2012
Vol. LXI, No. 30
44 pages
June 18, 2013
Always better – always better read
4th Annual Purple Martin Festival Rod Ross currently provides safe housing to 28 pairs of Purple Martins. At press time, birds in his care have produced at least seventy-two eggs.
INSIDE
Photos by Ron Pilger
Entertainment and Dining Pages 10 and 11 Summer Fun Pages 12 to 17 Obituaries Pages 18 and 19 Special Occasions Page 30 On-the-Road and Auto Classifieds Pages 25, and 32 to 35 Classifieds Pages 37 to 43 Beauty Page 44
News Features Marshall Chalmers won’t seek re-election . . . . . . . . . 4 Rotary Club shows pride in country . . . . . . . . . Purple Martin Festival June 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
17
Practice makes perfect for fire volunteers. . . . . . 36
REAL ESTATE LISTINGS, See… Page 2 – Re/max Page 23, 24 – Central Agencies for buying or selling real estate!
on accommodations erected and maintained by humans. Many examples of the condominium-style communal Martin housing can now be seen on public and private property in and around Camrose. Thanks to these compassionate efforts, up to 200 pairs of Martins now arrive in the City of Camrose each spring from South America to breed and fledge their young!
To Camrose Homes To Rural Homes Tues. Thurs. with Booster This Week’s Flyers: Camrose Groves’ Value Drug Mart *partial coverage
✔
Canada Safeway
Canadian Tire ✔* Hauser Home Hardware ✔ Liquor Barn M & M Meats Real Canadian Superstore Rona Sears Shoppers Drug Mart Sobeys Staples The Source Walmart Wild Rose Co-op
✔ ✔
✔*
✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔x2 ✔* ✔* ✔*
✔ ✔* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔* ✔* ✔* ✔* ✔x2 ✔
Like an increasing number of individuals and organizations, Rod Ross is interested in helping the beloved Purple Martins species return in abundance to Camrose and area. When the European Starling and the English House Sparrow were introduced by mankind to North America in the 1800s their aggressive behavior resulted in Martins being driven from their usual habitat and a high percentage of newly hatched chicks being killed. By the 1980s the species had all but disappeared. Today, for their survival, Martins are almost exclusively dependent
The 4th Annual Purple Martin Festival, sponsored by Rod’s company, Ross Agri, and Alberta Conservation Association, will be a wealth of information for aspiring, novice or experienced Martin “landlords.” Exciting scientific data will be released which will offer details of a Purple Martin whose annual round trip migration means a mind-boggling flight of over 21,000 kilometres! The Camrose Wildlife and Stewardship Society and the organizers of the Purple Martin Festival welcome you to this family-oriented day of learning and activities. See inside this issue for additional information.
Visit our website: www.camrosebooster.com