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Vol. 68, No. 23 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 | 403-783-3311 | WWW.PONOKANEWS.COM

CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY

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The glorious sagaof the thrilling sport

of chuckwagon racingStory on page 5

Refl ections

Sports

PSC GradPSC graduates celebrate Friday, June 3 at the Ponoka Curling Rink. The ceremony was standing room only with presentations from dignitaries and principal Ian Rawlinson. Please see our story on page 2.

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PSC graduation ceremonies honour students

With the 2016 school year nearly over Ponoka Secondary Campus’ Grade 12 students had a chance in the spotlight during graduation ceremonies held Friday, June 3.

It was standing room only at the Ponoka Curling Rink during the ceremony, which brought dignitaries from Wolf Creek Public Schools as well as First Nations rep-resentation.

Principal Ian Rawlinson said in his address to grad-uands that the biggest challenge of being an educator is there are times when it appears there is little success in certain endeavours.

He gave the account of a recent two-hour conversation with a staff member, which showed him that there are times when, even after hours of work and effort, the out-come didn’t seem successful. He says he wondered how he could change the world when students struggle with their math homework.

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“I left feeling like I have lied to just about every gradu-ation class I have ever talked to,” said Rawlinson.

He spoke of coming to the realization that he cannot change the world or impact other events such as the struggles in Fort McMurray, as an example.

“But, what if I shifted my thinking and thought about what I can change, not what I can’t? What if I made a choice,” he asked in his address.

The smallest decisions may have long term effects. Rather than staying on his phone, Rawlinson says he can turn it off and watch the sunset with his family or speak with his kids or buy a coffee for someone he knows to cheer them up.

“Maybe, just maybe, if we take a little time. Not give up on others. Care more, listen more,” suggested Rawlinson. “Share some kindness and talk, not text or Snapchat.”

He referred to a popular quote that while he cannot change the world, he can cast a stone to create many ripples.

This year’s valedictorian is Isabell Stamm and she praised parents, teachers and administration for getting graduates to this stage. “You have played a huge role to all our lives,” said Stamm.

“Our future is right around the corner,” she added.

She told graduates that while there remains uncer-tainty and change in their future, they will know the right path forward. “You’ll always know the path you were meant to be on.”

The next day graduates and families gathered for a banquet and dance in the main arena.

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CORKERY STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD Alexandra Wynnychuk

FRIENDS OF CRESTOMERE SCHOLARSHIP Isabell Stamm

RUSSELL PETTERSON MEMORIAL AWARD Naomi Froese

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PONOKA LIONS CLUB AWARD - Most Improved Student Lillian Raugust

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THE TOM BUTTERFIELD CREATING COWBOYS SCHOLARSHIP Jason Mirasty and Kayla Dueck

REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AWARDS Nathan Zelinski

GREEN CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AWARD Ashlyn Frandson, Isabell Stamm, Madison Lanz

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Police deal with multiple break-and-enters

Skid steer and trailer stolen

Ponoka RCMP is inves-tigating the theft of a skid steer and continu-ous trailer from a Ponoka residence on 51 Avenue overnight of May 20th. The trailer has a license plate of 5CL744 and inves-tigators say two men were seen driving a Ford F150 XTR to take the equip-ment.

Break-ins continuePolice had to deal with

several reports of break-ins in Ponoka.

In one case offi cers re-ceived a report of a break and enter to the Ponoka Coin Laundry, which oc-curred Monday, May 30. The side door was de-stroyed and an undis-closed amount of cash was taken from the offi ce. The fi le is currently under investigation.

Another case dealt with a complaint of break and enter on May 31 at ap-proximately 12:43 a.m. Two men attempted to break into the Ponoka Rising Sun Clubhouse. When the complainant went out to see what was going on, the suspects fl ed the scene. Police located two male youths a short distance from the club-house. Both suspects were arrested for attempting to break in.

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Ponoka RCMP is investigating the theft of a skid steer and continuous trailer from a Ponoka residence on 51 Avenue overnight of May 20th.

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May 31, police received a report of a break-and-en-ter to Andy’s Barber Shop. Suspects pried open the front door and approxi-mately $500 worth of mer-chandise was taken. The fi le is under investigation.

The next day investiga-tors received a complaint of a break and enter to GN Transportation. A num-ber of oilfi eld sheds had been gone through and the doors left open. One truck was searched but there was no damage and nothing taken. The fi le currently remains under investigation.

Again on May 31, the Ponoka RCMP responded to a complaint of mischief on 48th Avenue. The com-plainant’s car was egged and the front windshield was smashed out. Nothing was missing from the ve-hicle. The fi le is currently under investigation.

Threats on personOn Thursday, June 2, at

approximately 3:30 p.m. the Ponoka RCMP re-sponded to a complaint of assault at a residence on 56 Avenue. Police say the suspect threatened to stab the complainant. Police attended the scene and arrested a 19-year-old female from Ponoka for assault and uttering threats.

Stolen vehicle on Highway 2

On Monday, May 30, at approximately 2:30 p.m. the Ponoka Integrated Traffi c Unit received a complaint of a stolen ve-hicle broke down on the side of Highway 2 in the southbound lanes. The vehicle was examined by the traffi c members and did not appear to be damaged. The vehicle was subsequently towed and the owner notifi ed. The fi le is currently under in-vestigation.

Driver receives ticket for distracted driving

Members of the Ponoka Integrated Traffic Unit handed a ticket for dis-tracted driving to a mo-torist on their cellphone.

On Wednesday, June 1 the call came in that a white Ford F150 was driv-en in an erratic manner. Police say the driver was on a cellphone and went off the road into the ditch almost rolling the vehi-cle. The driver later re-gained control and came back onto the road. In the process, the vehicle sent a spray of gravel which broke the windshield of the complainant’s vehicle.

Abandoned vehicle found stolen

On Saturday, June 4 at approximately 4 a.m., po-lice responded to several complaints of a vehicle that was left abandoned in the middle of the road by the Riverside Inn on Highway 53. The vehicle lights were left on but no one was around the vehi-cle. Upon further investi-gation it was found that the vehicle was stolen out of Lethbridge. The fi le is currently under investiga-tion.

Woman found with crystal meth

Ponoka RCMP respond-ed to a report of voices heard coming from the bush by Highway 2A near the Moose Hall.

Police attended to the scene and approached a female walking north-bound on Highway 2A. The female was visibly upset and crying. She said she was in an argument with her boyfriend and

had told him to drop her off on the side of the road.

Upon further investiga-tion, it was realized that she had thrown some-thing into the ditch. Police determined that it was a pill bottle containing what appeared to be crys-tal meth. The female then provided a false name to police. She was sub-sequently arrested and lodged into the Ponoka detachment cells.

It was later determined that the female suspect had warrants for her ar-rest out of Red Deer. File is currently under inves-tigation.


Your Guide To Local Houses

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CHURCH DIRECTORY

HOME CHURCHPastor Rob McArthur 403-783-5659

Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.Corner of Hwy 53 & Hwy 2A (former Crossroads Restaurant)

www.myhomechurch.ca

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCHPASTOR DAVE BEAUDOIN

6230-57 Ave. Ph. 403-783-6404 Saturdays 9:30 - 12 [email protected]

NEW COVENANT BAPTISTREFORMED CHURCH

Currently meeting at Ponoka Christian School 6300-50 St.Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Everyone Welcome!phone: 403-783-6962 • www.baptistreformedponoka.org

PARKLAND REFORMED CHURCHSouth on 2A, West on Spruce Road 403-783-1888

Rev. Mitch Ramkissoon Worship Service 10:00 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.www.parklandurc.org

Associated Gospel Churches of CanadaCHURCH OF THE OPEN BIBLE

3704 - 42 St. Ponoka 403-783-6500Worship Service 11:00 a.m. • [email protected]

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKASr. Pastor Paul Spate

James Crosina - Fac. of Community Life5109 - 57 Ave. Ponoka www.fbcponoka.org 403-783-5533

Bible Discovery Hour 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

PONOKA UNITED CHURCH Minister: Beatrix Schirner [email protected]

Sunday Service 10:30 am. www.ponokaunitedchurch.ca

5020-52 Ave. Ponoka Phone: 403-783-4087

SONRISE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCHVacation Bible School • July 18 - 22

Pastor W. DellemanWorship Service 10:30 a.m.

½ mile south of Centennial Centre for Mental Health & Brain Injury 403-783-6012 • www.sonriseponoka.com

ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC CHURCHFr. Shimit Abraham CFIC

Mass Times: 7:00 p.m. Saturday; 9:00 a.m. Sunday5113 - 52 Ave., Ponoka, T4J 1H6 403-783-4048

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ST. MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCHRev. Donna Willer

Rev. Marty Tuer, Honourary Assistant5120 - 49 Ave. Ponoka 403-783-4329

Sunday Service: Holy Eucharist 10 a.m.www.stmarysanglicanponoka.com

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5501 - 54 Ave. Ponoka 403-783-4141Sunday Service: 10:30am Sunday School: 10:30am

Pastor Tim Graff • trinityponoka.ca

ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPPastor Fred Knip

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Religion

Dear Editor,I write in response to the

May 25 edition wherein Mr. Brad Overeem asks “Where is God in the fi re?”

He asks and attempts to answer the question that fundamentalist Christians can’t get around, namely, why does a loving god allow

so much suffering. (In this case, where is god in the Ft. McMurray fi re?)

As an atheist, I am inter-ested in this discussion as I

Response to God in Ft. Mac fi re

Be patient and meet ChristI live in Riverside. My home is situated close to the

entrance to the Riverside ball diamonds. As such, the process of getting from one side of Ponoka to the other has been lengthened considerably by the bridge work happening on the north end of town. Rather than drive over the old green bridge, the detour requires us to drive south to Highway 53 before we can drive West. The detour adds a minimum of 5 minutes to each trip. I should con-sider myself fortunate. My brother and his family live north of Chicken Hill. He has 10 minutes added to his trips across town. Last week, a gas line break shut down 46 Street, the main route through Riverside further exacerbating driving issues on our end of town.

A quick survey of social media or a ca-sual talk will show that most people don’t have a lot of patience for things that incon-venience them. Me, neither. I fi nd that the littlest things can set me off in the wrong direction. My thoughts and attitudes stir and fi nd themselves being put into words. Words fi nd their way into conversations or written messages. As they are spoken or sent, we hear or read them all over again in the responses we receive. A nasty down-ward spiral of negativity can ensue. Most of it is the result of us not practicing patience.

A few weeks ago, I had the joy of taking my three chil-dren to Disneyland for a day while on a family vacation. Disneyland considers itself the “happiest place on earth”, while I consider them the ultimate masters of the queue. Lineups zig and zag and can seem to go on endlessly, es-pecially for certain rides and on certain days of the year. (Two years ago, my wife and a friend spent three hours

in a line to go on Space Mountain while at Disneyworld. Literally, three hours). That day, as my children stood in line for their favorite rides and encounters, occasionally they would grumble. Why is it taking so long? Why must I go through this inconvenience?

The only plausible answer we had (and we still have) was/is this: There is something at the end of this process of inconvenience that will be worth the wait. There is a

princess who wants to meet you. There is ride experience you will love. There will be a brand new road and bridge on the north end of town.

Often people will ask me tough ques-tions. Why is our world in the shape it is in? If God is real, why wouldn’t He just swoop in and fi x the mess? The answer very much refl ects this principle of pa-tience. In 2 Peter, Jesus’ right hand disci-ple Peter wrote, “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but every-one to come to repentance.”

Simply put, there is something at the end of this process of inconvenience that will be worth the wait. That some-thing is a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Unfortunately, just as some people will slip out of the queue because they are tired of waiting for a ride, some people will give up on their pursuit of God because of the inconvenience. It usually happens just as they are about to reach their breakthrough and meet Christ. Jesus is patient for us. Be encouraged. Allow your attitudes and words to refl ect Christ attitude of patience, so you can reap the rewards in the end.

ROB MCARTHUR

Home Church

believe the question is central to my contention that there is no god. Mr. Overeem’s answer seems to be twofold. One, God is in the fi refi ghters, god is in the kindness of strang-ers and so on. The other is that we know god loves us because the Bible says so. Mr. Overeem cites plenty of verses to this “prove” this.

What if I believed in some other myth (instead of the Christian one)?

Let us say I believe in the wonder working power of Santa Claus and I tell you that Santa Claus is in the caring people and brave fi rst responders who worked so hard in Fort McMurray. Surely, that is not proof that Santa Claus is there helping even though we don’t see him. Or what if I tried to convince you that Santa Clause loves and cares for us even though our homes are burning to the ground, and all you have to do is look at various quotes from whatever children’s bedtime story I may produce?

Mr. Overeem may be com-forted by his woolly-headed rationalizations about god. But whether we pretend that Zeus, Santa Claus or Jesus is helping us in a crisis is just silly.

Scott LewisPonoka

Letter


Refl ections of Ponoka

Remember When...Photo submitted

The perfect opening compliments to each thrilling evening of wagon racing at many decades of Ponoka Stampedes has been the exciting chariot and pony chuckwagon events. The chariot events, whose origin was in the early Roman era, features two powerful horses pulling the light two wheel rigs and drivers around the big track, while the pony chucks are the showdown of the smaller horses and rigs, whose drivers are very skilled in that traditional dusty dash in front of thousands of avid fans.

The glorious saga of the thrilling sport of chuckwagon racing

The fl ash, dash and thrills of the long-standing and overwhelmingly popular sport of professional chuck-wagon racing likely had its roots deeply set in the wild and wooly history of the old west dating all the way back to the late 18th century. Legend has it that in this very early era out on the rolling prairies, the rugged ranch hands would work long hours tending to the massive and wandering herds, and at the end of each day those rugged cowboys always looked forward to returning to camp.

After shaking off the dust and maybe even a quick dip in the nearby creek, those hardy lads loved to gather around the chuck wagon for a bountiful meal of beef, beans, biscuits and coffee. It was then the best time to relax around the roaring fi re for some grand old songs and stories with friends followed by a few hours of well earned rest. At the end of the week all the cowboys in the area would meet up and head to town for some entertainment and fun, with the rule being that the last one in would buy the fi rst round at the local saloon. This would result in an exciting ses-sion of hustle and bustle as everyone rushed to break camp, loaded up their wagons and headed out onto the dusty road to race into town.

That same keen spirit of camaraderie and competi-tion to show the best team would carry on each and every summer, and would magnifi cently result in Alberta’s fi rst offi cial chuckwagon racing competition at the Calgary Stampede in 1923, with six outfi ts com-peting for over $200 in prize money. This initial dream of early rodeo legend Guy Weadick created instant success, attracting avid family fans from near and far and encouraging many communities in Alberta and beyond to add chuckwagon racing to their local rodeos and fairs in the exciting years to follow.

The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association started in the late 1940s in farming communities all across Alberta and Saskatchewan, where farm-ers and ranchers would gather at a local track in a level fi eld and race horses hitched to a grain wagon. Some of the early legends of the track in-cluded Josh Delaronde, John and George Stupka, Glen Ronald and the Ouelettes, and then heading in the mid-60s, the more serious chuckwagon rigs such as Allan Bensmiller from Dewberry and Slim Helmig of Esterhazy, Saskatchewan began showing up at the races. As the sport became more popular and the prize money grew into the late 1960s and early 70s, an Association of Rodeo Committees was formed and organized racing events in many new towns and cities throughout Alberta and Saskatchewan. Probably the most signifi cant occurrence in the colorful history of

Photo courtesy of Inge Sybrandi

This classic 1978 photo shows legendary Chuckwagon ‘king’ Tommy Dorchester reining in another winner in front of a packed and thrilled crowd at the Ponoka Stampede. The late Mr. Dorchester’s long and colorful rodeo and racing career began at the Ferrybank Stampedes in the 1930s, then roared on into an illustrious chuckwagon dash across the prairies for several decades….a powerful tradition that his family has proudly carried on to this day.

BY MIKE RAINONE FOR THE NEWS

chuckwagon racing came in 1995 when the Canadian Professionals Chuckwagon Association was formed as a new image and concept going into the 1990s and roaring into the 21st century.

When the chucks came to PonokaThe 5 cent Souvenir program of the July 1-2, 1942

Ponoka Stampede announced that the thrilling spec-tacular of the fi rst covered wagon races of 1887 would be enacted in front of the big grandstand in tradition-al western style and starring Alberta’s fi nest chuck wagon outfi ts driven by Tom Lauder, Slim Swain and Theo Thage. As our local stampede and fair grew by leaps and bounds so did the wagon racing programs, with six to nine heats a night of thundering hooves and wagons, all vying for a piece of the prize money, that grew rapidly from $300 in 1953 to the present day purses of many thousands of dollars.

Over the years the 5/8 of a mile track at the Ponoka Stampede has been carefully groomed to become one

of the fi nest in the world of professional chuckwagon racing, which has attracted the very best wagons, drivers and highly skilled outriders on the prairies for nine thrilling four wagon heats before huge and avid crowds every night. Household and legendary family names on the summer chuckwagon circuit for many decades have included Shecktar, Shantz, Burkinshaw, Vigen, Glass, Dorchester, Cosgrave, Normand, Sutherland, Sandquist, Bawden, Wagenbach, Fraser, Bensmiller, Johnston, Gorst, Flad, Bremnar, Knight, Irvine, Tournier, McGillivray, Motowylo, and on and on, with the keen and thundering competition getting tougher each and every season thanks to the dedi-cated generations and a host of gung-ho newcomers, who can’t wait to circle the barrels and hit the track at every meet. So get ready to relax in the stands from June 28 to July 3, pick your favourite rig, brings lots of toonies, and cheer on the greatest wagon racing sport in the world.


Opinion

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Where has the decency gone?After the so-called “Elbowgate” scan-

dal raised some eyebrows and questions about the level of civility in the conduct of federal politics a few weeks ago, we have had some more disturbing instances of lack of respect and courtesy in provincial politics.

First, as it was widely reported, Wildrose MLA and the party’s fi nance critic at the Legislature Derek Fildebrandt strong-ly criticized visiting Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne for her fi scal and en-vironmental policies as she sat in the Legislature following the debate. It was a political move and that was all right. What was not all right, however, was his adoption of a social media comment by a Wildrose supporter who referred to the visiting premier as “Mr. Wynne or whatever the hell she identifi es as”, insulting the Ontario politician for her sexual preference. Fildebrandt responded to the comment by saying “Proud to have constituents like you!.”

After the incident Wildrose Party an-nounced that Fildebrandt was suspended from the caucus, a decision that lasted only 24 hours; probably a very good ex-ample, worthy of being a dictionary defi -nition, of the phrase “paying lip service.”

Secondly, there was the weekly edi-

torial from the group of Wildrose MLAs, which ap-peared to push the limits of reasoning by drawing a parallel between the carbon tax of the Rachel Notley government and the famine-genocide suf-fered by Ukrainians under the rule of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. The famine was caused by Stalin’s de-cision to drastically cut food rations to mainly rural Ukrainians after a poor harvest in 1932, but also part of his design to kill Ukrainian national-ism. Millions of Ukrainians died, the number is esti-mated at between two and 12 million.

It was clear that the weekly Wildrose MLA editorial, drafted by a group of some eight members of the Wildrose caucus for publication in community weeklies, was aimed at creating some kind of reaction within the province’s infl uential and size-able Ukrainian community in the hope of mobilizing more support against the NDP government.

And create a reaction, it did, but not as

intended: It backfi red and did so strongly, so much so that some of the MLAs attempted to have a re-vised version of the text published instead of the original one.

Interestingly enough, this weekend Reuters news agency published a com-mentary titled “Political de-cency is going to hell”, list-ing the less than appropri-ate remarks and analogies uttered by political leaders throughout the Western world. It asked: “What do these politicians do if they take power? How do they govern diverse, largely free

societies, and interact with those who do not share their views —and whom they have grossly insulted?” (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-politics-popu-lism-commentary-idUSKCN0YP1H7)

Upon reading the article, one realizes that Donald Trump and his theatrics in the ongoing US presidential campaign are just a continuation of a deteriorating style of political discourse, which is gaining ground in much of the western world.

As newsmakers and opinion leaders, politicians are supposed to behave and live as exemplary citizens to inspire the masses they claim to be leaders for. In that effort, they are expected to act ra-tionally and refrain from agitating their supporters to take extreme actions.

Resorting to sensational language and trying to make political capital out of such human tragedies as famine will hardly serve the purpose of keeping cool heads and maintaining political debate within the confi nes of courteous conduct.

By the way, one should also take note of a new development at the House of Commons in Ottawa: The Liberal caucus under the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stopped applauding speeches by the members of their cau-cus during the widely followed Question Time.

The move, welcomed by many polit-ical observers as a positive step aimed at bringing about a more serious atmo-sphere for discussions at the lower house of the legislature, shows that it is possible to draw some pretty decent conclusions from mistakes made earlier.

We will need to wait and see whether our provincial opposition will also follow suit.

Life would be perfect if every day was a great day, but we all know, no matter how old we may be, that this will never hap-pen. While we love to celebrate the good times with others, when we are down we need to reach out to family and our real true friends for a helping hand, just like we would do for them. No matter what our day may bring, our free and gracious gift to others is to simply share what we have learned along the way, and then strive to enjoy the ongoing challenges and stay on the same path of life.

What we have learned…*That the best classroom in the world is

at the feet of an elderly person;*That when you are in love it shows, and

that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them;

*That just one person expressing to us, “You’ve made my day’ makes our day;

*That having a child fall asleep in our arms is one of the most peaceful things in the world that we should never say no to a gift from a child, and when our newly born grandchild holds your little fi nger in his little fi st, and then we are surely hooked for life;

*That we can always pray for someone when we don’t have the strength to help them in any other way, and that because sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand;

*That no matter how se-rious our life requires us to be, that everyone needs some friends to be goofy with, and that being kind is way more important than always being right;

*That we found out later in our lives that walks with our father around the block on cool summer nights when we were kids did wonders for us as an adult, and that it is usually those little daily happenings that make life so spectacular;

*That love and not time heals all wounds, and that money does not buy class;

*That life is like a roll of toilet paper, be-

cause the closer it gets to the end the faster it goes;

*That when we plan to get even with someone, we are only letting that person continue to hurt us, simply because when we continue to harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere;

*That a smile is an in-expensive way to improve our looks, and no matter what, everyone we meet deserves to be greeted with that same smile (and what better way is there to surround ourselves with good and happy people);

*That life can be tough, but we can be tougher, but along the way we should

always keep our words both soft and tender, because tomorrow we may have to eat them;

*I wish that I could have told my mom that I love her one more time before she passed away, but we must all carry on and

cherish those very precious memories;*That everyone wants to live on the top

of the mountain, but that all of the hap-piness and growth occurs while we are climbing that amazing ladder of life; that opportunities are never lost, and thank goodness that someone else will always come along and take the ones we missed;

We have all learned somewhere along the line that to ignore facts does not change the facts, and that on many occa-sions the less time we have to work with, the more things we will get done..

There is hope and even a little humour as thousands of residents slowly return to fi re-ravaged Fort McMurray after a month away. One gentleman claimed that after cleaning out his fridge and cutting his grass his house was just fi ne, with the only thing he found wrong was that his bathroom scales had gained 15 pounds while he was away. Another lady claimed that now that we are all fi nally coming home we are not just a community, we are an extended family.

Enjoy the sun but expect some rain and a few rumbles, and have a great week, all of you.

To share what we have learned is the best gift

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Admission by donationCoffee and cake will be served after the performance!

Call 403.346.0085 for more information

Ponoka Air Cadets celebrate busy yearPonoka’s Air Cadets have seen

so much growth that the group had to hold two days of awards this year rather than just one.

The fi rst day was Tuesday, May 31 and the second day of ceremonies, which included a parade and presentation of further awards, was held Saturday, June 4. Commanding offi cer Capt. Tracy Fiedler said it is important to acknowledge the dedication of cadets after a busy year. The number of accomplishments is something to be recognized. She credits a strong staff team and parent support.

“We have two pilots on our staff. We have two band offi cers. We have three range offi cers, so that means both range and marksmanship are successful,” said Fiedler.

Scheduling is designed in such a way that would allow cadets take part in every activity they are able to if they wanted. “We have really great resources,” she added.

This year, registering 52 ca-dets with a strong attendance record in Ponoka, marks the 75th anniversary of the cadet program in Canada and Fiedler said Ponoka’s 65 squadron was one of the fi rst 79 squadrons in the country. Among the many

The Ponoka Air Cadets held two days of awards last week. First on Tuesday, May 31 and then Saturday, June 4. Here (l-r) Flt. Sgt. Cody Johns, Sgt. Luke Watson and Sgt. Nicholas Greenlees stand at attention June 4 during O Canada.



accomplishments for Ponoka’s cadets is seeing recipients of the Duke of Edinburgh medals. “I do know that we have a very strong presence.”

The Duke of Edinburgh pro-gram is part of an athletic and community program that gets youths involved in the com-munity and physical activity. Ponoka’s cadets have been well represented over the years in the bronze, silver and gold medals.

The Ponoka Legion sponsors the cadets, which helps promote what the group is doing. The

Legion and Air Cadets work closely together supporting each other when possible. Legion president Sybil Evans is proud of the fellowship between the two.

“It’s a way of keeping young people cognizant of what’s hap-pened in the past,” said Evans.

Stan Monkman, director of public relations for the Alberta Provincial Committee, was com-manding offi cer in Ponoka some years ago. He is proud to have been associated with the cadets. He said the parade is an ideal opportunity to show off what

they have learned and for the band to have its time in the spotlight.

“Every time they accomplish something, bring them out and recognize them in front of their peers,” said Monkman of the importance of the awards. “That really builds up their self-esteem.”

In the end, the hope is to foster self-discipline in cadets but more importantly to de-velop good citizens, explained Monkman.

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County fi refi ghters honoured by the Lieutenant Governor

Long standing firefighters with the Ponoka County East District Fire Department were recognized for decades

of service.East District Fire Chief Dale Morrow

received his 30 year service medal from Lieutenant Governor Lois Mitchell during the Alberta Fire Chief’s Association’s (AFCA) annual conference held Sunday,

East County Fire Chief Dale Morrow (middle) received his 30 year service medal recently during the Alberta Fire Chiefs Association conference in Calgary. The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Lois Mitchell (right of Morrow) presented the pin to Morrow.

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May 29 to June 1 in Calgary.Along with Morrow, deputy Fire Chief

Murray Dux received his 20 year service medal from Mitchell and former Town of Ponoka Fire Chief Ted Dillon received a lifetime membership to the AFCA after 28 years of dedicated work. There was a lot to be thankful for, explained Regional Fire Chief Dennis Jones.

“If you think about it to have that much experience available to use, and for these guys to be able to share their knowledge, and to make sure our existing fi refi ghters safe,” it is something Jones is proud of.

He said the average volunteer fi refi ghter lasts about fi ve years. “To have guys at 20 and 30 years is pretty huge.”

For Morrow, who started in 1985, he couldn’t believe how fast the time has passed by. “Where did the time go?”

He said the work is rewarding and whatever the call — whether it is home fi res, accidents or other calls — being able to help others is why he signed up.

Looking back at the last 20 years Dux said he wouldn’t do anything different. “I started in 1996 and it feels like it was last week.”

“It’s good people, and good people want-ing to do good things,” added Morrow.

He feels fi refi ghters get into this line of work because they want to help others. Dux agreed adding that they don’t do the work for the medals but to be of service to the community.

What Morrow enjoyed about the con-ference was being able to network with other fi refi ghters. Jones said having the opportunity to get new techniques and ideas from other fi re halls helps the fi re department come up with new ways to fi ght fi res.

West District Fire Chief John Weisgerber also received his 15 year certifi cate from the AFCA.

And for Dillon, he said is grateful being recognized with the lifetime membership with the AFCA.


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50 Ave Bridge and Road Alignment Progressing On Schedule

~ COUNCIL UPDATES ~NEXT MEETING OF COUNCIL: Tuesday, June 14, 2016, and Committee of the

Whole on June 23, 2016. Both meetings are at 7 pm at the Ponoka County Council

Chambers.

Agenda packages are posted on www.ponoka.ca under ‘Town Hall’ in advance of every Council meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend.

• Fort McMurray residents are being offered free swimming, free swim lessons and free water fi tness classes.

• Free Friday Family Swim: June 17 from 7-9 pm. Sponsored by Ponoka FCSS.

• Summer swim lessons – Registration is now open.

• Private swim lessons – Offered all day, every day this summer for all ages.

~ AQUAPLEX NEWS ~

~ UPCOMING EVENTS ~• Splash Park – The Splash Park at Lions Centennial Park is open! Enjoy!

• Pride in Your Property Contest – Nominations are open for our annual Pride in Your Property Contest. Residents and business owners can enter their own property or nominate a neighbour. Deadline for entries is June 30 with judging taking place in early July. Town of Ponoka utilities gift certifi cates will be awarded to the best kept residential and commercial properties.

• Pickle Ball Clinic – Weather permitting, there will be a pickle ball clinic offered on June 18th from 9-2:30 pm with a one-hour lunch break. Everyone is welcome to come out and see what pickle ball is all about. Pickle Ball is every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30 pm at the Ponoka Tennis Courts. For more information, please contact Janice Mackie at 403-396-3160.

New Bridge Expected to Open Around the End of July

Construction of the new 50th Avenue bridge and road realignment continues to be on schedule and on budget. As long as the weather cooperates, the new bridge is expected to be completed and open to traffi c around the end of July.

“The contractors and subcontractors on site are working diligently to complete construction of the new bridge and road realignment so 50 Ave. can be reopened to traffi c as soon as possible,” says Justin Caslor, an engineering technician with the Town of Ponoka who is overseeing the bridge construction project.

Over the past few weeks, the following work has been completed:

• Concrete approach slabs have been poured at both ends of the new bridge. Wet weather helped the concrete to cure quickly.

• Bridge drainage was installed.• Rebar was laid for the 2.5-metre-wide sidewalk on the bridge.• The asphalt has been removed from both intersections at either end of the new bridge

at 46 St. and 49 St.• A new fi re hydrant has been installed at the 49 St. and 53 Ave. intersection.• Storm pipes and manholes have been installed at the 46 St. and 50 Ave. intersection.

During June and July the following work will be done:

• The bridge’s concrete sidewalk will be poured.• Waterproofi ng membrane will be applied to the concrete base of the bridge.• A gravel base will be laid for the newly realigned 50th Ave roadway near the end of

June.• Paving of the new bridge and 50 Ave. is expected to start by early July.• Deck rails and guard rails will be installed on the bridge.• A crosswalk and overhead pedestrian light will be installed on the west side of the

bridge where the Diamond Willow Trail crosses the roadway.• Once the new bridge opens, the walking trail section that has been closed during

construction will be reopened.• The old 50 Ave. bridge will be removed in August.

Residents are cautioned not to enter fences and barricades surrounding the construction zone at the new bridge and 50 Ave. road realignment work sites for safety reasons.

The following roads and intersections continue to be closed to traffi c until the new

bridge is completed:

• The old 50 Ave. bridge• The intersection at 53 Ave. and 49 St.• The intersection at 46 St. and 50 Ave. (Chicken Hill)• 50 Ave. (Chicken Hill) on the east side of the river from 46 St. to 42 St.

“We will continue to allow local residents in the affected area to have ready access to their homes and parking throughout the construction project,” says Caslor.

Motorists are asked to drive with caution in construction zones and observe road signs. Access across the Battle River continues to be available via Highway 53 during construction of the new 50 Ave. bridge. Drivers are advised to expect intermittent delays at intersections near the Highway 53 bridge due to temporary traffi c pattern changes until the new bridge is completed and opens to traffi c later this summer. Thank you for your cooperation and patience.

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• Green Carts – We would like to give a BIG thank you to Ponoka residents for ensuring only yard waste is placed in your Green Carts. Town staff are seeing considerably less unacceptable material being thrown into Green Carts lately. Great job, Ponoka! Acceptable yard waste includes grass clippings, leaves, plant debris, and small branches less than 1” in diameter. No garbage, plastic bags, recyclable materials or food waste are permitted in Green Carts. Residents are reminded that the Green Carts are a weekly program. You can place your Green Carts at the curb every week on your scheduled collection day with your grey bins and recycling. To report missed pickups, please call 403-783-0159.

• Communities in Bloom – Ponoka has registered for the Communities in Bloom (Friends category) again this year. The program is run by the Alberta Parks & Recreation Association. Communities in Bloom judges will visit our community on July 14.

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Tech-savvy youths take part in technology conference

Students with Wolf Creek Public Schools took part in a Youth Tech Nation confer-ence Friday, June 3 at Ponoka Secondary Campus (PSC).

The all-day event had students teaching students several aspects of how technol-ogy can enhance their education. Getting the day started were Joe Whitbread and Jo Phillips, of Jo(e) Social Media in Red Deer,

with a keynote speech that highlighted the benefi ts and challenges when using technology in social media settings.

One lesson from both of them was understanding that digital citizenship re-quires empathy and understanding of the technology available to everyone. Whitbread said that as parents get older, it is their children who tend to be the ones to show the adults how to use them.

Websites such as Instagram and Snapchat continue to evolve and change

Macy Jensen of Crestomere School demonstrates the steps needed to use a 3D printer Friday, June 3 at Ponoka Secondary Campus. Jensen and other youths took part in a Youth Tech Nation hosted by WCPS. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye


and it is the youths of today who embrace this technology. There are several reasons why people want to be social on these websites:

* A great way to connect with others;* A way to learn new things such as

news information;* Personal branding;* Because their friends are on the sites. “A

lot of these platforms attract you because you’re not there,” explained Whitbread.

* Used for feedback such as showing skills in an area;

* Used to snoop on others. Whitbread suggested this is not always a negative connotation. Prospective employees may do this to ensure the company interview-ing them values workers;

* Used to kill time when bored;* To feel good about yourself;* Or because people are lonely.Phillips said the last three are popular

reasons to go onto sites like Facebook but warns against using it for this reason. She recommends, if a person is bored, to put the phone down and visit with friends and family.

Despite some of the pros and cons of social media platforms, technology allows

people to see news in real time. Some of the challenges people face, however, can be in hurt feelings from others.

Interacting with so-called cyberbullies is, in a way, allowing that form of abuse to continue. “It makes you feel awful,” said Whitbread.

Both he and Phillips recommend ignor-ing those individuals who want to argue frivolously or who have no desire at a solution to a problem. Whitbread says if they are the only ones arguing a point, it’s not a fi ght.

Another form of abuse is called sub-post, which is when a person vaguely mentions someone they are displeased with but does not explicitly mention their names. Whitbread says this creates hurt feelings and causes others to questions themselves. The other area Phillips ad-vised youths be educated on is that once something is put out online, whether it is a public post or direct message, there is a chance it could be made public.

“If you don’t have the guts to mention somebody you’re talking about then you probably shouldn’t post,” said Whitbread.

The key, says Phillips, is to have empa-thy for the other people on these sites.


The Ponoka Kinettes and Ponoka Lions joined forces 2 years ago and worked together to complete our goal of improving the Lions Centennial Park. We are sincerely grateful for everything the people and businesses listed below have done to help with this project!Bringing families outdoors to be able to spend more time together is something we hope that this latest addition to Centennial Park accomplishes!Whether you could only help for a couple hours or literally slept there for 4 days straight we are unbelievably grateful beyond a simple thank you!! The way a small town comes together is one of it s greatest assets!Be proud of where you live Ponoka.

Adams, VanceAlmita employees

- Aaron & KyleAmendt, HaleyAmendt, TamaraAnderson, LoisAndrews, JonAuten, DonAuten-Dye, TammyBartel, JayBeach, CindyBosch, AllieBowick, JayeBoyes, Graham

Boyes, JamesBraun, DerekCampbell, MelodyCarroll, AaronCarson, JasonCire, CarlenClassic Granite employees

- Kyle, MikeCline, RickCline, TamaraCrisona, JamesDool, LloydDool, RitaDwyer, Jordie

Dye, JoshDykstra, JamesDykstra, TinaEscrbano, PhilFlaman, KimFlaman, TysonFlaws, BrantGardipee, MitchGemini employees

-Jeannie, Maria, Lucas, Lindon, Kevin, Taylor

Graham, JustinGriffi ths, ElishaGroot, KenHaley, DavidHall, KatieHallworth, DawnHamilton, AmandaHansen, JenniferHenderson, Tyler Henkelman, LarryHitchcock, SylviaHoffmann, ErnieHoffmann, FreidaHollman, Mark

Holmberg, KariHurst, GlynnIrwin, JenniIrwin, TyJacobson, MackJenn & NerissaJohnston, TheresaJorgenson, GrantKaupp, CodyKaupp, Lindsey Kreil, EstherKusiek, ElmerKusiek, MargoLarsen, CourtneyLarsen, JanetLentz. BernardMaas, DarleneMaas, PaulMandanas - Fairclough, LydiaMass, SandraMass, SharonMoench, CodyNeath, BarryNeath, JasonNeath, Sam

Neilson, DonnaNeilson, TimOandasan, NovellePenales, Bennie Penales, PollyPenales, RosyPetreman, TracyPeters, BobPhase 3 employees

- Chris & ClaytonPischke, MarkPoulson, HarrisonRaugust, DeniseRausch, DonnaRausch, DwayneRead, KarenReed, BethReed, KelsieReed, LeanneReed, ToddReed, TravisRirie, JordanRonnie, JustinRonnie, ShealynRousseau, Nicole

Schmidt, RichardServus employees

- Craig, Tanya, Angie, Andrew

Sherwin, BrendonSmith, DallasSperber, RichardStebner, Keith Stevens, BarrySzumick, LanceTroman, GinaTulp, TonyTyndall, DixieWaldern, KevinWickberg, Stan Wiecek, EdWilkinson, JamieWoods, MelodieYellowbird, BrentynZinter, Brandi Zinter, Jesse

We apologize if anyone was missed!

VOLUNTEERS - All of the people you see below took time out of their own lives to do something for others. We wouldn’t have been able to complete this task without each and every one of you. Your dedication is admired and very much appreciated!!

Ponoka KinettesPonoka Lions

Chicks for CharityCommunity Facility Enhancement Program

County of PonokaTown of Ponoka

FINANCIAL SUPPORT - Without the generosity of these wonderful sources this new Playground and Gazebos would not have been possible!

Aaron’s Carpentry & Roofi ngAFSCAlmitaBattle River Insurance /Co-operators

Classic GraniteFirst Call TowingGeminiHamilton’s Hair

Home Furnishings GalleryJorgenson ConstructionKenny’s BobcatPhase 3 Electric

Ponoka KinsmenPonoka Plumbing & HeatingRowland Parker & AssociatesServus Credit Union

BUSINESSES - These fantastic businesses either lent us their employees for the day or volunteered their own time away from their work to help with this worthwhile cause!

7N Enterprises / Tim NeilsonAbove or Below Landscaping &

IrrigationAlberta Transportation

Big Lake Sod FarmCounty of PonokaChuck’s Concrete

D&M Concrete Products Ltd.Element BuildersGalloway Oilfi eld ConstructionInland Concrete

Kenny’s BobcatPonoka NewsSommer’s Home Hardware

Strand MediaStretch ConstructionTown of PonokaWS Foods / Stan Wickberg

EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES OR SERVICES - So much appreciation goes to these great people who either lent us equipment, donated supplies & material or gave us their time and expertise!

Bob Hepp & CoBob Ronnie CateringDarlene Maas

Elsie UngerIGA

McDonaldsPizza HutRexall

Shannon FroseShoppers

Sommer’s Home HardwareSubwayTim Hortons

MEALS & REFRESHMENTS - To the wonderful businesses and individuals that supported this playground build by donating meals, snacks or beverages! Thanks so much… you were the highlight of each day and kept our hard working volunteers fuelled up and able to keep on going!

Sincerely, Centennial Playground Committee Barry, Lindsey, Theresa & Leanne

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Gull Lake Deer Creek Gas Co-op Ltd. will be holding aSpecial General Meeting at the Leedale Hall on June 15th, 2016 7:30pm.

June 15th, 2016 – Leedale Hall, NW 35 41-04-W5M

Registration for voting begins at 5:00 pm, with an opportunity for you to meet and talk to your Directors from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm,

dinner from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm and the Special General Meeting from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

At the close of the Benjamin Gas Co-op Ltd. 2016 Annual General Meeting, a Special General Meeting will be held to vote on the following.

Notice of Extraordinary ResolutionThat Gull Lake Deer Creek (G.L.D.C.) Gas Co-op Ltd., pursuant to section 24(1) of the Rural Utilities Act, Alberta, amalgamates with Benjamin Gas

Co-op Ltd. on the terms and conditions set out in the Amalgamation Agreement.

BBQ Dinner and meetings are open to Gull Lake Deer Creek G.L.D.C. Gas Co-op Ltd. members, Benjamin Gas Co-op Ltd.

members and invited guests only.G.L.D.C. members are requested to R.S.V.P. for the BBQ

by June 9th, 2016 , by calling 403-843-1050.

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Mayor seeks clarifi cation on MGA review

Proposed changes to the Municipal Government Act (MGA) could substantially alter the way municipalities work together if they are passed at the Legislature.

The provincial government’s new local government bill passed fi rst reading of pro-posed changes to the MGA Tuesday, May 31 giving municipalities and Alberta residents a chance to review those changes, which fall under three key areas: collaboration and planning, governance and funding.

Mayor Rick Bonnett said he would like to see some guidance on how those changes will look.

Intermunicipal collaboration is going to become a requirement, which provides for mandatory regional planning mechanisms for land-use planning and requires neigh-bouring municipalities to work together on providing services to residents.

This would require the town and county of Ponoka to formalize collaboration pro-cesses and address regional funding and service delivery. Bonnett wants to know how that collaboration is supposed to look and suggests future community sessions with the province will help him provide that feedback.

New councillors would be required to undertake orientation training within 90 days. and adoption of a code of conduct is also goning to be mandatory. Bonnett questions whether a person can be forced

to abide by that code. He understands from his communication with the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) it ap-pears a municipality can’t force a person to go to training.

“What good is a code of conduct if it has no teeth?” asked Bonnett.

He added there are several unknowns in the proposed changes and despite Ponoka council and other municipalities seeking other ways of taxation, the province did not make provisions for that potential in the new draft.

It did, however, allow the use of offsite levies in building community centres due to community growth and greater demand for community buildings.

In recent years, Municipal Affairs has seen increased requests for the ministry to step in when residents feel councillors are not acting in the community’s best inter-ests. The proposed changes will mandate that the Alberta Ombudsman objectively investigate incidents.

There have also been concerns raised by commercial/industrial stakeholders over an imbalance in residential versus non-res-idential taxes. The MGA review proposes linking both to the highest non-residential tax rate can be no more than fi ve times the lowest residential tax rate.

Mayor Rick Bonnett said he would like clarifi cation on several portions of the pro-posed changes considering the province has indicated a desire to have this ready for the next municipal election.


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MGA changes not big concern to county

The plethora of proposed changes in the provincial government’s revised draft of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), tabled at the Legislature last month, weren’t as bad as they might have been, according to Ponoka County Reeve Paul McLauchlin.

McLauchlin explained in an interview early this week that no changes have been suggested to the way agricultural land and farmers’ homes are assessed as well as how linear property (pipelines, wells, power lines, etc) is taxed, meaning the county will continue to see the same amount of revenue from those items. Another area that won’t see any change is how intensive livestock operations are governed.

“I thought it was interesting to see the province decided not to make any change to the way farmland was assessed, since

it hasn’t changed since sometime in the 1980s,” McLauchlin said.

What could become a critical piece of the new legislation is what the proposed changes to non-residential taxation, McLauchlin mused.

Currently, the MGA only allows for res-idential and non-residential classes. The new legislation would see municipalities allowed to set separate classes for various kinds of non-residential, as well as to see residential and non-residential taxation linked so that the highest non-residential class is no more than fi ve times higher than the lowest residential tax class.

“Right now, the county is at a ratio of 5.85 to 1, so if this goes ahead we would be required to revisit our mill rates,” he stated.

“We know, at fi rst, we are going to feel it a bit, but I also know that I think we can absorb that in our budget right now if we had to.”

One wish that McLauchlin and the other

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rural municipalities had that wasn’t in the new MGA was some mechanism for mu-nicipalities to recover taxes owed on lin-ear property, something Ponoka County is presently looking at legal options for, in order to recover about $450,000 from two bankrupt oil and gas companies.

There is one change suggested in the bill that McLauchlin is certain will be con-tentious - inter-municipal collaboration.

“While I’m certainly not against it, I think it’s all going to be about managing expectations,” he said.

“Historically, the belief is that counties have a lot of cash, but believe me we have not buckets fi lled with money. Yes, Ponoka County is debt free, but it leaves me wondering if the province wants fi -nancial integration, then when is the big ask going to come.”

McLauchlin added though it makes sense to come together on large infra-structure and transportation projects, as will be a requirement for provincial fund-

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“To provide some context, it would make sense to work together on servic-ing the industrial lots out on Highway 2,” McLauchlin stated.

“Putting services like that and regional infrastructure on the table is good fi nan-cially and makes for good planning. That said, the trend in a lot of places - includ-ing the U.S. and Europe - is small commu-nities are being absorbed by counties and I think this is a fi rst step to future amal-gamation whether anyone likes it or not.”

The new MGA has passed fi rst read-ing in the Alberta legislature and offi -cials from Municipal Affairs have begun meeting with municipal offi cials and the public at 20 different locations to receive any feedback and discuss the proposed changes. It’s anticipated the new act will be approved next spring and taking full effect prior to the next set of municipal elections slated for October 2017.

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Reaching out for a new principal

Coming from the mountains to the prairies can be somewhat akin to the change coming to Ponoka Outreach School this fall.

Current principal Scott Lewis is stepping away from school adminis-tration duties to focus more on being a teacher, which meant Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) had to fi nd a replacement.

WCPS announced last week they had hired Ian Tisdale to take on that role starting in September.

For the past year, Tisdale was the assistant principal at the high school in Princeton, B.C. - a small communi-ty in the southern interior.

The move for Tisdale marks a re-turn to Alberta, having taught for eight years in the Chinook’s Edge School Division - that surrounds Red Deer to the east, west and south - as well as six years in the Wild Rose School Division that is based in Rocky Mountain House.

“I am excited to become part of the Wolf Creek family and absolutely thrilled to be joining the incredible team at Ponoka Outreach School,” Tisdale said.

“I am looking forward to the upcoming years as we

work together to enhance success for all students in Wolf Creek.”

What Tisdale brings to the job is described as a unique perspective that will suit the students needs at the Outreach - having been a career counselor as well as an assessment and literacy coordinator. He is also said to be an avid coach with experi-ence in hockey, volleyball, basketball and cross country running.

Corrine Thorsteinson, current WCPS acting assistant superinten-dent of People Services, stated it was Tisdale’s varied expertise that drew him to the top of the selection pack.

“Ian is clearly a passionate leader who brings with him a diverse teach-ing background that will support the very positive directions at Ponoka Outreach School,” said Thorsteinson.

“Ian will be a wonderful addition to Ponoka Outreach School and to our Wolf Creek administrative team”.

The move will also bring him back home, sort of, as his wife Marcia

is presently an educational assistant and librarian at Eckville Elementary and he is working on completing his Masters of Education in Educational Leadership through the University of Lethbridge - which he is slated to fi nish in the fall of next year.

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16022 . . . . . . Buick Verano Sedan . . . . . . . . . $27,185 . . . . . . . . . . . $21,97816174 . . . . . . Buick Regal G/S AWD . . . . . . . $46,080 . . . . . . . . . . . $36,97816233 . . . . . . Buick Lacrosse . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,705 . . . . . . . . . . . $41,69516052 . . . . . . Chevrolet Trax . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,995 . . . . . . . . . . . $27,47616047 . . . . . . Chevrolet Trax . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,995 . . . . . . . . . . . $27,47616073 . . . . . . Chevrolet Trax . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,225 . . . . . . . . . . . $24,53016129 . . . . . . Chevrolet Trax . . . . . . . . . . . . . $31,650 . . . . . . . . . . . $25,67016270 . . . . . . Chevrolet Trax . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,345 . . . . . . . . . . . $27,82616355 . . . . . . Chevrolet Trax . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,810 . . . . . . . . . . . $24,99816204 . . . . . . Buick Encore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,455 . . . . . . . . . . . $26,31416439 . . . . . . Buikc Encore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,365 . . . . . . . . . . . $28,64216226 . . . . . . Buick Encore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $37,260 . . . . . . . . . . . $29,95016345 . . . . . . Buick Encore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,495 . . . . . . . . . . . $31,94016368 . . . . . . Buick Encore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,620 . . . . . . . . . . . $31,94016470 . . . . . . Buick Encore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,455 . . . . . . . . . . . $26,31416475 . . . . . . Buick Encore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,510 . . . . . . . . . . . $29,54816020 . . . . . . GMC Terrain FWD . . . . . . . . . . $33,190 . . . . . . . . . . . $26,95016025 . . . . . . GMC Terrain FWD . . . . . . . . . . $34,335 . . . . . . . . . . . $27,79916026 . . . . . . GMC Terrain FWD . . . . . . . . . . $34,335 . . . . . . . . . . . $27,79916517 . . . . . . GMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $43,770 . . . . . . . . . . . $35,35616362 . . . . . . GMC Terrain Denali . . . . . . . . . $47,405 . . . . . . . . . . . $38,26416395 . . . . . . GMC Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,495 . . . . . . . . . . . $31,13616389 . . . . . . GMC Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,040 . . . . . . . . . . . $30,77216419 . . . . . . GMC Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,740 . . . . . . . . . . . $26,49916444 . . . . . . GMC Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,195 . . . . . . . . . . . $26,89616445 . . . . . . GMC Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,040 . . . . . . . . . . . $26,89916029 . . . . . . Chevrolet Equinox FWD . . . . . . $33,265 . . . . . . . . . . . $26,96516143 . . . . . . Chevrolet Equinox . . . . . . . . . . $39,460 . . . . . . . . . . . $31,91816041 . . . . . . Chevrolet Equinox FWD . . . . . . $33,265 . . . . . . . . . . . $26,96516042 . . . . . . Chevrolet Equinox FWD . . . . . . $33,265 . . . . . . . . . . . $26,96516040 . . . . . . Chevrolet Equinox . . . . . . . . . . $40,495 . . . . . . . . . . . $32,66516062 . . . . . . Chevrolet Equinox . . . . . . . . . . $32,120 . . . . . . . . . . . $25,99516087 . . . . . . Chevrolet Equinox . . . . . . . . . . $35,415 . . . . . . . . . . . $28,68216122 . . . . . . Chevrolet Equinox . . . . . . . . . . $33,215 . . . . . . . . . . . $26,96516004 . . . . . . GMC Acadia Denali . . . . . . . . . $62,950 . . . . . . . . . . . $50,52516376 . . . . . . GMC Acadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $53,020 . . . . . . . . . . . $42,76616408 . . . . . . GMC Acadia Denali . . . . . . . . . $63,120 . . . . . . . . . . . $50,93616520 . . . . . . GMC Acadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $46,370 . . . . . . . . . . . $37,43616335 . . . . . . GMC Acadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,740 . . . . . . . . . . . $41,73616276 . . . . . . Chev Traverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,355 . . . . . . . . . . . $36,634

16351 . . . . . . Chev Traverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,550 . . . . . . . . . . . $45,59016352 . . . . . . Chev Traverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,550 . . . . . . . . . . . $45,59016363 . . . . . . Chev Traverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,500 . . . . . . . . . . . $45,54016374 . . . . . . Chev Traverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,005 . . . . . . . . . . . $45,94416387 . . . . . . Chev Traverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54,480 . . . . . . . . . . . $43,92416382 . . . . . . Chev Traverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,695 . . . . . . . . . . . $46,49616366 . . . . . . Chev Traverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,480 . . . . . . . . . . . $31,92416466 . . . . . . Buick Enclave . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,620 . . . . . . . . . . . $46,19016138 . . . . . . Buick Enclave . . . . . . . . . . . . . $63,435 . . . . . . . . . . . $51,09816142 . . . . . . Buick Enclave . . . . . . . . . . . . . $53,885 . . . . . . . . . . . $43,45816183 . . . . . . Buick Enclave . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,340 . . . . . . . . . . . $48,62216232 . . . . . . Buick Enclave . . . . . . . . . . . . . $53,885 . . . . . . . . . . . $43,45816275 . . . . . . Buick Enclave . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,520 . . . . . . . . . . . $48,76616313 . . . . . . Buick Enclave . . . . . . . . . . . . . $63,615 . . . . . . . . . . . $51,24216379 . . . . . . Buick Enclave . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,375 . . . . . . . . . . . $47,84016386 . . . . . . Buick Enclave . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,375 . . . . . . . . . . . $47,84016061 . . . . . . Chev Colorado 2WD . . . . . . . . . $30,565 . . . . . . . . . . . $24,80116075 . . . . . . Chev Colorado 2WD . . . . . . . . . $31,965 . . . . . . . . . . . $25,92116057 . . . . . . GMC Yukon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $89,050 . . . . . . . . . . . $71,58916398 . . . . . . GMC Yukon XL . . . . . . . . . . . . . $77,745 . . . . . . . . . . . $62,53516468 . . . . . . Chev Tahoe LTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . $80,320

16024 . . . . . . Chev Suburban . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,010 . . . . . . . . . . . $68,35716164 . . . . . . Chev Silverado 1500 Dbl Cab . . $50,410 . . . . . . . . . . . $40,67716106 . . . . . . Chev Silverado 1500 Dbl Cab . . $54,275 . . . . . . . . . . . $44,92316113 . . . . . . Chev Silverado 1500 Crew Cab . $61,390 . . . . . . . . . . . $49,41516114 . . . . . . Chev Silverado 1500 Crew Cab . $61,585 . . . . . . . . . . . $49,57116267 . . . . . . GMC Sierra 1500 Reg Cab . . . . $47,665 . . . . . . . . . . . $38,48116298 . . . . . . GMC Sierra 1500 Reg Cab . . . . $41,005 . . . . . . . . . . . $32,95016141 . . . . . . GMC Sierra 1500 Dbl Cab . . . . $57,880 . . . . . . . . . . . $46,60716185 . . . . . . GMC Sierra 1500 Dbl Cab . . . . $59,265 . . . . . . . . . . . $47,76116454 . . . . . . GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab . . . $60,490 . . . . . . . . . . . $48,42616173 . . . . . . GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab . . . $60,160 . . . . . . . . . . . $48,16216294 . . . . . . GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab . . . $60,180 . . . . . . . . . . . $48,44716292 . . . . . . Chev Silverado 2500 Dbl Cab . . $60,335 . . . . . . . . . . . $48,61716299 . . . . . . Chev Silverado 2500 Dbl Cab . . $64,015 . . . . . . . . . . . $51,56116149 . . . . . . GMC Sierra 2500 Dbl Cab . . . . $66,680 . . . . . . . . . . . $53,61616476 . . . . . . GMC Sierra 2500 Dbl Cab . . . . $59,385 . . . . . . . . . . . $47,84716140 . . . . . . GMC Sierra 2500 Crew Cab . . . $67,125 . . . . . . . . . . . $53,950 16217 . . . . . . GMC Sierra 2500 Crew Cab . . . $72,945 . . . . . . . . . . . $58,690

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PARKING: Only in Designated Areas. Shuttle Bus Service will Be Available from the South Parking Lot. Please No Parking in the Ditches or on the Railway Right of Way. LUNCH WILL BE AVAILABLE

36TH ANNUAL SUMMER MACHINERY CONSIGNMENT AUCTION

TRACTORS2012 Case IH Magnum 260 FWA Tractor

c/w 18 Spd Full PS, 3 Hyd., Fenders, 710/70R42 & 600/70R30 Metric Rubber, Only 580 Hrs

2014 Case IH Maxxum MX125 FWA Tractor c/w PS, 3 pth, 3 Hyd, Metric 38" Tires, Case L755 FEL & Bucket, Joystick & Only 330 Hrs

Case IH JX1100U FWA Tractor c/w 24 Spd Trans, 3 pth, 18.4x34 Tires, Case L730 FEL & Bucket, Only 1218 Hrs

Case IH 3594 FWA Tractor c/w Blade & Duals

JD 7420 FWA Tractor c/w Leon 12' Blade w/ Silage Guard, 3 pth, Joystick & Only 3672 Hrs

JD 7200 FWA Tractor c/w JD 740 FEL, Grpl, Power Quad

JD 6410 FWA Tractor c/w JD 640 FEL, Grpl, 3 pth




JD 8400T Tractor c/w 250 Hp, 16" Tracks, 16 Spd Trans, 1600 Lbs Front Weights, 4616 Hrs

JD 4020 2wd Tractor c/w Case IH LX116 FEL & Bucket, Only 2353 Hrs

JD 3010 2wd Gas Tractor c/w FELNH T7.210 FWA Tractor c/w NH 850 TL

FEL, Grpl, 3 pth, 520/85R 38 Tires, Only 1682 Hrs

NH TV6070 Bi-Di Tractor c/w FEL, Grpl & 4132 Hrs

NH TM155 FWA Tractor c/w Quicke FEL, Grpl, 3 pth

NH TC26DA Sub Compact FWA Tractor c/w NH 230TL FEL, Cab, 3 pth & Only 530 Hrs

Ford 8210 FWA Tractor c/w FEL, 3 pth, New Motor & Trans w/ Low Hrs ($17,000 Work Order)

Ford 5000 2wd Tractor c/w FEL, Post Pounder

Vers 875 4wd Tractor c/w Series III, 5000 Hrs, 15’ Manual Angle Dozer, Duals

Vers 700 4wd Tractor c/w 14’ Manual Angle Dozer, Big Singles

Agco Allis 9635 FWA Tractor c/w 3 pth, 3 Hyd

Deutz D6207 FWA Tractor c/w Boss FELIHC 844S FWA Tractor c/w 3 pth, Leon

FEL, GrplIHC 560 2wd TractorFarmall A 2wd Tractor Farmall H 2wd Tractor McCormick Super W6 2wd Tractor Kubota 3202 4wd Tractor c/w FEL,

3 pth & RototillerCONSTRUCTION

EQUIPMENT2012 Cat 924K Wheel Loader c/w 3 Yard

Bucket, 3rd Valve, Fusion Quick Attach, Fully Loaded, Only 582 Hrs & 1 Owner

8.5 Yard Snow Bucket w/ Fusion Quick Attach

12’ Hyd. Blade w/ Fusion Quick Attach2002 IT 38G Wheel Loader c/w Bucket,

Grpl, Forks, V Plow & 20.5x25 TiresCase 580 Super M 4x4 Series II

Extend-A-HoeKomatsu D65EX-12 Crawler Dozer c/w

7000 Hrs on Rebuilt Engine, Ripper, Good Undercarriage & Good Running Order

Cat 312B Track Hoe1980 JD 755 Track Loader c/w Good

Running ConditionDoepker 5.5 Yard Land ScraperBobcat 5600 Tool Cat c/w Hyd. Box &

2800 Hrs2014 Cat 287D Tracked Skid Steer

c/w 1700 HrsCase 1845B Skid SteerTomahawk 8’ Snow Bucket - Fits Skid SteerNew 4 in 1 84” Skid Steer BucketNew Hyd. Skid Steer Trencher4 - New 94” Hyd. Skid Steer Blade2 - New 72” Fork Lift ExtensionsPallet Forks, Bobcat Auger Drive, Auger

Extensions, 9”, 12” & 18” Auger Bits, Pallet Forks, Bale Spear, Universal Plate, Root Grpl & Bucket Grpl & Assort. Attach.

Whacker Neuson LT N6 Light TowerWhacker Neuson LT N8 Light Tower

SEEDING & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

Ezee-On 7500 43' Air Drill c/w Ezee-On 2250 TBT Air Cart, 10” Spacing, Single Chute, NH3 Kit & Openers, No Control Box

JD 331 30' Double Wing DiscWhite 253 12' Disc c/w Knotched Front

BladesMF 12' 3 pth DiscAC 12' DiscIHC 55 32' DT Cult c/w 3 Bar HarrowsJD 1600 20' DT CultIHC 16' Chisel PlowJD 14' DT CultOliver 5 Bottom PlowJD 4 Bottom Plow c/w CoultersDeerborn 2 Bottom 3 pth Plow c/w Coulters3 pth Breaking Plow13 - Sections of Harrows & Draw Bar

HAYING & SILAGE2013 Case IH DC102 Discbine

c/w 10' 4" Cut, Steel Conditioners, Done Only 400 Acres

NH H7450 Discbine c/w Only Done 200 Acres

JD 930 MoCoJD 920 9' MoCo - Field ReadyCase 1490 12' HaybineGehl 2240 12' Hydroswing HaybineNH 492 Haybine2011 Case IH SBX520 Sq Baler c/w

1/4 Turn Chute & Like NewJD 336 Sq BalerClaas Quadrant 1200 Big Sq Baler

c/w Field ReadyJD 568 Rd BalerJD 566 Rd Baler3 - JD 535 Rd BalerCase IH 8465 Rd BalerCase IH 3650 Rd Baler c/w Very Clean UnitNH 660 Rd Baler c/w Auto Wrap, Good

ConditionVermeer 605H Rd Baler c/w Tandem Axle

WheelsVermeer 605 Super C Rd Baler

Hesston 560A Rd BalerMF 1560 Rd BalerFord 552 Rd BalerMcKee 1578 Rd Baler2005 Reeves 2555 Rd & Sq Bale WrapperMac P 10 Wheel V RakeAlteen 10 Wheel V RakeOtma 10 Wheel 3 pth V RakeSitrex MX8-10 8 Wheel V Rake6 Wheel RakeNH 56 Side Delivery RakeSitrex 2GL-302 Hay TedderNH 1032 Sq Bale WagonNH 1002 Sq Bale WagonFarmhand 10 Bale AccumulatorHesston 30 StackhandJD 200 T/A Stack Wagon - Very GoodNH 80 3 pth Rd Bale MoverCase IH 8750 Forage Harvester

HARVEST EQUIPMENT2005 JD 9760 STS Sp Combine c/w GPS

& Auto Steer, Hopper Topper, 3200 Eng. Hrs, 2300 Thr. Hrs, 914P P/U Header

JD 9650 STS Sp Combine c/w Long Auger, 914 P/U, 3166 Eng. Hrs & 2366 Thr. Hrs

JD CTS Sp Combine c/w 914 P/U, Axle Extensions, Big Top Hopper & Air Foil Chaffer

JD 9500 Sp CombineJD 8820 Sp Combine c/w 4431 HrsJD 7721 PTO CombineJD 7721 Titan II PTO Combine - For PartsCase IH 2388 Sp Combine c/w

1317 Thr. Hrs NH TX66 Sp Combine c/w 1805 Thr. Hrs &

2383 Eng. HrsNH TX66 Sp Combine c/w 2213 Thr. Hrs &

2856 Eng. HrsNH TX36 Sp Combine c/w 3105 Thr. HrsMF 8560 Sp Combine c/w Westward

Header & 2566 HrsJD 450D 30' Sp Swather c/w P/U Feel,

Hyd. Fore & Aft, Auto Height Control, Climate Control, Auto Steer Ready, 24.5x32 Tires & Only 750 Hrs

Case IH WD1203 Sp Swather c/w Deluxe Upgraded Cab w/ Suspension, Header Quick Latch, 30' P/U Header & Only 180 Hrs

Case IH 4000 16.5' Sp Swather c/w Draper Header, Done Very Little Work & Shedded

Vers 400 Sp Swather c/w 18' Batt ReelMF 36 14' Sp Swather c/w P/U & Batt Reel2012 Challenger Dyno 30' Flex Header2 - Honey Bee SP 30 30' HeadersJD 936D 36' Straight Cut Header JD 936D 35' HeaderJD 930D HeaderJD 230 30' Straight Cut Header c/w

Batt ReelSpray Air 10" x 61' Swing AugerWestfield 10" x 60' Swing AugerBrandt 10" x 60' Swing AugerWestfield 7" x 46' Grain Auger c/w Kohler

EngineBrandt 7" x 41' Grain Auger c/w Engine &

Electric StartSakundiak 6" x 36' Grain Auger c/w Kohler

Engine6" x 27' Grain AugerWestfield 6" x 21' Auger

OTHER EQUIPMENT2 - New 2016 Leon 425 T/A Silver Manure

Spreaders c/w Hi-Floatation Tires, Slurry End Gate, 425 Bu Capacity, Twin Vertical Beaters, Hydra Push Floor & Full Factory Warranty

NH 519 S/A Manure SpreaderNH 185 Manure SpreaderSpray Air 56' Sprayer c/w 400 Gal TankFlexicoil #60 82' SprayerGrouser 14' 4 Way Dozer Blade 12' Hyd. Angle DozerFarmking 8' 3 pth Rear BladeSovema 10' 3 pth Rototiller3 - New 82" HD 3 pth RototillerNew 7' 3 pth RototillerTillet MDT600 6' 3 pth Rototiller2012 JD MX15 PTO Rotary Mower c/w

Only Used 2 Seasons & Done Only 300 Acres

JD CX15 PTO MowerFarmking 620 6' 3 pth Rotary MowerKing Kutter 6' 3 pth Rough Cut MowerDitch Hitch 3 pth Offset PTOEnrossi 3 pth 3 Wheel Swath Turner24' Land Roller c/w Folding Hitch

Snowco Grain Cart c/w Approx. 60 Bu Capacity

Viking Fanning MillChipper King 4" 3 pth PTO Wood ChipperNew 3 pth HD Wood ChipperEzee-On 60 FELJD 4A FEL

LIVESTOCK HANDLINGSelling at 9:30 a.m.

Highline 6600 Bale ProcessorJiffy 220 Feed Wagon c/w ScalesNH 359 Mixer MillModern Mill 10" Roller Mill - Regrooved

40 Ton AgoRenn Roller MillHi-Hog Hoof Trimming Chute, Calf Cradle &

Palpation CagePalpation CageDeer Handler SqueezeCattle Squeeze4 - Hi Hog 16' Panels w/ 4' Walk Thru Gate4 - Hi Hog 12' Panels w/ 4' Walk Thru GateQuantity of 24' Standup Panels, Gates &

Panels8' x 32' x 2' HD Stock Water Trough2 - 7' x 24' HD Stock Water TroughAgrowest HD Rd Bale Feeder24' Rd Bale Feeder20' Rd Bale Feeder80 Bu Calf FeederNew 20' Cattle Guard

TRUCKS & TRAILERS2012 IHC Pro Star Maxx Force T/A Hi Way

Truck c/w 550,000 Kms, 18 Spd Trans, 13 Ltr. Diesel Engine, HD Suspension, 5th Wheel, Sleeper, Loaded & Navigation System

1994 Kenworth T/A Picker Truck c/w 25 Ton Picker, Series 900, CVIP till June 2016

1987 Peterbuilt Conventional T/A Gravel Truck c/w 15' Gravel Box, 3406 Cat Engine, 15 Spd Fuller Trans, New Post Hoist & Fresh CVIP Good Till April 2017

1986 IHC S2500 T/A Gravel Truck c/w Cummins Engine, 13 Spd, 14' Box & CVIP Till June 2016

1980 Ford 9000 T/A Gravel Truck c/w Detroit Diesel, 13 Spd & Safety Inspection

1984 Chev S/A Grain Truck c/w 16' Steel Box & Nordic Hoist, 366 V8 Engine, 5&2 Spd, 1 Owner & Only 16,680 Original Kms

1988 GMC T/A Topkick Truck c/w 20' Grain Box, Hyd. Wet Kit, 3208 Cat Engine

1967 Chev C50 S/A Grain Truck c/w V8, Gas, 5&2 Spd, 14' Wooden Box & Hoist, Tarp

2013 Cargo Mate 26' T/A Enclosed Car Hauler Trailer c/w Top of the Line Package with $7,000.00 of Options, Shelves & Cabinets

2014 Charmac 16' T/A Bumper Pull Stock Trailer c/w 2 - 7,000 Lbs Axles

Charmac 20' T/A GN Stock Trailer2000 Bergen 18' T/A GN Stock Trailer1993 Diamond C Road Clipper 20' T/A GN

Flat Deck Trailer 2010 20' T/A Equipment Trailer c/w Stand

Up RampsMiller 20' T/A Tilt Deck Trailer27' T/A Dually Pintle Hitch Trailer c/w

Ramps & Beaver Tails52' Hi-Boy Tri-Axle Trailer c/w CVIP till

June 2016Load King Super B Grain Trailers c/w

Roll TarpsMISCELLANEOUSSelling at 9:00 a.m.

A Huge Selection of Misc. including Antique Pump Engines, New Auto Lift, Tools, Cabinets, Tool Benches, Shop Supplies, Tools, Sucker Rod, Cement Jersey Barriers, Assorted Building Materials, Plus Many Many More Items too Numerous to Mention

CARS, TRUCKS & RV’SSelling at 1:00 p.m.

Approx. 150 to 200 Vehicles from Trucks, SUV’s, Cars, Holiday Trailers, Motorhomes, Lawn & Garden, ATV’s,

Many More Items Including:2010 Ford F150 4x4 Truck 1996 Ford F350 Service Truck c/w 11.5'

Service Body, 7.3 Ltr Diesel, Auto2003 Ford Expedition 4x4 SUV 1999 Rockwood 25' T/A Bumper Pull

Holiday Trailer

1996 Dutchmen Aristo 26' T/A Holiday Trailer

1985 The Executive 30' Motorhome c/w Chev Chassis, Roof Air, Gas & Auto

1997 Explorer 8' Truck Camper c/w Fridge, Stove, Furnace & Bathroom

2014 Arctic Cat Wild Cat 1000 CC Side by Side ATV c/w Low Hrs

TREESSelling at 12:00 Noon

10 - 7' to 11' Spruce Trees, 20 - 6' to 7' Spruce & Pine Trees, 60 - 4' to 5' White Spruce Trees & 40 - 2' to 3' Spruce Trees

BUILDINGS12' x 14' Cabin w/ 4' Veranda & Porch,

Insulated & Wired10' x 16' Log CabinNew 40' x 80' x 22', 30' x 65' x 15', 30' x 40' x 15' & 2 - 20' x 30' x 12' Storage

Shelters2 - 20' x 40' Full Enclosed Party 800 Sq Ft

Tents 4 - New 16' x 22' Marquee Event 320 Sq

Ft Tents 12' x 16' Metal Clad Building c/w 9' Walls2 - New 8' x 10' Green HouseLog Dog House2 - Rustic Log BenchesDecorative Wishing WellNew 20' HD Bi-Parting Wrought Iron

Driveway Gate40' High Clearance Sea Can

LUMBERSelling at 9:30 a.m.

2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 2x12 8' to 20' Lengths of Spruce & Fir, All grades Including Construction. Approx. 250,000 FBM, Assort. of Used Fence Posts

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All Items Must Be in The Sales Yard by Wednesday,

June 15, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.!!!!!!!3 Rings Will Sell Simultaneously

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Ponoka teacher recognized for excellenceA local teacher has

been recognized among the top six in Alberta.

Courtney Longjohn, who teaches Grade 1 at Ponoka Elementary, re-ceived the Edwin Parr Award for Zone 4 at a ceremony in Innisfail on Monday, May 30. The award is presented to an outstanding fi rst year teacher in each of the six zones that make up the Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA).

Longjohn was se-

lected as the nominee from Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) after the WCPS board of trustees sorted through the nu-merous nominations it received back in March.

“I am honored to be this year’s Zone 4 Edwin Parr winner from among a group of incredibly tal-ented young teachers,” Longjohn said while ac-cepting the award.

“A huge thanks goes to my colleagues, school administration, Wolf Creek Public Schools and my mentor teach-er - Courtney Larsen. (L-R) Ponoka Elementary Grade 1 teacher Courtney Longjohn

stands with Wolf Creek Public Schools board chair Trudy Bratland and acting superintendent Jayson Lovell after being presented the Edwin Parr award for Zone 4 at a ceremony in Innisfail on Monday, May 30. The award is presented to a fi rst year teacher in each of six zones across the province.

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Without your constant support and words of encouragement, I would not have been able to learn as much as I did this past year.”

Longjohn began her journey to teaching early, when she started coach-ing when she was in Grade 9.

“This sparked my initial interest in helping young children. I continued to

volunteer throughout high school in order to keep working with kids,” she stated.

“I also had a few teach-ers within Wolf Creek Public School who made a positive impact on my life. I wanted to be able to make the same impact on students.”

And what really got her hooked was what she could do for kids.

“I learned that with lots of time and effort I really could make a difference

in a child’s life - not just academically,” she added.

A total of eight teachers were nominated for the award in Zone 4 - which is made up of school di-visions from across cen-tral Alberta.

Ponoka Elementary principal Lois Spate stat-ed, “Miss Longjohn is very deserving of this prestigious award as she is an outstanding, gift-ed educator who shows both professionalism and dedication to the teaching profession. She is an invaluable player to have on our Ponoka Elementary team.”

Meanwhile, WCPS act-ing assistant superinten-dent of People Services Corrine Thorsteinson explained the division is proud that one of its teachers was so deserv-ing.

“Wolf Creek is truly hon-ored to have Courtney re-ceive the Zone 4 Edwin Parr Award. She rep-resents what great teach-ing is all about in our school division - an un-wavering commitment to meeting the needs of all her students in a diverse learning environment,” she said.

“We are incredibly proud of all of our new teachers and this presti-

gious award is recogni-tion for the strong team approach throughout our division.”

The award is named after Edwin Parr - an homesteader in the Athabasca area who was involved in education in this province for much of his life and has a school also named in his hon-our. Parr initiated an an-nual award for teachers during his time and the ASBA turned it into what it is now back in 1964.

It is in recognition of teachers who are new to the profession and who show signifi cant promise in their fi rst year. Each nomination had to provide a writ-ten assessment that in-cluded the nominee’s teaching skills, knowl-edge of student learning styles, skills at utilizing a variety of instruction-al methodologies, ability to assist students to de-velop a positive self-con-cept, involvement in pro-fessional development and extracurricular and community activities as well as their interperson-al skills with students.

Along with being recog-nized regionally, the win-ners of all six zones will be honoured at the ASBA conference this fall.


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Couple’s alpacas face attacksfrom unknown dog

In the last eight months a Ponoka County couple has lost three alpacas to attacks by an un-known dog.

Kevin and Rema Marney have been farming with a small num-ber of alpacas for the last 15 years but recent attacks on their animals by an unknown dog has forced the couple to put down several of their alpacas. The issue started last November, explained Rema.

She came home on Remembrance Day to fi nd one alpaca had been attacked and severely wounded and another had died as a result. She said the attacks are so severe that one of the alpacas hind quarters were ripped up. In an attempt to heal the animal the wounds were sewn up but the animal died the next day.

When asked if the issue could be because of coyotes, Kevin said his neighbour saw a dog close to

the alpacas during one incident. Kevin said he has found dog fur in the southeast side of the 20-acres property in several spots along the fence. “We’ve lived here 15 years and never had an issue with coyotes,” he said.

One of the alpacas had just been healed after fi ve years of thera-py when it was attacked. Rema recalls another time where she found dog footprints along the outside of their barn after a snow storm, which is where the alpacas are now placed at night for their protection. She says coyote prints have a longer base than dogs.

She has seen a dog around during other times when there was a commotion and it has al-ways been close to the barn and house. In one case Kevin said the wounds were so bad large holes of skin were ripped up. He feels strongly that there is a dog on the loose that is terrorizing his alpacas.

With so many acreages in the area, Kevin says it has been hard to fi nd the dog or its owners. Calls

to the police and Fish and Wildlife leaves him few options as the latter can only step in if there is a wild animal attacking the alpacas. A call to Ponoka County confi rmed that he can use a fi re-arm on the dog so long as it is to protect the alpacas and proper safety steps are taken.

For Kevin and Rema, their hope is to raise some awareness and see the attacks stop.

“To me, I hope the owner of the dog will have enough integrity to come forward,” said Kevin.

He is concerned that the dog will continue to terrorize their al-pacas and they will face not only worry over their animals but their deaths and veterinary costs.

“It’s the broken heart and the loss of the animal and the fact that they suffer,” added Rema.

For Kevin the biggest challenge is that the attacks are occurring on his land. The alpacas are not leaving his property or going out of bounds.

“We just want it to stop,” stated Rema.

Rema and Kevin Marney have had to deal with dog attacks on their alpacas in the last eight months and have since lost three of their animals to the canine attacks. The couple hopes to see an end to the attacks on their alpacas. Here Rema holds a photo up of one of their animals killed recently.




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Price on the Midway $38.00 including GST.

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Good Feeder Steers 1000 lbs Plus: 152.00-163.25Good Feeder Steers 900 lbs Plus: 158.00-176.25Good Feeder Steers 800 lbs Plus: 177.00-190.50Good Feeder Steers 700 lbs Plus: 200.00-220.25Good Feeder Steers 600 lbs Plus: 210.00-229.00Good Feeder Steers 500 lbs Plus: 215.00-230.00Good Feeder Steers 400 lbs Plus: 215.00-230.00Good Feeder Steers 300 lbs Plus: -

Dairy Steers 115.00-142.00Baby Calves Dairy Type: 50.00-300.00Baby Calves Beef Type: 250.00-400.00Hay: Sq Bales 7.50-10.25 Straw: Sq. Bales -Greenfeed: Sq. Bales -0.75

VJV MARKET REPORTMARKET REPORT JUNE 1, 2016

On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 1857 head of cattle went through our ringsTOTAL - 1857

SLAUGHTER CATTLE

STOCKERS AND FEEDERS

D1 - D2 cows 100.00-112.75D3 - D4 cows 90.00-100.00Good Holstein cows 95.00-104.00Medium Holstein cows 82.00-95.00Heiferettes 110.00-138.50Bologna Bulls 110.00-145.00

Feeder bulls 110.00-135.00Good Bred Cows 1,600.00-1,600.00Older Bred Cows -Good Bred Heifers: -Cow/calf pairs (younger) 2,000.00-2,475.00Cow/Calf pairs (older) 1,800.00-2,200.00

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Heifers 120.00-135.00Heifers 145.00-165.25Heifers 158.00-177.00Heifers 170.00-186.00Heifers 182.00-197.50Heifers 190.00-202.00 Heifers 190.00-210.00Heifers -

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Very few fi elds left to be seeded

A warmer than usual spring combined with a dry fi rst part of May has meant not much seed is left to be sowed in the area.

According to the latest Alberta Agriculture and Forestry crop report issued last week, Ponoka and area farmers are 98 per cent fi nished with their overall seeding program - just one per cent less than the same time last year.

The report stated producer have completed seeding of dry peas, mustard, durum, corn, lentils, chickpeas and potatoes with spring wheat, canola and fl ax just a few acres away from 100 per cent.

Meanwhile, there are still a few crops that need some work done. That includes

Canada fi rst to implement verifi able sustainable beef program

Canada is on the leading edge of a verifi able sustainable beef program, according to a recently concluded initiative.

Helping drive the program forward was McDonald’s Canada, which spent the last several years working with a group called the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB). The company, and stakeholders with CRSB, including World Wildlife Fund, Loblaw, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Cargill and JBS Food Canada, concluded a pilot project Wednesday, June 1 in Calgary.

After 30 months of working with industry leaders, the program, dubbed the Verifi ed Sustainable Beef Pilot Project, is the fi rst of its kind that has a system in place that can trace and verify a sustainable system.

Why did McDonald’s choose Canada to develop the proj-ect considering there were several countries vying for the opportunity? For Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell, senior manager of sustainability at McDonald’s Canada, the decision was a relatively easy one to make considering Canada already has many of the systems developed in the pilot in place.



He said there was clear investment and leadership within the Canadian beef industry that created a sense of confi dence for McDonald’s. The company’s goal, says Fitzpatrick-Stilwell, was not to reinvent the wheel but to fi nd out from industry leaders if there is a way to verify and track what many producers are already doing. The company helped speed up the process with some invest-ment into research and working with producers.

From raw material supply to treatment of cattle to feed-ing the animals, there is a way to follow the paperwork. It helps that Alberta is home to Cargill, JBS Food in Brooks and it also helps that all of McDonald’s Canada burger patties are made in Spruce Grove.

The pilot project has drawn international curiosity. “There’s been a lot of eyes on Canada just because of this pilot project,” said Fitzpatrick-Stilwell.

Ponoka producer involvedThe small town of Ponoka has had visits from top ex-

ecutives at McDonald’s, they were here to talk to cattle producer Greg Bowie. At the time the project started, Bowie was the president of the Alberta Beef Producers and he was, and is, closely involved.

He was one of the fi rst to sign up for the verifi cation pilot project and one of the fi rst 20 producers verifi ed with the sustainability project. During the early days of developing the system with CRSB, the project was still in fl ux. One of the benefi ts of having the CRSB work on the project is it has developed a verifi cation system that is intended to create a global framework for producers.

He said it takes principles of social, environmental and economic sustainability and Canada was the ideal country to develop a verifi cation process.

“There was a great willingness right from the beginning. With the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, with the beef producers — a number of the organizations in this country that deal with beef — to work with McDonald’s

on this project,” said Bowie.Developing a program involved veterinarians, nutrition-

ists, animal rights groups, government offi cials as well as beef groups. This created the verifi cation of the processes already in place. “We’re very fortunate that McDonald’s decided to use Canada because this is big.”

It puts Canada on the forefront of the process. “Canada’s always been a leader in beef production,” added Bowie.

More and more retailers are looking at ways to show their customers where the beef is coming from and what happens to it in the process. Bowie says this program under the CRSB will help consumers know the history of the cattle.

Looking at the numbersIndeed, McDonald’s has been able to track 9,000 heads

of cattle through the pilot. The Verifi ed Sustainable Beef Pilot Project is also the fi rst program to make the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef principles.

Now there are 182 operations, which includes ranchers, feedlots and two beef processors and a burger patty plant under the umbrella of the pilot project.

barley sitting at 93 per cent and oats at 92.

With the area getting upwards of 150 per cent of normal rainfall during the last part of May, crop information specialist Harry Brook explained fi elds are now off to a much more even start than last year.

“Moisture was so short last year that many crops were in three or four differ-ent stages of development in the same fi eld,” Brook said.

“The rain was very timely with farmers getting the seeding done at just the right moment. That’s given the majority of fi elds a good start and means they are growing fairly evenly.”

Brook added many fi elds are beginning to look real-ly good, despite the frost events on a few nights early on in May.

“That frost didn’t have an appreciable effect since the seed had not emerged or wasn’t high enough to be susceptible, meaning the crops were more resistant,” he said.

That early seeding and the welcoming rain that followed has seen crops emerging at a fairly good rate in the area.

Overall, 79 per cent of crops have come up with durum being the highest at 89 per cent, followed by spring wheat at 85, canola at 78 and barley at 69.

The big rains late last month also improved the subsoil moisture levels - jumping several points to 76 per cent of fi elds rated good to excellent. However, surface moisture did decline slightly to 79 per cent rated good to excellent due to the hotter than normal week.

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Drop-ins welcome at all events.June 19 - Gospel Concert 7 pm with “New Song Band”Billiards - Weekdays 1:00pm. Mon through Sat – 50 cents per game. Honour systemMonday Bridge 1:00pmMonday Whist - 1:30pmMonday Yoga - 6:30pmTuesday Canasta - 1:00pmTuesday & Thursday Exercise class 9:30am - no classes till fallTuesday Shuffl eboard - fi nished until FallWednesday Sewing Guild 9:00am to 4:00pmWednesday Cribbage 1:00pmWednesday Yoga - 6:30pmWednesday Duplicate Bridge 7:00pmThursday Floor Curling - 1:00pm - fi nished until FallThursday Weaving 1:00pm Welcome to drop-in to see how it’s doneThursday Bridge 1:00pmThursday Art Club Drop In Noon to 4pmFriday “500” 1:00pmSaturday Yoga 9:30amMemberships available for 2016 - $10.00 per person. To rent our facility contact Dorothy @ 403-783-3027 or George@ 403-783- 3514 or leave a message @ 403-783-5012. Rentals are increasing and we would like to invite our town administration, business groups, and general public (Wedding, funeral, and Birthday groups), to inquire about rentals services and prices early in their planning. We may fi t your bill!

Superintendent hiring process moving forward

The work on hiring a new leader for Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) is taking another step up.

WCPS board of trustees will be getting together later this month to pour over the applications for the job as super-intendent, a post that has been vacant since Larry Jacobs took a leave of absence at the end of February followed by the sudden announcement of his retirement on April 15.

Since that time, Jayson Lovell has moved from his as-sistant superintendent of People Services role to fi ll in as acting superintendent.

The board is expected to look over the results of the interviews done with the candidates that were selected to participate in the process, but it isn’t known if trustees will make a decision at that time on who they would like to hire.

However, it’s anticipated a preferred candidate will be offered the post before the end of June as the board wants to have the new superintendent in place - if possible - prior to the start of the new school year in September.

Need an alternativeAt the WCPS board of trustees meeting on Thursday,

June 2, a decision was made to seek options to producing and distributing a division-wide Back to School fl yer this fall.

Citing the high cost of $8,000 for 34,000 copies of the glossy full colour four-page fl yer, trustees asked adminis-tration to head back to the drawing board and bring back some alternatives to what was described by trustee Bob Huff as, “not the wisest use of our money.”

Trustee Pam Hansen was the fi rst to question the fl yer’s effectiveness noting that, “it’s quite a bit more money than I fi rst thought and maybe we should be looking for something more economical considering the fi nancial sit-uation we are facing.” That comment was a nod to the fact WCPS has approved about $2.6 million in cutbacks for the 2016/17 school year in order to balance the budget.

Trustee Donna Peterson added having the fl yer has al-ways been an issue since she’s been on the board as par-ents get more use out of the calendar from their specifi c school, in addition to the fact many people at the east side of the division area never receive them because the fl yer is distributed via local newspaper inserts.

“Now might be the time to stop doing the things the way they were normally done and look at a different way of doing things,” she stated.

Huff then chimed in, “If its costing us $8,000, then you add in the cost and the time of our staff to do this, then I have to ask why we are doing it if there is no real value.”

WCPS acting superintendent Jayson Lovell admitted the

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Finding ways of dealing with trauma

“The best way to get over a personal traumatic event is to deal with it rather than let it sit and stew” is the advice that was heard by the participants in a gathering in Ponoka last week.

The resounding message passed on by psychologist and mo-tivational speaker Dr. Bobby Smith was for anyone, including police offi cers, who fi nd themselves in the middle of a tragic event to fi nd a way to manage the pain that it caused them. Smith spoke Thursday, June 2 at the Ponoka Legion during an event hosted by Ponoka Victim Services.

Smith is no stranger to personal suffering. He was a police offi cer in the United States in the 1980s when he was shot in the head and lost his eyesight as a result. An accomplished police offi cer, the shooting changed his life forever. “We don’t know how these things affect us and are we emotionally prepared?”

No one is exempt from emotional stress, says Smith, and he recommends taking the time to talk with loved ones. “It’s important to talk. We need to learn to be intimate.”

“If your wife is not your best friend, you’re screwing up. That’s a fact,” said Smith about the need for intimacy.

While taking time for oneself is important, Smith says he and his wife speak with each other every night. Change doesn’t come overnight. Smith suggests a person needs to ask themselves two questions: do they like who they are based on their own behaviours and are they willing to change themselves for the better.

Smith spoke in Toronto, Ont. recently and he said three po-lice offi cers committed suicide in a 90 day period. The trouble, he said, is that law enforcement offi cers have been told that it’s not OK to have feelings. Yet when dealing with traumatic events, there is no outlet to deal with their feelings. He used the analogy of an auto repair shop. General car maintenance is cheaper than repairing if something breaks down.

Smith called it a “Pay me now, or pay me later” situation, except the cost is higher the longer a person waits. Alcohol makes the situation worse as it is a depressant.

After being shot, his superiors told him they had no use for him. That caused Smith so much grief he contemplated com-mitting suicide. Smith says he was on the verge but decided to speak with a nurse friend. It was her words that helped him turn his life around.

“She said, ‘Bobby, if you don’t let us help you, you’re not going to make it,’” he explained.

Through therapy Smith was able to deal with past personal traumas such as his mother dying when he was 10. It helped him deal with the loss of his daughter who died in a car ac-cident and it helped him deal with the loss of his son, who died of a drug overdose.

Life isn’t fair, he said, but it is what a person does with their lives that makes the difference.

Anger and pain are things he realized there was no point in holding on to. The pain of the events were bad enough that Smith prefers to deal with them as they happen rather than pretending they didn’t occur. In his words, Smith said he had to forgive those people who caused him suffering, not for their sake, but for his. “Something good can come from the losses in your life if you let them.”



cost is big and the division has also had very little feed-back on the fl yer from people in the various communities WCPS serves, so will come back at the board’s next meet-ing with some recommendations about what else can be done to accomplish similar goals.

Celebrating cultureThe WCPS division offi ce will be a brighter, more wel-

coming place for everyone with the addition of a new piece of First Nations artwork.

A painting by acclaimed Montana First Nation artist Aaron Currie - entitled Hair - was presented to the WCPS board of trustees by Montana First Nation Elder Joseph Deschamps, who also works in conjunction with the school division in various aspects of aboriginal culture and integration.

The artwork will be on display in the foyer and rep-resents the continued growth of understanding be-tween the school division and the aboriginal community. Deschamps also explained the cultural elements and symbolism of the painting to trustees.

In addition, trustees also approved a request to place on display the formal apology to Canada’s aboriginal commu-nity from former Prime Minister Stephen Harper for the residential schools in the foyer as well.

Dual creditsLovell updated trustees on the questions that arose last

month about dual high school/college credit courses.He stated that there is one school that presently has

an arrangement with Red Deer College for spots in their fabrication and construction courses, though the infor-mation on getting students involved hasn’t been wide-ly available to other high schools in WCPS.

“What we are presently doing is gather more infor-mation about those oppor-tunities for students and bring that awareness to the principals of our schools,” Lovell said.

“While there are some ar-rangements in some of our schools to have trades come in, we think this could be a chance to expand beyond just the trades - into other areas such as business - which would tie in nice-ly with the college. So our hope is to keep this going forward for next year.”

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U18 boys take out CamroseInclement weather continued to plague soccer schedules

last week but Ponoka Storm teams still managed to get some games in.

For the U18 boys the Wednesday, June 1 was a strong per-formance defeating Camrose 6-0. Goal scorers were Lewis McDowell (4), Dillan Bouma (1) and Jarret Henderson (1).

Under 18 girlsThe U18 girls managed to hold a game to a close 1-0

loss against Rimbey June 2.Under 12 girlsFor the other teams the U 12 girls lost both their games

last week. First on May 31 Ponoka lost 3-0 to Camrose and then June 2 lost a close 1-0 versus Lacombe.

Under 12 boysThe U12 United boys continue to show strength. The

team played Stettler May 31 and won 7-2. Goal scorers were Luis Baitinger (2), Levin Spitzer (2), Brayden Lubach (1), Ben Hinton (1) and Denzell Wolfe (1).

Ponoka Y’s game June 2 proved a challenge with the team losing 6-0 against Red Deer.

Under 14 girlsThe U14 girls had a close 2-1 loss against Camrose June

1. Nicole Lagarde scored their goal of the game.Under 16 boysTyler Lagarde performed well for the U16 boys May 31

against Lacombe by scoring the team’s two goals, howev-er the team lost 4-2 when the game was said and done.

Their June 2 game against Sylvan Lake proved a challenge where the boys lost 4-0.

Men’s team forfeitsAs for the twice double champion Ponoka men’s Storm FC,

the team had to forfeit their game against Diablos because they couldn’t gather the minimum seven players to show up at the game in on Sunday. According to international and local rules, a team cannot play with less than seven players on the fi eld.

Track meet brings young athletes from Wolf CreekOne of the benefi ts

of Ponoka Secondary Campus’ (PSC) running track is it can play host to many different track and fi eld events.

For the last few weeks several key track and fi eld events have been happening, with the latest one, the junior high track meet for Wolf Creek — including St. Augustine Catholic School — held on Thursday, June 2.

Organizer and Grade 8 teacher at PSC Adrian Paolinelli said the goal is to improve on the school’s track team.

“Our track team is in the development stage. We want to develop it up a little bit.”

His hope is to eventu-ally rubberize the entire track to draw even more events to the school and give young Ponoka ath-letes a feel for how the rubberized track works. He suggests some ath-letes perform better in an individual sport and being part of the track team would allow them to represent the school but run on an individual basis. “Track is open to more of a wide skill-set.”

Paolinelli’s goal is to develop strong interest in the program to im-prove on the program.

St. Augustine Catholic School athletes take part in the Wolf Creek Junior Track meet Thursday, June 2 at Ponoka Secondary Campus. All Wolf Creek junior high athletes, including St. Augustine took part. Here in white (l-r) Philip Ayuno and Hendrix Derepite take part in the 100m sprint. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

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Colin Sim of U 12 PonokaY drives the ball towards the Red Deer net Liam Bishop and JanHendrik DeVries trying to catch up to create a scoring position. Ponoka boys lost the game 6-0.

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The event brought exhibition riders who showed off not just their skills in liberty, western pleasure, Arabian hunter pleasure and ladies side saddle, but also brought in young kids to try their hand in the discipline.

Judge Duane Esser and sport horse judge Sue Hewton Waters covered the weekend giving away awards and handy tips on how riders could improve their skills.

Along with the many different riding disciplines, Arabian horse fans were treated to a liberty showcase where horses were let free to run within the arena and show off their majesty. Fans were encouraged to hoot and holler their excitement and provided cheers to which horse that they thought performed the best.

Lorie Fisher, communications and marketing co-ordi-nator for AAHA, said the group is working to bring more interest to the sport. To help drive interest, kids from the Ponoka Youth Centre were invited Saturday, June 4 to shadow other riders and get a behind the scenes look at an Arabian horse show.

She suggests caring for horses is a great character building exercise. “It just builds up all kinds of charac-terstics you need in life skills.”

Proceeds from the event will go to the Ponoka Youth Centre, she added. “It was magical actually, seeing them at the event.”

While the sport has been dwindling over the years, the AAHA has been developing ways to engage a younger audience to drive interest. Fisher suggests with further engagement, the program will grow and develop further.

Horse trainer Katelyn Carter shows off her training skills with an Arabian horse Saturday, June 4 at the Calnash Ag Event Centre. Carter showed how a gentle training can get a horse to ride liberty with a loud tarp around it.


College fi nals rodeo contender: Ponoka’s Keely Bonnett has qualifi ed for a run in team roping at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming set for June 13 to 18. Bonnett takes on the heeler role while partner Casey Tew takes on the header. They represent the southwest region of the United States. Bonnett attends the New Mexico Junior College. He also competes in steer wrestling and tie-down roping. This recent photo shows Bonnett in a tie-down roping challenge. This is Bonnett’s fi rst time competing at the CNFR.

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Junior Broncs hopeful for next football season

The 2016 Bantam Broncs football team strapped on their pads to kickoff against an opposing team for the fi rst time on June 4. Held at Lacombe’s MEGlobal Athletic Park, an eight-team jamboree allowed teams to get some pre-season action and experience for new players. For Ponoka, this was crucial as they have approximately 25 new players with zero football experience.

Going into the jamboree, the coaching staff and play-ers agreed that success in the jamboree was not on the scoreboard, but rather found in improvement as a team.

The Broncs coaching staff were extremely pleased with not only the composure and hustle in which their ath-letes played on-fi eld, they were also impressed with the team’s behaviour off-fi eld. The players conducted them-selves with respect and maturity greater than their years. While winning games at the jamboree was a secondary goal, the Bantam Broncs were able to take home one victory and three very close losses. Those included both the Lindsay Thurber Raiders and Hunting Hills Thunder out of Red Deer. The scores were 0-6 and 7-21, respec-tively. These margins are a huge improvement over the 2015 season. “The difference comes down to experience,” said a member of the Broncs coaching staff. “We have excellent returning players from last season. Not only do they bring their talents to the team, but they are leaders and examples for the new guys. Routines, rules, etc are learned much quicker when half the team already know the little stuff.”

The team is holding an inter-squad scrimmage next Thursday at 4 p.m. After that, the team takes the summer off and will resume practice in late August. Interested players are more than welcome to tryout in the fall. Boasting an already large roster at 35, the Broncs have some space for more. Anyone interested should contact head coach Todd Lewis at Ponoka Secondary Campus.

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It could be a couple of months before Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) has a new communications strategy.

Heather Massell, the current acting director of com-munications for the Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA), met with trustees during their regular meeting on Thursday, June 2 at the request of the board in hopes of examining how they can make improvements to how the division as a whole can do a better job at getting out their messages.

Massell has done some previous consulting work on the topic and, instead of leading off with talking about what WCPS could do, she put the ball squarely back in the court of the trustees by asking what they want to see their communications do for them.

“Being aware that you want to do something to reach out with those positive ideas and stories is great and I’m all for sharing those kinds of stories, as that’s what media in the community, such as a local newspaper, is always looking for,” Massell said.

“If you can build on those positives, it raises the value so when something negative does happen, the good news may somewhat balance that out.”

As for what the trustees envision as necessary in their communication strategy, the overarching theme was being able to reach all of their stakeholders with the positive things going on in WCPS in a timely manner in order to really save some schools.

“We need to celebrate the good things that are going on in the division in order to promote our schools and program,” stated board chair Trudy Bratland.

Trustee Bob Huff added the landscape is changing and the public school system is no longer the only choice for students.

“Potential students are going other places and we need to be the place they want to come,” he said.

“We need to market our rural schools since people vote with their feet and if we don’t promote it who will? Plus, social media is driving a lot of this change too.”

Trustee Donna Peterson put it all in perspective with reference to social media stating, “Everyone wants things so fast, this instant, so it’s important that we know how to deal with this correctly.”

The discussion turned to the fact WCPS hasn’t had a full time communications position for several years, with many of those duties being rolled into other peo-ple’s job descriptions over time, begging trustees wonder whether bringing back that job would be prudent.

Massell indicated she has always been an advocate of there being one central communications position in an organization, simply because it can help cut through the noise.

“I think back to when most of us went to school as compared to the abundance of media choices there are now, including social media. A communications person has value in being able to push through all that noise and emphasize the pointed information you want peo-ple to receive,” she said.

“They also play a big role in an emergency situation, but it has to have value and its much easier now to quantify it with the facts and statistics we can access now. With the technology and tools that are around today it’s almost a full time job just doing that, so I can’t say enough how much I believe a communications per-son is important to any organization.”

She added that position can also help keep the mes-saging consistent, streamline the process, make things concise and timely plus bridge the perceived gap be-tween how different generations receive their informa-tion.

Massell will now take all of the ideas, suggestions and comments from the trustees and administration under consideration along with looking at how the division presently performs their communications functions before putting together a road map the division could follow to achieve their objectives and goals.

There is no set timeline for when the board will receive or review any recommendations.

The patient nurturing of the Mountain Bluebird pictured sitting on her eggs two weeks ago has now paid off with the eggs hatched producing a healthy brood of nestlings.

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MacKAY, Ruby JuneJune 18, 1927 - April 28, 2016

Ruby passed away peacefully at the age of 88 at the Ponoka hospital with loved ones by her side. Ruby was born in Amisk, Alberta. The family, including her four brothers and two sisters, moved to High Prairie and then Quesnel where she graduated high school. She moved on to Vancouver and

Vancouver Island, then to Edmonton and up north to Great Bear Lake where she met her husband Gerald.After many moves they settled in Fort St. John where they raised their three children Dwayne, Heather and Heath. Ruby worked at the Mcleods store for many years and then worked at the Pink Mountain Hotel following that. Ruby loved gardening, reading books, watching movies and could often be seen jogging with her friend Judy every night. She also loved traveling, especially to Hawaii which she visited on several occasions. She was a great cook. We raved about her pies and buttermilk pancakes.Most of all, Ruby loved her family and especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sisters; Joyce and Alice; and brothers James, Cap, and Glenn. She will be missed by her surviving brother, Clarence; her children and spouses; Dwayne and Debbie Mackay, Heather and Carl Vallieres, Heath and Maxine Mackay; her grandchildren and great grandchildren; Hunter and Chelsea Mackay; and their sons Presley, Niko, Bennet and Nathaniel; Hayden and Sarah Mackay and their daughters Emmy and Eva; Daniel Vallieres; Zoe Vallieres; Haille Mackay; Hudson Mackay and Karlyn Mackay.Our thanks to the staff at the Ponoka Hospital for their help and kindness to Ruby and also to the staff and residents of Sunrise Village and Reid Manor for their help and friendship over the past few years

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Auctions 153031 FULLY SERVICED LAKE LOTS - Murray Lake, Saskatchewan.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, June

27 in Saskatoon. Lots range from 0.28 +/- to

0.35 +/- acres. Brennan LeBlanc: 306-280-4878; rbauction.com/realestate.

ANDRESEN AUCTIONS Antique & Collectible Sale.

June 26, 10:30 a.m., Breton Hall. Coins & bills, glassware, automobilia, binoculars, books, forge containers, tools, lamps, furniture, miscellaneous - oddities cons/accepted.

780-696-2428.

BIG STRAPPER AUCTIONS

at The Moose Hall, 2 miles south of Ponoka

on Hwy. 2A.

Weekly sales Wednesdays @ 6 pm

No Antique Sales for summer.

Estate Location Auction Fri., June 24, 1 p.m.

6104 - 51 St., Ponoka, AB

TO BOOK YOUR SALE CALL 403-782-5693 or

403-304-4791 Check website for full listingswww.bigstrapperauctions.net

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CANADIAN PUBLIC AUCTION. We now do Farm Sales. Complete

dispersals, appraisals & net minimum guarantees! For a free, no obligation

quote call today! 403-852-8721 or

www.canadianpublicauction.com

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION! 9th Annual

Calgary Premier Collector Car Auction. Grey Eagle Resort & Casino, Calgary, Alberta, June 17-19. Time to consign, all makes &

models welcome. 1-888-296-0528 ext. 102;

[email protected]; EGauctions.com.

TOO MUCH STUFF?Let Classifiedshelp you sell it.

Samson Management (2009) Ltd. is a for profi t organization that is comprised of various businesses and real estate holdings. Our

business of Samson Tribal Enterprises Farm & Ranch iscurrently looking for a

General ManagerThe General Manager has the overall responsibility of managing an effective/effi cient Farm and Ranch operation while positioning the business at profi t. The General Manager will report directly to the Chief Executive Offi cer of Samson Management Ltd. and is accountable for all management responsibilities for Samson Tribal Enterprises Inc.

• We offer competitive wages & benefi ts • Position is situated in a climate controlled shop however it is

anticipated that from time to time outdoor work will be necessary in the fi elds and/or with various farm animals.

• Position Requirements: • Ability to plan & manage approximately 20,000 acres of farm

land• Knowledge of management of a feedlot an asset• Suffi cient exposure, generally a minimum of four (4) years of

experience in managing a farming and/or ranching operation recommended

• Exceptional planning and budgeting skills required• Valid Driver’s License

• Consideration will be given to people who have managed one or both of the desired areas (farm land and ranching)

Samson Tribal Enterprises (STE) Farm & Ranch Summary:• STE Farm & Ranch farms approximately 20,000 acres located

on and close to the Samson Cree Nation as well in the Ponoka, Wetaskiwin, Camrose and Leduc County’s.

• In addition to farming land, STE manages a feed lot in the Ponoka County.

Interested persons are requested to submit a resume by mail, email, personally, or fax to the attention of Stephen Wagner at:

Samson Management (2009) Ltd.Box 539, Maskwacis Alberta, T0C 1N0

[email protected] Telephone: (780) 585 – 2468 Fax: (780) 585 – 2393

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Rimbey Implements Ltd.

Al York General ManagerAl York General Manager

Rimbey, AB

Cell: (403) 783-0593

Bus: (403) 843-3700

Fax: (403) 843-3430

AG EQUIPMENT

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

A & JA & J AUTOMOTIVEAUTOMOTIVEREPAIR6701 - 46 Ave.

Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8(403) 783-8755

Al DickhautOwner/Operator

A & J AUTOMOTIVE

Al DickhautOwner/Operator

A & J AUTOMOTIVE

6701 - 46 Ave.Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8

(403) 783-8755

ANIMAL SERVICES

WETASKIWINREADY MIX

• Residential • Commercial• Agricultural

OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAYPh: 587-786-3142

[email protected]

CONCRETE SERVICES

BEST PRICE TREE SERVICEOVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

SPECIALIZING INDANGEROUS TREES COMPLETE

REMOVAL & CLEANUP

403.396.7623

• Topping • Dropping • Slashing • Stump Grinding & Tree Disposal • Tree ChippingFREE Estimates | Fully Insured

TREE SERVICE SALES & SERVICE

BOTTLE DEPOT

Sur-B Enterprises Ltd.

BOBCAT SERVICE• Snow Removal• Driveways & Parking Lots• Post-Hole Augering - 6, 9, 12, 15• Corral Cleaning• Grading & Construction

Call Jim Ashbough 783-2764 or Cell: 588-0599Jack Surbey 783-5283 Cell: 588-0597

BOBCAT SERVICES

Call Jim Ashbough 403-783-2764or Cell: 587-729-0092

PONOKA BOTTLE DEPOT

Open Monday - Saturday10 am - 5 pm

Closed Sundays & Holidays

We Now Recycle Milk Cartons for Deposit

3, 5520 Hwy 2A(Across from Husky)

403-783-6875

Tues - Fri: 8:30 am-5:30 pmSaturday: 9 am-3 pm

403-783-51851-800-662-7135

Fax: 403-783-4635

Motorcycles & ATV’s

5306 - 60 ST, PONOKA, AB T4J 1K7

PH: (403) 783-6372 • FAX (403) 783-6345

“Reasonable rates on all your plumbing needs”Gas Fitting - Home Renovations - Drain Cleaning

-24 HOUR SERVICE-

PLUMBING

SHANDALL PLUMBING LTD.

JAMES AVERY

OVERHEAD DOORS

www.doorsondemand.ca

403-783-2454

#4, 3616 67 St. Ponoka, AB

Gerald & TinaOwners

403-304-7770

CARPENTRY

Worth While Carpentry Services

Since 1999

• Finishing • Stairs• Decks • Basement Framing• Exterior Carpentry & more

Brian Worth403-302-1518 (cell)

403-783-4728 (office)

PONOKA NEWS 27WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016

The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to sell is with a Classified want ad. Phone 1-877-223-3311

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A Winner!CALL:

1-877-223-3311

Auctions 1530DOUBLE ESTATE

AUCTIONSunday June 12- 9:30 a.m.

with coinsBowden Lions Hall

Antiques, Collectibles, Furniture, Yard & Garden JD Lawn tractor, Medi scooters, Tillers, Hand & Power tools, Rifl es, Lots of misc. items, Check web for full listing

& picturesPilgrim Auction Service

403-556-5531www.pilgrimauction.com

Auctions 1530FARMLAND W/GRAVEL RESERVES - Cardston,

Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved

Auction, July 21 in Lethbridge. 130.65+/- title acres, gravel reserves in excess of 2.4 million m3.

Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; Broker: All

West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.

Auctions 1530INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

& SHOP - Strathmore, Alberta. Ritchie Bros.

Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, June 15 in

Edmonton. 2+/- title acres industrial property & 8000 sq. ft. shop. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652. Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauc-

tion.com/realestate.

Auctions 1530LAKE FRONT

RESIDENCE - Pigeon Lake, Alberta. Ritchie

Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, June 15 in Edmonton. 1313 +/- sq. ft., 1 1/2 storey home - 0.2 +/- acres. Jerry Hodge:

780-706-6652; Broker: All West Realty Ltd.;

rbauction.com/realestate.

Auctions 1530UNRESERVED INDUSTRIAL &

Agricultural Equipment Auction. Tuesday, June

21, 2016, 8 a.m. Aldersyde, Alberta. To consign call Canadian

Public Auction 403-269-6600 or see

www.canadianpublichauction.com

Auctions 1530UNRESERVED REAL

ESTATE & Acreage Retirement Auction. James

& Annette McCullough. Sunday, June 12, 12 Noon, Pigeon Lake,

Alberta. More details & directions at

www.rainbowauctions.ca. 780-968-1000 or toll free

1-866-968-1001. Rainbow Auctions.

DENTISTRY

Family Friendly Dentistry

Box 11004905 50 St.Rimbey, ABT0C 2J0

RIMBEYDENTALCAREDR. STEVE CALDER BSC DDS

Ph. (403) 843-2173Fax: (403) 843-2607

HEATING

IRRIGATION

“Committed to your comfort”

EYE CARE

Drs. Heimdahl, ZoBell & Kallal403-783-5575 1-800-662-7168403-783-5575 1-800-662-7168

WWW.4YOUREYESONLY.CA • 5120-51ST AVE, PONOKA

- ADVANCED EYE HEALTH & VISION EXAMS- CONSULTATION & REFERRAL SERVICES- DESIGNER EYE WEAR & CONTACT LENSES- INSURED MEDICAL EYECARE SERVICES NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL AGES

NEW PATIENTS ALWAYS WELCOME

OFFICE HOURSOFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday: Monday - Friday8AM - 12:30PM • 1PM - 5PM

DENTAL CARE

Ph: 403-782-7722

Fax: 403-782-7499

Robin Esau

[email protected]

www.KlesMechanical.com

- General Dentistry - Orthodontics - Cosmetic Dentistry - Bonding - Veneers

- Bleaching - White or Gold Fillings- Crown and Bridge - Implant Restorations

“WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME NEW PATIENTS”

• DR. RICK BARR • DR. STELIAN LISMAN

www.birchlanddental.ca

DENTAL CLINIC403-783-5225

5118 - 51 Ave., Ponoka, AB T4J 1R5

This space could be yours for

$35PER WEEKplus $2.25 webcharge

Call 403-783-3311

PonokaIrrigation

• Underground Irrigation• All Makes/Models• Expocrete Retaining Walls

Rick Bonnett

(403) 783-19444204 38 Street

Ponoka, ABT4J 1A8

[email protected]

Business Services#1000 - #1430

Caregivers 1060HELPING HANDSHome Support for Seniors

• Cooking • Cleaning • Companionship

At home or a facility 403.346.7777

Financial 1170GET 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.

LegalServices 1260

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.

EASY ALBERTA DIVORCE. Free

Consultation 1-800-320-2477;

www.canadianlegal.org. CCA Award #1

Paralegal. A+ BBB Reputation. 26 Years

Experience. Open Mon. - Sat.

Misc.Services 1290

CANADA BENEFIT GROUP - Do you or

someone you know suffer from a disability? Get

up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll free 1-888-511-2250

or www.canadabenefi t.ca/free-assessment.

REACH OVER 1 Million Readers Weekly. Advertise Province Wide Classifi eds. Only $269 + GST (based

on 25 words or less). Call now for details

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SEEKING A CAREER in the Community Newspaper

business? Post your resume for FREE right

where the publishers are looking. Visit:

awna.com/for-job-seekers.

Misc.Services 1290

WellDrilling 1400

WellDrilling 1400

Misc.Services 1290 Misc.

Services 1290

Being a new

parent isn’t

easy . . .

Elena Payan587-409-7242

[email protected]

PersonalServices 1315

Unplanned pregnancy may be

diffi cult to face.We care. For

confi dential help call 403-343-1611 (24 hrs.)

HIP OR KNEE Replacement? Restrictions

in walking/dressing? $2,500 yearly tax credit.

$20,000 lump sum cheque. Disability Tax Credit.

Expert Help: 1-844-453-5372.

Pet Services 1318CLINKERSKENNELS

403-783-6272

* Quality Boarding for your dogs & cats

*Proof of vaccinations and advance bookings required

HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 6 pm;

Fri. 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 7 pm;

Sat. 9 a.m. - 12 noon;

Sun. 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. & 4 - 7 p.m.

www.clinkerskennels.ca

Rental -Misc 1350

Need RV or Self Storage?8’ X 10’ mini storage units

available for rent. Also RV storage. Secure compound.

Call Keith at First Call Towing

783-3636

Roofing 1370METAL ROOFING & SIDING. 32+ colours available at over 55 Distributors. 40 year

warranty. 48 hour Express Service available at select

supporting Distributors. Call 1-888-263-8254

OUR SPECIALITYRepair of any cooling or refrigeration system

as well as large household appliances.

Berni'sRefrigerationand Appliance Service403-783-4880

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Check status of 3 government grants/assistance worth up to $5000 or more EACH and CHECK BIG IRON’S $5000 WINTER DISCOUNT PACKAGE

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*Big Iron drills all winter long**check rig availability in your areaP.S. We also drill for people who aren’t short of cash

Need a WATER WELL but short

of cash??

RURAL WATER TREATMENT (Province Wide)Iron Filters • Softeners • Reverse Osmosis • “Kontinuous ShoK” Chlorinator

Time Payment Plan O.A.C. for water wells and water treatment

OVER 40 YEARSOF DRILLING EXPERIENCE

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SATISFACTION

• Water Well Drilling• Steel or PVC Casing• Pre Drilling Piles• Water Well Pump

Testing & Monitoring

• Submersible Pump Sales & Installation

• Well Abandonments• Shock Chlorination• Backhoe Service

24 HOUR SERVICE TRUCKDomestic, Industrial & Oilfi eld

24 HOUR24 HOURRed Deer 403-343-6266Bentley [email protected]

www.tallpinedrilling.comWater Incentive Programs

for Farmers

• B-PRESSURE • PIPELINE • OILFIELD • ASME Section VIII Division I VESSEL

FABRICATION & PIPING• SHOP/PORTABLE

• CNC PLASMA CUTTING• ALUMINUM • SHEARING & FORMING

MAIN: (403) 783-7591FAX: (403) 783-8178

Website: www.harbinwelding.comE-mail: [email protected]


WellDrilling 1400 Well

Drilling 1400

WellDrilling 1400

Welding 1410Welding 1410

Purses • C

andles • Spices

Kitchen • Makeup • Tupperware

Whatever

you SELL...

Advertise it

HERE!

BUSINESS AND SERVICE DIRECTORY

SIMPLE!It’s simple to run a Garage Sale Ad in the Classified section and make quick cash. P h o n e C l a s s i f i e d s 1-877-223-3311.

Equipment-Misc. 1620

A-STEEL SHIPPING CONTAINERS. 20’, 40’

& 53’. 40’ insulated reefers/freezers.

Modifi cations possible windows, doors, walls,

as offi ce, living work-shop, etc., 40’ fl atrack/bridge.

1-866-528-7108; www.rtccontainer.com.

Firewood 1660LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar, birch.

Price depends on location of delivery. Lil Mule

Logging 403-318-4346

GardenSupplies 1680

BEAUTIFUL SPRUCE TREES 4-6 feet, $35 each. Machine planting: $10/tree (includes bark mulch and fertilizer). 20 tree minimum

order. Delivery fee $75-$125/ order.

Quality guaranteed. 403-820-0961.

LawnTractors 1690

FOR SALEL-130 John Deere

lawn mower48” deck, 22 HP, hydrostatic transGood condition

403-704-3252

Misc. forSale 1760

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.NorwoodSaw-mills.com/400OT.

1-800-566-6899 ext. 400OT.

FarmEquipment 2010

BRAND new quonset, 26’ x 25’ x 19’, never erected,

$10,500. 403-485-2532

Livestock 2100FOR SALE. Simmeron

Simmentals, fullblood full Fleckvieh bulls, yearlings and 1-2 year old polled and horned, A.I. blood-

lines, very quiet, muscled. 780-913-7963;

www.simmeronranch.ca.

PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year

olds. Semen tested and delivered.Vicwin Farms 403-784-3517, 403-318-7363.

Grain, FeedHay 2190HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Spring-thrashed Canola. Buying:

oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged

or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan

Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.

SeedGrain 2200SEED Barley & Seed Oats

for Sale. 2 Row & 6 row high yielding varieties

available. Suitable for grain or silage. High germination

& vigour. Seed treating available. On Farm scale.

Larry Trautman, 403-783-1564 Mark Trautman 403-704-3157

For Rent#3000 - #3200

Acreages/Farms ..............3010Houses/Duplexes ............3020Condos/Townhouses........3030Manufactured Homes ......3040Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050Suites ..............................3060Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070Roommates Wanted ........3080Rooms for Rent................3090Motels/Hotels ..................3100Offices ..............................3110Stores/Commercial ..........3120Industrial ..........................3130Warehouse Space............3140Garage Space..................3150Storage Space ................3160Land ................................3170Pasture ............................3180Mobile Lot ........................3190Misc. for Rent ..................3200

Wanted to Rent#3250 - #3390

Acreages/Farms ..............3255Houses/Duplexes ............3260Suites ..............................3270Rooms..............................3280Manufactured Homes ......3290Housesitting Wanted ........3300Garage Space..................3310Storage Space ................3320Stores/Commercial ..........3330Office Space ....................3340Industrial ..........................3350Warehouse Space............3360Resorts & Cottages..........3370Pasture/Land....................3380Mobile Lot ........................3390

Houses/Duplexes 30202 BDRM DUPLEX

IN QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD

IN PONOKA4 appliances

N/S, N/P, quiet adult only, references required

$750/mth

plus $750 D.D.water/sewer/garbage incl

780-721-0799

Available June 15Spacious 3 bdrm duplex

with large front deck[ 4 appliances ]

$1050 incls all utilitiesN/S, N/P

Call 403.302.4679

Farm CustomWork 2080

Houses/Duplexes 3020Available ImmediatelyExecutive style 3 bedroom

upper suite in duplexSuitable for working

person or coupleOak kitchen5 appliances

All utilities and cable and internet included

$1200 per month plus D.DN/P, N/S

Call 403 341-9660See Red Deer Kijiji for

photos and e-mail

NEWER 3 bdrm. townhouse, 6 appl., 3 bath, walk-in

closets, deck, lrg. laundry storage room, $1195.

403-704-1221

Condos/Townhouses3030

YOU DESERVE THE BEST!! Picture yourself

relaxing in this 3 bedroom PONOKA town home is only 9 years old and is complete with laminate

fl ooring, main fl oor laundry, 6 appliances AND the

landlord pays the water sewer and garbage.

Plenty of storage and comfortable deck. No pets and smoking on deck only

helps keep this home pristine for people like you.

Call Mary at 403-783-6609.

ManufacturedHomes 3040MATURE couple, 1 bdrm. 2 baths in Rimbey Mobile

Home Park. Ref’s required, n/s, no pets. Fridge, stove, washer, dryer. $500./mo.

1-780-465-7107

4 Plexes/6 Plexes 3050FOR RENTRenovated, clean, bright, spacious, 3

bdrm in 4 plex. 1½ baths, dishwasher,

washer/dryer, fridge, stove.Rent $1100 incl. utilities

Phone or text 403-783-0471

*Available in June *No pets

Suites 3060ONE & TWO BDRM

APTS FOR RENTClose to schools

Includes heat & garbageRent $700 - $775/mnth

Call Irene at403-913-5550

AVAILABLE JUNE 1

1 – one bdrm suite

1 – two bdrm suite

Downtown, N/S, N/P

403-357-0654PONOKA 1 bdrm. well maintained quiet adult

building, no pets, $735/mo. + power, heat/water incld.

avail. immed. Brian 403-348-6594

PONOKAlarge 2 bdrm. bsmt. suite $950 incld’s

util’s, 403-704-1645

* RIVERSIDE APTS. *Newly renovated

1 & 2 bedroom units in Ponoka: 3724-45 Street.

403-357-0287

Real Estate#4000 - #4190

Realtors & Services..........4010Houses for Sale................4020Houses Wanted................4030Condos/Townhouses ........4040Acreages ..........................4050Acreages Wanted ............4060Farms/Land ......................4070Farms/Land Wanted ........4080Manufactured/Mobile Homes ..................4090Income Property ..............4100Commercial Property ......4110Industrial Property ............4120Cottages/Resort Property ..4130Businesses for Sale..........4140Buildings for Sale ............4150Lots for Sale ....................4160Out of Town Property ......4170Investment Opportunities ..4180Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190

Farms/Land 4070

5 PARCELS OF FARMLAND near Hondo,

Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction on June 9. Over 475 acres of Farmland & Grazing Lease. Contact

Cody Rude: 780-722-9777;

rbauction.com/realestate.

ESTATE OF David ESTATE OF David Campbell offers the

following parcels of land for sale. SW 8, Range 22,

Township 33, W4 as-sessed at $500,000. SE 32, Range 22, Township

32, W4 assessed at $615,000 (some surface

revenue). Both parcels are 160 acres more or less and are rented for the

2016 season. The executor can accept the

fi rst offer that is at assessed value. The property can be sold

together or separately. Forward offers or expres-

sions of interest to: [email protected] with subject “estate land”.

PASTURE & hay land. 400 - 8000 acres year

round water. Management available. Central Sask. Natural springs excellent water. Grazing available. Other small & large grain & pasture quarters. $150k

- $2.6m. Doug Rue 306-716-2671;

[email protected]

• Floater• Sprayer

• Pasture• Hayland

• Crop Land

• Tillage - Kello Disk - Lemkin

HEATING & EAVESTROUGHING

Reaching 6000households weekly

For just$35 per week this space could be

yours!Plus $2.25 webcharge

403-783-3311

VETERINARY SERVICES

VETERINARY SERVICES

8 a.m. - 5 p.m Mon. to Sat. • Open late Thursday24-hour Emergency Call

• Dr. Kelly Loree • Dr. Leighton Coma • Dr. Trevor Hook• Dr. Jasmine Hardy • Dr. Candace Wenzel

Southwest Industrial Park 4102-64 St., Ponoka

403-783-5200

Commercial - ResidentialInstallations - Repair

3912 - 66 St, Ponokawww.wcmltd.ca

[email protected]

On-Farm Mobile Veterinary Services

Ultrasound-aided Reproduc ve Programs

CETA Cer ed Dairy and Beef Embryo Transfer

Herd Health

Bovine Veterinary Services

Dr. Bruce Wine

Phone 403-391-1684

TREE SERVICE

Doug 1.403.318.0498Casey 1.403.358.0452

Hillbilly Tree Mulching Ltd.• FENCE LINES• FENCE LINES• CUT LINES• CUT LINES• POWER LINES• POWER LINES• PIPELINES• PIPELINES• BRUSH & BUSH• BRUSH & BUSH• STUMPS• STUMPSMULCHING TO SUIT ALL NEEDS Can do trees up to 15” wide

CONCRETE SERVICES

CABRAL CONCRETEPonoka / Wetaskiwin, AB

Leo Cabral

Ph: 403-783-6428 Cell: 403-783-1905

SPECIALIZING IN:~ Curbs / Sidewalks ~

~ Driveways ~~ Basement Floors ~

~ Stamped Concrete ~~ Exposed Concrete ~Free Estimates

ECKLUNDECKLUNDWater Well Service

WATER WELL SERVICE

• Install & Service Pumps• Shock Wells

• Pressure Systems Serviced & Installed

Home: (403) 783-3712 Cell: (403) 704-3413

Advertise your business

in the Business

Directory!PLUMBING

5110 -50 StreetBox 4414Ponoka, AlbertaT4J 1R7

JESSE ZINTER Offi ce - 403-783-5489

We now carry a complete line of

Ritchie Stockwater parts

Hours of Business:Monday - Friday7:30 am - 5 pm

PONOKA PLUMBING & HEATING• JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER REQUIRED

8:00

WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICE

• Water wells drilled• Water wells serviced

[email protected]

Ponoka Veterinary Clinic Dr. Murray Jacobson Dr. Clayton West Dr. Ashley Shannon

Mon. - Fri.8 am - 5 pm

Sat.9 am - 4:30 pm

24 Hr.Emergency403-783-4348

5502 - Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB T4J 1M1

VETERINARY SERVICES

• Murray Jacobson, DVM • Clayton West, DVM

• Nicole Macdonald, DVM • Katie Graves, DVM

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS HERE

FOR JUST$35

PER WEEK.PLUS $2.25 WEBCHARGE

REACHING 6000 HOUSEHOLDS PER WEEK.

Agricultural#2000 - #2290

PONOKA NEWS 29WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016


ManufacturedHomes 4090MOBILE HOME 2003 SRI. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, on own

lot in Boyle, Alberta.Upgraded appliances,

ooring and deck. Immediate possession.

Owner may nance. 780-482-5273.

BusinessesFor Sale 4140RESTAURANT FOR SALE by tender, closing on June 17, 2016. Highest or any tender not necessarily

accepted. Seating capacity for 100. Fully equipped with grill, deep fryer,

coolers, freezers, walk in cooler, chairs, tables, pots,

pans, dishes, glasses, atware, etc. Located on

three lots on the corner of Highway 3 and 24,

Saskatchewan. Contact Ron Radke at

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Ponoka CountyROAD ALLOWANCE

LEASE NOTICENotice is hereby given of the intention of the Council of Ponoka County to consider the following road closure and lease by-law:

By-Law 14-16-RL closing all that portion of the statutory road

allowances lying west of Section 22-44-27-W4.

The closed roads (1 mile total) will be jointly leased to Ryan Smith and Mackenzie Smith.

Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected my ask questions or make comments. This hearing is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

A copy of the proposed by-law may be inspected at the County Administration Building, Ponoka, Alberta during regular offi ce hours.

Dated at Ponoka, Alberta this 25 day of May, 2016.

Charlie B. CutforthChief Administrative Offi cerPonoka County4205 - Highway #2APONOKA, Alberta T4J 1V9Phone: 783-3333Fax: 783-6965e-mail: [email protected]

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2016 combined assessment/tax notices have been prepared and mailed to all property owners in the Town of Ponoka.Th e assessment and taxroll is open for inspection during business hours (9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Monday through Friday until June 30, 2016.Pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, all assessed persons are deemed to have received their assessment/tax notices as a result of the publication of this notice.If you have not received your 2016 assessment/tax notice, please contact the Town Offi ce in person or by calling 783-0127.Dated at Ponoka, Alberta this 6th day of May A.D. 2016.

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comes to Ponoka Jubilee Library

Medicine River Wildlife Center and ‘Sophia’ the Great Grey Owl will be visiting Ponoka Jubilee Library on Tuesday July, 26 from 10:30-11:30. This is part of the ‘Wild’ themed Summer Reading Club, and the program is focused for ages fi ve to seven, but all children in the com-munity are invited to come to the

presentation. They will be introduced to the concept of wildlife rehabilitation through pictures, storytelling, and ‘Sophia’, the great grey owl.

Sophia joined the education program in 2013. She was admit-ted into the hospital after being hit by a vehicle and sustaining non-repairable eye and brain damage. Her disability will keep her in captivity for the rest of her life but also makes her unafraid around people. She sits calmly, allowing the audience to observe and appreciate her. Jackie has met her, and she is a beautiful and serene animal.

The Medicine River Wildlife Centre is a registered charity and their hospital and education programs are supported by donations. They feel that educating the public about wildlife rehabilitation and respect for nature is critical for the future of our planet. If you are able to provide a cash donation to them on the day of the presentation, it would be much appreciated (but not necessary), or feel free to bring any of the items on their wish list such as an-imal feed (chicken scratch, mixed seeds, poultry diet, trout pellets and frozen berries), hospital/animal care (oil of oregano, Vetwrap, syringes, vet scissors, and gloves), offi ce and kitchen supplies.

We had Medicine River Wildlife Centre at the library approx-imately four years ago, and they brought their other education animal Otis with them at that time. He was a huge hit with all the children, and the presentation done by the rehab team was great. We hope everyone is able to come join us that day, but if not you can always head out to the rehab centre sometime this summer to check out their nature trails.

If yourself or your family are really interested in wildlife re-habilitation and birds of prey such as owls, hawks and eagles, head way south to Coaldale to check out the Alberta Birds of Prey Foundation visitor centre. It’s an amazing place where they help all different varieties of birds of prey, and you can see animals such as a bald eagle up close, get your picture taken holding an owl, or be greeted at the door by a baby barn animal hissing at you as it wanders untethered through the gift shop. It’s a great summer holiday adventure, go check out what our beautiful province has to offer.

Coming soon: ‘The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu’ by Joshua Hammer vividly captures the history and strangeness of Timbuktu in a fast-paced narrative that gets us behind today’s headlines of war and terror. Part reportage and travelogue, part intellectual history, part geopolitical tract and part out-and-out thriller, and it’s all true.

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Very few fi elds

One thing Brook has noticed is the pea leaf weevil has stretched its territory northward from its usual haunt in southern Alberta, something that may concern some producers.

“(The pea leaf weevil) really seems to come out of nowhere,” he said.

“The Three Hills area was a real hot spot last year, but now it’s reached as far north as the Barrhead and Westlock areas.”

On the hay and pasture front,

improved moisture levels have benefi ted those areas as both were reported as good to excel-lent in 76 per cent of the region.

That being said, Brook cau-tioned producers to use good pasture management practices as many of those fi elds were heavily used last year to the point where they need to re-charge before they should be put back into production.

“Giving it a rest will allow it to recover and provide the oppor-tunity for grazing throughout the rest of the summer,” he said.

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