Shane Kimber - Oyen’s Greatest Rapper
Shane Kimber, aka OGR-Scintilla, is on a quest to become the Greatest Rapper in Canada. Shane farms in the Sedalia-Oyen area with his dad and uncle, which may explain why his fans have said OGR stands for Oyen’s Greatest Rapper.
OGR actually stands for Over Growth Renaissance, and the word scintilla means spark. Shane definitely is a bright spark in the music world, who began his journey a few years ago.
“In 2019 I found out about Tik Tok and just started posting random stuff, trying to be funny,” Shane said. Shane’s a funny guy by nature, who found a way to combine having fun with music. “One day it was really snowing and I thought it would be funny if I went outside without my shirt, wearing shorts and rapping. People loved it, so I leaned into it more and more.”
“It’s really important to use what I have at my disposal; I don’t need to make a big budget music video. That’s how I was able to succeed,” the young musician explained.
Shane is a one-man show. He’s a song writer, artist, producer, mix engineer and comedian; he does it all and loves it! Except for editing. “Video editing is something I don’t have a passion for. It’s not the most glamorous work and I’m thinking of hiring an editor. But I have this problem; I like to do things myself so I know it will be done the way I like it done.”
So is Shane a perfectionist? He admits he is, but has discovered that life experiences have a way of teaching valuable lessons. He was posting a lot of videos in 2020, which were doing OK, but not getting big views. Then he said, “I
posted a video I thought was pretty bad and overnight it gets half a million views! That night I finished writing all the words, because I only had a short version of the song. The next day I filmed a video at the dugout and did “Timmies Run”. I did the whole thing in less than 24 hours and it exploded!” That’s when Shane realized something doesn’t have to be perfect to be popular.
Shane has been writing songs since he was a kid. “I’ve written songs every single day since I was 13 years old. If you write songs every single day, eventually that’s how your brain works,” he said. “I have thousands of voice memo’s in my phone because I write everything down and sort through it later. I just love song writing. I just didn’t quit, and eventually I just got good at it.”
Shane started taking guitar lessons at the age of 12 while attending school at Youngstown, and started recording using a low quality microphone. He attended college at Camrose getting a degree in Kinesiology. While there he was exposed to more hip-hop and rap, started learning about production, took a few music lessons, and acquired more gear and experience.
“For three years while I was at college, I was able to take vocal lessons from one of their music professors, and learned music theory,” he said. “A small amount of knowledge can go a long way.”
Shane loves being involved in lots of different activities ... from school, to the arts, comedy, sports and drama. “I like trying lots of different stuff; my challenge is committing to one thing,” he said. He loves problem solving. “I prefer to have something where I have to figure it out.”
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BY JOAN JANZEN
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Shane Kinber - aka OGR-Scintilla
OGR-Scintilla
Shane’s music is a reflection of his personality ... it’s spontaneously unique, and uniquely Canadian. But he says he has hundreds of non-Canadian songs that he hopes to release by the end of the year.
Meanwhile he’s also busy working on the family farm. “We are just wrapping up calving season here, and got a good handle on seeding now,” he said. So his dad and uncle said Shane can get back to doing music stuff now.
“I’m really lucky I have the farm here and a family that supports me. I’m not really making super big bucks, so being able to live here on the farm gives me the freedom to do what I want. The city can feel suffocating for me. I can reinvest some of the money I make into making better videos and content,” he explained. “I’m living in my grandma’s house. She passed away in 2019. I have my studio in my house, and it gets the job done.”
Although he’s been online for some time, he definitely wants to do more live shows in the future. “I just want to keep making music, because that’s what makes me happy,” he concluded.
As for youngsters out there who love music as much as Shane does,
he offers this advice: “If you do something that is uniquely you, and people like it, you’ll be the only person that can provide it. And it’ll be fun!”
Here’s a small taste of Shane’s uniquely Canadian lyrics ... Sometimes winter makes me want to move,
I can’t wait till the middle of June, Ten months stuck hiding in a room, Summer couldn’t come too soon. Sometimes all I think about is you, But I’m stuck with my parka and boots. Friggin winter makes me want to move, Summer couldn’t come too soon.
THURSDAY, JUNE 30:
Scavenger Hunt • Movie in the Park
FRIDAY, JULY 1:
The Creeland Dancers • Dean Smith Band
Fireworks • Time Machine
Wheat Kings Ball Game Ball Park Grand Opening
SATURDAY, JULY 2:
Pancake Breakfast • Parade Show & Shine
Centennial Marketplace
Eatonia Centennial Cabaret presents: The Steve McQueen Band featuring Mitch Larock & The 4:54 Band
Friday & Saturday Supper
Catered by Jackie’s Delicious Delights
SUNDAY, JULY 3:
Pancake Breakfast • Sunday Service Community Jam Session
Farewell BBQ
The shift of seasons always brings a lot of feelings to light. On one hand, it’s great to be done with winter. On the other hand, the growing season stretches long ahead of us, and this year, it seems especially uncertain.
After a few dry, dusty, windy spring days, I grew tired of being grumpy about the weather and decided to find the joy in spring. Unsure about the promise of green grass or growing crops or even flowers, I tried to focus on a sure thing – it will soon be patio and deck season! Beverages and burgers always taste better in the great outdoors.
To cheer myself up, I scrolled through my phone for inspiration, and even did some virtual window-shopping on Amazon. I found patio lights, tiki torches, outdoor rugs, planters, gazebos, pergolas, extensive collections of furniture, signs, umbrellas… I let my imagination really go to town and put all sorts of different items in my cart which I would delete later on. The sky was the limit and I refused to let the windswept practicalities of our homestead confine my lofty online patio ambitions, darn it!
Well, all good daydreams come to an end, so after a while, I deleted my cart and went back to life in the real ranch world. Of course, over the next few days, any phone app I opened made many purchase suggestions that fit in with my empty cart history. I avoided the clickbait with frugal determination. When the forage and fiscal future seem unclear, it is not in my nature to invest in deck décor that I most likely would have to retrieve from the neighbouring fence line at some point this summer.
I did, however, invest in children’s pain relief medicine, a common household item that we needed to stock up on.
“Your shipment of two bottles of Tylenol will arrive on Monday,”
A Little Bit Western Patio Lanterns
By Tara Mulhern Davidson
notified Amazon. “Sounds about right,” I thought. “And your 8’x 10’ patio carpet will arrive next Wednesday,” Amazon continued. What’s that, now, Amazon? It turns out my empty online cart was a little fuller than I thought. Looking back through the order, I was annoyed to find that yes, I had indeed just ordered 80 square feet of patio adornment. If there were any silver linings in this dusty cloud, at least the cost was in the two-digit price range, and not one of the fancier, three-figure priced rugs I had browsed. Still, I was irritated at my mistake.
True to their word, Amazon delivered my unplanned purchase to our local auto parts store, which accommodates such large, cumbersome, and incredibly obvious parcels. I hoisted the lightweight (i.e., wind-vulnerable) rug onto my shoulder and made my walk of online shopping shame out to my vehicle which was barely large enough to cram the ridiculous rug into.
I tend to be an avid supporter of local shopping, and found one more reason why local is better than virtual: I may not have realized I was buying this item online, but I darn sure would have thought twice before I stuffed a physical tapestry into a 3D shopping cart and wheeled it through the check out.
The carpet is still in the package, tucked away on my deck.
Cheers to a summer of good times on the deck… and if it applies, cheers to awkward, flimsy, unintentional impulse buys.
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Listening to logic and common sense
post on Facebook said: “When I die, I know one of my grandkids will lean in my coffin and whisper: Can I play a game on your phone?”
I’m sure many of you can relate, and it’s funny, however it makes no sense in relation to my topic this week. But who would you rather listen to? Someone who makes sense and uses logic, or someone who causes you to tilt your head in confusion?
Speaking of confusion, the Department of National Defence requires applicants for the position of chaplain to not be affiliated with groups whose values are not aligned with those of the defence team. In other words it is disqualifying followers of Christianity, Islam and Judaism from applying. Yet logic would discern that members of the military who belong to these three groups would be the ones who would most appreciate the services of a chaplain.
Another confusing example took place last week during Question Period when the opposition questioned the PM about information in a newspaper article. He responded by using the F-bomb and accusing them of promoting misinformation and disinformation. It’s obvious our PM doesn’t enjoy criticism, which may explain Bill C-11
which focuses on eliminating disinformation.
The Toronto Sun revealed a response by Twitter, which noted, “The proposal by the Government of Canada to allow the digital safety commissioner to block websites seems drastic. People around the world have been blocked from accessing services in a similar manner as the one proposed by Canada by authoritarian governments under the false guise of online safety, impeding peoples’ rights to access information online.” They listed North Korea, China and Iran as examples. It’s also interesting that the government did not make this response available to the public, but instead buried it. So does it make sense to have the government in charge of defining disinformation?
Viva Frei spoke to a Canadian who came to Canada at the age of 24. “I came here with $200 in my pocket. Now I have a small, successful construction business,” he said. “But now I am worrying about my kids. This is the only country where people aren’t allowed to travel. Now I am fighting stuff that I fought in Poland and I don’t want to do it again,” he said.
MP Pierre Poilievre described a popular tactic used by the Canadian government ... it’s called divide and conquer. “They
divide people in new ways. It’s a deliberate strategy for control, so you’ll turn to the government to give them more power,” he said. “Control is something people fight over; freedom is something you fight for. There’s enough freedom for everybody. If your neighbour gets more freedom, it doesn’t mean you get less. More freedom for one is more freedom for another.”
It’s not party affiliation that causes people to listen to Poilievre; it’s the fact that he uses common sense and logic when he speaks. Recently he asked the question: if technology and trade have made it cheaper to make stuff, why is it more expensive to buy stuff? Then he answered the question.
“The answer is, the government grows the supply of money faster than growth in the services and goods that money buys. Their motive? Well, inflation leads to certain win-
ners, number one ... government. When they create more cash they can spend more cash. They can quietly and secretly pass on the cost to consumers without anybody realizing they are the culprit. The wealthy and corporate class get richer and their assets inflate in value. The losers are the working class as their wages diminish in purchasing power,” he said.
He went on to provide a solution - change our monetary policy to slow the growth in money supply to match the growth of goods and services that it buys, and keep inflation as low as humanly possible.
An online response to this logic was, “Trudeau could not have explained
that in a thousand years.” I listened to Canadian Glen McInnis interview Canadians in Ottawa, Halifax and Vancouver. Although they all expressed concern about the rising cost of housing, the same individuals said they thought the current government could fix the economy within the next ten years.’
I read a quote that said, “Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state lives at the expense of everyone.” The government has no money to spend that it does not first take from someone else. But who will spend the money more effectively? Bureaucrats, or the people who worked to earn it?
Acadia Valley News
By Yolanda Kuhn yakuhn@hotmail.com - call or text 403-664-0582
Well last week sure flew by! Why am I always surprised how busy things are in the Spring?! The weather has been hot and cold all week. There’s been lots of sunshine followed by wind, clouds, and a few drops of rain. I’ve been hearing rumblings that some Farmer’s should be finished seeding by the end of this week if not next. Then I sure hope “The Big Guy” turns on the taps.
Condolences to Val Rafa and family on the passing of Landry Rafa on May 6th. A funeral was held at St. Mary’s
Catholic Church on Saturday May 14th with a luncheon at The Community Hall afterwards. The Warren Peers School students participated in a First Nations, Inuit and Metis cultural workshop last week. It was a great opportunity for students to learn about another culture. Each student got to make a dreamcatcher to take home with them.
Mark your calendars for June 15th, there will be a Spring Market at The Community Hall from 11:30am to 5:00pm. For more information contact Deb Rafa 403664-9178. The M.D. will also be hosting a FREE BBQ that day from 11:30am until 2:00pm in front of The Hall.
Notice & Terms of Tender for the sale of lot and building by THE ACADIA VALLEY COLUMBUS CLUB
For Sale By Tender - building and lot located at 109 Main St., Acadia Valley, AB.
Lot size: 4,480.69 sq. ft.
Annual taxes payable to The M.D. of Acadia: $3,321.04. (This includes $342.40 annually for the water frontage).
Building Details: 1,540 sq. ft., built in 1965, 2 washrooms, storage room, commercial kitchen/bar (includes fridge, stove, microwave and bar cooler).
Tenders must be sent by mail to The Acadia Valley Columbus Club, Box 64, Acadia Valley, AB, T0J 0A0 by no later than the end of Friday, June 10, 2022. Tenders must be titled: Acadia Valley Columbus Club Tender. Tenders must be open for acceptance until the end of the day on Thursday, June 30, 2022.
To request a copy of the tender agreement or for more information contact Randy Stolz 403-664-7215
There will be a Town-Wide garage sale on Saturday May 28th from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Contact McKayla Niwa for more information 403-664-0003.
Mark your calendars as there will be a Bridal Shower for Amy Marr (Bride elect of Daniel Jenkins), at The Acadia Valley Community Hall Saturday June 4th at 1:00pm.
The Rec. Club is selling 50/50’s again this month. The next draw will take place on June 6th. You can purchase your tickets at The Store, Skappak’s Farm Supply or a Rec. Club member.
Thanks for reading this week. I will leave you with a quote from Katy Perry that perfectly describes last week’s weather as well as how most of us felt. “Cause you’re hot then you’re cold; you’re yes, then you’re no.”
Recently, a relative of mine died. She had shortness of breath. She went to ER and was admitted to a hospital. She was investigated. After a week of investigations, she underwent coronary angioplasty for a narrow coronary artery. Two days later she was discharged. She went home and within an hour she fainted and died. That was sudden and tragic.
Statistics show one in 20 patients with unexplained shortness of breath in the primary care setting will have heart failure as its cause.
Statistics also show 38 per cent of patients with unexplained shortness of breath do not receive a definitive diagnosis within six months post-referral.
When a person presents with shortness of breath, the clinician has to determine whether it is due to cardiac (heart failure) or pulmonary cause.
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Unexplained shortness of breath should be investigated urgently
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If you have these symptoms, you should see your doctor immediately. The doctor will order investigations which will include: blood tests, chest x-ray, echocardiogram, stress test, CT scan, MRI, coronary angiogram etc.
Some doctors rely mostly on NT-proBNP testing to monitor patients with heart failure. You do not need to fast or do anything to prepare for the test. Levels go up when heart failure develops or gets worse, and levels go down when heart failure is stable. In most cases, BNP and NT-proBNP levels are higher in patients with heart failure than people who have normal heart function.
shortness of breath when clinical diagnosis remains uncertain. This can aid in decision-making and accelerate the pathway to appropriate referral.
In Alberta, Laboratory Services ( https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/lab/ Page6388.aspx) has offered B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) testing in hospital laboratories across the province since 2012. Emergency Department physicians and cardiologists are able to order these tests to assist with diagnosing and treating heart failure. This test has improved quality of referrals to cardiologists and has reduced diagnostic delays.
Treatment for heart failure:
Heart failure - also known as congestive heart failure - occurs when the heart muscle doesn’t pump blood as well as it should. When this happens, blood often backs up and fluid can build up in the lungs, causing shortness of breath.
What causes heart failure?
The result helps your doctor determine if you have heart failure, if worsening fatigue or shortness of breath are due to heart failure or another problem or if heart failure has progressed toward end-of-life. It is important to note that this test is only one method your doctor uses to monitor your condition. Based on your results, your doctor can choose the best treatment plan for you.
For most people, heart failure is a longterm condition that can’t be cured. But treatment can help keep the symptoms under control, possibly for many years.
The main treatments are: healthy lifestyle changes, medications, devices implanted in your chest to control your heart rhythm, and surgery. Treatment will usually need to continue for the rest of your life.
Sixty-seven per cent of patients with unexplained shortness of breath did not need further diagnostic work-up after taking NT-proBNP test. A very useful test for patients with chronic unexplained shortness of breath.
Common causes of heart failure are coronary artery disease, heart valve disease, high blood pressure and cardiomyopathy. If you’ve been diagnosed with one of these conditions, it’s critical that you manage it carefully to help prevent the onset of heart failure.
How would you know you are in heart failure?
Swelling of the feet and ankles, shortness of breath, fatigue, abdominal fullness due to swelling and distention of the liver are early manifestation of heart failure.
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society recommends NT-proBNP screening to help confirm or rule out heart failure in patients with
The life expectancy for congestive heart failure depends on the cause of heart failure, its severity, and other underlying medical conditions. In general, about half of all people diagnosed with congestive heart failure will survive five years. About 30 per cent will survive for 10 years.
Can I Get A Yeehaw - Hanna Big Country Sr. High Rodeo Club
The arena dust has begun to settle at the Silver Sage in Brooks as the Hanna Big Country High School Rodeo Club wraps up the D2 Jr & Sr High rodeos hosted April 29, 30 and May 1. It was three days of terrific competition, comradery and celebration of the western lifestyle. We can’t express enough gratitude to all those who make this rodeo a reality for the grade 5-12 students in our district. Our rodeo does not happen without an enormous amount of time and effort from a fabulous facility with excellent staff - Darrell & Carlotta Weestra, wonderfully generous sponsors and parents and fans that support and encourage our competitors.
For all three days of our rodeo we had excellent stock provided by Calgary Stampede Ranch (Tyler Kraft), DT Bucking Bulls (Dillon Tateson), Rocky & Christine Ross Rodeo Stock & Goats and McNiven Cattle Co. Without these outstanding animal athletes we would not be able to compete and we are ever grateful for the care and attention that you provide your animals. To ensure the safety of these animal athletes we had the Bow Valley Livestock Health Limited, Dr. Emilie Belage, ready to assist if necessary. On hand to ensure the safety of our grade 5-12 athletes we had SafetyNet Training Services Ltd., bullfighters Walker Hutton and Brody Tattrie, and pickup men Colin McNiven, Duane Hale and Tyler Kraft.
Our announcer, Jace Thorsteinson, kept us up-todate on all the rodeo happenings throughout the weekend with help from timers Marilyn Davies and Jessica Getz. Our judges for the weekend were Guy Perozak, Ron Thompson, Brittainy Smith and Bailey Hines.
We kicked off the first day and a half of rodeo with the Jr. High Events. The Jr. High results are as follows: Canadian Natural Resources Limited Bareback Steer Riding Buckle - Quaide Skjonsberg; Berry Creek Veterinary Barrel Racing Buckle - Rena McNiven; Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Boys Breakaway Buckle - Rylan
Deleff; Bonanza Drilling Tie Down
Roping Buckle - Kade Strandquist; Canam Cow Exchange Ltd. Ribbon
Roping Buckle - Levi Hunter & Oakley Tonneson; Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Chute Dogging
Buckle - Kade Strandquist; Bruce & Connie Pierson Girls Goat Tying Buckle - Keely Pugh; Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Boys
Goat Tying Buckle - Stan Edge; Friends of Youngstown School Girls Breakaway Buckle - Lena Kronschnabl; CVS Controls Saddle Bronc Steer Riding Buckle - Chet Meston; CVS Controls Team Roping Header Buckle - Rance Coates; CVS Controls Team Roping Heeler Buckle - Kade Strandquist; Big Country Agricultural Society Bull Riding Buckle - Holden Atkinson; Friends of Youngstown School Pole Bending Buckle - Janae McDougall; All-Can Engineering & Surveys (1976) Ltd. Jr. Girls High Point Award - Erika Webb and All-Can Engineering & Surveys (1976) Ltd. Jr. Boys High Point Award - Kade Strandquist. Our Jr. High draw winner of a pair of Dryshod Canada (Jay Gustafson) boots was Rebecca Pelonero.
Following our Jr. High rodeo, we started the Sr. High rodeo. The Sr. High results are as follows: Supporter of High School
Rodeo Saddle Bronc Buckle - Garrett Zieffle; Canam Cow
Exchange Ltd. Bull Riding Buckle
- Holden Atkinson; Central Alberta Excavations Ltd. Barrel Racing Buckle - Tegan Poitras; Harty Land Services Ltd. Tie Down Roping Buckle - Blake Zieffle; CVS Controls Breakaway Roping Buckle - Kendal Pierson; Big Country Agricultural Society Bareback Riding Buckle - Spur Cottingham; The Rack Petroleum Goat Tying BuckleKendal Pierson; Spondin Ag Society Steer Wrestling Buckle - David Butterwick; Bryan & Emma Garlock
Team Roping Header BuckleDalton Ruttan; Homestead Angus Team Roping Heeler BuckleCash Littau; Big Sky Real Estate (Tracey Grantham) Pole Bending Buckle - Pyper Lillico; Canam Cow Exchange Ltd. Sr. High Girls High Point Award - Kendal Pierson; Team Tattrie Sr. High Boys High
Point Award - Garrett Zieffle. Our Sr. High draw winner of a pair of Dryshod Canada (Jay Gustafson) boots was Emma Webb.
On Sunday morning we had the Cutting and Working Cow Horse events judged by Greg Coffin. Dryshod Canada (Jay Gustafson) awarded a pair of Dryshod boots to the winners of the Girls Cutting - Charlee Edge, Boys CuttingRees Wilson and Working Cow Horse - Owen Schauer and Haylee
Weatherly with a first place tie. The success of an event takes many hands working toward a common goal and we are so appreciative to all those who have pitched in with time, talents and treasure to help produce the Hanna Big Country Jr. & Sr. High Rodeo. We look forward to seeing you next year as we continue to celebrate our Alberta youth and western heritage, Yeehaw!
Blake Zieffle (Consort,AB) - Sr High Tie Down Roping Winner
ADULT FICTION:
Hook, Line and Sinker: a novel by Tessa Bailey
The Club: a novel by Ellery Lloyd
The Hacienda by Isabel Canas
NON-FICTION:
by Tricia Fischbuch
BY DAYNA WILSON
Enough Already: learning to love the way I am today by Justin Rhodes CURBSIDE SERVICE OPTION: The library is currently open as usual, but we have added a curbside service option as well. If you prefer to pick up materials this way, please call ahead or email to let us know which day to put them out.
Hello everyone! This week was all about celebrating moms and nurses! On Monday we always start our mornings off with a good exercise class, and then in the afternoon we celebrated Mother’s Day with a special after-
By Sarah Smith
noon tea! On Tuesday the art class made thank you posters to our nurses and in the afternoon we played a few rounds of shuffleboard. Wednesday was a fun day filled with painting our nails and having a movie afternoon watch -
ing the movie “Dirty Dancing”. Thursday was our field trip day, we loaded up on the bus and heading north to Sedila where we got our shopping shoes on and visited the Co-Op, after having a picnic lunch before heading back home. Finishing off our week with our usual morning at the races with the horses and the afternoon was filled with bingo calling!
We hope everyone had a fantastic week!
seeds, and they each have their own unique features.
... These piglets recently made their appearance on the farm near Flaxcombe, owned by Brian and Char Brown. Char called these new arrivals bacon
Mother’s Day Tea at the Oyen Lodge
Landry Lloyd Rafa Dec. 16, 1978 - May 6, 2022
Landry Rafa was born on Dec 16, 1978 in Oyen Alberta. He grew up on the family farm south of Acadia Valley. Landry went to school from kindergarten to grade 9 at Warren Peers School. He farmed with his brother, Curtis, and they were best friends and partners on the farm.
He enjoyed gardening, stamp collecting, and then years later he collected baseballs signed from famous baseball players, along with his signed Gordon Lightfoot memorabilia. Landry enjoyed having coffee with his Dad in the mornings, chatting about the weather, politics, and farming. We swear if he was not a farmer, he would have been a meteorologist, as he spent a lot of his time wandering around outside predicting the weather. He loved to
write poems and had one published in a prominent poetry book. Landry was an avid photographer and loved taking photos of his beloved farmland and community. The old mansion, personal farmland, and St Peter and Paul’s Church down the road were personal favorites of his to photograph. He loved going over to his Gramma Rafa and Aunty Yvonne’s house to get one of her famous Polish prune buns.
Landry had a very quiet nature to him, unless incited, then he expressed himself very passionately about life and circumstances. He was very generous and kindhearted, which he must have inherited from his beloved Mom & Dad. Landry was somewhat set in his ways and anyone who disagreed about something, well... let’s just say you had better be quiet. He also had a deep appreciation for the songwriter and artist Gordon Lightfoot. Most times when Landry was enjoying his down time, he could be found comforting himself to Gordon’s music. Sitting on the farm was a New Holland combine that Landry was looking forward to fixing up. It was something he always wanted to do.
Landry had many struggles in his life and it concerned his family and friends for his wellbeing, as we did deeply care about him and wanted nothing but the best for him. Landry met Geri, his beloved
AHS and AUPE Auxiliary Nursing ratify collective agreement
Youngstown News
By Lydia Goodbrand
403-854-1946
May 11, 2022
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Just a reminder that the much-anticipated grand opening of the Youngstown school greenhouse is May 19 at 11 am! Please contact Haley Powell if you are able to bring salads, chips or squares. With the warmer weather, it may also be a good time to go get some ice cream at the Small World Cafe.
High school graduation is also approaching quickly. If you are enrolling in a post secondary institution and taking a course that enhances rural living, please consider applying for the Big Country Agricultural Society Scholarship before August 15.
Preference will be given to those who have volunteered at the Crossroads Centre or with BCAS. Call 403-664-6600 or check Facebook for more information.
If you have younger children or grandchildren ages 2-6, check out the “Tot and Me” session at the library on May 25 at 10:30 (interest permitting). Please contact Alysha to register at 403-334-5944. For those with older children, there is also a youth art night for ages 7-13 on May 26 from 4-5 pm at the hall. Contact Alysha to register for that as well.
Please note that the Blood Indian Fishing Derby has been cancelled for this year. Thanks for reading. Have a good week everybody.
partner, and they became parents to sweet little Naomi, who is now two years old. Landry loved his little girl so much. He will be watching over her in Heaven now. No doubt about it he is busy chatting with his dad, uncles, grandparents, and neighbors now. We will miss you Landry, you are forever in our hearts. We are thankful you are at peace, and your memory lives on in our hearts.
Landry is survived by his daughter Naomi, his partner Geralyn, mother Valerie Rafa, brother Curtis, sister Adrionne (Anish), Stephanie, nieces & nephews: Oscar, Clara, Abbigail, Grandmother Jean Dziuba, & numerous aunts & uncles & cousins
He was predeceased by his father Lloyd, grandparents Louis & Valerine Rafa & John Dziuba, his Aunts Paulene & Faye, his uncles Jerry, Tim & Bruce.
Prayer Service was held on Friday May 13th, 2022 at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Acadia Valley, AB Funeral Mass was held on Saturday May 14th, 2022 at 3 p.m. as St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Acadia Valley, AB
Memorial Donations can be directed to the Oyen and District Health Care Foundation Box 1 Oyen, AB T0J 2J0.
Funeral arrangements in the care of MacLean’s Funeral Home, Oyen AB ofsmacleans. com
EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services (AHS) and Alberta Union of Provincial Employee (AUPE) Auxiliary Nursing (AN) have ratified a new collective agreement.
The four-year agreement expires on March 31, 2024, and sets out the terms and conditions for the more than 18,000 auxiliary nursing staff who play a critical role in our healthcare system.
AHS is pleased to reach a positive outcome based on the mediator’s recommendations, which reflects the current economic environment as well as the critical role our auxiliary nursing staff have played and the challenges they have faced throughout the pandemic.
The new collective agreement includes modest increases over four years. In addition, AHS and AUPE-AN have agreed to work together in an effort to address recruitment and retention of auxiliary nursing staff to remote and rural communities in Alberta.
AHS is in mediation with Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) and AUPEGeneral Support Services on the collective agreements.
“We are grateful to our AHS Board and to AUPE-AN members for voting in favour of this positive outcome”, says Mauro Chies, Interim AHS President and CEO. “This would not have been possible without the dedication of the negotiation teams who have worked tirelessly over the past several months to reach an agreement. We extend our thanks to all of our auxiliary nursing staff and the healthcare teams they work with for their exceptional work and dedication to serving Albertans.”
AHS is the provincial health authority responsible for planning and delivering health supports and services for more than four million adults and children living in Alberta. Its mission is to provide a patient-focused, quality health system that is accessible and sustainable for all Albertans.
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EQUIP. DISPERSAL ONLINE AUCTION May 1925, 2022 - Forklift Trucks, Tractor, Trailers, IND. Millwork Equip., Shop Equip, Welding & Mech. Equip., Finishing Equip., Yard & Maintenance Equip., Acreage, Household, etc. www. montgomeryauctions.com. Call 403-885-5149.
BUILDINGS FOR SALE INTEGRITY POST FRAME BUILDINGS since 2008 BUILT WITH CONCRETE POSTS. Barns, Shops, Riding Arenas, Machine Sheds and more, sales@integritybuilt.com 1-866-974-7678 www.integritybuilt.com.
COMING EVENTS
FIREARMS WANTED FOR JUNE 2022 LIVE & ONLINE AUCTION: Rifles, Shotguns, Handguns, Militaria. Auction or Purchase: Collections, Estates, Individual items. Contact Paul, Switzer’s
Auction: Toll-Free 1-800694-2609, sales@switzersauction.com or www.switzersauction.com.
FARM MACHINERY BLANKET THE PROVINCE with a classified ad. Only $269 (based on 25 words or less). Reach almost 90 weekly newspapers. Call NOW for details. 1-800-2826903 Ext 225; www.awna. com.
FEED AND SEED CERTIFIED SEED. - WHEAT – AAC Goodwin, AAC Penhold, AC Sadash, CDC Go, Go Early, Pintail. OATS - AC Juniper, AC Morgan, AC Mustang, Derby, CDC Arborg, CDC SO1 Super Oat, ORE 3542M. BARLEY –Cerveza, CDC Austenson, CDC Maverick, Sundre. Very Early Yellow Pea, Forage Peas. Polish Canola, Spring Triticale. mastinseeds.com; 403-556-2609.
WE BUY DAMAGED GRAIN - Heated, Mixed, Tough, Light, Bugs, Spring Thrashed....Barley, Wheat, Oats, Peas, Flax, Canola. “On Farm Pickup”. Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-2505252.
ALBERTA FEED GRAIN: Buying Oats, Barley, Wheat, Canola, Peas, Screenings, Mixed Grains. Dry, Wet, Heated, or Spring Thresh. Prompt Payment. In House Trucks, In House Excreta Cleaning. Vac Rental. 1-888-483-8789.
FOR SALE WHITE SPRUCE TREES. 5’ average $50. Installation ONLY $19. Includes: hole augered, Wurzel Dip enzyme injection, bark mulch application, staking. Minimum order 20. One-time fuel charge: $125-175. Crystal Springs. 403-8200961. Quality guaranteed.
LAND FOR SALE BEST HUNTING IN SASKATCHEWAN right by Sask River. Very high Deer population. Thick pine & poplar bluffs, close to water coulee. Old yard site with old power and water. Revenue on crop and hayland. East of Prince Albert. $248,000. Call Doug 306-716-2671.
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LIVESTOCK FOR SALE REGISTERED YEARLING SIMMENTAL BULLS. Fullblood Fleckvieh, Horned & Polled, A1 Bloodlines, Performance EPD’s. Very Quiet. Simmeron Ranch. Martin 780-913-7963. www.simmeronranch.ca.
PERSONALS
DIY HOME CHRISTIANITY BOOK for sale at ralph757. com. Thorough, simple, brief. No church, no strings. Click white tab at upper right corner of web page.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Pursuant to the Municipal Government Act (MGA), Section 632(1) Every Council of a Municipality must adopt a municipal development plan and a Land Use Bylaw. Amendments to a municipal development plan and a Land Use Bylaw must be done by Bylaw and must be advertised and a public hearing held. The proposed amendments are to bring the MDP plan into compliance with MGA sections 632(3)(d)(e)(f). The Town of Oyen intends to consider a new Municipal Development Plan Bylaw 890-22. The purpose of the new Municipal Development Plan Bylaw #890-22 is to incorporate the required sections of the MGA into the current Municipal Development Plan. The Purpose of the new Land Use Bylaw #891-22 is to incorporate all land use Bylaw amendments into one document.
A public hearing for Bylaw No. 890-22 Adopt a Municipal Development Plan and Bylaw No. 891-22 Oyen Land Use Bylaw will be held in The Town of Oyen office at 201 Main Street, Oyen, AB, on June 14th, 2022 commencing at 7:00 p.m. Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw.
Written comments may be delivered to Town of Oyen, PO Box 360, Oyen, AB Canada T0J 2J0 or emailed to cao@oyen.ca; submissions will be received up to Friday, June 10, 2022 at 4:30pm.
The proposed Bylaws 890-22 and 891-22 can be reviewed online at www.oyen.ca, or copies may be picked up Monday through Friday at The Town of Oyen Office at 201 Main St, Oyen, AB T0J 2J0 from 8:30- 4:30 pm.
This notice is given pursuant to Sections 606 and 692 of the Municipal Government Act. Debbie Ross CAO
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WANTED
CASH for ALL gold & silver! Bullion, coins, bars, jewelry, nuggets, sterling, 999 SILVER +. Also buying COIN COLLECTIONS, ROYAL CANADIAN MINT COINS & old money. Canada & world collections WANTED. Todd 250-864-3521.
WANTED: Old advertising dealership signs, gas pumps, globes, pop machines, light ups, White Rose, Red Indian, Buffalo, North Star, Case Eagles, etc. Collector paying TOP PRICES. 306-221-5908.
SUMMER EMPLOYMENT Two Summer Positions
Oyen Crossroads Museum is taking applications for two summer positions to start approximately June 1 for eighttwelve weeks @ 35 hours per week.
Wages: $16.50/hour
Duties Include: • grounds maintenance • cleaning, painting, cataloging artifacts and displays • conducting inventory, etc.
This will be a CSJ position that employs youths ages 15 to 30. These positions are dependent upon receiving funding from CSJ.
Please email resume to Lois Bedwell at
May 9, 2022
Posting
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Fishing Season Kicks off at Blood Indian Reservoir
May long weekend is traditionally a busy one at Blood Indian Park, and Parks staff are busy getting ready to welcome visitors. For the 2022 season Blood Indian will have 38 serviced sites operating on a firstcome, first-serve basis. These sites are in addition to the 250+ unserviced shoreline campsites located around the reservoir. To help get ready the reservoir ready for the 2022 season, local anglers volunteered to help unload Rainbow, Tiger, and Brown Trout fish stock earlier this month. Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) fisheries stocked Blood Indian Reservoir this spring with over 72,200 fish ranging in size from 12.6 cm to 65 cm.
Blood Indian Reservoir is one of many waterbodies
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throughout the province stocked through the Alberta Provincial Stocking program. This program supplies approximately 240 waterbodies with hatchery-reared trout to provide recreational angling opportunities, reduce angling pressure on natural fish populations, and maintain or enhance fish populations. There are four species of trout stocked at Blood Indian: Rainbow, Brook, Brown, and Tiger. Tiger trout is a sterile hybrid species created using Brown and Brook Trout.
Staff from AEP will return to Blood Indian this summer to continue field research into impacts of Prussian Carp. The team will complete a netting and seining program, removing as many Prussian Carp as possible while also evaluating the growth and
survival of the trout species stocked by AEP into the waterbody.
“We have been closely working with AEP staff for many years to try to understand what the Carp mean for Blood Indian. Having Craig’s team come back this summer will continue to develop a full picture of the negative impacts Carp are having. I really appreciate the time and work AEP is putting in at Blood Indian, as well as our positive working relationship.”
John Armstrong, Parks Supervisor- Special Areas Board
You can learn more about camping at Blood Indian Park at www.specialareas.ab.ca/visit/parks-campground/blood-indian-park/.
Events from the east central Alberta area are welcome. These listings are meant for non-profit and community events, not for business advertising.
ACADIA VALLEY
Saturday, May 28
• Acadia Valley Garage Sale 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. To register your sale for the town map, please contact McKayla Niwa 403-664-0003.
Friday, June 10
• Palliser Economic Partnership is hosting its 2022 Annual General Meeting 12:00 noon at Acadia Valley’s new community hall.
Wednesday, June 15
• Vendors Market from 11:30 am - 5:00 pm at the Acadia Valley Community Hall. BBQ Hamburgers from 11:30 am - 2:00 pm.
ALSASK
Saturday, May 28
• Herbal Twist and Alsask Community Club presents Hello Spring Market 11:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Alsask Rec Centre.
Saturday, June 11
• Alsask Community Annual Life-Size Fooseball. To enter a team or for more information contact Sara 306-460-4303 or sarawilke@sasktel.net
Saturday, September 3
• Beer Olympics 3.0. Theme: Anything But A Human. For mor infomation contact Emily 306-430-8084 or Katina 306-430-1102 by text.
CEREAL
Monday, May 16
• Cereal Board of Trade Bingo. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Starts at 7:30 pm at the CJ Peacock Centre.
Tuesday, May 17, 24, 31
• Cereal Cottages weekly Coffee Time 9:30 am.
Monday, May 30
• Cereal Board of Trade Bingo. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Starts at 7:30 pm at the CJ Peacock Centre. Friday, July 29 - Sunday, July 31
• Prairieland Sports Days
Saturday, August 6
• Cereal’s Annual First Mug Boh
OYEN
Sunday, May 22
• Oyen Badland Badgers 4 person Best Ball Tournament Oyen Golf Course
Wednesday, May 18 - Wednesday, June 22
• Big Country Community Adult Learning Council Walking Wednesdays Drop-in Group 10:00 am (meet at the Adult Learning Office). 1 hour walk with tea, coffee and water available afterwards. All ages welcome.
Thursday, May 26
• Oyen Town Hall Meeting with Damien Kurek, MP Battle River - Crowfoot from 2:00 - 4:00 pm Oyen Council Chambers
Saturday, June 18
• Oyen Lions Club Father’s Day Comedy Night Dinner, Show & Dance featuring Andrew Grose & Tim Nutt.
Local anglers helping unload fish stock at Blood Indian Reservoir earlier this month. | PHOTO COURTESY SPECIAL AREAS