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Bill Roth, Vermilion Fire Chief, was on hand for Fire Prevention Week. One of the schools he visited was St. Jerome’s Grade 3 classes. Roth asked at the end of his presentation, “Who wants to go for a ride in the fire truck?” All hands were raised. All the children had the chance to pretend to be firefighters as they boarded the fire truck, listened to the siren, and went for a ride...with their seatbelts on, of course. Photo Nicole Crossan.

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Students Gear Up For Their Next Rodeo

The next College rodeo will be on October 18 in Olds and following that is the Lakeland College Fall Classic rodeo in Vermilion on October 25 and 26.

Photos Nicole Crossan.

circuit is here in Vermilion. They practised team roping and break away roping Reporter on October 9 at the Lakeland College Vermilion Riding Arena. There are usually The largest rodeo team in the College twenty or more people at the practicesNicole Crossan

-some are College students and some are locals there to share their knowledge and tricks of the trade.

“It’s a fun setup and there is a lot of joking around. It’s good practise,” said

Ethan Dueck who is taking environmental science at Lakeland College, Vermilion Campus. Dueck came here from Ponoka and ropes every Tuesday and Thursday.

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The 44th Annual Rusty Bit Show and Gymkhana had an amazing turnout of 48 competitors. Sonja Wilkinson was the judge. It was great to see the number of competitors increase.

“We want to thank her for coming out and judging for us,” Krystal Stone commented.

The Walk Trot overall winner was: Abigail Zacharuk. Peewee 10 and under and overall Rusty Bit winner was Trista Wilson. Junior 13 and under winner was Julia Matthews. Intermediate 17 and under winner was Harleigh Zack.

S e n i o r 18 a n d over winner was Lesley Farkash.

“We would like to thank the Coutts family for their support.

It was a great end to the show season and start of the 4-H year.

We would like to thank ever yone for their support The Rusty Bit trophy winner! Winner Trista Wilson competed and anyone who in 10 and under category with her horse Trash. From left, Bill c a m e o u t t o Coutts, John Coutts, Trista Wilson, Jeanette Coutts. watch,” Stone said. Photos submitted.

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“Water is very important to us,” Roth explained to a group of eager grade 3 students raising their hands to ask questions.

Then he described how each part of the uniform provides protection.

The hat, for example, acts as a shield against water soaking through their suits, protects their heads, has an eye shield that can protect the eyes, indicate when the fire is too hot, and holds

a flashlight. They also carry radios that provide communication with other firefighters with a simple push of a button.

Many of the students have parents or other relatives who farm, so Roth explained the cost of a fire truck in terms they could understand. “All you farmers know that if a combine burns up it costs between $350-400,000 to replace. $400,000 or more is the price of one of our fire trucks and we have five of them in Vermilion.” “ Ever y household should have a designated muster point,” Roth advised, then he explained what a muster point is and where is the best place for it to be located.

Bill Roth, Vermilion Fire Chief, showed the Grade 3 class at St. Jerome’s what the oxygen tank and other apparatus worn by a firefighter looks like and explained what they are used for. Photo Nicole Crossan.

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doing the right thing, and being involved with their communities. It will be called the Student of the Month program and it will be ongoing. As part of this idea, teachers will select students that meet the criteria and submit them to Maida.

She came up with the idea because she feels that it’s ver y important to be par t of the community’s growth.

“Children are frequently awarded for their sporting abilities and their marks, so it makes sense for t hem to be rewarded for their integrity too,” Maida commented.

“Paying it forward and giving it back are the footprints of who we are,” Gidget Maida, the new General Manager of The Bargain Shop said.

Maida moved to Vermilion three years ago, and used to commute to Lloydminster for work, so this new position in Vermilion is quite fitting for her.

Maida feels that community involvement is the key to peaceful, productive communities. Two years ago, as she was taking part in community activities, she noticed the sporting situation at the schools in Vermilion.

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“It’s really about community and meeting customer needs,” Maida explained.

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A Day With Allen Faulkner

Nicole Crossan Reporter

“My name is David Allen Faulkner, but people just call me Allen...I have whittled over 200 canes. I don’t sell them. I just give them away,” Faulkner said.

Faulkner’s father and mother came to Leduc in 1902 from Nova Scotia. He used to whittle a lot. Whittling runs in the family.

Then his dad bought some land in Mannville, Minburn, and southeast of Edmonton.

After he retired in 1960 at the age of 90 years, he moved to Cuba and taught the Cubans how to farm grain and raise cattle.

They were paying thirty to sixty thousand dollars to buy Holstein cattle and ship them to Cuba, but they would die in a month or two.

Faulkner’s dad discovered that their feed had no value to it, so he took bags of quack grass, alfalfa, and clover seeds there to plant good feed for the cattle. It was so wet there that the feed was cut and in a few days was grown back again. The water there was two feet deep and alfalfa likes water. He was there for about ten or eleven years.

Faulkner still has a wooden chain that

Allen Faulkner showed how intricately carved his father’s wooden chain is.

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so most of the time he just went barefoot.

In the summer, this wasn’t so bad. When autumn came and there were two or three inches of snow on the ground, he remembers running home, then stopping to hold his feet in his hands, then running again to get home as fast as he could before the cold set in. They later learned to fashion makeshift footwear out of a piece of leather and some straw.

“Those were shoes that had to be taken off outside if you wanted to keep the schoolhouse clean,” he joked.

Faulkner mentioned that he was disappointed that his school only had one door.

Then he explained why, “I only went to school up to grade eight. I wish our school had two doors so I could walk in one door and out the other and tell people I had gone through school, but I had to plow the field after I got up to grade eight.”

He used to plow 5 acres a day and afterwards his sister made two passes with the harrow. It was hard work and those were lean times in the early thirties.

Faulkner had siblings that left home to work when they were fifteen or sixteen whom he hadn’t even met because he was just being born or not even born yet. Then one day they would come back home and his parents told him, “This is your brother,” or “This is your sister.”

Two of his older siblings stayed home to help with the farm, so when Faulkner turned fifteen, he decided he should go find his way in the world like some of his eldest siblings had done. So, he ran away from home and went to live with his brother when he was 15 to try to find work. He found work “all over the country.”

He worked for farmers and made fifteen cents a day working fifteen hours a day-one cent an hour. For that price, he had to haul water to eighty head of cattle, milk seven cows, and clean up two barns. At eleven o’clock at night he crawled up into the attic of an old bunkhouse that you could see right through the roof. It was cold and in the wintertime nearly unbearable, so he covered the roof over with manure to keep himself warm. “It looked like a big manure pile.” Those were tough years.

“I worked for different farmers, some in Vilna...I kept moving around.”

Some of the people he worked for didn’t have any money to pay him. No one had any money back then around 1934-35, but they needed the extra help, so what could they do?

After that Faulkner worked for a veterinarian in Millet for about three years.

“I took pigs to Vermilion when it was twenty-five cents apiece for pigs at the auction market. Two year old heifers with calves were selling for nine dollars, so I went home to the wife and said we’ve got to quit.

We can’t stay here. There’s no way we’re going to make it. So I went and worked for the government.”

Before he worked for the government, he

Faulkner’s photo album showed what he has done with Family Trees.

His wife worked for four years as a highwas a foreman on the asphalt roads for ten years. He paved Cold Lake Airport, Edmon- way maintenance worker and the governton Airport and lots of highways all the way ment said she should have worked one down to McGrath and around Calgary. more year so she could get help to pay for Their children were already grown up and her funeral expenses. She passed away 17 out of school when he paved the asphalt years ago of cancer and it cost $2500 to bury her, but the government wouldn’t help highways all over Alberta.

When he quit four other guys on his crew him.

One of his sons is 68 and he lives across quit too and they never did go back to work the hall from his father in Mannville because for them.

“I must have done something right when he lost his leg and can’t work. The other is I was their boss because when I said to 72. He lives at Wizard Lake by Calmar and them, in the fall I’m not coming back, they Leduc.

Faulkner gets a small pension from the said they would leave too then. They said they would work with Faulkner, but they government.

He has worked hard. “It’s been a tough didn’t want to work there if he wasn’t coming life.” They wouldn’t give him the money back back to work anymore.”

Some of the foremen were difficult to that he had paid into unemployment insurwork with, but Faulkner feels, “If they are ance after he left either. He asked them for people, they have to be treated like people.” three or four thousand dollars of the money He worked 15 years on highway mainte- the government owes him to pay for a motor nance for the Alberta government, but he home. They said that they wouldn’t be able quit when he was 60, so he hasn’t been to give him that money until he dies.

“I figure they are going to put a check at allowed to collect a pension because he the bottom of my coffin for me,” he laughed. quit five years too early.

“I thought well if I can’t make a living after sixty years I m i g h t as well starve to d eat h.”

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Allen Faulkner lives in Mannville and carves animal heads to place on top of his canes. There are samples of his carved horse, eagle, woodpecker, dog, and duck heads in his apartment. He also carves a unique Family Tree with stick people lined up, dressed up and carrying items that are symbolic of each member of the family.

His family threw him a surprise birthday party for his 95th birthday this year. He was born September 19, 1919 and he was the eleventh born. He had a tough life, “I must have done something wrong to still be here,” he joked.

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Lorna Hamilton Editor

With Monday being Thanksgiving and usually the day our Newspaper c omes out, I decided that this week’s editorial should have something to do with the holiday and how it came to be.

The origins of the Canadian Thanksgiving have been closely connected to the traditions of Europe. A time of thanks and celebrations of harvest took place in Europe during the month of October, long before Europeans settled here in North America.

As stated on Wikipedia.org, the first Canadian Thanksgiving is traced back to 1578 and the explorer Martin Frobisher who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Pacific Ocean.

He held his Thanksgiving celebration not for harvest but to give thanks for surviving the long journey from England to Newfoundland through the perils of storms and icebergs.

We all have our own reason to celebrate Thanksgiving whether it is for a great harvest, a religious reason, etc. In my home, Thanksgiving was and still is a time when our families get together to give thanks for just being here. We were not farmers like so many of the families

Being Thankful

here in Vermilion, as I am a “Newfie” girl. The fishery was always the main natural resource for my home province, so, I guess in a way we were thankful that our waters provided so many of my family members with a means to support their families.

Although I am thankful for so many different things, the career opportunities I have been given, my wonderful supportive circle of friends and the list can go on and on, it is not my main reason for being thankful each year. I do not generally speak of my personal life to many people as it is just that, personal! But, each year I have to be thankful for my family and for my health thus far.

The one thing I thank God for every day, not just at Thanksgiving, is my Mom. I have the most wonderful Mom any person could ever ask for. She is my rock! After I moved here from Newfoundland she packed up some of her belongings and moved here to help us with the children so I could work. She left all her family back home to come here, in my mind, that is an act of supreme dedication to your family. She has been there for me through every trying time.

She has been my strength that got me through things I surely never thought I could have. She has supported me in every decision I have made throughout my life, even if she thought I was making

the biggest mistake one could possibly make. My Mom is absolutely my best friend!! We have spent countless hours by one another’s side. She has held me when I cried and been there with me in times of complete joy.

Secondly, I am thankful for my entire family. Even though we often disagree with one another’s opinions, there is nothing in this world I wouldn’t do for any member of my family.

Next, I am thankful for my health! 10 years ago, I faced the realization that no one is given a long life guarantee. I was told that what they removed during a colonoscopy was in fact cancer. This is not something I speak of often, very rarely actually but, after learning how close I was to becoming a cancer statistic, I decided that each day of my life would be lived to the absolute fullest.

I will always be thankful for the opportunity to see my children grow and become successful, for not all people are as lucky.

Lastly, I am thankful for the roof over my head, the clothes on my back, and the food in my cupboards. I may not be rich, but my life is blessed. I don’t have to worry about the basic necessities of life while some are struggling on a daily basis just to make ends meet.

Each person reading this today may ask, why did she open her life up to us like that? Well, the answer is pretty

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simple. We all have our reasons for being thankful. Yours may be for family, health, a good crop, friends, a new job, anything really.

In sharing a little about my reasons for being thankful, I am also hoping to spread the word about how important it is to have regular cancer screenings done, especially, if you have any kind of symptoms. I have lost a couple friends this year to cancer and I am NOT thankful for that!! But, if it wasn’t for the persistence of my Mom, I probably would not be here today to even write this editorial. People often feel cancer is an old person’s disease, especially colon cancer. Well let me tell you, it knows no age, it does not discriminate, and it’s sneaky. I want as many people as possible to still be here next year to be able to give thanks and catching this early gives each of you a much better fighting chance.

It is my wish that everyone has a reason to be thankful this year, that everyone will have even more reasons to be thankful next year. I hope that all our readers had the most wonderful Thanksgiving. Enjoy your family, times may be tough sometimes, but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel, you just have to keep faith, look at the positives and give thanks for each day we have.

Correction Notice

Our sincere apologies for the error in the caption on the front page last week. It should have read “The Rusty Bit.”

Letter To The Editor Greetings, To our new premier, good wishes as I believe he is a good man. And to our present premier, we think of you as a friend and hope the best for you.

I suggest to you to look into our history and perhaps it will give you some ideas.

I think it was in 1921 our MLA, Archie Campbell from Vermilion left his seat in favor of the new designated premier, Siffton. Incidentally, this was the last liberal government elected in 93 years.

Coming to the present, our MLA for many years was Andrew Alborge. Alborge graduated from high school two years before I did, here in Vermilion. He was making $1500 a year as a teacher, as a MLA he received, I believe, $2000 a year.

The same amount as our high school principal.

At that time they did not get paid for working in committees, that was considered what MLA’s did. They did not have a pension plan. It was expected that by the time they reached 65 they would receive a regular pension, same as anyone else, and it would be adequate.

When Peter Lougheed was elected, it was recognized that he was a good man.

My quarrel was that he sold everything

that was available to sell for money. Natural gas had been discovered in the province a short time before in small quantities.

It was becoming common in some homes, but not all. My feeling is that people who are living in one of the coldest places on earth, should retain for prosperity and it should not be sold.

I wrote to Nick Taylor, leader of the liberal party, stating my opposition. Nick wrote me back, “I want you to run for MLA and I’ll pay your way.” So that was that.

And, of course, I ran- unsuccessfully. As I found out later on, I was wrong. There was plenty of gas.

Our present government has given us change. First off, we have the lowest tax rate, I believe, in North America, enabling the rich to become very rich while the poor are subsisting as they have always done.

This puts the poor at the bottom of the line.

For instance, unmarried mothers taking care of their families. After being in power for 40 years in this rich province, we still have thousands of people living on the streets. We have hungry children.

Gambling became legal in the country.

Gambling joints, and gambling machines showed up in every little place throughout the province. At one time, people with a

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few dollars to spend and wanting to play around a little bit would go to Las Vegas.

They might come back quite happy or they could come back and not say very much.

We now have people who cannot stop.

They tell me that those who cannot stop gambling are similar to those who cannot stop drinking or smoking. Thus, if we have a million people gambling on a Friday night, how many of those will have children that may have to go hungry the next week?

They say the gambling industry brings in more money to the government today than the oil industry, and they do not have to tax for it. The naive and desperately poor are paying the tax that should be paid by the well to do.

We used to have government liquor vendors and liquor was dispensed in a reasonable manner, to people over the age of 21, at the same price throughout the province. The age limit was lowered so the 18 year olds could get in there and get their liquor. Today, we see various places advertising specials for teenagers.

But, get this! The province is getting more money out of it than they ever did before.

The electric power was privatized, of course, and I recall back in the 50’s when the farmers went around and the REAs became established. They sold shares for $1500 a piece per farm. Only half of the $1500 was required, with the remaining

half being borrowed and paid back in time.

At that time, the farmers who owned the lines would be assured of a special rate through prosperity. Once the power was privatized, the price of power jumped something like three times or even more than that. Poor people had the privilege of deciding whether they had power in the homes or food.

We have elected some very capable people. Who is governing the province?

The name parliament, to me, means different discussions of what events take place within the country- whether the province of Alberta, or the dominion of Canada. We watch question period and see no intelligent discussion only accusations upon accusations. To me, this is wrong.

In the years of my childhood, poverty was universal and expected. After the war, prices had come back and people were getting on their feet.

I remember taking a group of school children to see the parliament in action in Edmonton. It was the first time I had seen the parliament buildings. I was shocked beyond belief to see such exaggerated buildings in a place as poverty stricken as Alberta. A few of us were sitting, listening to discussions. A well dressed man approached and said I would have to be wearing a jacket in order to sit and watch.

Fond memories.

Ralph

I found it very telling recently that none of the mainstream, national media apparently took note of the fact that Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau didn’t know what Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty was during an interview on October 8th.

He had to ask the reporter what Article 5 is.

This agreement states very simply that an attack on any one member of NATO is considered an attack on all members.

While it offers great protection for NATO member countries like Canada, it also

comes with significant responsibility.

For someone who insists they are able to lead a country, this shows a remarkable lack of knowledge which verges on dangerous and the Canadian public deserves to be made aware of it.

I think it is a very safe bet that if Prime Minister Harper had exhibited that level of ignorance, it would have led every national news clip and made headlines across the country.

Leon Benoit, MP

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The Vermilion Voice | October 13, 2014

Around The Campfire

Neil B. Stratton Columnist

As I slowly make my way through the still natural meadows at sun rise, the aroma of wild sage is overwhelming…or am I just day dreaming of that steaming golden turkey?

It makes its grand appearance out of the oven this coming long weekend. This is one of my favorite long weekends and holidays, not only because I am thankful for many things but also because I am a self-professed turkey addict.

Our family celebrates several holiday seasons with the golden bird, Christmas, Easter, and, of course, Thanksgiving, which, now that I think about it, is far too long a time between the much appreciated turkey feasts. Over six months without a reason for that huge delectable bird!

No…no! That just won’t do!

We are going to have to come up with another special holiday for which the oven fresh turkey is a highlight. Unfortunately my birthday is in April, just before Easter, I’m thinking a day in July to make up that gap, midway in that oh so long, six month turkey withdrawal period.

Here is my proposal that we should put

forth to the Canadian people. Now I say “we” as I know I am not the only turkey addict out there. That’s right I am speaking to all “closet” turkey addicts.

July 1st is coincidentally also Canada Day, which we are all proud of and celebrate with many activities and traditions along with a summer long weekend.

Perfect!

Although we are a proud people and honor Canada with pride on that day, Canada simply has way too few wild turkeys in our glorious country, so we should incorporate that day to recognise us turkey addicts.

I hereby put forth that we should incorporate and sanction July 1st from this day forth to be Canada and Turkey Addict Recognition Day, where we celebrate both with a new tradition.

Now some may think this is a diabolical plan, but bear with me. It can work!

Our modern hardy Canadian cattle are genetically hybrids stemming from a herd of only 80 warm weather animals from Europe over ten thousand years ago.

With modern science, I propose we take the genetics of the ostrich-the largest and heaviest bird on earth in present time-,the ptarmigan-the hardiest Canadian grouse, who adapted to living comfortably even in the Canadian arctic tundra. Then take the

main genetics of the delicious turkey and genetically hybrid the three into the Canadian “Hardypus Delectableura Megalearis” or the Giant Canadian Turkey.

The “Hardypus Delictableura Megalearis” will be as big as your front door, have no predators (other than me and other turkey addicts) and be able to withstand minus -100 degrees Celsius weather, and still be a delicious golden bird. Of course, we may have to redesign the Canadian ovens to accommodate the 300 lb/200 kg Canadian Turkey. Ohhh the snacks and sandwiches are mind-boggling.

We may also have to recognise our animal friends as professed turkey addicts also, my cat. Well let me explain again, when it was born it’s mother went missing and I had to bottle feed it from when it was only as big as a chicken egg. Anyway, it designated me as his since birth, so I don’t really call it “my cat.” It is huge, fluffy and purebred. It is also mischievous and a clown, so I tolerate it as “his.”

His name is “Hiyoou” because when I come home it runs up to me and I say “Hi You!!”

Anyway, this cat is a complete chicken addict! Whenever I am enjoying a chicken meal it goes off the deep end. It won’t leave me alone until I share some of that moist chicken breast, which is one of the

Cut Bank Premiere Nicole Crossan Reporter

Cut Bank Montana is an actual place the in USA, but the movie with this as its title was filmed partially in Innisfree and Edmonton and partially in Montana. Reviewers across the continent have noticed that the movie definitely has a Canadian feel to it.

Some reviewers extolled this trait while others felt it was a vulnerable point of the film and questioned whether or not it was mandated by the budget.

Although it didn’t win any prizes at the TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) Sept 26-October 2, for people in Alberta, especially in the County of Vermilion River, who have seen the Town of Vermilion featured on the film Change of Heart at the screening during Alberta Culture Days, seeing our local landscapes on the big screen is a treat seldom enjoyed. For that reason, the showing of the film Cut Bank at the Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) on September 26 was packed and the reviews seemed a little less harsh.

The film was directed by Matt Shakman of Ventura, California, the script was written

by Roberto Patino, and A24 and DirecTV acquired U.S. rights to this thriller film two months after it premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival this summer.

The plot has to do with a young couple

who would like to escape “the coldest spot in the nation” and live in the big city.

Their plans are complicated when Dwayne McLaren (Helmsworth) accidentally gets video footage of a murder and is eligible for a $100,000 reward. One lesson this film teaches is that nothing is what it seems.

Each of the characters and even the plot line take several twists and turns that end up revealing the reality behind the masked cover-ups.

The penguin that welcomes actors to the town of Cut Bank--touted in the film as “the coldest spot in the nation”--was left behind when the actors and movie cameras left Innisfree.

“The movie was ambitious and the schedule was short, so every day was a challenge,” Shakman told Indiewire in the review by Oliver MacMahon.

(S e e ht t p: // w w w.im d b.c o m / t it l e / tt1661820/news to read the reviews on Cut Bank, the film.)

Today, there is a new message at the base of the penquin, but there it sits as an icon and memorial of an experience the residents of Innisfree aren’t soon to forget.

One of the extras on the film, a resident of Innisfree, spoke of how well-organized the film makers were and how well not only the actors and extras were treated, but also the citizens of Innisfree who often sat on the lawn and watched the production.

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Audience members said that it was thrilling to see such big name actors as Billy Bob Thornton, John Malkovich, and Liam Helmsworth in Innisfree.

The mayor of Innisfree drove to Edmonton for the screening on September 26 at EIFF as Cut Bank opened the Edmonton film fest this year. During the closing credits of the film, Hank Williams, Jr.’s song “Cut Bank, Montana” sent the theme of the film to the hearts of all who watched.

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reasons it hasn’t tried turkey yet. The other reason is that I don’t want to share.

However, with a 300 lb/200 kg Canadian Turkey, even though I know HiYoou will be instantly addicted, I may be inclined to share as there will be enough to go around.

Here’s wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving and long weekend.

There’s still lots of time to get out there and enjoy. after The adventure Speaking of small turkeys. I was at the grocery store the other day drooling over all the turkeys when a women looking for a bird big enough for her family half in and half out the freezer said, “Don’t these turkeys get any bigger?” I replied, “No ma’am.

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The Evolution Of Losing Control Franklin Wolters Columnist

Did you ever ride a toboggan down a steep coulee side, dodging rocks and trees, seemingly out of control with uncertain steering, and certainly no way of breaking the break-neck speed and wonder at times if you’d escape a serious wreck?

The way things are going in our day to day life, I’m starting to feel that way now.

Watching a news cast on T.V. recently I saw the image of a man representing the I.S.I.S group, encouraging his followers to destroy infidels anywhere and how they could. I could feel the hatred and intensity of his purpose and the chilling reality of that.

The way they treat their own kind makes you wonder what’s in store for us. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if they used that energy to build instead of killing and destroying? Do you feel like you’re the prey of some wild beast running lose and you have no place for refuge? We have our whole society at risk from within too.

As we struggle with the ever increasing drug problem that seems to baffle any who are trying to curb it with so many folks who have had their lives totally disrupted with that and the menace of booze besides, you’d begin to think the toboggan is really headed for a rock pile at break neck speed.

I guess I read the news too much maybe, but the whole system of government seems to be flawed to the point that the rudder or the steering is shot and we don’t know where we’re heading. Kind of scary don’t you think?

What’s really scary is that so many you talk to are really indifferent and not even concerned while all these so called leaders are letting the resources we need to sustain us are being frittered away. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The pampered get more and the perhaps more deserving get the leftovers.

In history, that’s been proven to be the cause of rebellion and was something to think about. Yes it can happen here or anywhere. I hope we can climb out of our hole before we dig it ever deeper!! Now we come to an ever larger rock pile coming ever

closer. There are bugs starting to appear that have no respect for our modern wonder drugs and showing up ever more alarming all over, no matter how diligent the people who are in charge try to curb them. I can still remember the old timers talking about the “Spanish Flu” after the “First World War” that killed people all over the world. There were no wonder drugs then to slow its progress and it actually took more lives than even the deadly ravages of that war!!

Like they tell us, we must look to ourselves to watch our hygiene and wash our hands even more carefully. We have to have the survival instinct that we do what we need to get by. We often put so much dependence on the wonder drugs to save us that maybe we have forgotten the methods that the old timers used to survive. We must really be aware anyway. Along the thoughts of pests getting a resistance to chemicals must be used to keep ahead of the menace of the weeds for instance.

Just a bit west of us, if you travel there you’ll see fields of white daisies that are called , “Scentless Chamomile” that are not affected by most chemicals and simply take

over whole fields. Cattle won’t eat them and the smallest piece of the plant will start a new plant.

There are many noxious weeds that are building up a tolerance for chemicals and you see as you drive along miles of road way where, “Canada Thistle” and “ Toad Flax” are blooming and going to seed with capacity enough to plant all the fields anywhere close.

I think that’s a danger that should be addressed. So far the fields are wonderfully clean and the crops are truly wonderful too.

I can remember when any patches of the bad weeds were at least cut down before they bloomed. The counties had field men who travelled the county and got after anyone who neglected their chores of tending to those kinds of problems. Using chemicals, those weeds were thought to be at our mercy, until now. Now they have developed a tolerance and are getting much harder to control. Crop damage from the stronger chemicals is a reality today.

I think you can see the analogy there between the diseases and the weeds. Are we losing control? I seriously hope not!

Vermilion Small Business Week and RABC Announcement Nicole Crossan Reporter

“No matter what people tell you, words & ideas can change the world,” Robin Williams once said.

Small Business Week is the time of year when our local Chamber of Commerce asks for nominations for their small business awards. The deadline for people to nominate businesses, organizations, and individuals in Vermilion and district for an award was October 6. Vermilion and area businesses could be nominated for Employee of the Year, Business of the Year, Rookie Business of the Year, and the Spirit of Vermilion Award. The Spirit of Vermilion Award is “awarded to a Vermilion area business which contributes significantly (through personal involvement) to community spirit through its support of recreation, amateur sport, arts and culture, education, charitable groups, business development, and promotion of the Vermilion area,” said the nomination form.

“It’s apparent in the business community today that small businesses in Canada are the backbone (80 percent) of all businesses in Canada. As a result, a majority of jobs are with small businesses and small businesses are part of a growing Canadian economy. It is my fondest hope that all the small businesses in Vermilion and its surrounding areas become active in the Vermilion and District Chamber of Commerce,” said Scott Kovatch, General Manager of Community Futures in Lloydminster.

The Small Business Awards kickoff breakfast will take place on October 21 at 7:00 a.m. at the School of Hope. This will be followed by an award luncheon on October 24 at noon at the Vermilion Seniors Citizens Centre. Ruth Kelly, CEO of Venture Publishing Inc. and the publisher and editor-in-chief of the awardwinning Alberta Venture and Alberta Oil magazines, will be the speaker at this event.

The Vermilion and District Chamber of Commerce submitted this bio of Ruth Kelly.

“The Alberta Congress Board has selected her as their 2014 Distinguished Workplace Leader award recipient. Ruth was recognized as a Global Woman of Vision in 1998, a YWCA Woman of Distinction in the Entrepreneur category in 2003, and was the Allard Chair of Business at MacEwan School of Business in 2005. The Canadian Women in Communications selected Ruth for their 2008 Woman of the Year award, making her the first Albertan to receive this national honour. She received an honorary degree in business from NAIT in 2008.

On the occasion of Venture Publishing’s 15th anniversary, the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association awarded Ruth with a Lifetime Achievement in Publishing Award. In 2013, Ruth received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her contributions to Canada. In the same year, Alberta Women Entrepreneurs awarded Ruth with their Celebration of Entrepreneurial Achievement recognition.”

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In additional Chamber of Commerce

news, the Vermilion and District Chamber is very excited to announce their partnership with the Rural Alberta Business Centre (RABC),” wrote Acting Office Manager, Vermilion and District Chamber of Commerce Charlene Carey.

Their slogan, “It’s all about your business.”

The Rural Alberta Business Centre program is a partnership between the Government of Alberta and local organizations actively involved with the business community. RABCs provide services to entrepreneurs, small business owners, and managers at all stages of the business life cycle from the start-up to expansion to succession planning.

Each rural business centre is staffed by a small business advisor who assists in providing one-on-one business advice, seminars, workshops, and access to relevant information about small businesses and business opportunities. Information

and materials will be tailored to the specific needs of the communities served by each RABC. While most services are free, a small fee may apply to some educational offerings.

All the small businesses who have been nominated and the award winners deserve to be recognized for what they do every day. We wish them all the best.

For more information on the Vermilion and District Chamber of Commerce please phone 780-853-6599 or visit their Facebook page.

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Bombs Away

Margaret Lonsdale Columnist

Maybe we ought to feel assured that here in Canada we currently have a majority government. When issues call for expedience, issues of potentially grave national importance, we can depend upon the Prime Minister and his ruling party to get the job done with expedience. It’s neither necessary to consult with nor appease the Opposition. And the low ranking third party hardly merits a mention, much less a voice in the discussion. Present the Motion. Endure whatever the feisty Opposition might raise by way of protest or requests for clarification, debate under a set time line (urgency warrants expedience) and then whip the vote. All Conservative MPs in favour? More yays than nays in the House. Majority wins.

All done then.

In case you don’t keep up with the our country’s politics, we’re going to war.

Canada has joined the Fight Against Terror in real time. We will send our military personnel on a mission to bomb the crap out of what I refer to as JPMK or Just Plain Merciless Killers. No, I don’t use the name they’ve chosen for themselves. For one thing, it’s inaccurate. They don’t represent Islam. The only ‘state’ is one of mind, a murderous and insane one.

So far as is known by the international community, they operate in Iraq and Syria. Who and what they are, so far as our media has shown thus far, is a large group of armed, merciless masked persons

who through a combination of hideous criminality and adept global media selfpromotion has captured the attention of the world. The JPMK represents the worst of human cretins.

From near and far away, more stable nations amass a military response.

It’s doubtful any person of sound mind disagrees. We stand united in our desire that this diseased movement be nullified.

But no one believes that the beasts at the centre of the issue are going to be an easy hit.

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perspective, has anyone considered who and what precisely those bombs are really going to decimate?

The Prime Minister and his MPs deem the deployment of our military personnel to Iraq to conduct targeted air strikes as Canada’s best option. What alternatives comprise the list of effective options under contemplation before the decision to engage in warfare was made?

War in the 21st Century has come too much to resemble a violent video game.

Blood only appears onscreen. Those aren’t real people, just really great graphics. Gory scenes of dismemberment and destruction vaporize when we press pause or logoff. From this distance, from our safety, we can tell ourselves a story of comfort.

We have joined with the good guys against the masked demons deserving nothing but our vengeful malice. As we’ve heard on the news, the allied forces will seek to ‘deci-

mate and destroy’ their sinister operations and their murderous personnel along with them. Good. Then we can shower and get ready for work.

Is it always the right thing to join in what our closest friends decide is the best course of action? How do we decide for ourselves what is ‘best’? And what happens after we ‘decimate and destroy’ this group and whatever else our powerful bombs might target in the process? How will we know when the mission has succeeded? What even defines its success?

What does a small family in an Iraqi town think about when it hears the ominous sound of Western bombs dropping from unseen planes in the sky? It’s pretty certain they know, and we do as well, that what lands won’t decimate only the bad guys.

What sentiments do we expect will rise out of the smouldering ashes in the aftermath of our righteous, honourable deeds?

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All the green tomatoes we picked from the garden just before the big major frost are starting to get ripe. I love using up the tomatoes by making a fresh tomato sauce for dishes such as lasagna, chili and pasta.

A quick and delicious way to use up tomatoes is to make a homemade tomato soup. This soup is just about as easy to make, as opening a can of tomato soup, only it has no additives or preservatives.

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Homemade Fresh Tomato soup 5 or 6 fresh tomatoes 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 1 clove garlic finely chopped (optional) 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons brown sugar 1 teaspoon of lemon juice Finely chop the onion and garlic and let sit while you chop the tomatoes. Cut the tomatoes up, with the skin on and put into a blender to make 4 cups. In your soup pot, sauté the onion and garlic in the oil or butter until well softened, but not caramelized. Add the sautéed onion mixture to the blender tomatoes and blend until smooth. Pour the blended

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Hoses* Michelin 245-75R16 Tires* Kelly 265-70R16 Tires* Toyo 265-70R17 Tires* Tire Cage* Tire Hammer* Brake Drum Installing Tool* Brake Drums* Drum Gauge (Dial Type)* Chrome Nut Caps* Mud Flaps (24”)* Blower Fan TOOLS, ETC: Air Greaser* Steel Crates* Floor Jacks (5 & 10 T)* Jack Stands* Cutting Torch Carts* Chain Wrench* 220V Extension Cord* Wheeler/Dolly* Wheeler Hub/Dolly* Pail Pump* Hub Oil Draining Containers MISC: Scaffold Platform* Split Loom (Wire Protector)* Steel Work Benches* Steel Junk Boxes* 2 Drawer Legal Filing Cabinets* 4 Drawer Letter Filing Cabinet* A-Frame Sign Holders* Shop Vac Bags* First Aid Kits* First Aid Splint Sets* Fire Ext. (30 LB)* Fire Blanket* Hot Packs (Break & Mix)* Outside Wall Lights* Old Phones* Plastic Chairs* Small Speaker* ”Wet Floor” Signs* Towel Dispenser* Desks* Frames & Small Assorted Dividers* Office Dividers* Small Box Shelf* Aluminum Hose Trays (16’). For more information, please call Darrell at 780-808-9630.

CONSIGNED: 2006 Pontiac Montana Van* 2006? Electric Scooter, Pride Mobility.

List is subject to additions and deletions.

This listing is only a guide and in no way a guarantee of size, description or year.

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The Vermilion Voice | October 13, 2014

Ham Radios Save Lives

Nicole Crossan Reporter

Joe Musgrave, President of the Sask/ Alta Radio Program, which has about 35 members of the 43 people who have ham radio licences in the Vermilion area. On September 27, during ABC Days, he was able to make contact with Minnesota, Florida, Saskatchewan, local radio users and more.

Often, portable ham radios are the first means of communication after a disaster. They were used to make contact with people during the High River flood in 2012, the Slave Lake fires in 2010, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters around the world. In our area, people who are riding skidoos or hunting in the wilderness may use ham radios to let operators know their location. Search and rescue operations use ham radios to communicate their locations

Joe and Richard Bennett at the Ham Radio workshop.

Lynyra and Hollie Crossan learned how Ham Radios have been used to rescue people in emergency situations like floods.

and let other operators know of any developments in the search.

Everyone who wants to be an operator has to be licensed. There are different categories of licensing. The licensing process starts with the basic operator exam, if a mark of 70 percent or higher is received you can operate on 144mhz frequencies.

The next level is basic with honors and these operaters can operate on all frequencies. Amateur and Advanced Amateur are two more levels that allow people to set up repeater stations and operate with full power limits of 2000watts. Greg Shalay is one of the advanced operators in our area.

He can own and operate repeaters and set up club stations.

One of the other uses for ham radios is for pleasure, “It’s kind of a little bit like going

fishing,” Richard Bennett, RLB joked. He is a basic with honors operator. Operators have to turn the radios on and listen to the frequencies assigned by the Radio Spectrum Chart to get reception.

Every so often, ham radio operators set up a Field Day to set up emergency radios and ensure they would work if there were no electricity in the area.

Some ham radios even talk to International Space Stations.

“Most astronauts and cosmonauts are licensed ham radio operators,” Musgrave explained as though it were nothing out of the ordinary to speak with an astronaut on a ham radio.

The latest technology allows licensed users to access ham radio frequencies partway or all the way using a laptop computer.

JR Robson JV Volleyball Tournament

“JR Robson JV Team won Gold in Myram in the Senior Volleyball Tournament on October 4. The girls had some tough competition against the Myrnam Senior team in the finals.”

In picture: Back row: Coach- Dave Harasiuk, Breanna Rainey, Allison Schmahl, Crystal Roach, Taylor Heinrich. Middle row: Jerianne Bardoel, Shawna Weimann. Front: Courtney Bielech, Alyssia Stenhouse. Photos submitted.

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Roots Of Empathy The grade one classes have been Karen King, Vermilion Elementary learning about seasonal changes occurring in fall. As part of their learning experiSchool ence, they were able to take part in a fabuSubmitted lous field trip to the Vermilion Provincial Last week, the grade 2 classes started Park. Under the direction of Park Warden the Roots of Empathy (ROE) program. Mr. Gary Walsh, students were lead on a Roots of Empathy was founded by Mary nature walk learning about many things Gordon who met with Mr. Haslehurst such as why moss grows on the north side when VES first introduced the program. of a tree’s bark and how beavers can cut The program is based on students seeing down trees and create homes they live in the powerful loving connection modelled through the winter months. Students also between mother and baby. Mr. Haslehu- made a nature craft and had a ton of fun rst has been involved in teaching ROE raking leaves and then throwing them in at VES for over a decade and has seen the air with their friends. Thank you to the numerous children become more empa- parent volunteers and Mr. Gary Walsh for thetic towards others. VES welcomes supporting our student’s education.

Baby Evangeline and Baby Gavin. Baby On Oct 7, it was fantastic to have author Evangeline is 3 months old and was wide David Poulsen visit us from his homeawake, cooed, and had no interest in play- town of Claresholm. During his lifetime, ing with Mr. Haslehurst’s toys during her David has been a college English instrucvisit. Baby Gavin is 2 months old and slept tor, rodeo competitor, rodeo clown, rock for the first part of the visit. He enjoyed singer, high school football coach, actor, when the class sang Twinkle, Twinkle and television writer and host. He is the Little Star and he drank some milk during author of more than 20 books and spends his visit.

80-100 days each year as a visiting author

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in schools across Canada. We were very fortunate to have him speak with our entire school in three sessions.

This year, we will be hosting a fundraiser both in the fall and again in the spring with the proceeds going towards school field trips. The Coco Brooks Pizza (and other food choices) fundraiser will begin on Oct 9 and run until Oct 20. Pick up for the sale this year will be on Nov 3. Coco Brooks has expanded their product line once again to offer even more choices. Forms

will be sent home and emailed to families on Oct 9.

Dates to Remember: Oct. 9-20 – Pizza Sales; Oct. 14 – ATCO Safety Presentation at 9:00am; Oct 14-20 – Scholastic Book Fair and VES Clothing Sale; Oct. 20 - PAC Meeting; Oct. 22 – AR Assembly; Oct. 28 – Author Visit from Susanna Pankiw; Nov. 3-17 – Mom’s Pantry Sales; Nov. 5 – Early Dismissal at 2:00; Nov. 7 Remembrance Day Ceremony; Nov. 10 & 11 – No School

Seeking Donations And Support McKinley, Ryley Miller, Carter Usenik, Monica To, J.R. Robson School and Colton Wynnychuk; grade 11s, Thomas Brodbin, Robbie Carlson, Submitted Morgan MacMillan, Julie McKimmon, Our 34th Annual Fowl Supper is taking Cameron Webb, Trace Wilhelm, and place on October 23 with place settings Jake Wynnychuk; and grade 12 runners of 5:30 and 6:30 pm. Tickets can be Chad Andreychuk, Jesse Axley, Evan purchased from any girl volleyball play- Howard, Julia McCrae, and Trisha Mead. ers, senior basketball players, drama Mr. Campbell’s boys volleyball team club members and from the school. The of grade 7, 8, and 9 athletes, recently cost is $12 per adult and $10 per senior or finished second in their pool at Kitscoty student. Donations of potatoes or carrots High. They played 3 on 3 in the round will be accepted and hugely appreciated; robin! Grade 7 girls played against 7 please contact Loretta at the office (780- teams at St. Jerome’s on the 4th of Octo853-4177) if you have any! ber, and as for our junior varsity girls, Senior high cross country runners they volleyed their way to victory out in went to Smoky L a k e o n We d n e s d a y, October 8, to attend the last competitive run before Provincials.

R u n n e r s who qualified will run at StrathconaTweedsmuir— just outside of Calgar y— on O c t o b e r 17 and 18. Miss Fe l t ’s p a c e setters include grade 10s Brynn Bast, Jarret Eyben, Braden Gourl e y, P i e r c e Art work by Bailee Bykewich, gr. 8. Photo submitted.

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Mr. Zorniak’s Industrial Arts class constructed an 8’ x 12’ shed, fully sided and shingled. Construction is now complete, and the shed is now for sale.

Please contact Mr. Zorniak at 780-8534177 or curtis.zorniak@btps.ca for more details.

J. R.’s major fundraiser, the annual magazine sales event, is into its third week of running! Every student has forms and a selection of hundreds of magazines to choose from; a significant portion of sales remains with the school to fund special events, activities,

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and equipment. Those interested may also purchase online at qsp.ca, using the school code 3768454.

School invoices were sent home with students on October 2. Cheques are payable to J. R. Robson School, and are due at month end.

Don’t Forget: Oct. 15: progress report #1, Oct. 22: last day for Magazine subscription sales, Oct. 23: Fowl Supper, Oct. 30-1: Spooktacular Tournament, Nov. 5: Take Your Kids to Work (Gr. 9), Nov. 5: early dismissal (staff meeting), Nov. 7: Awards Night

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Directions to ProPerty: Directions to the East ½ of 25-64-11 W4 & GRL 8900046: From South of Lac La Biche, AB or North of St. Paul, AB at the intersection of Hwy 36 & Hwy 55 go East on Hwy 55 approximately 30 km (17 miles) to Rge Rd 114, then North through the hamlet of Rich Lake approximately 7.8 km (5 miles) to Twp Rd 645, then 4.8 km (3 miles) East, 1.6 km (1 mile) South and 0.3 km (1/2 mile) East, property is on the North side.

Municipal address: 11006 Twp Rd 644.

Directions to FGL 070001: From the intersection of Rge Rd 114 and Twp 645 go 1.6 km (1 mile) East to Rge Rd 113, then North approximately 5.6 km (3.5 miles), property is on the East side.

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ProPerty FeAtures incLuDe: · 160± title acres of improved pasture, fenced · 159.92± title acres of improved pasture, fenced, 2 dugouts, corral system

· 1794.90 acres provincial grazing lease, fenced, water sources, 272 AUMs · 1037.16± acres forest grazing lease, 211 AUMs · Selling together as one parcel

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The Vampire’s Visit

Nicole Crossan and Lorna Hamilton

Reporters

David Poulsen, who is a famous Canadian author, read excerpts from his first book in the comedy/mystery/ adventure series called The Salt and Pe p p er C hr o n i c l e s a n d to u te d o n www.davidpoulsen.com as a vampire story with attitude. It’s sequel is called The Hunk Machine.

Poulsen writes books for both children and adults. He has published 24 books and has another set to be

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The Young Alber ta Book societ y puts on the Tale Blazers Program every year in the month of October. Through this program, Canadian authors who have signed up are given the opportunity to travel all over Alberta visiting the schools.

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Mr. MacMillan’s Grade 11 class earned spirit points by participating in Jersey Day on October 9. If students earn enough spirit points, they will be rewarded with a field trip at the end of the school year. Photos Nicole Crossan.

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Nicole Crossan and Lorna Hamilton Reporters

A centennial celebration is in order for Ruth Gray who will turn 100 years old soon.

Her 100th birthday celebration will take place at the Mannville Recreation Centre on Sunday, November 9. The open house will run from 2 to 4 p.m. followed by a program at 4 p.m.

Ruth Gray has resided at the Vermilion Valley Lodge for the past two years, She was born on November 10, 1914 and was raised in Minburn. Her father, Alex Gray, passed away in 1918, leaving behind a wife and two children (Ruth and Ronald Gray) aged seven and three at the time.

While her brother became a full-time farmer for 15 years, Ruth Gray trained to be a teacher at Camrose Normal School in 1933-34. Her teaching career began at Campbell Lake School, north of Vermilion, in 1935 where she worked for four years.

The top scale salary for a rural teacher in those years was $840. per year. Her next position was at the Myrtle Hill School north of Kitscoty where she also worked for four

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The Vermilion Voice | October 13, 2014

Ruth Gray Turns 100 years. When her mother’s health began to decline, Gray resigned from her position in the Vermilion School Division in 1942 and joined the Mannville Elementary School staff that same year. Ruth Gray was able to care for her mother, Elizabeth Gray, until her passing in 1952.

For the next four years Ruth kept house for her brother, Ronald Gray who operated the home farm in Minburn and she taught at the Minburn School.

In 1956, Gray felt privileged to have the opportunity to spend two years with the Department of National Defence Canadian School in Germany at Soest. When she returned to Canada, she began to teach in the specialized field of Home Economics at the Mannville School and she became actively involved with the Mannville Curling Club along with her brother and cousin Robert McFadzean. Gray continued to teach Home Economics in Mannville until, June of 1973, she retired from her 36 year teaching career. In 1995, Gray’s brother, Ron, passed away at the age of 94 years.

In her one hundred years of life, Gray has traveled all across Canada and all over the world with her brother, Ron, and her cousins

Robert and Margaret McFadzean and she community. has been actively involved in the Mannville She has been a faithful member of the United Church where she taught Sunday school and has been both an avid curler and golfer, and has worked with the Historical Society. She was very involved in the development of the Mannville golf club and chaired the MAC Foods; a group that cooked at the Recreation Centre.

If you plan to attend, Gray requests that guests not bring any gifts or cards. A supper will start at 5 p.m. and everyone is welcome to attend, but please RSVP Lillian at 780-763-2304 or Sharon at 780-4552845 by November 1 if you plan to attend.

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Interior Design Excellence Award Greg Plant, Instructor of Interior Design, Horne received the certificate this month.

Lakeland College As part of an annual requirement for Submitted NKBA accreditation, post-secondary Lakeland College’s interior design institutions submit two student designed technology program has again been kitchen projects. The samples are judged recognized for demonstrating the highest using NKBA’s Planning Guidelines and standards of kitchen and bath instruction. Graphics and Presentation Standards.

For the fourth time in five years, the Programs with an average score of 90 or program earned an Excellence in Educa- better receive an Excellence in Education tion award from the National Kitchen and award. Lakeland’s average score was 95.

“This award is a validation from our Bath Association (NKBA). Instructors Greg Plant, Fiona McLeod and Rochelle accrediting body that we’re staying on

the right track in terms of instruction and it’s also a reflection of the quality of work our students are doing,” says Plant. “We help students develop their skill set and then they use their talent and creativity to solve the design challenges that NKBA presented.”

Student work samples included a floor plan, elevation, construction plan and mechanical plan.

Lakeland College is the only Canadian institution among the 17 NKBA accredited post-secondary institutions that received a 2013 Excellence in Education certificate.

Students also represented the program exceptionally well in student design competitions. Two 3rd place finishes and four honourable mentions during the 2013-2014 academic year extended the program’s winning streak to 11 years.

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BELL Let’s Talk Dr. Richard Starke Submitted

Government of Alber ta and Bell Canada announce funding to create web-based resource for Alberta children and youth.

Children and youth can be the most vulnerable to mental illness and addiction issues. With today’s convenient access to vast information in media and the Internet, it can be challenging for them to find the information they need quickly.

Bell Let’s Talk and the Government of Alberta recently announced each would commit $1 million to enhance mental health services for children and youth throughout the province. The $2 million

initiative will focus on improving access to mental health support in rural and remote communities with a single online access point to mental health information and care.

The partnership will develop a madein Alberta resource that will provide: -Information on a broad range of mental health resources for children, youth and their families.

-Links to around the clock online and phone counselling and a referral service connected to trained mental health service providers.

- Connec tion to a full continuum of community based treatment and support services.

-Support for professionals skilled at working with youth including enhanced we b - b a s e d p r o fe s s i o n a l i n fo r m a -

tion, best practice tools, training and supports.

The partnership between Alberta and Bell Let’s Talk will also help professionals, family members, people working with children and families and communities to better understand and support children and youth with addiction and mental health problems. For more information about the partnership announcement please go to http://letstalk.bell.ca/ en/.

As MLA for Vermilion-Lloydminster I believe this initiative is a great start in the process of getting help to those who are in need of support. I am also

pleased to be Chair of the Rural Health Review panel and look forward to meeting and talking with Albertans regarding rural health care issues in Alberta.

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Kaelee and Kaella Pizzey, twins, celebrated their four th bir thday with a pancake breakfast and rides on the fire truck as it fell on the same day as the Myrnam Fire Department celebrated Fire Prevention Week.

Back Row from left, Terry Axley, Sean Dubelt, Roger Saruk, Jessie Fedoriuk, Chance Straty. Front Row, Deb Axley, Addam Saruk, Deputy Fire Chief, John Fedoriuk, Fire Chief, Brad Straty, County Chief, and Evelyn Straty. Photos Nicole Crossan.

From left, Jayden Pizzey, Keith Bourgeois and Gerett Bourgeois went for rides on the fire truck while the driver blared the siren and honked the horn.

and visitors at the Myrnam Fire Hall for their annual Fire Prevention Week celebration.

Fire Chief John Fedoriuk explained the importance of checking fire alarms in Nicole Crossan houses to ensure they are in working order Reporter at all times. After many years fighting fires, Pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausages, he spoke this warning with a voice of expecoffee and juice were served to residents rience. How devastating it must be to do all

that they can as fire fighters to attempt to prevent houses from burning down and then lose the battle at times. How sad to think that many of these fires could have been prevented with such a simple step as having a working fire alarms throughout the house and a fire extinguisher in the kitchen.

A small fire extinguisher can hold two and a half pounds of silicon, baking soda,

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The Travelling Mabels

Sheri Heller Submitted

Once again, The Vermilion Allied Arts Council is bringing musical talent to Vermilion. The Travelling Mabels will perform November 8 at 8 p.m. at the Alumni Hall.

The Travelling Mabels, Voted ACMA 2011 “Group Of The Year”, are a folk/country female trio full of spirit, spunk and laughter.

Collectively, their songs bring a wealth of life experience to the stage. Singularly, each woman can vocally stand alone, but once you hear the combined harmony blend, you will know why these three women came together.

The beauty of the Mabels is that they represent three generations of women. This has opened the door to a dynamic energy both musically and in the rapport with the audiences that most wouldn’t experience every day.

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Their musical influences range from Dolly Parton, The Eagles, Bob Dylan to Cheryl Crow, and their comedic, yet often heart-felt, take on life means they more than meet a wide range of audience expectations whenever they perform.

Tickets are available at Fantasy Flowers, Vermilion for $30 each. The Vermilion Allied Arts Council participates in the Eyego program, which enables students to purchase tickets at the door for $5.00school photo ID required.

A Celebration Of Commitment Susanna Pankiw, Dewberry School Submitted

“dedication and commitment are what transfer dreams into realities.”

What does being committed and dedicated mean? It means something different to everyone but it is important to recognize what goes into such an obligation.

Each day the staff are required to guide and coach the students in many activities, academically, sports related and even socially, in hopes that it will inspire them to give their best effort and always be thinking to improve. Students become involved and persevere to the best of their ability.

That strength was apparent this last week in the various accomplishments throughout Dewberry School.

Senior girls’ hosted an incredible volley-

ball tournament Oct. 3rd & 4th. When they weren’t playing they were working! The tournament went off without a hitch! The team placed 4th in their own tournament.

Wonderful job, girls!!!

Keagan Rewuski and Remington Oneschuk set off to the senior high cross country zones, held at Metis Crossing on Oct. 8th. Here they attempted a rough course that wound beside the river, through a farmer’s field and up a long gradual hill.

Their skills were put to the test as they raced against the top runners of various other schools from north eastern Alberta. They both used some of their special talents but also developed some news ones. What a fantastic learning experience for them!

Way to go, boys! Keagan placed in the top 18 and will be heading onto provincials in Okotoks on Oct. 18th! Good luck, Keagan!

Senior high boys’ team is a united

effort between Dewberry and Marwayne and they have learned how to play well together. This last week they won a few games as they played against teams from St. Jerome’s and Lloydminster Composite.

After the Thanksgiving break they will be pushing hard towards zones and provincials! We are looking forward to these events!

The whole school sent the junior girls and boys off to the Mannville tournament with a pep rally but were surprised to get to view the two teams play a fun game against each other before they left. This is exactly what both teams needed to start off such an incredible evening, improving not only in their volleyball skills but team co-operation as well. Battling the teams of Mannville, Innisfree and Paradise Valley the boys smashed themselves to a 3rd place finish! The girls attacked the games

Mannville Tournament: Brenton Romanchuk, Donovan Brooker, Brandon Pankiw, Tyler Manchen, William Toews, Daniel MacMillan, Kaiden Brett, Kyle Kjenner, Shannon Bakos (coach). Photos submitted.

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FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF C.O.P.S. JOIN US IN CELEBRATING OUR 6TH ANNIVERSARY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 6 P.M. SCHOOL OF HOPE POT LUCK SUPPER (ROAST BEEF PROVIDED)

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Senior High Zones Contenders: Remington Oneschuk and Keagan Rewuski.

against Mannville, Edgerton and Paradise Valley, they dived and bumped their way to a 2nd place finish! Awesome team effort, girls!!!

Successes don’t just happen over night!

It’s the hard work and devotion that set the stage for more and more successes to occur. It is also the hard work that makes you feel proud of your success! We are certain that now that these students have licked the tip of triumph that they will be eager to continue on to get the great taste of victory!!

OPEN STAGE Saturday, October 18th Vermilion Legion Doors 7:00 PM Show 7:30 PM

Tickets $5.00, performers free

THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 2014 7:30 P.M. EVERYONE WELCOME

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Gauge how you can secure your place amongst your peers without facing upset at home. Balance will be necessary to keep the peace both personally and professionally.

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May 21-Jun. 20 Check out investments, but Make some positive don't put your money on alterations to your life and the way you live it. Engage the table. You are best to in networking or activities invest in something that will help you master your that will help you make new contacts and explore skills and improve your possibilities that can bring chance to get ahead professionally. Overreact- you greater success and happiness. Love is on the ing or spending will be rise. your downfall.

Jun. 21-Jul. 22 Watch your back. An unexpected turn of events will leave you in a precarious position that can harm your reputation.

Protect your name, your assets and your position.

Do whatever it takes to get along with others.

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Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Look over offers or money situations carefully. Getting things done properly will be your saving grace. Don't feel the need to bypass steps just to please someone. Practical application will help you come out on top with no regrets or worry.

Sagittarius Capricorn Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Take a short trip to uncover new possibilities with regard to lifestyle, vocational opportunities or activities you want to indulge in, but be sure to take care of your responsibilities first.

Romance and personal change is encouraged.

Gemini

Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Opportunities to make money may interfere with your personal plans. Don't leave out a loved one when including him or her will end up being a winning situation. Take pride in how you look or you may face ridicule.

Libra

Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Work hard to make relationships better. Being accommodating is fine as long as you get the same in return. Getting involved in your community or a group effort that addresses a concern you have will throw you into the spotlight.

Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Stick to what's expected of you, and once you are finished, get on with projects that give you the freedom to be innovative and can help you find a new niche. A partnership will improve if you avoid indulgence.

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Pisces

Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Don't back down when you have so much to gain.

Contracts, wheeling and dealing, and financial growth are all within your reach. A change in the way you do things will attract attention and the possibility of a new position.

Feb. 19-Mar. 20 A change in the way you deal with partners will prompt an unexpected situation to arise at work.

Don't get angry when you should be checking out how you can get ahead. A window of opportunity must not be ignored.

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Mar. 21-Apr. 19 Concentrate on personal improvements, not on trying to change others.

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The Vermilion Voice | October 13, 2014

St. Jerome’s Awards Night

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The welcome message was given by Mr. Kevin Sommer followed by Sean Kingston who sang O Canada and the prayer of St. Francis said by Morgan Wilson. Mr. Allan Chase, Principal of St. Jerome’s School then gave a brief message followed by congratulatory messages from Kathleen Dieken of Student Council, Kandice Wilson of the Parent Council, and Mr. Charlie McCormick of the East Central Alberta Catholic Separate Schools Regional Division No. 16. Diane Sanson led the audience in singing the school song. Two students were the Masters of Ceremonies Emily MacMillan and Kathleen Dieken.

HONOUR ROLL: GRADE NINE: Sponsored by Vermilion Credit Union: Ossman Abuzukar, Ethan Campbell, Tenille Chase, Karley Dieken, Kaylie Krys. Sponsored by Scotiabank: Michael McCrea, Mickelle Myshak, Brette Poliakiwski, Gabriel Quickstad, Shaelyn Rehmann. Sponsored by Eastalta Co-op Ltd.: Kassidy Rochford, Erica Snelgrove, Anna Ulrich, Brianne Wheat. GRADE TEN: Sponsored by Eastalta Co-op Ltd.: Elaina Anderson. Sponsored by Greg Young Trenching: Kayleigh Bartley, Pierre Brousseau, Cain Collins, Johnathon Dueck, Tyson Granigan. Sponsored by The Vermilion Voice: Bailey Koebel, Dane Martin, Michael Menzies, Axel Myshak, Reyanne Preteau. Sponsored by ATB Financial: Noah Sanson.

GRADE ELEVEN: Sponsored by ATB Financial: Kathleen Dieken. Sponsored

by Webb’s of Vermilion: Emily MacMillan, Sydney Poliakiwski, Julien Quikstad, Rory Wheat, Morgan Wilson.

GRADE TWELVE: Sponsored by Wheat

Law Office: Rhea Conlon, Stephen Dudler, Lyndsie Elliott, Sean Myshak, and Eric Walker.

LEADERSHIP AWARDS: Andrew Mercier Memorial Citizenship Award.

Sponsored by Mercier’s Gravel Company Ltd. GRADE NINE: Ethan Campbell and Tenille Chase. GRADE TEN: Johnathon Dueck. GRADE ELEVEN: Kathleen Dieken. GRADE TWELVE: Lyndsie Elliott.

C.W.L. Christian Ethics Awards Sponsored by Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Women’s League winners Nathan Dyjur and Stephanie Hryciuk. Community Closet Scholarship Sponsored by Community Closet winners Nathan Dyjur and Stephanie Hryciuk. County of Vermilion River No. 24, English 30 Award Sponsored by County of Vermilion River winner, Eric Walker.

Most Outstanding Female Athlete Award Sponsored by Knights of Columbus winner, Bailey Koebel. Most Outstanding Male Athlete Award Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Matthew Pulyk. Alexander Rutherford Awards: Nicole Bielech, Rhea Conlon, Stephen Dudler, Amelia Gosselin, Eric Walker, and Adam Webb. Class of ’99 Scholarship In Memory Of Jenna Dianne Carlson Sponsored by St. Jerome’s Graduation Class of 1999 winner, Logan Sherwood. Senior Girls Volleyball Team Scholarship In Memory Of Randelle Marie Hobbis Sponsored by St. Jerome’s Student Council winner, Alexandria Maughan.

Keith Martin Memorial Award Sponsored

by Joanne Martin & Family winner, Sean Myshak.

Premier’s Citizenship Award: Park Plains East Local #31 Award winner, Lyndsie Elliott. Park Plains East Local #31 Awards winner, Stephen Dudler. Vermilion Agricultural Society Scholarship Sponsored

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Grade Ten Honour Roll--Sponsored by Eastalta Co-op Ltd.: Elaina Anderson. Sponsored

by Greg Young Trenching: Kayleigh Bartley, Pierre Brousseau, Cain Collins, Johnathon Dueck, Tyson Granigan. Sponsored by The Vermilion Voice: Bailey Koebel, Dane Martin, Michael Menzies, Axel Myshak, Reyanne Preteau. Sponsored by ATB Financial: Noah Sanson. Photo Nicole Crossan.

Logan Sherwood. Western Communities Foundation Exceptional Achievement Citation And Bursary Award Sponsored by Western Communities Foundation winner, Amelia Gosselin. Rock Solid Bursary Award Sponsored by Rock Solid Nitrogen Services winner, Nathan Dyjur. Work Ethics Awards Sponsored by St. Jerome’s Parent Council GRADE NINE: Courtney Corbiere. GRADE TEN: Kayleigh Bartley. GRADE ELEVEN: Kathleen Dieken.

GRADE TWELVE: Stephen Dudler. Most Improved Student Awards Sponsored by Subway of Vermilion.GRADE NINE: Scott Zielinski. GRADE TEN: Braeden Nelson.

GRADE ELEVEN: Julien Quickstad.

GRADE TWELVE Joshua Bell. Rotary Club Of Vermilion Award Sponsored by Rotary Club of Vermilion, winner Stephen Dudler.

The Governor General’s Academic Bronze Medal winner, Stephen Dudler. Spirit Of St. Jerome’s Award Sponsored by St. Jerome’s Staff winner, Lyndsie Elliott.

The St. Jerome’s Awards Committee would like to extend a special thank you to the following donors who contributed towards miscellaneous costs for tonight’s program: MacDonald’s Family Foods, Knights of Columbus, St. Jerome’s Student Council, Vermilion Standard.

And to the Grade 10 and 11 students and teachers for all their help with the preparations. Also a huge thank you to your hardworking and dedicated Award Committee members: Tina Zayak, Kandice Wilson, Kevin Sommer, Diane Sanson, Lisa Sader, Candace Dueck. Additional members needed!

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AWNA BLANKET AND LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS AUCTIONS WHEATLAND AUCTIONS Heavy Duty Truck Repair Dispersal Oct. 18 in Strathmore, Alberta. Gun and Sportman’s Auction, Oct. 25 in Cheadle, Alberta.

Phone 403-669-1109; www.wheatlandauctions.com.

COIN AUCTION. October 25 at 1 p.m. Paper, silver dollars, .50 cents pieces, plus all other coins. Kryzanowski Auction, 1.5 miles south of Glendon. 780-6353978.

CANADA PLACE FITNESS Association Auction.

10527 - 106 St., Edmonton. Saturday, October 25, 10 a.m. Selling treadmills, cross trainers, steppers, spin and recumbent bikes, selectorized weight equipment, free weights, racks, benches, dumbbells, barbells, lockers, and more. See www.montgomeryauctions. com. 1-800-371-6963.

BUD HAYNES & Ward’s Firearms & Militaria Auction.

Sat. & Sun., Oct. 25 & 26, 10 a.m., 11802 - 145 St., Edmonton. Over 1200 lots. Gord Fortner, Estate Walter Ashfield,. Dr. Ed Hardy, Estate Jim McKinney. To consign phone 403-347-5855 or 780-451-4549.

HEAVY CRUDE HAULING Surplus Inventory Auction. Shop equipment, parts, tools. Saturday, October 25, 6601 - 62 Street, Lloydminster, Alberta. Stewart Auctions, Vermilion, Alberta. 1-800-269-8580; www. stewartauctions.com.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THE DISABILITY Tax Credit. $1,500 yearly tax credit. $15,000 lump sum refund (on average). Covers: hip/ knee replacements, arthritic joints, COPD. Apply today! 1-844-453-5372.

GET FREE vending machines. Can earn $100,000. + per year. All cash-retire in just 3 years. Protected territories. Full details call now 1-866-668-6629. Website: www.tcvend.com.

CAREER TRAINING MEDICAL BILLING Trainees needed! Learn to process & submit billing claims for hospitals and doctors!

No experience needed! Local training gets you ready to work! 1-888-627-0297.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC required for busy commercial transport truck dealership in Kamloops. 4 year

apprentice or ticketed mechanic with strong electrical knowledge. Permanent full-time, competitive wage and benefit package. Resume to: Attn.: HR, 2072 Falcon Rd., Kamloops, BC, V2C 4J3. Email: jobapplication@jamesws.com.

AN ALBERTA OILFIELD company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 780-7235051.

HEALTH CREW, Pen Checkers. Immediate permanent full-time positions available. Wages are negotiable and will commensurate according to qualifications and experience. Lakeside offers an excellent benefit package. Will train the right candidate. Fax resume to: Chris Sparrow - JBS Lakeside Feeders 403-3628231.

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT Operator School.

In-the-seat training. No simulators. Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Funding options. Weekly job board! Sign up online! iheschool.com. 1-866-3993853.

SERVICE DEPARTMENT Personnel required. Busy expanding Chrysler dealership 40 minutes from Edmonton looking for individuals to fill the following position: Journeyman Automotive Service Technicians.

Flat rate system. Wages commensurate with training level and experience. Chrysler experience preferred but not essential, apprentices considered. Apply in person or by writing to: Brown’s Chrysler Ltd., 10447 - 104 Ave., Westlock, AB, T7P 2E4. 1-888-349-5566.

Fax: 1-780-349-6493. Attention: Dale Marshall or email: dfm@brownschrysler.com.

BILL MCCOLMAN Oilfield Hauling Ltd. Looking to hire Journeyman or Apprentice Mechanic. Great work environment. Competitive wages. Drop off, fax or send your resume to: Human Resources Dept.; derlandson@mccolmans.com. Brooks, AB, T1R 1C5. Fax 403-362-7822.

ROADEX SERVICES requires O/O 3/4 tons, 1 tons and 3 tons for our RV division and O/O Semis and drivers for our RV and general freight deck division.

Paid by direct deposit, benefits and company fuel cards. Border crossing required with valid passport and clean criminal record. 1-800-867-6233; www. roadexservices.com.

BUSINESS: Do you need workers? We guarantee your LMIA applications approval (most cases). Call

613-739-7397. Temporary foreign workers? Are you looking for LMIA jobs? www.lmiafinder.com. Canadian: www.workingalberta.com.

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888-528-0809 to start training for your work-athome career today!

INTERESTED IN the Community Newspaper business? Alberta’s weekly newspapers are looking for people like you. Post your resume online. FREE. Visit: awna.com/for-job-seekers.

MANUFACTURED HOMES IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. 2400 square foot show home The Pipestone Creek. 4 bedroom, den, 2.5 baths. Save thousands. Sunshine Homes - Lacombe, 1-877-887-2254; www.sshomes.ca.

WE WILL BEAT any quote in Alberta on 16, 20, 22 & modular. Many models to choose from or customize your own. Best Buy Homes. 403-948-2455, 403-5606317.

20’ X 76’ MAPLEWOOD - 230. $111,000. This spacious floor plan offers great potential for your family with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 4 appliances & more.

For more information call United Homes Canada FEED AND SEED 1-800-461-7632 or visit us at: www.unitedhomesHEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Spring- canada.com. thrashed Canola. Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas PERSONALS for feed. Buying damaged or offgrade grain. “On Farm DATING SERVICE. Long-term/short-term relationPickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252. ships. Free to try! 1-877-297-9883. Live intimate conFOR SALE versation, Call #7878 or 1-888-534-6984. Live adult BEAUTIFUL SPRUCE TREES. 4 - 6 ft., $35 each. 1on1 Call 1-866-311-9640 or #5015. Meet local single Machine planting; $10/tree (includes bark mulch and ladies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+). fertilizer). 20 tree minimum order. Delivery fee: $75 REAL ESTATE $125/order. Quality guaranteed. 403-820-0961.

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% off! RITCHIE BROS Unreserved Auction. October 30.

20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, Highway commercial property, 2.04 acres in Stettler.

80x100, sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206; Two heated metal buildings, chain link fenced. Visit: rbauction.com/realestate for details. www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

SAWMILLS from only $4,397. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & dvd: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT. 1-800-566-6899 ext. 400OT. METAL ROOFING & SIDING. 30+ colours available at over 40 Distributors. 40 year warranty. 48 hour Express Service available at select supporting Distributors. Call 1-888-263-8254.

A-STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers. Used 40’ & 40’ Seacans high cube & insulated containers 40’-53’ long. Specials in stock now. Self unloading delivery. Phone toll free 1-866-528-7108; www.rtccontainer.com.

EVERY WATER WELL on earth should have the patented “Kontinuous Shok” Chlorinator from Big Iron Drilling! Why? Save thousands of lives every year. www.1-800bigiron.com. Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON.

SERVICES BANK SAID NO? Bank on us! Equity Mortgages for purchases, debt consolidation, foreclosures, renovations. Bruised credit, self-employed, unemployed ok.

Dave Fitzpatrick: www.albertalending.ca. 587-4378437, Belmor Mortgage.

GET BACK on track! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

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

CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon. U.S. travel waiver. Divorce? Simple. Fast. Inexpensive.

Debt recovery? Alberta collection to $25,000. Calgary 403-228-1300/1-800-347-2540.

CERTIFIED GRIEF COACH. Booking appointments.

I offer one-on-one or telephone services, and workshops. For information call 403-546-7040.

VOICE CLASSIFIED AND CAREERS COMING EVENT FOR RENT VERMILION SCRAPBOOKING/QUILTING REHEATED SHOP BAY TREAT. October 24th, 6 pm to Midnight, October 25th 40X16FT 12.5 FOOT 9 am to 1 am and October 26th 9 am to 1 pm. Some OH DOOR 1/2 MI supplies will be available on site. Place: Vermilion Elks SOUTH OF VERMILION Hall – Large Tables Price: $155.00 Includes: Saturday PLEASE CALL 780and Sunday Breakfast , Saturday and Sunday Dinner 853-7770. and Saturday Supper. Registration: At Longs Drugs Store, Extraordinary Extras Inc. Must Pay to be registered, cut off Friday October 17th, 2014. Maximum FOR SALE of 30. Hotel Accommodation available: Book on your own & Book Early. Brunswick Motor Inn – 780-853- Progressive Fitness Machine, body slimmer, like new, 4771. Super 8 – 780-853-4741. For more information: $800.00. Call 780-581-4235.

Call Brenda at 780-853-3321 or Cindy 780-787-0925. FRANKLIN WOLTERS, BOOK in Paperback Now Out “Memories of life on Grizzly Bear Coulee.” Call FARM BUILDING Franklin for sale locations or book signing events 780853-7520.

GIVE AWAY kittens to give away. call 780-581-4235.

HELP WANTED WARD’S HI-WAY AUTO BODY & Painting Ltd. is currently seeking one experienced auto body technician preferably in their 3rd or final year of apprenticeship. Our company offers full benefit plan, stable working hours Monday - Friday 8 - 5 and competitive earnings. The successful candidate should be committed to providing a positive customer experience, good attention for detail, as well be familiar in the following skills. Sanding, masking, glass, exterior and interior components.

Accessories, hand and power tools, sheet metal repair and replacement, welding and painting. If you are interested please send your resume attn: Robert. Email: hi_way@mcsnet.ca Fax: 780754-3876 Mail: Box 510, 4902-50 St., Irma, AB T0B 2H0 Phone: 780-754-3868.

LOCAL LODGE IS SEEKING seasonal help with cooking and cleaning duties for the month of November. Must supply criminal record check. Wage negotiable. Call 780-581-4235.

HIRING GENERAL HELPER

SMALL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN VERMILION

INDUSTRIAL 3 Bay Industrial Shop (4044 sq. ft.) for lease on 2.14 acres in Vermilion at 4512 45 Street. If interested contact Shane at 1-403-740-9504.

SERVICES 2 MAN CREW NO JOB TOO SMALL! WE DO IT ALL. Roofing, decks, fences, painting, sheds, doors, windows, plumbing, electrical, flooring, etc! 15% Seniors’ Discount. Phone 780808-0017.780-808-0017.

ST. PAUL DRIVING SCHOOL

EAGLE HILL EXCAVATING is a small company from Dewberry specializing in design and installation of private sewage systems, concrete pad preparation, digging basements, pouring footings with excavator bucket, trenching, demolition and removal or whatever project you have for us! We have excavators and gravel truck, skid steers and various attachments. You will like our prices! Take the time to give us a call!

Some equip with Trimble - lazer guided depth control Lloydminster 780-875-6636, Toll Free # 1-888for those jobs where precision is needed to save on gravel and labour! Call Murray’s cell 780-205-6804. 858-1011.

Riley’s cell 780-205-6152.

PART-TIME DENTAL RECEPTIONIST REQUIRED Applicant must have excellent communication and computer skills, be energetic, friendly and a team player. Dental knowledge would be an asset but we are willing to train the right individual.

Successful applicants will be contacted for interviews.

Please apply in person or email resume.

Dr. John Nelson 4839 – 50 Ave Vermilion, AB T9X 1T5 Ph(780)853-4704 Email: johnndds@telus.net

employment opportunity Urgently looking for

FULL-TIME & PART-TIME HOUSEKEEPERS

Flexible hours available

Willing to train the right individual.

CLASS 5 DRIVER INSURANCE DISCOUNT COURSES ROAD TEST PREPARATION CAR RENTALS (ROAD TEST ONLY)

Casual & permanent positions.

NEXT CLASS IN VERMILION:

Paid weekly

stpauldrivingschool@gmail.com

College students welcome!

Call 780-808-0017

OCTOBER 15, 22 and 29 E-MAIL :

Call 780-806-9289/ 1-855-813-7483

Apply in person with resume to: The Ventura Motel 4508 - 52nd Street Vermilion, AB T9X 1J7 or fax: 780-853-5383 Phone: 780-853-5375

ALBERTA’S OWN RESTAURANT & MOTEL in Mannville, AB is looking for

COOKS

night shift and weekends Apply in person with resume or Fax to 780-763-2263 Phone 780-763-3910 ask for Amy

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Who Says Safety Education Can’t Be Fun?

ATCO Energy Theatre

ATCO Gas and ATCO Electric are par t of the ATCO Group of Companies. ATCO Group, with more than 9,0 0 0 employees and assets of approximately $17 billion, ATCO is a diversified global corporation delivering service excellence and innovative business solutions through leading companies engaged in Structures & Logistics (manufacturing, logistics and noise abatement), Utilities (pipelines, natural gas and electricity transmission and distribution) and Energy (power generation and sales, industrial water infrastructure, natural gas gathering, processing, storage and liquids extraction).

More information can be found at http://www.atco.com.

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The ATCO Energy Theatre is heading to VES and Mannville Schools on October 14 for an action-packed presentation of POWER TEAM: Origin of Power Woman and you are invited to attend!

POWER TE AM: Origin of Power Woman tells the story of a young girl named Patty, who discovers she has strange powers that sur face whenever she hears about gas and electricity. This 45-minute action-packed and “edu-taining” musical, written by Edmonton artists Maralyn Ryan and Justin McDonough, will have audiences giggling and grooving while they learn about natural gas, carbon monoxide and electricity and how to stay safe in and around their homes.

ATCO Energy Theatre will be visiting schools in 32 communities across central and northern Alberta.

Offered free-of-charge to elementary schools in communities served by ATCO Gas and ATCO Electric, ATCO Energy Theatre is a unique approach that uses “edu -tainment ” to teac h you n g c hil dre n im p or t ant l e s s o n s about the safe use and benefits of electricity and natural gas.

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ATCO Energy Theatre Fossil Fuel Song. Photo submitted.

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Stop! Drop! and Roll!

Margaret McCormack, should stay outside during a fire and that the St. Jerome School firefighters would go in and make sure that Submitted all family members including pets would be brought out of the fire. To conclude their Many Oilers Jersey visit the firefighters took the children for a were seen in the hall- ride around the block in one of the departways of St. Jerome’s on Thursday, Octo- ment’s fire trucks. It was an awesome day ber 9 as we celebrated “Jersey Day”. There in grade three!

Come out and support the Scholastic were many Tiger Jerseys and a variety of Book Fair being hosted by St. Jerome’s. hockey, football, soccer, and basketball Students are able to purchase books during jerseys worn by students and staff making the noon hour until Friday, October 17th. for another great spirit day.

“Family Night” is this Wednesday, October St. Jerome’s School Council would like to 15th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm, lots of great gift invite you to their Annual General Meeting, ideas. which is being held on Monday, October The first weekend in October was 20th at 7:00 pm. Come out, find out more another busy volleyball weekend for the about our school and get involved in the life Spartan teams.

Both the Sr. Boys and Girls of St. Jerome’s School. were victorious at their tournaments bringSt. Jerome’s had two grade 10 students ing home Gold from Mallaig for the boys represented our school at Cross Country and Redwater for the girls. The JV Girls Zones on Wednesday, October 8. Congratwere in Castor for the weekend and had an ulations to Kaylie Krys and to Anna Ulrich excellent tournament playing competitive who finished first in Jr. Ladies and will be representing St. J at Provincials in Okotoks Sr. High teams. The Jr. High Boys teams played St. Paul with the Jr. “B” Boys winning on October 18.

This week was Ms. McDermott’s and the silver in their division and Jr. “A” Boys losing second Kindergarten students turn to take a the bronze medal match. The Jr. High “B” Field Trip to the Provincial Park. They had Girls hosted a tournament and the grade a wonderful afternoon exploring the signs of 8 team won silver, while the grade 7 team fall and find evidence of the animals preparing for winter. The two kindergarten classes also went to visit the Pet Store during the week.

On Thursday, October 9 Vermilion Fire Chief Bill Roth, and firefighters Travis Warman and Bryce Lytle visited Mrs. Roth’s grade 3 class. Chief Roth spoke to the class about the importance of learning fire safety. The children were encouraged to make a fire escape plan with their families that included a spot for the family to meet once everyone was out of the house. Jack McCormack demonstrated how to “Stop, drop and roll” if your clothing is on fire.

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Grade 1 and Kindergarten at park. Photos submitted.

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Clandonald Awards Night

Nicole Crossan Reporter

Dr. Richard Starke spoke after the welcome and introduction by Mrs. Beres at the Awards Night in Clandonald. This was followed by a message from Ms. Parr of the Board of Trustees, BTPS and Mr. Hoey of Buffalo Trail Public Schools.

On October 7 awards were given out for proficiency at each grade level. Awards being artistic, having the highest academic standing, being a most improved student, participating in athletics, volunteering, and learning to speak French. In addition, honor pins and a McCormack Scholarship were handed out to their recipients.

The awards presentations were wrapped up with a presentation by Myranda Lawrence of the Student Union about Operation Christmas Child. The Clandonald School has participated in this program for a number of years and they are asking for help. Boxes and brochures with guidelines on what to include in the shoebox will be available to pick up at the Clandonald School. Monetary donations are also accepted as it costs $7 to ship each box.

Everyone was invited to partake of the desserts once all the presentations were complete.

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Runner Up: Ajanae Heinrichs, Recipient: Trey Nowosad. Grade Two-Runner Up: Robbie Oddan, Recipient: Jack McCormack. Grade Three-Runner Up: Colt Jackson, Recipient :Alexis Garnier. Grade FourRecipient: Griffin Harrower. Grade Five Runner Up: Myranda Lawrence, Recipient: Kamryn Oddan. Grade Six-Runner Up: Kadyn Bardoel, Recipient: Logan Garnier.

Artistic Awards- Donated by Vermilion Credit Union. Grades 1-3 Recipient: Sylis Heinrichs. Grades 4-6 Recipient: Kamryn Oddan.

Highest Academic Standing AwardsDonated by Clandonald Shell Lois Braithwaite/Murray Molineux.Grade 7 Runner Up: Keygan Falkowski, Recipient: Kent Jackson. Grade 8 Runner Up: Cody Jackson, Recipient: Janyl Bardoel. Grade 9 Runner Up: Chance Stepanick, Recipient: Pamela Brodbin.

General Proficiency Awards For Grades 7-9. Grade 7 Donated by Lakeland Glass.

Runner Up: Jordan Jones, Recipient: Kent Jackson. Grade 8 Donated by K.E.L. Services. Runner Up: Cody Jackson, Recipient: Janyl Bardoel. Grade 9 Donated

by Jessie and Victor Nowosad in Memory of Eddie and Elda Etherington. Runner Up: Jasmine Jones, Recipient: Pamela Brodbin.

Most Improved Student Award Grades 1-3 Donated by Vermilion Credit Union.

Runner Up: Owen Wolaniuk, Recipient: Jason Trivett. Most Improved Student Award Grades 4-6 Donated by Vermil-

ion Credit Union. Runner Up: Myranda Lawrence, Recipient: Griffin Harrower.

Most Improved Student Award Grades 7-9 Donated by Clandonald Co-op Seed Cleaning Plant.

Runner Up: Jordan Jones, Recipient: Chance Stepanick.

Athletic Award Grades 1-3 Donated by Vermilion Credit Union. Runner Up: Sylis Heinrichs and Ajanae Heinrichs. Recipient: Colt Jackson and Alexis Garnier. Athletic Award Grade 4-6 Donated by Vermilion Credit Union Runner Up: Griffin Harrower and Louise McCormack. Recipient: Levi Nicolson-Mitchell and Kamryn Oddan.

Cecil Quickstad Memorial Award for Athletics Donated by the Quickstad Family.

Runner Up: Jasmine Jones and Chance Stepanick. Recipient: Jordan Jones and

Kent Jackson.

Blanche Butz English Award Donated by the Butz Family.Runner Up: Jasmine Jones, Recipient: Pamela Brodbin.

Volunteer Award Donated by the Clandonald School Staff.

Runner Up: Jasmine Jones, Recipient: Pamela Brodbin. Martha Quickstad Memorial Award For French Grades 7-9 Donated

by Mr and Mrs R. Osinchuk and Family.

Runner Up: Jordan Jones, Recipient: Janyl Bardoel.

Jim and Margaret McCormack Scholarship Recipients: Chance Stepanick, Pamela Brodbin, Jasmine Jones.

Presentation of BTPS Honor Pins. Grade 7: Kent Jackson and Jordan Jones, Grade 8: Janyl Bardoel and Cody Jackson, Grade 9: Pamela Brodbin.

Anita Dutchak presented many of the awards.

Earning recognition for a job well done has its own rewards. Photos Nicole Crossan.

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21-Point Curse Lifted In First Marauder Win Cathy Wolters Reporter

Not only did the Vermilion Marauders break the 21-point curse in their last regular season league game, they won the battle of winless teams in a come from behind 34-14 win over the Athabasca Pacers.

Down by two touchdowns at half time on their home field, head coach Lorne Maier says the team regrouped and got their intensity back after a penalty filled first half. “They came out in the second half stronger and hungrier, and played more aggressively than they had for most of this season.”

The win was also a confidence boost, he says, for a young team that has had a long and frustrating season.

Neither the Marauders, nor their opposition, managed to score in the first quarter. But the Pacers did manage two late touchdowns, at 3:13 and then again with just 20 seconds left in the half.

“We had one touchdown and several key plays called back against us,” says Maier describing the Marauder first half.

That changed after half time as the defence shut down the Pacer’s running game and even forced an Athabasca safety. The offense led by Donovan

Yaceyko’s three TDs passed the 21-point mark for the first time this season.

Yaceyko’s first touchdown came on a fake punt at 10:24 of the third quarter. Quarterback Colton Katuski, an offensive star along with Yaceyko, also scored in the third, plunging into the end zone from the one. Neither score was converted leaving the Marauders down by two facing the final quarter.

It took nearly five minutes for the Marauders to take the lead on another long gallop by Yaceyko. He also kicked the convert for a 19-14 lead at 5:36 of the third. Less than minute later, the Pacers conceded a safety when their punter knelt in the end zone.

This gave the Marauders 21 points, with just over half of the final quarter remaining. Any question about lifting the 21-point curse was quickly answered when Yaceyko’s one reception of the day resulted in a 55-yard touchdown.

He also added a two-point convert for a 28 point Marauder total.

Rookie Tyson Pashulka would add another six points with 2:15 left in the game putting the Marauder’s winning total at 34. He was also named an offensive star for his game that included 46 rushing yards on six attempts and two tackles.

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Standing out in the team’s defensive effort were Ryley Bates, Carter Usenik, Jeremiah Ball and Pierre Brousseau.

Bates counted five tackles while rookie safety Usenik added another interception to his season total, along with two more tackles. Ball had four tackles and Brousseau, one, and their play was key

in limiting the Pacer run game.

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Brandon Maida (#20) lines up Athabasca Pacer kick returner Tristan Strong (39) on Thursday afternoon. Maida, a rookie, has been a leading special teams tackler as well as one of the Marauders’ best receivers this season. Photo Nicole Crossan.

Extra Exhibition Game Puzzling Sometime after the Oct 3 games, the Wheatland league web site no longer showed a playoff schedule that had been scheduled to start after the Thanksgiving holiday.

Head coach Lorne Maier was surprised to discover another exhibition week had been scheduled.

He was apprised by league president and current Holy Rosary coach Vince Orieux. There was an extra week before provincials start, so a decision was made to fill it with exhibition games.

The Marauders are scheduled to play the Wainwright Commandos, but the date and time hadn’t been confirmed at press time.

For most teams, the improvised extra week isn’t an ideal situation and seriously calls into question the schedule that was concocted this spring when the Commandos moved from the first to second division of the league.

Since the switch to two ranked divisions a few years ago, the Marauders played a balanced home and away schedule of six games. The 2014 schedule, instead, saw each Wheatland team play division rivals once

and play two exhibition games (that counted in the standings) against the other division. The result was a six week regular season.

This seventh week appears to be devised so teams that compete provincially don’t have an off week.

Ask most players and they are probably delighted to have the chance to play another game. But, that extra game does come at a price.

There is the additional expense of travel and major schedule adjustments for many players, coaches, families and volunteers with an extra week of games.

T h i s ex t r a w e e k a l s o m e a n s that there could have been a more balanced schedule for each division without the dubious interdivision “exhibition games” which all resulted in division one wins, a vast majority of them heavily one-sided.

This also begs the question of whether league governance should be in the hands of a league coach, especially if the agenda appears to be slanted in favour his team’s aspirations.

Cathy Wolters

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