get a good life and to be safe. I hope to get a good Christmas.

Love Mason Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus. My wish this Christmas is for peace and homes for people that don’t have homes. I want my dogs to be safe. I wish for food for the world. I want wars to stop and fresh air for the world. I want my family to be happy. I want to have a good Christmas.

Love Lainey

Dear Jesus, My wish this Christmas is I hope war stops. I hope we have fresh air and help the homeless people. Bring good food, love and kindness.

I hope water spreads and trees grow and the animals are healthy. I want my family and friends and the poor and the earth to be safe.

Love Tristan Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus! My wish this Christmas is for people to have homes and for my family to be safe and to have lots of fun. I would like for my sister to be good and for my dogs to be safe.

Love Caitlyn Dear Jesus, I wish my family is safe.

My wish this Christmas is for a good Christmas. I wish the world could be safe. I would like my brother to be good. I wish I could feed the poor people.

Love Avery Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus. My wish this Christmas is for love and peace but what I want most is that they will stop war. I want fresh air, food and my family to be safe and help the homeless and feed the poor.

Love Katelynn Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus.

My wish this Christmas is to bring my uncle back for Christmas. Bring peace to

the earth. Let my family be healthy. Let us have healthy air. Bring peace to animals.

Take care of my kitten for me. Let my dog live for a very long time. Let joy come to the world.

Love Ava Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus! My wish for Christmas is that my dog and Grandma are safe. I wish that they are safe and happy. I wish I can help the poor.

Love Kobe Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus.

My wish this Christmas is to help my Gramma with her pneumonia and to stop war. I want families to have love and food and water and fresh air. I want homes for the homeless and I wish for a good Christmas and for happiness in the world and food for people who don’t have any.

Love Mackenzie Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus.

My wish this Christmas is to bring peace and also stop war. I want you to heal animals and to help sick families and to bring love to the world and to bring happiness. And to bring water for the poor and food for people who are hungry and my family to be safe.

Love Alexa

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Dear Jesus Happy birthday Jesus! My wish this Christmas is for my family to be well. I hope for my Mom, Dad and sister to be well. I want to have love in my heart and the big trees to give the world air and stop wars that are happening in the world right now. I hope I have a good grade that is all.

Love Jacob Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus! My wish this Christmas is for a brand new friend and a book and I love to take care of my family. I like Christmas. It’s fun and I want my family to be happy on Christmas.

I want them to be lovely on Christmas. I want my family to find a brand new house so on my birthday I will have fun.

Love Ethan Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus! My wish this Christmas is for peace, healing, fresh air and food. Also to stop war and to heal the sick. I hope for schools to have desks and have good food for the poor.

I want to have a good life.

I want to take care of the animals. Please help the endangered animals and keep trees healthy.

Love Landon Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus! My wish this Christmas is for loving, caring, stop the wars.

I want to help the animals, heal the sick and injured, help the homeless, keep the fresh air. Help my dog Rily stay happy in heaven. If my dog Max is in pain please help him.

Love Ava

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Notre Dame Spurrell Grade 2 Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus! My wish is this Christmas for peace in the world. I would like for the world wars to stop. I wish for health in the world and health in my family and friends and for homes for the poor people.

Love Halle Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus!

My wish this Christmas is for peace, food, water, to stop the war, love, family for homeless and fresh air. I want animals healthy.

Thank you Jesus. Thank you for my brother and my Mom and Dad. Thank you for love.

Love Justin

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Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus!

My wish this Christmas is peace and happiness, love and care, food and family. I want healthy air and for my family they will be happy and loving. For the people and for the world peace and fresh water. I want the world to be happy.

Love Reese Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus. My wish this Christmas is for love and peace and joy and happiness. I want friends and family and stop wars.

Please and thank you. I want homes for the homeless and food for the hungry. I want my family to be safe.

Love Ella Dear Jesus, Happy birthday Jesus. My wish this Christmas is for love and trees and food. I want family and to have peace. I want friends, people in the world to be safe.

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Santa Claus spills some holiday must-haves reindeer and they have tinsel on their antlers.”

Santa says Rudolph and the gang try to stand real still while they get decorated to look their most dashing.

Trees are also an important factor in decorating and Santa says he likes to have live ones flown in to the North Pole. “It’s just a good excuse to get the sleigh out. We only get to fly

one night a year. The reindeer like to get out and stretch their legs.”

When it comes to Christmas treats Santa Claus says he likes to stick with the classics and his most favourite is a good ol’ fashioned chocolate chip cookie.

“Although Christmas time means get out the butter tarts.”

As time passes one Santa says he’s tried to

stay away from modern technology as much as possible. “The elves, they understand how to use those things. Me, I’m mostly the flyer. I go down chimney’s, I’m quiet.”

In his closing remarks Santa had a special message for the people of the world. “Remember to be nice to each other and treat each other nice all year long.”

Santa Skate Just days before his biggest night of the year, Santa Claus got all gussied up and skated with the children during a skate with Santa, held in Wetaskiwin on Dec. 21.

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BY AMELIA NAISMITH THE PIPESTONE FLYER Despite coming up on his most hectic time of year, Santa Claus graciously took some time out of his busy schedule to talk with the LeducWetaskiwin Pipestone Flyer before getting back to work in his North Pole toy shop.

Santa Claus says in preparation for his big Christmas Eve flight he always makes sure to get a good night sleep; a solid eight hours. He also makes sure to eat a hearty breakfast in the morning and can head out immediately afterward, while it’s still dark, to begin delivering toys.

“Porridge, that’s important,” said Santa.

Everyone has their favourite part of the holiday season and Santa Claus is no different. “I love this, being with the people.”

“Unless it’s kicking back after, having turkey dinner,” he added.

Santa says after a long flight and squeezing down all those chimneys he loves being back at home with his much loved Mrs. Claus and inviting all the elves over to the house for a turkey dinner.

The Christmas tunes are another instrumen-

tal part of Santa Claus’s holiday and two of his favourite song are Deck the Halls and especially Jingle Bells, which he believes can be enjoyed all year long, as one can always find a bell to ring.

When it comes to decorations tinsel is a musthave. “We decorate the

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Hypocrisy reaching new levels in legislature

Mandy Vuylsteke

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After the provincial election last spring more than a few voters were sure they had made the correct choice by voting New Democratic Party.

This group, thought the voters, is different than those penthouse-building PC’s or those highly quotable Wildrose folks.

Change is good. Change encourages growth, learning and progress. With the PCs obviously taking

Albertans’ support for granted, change was not only needed, but also inevitable. But have Albertans truly seen change since the NDP took power last spring?

The farm community exploded earlier this month after the NDP’s Bill 6 crashed the party.

Why was Bill 6 such a shock to the farm community? Well, regardless of whether you see Bill 6 as a harmless modernization of farm labor conditions, or an attempt by labor unions to get their hooks into the Alberta agriculture industry, there’s one thing that has to be agreed: the NDP government’s attempt at public consultation and awareness failed miserably.

The NDP followed this mistake up with another mistake that defines amateurism. As public consultation was neglected,

Province, feds are ‘Dumb and Dumber’ Dear editor, Thousands of Albertans are losing their jobs and their homes and all the provincial government can think of doing is to slap us with another tax. Dimwits.

The carbon tax idea was dreamed up by Trudeau Sr. in 1980. It brought Alberta to its knees and the rest of the country as well because the oil and gas industry buys billions of dollars worth of material from other provinces.

Of course, Quebec was barely affected, Trudeau Sr. made sure of that. Even Stephen Harper said that a carbon tax is nothing more than a tax grab and does nothing for the environment.

The new “Prince of Ottawa” is a joke among the other world leaders but he’s going to tell them how to manage their gas emissions. Double dimwit. It’s like a city boy with one year in agricultural school telling veteran farmers how to farm.

Looking at the provincial and federal governments, a movie comes to mind: Dumb and Dumber.

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legislative consultation was also non-existent.

As thousands of people protested around Alberta about Bill 6, Premier Rachel Notley announced on Dec. 8 that her majority government would invoke closure; in essence, ramming Bill 6 through the legislature and closing debate. Wildrose Alliance opposition members, including leader Brian Jean, were eager to debate Bill 6, but Notley would have none of it.

Funny, because, as Wildrose pointed out, both Notley and fellow NDP’er Brian Mason were opposition MLA’s, they hated the PC’s for doing the same thing. “This time allocation thing is a way for the government to short-circuit democracy. It doesn’t deserve being filibustered, but it also doesn’t deserve having closure enforced,” said Brian Mason, May

2002, in the Edmonton Journal. “It’s clear that they still don’t get it because now they plan to ram through an omnibus bill without written briefings to Assembly members and without listening to Albertans,” said Rachel Notley, May 2014, Alberta Hansard (QP – Bill 12 Statutes Amendment Act). When the PC’s did it, that’s bad. When the NDP did it, that’s good?

The Wildrose folks also did a brilliant job last week of pointing out the NDP government’s apparent patronage practices at the MacDougall Centre in Calgary. The centre is the provincial government’s office in Calgary.

Another long-time NDP supporter has been hired at the centre: NDP party president Chris O’Halloran was hired as outreach manager at McDougall Centre.

Again, as with the hiring of lifetime NDP man Bob Hawkesworth, it’s not clear why these people who are property of Notley’s party were hired over other Albertans who want or need the job.

In fact, Alberta’s premier, as pointed out by Wildrose, apparently despised patronage appointments before the last provincial election.

As Wildrose pointed out last week, n opposition, Notley criticized the employment of failed PC candidate Evan Berger as a decision, “that was made very much to bring on an old friend, an insider, and find them a soft landing.” Good point.

So, have things changed in Alberta under the NDP? Have things changed in the legislature under Rachel Notley?

No. The hypocrites are still in charge.

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Opinion Elizabeth May speaks on behalf of kooks

BY STU SALKELD THE PIPESTONE FLYER One thing that bothered me about the last federal election is the way, on the national stage, many people were at pains to ensure Green Party leader Elizabeth May was given equal opportunity with the Liberal, PC and NDP. The media, and the Green Party itself, should show respect for the fact Canadian voters choose not to vote Green. In the 41st federal election in 2011, the Green Party dropped to an 11 year national low of 3.9 per cent of the popular vote; May herself was the only Green candidate elected in the

entire country, one seat out of 308 which equals 0.3 per cent of the Commons.

The voters gave Greens one seat (May’s); even the Bloc Quebecois, a regional party, beat them. These are the results many wrongly felt owed Greens a place on the national stage.

As if popular vote isn’t enough to show that Canadians, in general, are not interested in the Green Party and the party doesn’t deserve, nor did they earn, special treatment, a bit closer examination of their leader, May, probably will.

Not surprisingly, May, a leftist, isn’t just a card-carrying Green, she was executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada for 17 years. The Sierra Club,

a special interest environmental lobby group, is defined by the website www. activistfacts.com, as “Once dedicated to conserving wilderness for future human enjoyment, the Sierra Club has become an anti-growth, anti-technology, anti-energy group that puts its utopian environmentalist vision before the well-being of humans.”

Does May still buy into the Sierra Club 1960’s hippy Canadian-intellectual anti-American philosophy?

Let’s look at something she did about one year ago in the House of Commons that CTV called “bizarre.”

On Dec. 3, 2014 May, in a supreme slap in the face to rational thinkers, stood up in the House of Commons and present-

ed a 9-11 denier petition which according to her came from Canadians in four provinces. The petition inferred the entire 9-11 tragedy was staged by the American government in order to justify foreign wars, in essence. The 9-11 kooks and nuts ponder, for example, why the Twin Towers fell straight down.

It’s not clear where exactly the towers were supposed to fall, if not down.

9-11 conspiracy theories have been thoroughly debunked by a number of critical thinkers, scientists and skeptics. One claim, for example, that 9-11 must have been state-sponsored terrorism is that no jetliner parts were recovered. In reality, lots of parts were recovered. Also, jetliners

are made out of aluminum. Aluminum is flammable. Yes, that’s correct.

Aluminum burns, especially when it crashes into a building at 400 miles per hour and then doused in explosive jet fuel. Most of the jetliner’s components were reduced to ash.

Regardless, May wrapped herself in the flag and said she had no choice but to present the petition as a Member of Parliament.

May told CTV, “It is an obligation of an MP to present every petition submitted to them.”

Of course no such obligation exists. The House of Commons procedure and practice rules note that, essentially, MPs choose which petitions they bring forward, if any.

May insulted the integrity of the House of Commons with the stunt, and damaged not only her own reputation among rational thinkers, but the reputation of the Green Party as well.

Despite the waste of taxpayer dollars through a waste of Parliament’s time, perhaps May, her party and her petitioners have entertainment value to offer. The next petition could demand national laws to protect the Ogopogo, a prohibition on Bigfoot lurching around without pants on or a statutory holiday every month to go UFO sighting.

Stu Salkeld is the new editor of The Leduc/Wetaskiwin Pipestone Flyer and writes a regular column for the paper.

We choose between kindness and cruelty

BY TREENA MIELKE BLACK PRESS The Christmas season is here, unfortunately bringing with it an underlying sense of upheaval, unrest and uncertainty. Even as Canadians await the onslaught of immigrants whom we have willingly opened our arms and our borders to, there remains a certain amount of trepidation. For the most part Canadians do not want

history to repeat itself and the majority is more than willing to open their borders to strangers in need.

And so they should!

In 1939, 907 Jewish refugees aboard the transatlantic liner St. Louis were seeking sanctuary from Nazi Germany. Canada refused to take them and the ship sailed back to Europe, where 254 would later die in concentration camps.

Their fate could have, no doubt, been avoided if Canada had not turned a blind eye to their plight.

Canada is not turning its back on these refugees coming across its borders now and all over the nation people are exhibiting kindness and compassion.

But in spite of this Canadian welcoming committee, there exists a certain amount of fear and suspicion, triggered, no

doubt, by the Paris shootings and, most recently, the horrible mass execution that took place at simple staff Christmas party in California. And so the evil and the violence, like a malignant tumor grows silently and Canadians in spite of their desire to follow the golden rule and do onto others as they would have others do onto them, are left feeling more than just a little nervous.

In spite of the hatred and the horror that continues to rock the world, there is really no option but to do the right thing and to keep the faith that the light of goodness will obliterate the senseless acts of terrorism. According to an Internet article, William Lyon Mackenzie King, who was prime minster of Canada at the time the ship carrying the Jewish

people sailed close to Halifax, wrote to Frederick Blair, who was the immigration officer at the time, saying he was considering the request to take in the immigrants. However, Blair was strongly opposed, and, in the face of such opposition, the prime minster did not pursue the issue further. Interestingly, not everyone agreed with the immigration minister or the prime minister’s decision.

University of Toronto history professor George Wrong petitioned King to grant sanctuary to the refugees and the non-Jewish German captain of the St. Louis, Capt. Gustav Shroeder. Capt. Shroeder argued first with the Cuban authorities, then those of neighbouring Caribbean countries and finally with American au-

thorities to let the refugees land. There is no record of him lobbying Canada, but still he did not give up on helping his Jewish passengers.

Steaming back toward Europe, he promised his passengers he wouldn’t return them to Nazi Germany, even going so far as to plan to run his ship aground on the English coast if no safe port could be found. Promising not to take them back to Nazi Germany, the captain finally found countries who waved a welcoming flag for desperate strangers. At the last moment, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain accepted the refugees and the boat landed its human cargo in Antwerp, Belgium.

However, as fate would have it, Belgium, France and the Netherlands were

later taken over by Nazi Germany. Many of the passengers were taken away and put in concentration camps. But, when the war was over, the captain and his kindness was not forgotten by the surviving Jewish passengers. These grateful people sent him money and food so he could survive in a war torn and broken Germany.

In 1957, two years before his death, the German government awarded him a medal for his services to those same passengers.

This history lesson is here to remind us that kindness, like evil, can be found in unexpected places. It is up to us to decide where we want to look and which one we want to offer.

Treena Mielke is editor of The Rimbey Review and is a columnist for Black Press.

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Women of Aspenland 2015 celebration SUBMITTED WETASKIWIN AND DISTRICT HERITAGE MUSEUM On October 18th, 1929, Alberta’s Famous Five (Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, and Henrietta Edwards) succeeded in having Canadian women defined as “persons” under law. To celebrate this, and coinciding with Women’s History Month

each October, women from this community are inducted into the Wetaskiwin & District Heritage Museum’s Women of Aspenland exhibit. Now in its 19th year, and consisting of 85 “persons”, this project showcases the lives of local women who embody the heart of Wetaskiwin city, county, and Maskwacis.

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Lillian “Lou” Klone: This fantastic woman is more commonly known as Lou and she carries the title of friend, mother, artist and volunteer with pride. Not one to shun hard work, Lou has spent the majority of her life helping to build the community of Wetaskiwin through her volunteer work Lou was born 12 miles west of Wetaskiwin on March 21, 1923, the second child of Theodore and Maria Fietz. The Fietz family was born and raised in the Wetaskiwin district and her childhood was spent working hard on her family’s farm. Her day typically consisted of waking up early to help with chores before eating and heading off to school.

She attended the Big Stone School from Grades 1 to 8, until she decided to put her education on hold to look after her younger sister Ruby when her mother took ill.

Even at a young age, she was very family oriented as she watched over Ruby for three months while her father did the harvesting as her mother recovered.

At the age of 17, Lou Fietz met her husband-to-be Ben Klone

Lillian “Lou” Klone at a church social. They dated for two years prior to tying the knot in 1940. Ben and Lou were married in the rebuilt Emmaus church and were said to be a wellmatched couple with similar backgrounds and even temperaments.

The Klones had two children, Doreen and Don. Doreen was born in 1941 with her brother following five years later in 1946. Lou’s children were raised on the

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farm and were never idle.

Don and Doreen stress that their mother raised them never to say negative things about other people, as well as teaching them the importance of family. As a family, they would often go camping at Pigeon Lake and Zeiner’s, and were known for travelling in comfort. The Klone family knew it was important to balance hard work and fun.

Lou’s community involvement began once her family moved to Wetaskiwin in 1952.

She had switched from the Emmaus Lutheran Church to the Zion Lutheran Church.

Her work for the Zion Lutheran involved becoming a part of the Ladies Aid Guild, Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, teaching Sunday school for three years, and joining Zion’s choir for 10.

Lou was also involved in the planning of funeral luncheons, creating arrangements for sales, and running fund-

raisers. Let us not forget her work for the Seniors Centre, Twilighters, and Communities in Bloom, as well as various community events where she let her artistic flair flourish.

A kind woman to the core, Lou has a penchant for celebrating others and helping where she can. At this year’s Pioneer of the Year Celebrations, Lou brought a gift for her friend Dorothy Brekke, who was being honoured that night. Her kindness does not stop there as Lou has repeatedly offered to help the museum by donating items for exhibits. Thank you Lou. As busy as she is, Lou Klone continues to extend her hand to anyone who needs it. Not one to let age slow her down, Lou’s dedication to her community is commendable. Lou’s compassion, selflessness, and flair for style render her an unforgettable and warm-hearted woman. If not for her, Wetaskiwin would not be the colourful place it is today.

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Holiday traditions from around the world Christmas and the holiday season is popular and well-known in North America but in some other countries around the world is celebrated quite differently.

Australia: Australians hang wreaths on their front doors and sometimes go out Christmas carol singing on Christmas eve. People decorate their houses and gardens with Christmas Trees and Christmas lights.

Australians also decorate their houses with bunches of “Christmas Bush”, a native Australian tree with small green leaves and cream coloured flowers. In summer the flowers turn a deep shiny red over a period of weeks (generally by the week of Christmas in Sydney).

The Christmas day meal is usually prepared on Christmas Eve. The traditional Jamaican Christmas meal include fresh fruits, sorrel and rum punch and meat. The Christmas Day breakfast includes ackee and saltfish, breadfruit, fried plantains, boiled bananas, freshly squeezed fruit juice and tea. Dinner is usually served in the late afternoon and this may include chicken, curry goat, stewed oxtail, rice and peas.

Croatia: In Croatia, preparations for Christmas start on 25th November which is St Catherine’s day. People also celebrate Advent. Over 85 per cent of people in Croatia are Catholic so Advent is an important time for them.

It’s traditional to have an Advent wreath made of straw or evergreen twigs which has four candles. The wreath symbolizes endlessness and the four candles symbolize different parts of history and life: First Candle (purple): creation - hope Second Candle (purple): embodiment - peace Third Candle (pink): redemption - joy Fourth Candle (purple): ending - love A fifth candle is sometimes added in the center which is lit on Christmas Day! You can buy wreaths, but many people like to make them. People also often have a paper Advent Calendar.

Ethiopia: Ethiopia (and especially the Ethiopian Orthodox Church) still use the old Julian calendar, so they celebrate Christmas on January 7th, not December 25th.

The Christmas celebration in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is called Ganna. Most people go to Church on Christmas day.

Many people fast on Christmas Eve. At dawn on the morning of Ganna, people get dressed in white. Most people wear a traditional garment called a shamma.

It’s a thin white cotton piece of cloth with brightly colored stripes across the ends.

Hong Kong: In Hong Kong, Chinese Christians celebrate Christmas with Church services in Chinese. At the Anglican Cathedral, some services are held in English, because Europeans who live and work in Hong Kong attend them as well as people from Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong, people also send Christmas cards, many of which are home made using Chinese craft techniques.

Poinsettias flowers and Nativity scenes decorate homes, churches and public places, as well as big red and gold letters from the Chinese alphabet on decorated streamers and paper chains.

In Hong Kong, Father Christmas/Santa Claus, is known as “Sing Daan Lou Yan” (Christmas Old Man) in Cantonese or “Sheng Dan Lo Ren” in Mandarin.

Most people in Hong Kong speak Cantonese and would use “Sing Daan Lou Yan”.

Every year in Hong Kong there is a “Winterfest”. It’s a huge winter party that involves the shops, theme parks and other attractions in Hong Kong.

Jamaica: Christmas is a very special time in Jamaica and like a lot of other countries, radio stations play carols all through the Christmas period.

Lots of people paint their houses and hang new curtains and decorations for Christmas. Most families spend Christmas Day at home with friends and family members.

Portugal: Father Christmas (“Pai Natal”) is believed to bring presents to children on Christmas Eve, rather than Christmas Day. The presents are left under the Christmas Tree or in shoes by the fireplace. However, some people say that the presents are brought by the Baby Jesus rather than Father Christmas.

Like in Spain, the traditional Christmas meal in Portugal, called “Consoada”, is eaten during the evening of Christmas Eve and consists of codfish with green vegetables and boiled potatoes.

This is normally followed by shellfish, wild meats or other expensive foods.

After the meal, people go to church for the “Missa do Galo” or “Mass of the Rooster” service. During the service an image of baby Jesus is brought out, and everyone queues up to kiss it. It is then put in the nativity scene (the presépio) that every church will have. After the service people return home and open their presents.

Sri Lanka :

Japan: Christmas widely celebratthe last few decades. as a religious holias there aren’t many Now several customs from the USA such as ing Christmas cards popular.

In Japan, Christmas of a time to spread than a religious celeve is often celeChristmas Day. thought of as a rocouples spend together ents. In many ways it Day celebrations in the the United States.

has only been ed in Japan for It’s still not seen day or celebration Christians in Japan. that came to Japan sending and receivand presents are in known as more happiness rather ebration. Christmas brated more than Christmas Eve is mantic day, in which and exchange presresembles Valentine’s United Kingdom or

Macedonia: Most Christians in Macedonia belong to the Orthodox Church and so Christmas is celebrated on January 7th.

Christmas celebrations really start on 5th January which is called “Kolede”. On this day people, especially children, like to go carols singing around their neighbors. They are given fruits, nuts and coins.

When the singing has finished people gather around big bonfires. They are sometimes held in parks where hundreds of people can go to see them. Others like smaller events where the local community comes together.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING INVITATION

PIGEON LAKE FEEDER COOP ASSOCIATION DATE: Thursday January 7th, 2016 LOCATION: Falun Community Centre Hall, 1 Mile West of Junc. Hwy. 795 & Hwy 13 TIME: 7:30 pm

YOUR ATTENDANCE IS WELCOMED & APPRECIATED.

Although Sri Lanka is a mostly Buddhist country (only seven per cent of people are Christians) Christmas is celebrated as a public holiday by everyone. Most Christians in Sri Lanka are Catholic. There has been influences from several different European countries.

For Christians in Sri Lanka, the Christmas season starts on December 1 when people let off fire crackers at dawn.

The streets are decorated and the shopping centres have large Christmas Trees in them. Big companies have Christmas parties and large hotels have Christmas dinner dances.

Zambia: Many churches in Zambia have nativity plays and a crib in the church. One or two days before Christmas, Zambians like to go carol singing around the local streets for charity.

On Christmas day, children are encouraged to bring a present to church for children who are in hospital or might not get a present because they are less fortunate. After church, on Christmas day, it is a custom that all the children go to one house and all the adults go to another house to have a party and to eat.

Wetaskiwin Curling Club The Wetaskiwin Curling Club would like to extend a huge thank you to all of those who have made the first half of our season a success. With the second half coming up, there is still a chance to get in on the action with two leagues which start again after Christmas.

Open League – Starts January 6, 2016 @ 7pm.

Entry Fee - $500 /team Please contact Janet at 780-352-7544 to register or for more details.

Skins League – Starts January 5, 2016 @ 7 pm.

Entry Fee - $1000 /team Please contact Brian at 780-352-8808 to register or for more details.

Coming up in January there are also two bonspiels!

January 16, 2016 is a Sturling Bonspiel. Entry Fee is $50.

Please contact the Curling Club at 780-352-7088 for more details.

January 22-23, 2016 is a Skins Bonspiel. Entry Fee is $240/team.

Please contact Brian at 780-352-8808 to register or for more details.

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Thursday, December 31, 2015

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Join our Solar Energy Workshop!

Have you missed out on prior solar workshops?

There is continued interest from our residents in solar energy applications and micro-generation. Solar technology is durable and proven and the economics are better than ever. Join us for a one-day workshop on grid-tie solar energy generation options for farmers.

Date:

Monday, January 25, 2016

Time:

Doors open @ 9:30 a.m.

Workshop from 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Place:

Millet Community Hall (5107 - 50 Ave.)

Cost:

$10 - payable at the door

Register: Contact Kim by phone at 780-387-6182 or email at: kimb@leduc-county.com or kbarkwell@county.wetaskiwin.ab.ca Lunch will be provided for those attending the workshop.

Those attending the event will: • Learn how to hook up to the grid as a solar micro-generator • Learn about site evaluation and equipment locations for optimal productivity • See examples of equipment and products • Be provided with information on Alberta sources for equipment, installers and more!

Important: Registration by January 22 is mandatory and will be limited to the first 50 registrants. No new registrations will be accepted at the door.

County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 Notice of proposed change in land use classification TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 has received an application to amend its Land Use By-Law by rezoning part of the following land, as shown on accompanying map, from Agricultural to Recreational Districting: SE 21-45-03-W5M If the rezoning is approved, the applicant intends to rezone 155 acres, for the purpose of appling for a Clay Pigeon Shooting Range and RV Park. A copy of the Recreational District outlining permitted and discretionary uses can be obtained from the County Office.

Before proceeding further with the proposal, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected by the proposed rezoning may ask questions or make their views known.

The hearing will be held in the Council Chambers, County Office, 1.6 kilometres west of Wetaskiwin on Highway 13, at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, January 14, 2016.

Written submissions will be accepted up to the time of the hearing and should be addressed to the undersigned at the County Office.

DAVID BLADES, A. Sc. T., LGA Director of Planning & Economic Development County of Wetaskiwin No. 10

WORKSHOP

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Join our Winter Feeding Strategies Workshop!

There’s more than one way to feed a cow (sheep, goat) and more than one place to do it. Register for this workshop and gain useful winter feeding knowledge including: •

Winter feeding options and some production benefits

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Wintering site selection and management considerations

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What if you want to relocate a confined feeding site? Why would you?

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Learn from other producer’s experiences

When Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Lunch Included Where Glen Park Hall (49004 - RR 274, Leduc County) Cost FREE!

Contact Kim by phone at 780-387-6182 or email at kimb@leduc-county.com or kbarkwell@county.wetaskiwin.ab.ca to register.

Registration is required by January 18, 2016!

NOTICE TO ALL COUNTY OF WETASKIWIN RESIDENTS WITH PUMP OUT SEWAGE SYSTEMS New Fee Introduced For Bulk Septage Loads At County Operated Lagoons And Dump Stations The County of Wetaskiwin has implemented a user fee, as per the Waterworks and Sewage Utilities By-Law 2015/62, approved by Council at the December 8, 2015 Council for Public Works meeting, whereby each bulk septage load delivered to a County operated lagoon or dump station will be charged a $30.00 fee for full or partial loads, (no added charge for mixed loads) collected from County residents. This is the first time the County is charging the Septic Haulers for disposal of septage loads at the lagoons. This fee is per load delivered, not per residential/commercial pick-up. This fee will be implemented effective January 1, 2016.

Please call Dave Dextraze at 780-361-6230 or 1-800-661-4125 (toll free) for more information.

Thursday, December 31, 2015

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DEVELOPMENT PERMITS

PRESENTATION

TAKE NOTICE THAT THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT PERMIT(S) FOR THE PROPOSED USE LISTED BELOW HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH BY-LAW 95/54, LAND USE BY-LAW OF THE COUNTY OF WETASKIWIN NO. 10.

FARM DUGOUTS

Application # D15/281 12’ x 24’ COVERED DECK AND 10’ x 10’ SHED: SW 7-46-5-W5M Plan 0320440, Block 2, Lot 12.

This is a discretionary use as specified by Section 3.3 (g) and 3.5 (b & c) of Schedule B, Land Use By-law 94/54, amended by By-law15/10.

THE ABOVE NOTED PERMIT(S) SHALL NOT COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL AFTER FOURTEEN (14) DAYS FROM THE FIRST DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. Any person wishing to review the above application(s) or permit(s) may do so at the County Office during normal business hours.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 686 OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT, ANY PERSONS CLAIMING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS DECISION MAY SERVE WRITTEN NOTICE OF APPEAL, ALONG WITH PRESCRIBED FEE OF $150.00 TO: FRANK COUTNEY, SECRETARY TO THE DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD COUNTY OF WETASKIWIN NO. 10 P.O. BOX 6960 WETASKIWIN, ALBERTA T9A 2G5

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 6:00 – 9:00 PM FALUN COMMUNITY HALL Presentation by Shawn Elgert, Water Specialist from Alberta Agriculture Planning Considerations: regulatory issues, size, location, water supply Dugout Design: soil texture, side slopes, inlet structures, wet wells, sedimentation Construction: pre-construction testing, liners, excavating equipment, hiring a contractor Dugout Operation: intake systems, pumps, remote livestock watering systems Dugout Maintenance and Protection: livestock exclusion, fencing, vegetation buffer Water Quality Issues and Treatment Solutions: algal blooms, livestock run-off, Dugouts as Fish Habitat: water source testing, ideal water quality, sizing, aeration, predators Partial funding available through Growing Forward 2 –“On Farm Water Management Program”

PLEASE PRE – REGISTER

Contact: Heather Dickau @ 780-352-3321 EXT 270 or 780-777-9760 hdickau@county.wetaskiwin.ab.ca

WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS OF THE FIRST DATE OF THIS NOTICE.

Wetaskiwin County increases subdivision user fees

BY AMELIA NAISMITH THE PIPESTONE FLYER A 5 per cent increase to the West Central Planning Agency (WCPA) 2016 budget was approved by Wetaskiwin County council at its Dec.

15 meeting.

This will increase the county’s per capita contribution from $3.43 to $3.60, based on a 2011 population census of 10,866.

Along with $500 base fee, this lands the coun-

ty’s contribution to WCPA at $39,617. This amount will be included in the County’s 2016 budget deliberation process.

The increase comes after Rimbey decided to drop their support going to WCPA. “Part of that in-

crease is change in membership,” said CAO Frank Coutney.

Coun. Garry Dearing says as long as the county sees a similar number of subdivisions in 2016 as it did in 2015 Wetaskiwin County will can easily

handle the changes.

“It’s based on user fee … It’s hard to budget when you have external factors,” said Dearing.

“If we have a good year we’ll have a minimal increase to the budget,” he added.

Gary Dearing

Pigeon Lake Chamer of Commerce receives less funding than hoped

BY AMELIA NAISMITH THE PIPESTONE FLYER Wetaskiwin County council has approved $7,500 to the Pigeon Lake Chamber of Commerce as it’s annual funding contribution.

According to two presentations made by the chamber earlier this fall, it was hoping for $10,000, which would be used to enhance services to members and

“I STILL LIKE THE $7,500.”

- COUN. LARRY MCKEEVER.

the business community as a whole, as well as fund

initiatives that will position the Pigeon Lake Region in a positive light.

“I still like the $7,500,” said Coun. Larry McKeever.

“In my view they have to be more inclusive and get more networking,” he added.

McKeever feels if the chamber is able to do that and gain more membership council can possibly look at $10,000 in the future. Or, if chamber efforts do not go well council could move down to $5,000.

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