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HPN Hitching Post News www.hitchingpostnews.com September 2012 * Issue 9B * Volume 2 Terry Fox coverage P14 * Cremona Show and Shine P13 * News From Divison 2 P4
Fire Prevention Week Open House Tuesday, October 9 6:30-8:30 Cremona Fire Hall Meet the Fire Fighters Free Hot dogs and Drinks
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From the Editors Desk... I’m sure you noticed that our last issue didn’t make it to print, for that we appologize. My business partner added to the HPN family (and their own) with a gorgeous new little person and with all the excitement things got lost in the shuffle. To make sure you don’t miss a single page of last issue, we have brought it forward and added the current issue’s articles. So please enjoy this extended 16 page issue. Also, for the next few months we’re going to be doing some internal organizing and we’re going to run one issue of the paper (the “A” issue) digitally and the “B” issue of the month printed. Please take the time to keep up with both issues, and past issues as well @ www.hitchingpostnews.com
-- Angela
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News from Division 2 We have seen activity pick up in the is now underway, Suffice to say last Planning Department due to the fact week was the biggest in the bridge that the new MDP has been construction process as the two sides approved and new applications are now being accepted under the new plan. There has been substantial changes that effect our area of the County so if you are looking to move ahead or would like further information on re-designation or subdivision call your local councillor to assist you before hiring an agent to represent you. The councillors are very familiar with the changes and our services are free to you.
are now connected and the next steps are getting the approaches and the actual crossing finished. Completion date is still set for Our Big Prairie Bridge construction November 2012 and any time after
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News from Division 2 continued from page 2
Hitching Post News is excited to introduce Ashely Reid to you in the coming months. Ashley is a grade 12 student in Cremona who will be working with us to cover events, pen articles and her own column. This work experience project is one that will give her a chance to try out a variety of different writing styles as well as see the inner workings of a publication.
Another fantastic community event that my family and I were able to attend was the Cremona and Water Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted Car Rally. What a great event it attracted so many visitors to the community and it was a wonderful way to promote Cremona and area. We were amazed at the turn out and how many participatants were involved. Hats I attended the Dog Pound Rodeo on off to all the volunteers you guys all July 17-18 as a volunteer and it was did a great job!! a very good (long event) this year. There were many contestants as well PEACE as spectators out to enjoy the event COMMUNITY for the day. A special thank-you to OFFICERS all the volunteers who prepared the Occurrences Investigated grounds and area again for this • Total number of Charges: (Includes year’s rodeo. As well, I want to all traffic, overload and bylaw thank and commend the Cremona offences) - 57 and District Fire Department • Total over-weight permit requests volunteers for their quick-thinking 159 and assistance with the injuries that • Drilling Rig Moves – 11 up 6 from occurred in the Wild Cow Milking May event. We did have a private • Service Rig moves – 33 down 4 ambulance service on site but from May unfortunately in my view they were inadequate to deal with the medical Traffic Stops of the Month: emergency. We have a very valuable • 3 stop sign offences asset in our volunteers at our local • 136 km/hr on a 80 km/hr zone – 56 fire department. over limit
Another great change is our online classifieds going live. This is a service that has for pay and for free options. It links to facebook; so you can connect it to your other online classifieds. Go to the w e b s i t e www.hitchingpostnews.com to see exactly what you can do and for tips to create your ad. Finally, as the needs of our advertisers and readers change there may be more coming for HPN in the coming months. We invite you to share what you are looking for from the paper, do you use our online services, and how can we create a publication that you want in your mailbox. This will help us as we talk to new advertisers about how you use what we offer. 4 • Volume 2 , Issue 9B • Hitching Post News
that the contractor will be fined until the project is complete. September 2012 the construction is to begin on the Shell Burnt Timber (Twp Rd 304) repaving project. This was a project that was a P3 initiative done by the Shell Burnt Timber Gas plant, the Province of Alberta, Municipal District of Bighorn and Mountain View County.
403-637-0140 to discuss any of your concerns or you can email me at patricia.mckean@mountainviewcounty.com
Division 2 Councillor Patricia McKean We’re working on a Hallowe’en Feature for an upcoming issue; What are your plans? How do you help your goblins enjoy the day? Email your Hallowe’en ideas to editor@hitchingpostnews.com
Thank you again! I invite you to contact me at
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Fly Fishing with Dad on the Bow Frank van Doorn Some twenty years ago now, Dad slipped slightly on a rock and his knee gave in and no matter how much power he applied there was no overcoming the slow and inexorable pull of gravity. Ever so agonizingly slowly, as if in super slow motion, he slipped into the waters of the Bow and filled his hip waders. Always understated when out in public, he never made a splash. I never laughed so hard in my life. The sun was warm and Dad began to peel off his soaked clothes and hang them in the bushes round about. Shirt, undershirt, pants and socks all hung nearby, as he stood with only his underwear on, and like his clothes, dried in the sun's glow. You know, I don't think Easter lilies are as white as my dad is. He stuck out in nature like a sore thumb, practically screaming his presence. No one had come down the river all morning. That was rare for the Bow, as often there are so many boats ferrying paying customers down the river and any and all other forms of floating devices it is amazing there is room for the fish to swim. Well, sure enough, as Dad was standing there three canoes loaded with folks came down the river. They shouted hellos and Dad, with nowhere to hide, did the only thing he could do standing as he was in his underwear and lily white glory, he genuinely waved back. I started laughing again and in his gruff way he just said, "Why not?" The sun dried his clothes in no time at all and soon he had them all back on again - for which all nature was mighty thankful. Sometime later, as we were standing knee deep in water casting flies to likely spots for trout, a deer came out of the low scrub. Dad and I were about thirty yards apart and the deer wandered between us like she did this every day. We were mesmerized by the gentle creature, and we did our best to stay calm. We stopped casting and just watched. The deer walked out until
it was in about a foot of water. It was amazing. I don't think I'd ever been so close to a wild deer before. It's tail was switching back and forth, she looked downstream at Dad and then upstream at me with ears twisting and testing for sounds of danger, but seemed to be at ease and not worried about us at all. Then the deer squatted her rear down a bit, raised her tail and urinated like she'd just spent a night at the local pub. When done she turned around and just as calmly walked back to shore and on to disappear in the bush. Dad and I were left just looking at each other and putting together what we had just seen. Then we started to chuckle and laugh and I said, "Nice to know what kind of water you fell in today!" Quite a day to that point. We stopped fishing for lunch. Out of our bags came wrapped sandwiches, an orange and a now warm soda pop. As usual we sat close together on either big rocks or hummocks of grass discussing the morning's events and fishing. As for catching fish it had been slow and we were wondering how we would fair for
the afternoon. We talked about changing our tactics and that as the afternoon sun brought on heat we should change our flies from big streamers like the Wooly Bugger to big floating grasshopper imitations. As we were talking about all this we heard a voice from across the river. A while earlier a small family group had turned up on the other side of the river. The kids threw rocks and chased each other around all the while yelling and screaming, in general it seemed they were out on day parole. The mom seemed to be setting about getting a campsite organized and the dad was rigging up his bait rod. He was tossing a worm ball and weight far out into the river. Dad and I were amazed at all the commotion over there. Largely we ignored it and fished our half of the river.
side. "FLIES!" I screamed in reply. Well, we were. There was a long pause as the fellow had to deal with his static rig stuck far out and on the bottom of the river. Dad and I resumed our conversation only to be interrupted by that voice once again. "WHAT?" I yelled once again. "WHAT...KIND...OF...FLIES?" came the next question from the other side. Dad said, "I have this." and yelled back across, "BUTTER...FLIES!"
I fell off my rock laughing as the fellow across the river wagged his arm in disgust at us. "Well," said Dad, "what did he think? That I was REALLY going to tell him what we are using. Is he nuts?" I just shook my head, "He's on the other side, Dad, what harm could it do to say what we are using?" My Dad We had caught some rainbows and explained, "Because, my son, he browns that morning, but nothing of will tell his three friends and each of any size to get all excited about and them will tell their three friends and this was the topic of conversation before you know it we are elbow to between Dad and I when the faint elbow on both sides of the river and voice had gotten to us from across there won't be any fish for any of the river. "WHAT?" I asked as I us!" yelled as loud as I could. "WHAT...ARE...YOU...USING?" I didn't have an answer. came the question from the their
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If you missed registration on September 11 but would like more information on how to register for a skating program please contact Leslie at (403)637-2526. The first day of CanSkate is October 16. Keeping Our Communities Connected!
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“The Terry Fox Foundation is extremely pleased to be launching this new initiative in partnership with TFRI and our supporter institutions at universities from coast to coast,” said Rhonda Risebrough, TFF provincial director (Alberta, Nunavut and Northwest Territories) and a member of the TCC executive committee. “It is a wonderful tribute to Terry Fox and his legacy by students who today are largely the same age that Terry was when he began training for his Marathon of Hope. At 18, he was a university student. At 19, he was a cancer patient. At 21, he was a hero.” Also participating in Terry’s CAUSE on Campus this fall are: Carleton University (Ontario), Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia), McMaster University (Ontario), Memorial University of Newfoundland (Newfoundland & Labrador), Queen’s University (Ontario), Simon Fraser University (British Columbia), and University of Toronto (Ontario). Terry’s CAUSE on Campus is expected to draw thousands of university students, many of whom will be attending their first year.
University of Calgary joins Terry’s CAUSE on Campus to raise money for cancer research Terry Fox united a nation 32 years ago with his Marathon of Hope. This fall students at universities across Canada are uniting to celebrate his legacy and raise money for cancer research. Students at the University of Calgary will join fellow students across Canada to honour and celebrate Canadian hero Terry Fox and his legacy for cancer research as part of a new national university and college campus initiative called Terry’s CAUSE on Campus (CAUSE stands for College and University Student Engagement.) The coast-to-coast initiative is being launched today by The Terry Fox Foundation and The Terry Fox Research Institute in partnership with the University of Calgary and seven other Canadian universities. Each institution will hold a major campus event over the next six weeks including runs and other fundraisers. All proceeds will go to The Terry Fox Foundation to be invested by The Terry Fox Research Institute in cancer research. “We are thrilled with the enthusiasm and support that students, organizers and leaders at the University of Calgary have shown for Terry’s CAUSE on Campus,” said Darrell Fox, brother of Terry and a special advisor with the Terry Fox Research Institute, who is spearheading the national initiative. “Terry began planning and training for his Marathon of Hope while he was a first-year university student. He would be pleased and honoured to know that students here and across Canada continue to be inspired by him and are joining together to support his dream – our dream – of ending cancer. We are extremely grateful to each and every person involved in this new initiative for helping to make a difference.”
Kenya-Jade Pinto, vice-president academic at the University of Calgary Student’s Union found out that her father was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in March 2012. “It was as though the colors in my life were instantly muted,” she said. “I remember feeling scared, angry, and a little lost. Though he may not have known it then, my dad was an incredible pillar of strength – not only for me, but everyone around him. Like Terry Fox and his marathon of hope, my dad faced adversity with a charisma that challenged others to do the same. Pinto and other student leaders are busy planning the Terry’s CAUSE event scheduled at the Calgary campus on Friday, October 12. “Terry’s CAUSE is born out of courage and hope, and reminds us students at the University of Calgary to come together as a community and be strong and resilient in the face of adversity,” she said. “We understand that we are the catalysts for courageous action and we are ready to take the challenge.” Terry’s CAUSE on Campus is expected to grow with a number of other universities planning events on their campuses for 2013. It will become an annual Canadian university and college initiative. Complete details are available at www.terryfox.org/terryscauseoncampus University of Calgary students can register online at http://www.terryfox.org/CauseCampus/Test_tables.html
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FCSS Happenings Submitted by Tanya Shand; Cremona FCSS Director What a fantastic summer! I hope Shelby Cummings and Ray & everyone got to spend their summer Brenda from Water Valley Forest Nursery also deserve a tip of the hat just as they wanted. for supporting our kids programs. The FCSS Board of Directors has Did you know that our programs resumed meetings – the 1st utilized Cremona School’s gym this Wednesday of each month 7 pm at summer? Thanks to Joanna & the FCSS office. Everyone is Shannon for making this happen! Library’s Summer welcome to attend. The FCSS Cremona Advisory Board will have some Reading Program is always a vacancies this fall. Anyone wishing wonderful asset to the community, to sit on our board of directors must and we are fortunate enough to be submit a letter of intent to the able to partner with them for another Village of Cremona office by 4:00 year. Without amazing staff pm September 28. We require Annessa, Erik, Kendra, Drew and representation from all adult age Kaley our programs would not have They all groups – those residing in the been as successful. Village of Cremona and the demonstrated enthusiasm, patience surrounding area. If you are and shared lots great ideas over the They are amazing considering this position, please call summer. me and we can discuss what is community members, and were required of a FCSS Board Member. wonderful with the kids each week. I hope all the kids that attended the Summer Fun has wrapped up for program each week had fun and another year. A huge THANK YOU enjoyed them. Almost 300 kids to the Cremona Rec Board for their attended the Summer Fun program, generous support of our summer 35 enjoyed bus trips with Didsbury, programming, we could not run our and 37 teens enjoyed programs programs without it! Also, big especially for them. A successful I would thanks to Cremona Gold & Silver summer all around! Club members who helped us offer a appreciate hearing comments from “Games Day” at the Center – the any parent who had kids attending – pool, shuffleboard & carpet bowling your thoughts and ideas are was a huge hit with the kids! Gail & important.
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Fall Interagency Meeting – September 27 is the date for the Fall Interagency Meeting. It will begin at 9 am at the FCSS office, and snacks and drinks are provided. This is an excellent opportunity to network, learn what is offered in our communities, discuss areas of mutual concern, lobby for services needed, improve the health of our communities and combine influences by working together. Please let me know if you’d like to attend. All service groups and non profit organizations in the Cremona/Water valley area are welcome to attend.
families to eat at least one healthy meal together each day. Log books are available to track your habits, and if you register your family could win some great prizes! FCSS has log books, as does Sobeys or IGA. The September/October newsletter will be in mailboxes the week of September 3. They will also be available for pick up at the FCSS office, MV Credit Union, Village of Cremona office and Water Valley General Store. Upcoming courses at FCSS – Red Cross Babysitting – November 8 & Cremona’s First Ever Kitchen Party! October 20 – come learn how to make pies with the best bakers in our community! The Youth Learn to Curl program will be back this fall! Watch for information on all these programs being advertised soon!
FCSS Grants – Each year, Mountain View and Cremona FCSS accept applications from qualified applicants to our Grants program. Applications will be available soon on Mountain View County’s website. Deadline for applications is November 15. More information You may contact me by phone – 403-637-3731 or 403-510-4521 or will be available soon. email – fcss@village.cremona.ab.ca Choosewell Challenge – A new or the office will be open Tuesday & challenge is being offered to all Thursday from 9 am to 3 pm, unless Albertans for the month of otherwise posted. September! The “21 Days to Healthier Eating” challenge begins Sept. 10, and is meant to encourage
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Techie Corner - Trojan Virus Angela Lambert This past week I had the joy of having to do a second system clean up on my son's computer to remove malicious software. The other day he came to me in tears saying he didn't know what was going on, but his computer wouldn't let him do anything. I went with him to take a look at what was going on and found this screen.
My first reaction was "what the heck had he gotten into and what had he seen" and I called my husband over to take a look. After he gave it a good read, his saner head prevailed and showed me that what we were seeing was in fact a scam and most likely a virus. As it turned out, it was the Reveton Trojan. Once downloaded and activated, it causes computers to seize and display that fraudulent message purporting to come from the RCMP, CSIS, FBI or Keeping Our Communities Connected!
some other law-enforcement agency. After the computer freezes, a pop-up message appears saying the computer has been linked to the downloading of child pornography. It tells users they can unfreeze their computer by making a $100 payment through an online channel such as Ukash or PaySafe.
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Solution 2. Reboot the system into safe mode and following instructions found on the web, go into system files, system registry and remove files one by one. Again, a reasonable solution, but if you are doing this, make sure you get every infected file, or the computer will Now when you read that, its quite easily re-infect from the missed obvious that it's pretty far-fetched files. that the RCMP would offer to unlock a child pornographer's Solution 3. (and by far the most computer in exchange for an extreme) Find your system disk, internet payment of $100. And hope like heck that you have backed paying the fee won't free up the up recently and start the time computer, which remains infected consuming process of reinstalling your computer. with malware. After trying the first two solutions, So after doing our research we we finally had to resort to solution 3 realized that it was going to be a and thankfully I had just backed up pretty in depth process to get this for a reinstall just a couple weeks computer cleaned up and got to it. It earlier. requires one of three ways to remove the trojan, none of which are quick If you come across this trojan, please, Please, PLEASE do not click or easy solutions. on the link. As soon as they have Solution 1. You reboot your system, your credit card info, they can scam get into the backup files and restore you out of ton's of cash. your system to it's last known good configuration. All fine and good, Lastly, how to avoid this potential assuming that your last good threat, and others like it. The best configuration doesn't have any of the way to defend against Trojan viruses files that caused the infection to is to take countermeasure to never
get your computer infected. To prevent future infections there are a number of prudent measures that you can take to minimize your risk. First, never open unsolicited email attachments contained in received mail. This is one of the most used methods by hackers to infect targeted computers. Even those email messages that your Great Aunt Ruth sent you saying "this is so cute" Don't open it!!! The file has hit everyone and their Uncle on the way to your pc and it's just better to avoid it. Next, do not click links that you did not solicit. An increasingly popular method by hackers is to send malicious links out in spam email vice attachments since more users are becoming educated to the threat that email attachments play. If you have not purchased antivirus software and leave it running, you are long overdue. Unfortunately, while my son's PC did have antivirus on it, it was disabled and he had clicked on a link on an unknown popup, bingo bango, welcome to my computer Trojan. Additionally, ensuring that you run regular updates for your computer’s operating system, installed programs, and leaving the default firewall turned on is another must in today’s threat environment. Hitching Post News • Volume 2 , Issue 9B • 9
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Travel Log - A Tassie Thing Submitted by Scott Davis, Down Under downtown property A short hop from Sydney takes your nice correspondent to Tasmania and its overlooking the King’s Pier Marina on Sullivan’s Bay on the Derwent charming capital, Hobart. River. We were scheduled to meet We arose at 3:30 AM to get ready for Wendy’s former teaching colleague our pre-arranged cab ride to Sydney and Taz resident Suzanne at Muir’s Airport. Our flight was scheduled to seafood restaurant, just across the leave at 6:25, and we wanted to street from the hotel for lunch. ensure that we would have plenty of Suzanne was accompanied by her time in case we had any problems. husband Neville (who we had never The taxi arrived at 4:30 as promised, met) and their two canine and we were whisked away in light companions Zoe and Gemma. They traffic for the long ride to the airport. had selected our rendezvous point The ride was uneventful, and took us with great care, as Muir’s is a very under Sydney Harbour through the popular local landmark. Located on amazing harbour tunnel in about half the pier overlooking the marina, an hour, a ride that would have Muir’s is a point of sale for the probably taken three times as long in company’s own fishing fleet, ensuring that the food is as fine and peak traffic. fresh as possible. After a leisurely We had time to grab a bite before our meal and a couple of pints of local flight, then settled in for the hour draught, the seven of us (5 people + and forty five minute journey to 2 happy canines) piled into Neville’s Hobart. As we descended into Toyota Land Cruiser for a leisurely Tasmania, we were surprised to see look around. that the landscape appeared to be withered and brown, in contrast to Oozing with History the verdant forests and valleys of Hobart is the capital of the island New South Wales. We later state of Tasmania, and is Australia’s discovered that Tasmania is in a bit second oldest city, founded in the of a drought, and that Hobart is early 19th century, just a few years usually the driest part of Tasmania. after Sydney. The city has a This winter had seen record rainfalls population of approx. 200,000, a that filled the island’s reservoirs and goodly portion of Tasmania’s half promoted wild growth. Since then, million residents. however, they haven’t seen a drop of moisture, which has resulted in very It takes no time to appreciate the dry conditions and considerable magnificent location of Hobart, flanking the waterfront on a deep fears about dangerous brush fires. water port, and sandwiched between Upon arrival at Hobart Airport, we hills and Mount Wellington, a 4000 passed through a quarantine station, foot backdrop to a splendid city. To where dogs sniffed the passenger’s add to its charms, the city verily luggage to ensure that no foreign oozes with history, with monuments, fruits, fish or meats would be parks, museums, waterfront strolls, brought in to threaten the island’s and hundreds of stately old buildings, most of which were built fragile ecosystem. to last from the local sandstone or After claiming our luggage, we brick. It appears to me that there are hopped in a taxi for the ride into more old buildings in any two central Hobart. Our friendly driver downtown blocks of Hobart than was a wealth of knowledge, and there are in all of Alberta, and the informed us that we were in the residents guard their heritage with midst of Hobart’s morning rush great care and pride. hour. There didn’t seem to be much of a rush, which is because Hobart’s The downtown does have some peak traffic period lasts only five modern buildings, which are minutes on a good day, and seven regarded with disdain by the locals. The new structures are dotted about, minutes on a bad one. and look awkward and oddly out of In no time, we were dropped off at place. However, the height and mass the Grand Chancellor Hotel, a very of these modern monstrosities are limited to about twelve stories or so, which allows them to blend in (at least somewhat), and helps the city retain its walkable, human scale.
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the confusing, difficult to navigate One of the first remarkable things maze of narrow passageways typical you see on arrival is the Tasman bridge, a great, arched concrete of many cities of its vintage. structure that spans the broad Wine & Cheese on Mount Nelson Derwent River and connects the Suzanne picked the perfect activity airport and suburbs with downtown for our first day in Tasmania. Our Hobart. The bridge supports five first stop was at a local “bottle shop” lanes of busy traffic, with signal (the Aussie’s polite term for “liquor lights along its length that allow the store”) to pick up a couple of bottles reversal of traffic during peak of wine and some local cheese. We periods. In the morning, three lanes then wound our way up a big hill to are used to bring commuters into the the historic viewpoint on Mount downtown, and the pattern is Nelson. Normally, they would have reversed in the afternoon to facilitate taken us to the even taller Mount the outward flow. Wellington, but the day was overcast, and the summit of Given its mass and solid Wellington was obscured by clouds. construction, it would seem that the bridge would be indestructible, but Once we got to the top of Mount that theory was shot to hell in 1975, Nelson, any disappointment I may when a freighter laden with ore have had from not going up the big crashed into one of the supporting mountain disappeared, as we were columns. The force of the collision afforded a magnificent view of the brought down the column and bridge city and surrounding countryside, deck, which landed squarely on the rivers, and bays. From there, we ship and promptly sank it, taking the could see all the way to Port Arthur captain and crew to a watery grave. (site of the original penal colony), and the great Tasman bridge, among Neville has a friend that was on the bridge at the time, and fortunately other landmarks. saw what was happening and stopped just in time, although the front wheels of his car were left hanging over the abyss. Having great presence of mind, he gingerly crawled over the front seat and carefully exited via the back seat, then tried to warn approaching Mount Nelson is notable for more traffic. The first driver that came than its views, however. It is also a along ignored his warning, lovely public park and historic site. apparently thinking that it was just a Way back in the day, the mountain traffic accident, changed lanes, and was one of a number of sentry promptly plunged to his death. As points, where tall masts were Neville tells it, the most famous constructed and semaphore flags photo of the tragedy shows the car were flown to relay important half-hanging off the bridge. His messages across the region. The friend still has the car (although it coming of a ship into the harbour, or has not been driven for years) and the escape of an inmate could thus refuses to part with it. Hopefully, he be rapidly announced, and will bequeath it to a museum some appropriate measures could be day, as an indelible reminder of the catastrophe. taken.
The Tasman Bridge Tragedy There are many interesting things to recount about this lovely island, but here are a couple of observations that I have found to be quite enlightening.
At any rate, it took three years to repair the bridge, and the ship still lies beneath the waters, being impossible to extract. Inquests failed to determine the cause of the accident (the captain and crew having perished immediately), although speculation about the sobriety of the pilot and the competence of the first mate still runs rampant. Other theories have been put forward, including poor visibility and faulty readings of navigational markers, but I guess we’ll never know for certain.
The city was obviously planned with great care from its inception, as it The first story isn’t really funny, but features broad streets (many of them does have a somewhat happy one-way). This allows modern car ending. traffic to flow smoothly, and avoids
There was a positive side to the wreck, however. The difficulty of repairing the bridge prompted the construction of new roads and a
Anyway, we whiled away the afternoon taking in the views and catching up with Suzanne. Every once in a while, a few intrepid visitors stopped by for a chat, all of them wondering why they didn’t think to bring lunch and a couple of bottles.
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Water Valley Community Association Permanent Outdoor Structure Submitted by Peter van Hal Available for Use
Travel Log.... continued from pg10 second bridge across the Derwent, infrastructure that probably would have never been built but that is now much appreciated. A temporary ferry service was instituted, upon which many a new romance blossomed. Tassies now look upon the event philosophically, regretful for the loss of life and years of inconvenience, but also recognizing the good things that came about from a tragic accident.
A Tassie Thing A final note regarding a somewhat odd observation:
“The Lifestyle” A humerous take on having a hockey player in the family from Junior Staffer Ashley Reid
I have grown up around good people. However, I have also seen many of them fall under the influence of The Lifestyle. It has taken a toll, and sometimes taken place, of their hobbies, their relationships and their mental health. The addictive quality of ‘The Game’ has been proven time and time again. Here, I have compiled a simple list of how to recognize the signs, precautions to take and what to do if you find yourself headed down that familiar road. How to recognize if your loved ones are playing “The Game” - They insist on eating high protein meals two hours before ‘Game Time’ - They keep their ‘High-powered Vehicle’ in the garage all summer to reduce gas costs and mileage as they surely will be driving nothing else constantly throughout the winter months - They start lifting heavy things for fun - They start leaving school early to attend ‘initiation’** - They no longer are referred as a ’15 year old’, but a ‘’97 birth year’ **occasionally referred to as ‘tryouts’.
Our hotel, the Grand Chancellor, is a very nice, fairly new hostelry with one strange feature. The elevator buttons start with the lobby and main floor, then proceeds to the 10th to 20th floors. At first, I assumed that floors 3 through 9 might be private residences, but then I realized that the building only has12 floors in total.
After much consultation and many meetings last year and earlier this spring the Water Valley Community Association started in June with the construction on the open air structure which we have yet to name. Some suggestions are: Water Valley Stage, ,Amusement Place picnic shelter.
County, M.D. of Bighorn, Heninger Engineers, Water Valley Hardware, Pat Leslie and Jason Cormack.
This beautifull addition on the community grounds was made possible with the help of many volunteers and in particular Ted Palendat who oversaw construction of the site from the very beginning The building is 32’ x 32’ with a to the very last hour. concrete slab floor and can be used I asked a staffer about this unusual most of the year for all types of The Water Valley Community situation, wondering why the gap. events like a beer garden, dances, Association wants to thank the He looked at me quizzically, family gatherings, movies, BBQ’s, following volunteers who made it all shrugged his shoulders, and replied wedding, musical performances, possible: “I don’t know, mate. I guess it’s just stage shows. a Tassie thing.” From this, I take it Barry Calagourie, Dee Palendat, that Tasmania is Australia sThe design has a 32’x 8’ storage and Norm Webster, Bert Kinner, Randy Newfoundland, which means we change room area. Jozwiak, Kris Lashmore, Larry should get along just fine. Mizera, Gord Nehring, Cees You may use the location for your VandenEnden, Jon Quellette, Pat Next Issue: internet or I-Pad as well as meeting Leslie, Jason Cormack, Mike More Tasmanian delights are in Salwack, Gord Kapler, Marlene friends and neighbours. store, as Scott continues his Mizera, Peter van Hal, Glen exploration of Hobart and environs. The Water Valley Community Sturtevant, Erle Wagner, Steve Association received contributions Bekkema, Brad Teigen, Scott Davis, for this from Shell, Government of Ted Palendat, Don van Hal, Jack Ashley Reid Alberta, T.D. Contracting, Boundary Eby, Ria van Hal, Mark Lobitz, Lee them. If you break their focus, Technical Group, Mountain View Bolster, Boom Construction, and, studies indicate that their H&H Norwest Framing personalities become volatile, unreasonable and angry. DO NOT APPROACH - Players of ‘The Game’ are to be at the destination an hour before ‘Game Time’. DO NOT BE LATE FOR BEING EARLY TO THE GAME - Ensure that all required pieces of equipment are accounted for, as any missing piece can result in increased bench time and sulky moods (*See index ‘Triple-check’) - Forego all other winter activities as they are surely not as important. Water Valley Community Association’s permanent SACRIFICE THE IDEA THAT outdoor structure. YOU ONCE HAD A LIFE OUTSIDE THE ARENA. - Accept that you have two families now—‘The Hockey Family’ and ‘The Other Family’ - Brave any and all environmental conditions. Missing ‘The Game’ due to insane, unsafe and impassable roads will not be accepted.
What to do if you find yourself becoming part of ‘The Lifestyle’: - Memorize the menu at Boston Pizza - Sing ‘The Good Old Hockey Game’ at the top of your lungs along with the other ten fans in the immediate area when the music comes on - Know the location of all arenas in your zone
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Bits and Bites from the Vet… By Dr. Heather Van Esch of the Cremona Veterinary Clinic types that can cause significant problems in the horse. These are: ascarids, strongyles, pinworms, bots, and tapeworms. This month, I will discuss ascarids and strongyles, and next month I will talk about the other three. I will try to summarize Equine Deworming the most important aspects of each, but forgive me if it still sounds Recommendations- Part I complicated! If you read horse magazines, talk to Ascarids (roundworms) can other horse owners, or scan the internet about deworming products be a significant problem in young and protocols, you will notice that horses, because of their naïve there are many many choices of (immature) immune systems. This what to use and how often to use type of worm can cause depression, them. In the next few months, I will stunted growth, and potentially fatal try to de-mystify the world of horse colic. Once your horse is over two deworming, and give you some years of age, it will have developed recommendations for strategically immunity to the roundworms that keeping your horses parasite free in will allow the horse to fight them this region of Alberta. off. However, younger horses cannot fight off these worms, and To understand internal parasite they can grow to be as thick as a control, you first have to understand pencil and as long as 6 inches, and the parasites you are trying to be present in alarming numbers in control. What types infect your the digestive tract. The female horse? How prevalent are they? roundworm can produce hundreds of How do they get in your horse? thousands of microscopic eggs per Why are they a problem for your day, each with a thick, sticky shell horse? How can you rid your horse that makes them able to adhere to any surface and resist drying and of them? freezing (for 10 years or longer). There are many types of worms your The eggs come out in a horse’s horse can get, but there are five main manure, stick to blades of grass, hay, A few years ago, I wrote a 3-part series about equine worms and deworming, which I had a lot of good feedback on, so I thought I’d reprint it this fall for those of you that may have missed it.
or even the walls of a stall, and get ingested by a young horse while it eats. The eggs hatch in the small intestine, penetrate the intestinal wall, migrate via the bloodstream to the liver, and then molt into a more mature form of larvae. These then migrate via the bloodstream to the lungs, enter the trachea (windpipe), get coughed up into the mouth, and then get swallowed back down into the small intestine where they can then mature into adult, egg-laying worms. You can easily see that this worm can cause a lot of damage to your young horse as it migrates around its body and accumulates in the adult stages in the intestines. In the migratory phase, some foals will have signs of respiratory disease (fever, coughing, nasal discharge). There are even reports of fatal impaction colic caused by large numbers of these worms in foals. It generally takes about 10-12 weeks between the time an egg is ingested and the resulting worm beginning to lay its own eggs. This means that a foal could potentially have adult roundworms by the time it is only 3 months of age. To avoid this, you must get your foal on a proper deworming schedule at a young age (see recommendations below). Once its immune system matures (around the time it is 2yrs old), your horse can then make antibodies to the larvae that enter the bloodstream, and this enables the mature horse to fight off this worm. For this reason, we do not routinely ‘target’ roundworms with adult deworming programs, although most commercial dewormers used for the other worms in adult horses will very effectively kill any roundworms as well. Strongyles (bloodworms or redworms) are considered the most dangerous worm for any age of horse to have. They are a small worm (adults are 0.5-2 inches in length), but they have a life cycle that can do a lot of damage to your horse, especially if large numbers of the various life stages are present. Strongyle eggs hatch in a fecal pile when the temperature is in the range of 7 and 27 Celsius. There are four larval stages the strongyle goes through before becoming an adult. These larvae are microscopic in size, so you will not be able to see them with the naked eye. After hatching from an egg into an L1 (first stage larvae) in the feces, they must go through two more molts (to an L2 and then L3 stage) while still in the feces before they can actually infect a horse. Freezing is fatal to the eggs, so the eggs can’t hatch in the winter, but if there are already third-stage
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(L3) larvae on the ground where you feed your horses, or in your hay in the winter, these can survive freezing and proceed to infect your horse as they eat. On pasture, the L3 crawls up to the top of a blade of grass, where it is picked up by the horse when it is grazing. They can also ingest them from the soil or from drinking contaminated water. A single dewdrop can contain thousands of L3’s! There are two groups of strongyles: large strongyles (large bloodworms), and small strongyles (cyathostomes). Once ingested, large strongyle larvae leave the intestine and migrate around various body tissues for the next 6-11 months, doing damage as they go. Eventually they return to the gut to mature and lay eggs. The small strongyles do not migrate, but set up shop in the intestines by burrowing into the lining of the large intestine, where a thin, tough capsule (or “cyst”) of scar tissue forms around each worm. These are commonly called “encysted strongyles”. Here, in their protective “bubble”, the larvae undergo further molts into a LL3 (late third stage larva), then a fourth stage larva (L4). The L3 seem to be able to wait for their turn to mature, so if there is a large load of adult worms already in the gut, the L3’s will just shut down and wait for a more opportune moment to develop into L4’s. If the adult population dies off (due to old age, or due to the horse being dewormed), the L4’s emerge, sometimes in huge numbers. Once they emerge, the L4’s mature into adults and begin to lay hundreds of thousands of eggs, which can be observed in the feces (using a microscope). Foals can begin to pick up strongyle eggs as soon as they can nibble at the grass, however, infections accelerate around weaning, when grazing becomes their major source of nutrition. Large strongyle infestations can result in weight loss, fever, lethargy, dull coat, “potbellied” appearance, diarrhea +/or constipation, ulceration in the intestinal tract leading to anemia, peritonitis, and restricted blood flow to the intestines that can cause severe colic. Small strongyle infestations can have more variable signs. You may see diarrhea, loss of appetite, and weight loss at first, as the invasion of the larvae into the intestinal wall can cause inflammation. Later, when the larvae rupture out of their cysts, there can be major bleeding into the intestines, and intense inflammation. This can cause diarrhea, weight loss, weakness and signs of colic. We can Keeping Our Communities Connected!
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Cremona’s First Annual Show and Shine submitted by Heather Van Esch The Cremona/Water Valley and District Chamber of Commerce hosted their first annual Show and Shine in Cremona on Saturday, September 8, 2012. We are very proud to say that this event was a great success for our very first go at it. We had over 150 visiting cars, trucks and motorcycles that were proudly “shown” by their owners along the streets of Cremona. Chamber members, other local residents, the Cremona 4H club, and other area students volunteered, working tirelessly through the day to set up, get everyone registered and parked, keep Cremona clean through the day, serve food, and make the door-prize draws. We lucked out with beautiful weather, and we saw the parking areas on the south side of Railway Avenue fill up with visitors coming to Cremona to check out the event. Local businesses saw a definite jump in sales that day, and we had great feedback about the event from entrants and pedestrian
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traffic alike. Booths were for Chamber available members and local businesses to showcase their goods and services to the large amount of people that came through town that day, and we plan to build on this in future years. We’d like to sincerely thank Clarke Erwin (Owner of Mountain View Car Wash in Cremona, and Cougar Septic), who took the leadership role on this, and the other Chamber members that spent so many hours organizing and promoting this event (particularly Jenny and Colleen from A Little Somthin’ Somthin’ , and Terry and Freddy from Collectiques in Cremona), and we also want to thank everyone that volunteered that day, as well as our many sponsors. I apologize that I don’t have the full list of names of all the volunteers and sponsors at time of this printing, but please watch for it in the county newspaper. Without such a strong volunteer base, and outstanding community spirit, this event would not
have been possible. We are already looking forward to an even bigger and better Show and Shine next year, and want you to mark your calendars for Saturday, September 7, 2013! If you are a local business (storefront, home-based, or mobile) that would like to join the Cremona/Water Valley Chamber of Commerce, please contact our president, Linda Newsome at 403-6372030. Dues are $50/year. We are a group made up of local business owners working together to improve local commerce, and provide friendly support for one another. Joining us is a great way to network with other local businesses, and a few of the many benefits to being a member include a free listing on our website (www.cremonawatervalley.co m), and a discounted rate on the cost of a table at the show and shine next year. Support local businesses and help your own business grow!
NEW HOURS!
Water Valley Library
Wednesday 9-11:30 & 6:30-8:30 Thursday 9-11:30 Saturday 10-1 Closed on long weekends
watervalleylibrary.prl.ab.ca
September Book Club September 19, 7pm
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Water Valley and Cremona Terry Fox Run submitted by Mary Thomson The 32 Annual Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research is set to go on Sunday September 16, 2012 at the Water Valley Community Center. Registration starts at 8:30 am Run from 9 am to 2 pm. Pledge sheets are available at the Water Valley General Store, Cremona Post Office and the Cremona Mountain View Credit Union and at the Run Site. If you participated last year you were probably mailed a pledge sheet already. For those of you wishing to do pledges online you can do so at www.terryfox.org and a new one too is to text terryfox to 45678 and donate $5.00. If you are doing so online our Run site is AB1188 which will be credited to the Water Valley Run. Last year almost 3.6 million dollars
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was raised online so technology is working. Last year we had a fantastic year having raised over $9000.00. The 2012 Run will be our 24th year with a total of $86,777.00 to our credit. The Cremona School is in the 9th year this year and to date have raised $37,692.00. The Water Valley/ Cremona Run has become a family oriented walk as friends and family make a tradition of coming out each year to walk run or ride and continue the goal and dream of Terry Fox to raise funds for Cancer Research. The whole community is involved with donations of food and refreshments, expenses, and signage. The Water Valley EMS truck is on hand for the safety of participants. We have had a variety of weather over the years not
knowing whether it could be snow, rain or hot temperatures when the day arrives but we have never cancelled our Run. One thing I find amazing is the dedication of the Fox family to preserve the integrity and inspire all of our volunteers with their devotion to the cause. Last year as an organizer I received a thank you letter from Rolly Fox and other year’s from Betty, Fred, Darrell, and members of the Fox family. They spend countless hours doing road trips and speaking engagements or workshops for volunteers and fundraising events. Some interesting news from research is the 5 year project for the early lung detection study has 2500 participants started in 2010 which
will receive $ 7million from the Terry Fox Foundation with new technology and research with hopes to reduce mortalilty by 20% with early detection techniques. The Terry Fox Foundation contributes to all Cancer research across Canada. There are so many interesting articles if you check out their website under the terryfox.org information. We invite you to come out and join our Run on Sunday the 16th and bring a friend. We can be a small part of a big movement to work together to carry on the tradition that was inspired by a dream of a brave young man named Terry Fox.
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Bits and Bites from the Vet…continued from pg. 12 control large strongyle infestations with most commercial dewormers, but research has shown that the encysted stages of the small strongyles are very well protected from most of the “older” deworming drugs. The race has been on to find a drug and protocol that can reliably rid horses of ALL stages of small strongyles, not just the adults. Deworming Strategies for Foals: It is very important to discuss your deworming protocol with your veterinarian, especially if you did not start a deworming program for your foal at 2 months of age, as there are serious risks to deworming a foal that has a large infestation of roundworms. If you kill all the worms at once, you can cause an impaction of the dead worms, leading to colic and death. Another consequence is that the foal can react to the dead larvae that have been migrating around, by having an “allergic” reaction to such a high volume of dead “foreign” material in various organs. You also need to be aware that there are some deworming products that aren’t approved for use in foals under 4-6 months of age (for example, Quest and Eqvalan). Starting at 2 months of age, you should begin an appropriate ascarid control program. An example of a safe deworming protocol for a new foal is to give Panacur or Strongid (at appropriate doses for the foal’s body weight) starting at 2 months of age, and repeat the treatment (adjusting for increased body weight) every 2 months until the foal is 6 months old. This ensures that any eggs that have gotten into the system don’t have a chance to mature into egg-laying adults. At 6 months of age, you can start to use either Quest (Moxidectin) or Keeping Our Communities Connected!
Eqvalan (Ivermectin), which are more effective products overall. If using Eqvalan, you can deworm every 2 months, and if using Quest, you can extend your interval a bit longer, to every 3 months (it has a longer duration of effect). If you did not start deworming at 2 months of age, you must speak with your veterinarian about the best way to start your program. We have some safe protocols that can be used for these foals, in order to more slowly kill off the ascarids and prevent impaction and colic. The problem with using Quest or Eqvalan in foals is that they are too good at what they do, and they can kill off too many of the ascarids at once, leading to the serious consequences as mentioned. Always read the label provided with your dewormer to ensure you are using it as per label guidelines. Continue your assault on the ascarids for the above-mentioned intervals, until the foal is 15 months of age. After that, their natural immunity has kicked in and they should be safe from the roundworms. However, you will still need to deworm your now adult horse at regular intervals with appropriate products. We recommend using Quest or QuestPlus every 3 months, or using Eqvalan or Eqvalan Gold every 2 months (based on each product’s duration of effect). That said, there are many other dewormers on the market, and your veterinarian may recommend a different one depending on your specific situation. I will discuss adult deworming protocols in later articles, as well as the concepts of dewormer resistance and the need (or no need?) for rotating your dewormers.
Other methods of prevention: If your horse is kept in a stall or small pen, clean up manure as often as possible to decrease the amount of eggs and larvae they are exposed to. Feed your horses in containers that are off the ground if they are not grazing (using a bale feeder or feed tub, for example). If our horses are grazing on pasture, there is not much you can do except for trying to make sure that any eggs ingested do not mature into more worms that will lay more eggs. Deworming prior to turnout onto a summer pasture can help decrease the load of worm eggs that your horses are releasing onto that pasture. Deworming new herd additions before they are brought onto your farm can also help prevent them from bringing unwanted “guests” to your pastures.
means taking some of your foal or horse’s manure in to your vet regularly to have them assess what your deworming needs really are. Remember that you cannot see the worm eggs with the naked eye. Your vet’s animal health technician has been specially trained to run a test called a “fecal floatation” on the manure where they can look for and identify worm eggs using the microscope. They are able to tell you what type of worms your horse has, and the veterinarian can then strategically deworm your herd based on what species of worms are present, and what ages of horses you have. Contact your veterinarian if you are interested in pursuing strategic deworming rather than timed interval deworming.
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