Vegreville News Advertiser - February 15, 2017

VOL. 70 NO. 7

67 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Willingdon votes to become a Hamlet

Joe Machney Reporter On Thursday, January 26, the results of the vote to determine whether or not Willingdon will continue as a village or dissolve to become a hamlet was answered by the Village residents with a vote of 62 people in favour of dissolving to 45 who wished to remain as a village.

The Village of Willingdon which was incorporated in 1928, was largely settled by Ukrainian and Romanian farmers from the crownland of Bukowina in the AustroHungarian Empire. During its heydays, Willingdon was home to six grain elevators and served as the central location for agriculture as well. Presently it is home to the World’s Largest Lapel Pin located in the Willingdon Tourist Park, right along Hwy 45.

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RCMP files from February 6 - 12 Joe Machney Reporter February 6 08:28 Report of an abandoned vehicle.

Member attended and determined the vehicle was stolen from Viking on February 3. They also found a license plate inside the truck which was stolen from Edmonton.

10:00 Numerous calls from a female regarding people that are being controlled by technology and people that are being eaten by other people. The female does not reside in the local community. There was a request from the local law enforcement agency to have her checked into.

13:00 Report that a female was contacted by someone who wanted to gain access to her computer so that they could fix it.

The female did not allow access or provide any personal information.

15:59 Report of a two-vehicle collision near the west-end of town. No injuries and one driver was charged with unsafe lane change.

17:24 Report that a male had bought a house and now wants the person living there removed. It was determined that the house was not purchased by the caller and that in fact, the caller may have been bothering the resident.

February 7 00:20 Report of a male that had no place to go after missing a bus to Edmonton. Member attended and took the male to his mother’s house.

17:30 Report of a driving complaint of a white flat deck truck on highway 16.

Member attended and patrolled but did not locate the vehicle.

18:58 Report of a complaint of somebody receiving unwanted texts. As he did not ask the person to stop texting him, he was advised to do that.

February 8 01:16 A member observed a vehicle with a license plate that did not match. Query showed that the VIN was on a salvaged vehicle and was not insured or registered so that vehicle was towed.

07:49 Report of a black 2006 Ford F-350 stolen overnight. Still under investigation.

09:50 Report of someone receiving harassing texts and voicemails from a stepson in regards to an estate.

20:08 A traffic stop was conducted due to an expired license plate sticker.

Tickets were issued and the vehicle was towed.

February 9 01:18 911 report of suspicious people.

Two or three male youths were looking into vehicles. Members attended and

conducted patrols but were unable to locate the youths.

01:30 During a traffic stop a member observed a drug pipe in a vehicle. The driver was arrested and a search of the vehicle produced crack, cocaine, oxycontin, powder cocaine, and other pills.

A 24hr driving license suspension was given and the vehicle was towed. The driver is facing numerous drug charges.

09:21 A female was observed driving and smoking with a child in the vehicle.

She was stopped and given a ticket.

12:36 Report of a male breaching a custody order, however, it was determined that the order was not police enforceable and no offense was committed.

17:18 Report of a break and enter to a garage. Still under investigation.

17:20 911 report of a female pushing a male. No injuries and the pushing stemmed from an argument over soda pop. Neither involved wanted to press charges.

20:03 Report of a car running a red light and driving all over the road. As a license plate number was obtained the RCMP member was able to contact the registered owner and was advised of the complaint.

22:37 Report of a vehicle blocking a residential driveway. Member attended put the vehicle had left.

22:45 Report of a thirteen-year-old son who was out and hadn’t been home yet.

The parent called back to report that he had returned.

23:23 Report of loud music. Members attended and could not hear any music being played.

February 10 11:32 Report of a couple leaving a local hotel without paying their bill.

11:48 Report of a passport that is not being returned. Member mediated and it was agreed that the passport would be returned.

12:20 Report of someone being yelled and sworn at as well as being threatened to be hit in a retail store. The victim did not want to press charges but wanted the offender to be warned, which he was.

20:55 911 report of a possible domestic.

The female said that she was grabbed by her hair by her husband. Members attended and arrested the male under court-compelling documents.

21:37 911 report of an intoxicated drive, however, the complainant became uncooperative with the call centre and hung up on them.

22:09 Report of a female that reported that a local male has a green, floating technology ball that eats people. As the female is not local to the area, the police

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jurisdiction where she resides was asked to intervene.

23:27 Report of a suspicious vehicle.

Member attended and located two people in the vehicle who had stated that they had just stopped to talk.

February 11 00:47 Report of an intoxicated male at a local hotel who had pulled the fire alarm. Members attended and the male was arrested, charged for falsely pulling the fire alarm and mischief, so was lodged in a cell.

01:52 Report of an intoxicated male lying in the hallway of the aforementioned hotel. Members attended and arrested the male and lodged him until sober.

12:25 Report of a snowmobile driving on somebody else’s property. The complainer does not want to press charges and wants to try and solve the problem on his own.

15:10 Report of a traffic hazard on highway 16 regarding a snow plow.

Patrols were made, but the snow plow was gone.

17:55 Report of slashed tires.

18:20 Another report of slashed tires in the south area of town.

19:22 911 report of an unwanted female.

The male reported that he had purchased a local hotel for $2 million and wants the female removed.

22:05 Report of theft of two 50 inch televisions. The thieves left in a white Chevy Silverado. Still under investigation.

February 12 08:16 Report of a 50 inch TV on the side of range road 150, south of highway 16.

Member attended and picked up the TV, which is likely related to the theft.

08:25 Report of a female upset and throwing items around in a house.

Member attended and mediated the situation.

11:41 Report of an abandoned vehicle on highway 15. Member attended and the vehicle was safely parked out of the way and upon speaking to the registered owner the vehicle had broken down.

17:34 A traffic stop was initiated due to the driver drinking a beer. The driver was not impaired and was given tickets for illegal consumption and having liquor within the reach of occupants.

18:21 911 call of harassing threats. They were receiving texts and Facebook messages. The person does not want to press charges and the person who sent the messages was warned.

During the week 4 false alarms, 4 false 911, and 56 calls for service were made in total.

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Night out with local RCMP Joe Machney Reporter On February 3, 2017, this local reporter for the NewsAdvertiser got to see firsthand what the Vegreville RCMP deal with when I got offered to ride along with them during one of their nightly shifts.

The shift began with a call to a local residence. RCMP member Constable Jong Kim requested that I sit in the vehicle as he attends to the call. Upon his return he informed me of the minor domestic dispute and that

the end result was that the uncooperative female chose to take the easy and nonconfrontational solution.

Happy with her decision, no further action was required of the officer and my first call went about rather uneventful.

The perimeter that the Vegreville RCMP patrol expands quite a ways and brought us to Mundare where he made his rounds and did his duty as a police officer. It was nice to see and helped me to further understand that RCMP are people just

like everybody else. It’s a job that he performed professionally and took pride in doing and doing well. Seeing it from this firsthand perspective allowed me to appreciate that even more.

Making our way to the east of Vegreville we found ourselves doing the rounds in Lavoy. At this point, part of me was thinking that this is a little bit of a quiet evening and not really all that much was going on. Boy, did that change in a hurry!

Entering the village we came across a group of young

adults who swarmed the vehicle. With eyes wide and stress in their tone, they pointed out another adult who was up to no good. This surprised me and with my heart rate up and a bit of worry written on my face, I let the officer ask the questions he needed to tackle the situation. Making a U-turn he went after the guy. With my eyes wide and alert, I wanted to help with this, feeling like I was part of the action.

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Letter to the Editor

Caroline Knowles In response to your article about Black History month: It may well be as you state that old wounds are opened with each annual event, however, perhaps the wounds that were not acknowledged for so many generations festered until

they were exposed to the fresh air of discussion. The old saw about those who do not study history being doomed to repeat it is aided by hiding the events of the past from present scrutiny. So if we do not actively remember the events of the past and how they came about we are in danger of repeating them.

Each generation needs to learn about its history good and bad. That doesn’t mean wallowing in guilt or resentment it means being aware. It means that we should be alert for signs of the kind of oppression that has led to so many terrible events in world history. Right now we are seeing an attempt to whip up fear of a particular religious group. Succumbing to that fear allows those who are inclined to act violently to feel that is permissible to victimize innocent people simply because of the religion that they profess.

Many of us belong to ethnic groups or religions that have suffered oppression by others in the past. It seems to be a human characteristic to dislike being oppressed yet to feel that it is acceptable to oppress others. We need to acknowledge this and to avoid doing unto others what was done unto us.

Ignoring the problem is seldom if ever the solution.

- AB: Thank you for sharing your views. Without a doubt, it is important to remember the past. This is well stated by this famous quote you referenced: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana - philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.

Correction Name: Diane Schlachter Occupation: health care aide Likes: camping, being in the wild Dislikes: difficult people, cold weather.

In the February 8 edition of the NewsAdvertiser, the article titled ‘What is the impact of VegMin Learning Society on your community?’ the author, Lisa Topilko was credited as Community Programmer, Vegreville & District FCSS when she should have been credited as VegMin Learning Society Volunteer. Please accept our apology and any confusion that may have arisen due to it.

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Ladies and Mens Bonspiel in Two Hills

Ladies A-Event Winners 2017 (Right to Left) Front Row: A-Event 1st Place - Holly Hudema Rink: 1st Holly Hudema, 2nd - Tana Kupchenko, 3rd - Nadine Stefiuk, Skip - Orysia Stefiuk. Back Row: A-Event 2nd Place - Pat Ewanishan Rink: 1st - Carol Taschuk, 2nd - Maryanne Bodnar, 3rd - Jane Palichuk, Skip - Pat Ewanishan. Two Hills Curling Club Executive Representative - Ryan Yakemchuk.

Mens A-Event Winners 2017 (Right to Left): Front Row: A-Event 1st Place - Dave Yackimec Rink: Skip - Randy Pottle, 3rd - Ron Myroniuk, 2nd - Thomas Pottle, 1st - Dave Yackimec. Back Row: A-Event 2nd Place - Pat Corkish Rink: Skip - Pat Corkish, 3rd - Brett Taschuk, 2nd - Chad Corkish, 1st - Aaron Bachelet. Two Hills Curling Club Executive Representative - Ryan Yakemchuk.

Joe Machney Reporter The Two Hills Ladies and Mens Curling Bonspiel took place on February 3rd and 4th in the Two Hills Curling rink and seen 11 teams who signed up for the Mens and 6 for the Ladies. The ladies played a round-robin playoff and the men did a normal draw.

“It was actually really awesome,” Orysia Stefiuk, member of the Two Hills Curling Club Executive said. “This is our first ladies event bonspiel since the new rink went up and everybody that was there seemed to be having a great time and were excited about the new rink.”

Orysia Stefiuk and Ryan Yakemchuk were both co-organizers of the event and the Saturday evening meal was catered by Sylvie and Trevor Hnatiuk. Teams came from as far as Edmonton to curl.

“The A event final went to an extra end and drew a lot of spectators,” concluded Orysia Stefiuk.

CTF slams Bombardier bailout CTF The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) expressed disappointment to the recent federal announcement of (another) corporate welfare handout to Bombardier.

“This government started out with some encouraging talk about ‘value for taxpayers,’ but it’s now the same old approach of giving big taxpayer subsidies to powerful corporate interests,” said CTF Federal Director Aaron Wudrick. “The only silver lining is that Bombardier only got a fraction of the $1.3 billion they’d been begging for.”

Bombardier has been a perennial recipient of corporate welfare, having received more than $3.8 billion in taxpayer handouts since 1966.

Wudrick noted the CTF has been the leading national voice in Canada opposing giving Bombardier more corporate welfare. The CTF takes some pride in knowing that its advocacy contributed to delaying this bailout by over a year and making it significantly smaller than was expected.

“We’re frankly a bit proud that we were able to push the government into reducing the bailout. Saving taxpayers $900

million is no small feat. But it’s also ridiculously stupid to give a single dime of taxpayers’ money to this company that has said they don’t even need it,” continued Wudrick. “These types of subsidies have absolutely nothing to do with sound economic or business decisions and everything to do with cynical political pandering.”

The CTF launched its campaign opposing a bailout to Bombardier in 2015 with

English-language radio ads, French-language radio ads, a satirical attempt to raise funds for the company and ‘celebrated’ the one-year Begaversary in late 2016.

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FROM THE PAGES OF THE VEGREVILLE OBSERVER

COMPILED BY DAN BEAUDETTE

90 Years Ago – January 19, 1927 In accordance with the resolution passed at the annual meeting of the Alberta Wheat Pool last summer instructing the directors to acquire as soon as possible its own elevator facilities, it was announced on Saturday that the pool will either acquire or build 100 additional country elevators before next harvest to make the total number of such pool elevators in Alberta up to 142. It is estimated that the cost of the new undertaking will be $1,250,000. The Alberta pool at the present time has an elevator reserve fund of approximately $1,750,000 deducted from returns of the 1924 and 1925 crops for the purpose to which it is now being put.

George Young, aged 17, of Toronto won a twenty-five thousand dollar prize on Sunday by swimming from Santa Catalina Island to the California mainland, a distance of 22 miles, but owing to the tides all swimmers were forced to travel from 30 miles upwards.

Young was the only one out of 96 entries t complete the swim.

75 Years Ago – January 21, 1942 Sgt. Pilot Harry E. Patch, son of Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Patch of Vegreville, received his wings in December. He is home now on sick leave and will report for duty later. He is 20 years of age. His father is a veteran of the 1914-18 war.

LAC Lloyd Gould who has been taking training with the RCAF at the St. Thomas, Ont. Camp spent a couple of days last week visiting his relative here.

Sergt. H.M. Russell has been spending the past few days in town with Mrs. Russell, pending his transfer to some yet unknown point.

Thos. Cannon and R. Rennie returned some days ago from Edmonton, where they were employed on construction work during the season. Tommy is feeling fine and looks it; but Dick is presently at the Hospital and will be there until the first of nest week.

Many different plans are being advocated to secure for our farmers a better wheat price. Some of the proposals recommend that the Government should considerably increase the official celling price according to the regulations the official ceiling price would be about 82 ¾ for No. 1 Northern in store Fort William.

50 Years Ago – January 19, 1967 Miss Sylvia Ann Batiuk of Mundare, a 17 year old student at Mundare High School will represent the Vegreville Lions Club as its entry in Lions Internationals’$50,000 Peace Essay Contest. Miss Sylvia Ann Batiuk won the right from 158 entries to enter the District level of judging en route to the Grand Prize.

The annual meeting of the Two Hills Local of the FUA was held recently in the Two Hills Town Hall. A new slate of officers was elected for the new term: George Serna, president; June Mereska, secretary-treasurer; and Victor Nikiforuk, vice-president.

On Friday, December 23rd the members of the Vegreville Kinsmen Club made their annual visit accompanying Santa Claus to the schools, hospital and senior citizens lodge in Vegreville to distribute bags of Christmas treats. About 800 bags of treats were distributed. The bags were packed at Service Meats and Grocery on Sunday, December 18th with the contingent of club members.

Lions International Director Virgil Moshansky returned on Monday from California where he attended meetings of two clubs celebrating 40th Anniversaries, Ukiah and Willits. He was also guest speaker at the Oakland, California Lions Club 50th anniversary commemorative banquet. This weekend he travels to Boston and the following week plans to attend a Lions function in Minneapolis.

25 Years Ago – January 14, 1992 A former Vegreville resident will be at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France in February. Rick Imeson, son of Shirley Imeson, and the late Bob Imeson, is coaching the Canadian national luge singles team.

Eight dogs in Tofield have been poisoned with strychnine since mid December. In at least one case cookies laced with the poison were left on a plate on a snowdrift in a back alley. Tofield RCMP are seriously concerned about the nature of these incidents because of the hazard they pose to animals, and to children.

Mail will be delivered to Elk Point by dog sled between February 15 and 21. Richard and Diane Smith of Rocky Mountain House will carry mail by dog team along an historic dog sled route from the original Edmonton House site (near Bruderheim) to the Buckingham House site (southeast of Elk Point). Canada Post is cooperating by signing the Smiths as temporary Canada Post Mail carriers for the event and by creating a special slogan cancellation stamp featuring the bicentennial logo which will be used to hand cancel the stamps on the letters.

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.

Doomsday Deferred Gwynne Dyer “Without a proper sense of urgency, we will be eventually defeated, dominated and very likely destroyed,” wrote former general Michael Flynn, President Trump’s National Security Adviser, last year. “They are dead set on taking us over and drinking our blood.”

It’s so early in the New Year that nominations for Year’s Most Ridiculous Statement are not even officially open yet, but this has to be a strong contender. Flynn was talking, believe it or not, about the “Islamic terrorist threat.”

He was predicting that the United States, despite having the world’s biggest economy, 325 million people, the world’s most advanced technology, and more than 4,000 nuclear weapons, faces defeat, domination and probably destruction at the hands of ten or twenty thousand Islamist terrorists – unless, presumably, it gets serious and starts torturing people again.

Even if all of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims were politically and militarily united – a event less likely than their mass conversion to the Jedi faith – and they were all committed to a cold or even a hot war against America, the United States would survive. This is not just Doomsday talk. It is extremely stupid Doomsday talk.

But there is a lot of it around at the moment.

Take, for example, the famous Doomsday Clock, a metaphorical device concocted by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in 1947 to signal how close we are to the end of the world. Midnight was the apocalypse, all-out nuclear war. Last week the Bulletin moved the minute hand of the Clock to two-and-a-half minutes to midnight, the closest it has been since the depths of the “Second Cold War” in 1984.

I was already a journalist in 1984 (a much better-looking one than I am now), and I had already interviewed the commanders and the operators of the nuclear forces on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

And I was ten times more frightened then than I am now.

What’s going on here is simply inflation. Terrorism is strategically a mere nuisance, and in terms of your personal threat level it is statistically irrelevant. An American, for example, is ten times likelier to drown in the bath than to die in a terrorist attack.

Yet terrorism gets as much media attention today as the threat of a global nuclear war got back in the Cold War. To paraphrase Parkinson’s Law, threats expand to fill the (media) space available.

The scientists who calibrate the Doomsday Clock are serious and sincere people, but they are not immune to the inflationary trend. The Clock was set at seven minutes to midnight during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 (which came close to triggering global nuclear war and killing hundreds of millions of people). Now, they say, it’s only two-and-a-half minutes to midnight. Really? Are you sure?

Nonsense. The world is a bit more dangerous than it was just after the end of the Cold War in 1991, when the Clock was set back to seventeen minutes to midnight, but no year in the past 25 has been as dangerous as any of the years before 1991. Nuclear war between great powers is still the real Big Deal.

However, the people who run the Clock have greatly expanded the range of threats they worry about since the risk of a nuclear war declined. They include climate change now, and the resurgence of old-fashioned nationalism from America and Britain to India and Japan, and pretty well everything else down to acne and hangnail.

There is no fate worse than being ignored.

That’s how we got to this point, allegedly two-and-ahalf minutes to midnight. From seventeen minutes after the end of the Cold War, they pushed the minute hand forward every time anything worrisome happened – and only once pushed it back, by one minute, for only two years.

So when Donald Trump came to power two weeks ago, frightening people with his reckless talk and impulsive actions, the Clock was already at three minutes to midnight, and they could only push it forward by another 30 seconds.

That’s about right in terms of the extra threat Trump represents. It’s completely wrong in terms of where the global threat level is now. Trump is a loose cannon, but he’s not the Apocalypse, and most other world leaders are still grown-ups. Let’s say ten minutes to midnight.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. His website is http:// gwynnedyer.com/.

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Myrnam Men’s and Ladies Bonspiel

Jackie Machney, Jodine Benning, Shelley Tymofichuk, Erin Krywiak

Joe Machney Reporter Everyone who participated had a great time at the Myrnam Mens and Ladies Bonspiel on February 10 and 11, with five teams for the men’s and four teams for the ladies.

The Bonspiel started on Friday evening and was finished around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and included a catered supper served at the Elks hall by Jessica Clyke.

Neumann, Fedoriuk, Yackimec and Machney were the teams for the ladies, and Pottle, Machney, Kwasnycia, Onysyk, and Yackimec were the teams for the men’s.

“It was a short and sweet bonspiel!”

Randy Kwasnycia President of Myrnam Curling said. “There was not a lot of people, but it was fun.”

The first place winner for the ladies was Machney, Yackimec took second, while Neumann came in third.

The first place winner for the men’s was Machney, with Kwasnycia taking second and Yackimec walked away with third place.

At the end of the tournament, the draw for the four Garth Brooks tickets that Kelly Krywiak donated at the last bonspiel was done with Michael Tarkowski as the winner.

Heart and Stroke SCN Alberta Health Services Did you know 90 per cent of Canadians have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease? The good news is most risk factors are preventable or controllable.

February is Heart Month, and it’s a great opportunity to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease - diseases like heart disease, stroke, diabetes, vascular dementia, kidney and peripheral vascular disease.

Some simple steps can help keep you and your loved ones healthy, starting with healthy eating. Increasing your daily intake of fruits and vegetables can significantly reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke. Less than half of Albertans eat the recommended servings of fruit and veggies each day.

Getting active through regular exercise (150 minutes per week) and staying tobacco free are two other important ways you can significantly reduce your risk of heart disease.

Want to learn more about how you can be heart healthy in 2017? Visit the Prescriptions for Health Living Website for more information.

Need help staying tobacco free? Visit www.albertaquits. ca for help.

Mens winners: Dennis Machney, Paul Desaulniers, Jeff Yaremchuk, Kelly Krywiak

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willingdon votes - CONTINUED from front PAGE Some members of the community majority felt that dissolving into the county may result in lower taxes for properties in Willingdon, which is where the idea to dissolve into a Hamlet came about over two years ago. At this point in Willingdon’s history, the Village residential taxes had increased to nearly double. When the tax notices came out there was almost an 80% increase in taxes.

“There was a group of us that formed a self-appointed committee and we went to municipal affairs and we sat down with a couple people there,” Ron Rudkowsky, Mayor of the Village of Willingdon explained. “They said, ‘that there’s nothing you can do, you cannot petition against the high taxes. The Village Council has the priority to levy the taxes and unless you can convince them to change it, there’s nothing that can be done.

However, if you want to petition, if you go by the municipal act, you can petition to dissolve the Village.’

At that point in time, it was the only alternative that we had. So really it was a petition protesting the taxes, but the petition said to dissolve the Village and join the County as a Hamlet, the same as Derwent and Hairy Hill.”

As time went on the Ryan Edwards, Municipal Sustainability Advisor, Municipal Collaboration for Alberta Municipal Affairs put some money into the Village for an engineering study and established a viability committee. The committee had people from AUMA, AAMDC, the County, and the Village, and they’ve been working on this for the last year and a half. “During that time there was a vacancy on Council and I ran. After that, we started looking at the numbers and felt that although we do some good things for the Village there is a bit of catching up to do with infrastructure and to straighten out the books in the village. The conclusion I came to was that Willingdon was still viable but there was no guarantee for how long. How much grant money provided from the province played a big factor in that. My own personal opinion was that we should continue as a village for as long as we can,” Rudkowsky stated.

In the fall of last year a public meeting was held and thirty days after the meeting the Village council was supposed to make a decision, but because residence of the Village had more or less made their decision about which way to go with it before all the facts were

Court is Open Sgt Jerry Nutbrown RCMP Ponderings Throughout a person’s involvement with our Canadian Criminal judicial system they are likely to interact with, or encounter, many people doing very different jobs. Navigating through this can be dif-

ficult and confusing but the system flows very well between all groups and agencies. Parts of the Canadian justice system involves the Police, defense lawyers or duty council, clerks, Crown Attorneys, Justices, Sheriffs, Judges and possibly jailers.

Parts of this system are privileged to privacy and other parts are

known, the Village Council decided it would be more democratic to have the citizens do the vote rather than Village council making that decision for them.

“This brought us to the vote held on Thursday, January 26, which resulted in the decision to dissolve,” Rudkowsky said. “Moving forward, we are waiting for the Ministerial order to dissolve this municipality and we don’t know what the Minister will say about the timeline or the transition committee or how it will take place. All properties, cash, all liabilities, all machinery, all land that the Village owns now becomes the property of the County. I suspect that it will be mid-summer when the takeover will happen.”

“The Council was caught between a rock and a hard place. In their hearts they felt the Village had a good chance to be left to sustain itself, and yet they knew that given the magnitude of the decision at hand, the public’s right to access the democratic process was also equally important. In my opinion, the Village would have been viable for a few more years without any major changes; if the province does not renew MSI Operating grants, however, this would have caused a sharp tax increase in coming years to ratepayers. Many villages across the province are in similar, delicate situations awaiting funding announcements from the province,” Michael Simpson, Chief Administrative Officer for the Village stated.

open to the public.

Members of the public may be exposed to the initial event involving the Police such as an assault outside on a street. Police respond and members of the public obviously can see and hear what is happening. Once a person is taken into police custody we are required to protect certain aspects of their privacy. We don’t put a hood over their head so no one sees them in a police car, however, we don’t discuss who we have or why we have them. At this point an Information may be sworn which officially charges them with an offense. If their charges and background dictate, a hearing will be held to determine if they will be released from custody or held until they answer to their charges. Once the charge(s) is sworn, this becomes public information meaning that the Police can release their name to the public (unless they are a youth). This is when there may be a media release made and the public is made aware of some of the details leading to the persons charges.

The person then starts into a process of court appearances.

This is where court comes into play. The accused person may appear in court via closed circuit television or in person.

This depends on whether they are in custody or not and what the judge wants.

If they aren’t in custody then a personal appearance by themselves or by their

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Mannville School News Susan Obrigewitch In Math, the kindergarten students continue with identifying, extending and creating patterns.

They have been playing games using dice and numbers and matching it with sets.

The grade one class are working on number bonds in Math. They have also started learning their numbers to 100 in preparation for the 100th Day of School.

Our grade two class are continuing to work on developing strategies for adding and subtracting numbers to 20. The students will also be working on being able to quickly recall their adding facts with answers up to 10.

Mrs. Campbell and her grade threes have just started their Hearing and Sound Unit in which the students will be able to describe the nature of

ponderings - CONTINUED from PAGE 8 lawyer, is required. Regardless, at this point the process is mostly transparent for the public. There are still closed door discussions between Crown Council and Defense or in a few rare cases, the Judge may elect to hold a closed hearing where no public members are allowed. But for most appearances they are open to the public.

Any person can go into the court, sit and watch the proceedings. A reporter can sit in there too and report in the media what they heard that day and any dispositions made by the court. In Vegreville most Mondays are what we call docket days where most appearances are short and there are many. Other days during the week can be trial days where more time is set aside to conduct a trial or trials for specific accused persons. Docket days are the busiest as many people appear for one reason or another.

Members of the public can certainly attend and sit in court and observe the proceedings. The intent of this is transparency and openness of our court process and to allow the public to attend and observe their judicial system functioning. As with people that may be called for jury duty, people from the general public can attend and be participants in the system. Even if it is just attending court and exercising your rights and freedoms afforded to us by those that have fought to protect them, you become a participant.

sound and demonstrate methods for producing and controlling sound. They will become familiar with vibration, volume, and pitch, sound amplifying and sound proofing, how sound travels, how the ear works, hearing range, and hearing damage.

The elementary club for grades 4 – 6 after school in February is the Cooking Club.

There is then the CTS Stewardship and Outdoor Skills Course open to CTS 10/20/30 students from May 3rd to May 7th at the Palisade Centre in Jasper. Deadline would be April 12th.

Phys Ed 20/30 classes also have the chance to go to Marmot Basin in Jasper on April 7th. The deadline for this field trip is March 3rd.

Secondary students will be getting a presentation from Mitch Dorge, courtesy of The Co-

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operators in Vermilion. The purpose of his presentation is to encourage teens to follow their dreams, set goals for themselves and to make the choices that will help them be successful in the future.

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Myrnam Barons Update!!!

New Myrnam School We would like to do a Barons shout-out to our Sr Girls Curling team for a fantastic job representing our school at the SPAA Sr Curling Championships that were held in St. Paul on Feb. 4th. Coach Eriksen com-

mented, “Myrnam’s girls team competed well (against F.G. Miller and Regional high schools) and demonstrated the Baron characteristics. They should be proud of how far they have come this year in skills and game knowledge. They enjoyed the day and ended up placing second overall and are going on to Zones in Lamont on February 21-22. Good luck, girls!”

Our junior basketball teams have been playing hard, showing strength and spirit every chance they get. They make us all very proud as they display true sportsmanship and respect both on and off the court! There are only a few games left of the season, so come on out and

NMS Barons Jr Girls Basketball team: Alexandria Laszlo, Paris Jacula, Elaina Hyshka, Kyrstin Yaremchuk, Madison Rea, Bailey Bannister, Coaches: Mr. Riley and Breanna Serniak

cheer with us!!

Our Students’ Union has planned Theme Days for February and March. It was Waaaaay Back Wednesday on Feb 8th which saw costumes from the eras of the 90s, 80s, 70s and a lot further!!! Awesome job students and staff!! The next Theme Day is on Valentine’s Day where we will be seeing pink and red everywhere!!!

As part of our Healthy Eating and Breakfast For Learning programs, students were treated with FREE Frozen Yogurt Pops, Breakfast Sandwiches and Mrs. Dupuis’ delicious Baked Oatmeal. These morning starters are wonderful additions to our regular breakfast selections.

Our Business Design 7, 8 and 9 students have been

NMS Barons Jr Boys Basketball team: Dymitri Myshaniuk, Jake Boese, Cameron Hyshka, Anthony Laszlo, Aidan Clyke, Lucas Dubelt, Jesse James, Coach: Mr. Randall (missing Seth Trynchuk).

Waaaaaay Back fun with Wyatt Jacula, Paris Jacula, Hannah Saruk, and Kyrstin Yaremchuk from grade 6.

preoccupied planning their very own businesses. From baking tasty dainties and handcrafting wooden signage and birdhouses to the creation of treats for man’s best friends, these students are doing it all! As part of their business design plan, students decide on a product and marketing strategies along with advertising.

They create a working cost sheet of all expenses and incomes (budget) and from this a product retail price is set.

Proceeds from the sale of these items cover the cost of supplies plus… As an incentive, the first $100 of clear profit is retained by the school for various student programs. Totals over and above will be shared 50-50 with the students!

Design 5 & 6 students are becoming pre-engineers as they are trying out their hand at drafting out floor plans for houses. They are learning all about working dimensions, scale and options.

Next week is a short but busy week with Valentine’s Day on Feb 14th, all of our teachers heading to Edmonton for the annual Teachers’ Convention on Thursday and Friday (16th & 17th) and then Family Day on Monday, Feb 20th.

There is also a PD Day scheduled for Tuesday, Feb 21st where teachers will be collaborating, planning and preparing for further enhancement of courses offered. We wish everyone a great next two weeks and a great time to relax and refresh!

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Agricultural biotechnology crucial for feeding world population Agricultural biotechnology crucial for feeding world population Troy Media It took until 1800 for the world population to reach one billion people. The second billion was reached in only 130 years (1930), the third billion in less than 30 years (1959), the fourth billion in 15 years (1974) and the fifth billion in only 13 years (1987).

During the 20th century alone, the global population grew from 1.6 billion to over six billion people.

In 1970, there were roughly half as many people in the world as there are today.

In The Population Bomb (1968), Paul Ehrlich writes: “The world, especially the developing world, is rapidly running out of food ... in fact the battle to feed humanity is already lost in the sense that we will not be able to prevent large-scale famine in the next decade or so.”

How was this global starvation catastrophe averted?

One element high on the list is innovation. Crop production science and innovation led to new technologies that produce more per acre and more per crop inputs.

Dr. Norman Borlaug was an American agronomist known as “the father of the Green Revolution.”

Borlaug developed new varieties of wheat that were planted around the world and had tremendous yield responses. His approach was adopted by other scientists to improve other crops. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his contributions to world peace through increasing food supply. Borlaug is often credited with saving over a billion people from starvation.

With new technologies based on Borlaug’s research, the successes continue.

Biotechnology is a new set of tools that enhance crop breeding for new plant traits.

Products from bio-

technology have shown tremendous improvement since first provided to farmers in 1995. Biotechbred crops allow farmers to reduce pesticide use, and improve quality and yields with reduced input costs. Biotech-enhanced crops are now grown by 18 million farmers, most of them in developing countries.

In Canada, corn, soybeans and canola are grown using biotechnology (often referred to as genetically-modified organisms or GMOs). All are designed to reduce pesticide use while improving yields. In 1940, corn varieties yielded 25 to 40 bushels per acre. Now, with hybrids and biotechnology, yields are typically 150 to 200 bushels per acre.

GMOs have helped Canadian farmers manage production costs, increase yields and provide safe, nutritious food to the world’s consumers. There is tremendous experience and knowledge about the safety and benefits of GMO crops, based on years of development, testing and production.

The predictions of major hazards, by critics of GMO, have not materialized. GMO crops have played a vital role in improving world agricultural food production per capita. And this will be an ongoing need as the world’s population heads to 10 billion people later this century.

Biotechnology in agriculture production should be embraced the same way we have embraced innovation in medicine, transportation, communication and any number of other sectors.

Biotechnology will continue to help reduce global poverty.

We need more people like Borlaug. Through

research, science and innovation, he helped ensure we have the necessary tools for a healthy future. Biotechnology will be an important part of that future.

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Ask the Guys

Dear Classified Guys, It was like that seventies country song, "Take This Job and Shove It." After five years I had enough. I couldn't take my job any longer. So I applied for one I found in the classifieds, and sure enough, I got it. I was so happy that I walked right into my old boss's office and quit on the spot, no notice. I was feeling so good that I even gave him my opinion of his company. Now I'm two weeks into my new job and regretting it. I realize I made a bad choice.

This job is even worse.

Any ideas on how I can grovel and get my old job back?

• • • Cash: Your situation reminds us of the old joke, "What do you get when you play a country song backwards?"

Carry: You get your truck back, your wife back and your job back.

Cash: Unfortunately, I don't think you can reverse your situation. It's obvious you made a critical error in how you quit your previous job. It always pays to remain professional when you terminate employment. As you're experiencing now, you never know when you may need those contacts again.

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Carry: In fact, it's advantageous to follow up any verbal resignation with a written letter, regardless of the position you held.

Cash: Considering how you left, it's unlikely your previous employer will rehire you unless you were truly unique for that position. Of course, this doesn't mean there's any harm in trying. Just don't be surprised if you're not allowed through the front doors.

Carry: First, you'll need to apologize to your previous boss for your actions. Then you'll need to explain what changed your mind and convince him you can still be a model employee.

Cash: Before you go back

though, consider this. If you've been unhappy with your last two jobs, then maybe you're in the wrong career. Try to determine what type of work will give you the satisfaction needed to make your day enjoyable.

Carry: And since you're unhappy with your current position, consider talking with your new boss about it.

He may be able to adjust your job to better fit your personality and make it a more rewarding work environment for both of you.

Cash: If all else fails, listen to a few more country songs on the way home. You'll likely feel better than the guy who lost his wife, his dog and his truck.

Fast Facts Off The Charts

Reader Humor Forecasting Sales

"Take This Job and Shove It!" It was a phrase made popular when the country artist, Johnny Paycheck, released his version of it in 1977. Although originally written by David Allen Coe, Johnny's version spent two weeks at number one on the billboard charts. It was an instant hit around the nation and sold more than 4 million copies.

However, Johnny's luck was not as good as the sales of the song. His career was plagued with trouble with the law, and in 1989 he was sentenced to ten years for a barroom shooting. Johnny died in 2003 at the age of 64.

Until the recent birth of my son, I was the top salesman at the car dealership. Now I can barely find time to sleep, let alone meet my sales quotas.

For weeks I've been dodging my boss and trying to act like my sales were picking up. So when I saw him heading for my office the other day, I quickly picked up the telephone and acted like I was closing a sale.

"Great! We'll close the deal on Thursday," I said as I hung up the phone.

Unfortunately, my act was cut short when my boss laughed, "I just stopped in to tell you that the phones aren't working this morning!"

Quitting Time Many of today's employees are not loyal to their companies. At some point, many have thought about quitting their job or changing careers. Statistics show that people are acting on those thoughts.

According to the Department of Labor, a male averages 10.5 jobs in his lifetime, women average 9.9.

More surprisingly, the average tenure on the job is only 4 years.

Guess you could say we're leaving loyalty to the dogs.

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Do you have a question or funny story about the classifieds? Want to just give us your opinion? Email us at: comments@classifiedguys.com.

(Thanks to Peter M.)

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TRUCKS 1993 Chev 4x4 Ext Cab. For parts. $650. 780-922-5999 2002 GMC 4x4 HD ¾ ton Service Truck 340k $3500 780-922-5999 1997 Ford 7.3 Diesel, 4 x 4, missing transmission. Nice deck, $2800. 780-922-5999 2000 Dodge Dakota V8 4x4 Farm Truck. $1,600.

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The afternoon of February 9 was still cool, but not nearly as cold as it was the past few days before it. No matter what the temperature was, it didn’t stop the Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) from having a fun day for children at Egg Park. At around 1 p.m. parents started showing up with their children as Lisa Topilko of FCSS shelped guide the children and instruct the parents on how to go about building their ice wall. With different colors to color the blocks of ice and free tattoos for all who helped with the colored blocks, the children spent the next few hours working on their wall.

By the time 3 p.m. rolled around, the wall was a good meter high and to celebrate, the Canada 150 theme logo

was brought along to add to the moment as children stood in front of the wall they helped build while holding the sign.

“Lisa Topilko and I, both community programmers for Family and Community Support Services in Vegreville, we thought of a cool activity that would get kids outside and have the community come together to connect and create something,” Megan Woloshyn of FCSS said. “It’s about enjoying our Canadian winters because this country is known for them as they’re around for more than half the year.”

“I’m here to support Canada 150 and the Impact Vegreville Committee that is sponsoring it,” David Berry, who is part of the Canada 150 committee, said. “I think the kids had a lot of fun and I love the colors. I think it all went really well.”

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Tributes MEMORIAM

MEMORIAM

MEMORIAM

OBITUARY

STEWART, Olga May 27, 1941 - February 15, 2015 In loving memory of a Wife, Mother, and Grandmother Time speeds on, two years have passed Since death its gloom, its shadow cast Within our home, where all seemed bright And took from us a shining light, We miss that light, and ever will, Her vacant place there’s none to fill.

Down here we mourn, but not in vain, For up in Heaven we will meet again.

Forever loved and sadly missed, Marshall and Family

HAMALIUK, Debra In loving Memory of Debra Hamaliuk June 22, 1967 - February 15, 2014 A Silent Tear Just close your eyes and you will see All the memories that you have of me.

Just sit and relax and you will find I’m really still there inside your mind.

Don’t cry for me now I’m gone For I am in the land of song.

There is no pain, there is no fear So dry away that silent tear.

Don’t think of me in the dark and cold For here I am, no longer old.

I’m in that place that’s filled with love Known to you all as “up above.”

Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by your loving husband, Melvin; your children Shawn (Brooke) and Nicole (Michael); and many other relatives and friends.

MANDRUSIAK, Steve In Loving Memory of Steve Mandrusiak May 10, 1925 - February 16, 2014 The treasure of your memory will never fade or die, In silence we’ll shed a tear and ask the reason why.

God called your name so softly, That only you could hear.

No one heard the footsteps of the angels drawing near.

As each and every day goes by, We think of you awhile, And always in our hearts will keep, The memory of your smile.

The song has ended but the melody lingers on.

Always remembered and sadly missed by daughter Phyllis (Gerald) and Family

Victor Laschuk April 19, 1940 – February 7, 2017 On February 7, 2017, Victor Laschuk of Andrew passed away at the age of 76 years.

Victor is survived by his loving wife, Sophie, eight children; John (Pat) Mayko, Les Mayko, Wayne (Pat) Mayko, Dave (Lori) Laschuk, Marie (Tom) Gall, Anthony Laschuk, Bernadette (Kevin) Lentz and Loretta (Al) Bolt, twenty grandchildren; Beth, Erin (Jamie Dziwenko) , Tim and Josh Mayko, Austin and Rachel Mayko, Ryan (Leanne) and Kim Mayko, Aaron Laschuk, Courtney, Jason and Dane Gall, Meghan, Melinda and Allena Laschuk, Derek, Justin and Brenden Lentz, & Shaun and Ben Bolt, two great-grandchildren; Logan and Brielle Mayko, one brother Nick (Cassie) Laschuk; one brother-in-law Peter (Betty) Dashkewich; along with numerous nephews and nieces. Victor was predeceased by his parents, Louis and Annie Laschuk.

A Prayer Service was held on Monday, February 13, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church in Mundare, Alberta where a Divine Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. with the Basilian Fathers officiating. Interment to follow in the Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to “Mass intentions” or to “Lamont Health Care Centre.”

To send condolences, please visit www.autumnrosefuneralhome.com AUTUMN ROSE FUNERAL HOME LTD. VEGREVILLE,780-603-5800

YACKIMEC, Don Michael January 25, 1960 - February 13, 2008 In loving memory of a dear Husband, Father and Gido Nine years ago today are filled with precious memories and loving thoughts of you The rolling stream of life rolls on, But still the vacant chair, Recalls the love, the voice, the smile Of the one who once sat there.

We miss you so very much Don, Dad, Gido.

Your memories live on forever in our hearts Love Always, Paulette, Dustin (Marisca), Brody, Harrison, Shawn (Stephanie), Benjamin and Theodore

BEZOVIE, Nick May 18, 1928 - February 14, 2014 In loving memory of our special Valentine who passed away three years ago today.

A cluster of beautiful memories Sprayed with a million tears, Wishing God had spared you But a few more years.

Thanks for the years you gave us And the happy times we’ve shared, We only pray that when you left us You knew how much we cared.

It’s lonely here without you We miss you more each day For life is not the same, Since you went away.

Forever loved and always remembered Love your wife Lil; Children David & Deb, Diane, Ross & Sharon; Grandchildren Remi & Jamie, Nathan, Jocelyn & Darren, Nicolas, Haily & Nick, Derek and Dryden; Great Grandchildren Bailey and Declan “Memory Eternal”

Thursday 5:00pm Deadline For All Ads Night out - CONTINUED from PAGE 4 Remembering that I was the observer, I sat back in my seat and took the experience in as he went down the highway towards Vermilion. The force of the acceleration was fun and I couldn’t help grin a bit during the ride and quick return to Lavoy. The second visit brought a second unexpected scenario.

The person who Constable Kim was talking with was a mess, having been beaten up and needing medical assistance.

As we waited for the EMS to arrive, he stepped out of the vehicle and did his questioning bit to solve what had happened. Seeing how people reacted to him and more so to the situation was interesting to see. Some people avoided what happened, while others were taking care of the injured man, while still others answered questions that Constable Kim had. The coolness and collectiveness of how he focused on what information he needed was a good refresher for me on the power of concentration. Setting one’s feelings aside and not getting at all emotional about the incident are part of the job but in certain people, I can see how achieving that would certainly take a considerable amount of focus and is a real attribute to have as a police officer. Also during this time, other officers came to see if they could help, which brought the whole teamwork bit to a new level for me. Understanding all of this on the surface is one thing, but being there as it’s all happening is quite another.

The EMS came shortly after that and so Constable Kim’s job was done for the moment. The rest of the evening was quiet, which was fine by me. With it starting to snow, I felt I had enough and throughout my time with the officer as I reflected on it on my way home, I felt I got to understand the profession of being an RCMP officer better and that it’s not so much the job that you do that

really matters, it’s what you bring to it that distinguishes it from work and service to the community, which is what I learned that being an RCMP is about.

6 killed as strong quake strikes southern Philippines

UN Security Council meeting sought over NKorea missile test

SURIGAO, Philippines — A powerful nighttime earthquake in the southern Philippines killed at least six people and injured more than 120, with officials combing through cracked buildings and nearby towns Saturday to check on the damage and other possible casualties.

The magnitude 6.7 quake roused residents from their sleep late Friday in Surigao del Norte province, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes. The quake was centred about 16 kilometres (8 miles) northwest of the provincial capital of Surigao at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles), said

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of — The United States, Japan and South Korea have requested urgent diplomatic talks at the United Nations on Monday over North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch, with Seoul condemning what it called “serious military and security threats” and predicting more such tests.

A spokesman for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said Sunday night that the meeting is expected to take place Monday. The spokesman spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

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VDMHA comedy night Joe Machney Reporter The evening of February 11 seen a full house at the Social Centre in Vegreville as people came to support the Vegreville and District Minor Hockey Association (VDMHA) during their annual Comedy Night.

The event began at 5:30 p.m. as people started making their way to the bar for cocktails while others wandered around the tables that lined the side of the hall where the eclectic selection of auction items for the silent auction was on display. Jamison Brown of 106.5 was the emcee for the evening, along with Peter Conway as the auctioneer. One item in particular that stood out, although it wasn’t really a silent auction item, was a Happy Hour Net that had $1000 worth of liquor standing in front of it. To win it, people bought a playing card and half of the card went into a hat to be selected later in the night to determine

the winner, who was Robert Stemburger. The silent auction items were pulled throughout the evening.

Grace before the meal had a little bit of a hockeyish-tweaking to it, which given the situation was most appropriate. The delicious meal for the evening comprised of roast beef and gravy with horseradish on the side, breaded chicken in mornay sauce, mashed potatoes, mushroom risotto, sour cabbage rolls, roasted seasonal vegetables, Ceasar salad, Mandarin salad, brocoli salad, buns and butter and a selection of desserts.

Before the three comedians came out, a beautiful Wranglers quilt was auctioned off for $750 to Tina Warawa.

The first comedian Lisa Baker who hailed from Newfoundland started out the entertainment with her, in my opinion, rather crass and vulgar humour. A good part of her humour focused on her Newfie background and the differences between the people in Alberta and the people out East. With references to Ontario and people from Quebec, her strong feelings were certainly expressed through her unfiltered choice of vocabulary.

Charles Haycock, a young comedian, was up next and served as a nice reprieve from Lisa’s tone. His sense of humour focussed more on life observations from living with his Grandma, the Grandma upgrade, to women’s clothing and the odd way of determining sizes through the number system which to him means the number of meals they eat per day.

After Charles finished Lisa came on again and did some of her same brand of comedy before Sean Lecomber took the stage to joke about his time as a stay at home dad, to give a poke about British people and his experience of being in Vegreville.

A dance followed as well as a midnight lunch before the partiers went home in the wee hours of the morning.

Most of the tables at the Social Centre were filled as people enjoyed the delicious meal.

Lisa Baker was the first comedian for the evening.

Charles Haycock, a young up and coming comedian was the second comedian for the evening.

Sean Lecomber finished the trio of comedians for the evening.

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2016 Federal population census Joe Machney Reporter The 2016 Federal population census came out from Statistics Canada on February 8 of this year and in respects to our paper’s circulation area, as is expected, the population increase and decrease has fluctuated throughout the area. On a National level, the population of Canada has increased 5% since the last census, five years ago. The population of the province of Alberta has increased in the last five years from 3,645,257 to 4,067,175 people.

Vegreville – 2016 Federal Census: 5708, 2012 municipal Census: 5758, 2011 Federal Census 5717.

Mannville – 2016 Federal Census: 828, 2011 Federal Census: 803.

Innisfree - 2016 Federal Census: 193, 2011 Federal Census: 220.

Mundare - 2016 Federal Census: 852, 2011 Federal Census: 855.

Holden - 2016 Federal Census: 350, 2011 Federal Census: 381.

Two Hills - 2016 Federal Census: 1352, 2011 Federal Census: 1379.

Tofield - 2016 Federal Census: 2081, 2011 Federal Census: 2182.

Willingdon - 2016 Federal Census: 319, 2011 Federal Census: 275.

Chipman - 2016 Federal Census: 274, 2011 Federal Census: 284.

Andrew - 2016 Federal Census: 425, 2011 Federal Census: 379.

Viking - 2016 Federal Census: 1083, 2011 Federal Census: 1041.

Lamont - 2016 Federal Census: 1774, 2011 Federal Census: 1753.

Myrnam - 2016 Federal Census: 339, 2011 Federal Census: 370.

Smoky Lake - 2016 Federal Census: 964, 2011 Federal Census: 1022.

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Support came from across the province with MLAs from neighbouring areas as well as from as far away as Lethbridge joining Mayor Hayduk.

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(Back row-left-to-right) Clinicians, Lianna Makuch and Patrick Lundeer with the cast, while they kept their acting spirit for a photo. Inset: The superheroes appear frightened after they were kidnapped by the villains at the Wendy Brook Play It Up! Drama Workshop 2017.(Rosanne Fortier/photo)

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Rosanne Fortier Practicing can be as much fun as playing! This was especially true when young actors and actresses participated in the Wendy Brook Drama Workshop on February 9 at Vegreville United Church.

This workshop was meant to energize the cast’s imagination and acting spirit before the Wendy Brook Festival. Clinicians, Patrick Lundeer and Lianna Makuch said that they guided the kids while the young ones built the play. The children managed to create their own characters of superheroes and villains as they improvised scenes and found ways to rehearse together.

The characters had complex back stories. The play began when the cast announced that

the villains made a time machine and were planning to send heroes back in time before they had their super powers.

A scene came on next where the two superheroes were kidnapped because of the Super Evil Plan.

This plan was composed of finding the time machine, securing the machine and saving the big boss which would make them all immoral, and then they would have a party. But the time

machine was lost and the superheroes and villains realized their quarrels were petty and they spent the rest of their life being friends.

The audience issued a standing ovation at the end.

Lundeer and Makuch said the kids did an amazing job in one day. These clinicians are from Edmonton and they have taught drama for 10 years.

Parent feedback essential for local schools EIPS Throughout the month of February, parents and guardians across Alberta are being asked to complete Alberta Education’s Accountability Pillar survey, an annual checkup on the province’s educational system. Although school divisions frequently seek parental input, this particular survey—mailed directly to students’ homes—is one of the most impactful ways to influence how education is delivered locally.

“Speaking on behalf of the Division, I can’t stress enough the importance of the information we receive through the Accountability Pillar,” says Mark Liguori, the Superintendent at Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS). “Results are provided for each school, and help us to determine what we are doing well and areas where we need to improve.”

In January, parents and guardians of students in grades 4, 7 and 10—in cases where a school has fewer than 120 students enrolled, the survey includes all students at the school in grades 4 and up—received the survey in the mail and are asked to return it

prior to the end of February. Additionally, online surveys are being completed by students and teachers in grades 4, 7 and 10, which provides a broad perspective on a school’s performance in various aspects of education quality, student outcomes such as dropout and high school completion rates and provincial assessments of student learning.

“In addition to the information we receive about academic achievement, we’re also able to assess how each of our schools are doing in terms of offering safe and caring environments, preparation for lifelong learning and parent engagement,” says Liguori. “It’s our goal to offer a wellrounded and impactful educational experience for all our students. The parent portion of the survey is an invaluable resource in making that happen.”

All surveys are anonymous and ask questions about the overall school experience.

Results are available to EIPS in May 2017 and reported publicly as part of the Division’s annual Combined Education Plan and Annual Education Results Report.

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History of Scout-Guide Week The First Scout-Guide Week took place in 1926 and it continued up until the 1940s. However, in 1949,ScoutGuide Week was dropped because it was felt that it was being lost among so many other special weeks.

Occasionally, some groups, along with some Girl Guide Companies continued “Boy Scout Week” as it was originally called. In the early 1950s, the week was officially recognized as Boy Scout Week.

During the late 1960s, there was an increase in combined Scout-Guide services and events. This, and the belief that Guiding and Scouting had much to gain by pooling resources, led to meetings and discussions between both organizations.

Scouts Canada is the country’s leading co-ed youth organization offering programs for youth aged 5 to 26 • For more than 100 years, Scouts Canada has brought a world of adventure, outdoor experience and friendship to 17 million Canadian youth. • There are more than 100,000 members nationwide. • All Scouts Canada programs are co-ed with a 20 per cent female membership. • Scouts Canada is a highly diverse organization that welcomes all people to its membership regardless of gender, race, culture, religious belief, sexual orientation or economic circumstances. Scouts Canada programming is offered in many languages, reflecting Canada’s multicultural landscape and communities. • Scouts Canada is committed to providing the most secure environment possible for learning, development and fun.

Scouts Canada offers five challenging programs for youth that support healthy, active living, leadership and the environment • Scouts Canada offers five programs including: o Beaver Scouts – 5 to 7 o Cub Scouts – 8 to 10 o Scouts – 11 to 14 o Venturer Scouts – 14 to 17 o Rover Scouts – 18 to 26 • Scouts have fun adventures discovering new things and experiences they wouldn’t discover elsewhere. Along the way, they develop into capable, confident and wellrounded individuals, better prepared for success in the world. Scouts is the start of something great. • Scouts Canada’s mission is to help develop well-rounded youth, better prepared for success in the world. • Scouts builds leaders. At its core, Scouts is about helping young people

find their way forward, matching skills with their interests, and ensuring that youth receive the support and guidance they require.

Scouts Canada is part of the world-wide Scouting Movement • Scouts Canada is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. • According to the World Organization of the Scout Movement, there are more than 40 million Scouts, youth and adults, boys and girls, in 162 countries worldwide.

For more than four decades, Scouts and Guides have celebrated Scout-Guide Week nationwide • In 2014, Scout-Guide Week runs from February 1 – 2 . • We celebrate this week to honour the birthday of Lord Robert Baden-Powell (Feb. 22), who, in 1907 started the Scouting Movement at a camp on Brownsea Island in England and his wife, Lady Olave Baden-Powell, the World Chief Guide. • This is a time of celebration for Scouts Canada and Girl Guides of Canada – a time when two worldwide youth Movements honour their heritage and a time to recognize the good work both Movements do for the community. • Across Canada celebrations include camps, expeditions and mall displays, special banquets and parades. <INCLUDE YOUR CELEBRATIONS WHEN SPEAKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC/MEDIA> For more information visit Scouts.ca

Scout-Guide Week or GuideScout Week was introduced in 1970, and focused on Feb. 22, the birthday of both Scouts founder, Lord Robert BadenPowell and his wife, Lady Olave Baden-Powell, the World Chief Guide.

In 1970, ScoutGuide Week began as a pilot project, approved for a threeyear period. Due to its success, a second threeyear term was approved in 1971 and in 1974, it was agreed ScoutGuide Week would continue indefinitely. In 1974, both organizations agreed to have the title interchangeable – “GuideScout” or “ScoutGuide” Week.

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Vegreville Girl Guides Leaders Rosanne Fortier Pamela Bunclark was a Girl Guide when she was young and she enjoyed it so much that she has volunteered to be a Girl Guide Leader for 10 years now. She said it is so rewarding to be a Girl Guides Leader and that there is no greater feeling than when she’s at a grocery store and a young girl says hi and gives her a random hug.

Girl Guides Leaders have to be 18 years-old. They need to fill out an application form where they might have to

give some references and must undergo a Child Welfare and Criminal Records clearance. Once they have been approved, they have to complete a safe guide which speaks about safety and what activities Girl Guides Leaders can do.

“First most, we are responsible for the safety of the girls. At every meeting, we sign the younger girls in and we make sure who is picking them up and taking them home. We have proper health forms and contact information from each Girl Guide. Then we usually have two adult leaders at each meeting,” Pathfinder Leader, Pamela Bunclark said.

“You don’t need to know anything about Girl Guides to volunteer as a leader because we have program books that tell you what to do and we have samples of ideas of things you can do. The younger girls aren’t that complex, they are happy doing almost any-

Vegreville Girl Guide Leaders: Some of Vegreville Girl Guide Leaders who came to the Girl Guide Meeting on February 1, 2017. (Left-to-right) Skyla Elley, Brownie Leader, Paula Rumley, Guide Leader, Pamela Bunclark, and Brenda Fisher, Second Brownie Leader and Ranger Leader. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

thing. Even if you aren’t a crafty person, there are so many places on-line that you can find crafty ideas. Then if you don’t know anything about camping, there is training you can obtain for this or another leader can take over. There are sessions and training available to cover all areas also.

“The Vegreville Girl Guides Leaders have to set up a budget on where we are going to spend the money. Someone will volunteer to be the treasurer. Actually, if someone didn’t want to be a leader but wanted to volunteer to do this, that would be great. They have to get audited once-a-year to do this. We utilized whatever skills our leaders have.

“The leaders do program planning and they try to encourage the girls to actively participate in the activities. We try to listen to what the girls say and ask them what they want to do. It’s that balancing act because different girls have different interests and personalities.

“The benefits to being a Girl Guides Leader are if your own girls are in it, you get to do a lot of fun things with your own kids and their new friends. If you don’t have your own kids but you want to meet other women and like working and helping kids, Girl Guides is a great organization to do this for.

“Even if you’re not a leader of a unit anymore, you can belong to the Trefoil Guild.

These ladies get together and do fun activities and sometimes they come out at the camps and run the kitchen. They like being with the young girls and they know all the songs and traditions.

“Shirley Preuss is a life member of ours. She comes to our year-end banquet. She’s awesome!

“We are always looking for new members who want to volunteer or become Girl Guides Leaders. They can do this for any length of time; according to what is best for them. Girl Guides is run by volunteers and our leaders are wonderful ladies who give a lot of their time and we are so appreciated of them,” Bunclark added.

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A Worldwide Movement There are Scout associations and branches in more than 216 countries and territories.

Scouting has never stopped growing since its founding in 1907. Today there are more than 25 million Scouts. Over 300 million people have been members in the more than 90 years since Scouting was founded. While Scouting is adapted to local needs and culture, its Purpose, Principles, and Method are the same world wide.

Open to All Scouting is open to all without distinction of origin, race, class, or creed, provided that the person voluntarily adheres to Scouting’s Principles.

A Code of Living Scouting’s Principles describe a simple code of living to which all Scouts make a personal commitment through the Scout Promise and Law. Scouting helps Scouts learn how to carry out their commitment in everyday life.

This approach to life has three dimensions: • A Spiritual Dimension — A commitment to seek the spiritual value of life beyond the material world.

• A Social Dimension — Participating in the development of society, and respecting the dignity of others and the integrity of the natural world. Promoting local, national, and international peace, understanding, and cooperation.

• A Personal Dimension — Developing a sense of personal responsibility and stimulating the desire for responsible self-expression.

The Scout Method The Elements Scouting’s purpose is achieved by the use of the Scout Method, which is a system of progressive self-education through: • A Promise and Law — Making a personal commitment.

• Learning by doing — Active participation with others. Opportunities for new experiences.

• Membership of small groups — In lodges, sixes, or patrols to develop leadership, group skills, and individual responsibility.

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Girl Guides guide girls to have valuable life skills Rosanne Fortier Girl Guides gives girls the opportunity to experience and be expose to a lot of different things they might not be able to do at home.

Girl Guides welcomes girls of all ages and abilities. There is an annual fee and small additional fee for extra activities. Their primarily fundraising is their cookie sales which help to support all of the things Girl Guides does and keeps admission costs affordable. Girl Guides of Canada consists of Sparks for girls kindergarten to Grade 1, Brownies for Grades 2 and 3, Guides for Grades 4 to 6, Pathfinders for Grades 7 to 9 and Rangers for Grades 10 to 12. These groups meet at St. John’s Lutheran Church.

“Girl Guides is a lot about obtaining leadership skills.

The Sparks motto is I promise to share and be a friend.

The Girl Guides do all kinds of activities ranging from science activities, arts and crafts, they play games, go camping where they learn camping skills that include learning how to cook outdoors and at some camps there are different water and boating activities. One year we took the girls to Ottawa for Canada Day. Another year, the Rangers went to Victoria. We work on them according to the different abilities that they have because we want to challenge them but not overwhelm them,” Pathfinder Leader, Pamela Bunclark said.

“There are a variety of different programs that the girls go through. With the older girls, we have discussions at the beginning of the year to find out what the girls are interested in because we want to help them choose what they want to do. With the Sparks, the goal is to take them through everything. We also make sure the Brownies and Guides get expose to all the different areas. They have to try and find something within each of the theme areas every year. We want to make sure the girls have the opportunity to get some badges because not everyone has parents that are always available to help them with that. We make sure during meetings they are also trying to work on their badges. If they want to earn extra badges, that is fine too.

“Girl Guides do a lot of volunteering for the community; this is especially true for our older girls. Our Pathfinders and Rangers help with the Christmas Bureau; they do Reindeer Lane every year, Halloween Carnival, and family dances. The younger girls will have a food drive where they bring in food for the food bank.

“The girls have made lasting friendships through Girl Guides. The nice thing is we have girls from both schools, so this gives girls the opportunity to get to know people they haven’t met before.

“Girl Guides is a great organization and I would definitely recommend any girl to join it,” Bunclark added.

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Girl Guides’ Zoe’s Trek across Canada Rosanne Fortier Girl Guides gain an education and obtain life skills that they sometimes do not get anywhere else. The Vegreville Girl Guidesthe Sparks and Brownies celebrated Canada 150th Anniversary of Confederation by obtaining information and doing crafts at their Zoe’s Trek across Canada at the Girl Guide meeting at St. John’s Lutheran Church on February 1.

At this session, the girls learned about the Maritime Provinces where they discovered that the main industry was fishing. Girl Guide Leaders showed the girls how to read a map and find out where the islands are and the

Girl Guides do a craft involving construction paper lobsters for the craft session of their session about the Maritime Provinces at the Zoe’s Trek across Canada. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

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100th anniversary - CONTINUED from PAGE 5 • Progressive and stimulating programs — Progressive activities based on the interests of young people. Activities in contact with nature, a rich learning environment where simplicity, creativity, and discovery come together to provide adventure and challenge.

The Elements at Work Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts have weekly meetings and other events, such as weekend camps and fun days.

Meetings are filled with games, skills, crafts, and other activities. Adult volunteer Scouters operate the program with the help of parents and other volunteers.

Venturers and Rovers, with the assistance of an adult Adviser, take responsibility for planning and running their own activities.

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name of the ocean, as well as, many other interesting facts and history behind these provinces.

After all this fun learning, the children did a craft involving construction paper lobsters.

Beavers — Sharing, Sharing, Sharing A positive group experience for children aged 5-7 designed to develop in them a love of nature, an ability to share and play together, and an ability to express their creativity.

Girl Guides with their Leader, Paula Rumley learn about the Maritime Provinces at the Zoe’s Trek across Canada. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Wolf Cubs — Do Your Best Cubs is a program for children aged 8-10 designed for maximum enjoyment and learning through activities in such areas as outdoors, acting, games, music, Badge and Star work, handicrafts, and stories.

Scouts — Be Prepared Scouts is an adventurous program for young people aged 11-14 in which the members develop skills, earn Badges and awards, and have fun in the outdoors through hiking and camping, all designed to help guide them as they move towards good citizenship.

Girl Guides with their Brownie Leader, Skyla Elley learn about the Maritime Provinces at the Zoe’s Trek across Canada. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Venturers — Challenge Venturers is for young people aged 14-17 who, with the help of an adult Adviser, work together as a company in the planning and operation of an action-oriented outdoor program and, at the same time, learn to handle adult responsibilities in the operation of their own affairs.

Rovers — Service Rovers is a program for adults aged 18-26 designed to emphasize the enjoyment of the outdoors, service projects, and personal development

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Thunderbirds down Rangers in critical game Joe Machney Reporter The match-up between the Frog Lake Thunderbirds and the Vegreville Rangers had been postponed a couple times due to weather but the game finally came to be and as the Rangers needed to desperately win the game to increase their chances of making the playoffs, their hopes were dashed by the sharp gameplay of the Thunderbirds.

The game started off with the Rangers seeming a little nervous and the Thunderbirds took advantage of that with confidence and a quick attempt at a first goal, but Saik was steady and ready as he stopped it and the breakaway that followed a minute later. The couple power plays towards the middle of the period for both teams came up empty, but when the penalties were cleared Frog Lake brought down the hammer in the Rangers’ zone and finally got one behind Saik. As the period went on, the Rangers seemed to be plagued by penalties, but Frog Lake getting a two-minute penalty near the end of the period helped to relieve some of the strain on the boys in blue which gave them some more gas but not enough to even the score before the period closed.

Killing off the penalty was the first priority for the second period and having done that they were able to focus at full strength, but it wasn’t enough as another goal by the T-birds and then a third showed them which team was in control. A couple penalties for the Rangers made Frog Lake’s fourth goal relatively easy to get. Down by four goals, the Rangers turned up the gas to try and get something going and with continual effort and a two-man advantage, the Rangers finally got on the board a few seconds before the close of the second period as Mikins scored with assists from Lutyck-Neufeld and Musgrave.

With a score of 4 to 1 going into the third Vegreville knew they had a lot of work to do. Despite all the penalties Frog Lake got in the second they still had command of the game. The period began with a holding penalty for the Rangers and another goal by Frog Lake.

A slashing penalty didn’t stop the Thunderbirds from getting yet another one. The Rangers were not out of the game yet, and Mikins proved that by adding another point to his tally for the night with an assist from Wozniak.

Another penalty and a brawl in front of

the Frog Lake net with three minutes left in the game resulted in a game misconduct for the Thunderbirds and a 4-minute penalty for the Rangers. For the last few minutes of the game, Frog Lake’s superior gameplay proved to be too difficult for the Rangers to do anything about as they got another goal before the clock ran out. The final score was 8 to 2 for Frog Lake.

“I don’t think we’ve had a game the whole year where a ref took us out of the game that bad,” Coach James Couch said of the referee. “Our guys fought and tried to get back into it, but as soon as our guys got momentum he gave us

something for ghost calls. Oh, well, can’t blame it on the ref, we got to beat the ref sometimes too, eh?”

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Town Hall meeting discusses economic impact of CPC closure Joe Machney Reporter On the evening of February 14, people from the Vegreville area and beyond gathered at the Vegreville Social Centre to hear the results of the update from the comprehensive socio-economic impact report of the Federal Government’s decision to close the Case

Processing Centre (CPC) will have on the close-knit community of Vegreville.

The panel that took the stage to start the evening consisted of Peter Doby who served as the emcee for the evening, Vegreville Mayor Myron Hayduk, Michelle Henderson CEIU Campaign Lead, Pearce Shewchuk from Nicols Applied Management, and MLA Jessica Littlewood. Along the side and in the first couple rows sat all of the Town Councilors for Vegreville, Cliff Craig the Town Manager, as well as a collection of MLAs, which totaled 13% of the caucus from both sides of the political scale that proudly came at MLA Littlewood’s request to support her and the rest of the town in their effort to save the CPC. Also present was the County Reeve for the County of Beaver, Kevin Smook, and the Reeve for the County of Minburn, Carl Ogrodnick.

Peter Dolby began by asking Myron Hayduk to take the lead. Forever passionate about keeping the CPC Hayduk spoke proudly of how grateful he was that the other MLAs came to support him in the town’s plight along with the Reeves and Town Councilors. “I have to emphasize how important it is that we stand united as one in this,” Hayduk said with conviction. “This closure does not make sense to be economically. The CPC centre has always been praised for their efficiency and the quality of work that they put out and for some people this place is their lives and it will devastate their lives as well as the businesses and lifestyles of this community and it cannot happen!”

Taking his seat after his emotionally charged speech, MP Shannon Stubbs who could not physically make an appearance had pre-recorded a video which was played next and showed the audience that she is fighting tooth and nail to get this decision reversed while she is in Ottawa at the House of Commons. She spoke about the sixteen questions that she had asked in the House and the letters that she read which the people of Vegreville sent her for over an hour to address the questions that they wanted her to get answered.

In the coming weeks, she will be meeting with the Minister of Immigration. Her closing words were, “Together we will get the Liberals to Respect Vegreville and get them to reverse this edict.”

Michelle Henderson spoke about her time in the House of Commons and she is pleased that the Minister will be open to meeting with her to discuss this issue. Pearce Shewchuk talked next about the socio-economic impact assessment that this closure would have on the community and with a PowerPoint presentation showed a best and worst case scenario. Areas that he expanded on included: population; economic activity including jobs, GDP, and income; housing, education, Municipal f iscal effects and social infrastructure.

Shewchuk’s key find-MLA Littlewood ings indicated that Vegreville’s population is older than the provincial average and that if the CPC closes a considerable amount of the younger people in the town will move away, further exacerbating the age demographic and shrinking the population of the town which will cause multiple complications and issues with the others areas being economics, housing, education, Municipal fiscal effects and social structure including volunteers.

MLA Littlewood was the last speaker and she focused her speech on the huge support that this endeavour is receiving from everyone and why it is so important. “If this can happen here than this can happen anywhere and that is why we must not let them get away with it. This is not about party lines, this is about serving the people,” MLA Littlewood said about Vegreville’s challenge and of the group of people she gathered together to join her, one MLA, in particular, came from as far as Lethbridge to show his support. “We are taking steps in the right direction, the PSAC meeting with the Immigration Minister of the Federal Government near the end of February is a great step forward.”

The closing question and answer section challenged the speakers and helped to get issues of the public clarified before the evening ended.

We are taking steps in the right direction