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COMMUNITY: Lacombe Community Watch Association continues work to create a safer City – PG 3

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AFTERMATH - A Mirror Fire Department member puts out a hot spot Monday morning, the day after fire destroyed the historic Imperial Mirror Hotel along 54th St. in the Lacombe County hamlet.

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Creating a safer community through crime prevention Lacombe Community Watch Association expands reach in City

BY SARAH MAETCHE LACOMBE EXPRESS

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local community group is looking to put a dent in crime in the city and create a safer community.

Formed last year, the Lacombe Community Watch Association (LCWA) is looking to expand awareness within the community and welcome in new volunteers.

The group made up of dedicated citizen volunteers is the parent organization of three definitive programs in the city Citizens on Patrol (COPS), Block Parent and Neighbourhood Watch.

LCWA was started early last year, based off the vision of former President Ed L’Ecluse.

“He was very passionate about community safety and was looking at what type of crime watch or safety initiatives would be appropriate for Lacombe,” said Debbi Gallant, LCWA vice president.

From this idea, a community meeting was held with over 30 people in attendance.

With a noted interest from the community and an evident need, the group expanded, forming an executive board of nine and a total of around 40 passionate volunteer citizens.

LCWA is closely affiliated with the Lacombe Police Service (LPS) with a dedicated liaison who works between the two organizations.

“We have a similar mandate - community safety,” said Gallant. “It’s not only on the shoulders of the police. It’s up to every citizen to ensure the safety of their community.”

COPS is the main program run through the organization that works closest with the LPS. COPS is essentially a community-based crime prevention program where citizens provide a presence in the community through observation, documentation and reporting.

“We don’t step into a role where we are arresting people or are doing the police’s job,” noted Gallant. “We are, in effect, the eyes and ears of the police.”

Groups of two patrol the community at various times of day by vehicle, on foot or by bicycle. Volunteers are screened, complete a criminal record check and have a photo ID card. COPS volunteers often patrol ‘trouble’ spots in the community or act as an extra set of eyes throughout weekends.

After being absent for well over a decade, the Block Parent program has returned to the community, also managed under LCWA. For those unfamiliar with the program, Block Parents are responsible adult volunteers who care for the well-being of

COMMUNITY PARTNERS - The Lacombe Community Watch Association is looking to increase awareness and expand neighbourhood-based programs in the City. From left are Scott Rhodes (COPS/board member), Audrey Brown (secretary/Block Parent/COPS), Neil Reidford (board member/COPS), Amy Traynor (board member), Rochelle Havanka (board member), Ursula Mikula (treasurer/COPS), Thelma Ten Hove (board member/Neighbourhood Watch) and Debbi Gallant (vice president/board member/COPS). photo submitted children and others in the community by in the community who want to come on offering their homes as a temporary refuge board and join in any part of this.”

Neighbourhood Watch is a program that in an emergency situation.

When they are available to provide as- is still at a development stage, with the sistance, Block Parents place their distinct group crafting a vision and identifying red and white sign in the window of their needs within the community.

“It’s basically getting neighbours to get home, indicating to children, seniors and others that if they need help or are lost, to know each other, get connected, pay attention to what is they can come there as a going on in their own safe place. neighbourhoods,” ex“We have about 12 Block plained Gallant.

Parents now which is great “THE BEST LCWA and the three and more are on the way,” offered programs are said Gallant.

DETERRENT TO CRIME gaining traction in the As for all volunteers with IS PREVENTION.” community as citizens the LCWA, Block Parents are noting the imporare screened, complete a DEBBI GALLANT tance of being connectcriminal record check and ed and the benefit of then complete a home inwatching out for each terview before they receive other. their sign.

“Everybody in the community wants to “We are doing our due diligence to make sure that we have appropriate people in our live in a safe community,” said Gallant. organization,” said Gallant. “We are always “Every citizen has a responsibility in that, looking for committed, passionate people whether it’s in their own home or their

check your

own neighbourhood - no community is immune to crime. It impacts everyone in the community. The best deterrent to crime is prevention.”

LCWA will be holding a general meeting, open to the public on Wednesday, March 9th at the Lacombe Fire Hall.

“We will do board elections again and the public is invited to come out,” said Gallant. “It’s at the back door of the fire hall at 7 p.m.”

To become a volunteer or for more information on the organization, email lacombecommunitywatch@gmail.com.

“Community partnership is the motto of the LPS and seeing the programs of the LCWA come to life puts that motto into action,” said LPS Chief Steve Murray in a press release. “I would personally like to thank the executive board of the LCWA and our liaison with the group, Constable Vaughan Bleasdale, for all their hard work and dedication towards keeping Lacombe safe.”

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Landmark hotel in Mirror burns down

BY SARAH MAETCHE LACOMBE EXPRESS A historic hotel in Mirror, a hamlet located 42 kilometres east of Lacombe, burned to the ground on Sunday evening.

Lacombe County Fire Chief Todd Gustafson said the Mirror Fire Department was called out to a structure fire at the former Imperial Mirror Hotel, located along 54th St., shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 28th.

When crews arrived on the scene the second and third storeys of the over a century-old building were fully engulfed in flames.

“As soon as the call came in, they (the Mirror Fire Department) immediately called for mutual aid, as per our protocol,”said Gustafson.

The Alix Fire Department, Clive Fire Department, Bashaw Fire Department and Lacombe Fire Department were all called to assist as mutual aid partners.

Crews battled the blaze for several hours before it was deemed to be under control shortly before midnight.

Gustafson said the fire operation was ‘strictly’ defensive from the start, with concerns directed at eliminating any exposures to surrounding structures.

“Fortunately, the winds blowing came

from the east, which directed away from any potential exposures,” he said. “There was a shop that was 25-feet away from the structure, so to save that piece is pretty impressive.”

Crews dealt with some freezing issues and did need to shuttle water in from Alix to supplement the hydrant system in Mirror.

Crews remained on scene until approximately 4:30 a.m. Monday morning.

Later that morning one of the smoldering piles reignited, requiring the fire department to return to the scene a few hours later along with a track hoe.

Smoke was still visible in the hamlet as the Mirror Fire Department crew worked on putting out hot spots with water and the track hoe pulled apart pieces of the destroyed structure.

The building had been vacant for several years.

According to the history book Land of the Lakes: A Story of the Settlement and Development of the Country West of Buffalo Lake, the Imperial Mirror Hotel was constructed in the newly minted railroad village around 1912. The Imperial Hotel was listed as being constructed by G. T. Cook shortly after the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company built a rail line through the village, establishing Mirror.

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SUSPICIOUS OCCURRENCE IN BLACKFALDS

On Feb. 29th at 7:40 p.m. a 13-year-old female was walking home. An older model reddish-brown pickup truck pulled up beside the female and a male exited the vehicle. The female was concerned since the vehicle appeared to approach her quite quickly and then stop within a few feet of her.

There was no physical or verbal interaction during this suspicious occurrence. The suspicious male is described as 6’ tall, approximately 50-yearsold, pear shaped, with a white beard, wearing dark coloured baseball cap, sunglasses and a dark t-shirt.

The suspicious vehicle is described as an older model reddish-brown truck with rust damage on the front of the hood.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3300. Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or at www.tipsubmit. com.

RCMP SEEK PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFYING ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECT Blackfalds RCMP request the public’s assistance in identifying a male suspect involved in the attempt murder which occurred on Feb. 25th at 5 a.m.

It is also requested the person who placed an Alberta license plate at the front door of Innisfail Detachment on the evening of Feb. 28th, please contact Blackfalds RCMP. On Feb. 25th at 5:20 a.m.

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by Sarah Maetche County to a victim who was seriously injured. The victim was assaulted by an unknown suspect, who then fled the scene in the victim’s vehicle.

The victim was transported to the hospital where he is being treated for his serious injuries.

The victim’s vehicle has recently been located and recovered by the police.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian male about 5’5 - 5’6 tall, with a skinny build and short hair. He was wearing camo pants, a jacket and a black toque.

The Blackfalds RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect in this matter. Anyone with information relating to this incident is asked to contact the Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3310. The suspect is considered armed and dangerous, therefore, do not approach, contact the police immediately.

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Seeking the higher path in our daily lives The television series Breaking Bad tells the story of a high school chemistry teacher named Walter White. He has a disabled son and a baby on the way when he discovers that he has a fatal illness.

In order to make enough money to provide for his family’s future White decides that he will put his chemistry skills to use making the highly addictive drug called crystal meth. As the series progresses the moral compromises required to sustain this enterprise grow ever more horrific.

Breaking Bad is a vivid illustration that there are choices to be faced in life. Some choices are good; others are bad. Sometimes what is good and what is bad seem obvious. But often they are not easy to distinguish, and the worse path can often seem like the better one.

There is a story about Jesus that offers wisdom about such choices. Jesus lived in a time when a desperate and hungry people longed for a mighty warrior king – a messiah – who would overthrow the Roman occupation, feed the people and establish a mighty kingdom of prosperity and peace. That was the conventional thinking, and it would have been easy to follow that conventional thinking.

Instead, at the beginning of his

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That wilderness fast helps him to test those conventional assumptions: - Would he miraculously turn stones into bread to feed a hungry and desperate population?

- Would he rule over all the kingdoms of the world like the Roman emperor?

- Would he throw himself from the pinnacle of the temple, fulfilling the prophetic promise that the Messiah would appear suddenly in that spot?

When Jesus recognizes that these conventional beliefs are temptations, he is able to choose a better way. But until Jesus rejects that conventional thinking, he cannot know what his real call is.

Often, we assume that we should avoid our temptations and not think about them. But not thinking about them gives them power over us. Jesus teach-

es a different way. He gains clarity about God’s call by paying attention to his temptations. By confronting his temptations he strips them of power and is able to choose a better way.

During the 40 days prior to Easter, the church observes a season called Lent, when we

seek to walk the wilderness journey with Jesus. Many of us give up things we enjoy, as a kind of mini-fast. The point of it is so that we can pay attention to our assumptions about how we are living. In doing so we discover that many of our assumptions are temptations. We

are then free to choose a better way. Temptations are part of life.

Your particular temptations are unique to you, but the challenge is to face them in such a way that they lift us higher rather than drag us lower.

Ross Smillie is the pastor of St. Andrew’s United Church in Lacombe.

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Book and film clubs are among the many activities at the library I had no classes last week and at the end of each class the week before, I reminded the children that I would see them in two weeks.

One young lad groaned and asked why there was no class the next week. I replied that I needed to get organized for the next six weeks and he replied, “You’d think after all this time you would know what you’re doing!” He’s right. I should. Another little girl broke down and said she’d have to play with her brother and she just needed a break! Oh the impact I have on young people.

We would like to thank the Lacombe Co-op manager and staff for their unfailing diligence in selling our used books in their store foyer.

Mary

POOLE They keep track of the donations and keep the book display tidy and clean. All we do is supply the books.

This week we were presented a cheque from Co-op for $1,150. We appreciate this kindness very much.

The Mary C. Moore Knitting Club meets on Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the History Room of the library.

This is a drop-in program

and is open to all skill levels.

Come and enjoy a relaxing hour knitting and chatting.

On March 8th at 7 p.m. in the LMC, The Armchair Travel Lecture will be presented by our own Kirstin Bouwsema and her husband Brent. Their topic will be ‘Over the Sea to Skye: A Six Week Scottish Adventure with Two Small Children’.

This promises to be informative and entertaining since anything with the word children involved will be great entertainment.

The next evening for the Drop-in Adult Colouring Club will be March 9th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the library.

This is a free program and all materials are provided.

You may also bring your

own projects and materials (you do not have to share).

Adults only please.

On March 17th at 7 p.m. in the LMC The Local Colour Lecture will be ‘South Africa: The Rainbow Nation’ by Dr. Janni and Christa Prins. They will discuss the ‘new’ South Africa including education, government and the people.

They will also explain why doctors and families come to Canada from this country.

This will be the last of the lectures until this fall.

On March 22nd at 7 p.m. in the Library the MCMPL Film Club will be discussing the film Ida. Once again, please order the movie and watch it as quickly as possible so that others may get a chance to watch it

before the meeting.

Ida is a Polish film rated PG-13. In this beautifully directed film, Pawlikowski returns to his native Poland for the first time in his career to confront some of the more contentious issues in the history of his birthplace. Powerfully written and eloquently shot, Ida is a masterly evocation of a time, a dilemma, and a defining historical moment.

Ida is also personal, intimate and human. The weight of history is everywhere, but the scale falls within the scope of a young woman learning about the secrets of her own past. This intersection of the personal with momentous historic events makes for what is surely one

of the most powerful and affecting films of the year.

Please come and share your thoughts about this film.

Our book of the week is Shylock Is My Name by Howard Jacobson. This novel is a profound interpretation of The Merchant of Venice. Shylock’s present day counterpart is art dealer and conflicted father Simon Strulovitch. Simon is a man concerned with questions of identity, parenthood, anti-Semitism and revenge. I have not read this book but would like to hear feedback from readers.

Thanking you in advance for coming to the library.

Mary Poole is the children’s programmer at the Mary C. Moore Public Library in Lacombe.

March is Fraud Prevention Month Fraud Prevention Month is an annual public awareness campaign held in March that began in 2004 by encouraging Canadians to recognize, reject and report fraud.

Here are a few tips to protect yourself from fraud: • Don’t be fooled by the promise of a valuable prize in return for a low-cost purchase.

• Be extra cautious about calls, emails or mailings offering international bonds or lottery tickets, a portion of a foreign dignitary’s bank account, free vacations,

credit repair or schemes with unlimited income potential.

• Don’t be afraid to hang up the phone, delete the email or close your Internet connection.

• Don’t purchase a product or service without carefully checking out the product, service and company.

• Don’t be afraid to request further documentation from the caller so you can verify the validity of the company.

• Don’t disclose personal information

about your finances, bank accounts, credit cards, social insurance and driver’s license numbers to any business that can’t prove it is legitimate.

• Shred unwanted personal information such as bank statements, credit card bills, unwanted receipts, cheques, pre-approved credit applications and old tax returns.

One of the most recent scams that our agency has been informed of is called the Phoney Bank Inspector Scam.

There are many variations to this scam but, in general, this is how it plays out: • An individual (often a senior) receives a phone call from someone who knows their name.

• The caller claims to be a bank inspector (bank manager, police investigator, etc.) and explains that the bank is investigating a series of fraud cases that have been committed by staff at the individual’s branch.

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• After the money is withdrawn, the victim is advised to meet the ‘investigator’ at a pre-determined nearby destination, where the money is handed over for investigation.

• Once the money changes hands, the victim is instructed to return home and await a phone call confirming that the money has been re-deposited into the original account.

• Unfortunately, no call comes, the money is not returned and the ‘inspector’ is never heard from again.

If you get such a call as described above report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre online at www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca or toll free at 1-888-495-8501.

If you feel that you have been a victim of fraud or have given out personal or financial information unwittingly, please contact the Lacombe Police Service at 403-782-3279.

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Celebrate the women in your life Next Tuesday is International Women’s Day (IWD), a time set aside where we recognize and celebrate ordinary women who have played extraordinary roles throughout history and in our communities.

It’s a day to inspire women, celebrate achievements and the progress made worldwide towards equality.

IWD is an official holiday in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Laos, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia.

It’s also a national holiday celebrated only by women in China,

Madagascar and Nepal. The day sees many men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends and colleagues with small gifts or flowers, similar to Valentine’s Day. IWD was first observed in the early 1900s, during the turn of the industrialized world. The first National Woman’s Day was observed in the United States on Feb. 28th, 1909.

From there, IWD has expanded into a global movement and is celebrated across developed and developing countries.

In Canada, the day has far less public recognition, even with the significant change in society’s outlook of women’s equality and emancipation.

According to Stats Canada, 8.1 million Canadian women (58.3%)

were employed in 2009, more than double the number in 1976.

Also over the past three decades, employment rates of women with children have increased. In 2009, 72.9% of women with children under 16 living at home were part of the workforce. In 1976 the number was 39.1%.

Stats Canada also released the information that women are still less likely to be employed than men, with the exception of younger women age 15 to 24. The majority of the female workforce continues to work in traditional female occupations.

In 2009, 67% of employed women had jobs in education, healthcare fields, sales and services and clerical and other administrative positions. Only 31% of employed men

work in these female-driven fields.

Women have also expanded their role in managerial and professional fields. In Canada in 2009, women made up 37% of those employed as managers, an increase of 7% from 1987.

Despite these progressive changes, some may say women have not gained true equality.

Women are still not present in equal numbers in business or politics. Globally, in regards to women’s education and health, their conditions are considered much worse than that of men.

Girls are now welcomed into schools and universities. Women can work and have a family. They have real choices. IWD is a reminder of the still existing struggles and a true celebration of the positives.

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Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, once said, “An organization’s ability to translate learning into action rapidly is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

Under the leadership of Welch, General Electric was one of the world’s best known companies, renowned for its success through competitive innovation.

Alberta, incidentally, once had a similar reputation. Now, it seems government is more aptly defined by an inability to adapt. The Rachel Notley administration remains fixated on an obsolete agenda created long before the recession.

Despite job losses not seen since the 1980s, the NDP remains focused on increasing taxes, increasing regulation and increasing the size of government.

Meanwhile, Albertans are coming to the realization that it’s time to translate learning into action.

Last week, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean took

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ORR matters into his own hands, and booked a number of events across Ontario to promote Alberta’s economy and energy sector. Speaking to a variety of prestigious groups, including the C.D. Howe Institute, he focused his efforts on addressing misinformation about Alberta’s natural resources and our province’s record when it comes to responsible energy development.

During these difficult economic times, leadership matters.

At the same time, our offi cial opposition has created an Equalization Fairness Panel. Albertans have significant concerns regarding how Alberta tax dollars are treated by the federal government.

Billions of tax dollars collected in our province are redistributed across Canada each year. The current equalization agreement expires in 2019, and we believe it is important that Alberta’s concerns are addressed prior to the upcoming round of negotiations. The panel includes four fiscal experts from across Canada. You can sign up for updates at www.fairequalization.ca.

As our Official Opposition steps up to speak for Alberta on the national stage, we continue to meet today’s challenges here at home. Last year’s 272 fentanyl overdose deaths is indicative of an alarming and emergent public health crisis. To address this issue, we have recommended 10 common sense solutions to combat the fentanyl crisis. The government has partially adopted our action plan and increased access to overdose kits in pharmacies across the province.

Typically, the Official Opposition’s role in our

parliamentary democracy is to question governments and hold them to account. However, when the government abdicates its responsibilities, the duty to take action falls to the opposition.

This is a duty our Official Opposition is proud to accept.

I have found this last month being about the riding very productive.

The government delay of session by a month has made this possible. I have been meeting constituents answering concerns and providing assistance.

I was present at the 2019 Canada Games Red Deer announcement, hosted a media open house, hosted a meeting with reeves and mayors, attended a Central Alberta Teachers Convention event, the Alberta Beef Conference reception and the Alberta Fish & Game AGM. In my role as the Shadow Minister of Culture and Tourism I have met with Sport Alberta, been to Chinese New Year cele-

brations, Indo-Canadian Republic Day, Ogaden Somali Community of Alberta Residents Justice Forum and the Rural Tourism Conference recently held in Camrose.

In recent weeks the Official Opposition has been at work in legislative committees seeking answers to government spending, misspending and over spending.

We have been speaking out clearly about directions and recommendations regarding mental health, dental care fees, midwives, freedom of the press, energy policy and a host of other issues relevant to your life.

Starting March 8th we will begin the spring session of the Legislature.

Enjoy the early spring weather for me.

Ron Orr is the MLA for Lacombe-Ponoka. He can be reached at his constituency office at 101, 4892 – 46th St., Lacombe, AB, by telephone at 403-782-7725 or by email at Lacombe.ponoka@assembly. ab.ca.

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V ENTS EEVENTS The FYI, Community Events Calendar is a free-of-charge service for not-for-profit organizations and upcoming community events within the Lacombe and Blackfalds region. To submit your information, please email news@lacombeexpress. com, call 403-782-5306 or fax 403-782-5344. If you would like your event or organization to be included, please submit your information to the editor by noon, the Monday before the publication date.

The Lacombe & District Music Festival is hosting its 35th annual music festival from Feb. 29th -March 9th with a grand concert on March 13th. Please visit http://www.lacombemusicfestival.com/index.htm for more information and for a detailed schedule of events. Come out and support local talent!

Lacombe Figure Skating Club is holding its annual Skating Carnival on Sunday, March 6th at the Lacombe arena 1 p.m. The theme this year is “A Skating Stampede.” Tickets are $5 (five and under are free) and will be available at the door. Come on out and cheer on our local skaters for more

in information go to our website www.skatelacombe.ca. sit Bible study on the gospel of Luke every Thursday at 7 p.m.

Lu from March 10th to April 7th. fr St. Andrew’s United Church, St 5226-51 Ave. Call 403-78252 3148 for more information.

31 Lacombe Lions Club meets the first Monday of the month downstairs at the Lacombe Legion.

Next meeting Monday, March 7th at 6:30 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. Guests welcome. For more information on the Lions, please contact Sharon at 403-782-5179.

Easter Bake Sale: Featuring Easter breads. Sponsored by the St. Vladimir Parish UCWLC. Saturday, March 19th, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Parish Hall, 3632-46th Street, Red Deer. For more information call Zonia at 403-347-2335.

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April 6th, 7 p.m. at Terrace Ridge School. Call the school at 403-7820050 for tickets. Just $20 each.

Lacombe Ukulele Group: Every first and third Tuesday in Lacombe.

We’ll be meeting at Kavaccino’s in the front room between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Join us for the evening or drop in for a bit.

All ages and all levels of ability are welcome! For more information call 403-477-4630 or check out our Facebook page www. facebook.com/LacombeUkulele.

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encounters with representatives of both Christianity and Islam, we will seek to dispel stereotypes about Islam, explore the diversity of Muslim belief and practice and discuss how we can build respectful relationships.

This program would be appropriate for Christians, Muslims or those without faith commitments. Held at St. Andrew’s United Church. Please contact Ross Smillie at 403-782-3148 to indicate your interest and to get background reading material.

Lacombe Hospice Steering Committee: Volunteers needed. Commit to 24 – 48 months’ term. Contact Florence at 403-782-5641 or email: lahospice@gmail.com.

Friends of the Library is looking forward to present to our faithful audience and their guests, an evening of a new adventure in the Armchair Travel series on March 8th, 7 p.m. at the LMC in the County Room. Take in a wonderful story presented by Kirsten and Brent Bouwsma of their 2015, 6-week Scottish adventure with their young children, where they lived in a small industrial town in the “hillfoots of the Ochil mountain range.” Light refreshments will follow. Free admission.

Friends of the Library History in the Making/History series will introduce guest speakers Dr. Janni and Christa Prins to present their experience living in South Africa and leaving 10 years ago to provide a safe and better future for their children, on March 17th 7 p.m. at the LMC County Room.

They will discuss the “new” South

Africa, including education, government and people of the nation. Light lunch will follow.

Free admission. An educational evening, come and bring a friend.

Al-Anon: Does drinking alcohol by a relative or friend bother you?

Al-Anon may be able to help you. Meetings are held every Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in the lower floor of the Lacombe Masonic Hall at 4722 - 49B Avenue, Lacombe. For more information call 403-307-3732, 780- 668-4395 or check the website at www.al-anon.ab.org.

Calling all musicians! A jazzy new place to blow your horn or strum your strings - A jam session every fourth Thursday from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the Lacombe Legion. $2 a person. For more information, call Rod at 403-782-1842.

The Parkland Classical Singers, a community choir based in Lacombe, is looking for more members. If you like to sing, please join us. Rehearsals are held on Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wolf Creek Community Church, beginning Oct. 15th. Two performances: Christmas 2015 and Spring 2016. For more information, call Carolyn 403-782-7365.

The Red Deer Legion Pipe Band is actively recruiting experienced and inexperienced people from the Central Alberta area, who are interested in joining the pipe band. Anyone with piping or drumming experience, or if you would like to learn piping or drumming, are asked to please contact us at 403-782-7183.

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Jake’s Gift: The Red Deer Legion Pipe Band and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #35 will be hosting the multi-award winning play, Jake’s Gift. The performance will take place on Tuesday, April 5th at the Royal Canadian Legion in Red Deer.

Doors will open at 6 p.m., the pipe band will play at 6:45 p.m., with the play beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 & there will be a cash bar available.

Tickets are available at the front desk of the Red Deer Legion, by contacting any pipe band member or calling Arnie MacAskill at 403-782-7183.

St. Andrew’s United Church youth choir for ages five to 18.

Meets Thursdays 5:30-6:30 p.m. contact Jessica at 403-352-5486 or jessmick16@gmail.com.

St. Andrew’s United Church Adult Choir for those 18 and older. Practices on Wednesdays from 7:15 – 8:30 p.m. Contact Roberta at 403-782-0443 for more information. Cost is free.

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Johnny Reid plays Red Deer this weekend

BY ZACHARY CORMIER LACOMBE EXPRESS Award-winning country music star Johnny Reid is bringing his unique style to Red Deer next week when his ‘What Love is All About’ tour rolls into the Centrium.

The tour, which stops in Red Deer on March 5th, will feature songs from Reid’s latest album of the same name, as well as some old favourites.

“The title of the tour is ‘What Love is All About’, so my hope would be that people walk out of that room that night having somewhat of a better understanding of what love is really all about,” said the Scotland-born Canadian country artist.

This is not the first time that Reid has performed in Red Deer and the singer-songwriter said he has fond memories of playing here.

“I played Red Deer many, many moons ago. I can remember playing the Arlington Inn in Red Deer, there was a wee pub in Red Deer and I played there many moons ago and I’ve played the arena in Red Deer several times,” he said, adding that he’s looking forward to returning to the city.

“It’s wonderful. I’ve always enjoyed Red Deer.”

The CCMA-award winning artist moved to Canada from Scotland with his family when he was 15-years-old and went to high school in Brampton, Ont. before attending Bishop’s University, where he was a place kicker for the football team.

“When I graduated Bishop’s, my very first opportunity in the music business professionally was to write songs for Dreamworks and I signed a development deal as a songwriter and a development deal as an artist,” Reid recounted.

Since then, Reid has become a star in the Canadian country music world. He has released eight albums of original music and two Christmas records, all but two of which have been certified Platinum.

And Reid managed to continue that success with his latest album, What Love is All About, which was released last November, which he recorded with legendary producer Bob Ezrin.

“I had written a song called Fire It Up, which was released by me in Canada, but was actually recorded and released around the world by Joe Cocker. Actually, God bless him, it was his last single before he passed on. But with the success of that sin-

ON THE ROAD - Award-winning singer-songwriter Johnny Reid is bringing his ‘What Love is All About’ tour to the Centrium in Red Deer on March 5th. gle, I found myself with a lot of opportunities to go to different places to write songs,” he recalled, adding the songs he wrote while abroad would eventually become the basis for the new record.

“The one thing that I realized really quickly is that no matter the colour or the creed, we all kind of speak in the same language. They want me to write songs about people in their lives, they want me to write songs about people they’ve lost. It was all about the same story.”

All of that culminates in the album’s lead off and title single, which according to Reid, tells the story of a man who has kind of given up on love.

“Bob and I got to talking and I played him What Love is All About and he said ‘That’s a special song.

We need to record that song’.”

And the record continues to follow the same thread as Reid’s distinct songwriting style shines

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“THE TITLE OF THE TOUR IS ‘WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT’, SO MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT PEOPLE WALK OUT OF THAT ROOM THAT NIGHT HAVING SOMEWHAT OF A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LOVE IS REALLY ALL ABOUT.” JOHNNY REID

through, from the touching sentiment of A Picture of You to the island vibes of What I’m Feeling Right Now, which features a guest verse from rapper Kardinal Offishall.

“I phoned up Kardinal and said ‘Hey man, listen I might send

you a song you have a listen and then maybe you and I could collaborate on it.’ And he kept giggling and he said ‘Man I’m gonna be on a Johnny Reid album?’ So we were having a laugh about it because the majority of my audience has probably never heard of Kardinal and the majority of Kardinal’s audience has probably never heard of me. So it’s just a really cool opportunity to sort of spread the love a wee bit,” Reid said of the song.

Reid added he tries to avoid defining his music as any one genre or style.

“I’ve always just sort of wrote the songs the way I wanted to write them, record them the way I want to record them, and perform them the way I want to perform them,” he said, adding that he draws inspiration for his music from many different sources, including his Scottish roots.

“Growing up in Scotland, Scottish people are always good

story tellers, some of the best story tellers that I’ve ever met,” he said.

“My dad drove trucks and was a diesel mechanic, so he was on to what you called ‘Western music,’ you know, Don McLean, Don Williams, Charlie Pride.

These are a lot of the songs that I grew up listening to in my house.”

And much of that shines through in the new album, as well. Many of the new songs were written with other artists, which Reid said can help make the song the best that it can be.

“I’ve written a lot of songs by myself, but I feel like you miss kind of a worldly vibe,” he said.

“Life is a collaboration, so it’s, I find, really cool to sit down and get people’s perspective on things.”

Tickets for the March 5th show are available at www.ticketmaster.ca. zcormier@lacombeexpress.com

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Drunk driving gets more attention than FASD Single

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The figures are appalling.

In the U.S. every year 40,000 children are born suffering with fetal alcoholic syndrome disease (FASD). In Canada there are more than 300,000 children with this disease. The lifetime cost for each child is $5 million.

So in Canada the cost to taxpayers of caring for those with FASD is $600 billion, the size of the national debt. In the U.S. the figure is $6 trillion. How can this medical and social tragedy be solved?

Destroying your own body

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JONES with alcohol is one thing.

But destroying forever the mind of an unborn child is maternal madness.

Today, FASD is the most common cause of preventable mental retardation in

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North America. I’ve recently talked to several people who care for FASD children.

They’re usually foster parents who find it difficult and frustrating to keep children afflicted with FASD under control. Sixty per cent of these unfortunate children end up in prison or a mental health facility.

FASD children start life with a bundle of physical and mental defects.

For instance, many suffer from hearing loss, abnormal hand-eye functions making it difficult to coordinate gait.

Mentally they suffer from a short attention span, have poor judgment and lack the skill for mathematics and language.

So how does the problem begin? We know that FASD occurs in one-third to one-half of infants whose mother consumed six or more alcoholic drinks daily during pregnancy. A report from Harvard claims the risk decreases to 10% with three drinks daily. Binge drinking can also cause this disaster. A physiological difference sets the stage for FASD. Most women fail to realize that when they consume alcohol, the fetus also consumes it. But there is a huge difference between alcohol in the mother’s body and that of the fetus.

Pregnant women have a well-functioning mature liver that detoxifies alcohol in the blood. A developing fetus does not have this metabolic safeguard and alcohol crosses the placental barrier. Consequently, the fetus is subjected to a higher concentration of alcohol for a longer period of time.

This spells disaster for the developing brain.

My contacts tell me that it is not unusual for women who drink to excess to have more than one child affected with FASD. Why this is allowed to happen boggles my mind and I hope it does the same to yours. Currently no law states that women who repeatedly bear FASD children should be sterilized. It’s a tragic injustice not only because of the huge lifetime expense, but because these unborn children surely have the right to be born with a healthy body and brain.

So what’s the solution?

All social agencies agree prevention is the logical and cheapest one. So what do they propose to prevent these alcohol-sodden women from having more FASD children? They believe women should be educated about the risks of alcohol during pregnancy. This sounds good in theory, but

I wish them luck. There’s no doubt many of these women suffer poverty, abuse and other problems. But at this stage of alcoholism, trying to convert to abstention is unrealistic. The odds of winning are better at Las Vegas. Not one of the social and medical reports I read suggested that repeat offenders should be automatically sterilized.

Already I hear critics crying out that these women have rights. But rights go along with responsibilities to others, especially to the unprotected fetus in the womb. It’s ironic that we toss drunken drivers who kill innocent people into jail. Yet we allow an alcoholic woman to carry a pregnancy, deliver a brain injured child, spend millions on its care and then allow that same woman to repeat the process again and again. Remember it’s not the government who is paying these bills, it’s you.

This should make you mad as hell because no one in authority, associated with such tragic pregnancies, has the intestinal courage to prevent them.

Again, common sense has flown to another planet.

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If you would like to make comments on the proposed road closure, Council of the City of Lacombe will be holding a Public Hearing in Council Chambers located at 5432 – 56th Avenue, on Monday, March 14, 2016 at 5:30 pm.

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SPORTS Bentley Generals face elimination after loss

BY ZACHARY CORMIER LACOMBE EXPRESS The Bentley Generals find themselves in an unfamiliar situation after Sunday night’s loss to the Innisfail Eagles.

The first place Generals, who are currently embroiled in a Chinook Hockey League semi-final playoff series with the fourth place Eagles, are just a single loss away from being eliminated from the playoffs after a 3-2 overtime loss at the Barnett Arenas in Lacombe on Sunday.

“This is some adversity maybe we haven’t faced and that’s a good thing,” said Generals Head Coach Ryan Tobler after the loss, which put Bentley at a 3-2 deficit heading back to Innisfail for game six in the best of seven series.

“We’re up against it. We’re going to find out what we’re made of, plain and simple.”

Despite the loss, Sunday’s game was one of those that could have gone either way.

Both teams were in it until the final whistle as they did battle in front of the more than 1,200 people who had packed into the arena to watch some Senior Men’s AAA playoff action.

“We had our chances,” Tobler said.

Right from the get go the teams were trading chances.

Bentley had several good looks on Eagles’ goalie Dan Dunn through the first five minutes of play before Innisfail took the fight back to them and fired a couple of shots on Army netminder Dustin Butler.

It took until the 15 minute mark of the first period for the first goal to be put up on the board. After a Brett Robertson high-sticking penalty put the

Generals down a man, Innisfail’s Mark Bomersback took advantage, beating Butler to put his team up 1-0 heading into the second.

Things didn’t start getting better for the Gens early in the second either, as Dunn continued to stump their potent offense by making save after save and Innisfail’s defense kept getting in front of the Bentley shooters to limit their offense.

To make matters worse, Innisfail picked up a second unanswered goal four minutes into the middle frame on a quick transition.

That seemed to be the wakeup call that Bentley needed.

They doubled their attack and started firing shot after shot at the Innisfail net and while most ended up deflecting off the defenders and into the netting, some managed to find the mark.

Still though, it wasn’t until the dying seconds of the period that the Army was able to break through as one of those shots at the net finally paid off.

A shot on goal by Teegan Moore led to a rebound and scramble in front of the Eagles’ net.

Adam Huxley took a shot, which was stopped by Dunn, but Ian Schultz was right there to pound the rebound home and cut the Eagles’ lead to one heading into the third.

And they weren’t done. The third period saw the combatants trade chances again. Butler and Dunn were locked in a goalie battle for the ages and the shooters were finding it difficult to get a good chance against them.

But eventually something had to give and, 13 minutes into the third, something finally did as, with Bentley on the power play,

REACH FOR IT - Ian Schultz, right, of the Bentley Generals battled with Scott Balan of the Innisfail Eagles for the puck while Eagles’ goaltender Dan Dunn tried to poke it away during game five of the Chinook Hockey League semi-final series at the Barnett Arenas in Lacombe. The Eagles prevailed 3-2 in overtime to take a 3-2 series lead and push the Generals to within one game of elimination.

Zachary Cormier/Lacombe Express Moore got hold of the puck in the offensive zone and dished it to defenseman Colton Hayes. Hayes wound up and ripped a shot that deflected off of Schultz’s stick and past Dunn for the tying goal.

We were going to overtime.

“We did well to come back and get the power play tier,” said Tobler.

The extra frame didn’t take long, though. Just four minutes in, a shot on goal by the Generals allowed Innisfail to take possession of the puck deep in their defensive zone. Two seconds later, a long, outlet pass by

Eagles’ defender Jason Nopper found Bomersback at centre ice and sent him barrelling down on Bulter on the breakaway, and the Innisfail veteran didn’t waste it as he put it top shelf for the victory.

“The difference was key saves here and there, that’s usually the difference,” Tobler said, adding he was happy with the team’s effort in the game.

“Sometimes you play a good hockey game and you lose. I’m happy with our effort, of course not the result, but we’ll learn from it.”

The Gens will now shift their focus to Saturday’s upcoming matchup in Innisfail, which because of the loss is now a mustwin game.

It’s worth noting that neither team has won a game at home yet during this series.

Game six gets underway at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Innisfail Twin Arena. Should the Generals win that game, the deciding matchup will be held at the Barnett Arenas on Sunday.

Puck drop on that one is at 7:15 p.m. zcormier@lacombeexpress.com

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Curling provincials take over Lacombe this weekend

BY ZACHARY CORMIER LACOMBE EXPRESS Curling fans in Lacombe are in for a treat this weekend as the 2016 Optimist U18 (Juvenile) Alberta Championships roll into town.

“We have 12 of the best young teams in Alberta in attendance,” said Don Gullekson, the chair of the three day long tournament, which will be hosted at the Lacombe Curling Club.

The weekend’s curling action will feature both the boys and girls competitions, with each side featuring six of the top teams in the province.

The tournament, Gullekson said, is part of a package that the Lacombe Curling Club had with the Alberta Curling Federation that saw them host the Boston Pizza Cup Men’s Provincials in 2014 and the Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts last year.

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“You get three events when you take on that project of hosting provincial championships, so this is our final one,” he said, adding this event was quite a bit easier to plan than the previous two.

“This is the least amount of work for us. It’s held in our own curling rink and it certainly is lower key than the other events.”

This year’s field of competitors includes the top two teams from each of the province’s three curling associations. Those six teams then compete in a round robin-style tournament and the one with the best record at the end of the weekend is crowned the provincial champions and go on to represent Alberta at the Optimist U18 International

Curling Championships in Edmonton at the end of the month.

“The curling’s going to be outstanding. From this stage they go onto other championships. Past juvenile champions have gone on to the Scotties and the Briar and those sorts of things, so it’s a stepping stone for them to that next level,” Gullekson said.

He also noted because the curling is at such a high level, he hopes that the event will be able to draw a large amount of spectators.

“We get to showcase some of the best young curlers in the province.

We’re hoping that young people come in, take a look at it and say, ‘I can do that.’ So we’re hoping it will encourage people to take up the sport.”

Eryn Love-Hollman, Emily Plett, Mackenzie Johnson and Sasha Tran of the Red Deer Curling Centre make up the only team from Central Alberta in the tournament this year, as they compete as the Southern Alberta Curling Association A team on the girls’ side this weekend.

“There is the team out of Red Deer that’s competing and certainly we have past champions that were in our local club here too, so certainly Central Alberta has good representation in this event,” Gullekson said.

Teams from Edmonton, St. Albert, Falher, Fort St. John, Manning, Black Diamond and Calgary will also make the trip out to Lacombe this weekend to participate.

“We’re encouraging people to come out and take a look and take an opportunity to take a look at the arena. I mean, there’s a major renovation happening here so it’s the last time you’ll see it like this, it’s going to change. So it’s a good time to come down and take advantage of it.”

The Optimist U18 Alberta Championships run at the Lacombe Curling Club from Friday through Sunday this week. Draws are at noon and 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday with one draw at 9 a.m. and any necessary playoffs on Sunday. Admission is free and a full draw schedule and list of teams and standings can be found at www.curlingprovincials. com. zcormier@lacombeexpress.com

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HOMES & LIVING

OPEN CONCEPT - This kitchen in a Paradise Homes show home in Blackfalds is finished with unique lighting and stainless steel appliances.

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Finding inspiration from visiting show homes The past few decades working as an interior designer has been very fulfilling. I have met hundreds of exceptional people and have worked on wonderful, fulfilling projects. Last week I went with my designer and friend Angela Felts to the new Colbray show home in Blackfalds.

We had a lovely lunch and toured the home she had just finished designing.

You would think that after so many years working on and touring show homes I would be ho hum about another new property – not so!

I am familiar with the work of this particular designer and her co-creator, Jill but I was unprepared for the unique touches and thoughtful work that went into this house.

I am going to label it ‘wilderness chic’ just because I can. It can be a difficult blend to work modern elegance in with rustic charm but this home pulls it off effortlessly.

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WYSE The first unique element in this home is the use of faux brick tiles as a backsplash and wall feature.

I am a big fan of this because I have used this product in my own bathroom and it never fails to get a huge reaction from people who are fortunate enough to visit my powder room.

This home has employed a warm rustic brick look on bathroom walls, on entire walls in a soaring stairwell and as a perfect counterpart to a modern, streamlined kitchen. I love this look and am so glad that brick is back!

In the living room there is a vertical

fireplace with a modern bowl and stone flame inside.

It is surrounded by a large stainless steel frame making it exquisitely contemporary.

This fireplace would be more than enough of a feature in this room but wait - there is more!

The entire wall is adorned with a rustic laminate plank resembling barn board.

Blending the contemporary with the rustic is perfect and I couldn’t stop looking at this wonderful blend of styles.

The brilliance of gluing laminate flooring onto a wall to replicate a wood feature is inspiring and creates an inexpensive, low maintenance wall treatment.

Upstairs in the bonus room there is a lovely backdrop of birch trees made possible by a carefully chosen wallpaper mural.

It is easy to fall into this earthy space as you gaze out onto rural land thanks to the floor to ceiling windows.

Small touches like these larger than av-

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The master bedroom is a thoughtfully laid out space with rustic-hewn furniture and soft blended tones. The perfect retreat for anyone looking for a relaxing place to read and dream.

It’s a great Saturday afternoon activity to visit local show homes; to grab a latte and walk about and dream.

Even if you aren’t building your perfect home yet, you may discover small ideas and inspiration to take back to your own abode. You never know what may surprise and delight you when you take an afternoon to see what is new in interior design and what homes are on the market. Builders have a great deal to offer their consumers – even if it is just new and fabulous ideas!

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