Ponoka News, August 24, 2016

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Sports

ABRA sets new record for entries Story on page 23

Reflections

Three generations of the James family worked at the Alberta Hospital Story on page 5

Not by the numbers

Painter and exhibitor Marion Carter helps young Wesley and his mother Christina paint a bookmark at the Ponoka Home, Hobby and Horticultural Show on Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Royal Canadian Legion auditorium. The paint table was one of the special events that got the public involved in the annual fair.

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Asset management study showing gaps in town data Council learns company was paid for years without adequate services in return

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE PONOKA NEWS As the town’s asset management project continues, planners are finding large gaps in the data needed to help them plan for the future.

Consultant Colin Roggeveen, of RPM Consulting, updated council Tuesday, Aug. 9 regarding the status of the project and while he was able to provide some cost estimates of infrastructure project needs, he was unable to confirm other pieces of information due to having no information in the town’s asset data.

“The information in the study is, once again, an educated guess,” Roggeveen explained of his replacement cost estimates in the road system.

As an example, Roggeveen said a previous study had called for $6.355 million in the rehabilitation and construction of roadways for 2012 to 2016. However, Roggeveen was unable to garner any information on what was done in that time period and what the condition of the rest is in.

Curbs and sidewalks consideration again shows gaps in the information the town has. Accompanied with a slideshow he prepared, Roggeveen told council the data from the sources is incomplete with no date on the length, width and profile of sidewalks to help determine replacement costs. “All we have is sheets that say there’s a sidewalk in it.”

The least populated of all the assets is the storm system.

Roggeveen said he was unable to garner information on the length of pipes in town, the diameter and material the pipes were made of. He was unable to provide an accurate cost replacement assessment of the storm system.

“How do you set a priority if you don’t have the data?” asked Coun. Carla Prediger.

Roggeveen said the next step is to do a risk management assessment but it can be a challenge to prioritize infrastructure.

What is happening with the town’s asset information?

It appears 40 per cent of the town’s geographic infor-

mation systems (GIS) are missing.

Dave McPhee, director of operations and property services for the Town of Ponoka, said some of it was lost during a flood at Town Hall in 2013.

Prior to that, there was a sewage backup in the basement; the now demolished town hall was also a sewage lift station for the town. However, some information just isn’t there.

In conducting some research, McPhee found out some of the companies that did map work for the town many years ago were no longer in existence and those maps could not be found. “We don’t have that information available,” he said.

Mayor Rick Bonnett said he recalled in 2007 during a budget meeting the town was then putting money into GIS. “Where did this stuff go to if we spent the money on that?” asked Bonnett.

It appears that while the “OVER THE YEARS town was still paying a company annually to store THE TOWN HAS BEEN and maintain a GIS database, PAYING, ON AVERAGE, nobody was using it. McPhee $25,000 TO $30,000 said when he started with the town he wanted to acA YEAR TO THIS cess the data, but it was not ENGINEERING FIRM.” in the system. “Where’s the electronic library? Where’s DAVE MCPHEE, all the maps?” he explained DIRECTOR OF to council.

OPERATIONS AND This engineering firm — ISL Engineering — was being PROPERTY SERVICES engaged by the town at the time, said McPhee, and that the town had continued to pay the company annually to maintain this database.

“Over the years the town has been paying, on average, $25,000 to $30,000 a year to this engineering firm,” stated Dave McPhee.

Once he was apprised of the situation, McPhee said he cut ties with the company. Another company, Allnorth Engineering, has since been hired to a point where the town will be able to put together a sufficient amount of data. “During the next two years we, want to fill in all these gaps,” McPhee added.

Maintaining the GIS system In an interview last week CAO Albert Flootman confirmed that ISL Engineering had been contracted by the town in 2003 to create a GIS system. continued on page 7

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Building permits up from last year

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE PONOKA NEWS Building permits are moving along relatively smoothly for the Town of Ponoka, which is seeing some growth compared to last year.

From January to the end of July, the town has seen 46 building permits this year compared to 40 for the same time period in 2015, explained Tim Schmidt, director of planning and development.

“We even track the decks, the improvements and the values of decks,” explained Schmidt.

The detailed tracking helps the town understand the value of a variety of projects, including residential, commercial industrial and institutional. That information is provided to the Safety Codes Council (SCC), of which the town is a member.

When looking at the data, Schmidt said town planners look for continued growth within the community. Renovations and additions to existing homes and commercial development is just as important as brand new commercial development.

“In April, we have issued a permit for over $1 million for construction of a strip mall, gas station, convenience bar,” said Schmidt, referring to a development in the Froman Industrial Park.

July also saw some new commercial development with a project valued at $1.3 million and a commercial addition for $1.2 million.

“All of the parties we have dealt with this year have been excellent,” said Schmidt.

“People are coming in, asking questions.”

He says town planners stay in touch with developers on a weekly basis to ensure everyone is on the same page and that they’re within compliance. “That’s really important to us for them to achieve that.”

For Schmidt, having developers feel welcome in the community is important to seeing growth. The town’s goal is to assist development applicants in obtaining their approvals. “We’re happy to see all of it.”

“New growth is great. But so is redevelopment and intensification of existing areas.”

The downtown area of Ponoka has some

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neighbourhoods that may need updating and with the potential of a new learning centre and town hall being moved to the old hospital location, there is an opportunity to enhance services. Town council recently approved the idea of a letter of intent to work with a land developer on that site.

“Typically (there is) a trend in municipal development to see the lands around the downtown intensify,” explained Schmidt.

If that initiative were to move forward, there is also some potential for large construction values to occur.

Town finances update The town’s finances appear to be in order.

Information provided to council Tuesday, Aug. 9 during the regular meeting shows that the Town of Ponoka’s capital budget is $10.3 million with $3.5 million in expenditures by the end of June. As not all the invoicing has been sent to the town and some projects are still active, that number is expected to rise before the year is out.

There are 45 projects this year with 16 of them new and the rest carry-forward.

A breakdown of capital projects show administrative expenses sitting at $14,800, about one per cent of the $1.59 million budgeted. Protective services is sitting at the highest per cent over budget, 63 per cent, with $450,000 spent of the $710,000 budgeted for.

Property services is sitting at 50 per cent with $2.81 million spent of the $5.64 million budgeted, a large chunk of that budget is from the $4.47 million north bridge construction.

The town’s operating statement is sitting at an operating surplus of $166,682 as of the end of June with revenues at $8.27 million and expenditures at $7.74 million. Revenues and expenditures are on target sitting at 49 per cent and 48 per cent respectively.

Municipal taxes are sitting at $3.12 million and goods and services are sitting at $3.91 million. Operating expenses show administration at $1.1 million, protective services — which encompasses fire and RCMP — at $1.14 million, property services at $931,000, water and waste water at $1.4 million, electrical at $1.04 million and recreation at $921,000.

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PONOKA NEWS STAFF RCMP Killam detachment announced that they identified and arrested Darrell Peter Moosomin around 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21 as he was hitchhiking on Highway 13 just east of Daysland.

Moosomin escaped over the weekend of Aug. 13-14 after being released to the custody of a First Nations elder from Pê Sâkâstêw Centre, a minimum security federal correctional institution near Maskwacis, to allow him to watch the Samson Nation’s powwow at the Ermineskin reserve.

The statement from the RCMP said Moosomin would appear in court but did not give a date for the hearing.

Described by the police “a dangerous offender”,

at the time of his escape, Moosomin was serving an indeterminate sentence for sexual assault, assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, fail to comply with a probation order, operating a motor vehicle while disqualified and obstruct police/peace officer. He has also served sentences for escape lawful custody, assault, break, enter and commit and common assault, according to Correctional Service of Canada.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Religion How four US swimmers can benefit from their thoughtless acts

Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship

CHURCH DIRECTORY Associated Gospel Churches of Canada

CHURCH OF THE OPEN BIBLE 3704 - 42 St. Ponoka 403-783-6500 Worship Service 10:30 a.m. • churchoftheopenbible@telus.net

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKA Sr. Pastor Paul Spate

Associate Pastor - James Crosina

5109 - 57 Ave. Ponoka www.fbcponoka.org

403-783-5533

Bible Discovery Hour 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

HOME CHURCH Pastor Rob McArthur

403-783-5659

Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.

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

www.myhomechurch.ca

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

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

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

Rev. Mitch Ramkissoon www.parklandurc.org

PONOKA UNITED CHURCH ponokaunited@shaw.ca Sunday Service 10:30 am.

5020-52 Ave. Ponoka

www.ponokaunitedchurch.ca Phone: 403-783-4087

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

SONRISE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Pastor W. Delleman Worship Service 10:30 a.m. ½ mile south of Centennial Centre for Mental Health & Brain Injury

403-783-6012 • www.sonriseponoka.com

ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH Fr. Shimit Abraham CFIC Mass Times: 7:00 p.m. Saturday; 9:00 a.m. Sunday

5113 - 52 Ave., Ponoka, T4J 1H6 403-783-4048 stachurch@shaw.ca

ST. MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH Rev. Donna Willer Rev. Marty Tuer, Honourary Assistant 5120 - 49 Ave. Ponoka

403-783-4329

Sunday Service: Holy Eucharist 10 a.m. www.stmarysanglicanponoka.com

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 5501 - 54 Ave. Ponoka 403-783-4141 Sunday Service: 10:30am Sunday School: 10:30am Pastor Tim Graff • trinityponoka.ca

ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Pastor Fred Knip 9 miles east on Hwy 53 403-782-9877 Jr. Church during service for children Sunday Service 10:30 am

They say confession is good for the soul. they should at least apologize. Which I’m not sure exactly who “they“ are, but none have to date.

I’m pretty sure they got the idea from a So let’s be clear, they made a mistake, man named James. “Therefore confess they lied about it and have yet to really your sins to each other and pray for each take responsibility for it. Why? Do they other so that you may be healed” (James consider themselves privileged because 5.16) of their showing at the games or staI wonder if the four swimmers caught tus our culture gives them as athletes? in a lie have heard the saying? You may Have they been allowed to act this way have heard the news or read the stories. for years or is this really just a one-time Having finished their events, the quartet mistake of international proportions? In decided to go out on the town. Apparently the end, it doesn’t really matter. What under the influence of alcohol, they vandoes matter, whether they know it or not, dalized a gas station washroom and were is that they have the choice to reflect on caught in the act. And this is where the this experience and mature because of it story goes sideways. The next day, preor they can just shrug it off and carry on, sumably in an effort at a cover-up, they “just kids having fun.” reported that they had been victims of a In the church, we talk about reflecting robbery. In days gone by, they may have on our experiences for similar reasons.

WILLIAM DELLEMAN gotten away with it, but these days, video We usually call this process confession Sonrise Christian cameras catch everything. Including their and repentance. We believe that through Reformed Church public urination, destruction of private the hard work of owning our attitudes property and the confrontation with seand behaviours that hurt others or self, curity personnel who calmly dealt with we have a chance to become better verthe situation. Presently, two of the swimmers are still sions of who we are as individuals living in community. in Brazil answering questions about the incident while It’s not an exercise in heaping shame on each other or another has returned home to the US. CNN didn’t reveal on our self. Nor is it an invitation to destructive punishthe whereabouts of the fourth man. ment. Rather, it is a courageous effort aimed at helping The CBC also reported on this and quotes a Rio Games each other admit to and apologize for mistakes - sins spokesman’s response. “These kids tried to have fun, - committed knowingly and unknowingly. To face the they tried to represent their country to the best of their consequences with integrity and to learn through the abilities,” Rio 2016 spokesman Mario Andrada told re- process that discipline is good and forgiveness freely porters. “They competed under gigantic pressure. Let’s given is even better. give these kids a break. Sometime you take actions that So I do rather hope these men reflect on their experiyou later regret. They had fun, they made a mistake, life ences and own any responsibility they may have. Just as goes on.”

I hope anyone else who has “sinned and fallen short of That sounds suspiciously to me like “oh well, boys will God’s glorious way,” does. This path leads to something be boys”. I don’t know about you, but I find that hard to better, someone better. Who reminds us that we can accept. The athletes were 20, 21, 26 and 32 - hardly kids. have it our own way with all that might entail. We read And their behavior? It was at the very least embarrass- that in another saying that may be as familiar as the ing for themselves, their families and the country they one I started with. It was spoken by Jesus, “What does it represent. At worst, for average citizens of Rio, it was profit a person to gain the whole world (fame, fortune, criminal. Yet one law enforcement official in Brazil said, Olympic medals), yet lose their very soul?”

How grandparents can answer the toughest questions There is nothing more precious than our children and our grand-children, but as we get older it will always be a little more of a challenge for us to keep up with ‘their games’ and young adventures, as well as coming up with a quick answer for some of those really tough and sudden questions. We all love to have them over for special events and sleepovers and to share mom’s cooking and new photos, but when they surprise us with those ‘new generation opinions’, this is how we might answer them, with a big chuckle.

Well, let us sit back and think for just a moment, because we were born before…..television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen and fast food, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees, the pill, the computer and before man walked on the moon. When your grandma and I were growing up, there were no credit cards, laser

MIKE RAINONE HAMMERTIME beams and ball point pens, and man had not even invented pantyhose, air-conditioners, dishwashers and

clothes dryers, and the laundry had to be hung up on a line in the back yard to dry. Way back then, we had never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt or guys that wore earrings, and we were before gay rights, computer dating, dual careers, daycare centres and group therapy. All of us somehow managed to survive without Pizza Hut, McDonald’s and instant coffee, we thought that fast food was what people ate during lent, and if we helped with the chores and saved our meagre allowance, we could buy ice cream cones, a Pepsi, postage stamps, and flashy postcards, all for a nickel. It was during the roaring 50s and 60s that you could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600, but who could afford one because gas was 11 cents a gallon in an era where the minimum wage was 75 cents an hour in 1950 but would double by 1968. continued on page 31

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

PONOKA NEWS 5

Reflections of Ponoka

Three generations of the James family worked at the Alberta Hospital

BY MIKE RAINONE FOR THE NEWS Edward S. (Ted) James was born in Carroll, Nebraska in 1910, and then in 1918 would move with his parents, William Henry and Elva James, and his three older sisters Hazel, Marie, and Cleora to Ponoka, where they settled on a farm in the Eastside district. When their farm home was destroyed by fire in 1922, they moved to the grounds of the Provincial Mental Hospital, where the parents and two sisters joined the nursing staff.

Ted attended school in Ponoka until the fall of 1927, then worked for the P.M.H. Department of Public Works hauling coal with a team and wagon from the Ponoka railway siding to the Hospital Power House until the railway ‘spur line’ was built. A milestone in his young and active life came on January 3, 1928 when he transferred to the nursing staff, and then in 1930 enrolled in what was called the ‘attendant course’. After graduating in 1933 with a 100 per cent mark in practical nursing Ted worked his way up quickly to the position of Ward Charge, and eventually was named as the Associate Director of Nursing Service, in which he excelled until his retirement in 1959. His very productive and successful career would span 42 years, which also included a stint in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1942 to 1945. Over the years, three generations of the James family would proudly serve on the nursing staff of the Alberta Hospital, the last being Ted’s niece Elva Clements Armstrong, who was a graduate of the popular four-year Registered

Photo from Ponoka Panorama History Book

Ted and Ardyce James sit at the front of their immaculate home and garden near the Ponoka Community Golf Club in 1956. Both served on the staff of the Alberta Hospital, Ted on the nursing staff for 42 years, and Ardyce as a medical secretary and ardent volunteer in the special programs for the patients.

Nurse’s Course.

Over the years, Ted James worked diligently and passionately to gain recognition for the Psychiatric Attendant Course to be accepted as a nursing course and to have psychiatric nursing approved as a profession of its own. With the keen support and encouragement of Dr. Randall MacLean, the Director of the Division of Mental Health, legislation was passed in 1950 incorporating the Psychiatric Nurses Association of Alberta as a professional body. Ted was honoured for his efforts by being the first person to register in the PNA as well as being appointed as the Charter President, and was so pleased when the

position of ‘staff attendant’ was changed to psychiatric nurse to more aptly describe their vital ongoing role in the mental health treatment programs.

As a nurse, Mr. James wholeheartedly supported Dr. MacLean in his efforts to ban mechanical restraints of all kinds in the mental health treatment programs.

During his vigorous work with his young students, he emphasized the importance of the interpersonal skills as well as developing a strong working environment that induced the good response and respect from the patient, which is vital in all of the nursing programs. Ted’s fellow-workers and students were always impressed by

his strong personal commitment to the relationship between the patient and staff, which he visibly illustrated with his many first-hand experiences and always willingly passed on to many groups as a participant, trainer, innovator, team-builder, and on ongoing learner as the treatment programs advanced over the years. In 1967, Ted James was honoured by the federal government with a medal in recognition of his valuable service to psychiatric nursing.

In 1963, Ted married Ardyce Olsen, who also worked in several positions on the AHP staff, including Medical Stenographer and Secretary to the Director

of the Division of Mental Health. She was also very much involved in volunteer work with the patients at the hospital, was a Charter Member of the Alberta Hospital Women’s Auxiliary, a longstanding member of the Ponoka Kinette Club, and was always very active in the community.

In his personnel life, Ted supported and actively participated in many sports at the hospital and community, including playing centre forward for the powerful AHP football team from the age of 16, as well as being an avid hockey and baseball player. He was the past president of the Ponoka Stampeder Senior Hockey Club, served as a

longstanding member of the Ponoka Kinsmen and K-40 Clubs, and was on the Town of Ponoka Public Housing Committee. Even after retirement, Ted avidly continued to contribute his keen knowledge, support, and dedication to the Alberta Division of the Canadian Mental Hospital Association. Ted and Ardyce also cherished and took a great deal of pride in their pristine home and yard near the Ponoka Community Golf Course, to which visitors were always welcome. The warmth and charm of this fine couple as well as their countless contributions to their occupations and their community will never be forgotten.

Remember When...

Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

This great 1928 photo shows a gardener relaxing among the magnificent flowers and landscaping at the Provincial Mental Hospital, and then up in the right hand corner is the Heritage Building, Lawn crest wards, and the new nurses’ residence.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Opinion How clean was Rio 2016?

Would Pierre de sure that other countries’ Coubertine, recognized athletes, mostly from those as the father of modern ruled by authoritarian governments, were not given Olympics, be proud or similar treatments by their ashamed of the Rio 2016?

The French educator, who own governments? In other led the efforts to establish words, was the banning of many Russian athletes the International Olympic from Rio 2016 just a few Committee and functioned weeks, and in some cases as its second president in days before the beginning late 1880s, was very much of the games more of a in favour of creating an international platform to targeted public relations showcase athletic supremexercise to destroy the acy as a way of encouraging image of the government young people to aspire to be of Vladimir Putin or was it really to save the honesty as good as the champion MUSTAFA ERIC of the athletic competition athletes in their respective Editor branches of sports. at the games? International Fast forward 130 years, Olympic Committee (IOC) is the Olympic motto “citius- altius- forti- says it is definitely the latter. us” (faster-higher-stronger) still the main But what about a member of the same passion, or have the financial benefits or IOC, an Irish citizen, using his position to the political clout that come with medals allegedly make millions of dollars over the overtaken the lofty ideals of perfection in years by channeling tickets to second tier athleticism? ticket markets? Is he just one spoiled apple It is not anything new but the comments in the basket or is he the one that happened about the political ingredient in the com- to appear on the surface and immediately petition among nations represented at the thrown away?

Olympics were the most widely circulated At another level, this year’s Olympics saw in the international media this year. some trade in nationalities of athletes clearThe fact that dozens and dozens of ly for the sake of some borrowed national Russian athletes were barred from com- pride: Quite a number countries, among peting in the 2016 games due to the dop- them United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar ing scandals, of course, had a lot to do and Turkey, have given their citizenship with state-organized scheme operated by to Jamaican or other Caribbean or African Russian authorities. But how can we be sprinters, most likely athletes who would

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not be able to qualify for the games under their own flag. And whether they have given them only citizenship or also some financial benefits is clearly a quite justifiable question.

As for the brouhaha caused by the scandal of the alleged gas station robbery claimed by the four US swimmers, as much discussed in the media as the embarrassment they brought to US Olympic establishment was the potential loss of the money they make by losing sponsorships due to the incident.

As speculated, swimming sports equipment maker Speedo and Ralph Lauren fashion house announced shortly after the incident that they were dropping Ryan Lochte from the list of their sponsored athletes. How much should we be saddened by the fact that the Olympic spirit of athletic perfection is now nurtured more by the prospect of generous sponsorships than the aspiration for glory of the gold medal?

Of course, all these less than pure aspects of the games cast no shadow on the brilliant and historic successes of athletes like Usain Bolt with his triple-triple gold ending his Olympic career or the four Olympic medals of Canada’s young Penny Oleksiak won at the age of just 16.

At the end of the day, as Canadians, we should be proud of the successes our athletes who came out from the games without any controversy and with unblemished success.

But there is room for concern for the future of the Olympic movement. We have recently seen during the operation to cleanse FIFA, the international body managing the soccer world, that decades of fraud and wrongdoing had taken deep roots within the organization.

The hope is that the Olympic movement can be saved from falling into a similar trap.

Afterthoughts on an inspirational Rio 2016

Dear Editor, The modern Olympics Games is 130 years old. Fourteen countries participated in the first revival of those games in Greece in 1896, where 11 of the total of 14 participating countries were European and three, Australia, Chile and the United States, made up the balance. At the end of the nineteen century as today national identity played a significant role.

National identity at the end of the 19th though was perceived differently from what we perceive it today. Then many countries saw their global empires as part of their national identity. The First, and then the Second World War saw a challenge to those empires, and naturally, over time a redefinition of nationhood began to evolve. When one compares the 14 countries that first participated in 1896 Olympics and the 209 countries that competed in Rio over the last few weeks, it reflects a dramatic change in our sense of nationhood over the last century.

Not only has there been an increased acknowledgement of what constitutes a nation and its legitimate aspirations,

which in the past was often glossed over or denied, but there has also been a large change in the way nations participate. After the First World War, the formation of the League of Nation saw 63 countries essentially forged definitions of nationhood. Currently there are 193 countries represented at U.N. that participate and have a voice.

One wonders about the political, social and economic changes since the late 19th century which have involved into an increasing representative group of global athletes.

Olympic traditions have necessarily grown over that time especially in countries whose participation began more recently.

When one looks at the countries that carried the bulk of the medals at Rio (say the first 10 countries), it is evident that their historical participation has forged a long Olympic tradition except for China which only first participated in 1980. And yet there are interesting anomalies. India first participated in the 1900 Olympics with a single athlete. Its field hockey team dominated the Olympics between 1929 and 1980 with 12 gold medals. It has a population only

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second to China and has a significant bulk of the world’s global GDP and yet it has appeared non-competitive in most Olympic events for many years. It is unclear whether culture or other social forces has impacted that statistic.

And then there are small countries like Kenya and Jamaica, who are bested by many countries in population size and national GDP, who have developed superior athletes in long distance track and marathon events, in Kenya’s case, and in Jamaica in short distance sprints . In both of these countries, there is a tradition started and continued by former athletes, which have had a significant social and regional impact on cohorts of younger athletes.

For a few weeks the talents and the hard work of athletes were on display in Rio. After the Olympics these athletes will turn away from the bright lights and media adulation to live mostly in global obscurity in countries and homes significantly different from each other in terms of language, culture and social engagements. It was an inspiration to have known them from a distance.

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Fireworks and more set for Day in the Park

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE PONOKA NEWS Ponoka’s Day in the Park set for Friday, Aug. 26 promises more than just a farewell to summer as planners have a variety of fun activities for family and friends.

Starting at 1 p.m. in Centennial Park, organizers have put together fun activities for children with an obstacle course race, a sack race and bubble soccer.

Plus face painting, story time and a Subway Commit to be Fit Activity tent. From 3 to 6 p.m. community groups and businesses will chal-

lenge each other to raise the most money at the dunk tank and then with a friendly game of bubble soccer. For those who are curious what bubble soccer is here is a description: Teams suit up in oversized inflatable balls and attempt to kick a soccer ball down the field while slamming into each other.

Like the recent Tragically Hip concert viewing at the Kinsmen Community Centre last weekend, donated funds will go to the future recreation development fund for Ponoka.

Town Coun. Teri Underhill, who is on the Day in the Park Committee, is excited to see the event return for another year and she looks

forward to seeing it expand. “I’m excited that this has grown. We have fireworks this year.”

The event has become popular enough that the town is adding a budgetline covering the event as well as the Canada Day celebrations.

She added that Ponoka County is a big supporter of the Day in the Park as it provided $2,000 to assist with the cost of hosting it.

From 4:30 to 8 p.m. there will be live entertainment with music by local musician Dylan David Hart. Actors from the Klaglahachie Fine Arts Society will host a kids’ jam session and a quartet will perform songs from A Christmas Carol, the society’s play this winter.

After everyone’s settled down, they will be

able to enjoy a movie in the park. Disney’s Inside and Out will be the movie of choice.

Residents are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and blankets to watch the movie.

Planners intend to close out the night with a bang using fireworks along the river valley.

Most residents will be able to see fireworks from 50 Street in the downtown area.

Food trucks will be available for those who are hungry and free popcorn is being donated

by Servus Credit Union.

In the event of inclement weather, the day will be cancelled, however, the forecast is set at partly sunny and warm. For more information contact the town at 403-783-0118.

Asset management continued from page 2 It was originally meant to be an 18 month to two year contract but was ended in 2013

by McPhee.

“The town continued to use ISL and ISL continued to bill the town to my knowledge,” explained Flootman. “Now the town was providing data to ISL on an ongoing basis.”

The issue it appears is there was no active users in town administration and no one was accessing the information. Over time the system kept building and ISL kept billing.

When McPhee went to access the system, said Flootman, he discovered that it was out of date GIS software.

Some time after that the town contracted with Allnorth Engineering.

Flootman clarified that there are benefits to a geographic system that covers all the assets of the town but also property data, mapping,

capital projects and improvements as well as taxation and other information planners need. What appears to have happened is no one at administration prior to 2013 did anything with the information.

“While it requires a fair bit of investment and time and energy and money up front, it pays back down the road,” said Flootman.

It is unclear how that information was being stored in such a way that it was unusable by the town but Flootman suggested someone has to be updating with new and improved developments in the system.

Presently the town has access to its data through Allnorth’s secure servers and Justin Caslor, the town’s engineering technician, is accessing and updating the information and Flootman wants staff to have a knowledge of how to use it. “The key in my view is we have active users within the town organization.”

“Use of the system will grow,” he added.

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Revealing more about food may help local producers Area farmers showcased on Open Farm Days

BY JORDIE DWYER PONOKA NEWS With a greater portion of the population residing either in urban areas or simply possessing spot on

an acreage, fewer people have any idea of where their food comes from or how it gets made.

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Government and several partners four years ago, in hopes of teaching people in more hands-on ways about agricultural food production and hopefully encouraging support for

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A pair of Ponoka area farms - Rocky Ridge Dairy and MSW Farms - both opened their gates to the public on Sunday, Aug. 21 to showcase their operations, which included tours, tastings and other various activities along with the opportunity to purchase some of the products they produce.

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sisting of Patrick and Cherylynn along with their four children, operate Rocky Ridge Dairy on their 640 acres located southwest of Ponoka and the eight-hours they took to provide the public with a look at the inner workings of the goat dairy operation was almost a cake walk compared to what they do each week to make their products.

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Cherylynn conducted the tours of their milk and cheese production plant, where they not only process their goat milk and cheese but also products from other Alberta goat farms along with organic cow milk from a local producer.

The plant can process, pasteurize and package up to 26,500 litres of milk in one shift that can run as long as 24 hours and is usually done three or four times per week.

Milking of the approximately 700 goats is done twice daily with the milk collected in the barn area via a sophisticated computerized 90-animal rotary table, which allows a goat to be milked in under seven minutes, and held in a tank before being transferred via underground pipes to the storage tanks about 400 feet away in the processing plant.

Along with the whole goat milk, they also produce feta cheese and chevre (similar to a cream cheese) from their goats as well as organic cow milk and cheese with product from another nearby producer. For the past three years, the Rocky Ridge Dairy brand has been making its way to specialty store shelves and the hope is that large chain stores will soon pick up their products. continued on page 10

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Town Invites Residents to Offer Input on the 2017 Budget The Town of Ponoka wants to hear your input, thoughts and ideas on what is most important for Town Council to consider as it begins the 2017 budget consultation and planning process.

Citizen Budget Survey Launched The Town has launched its second annual Citizen Budget Survey to give residents an opportunity to have their say on the 2017 Budget. The survey includes 10 questions that provide residents with an opportunity to offer opinions and input on matters such as key priorities they would like to see addressed by Town Council in the upcoming budget, and how they would like to see tax dollars allocated.

Budget Open House Sept. 20 The Town is also inviting the public to a Budget Open House on September 20 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Kinsmen Community Centre. The Open House will offer residents an opportunity to ask members of Town Council and Administration questions about the budget planning process, to share ideas and input on the upcoming budget, to learn more about the budget process, what budget priorities are being considered for 2017, how property taxes are determined, and what priorities must be included in municipal budgets each year in accordance with provincial government requirements.

Citizen Budget Survey available Aug. 24 - Oct. 5 at Town Buildings and at www.ponoka.ca

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Open, Transparent, Citizen-Centred Budget Planning “The Town continues to be committed to an open, transparent and citizen-centred budget consultation and planning process,” says Ponoka Mayor Rick Bonnett. “That’s why we are once again opening our Town Council budget deliberation meetings on November 2 and 3 to the public, and it’s why we are asking residents to take a few minutes to fill out the budget survey and to attend the Open House on Sept. 20.

us well-maintained Town infrastructure and community recreation facilities are important to them. In our 2016 budget, we continued to invest in Town roads, water and sewer infrastructure with an ongoing maintenance and replacement program, and we are also moving ahead in the planning process for a proposed recreation complex in Ponoka,” says Mayor Bonnett.

“This Citizen Budget Survey and the Budget Open House are about listening to what Survey results from this year’s Citizen Budget Survey will be presented to Town Council for residents feel is most important as we get ready to sit down and determine the 2017 review and consideration during Council’s 2017 budget deliberation process on Nov. 2 and Budget. It allows us to make more informed and thoughtful decisions that reflect what 3. Results of the survey will also be shared with the public. residents value most when it comes to Town services and future planning,” says Mayor Citizen Budget Survey Available at Town Buildings and Online Bonnett.

Copies of the Citizen Budget Survey will be available at Town Hall, the Ponoka Visitor Last Year’s Survey Results Information Centre, the Ponoka Aquaplex, and on the Town website at www.ponoka.ca from “For example, last year residents told us that safe neighbourhoods were a top priority August 24 until October 5, 2016. Drop boxes for completed surveys will also be available for them, so in our 2016 Budget we hired a Community Peace Officer. Residents also told at those locations.

~ TOWN NEWS ~ • Removal of Old 50 Ave. Bridge – The old 50 Ave. bridge is being dismantled be applied toward a Ponoka Aquaplex membership or a Town utility bill credit. Entry and removed by the bridge contractor Volker Stevin this week due to safety forms are available at Town Hall, the Ponoka Visitor Information Centre, and on the Town concerns identified in engineering studies. A 2013 engineering study stated that website at www.ponoka.ca the old bridge ‘has reached the end of its service life’ and should be replaced • Community Information & Registration Night – Wednesday, Aug. 31 from 5-8 p.m. at as soon as possible. That study identified severe rot in the timber structure the Kinsmen Community Centre. Several community groups and organizations will be supporting the old bridge (the piles and abutments). ‘The risk of failure in critical accepting registrations for fall and winter programs. elements’ of the bridge was noted as a key reason for immediate replacement.

The Town of Ponoka previously explored the idea of maintaining the old bridge for • Kinsmen Community Centre and Hudson’s Green Activity Centre are both available to rent for your special occasion. Contact 403-783-4431 to book and for more information. pedestrian traffic, however, the cost to rehabilitate or replace the old bridge in order to make it safe for pedestrians or traffic was estimated at $1.3 million. The steel and • Aquaplex Shutdown – The scheduled shutdown of the pool for maintenance will be timber materials from the old bridge will be recycled by the bridge contractor. postponed until December. Dates to be announced. Swim lessons will be offered in September. Please call the pool for more info at 403-783-0122.

• Bridge Naming Contest – Residents are invited to submit names for the new 50 Ave. bridge. The winner will be awarded a $200 Town of Ponoka gift certificate that can • Back to School – Students head back to school Sept. 1. School zones will be in effect again. Please drive with caution.

• Ponoka Day in the Park, Aug. 26 – Bring the whole family for a free, fun-filled day in Centennial Park on August 26. Children’s activities from 1-3 p.m.; dunk tank and bubble soccer challenge fundraiser from 3-6 p.m.; live entertainment from 4:30-8 p.m.; a free Movie in the Park (Inside Out) at 8:30 p.m.; a spectacular fireworks show in the river valley after the movie. For more info, 403-783-0118.

~ UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS~ Volunteers are needed for A Day in the Park on Aug. 26. Please contact Wes Amendt at 403-783-0118 or Sandy Allsopp at the Fort Ostell Museum at 403-783-5224.

NEXT MEETING OF COUNCIL: Tuesday, September 13 @ 7 p.m.

NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Meeting: August 25, 2016, at 7 p.m.

Both meetings will be held at the Ponoka County Council Chambers. Agenda packages are posted on www.ponoka.ca under ‘Town Hall’ in advance of every Council meeting.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

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Revealing more about food continued from page 8 “We put bacteria in the goat milk and leave it for 12 to 36 hours before taking and putting it into some special cheese cloths that we get from France. We’d like to get them over here, but the company producing them won’t let anyone else know how or what they are made with,” Cherylynn explained during a tour.

“We add salt before the pressing depending on what kind of cheese we are making. We can produce about 320 kilograms of cheese or up to 620 kg of feta in one batch.”

The Bos’ also package and ship from their facility, which operates six days a week with only a few employees besides their family and is mostly automated.

“We try to be as automated as possible to be as efficient as we can while keeping labour costs down as it can be difficult to find workers that will stay longer term,” she said.

To that end, plans are in the works to expand the warehouse portion of the plant so more automation can be put in place on the cheese production line in order to enable more to be made at the facility.

Both Patrick and Cherylynn hope that their participation in Open Farm Days will help the public see how they can support local producers.

“We hope this will help gather more support with people knowing where their food and other products come from and grow that base,” said Cherylynn.

“By growing and buying local, as much as people can, that money stays here in Alberta. That’s why we do this and the hope is people realize and see that by spending that extra dollar to buy local can make a difference. We know that some can’t always afford to do that, but if you can, that would be great for the whole community.”

Cherylynn Bos speaks about the purpose of the cleaning system to one of the many groups that toured through their family’s Rocky Ridge Dairy facility during Open Farm Days on Sunday, Aug. 21. The Bos farm and dairy operation was one of several agricultural operations that opened their doors to the public in the fourth annual province-wide event.

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It’s been several decades since I’ve been grew and how production changed when involved in a farm production operation, their options became limited. I also learned but that type of lifestyle never really leaves that sometimes the price you pay for alteryou unless you let it. natives, or to buy local for that matter, can For me, I’ve also been a few years removed be well worth the investment - whether it’s from being around agriculture through for health reasons, sustainability or simply changes in my career paths so last weekbecause the product is something you love. end was an excellent chance to dive back One more thing - despite farming pracinto something that I loved being a part of. tices having changed dramatically due to What I’m speaking of is the province-wide technology, family farming operations still event called Open Farm Days - a day where remain a labour of love and not a money farms and food production operations making business with extremely long hours throughout Alberta welcome members of - upwards of 20-plus hour days for the Bos’ the public to participate in the agricultural - and vacations being non-existent. Patrick sector showcasing just what they do, how Bos half-heartedly joked the last time they were away from the farm for any extended they do and why this business is so important to people’s lives and livelihoods. period was when they took their six-week JORDIE DWYER Now, having grown up on a cattle and honeymoon back in the 1990s.

Reporter mixed grain operation while also having What a garden spent nearly 15 years covering all aspects of I also visited a market garden to the east agricultural production - in a province whose football team of Ponoka as part of my tour, which really intrigued me isn’t very good right now - my knowledge base concerning as I had no idea of the varied fruit that can grow in this climate. certain things is considerably better than most people.

However, there is always more that can be learned and I Sure, I knew about the many different berries that are certainly did just that during visits to a pair of operations native to the province, but there are other kinds - like the on the weekend.

Tay berry and various apple and pear varieties - that can My first stop was all about milk and cheese, something also be grown quite successfully.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t much to be had in the fruit that isn’t great for me as I have a dairy allergy. Although, as it turns out, the thing getting my goat about digesting milk department - a wet, stormy and windy season left most of the crop in ruins with what was left already taken off. products could simply be the big baaaaaad fats in cows.

You locals will likely already know where I was - the Bos However, I did manage to come away with more knowlfamily’s Rocky Ridge Dairy not that far from Ponoka. For edge of what can be grown locally as well as a few jars those that don’t know, it’s a farm that sees around 700 of some jams and jellies to enjoy soon. goats milked twice per day to produce whole and natural For my family and I, if we could make it affordable for us milk as well as cheese and feta. to purchase the goat milk and cheese products, beef and Even as a reporter - and specifically covering agriculture bison produced in the area as well as the locally grown for quite some time - it isn’t often you get the opportuni- fruit and vegetables (or grown our own vegetables) that ty to see inside an operation let alone the up-close and would be how I’d do it. personal look I got, along with a big amount of the public, We do what we can, but I’d certainly encourage anyone the Bos’ provided. that has that ability to ensure you support a local producIt was extremely interesting to see how the operation er because once they are gone, it’s usually gone forever. has grown and evolved as the market for their products But that is‌just an observation.

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Mobile mammography unit heads to Maskwacis in September PONOKA NEWS STAFF Women aged 50 to 74 in Maskwacis will have access to mammography services in September.

As part of Alberta Health Services (AHS) screen test program a mobile unit will set up at the Maskwacis Community Health Centre from Tuesday, Sept. 6 to 9.

Tests are conducted using a mammogram X-ray of the breasts and is proven as an effective way to detect breast cancer, states an AHS press release. Typically the mammogram takes 10 minutes to complete and if further tests are needed a healthcare provider will make the recommendation.

Regardless of family history, AHS recommends a check up as one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime.

Information from AHS: Knowing what is normal – This is what you can do on your own to check for changes in your breasts. After all, no one knows your own body as well as you do, so see your healthcare provider right away if you notice: • A lump in your breast or armpit • A nipple that is turned inward, if it isn’t usually • Crusting, bleeding or a rash on your nipple • Nipple discharge • Dimpling or thickening of the skin in one area of your breast Residents can book an appointment or learn more about the program by calling toll-free 1-800-667-0604 or appointments can also be made through local community health nurses directly by calling 780-585-2022.

Correction: The story related to water meter options on page 2 of the Aug. 17 edition of Ponoka News is incorrect when it states Coun. Carla Prediger made the motion to approve a second option for residents. Prediger made the motion to offer customers the two alternative metering options provided by administration. The installation costs were clarified to be a one-time fee. We regret the error.

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distinct image is local artist Inge Sybrandi. It was important to Lineham to hire a local artist.

In an interview Lineham said they went through A soon-to-be-complete mural is intended to add the proper steps and applied for a permit, which some beauty to Ponoka’s downtown core. received no objection. He had several reasons for Located at Siding 14 Gallery on 50 Street, the wanting to have a mural. First was to beautify the mural was commissioned by gallery owner Danny building facade. Second was to recognize the hisLineham, who also received special permission for tory of Ponoka’s train marshalling station called the work by the landlord. Helping them reach a Siding 14 before the town was officially named.

Third: “Hopefully to persuade other people in town to do the same thing,” said Lineham “There’s so many walls in this town that can have murals on them,” he added.

There are many communities with murals on their walls, explained Lineham, which add to the overall aesthetics of those communities but Ponoka is lacking. Sybrandi was chosen for the job as she completed the mural at the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame at the Calnash Ag Event Centre. After a few drawings and back and forth of ideas, Sybrandi came up with a design that suited what Lineham and the landProud to be a Safe, Healthy, Ready and Vibrant Community lord were hoping to see.

“We went through several different ideas of what to put there and finally came up with this.”

“I like how we ended up with the black and white because it’s very sharp looking,” added Sybrandi.

“It’s turning out to be Selling equipment to all four Western provinces and the Northern USA. very different,” she said.

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Local artist Inge Sybrandi has been busy these past few months after being hired by Siding 14 Gallery to create a memorable mural at its store on 50 Street. Here Sybrandi works on some finer touches Thursday, Aug. 18.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

challenges has been to ensure the paint is lasting and crisp on the stucco walls. Plus the humid weather has created other challenges with the paint not drying fully. Despite these challenges Sybrandi is excited to see the mural taking shape while curious residents check it out. “I’ve really enjoyed the people coming by.”

“It’s been really nice to be out here. People have been stopping and commenting and chatting.”

Painting the mural has also pushed her skills and creativity to new levels. Completion of the mural project is expected to come in September.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Pulses celebrated at local fair

BY JORDIE DWYER PONOKA NEWS

saw the number of overall entries grow over last year.

According to organizer Amanda Carleton, the future of the fair could be brighter than ever as the number of entries in the junior categories - those 17 years of age and younger - is where the majority of growth took place this year. “This fair is growing, especially among the youth, and that now makes Ponoka’s fair among the largest in Alberta,� said fair convenor Donna Rudd. “It’s amazing to see and what else keeps it going is the committed volunteers that help promote the fair and encourage entries into the various categories.�

This year, the fair also helped celebrate 2016 as the

Agricultural fairs in the province are slowly going by the wayside, though Ponoka is indeed the exception.

The Ponoka Agricultural Society held its annual Home, Hobby and Horticultural Show on Friday, Aug. 19 and Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Royal Canadian Legion auditorium, one of the few fairs left in Alberta that continue the historic tradition of showcasing the best in agriculture.

The hall was packed full of tables and walls featuring vegetables, fruit, art, crafts, photographs and paintings just to name a few of the categories that

International Year of Pulses by showcasing how they can be enjoyed by offering sample servings of stews and soups.

The winners at the fair included: Agriculture - best of division and high point Kirsten Whiteside; All things Christmas - best of division and high point Katie van Tiesenhausen; Arrangements and houseplants - best of division Kathleen McKelvie, high point Gail Davies; Art - best of division and high point Tracy Shaw; Arts and crafts - best of division Marion Carter, high point Katelyn Van Haren; continued on page 17

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PONOKA NEWS 17

Local fair continued from page 16

Culinary arts - best of division and high point Crystal Hamm; From Scratch - best of division Earl Booth; Fruit - best of division and high point Janet Hatala; Horticulture - best of division Fred Broska, high point Evelyn Geetsma; Knitting and crocheting - best of division and high point Katie van Tiesenhausen; Photography - best of division Irene Leuck, high point Kelly Bell; Quilts - best of division and high point Katelyn Van Haren; Sewing - best of division and high point Annette Fenske; Special needs - best of division and high point Allison Soosay; Vegetables

- best of division Kirsten Whiteside, high point Fred Broska.

Garden - Rural Gail Davies, Urban Shirley Power; Landscaping - Rural Gail Davies, Urban Jim and Marge Ashbaugh; Water garden - Rural Sabine McDougall.

Juniors - division 1 - best of division Jocelyn Bos, high point Vala Whiteside; division 2 - best of division Jessica Kramer, high point Rebekah Hamm; agriculture - best of division Priscilla Kramer, high point Jessica Kramer; Garden division 1 - Joselyn Bos; Garden division 2 - Amelia Bos. Seniors - Arts and crafts - best of division Earl Booth, high point Nellie Bos; Culinary arts - high point Irene Rausch; Knitting and crocheting - high point Irene Rausch; Quilts - best of division and high point Irene Rausch; Sewing - best of division Irene Rausch, high point Elsie Urger.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Farewell Summer Reading Club 2016 Summer Reading Club 2016 has officially come to a close and what a successful summer it was. With 57 participants joining, it was a very busy two months.

We covered topics such as the ocean, dinosaurs, the forest and the Olympics. The “Wild” theme was a huge hit.

Everyone enjoyed making a variety of crafts throughout the season. Some crafts were making binoculars to spot birds, jellyfish that could hang from the ceiling and our own Olympic flag that we could proudly display. Everyone also enjoyed a number of games that we played with the favorite this year being Hot Potato.

Reading Club had some amazing accomplishments this year. The total number of combined hours read per participant was 10,83; that is 649,800 minutes and 3,898,8000 seconds. For every 10 hours someone read, they got to collect a prize. Our prizes ranged from a chocolate bar all the way to mini stick hockey sticks. The more points they collected, the bigger the prize they could earn.

Each participant had their own “bank accounts” where they could collect and spend their points. It was a great way for kids to be informed and responsible for their reading accomplishments.

Again, a big thank you goes out to all of the sponsors and individual donors; without them, the supplies and prizes would not have been as great as they were.

Friday, Aug. 26 is the second annual Ponoka Day in the Park celebration. The celebration starts at 1 p.m. at Centennial Park where there will be multiple free activities for children. Emma will be having Story Time from 1 to 3 p.m. where books that can be enjoyed by all ages will be read aloud. Activities and entertainment run until evening, please check the Town of Ponoka’s website for more information.

Reading aloud to your child is one of the great joys of being a parent and treasured memories of a child. Not only does it create a special time of bonding, it encourages a child to use their imagination while helping to establish a bedtime (not that you only need to read to them at bedtime).

Once the child is older, it is important to encourage your child to read to you.

Reading is a fundamental learning skill for all of the many challenges that face them ahead in school and life. Many parents struggle to motivate their children to read. Creating a comfortable

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Always keep books handy and available at home, in the car or even in a backpack you tote around with you.

Asking questions to your

child before, during and after reading encourages reading comprehension. Be a role model for your child by sharing your own joy of reading.

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With the beginning of a new school year, it is the perfect time to start the practice of reading with your child for a set time every day.

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PONOKA NEWS 19

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Dance troupe prepares for ladies’ night out fundraiser

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE PONOKA NEWS Ladies’ night out takes on a whole new meaning when the Read My Hips dance troupe comes together.

The dance troupe is hosting its fourth annual Read My Hips Ladies Only Dance Gala fundraiser set for Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Kinsmen Community Centre.

The ladies’ only event is a night to celebrate women and their accomplishments while also raising money for women’s needs.

This year’s event will earmark funds to create bursaries for children’s activities in dance, art and sports through Ponoka Family and Community Support Services, explained Andrea Ramage, creative director with the dance troupe.

Parents will be able to access funds for a variety of programming.

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Members of the Read My Hips dance troupe practice Wednesday, Aug. 17 in preparation for their fourth annual Read My Hips dance fundraiser set for Saturday, Sept 24. Tickets can be purchased online at www.eventbrite.ca under the Read My Hips fundraiser page.

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“It could be sports, but it also could be piano or voice or art or any kids’ classes,” said Ramage.

The group promises a night of entertainment for attendees with dance troupes — many

who use belly dancing in their routines — from Edmonton, Calgary, Wetaskiwin, Red Deer, Blackfalds and possibly Sylvan Lake. While there is a majority of belly dancing at the event,

many of the troupes that will be represented at the Ponoka event use modern music to create a fusion of culture and entertainment.

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dancers from age five to women in their 60s,” said Ramage.

Along with dinner and entertainment, the night will also include a silent auction and eventually a chance to just get up and dance.

“Every year people love it so much that for months afterwords I’m inundated with requests to join the group and start another dance

class,” said Ramage.

“Performers who come here from other communities say that this show is special; that the audience is special. They love coming here.”

Tickets for the event are already selling and early bird tickets are available only until the end of August. Tickets can be purchased at www. eventbrite.ca, search for Ponoka or Read My Hips.

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Local Farmer’s Market hits big 40

BY JORDIE DWYER PONOKA NEWS The trend of buying produce and other products from local vendors has made resurgence in the province only recently.

However, the Ponoka Farmer’s Market continues to move ahead strongly and just reached a huge milestone - it’s now 40 years old.

Though unlike some that reach middle age, the market isn’t struggling with attempting to reinvent or needing to find itself. Instead, the market is stronger than ever and seeing growth in both the number of tables

being taken as well as the numbers of people walking through the doors.

“Things have been really good this year,” said current market manager Donna Merrill,” It’s been great to see all the new vendors along with those that are regulars.”

The market operates out of the Ponoka Curling Club each Wednesday from May to October and features over 85 tables filled with fare ranging from the usual - vegetables, fruits, homemade foods and handmade products such as quilts, tea cozies and gift items - to the more commercial which include paintings, photographs and toys.

Merrill explained that farmers’ markets in Alberta must have at least 80 per cent of their vendors be Albertans selling products either they, an immediate family member, staff member or member of a producer-owned cooperative made, baked or grown.

“We are allowed up to 20 per cent commercial vendors. I think the idea really helps us bring in different vendors which we have seen so far this year,” Merrill said.

There have been a couple of new items on this year’s schedule at the Ponoka market that have been successful in achieving the goal of

Harvest starting early this year around Ponoka

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an excessive amount of rain leaving them nearly swimming, while further north in the High Level region, they could use some rain as they’ve been fairly dry for the past three or four years,” Brook said.

“Meanwhile, in the Lethbridge and Medicine Hat areas, they got some rain in June following seeding. But then, they didn’tget anything significant until late July, so any yields out of that area I anticipate will be in the average range.

“That’s completely different from the central region where most producers would’ve liked to have a day without any rain.”

Brook did state that some producers are going to find harvesting a challenge though, since there has been fields hit by hail and the heavy rain and wind storms over the past few weeks.

“Those storms have put some crops on the ground, which is going to pose some huge challenges in getting them in the bin,” he said.

“Producers are not going to want to lose those crops, and with the rain we’ve seen, it is going to take a lot of time for them to dry if they’ve been sitting on the ground long.”

One other note of interest that Brook has heard about, is that the majority of the lodging that has been seen this year is in crops that were seeded late - after the May long weekend.

“Those crops that were seeded late seem to have lodged much worse than the others, but I’m not sure as to why that is the case.”

An early start to the growing season has translated to a harvest that has already begun.

“Most crops in the province are about one to two weeks ahead of a normal year, due mostly to the early seeding that was done by producers,” explained Harry Brook, crop information specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry based in Stettler.

“Farmers are really no further ahead, it’s just that the majority of the seeding took place this year before the May long weekend. When tracking things this season, there have been about the same amount of heat units so far as there would be in a normal year over the same length of time.”

Meanwhile, the latest crop report from Alberta Agriculture stated around 85 per cent of all crops in the central region are rated good to excellent, no change from the previous week and up 18 per cent from the five year average.

Soil moisture continues to be rated high, at about 82 per cent rated good to excellent for both surface and sub-soil levels, while pasture and hay conditions are around 77 per cent with the first hay cut nearly complete and some second cut being started in some portions.

Brook also believes that yields from this year’s harvest should be about average throughout most of the Bashaw, Ponoka,Camrose and Stettler regions as well as the majority of the province - with one MARKET REPORT AUGUST 17, 2016 possible exception.

On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 1094 head of cattle went through our rings “Most of the crops I’ve seen TOTAL - 1094 and heard reports about were SLAUGHTER CATTLE looking fabulous. I’ve seen D1 - D2 cows 100.00-114.75 Feeder bulls 100.00-130.00 canola that was five to six D3 - D4 cows 88.00-99.00 Good Bred Cows Good Holstein cows 88.00-97.50 Older Bred Cows feet high,”he stated.

Medium Holstein cows 78.00-88.00 Good Bred Heifers: “In a lot of cereals we are Heiferettes 111.00-130.00 Cow/calf pairs (younger) 2,000.00-2,400.00 seeing, most times they will Cow/Calf pairs (older) Bologna Bulls 105.00-133.50 get an extra two or three STOCKERS AND FEEDERS heads, but instead there are Good Feeder Steers 1000 lbs Plus: 147.00-172.75 Heifers 120.00-135.00 seven or eight extra. It’s been Good Feeder Steers 900 lbs Plus: 168.00-185.00 Heifers 150.00-167.25 Good Feeder Steers 800 lbs Plus: 177.00-191.50 Heifers 160.00-179.25 impressive just how the crop Good Feeder Steers 700 lbs Plus: 180.00-194.00 Heifers 166.00-184.50 development has been this Good Feeder Steers 600 lbs Plus: 190.00-213.25 Heifers 174.75-188.50 year and I’m looking forward Good Feeder Steers 500 lbs Plus: 198.00-215.00 Heifers 180.00-192.00 to what the yields are going Good Feeder Steers 400 lbs Plus: 200.00-245.00 Heifers 188.00-210.25 Good Feeder Steers 300 lbs Plus: Heifers to be like.”

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The first was playing host to the Battle River Watershed Alliance’s Saskatoon pie contest followed by the market’s first-ever Christmas in July event.

“It was the first year we have done that and it went well,” she said.

“You could really notice the larger number of people coming down to the market the next week. As for the pie contest, that really brought in some huge numbers.”

The 81-year-old Merrill herself is making a bit of history, having managed the market on her own since 2007 after co-managing with Nettie Winslow for the previous 18 years.

“I really enjoy all of the people and the vendors. If I didn’t do this, I’d probably just be sitting at home doing nothing, so this keeps me busy,” she stated, adding the market’s first manager was Mr. R. Maplethorpe.

The market runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Wednesday at the Ponoka Curling Club. For more information or to book a table, contact Merrill at (403) 783-6776.

Ponoka Farmer’s Market manager Donna Merrill (left) along with Rose Godley hand out a few pieces of free cake to (l-r) Lew and Marlene Fleck as well as Debra DeZuter in celebration of the market’s 40th anniversary on Wednesday, Aug. 24. Patrons and vendors alike got to enjoy the cake and free coffee during the market.

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BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE PONOKA NEWS While residents are looking at potential names for Ponoka’s new north bridge — Bridgey McBridgerson most likely won’t make the cut — some residents remember just how important access from the north side of town was.

Debbie (nee Hinkley) Currie is one such resident who grew up on a farm at the northeast corner of the land past the bridge. She was born in Ponoka in 1951 and said in an interview that the bridge was essential for access to Ponoka. “It just became the only way we could get into town.”

In those days, taking the Highway 53 bridge was quite the distance for travellers and residents on the north side of town and access from the north side became even more important if there was a snow storm or if emergency access was needed.

In those days Currie remembers having to be aware of drivers and preparing to dash to the other side of the bridge before cars came along the way.

“We were always warned to not get on that bridge when there was a car coming.”

Currie remembers her grandfather crossing the bridge in a horse-drawn hay rack while the wood planks that made the road portion would have holes in them.

The area along the farm was close to the Battle River and Currie recalls fishing along the riverbank with family and friends as well as seeing kids jump into the river from the bridge. As she remembers the river was quite a bit higher than it is today.

For Currie, while she realizes change must happen, it also leaves her somewhat saddened to see a chapter in Ponoka’s history end.

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Sports

ABRA sets new record for entries

BY JORDIE DWYER PONOKA NEWS Barrel racing continues to boom regardless of the economy.

Ponoka’s Calnash Ag Event Centre played host to the Alberta Barrel Racing Association (ABRA) finals that ran Wednesday, Aug. 17 to Sunday, Aug. 21 - and drew a record number of entries once again.

“We just keep growing and no one is sure of when or if we will plateau,” explained ABRA public relations director Janet Patriquin.

“We have more than 2,500 members and our thought, especially this year with the way the economy is, that we would be down on entries.”

That wasn’t the case, as the finals attracted more than 1,000 entries in the three categories - open, youth and peewee - with the two younger groups establishing new benchmarks for entries this year.

“It’s our fifth year being in Ponoka and it’s just an awesome facility. There’s no way now that anywhere else could host our event at the size it is,” Patriquin stated.

“The people need the camping and parking that is available here. It’s also wonderful that everyone here is really great to work with.”

In fact, the sport’s growth has been so huge that the ABRA added a full day to the finals two years ago just in order to keep up.

“Before we added that extra day, we were running 16-plus hours each day.

Now, we are down to about 10 to 12 hours each day,” she added with a chuckle.

“That extra day certainly makes it somewhat more manageable now.”

The very first ABRA finals event was hosted near what is now known as Maskwacis 21 years ago, drawing a total of 105 entries.

“It’s really unbelievable

Tracy Cardinal on her horse Max takes the second barrel during the open class second round rides on Friday, Aug. 19 at the Calnash Ag Event Centre. Cardinal’s time of 17.932 seconds earned her some day money with a 12th place in 2D. Photo by Jordie Dwyer

how much it continues to grow,” she said.

“The sport is really for everybody, as it gives riders at every level the opportunity to compete on an equal footing and win with the division system that is in place. And, it’s also about the entire family, since many use the finals as their holiday.”

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noticed more and more families would rather come to participate in the finals than pay to head off to a vacation destination.

“This is also a chance for not only socializing and visiting friends, but also to purchase gear and clothing for back to school,” she said.

“We sell out our vendor spots each year and there are thousands of dollars spent among them plus at other local businesses.”

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Golfers head to the links to support Lacoka female hockey

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE PONOKA NEWS Supporters of the Lacoka female minor hockey program had a sunny day of golf during a first ever fundraiser to enhance programming for players.

Held Friday, Aug. 16 at the Ponoka Golf Club, the event brought parents and

players in the program together to enjoy the afternoon and raise some money. While the full numbers weren’t available at press time, organizer Justin Grabo estimates they raised $4,000.

“We’re just trying to raise money because we don’t have allocated (money) for our home tournaments,”

Michelle Fraser takes a shot on hole 17 at the Ponoka Golf Club Friday, Aug. 19 during the Lacoka female hockey fundraiser. The event raised approximately $4,000.

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explained Grabo.

His hope is the funds will also help the teams travel to away tournaments and any extra funds can be put towards apparel, equipment or other needed items.

With a new fundraiser like this Grabo said they expected about $3,000 to ensure each team has a chance at an away game.

He hopes to continue on with similar fundraisers each year to raise interest in the Lacoka female hockey program and to ensure it continues.

For him, the Lacoka program is an ideal way for female athletes to play with their peers. “It’s a growing sport getting bigger and bigger.”

“The (program) is kind of creating more opportunities for them,” he added.

For the fundraiser, along with a few hole in one challenges there was a silent and live auction.

Grabo is grateful for the community support and for the sponsors, of which the Town of Ponoka was one, and for the volunteers who helped ensure the day went well.

Along with parents and community leaders, the Lacoka girls formed a team or two and had a chance to try their skills on the course.

Lacombe captures Rotary Club golf challenge

BY JORDIE DWYER PONOKA NEWS Ponoka just missed out on bragging rights over Lacombe.

The annual corporate challenge golf fundraising tournament between the Rotary Clubs from the two communities took place Tuesday, Aug. 16 on the Links course at Wolf Creek Golf Resort and ended up with Lacombe taking the event by just one victory in the team match-play event.

A total of 38 teams of four, split into 19 pairings of various business sectors in a Ponoka versus Lacombe format participating in the best-ball match play style tournament - whereby teams can either win or tie a hole over the course of the round with the team with the most hole victories taking the win - with the winning community taking home 60 per cent of the proceeds from the event.

“This year, Lacombe won and for the first time there were no ties,” said Ponoka Rotary Club’s Melodie Woods.

“The tournament is a fun challenge and a neat event that is ultimately good for both commu- Greg Braat from Ponoka watches this putt roll into nities.” the cup on the practice green at the Wolf Creek Woods explained the overall Golf Resort’s Links course on Tuesday, Aug. 16 in the total that was raised is not yet putting challenge event at the Ponoka versus Lacombe available, but there was great parRotary Clubs fundraiser tournament. Lacombe edged ticipation in several of the side events at the tournament, which out Ponoka this year by a count of 10-9.

Photo by Jordie Dwyer included chipping and putting challenges, a wine draw as well as shots at winning the three hole-in-one tered into a draw with one name drawn at the end of the day to hit for the big prizes that were available.

“Golfers had a chance at winning cash prize.

Once the proceeds are split between $3,500 worth of merchandise from Home Hardware, a shot at $10,000 spon- the two Rotary clubs, Lacombe’s share sored by Ponoka Eye Care and one per- will be going toward supporting the son got the opportunity to shoot for Special Olympics with Ponoka’s share $1 million courtesy of Shoppers Drug being put toward assisting the fundraisMart,” she said, adding that golfers that ing efforts for the Ponoka Elementary hit the green on a certain hole were en- School’s new playground project.

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Pirates go to championship game undefeated SUBMITTED BY TODD LEWIS The Central Alberta Buccaneers, for the first time in franchise history, are going to the AFL Championship.

After the St. Albert Stars bested the Edmonton Raiders in the quarter-finals (56-0), they were matched up to take on the Bucs in Lacombe (who finished in the first seed overall). In regular season play, the Bucs beat the Stars in convincing fashion (44-8). After some additions to their team, the Stars were looking to avenge that loss and upset the men in red.

Contrary to the Bucs’ play during the regular season, the team got off to a slow start. The offense that had been so potent and deadly was struggling to reach the Stars endzone for much of the first half. Going into the second quarter, the Bucs only lead by 2-0. Eventually, the pirates fell back into their usual rhythm and were able to earn positive yardage. The Stars offense found success too, however, and marched the ball during numerous drives. After a long and hard-hitting game, the final score was 43-24 for the Bucs.

Penalties were a major hindrance during the Stars matchup. “We need to play more disciplined on both sides of the ball,” said Jesse McPhail. “In every game, there’s going to be calls that you can’t control. At the end of the day, it’s still our responsibility to keep those to an absolute minimum. We had trouble doing that yesterday.”

Looking ahead to the AFL Championship, McPhail

said “we’ve got the talent and the numbers – we need to just stay focused and composed.”

Several Bucs had outstanding performances, including several AFL record-breakers. Josh Blanchard scored 4 receiving touchdowns (a new AFL record), Jamal Henry had multiple receptions and managed to return a Stars punt for a touchdown, and Nick Leonidakis sacked the Stars QB 5 times (a new AFL record).

With the semi-finals victory over the Stars, the Bucs are set to take on the Fort McMurray Monarchs, Aug. 27, 6 p.m., at Lacombe’s MEGlobal Athletic Park. The Monarchs beat the Calgary Gators, 32-20.

Earning the right to play in the AFL Championship is a first for the Buccaneers football club. For long-time veteran, Dave Henderson, this game “means everything. It’s been 15 years of hard work. It truly is an honour to share this game with the other guys, especially the other vets on the team like Baird, Blinky, Fay, Keetch, Lewis, and Tylor. I’m forgetting a few others, but you’ll have to excuse me: I’m old.”

In addition to the on-field success, the “Romance Galore with 24” came to its conclusion. The fundraiser (organized by the Buccaneers and Whisker Rescue) raised money in order to help and rescue stray cats in the Central Alberta. Throughout the season, tickets were sold at each home game; the winning ticket was drawn during Saturday’s halftime. The winner, Krista Lanz of Lacombe, gets to go on a date with #24 Ryan Miller (as well as receive other prizes). Several hundred dollars were raised for the Whisker Rescue.

For more information on the Central Alberta Buccaneers, visit their Facebook page, follow on twitter/Instagram @CABucs, and visit www.cabucss.com.

Speed skater in national development program

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE PONOKA NEWS Speed skater Maddison Pearman has been accepted into a national development pool with Speed Skating Canada for the 2016/17 season intended to push her skills forward in the long track category.

Pearman is among 34 Canadian skaters who had strong performances last season, enough to put them among the top in the country. These athletes are placed in three teams: national elite, senior and development, the latter of which Pearman is a part of.

In an interview, Pearman said the development pool is for athletes who show potential for the 2018 winter Olympics and who also have a strong chance at earning medals in the 2022 and 2026 Olympics. It’s an opportunity that brings more than just training benefits; Pearman receives financial support to reduce the actual training and travel costs associated with the sport.

“I’m in a much better place than last year,” said Pearman.

Until the actual season, team members have been

training six times a week, two times a day, mostly on dry land in Calgary. A few times a week they also speed skate. With direction from coach Xiuli Wang, Pearman and a tight knit group of athletes are getting ready for the season.

Pearman says her

strengths lie in long track, in the 1,000m and 1,500m events but she said Wang wants her to be well-rounded in her skills. Goals for this season, which starts up in September, include having a higher ranking at the World Cup trials set for October in Calgary.

Josh Blanchard of the Buccaneers captures a touchdown pass during the Central Alberta squad’s game against St. Albert Stars on Saturday, Aug. 20.

Photo submitted

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Calling all Coaches - deadline to apply for coaching positions is Sept. 12.

Find the form and email at www.ponokaminorhockey.ca Stampeders Conditioning Camp - Sept 6 -10 for Atom to Midget level players. $50 for 5 hours of ice time. Camp is run by Ponoka Stampeders Junior B team, See www.ponokaminorhockey.ca for more information.

Referee Clinic Oct. 16 - for all people interested in being an official.

See www.ponokaminorhockey.ca for more information.

Joe Bouvier Hockey Camp - Power skating lessons will be offered again for Novice to Pee Wee throughout the year. More information at www.ponokaminorhockey.ca Calling all Photographers - Team photographer for all minor hockey teams needed. Open for tender, please email Cam Rice at president@ ponokaminorhockey.ca. Deadline for bids is Oct. 1.

Calling all parents of initiation players - Do you know that your son/daughter will get two ice times a week (one midweek and one on the weekend). It is a perfect introduction to hockey. The focus is on fun and skill development!

Speed skater Maddison Pearman.

Photo submitted

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Provincial champions’ success celebrated

BY MUSTAFA ERIC PONOKA NEWS There were colourful and, at times, emotional moments as the Ponoka’s provincial soccer champions of U18 boys’ and girls’ teams came together at a dinner on Tuesday, Aug. 16 with the participation of

municipal dignitaries.

Ponoka Mayor Rick Bonnett and town CAO Albert Flootman were on hand as was Ponoka County Councillor Bryce Liddle to join the event to mark the success of the town’s soccer teams, both of which won the top spot in the tournament hosted

by Ponoka Minor Soccer Association (PMSA).

President Rob McArthur of PMSA paid tribute to all involved in the development of soccer in the community over the past decade alongside the volunteers who made the recent provincial tournament a success.

Rob McArthur, president of Ponoka Minor Soccer Association addressing the participants of Photo by Mustafa Eric the soccer wind-up dinner at the Legion on Tuesday, Aug. 16.

In his address to participants, McArthur recalled fond memories of the times when he coached the members of the provincial champion teams in U6 or U8 teams and made the point that it was the first time in 16 years in Alberta that both boys’ and girls’ teams of the same community had captured the provincial championship title in a home tournament.

Bonnett described the achievement as an “amazing feat” and Liddle thanked both teams for making the community proud. Liddle added he was also glad to have experienced the excitement as a parent watching the close games.

Assistant coach Cameron Horan for the boys’ team and Lonny Behm, the head coach for the girls’ team, thanked their players for what they called an amazing season. The players in their turn thanked the coaches for their leadership and encouragement throughout the season.

ABRA continues to see growth in membership

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE PONOKA NEWS As the Alberta Barrel Racing Association celebrates growth of its membership, now more than 2,500, the group also welcomed a new president during its AGM. Held on the first day of the ABRA finals on Wednesday, Aug. 17 the AGM saw Corleen LeClercq elected as the next president for two years and also brought in two new directors: Lynette Galloway and Tanya Chomiak.

Janet Patriquin of ABRA public relations said the association has always taken an inclusive approach for members, which brings them more opportunities at jackpots. “It’s something the whole family can come and do together.”

Financials show the large number of members are helping the association see growth. Revenues sit at $628,366 with expenses at $525,197 leaving the association with excess of revenue at $103,169.

The ABRA finals make up just over half the revenue with $329,432, however, expenses for the finals are higher than the revenues at $350,308. To help balance that out the ABRA had a casino this year bringing in $43,064. Patriquin said the association uses the funds from the casino to help reduce member entry fees at finals.

“It actually pays the rent for our facility for the week so that decreases how much it costs the members to come out here…if we didn’t have that funding there would be a lot of families that wouldn’t be able to come,” explained Patriquin.

Memberships and merchandise sales are the next higher item of revenues sitting at $196,214 and $53,891 respectively.

For expenses the awards co-ordinator and office services and merchandise purchases are the next highest expenses sitting at $73,739 and $37,792 respectively.

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The family moved to the Crestomere District when Anne was about 10.

She attended Wilmot School until she completed grade nine. She always regretted not being able to continue her schooling. She wed Fred Sachs in 1943 and to this union was born Evelyn, Arlene and Don. Fred and Anne farmed northwest of Crestomere until 1985 when they moved to Ponoka. After Fred passed away, Anne continued living in her home until she broke her hip and required more help. This began a series of moves, from her house to Reid Manor, then to Rimoka and finally ending at Northcott. Anne was loved by all who cared for her because of her sweet, gentle nature. She was predeceased by her parents and two oldest brothers and their spouses, Joe (Agnes) Hatala and Louis (Lillian) Hatala. She is survived by her brother Mike (Doreen) Hatala; children Evelyn (Harry) Bourne, Arlene (Art) Wichert, and Don (Lois) Sachs, as well as 8 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-greatgrandsons. A Funeral Service will be held at the Ponoka Funeral Home on Saturday, August 27 at 2:00 p.m..

Memorial donations will be forwarded to the Kidney Foundation of Canada or a charity of your choice. To express condolences to Anne’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

JONES, Thora On August 20, 2016 Mrs. Marie Thora Jones passed away at the Northcott Care Centre in Ponoka at the age of 93 years. She will be lovingly remembered by her daughter Karen (Roy) Maplethorpe of Wetaskiwin; son Darryl Jones of Lethbridge and grandchildren Amber, Jesse, and Adam; son Dwight (Lorna) Jones of Lethbridge, granddaughter Rhiannon (Josh) and great-grandchildren Julian and Ava, and grandson Desmond; sister-on-law, Florence Morgan, of Richmond, B.C., as well as many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband John in 1982 and a still-born grandson in 1985. A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at the Ponoka Funeral Home. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to the Alberta Cancer Foundation or Camp He-Ho-Ha. To express condolences to Thora’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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The Ponoka Jubilee Library has a strong history in Ponoka since 1933 with a focus on continuing, and growing, community engagement. The Ponoka Jubilee Library is a member of Parkland Regional Library, with 64 member municipalities making it an ideal location for networking.

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What is the Role of the Airport Development Board?

• To manage and operate the Ponoka Industrial Airport in accordance with the mandate and performance objectives established in the 2015 Airport Business Plan.

• To provide Council with input and advice relative to the operation, management, strategic direction, and, development and funding of the airport.

Who is eligible?

Preference may be given to qualified candidates for the Airport Development Board who are residents of the Town of Ponoka and Ponoka County, however non-residents of the Town or County shall not be excluded from serving as Board members. Candidates shall be Canadian Citizens and at least 18 years old. The membership will be for a three (3) year term.

How to Apply Applicants must submit a letter of application along with their resume. Written applications with resumes should be addressed to Dave McPhee, Director of Operations and Property Services.

Submissions are to be received on or before 2:00 pm on September 16, 2016. They may be delivered during regular business hours to the Town Office or mailed to the Town of Ponoka (C, 4900 – 54 Street, Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1N8).

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CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon.

U.S. travel waiver.

Divorce? Simple. Fast.

Inexpensive. Debt recovery? Alberta collection to $25,000.

Calgary 403-228-1300/ 1-800-347-2540.

Misc.

Services

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DO YOU HAVE a disability? Physical or mental. We can help you get up to $40,000 back from the Canadian Government. For details check out our website: disabilitygroupcanada.com or call us today toll free 1-888-875-4787.

CANADA BENEFIT GROUP - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government.

Toll free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canadabenefit.ca/ free-assessment.

REACH OVER 1 Million Readers Weekly. Advertise Province Wide Classifieds.

Only $269 + GST (based on 25 words or less).

Call now for details 1-800-282-6903 ext. 228; www.awna.com.

GOT PAIN? Get up to $40,000 in tax refunds.

Find out how handy we can be! 1-888-343-1155; info@handytax.ca.

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Services

JUST MOVED?

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GET BACK on track!

Bad credit? Bills?

Unemployed? Need money? We lend! If you own your own home you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420; www.pioneerwest.com.

Legal Services

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Our Representative’s Gifts and Information are the Key to Your New Community.

Pet Services

CLINKERS KENNELS * Quality Boarding for your dogs & cats *Proof of vaccinations and advance bookings required HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 6 pm; Fri. 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 7 pm; Sat. 9 a.m. - 12 noon; Sun. 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. & 4 - 7 p.m.

403-783-6272

Personal Services

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Unplanned pregnancy may be difficult to face.

We care. For confidential help call 403-343-1611 (24 hrs.)

HIP OR KNEE Replacement? Restrictions in walking/dressing? $2,500 yearly tax credit. $20,000 lump sum cheque.

Disability Tax Credit.

Expert Help. Lowest service fee nationwide.

1-844-453-5372.

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

Misc.

Services

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Need RV or Self Storage?

8’ X 10’ mini storage units available for rent.

Also RV storage.

Secure compound.

Call Keith at

First Call Towing

783-3636

www.clinkerskennels.ca

AN EXCELLENT CHOICE Roofing WHERE YOUR AD METAL ROOFING & REACHES SIDING. 32+ colours RURAL available at over 55 Distributors. 40 year READERS warranty. 48 hour Express

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CALL 1-877-223-3311

Service available at select supporting Distributors.

Call 1-888-263-8254

Well Drilling

Well Drilling

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Elena Payan 587-409-7242 elenapayan@yahoo.com.mx

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ALBERTA

TALL PINE DRILLING LTD.

1400 FREE ES ESTIMAT

100%

CUSTOMER N SATISFACTIO

OVER 40 YEARS OF DRILLING EXPERIENCE • • • •

Water Well Drilling Steel or PVC Casing Pre Drilling Piles Water Well Pump Testing & Monitoring

• Submersible Pump Sales & Installation • Well Abandonments • Shock Chlorination • Backhoe Service

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 VETERINARY SERVICES

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

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

5502 - Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB

This space could be yours for

35

$

PER WEEK plus $2.25 webcharge

Call 403-783-3311 PLUMBING

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

WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICE

Domestic, Industrial & Oilfield

24 HOUR

Red Deer 403-343-6266 Bentley 403-748-2955 admin@tallpinedrilling.com

www.tallpinedrilling.com Water Incentive Programs for Farmers Welding

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Welding

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

WATER WELL SERVICE

ECKLUND

Water Well Service

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

Six month warranty

and Appliance Service

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

JESSE ZINTER Office - 403-783-5489

Used appliances available

Refrigeration

T4J 1M1

24 HOUR SERVICE TRUCK

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Berni's

24 Hr. Emergency 403-783-4348

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

We deliver and install your purchases.

MAIN: (403) 783-7591

403-783-4880

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

FAX: (403) 783-8178

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS HERE FOR JUST

35 PER WEEK. $

PLUS

$2.25 WEBCHARGE

REACHING 6000 HOUSEHOLDS PER WEEK.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 Auctions

BIG STRAPPER AUCTIONS

at The Moose Hall, 2 miles south of Ponoka on Hwy. 2A. Weekly sales Wednesdays @ 6 pm Upcoming Estate Sale

Sunday, Sept. 11 @ 1 pm

5417 - 58 Street, Ponoka Antique Sale Sunday, Oct. 2 @ 1pm TO BOOK YOUR SALE CALL 403-782-5693 or 403-304-4791 Check website for full listings www.bigstrapperauctions.net Like us on Facebook COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 9th Annual Red Deer Fall Finale Collector Car Auction. 200 cars.

Westerner Park, Sept 9, 10 & 11. Last year sold over 85 percent. Time to consign, all makes models welcome. 1-888-296-0528 ext 102 or 103. Consign@egauctions.com.

EGauctions.com. Featuring Horny Mike from hit TV series Counting Cars.

COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE & SHOP Alcomdale, Alberta.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, October 26 in Edmonton.

2.47 +/- title acres & 2520 sq. ft. shop with living accommodations. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652.

Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.

MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, September 10, 11 a.m., 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Over 150 guns - handguns, riÁes, shotguns, hunting and sporting equipment. To consign 780-440-1860.

UNRESERVED INDUSTRIAL AUCTION. September 13, 2016. Brochure deadline August 17.

To consign please call Canadian Public Auction to speak to a Salesman 403-269-6600.

3 PARCELS OF FARMLAND - Athabasca, Alberta. Ritchie Bros.

Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, October 26 in Edmonton. 473.22 +/- title acres. 285 +/- cultivated acres. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652. Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.

Firewood

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

Price depends on location of delivery. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Misc. for Sale

Houses/ Duplexes

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5 INDUSTRIAL LOTS Bonnyville, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, October 26 in Edmonton.

Lots ranging from 1.13 +/to 1.61 +/- title acres.

North West Industrial Park.

Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652. Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.

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SAWMILLS from only $4,397. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & dvd: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT. 1-800-566-6899 ext.

400OT.

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Agricultural #2000 - #2290 Farm Equipment ..............2010 Haying Equipment ............2020 Tractors ............................2030 Combines & Headers ......2040 Fertilizer Equipment..........2050 Misc. Farm Machinery ......2060 Equipment Wanted ..........2070 Farm Custom Work ..........2080 Farm Auctions ..................2090 Livestock ..........................2100 Livestock - Exotic..............2110 Sheep ..............................2120 Poultry ..............................2130 Horses ..............................2140 Horse Boarding ................2150 Riding Supplies ................2160 Horse/Stock Trailers ........2170 Pasture Wanted ................2180 Grain, Feed, Hay ..............2190 Seed Grain ......................2200 Seeding & Tillage ............2210

Farm Equipment

2010

J.D. 3520 tractor, cab & loader, complete line of 3pt. hitch equipment.

403-886-4607 eves.

Grain, Feed Hay

Available Now! 2 bdrm partially furnished house Centrally located W/D, N/S, N/P $975/mo + D.D. 403-396-0075

Condos/ Townhouses

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Available Immediately 1060 sq ft town house with attached garage • all on one level, suitable for seniors • Near Ponoka Drop-in Centre • No smokers, no pets, no children

Call 403-783-4236

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HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola. Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.

For Rent #3000 - #3200 Acreages/Farms ..............3010 Houses/Duplexes ............3020 Condos/Townhouses........3030 Manufactured Homes ......3040 Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050 Suites ..............................3060 Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070 Roommates Wanted ........3080 Rooms for Rent................3090 Motels/Hotels ..................3100 Offices ..............................3110 Stores/Commercial ..........3120 Industrial ..........................3130 Warehouse Space............3140 Garage Space..................3150 Storage Space ................3160 Land ................................3170 Pasture ............................3180 Mobile Lot ........................3190 Misc. for Rent ..................3200

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

Houses/ Duplexes

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FOR RENT

YOU DESERVE THE BEST!! Picture yourself relaxing in this 3 bedroom PONOKA town home is only 9 years old and is complete with laminate Áooring, main Áoor laundry, 6 appliances AND the landlord pays the water sewer and garbage.

Plenty of storage and comfortable deck. No pets and smoking on deck only helps keep this home pristine for people like you. $1,000/mo. & $1,000 DD Call Mary @ 403-783-6609.

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

Suites

EASY!

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AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

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ONE & TWO BDRM APARTMENTS FOR RENT - Close to schools - Includes heat & garbage

Grains pushed through questions around disease the middle of August with right now. We’re currently exattention turning to yields pecting something between coming off the earliest har16.5 and 17 million tonnes, PONOKA spacious vested fields and crop tours but the U.S.D.A. is expecting 2 bedroom basement in America.

Going into the canola exports from the suite, 4 appliances, monthly W.A.S.D.E report, Great White North to drop 8 separate entrance, large yard, quiet, mature working most of the market was exper cent from last year to 9.4 tenants. 403-704-1645 pecting the U.S.D.A. to update million tonnes. This is main* RIVERSIDE APTS. * average U.S. yields to 170.6 ly because of China’s state Newly renovated bu/ac for corn and 47.5 bu/ reserve auctions increasing 1 & 2 bedroom units in Ponoka: 3724-45 Street. and the looming September ac beans, but, per their usual 403-357-0287 1st deadline of China’s 1 per style, they made the market cent max dockage tolerance take a second look as, they on imports. came in at 175.1 bu/ac and For wheat, total U.S. pro48.9 bu/ac respectively! While duction was pegged at 2.32 those numbers appear bearish on paper, some decent Billion bushels (+13 per cent), demand figures, especially for with an average yield of 52.6 Real Estate BRENNAN TURNER soybeans, are keeping prices bu/ac (+20 per cent or 9 bu/ #4000 - #4190 FarmLead from dropping. ac from 2015). Globally, wheat Realtors & Services..........4010 Houses for Sale................4020 For the U.S. corn crop, the output saw big jumps almost Houses Wanted ................4030 new record yield suggests a everywhere for a record 743.4 Condos/Townhouses ........4040 Acreages ..........................4050 record crop of 15.2 Billion bushels (compared million tonne crop, meaning global ending Acreages Wanted ............4060 to 14.757 Billion expected), up an incredi- stocks for 2016/17 will jump 4.5 per cent yearFarms/Land ......................4070 Farms/Land Wanted ........4080 ble 11 per cent from 2015. For the 2016/17 over-year to 252.8 million tonnes (that’s a new Manufactured/ carryout, the bigger crop means a 41 per record too). The E.U. is the only sore spot, with Mobile Homes ..................4090 cent jump from 2015/16 ending stocks to output pegged at 147.5 million tonnes (-8 per Income Property ..............4100 Commercial Property ......4110 an even-more incredible 2.4 Billion bushels. cent from last year’s record crop, meaning Industrial Property ............4120 Global corn production is expected to be 5.3 this year’s is still near the 5-year average).

Cottages/Resort Property ..4130 Businesses for Sale..........4140 per cent higher at 1.01 Billion tonnes, and Elsewhere, Argentina is expecting to take Buildings for Sale ............4150 thanks to competition from wheat, 2016/17 off 14.4 million tonnes (+27 per cent from Lots for Sale ....................4160 Out of Town Property ......4170 ending stocks are expected to be 5.5 per cent 2015 thanks to no export taxes anymore), Investment Opportunities ..4180 higher at 220.8 million tonnes. Brazil’s corn Australia with 26.5 million tonnes (+8 per Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190 crop in 2015/16 got hit hard with drought, cent), and 30 million tonnes in Canada (+9 meaning only a 68.5 million tonnes (-20 per per cent). The big surprise is in the Black Sea, cent from 2014/15), however, with record up an incredible 10 per cent over last year’s Manufactured prices down there, acres will be up in 2016/17 big crop, with 72 million tonnes coming of in Homes with the crop pegged at 80 million tonnes Russia (+18 per cent year-over-year, although WE ARE “Your Total Rural by the U.S.D.A.. Corn output in Argentina in there are some quality questions), 15 million Housing Solution” - Save 2016/17 is forecasted at 36.5 million tonnes in Kazakhstan (+9 per cent), and 27 million up to $9000 on your Manufactured Home (+30 per cent year-over-year), while here in tonnes in Ukraine (despite much lower acres). during our 45 Year Canada, dry weather has been eating up Anniversary Celebration. fields in Ontario, meaning only 12 million To growth, Visit: www.Unitedhomescanada.com tonnes of corn should be taken off (-12 per Brennan Turner www.Grandviewmodular.com cent year-over-year).

President and CEO | FarmLead.com With a record average yield forecasted for Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, SK, beans too, a record crop of 4.06 Billion bushels where his family started farming the land in the is being suggested (or 110.5 million tonnes) 1920s. After completing his degree in economics but strong demand will keep ending stocks from Yale University and then playing some pro from creeping too far, pegged at 330 million hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in bushels. From a global standpoint, Brazil will finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, continue to compete with the U.S., as they’re transparent online and mobile grain marketplace projected to take off 103 million tonnes of (app available) that has moved almost 300,000 soybeans this year (although we are watch- MT in the last 2.5 years. His weekly column is ing their planting closely) while Argentina a summary of his free, daily market note, the will harvest 57 million. Canadian canola FarmLead Breakfast Brief. He can be reached production this year was set by the USDA via email (b.turner@farmlead.com) or phone to 17.6 million tonnes, but there are many (1-855-332-7653).

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How grandparents can answer continued from page 4 The right place to find the right person for the job.

Rent $700 - $775/month CALL IRENE AT 403-913-5550 FURNISHED BACHELOR SUITE FOR RENT IN PONOKA. TV & utils. incld. $550/mo.

403-963-0204

Outpacing the decline?

PONOKA 2 bdrm. well maintained quiet adult building, no pets $740/mo. + power, heat/water incld. avail. immed.

Brian 403-348-6594

- Large 2 bdrm suite - Bachelor suite 403-790-6011

3 bdrm ½ duplex in quiet area.

Newly renovated and painted.

Houses $1100/mth, DD $1100 For Sale Phone 403-783-2918 or 403-783-0368

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

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WINFIELD, Renovated 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 4plex with deck. Across from school & recreation center $850/mo. Water Included.

One month rent free!403-249-2708.

Suites

1-877-223-3311

4020 HOUSE FOR SALE • 1/2 duplex • 1084 sq. ft.

• Close to IGA 403-785-6616

Believe it or not, those of us who are now well into our retirement mode were always under the impression when we were kids that…grass was mowed, Coke was a cold drink, pot was something your mother cooked in, rock music was a lullaby, AIDS were the helpers in the principal’s office, chip meant a piece of wood, hardware was found in a hardware store and software wasn’t even a word. Most of the time we ate all our meals together at home and went to church on Sundays, where we were taught to follow the Ten Commandments, show good judgement and common sense, know the

difference between right and wrong, and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions. For all of us, living in this great country was a privilege and serving our country was an honour, and until we reached the age of 25 we called everyone older than us ‘sir or madam’, respected the law, and hoped that we would be treated the same way when we finally became adults.

For all of us in our ‘golden years’, those countless memories of growing up together over a half century or more ago have been fabulous, where meaningful relationships survived and thrived among family, friends and community, and when your grand-

mother and I will never forget when we got married first and then vowed to live together forever, no matter what. Along the way and between the occasional parental ‘meltdowns’, we have somehow managed to adjust to so many new changes and challenges.

Our sincere thanks to our cherished family generations, who have patiently helped us to figure out our new electric toys and put up with our ‘old fashioned’ habits and beliefs, while hopefully continuing to bless us with many more ‘little angels’ to be loved, pampered, and spoiled, in between naps. Just keep on enjoying the rest of summer until October, and have a great week, all of you.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Hammy’s SPIRITS

OPEN

10 AM - 11 PM 7 Days A Week

BUDWEISER, BUD LIGHT, CANADIAN OR COORS LIGHT

SMIRNOFF ICE 330 ML 12 BTL

$

355 ML 24 CAN

99 EACH

22

$ RUSSIAN PRINCE PREMIUM VODKA

PHILLIPS BUTTER RIPPLE SCHNAPPS 750 ML

$

39

99 EACH

17

$

$

SAILOR JERRY SPICED RUM 1.14 L

99 EACH

19 $ 99 27

17

99 EACH

34

99 EACH 750 ML

99 EACH

750 ML

$

SEAGRAM 83 WHISKY

750 ML

VICTORIA GIN

$

3899

1.14 L

EACH

EACH

BEAR FLAG RED OR WHITE 750 ML

$

2/ 17 OR

$ 99 EACH

8

00

MIRASSOU PINOT NOIR OR PINOT GRIGIO 750 ML

$

00

2/ 19 OR

$ 99 EACH

9

BODACIOUS SHIRAZ OR PINOT GRIGIO 750 ML

$

00

2/ 15 OR

$ 99 EACH

7

Bay #5, 4502 - 50th St. • 403-783-2333

19 CRIMES SHIRAZ DURIF 750 ML

$

1499

Prices in effect Wednesday, August 24 to Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Prices do not include GST or deposit. We reserve the right to limit quantities

EACH