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HEALTHY LIVING: Backyard Friends program aims to promote healthy eating and living – PG 3

ENGAGING: Vancouverbased artist Kieran Mercer hits a Red Deer stage later this month – PG 9

DETERMINATION: Province’s best rowers compete in Blackfalds championships – PG 11

TEAM SPIRIT - Players from the Lacombe Minor Hockey Association take a shot on net during a street hockey game at True Spirit of Hockey Day hosted by the Yu Turn Centre on Tuesday afternoon. The event was a celebration held in partnership with Tundra Process Solutions Ltd. and Hockey Alberta, in anticipation of the 2016 Hockey Alberta Provincial Championships. The Atom A hockey provincials run from Thursday to Sunday in Lacombe.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016

City looks at new urban hens bylaw

BY SARAH MAETCHE LACOMBE EXPRESS City of Lacombe councillors are giving citizens something to cluck about.

The City is proposing an urban hen bylaw, which through a proposed pilot program, would allow residents to keep hens in their backyard within City limits.

Councillors approved first reading of the bylaw on March 14th.

“This bylaw will look very similar because it’s based on the City of Red Deer’s successful bylaw that has now been in place for over

a year,” said Director of Corporate Services Michael Minchin. “A number of other communities have also adopted this as kind of the guiding practice in Alberta in regards to urban hens.”

In this bylaw, 10 residents will be permitted, through an annual licensing process, to own a maximum of four hens that are at least 16 weeks of age. The hens must be registered with the province and meet other federal legislation requirements. Hens are to be contained in a chicken coop and an enclosed outdoor area, in a total size of 10 metres squared.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Lacombe Council has given first reading to Bylaw 280 for the amendment of the West Area Structure Plan.

Where do I get more information?

A copy of the Bylaw may be viewed at www.lacombe.ca or at the City of Lacombe City Hall at 5432 – 56th Avenue during office hours.

“There are regulations regarding size and location of the actual hens on the properties,” explained Minchin.

Other regulations are laid out regarding the upkeep and cleanliness of the coop area and the disposal of waste. After first reading, the City plans to gather public feedback over the following few weeks about the bylaw, before bringing it back to council.

Councillor Peter Bouwsema questioned if the total size of the hen area (10 metres squared) was too large and if the licence fee was too costly.

“I actually have to admit that when I saw $50 (license fee), I thought that it was outrageous,” he said.

Minchin responded and said the proposed annual licence fee was in line with

other fees the City charges.

“If a dog licence is $23, it just seems a little excessive,” added Bouwsema.

Councillor Reuben Konnik stated he has heard a lot of interest toward an urban hen pilot project in the City.

“I think there is some work to do here but I am more interested in hearing what the public has to say,” he said.

The issue of permitting urban hens in the City of Lacombe is not a new topic.

The issue first arose from a Coffee With Council session in the spring of 2015. At a meeting last September, council directed administration to prepare a plan for an urban hen pilot project, including the crafting of a bylaw.

Councillor Wayne Armishaw said he was reluctant to vote in favour of the urban hen bylaw.

BY SARAH MAETCHE LACOMBE EXPRESS Pedestrian safety continues to be a concern along Woodland Drive, especially at the Maple Bay intersection near Cranna Lake.

The City of Lacombe will be adding pedestrian crossing markings and lighting to the intersection over the coming weeks.

Councillors approved the installation of a new style of a pedestrian warning system to the intersection at their regular council meeting on Monday evening.

Overhead pedestrian activated lights have been used in the City before, but this new type of warning system, called a rectangular rapid flashing beacon (RRFB) will be a new type of infrastructure. An RRFB is a pole mounted LED that flashes in a strobing pattern when activated by a pedestrian. Two of these units will be installed at the intersection.

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Director of Operations and Planning Matthew Goudy stated the City of Calgary piloted the use of RRFBs beginning in 2012.

“They completed a fairly extensive study over 2014,” he said. “The idea is that it is at eye level, instead of overhead. The findings are essentially that it has better yield properties than the overhead infrastructure and it is certainly much less costly.”

Council had previously approved to install a pedestrian light at the intersection at a council meeting last June. The City had originally budgeted $118,500 in the 2016 Capital Budget towards the project.

Goudy stated the RRFB would cost approximately 60% of the original estimated cost, an estimated $70,000. The system will run off City power with the option to add solar power at a later date.

Councillor Reuben Konnik said it was terrific that the City could save some money while implementing new technology.

“I think it’s a great idea,” he added.

“I’ve encountered these and quite intuitively I knew what they meant,” said Councillor Wayne Armishaw after a question about whether drivers would recognize the warning system. news@lacombeexpress.com

How do I get involved?

Any person or group wishing to express their views on the proposed bylaw amendment will be given the opportunity to make a presentation.

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regulated to a larger degree than household pets.”

Councillor Bill McQuesten stated he understands why there would be concern with a pilot project like this.

“I think the first step is to do a first reading, get some input and then take action,” he said.

Minchin stated the bylaw is an attempt to find a balance between, “Recognizing the nuisances that hens can create - but at the same time, providing opportunity for those who might be interested.”

And with that, and with two in opposition, council approved first reading of the urban hen bylaw.

After public consultation, the bylaw will return to council for a second and third reading.

City to install new pedestrian crossing sign along Woodland Drive

When is the Public Hearing?

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 Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 5:30 pm.

All written letters or petitions regarding this amendment are to:

“I really feel what is presented to us this evening falls short of the direction of the motion,” he said. “We have a very generic bylaw here.”

Armishaw noted that in his opinion, the bylaw did not include any supporting regulations and did not address issues such as the application process, the land use bylaw, best practices, bio security and advising neighbours. He suggested the bylaw be tabled until more information was provided.

Bouwsema questioned why chickens must be regulated to a further extent than dogs in the City.

“Back in the day, there was a reason why livestock - cows, pigs, chickens, oxen etc. - were not allowed in municipalities,” said Councillor Grant Harder. “That’s why I believe chickens need to be

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Local group provides hearty meals for everyone Community supper promotes healthy eating and food security

BY SARAH MAETCHE LACOMBE EXPRESS

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ith a mission to ensure individuals have access to healthy food, Backyard Friends, a local volunteer group, continues to serve up a hot and ready meal each month in Lacombe.

It all began a decade ago.

“Our first meal was in September 2006 and our vision statement is healthy food for everyone,” said Donnie Tafts, Lacombe and District Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) Family Service Coordinator.

Lacombe FCSS is one of the partnering organizations involved in Backyard Friends including Lacombe Neighbourhood Place, the Lacombe Food Bank, Growing Food Security Alberta, Central Alberta Co-op, ME Global, local churches and other community members.

“At the beginning we imagined an inclusive gathering of the community to share healthy food together and we have pretty much stuck to that all of these years,” said Tafts.

The group hosts a community supper once a month, on the third Wednesday, at the Lacombe Memorial Centre (LMC).

Everyone is invited to the supper, with the mission to not only build community but promote food security.

“You don’t have to buy a ticket or RSVP,” explained Tafts. “You just show up.”

The meal is open to people of all walks of life and people can attend for a number of reasons.

“Whether it’s to meet friends, there are all sorts of people - older ladies, senior people - there’s families, couples, singles, doubles and in between,” said Tafts. “Everyone wants to enjoy good food together. It really is the food that brings people together.”

The community supper is put on by a group of dedicated volunteers who prepare the food, serve and then clean up. It takes up to 35 volunteers and around 60 or 70 volunteer hours to make each supper a success. Each meal is handcrafted by a chef with locally sourced ingredients, and also includes a vegetarian option.

“We feed up to 130 people every month, so that’s quite a lot of food,” said Tafts.

The community supper is not only a place to eat, but also a place to find out what’s happening in the community.

“So not only is fellowship happening, but if there is some interesting things happening in the community, sometimes people can find out about that here,” said Tafts. “Whether they are FCSS programs, such as our income tax program at this time of year, or if people want to find out more about the Good Food Box program,

GOOD FOOD, GOOD MOVE - Under the Lacombe FCSS food security program umbrella, Backyard Friends promotes healthy eating and using locally grown produce. In connection with Backyard Friends is the Good Food Box program, where a bin of quality, locally sourced vegetables and fruits are available for purchase. The program received a donation from Lacombe Yoga last year. FCSS Executive Director Susan MacDonald (left), and FCSS Family Service Coordinator Donnie Tafts (right) received the donation from Lacombe Yoga Co-owner Tiffany Rose (middle).

Express file photo Backyard Friends is a good way to kind of how to deal with fresh food.”

FCSS also manages a community garfind out about those other programs that den along 58th St. in Lacombe. might benefit them.”

“We’ve expanded the garden this year, In connection with Backyard Friends is FCSS’s food security program suite, which so that there will be even more plots for includes the Good Food Box program people to work in,” said Tafts. “If people (which offers individuals a bin of fresh are interested in gardening and having a little plot of land, they veggies and fruit twice can contact FCSS to a month), a communirent a plot.” ty garden and a collecThe FCSS garden is tive kitchen that works “FOOD IS KEY TO the only community on building skills in HEALTH AND IF WE DON’T garden in the City and cooking and preservHAVE OUR HEALTH, WE does assist with proing healthy food.

ARE NOT REACHING OUR moting food security “Right now we are - using locally grown working on some cookFULL POTENTIAL.” produce and developing sessions to help ing much needed growpeople learn to cook DONNIE TAFTS ing skills. with whole, fresh in“It’s about helping gredients,” explained people make some Tafts. “We discovered from the Good Food Box program, that choices to make it a little easier to meet sometimes there are vegetables in there their food needs,” said Tafts of the FCSS that people are not exactly sure what to food security programs.

According to Alberta Food Matters and do with. Maybe there is a zucchini or a squash in there, and they think how do I Growing Food Security in Alberta, the cook that? We do have a cooking program term food security is the, “Condition called All About Cooking (ABC) that tries where all people at all times can acquire to increase individuals skills in learning safe, nutritionally adequate and person-

ally acceptable foods in a manner that maintains human dignity.”

The organization views ‘food security’ as everyone’s business, which includes planting, growing, harvesting, transporting, shopping, preparing, eating and preserving the environment.

To Tafts, being food secure means individuals have a reliable source of healthy food at all times.

“That’s what it means to be food secure - when you have a freezer or a fridge that has something put away for another day, that you have fresh food in the fridge, that you have all different food groups,” she said. “We are aware that some people are food insecure.

They have difficulty meeting their food needs. Food is key to health and if we don’t have our health, we are not reaching our full potential. We will experience a lower health status, so that’s why we care about food security.”

The next Backyard Friends community supper will be held on April 20th, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the LMC. For more information about the initiative, contact FCSS at 403-782-6637. news@lacombeexpress.com

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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016

Central Alberta Foodgrains project launches 2016 project

BY SARAH MAETCHE LACOMBE EXPRESS A locally based charity is entering into its 21st year of helping meet the growing international need for food security.

Each year, through community involvement, the Central Alberta Foodgrains Charity Growing Project produces a crop on donated or rented land, and then after harvest, the proceeds are donated to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

The funds raised through the project are used to help fight world hunger and are matched at a four to one ratio by the federal government.

Emergency food for people who are hungry as the result of war, drought and international trade policies are assisted, along with providing tools and training

for small-scale farmers.

Currently, important donations of food are being sent by the Canadian-based organization to Syrian refugee camps and the countries of Ethiopia and Kenya.

Central Alberta Foodgrains Charity Growing Project Committee Member Doug Maas said the initiative is truly a community-based project.

A field located west of Lacombe has been selected for the 2016 installment of the project.

“We are very pleased to return to the west side of Highway 2,” he said. “We have 120 acres and this year we are going to grow canola.”

Farmers, agri-businesses and community members all contribute to the project.

The local growing project is one of over 200 in Canada for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

4-H Club looks forward to spring Spring is finally here - well let’s hope it is!

The East Lacombe Beef 4H Club had a busy winter. On Dec. 31st we held our heifer weighin day at Zuidof Feeders. All went well.

On Feb. 5th, our Club competed in a Club level public speaking competition, which was held at the Clive Baptist Church. It was a great night had by all and we had some fantastic speeches and presentations.

On Jan. 22nd and 23rd our Club held its annual District Curling Bonspiel in Clive.

Various clubs participated in this very fun event and we all went home with a prize.

Without sponsorship this event would not be possible so our Club would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous donations - Clive Lions Club, World Financial Group, Future

AG, Jones Creek Livestock Consulting, Bank of Montreal, Nova Chemicals Corporation, Zuidhof Feeders, Gavin and Cathy Sharp, Stone Willow Vet, Pioneer, Louis Dreyfus, Valley Spray Ltd., Biggelaar Builders, Chessor Farms, CMT Ventures, Shady Nook Simmentals, Circle G Simmentals, Lacombe Ford, Parkland Fertilizer Ltd. and Deere Mart Equipment.

The Club voted at our last meeting in February to organize a trip to the Edmonton Waterpark. On March 4th, 10 of us, along with three parents, boarded a bus and headed to the West Edmonton Mall Waterpark.

We all had a fantastic time.

The next few months are going to fly by I’m sure, as we prepare for our Achievement Day in May. - submitted by Dylan Fuller, East Lacombe Beef 4H Club reporter

Around 30 growing projects are The crop, which varies from based within Alberta. canola, barley, spring wheat or “It’s really a labour of love,” winter wheat, is then sold locally explained Maas. “We help peo- at an elevator in Central Alberta. ple all around the world and Last year, the project raised the project involves $61,000 and with urban and rural inthe matching govdividuals and busiernment dollars, nesses. It brings evthis amounted to eryone together for $305,000.

“IT’S REALLY a worthwhile cause.”

In 2015, 10,900 bushA LABOUR OF In conjunction els of CPS wheat was LOVE. WE HELP with its internationharvested from a 130PEOPLE ALL al reaches, the growacre field a few minAROUND THE ing project is a 100% utes east of Lacombe local operation, on Oct. 10th. Over 150 WORLD.” starting with the people attended the plot of land used to community barbecue DOUG MAAS grow the crop. Some and then watched years the land is dothe nine combines, nated. Other years three grain trucks, the land is rented. antique grain cart, a Once the land is secured, input baler and many helping hands suppliers are approached to pro- bring in the harvest. vide seed to start.

Maas said the community In the spring, local farmers can get involved again this year donate their time to prepare the through the sponsor-an-acre soil and then seed. program, or by making a charitaAfterwards, local agri-busi- ble donation. nesses are approached to pro“The donations and sponsorvide fertilizer and other sup- ship go towards crop insurance plies. In the fall, volunteers then and crop inputs,” he said. swath and combine the crop.

Additional committee mem-

bers are being sought to help with the worthwhile cause. Some committee members have been involved for the entire length of the project, an astounding 21 years, organizers say.

The committee sees the canola crop this year having two benefits to the project.

“It has the potential to provide more funds,” noted Maas. “Also, when we swath it in the fall, we can let it lay for a while which helps the seeds darken. It can rain on it unlike wheat or barley.”

As the crop can sit for sometimes up to six weeks, volunteers will not feel the pressure as much to harvest, as their crops must take priority.

Maas said the committee prefers to grow canola, and luck had it with the donated land this year, that the farmer indicated that as per the field rotation, he wanted canola to be grown.

For more information or to participate in the growing project, contact Maas at 403-7821860. Visit them on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/centralalbertafoodgrains/. news@lacombeexpress.com

BOUNTIFUL HARVEST - Nine combines, one antique grain cart, three semi trucks, one baler and several helping hands helped bring in last year’s Central Alberta Foodgrains Charity Growing Project harvest on Oct. 10th.

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The dangers of ending coal-fired generation Some things legislators vote on cost money, and only money. Other things demand a human cost, which can be a lot more difficult to evaluate. There is no hard and fast rule.

Generally, it involves looking for ways to measure the pain, grief and suffering that a hasty or poorly conceived government policy can create.

One policy that’s imposing ever-increasing financial and human costs worldwide is poorly planned, badly executed electrical policy - specifically, green energy and the quest to stamp out carbon dioxide.

It’s a well-intended initiative that the Alberta government wants to get into in a big way. The problem is that no one knows the total costs involved.

Originally, Ontario’s socalled green objective was said to be a good idea. Yet today, the province has the highest priced industrial power rates in North America. Ontario’s Auditor General recently reported that consumers paid $37 billion above market price for electricity in a single eight year period. That’s not $37 billion for electricity.

That’s $37 billion more than the electricity was actually worth. Between now and 2032, consumers will pay an additional $133 billion over and above the actual market price. If you add it up, the over payment is roughly equal to 25% of Canada’s national debt.

To accumulate the national debt took two world

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ORR wars and almost 150 years.

Ontario did this to themselves with a single legislative policy.

According to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, one in 20 businesses will close due to electrical rates.

The problem has become so acute that some of the big industrial power users are moving away. As far as they’re concerned, neither they nor anyone else can afford to overpay for electricity to the tune of $170 billion.

The Ontario government’s own web site says that low-income households are spending 10% or more of their incomes on electricity, forcing the government to think through and establish subsidy programs, which place a further drag on jobs and the economy.

These aren’t just economic costs. They’re human costs.

Clearly, cost-efficient renewable energy makes sense and should be pursued. But putting on blinders and marching off the green energy cliff is silly.

(The height of Ontario’s silliness came in the conversion of a coal-fired facility to a biomass plant that only runs on imported Norwegian wood chips, gen-

erating energy at 25 times the average cost.)

Now it appears that Alberta has decided to follow Ontario’s lead. In its desire to put an early end to the use of coal (including clean coal technology), our government intends to prematurely shut down Alberta’s coal-fired electrical generation plants.

No one actually knows the policy’s cost - financial or human - nor do we know the effect it might have on the investment community and business sector. Based on the experience of Ontario and other jurisdictions, we do know that it’ll be expensive. The additional billions flowing into higher priced government-mandated electrical generation are billions that will be diverted from useful spending and productive investment.

For Alberta, this policy is going to affect individuals, businesses and entire communities (e.g. Forestburg, Hanna). Even so, the government hasn’t consulted with any of these people, nor with Albertans as a whole.

Instead, it’s assuming that its philosophical commitment to quickly ending coal-fired generation must take priority over dialogue, financial considerations, and the stark human cost that the policy will extract.

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.

RECOGNITION - Lion Anne McCluskey (right) received the Judge Brian Stevenson Fellowship Award from Lacombe Lion President Sharon Reiter. This recognition for community involvement or great achievement is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed in Lionism. photo submitted

RECOGNITION - Lion Charlotte Victor (left) received the Jack & Denise Isaman CNIB Fellowship Award from Lacombe Lion President Sharon Reiter. photo submitted

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Come see what the library has to offer In class last week I noticed that three of the little boys were having a dispute over which cars each would get to race. I was helping at the craft table and although it looked like my back was turned to them I could observe how the disagreement was progressing.

It went on for a few minutes but then one of the boys reached his hand in the air to settle the argument physically and I said: “I don’t think hitting is the way to solve your problem.”

A look of wonder came over his face and he said: “My mom says she has eyes in the back of her head but I thought your eyes were shut cause you’re old!” The argument was forgotten in the wonder of my abilities even in my advancing years.

We would like to thank Bo’s Bar and Grill of Red Deer for their generous donation of $500 to the library on behalf of Blindman Brewing and then of course we would like to thank Blindman Brewing for choosing the library as their charity to receive the donation.

Film club will be meeting on Tuesday, March 22nd at 7

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POOLE p.m. in the Read and Relax section of the library. We will be discussing the film Ida. The film for the April 26th meeting is Mr. Turner directed by Mike Leigh.

This film explores the last 25 years of the great and eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner. For history and art fans alike please order this film and come for the discussion.

On Wednesday, March 23rd from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the History Room of the library, the drop-in colouring club for adults will be meeting. This is a free program with all materials supplied.

On Thursday, March 31st at 10 a.m. in the county room of the LMC the library will be hosting “Reading with Ronald McDonald”.

Stories will be geared for ages four to seven but everyone is welcome. We

have enjoyed this free event before and it is excellent fun for all ages. This is a literacy event sponsored by Lacombe McDonalds.

On Tuesday, April 5th at 7 p.m. in the Read and Relax area of the library the MCMPL book club will be discussing the novel The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. Everyone is welcome.

On Saturday, April 9th from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. we will be celebrating Earthday a little early with a ‘Worm Party.’

(There will be no actual worms at the party which saddens me but may make others more comfortable.)

Come learn more about our little five-hearted friends of the earth. There will be stories, crafts and fun for ages eight and under. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Space is limited: please register by April 4th.

On Tuesday, April 12th at 7 p.m. in the North County Room of the LMC our Armchair Travel Lecture will be: Our Trip to Russia presented by Carol Cornwell.

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RCMP arrest Lacombe man for decade old murder It was on the evening of Oct. 24th, 2006 that Bradley Webber was killed in his fifth wheel trailer in Eckville.

After a grueling investigation which spans almost ten years, the RCMP’s Major Crimes Unit - South, with the assistance of the Calgary Police Service Homicide Unit, has charged two men with first degree murder in relation to the death of Webber.

RCMP have arrested one man and a Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for another man accused in the homicide.

On March 10th, police arrested 44-yearold Shayne Earl Gulka of Lacombe. He has been charged with the first degree murder of Webber as well as with the kidnapping of another individual. He appeared in Red Deer court on Monday and will return March 29th. He remains in custody.

Kevin Edward Brown, a 33-year-old man from Calgary, is wanted on one count of first degree murder in relation to the death of Webber and one count kidnapping in-

volving another person. A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for his arrest.

Brown is described as a Caucasian male, 5’ 9 ’ tall and 179 lbs. He has blonde hair and brown eyes, moles on face and a scar on forehead. He also has a Chinese symbol tattoo on left side of the neck and a tribal design on right upper arm.

The RCMP is asking for the assistance of the public in locating and apprehending Brown, however, he should not be approached if seen. Instead, the public is asked to call 9-1-1 immediately.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Brown, or information in relation to this homicide investigation, is asked to call the RCMP Major Crimes Unit - South at 403-519-7306 or 403-519-7307.

Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or at www.tipsubmit.com.

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Iconic Canadian women to be on banknotes The image of an iconic Canadian woman will appear on the next issue of our nation’s banknotes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made this announcement last week on International Women’s Day. “A Canadian woman will be featured on the very first of the next series of bills expected in 2018,” he said in a press conference. “The Bank of Canada is taking the first step by launching public consultations to select an iconic Canadian woman to be featured on this new bill.”

At this time, the government did not indicate which bill would showcase an iconic female.

During the press conference, Finance Minister Bill Morneau indicated it was, “High time to

change,” as for roughly 150 years, women have been underrepresented on our currency.

“One of the very first things I had the honour of doing as the new finance minister was asking the governor of the Bank of Canada, Stephen Poloz, and his colleagues at the bank whether it’s in fact possible to put a woman on the bank note,” said Morneau.

In order to make this possible, from now until April 15th, Canadians can submit nominations for the woman they think they should appear on the bill.

Nominees can be any non-fictional Canadian woman, who has been deceased for over 25 years, who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, achievement or

distinction in any field, according to the press release.

Once all nominations have been received, an independent advisory council will review the submissions and present a short list to the finance minister for his consideration.

This news is long over due. While our current $20 bill does feature a female - Queen Elizabeth- she is not Canadian. The last series of $50 bills included images of five notable Canadian women - ‘the Famous Five’ - but were then replaced in 2011 by an image of an icebreaker.

Nominations have been rolling in already. Some of the more popular suggestions of noteworthy Canadian women include Nellie

McClung (who led the charge for the women’s vote in the early 1900s), artist Emily Carr, Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery, Laura Secord (heroine of the War of 1812) and civil rights activist Viola Desmond.

The government should also consider re-instating the image of the Famous Five (five Alberta women who petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada to consider women as legal persons so that women could be eligible to be appointed to the Senate).

Surely after such an old boys’ club, there are many other noteworthy Canadian women who we can place on a bill. Nominations can be submitted to the Bank of Canada’s web site until April 15th.

Editor bids farewell to the Lacombe Express Reporter

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It is time for me to say goodbye.

After over a year with the Lacombe Express and several years working in the newspaper industry, I have decided that my future lies outside of journalism, for the time being, and soon I will be embarking on a new path.

After you read this, know that it has been a true honour to not only work, but live in this community.

After working in Lacombe for the past year, I have learned and observed a few things about this community, Lacombe County and the Town of Blackfalds.

1) It’s a most giving community. Toted by ATB Chief Economist Todd Hirsch, and with the stats to back it up, Lacombe was the most giving community to charities in 2014, with most citizens giving an average of $790 for the year.

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MAETCHE According to Hirsch, donations in a smaller community appear to be larger than cities like Red Deer or Calgary. The evidence points to the fact that this community is generous and truly supports causes, be they big or small.

The amount of local fundraisers held in this area is also astounding. People seem willing to give and get behind good local causes, whether it be for Lacombe Victim Services, the Lacombe Athletic Park Association, Lacombe and District Big Brothers and Sisters or a pub night to

raise funds for an individual’s cancer treatments.

2) The amount of service groups in this area is mind-blowing. Even though there is a smaller population, the number of service groups (like the Lacombe Lions Club, Lacombe Rotary or Optimist Club of Blackfalds to name just a few) is never ending. This is an amazing thing. The amount of money these groups raise and then turn around and distribute directly into the community is expansive.

If there is ever a need, these groups rise to the call, without question.

3) Citizens are willing to be involved. Citizens here are not shy. They are willing to speak their minds, often in the form of Letters to the Editor, and then put their time and effort behind projects that better the community. For ex-

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ample, the formation of the Lacombe Community Watch Association. An individual saw a need, took to action and now a group of dedicated volunteers are working to clean up the streets and create a safe and vibrant community. Soon Blackfalds will be forming their own neighbourhood watch group.

Through citizen-driven initiatives like this, Lacombe and Blackfalds will continue to be places people want to live, work and grow in.

4) There’s a high participation in community events. Whether it was crowds lining the street during Light Up the Night (so closely packed to see the winter parade roll down the street on a Thursday night), the masses attending Winterfest at the Abbey Centre last month, the thousands gathered to see the CP Holiday Train

roll through the area, or everyone gathered to see the Bentley Generals play, this community comes out in droves to support events in the region. This says a lot about the people and area - that although the population may be smaller, people value community and support the activities put on by our hardworking organizers and volunteers.

Lacombe and the surrounding area really does have so much to offer in so many areas. I feel I have only scratched the surface here with my time in the community.

To wrap this up, I would like to thank all of you who have connected with me, sent in story ideas, or were just a friendly face during my time here at the Lacombe Express. I wish you all the best. Thank you. news@lacombeexpress.com

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fyi EVENTS 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 403782-5306 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 and District Historical Society invites you to their upcoming Annual General Meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday March 31st at the Flatiron Museum located at 5005 - 50 Ave., Lacombe. Join the historical society and help preserve local history. Volunteers have the opportunity to help in many ways such as the archives, at the Blacksmith Shop and at fun community events. The historical society is also recruiting for new board members in the positions of director and secretary. If you are interested in learning more, please contact the society director at 403-318-9375.

Lacombe Taxpayer Association cordially invites you to an organizational meeting at the Lacombe Legion on Wednesday, April 6th at 7 p.m. For more info, call 403-506-9390.

Lacombe Farmers Market Easter Sale: Thursday, March 24th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lacombe Memorial Centre. Lots of Easter baking, eggs, honey, jams, crafts, spring rolls, woodwork, candles, perogies and much more. For more information call 403-782-4772 or 403-877-1280.

Central Alberta Pride Society presents the LGBTQ and Youth Super Splash Extravaganza. For 13-19 year-old LGBTQ youth and their allies at the Collicutt Centre Waterpark on Saturday, March 19th from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Free food and beverages to follow. Please RSVP by March 12 to jrajah@burmanu.ca.

Lacombe Lions Club meets the first Monday of the month down-

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stairs at the Lacombe Legion.

Next Meeting Monday, April 4th 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.

Habitat volunteers needed for Lacombe: Habitat for Humanity is building two low income duplex homes in the Mckenzie Ranch subdivision in Lacombe.

If you can help with the construction for a day or more, phone Habitat at 403-309-6080.

Tees Chili Cook-off and Family Fun Bingo – The Tees Ag. Society is hosting a chili cook-off followed by an evening of family fun bingo. Submit your favorite chili to the community test, or come and sample the chilies, select the winner and then join us for bingo games. All ages welcome. Many prizes to be won! Saturday, April 2nd, at the Tees Community Hall.

At 5:30 p.m. – Chili cook-off entries (please bring your chili in a slow cooker), 6 p.m. - chili tasting and supper, 6:30 p.m. - bingo card sales begin, 7 p.m. - bingo games begin. Cost is $5/person for chili supper complete with fixin’s. Free supper for cook-off entrants. Bingo cards are $1 each and are good for the evening. If you are planning on entering a chili please let Carla Kenney (403784-3055) know so we can prepare the cook-off table. For more information you can contact Carla or Tanya at 403-350-5370.

Lincoln Hall Easter Bingo and Cakewalk: On March 24th, at Lincoln Hall, at 7 p.m. will be the Easter Bingo and Cakewalk. All welcome. Kids love the cakewalk - If you attend - please bring a snack. Follow Lincoln Hall on FB for info on events.

Bible study on the gospel of Luke every Thursday at 7 p.m. from March 10th to April 7th.

St. Andrew’s United Church, 5226-51 Ave. Call 403-7823148 for more information.

Jake’s Gift is Coming To Lacombe.

Don’t miss this play - it is priceless.

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.

The Jesus Fatwah: Love Your (Muslim) Neighbor as Yourself - a Thursday evening discussion group starting at 7 p.m. Using print and video resources and 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 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 403-3073732, 780- 668-4395 or check the web-site 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.

Practices are held at the Red Deer Legion on Tuesdays at 7:00.

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.

Invitation to join CNIB Peer Support Group: The Peer Support Group is a program dedicated to helping CNIB clients adjust to vision loss. Feelings of fear, anxiety, intimidation and anger are extremely common in adults who are diagnosed with vision loss. The goal of the group is to help transform these feelings into those of confidence and independence through education and group discussions. The program is facilitated by a volunteer who has gone through the process of adjusting to a life with vision loss.

The group offers seniors a way to connect to others experiencing similar challenges. Participants receive empowering, practical and useful information about vision loss and how CNIB services can help, as well as suggestions from other participants on how to reduce the impact of vision loss on their daily lives. There is no cost to participate in the program which will meet once per month.

The group meets at the Spruce Terrace located at 5002 – 51 Ave.

Lacombe Walking Group Wednesdays from 12-12:30 at Medcombe Walk-In-Clinic.

No Registration required.

Kozy Korner - Tuesday dinners - noon at the Senior’s Centre. Hot meal includes coffee and dessert.

Kozy Korner - Music Jam – Sundays from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Lunch goodies by donation.

Upcoming jams are Feb. 14th, March 13th and April 10th.

Entertainers are free. For information call 403-885-4493.

Kozy Korner - Activities such as shuffleboard, cards, carpet bowling, floor curling and more.

Also, the Kozy Korner is available for venue rental. For more information call 403-782-6216.

Quilting and crafts held at Blackfalds United Church on Mondays at 9:30 a.m. Help make quilts or bring your own quilt/ craft to work on. Check out our website at blackfaldsunitedchurch.com or call 403-8854780 for more information.

The Lacombe Legion has bingo on Mondays at 7 p.m. in the upstairs hall. Coffee time runs Wednesdays from 9:30-11 a.m. ($2 for coffee, tea and cookies).

On Fridays, there are four meat draws and tickets are $2/set of three tickets. Draw starts at 6:30 p.m. On Saturdays, there are four meat draws which start at 4:30 p.m. Chase the ace starts after meat draws.

Parkinson Alberta Education offers supports groups for persons with Parkinson disease, family members and caregivers at the following Central Alberta locations: Red Deer, Lacombe, Innisfail, Olds, Three Hills and Castor. Visit www.parkinsonalberta.ca for more information.

New to Lacombe? Contact Lacombe Welcome Wagon for free maps, information about the City & area, as well as free gifts from local businesses. New baby in the family? Contact Donna Korpess with the Lacombe Welcome Wagon at 403782-0475 for free information, baby product samples as well as free gifts from local businesses.

Youth Unlimited Drop-in Activities: Drop-in activities run every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for Grades 3 to 6. Evening drop-in activities for Grades 5 and up run Thursday and Friday nights from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Cost is $2 for drop-in, 10 passes are $10.

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ARTS & LEISURE

Kieran Mercer opens for Marianas Trench this month

BY MARK WEBER LACOMBE EXPRESS Vancouver’s Kieran Mercer will be in Red Deer this month, opening for Marianas Trench at the Enmax Centrium on March 30th.

His slickly produced, engaging debut EP Help Me Help You was released late last month.

It’s a glittery, polished showcase of Mercer’s remarkable talent, all carefully crafted under the meticulous guidance of producer Jon Levin (Philospher Kings) whose production credits include working with One Direction and Selena Gomez.

“I know that my manager was a big fan of the Philosopher Kings - I was pretty young when they were big, but I do remember them. I think they had that funky, pop, soul vibe to them that he thought would gel well with my sound because I have that side to me too.”

Produced in Los Angeles, Help Me Help You captures its listeners with its distinctive pop sound, delivering the sorrows of a broken heart yet the optimism of a heart not done fighting. Things kick off with the stylish, engaging Bang Bang (the CD’s first single) which leads right into the simply structured but compelling Let Me Fall.

The acoustic sensibilities of the comparatively mellower Nothing Better Than This showcases Mercer’s striking vocals to a new level, and Help Me Help You touches ever so slightly on a modern country vibe.

“So basically, my manager thought it would be a good idea for me to work with Jon, so I did two trips down to L.A. - a week at a time - and we did three songs each week,” he explained of the CD’s progression. “I came in with every demo, whether it was a couple of lyrics, or a couple of chords - whatever was completed. I would throw them at Jon and he basically took it from there - whether he was interested in something or not.”

Mercer added ultimately, it proved to be a very collaborative process. “We wanted to do the songs that we were both really excited about,” he said. “Sometimes when you are writing with someone, or working with a producer, sometimes you don’t always trust their instincts. It’s not an ego thing, but it’s like you are almost

SKY’S THE LIMIT - Vancouver-based singer Kieran Mercer will be hitting the stage with Marianas Trench for their current tour this month at the Centrium in Red Deer. The concert runs March 30th. photo submitted fighting for your idea to keep its originality of where it was coming from,” he said. “But right off the bat, I trusted Jon. I totally trusted his instincts. Even at first if I thought an idea was kind of weird, I would try it and it would usually work out in the end.

“He even took songs that I thought were throwaways and just turned them on their heads and created these great songs.”

Combine all that with the magic of working in a studio located right on the famed Hollywood Boulevard, and really, how could

check your

you go wrong? “That was pretty cool.”

Taking this new release on the road, this tour will mark Mercer’s first cross-Canada arena tour - hitting 18 cities across the country over the course of a month. “I had my first show with them last night,” he explained during a recent chat from a tour stop in Hamilton, Ontario. “At first you’re kind of nervous with these big shows because you don’t know how people are going to react. But I just go out there and give them the best show possible and promote my own stuff, and it went over really well. My social media is

blowing up,” he added with a laugh.

Previously the front man of celebrated Vancouver group Jackie Valentine and having shared the stage with the likes of Carly Rae Jepsen and Lights, Mercer decided to pursue the journey of establishing a solo career.

The idea to hook up with Marianas Trench on this current tour came about through a mutual admiration that Josh Ramsay and Mercer have for each other’s music. “We are actually label mates, and Josh has always been a big supporter of my music and I’ve always loved his music as well. I know also that this time around, he wanted to give somebody a leg up.

They threw my name out there and he really pushed for me, the band pushed for me and it’s been a great opportunity.”

For Mercer, who was raised in White Rock but now calls Vancouver home, a love for music was sparked early on.

“My parents would always be cranking music,” he recalls. “It was always kind of in my bones. So from an early age, I started playing music. I had bands when I was in Grade 5,” he chuckles. “It was mainly my dad pushing all the music - it could be anything from Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers, the Beatles - and lots of the greats from the 1950s and ‘60s.”

Mercer was essentially drawn to pop stylings, but there have always been other influences that bubble up here and there within a given song. “I’ve just been addicted to melody - it’s always been very important to me.”

And from the start, there really never was a ‘plan b’ in terms of a career path.

His sights were set squarely on music.

“I feel like if you want to do this, you have to put 100 per cent into it,” he explained. “If you are creating a back up plan, you’re almost expecting to fail.

You’re putting it out there that, ‘Hey, this might not work out’. Once you have that idea in your head, I feel like you’re going to stop at some point,” he said.

“There has been no other question about what I’ve wanted to do. It’s always been this - just jumping head first into this business.”

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Readers’ response to drinking mothers and brain-injured children I recently reported that in the U.S. every year 40,000 children are born suffering with fetal alcoholic syndrome disease (FASD).

In Canada, there are 300,000 living with this problem. I asked, “Why doesn’t this human tragedy get as much attention as drunk driving?”

And “Should some of the women involved be sterilized?”

I’ve received a ton of responses.

SR writes, “I believe the Mothers against Drunk Driving lobby gets more attention because the media provides many dollars of free air time.”

R0 responds, “Dr. you are so-o-o-o-o right. Women who drink during pregnancy need to be sterilized. Full stop. Thank you and keep up the good work.”

NB wrote, “Your column should be made mandatory in every bar, liquor/beer store, transit vehicle, doctor’s office and pharmacy. It should also be taught every year from Grade 6 up.”

From MG, “There are many hard-truths about FASD that some people seem unable to face, and I appreciate you have spoken up about this terrible and preventable

Dr. Gifford

JONES condition that is thrust upon the most vulnerable of our species. You have my support along with my girlfriend, a third year medical student”.

A school bus driver reported that a FASD child disrupted his entire bus. “I would tell him to sit down and he would kick and spit at me. I do not agree that these challenged children should be allowed to be in the mainstream as it takes away from the other children. Thank you for you honesty and the information you provide.”

An anonymous reader did not thank me. She remarked, “Drunk driving causes deaths. FASD does not. As a doctor you must have been educated ?????”

Another reader said, “Your article is intelligent, well-argued, but has an extreme and unreasonable conclusion. Drunk drivers can be ordered to go to AA. Possibly

pregnant mothers could be forced to attend AA, give breath samples, and be sent to jail for the rest of the pregnancy for failing to comply.”

GU writes, “Mothers who drink during pregnancy should be prosecuted as child abusers. Why is it that the medical establishment isn’t outraged about this issue and doesn’t speak up about it? It appears our health and judicial systems need a major overhaul.

Thanks for the education.”

Some families reported in great detail the trouble and stress of caring for a FASD child.

D. B. says, “Great article but you will receive a lot of negative mail suggesting any intrusion into the lives of women. Our adopted daughter had FASD and we watched her grow into a beautiful woman. She has elongated fingers on one hand, no toes on one foot, her ears are not fully rotated and she has hip problems.

She has no concept of money, no moral standards, no emotional stability, the list goes on and on.”

D.B. continues, “She was born on a plane taking her mother to Winnipeg and is a full-blooded Ojibway. In

researching this problem we have allowed the wild Indian stigma to become the easy way out.”

Some readers said I should spend some time on a First Nations reserve to see the extent of the problem.

Actually I’ve recently been to one and will soon report on their other health problems, particularly Type 2 diabetes.

Another couple who adopted two children later discovered they both had FASD. They reported that, “The short version of our life is that it is moments of

pure hell. But we love them.

We have 10 grandkids and we suspect six are affected with FASD.” R.A. writes, “I’m a new subscriber to the Narragansett Times and thoroughly enjoy your column. I have never seen these shocking financial stats of caring for these children. It’s an eye-opener and is truly a national economic and moral issue.”

The majority of readers were surprised at the extent of the problem. They were particularly appalled that women would be allowed to

continue to have additional FASD children considering the social chaos that results.

The FASD problem will continue to be swept under the rug. But I hope my column will alert everyone to the potential dangers of alcohol during pregnancy.

Remember, I am not your doctor so this column is not meant to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure disease and only for informational purposes. So always consult with your doctor.

For comments, email info@ docgiff.com.

Request for Proposals The Lacombe Police Service/City of Lacombe are seeking proposals via a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the following: • •

Portable and Mobile radios compatible with the Alberta First Responders Radio Communication System (AFRRCS) Computer Automated Dispatch (CAD)System

The RFP will define the content of the proposal. You are urged to structure your responses accordingly with sufficient details to ensure it is complete, appropriate and competitive.

MUSIC TO THE EARS - Lacombian and songstress Justine Vandergrift performed at the Elks Halls in Red Deer last Saturday night. Vandergrift was one of three opening acts for award-winning piano player David Vest. The event was a fundraiser for the Central Music Festival Society. photo courtesy of Kathleen Ennis

All interested parties are invited to view and print the full RFP from the Alberta Purchasing Connection website at www.purchasingconnection.ca or on the City of Lacombe website at www.lacombe.ca/doing-business/rfps-tenders.

Join The Historical Society!

All updates and addendums will be issued through those sites only. Any interested parties must submit sealed proposals and confirm receipt of their proposals no later than 2:00 pm local time on Friday, March 25, 2016.

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All proposals must be accompanied with a digital copy of submission in PDF. Proposals shall be clearly marked Lacombe Police Service AFRRCS Radio RFP or Lacombe Police Service CAD RFP. Only proposals submitted within the time frame and guidelines provided will be considered.

Please address to: Lacombe Police Service 5211 50 Avenue Lacombe, AB T4L 1E8 Attention: T. Steven Murray, Chief of Police

h L he Lacombe b and d Di District t i t Hi Historical t i l Society invites you to their upcoming

Annual General Meeting

at 7 PM on Thursday March 31, 2016 at the Flatiron Museum located at 5005 50 Avenue, Lacombe. Join the historical society and help preserve local history.

Volunteers have the opportunity to help in many ways such as in the archives, at the Blacksmith Shop, and at fun community events!

The Historical Society is also recruiting for new Board members in the positions of Director and Secretary. If you are interested in learning more, please contact the society director at (403) 318-9375.

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SPORTS Province’s best rowers gather at Blackfalds championships

BY ZACHARY CORMIER LACOMBE EXPRESS The best rowers from around the province of Alberta converged on Blackfalds last weekend as the Central Alberta Rowing Club (CARC) hosted the 2016 Alberta Indoor Rowing Championships at the Abbey Centre last Saturday.

More than 120 competitors from every age category participated in the event, which is the premier indoor rowing competition in Alberta.

“This is the main annual competition in Alberta that we host for all of the rowing clubs in Alberta,” said Andy Nokes, president of the CARC. Indoor rowing is a sport that was conceived to keep competitive rowers active while outdoor bodies of water are frozen in many countries around the world.

“It’s virtually worldwide. It’s the use of rowing machines, they’re designed and manufactured in the U.S., they simulate the feel and the forces of rowing in a boat,” explained Nokes, adding the machines also mimic the movements an athlete would use when out on the water.

The machines are plugged into a computer that allows athletes to virtually ‘race’ each other using the stationary rowing machines and keeps track of the distance travelled and the speed at which a boat would be travelling.

“These indoor competitions, ours is fairly small. We had 13 race ergometers, we refer to them as Ergs. Some competitions can have 20 or 30 or more.”

Just six people from Central Alberta took part in the competition last Saturday, with one, CARC Vice President Emily Stapley, taking home a bronze medal in the Master Women category.

The majority of the athletes that took part on Saturday, especially in the Junior categories, he said, came from larger centres such as Calgary or Edmonton.

“I think everyone else gains much more than us in some ways,” Nokes said of the provincials, which the CARC has hosted annually since 2005.

The CARC is based on Lacombe Lake, a small body of water located about 10 minutes north of Blackfalds, and Nokes said that is part of the reason the Club hosts the indoor event each year.

“We don’t have the facilities at the lake to run a regatta. All of the other clubs in Alberta, they run regattas during the summer on their water and what we do as our annual event for the province is we run the

ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP - Adam Miller of the Calgary Rowing Club competed in the Junior A Men’s category of the Alberta Indoor Rowing Championships at the Abbey Centre this past Saturday. The championship featured competitors from all over the province.

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indoor rowing championships. Really it’s our participation towards the provincial rowing. I find it’s great fun to organize.”

Another reason that the CARC’s athletes’ participation in the event is so low is due to the lack of junior, or high school-aged, rowers that the club has right now. Not a single junior rower from the CARC competed last Saturday.

“The thing about juniors is that, especially Grade 12 juniors, is that as soon as they finish school they’re off all over the place, so we have to replace them from year to year.”

The Club has been taking steps to address that lack of junior participation, however, and has recently set up a partnership with Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School (LTCHS) in Red Deer to aid in the recruitment of younger athletes.

The program will allow the CARC to work directly with the school’s sports performance class to introduce rowing as either

a way to supplement existing training or as a way to remain active and physically fit over the summer months.

“Rowing is a late entry sport, so ideally the student needs to be 14, 15 so that, physically, they’ve got the right size and flexibility and capacity. The challenge we have is taking existing, fit teenagers and showing them how to row in a very short period of time,” Nokes explained, adding that training usually entails beginning work on the rowing machines before hitting the water around mid-May. “We’ll get them into intense training on the water in terms of technique and then into some races before the end of June.”

According to Nokes, there are a number of reasons a young athlete might consider taking up rowing.

“I think there are a number of reasons.

Some athletes, they switch to rowing because they’ve reached a plateau in their own sport, or they haven’t quite made it to the

first team but they’re of a very competitive mindset and, with the right build, rowing offers some great opportunity.”

Because rowing is a minority sport with fewer competitive athletes, new competitors may be able to move up the ranks much quicker than a sport like hockey.

“As we’ve found in Alberta, a number of athletes start rowing at the university level and then got through to the national team.

There are less people rowing competitively in Canada than a lot of the other sports.

I mean, certainly if you compare it with hockey,” Nokes said, adding that rowing is also a great way to stay physically fit.

The CARC is currently recruiting rowers of all ages for the outdoor season, which is set to kick off in mid-May. Anyone interested in participating can get in contact with the CARC by visiting http://albertarowing.ca/get-involved/clubs/central-alberta-rowing-club/ or by calling Andy Nokes at 403-782-0732. zcormier@lacombeexpress.com

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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016

SPORTS

Atom A Provincials set to kick off in Lacombe

BY ZACHARY CORMIER LACOMBE EXPRESS The Barnett Arenas will be buzzing with young and talented hockey players this weekend as Lacombe hosts the 2016 ATB Alberta Atom A Provincial Championship hockey tournament.

More than 100 players ages 10 to 11 will descend upon the City to compete in the province’s premiere Atom hockey tournament, which begins on Thursday afternoon.

“We’re expecting some good games, and hopefully some tight games,” said Becky Ramsay, a member of the organizing committee for the tournament.

The eight team tourney will feature squads from all over the province of Alberta including teams from as close as Olds and as far away as Kitscoty.

As the host City, Lacombe will be represented by the Fifth Element Salon and Spa Lacombe Atom A Rockets.

“We’ve had ups and downs. We’ve had a lot of fun at tournaments, those have gone well,” Ramsay said, adding that while the team did not make the league finals for the North Central Zone Tier 1 league, the team played hard and improved over the course of the year.

“The boys played hard and definitely improved over the year, but it was a tough tier.”

The tournament festivities kicked off on Wednesday with the Tundra True Spirit of Hockey Day, a special event was aimed at creating excitement about the sport of hockey in schools.

The event took place at the YU Turn

Youth Centre on Wednesday evening and included street hockey games, hot dogs and hot chocolate.

“Part of it took place (on Wednesday) with our street hockey and Thursday we’ve invited a couple of the local schools to come watch our opening game,” said Tournament Chair Angela Nygaard, adding she is expecting a turnout of more than 200 students for the game, which will see Lacombe square off against Drayton Valley. Puck drop on that game is at 1:45 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

Nygaard said the experience of having a large crowd will be a different one for the Atom age players.

“I think they’ll be fairly nervous but what do they do, right?” she said.

“It’s pretty exciting, especially at school, with the Tundra event, the players got to hand out flyers and talk to their classes about what they’re doing and what’s happening this weekend. Just trying to get them out and get excited about it,” Ramsay added.

In addition to the Atom A provincials that will be running on the front ice surface at the Barnett Arenas, Lacombe’s Initiation-level (ages five and six) teams will also be playing on the back ice beginning on Saturday and Lacombe’s Atom B will be playing for their League Championship Banner on Sunday immediately before the Atom A Provincial final game on Sunday afternoon.

The opening ceremonies take place on Friday evening beginning at 6:30 p.m. and will be immediately followed by Game 3 of the Senior Men’s AAA Provincial Final series between the Bentley Generals and

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“The idea, especially with the Tundra event, is to try and expose children who don’t already play hockey to our sport.

And then it’s a great place for the community to showcase,” Nygaard said, adding community organizations and businesses have supported the tournament through donations to the raffle table and

silent auction, being game sponsors or advertising.

With the top Atom teams in the province squaring off, the weekend is bound to be full of some good hockey.

A full tournament schedule and results can be found on Hockey Alberta’s web site at http://atoma.haprovincials.ca/home/. zcormier@lacombeexpress.com

DETERMINATION - Dustin Butler, left, of the Bentley Generals stopped a shot by Adam Chorneyko of the Stony Plain Eagles while Brett Thurston of the Generals tried to defend during game one of the Chinook Hockey League final at the Barnett Arenas in Lacombe on Friday night. The Generals won game 1 by a score of 4-1 but dropped a 6-1 decision to the Eagles in Stony Plain the following night. The series is currently tied 1-1.

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Horoscope ARIES

TAURUS

Mar 21/Apr 20

Apr 21/May 21

A recent development may bring you luck and turn out in your favor, Aries. If financial deals seem lucrative, go ahead and trust your instincts to move ahead.

GEMINI May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, fun is ahead if you

Taurus, maintaining a long-distance relationship or friendship can be challenging, but you have what it takes to make the most of the situation.

CANCER Jun 22/Jul 22 This is a terrific week to sit

are willing to take some

down and talk with someone

risks. Take a chance and

you have not seen in a while,

hang out with a new crowd

Cancer. Enjoy this reunion

this week. These might

and all the laughs that come

be just the people to add

with strolling down

some hop to your step.

Memory Lane.

LEO

VIRGO

Jul 23/Aug 23

Aug 24/Sept 22

Your love life may take an exciting turn, Leo. Prepare

more free now that you have unburdened yourself

someone else take control

of some debts. Enjoy this

for a little while. Expect

newfound financial freedom

something to happen out

but remember to watch

of the blue.

your spending.

LIBRA

SCORPIO Scorpio, joint ventures are

generous this week, Libra.

the way to go this week.

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Pooling your resources

who may be less fortunate

provides the chance for you

than you by volunteering at

and a friend to go bigger

a soup kitchen or pitching

and better on something

in elsewhere.

you both want to do.

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CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20

Unresolved issues might

Capricorn, it is important

crop up this week,

to speak your mind, even

Sagittarius. However, you can tackle anything that

when you are not sure how your opinions will be received. Share your

comes your way if you

opinions and ask others

think out all of the angles.

for theirs.

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Jan 21/Feb 18

Feb 19/Mar 20

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Now is a great

is your best bet this week.

time to work on new

Make an effort to speak

relationships, Pisces.

openly with loved ones and

Pay extra attention

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to a newfound friend or

made the extra effort.

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You are feeling helpful and

Nov 23/Dec 21

ANSWER

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Lots For Sale

4160

SERGE’S HOMES

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Lots For Sale

4160

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16 LACOMBE EXPRESS

THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016

Three Day Sale - March 18-20 Steelhead Trout Fillets

Nabob Ground Coffee Tradition or Organic 915-930g - First 2

each

FRIDAY, March 18 to THURSDAY, March 24

Strawberries

$

$

2.99

Co-op Gold Skinless Shankless Hams

Green Giant Vegetables

$

2.49 lb

$

Selected Varieties Frozen - 750g

$

1.99

Packaged Organic Mushrooms

Co-op Gold Cheese

Hot Cross Buns

each

each

Cheddar or Mozzarella 800g - First 2

$

7.99

$

Package of 12

Bel Mini Babybel Wheels

$

3.49

Co-op Gold Ice Cream

each

2 for Selected Varieties 200g Package Produce of Western Canada

.79

1

Value Pack Limit First 2

each

$5.49/kg Bone-in Portions Random Cryovac Wrapped

.99

9

each 1lb. Package Produce of U.S.A

100g

3.88

Selected Varieties 6 Portions per Package 120-129g

each

$

4.99

$ 4L

4.99

SAVE $10 on any

Fresh or Frozen Whole Turkey

with this coupon and a minimun purchase of $100.00* *Includes price of turkey

OVER SCOUNTS

IN PRIZES & DI

Plus a $25,000 Community Donation!

FREE GROCERIES FOR A YEAR

2016 FORD F150 XLT OR $35,000 CASH

FREE GAS FOR A YEAR

VACATION GETAWAY

PLU 2758

This coupon may only be used with a minimum purchase of at least $100.00 (including turkey) before applicable taxes at CO-OP or THE MARKETPLACE Food Stores (excludes tobacco, alcohol, prescriptions, gift cards, phone cards, lottery tickets, transit tickets, all third party operations (post office, gas bar, etc.). We will reduce the final bill by $10.00 (maximum $10.00 reduction per transaction).

Limit one coupon per family purchase. No cash value.

No copies. Coupon must be presented to the cashier at time of purchase. Valid from Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 27. Cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotional offers. Final consumer price per pound will vary depending on actual turkey size purchased.

CO-OP GOLD GRADE A TURKEYS Selected Sizes, Frozen

100% Western Canadian With $10 coupon works out to

88¢

/lb 1.94/kg

with Pop-Up TImer

Central Alberta Co-op English Estates Centre – Lacombe 403-782-6200 Open Daily until 9pm www.centralab.coop