Ponoka News, September 09, 2015

Vol. 67, No. 37 | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 | 403-783-3311 | WWW.PONOKANEWS.COM

CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY

Rifl eman’s Rodeo

Ponoka Fish and Game member Leonard Davis waves his fl ag to allow for shooting during the association’s Rifl eman’s Rodeo Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Lake Pofi anga shooting range. The event concluded on Sept. 7. Please see our story on page 17.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

1946 the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 66 location

at 53 AvenueStory on page 5

Broncs displaydefensive brilliance,but still lose at home

Story on page 16

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2 PONOKA NEWS Wednesday, September 9, 2015

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

The first steps of several community engagement ses-sions related to the Town of Ponoka’s land use regulations have been taken.

A first session was held Wednesday, Sept. 2 at the Hudson Green Nature and Activity Centre with Karen Sander and Meghan Jenkins, planners with Parkland Com-munity Planning Services (PCPS), guiding attendees through the process.

While some of the mate-rial presented is relatively technical, Sander said there was much valuable back-ground information needed to understand provincial rules that guide the planning pro-cess.

Considerations such as transportation, the en-vironment, land use and development were among the areas planners need to

consider when putting togeth-er a land-use bylaw (LUB). Sander says an LUB helps provide a system that man-ages public and private land.

Part of what guides the process is the recently implemented municipal development plan (MDP), a required planning docu-ment for communities with a population of 3,500 or more. Sander said an LUB would coincide with that.

The previous council consulted on and approved an MDP in 2013, but the LUB has not been revised since 1997. Resident Danny Lineham asked if the LUB should have been done first. “It seems to me we’ve done this backwards,” he com-mented.

Sander replied the two documents usually are planned together but added that no policy/bylaw in a community is locked. If the

Karen Sander of Parkland Community Planning Services guides attendees through land use bylaw planning Wednesday, Sept. 2 at the Hudson Green Activity Centre.



Councillors with the town and county of Ponoka will discuss a new fire services agreement in public under a mutually agreed arrangement.

The meeting is set for Monday, Sept. 14 at the Hudson Green Nature and Activity Centre at 9 a.m. and the meeting will be open to residents who would like to follow the proceedings.

Representatives from both municipalities are reported to have indicated a desire to have negotiations conducted in a public meeting.

The meeting of the two councils follows the July 21 vote by the county council in favour of moving forward with a regional fire service after a row erupted over how the Ponoka Fire Department should be managed, with town administration claiming the right to full control while county insists that manage-ment of the fire department should allow for sharing of responsibilities and decision making.

Ponoka County provides half of the funding for the fire department.

Town and county to negotiate

fire services

agreement

Town takes first steps in land use bylaw changesLUB sessions find changes are needed with the MDP, de-cisions to make those changes can be made.

Another resident, Bill Kuncio, raised concerns about the environment. He suggested many communities

will neglect environmental is-sues in favour of development and growth. Sander replied that municipalities need to the weigh both issues.

The LUB can address some of those concerns, added Jenkins. “You have

to balance conservation and growth,” said Jenkins.

One thing an LUB can do for a community is regulate and control the use of devel-opment of buildings and the land they sit on, explained Sander.

Resident Corrine Halland voiced her frustration for not being able to get approval for a secondary suite due to re-strictions in the current bylaw.

These types of suites are on the rise in many cities and towns, added Jenkins, and she suggested this is a good rea-son to update the aged bylaw. Residents offered other areas that would need to be consid-ered in the new LUB such as home-based businesses, acreage lots within town lim-its and height restrictions on garages for loft suites.

PCPS planners intend to have another four community sessions over the next few months to gain feedback from the commercial, industrial, small business and downtown businesses in Ponoka over what they would like to see with the new LUB.

Approximately 30 people, including town councillors, attended the session.

LACOMBE COUNTY INVITES APPLICATIONS

FROM THE PUBLIC AT LARGEFOR APPOINTMENT TO THE

FOLLOWING:

SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD/ASSESSMENT REVIEW BOARD

The Lacombe County Subdivision and Development Appeal Board(SDAB), which is comprised of four members of the public-at-largeand one alternate member, is a quasi-judicial board that hears appeals from the decisions of the County’s Development Authority and Subdivision Authority.

The Lacombe County Assessment Review Board (ARB) is comprised of the SDAB members and hears and makes decisions on property assessment complaints. Members are required to successfully complete assessment review board training to maintain their eligibility as qualified assessment review board members.

The SDAB/ARB will also hear appeals brought forward under the Weed Control Act as per Section 28(6) of the Act.

Applicants should have an interest in 1) municipal planning and development, 2) property assessment, and 3) the administrative tribunal processSDAB and ARB meetings are held as required Appointments to these Boards are for the period of January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016.

Persons interested in applying for appointment to these Boards are invited to submit a resume providing details of their qualifications and experience by October 12, 2015.

For further information, please contact.

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BY PONOKA NEWS STAFF

RCMP announced Quinton Levi Pott was ar-rested and charged with aggravated sexual assault causing bodily harm, administering noxious substance, disobeying court order and choking to overcome resistance.

He was apprehended on Sept. 3 when police responded to a complaint of an aggravated sexual assault. Potts remains in custody pending his court appearance in Ponoka Pro-vincial Court on Sept. 11.Searching for dirt bike owner

Police are looking for the owner of a recovered 70cc dirt bike. Please call the Ponoka detachment to identify the bike. No show for trial

An arrest warrant for Amanda Fox was issued Friday, Sept. 4 at Ponoka provincial court after she did not show for a sched-uled trial.

Judge DJ Plosz delayed the trial for 30 minutes af-ter hearing her defense counsel was trying to hear of her whereabouts. Fox faced several charges

Man charged in aggravated sexual assault

including unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of stolen prop-erty and careless storage of a firearm.

Plosz allowed the de-lay after hearing she had posted bail just a few days prior to the trial date. Youths arrested for break and enter

Two male youths have been arrested in relation

to a break and enter that occurred on June 4, 2015, at the Ponoka Youth Cen-tre. Both are residents of Ponoka. Both youths are facing charges of break, enter and theft and have been released to appear in Ponoka Youth Court on October 14, 2015.Three charged in theft of vehicle

Two male youths and

one adult male, all resi-dents of Ponoka, have been arrested for a break and enter to a residence that took place on August 19, 2015, and for a theft

from a vehicle that took place on August 21, 2015. All three are facing charg-es of break, enter and theft. Both youths have been re-leased to appear in Ponoka

Youth Court on October 14, 2015, and the adult male has been released to appear in Ponoka Provin-cial Court on October 16, 2015.

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Religion

I was camping this sum-mer when I got the word from my wife about the July 21 hailstorm. She told me about our house, which was hit hard, but for some reason what she said about our garden seemed worse. “It’s all gone Tom. I’m so sorry.”

We haven’t had a gar-den for a long time. This year, we bought an acreage and we planted those seeds fully expecting a good crop.

Lessons from the hail

Pastor Tom CnossenHobbema

Fellowship ChurchMember of the Ponoka Ministerial Association

Then came the drought, so I hauled water. Then came the gophers, so we poi-soned them. Then came the hail, and it was all gone.

I never thought that I had a problem with en-titlement, but the Lord was showing me that I do. I expected that those seeds would flourish and fill my table with healthy food. But that’s not all. I think myself, and most of us out there, have this idea that we are entitled to life work-ing out for us, and when it doesn’t, we are looking for someone to blame.

Politicians know this about people. In an elec-tion year, they are quick to point out every mistake the opposing parties have ever made, and they promise things will be better if we will just vote them in. But will they? Can anyone ever deliver “the good life”? Can anyone promise things will work out for us?

In the Bible there is the story of Job, who was living the good life for a while,

but then things caved in on him. Job lost everything ex-cept his wife, who told him to curse God and die. But Job was a wise man, who, through great personal loss, uttered these words:

“Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”

One of the hardest things for us to deal with seems to be that problem. People have a hard time reconcil-ing a loving God with all of the trouble that is happen-ing in the world and in our own lives. The “why” ques-tion is one which is so hard to answer — and maybe we don’t have the answers. But we do know, if we believe the Bible, that we brought a lot of this on ourselves. Our ancestors sinned and so have we, and sin brings with it the curse of destruction and death, of dysfunction and trouble.

Take the time to read the last chapters of Job and you will see that God is not this far-removed deity, but He is intimately and personally involved in every area of life. He knows what is go-ing on and is orchestrating everything to fit into his de-sign and purpose and plan.And His plan is rescue. In Romans 8:28, Paul gives us a hint to the answer. He

writes:“And we know that God

causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”

This is a verse of com-fort and hope, especially for the believer who has a relationship with the liv-ing God. It helps us as we deal with trouble, and yes, believers are not immune from trouble. What we see in this verse, and in the story of Job’s life, is that God sees the big picture, and that things will one day be brought back to where they should be, as they were meant to be, where we were in a right relationship with our Creator. And the way to that right relationship with God is through trusting His Son, Jesus Christ, and be-lieving Him when he says to me, “I will never leave you or forsake you.” (Heb.13:5)

There will be storms and floods and droughts and gophers and hail and worse.And I will be brought, through each disaster, big or small, into a deeper reliance on the only One who really knows what’s going on. And He will be there with me, helping me make sense out of it all.

Your Guide To Local Houses

of Worship

CHURCH DIRECTORY

PONOKA WORD OF LIFE CHURCHPastor Rob McArthur 403-783-5659

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

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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

Pastor Jerry Preheim • Pastor Matt Sealy3704 - 42 St. Ponoka 403-783-6500

Worship Service 11:00 a.m. • [email protected]

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKASr. Pastor Paul Spate

Erin Dirsten - Fac. Youth & Family Min. & 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 10:00 am.

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

SONRISE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

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: 7:30 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

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

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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Reflections of Ponoka

The very first meeting of the Ponoka Legion was held in the auditorium above the old town office on the corner of 50 Avenue and 51 Street with 15 members in attendance under the direction of founding Club President Luther Jones and Secretary Peter MacDonald. The La-dies’ Auxiliary of the Ponoka Branch #66 was organized and received its charter on May 26, 1931, and has faith-fully served and shared all facets of the club for close to 85 years. Both the Legion branch and the Ladies’ Auxil-iary met at the town hall, the county office, the St. Mary’s Anglican Church, the Elks Club and various other loca-tions around the community until 1946, when they pur-chased a large hut from Merle Gee, hauled it into town, and placed it on a full basement at the east end of 53 Avenue. Over the years, various addi-tions and improvements were made to the building, then in 1968-69 both the clubroom and the hall were expanded to accommodate more mem-bers and visitors, as well as increased community activi-ties upstairs. Longstanding Legion member Hugh Greene fondly remembers that the tiny side entrance to the first clubroom was nicknamed

‘The doghouse’ which was later sold for $10.

The membership of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #66 during the 1950s and ‘60s had grown to 250, with more extensions made to the very busy building, but a proposal from the member-ship was also on the table to enlarge the hall or build on a new sight in the community. As progress grew with plans and needs for the new facility, a milestone in Ponoka Legion history became an exciting reality in 1989, when the sod was turned and construction began on the new sight along Highway 2A, which also con-tinued to receive tremendous support from the community and sponsors. The project was completed in 1990, with a gala official opening cer-emony, which played host to a capacity crowd of Legion members, Ponoka and district citizens and guests and local dignitaries, as well as repre-sentatives of the Provincial/ Dominion Command and the governments.

The tradition of hospitality continues.The generations of

Ponoka Legion Branch #66 members, as well as thou-sands of citizens, volunteers, and visitors from the town and county of Ponoka and

Remember When...

Photo courtesy of the Ponoka LegionThe Royal Canadian Legion Branch 66 received its charter in May

1928 and met in various buildings around the community until 1946, when they purchased the large hut from Merle Gee shown here and

placed it on a full basement at their first location at 53 Avenue. Many renovations were made to the Legion over the years, and then the

milestone decision to build a brand Legion facility along Highway 2A south became a reality in 1990.

Photo courtesy of Ponoka LegionThe Royal Canadian Legion Branch #66 will proudly host the 25th anniversary celebration of their active facility on Highway 2A Ponoka on Friday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m.

Ponoka Legion celebrates 25th year in the new building

BY MIKE RAINONE FOR THE NEWS

The longstanding mission of the Canadian Legion is to serve veterans of past and present and their families, to promote Remembrance and to serve our communities and our country. Since receiving their charter in May 1928,

our Ponoka Legion Branch #66 have passionately pursued these goals to the fullest, honouring hundreds of local vet-erans and their families, as well as serving their growing membership and their community for 87 very colorful and active years.

The 345 members of the Ponoka Legion Branch #66 and

Ladies’ Auxiliary are really looking forward to celebrating the 25th anniversary of their great facility on Highway 2A, and will be hosting a special program and cake cutting cer-emony during their gala Friday night supper on Sept. 18 at 7 p.m., with everyone invited to join in on all the fun and festivities.

A long and proud history

near and far will always be very happy to admit and fondly remember over the years that a visit to the Royal Canadian Legion Ponoka was and always will be a great experience of hospitality and good will among mem-bers, relatives and friends. That same keen tradition has continued at each and every event, big or small, at the new facility, with many more improvements, additions, and events taking place along the way to make everyone feel welcome and at home at the Ponoka Legion for whatever the occasion may be.

For over eight exciting decades, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #66 and the Ladies’ Auxiliary have hosted many yearly events to hon-our our hundreds of veterans past and present, to salute their members and local or-ganizations, and to welcome

hundreds of guests for casual, sports, social, family, com-munity activities, banquets, and family weddings, funer-als, and anniversaries. The solemn and annual tributes led by the Legion include Vimmy/VE/VJ Nights to honour the Veterans of World War I, the November 11 Armistice Day Ceremonies at the cenotaph in front of the Branch #66, the Cross of Sacrifice at the Field of Honour in the Forest Home Cemetery, special events for the anniversaries of World War I and II, Decoration Day and many others that are so much appreciated by so many.

Regular social and fund-raising evenings include Valentine’s and St. Paddy’s celebrations, garage sales, suppers honouring veterans and recipients of honours and awards, the November poppy campaign, the annual poetry contest, dances, enter-

tainment, and so much more, all usually complimented by an outstanding catered meal, now under the direction of the congenial Bob Hepp and Company. Weekly events at club room and spacious hall may include a casual game of darts, poker, crib or pool, the super Friday Night suppers, meat draws, birthday parties, bus trips, ‘Over 55’ meets under the umbrella or just drop in for coffee or a visit with family or friends. Among the other welcome amenities of the Ponoka Legion facility is the outside patio, which was with compliments of the Ponoka Lions’ Club, as well as the surrounding ball diamonds, horseshow pits, horseshoe pits, and ample rooms for guest parking, camping, and other outdoor attractions

For over eight colorful de-cades, the Legion has always

been pleased to support and sponsored countless sports teams and events, offered the ‘old blue’ bus for transpor-tation to many community events and trips, proudly sponsored an early brass band in the early years, as well as offering the longstanding support of the Ponoka Air Cadet Squadron #65 since December of 1941. That kindly Legion sponsorships currently include Ponoka District Health Foundation, AHS-Centennial Centre, Ponoka Wheel Chair Soci-ety, Valour Place, Ponoka Youth Centre, Ponoka Lions, Ponoka Gym Club, PES Play-ground, High School Rodeo, Ponoka Stampede Associa-tion, School lunch program, Ponoka Literacy Society, scholarships to local schools, PCHS Broncs World Tour, and much more, on and on into the future.


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Opinion

Who is responsible for the drowning deaths of two beautiful little boys, Ailan and Galib Kurdi and their mother Rehan?

Is it Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is trying to hang on to his seat using his military and employing all sorts of savagery against the people of his own coun-try?

Is it Islamic State, the jihadist entity trying to expand its territory in both Syria and Iraq, and succeeding despite the al-legedly efficient air strikes of US-led coalition? Or is it Al Nusra Front or the oth-ers, the opposition groups fighting against the Assad regime with the support and arms provided by the US and other Western gov-

Mustafa EricEditor

Dear Editor,

It is difficult to know how much the public knew about the Nazi death camps or the policy of exterminating Jews during the Second World War.

Yet despite that vicious policy ever so often one hears about ordinary people who often for the duration of the war hid Jews as a matter of conscience and principle.

It is interesting to notice currently that of all the Euro-

pean countries Germany and Sweden are the only countries whose borders are open to refugees and who welcomes them. Other countries for whatever reason have tried to limit and control the influx of refugees, most fleeing from the some part of the war torn Middle East and from Africa.

Clearly this is a major crisis. The European Union has been unable to develop any co-ordinated and collective strategy. My guess is not only do they fear they do not have the resources to manage this influx, but states also typically

want to control their own borders and decide who comes in and who goes out.

In a humanitarian crisis of this proportion though, with lives at stake, that model of state control cannot deal with this present exceptional circumstance, and national egos need to submit humbly to discussions and ask moral ques-tions, questions that those people who hid the Jews thought about, with considerable danger to themselves.

George Jason

A parallel between refugees and Jews in WWII

Who really killed little

Ailan?ernments?

Is it the Gulf sheik-doms, led by Saudi Arabia and regional countries like Turkey that have sup-ported Islamic State until recently in pursuit of their own domestic and region-al interests, among them hurting Iran by weakening Bashar Assad, the only ally of the Shiite regime in Teh-ran?

Or is it the West, led by the US, which knew and tacitly gave the green light to the Saudis and their fol-lowers by doing nothing to stop the efforts to under-mine the Syrian leadership?

Now that the smil-ing eyes of the two young boys have been closed forever, there is suddenly an increased awareness of the plight of the hundreds of thousands of refugees; those little children have done more to create that global awareness than the United Nations, interna-tional NGOs, government spokespeople and the me-dia combined.

Germany now says it will accept 800,000 mi-grants (for some reason the language in the world me-dia changed and the new description for refugees has been transformed as if to say that these desperate people are willingly being

displaced), Britain very reluctantly agreed to take 20,000 over five years and France said it would take a few thousand more than Britain although in a short-er period of time.

US appears to be in no mood to help the people it is at least partially responsible for whose forced migration and in Canada, there is a lot of goodwill and enthusiasm to help ease the despera-tion, although not from the authority which matters, at least until October 19.

Prime Minister Stephen

Harper says accepting more refugees will not solve the problem and he is right, but the accuracy of his di-agnosis ends just there. Yes accepting more refugees will not solve the problem but bombing Islamic State won’t resolve it, either; ac-tually it will only worsen it. Furthermore, the fact that accepting more refugees will not end the problem does not mean that the cur-rent disastrous situation should not be addressed to ease the suffering of the al-ready displaced thousands.

It will be interesting to see whether the announce-ments by some provincial leaders and mayors of big Canadian cities to the effect that they will accept refu-gees will be followed through or forgotten once the international outcry from little Ailan’s picture on the shore fizzles out.

What needs to be un-derstood is that the current problems of the Middle East are the direct results of the Western/US strategy of using religion as a tool of foreign policy, dating

way back to 1950s. Dur-ing the Cold War, that tool was employed to weaken Moscow’s control over the Asian part of the Soviet ter-ritory and following the end of it, the same tool is being used to create conditions conducive for US/Western intervention in Middle East with the ultimate goal of controlling the region’s en-ergy resources.

In the meantime, those in the military-industrial complex keep drooling and ecstatically rubbing their hands.


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Taylor’sDrive

On March 15, 2015, we lost our family member, Taylor Leverick in a motor vehicle accident. At just 16 years of age, Taylor was loving his life. He was enjoying school, spending time with his friends and family, his new job, and his truck that he was very proud of.

The loss of Taylor has been devastating to our family. While we continue to search for ways to carry on without Taylor, we have been so blessed for the love and support of our extended family, friends, neighbours and community who have helped us in so many ways as we grieve. The visits, meals, fl owers, and cards we have received have been appreciated more than we can possibly express. We are grateful to everyone who has supported us.

It has been six months since Taylor’s accident and we would like to honour him in a way that he would feel proud of. Taylor received many transfusions in the hours following his accident and we would like to recognize the importance of blood donation by having a blood drive in his memory.

This blood drive, called Taylor’s Drive, will be held in conjunction with upcoming Community Blood Clinics in Ponoka on September 28 and in Rimbey on October 26. We have blocked appointment times at both clinics specifi cally for those who would like to donate in his memory. Please call Shelley at 403-843-3694 or call /text 403-358-6259 to reserve an appointment time. You must be 17 years of age or older to donate.

If you have any questions about blood donation, please call Canadian Blood Services at 1-888-2-DONATE (1-888-236-6283) and a nurse will assist you. If you can’t make these dates or times please donate at another time/location and let us know that you made a donation in remembrance of Taylor.

Thank you for helping us keep Taylor’s memory alive in our fi rst Taylor’s Drive.Sincerely,Rob, Leanne and ThomasLeverick & McFadden families

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Jae was born and raised in Ponoka and is very proud of this community. He has 27 years of customer service background and is very excited to be a part of the team.

Drop in, have a coffee and meet Jae.


Planners hired to devel-op a recreation master plan

for the Town of Ponoka

developed an interactive

online map for residents to

Evan Goldstrom with McElhanney Consulting shows what a new survey of the Town of Ponoka looks like. The interactive map allows residents to comment on area they enjoy and areas they would like to see improvement. He presented the map to residents Wednesday, Sept. 2 during registration night.


Interactive map developed for residents’ input on recreationwrite their thoughts.

Evan Goldstrom, en-gineer with McElhanney Consulting spent time Wednesday, Sept. 2 dur-ing registration night at the Kinsmen Community Centre showing attendees how the map worked. He said this map adds to the downtown revitalization assessment but also lets people speak to areas they like or dislike.

“What we’re looking for is use: what people are looking for as far as fa-cilities and programming goes,” said Goldstrom.

He added the future needs and what is lacking within the community are other aspects he and McEl-hanney hope to garner with the survey. “We’re trying to plan for 10 years ahead.”

“For example if people want to do aqua-aerobics, is the pool sufficient?” sug-gested Goldstrom.

He expects a second

community session in the next few months will pro-vide residents with a better idea of what people are

looking for. To access the map and provide comments visit this website: http://ponoka-rec-culture.com/

and to access a short eight question survey visit this website: http://survey.pono-ka-rec-culture.com/.


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We will pick up your paper, clean tins, glass, No. 1-5 plastic and cardboard.

We also pick up cardboard from local businesses.

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Ponoka Drop-In ActivitiesPonoka Drop-In Activities5015 – 46 Avenue5015 – 46 Avenue

Drop-ins welcome at all events.

Sept. 12 - First jam session 1pm. Donations (cash or food) for Ponoka Food Bank.It has been necessary to cancel the Sept. 20 gospel concert. The fi rst concert of the season will be Oct. 18 entertainment by Gospel 792.Sept. 25 - 5:3pm Potluck & General Meeting. Bring a dish to share, table service & enjoy good company.

PONOKA ART CLUB CLASSES

Sept. 12 - Acrylic “In E J Hughes style” 10am to 4pm - Willie Wong.

Sept. 19 - “Watercolor Landscapes” Frances Alty-Arscott

Contact Lyla Langford 403-783-1887 or Bernice Edwards 403-783-6858

Billiards - Weekdays 1:00pm. Mon through Sat – 50 cents per game. Honour system

Monday Bridge 1:00pm

Monday Whist - 1:30pm

Monday Yoga - 6:30pm

Tuesday - 10am to 2pm “Circle of Friends Senior Support Program” Contact: Angela 403-9630-3052

Tuesday Canasta - 1:00pm

Tuesday & Thursday Exercise class 9:30am FINISHED UNTIL FALL

Tuesday Shuffl eboard - 7pm • FINISHED UNTIL FALL

Wednesday Sewing Guild 9:30am to 4pm

Wednesday Cribbage 1:00pm

Wednesday Yoga - 6:30pm

Wednesday Duplicate Bridge 7:00pm

Thursday Floor Curling - 1:00pm • FINISHED UNTIL FALL

Thursday Weaving 1:00pm Welcome to drop-in to see how it’s done

Thursday Bridge 1:00pm

Thursday Pickleball 7pm - contact Janice Mackie 403-396-4315 for location

Thursday Art Club Drop In Noon to 4pm

Friday “500” 1:00pm

Saturday Yoga 9:30am

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Folks converged on the Ponoka Community Golf Club to celebrate former Fire Chief Ted Dillon’s years of service in Ponoka.

The event was held Saturday, Sept. 5 with a fun round of golf, which ended with a dinner and many presentations.

Among those present were Alberta Fire Chiefs Association (AFCA) pres-ident Peter Krich and Bill Purdy, executive direc-tor with the association. Over the years, Purdy and Krich worked with Dillon in advocating for volunteer firefighters across Alberta.

Purdy said Krich and Dillon have a passion for volunteer firefighters as both worked on the re-tention and recruitment committee with the asso-ciation. Purdy added it was because of Dillon’s desire to see strong recruitment

(l-r) Kevin Johnson, Maskwacis Fire Department and behind him holding the blanket is Justin Nepoose, also Maskwacis Fire, and Richard Coyote, of the Ermineskin Fire Department, present former Fire Chief Ted Dillon with an honourary blanket for his work with the departments. A fun golf tournament and supper was held Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Ponoka Community Golf Course.

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Nineteen community and sports groups took part in registration night Wednesday, Sept. 2 at the Kinsmen Com-munity Centre.

Families and their chil-dren packed the room to register for the many groups at the hall, said Wes Amendt, director of communications with the Town of Ponoka. Among the different asso-ciations were activity, sports,

religious, youth and commu-nity organizations.

“It’s an opportunity for the community to come to-gether. All these different organizations are offering basically their winter pro-grams,” said Amendt.

It also gives attendees a chance to socialize and ask important questions of the different groups.

“The turnout is great looking at the different or-ganizations,” said Amendt.


A request by the Town of Ponoka to lease a portion of the old Ponoka Elementary School – pink building – was approved by Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) board of trustees.

The request was presented to trustees Wednesday, Sept. 2 during a regular meeting after secretary-treasurer Joe Henderson explained Ponoka’s Town Hall appears to be at the end of its life. “They were really looking for space,” said Henderson.

The lease is set for 10 years at a cost of $10 per year with Henderson saying WCPS would have a proviso that the town pay for utilities and some repairs to the north end of the building.

“Realistically if they don’t go in there, it could be sitting empty for a long time,” he added.

The leased space would include the library, music room and a classroom on the north end of the building.

Henderson said the Ponoka Air Cadets and some WCPS departments are also housed in the building. Trustees voted unanimously in favour of the agreement.

Potters guild to move inTrustees also approved a request for the Ponoka Potters

Guild to lease two upstairs classrooms for a 10 year period. In a letter to WCPS, guild president Shelley MacGregor

said the organization had grown over the years.“For the past five years the guild has been fortunate to

have found a temporary home above the Don Laing Trailer offices but we are growing too big for that space and are looking for something more permanent,” said MacGregor.

The lease includes the cost of utilities and a lease amount of five dollars per year.

Henderson told trustees the alarm security system will need some upgrades to accommodate the many groups in the building. He expects alarm costs to be approximately $30,000.

WCPS approves Town of Ponoka

lease request

Packed house during registration night

Golfers celebrate Dillon’s years of service with the PFD

and retention for fire-fighters that he joined the committee.

“It’s always been in his heart,” said Purdy.

Dillon always spoke up when it came to advocating for rural fire departments. “He’s from a small fire department and when you talk about a provincial body (AFCA), he’s got a big voice,” said Purdy.

“That was his biggest push when he was with the volunteer firefighters as-sociation to make sure the volunteers got their say,” said Purdy.

Krich added that Dil-lon represented the Town of Ponoka and smaller fire departments across the province in a positive light.

Town and county coun-cillors attended the golf tournament and supper and Mayor Rick Bonnett said it was a great day to say thanks to Dillon for his years of service. “He served the community for just about 30 years,” said Bonnett.

“What can you say to someone after 30 years of great service? Thank you.

It’s a big thank you,” said Bonnett.

Dillon will also be honoured on Sept. 18 dur-ing the Victim Services Awards night.

Firefighters from the Ponoka Fire Department, Maskwacis and Rimbey also attended the day as well as former members of the department who moved to different towns. Dillon was presented with an honourary blanket from the Maskwacis firefight-ers for his many years of working closely with the departments there.


HOMETOWN NEWS HOMETOWN EVENTSCouncil Highlights from the September 8 meeting are posted on the Website and Facebook. Minutes will be posted on the website.Committee of the Whole meets on September 15, 7:00 pm, Hudson’s Green Activity CentreThe next meeting of Council will be on MONDAY September 21 at 7:00 PM, Hudson’s Green Activity Centre. Agenda packages are posted on the website in advance of every Council meetingYou are welcome to attend all Town Council meetings to listen to discussions and decisions.

GET INVOLVED!BUDGET COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE – TONIGHT! Hudson’s Green Activity Centre on 61 Street in Lucas Heights . This is a fi rst-ever event for the Town! We have a great open display, handouts and treats waiting for everyone. There is no formal presentation. We want to listen to YOU. Please come out, ask questions and talk to staff and Town Council. The Budget Community Survey is on the website. Paper copies are also available at Town Buildings and other locations in town such as senior centres – drop them off in boxes at these locations. Be heard, Be informed, Be a part of the plan! See you there!

TOWN NOTICESAquaplex is closed for annual maintenance August 31 – September 13. Aquaplex pass holders can use the Kinsmen Centre in Lacombe at no charge during this time. Road alignment as part of the bridge replacement project is now underway. Check Facebook and the Website for updates.Join the TOP Team – Town of Ponoka Employment – Current opportunities are posted on the website.

IT’S TIME TO RECYCLE! SEPTEMBER 12 – WASTE TRANSFER STATIONTown and County residents - bring your old paints and electronics to the Recycle Roundup on September 12 at the Waste Transfer Station! There is also a Paper Shredding Service from 9-12. Paper Cuts asks for a donation for this service. We are asking for donations to Ponoka FCSS for their valuable local programming. The FCSS are helping deliver recycling for people with disabilities and for seniors who are not able to make it. We appreciate this community support!

This is the fi rst year the Town will have this event at the Waste Transfer Station, rather than at the Fire Station. “It is more convenient for residents to take their products to the Waste Transfer Station,” says Fire Chief Jamie Wilkinson. “Plus, they will now be able to take it there all year ‘round. This makes more sense than making a stock pile and a fi re hazard at your home or property.” Volunteer Firefi ghters will be at the event to help lift and pile items received.

This year, the Town has received funding from Alberta Recycling for the day-long event, which is being organized by Jill Owen, the Town’s new Manager of Operations. “I really appreciate how the community has been pulling together to support this event,” she says. Owen has surprises and giveaways to make the day even more fun for everyone. “We will be giving out goodies to everyone as a thank you for recycling. It might be a fun little town giveaway, or it might be a voucher for the pool or to bring items to the Waste Transfer Site in the future. “We all win when people recycle and dispose of these items properly,” she adds.

Ponoka Fire Department partners with City of Lacombe Fire to donate gear to Third World fi refi ghters. The Ponoka Fire Department and City of Lacombe Fire Department are working together to donate expired fi re gear to Third World countries. “By donating, we are helping fi re fi ghters with protection as they often fi ght fi res without gloves, boots, helmets or outer garment protection,” says Chief Wilkinson.

Active 911 app helps PFD respond to emergencies. “The Active 911 app shows who is responding to emergency calls so that we know how many responders will be on the scene,” says Chief Wilkinson. “This app will help save time when responding by giving crews a map and directions to the scene. It also locates fi re hydrants.” The app is being installed on iPads that will be in the fi rst response trucks. It is also installed at the Town Fire Hall and on Volunteer Firefi ghter and fi re staff cell phones.”

Ponoka Fire Department Weekly ReportPONOKA FIRE WEEKLY REPORT: AUG. 27 – SEPT. 2

Training Update:5 members have just received certifi cation for the Ariel Apparatus training, in addition to another member receiving certifi cation in another module of the Fire Offi cer Training Program. Congratulations to all.

PFD responded to 7 emergency calls. In total for August PFD responsed to 24 emergency calls.

• 2 MVC • 3 Alarms • 1 Powerline accident • 1 Brush Fire

Recycling Roundup September 12 – Come out from 9-4 to the Town’s Waste Transfer Site. For details visit the new website page: Working Together (link at the top of our home page on Ponoka.ca Paper shredding from 9 - 12 by donation to Ponoka FCSS – please donate to support local programsPonoka Downhill Derby is back! September 12 from 8 am to 3 pm. Event is at 42 Ave and 43 St.U of A vs U of C Ladies Hockey Game – September 18 at the Arena hosted by Ponoka Minor Hockey. Puck drops at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $5 in advance and at the door. Check the Town Calendar on the website for details.

WEEKLY PROFILE Jill Owen, Manager of OperationsJill Owen started with the Town of Ponoka this summer in the new position of Manager of Operations. But Jill is not new to this area as she grew up here and is 4th generation of a family from the area. She has a Bachelors of Science (Environmental Sciences) and over 14 years or Project Management experience. She has worked with some of the largest oil, gas

and construction companies in Canada. Recently for the town, she has been busy organising the Recycling Round-up at the Waste Transfer Site. The profi le picture is of Jill’s dog Paco. He is a rescue from Old MacDonald Kennels! You can meet Jill on September 12 at the Recycle Roundup! (because we know you will be there) Be sure to say hi!

Question of the Week Results: What do we love most about Ponoka? People said:#1 Small Town Size and Friendly People #2 Natural Setting and Green Spaces

#3 Fun Events, Parks and Sports #4 Affordable Living #5 Safe Place to Raise a Family


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It’s time to get rid of your household waste with the Town of Ponoka preparing a roundup day on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The location for this year’s toxic roundup is be-ing moved to the Town of Ponoka’s waste transfer site northeast of town on 46 Street.

Renamed the Household Hazardous Waste Roundup, members of the Ponoka Fire Department are helping out, explained Donna Brinkworth, communications officer.

Electronic items such as printers, computers, monitors as well as paint and other chemicals found at home will be accepted.

“The normal stuff un-der your sink … household chemicals,” added Jill Owen, manager of operations for the Town of Ponoka.

Town and county resi-dents are invited to bring their household chemicals and old paper for shredding. To help with the roundup Clean Harbours, a hazardous waste disposal company, will be taking the paint and other chemicals.

Paper shredding compa-ny, Paper Cuts, will also join the roundup and Brinkworth said they are volunteering their time to help out at the event. She added that Paper Cuts requested a donation be made to Ponoka Family and Community Support Ser-vices (FCSS) should people wish to.

FCSS will be on call to help transport the household chemicals for people with dis-abilities or limited mobility.

In an effort to bring full services to residents, collec-tion of household chemicals will continue year-round at the transfer site. Owen said the goal is to give people an opportunity to get rid of their waste without saving it for the roundup.

“They’re (people) getting more conscientious about wanting to dump more prop-erly,” said Owen.

Call Owen at the town shop with questions related to the roundup at 403-783-0159. For help with transportation of household chemicals call FCSS at 403-783-4462.

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Lights, Camera, Ac-tion was the back to school theme for Ponoka Elementary School (PES) as students got back into their classrooms and pre-pared for a new school year.

Principal Lois Spate said this will be the first full year of being in the new school without hav-ing to move classes. It is also a year to introduce a new program called Seven Habits of Highly Effective students.

Last year teachers worked on the positive habit building program and took a break from its practices to allow every-one a chance to move into the new school and get used to a new education model, added vice-princi-

pal Nicole Rawlinson. Construction has also

begun in the east side of the school, which will bring a paved staff park-ing lot with 22 spots and two handicapped spots. Spate said the goal is to have it complete in three to four weeks. She added a new sidewalk will be built on the east side of the building as part of the project.

“It will just give us more parking for the staff who have for now been parking in different plac-es,” said Spate.

Some playground equipment was moved to accommodate the park-ing spots, but Spate added they will be relocated once the new playground proj-ect is complete.

Spate referred to the Belly Dance Gala and

Fundraiser set for Sat-urday, Sept. 19 at the Kinsmen Community Centre, which is the new-est fundraising event for the new playground. Tickets can be purchased at the Walrus and Carpen-ter store and Spate said she will be at the event helping out.

Other areas parents can look out for at PES are the Terry Fox Run fundraiser set for Thurs-day, Sept. 24 and the AMA Patrollers crossing guard program.

“It builds some leader-ship in the students, too,” said Spate of the program.

A welcome back bar-becue was held Thursday, Sept. 3 to welcome back students and parents and to welcome new students to the school.

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Taylor Leverick, who lost his life in a motor vehicle collision last March near Ponoka. His family is trying to honour his memory by organizing a blood drive.

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The untimely death of Ponoka student Taylor Lever-ick in a motor vehicle accident in March has his family look-ing to honour his life through

a blood drive. The event is called Taylor’s

Drive, named by Leverick’s brother Thomas, and is meant to highlight his love of driving.

Leverick’s Aunt Shelley McFadden said he was given

several pints of blood before his passing on March 15 and the family had valuable time to say their farewells. To remem-ber Leverick, and to recognize the importance of that donated blood, the family is working

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blood drive is set for Monday, Sept. 28 and for Rimbey the date is set for Monday, Oct. 26. McFadden said it gives the family a goal to focus on while they continue to deal with his loss.

“He was 16 but he had lived such a full life. He was such a kind, caring soul,” said McFadden.

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Support staff and man-agement at Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) will receive a two per cent salary increase effective Sept. 1.

The decision was made by the board of trustees during a regular meeting Wednesday, Sept. 2. A rec-ommendation by the salary and wage review committee from earlier in the year on June 23 prompted the mo-tion.

Another recommenda-tion by the committee, which was approved by trustees, is to increase the contribution rate for benefit premiums for support staff and man-agement to 98 per cent, up from 95 per cent. Trustee Bob Huff questioned the raise considering WCPS’s 2015/16 operating budget is set to run at a deficit of $1.1 million.

“We have this six-year plan and we have to go into a deficit position to fund what we’re doing this year,” said Huff.

Money to cover the defi-cit will come from the $4.7 million in reserves at WCPS.

Huff’s main concern was how to continue to pay for programs when there is no extra funding coming in. Secretary-treasurer Joe Henderson replied that the division will have to priori-tize different programs when it comes time to budget de-liberations.

“We can only run a defi-cit budget as long as we have surplus to run it,” offered Henderson.

A bigger concern for Henderson is the $7 billion provincial deficit, which is creating challenges for school boards across the province. Long-term sus-tainable funding needs may be another reason why school boards are trying to save money.

Henderson added that WCPS had to put down money for projects at the new elementary school and Ponoka Secondary Cam-pus while waiting for funds to be transferred from the province. Until the province transfers that money, the school board must pay up front for those costs.

Trustee Barb Walker suggested there are several ways to save money and added it would be a ques-tion of prioritizing during deliberations.

The WCPS budget was approved in June 23 with

WCPS support staff to receive 2% wage increase$89.8 million in revenues and $91 million in ex-penditures, which created the deficit. Trustees Pam Hansen, Lorrie Jess, Barb Walker and Trudy Bratland were in favour with Huff against.

The board created a bud-get line of $320,000 to help superintendent Larry Jacobs address staffing issues over the school year.

Hearing from students Trustees also addressed

concerns from Huff regard-ing how a Student Voice committee should operate.

He suggested there may not be “buy-in” from WCPS on a committee meant to hear from students about their education. “This com-mittee has meaning and has value,” stated Huff.

The committee is a new addition to WCPS trustees’ duties voted on unanimously by them. Hansen suggested the terms of reference for the committee would need to be outlined at the next regular meeting, which would help

the board determine how they should function.

“Are we going to do any-thing with what we hear?” reiterated Huff.

He feels if the board hears but does not act on those voices, then students will become disenfran-chised.

Henderson suggested the board can make Student Voice a regular agenda item for each meeting to ensure it is discussed.

Busing challenges at start of year

One of the biggest com-plaints at the start of the school years is busing stu-dents to and from school.

Transportation manager John Blood spoke with trust-ees about having to balance a $200,000 cut in transporta-tion while managing busing. This year eight routes were dropped.

Henderson said there were two areas of greatest concern where busing was cut: Eckville and Lacombe. “Where John focused those route reductions is where we had minimum ride size,” he added.

In one case a route near Alix was cut as there were 19 registered students for a 54 passenger bus, in some instances there were far less actually on the bus. Blood said they accommodated the students on three other routes.

Trustee Hansen said the perception she heard from

parents in the Eckville area was they felt the school board was making it increas-ingly difficult for students to get to school on the bus, so they stopped using it.

Another challenge for families was increased ride times due to cuts. After spending time on the is-sue, trustees recommended an additional bus route in Eckville and Lacombe be reinstated with funding to come from reserves.

Ponoka also had two routes cut and prior to the most recent drop in routes, Blood had reduced 10 routes.

Trustees set appoint-ments and officers

During their first regu-lar meeting of the school year, trustees nominated the chairperson, voted on a vice chairperson as well as set roles on different com-mittees. Chairperson: Trudy Brat-landVice-chairperson: Lorrie Jess. Her name was picked from a hat after ballots showed a tie 3-3 vote for Jess and Walker. ATA Negotiating CommitteeChairperson: Barb Walker

and Lorrie Jess on the com-mitteeAudit Committee (all trustees)Chairperson: Barb WalkerGrievance CommitteeChairperson: Barb Walker and Bratland on the com-mitteeLiaison CommitteeBratland, Huff and JessStudent ReviewBob Huff Public Relations (all trust-ees)Chairperson: Pam Hansen

C2 CommitteeWalkerHealth and ActionWalker and Donna PetersonAlberta School Board Association Zone 4 repre-sentativeHansenPublic School Boards’ As-sociation of Alberta Hansen with Walker as the alternate

Trustees meetings are set to meet every first and third Thursday of the month.

“We have this six-year plan

and we have to go into a deficit position to fund

what we’re doing this year.”

Bob Huff, Trustee,Wolf Creek Public Schools


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We hope everyone en-joyed their long weekend and are back into the regular school year routine. As al-ways, now that the leaves have begun to fall, we are busier than ever here at the library, and we love it.

Story Time is starting its new schedule this Monday, Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. We invite children ages three to six, along with any younger sib-lings who would like to ‘take part’, to come on down to hear a story, and make a craft with Ms. Lori. Story Time runs ev-ery Monday and Friday at 11 a.m., and every day features a different program, so feel free to come to every one. There is no registration or fee required, it is a drop-in program. We hope to see lots of new faces join us this year as we introduce children to the library and reading, and some basic skills like cutting and tracing, to help them in their future schooling.

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month and to celebrate, we (along with all the other libraries in Parkland Regional Library system) are hosting a comic strip contest. The contest is open to youths ages 10-18, and runs from Sept. 4 to Sept. 25. Simply submit your original comic strip for a chance to win a Wacom Intuous tablet, or a set of Copic markers. Entry forms are available at the library.

The Ponoka Library Book Club is having its first meet-ing of the new season this Sunday, Sept. 13 at 3:30 p.m. The book club will be dis-cussing Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie, and also picking up October’s book selection, Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts. New members are always welcome, and books are available for each book club meeting about a month in advance at the library.

The Ponoka Friends of the Library Society will be hav-ing a meeting on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. They will be discussing upcoming fundraisers for the library, including an art raffle, our used book sale in October, and a possible silent auction. If you love your library and have some time to spare to help raise funds for us, please feel free to attend the meeting. New members and ideas are always welcome.

There has been a slight

Story Time fun to be had at Ponoka Jubilee LibraryBY JACLYN BERRY

schedule change for our ‘Meet the Author’ session with Kate A. Boorman. She will still be coming to Ponoka Jubilee Li-brary on Sept. 19, but slightly

earlier at 11 a.m. Please join us as she does a reading of her award winning novel Win-terkill, along with a digital presentation and Q&A with

participants. Coming Soon: From

award winning novelist Jona-than Franzen comes Purity. This new book is about identi-

ty, the Internet, sexual politics, and love — among count-less other things. It's deeply troubling, richly moving, and hilarious — featuring an un-

forgettable cast of inimitable Franzenian characters who grapple mightily and reward-ingly with the great issues of our time and culture.


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BY MUSTAFA ERIC

Late July and Au-gust rains appear to have helped a lot to brighten the harvest outlook as compared to mid summer, but recent rainy weather could equally effectively darken the prospects for a fruitful harvest season, according to agricultural experts.

Harry Brook of pro-vincial government’s Ag Info Centre described this year’s harvest as “very challenging” due to unpredictable weather conditions.

“It is a kind of a mess,” he said in explaining the progress of the harvest.

While canola crop is overripe in many areas, he says there are areas where some grains are ready to be harvested, some close to getting there, and some fields where there is still need for a lot of coop-

eration from weather to ensure that the second growth can run its course.

Brook said the quality of the crops looked fairly good while the yield lev-els changed wildly from one region to another. “Some producers are get-ting 40 to 50 bushels of wheat and 80 bushels of barley and there is noth-ing wrong with those yields, but I also heard of people getting 35 to 40 bushels of barley and 20 bushels of wheat and 15 bushels of peas, which is well below average.”

The weather, how-

ever, will continue to be the key factor in decid-ing ultimately whether the province will have a healthy harvest.

Brook said much warmth and dry condi-tions would be needed for the harvest to be complet-ed in a fruitful fashion, “If it gets wet, you can get bleaching in the wheat, and that downgrades (the crop)… and if it stays wet long enough, you get ger-mination in the seeds, it’s a real bad thing.”

As for the Ponoka County, Justin Babcock, Manager of Agricultural

Challenging harvest period keeps farmers guessing

Services, said the harvest was still in the beginning stages with about 15 per-cent done so far.

Babcock also sounded optimistic about the out-look. Referring to dry conditions earlier in sum-mer, he said although crops looked stunted before, recent rains had helped growth. “I’ve heard that yields are look-ing half decent, but it seems heads are filled out in most of the crops.”

Speaking on Friday, Sept. 4, when it was raining, ”With this rain putting everyone off a little bit, I would say a lot of people will be done by the end of September,” he said with reference to the possible completion of the harvest.

The latest crop report on the ministry website said the central region ex-tending from Coronation

to Rimbey had seen some 9 per cent of the harvest completed with the high-est rate being in dry peas

with 71 per cent, followed in a distant second place by barley with 8.6 per cent.

“…If it stays wet long enough, you get germination in the

seeds, it’s a real bad thing.”

Harry Brook, Crop expert,Ag Info Centre


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Broncs’ quarterback Jared Bussiere, the author the Bantam team’s single touchdown in the home opener, carries the ball through the Lions defence in one of his many rushing plays at the Ponoka Secondary Campus football field on Saturday, Sept. 5. Photo by Mustafa Eric

BY MUSTAFA ERIC

In a classic case of scoreboard failing to reflect the real game, Ponoka’s Bantam Broncs played a hard-fought game against one of the league’s most formidable teams, Sylvan Lake Lions, in their sea-son opener at home on Saturday, Sept. 5, losing the game 38-6, but making their coaching staff proud and hopeful.

The game began in cool and breezy weather and the experienced and bigger-sized Lions wast-ed no time getting on the

scoreboard with their first touchdown of the game in the fourth minute. Broncs at times struggled to read the games of the Lions of-fense and had difficulties in the earlier stages of the first half. Lions continued to capitalize on weakness-es of the hosts and scored one more touchdown just a few seconds from the end of the first quarter. Having converted both kicks after the touchdowns, the score stood at 16-0 as the second quarter started.

With it, the Broncs de-fense started to demonstrate a visibly stronger presence

on the field, forcing the Lions to punt a few times after denying them first downs. Then in the ninth minute of the second quar-ter, Jared Bussiere stormed through the defensive line of the Lions and scored the Broncs’ only touchdown to loud cheering and applause from Ponoka fans. The kick after the touchdown, how-ever, was not converted and the score improved to 16-6. Lions didn’t take their lead for granted and scored an-other one for good measure just in the final minute of the first half and with the conversion, the scoreboard

showed 24-6 for the visitors as the second half began.

That was the time for the Broncs’ defense to shine: They forced turn-overs on downs, they forced fumbles and they even held back Lions offence at the six-yard line, denying them a touchdown at such a close range. But the better co-ordinated Lions played a simply higher-level game and scored two more touch-downs in the second half and failing to convert the kick in one of them.

Bantam Broncs’ head coach Todd Lewis said after the game that regardless of

the result, he was proud of his team.

“The keyword as we went into this game was resilience, I asked my play-ers to be resilient and adapt to the challenges and they did,” he said.

He expressed satis-faction with the passing games they executed, but he admitted that they were slow to set up their rushing games, allowing the Lions defence to stop the ball carriers without problems, and that there were clumsy snaps disrupting the execu-tion of passing games. He said they would be working

on those issues in their up-coming practices.

Bantam Broncs now start a series of three road games beginning in La-combe on Saturday, Sept.12 and following that in Stet-tler a week later. They will play their next home game on Saturday, Oct. 10 against Hunting Hills.

In the meantime, the se-nior Broncs, after having a bye in the first week of the season, play their season opener at home hosting the Stettler Wildcats, who lost to St. Albert with a score of 10-0 in their first road game last Thursday, Sept. 3.

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Sharpshooters tried their skills out during the Ponoka Fish and Game Rifleman’s Rodeo held at Lake Pofianga northwest of Ponoka.

The event brought fami-lies and friends together to show off their shooting skills at specific targets before hunting season gets underway, said organizer Todd Nabozniak. The event was held Saturday, Sept. 5 to Monday, Sept. 7.

“For the last 48 years we’ve been coming out here. It’s kind of a precur-sor to hunting season,” said Nabozniak. “So it gets a lot of sportsmen out to prac-tice.”

The Rifleman’s Rodeo was originally set up as a ro-deo event with buckles for prizes. And that tradition continues on with organiz-ers. “That’s the way they started it in 1966. They wanted it like a rodeo and they’ve been using Olson’s buckles since 1966.”

Nabozniak said the ro-

Hunters prepare for the season with Rifleman’s Rodeodeo has always been held on the long weekend and is a large family experience. “I wouldn’t miss this event.”

“It’s generally fun. These friends that I have made here have become lifelong friends,” he said.

“I’ve been shooting for at least 32 years here,” he added.

The goal is to bring

newer members to the rodeo. “It’s just a really good event to keep the sport of hunting alive.”

Targets set up from 90 yards to 275 yards are all part of the weekend challenges and Nabozniak said there are men’s, ladies, juniors, bud-dies and family categories.

“You try to get the high-est score out of 50,” said

Nabozniak. Each target, a running

fox, standing antelope, standing rabbit, standing cougar and standing bear is worth 10 points and Naboz-niak said at the end of the three days of shooting the highest winner in their cat-egory takes home the buckle.

Results of the event were not available at press time.


Two women’s university hockey teams will face-off in Ponoka for an exhibition game that has become a bit of a tradition over the years.

The University of Cal-gary Dinos female hockey team will compete against the University of Alberta Panda’s female hockey team Saturday, Sept. 19 in the fourth exhibition game in as many years. The event is hosted by Ponoka Minor Hockey and the Lacoka fe-male hockey program and is meant as a way to celebrate girls playing hockey, said event chairperson Laura Jensen.

Tickets can be purchased for $5 and Jensen said each year the stands have been full with hockey fans. Alys-sa Klinger has been with the program since it started. She is now in her midget year of female hockey and is proud of the community support for the program.

“We’re there to do what we love,” said Klinger of why the girls play hockey.

“It gives us girls a chance to look into the future,” she

added. Younger players will

have a chance to see a high caliber of female hockey at the game with coaches who have advocated female hockey for many years.

Danielle Goyette coach-es the Dinos and Howie Draper for the Pandas. Goy-ette was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame and has won three Olympic medals.

Draper has won seven CIS national championships and was recently announced as the assistant coach for the 2015-16 women’s national team.

The game is expected to be an exciting one between the two teams.

For tickets email [email protected] or look out for the female hockey players with Lacoka can-vassing the community to sell tickets. The top two ticket sellers will be able to warm up with one of the teams before the big game.

At 6 p.m. a skills compe-tition will start off the night with the game to follow at 7:30 p.m.

Lacoka girls’ hockey prepares for exhibition

hockey game

PMHA president Mark Prefontaine spoke about new initiatives for the association Wednesday, Sept. 2 during registration night.



Hockey athletes are delving into a new Hockey Alberta development pro-gram that has put together AA hockey in the province.

Ponoka Minor Hockey Association (PMHA) presi-dent, Mark Prefontaine said there is excitement in the AA program for peewee, bantam and midget players. “(It) allows Ponoka play-ers to go to our hub for our area, which is Wetaskiwin, to try out for AA level.”

He suggests the new program brings overall ben-efits to hockey in Alberta but there is some challenge for hockey associations to fill gaps in their own divi-sion.

“A goal for minor hockey as an executive is determin-ing ways to address reacting to that change. I have to say that we’re encouraged by the AA program but it does introduce some different dynamics,” explained Pre-fontaine.

Another goal for PMHA is to continue to improve on player and coach develop-ment. Prefontaine suggests the more the programs benefit players, the stron-ger possibility they will

Hockey athletes trying out for new AA minor hockey program

stay with minor hockey in Ponoka.

“One of the biggest things is we want Ponoka Minor Hockey to be an attraction,” explained Pre-fontaine.

Numbers have remained

relatively similar to last year for PMHA but the Lacoka female hockey program is seeing growth.

Last year, the North Central Minor Hockey As-sociation implemented a penalty minutes count in

an effort to reduce penal-ties during the season. One challenge with the program was the number of pen-alty minutes for certain age groups created a challenge for teams.

Prefontaine said PMHA supports the endeavour but he expects some changes to be made in how penalty minutes are tallied.

“It’s my understanding that North Central is look-ing to refine that process. You could see some oppor-tunities for improvement as that went on,” he explained.

One area the asso-ciation is looking at is bringing non-parent coach-es to the teams. “We think that there’s some value to that.”

He added that a player from last year wants to con-tribute his time to help kids learn the game and he sup-ports that kind of initiative.

Due to issues with the ice compressor at the Ponoka Culture and Recre-ation Complex, the hockey conditioning camps are de-layed until town staff can fix the problem. Prefontaine said PMHA is working closely with the town to get players on the ice as soon as it is available.


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Local Winfield boy Brayden Kreil, just 7 years old, competed in his very first mini bronc riding competition in Bruderheim, Alberta on Aug. 22 and took first place winning a plaque, trophy and $680 cash. He proceeded to compete in the Bent River Ranch competition on Aug. 29 taking first place winning a trophy and $140 cash. He now heads to finals in Edson, AB on Oct. 18 and 19. If he places in the top three spots, he heads to Las Vegas. Here he is pictured with both of his trophies.

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Todd Trushel of Fairview, Pennsylvania judges participants in the U-17 category, competing in the Classic Pleasure segment of the Alberta Morgan Horse Show at the ag event centre on Saturday, Sept. 5. Participating at the show were 128 Morgan American, American Saddlebred and Arabian horses.

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abstract are required. For more information and to

apply, please visit our website at: Troyer.ca

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Auctions 1530UPCOMING

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Canadian Texas Longhorn Association Presents

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780-966-3320Or email offi ce@

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ESTATE AUCTION FORRobert & Maria Hall

Sunday Sept. 13, 10 a.m.From Bowden west on

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(Crammond hall road), then west to RR. 6-0 then south Ω mile. Watch for signsRifl es, Vintage

Collectibles, Tractors, Acreage items, Glassware,

Household & primitive furniture… Just too much

to mentionCheck the web for full listing and pictures

Pilgrim Auction Service403-556-5531

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FARMLAND/GRAZING LAND near Keephills, Alberta. Ritchie Bros.

Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, October 29 inEdmonton. 6 parcels - 855+/- acres West of

Stony Plain. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652;

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Auctions 1530HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL

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Paved street, zoned Direct Control/Highway

Commercial Industrial. Jerry Hodge:

780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

LAKE FRONT HOME at Jackfi sh Lake, Alberta.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction,

October 29 in Edmonton. 6400 +/- walkout

bungalow, interior to be completed, 2.08 +/- title

acres. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652;


UNDEVELOPED COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL

LOTS at Baptiste Lake, Alberta. Ritchie Bros.

Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, October 29 in

Edmonton. 2.05+/- and 1.62+/- title acres, power & natural gas at property

line. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652;


UPCOMING ESTATE AUCTIONS

Wed. Sept. 16, at 6 pm. and

Wed. Sept, 30 at 6 pm.

both at The Moose Hall, 2 miles south of Ponoka on

Hwy. 2A ~~~~~

TO BOOK YOUR SALE CALL

Big Strapper Auction403-782-5693

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Equipment-Misc. 1620

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MusicLessons 1780

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FarmEquipment 2010IH White Top 914 combine,

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403-741-4353

Horses 2140WE BUY HORSES: broke,

un-broke, or unwanted. Jerry Dodds 403-783-0303

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615 ACRESOF BARLEY STRAW

SHOULD YIELD600 TONNES

403-704-9234

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Houses/Duplexes 3020FOR RENT2 bdrm house with fenced yard. N/S,

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laundry, no pets, most utils. included. 403-843-4894

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Establishing a New Ponoka Airport Development BoardIn an effort to bring entrepreneurial and aviation-related expertise to the new Ponoka Airport Development Board, the Town of Ponoka is inviting application for Board members. There are three (3) positions available to be fi lled by qualifi ed applicants.

What is the Role of the Airport Development Board?• To manage and operate the Ponoka Industrial Airport in accordance with the

mandate and performance objectives established in the 2015 Airport Business Plan.• To provide Council with input and advice relative to the operation, management,

strategic direction, and, development and funding of the airport.

Who is eligible?Preference may be given to qualifi ed candidates for the Airport Development Board who are residents of the Town of Ponoka, and Ponoka County, however non-residents of the Town or County shall not be excluded from serving as Board members. Candidates shall be Canadian Citizens and at least 18 years old. The membership will be for a three (3) year term.

How to ApplyApplicants must submit a letter of application along with their resume. Written applications with resumes should be addressed to Dave McPhee, Director of Operations and Property Services.Submissions are to be received on or before 2:00 pm on September 25, 2015. They may be delivered during regular business hours to Town Hall or mailed to the Town of Ponoka (5102 – 48 Avenue, Ponoka, Alberta T4J 3P7). Please ensure that you have included your home address, postal code and telephone number.

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BOBCAT SERVICES

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

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Open Monday - Saturday10 am - 5 pm

Closed Sundays & Holidays

We Now Recycle Milk Cartons for Deposit

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Motorcycles & ATV’s

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Specializing in Colorado Blue & Green Spruce. Also offering a variety of caliber deciduous trees. Schubert, Royalty, Mountain Ash, Weeping Birch, Norland Apple, Green/Black Ash and many more.

Volunteer(s) Needed!!!Do you have spare time now that kids are in school? Newly retired and wanting to get out and about? Bored and would like to belong to a team? Want to be part of a fun program and help members of our community?

Family Community Support Services is seeking another amazing volunteer or 2 for our Philips Lifeline program. Your commitment to this could run from from 0-3 hours per week and is quite fl exible!

Ample training and support will be provided. No specifi c skills are required; simply an appreciation, enjoyment, and respect of our community and seniors. (Mileage will be paid)

If this sounds like a good opportunity for you, please call Shelly or Shannon at FCSS – 403.783.4462


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Painters/Decorators1310

[email protected]

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Roofing 1370

PersonalServices 1315

Unplanned pregnancy may be

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HIP OR KNEE Replacement? Arthritic

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Disability Tax Credit. $2,000 tax credit. $20,000 refund. For Assistance:

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 & SID-ING. 32+ colours available at over 55 Distributors. 40

year warranty. 48 hour Express Service available

at select supporting Distributors. Call 1-888-263-8254.

WellDrilling 1400

Welding 1410Aileen Charchun LPNMobile Foot Care Nurse

587-991-4132 [email protected]

Professional Foot Care for Seniors and Diabetics

Two StepFoot Care

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www.tallpinedrilling.comWater Incentive Programs

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WellDrilling 1400

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Public Notice#6000

Public Notices ..................6010Special Features ..............6050

PublicNotices 6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND

CLAIMANTSEstate of

David Allen Thompsonwho died on

June 15, 2015If you have a claim

against this estate, you must fi le your claim by

October 9, 2015with

Case Closed Law Offi ceat Box 4490, #4, 5034 – 50 Avenue, Ponoka,

AB T4J 1S1and provide details

of your claim.

If you do not fi le by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without

regard to anyclaim you may have.

William Muncaster of Ponoka, AB will sell a 12 yr old black and white pinto mare branded lazy R over half diamond left thigh owned by Larry Cross for unpaid board bill.This mare will sell by public auction at Innisfail Auction Market, Innisfail, AB on September 19, 2015 at 12:00pm.

Animal Keepers Act NOTICE

PublicNotices 6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND

CLAIMANTSEstate of

Ewald Zerbewho died on

November 25, 2014If you have a claim

against this estate, you must fi le your claim by

October 9, 2015with

Case Closed Law Offi ceat Box 4490, #4, 5034 – 50 Avenue, Ponoka,

AB T4J 1S1and provide details

of your claim.

If you do not fi le by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without

regard to anyclaim you may have.

The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Todd & Colleen Gadd to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:

Reclassify approximately 12 acres of the SW 33-42-24-W4 from Agricultural District to Country Residential District to allow for subdivision of the rezoned areas (2 new parcels to be created).The reminder parcel will be consolidated with the balance of the SW 33.

Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected may ask questions or make comments. This hearing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 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.

Ponoka CountyPUBLIC NOTICE

Charlie B. CutforthChief Administrative Offi cerPonoka County4205 - Highway #2APONOKA, Alberta T4J 1V9Phone: 783-3333Fax: 783-6965e-mail: PonokaCounty @PonokaCounty.com

Amendment to Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU

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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

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If you have a claim against this estate, you must fi le your claim by September 30, 2015and provide details of your claim

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$$39,90039,900

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OR $265

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$$37,10037,100

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MSRP $44,944

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OR $325

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$$45,90045,900

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$27300

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$15,900Low kms

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$11900

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