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Its been well over a year since the Arrow-wood Bridge was destroyed in the June 2013floods, but the Alberta Governments Depart-ment of Transportation is promising the bridgewill reopen on Oct. 15.

Construction has resumed and the depart-ment is anticipating the project to be completeon Oct. 15, said Christine Way, press secretaryto Wayne Drysdale, Minister of Transportation.

Extensive damage was done to the bridge,which forced its closure in 2013. The riverwashed away the bridge and approximately60 metres of highway on the north approach.Phase 1 of the work was to isolate the site andput the berm in place. Phase 2 was for stabili-zation of the north approach and the comple-

tion of the berm that would be required oncewinter was over to divert the river temporarily;and Phase 3, the actual repairs to the structureand to the highway approaches.

It was originally anticipated that the bridgewould reopen this past June, but then, thanksto more flooding which affected the construc-tion site, crews had to wait until the water hadreceded, adding to the completion delay.Also pushing the completion date back was

the findings of the contractor when they begandrilling new pilings. The contractor encoun-tered what they call a sub-surface obstruction.

It impeded the drilling of the pilings andwe had to redesign in order to account for thatsub-surface obstruction. The bridge was thenredesigned and new material had to be orderedand that caused a delay of about four to six

weeks, said Way.If a flood of the same magnitude were to

happen again its possible that the bridge couldagain be in danger because the existing bridgeis being repaired, not replaced. Way did saythere are flood mitigation components beingincorporated.

It was determined instead of replace thebridge completely which would put it out ofcommission for several years, that the repairswould be made, said Way.

The addition of span/bridge extension 43metres long - spanning over the washed outsection of the road from the 2013 flood - es-sentially offers wider opening to handle moreflow.

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To put it in numbers, the bridge opening before the 2013flood was approx. 200 metres and now the bridge opening(over the Bow River) after the addition of the new span/ex-

tension is approx. 240 metres, said Way.The new design will be able to handle more flow beneath

it, and should mitigate the risk of severe damage should aflood of such magnitude occur again.The bridge, which allows access to Hwy 547, is a major

thoroughfare for those going from Siksika to Arrowwood andbeyond. Businesses have suffered since the flood shut downthe bridge. Way said she isnt sure what sort of financial as-sistance there may be to those who have been losing moneydue to the closure, but suggests those individuals contact the

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CHS DynAgra is a leading North

American farm-owned cooperative andglobal agricultural business. Farmers,ranchers and cooperatives own thecompany, which is committed to help-ing their customers through domesticand global operations.

On Sept. 11 the Standard and Carse-land locations, in conjunction with their

Ag safety programs, donated to each ofthe towns fire halls to help cover ex-penses of running their business and tokeep the equipment updated. A $5,000grant was given to the Carseland hall,and the Standard hall received $8,000.

Mark Biedenfeld, Canadian RegionDirector for CHS DynAgra could not behappier to see the company give backto community members.

So CHS has been in Western Canadafor exactly two years now. We enteredthe western Canadian retail marketplace via the acquisition at DynAgra

and since then we have made some ad-ditional acquisitions, said Biedenfeld.The objective for CHS was to meet

the demands of the farmers and try to

meet their needs.We look to grow and expand our

business as we determined farmerneeds and subsequent business oppor-tunities, said Biedenfeld.

When you think of CHS and the leg-acy companies that make up CHS itsan 80-year-old company. So today its alarge organization that utilizes the For-tune Magazine rankings in the top 75.

These grants and gifts are derivedbasically from the desire either from lo-cal organizations and indoor operationssuch as what we have here to indicateor identify a need in the market placethat we do business in that our foun-dation organization can assist to makethings better, said Biedenfeld.

Carseland fire chief Mark Heilmansays the fire hall is going to use the$5,000 towards more safety wear forthe firemen.

Basically its going to be used forpersonal protective equipment. We aregoing to order fire retardant coveralls,

balaclavas, gloves and gas masks, said

Heilman.Standard fire chief Phil Faubion was

very honored to have received theaward for the one-year-old fire hall, andthe money will go towards a new fireengine that is coming in.

Its going to help us a lot, we just gota new fire truck coming in at the endof this month and this money would gotowards outfitting it with specialty toolsand be able to support the community

with it, said Faubion.One of our members used to work

for CHS and he started the process, heleft the company. My Deputy MalcolmMcKinnon took the bull by the hornsand continued on the process, it tookclose to a year for it to happen.The Standard fire hall has 24 unpaid

volunteer firefighters and Faubion isin his 41st year of being Standard FireChief.

CHS DynAgra helps fire halls

CHS DynAgra Standard presents a cheque to the Standard fire department for$8,000 to help out their equipment costs at the hall on Sept. 11. On hand for theStandard presentation were Ben Waldner (l-r), Joanne Peterson, Mike Sauve, PhilFaubion, Malcolm McKinnon, Martin Gauthier, Scott Jensen, Penny Vermee, MarkBiedenfeld and Wyatt Petersen. Justin Seward Photo Justin Seward Photo

Mr. Art Hanson, vice-principal of Holy Cross Collegiate, along with Mr. Lavern Evans, principal, said that they are pleased with all the achievements of thejunior high students from last year with a record number of 78 students receiving honours. Academic awards are a celebration of excellence. Awards weregiven out for the highest marks in specific subjects, academic most improved, academic merit, highest overall average, Honours, and Honours with Distinc-tion as well as the ATA Citizenship Awards, and Holy Spirit Awards on Sept. 11. Manny Everett Photo

CHS DynAgra Carseland presented a cheque to the local fire hall for$5,000 to cover equipment costs on Sept. 11. On hand in Carse-land for the presentation were Mark Biedenfeld (l-r), Bob Thompson,Mark Heilman, Marko Zuljan, Penny Vermee, Valeire Alce and LorneJones.


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The walls at the Family and Commu-nity Support Services (FCSS) in Strath-more have come alive with vibrantpieces of art.

FCSS is bringing art awareness andlocal artisans to the forefront in the be-ginnings of a new art gallery.This past summer at Canada Day,

Hope Bridges created four art pieceswith the help of young and old alike.They used paint as a medium on largepieces of canvas and had children andadults paint their feet and walk acrossthe canvas to create the beautiful, vi-

brant pieces. FCSS, along with WandaReinholdt (new curator of the art gal-lery), hung them in the boardroom atthe Lambert Centre.

Dahrlyne Knause, FCSS programmer,says, It is incredible that we (FCSS) cancelebrate the arts in our community

and are very proud to be a part of thisnew initiative.There are a great amount of artists

that often dont get recognized and thiswill give them a perfect opportunity to

show off their pieces.There is a large amount of traffic that

goes through the offices at the LambertCentre on a daily basis from 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. that will be exposed tothe art on the walls of the boardroom.

They also hope to fill the lobby space

as well as the reception area as wordgets out and artists come forward. Re-inholdt says that they will strive to getto a point where the art can be rotatedand new artists can be given as muchexposure as possible.

Catherine Walsh, FCSS Coordinator,says that their future plans include hav-ing Gallery Nights with music, wineand cheese evenings after the officesclose for the work day. There will bea contest in the near future to namethe new art gallery and have an officialopening.

Reinholdt comments that this venueand initiative both excites and hon-ours local residents.Anyone who would like to showcase

their work in any artistic medium tocontact Reinholdt at 403-901-5081 or atHope Bridges 403-983-3640.

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Run for TerryStrathmore held their an-nual Terry Fox Run onSunday, Sept. 14. Thegroup of 27 participantsraised $500 more thanlast year even though run-ner numbers were lower.They managed to pull in$2,718 in honour of the34 anniversary of the TerryFox Run. Special thanks

goes out to Canadian Tire,Strathmore Florist, Strath-more Co-op, Sobeys,Curves, A&W, DairyQueen and Shirra Turner.

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Welcome back SHS studentsStrathmore High School students file out for the annual Terry Fox Run on Sept. 12. Once the studentscompleted the run, they were treated to a barbecue lunch and various fun activities that were put on bythe school.

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Alberta Seniors Benefit Financial Assistance Programs will resume in September

2014 and will be available Monthly until further notice.The Happy Gang Society in conjunction with Strathmore FCSS have been trained

to offer seniors assistance and provide information on the financial programsoffered by the province.

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Seniors Property Tax Deferral Program

These volunteers will assist with filling out forms, answer questions, and willseek additional information from the appropriate provincial resource should that

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Please call the Strathmore FCSS Office 403-934-9090 to set up an appointment.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: BYLAW # 14-13

Bylaw # 14-13 proposes to amend the Land Use Bylaw by re-designating Plan9711726, Block 1, Lot 8 (3 Centre Street) from R2 Mixed Housing District to R2X

Medium Density Attached Housing District.

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SUBJECT PROPERTY

A copy of the proposed Bylaw may be inspected by the public during regular office

hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday at the Town Office (680 WestchesterRoad, Strathmore, AB), or can be found on the Town website (www.strathmore.

ca). Please contact the Town Office if you would like an opportunity to review and

provide input on the proposed amendments prior to the Public Hearing.The Public Hearing will be held at the Council Chambers, Strathmore Municipal

Building, 680 Westchester Road, Strathmore Alberta on Wednesday, October 1,2014, commencing at 7:00 pm with procedures in accordance with the Town of

Strathmore Council Procedural Bylaw #07-11 and amendments thereto.Any person or group of persons, or person acting on his or their behalf, who claims

to be affected by any or all of the proposed bylaws may present suggestions orconcerns by making a submission to the public hearing.

Written submissions to the Public Hearing or the name of any person wishing tomake an oral presentation at the Public Hearing must be received by the Planningand Development Department prior to 12:00 noon on Friday, September 26, 2014 as

outlined in Bylaw #07-11 and amendments thereto. If your written submission isnot received by this time, please provide fifteen (15) copies for distribution at the

Public Hearing. Each person wishing to address Council at the Public Hearing shall

complete their verbal presentation within five minutes.

Please note that written submissions will become public documents once submitted

to the Town, unless otherwise requested.

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ProclamationMuscular Dystrophy Awareness Month

September 2014

Muscular Dystrophy is a group of neuromuscular disorders that

have no known cure. In almost all cases, there are few treatments

and no way to stop the disorders progression. Muscular Dystrophy

Canada is a national, non-profit organization committed to finding

research into the causes, treatments, and eventual cure of

neuromuscular disorders, as well as providing services to peoplewith neuromuscular disorders and public education.

WHEREAS: People today have the opportunity to live longer lives

because of breakthroughs in medical research, and;

WHEREAS: Muscular dystrophy is a neuromuscular disorder that

affects many and has no known cure, and;

WHEREAS: Only through the support of the community may a curebe found;

NOW THEREFORE: THE COUNCIL OF STRATHMORE does hereby

declare September 2014 as Muscular Dystrophy Awareness

Month in Strathmore, AB.

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JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

The Music Together: The Joy of Family Music is a com-munity of families sharing songs, instrument play, rhythmchants, and movement activities in a relaxed, playful, non-performance environment.The new song collection comes out every semester for

three years.Its a program available for children ages birth to five

years old. Basically Music Together has been around for 25years, starting in the States and they are a very researchedprogram based on that all children can sing with a beat andtune, said Jodi Gordon, director and Music Together teacher.So they developed nine different song collections, there isthree in a year, and theyre each a ten week session.The sessions entail a variety of instruments in a sit-down

setting.Its a sit down (of) singing, chanting , play instruments;

we have drums, sticks, maracas and bells, said Gordon.Its a non-performance based program so mostly parents

and little ones attend even grandparents attend.Gordon does expect something more out of the parents so

they can motivate their kids to sing as well.

The sessions run through fall, winter and spring on Tues-day mornings from 9:30-10:15 a.m and 10:30-11:15 a.m.Also, Wednesday mornings from 10-10:45 a.m. and Wednes-

day evening from 5:30-6:15 p.m. and 6:30-7:15 p.m.

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Remembrance Day is coming a littleearly to Rosebud this year with the one-time presentation of Jakes Gift on Sept.23.

Jakes Gift is coming to Rosebudas part of Rosebud Theatres Rosebud

Presents series where we bring in art-ists and performances to enhance ourseason by offering more variety and ex-tending our season. There is only oneperformance in Rosebud scheduledand will not be here for RemembranceDay, said Heather Little, marketing as-sistant for Rosebud Centre of the Arts.

Jakes Gift is a profoundly movingplay and encourages audiences to re-member our veterans. It connects theaudience to one mans story and makesthe connection to all the heroic men

and women who fought and still fightfor our freedom and safety more tan-gible and personal.The script was written and performed

by Julia Mackey. It tells the story of aCanadian World War II veteran return-ing to Juno Beach for the first time tofind the grave of his brother who nevercame home.

While on the trip, Jake meets a youngFrench girl who helps him confrontthe ghosts of his past. The script wasinspired by Mackeys own visit to Nor-mandy for the 60th anniversary of D-Day.

Julia Mackey absorbs audiences inher amazing transformations, seam-lessly shifting between four distinctcharacters including a cantankerous,though warm-hearted, veteran and aprecocious 10-year-old French girl,said Little.

Jakes Gift presented at Rosebud

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Jodi Gordon, who is the music director and teacher at Music Together, in-

structs classes to share nine different collections for young children and

their families. She runs her sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings

and evenings.

Jakes Gift has been touring for overeight years, and has been performedover 600 times in 200 communities. Itsa multi-award winning production witha story that is so profound it was per-formed on Juno Beach this past sum-mer for the 70th anniversary of D-Day.Jakes Gift will only have a one-time

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To the EditorOn behalf of The War Amps,

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munities, from Kindergarten to Grade 12, createa common language, which then allows for moreconsistent intervention and follow through whendealing with challenging issues.

In the morning the entire school will participatein an assembly with Dwayne Peace.

Peace is a retired 25-year member of the Cal-gary Police Service where he spent the last seven

years of his career as a School Resource Officer(SRO). He has a special talent for working withyouth, and a passion for helping to make a differ-ence in their lives.

Requests for his dynamic presentations havecome from schools, parent groups, community or-ganizations, corporations, and universities. Peaceis the cofounder of the Alberta Association ofSchool Resource Officers (AASRO) established in1998.

His Life Skills Life Synergy for Youth programcause his audience to think about the power oftheir words and actions. Much of his work has

been in a proactive role with students, assistingin making smart choices in their lives through theuse of his many presentations.The assembly consists of an introduction and

creates an awareness of the various groups thatexist within schools and how students separatethemselves from others. The students will viewthe Surviving High School video, which will befollowed by more discussion around body image,bullying, suicide, the power of a persons words,texting, sexting, self-harms, rumors, gossip, dra-ma and appropriate charges under the CriminalCode of Canada for these types of behaviours orattitudes towards other people.

In the afternoon, Peace will be working with asmall group of leaders of various groups withinthe school on ways to create a positive environ-ment at Strathmore High School.

In the evening, Peace will be present a freeinformation night to parents. Entitle Lifes Chal-lenges in Secondary School, this presentationwill peer into the lives of todays youth and pro-

vide and understanding of the pressures they faceevery day. Participants will learn how studentsstruggle to fit in with peers, while dealing withbullying, harassment, stereotypes, teasing, ru-mors, drugs, depression, suicide, violence, fam-ily issues and more. Peace will be looking to thepower of words that we use every day, respectingothers and self-respect, body image and eatingdisorders, texting, sexting, the impact of mediaincluding video games on todays youth and theimportance of of honest communication.

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dents awareness about their responsibilities in such areasas bullying, social media and electronic communication andto make sure students are aware of the legal, personal andmoral consequences of poor choices with these issues.

This is session will be held in the theatre at StrathmoreHigh School at 7 p.m. and is free to everyone. Parents ofJunior and Senior High School students are encouraged tocome.

Here is some feedback from parents that have attendedPeaces parent workshop:

I attended one of your parent seminars, which I mustsay again was one of the best and most impactful seminarsI have attended.

Every parent should come to your session.As insightful a parent I believed I was, Dwayne helped

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Hope Bridges fall seasonis off to a strong start with amix of familiar and new pro-grams for the season.

There is a time and aworkshop for everyone,said Director Wanda Rein-holdt.The goal is to provide op-

portunities for the commu-nity to come and explore artin a variety of ways.

For example, the Go GreenUp-cycling program, held onTuesdays from 10 a.m.-noonat its studio on 3rd Ave., wasrecently commissioned to

up-cycle glass jars into vin-tage lanterns with lace foran upcoming wedding.

We want to build pro-gramming around what peo-ple want as far as times andspaces throughout Strath-more and area. If there isa program that you wouldlike to try but cant becauseof timing please call the of-fice so that we know whatpeople are looking for, said

Reinholdt.Following its participa-

tion in a taste of art in theUp-cycling program, Strath-mores Parent Link Asso-ciation approached HopeBridges about building arelationship between thetwo organizations to providesimilar workshops on Thurs-day evenings at the ParentLink Centre with a proposedstart date of Sept. 18.These particular programs

will allow parents to bringtheir children, as child carewill be available during theworkshop. Facilitator Heath-er Hubbard, who is provid-ing the creative support for

this project, said it will con-tinue past December if thereis enough interest to run theprogram again.Though fall sessions have

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PAT FULE

Fule for Thought

Well, another school year has begun. In fact, thisis my 32nd school year start up. Do you know whatthat means?

It means its the 32nd time Ive seen the terri-fied, tiny Grade 10s come into our gym, so that wecan try and motivate them to work hard, join clubsor teams, and make them believe that their highschool years will be the best times of their lives!

Now, dont get me wrong, I love teaching high

school, and I do want to make these years fun.However, if high school is the best time of your life,that would be awful peaking at 18?!This latest first day of school got me thinking

of students, and what we (or I) sometimes say tothem.

Handing out locks and assigning lockers is oneof the first chores we have to do in the PE depart-ment. I like to bring a little humour to this mun-dane job. The kids get a locker and lock to use for$5. Then, at the end of the year, when they returnthe lock, they get their $5 back.

Now when the students first come to me, I like tosay, okay, youve heard the explanation, its $5 fora lock and locker in the boys change room $20if you want one in the girls change room!You would not believe the smiles this brings out

in a 15-17 year old kid, its like the smile you might

see on Christmas morning, as he (probably) startsto imagine what having a locker there would really

be like. Oh, I tell ya, it warms the heart!I always try to number of the students randomly.

I never use captains, because I dont want anyonepicked last. I get tired of just calling the teams bynumbers, so Ive tried to use names. Sometimes, Illgo with a prison theme and name one team, theGuards, another team the Inmates, and maybe athird, the Young Offenders. Better yet, theres noth-ing like naming teams the Thugs, the Hoodlums,and my favorite, the Punks. That way, you can en-courage them, and still insult them (which is themost fun)!A typical PE class might sound like this: come

on you little Hoodlums, get a goal! Lets go, youPunk, work hard!

Again, to see their little faces beam with theirnew team names, makes it all worthwhile!

I have softened over the years, especially when aguy gets hit in the groin. If youve been one of myreaders for a while (all 47 of you), then you knowthat I was also hit once hard, by an errant golf ball.Until that horrible day, my line of choice to a poorlad hit in the groin went like this: You okay, do ya

want ice, or did you want to keep the swelling?Oh, you might think thats amusing, but it really

isnt, when about 10 or 11 guys chant it back to youat the driving range! Needless to say, I stopped us-

ing that phrase, and now that Im older, and moreof a grandfather figure.

Ive changed it up. Now, when a guy getscanned, Ill ask very seriously: why didnt youget school insurance, you could have gotten yourparents some money or: I wouldnt count onany Fathers Days in your future, Billy!This way, they think youre all concerned, but the

laugh value is still there!Of course if you have been a reader, then you

know my favorite line happens in kickball or slo-pitch whenever the bases are loaded. In fact, mystudents now yell it after I begin the line. It goeslike this, when I call it out: bases are loaded? theyrespond with: like Mrs. Fule on a Saturday night!To me, thats a thing of beauty! I mean, Ive

brought joy and laughter to teenagers who reallymight need that in their lives. To me, its almost a

duty that I must perform for the kids, not me!Sometimes, I like to bring in environmental

awareness to our indoor polo games. The kids allhave sticks with big foam ends, and the game isplayed like floor hockey. The stick really does looklike a club, so I like to encourage my students toshoot the ball hard with a hearty, club it like a

baby seal!Its so educational to combine PE classes and a

concern for the environment!So there you have it, 32 first days of school down,

and if all things go well, maybe another five!This will give me some time to think of new ways

to encourage the youth of today, and as long as Ican brighten their day, but more importantly mine,itll all be worth it!

Famous last words

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The Honourable Kevin Sorenson, Minister of

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lower small businesses Employment Insurance(EI) premiums from the current legislated rate of$1.88 to $1.60 per $100 of insurable earnings in2015 and 2016. Any firm that pays employer EIpremiums equal to or less than $15,000 in thoseyears will be eligible for the credit. Almost 90 percent of all EI premium-paying businesses in Cana-da will receive the credit, reducing their EI payrolltaxes by nearly 15 per cent.The Canada Revenue Agency will automatically

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Small businesses play a vital role in our lo-

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This is a big one. This announcement will result in a 15per cent net reduction in Employment Insurance premiumspaid by small businesses over the next two years, said DanKelly, President of the Canadian Federation of IndependentBusiness. A 15 per cent reduction in EI premiums will makeit easier to hire new workers or invest in additional trainingto help entrepreneurs grow their business.


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Correction

In the Sept. 12 edition of the Strathmore Times, in the article

Council discusses school time zone changes it was stated

that the time zones are 8 a.m. 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. 1

p.m. and 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. Those times are incorrect. The

correct times that the schools zones are in effect are 8 a.m.

9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. 4:30 p.m.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Linda Tucker has taken over the reigns at Wheatland Elementary School as

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

When students walked into Wheatland Elementary School

the first week of school there was a new face waiting to greetthem. Linda Tucker has taken over the role of principal inKevin Lanes departure.Tucker spent 12 years as the Associate Principal at Crowther

Memorial Junior High, and loved it, but was looking for achange and new opportunities.When a position opened up at Golden Hills School Division

in 2013, she took on the regional collaborative service deliv-ery role. It was part of a cross-ministry initiative through the

Alberta Government with Child and Family Services, AlbertaEducation and Alberta Health Services.There were 17 regional managers. Tucker said it was about

looking creatively at ways to better serve children and fami-lies with different needs. It was a wonderful opportunity, but

wasnt quite what she was looking for.It was really more of an administrative job, so there was

no front line work with children or parents, or teachers oreducators. I was really honoured to have the position for the

year and learned a heck of a lot, but I really, really missedkids, and parents and teachers and the energy and life of aschool, said Tucker.

She misses some of the staff at the junior high, stating thatwhen youre in a place for so long a sort of kinship is builtwith the other administrators, but the leap to teaching andworking with elementary-aged children is opening up a newrealm of possibilities she is excited to explore.

To be part of a school, K-6 has been so much fun, saidTucker.

I think what I am most impressed with in this school al-ready is the caliber of quality of the teachers and the supportstaff. So Im walking into a place of excellence, it just feels sogood in this building.

Even in the first week of school it became very apparentto Tucker that leadership is prevalent through the school -

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The Travelling Mabels, based in Cal-gary, have finally found theyre in fora gig in Strathmore and couldnt be

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She and her husband Keith haveplayed gigs in the past in a couple barsin town with their group, but werelooking for an opportunity to bringthe Mabels into town. Keith is thebandleader for the Mabels; he takescare of booking, setting up, tearingdown and also plays keyboard and ac-cordion with the band.

Its just so close, and every timeweve been to Strathmore the peopleare just so awesome and I just feel thatwed have a good little following outthere, said Floen.The Travelling Mabels consists

of the Floens and Eva andSuzanne Levesque. Thefour had all been musi-cians in the same areafor about 20 years,the Levesques hada family band andFloen and her hus-band had a band,so when eachwould have nightsoff they would goand see the othergroup play.

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Westmount Elementary Schools hockey programis going into its third season and is open for Grade5-6 students that like to play hockey and want theextra ice time.

Westmount hockey program is a fun, skilled-based program for anyone who wants to comeand play. So we have some kids currently in themidst of peewee tryouts and have kids who haventplayed hockey before, said Wayne Funk, West-mount school principal. So they get two ice timesa week that total two and half hours. One of ourinstructors is Dan MacDonald, who is the currentcoach of the Bisons, another one of our new in-structors is Brett Vandehogen who is just startinghis teaching career in town.The program has seen an increase interest from

players since it was started two years ago.We have 40 kids in the camp and they are all dif-

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there is no classroom component to it.We try and have them not miss any core time

and their time at rink is scheduled during (thetime) theyre in Phys. Ed, said Funk.

Parents are all for the hockey program, and sup-port from the school district has been a huge ben-efit as well.

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instruction on the ice from experienced coachessuch as MacDonald.

The real beginner kids were working on skatingand a little bit of puck handling, said Funk. Thenas the players get a little more advanced, skating isstill a huge part of the game but we work on skills.

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difference in their childs performance as a resultof the program and are all for having the programavailable in schools.The hockey program runs from September to No-

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Westmount program develops young players

Westmount Elementarys hockey program is a fun, skill basedclass that is open to Grade 5 - 6 students. The program has

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The Strathmore Spartans peewee team opened their regular season witha 58-14 road win over the Rockyview Rage in Cochrane on Sept.13. The

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more High School.

The Strathmore Family Centre was full of all-aged

ringette players on Sept.13-14 for their first set

of evaluations, which include skills testing and

universal assessment drills. The evaluations con-

tinue throughout the week and teams will be an-nounced after Sept. 22. Jorja Duggan (l-r), Hay-

ley Tanton and Jaylin MacLean are all trying out

for the U12 division.Kevin Link Photo


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MacDonald all about fundamentalsJUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

Dan MacDonald of the UFA Bisons coaches the Strath-more High School hockey program.

We have just one group of 30 kids in the hockey pro-gram, 28 guys and two girls, said MacDonald.

He really likes to have up-tempo on-ice sessions with theplayers and making sure the players have a respectable fit-ness level and habve the basic fundamentals of the game.

From an athletic stance, we would like them to get areally good fundamental, strong and want them to playfast and you cant play fast unless you have really strongfundamentals, said MacDonald.

Youve got be able to pass and receive that puck reallywell, have to have good edges and dig in and drive hard.

MacDonald wants the players to be able to learn how todrive to the net and be more puck possessive.

Skills are a major component that the players work on inthe program and repetitions are required to have successas a player.

We work on their skills through repetition without adoubt. We try to make it so were working on their skills

but at the same time not doing the same drills over andover so that they still stay focused and interested, saidMacDonald.

In the camp, MacDonald just wants the kids to reallythink that possession overrides

Positioning, and for the players to go out and work hardto get the puck and be creative.The program also involves nutrition and how to stay fit,

which is taught in the classroom portion of the program.

The Strathmore High

School hockey pro-gram got underway on

Sept. 15 at the Strath-

more Family Centre.

Dan MacDonald wants

the group to have fast-paced sessions and re-

ally learn the fundamen-

tals of hockey as well as

staying fit off the ice.

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Crowther Memorial Junior HockeySchool is dropping the puck for thesecond year on their hockey academy.

Principal Ivan Wright wants theacademy to emphasize hard work andfor the players to improve their skillswhile having fun.

We started the hockey program lastyear (which) was our first year and wehave enough students here and haveenough interest so we run two groups,said Wright

What we generally have is a Grade7 group of students and a Grade 8/9group. In total we have 55 studentswhich includes goalies, defensemenand forwards.The goal for the program is to have

players of all sizes and abilities to work

on their skill set.Our goal here is truly hockey skills.

The players range in all sizes and abil-ity, male and female, thats the way wewant it, said Wright.

The school wanted to try something

new by developing the hockey acad-emy off of the skating and shiny pro-gram that was already on going.

Weve always done a skating, shinnytype of (program). We rented the rinkfor a month every year as a part of thePhys. Ed program. There was a genu-ine interest from the community to

have something like this, said Wright.The junior high age is one where

interest is hugely high and it gives ina community like Strathmore an op-portunity for extra ice time and puck

touch and skill work, said Wright.Students in the hockey school have

two ice times a week and also learnmore about nutrition and healthychoices in the classroom.

Its run through the school, its ranas a part of our Phys. Ed and healthprogram. The hockey portion of it isactually integrated into our schoolschedule, said Wright.

So the two days out of the four, thePhys. Ed is involved at the rink and theother two days they flow back and do-ing regular Phys. Ed here at the school.

Once the hockey program is done

then they flow into the health classesand continue on into healthy choiceswith nutrition of athletics, said Wright.

Many players from out of town ask ifthere is a hockey program in the schoolwhen they are interested in enrollingin the school. Therefore, the enrolmenthas been a positive step for the school.

Crowther hockey program returns

Crowther Memorial Junior High Schools hockey

program is available to students in Grades 7 - 9.

Principal Ivan Wright wants the camp to be based

on skill improvement and the players can be of

any size and ability.Justin Seward Photo


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The Wheatland Chiefswant to build the 2014-2015 edition of the teamon skill and size.They also want to get

more goal production thisseason, as wins came byslim margins last year.The local double-A midg-

et team, before their annu-al Red-and-White game onSept. 13, had five returningplayers - with one still atBisons camp.

But not all was goodnews for the Chiefs, as theirmain goalie went down toa season ending injury.

We had our one goaliethat could have came backthis year but blew his kneeout again. So he is donefor the year, he had to getsurgery, said head coachDevin Olson. It looks likewe got a lot of skill to relyon. We did not have a lotof scoring last year so thatsone main thing were fo-cusing on is getting someguys that can put the puckin and work hard.

If the Chiefs can learnearly and understand thesystems, then the team willhave success in putting upwins.

I think its all learningat the beginning and ifthey can buy into the sys-tems early and I think itworks better, said Olson.If theyre a close team and

all on board, it works good.Some guys (may) strayaway and get into trouble,(but) usually at the begin-ning of the year kids arepretty good.

In his seven years withthe association, Olson saysthat he has been fortunateto have some talented play-ers to coach and is hopefulto have the same team this

year.Weve had all but one

good year. I get prettylucky with some of the tal-ent that we get, so whenyoure on the winning sideit keeps everybody hap-pier because no one likeslosing, he said. We hadhard working players lastyear but this year there area lot of guys who are hardworking. And we havesome guys picked out ear-ly who can put the puck inthe net.

Overall, the team hasgotten bigger in size, andthe goal is for those play-ers to use a combinationof size and skill to put thepuck in the back of the net.

Its a big group and ourvets showed up in shapeand ready to go which isnice to see, said Olson.The Chiefs will start the

season on the road Oct.4-5 against Cranbrook andLethbridge before hostingtheir home opener Oct.10 (7:30 p.m.) against La-combe at the StrathmoreFamily Centre.

The Strathmore Spartans got their first victory of the season as

they defeated the McCoy Colts 26-18 of Medicine Hat at Strath-

more High School on Sept. 13.

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The Strathmore Spartans senior football teamcan breathe a sigh of relief, after securing theirfirst victory in four seasons.The Spartans were able to knock off the Mc-

Coy Colts of Medicine Hat 26-18 at StrathmoreHigh School on Sept. 13.

Coach Chuck Holloway was excited for histeams first victory but knows there is still workto be done.

It felt great. Theyre actually feeling goodabout themselves and they achieved somethingand they can start moving forward as a team,said Holloway.The team had lapses in their opening week

defeat, but were able tighten the offensive anddefensive lines this week en route to victory.

The key to (success was) what we actuallyfocused on throughout practice this week andwe have been going (hard) everyday, said Hol-loway.

The highlight of the victory was the runninggame that left McCoy guessing all contest long.

It was the power running game, diving andpulling out on the option and they werent awarethat we could run the option, said Holloway.Last week we pretty much ran a spread offence

and once my quarterback (this week) got hurtwe had to revert back to the spread.

The running attack proved to be effectivethroughout the game because the McCoy de-fense allowed them the room to run.

Were actually a pass-oriented team, but thatswhat they gave us, he said. So I saw that theywere weak inside on running and took whatthey gave me.

Holloway added that focus will be for the nextfew games will be on the offensive line to driveoff the ball, ball security and staying mentallyfocused.

In other action this past weekend, the peeweeSpartans dominated the RV Rage of Cochrane58-14, while the bantam Spartans fell 44-24 inSpringbank.

The Wheatland Chiefs held their Red and White game at the Strathmore

Family Centre on Sept. 13. The team is hoping to add goal-scoring tothe line up this season.Justin Seward Photo

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The large amount of poplar fuzz that is floating around Strathmore is not the cause

of heightened allergies. The fluff is actually poplar tree seeds and is to large to cause

actual allergic reactions. Our lawns are in their pollinating phase and this is more likely

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JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

The UFA Bisons held their exhibitiontournament on Sept. 11-14 and nowknow that there is a lot of work still tobe done.

If there is something positive to takeout of the games it is the effort wasthere and the team now has a measur-ing stick as to where they stand withthe other organizations in the AlbertaMidget Hockey League (AMHL).

We got a lot of work to do, I meanthats what you find out with exhibi-tion games early in the season, youretrying all kinds of players. Some play-ers are playing out of position becausetheyre good athletes and youd liketo see them play somewhere wheretheyre not as used to, said Bisonscoach Dan MacDonald.After going 1-3-1 in the tournament,

there is every reason for concern forMacDonald and his staff with choosingthe right players to represent the teamthis season.

The first concern for this is are wegoing to pick the right guys. Were not

scoring goals, but the reality is we didnot do enough things that goal scorersdo, said MacDonald.

He admits, it being so early in theseason, there will be many periods ofadjustment until the team understandshow to win.

There is a lot trials and of coursewe would like to win more games, butyoure always trying to win. Its a com-petitive game and you look to see thebottom line, said MacDonald.

The Bisons opened up the tourna-

ment on Sept. 11 with a 2-2 draw withthe Red Deer Chiefs, then lost a closeone 2-1 to the Calgary Northstars. Inthe final round robin game they lost4-3 to the Calgary Buffaloes. The Bi-son lost 3-1 to the Calgary Northstarsin the semi-final before pulling out a6-3 win over the Buffaloes to close outthe tournament.They have three exhibition games

left on the road in Calgary against theNorthstars on Wednesday Sept. 17,then play Medicine Hat on Friday andback to Calgary to play the Royals onSaturday before the official team has tobe picked.

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Fifth-year Wheatland Braves head coach KeithKlemmensen wants to see better results in the lat-

er stages of games and wants his team to keep aconsistent competitive level every night.Expectations are that we will be bet-

ter at the end than we were at the start.Its always hard to make playoffs in thisleague, but I think well have a shot atplayoffs, said the peewee double-Acoach.

Klemmensen expects his team to learnhow to work hard in the games from thepuck drop to the final buzzer in order toget results.

(They need) to learn how to work. At the endof the day when they come into the AA peeweestream, they think they know how to work, butthey dont know how to work, said Klemmensen.The team has a few returning players from a

year ago and those veterans will be expected to

lead the Braves.We have three returning forwards this year.

They all have different strengths, ones an im-mensely talented guy that works pretty steadily,one is one of the five per cent that does have that

work ethic and (the other) is a converted defen-semen from last year that went to forward, saidKlemmensen.

Prior to the Red-and-White game on Sept. 11,the coach was hoping to see a consistent effortout of everyone on the ice to give him and his

staff a better idea of whom to select.I hope to see a consistent effort

from the start to the end. Its impor-tant that they establish in the evalua-tors mind that they have the mentaltoughness to go for the whole dura-tion of the game, said Klemmensen.It sounds so clich, but believe me,most of them at peewee dont havean idea what a whole game effortis.

The coaches are going to change the system forthis young team to have an all-around improvedeffort by each player.

At this level there are some things that are nec-essary to do whether it works or not, said Klem-mensen. You have to teach them how to work,

give an effort and teach them how to get out oftheir comfort zone.The Braves were in action at an evaluation tour-

nament in Airdrie on Sept. 13-14. Their first leagueis on Sept. 19 in Taber.

Braves need hard work ethic

JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

The Wheatland Warriors are looking to have ahigh work ethic this year.This will mean having the whole double-A ban-

tam team competing every shift of every game inorder to see results.The team has a whole new coaching staff, who

have some experience in the junior hockey ranks.New head coach Cody Brown is looking for-

ward to the challenge of being able to put a com-petitive team on the ice night in and night out.

Were hoping to have a solid season. So far

through camp Ive liked what Ive seen (with) areally strong back end that looks like itll be ha

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