Vegreville News Advertiser - April 6, 2016

VOL. 69 NO. 14

66 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016

Minister of Health tours St. Joseph’s hospital

Sarah Visits St Joseph’s Hospital. Back: Dr. Dan Edgcumbe, St Joseph’s Hospital Facility Medical Director; Ed Wieclaw, St Joseph’s Community Board Member; MLA Jessica Littlewood; Adam Kozakiewicz, Chair St Joseph’s Community Board/Councillor Town of Vegreville; Carl Ogrodnick, St Joseph’s Community Board Member/Deputy Reeve County of Minburn; Roger Konieczny, Reeve County of Minburn. Front: Tracy Watson, St Joseph’s Unit Manager, Acute Care Services; Taneen Rudyk, St Joseph’s Community Board Member/Councillor Town of Vegreville; Hon. Sarah Hoffman, Minister of Health; Mayor Myron Hayduk.

Joe Machney Reporter On March 31, the Honorable Sarah Hoffman, Deputy Premier and the Minister of Health for Alberta, visited St. Joseph’s hospital to tour the facilities as well as have a meeting with Dr. Dan Edgcumbe, St Joseph’s Hospital Facility Medical Director; Ed Wieclaw, St Joseph’s Community Board Member; MLA Jessica Littlewood; Adam

Kozakiewicz, Chair St Joseph’s Community Board and Councilor for the town of Vegreville; Carl Ogrodnick, St Joseph’s Community Board Member and Deputy Reeve County of Minburn; Roger Konieczny, Reeve County of Minburn; Tracy Watson, St Joseph’s Unit Manager, Acute Care Services; Taneen Rudyk, St Joseph’s Community Board Member and Councilor for BNMSH MTDC SN O@FD 12

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RCMP files from March 24 - March 30 Joe Machney Reporter March 24 00:03 While doing a traffic stop, a member reported a vehicle with a wrong plate, no insurance, no drivers licence and a warrant. He was written tickets, arrested and remanded due to the warrant.

00:09 Report of a house having rocks thrown at it. It appeared to be an ongoing neighbour dispute.

Nothing further was done.

12:08 Report of a dispute between separated parents regarding child visitations. Nothing was police enforceable.

13:12 911 report out in Mundare of a female who has lost control of herself. Members arrived and a female was escorted to the local hospital.

13:35 Report of a hit and run in a local store parking lot. Incident is still under investigation.

14:24 Report of a two vehicle collision. It was likely due to slushy road conditions.

17:15 Report of an abandoned vehicle in Lavoy. Registered vehicle owner was contacted and members were told that the owner will contact the person he lent the vehicle to.

19:40 Report of a robbery from a local hotel. A male entered the hotel and grabbed some money from the till. An altercation with an employee ensued and the man fled the scene. A warrant has been applied for the male and at present is still outstanding.

March 25 11:41 Report of damage to a truck overnight. No suspects identified.

12:45 Report of a two vehicle collision in a parking lot in town. One of the drivers fled the scene. Patrols were made, but the vehicle was not located.

20:21 911 report that somebody was posting things about him on Facebook.

21:02 911 report of a vehicle fire.

Fire department attended and no injury was found. Source was a blown tire and oil or something flammable under the carriage that caused it to light on fire.

March 26 01:50 Report of quads, snowmobiles and motorcycles driving around.

The drivers were located and spoken to about their noise.

21:32 Report of a coyote on the highway that was hit. The coyote was removed from the highway.

March 27 12:07 Member came upon a motor vehicle off the road and confirmed that the driver had a seizure. EMS was notified and the driver was taken to the hospital.

14:01 911 report of an erratic driver.

Members were unable to respond due to higher priority. Fork Sask was made aware of the report.

14:07 911 report of a domestic dispute. Members attended and found that a couple was having a heated argument, but no offence took place.

14:24 911 report of an erratic driver.

Members attended and were unable to locate the vehicle.

15:10 Report of a dangerous driver eastbound on hiway 16. The company that owned the vehicle was contacted.

15:33 911 report of a vehicle driving through a fence off of the hiway.

Members attended and passenger was given a ticket for open liquor.

17:06 Report of four youth, approx.

10 - 14 years old, vandalising the train out in Egg park. Members attended and the youth were gone.

20:26 911 report of an assault.

Members attended and no charges were laid, due to various circumstances.

20:53 911 report of an assault where a female was ejected from the house

and was taken home.

March 28 04:16 Report of a theft from a local convenient store. Members reported that lottery tickets and money from a donation box was stolen.

08:40 Report of a neighbour dispute regarding the parking of a vehicle.

Both were warned about the vehicle and their actions towards each other.

14:22 Anonymous complaint of some property damage. Suspect was intoxicated and had open liquor. He was given a ticket for open liquor, arrested and placed in a holding cell.

17:05 Members stopped a vehicle for cell phone use. Marijuana odour was detected. Driver admitted to having had some. The substance was seized and tickets were issued for cell phone use and failing to produce proof of insurance upon request. Driver was given 24hr driving suspension and the vehicle was towed.

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of a suicidal female. Members attended and the female was transported to the hospital via EMS. 18:41 911 was called by the mother of a 19 year old who had thrown a bunch of items around the house.

Members arrived and the 19 year old was found sitting in a chair with a bottle of vodka and some pills. He claimed to want to hurt himself.

The man was taken to the hospital.

22:24 The Alberta sheriffs conducted a traffic stop for speeding. A class seven driver was stopped and was issued a speeding ticket, an open liquor ticket, failing to produce a driver’s license, a learner driver driving without a supervisor, a 30 day license suspension, and a seven day vehicle seizure.

March 29 14:19 Members were called to a sudden death.

15:13 Report of a mentally unstable female who was throwing things around her parent’s house.

March 30 00:24 Members were conducting a check stop.

Marijuana was detected in a vehicle and after the vehicle was searched, brass knuckles, meth pipe, and pills were all found. It was also learned that the male had an outstanding warrant from Edmonton. Still under investigation.

08:05 A fellow entered the RCMP station and said that he found his bike being ridden by someone else. The accused claimed that the bike was left at Egg park. No charges were laid.

12:43 911 report of a male who appeared to be falling asleep at the wheel. Members located the vehicle, but the driver was not impaired and said that he had dropped his cigarette.

13:39 Report of a stolen vehicle by a female. Police patrolled and were later informed that the vehicle had returned to the house. The owner declined to press charges and said that the female is welcome in their house.

15:19 Call from a male who says that he believes he knows were his tv is.

Member attended and learned that it is not his tv that was previously stolen. Member took no action.

15:57 Report of theft of a hydraulic hoist and some green gate panels in a rural property on range road 140, near township road 534. Still under investigation.

During the week 1 false alarm, 5 false 911 calls, and 58 calls for service were made in total.

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Liberals introduce huge deficit with no plan to create jobs Shannon Stubbs M.P. On March 23, Prime Minister Trudeau and his Liberal Government introduced their first budget that involves massive borrowing, and spending tens of billions of taxpayer dollars. Lakeland Member of Parliament Shannon Stubbs is concerned about tax hikes on hard-working families, workers and job-creating businesses. The reckless Liberal plan simply grows the size of government and will do nothing to actually create much-needed jobs for out of work Albertans.

“When it comes to spending taxpayer money, the Liberals just can’t help themselves,” M.P. Stubbs said. “Their spending spree budget doesn’t have a jobs plan and continues to ignore Canada’s natural resources and agriculture sectors, in addition to farming and rural regions. My constituents have been very clear: they want to get back to work, they don’t just want handouts.”

The 2016 Budget confirms that the Liberals are raising taxes on families, youth and small businesses. Despite spending three times more than promised in borrowed money, they have no plan to help unemployed workers in many sectors across the country, including those in Alberta.

“While Conservatives support some measures in the budget, such as loosening Employment Insurance eligibility for hard-hit regions of the country, this doesn’t help

unemployed workers immediately and it certainly doesn’t help all of them,” M.P. Stubbs said. “Instead of delivering a real plan to create jobs, the Liberals are handing money from one politician to another, raising taxes on businesses, and driving jobs and investment away. Businesses can’t create jobs if the government causes uncertainty and increases costs.

More than 100,000 Canadians from across the country are out of work in the oil and gas industry. Canada’s unemployment rate has increased for three consecutive months, despite the Liberal Government spending billions of dollars during the same time period. Alberta’s unemployment is higher than Quebec’s for the first time in nearly thirty years. In January alone, Alberta lost 22,000 full time jobs.

“The Conservatives left the Liberal Government with a $3 billion surplus. The previous government focused on keeping taxes low and supporting policies that helped create more than a million jobs. Conservatives know how to foster job creation and economic growth: low taxes, free trade and spending taxpayer money responsibly. The Liberals are just passing on years of debt to our future generations. Those aren’t the kinds of ‘decisions for the future’ that this country needs.”

RCMP Ponderings Smile of the

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Name: Ernie Motiuk Occupation: recycling worker Likes: honest people, friendly people Dislikes: cold weather, mosquitoes

Give the kids a brake Sgt. Jerry Nutbrown RCMP Vegreville Over the last number of months the Vegreville Community Peace Officers and RCMP members have been making concerted efforts to patrol the school zones during pick-up and drop-off times. This has been prompted by numerous complaints of vehicles passing school buses and speeding in the school zones. So far during the current school year over 10 drivers have been charged for driving past a school bus when the bus has its driver’s side stop sign displayed and red lights flashing. This charge carries a $543 fine and 6 demerits and warnings are not being issued for this offense.

When only the amber lights are flashing this typically means the bus is slowing and it is a caution to drivers.

During the amber flashing, vehicles are allowed to pass by but need to be aware that the red lights will soon be on.

During the time the red lights are flashing no vehicle is allowed to pass by the bus, in either direction of travel.

The bus drivers are cognizant of the vehicles near them and will switch from amber lights to red lights while giving traffic an opportunity to clear.

Also, do not drop your children off in the school bus zones as this is an unauthorized place to do so and can result in a Violation Ticket being issued to you. The school zones get extremely busy and congested during these times so compliance with all the rules will help ensure the safety of the children as they go to-and-from school.

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Withdrew Money From Your RRSP In 2015?

You Might Have an Unexpected Tax Bill With the economy still uncertain, some Canadians have turned to their Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) as a source of funds. But there could be tax consequences on your 2015 tax return.

Lose your tax shelter: RRSPs are designed to help Canadians save for retirement and provide a tax shelter for the funds. You lose the sheltering benefits when you make a withdrawal.

Withholding may not be enough: When you request a withdrawal from your RRSP, the financial institution is required to withhold a certain percentage of tax based on the amount of the withdrawal: • 10 % (5% in Quebec) on amounts up to and including $5,000 • 20 % (10% in Quebec) on amounts over $5,000 up to and including $15,000 • 30 % (15% in Quebec) on amounts over $15,000 For amounts held in Quebec there will also be provincial tax withheld.

The important thing to note is that the amount withheld at source is not usually sufficient to cover your final tax liability.

Withdrawal is considered income: The money withdrawn from an RRSP is considered income in the tax year it was received. You will have to add it to the other income you earned during the year on your tax return.

Contribution room lost: Once you withdraw money from your RRSP, the contribution room is lost. You cannot replace the funds at a later date.

Withdrawals without penalties: The Home Buyers Plan (HBP) and Lifelong Learning Program (LLP) do allow you to withdraw funds from your RRSP without penalty as long as they are paid back within the appropriate time frames. If the funds are not repaid, they will be considered income.

Partial fire ban in effect for Minburn County Joe Machney Reporter Director of Protector Services and Fire Chief Ross Warren has issued a partial fire ban for the County of Minburn area that will come into effect on April 1. This includes agricultural burning, brush piles, and straw bales.

“At this time we’re going to allow burning barrels and campfires,” Ross said. “We’ll just keep an

eye on the weather conditions. If it continues to get dryer then we’ll probably go to a full fire ban.

If there is a lot of rain, then we’ll lift the ban. No fireworks are allowed at this time.”

Other counties are taking similar actions.

“People can check our website, the county of Minburn website or the Alberta fire ban website.

The Alberta fire ban site tells people where fire bans are in effect throughout the province.”

Should people have any questions, they can get a hold of Chief Ross Warren at 780 208 6434.

The website is: www.albertafirebans.ca.

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FROM THE PAGES OF THE VEGREVILLE OBSERVER

COMPILED BY DAN BEAUDETTE

90 Years Ago – April 7, 1926 A representative gathering of ratepayers attended the public meeting held on Thursday evening to discuss the offer received by the Town Council for the conferring of a franchise for light and power, submitted by E.W. Bowness representing the International Utilities Corporation.

It is stated in press despatches from Edmonton that the committee of the legislature which was supposed to recommend a complete redistribution of the province for election purposes, failed to agree. The result of all their work appears to be that the rural parts are cut off from certain urban constituencies and added to the rural districts adjoining. Otherwise, the provincial electoral divisions remain unchanged.

At the council meeting A.H. Goodwin advanced a plea for the pubic library and some discussion took place. There is a chance that a new building to house the fireproof vaults for the town will be constructed and in that case some provision will probably be made for the public library and a rest room.

75 Years Ago – April 9, 1941 Damage estimated at more than $5,000 was done by fire that broke out in the Roman Catholic Church in Mundare on Monday afternoon. Clergy of the church discovered the fire and after unsuccessfully trying to extinguish it called the town fire brigade. It took an hour of hard fighting to bring the fire under control. The brigade had four lines of hose in play, and assistance was given by 20 high school students who left school in answer to the call. Rear top portion of the building was burnt through completely, and one of the small domes was destroyed. Articles of the church furniture, including pictures and statues were removed safely.

Earl Code announced that the elevator companies were engaged in salvaging scrap iron, etc. for war purposes. The chamber graciously accorded Mr. Code and his associates permission to work as hard as they liked, overtime if necessary, without hope of reward.

Miss Lydia Tomanshewsky has opened up a dressmaking shop in Andrew in the place formerly operated as Krawchuk’s barber shop.

Mrs. R.M. Reid of Vegreville, who is well known in art circles, has received word that three of her paintings have been accepted for hanging at the annual exhibitions of the Canadian Society of Paintings in Water Colors and the Canadian Society of Graphic Art in the art gallery in Toronto.

50 Years Ago – April 7, 1966 An appeal is being made by the United Church Women of Vegreville for clean, used clothing and rags. This may be left in the Church vestibule from April 11th to 16th. Clean, used nylon stockings are still needed, as well.

In the first attempt at chuckwagon racing last year, the Robert’s Furniture entry swept the field to win the Canadian Utilities trophy.

This year was old hat for the boys on the rig, as they outdistanced the other five entries to clock the best time of the meet. The team comprised of Phillip Fedoruk, Curtis Shokopies, Claude Robert, Delmer Matwie, and Alan Robert.

Recent changes in the staff at the local Department of Welfare include the transfer out of Paul Oleniuk and Eileen Gulevich, and the transfer in of Mr. Edmund Corson and Miss Fern Hamenetz.

“This award is in recognition of 10 years service to Scouting,” said District Commissioner Herb Albrecht as he presented Mrs. J.F. Reid with a lapel pin. The occasion was held at the recent meeting of the Vegreville Boy Scout Parent Association, at the Scout Hut.

25 Years Ago – April 2, 1991 The Alberta Environment Centre (AEC) is located west of Vegreville and had been in operation for 10 years. The AEC has five divisions; common services, plant sciences, chemistry, animal sciences and environmental technology. The (AEC) employs approximately 250 people and conducts research on 800 acres of land.

Tariffs on canola and canola products will soon be eliminated as part of an agreement reached by Canada and the US to accelerate tariff reductions under Article 401 of the Free Trade Agreement on approximately $2 billion worth of two-way trade.

A recognition ceremony honoring the first graduates of 19 enrolled in an inservice training program was held on Thursday, March 28, at the Vegreville Health Unit. Home support aides from the County of Beaver in Sonja Laube, Elaine Porisky, Shirley Stensrud and from the County of Two Hills Alice Shank and Marilyn Crosbie. The goal of the training is to assure Albertans of quality care in their homes by offering a standardized training program. The program provides training for the tasks in which a home support aide must be competent in order to do the job. These skills have been defined by the supervisors of home support workers throughout the province.

Letters Welcomed

One role of the Vegreville News Advertiser is to promote dialogue on various issues of concern to area residents. We accomplish this by welcoming Letters to the Editor and allowing various issues to be debated through our pages. All letters must contain the writer’s name, address and phone number. Anonymous letters will not be printed, however the writer’s name may be withheld from publication in special circumstances deemed appropriate by the Publisher.

The Vegreville News Advertiser reserves the right to edit letters for length, clarity, spelling and grammar, taste or for reasons of potential libel. The Vegreville News Advertiser reserves the right to withhold letters from publication.

Europe’s migrant crisis Gwynne Dyer Early next week (April 4), the deal made between the European Union and Turkey to stem the f lood of refugees into the EU goes into effect. It will promptly blow up in everybody’s face, for three reasons.

First problem: the EU won’t be able to “process” the arriving migrants as fast as new ones arrive.

Migrants are arriving on the Greek islands of Chios and Lesbos at the rate of almost 2,000 per day, and as the weather improves even larger numbers will attempt the short sea crossing from Turkey.

Up to now the migrants have quickly been moved on to the mainland of Greece, but the Turkish-EU deal means that new arrivals will now pile up on the islands in detention camps while awaiting a decision on their asylum claims. Living conditions will become intolerable and there will be protests, some of them violent.

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problem: within one or two weeks the time will come for the first rejected asylum claimants to be sent back to Turkey. It will require physical force to get some of them on the planes or boats that will take them back – enough force that there will be real casualties.

Third problem: by June, as part of this deal, Turkish citizens will have the right to visa-free travel to the European Union. Around one-fifth of Turkey’s population, some 15-20 million people, are Kurds. Since last summer, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, having broken a twoyear ceasefire with the separatists of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), has been waging a pitiless war against them in the towns and cities of the southeast.

Some parts of Kurdish-majority cities in Turkey now resemble the war-ravaged cities of Syria. The Kurds, as Turkish citizens, will be able to enter most EU countries not as refugees but as tourists – and it would be very surprising if several million of them do not avail themselves of the opportunity.

The goal behind this weirdly dysfunctional deal was twofold: to cut the total number of migrants drastically, and to end the deaths that happen during the sea crossing: 460 drownings out of the 143,000 who tried to cross so far this year. But it simply will

not work.

The only way to really seal a frontier is to kill people who try to cross it illegally. After first few hundred deaths most people get the message and stop trying. But the EU isn’t ready to do that yet – so how can it discourage migrants from making the crossing?

What if we ship most of them back to Turkey, but promise to take one legitimate Syrian refugee out of the camps in Turkey for every Syrian we send back? The Turks will go along with it if we give them $6.6 billion, and allow visa-free travel to the EU for Turkish citizens. The deal is winwin all round.

But there are around 2.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, and most of them are not even in camps. If they have a good legal claim for asylum, why should they wait in the queue? And if they are not Syrian – Iraqis or Afghans or Africans – where is their incentive not to get in a boat and try their luck?

The EU has not yet deployed the ultimate argument: that refugees are already safe in Turkey, a country that is still technically a democracy with the rule of law, and therefore have no right to go asylum-shopping in greener pastures elsewhere. But after this new deal collapses, it will almost certainly come to that in the end.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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World Health Day focuses on diabetes and encourages taking charge to live well Randi Gill This year, World Health Day on April 7 will focus on diabetes and its global impact.

In Canada, diabetes has reached epidemic proportions—with an estimated 11 million people living with diabetes or prediabetes. Another Canadian is diagnosed with diabetes every three minutes.

Diabetes increases a person’s risk for many serious complications such as heart attack, stroke, kidney failure leading to dialysis, and blindness. Nevertheless, for many people it is possible to live a healthy, full life with diabetes.

“People with diabetes play a critical role in ensuring the best health outcomes with the disease. Working closely with their health-care team, they manage blood sugar levels, foot care, eye care, physical activity and healthy eating,” says Dr. Jan Hux, chief science officer at the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA). “Self-management is the cornerstone of diabetes care and people affected by it need the knowledge and skills to properly manage diabetes.”

Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 19 years old, Tammy Norris, 52, a self-employed property leasing agent from Red Deer, Alta. explains how diabetes has impacted her life and why daily management of her diabetes is essential to her health. One of the challenges she experienced when diagnosed was trying to figure out what she could and could not eat and in general all the dos and don’ts of the disease. From her experiences, she learned that you can manage your diabetes with a positive attitude.

As an active mother of two daughters and an active nana of four grandchildren, Tammy uses a combination of insulin, physical activity and diet to manage her diabetes.

“To live the very best life that I can live and maintain good health, I check my blood glucose levels and take good care of my skin and feet,” says Tammy. “You need to manage your disease and not let the disease manage you.”

According to the CDA’s Report on Diabetes: Driving Change, access to diabetes education is vital for learning more about nutrition, physical activity, blood sugar monitoring, medication and ways to make even little changes that can lead to success.

“World Health Day to me means a day to acknowledge diabetes and know that you can still have a full and wonderful life with the disease,” adds Tammy.

Some tips to keep on top of your diabetes include: taking action to learn as much as possible and using diabetes programs and services when needed; setting your targets and goals to maintain optimal average (A1C) and daily blood sugar levels; performing self-checks for foot problems; and scheduling regular eye exams.

The main types of diabetes are: Type 1 – occurs when the body is unable to produce insulin, a hormone that controls the level of sugar in the blood. The cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown and it is not preventable. It most commonly begins in childhood and occurs when a person’s immune system destroys the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. It is found in five to 10 per cent of Canadians with diabetes.

Type 2 – occurs when the pancreas either cannot effectively use or produce enough insulin. The causes of type 2 diabetes can be genetic, behavioural and/or environmental. It usually develops in adulthood, although more children and adolescents are being diagnosed. It is found in approximately 90 per cent of Canadians living with diabetes.

Prediabetes – occurs when an individual’s blood sugar levels are elevated, but not yet high enough to be type 2 diabetes. About half of those with prediabetes will develop type 2 diabetes.

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Living Last Supper The choir members’ voices really uplifted the production of the Living Last Supper at Vegreville United Church on March 22.

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Sixth annual Living Last Supper show captures the Easter spirit Cast members represent Jesus with his 12 disciples at the Living Last Supper at Vegreville United Church on March 22.

Rosanne Fortier

The true Easter spirit is always captured by the Vegreville United Church’s Living Last Supper production. On March 22, for the sixth year, cast members portrayed a visually flawless reproduction of the feeling, expressions and words from Jesus’ 12 disciples as they recreated the characters of Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting. Beautiful music supplemented the performances at this dramatic musical experience for Holy Week by Ruth Elaine Schram.

Coach Terry Kubin said that each of the disciples had a short monologue based on scripture where the men asked if they were the one who betrayed Jesus.

The musical selections that are dispensed throughout the program are to underscore the biblical truths presented by the disciples.

Extra energy was added when Judas ran away, perhaps to escape the shame he felt for betraying Jesus.

At the close of the production, Ann Thompson said, “The disciples were ordinary individuals who were works in progress like we all are. But God’s will is perfect, even if it is difficult to understand. We are to continue God’s mission by loving one another and continuing to pass on the good news of the Messiah.”

After the performance the actors went to the auditorium for refreshments and to meet the cast and crew.

“I enjoy this experience a lot; I get to meet a lot of church members on a more personal basis and get to meet people from other churches who come in to fill in the vacant spots for the cast and crew. It’s a good thing to have for the community and everyone all around,” Peter Thompson said, who took on the role of Judus for about three years but in the last few years has portrayed Jesus. “When I was Judus, I tried to capture the raw emotions and had to switch and put my best heart forward and try to put myself into the mood of this disciple. With being Jesus, I had to do a lot of movements like bend over and talk to my disciples on the left and right and hold my hands up, it’s a very emotional performance for everyone involved; it helps me to see what Jesus went through and brings alive the scripture and the bible, even if I’m just acting and I’m not the real man. I believe everyone gets a lot out of this production; the crew who come and help dress us and set up things, the people who help print-out the pamphlets, the other cast members and the people who come to see it get a good feeling for the Christian faith in a spiritual sense.”

William Rowe who was in the choir for the Living Last Supper said that the United Church invited citizens from other churches to sing at this performance. “We have to practice quite a bit for this event. The first time I sang for this event, I thought it was a fantastic experience. Now I am more used to it but it still really gets me into the mood for Holy Week. My wife and I are originally from Liverpool and we always enjoyed singing and it’s a natural thing for us to do this in church.”

Mrs. Val Rowe said she always looks forward to singing for the Living Last Supper. “It’s an amazing feeling to be able to sing for this performance. I have a chance to relive the whole experience of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. It puts a person in that moment and how it was on that night. It’s moving for everyone who is a part of it.”

The cast included: Simon Peter, played by Derek Fox, Andrew, Peter’s brother: Theodore Nawrot, James the Lesser: Wayne Tuck, James, the son of Zebedee: George Barclay, Matthew, the Pulician: Dr. Tim Nawrot, Simon, the Zealot: Vern Dyer, Bartholomeu/Nathanael: Blaine Woodall, Philip: Dean Hamilton, John, Thaddaeus: Harley Fried, John, James’ brother: Fred Duckett, Thomas, the Doubter: Bob Paul, Judas: Dee Henderson, Jesus: Dr. Peter Thompson.

The committee consisted of: Coach Terry Kubin, Accompanist: Viola Braun-Fox, Costumes: Terry Kubin and Geri Tuck, Props: Joyce Ziegler, Sound: Bob Carter, Make-up: Viola Braun-Fox, Advertising: Holly Cependa, Program: Ann Thompson, Music: Senior Choir, United Church and other volunteers, Refreshments: Pat Stewart, Pat Buchler, and Geri Tuck.

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Largest annual progressive politics conference kicks off with call to bring fair voting system to Canada Ed Broadbent warns 1,000 progressives of dangers of getting electoral reform wrong OTTAWA — Broadbent Institute founder Ed Broadbent on Friday kicked off the country’s flagship progressive policy conference with a call for progres-

sives to make sure the next election is held under a proportional voting system.

Speaking to 1,000 people at the sold out conference, Broadbent called on delegates to seize this “once-ina-generation opportunity for progressive change, an opportunity to ensure we have a fair voting system in which every voter counts, in which every citizen has a real opportunity to elect a candidate according to his or her values.

“Our current, terribly flawed system doesn’t achieve this. And one of the other suggestions on offer -- socalled ranked ballots -- would be even worse than what we have. Simply put, ranked ballots in a federal election would be like first-past-the-post on steroids – even larger false majorities, results even more outrageously torqued and even more unrepresentative of the popular will,” said Broadbent, part of a lineup of leading thinkers, policy experts and organizers on stage over the next two days at Progress Summit 2016.

The Liberal government has promised the 2015 election would be the last one conducted under a firstpast-the-post system and has committed to introducing electoral reform legislation by next April. The 2016 federal budget sets aside $10.7 million to consult

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Canadians on voting reform to compliment the work of a Parliamentary committee.

Progress Summit speakers on Friday include feminist icon Gloria Steinem, New Republic Senior Editor Jeet Heer, Federation of Canadian Municipalities CEO Brock Carlton, A lberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips, federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Barack Obama ad maker John Del Cecato, Guardian columnist Owen Jones, Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath, and CNN political commentator Sally Kohn.

Saturday’s lineup includes a debate on proportional representation with Postmedia News columnist Andrew Coyne and Alex Himelfarb, the former clerk of the Privy Council (arguing for), up against Conservative MP Michelle Rempel and Tasha Kheiriddin, National Post and iPolitics columnist (arguing against).

France’s former Justice Minister, Christiane Taubira, will also be speaking on Saturday.

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January over a dispute over the government’s anti-terror policy.

World renowned economist James Galbraith and BC NDP leader John Horgan are also speaking on Saturday.

The event began Thursday with a training day led by Sara El-Amine, the Executive Director of Organizing for Action, Barack Obama’s grassroots organizing movement.

The full schedule and list of speakers are available at http://www. broadbentinstitute.ca/summit2016.

Panels on the main stage are being live-streamed.

-30For more information, please contact Caitlin Kealey, Progress Summit 2016 media coordinator, media@mediastyle.ca or 613-8187956.

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Korean curling comes to Mundare

Team Korea ready to throw a rock

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Free workshop can help parents make mealtimes easier Heather Kipling AHS Communications Parents of young children who may be facing challenges with young picky eaters can learn valuable strategies and tips for making mealtimes happy times for the whole family through a free workshop offered by Alberta Health Services.

Led by a Registered Dietitian and a pediatric Occupational Therapist, the Goodbye Mealtime Struggles workshop helps parents learn how to overcome mealtime conflicts with children from six months to five years old.

Over the course of the two hour workshop, discussions focus on the growing and developing eating skills of children, exploring the reasons behind mealtime struggles, the importance of setting a consistent mealtime routine, portion sizes and how to introduce healthy new foods.

Parents will learn a number of strategies to take at their own dinner tables and will also have the opportunity to connect with other parents facing similar mealtime struggles.

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Overview of Alberta Crops Canadian crop prices in general have been supported by the weak Canadian dollar relative to the United States (US), although lately that support has been waning with the rebound in the Canadian dollar. “How this translates for Alberta producers right now is lacklustre milling wheat and oat prices, and steady canola prices,” says Neil Blue, provincial crop market analyst, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. “But on the flip side, we’ve got strong malting barley prices; durum leading hard red spring; and

high and record prices for yellow peas, lentils, and mustard.”

Milling wheat prices have rebounded from the early March lows, but are still mediocre due to current large world supply and strong competition among exporters. There is potential for some price improvement this year due to lower production expected from India and Ukraine, economic discouragement of wheat production, and increased wheat demand.

Durum prices have been commanding a premium to hard red spring prices, but backed off somewhat during the winter to around $1/bushel over hard red spring prices. The current outlook is for the durum price premium over hard red to erode further into next fall.

Oat prices have been steady during the winter, cushioned from the low US oat prices by the weak Canadian dollar. Deferred milling oat prices are at or just under $3/bushel. Canadian

oat acreage is likely to drop somewhat due to competition from other crops, and oat prices are expected to be near steady.

Malting barley prices have had a $2/bushel premium over feed barley for much of the winter, and malting barley prices remain strong. Maltsters are already heavily booked with producers for new crop production contracts. Feed barley prices have traded in a narrow range, with temporary price improvement when a flurry of buying occurs. With limited availability of hay, more grain was likely used this winter with straw for beef cow rations. An offset to that, however, is that the mild winter reduced the feed requirements for cattle. Barley acreage may increase slightly, and feed barley prices may weaken somewhat into next fall.

Yellow pea, lentil, and mustard prices have been high or record high this winter. New crop prices are lower than current bids in anticipation of larger acreage and higher production of these crops. In India, the stormy weather of late may have damaged a significant portion of their Rabi season crop, which may mean a continuation of strong prices for yellow peas,

chickpeas, and lentils. Green pea prices have been flat compared to the yellows, and price improvement for greens may just need more time.

Mustard prices may moderate into next fall, but remain relatively high.

Canola prices eroded during the New Year, with cash prices moving below the $10/bushel level for a brief period before rebounding in March.

Both canola exports and domestic crushing volumes are well above last year’s levels. If world vegetable oil prices continue to firm, it will help canola prices into the spring and summer. However, the record South American soybean crop being harvested will be a negative factor for oilseed markets to absorb. The 2016 canola acreage in Canada will again approach the 21 million acre level.

Due to ample supplies of most crops in the world, significant price rallies will require serious and sustained crop threats during this growing season in the northern hemisphere. So what does this mean for Albertans?

“As we move into the growing season, price volatility is likely part of the equation, but this may translate into pricing opportunities for both old and new crop.”

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Deferred Grazing for a Dry Spring Pasture recovery is an important topic for Alberta producers on the heels of last year’s dry conditions, particularly given this year’s poor snow cover in the central and southern regions of Alberta. “If we have a dry spring, producers will need to balance potential feed shortages with the need to protect their recovering pastures” says Karin Lindquist, forage/ beef specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

Pasture quality is key to maximizing the grazing season, so don’t get in a rush to get your cows on the greening-up pasture. “Typically, animals should not begin grazing until pasture forages are at least eight to 12 inches tall, or at the four or five-leaf stage, which is usually in mid-May for northern Alberta, and mid to late-April for southern Alberta.”

Early grazing can set the pasture back several weeks or months, and nutrient quality is lacking, “when cattle are consuming plants at emergence, they are getting 90 to 95 per cent water rather than essential nutrients like energy and protein” says Lindquist.

So what’s the science behind deferring spring grazing? “Plants use energy stored in their roots to begin growth, and do not start generating their own energy with their leaves through photosynthesis until they are at the second to third-leaf stage” says Lindquist. However, nutrients from the roots continue to be used for growth by the plant until after the plant reaches the fourth or fifth leaf stage.

“After that, energy is primarily produced from the leaves via photosynthesis, and extra energy is stored in the roots,” says Lindquist.

The recovery time will ultimately maximize or extend available grazing days: “The rule we use is this: if producers are looking to extend grazing into the fall, for every day early they put their cattle out to graze in the spring, they may have three less days to graze in the fall.”

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While other children around Myrnam were enjoying the warm weather and long Easter break, three brave children took some time to understand one of the great lessons in life, giving to others.

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While other children around Myrnam were enjoying the warm weather and long Easter break, three brave youngsters took some time to understand one of the great lessons in life, giving to others. They spent months growing their hair so that it would be the required length to be cut and used for wigs for patients who have cancer and need wigs due to the cancer treatment that they went through.

These three kids, Hudson Machney, Lukas Myshaniuk and Lukas Dubelt spent a sunny afternoon at Deena Machney’s hair salon having their long locks cut and bound together so that they could be sent to a wig maker.

“This kind of all started as a joke with Hudson and Lukas. A few of us joked about it because their hair was getting long and then we took it real serious when Lukas Myshaniuk was serious about it and then Hudson began to take it seriously as well.

After that they just decided that they were going to grow it out and it just so happened that they made it to the end of the hockey season and decided to cut it off. I don’t know how Lukas Dubelt got hooked on

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wanting to do to his, but I only found out right before Lukas and Hudson were ready to cut theirs. So then all three kids were wanting to cut and donate their hair for wigs for cancer patients,” Deena Machney said. “Different people have had cancer and lost

Locks of hair bound together and ready to be sent off to make a wig for a cancer patient.

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their hair and I know the impact that it can have on a person to lose their hair as well as how much it costs to make a wig. Awhile back there was a slogan “blood, it’s in you to give,” and I think that carried over to the hair slogan, “share your hair.”

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Saskatoon rightly backs down on anti-bullying bylaw Troy Media On March 21 of this year good sense prevailed as Saskatoon City Council sent a controversial proposed anti-bullying bylaw back for review. Legislation of this sort is an ineffective solution to a complicated problem.

It should be no surprise when elected officials try to solve problems with new legislation. After all, that’s the most common response to all social problems in our day and age.

Perhaps little has changed since Biblical times when people cried out for a king to rule over them. More authority and less freedom can be an attractive answer.

And that’s the problem. Legislation of this variety forces us to sacrifice our right to freedom of expression for the chance that some good might

come of it. It’s a trade off, and it’s too high a price to pay, especially when there are less costly options available.

City officials touted their bylaw as carefully considered. And upon reading, it is obvious that efforts were made to avoid the same mistakes that plague other similar prohibitions from elsewhere in Canada.

Yet even if a court were to uphold Saskatoon’s bylaw as a justifiable restriction on freedom of expression, the question remains - is it wise to enact this bylaw?

The bylaw would make bullying or aiding and abetting in bullying illegal in any place that the public has access to, including schools, buses, sports fields, and privately owned restaurants. The first offence can result in a fine of up to $300 and subsequent offences in fines of up to $2,500.

The devil is in the details. The bylaw defines bullying as “unprovoked, repeated and inappropriate comment or conduct,” that results in, “harm, fear or physical or psychological distress to another person . . .”

The bylaw then lists three categories of behavior that are illegal if

done intentionally or recklessly to cause harm to another. The first category prohibits speech like name calling, insulting, and mocking. The second bans physical acts like kicking, pushing, and pinching. And the last category disallows social behaviors like shunning, excluding, and gossiping.

Some of what this bylaw prohibits is uncontroversial: for example, intentionally and repeatedly inflicting an unprovoked physical harm on another. But it gets trickier when someone recklessly causes another to feel fear due to an insult. “Fear” is an emotional term that reflects a subjective mental state. Such terms make enforcement nearly impossible.

How should someone feel when insulted? At what point does psychological distress become illegal? Who decides when a reckless comment crosses the line and becomes inappropriate? Consider that an ongoing disagreement on a religious topic could be perceived as inappropriate mockery causing psychological distress. This demonstrates the irremediable flaw inherent in all legislation relying on vague emotional terms to define liability. And as a result, Saskatoon’s bylaw must inevitably function as a proxy for the personal views of those enforcing it.

Defenders of the bylaw may respond that bullying has to be both unprovoked and repeated. What makes bullying wrong is a pattern of unmerited harmful behavior.

But why “unprovoked?” Must bullying have no antecedent causes?

Surely a provoked bully is nevertheless a bully.

What about “repeated?” Repeated to whom? There is nothing in the

bylaw saying “repeated” means habitually brought against a single victim. Insulting 30 individuals discretely on 30 occasions equally violates this bylaw.

Further, there is a real problem of manipulation. This bylaw provides a means to make spurious complaints against those you dislike. It’s easy to conceive of circumstances where an individual or group conspires to complain about an unpopular peer.

If such false victims claim to have suffered purely emotional harms, how is it possible to sort out the truth? Ironically, this bylaw could be used by surreptitious bullies to dominate their victims.

And if you believe we should trust enforcement to sort through these issues, a single word should give you pause: Martensville.

So what’s the answer then? Ironically, the bylaw itself contains the answer - persuasion.

Under the heading “principles and purposes”, the bylaw makes mention of the Saskatchewan government’s plan to alleviate the harms of bullying with awareness campaigns, prevention and reporting strategies, and educational initiatives. The bylaw also mentions that parents have a role to play by recognizing, addressing, and preventing bullying.

That is the best answer. Persuade people of the problem and provide them with reasonable solutions to prevent bullying, instead of punishment once the harm has been done.

Look, we live in an imperfect world.

I’m convinced that bullying is a real problem. But is restricting freedom of expression and issuing fines the best solution? I’m equally convinced that it’s not.

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AUMA encouraged by Federal Budget investment into infrastructure David Johnson, Sr. Director, Communications & Marketing Alberta’s urban municipalities are heartened by the federal government’s commitment to long term infrastructure funding which spans transit, water and waste water, climate change, affordable housing and broadband.

“Municipalities have shovel ready and shovel worthy projects that will support Alberta’s economic growth, environmental stewardship and wellbeing of our citizens” says AUMA President Lisa Homes. “The federal commitment will enable prudent planning of priority infrastructure needs, while creating much needed jobs,” said Holmes.

AUMA appreciates that the government has increased its share of transit and water and wastewater funding to 50 per cent and hopes the province will be equally receptive to making a signif icant contribution in the upcoming provincial budget. In addition to the federal commitment to affordable housing, AUMA is call-

ing on the province to reinstate its grant in lieu of taxes on social housing and to consider inclusionary zoning to increase the supply of affordable housing.

Alberta’s $347 million for transit will help many urban areas deal with traffic congestion and reduce GhGs. As well, municipalities welcomed the federal $250 million investment in water and wastewater funding which will enable much needed upgrades to aging infrastructure.

The provision of affordable broadband for all Alberta’s municipalities continues to be a priority for AUMA. “We appreciate the federal investment in broadband,” said Holmes “This is a significant barrier to the economic growth and connectivity in small communities across Alberta.

We have urged the federal and

provincial governments to work with AUMA to organize a symposium where practical solutions can be developed by our respective orders of government and with industry.”

AUMA looks forward to working with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities which was allocat-

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Champions of 2016 Vegreville Ladies’ Bonspiel

Winners from Heather Curling Club B Event sponsored by Hair Fantasies. Ellen Essery presents first place winners (Back row from left to right) Jane Tennant, Kathy Whiteride,Valerie Schell, Jessica Kotelko.

(Second place in front row from left to right) Joanne Veldkamp, Sharla Eldridge, Annette Schieck, Peggy Lobay. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Winners from Heather Curling Club A Event sponsored by Fisher Chiropractic Centre. Pat Ferleyko, President presents first place (standing in back row from left to right) Janice Hantiuk, Karen Anderson, Fiona Ferguson, Kathy Eyben. (Second place in front row from left to right) Shirley Rubuliak, Grace Ronald, Deb Febrouski, Renee Senko. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

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Two Hills curling bonspiel gathers 56 teams Joe Machney Reporter When the Two Hills curling area burned down on April 2, 2013, the people of the community demanded that curling must live on and at the beginning of April three years ago, a bonspiel that gathered over 48 teams in the first year began.

Teams came from all over the province to participate and to raise extra money for the new curling rink. With all of the interest in the bonspiel this year the number of teams went up to 56. Curling started on Wednesday night, continued to Thursday night, Friday night, and went all day on Saturday as well. On Saturday a banquet was held that was catered by Donna Lopaschuk, a local caterer in the Two Hills area.

After the supper there was a dance which gave the players a chance to do even more socializing. A silent and live auction followed after the dance. The bonspiel wrapped up on Sunday in the evening. With the new curling ring still being built, the bonspiel was held at the skating rink next door.

The local swimming pool manned the concession booth throughout the tournament.

“It’s a fun spiel for everybody to come out and have a good time,” Jeremy Ewanishen, the Two Hills curling club President said. “It’s a nice homecoming for people who have roots in Two Hills. This year we had ten new teams come out. We are going to do this bonspiel for one more year yet, but that is still in the planning stages.”

“It was a lot of fun. It was good ice and I’m really excited for the ice next year in the new rink,” ‘A’ finalist winner Kendall Warawa said. “It was extra special that I had my family out to play with me and I got a shop vac out of it!”

The final score for the game for the A event was 5 to 2. For the B event it was 8 to 2 and the C game ended with a score of 3 to 1.

A event winners: Vice President,Two Hills Curling Club, Kevin Taschuk presenting to: First in first event from Two Hills. Seated: skip, Kendall Warawa, 3rd, Wyatt Warawa, 2nd, Sharla Warawa, lead, Sam Kuchera. Second in first event from St. Paul. Standing: skip, Todd Wowk, 3rd, Sheldon Kitt, 2nd, Scott Kitt, lead, Shaina Lee.

B event winners: Presenting, President, Two Hills Curling Club, Jeremy Ewanishan to: First in Second event from Two Hills. Seated: skip, Les Geier, 3rd,Yolande Williams, 2nd, Barry Williams, lead, Linda Crilly. Second in second event from Edmonton. Standing: skip, Curtis Soprovich, 3rd, Brittany Zelmer, 2nd, Alison Soprovich, lead, Nathan Zelmer.

C event winners: Presenting, President, Two Hills Curling Club, Jeremy Ewanishan to: First in Third event from Edmonton. Seated: skip, Cody Rudkowsky, 3rd, Colin Euchuk, 2nd, Calvin Euchuk, lead, Les Dowhaluk. Second in Third event from St. Paul. Standing: skip, Darren Culhem, 3rd, Gerry Jean, 2nd, Brian Pederson, lead,Vern Corpan.

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Ask the Guys Dear Classified Guys, Last spring my wife and I moved into a picturesque farmhouse. I was convinced we had the perfect home until I got the electric heating bill from the past winter.

Ouch! When I bought the house, the previous owners suggested I use the wood-burning stove, but I thought it was mostly for decoration. Guess not! So in an effort to stock up early this year, I went looking for firewood, but what kind? How much?

Please help. I'm not sure how to "light a fire" under this project?

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common among people who get their first electric heating bill. We call it the "electric shock"!

Cash: As you may know, wood is typically sold by the cord. A cord measures 128 cubic feet or commonly a stack of wood 4' high, 8' long and 4' wide. Logs can vary in length from 12 to 24 inches long.

The size you choose depends on what will fit into your wood-burning stove.

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ceeded to spend the fall season cutting the wood.

Cash: We were afraid to visit for a few months for fear of being put to work.

Carry: Without knowing the size of your home or how well it's insulated, it is difficult to determine exactly how much wood you need.

Typically, a cord of wood will last a few months if you burn for about 34 hours every night.

Cash: The best kind of wood to purchase is a type of hardwood.

Hardwood will burn longer and cleaner than other softer woods.

That means you'll be loading up the fireplace a lot less often.

Carry: Among the hardwoods you can look for are oak, hard

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Cash: Since you'll be using this wood in a few months, make sure anything you purchase is well seasoned or "ready to burn". That means it has been drying for at least six months to a year. You can tell if wood is seasoned by looking for cracks on the end or by knocking two pieces together. Well-seasoned logs make a sharp ringing sound.

Carry: Your wood-burning stove can make a big difference to your heating bill. And with the money you save, who knows, maybe you can buy yourself another one for decoration!

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The amount of firewood in a cord depends greatly upon how tightly it is stacked. In fact, every time firewood is piled, it can gain or lose 10% of its volume. Therefore, the legal measurement of a cord for sale is determined by the first stacking.

If a dealer stacks inventory at the delivery yard, then this is considered the first stack. However, if logs are delivered loose and you stack them, then that is considered the first stack. In either case, be sure you get the amount you purchased.

My husband is quite the prankster. After getting our last winter heating bill, we decided to install a wood-burning stove in our living room. Of course, my husband waited until I had an old friend visiting before he started the installation.

As my girlfriend and I were sitting in the kitchen, my husband went by with the wood stove on a hand truck. "Don't mind me," he said. "I'm just going to install this in our master bedroom."

"Wait a minute," I said. "Why are you putting it in the bedroom?"

Trying to embarrass me, he replied, "Well, you said you wanted to heat things up in there!"

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Newer Home – 3 bdrm, 2 bath, upstairs laundry, full basement, big yard, January 1, 2016 $1300.00 Phone 780658-2221

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For Sale: Registered yearling red angus bulls.

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Garage, $1300/mo plus utilities. Phone or text 780-6030915

6 cow/calf pairs from closed herd. Calves born February/ March. Phone 780-886-0348 For Sale: yearling Red Angus Bulls. Phone 780336-4061. cell 780-3900075 Polled Limousin Bulls For Sale. Yearlings & 2 year olds.

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Phone 780-632-7433 LAKEFORD Polled Hereford and Red Angus Bulls for Sale. Semen Tested and Ready to Work for You! Dan 780-385-5125 Dave 780-385-2226

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MACHINERY JD 930R 30ft. straight cut Rigid Header w/transport, very good shape. Newer knife. New jack and tires on transport. Header comes off 9600 combine, $8000 PH: 780-243-2656

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Case IH 595 Manure Spreader. Good shape.

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For Sale: NRC Seed Treater stainless steel auger hopper style. Fits a 6” or 8” auger and 50 gal. portable take and electric pump. Easy to calibrate, 20 Bus. a minute, 2 years old purchased from Viterra, $2500.00, can send pictures. Ranfurly PH 780632-9899

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the Town of Vegreville; and Vegreville Mayor Myron Hayduk.

“This was a productive visit and a great opportunity to see firsthand the facility that I read reports about.

I really enjoyed it, it was a good experience,” Hoffman said.

“The meeting itself was really productive. There were a lot of different stake holders at the table and we all had a good opportunity to get to know each other and what our hopes are. Many of the individuals themselves have been patients of the hospital in the past, so it was great to have a chance to talk to them about the good resources that they have available to the community of Vegreville,” Hoffman continued.

“They also spoke about their hopes that some of the resources that patients currently have to travel to Edmonton to receive might be introduced to St. Joseph’s to increase access to better health services to people who live in the area and surCARD OF THANKS BARON To all friends and family of Bill Baron.

It is difficult to find words to express how thankful we are for the expression of love to our family during this truly difficult time. We are very grateful for the friendship and support of all who lent a helping hand. We very much appreciate all the beautiful flowers that were purchased, the prepared food that made it to the house, all of the generous donations that were made to Stars Air Ambulance, and as being there to attend the memorial and show your respects. Thank-you to all of the community supporters of Barons No Frills. The name may now change, but in hopes the community impact of the business will not. We express our sincerest appreciation for the thoughtfulness presented to us and love we have been given during our time of bereavement.

“Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sat quietly in a chair.

Perhaps you sent those beautiful flowers, that we saw sitting there.

Perhaps you spoke the kindest words, as any friend could say.

Perhaps you were not there at all, just thought of us that day.

Whatever you did to console our hearts we thank you so much for whatever part.”

Warm Regards, Marianne & Family

For Sale or Rent: 5000 sq ft shop. Potential for retail space (2000 sq ft.) with remainder for storage. 1 and ½ bathrooms, shelving rack system. Call 780-632-1049 for more information

rounding county. For example, when we did the tour we saw the dialysis unit, which is a fantastic resource, because no one wants to be on the highway longer than necessary. They were talking about their hopes to expand the cancer care as well and where they are in that application process.”

In respects to the appearance of the hospital, “It was also really nice to see the new art installation in the entry way that honors the sisters that were the first healthcare providers in the community and also the journey that has brought the hospital to where it is today. It was nice to hear the story about the seven doctors that were working there at that time,” Hoffman concluded.

1993 Chev 4x4 Ext Cab. For parts. $650. 780-922-5999 2002 GMC 4x4 HD ¾ ton Service Truck 340k $3500 780-922-5999

1999 Chev Silverado 3/4T, 4x4. Good for farm. $1500.

Phone 780-994-3005 2004 Dodge Ram 4x4. Body damage. Farm truck. $1800.

Phone 780-994-3005 New, complete, exhaust system, fits GMC, Chev, crewcabs. $ 600.00.

Phone 780-632-9689 2001 Dodge Cummins Diesel. Sport, RWD, automatic. 196,000K, $11,500.

PH: 780-994-3005 2001 Dodge ½ ton, 4 x 4, Ext cab, 4 door, 270,000km, most km are Hwy, nice shape, good tires, Remote Start, PH: 780-632-9835 Offers

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MEMORIAM

OBITUARY

SUCHY In loving memory of Rita Marie Cecile Suchy January 28, 1959 – April 13, 2013 I thought of you today, But that is nothing new.

I thought about you yesterday And days before that too.

I think of you in silence, I often speak your name.

All I have are memories And your picture in a frame.

Your memory is a keepsake From which I’ll never part.

God has you in His loving arms, I have you in my heart.

Love, Otto, Michael, Nicole, Cheyenne, Reece Brent, Ashleigh, Ethan, Paul, and Victoria

HORON, Darryl Robert It is with great sadness we announce the unexpected passing of Darryl Robert Horon, 59, of Redcliff (formerly Vegreville), on Saturday March 26, 2016.

Darryl’s memory is cherished by his wife, Margaret; four children, Deidra (Clayton) Page, Robert, Kelli and Elaine; Five grandchildren, Emilia, Kaitlyn, Violet, Gabryal and Garyn; his mother, Olga Horon; godmother, Vickie Kryzanowski; three brothers, Rick (Elizabeth), Ron (Marge) and Ken (Gerry); along with numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. He was predeceased by his father, Walter Horon.

Darryl was born in Vegreville, January 15, 1957 to Walter and Olga. He grew up in Ranfurly and often fondly remembered helping his father in the UGG grain elevator close to their residence. He attended Ranfurly School (Grades 1-8), Lavoy School (Grade 9) and Vegreville Composite High School (Grades 10-12), graduating in 1975. He moved on to obtain his Bachelor in Science of Pharmacy in 1979 from the University of Alberta. After moving to Medicine Hat for his career, he met his future wife, Margaret Dutton. They moved back to Vegreville where they were married in 1981 and welcomed their first daughter, Deidra in 1983. They had three additional children, Robert (1984), Kelli (1988) and Elaine (1989). After moving to Redcliff in 1992, Darryl began moving towards his most recent career path in oilfield inspections and quality control. Darryl and Margaret since welcomed five grandbabies into the world that Darryl adored. He started his own business, RX Inspections in 2011, and had been successfully servicing the oil and gas sector since.

Darryl was an avid do-it-yourself enthusiast and was known to his children as the first call whenever something broke!

He was currently renovating his bungalow in Redcliff as well as working on rebuilding a 1989 Chrysler LeBaron. He had a love for muscle cars, NASCAR racing, music and enjoyed keeping up with the latest technology trends. He was continually expanding his horizons through education, constantly taking new courses and certifications. He was immensely proud of his children and was always known for putting his family first.

The funeral service was held in the PATTISON CHAPEL on Monday April 4, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. with Life Celebrant, David Townsend . As an expression of sympathy donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, NWT & NU, 100 - 119 14 St NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1Z6 . To e-mail an expression of sympathy, please direct it to: pattfh@telusplanet.net subject heading: Darryl Horon, or you may visit www.pattisonfuneralhome.com and leave a message of condolence. Arrangements are by the PATTISON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 540 South Railway St. SE, Medicine Hat T1A 2V6.

Please call 1-866-526-2214 for further information.

OBITUARY

HALABUT, John In memory of a loving Dad and Gigi who entered eternal rest on April 12, 2007.

We thought of you today But that is nothing new We thought of you yesterday And will tomorrow too We think of you in silence And make no outward show For what it meant to lose you Only those who love you know Remembering you is easy We do it every day It’s the heartache of losing you That will never go away.

With love: Elaine, Randy Jordan and Janelle

OBITUARY

BORTNICK, Mercel (Marcel) Peter April 28, 1953 – April 1, 2016 On Friday, April 1, 2016, Marcel Bortnick of Lavoy, Alberta peacefully passed away at the age of 62 years.

Marcel is survived by his loving family, special friend Bev Andersen and children Kyle and Kayla; brothers Don (Anna) along with their children Rod (Shannon) and Donna (Colin): Alvin (Yvette) along with their children Michael (Joanne), Steven (Allison), Audrey (Daniele) and Barbara (Scott): Terry (Lana) along with their children Chris (Kelsey), Jenilee (Kurtis), Shelly (Kevin) and Davin (Chelsey); along with thirteen great nieces and great nephews. Marcel was predeceased by his parents Peter and Helen Bortnick; along with one niece Nicole Bortnick.

A Parastas (Funeral Service) will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Vegreville, Alberta with the Basilian Fathers officiating. Interment to follow in St. Peter & St. Paul – Lampburg Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the “Alberta Cancer Foundation c/o Cross Cancer Institute” , “ Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta” or to the “St. Peter & St. Paul – Lampburg Cemetery Fund”.

To send condolences visit www.autumnrosefuneralhome.com Autumn Rose Funeral Home Ltd., Vegreville,780-603-5800.

SIDOR, Rose September 2, 1921 – April 1, 2016 On Friday, April 1, 2016, Rose Sidor of Vegreville, Alberta peacefully passed away at the age of 94 years.

Rose is survived by her loving family, her husband of 74 years, Nick; daughter in law Pat Sidor; grandchildren Troy (Joleen) Sidor and their children Alyssa and Rylee, Jody Sidor and Chad (Rhiannon) Sidor and their children Lavea and Bladen; along with numerous relatives and friends.

Rose was predeceased by two sons Daniel and Ron Sidor along with her parents John and Domka Orlesky.

A Funeral Rite will be held on Friday, April 8, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Luzan with Reverend Father Benny Ambrosie officiating. Interment to follow in the church cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the “St. Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Luzan.” To send condolences visit www.autumnrosefuneralhome.com Autumn Rose Funeral Home Ltd., Vegreville,780-603-5800.

Allan Samuel Yaniw March 02, 1956 – March 31, 2016 It is with profound sadness that the family announces that Allan Yaniw died suddenly and tragically on March 31, 2016. He had just turned 60.

Allan will be remembered as a very decent human being who cared deeply for others.

Allan was a farmer who lived in the Vegreville area all of his life.

He would not hesitate to lend the shirt off his back for a friend or neighbor and enjoyed excellent health for most of his life.

For these past three years, Allan tried valiantly to endure unbearable pain. Although he relentlessly sought help from many medical professionals until the very end, there was no relief from the constant pain. We take comfort knowing that Allan`s pain has ended and he is now at peace.

Allan is predeceased by his father Sam Yaniw and his mother Anne Yaniw who recently passed in December 2015.

Allan’s memory will be cherished by his sisters Shirley Yaniw and Elaine Alt, brother-in-law Gunter Alt, Uncle Nick Yarmoloy, Aunt Mary Yarmoloy, Uncle Cecil Yarmoloy, his extended family, and his many friends and acquaintances.

We will celebrate Allan’s life at the Mundare Recreation Centre (5116 - 50 Ave) at 1 pm on Friday, April 8, 2016.

Everyone is welcome to come and share their memories of Allan. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.

Donations gratefully appreciated to the Canadian Mental Health Association or a charity of your choice.

A sincere thank you to all Allan’s dear friends who provided so much caring support to Allan and his family especially for these past three years. Allan was very grateful for this.

Rest in Peace, Allan.

Karl Stanley Tiefenbach 1931 – 2016 K. “Stan” Tiefenbach of Vegreville, Alberta passed away on March 19, 2016 at the age of 85 from complications with diabetes.

He is survived by his former wife Ann Woolley of Lethbridge and five children; Elizabeth Hyder, Carl Tiefenbach, Rich (Donna) Tiefenbach, Ken Tiefenbach and Rob Tiefenbach; nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Stan was never happier than when tinkering on the factory floor or farm.

The family would like to give a special thanks to the staff and residents of the Homestead Senior Citizens’ Lodge in Vegreville for their care and companionship with dad.

An interment was held on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Riverside Cemetery in Vegreville.

To send condolences visit www.autumnrosefuneralhome.com Autumn Rose Funeral Home Ltd., Vegreville,780-603-5800

McKAY, Wes On April 3, 2016, Mr. Wes McKay of Vegreville passed away at the age of 37 years. He is survived by his loving wife, Melissa; 3 sons, Drevan, Derian & Avery; daughter, Aryssa; 3 brothers; 3 sisters; mother- & father-inlaw, Sandra & Bill Crawford; 2 brothers-in-law, Bryce (Lea) Crawford & Jamie (Lana) Henry & their children, Brody, Noah & Emily. Wes was predeceased by twin daughters, Cali & Aliyah; his mom, Maryann Benn; & brother, Leroy Benn. Cremation has taken place, and no service will be held. To send condolences online, please visit www.gracegardensfuneralchapel.com.

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Register Now for Open Farm Days Registration for Open Farm Days is now open, and Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) has produced some new videos to help out farms that are considering participating, but might not know where to start. “These videos are a great resource because they profile some of the different types of farms that have opened their doors to Open Farm Days in the past,” says Colin Gosselin, senior project coordinator with AF. “They give a quick overview of participants’ experiences, along with tips for hosting an open house.”

Open Farm Days is a province-wide event that showcases agriculture, local food, and agritourism by inviting the public to come out and directly experience the farm. This year’s fourth annual event runs the weekend of August 20-21, 2016, while farm registration closes May 31, 2016.

One of the videos features Humphrey and Terry Banack, who operate a conventional grain and oilseed farm near Round Hill. They discuss how consumers are going on an adventure to see where their food comes from, and how Open Farm Days helps bridge the gap between the producer and the end user of their products.

Another video features Leona Staples from The Jungle Farm, an established agritourism business. Leona shares some great tips on improving the visitor experience around things like temporary parking areas, porta potties, and working with your local health inspector if you’re going to be providing food as part of your event.

Our third video puts the spotlight on Daniel Chappell of Country Thyme Farm.

Daniel is a local food producer with a Farm Box Program, and he discusses how Open Farm Days has helped increase his exposure, and provides him with an opportunity to open up his operation to the public for one day of the year.

Open Farm Days 2015 had 70 participating farms and 18 farm-to-table culinary events. Last year’s events boasted over 10,000 visits to farms, and almost $100,000 in food and on-farm sales. “Open Farm Days clearly benefits both the host farm and the visitor. I encourage you to watch the videos to see if hosting an open house is in your future.”

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Alberta breaks new ground on enhancements to crop insurance Agri-News Six new enhancements to the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation’s (AFSC) AgriInsurance programs will benefit crop and bee producers across the province. The developments include a new malt barley insurance product, the first of its kind in Canada.

“We are proud to be the first province in Canada to provide insurance coverage for a malting end-use to growers with malt barley contracts, as well as provide additional improvements to support bee and crop producers,” says Honourable Oneil Carlier, Minister of Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. “Alberta producers have asked for these changes, and we have listened to their request.

They work hard to put food on our tables, and we have to ensure that they get the support they need through insurance programs.”

AgriInsurance’s production insurance programs, which are part of the Growing Forward 2 initiative, help to mitigate the financial impacts of production

losses by providing affordable insurance protection to producers.

“AgriInsurance provides the flexibility for provinces to develop the products that respond to the specific needs of their producers. These enhancements provide additional protection for producers to manage the risks they face,” says Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

AFSC, the Government of A lberta, the Government of Canada, and various producer groups worked together to make the enhancements based on producer feedback. “AFSC is proud to have worked with various producer groups, including the Alberta Alfalfa Seed Commission, the A lberta Beekeepers Commission, Organic Alberta, the Alberta Barley Commission, and the Alberta Pulse Growers Commission to make these much-needed improvements a reality,” says Brad Klak, President and Managing Director of AFSC. “Enhancements like these demonstrate Alberta’s commitment to providing comprehensive agriculture

insurance programs to its producers.”

Highlights of the other five program enhancements include: Amendments to the Annual Insurance Program to include winterkill as a designated peril for pedigreed alfalfa seed production loss insurance.

Implementing individual coverage as part of the Bee Overwintering Insurance Program.

Making organic producers eligible for production insurance. This new option will work similarly to AFSC’s standard production insurance programs.

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ance as the crop shifts to an edible end-use.

The creation of a distinct category for yellow dry beans.

Additionally, AFSC clients will pay an average of six per cent less in multiperil Annual Crop Insurance Program premium rates compared to 2015 levels.

The reduction is based on the average of all crops in risk areas, and is related to the positive-loss experience in recent years. In certain risk areas, the premium reductions will be higher or lower than the six per cent average.

Clients will also see a 14 percent increase in dollar coverage per acre in 2016. This increase is due to a combination of increasing spring insurance prices and yields.

For more information about these program changes, call 1-877-899-2372, or visit www.afsc.ca.

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Children seem content to take part in the Climb the Hay challenge. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Spring Fling was a fun family challenge

Parents help their children with the Crazy Slide activity where the child had to run up the hill and slide down to the finish line. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

See story and highlights on page 8

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Spring bonnets welcome in the new season

On March 30 with a little bit of thought, Heritage House’s residents ushered the beauty of spring in. Staff and volunteers assisted residents as they took plain hats and pasted flowers, lace, beads, artificial butterflies, ribbons and small Easter eggs and glued them on with a glue gun to make a work of beauty and pride to wear to Heritage House Spring Tea on April 8.

ATCO A-Step training

by Composite

The A-Step method involves a small set of stairs mounted to a helicopter. Power Line Technicians move from tower to tower via helicopter, using the A-Step to quickly and safely transfer themselves and their tools from a hovering helicopter to the top of each tower.

Joe Machney Reporter During the afternoon of March 30, a crew from ATCO Electric was out performing their annual training for helicopter mounted A-Step just west of the Composite high school.

The A-Step method involves a small set of stairs mounted to a helicopter. Power Line Technicians move from tower to tower via helicopter, using the A-Step to quickly and safely transfer themselves and their tools from a hovering helicopter to the top of each tower.

This new method provides a number of advantages: improved safety for technicians by reducing the time technicians are exposed to falls by 50 percent, as well as technicians are connected to fall arrest gear at all times; reduced environmental footprint due to less travel on power line rights-of-way; more efficient work methods through maintenance tasks that are completed much more quickly and efficiently; and cost savings that eliminate the need to pay for temporary right-of-way access, crossing agreements for pipelines and other utility infrastructure.

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VCHS Jr. Girls Cougar Basketball Team wins bronze medals!

A year of good effort and sportsmanship paid off! On March 16,Vegreville Composite High School Jr.Girls Cougar Basketball Team got a winning score of 27/20 from their game at VCHS with the Rudolph Hennig School Jr. Girls Basketball Team in Fort Saskatchewan.

A year of good effort and sportsmanship paid off! On March 16, Vegreville Composite High School Jr. Girls Cougar Basketball Team got a winning score of 27/20 from their game at VCHS with the Rudolph Hennig School Jr. Girls Basketball Team in Fort Saskatchewan.

This was the final game of a great season of playing for the Jr. Cougars. The previous week VCHS lost their semi-final in double overtime and this game was a third place match where the girls took home bronze medals.

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Wise citizens tighten their wallets for fraud prevention!

Many citizens attended the Fraud Presentation on March 16 at Vegreville Seniors Sunshine Club Center which helped to make people aware of all the scams out there.

Rosanne Fortier Scams evolve and change all the time.

Scam artists invest as much work and creativity into cheating others as honest citizens do for their jobs. Knowledge is power against fraud! That is exactly what citizens gained when they attended the Fraud Presentation on March 16 at Vegreville Sunshine Club. Donna Coombs, Executive Director for SOS Program (Service Options for Seniors Society) was the presenter.

At first, a DVD was shown where a police officer from Saskatoon explained about Power of Attorney (POA) Abuse which is not a civil case; it’s a criminal case. Power of Attorney is a written, signed, dated and witnessed document that gives someone else the right, while a person is still alive, to act on their behalf in respect to their financial matters and debts.

He informed citizens that many people use this to take advantage of seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and

gave a true story where two brothers had their father assigned one of them who was honest and good with money to be his Power of Attorney.

Then this father got dementia and the other brother tricked him into signing him over as POA when his brother left town. The dishonest brother took and wasted all of his father’s money until the rightful brother requested a case against him and he won.

POA Abuse can be prevented by getting a lawyer to prepare the document and add an accountability clause to the agreement where you can name another person as a POA too and then they have to work as a team together. People don’t need a joint account, they can just write POA on cheques because a joint account gives POA full rights to the money after the person passes away.

Telemarketing Fraud was brought forth next.

Everyone gets a taped phone call that they won a trip and has to call an 800 number to obtain it.

This is a scam and these crooks will find a way to get a lot more money than the trip is worth from you! Hang-up on telemarketers; don’t make excuses or engage in conversations with them. If you didn’t enter a contest; you didn’t win anything.

Order call display and screen your calls.

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With Home Improvement Scams, people approach you and say your home needs work on it. But they usually just want to take advantage of susceptible people. It’s essential to get quotes, ask for business cards and check the yellow pages, ask for references and call the Better Business Bureau before getting work done by anyone. Also, never pay in full ahead of time, give small deposits for the work, read small print and have the contract sign.

Then Coombs discussed the Grandparent’s Scam where someone phones you claiming to be your grandchild who is in trouble and in need of money.

This is a fraud 99% of the time. “Always have a ‘code word’ your children and grandchildren can use with you so if they are in trouble, you will know it’s really them that is calling.” Coombs said.

With Identity Theft, Coombs said never give your SIN number to anyone but when you apply for a job, banks or government offices. Don’t keep anything with your SIN number, your birth certificate or any identification card in your wallet or purse. It’s important to buy a shredder and shred income tax that are more than five years past or old bank slips because identity thieves explore garbage cans to get this information.

Following this, the film spoke about Internet Fraud where it was stated that even if a message has the bank logo on the top and the signature of the president of the bank, it is still a scam. If anyone asks for your personal information, check to make sure it is from a secure site you can trust. At the top where it is written http, at the end you will find an s. Then look at the bottom right hand corner of the screen where there is a small pad lock and this should be closed not open. Mainly, when in doubt, don’t do it!

People also go door-to-door asking for you to change your utility company and sign a contract in order to get a better deal. Don’t sign this until you investigate it with Better Business Bureau. Anything that is too good to be true is probably a scam!

This presentation was brought in partnership by Alberta Health Services, VegMin Learning Society, Vegreville and District FCSS and Vegreville Senior Sunshine Club.

SOS mission is to assist seniors and their support networks to access needed programs, services and supports so seniors can sustain their independence. You can contact Coombs at 866-672-4131 or by email at donna@camroseseniorsinfo. ca

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Bunny Hop event was a hopping good time!

Rosanne Fortier Family time is precious and childhood is an abbreviated period that goes by as fast as a bunny’s hop.

The Bunny Hop Family Dance on March 24 at Vegreville Social Centre gave families a low-cost event for them to enjoy together, meet other families, and mentor each other.

Activities included: Easter egg maraca, where participants put a maraca of their choice around a plastic egg; face painting; a scavenger hunt; a matching game; a relaxation station with bubble wrap; an obstacle course; Buddha boards; collaborative coloring, and many more good times.

Snacks included rabbit food which was another word for popcorn, bottle-water, fruit cups and other tasty treats.

Jonathan Zabrick, DJ from Dusk til Dawn, turned on rockin’ music that no one was shy to get up and dance to.

Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) organized this event with assistance from many community partners and volunteers.

These kids had some creative moves at the Bunny Hop Family Dance on March 24 at Vegreville Social Centre. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

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An obstacle course had a balance part to it at the Bunny Hop Family Dance on March 24 at Vegreville Social Centre. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Easter egg maraca, where participants put a maraca of their choice around a plastic egg, was one of the activities besides dancing that was available to the children who attended the Bunny Hop Family Dance on March 24 at Vegreville Social Centre. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

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Spring Fling was a fun family challenge Rosanne Fortier

The biting cold didn’t deter a flock of young ones from experiencing Spring Fling the Outdoor Carnival that was held at Vegreville’s Elks/Kinsmen Park on March 31. At this event kids raced around to locate the next obstacle course, activity or game. Comments circulated around that the children were having so much fun; that they wanted to join the army someday. The morning presented warrior dash obstacle and the afternoon threw in bubble soccer and finger dart battle. Giant and lawn games were offered all day.

“We wanted to help families to get out, be active and meet other families during Spring Break. This event was held to make our community feel like a welcoming place for people,” Megan Smook, Community Programming for FCSS said.

Family and Community Support Services organized this event with the assistance of many community partners.

The Ramp-age activity was where participants grabbed a bean-bag at the top of the ramp, slide down and put the bean bag in the bucket. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Giant and Lawn games were interesting features at the Spring Fling at the Elks/Kinsmen Park on March 31. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Balance Bean-walk was one activity that helped children with their large motor skills at the Spring Fling at the Elks/Kinsmen Park on March 31. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)