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Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER

The three candidates vying for the responsibilities of MLA for Drumheller-Stettler rid-ing were in attendance at the Stettler Community Centre on Monday, April 28 to present their platforms and defend their parties.

Each candidate – incumbent Rick Strankman for the Wil-drose party, former MLA Jack Hayden for the Progressive Conservative party, and new-comer Emily Shannon for the New Democratic Party – were

allowed a few minutes to in-troduce themselves and present their platforms.

Following introductions came the questions, submitted prior to the event by email, at the microphone as people stood up, or submitted on paper to the moderator, Leona Thorogood.

Though some seats in the hall were empty at the Board of Trade-Public Library spon-sored event, the majority were taken as people from the sur-rounding communities gath-ered to see who they had to choose from on May 5.

Each of the three candidates

remained close to their party’s playbook, with Strankman in-sisting upon less government, Shannon on taxing the corpo-rations rather than individu-als and small businesses, and Hayden on staying the course and preparing for a bit of a tighter belt period.

Hayden broke with the party line when discussing educa-tion though, saying that he felt spending should be more in the control of school boards, rather than a situation like cur-rent, where the boards have to go to the minister of education to ask for permission to spend

money the schools have saved or fundraised through the hard efforts of their students, staff and parents.

Both Shannon and Strank-man were critical of the gov-ernment’s decision to freeze re-serves, not fund new students, and continue to fund schools on outdated information. While Hayden pointed out that educa-tion is the only portfolio in the government to see increased funding, he admitted the mon-ey was just to cover contractual obligations with teacher bud-gets.

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Former MLA and PC candidate Jack Hayden introduces himself at the start of an all-candidates forum held in Stettler on Monday, April 27. Seated are incumbent Rick Strankman of the Wildrose Party and first-time challenger Emily Shannon for the NDP.

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The sold out Splash’n’Boots show at the Stettler Community Centre on Tuesday, April 28 was a musical day of dancing delight for the youngest residents of Stettler and the surrounding area.

The duo of Nick Adams (Splash) and Taes Leavitt (Boots) stopped in Stettler on Tuesday to perform a free concert for area chil-dren. The duo has been performing since 2003, and recently were named the face of children’s tele-vision channel Treehouse. They’ve released seven music CDs and three DVDs since starting their career.

The free concert was or-ganized by Buffalo Lake residents Jacquie and Rick Shoemaker after an inci-dent involving some of the friends of their young daughter.

“This is a first for us,” Leavitt said, of the free concert. “We’re totally overwhelmed by (the Shoe-maker’s) generosity.”

Her fellow songwriter and singer agreed.

“It’s amazing,” Adams said. “The gift of music, and experiencing it in a live forum, well, it can change a child. These kind of shows make it worthwhile.”

The Shoemakers have a young daughter and some days before the Princess Ball, a fundraising event earlier this year, they had several of their daughters’ friends over for a tea party. It was after the party, and after asking if they were going to the ball, that the financial reality sunk in for the Shoemakers.

“Kids are so young,” Jacquie Shoemaker said.

“They don’t understand be-ing sick, and they don’t un-derstand fundraisers. What they know is there’s a party and they can’t go and their friends are.”

The situation so upset her that when she returned from driving her daughter’s friends home, the Shoe-makers began to look into ways to give children – all children – a day of fun, cost and worry free for their par-ents.

They eventually settled on hiring Treehouse’s Splash’n’Boots, who came to town. Local businesses rallied behind them – Pfei-ffer’s House of Sound pro-vided the labour and equip-

ment for the performance’s sound free of charge, Sobeys provided free water for concert goers, and oth-ers – businesses and indi-viduals alike – contributed time and money to help bring the show to town and provide the nearly 300 free Splash’n’Boots DVDs to the youngsters.

Several individuals and local businesses donated money to the Shoemakers to help cover the cost of the DVDs which were given out to attendees.

The duo also took a mo-ment to meet privately with a young Stettler boy who is on the waiting list for a kid-ney transplant.

Stacey Lavallie/Independent reporterThe duo of Nick Adams (Splash) and Taes Leavitt (Boots) stopped in Stettler on Tuesday to perform a free concert for area children. The concert was organized by an area family who wanted to be sure that all children, no matter their family’s financial situation, could enjoy a fun day of music and entertainment.

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Police are seeking the public’s as-sistance in locating the individual or individuals responsible for another theft in Stettler’s industrial park.

On Thursday, April 23, Stettler RCMP received a call about a break, enter and theft from Score Projects, located on 47 Ave. An employee re-porting for work that morning discov-ered a gate blocking entrance to the

north storage yard had been smashed in. A 2011 3/4 ton GMC pick-up truck, white, was also reported miss-ing.

Investigation determined access to the property was gained through the surrounding chain-link fence. The truck was disconnected from a trailer before being drive through the gate.

Paper products from Score Projects were later found scattered on Town-ship Road 392 near the intersection of

Liberal Road.The truck was later located by the

owner around 2 p.m. at a residence in Stettler on 45 Street, and police found it there and seized the vehicle, which is being processed for evidence.

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Two Nevis structure fires in the past two months are definitely the work of an arsonist or ar-sonists, according to Stet-tler Fire Chief Mark Den-nis.

The investigation of the two fires, the first on March 19 and the second this past Sunday, April 26, has been turned over to the Stettler RCMP after initial examination of the two structures have indicated clearly that the fire was not accidental.

“I can’t really talk about it now that the RCMP is investigating, but these fires were deliberately set,” Stettler Regional Fire and Rescue Chief Mark Dennis said.

He said that he suspects the fires are being set in the very early morning hours, or very late at night. The two buildings – an older building used for storage, and a building undergo-ing renovations – have not been inhabited when the fires were set, but that doesn’t mean the deliber-ate fires aren’t dangerous.

The fire could spread, there could be someone unexpectedly inside, or a firefighter could take inju-ry or even die while trying to douse a deliberately set fire, Dennis said.

With weather conditions so dry right now, all it takes is an errant spark to set the dried winter grass on fire.

Anyone with informa-tion about the fires is asked to phone the Stettler RCMP at 403-742-3382 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPC (8477).

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of rapidly melted snow over the weekend, the fire ban is still in place for

town and county.The briefly present pack

of snow melted away when temperatures returned to a more seasonable warm, its moisture sinking quickly into the dry ground.

Until the grass turns well and green, there’s a chance that a simple spark can set acres alight, espe-cially with the spring prai-rie wind, Dennis said.

The fire department has been inundated with calls inquiring if the fire ban has been lifted due to the weekend snow, and while the department appreci-ates that people are calling instead of assuming, the

answer remains no – the fire ban is still in place, and will be for probably another week at the least.

Since putting a ban in place is a lot of work for the fire department – can-celling fire permits and contacting those with permits so they are aware takes up time – it’s not something the fire depart-ment is ever likely to put on and off easily, Dennis noted.

“I don’t know why peo-ple are so surprised (by a fire ban),” he said. “It hap-pens every spring while conditions are dry.”

Dennis said that burn-

ing permits are a privilege, and a privilege that comes with a substantial amount of responsibility.

“(Fire permit holders) need to be sure the fire is completely out,” Dennis said. “Turn over the em-bers, make sure they’re completely out.”

In the month of April alone, the fire department has responded to eight fires, four of which were brush/grass fires, and four of which were structure fires. Of those structure fires, three were brush/grass fires to begin with, which grew to consume a building.

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The NDP budget plan came under fire as it prom-ised no new taxes, instead taxing the large corpora-tions that have operated in Alberta but haven’t put some of their profits back into the province.

“Frankly, I’m insulted,” Shannon said of the vast profits and limited taxation of the bigger corporations. “I’m talking about taxing Big Oil, not the mom’n’pop shop businesses or the people who already pay so much.”

The Wildrose bud-get also was questioned. Strankman was insistent, multiple times, that “Alber-ta doesn’t have an income problem, it has a spending problem,” saying that taxes like the new four-cent tax on fuel was unnecessary because the money was already there – just being squandered on upper man-agement.

“We need to get back to a bottom-up government style,” he said, pushing for

local autonomy rather than upper management.

“It doesn’t work,” he said. “If a bulb burns out in the operating theatre here they have to talk to Red Deer to replace it.”

Health care also was a topic that came up, with everyone in agreement that preserving rural health care was a vital task.

“Three of the 10 hospi-tals recommended for clo-sure (in a recent newspaper article) were in this riding,” Hayden said. “Castor, Han-na and Oyen. We need to get Consort open.”

Agriculture, as one of Alberta’s big industries, was also discussed. Hayden noted that only three per cent of Albertans were behind one of the largest industries in the province, and it’s something that the province has to focus on.

He said that developing new markets for the prai-rie’s bounty was important, so the farmers aren’t reliant on the American market. Everyone agreed with him on that point.

Discussion about the

weakness in the beef mar-ket also came up, with all parties acknowledging that the rancher has had a hard decade, with BSE – mad cow disease – putting a dampener on Canadian beef sales.

“I might be a large fel-low, but I promise I didn’t eat all the cows,” Hayden said, earning a few chuck-les from the crowd. “And I’m not responsible for BSE either.”

He noted that those same trade missions mentioned in regard to crops is an-other chance for politicians to find markets for Cana-dian beef, since its controls are tight and the very rare cases of BSE never make it to market.

Shannon added that the government should work on making it more possible for ranchers to ranch, not having to sell off all their stock to remain solvent but instead keep some behind to help revitalize its blood-lines for the following year.

All three candidates were firm that religion doesn’t have a place in politics

when a submitted question asked if those who do not have Judea-Christian faith are capable of having the ethics necessary to be a good politician. All three noted that faith, or a lack of faith, isn’t an indicator of whether a person is a good person or not.

Shannon said that just because someone’s faith is different than hers, or yours, doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing. Strankman em-phasized he is running to represent all Albertans, not just Judea-Christian con-stituents. Hayden, the son of a preacher, admitted he has his idea of what faith should be, but he doesn’t bring that into his work.

The candidates were also queried on their positions on gay-straight alliances in schools. All three received applause when they said they’d support them.

“I may lose votes say-ing this, but suicide is a big problem in our gay youth,” Hayden said. “If this will help save lives, then I’m behind it.”

Strankman, while not

saying he would support an LGBTQ agenda, said he would support any group or organization that strove to end bullying and make schools a safe place for teens.

The candidates were put on notice when one man stood and asked why anything they’ve said that night matters, when parties required their members to vote along the party line.

Strankman noted it was time politicians were able to vote as per what their constituents wanted, with-out fear of being cast out of their parties. Hayden admitted that voting with party lines is part of the political system present in Canada, but that it’s an MLA’s job to lobby inside the party for his or her con-stituents.

All three candidates said that if an MLA has a major, unredeemable moral objec-tion to his or her party, they should leave the party – but instead of crossing the floor to another party, they should sit as an indepen-dent, then seek a nomina-

tion in another party for the next election.

One moment of the night drew coos from the crowd, as a young man, no older than six, walked up in a cowboy hat and boots, shyly presenting a written question to Hayden, who turned it into the monitor.

That question became the final question of the night, as the two hours al-lotted for questions had come to an close.

The question asked can-didates what politicians would do to ensure that the young man’s generation wouldn’t be paying today’s debt, to which all three can-didates answered balanced budgets.

Wildrose wanted to see the heritage fund restored, while Shannon said that balancing the budget, again reiterating the NDP plan to tax big corporations, would ensure that Alberta keeps what it has without grind-ing everyone down, and Hayden said that balanced planning will have Alberta in a good place again in just a matter of years.

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Clearview trustees alongside Superintendent Peter Barron and Associate Superintendent Peter Neale were on hand at the Wm. E Hay High School cafeteria on Monday night, April 27 to brief the community and benefit from the collective wisdom of the fo-rum before finalizing the budget on Wednesday, April 29.

Following introductions by board chair Cheri Neitz and Barron, Associate Superinten-dent Neale gave a lengthy brief-ing about the current state of fi-nances of the division and how they would be affected by the proposed budget cuts of the PC government and the government order to freeze the reserves of the school boards throughout the province.

Neale said the school boards throughout the province held a total of over $460 million and Clearview had around $2 mil-lion. He said of these Clearview reserves, only about a quarter was unrestricted and the rest were held by the school administrations.

Giving a detailed analysis how the board was funded by the gov-ernment per student enrolled and a breakdown of the expenses, Neale said 93 percent of the ex-penses was going to staff salaries and that the school board admin-istration costs at 4 per cent of the budget were below the provincial-ly allowed limit of 5.25 per cent.

Informing the parents partici-pating in the forum about their plans on how to cut their $1.8 million deficit in this year’s bud-get, Neale said they were looking at every possible item of expendi-ture from holding off on computer

hardware upgrades to changing bussing schedules for students and even reducing number of school days without decreasing the instruction time required by Education Alberta standards.

He explained that the current system of double bussing to Big Valley, Erskine and Botha sepa-rately for younger and high school

students could be changed to re-duce the bussing and fuel expens-es. He further added that educa-tional calendar could be changed to reduce school days from five to four, making some weekends a three-day weekend for students.

Neale said the division could save $9,000 per day by saving bus rides through new arrangements.

The questions from parents focused on various expenditure items. Participants questioned almost every spending category from the need to hire permanent custodial and maintenance staff to the question of uncollected school bus fees from non-paying fami-lies.

Due to the intense question-an-swer dialogue during the meeting, a major part of the agenda, which would provide for group meet-ing involving participants, was dropped.

Neale asked the forum partici-pants to come up with their sug-gestions and ideas through the monkey survey on the division’s website.

The division must submit a bal-anced budget to Education Al-berta in order to be able to use its reserves for a limited number of purposes.

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Superintendent Peter Barron explains the budgeting process of the Clearview division to forum participants at the Wm. E. Hay High School cafeteria on Monday, April 27.


Family hoping for live donor for sonStacey Lavallie

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For four-year-old Lucas Ostafichuk-Bates, eating breakfast, lunch or supper involves hooking up a pump to a port on his tummy that provides nutrients di-rectly to his stomach.

It’s all the Stettler boy has ever known, and it’s kept him off dialysis for the first four years of his life. No longer.

His mother, Billie-Sue Ostafichuk and his dad, Tim Bates, are preparing for the inevitable switch over to peritoneal dial-ysis, as their son has simply become too big for his barely functioning kidneys to handle cleaning their son’s blood.

Lucas was born two months prema-ture, a deliberate childbirth that was necessary as he was in complete renal failure. The family had been watching, anxious, since an earlier ultrasound had revealed Ostafichuk had nearly no natal fluid. Several tests later, Lucas’ lack of kidney function was discovered.

“They were ready to take him at 28 weeks,” she said, near the threshold of when a child can be safely delivered premature.

While a bystander today wouldn’t be able to tell Lucas from the other chil-dren he plays with, as he’s active and happy, the first month and a bit of his life was spent in the NICU, being tested and probed and being fed through a tube

in his nose.“At first, they thought only one kidney

didn’t work,” Ostafichuk said. “But later we realized neither kidney had worked.”

While one nephrologist – a kidney specialist – wanted to start Lucas on dialysis right away, another pointed out that the kidneys will grow until Lucas is a year or two old, so there’s a chance he’ll develop some kidney function. In Lucas’ case, that’s exactly what hap-pened.

Since Lucas isn’t currently on dialy-sis, he’s very far down on the transplant list, Ostafichuk said. Her son’s rarer blood type, A-, makes it harder to find a donor. She and her husband are hoping to find a live donor since live-donor kid-neys have a longer lifespan than those taken from people who have died.

Some medical issues have knocked Ostafichuk off the potential donor list and Bates isn’t a match for his son. The two are hoping someone in the commu-nity might be a blood type match, the first hurdle that needs to be passed in order to be a potential donor.

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Nick Adams, a.k.a. Splash and Taes Leavitt, a.k.a. Boots, from Splash’n’Boots, have a privatemeet-n-greet with Stettler boy Lucas Ostafichuk-Bates, who is waiting for a kidney transplant. The two performers sang and danced for the crowd of children on April 28, but took time before the performance to meet with Lucas and give him a special Splash’n’Boots stuffed toy dog, named Puddles, and perform a special made-on-the-spot song about Lucas and Puddles.

The final, grand per-formance of the annual Stettler and District Mu-sical Festival filled all the available seats at the Performing Arts Centre as parents, family, friends and community came out to see the best of the best.

With more than 700 performances in a wide variety of musical dis-ciplines, evaluated over 10 days, narrowed down to a two-hour concert, concert-goers were guar-anteed to enjoy the show.

This year, the Grade 2AH/2DB took the ad-judicator’s choice in speech/ chorus for their performance of “Mar-co Comes Late.” Dacia Gramlick’s performance

of “Prairie Boy” took highest marks in vocal, while Kaylee Somerville was Adjudicator’s Choice in Piano with her deft per-formance of “Waltz in A-flat Major.”

Gramlick earned a sec-ond Adjudicator’s Choice nod with her musical the-atre performance of “I’ll be Here,” while Chloe Shingoose took an Adju-dicator’s Choice in vocal for her performance of “Blue-eyed Sailor.”

Adjudicator’s Choice for band went to Todd Yaremcio for his perfor-mance of “Sprint!”, while Isaac Hernando took highest mark in piano with “Sonata in C Major” and the Gracenotes, a fix-

ture at the festival, took highest mark in Musical Theatre with “Thorough-ly Modern Millie.”

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Friday, June 12• Rodeo Slack - 1 p.m.• Barbecue - Board of Trade - 12 p.m. • RODEO PERFORMANCE - 6:30 p.m.• Ladies of the Heartland• Wild Pony Races (helmets required/vests supplied)• Beer Gardens - 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.• Cabaret in Agriplex with DJ - Dally Up & Dance - 8:30 p.m.

$5.00 admission to cabaret

Saturday, June 13• Pancake Breakfast - Downtown - in front of Brenda’s

Cozy Cafe - 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.• Stampede Parade - 11 a.m.• Rib Cook off - following parade• RODEO PERFORMANCE - 6:30 p.m.• Beer Gardens - 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.• The Chevelles Concert in the Agriplex - 8:30 p.m. (18 and over)

$15.00 admission to Chevelles concert

Sunday, June 14• Town & County Pancake Breakfast 8 to 10 a.m.• Cowboy Church - 11 a.m.• Mounted Shooters• Junior Steer & Heifer Show - 12 noon - 4 p.m.• Obstacle Course

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We are in a whirlwind of an election and budget frenzy at both federal and provincial levels.

Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver has announced his budget, one clearly de-signed to win this year’s election rather than setting the economy on a sustain-able growth path, aimed at distributing benefits mostly to sections of the popula-tion whose votes appear to be Prime Stephen Harper’s main target. The effort is so brazen that, responding to the criticism regarding the big revenue hole the heightened Tax Free Sav-ing Account contributions threshold will create in the future, Oliver did not see any problem in confessing that he was kicking the can down the road. “It is a prob-lem to be solved by Stephen Harper’s daughter,” he said. Whether he had in the back of his mind a suggestion of a Harper political dynasty ruling Canada forever is a separate discussion, of course.

Mr. Harper’s seemingly growing desperation to win this year’s election is show-ing more and more, witness the latest attempts to lure foreign leaders into his elec-tion campaign. We recently had India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the country’s big population centres, predictably urging the leaders of the Indian communities behind closed doors to support Harper. Soon we will have a visit by another foreign dignitary, the President of the Philip-pines Benigno Aquino III, who is likely to do the same with the Filipino commu-nities around the country, probably touching down in Alberta as well.

Earlier, we had the mas-terstroke from the federal government in sending Ca-nadian soldiers to Ukraine, where there have been no recent reports of any escala-tion of violence between the Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian military. The move appeared to be designed to kill two birds with one stone: Ramp up the nationalistic hysteria a little bit more while also pleasing the Ukrainian communities in Canada that also have a

sizeable vote potential. In the province, the elec-

tion campaign is getting hotter and hotter thanks to the gaffes and missteps by Jim Prentice and his gov-ernment.

Prentice himself took a step back in regard to his re-cently announced budget by reversing his decision to tax charitable donations, hardly attributable to a leader who knows what he is doing. But his Education Minister Gordon Banks undersigned an even bigger blunder by accusing the province’s school boards of acting like banks. He probably failed to assess that, un-like politicians thinking of the electorate only during campaign periods, school boards carry a much more important responsibility towards the children of the communities they operate in. In realization of that re-sponsibility, school boards act cautiously and carefully in making plans for the im-mediate and long term fu-ture and, accordingly, they save money for contingen-cies. But that money is not for the provincial govern-ment to waste, it is for the children of the people of this province.

Some polls suggest that people are now waking up to the fact that the past 40 or so years of PC govern-ments have done much less than what could have been done with the resources of this province. Yet, there are many individuals who say that Alberta is still the best province to live in Canada, and there may be some truth to that.

But it is important to understand that it is not because of, but rather de-spite the PC governments, particularly of the last ten years, that Alberta is still in a good position as com-pared to other provinces, and it is only thanks to the generosity of Mother Na-ture in endowing this land with so rich resources.

Be it federal or provin-cial, complacency should be the last thing guiding the behaviour of the electorate in this year’s votes, because the stakes in both cases are much higher this time.

– Mustafa Eric

Budgets for elections

Dear Editor,I had written a long letter pointing

out a few of the many attacks the PC government has launched against the property rights of Alberta landowners and the significant amounts of rights landowners have already lost. But re-cent events have forced me to amend my letter.

My letter included information and comments around Bill 19, 36, 24, 50, 1 and the government’s significant abuse of the water act. Property rights have been significantly eroded over the past five years with that erosion accelerating over the past year. I also had comments about Premier Prentice’s decision to choose a flood mitigation project that would take private land in Springbank rather than choose the proposed project that would use public lands at McLean Creek.

Last Thursday, a group of concerned private land owners investing their own time and money held a meeting at Trochu hall with about 400 attend-ing. I offer a well done, THANK YOU and congratulations to these individu-als. (Please remember the Surface rights board was created by this govern-ment and the members are appointed by this government.)

The speakers laid out clearly how the Surface Rights Board had made rulings and hung landowners out to dry causing stress and requiring them to expend un-necessary legal fees. Mr. Prentice’s PC government knew of this but stood by and did nothing. One of the attendees was floor crosser Kerry Towles -and shock of shocks- within five days her boss Premier Prentice suddenly became concerned about landowners’ property rights, holding a campaign style event in Three Hills and writing letters to the editor.

During Premier Prentice’s run for the leadership, he said property rights were

a significant issue for him, he intended to restore what Albertans had lost and that it would be his number 1 issue. This gave many of us some hope. The Premier’s solution was to introduce Bill 1, a short piece of legislation that did nothing. Bill 1 repealed Bill 19, the very intrusive land assembly act spon-sored by Minister Jack Hayden. We can pretend that meant something but in fact Bill 19 had never been proclaimed and was not law. In addition, the threat of Bill 19 had served its purpose as the PC government had managed to obtain right of way for the unnecessary sole source power lines, which will add thousands of dollars to every Albertans power bill.

I have spent a few days reading Han-sard for the fall session. During the debate of Bill 1 and during question period, the Wildrose constantly told the PCs about the flaws and dangers in Bill 36 and several other bills. The PC government refused to change Bill 36. On Dec. 3, in the house regarding Bill 36 Mr. Fawcett said “we are commit-ted to that legislation’’. On Nov. 20, Mr Fawcett said “Mr. Speaker, no, we will not repeal Bill 36. This is a piece of legislation that is very, very important to our integrated resource management system that will allow us to develop our resources and our economy in a very re-sponsible manner”.

There are numerous instances where the PC government staunchly defended their bills that diminish or destroy Al-bertans property rights. According to the register, Premier Prentice was in the house. If he cares, why did he not speak up? If Premier Prentice cared about our property rights, why did Bill 1 not con-tain all necessary measures to restore the rights the PC government has extin-guished?

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PCs not sincere on property rights


From the new owner of Heartland Hearing:From the new owner of Heartland Hearing:Hi there! My name is Dr. Lisa Lopez and I am happy to announce that I now own and operate Heartland Hearing Clinic in

Stettler. I have been an Audiologist for almost 20 years and have worked in a variety of different settings throughout my career

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Michigan University and am currently completing Advanced Studies in Vestibular Disorders and Sciences (to help dizzy patients!)

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I love Audiology and I love fi tting hearing aids. It is my passion. Throughout my career in manufacturing, my job was to assist

clinicians across Canada with diffi cult-to-fi t patients. I was called in for the “tough” cases and truly enjoyed the rewards that

followed from this position. I opened my own clinics in Calgary, which I owned and operated for almost a decade. Approximately

two years ago, I sold the clinics to pursue a quieter lifestyle!

I have a genuine desire to ensure patient satisfaction! I am also hearing impaired, and I believe this brings a unique perspective

and understanding when dealing with the communicative challenges my clients face daily. After selling my clinics, I found myself missing the daily interactions of staff and clinical

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Country and folk musician Jimmy Rankin (right), accompanied by Jamie Robinson, sang his favorite tunes to packed audiences in Stettler on Sunday, April 26 in two performances at the Performing Arts Centre, wrapping up the 2014-2015 season for the Stettler Variety Showcase series. Tickets for the next season are already on sale.

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The evening featured additional special perfor-mances of other highly-ranked performances, in-cluding “The Doctor is In” by Ellery Robbins and Shingoose, dressed up as Charlie Brown and Lucy for a musical theatre per-formance where Charlie Brown looks for advice on his sad day from his pal Lucy.

Abby Spencer, Laura Smith and Meggan Shultz awed the crowd with their “Dance of the Reed Flutes,” the lilting sound of the trio’s performance washing over the packed house.

The Tiny Tenors and Rhapsody Girls sang their way into the audience’s heart with a vocal perfor-mance of Scallywag and Donkey Riding, the ener-getic youthful voices mak-ing heads bob and feet tap.

Also perofrming was Alexandra Brighley with her speech performance of “The Cattle Country,” Jazz Cats Senior with “La Negra Tiena Tumbao,” Jaden Nor-man, Ania Bohn, Robyn

Yaremcio and Abby Spen-cer performing the “Canadi-ana Suite” on piano, Emma Webowesky’s musical performance of “I want it Now” and Joseph Brigley’s performance of “L’etre.”

With this year’s festival complete and scholarships handed out, the board will meet in May to pick next year’s date, with work be-ginning in September to get the next year’s festival un-der way.

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Photo contributedMembers of the Jazz Cats Senior ensemble pose for a photo before taking to stage at the Stettler and District Musical Festival’s grand performance this past Thursday, April 23, at the Performing Arts Centre in Stettler. More than 700 entries were judged this year to make up the final two-hour show.

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The election is less than a week away and the Stettler Public Li-brary has been providing you with opportunities to learn more about the candidates so you can make a knowledgeable choice at the ballot box. You have had the chance to have coffee with Emily Shannon, the NDP candidate and Rick Strankman, the Wildrose candidate. The Li-brary and the Stettler Board of Trade sponsored a candidates’ forum. You have another chance to inform yourself before casting your bal-lot when the library’s Coffee with the Candidate series concludes on Saturday, May 2 at 2 p.m. That’s when you have the chance to meet with Jack Hayden, the PC candidate. Come armed with your questions and we will provide the coffee and the snacks.

Writers from all walks of life are invited to join the Stettler Writers’ Group on Thursday, April 30 at 6:30 p.m. Come and share your stories with other like-minded people. New and seasoned, writers are welcome.

Saturday May 2 is the day that all comic lovers mark on their calendars. It is Free Comic Book Day and everyone can come to the library for free comics. Join us at 10:30 for sugary cereals and great cartoons. At 1 p.m. we will be skyping with Chris Woods, lead animator and director of Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. One piece of advice with the comics though: first come, first served so visit early for the best selection!

Brenda Baltimore will join us on Tuesday May 5 at 7 pm. She will be talking about her recent expedition climbing Mount Kilimanjaro which raised funds for the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). Brenda’s adventure is called “Trekking for Type 1.” Learn about Brenda’s inspiration for making this trek and she will share some of the wonderful pictures from her climb of Kilimanjaro.

Copies of Susan Cain’s book “Quiet” are still available for May’s Readers’ Circle meeting on Thursday May 7 at 7:30 pm. Bring your friends with you and have a fun time talking about this fascinating book. Also, as we’re taking our summer break after May, bring a list of books that you would like to see Reader’s Circle discuss in the upcoming year.

Save the date too, for “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” on Tuesday, May 12 and Roots to Shoots: Answers to Common Garden-ing Questions on Wednesday, May 13.

Check our website at http://spl.prl.ab.ca or join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/StettlerPublicLibrary for information about our programs and services. And you can still contact by phone at 403-742-2292 for any questions.

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ALBERTA POLITICAL PARTY NAME ABBREVIATIONSAFP Alberta First Party LIB Alberta Liberal Party NDP Alberta New Democratic Party AP Alberta Party SCA Alberta Social Credit Party CP-A Communist Party - Alberta GPA Green Party of Alberta PC Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta WRP Wildrose Party

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Jack Hayden - PC Mark Nikota (403) 854-0589

804 James Crescent Hanna T0J 1P0

Emily Shannon - NDP Chris Fulmer (780) 474-2415

201 10544 114 Street NW Edmonton T5H 3J7

Rick Strankman - WRP Kenneth Realé Perreault(403) 882-2250

4124 49 Avenue Castor T0C 0X0

For further information on the election, please contact Janice Hoover, Returning Officer at B167, 401 Centre Street, Hanna, AB T0J 1P0 or by phone at (403) 857-7501.

ProvincialGeneral ElectionTuesday, May 05, 2015

One more chance to talk to candidates before voting

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Voting will take place to elect a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Voting hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Returning Officer office hours: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

If you would like to work on Voting Day, apply at www.elections.ab.ca.

Advance Voting will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from April 29, 2015 – May 02, 2015

These Advance Polls offer level access.

Advance Poll Locations:Church of the Nazarene, 627 6 Street E, Drumheller, AB Coronation Golden Age Drop-in-Centre, 2949 Windsor Avenue, Coronation, AB Oyen Senior Centre, 219 2 Street W, Oyen, AB Office of the Returning Officer: B167, 401 Centre Street, Hanna, AB Stettler Recreation Centre, 6202 44 Avenue, Stettler, AB

Find out more at www.elections.ab.ca

The Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act (section 9.1) requires that Third Party Advertisers must register with Elections Alberta if they spend or plan to spend more than $1000 for election advertising. Refer to our website.

Special Ballot ApplicationsAvailable from the Returning Officer throughout the election

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• residency in a remote area

Announcement of the Official Results10:00 a.m. on May 15, 2015 at the Office of the Returning Officer for Drumheller-Stettler

Returning Officer: Janice HooverAddress: B167, 401 Centre Street, Hanna, AB T0J 1P0Phone: (403) 857-7501Fax: (403) 854-2267Email: [email protected]

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002Acadia Valley Community Centre1 First Avenue E, Acadia Valley

003,004,005Oyen Senior Centre219 2 Street W, Oyen

006New Brigden Community Hall1 Main Street, New Brigden

007Altario Community Hall1 Main Street, Altario

008Monitor Community Hall1 Main Street, Monitor

009,010Consort Sportsplex4604 50 Avenue , Consort

011Cereal Golden Centre1 Main Street, Cereal

012Jenner Arena1 Main Street, Jenner

013Youngstown Recreation Centre105 3rd Avenue, Youngstown

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015Brownfield Recreation Centre1 Main Street, Brownfield

016,017,018Coronation Golden Age Drop In Centre2949 Windsor Avenue, Coronation

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020Homestead Coulee Hall1 570/862 HighwaySpecial Areas No. 2 Hanna District Office

021Berry Creek Community Club1 Main Street, Cessford

022,023,024,025,026,027Hanna Community Centre503 5 Avenue W, Hanna

028,029,030Castor Community Hall4801 48 Avenue, Castor

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Anyone visiting the wa-terfront and beach areas of Vancouver can’t help but notice that there always seem to be large bulk carrier ships riding at anchor. At times there can be up to 20 ships waiting mainly for grains and oilseeds. Those waiting ships look fairly harmless and just seem to have become of the shorefront scenery. But there is more to the story and a re-cent fuel spill by one of the waiting ships has brought a new dimension to those seemingly harmless ves-sels. One factor is that those ships are almost all waiting for grain, only occasionally are they waiting for com-modities like potash, lumber, sulphur. Much to the cha-grin of fearmongering green lobby groups, almost never are there oil tankers waiting to take on product from the pipeline terminal. It all causes one to ponder why ships are always waiting for grain, par-ticularly since this problem has gone on for decades and decades. Industry apologists plead that shipping grain is a complex logistical problem that involves many players. In the end only one thing is for sure - grain growers pay dearly for shipping delays and waiting ships.

When ships are chartered, loading and delivery dates are part of the contract. When loading gets delayed shippers are charged “demurrage”

which is a per day penalty charged by ship owners to encourage shippers to avoid loading delays. The threat of demurrage seems to work for the efficient shipping of other export commodities. Part of that has to do with the nature of the product and the fact that there is usually one own-er of the product from pro-duction to shipping. Grain and oilseeds are produced by thousands of growers and then bought, handled, sold and shipped by myriad com-panies and brokers. In the days of the Canadian Wheat Board, that agency was able to enforce some semblance of order and logistical con-trol. But even that was lim-ited as waiting grain ships were quite common during the 60 year reign of the board. Industry observers agree that the situation has gotten worse as the private grain trader has been going through a learn-ing curve since the demise of the board.

The grain shipping system does have unique problems in gathering and handling different grains and oil-seeds for shipping to ocean terminals. But one would have hoped that most of that would have been resolved over the 120 years of ship-ping grain to the west coast. Shippers claim that weather and railway logistics are a huge factor in delays, fair enough, but potash, lumber, oil and other shippers to the coast don’t seem as affected

by those same delays – why is that. Observers state that grain companies often sell grain that they only assume they can buy and assemble at tidewater on a certain date. When they can’t deliver, ships have to wait. Be that as it may, what seems to be a perverse incentive is that any subsequent demurrage costs will be paid by grain grow-ers by means of lower prices for their product. In the past the wheat board automati-cally paid the demurrage and eventually passed that cost on to growers through lower final settlements. Shippers of other commodities don’t usu-ally have an option to pass on the cost of demurrage so they have a real incentive to avoid any shipping delays. Without some direct financial pain for grain companies and ship-pers there does not seem to be much hope for a signifi-cant change in the way grain is going to be shipped out of the west coast.

Its been stated that grain shipments through Vancou-ver have increased signifi-cantly over the past ten years using essentially the same fa-cilities, that’s good news, but it would seem it has its limits. The obvious answer is more storage and handling facili-ties, but that requires signifi-cant investment. Perhaps grain handlers should con-sider opening new terminals at the Roberts Bank loading facility to avoid the conges-tion. But I digress.

An interesting side note to the delay issue is that signifi-cant delays occur because of rain days. It seems ship own-ers won’t allow grain loading in the rain because of con-cern that the addition of that moisture will cause the grain to spoil in shipment and that they would be liable for any losses. Surely after shipping grain through Vancouver (one of the rainiest cities in the world) for over 100 years, some sort of covered load-ing system would have been invented to allow for con-tinuous loading even on rain days. It boggles the mind.

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Plant 2015 continues south of the 49th parallel with some activity here in Western Canada but things have been slowed by some sporadic, cool-er, wetter weather (a mini-blizzard in southern Manitoba!). The U.S.D.A.’s progress report is showing us that corn sowing is slightly behind sched-ule with the southeast and eastern re-gions way behind. As a result, even the seed companies are admitting that prospective corn acres there could be switched over to soybeans or sorghum as the optimal yields window passes. Conversely, U.S. spring cereal seed-ing remains ahead of schedule and the U.S. winter wheat crop did enjoy the rain it got in mid-April but the por-tion of the crop rated good-to-excel-lent continue to fall in major growing states in the southern plains. Overall, some of the noise currently playing with traders’ and farmers’ emotions includes updated weather reports, ru-mours of more labour strikes in South America, lower feed demand in the U.S. because of a bird flu making the rounds, and crop-killing rain in parts of India.

As we’re heading into a year where growing conditions remain relative-ly alright, the supply-side argument looks to be well-backed in the form of more big numbers. Some people are starting to compare the phase of the commodity cycle to that of the 1980s where margins were similarly tight (albeit interest rates are significant-ly different than back then). On that note, we are also using more technol-ogy on the farms these days, which is relatively increasing production come harvest time. So while there’s argu-ment that this a good thing for the rest of the world as more and more farm-ers employ new, but expensive tech-nologies that produce more and more food, it also means that food prices will fall, leaving the aforementioned margin smaller and smaller. Alas, this can push more people out of farming (a la the 1980s) but I’m confident that we run our operations more proac-tively these days between penciling out our costs of production and lock-ing in profit as it becomes available (“make sales when you can, not when you have to!).

The good news is that countries like Saudi Arabia and China are abandon-ing their self-sufficient agricultural policies, relying on those who are the best in the world as providing them food security.

Let’s keep things relative though – the market will continue to move regardless of your margin. Some of these moves are legitimate funda-mental factors. For example, the most recent StatsCan report shows that 19.4 million acres of canola will get planted this spring, versus expecta-tions of around 20.3 million. Other acreage differences were more pulses (no surprise there), more flax and way more oats and barley year-over-year. Comparably, when little things like the aforementioned “noise” happens, the market gives a knee-jerk reaction to the aforementioned noise. This in mind, managed money is sitting at or near record short positions on the futures board, and some would con-sider that to be a contrarian indicator that we have bottomed out and there’s only upside here. It also brings back the argument that if there is any sig-nificant weather risk (i.e. continuous rains slowing down Plant 2015) or in-creasing geopolitical risk (i.e. another Arab Spring in Egypt), the market will rise and managed money closing out of short positions could accelerate a rally. That being said, these sort of rallies should be identified as oppor-tunities – traders look at it as “buy the rumour, sell the fact” where a farmer should think of it as “sell the rumour, profit on the fact”.

To growth, Brennan TurnerPresident, FarmLead.com

Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, SK, where his family started farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in eco-nomics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, transparent online and now mobile grain marketplace (app avail-able for iOS & Android). His weekly column is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief. He can be reached via email ([email protected]) or phone (1-855-332-7653).

Slow noiseAg Market

UpdateBRENNAN TURNER

A class I was enrolled in required that I submit an eight page biographical sketch on a missionary named Lottie Moon. Having never heard of her, I was unim-pressed and considered her obscure.

My first impression was validated, as I found only minuscule bits of information about her in my library. However, my view was transformed as I began reading Southern Baptist online archives. Lottie was not ob-scure; she was a missionary hero!

Charlotte “Lottie” Moon was born on Decem-ber 12, 1842 in Virginia. She was born into wealth. Her parents had a 1500 acre tobacco plantation with 52 slaves and Lottie had a full-time tutor.At 14, she was sent to a female seminary in Charlot-tesville. She was an academic overachiever learning Latin, Greek, French, Italian, Hebrew and Spanish (Chinese later on). She was one of the first women in the south to receive a Master of Arts degree.

Lottie was as negatively disposed spiritually, as she was positively inclined scholastically. She skipped cha-pel constantly and claimed that, “wisdom is not found in Christ, but in literature and classical studies.”

This all changed, when at the age of 16, kept awake by a barking dog, she had a remarkable conversion ex-perience and received Christ as her personal Savior. Immediately, she was as aware spiritually, as she was astute academically.

Believing that the call of God was upon her life for missions, Lottie traveled to China as a Southern Baptist missionary and served there from 1873 – 1912.

Beginning her mission work as a prejudiced Southern Belle, her heart softened and she served faithfully and compassionately. At one point, Lottie said, “I would I

had a thousand lives that I might give them to...China!” Lottie’s diary states that she “spent, long days of

teaching, traveling, enduring poor wretched weather and verbal abuse, and uncomfortable accommodation, and nauseating food.” Regardless, the 4’3” tall Lottie pressed on, proving that physical stature has little to do with spiritual prowess.

Lottie, impoverished and frail, endeavored to return to America. However, she died en-route on Christmas Eve, 1912. The attending physician noted that she had died of starvation.

Lottie’s life reminds me that, just because I haven’t

heard of someone, doesn’t mean that they are obscure. Incidentally, no one is obscure with God...especially, if they are serving Him.

The missionary whom I initially judged to be ob-scure, is considered by southern Baptists to “personify the missionary spirit for...many Christians.” The South-ern Baptist denomination has an annual “Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.” This offering has raised $1.5 bil-lion since 1988.

“I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord...they rest from their labors, and their works follow them” (Revelation 14:13).


Faith & Reflection

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Independent SCHOOL ZONEWednesday, April 29, 2015Page 14 The Stettler Independent

It is amazing how many activities and events con-tinue to fill our weeks at Stettler Elementary School. The big screen in the forum serves as a picture record of these many events. For ex-ample, this past week, stu-dents and parents enjoyed watching the Kindergar-ten Family Dance pictures scrolling across the screen. For the ninth year in a row, Barry and Colleen Hill provided the music for the dance. The kindergarten students and their families packed the gym for this spe-cial event. What a turn-out!

Some parents danced along with their children, while others seized the op-portunity to visit or take memorable photos. En-couraged by their teach-ers Mrs. Thorne, Mrs. du Toit, Mrs. Bruketa and Mrs. Norman, the students par-ticipated in many familiar dances such as the Hokey Pokey and the Limbo.

The library has a lovely picture display as well, but it’s not photo art. Instead it is an impressive, uplift-ing chalk art display of but-terflies created by our very own SES students. The but-terflies help lift our spirits and remind us that spring is finally here.

These beautiful butter-

flies arrived just in time to help us appreciate Earth Day.

All across the school students were participating in lessons and discussion about Earth Day. In Mrs. Rachar’s Grade 3 class, the students were engaged in several activities for Earth Day; after reading stories, viewing videos and discuss-ing ways to help our Earth, the students created an art and writing project explain-ing how they can do their part in protecting the Earth.

The students in Mrs. Star-ling’s Grade 2 class were also busy writing. They wrote full length adventure stories and then published their stories. The published works included cleaver il-lustrations. Hats off to these young authors. To achieve recognition, authors are well served to present their stories to their reading audi-ence. Thus, Mrs. Starling’s students practiced reading their stories with expres-sion before engaging in an “author reading” event. Al-though, these young writers are not yet on the New York Times Best Sellers list, Ms. Limpert’s Grade 1 students were mightily impressed as they attended their first ever, “author reading”

event and listened intently to the Grade 2 stories.

To begin the Friday after-noon assembly, Mrs. Star-ling’s class led the singing of the 7 Habits song while Mrs. Kirby played the mu-sic. Monthly assemblies are designed to highlight one of the 7 Habits and to reflect on all that the students and staff have accomplished in the past month. The Grade 1 students presented the feature habit of the month on Friday. A number of

parents watched proudly as their child participated in delivering a 7 Habits les-son. It was an entertaining lesson.

Among the many accom-plishments, Mrs. Fischer highlighted during the as-sembly was the SES Sci-ence Fair. Students in Grade 5 held their awards ceremony for their Science Fair winners on a beautiful day outside on Friday, April 10. In an earlier interview, Mr. Howell, spoke on be-

half of fellow Grade 5 sci-ence teachers Mrs. Fox and Mr. Thorne. He said, “Our students worked on their projects over an eleven week period using the Sci-entific Method.”

The prize winners were in three separate categories. There were gold level, sil-ver level, and bronze level award winners. Prizes in-cluded sports bags, cash prizes, and coupons to the Space and Science Centre in Edmonton.

Gold level winners were Erin Mercier and Shaelee Schwartz for their proj-ect on “Eww! Mold!”, Is-sac Deaver and Garnett Kromm whose project was on “Garbage Gas”, and Av-ery Olafson and London Landry who did a project called “Tutee Fruity”. Sil-ver level winners were Reid Coulthard and James McArthur, Reagan Robbins and Cassie Smith, Nata-sha Smith and Evie Blake, and Taylor Roth. Bronze level winners were Shan-delle Froese and Jessica Turnbull, Robert Leslie and Kody Baillie, Chloe Shin-goose and Gabby Heck, Ty Holden and Cody Paulson, Yuvraj Uppal and Zach Forseth, and Kendra Knudt-son and Kiersten Brittain. Mr. Howell said, “These projects instill in our stu-dents a passion for science. This will be useful to them in the future.”

Monthly assemblies give us all an appreciation for the enriching experiences students at Stettler Elemen-tary School enjoy.

Science Fair winners were recognized

This week, in sports, the badminton players per-formed well at areas on

Monday, April 20. All of the teams ended in the top four of their age group

and event. The students who qualified for zones were Alyssa Henderson,

Caela Henderson, Allyssa Acera, Ryland Stefanik, and

John Langford. Thesingles and doubles teams

who qualified for zones were Logan Fosier and

Kyle Poapst and Adam Pitzel & Eric Pitzel. Way to go Wildcats! Watch for

zones results next week. Today, the Grade 9 badminton players partici-pate in CARA, so come out

and support them! Also, if anyone is interested intrack or tennis, please make sure to sign up at the main office.

In other news, the Stu-

dents’ Union will be host-ing a Luau themed dance on May 1 from 7 to 10 p.m. If you have any music re-quests, please make them at the office. We would like to extend congratulations to Mackenzie Hankins, Thom-as Law, Jordan Boehlke, Sheldon Bridge, Judah Au-ton, Alicia Nibourg, Ally Hamelin, Kianna Taylor and Dillion Montepeller for being the recipients for the food award in this school year. Thank you for your all your hard work and volun-teering in the cafeteria.

In the Grand Concert, we had a few band entries that we would like to ac-knowledge. Todd Yarem-cio received “Adjudicator’s Choice” award, and Laura Smith, Meggan Schultz, and Abby Spencer performed their flute trio, and finally, the Jazz Cats Sr. group per-formed their high powered Latin piece. Great work, guys!

For 2015-2016 school yearChrist-King Catholic School

Kindergarten Information/Registration MeetingMay 4, 2015 - 7:00 p.m.

This meeting will be of interest to Catholic and non-Catholic families interestedin a Christian values based program.

All parents with children who will be fi ve years of age before December 31, 2015 are welcome and invited to consider our kindergarten program.

Please bring your child’s birth certifi cate.

Little Steps Pre-Kindergartenprogram is now accepting registrations for 2015-2016.

Children must be three by December 31, 2015 for the three-year-old program or four by December 31, 2015 for the four-year-old program.

Registration forms available at Christ-King Catholic School.

For more information please call 403-742-0280.

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SES Incredible Introducers welcome Music Festival adjudicators and special presentations at the elementary. (l-r) Front row - Conner Bredy, Issac Deaver, Ty Holden, Owen McClung, back row - Baylee Stahlberg, Jessica Turnbull, Angel Konschuh, Taylor Roth.

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Thanking cafeteria volunteersWildcatCorner

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Independent OPINIONWednesday, April 29, 2015 The Stettler Independent Page 15

We need a candidate

with experience

Personable doesn’t meanresponsible

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A realistic plan for rural Alberta.We need strong PC MLAs who will fight to:

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• Protect property rights (p. 18 Prentice Plan)

• Expand access to markets for our products (p. 18 Prentice Plan)

• Bring back regional decision-making in health (p. 9 Prentice Plan)

• Cut government waste and focus dollars on the front lines (p. 8-9 Prentice Plan)

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Dear Editor,As the Drumheller-Stettler region

gears up for an election, I notice that a former PC Cabinet Minister, Jack Hayden, is the PC candidate in our re-gion.

As as individual who has spent years working with landowner groups, and with property rights issues, I can’t help but comment on the fact that when Jack Hayden was in government, he was the PC government’s point man on key ini-tiatives that were designed to trample landowner rights.

Bill 19, the Land Acquisition Act, was Jack Hayden’s Bill. He tabled it in the legislature. As Hayden steered the Bill through the Legislature, he never held any public meetings in the constituency at all. And rather than tell people the truth about what the Bill would actu-ally do to all landowners, Hayden told people its purpose was primarily to deal with ring road issues in the Edmonton region. Today we all know what he said at the time wasn’t true.

In fact, during last fall’s legislative session in Edmonton, the Assembly ac-knowledged that Jack Hayden’s Bill 19

was such an outrageous attack against property rights that it needed to be re-pealed. There are still two more PC Land Bills that need to be repealed, that are equally outrageous – Bills 24 and 36. Hayden enthusiastically sup-ported and defended these Bills as well. Hayden’s track record on landowner rights and issues of justice is odious. No constituency in the province deserves to be represented by an individual who has championed such ideas.

Hayden may be a personable indi-vidual. But good government isn’t about backslapping and being respon-sible. Good government is about the hard work of policy. It’s about fiscal responsibility and being accountable. It’s about representing the people of the region in the legislature, and not about representing and promoting party policy in the riding. In our riding a key issue is property rights, and Hayden has already proven that sending him to protect out property rights would be like inviting Alison Redford to manage the govern-ment’s travel budget.

Jim Ness – New Brigden

Dear Editor,I have been reading the

regular columns and con-tributed letters dealing with provincial politics that seem so extremely negative, which I find quite astonish-ing since we live in the best province in Canada. Alber-ta is the envy of the world and has the highest wages, lowest taxes and lowest un-employment in Canada and no sales tax. Even with the proposed tax increases in the budget, Alberta taxa-tion will still be the lowest in the nation. More is spent on health care for Albertans than any other province and we have some of the fin-est medical specialists in the world in Alberta. We really don’t have much to complain about compared to elsewhere. We enjoy a better standard of living than our parents and grand-parents did and our children have it better than we did. How much of that do we want changed?

I know “loving to hate government” seems like the cool redneck thing to do. It is so important to vote for a strong voice in Edmonton this time around. Voting against someone to “make a so-called statement” to the government is like cutting your nose off to spite your face.

We need a candidate that has the experience, qualifi-cations and a proven track

record of accomplishing something for the constitu-ency and who will be lis-tened to in Edmonton, not a candidate who hurls only criticisms and vague solu-tions.

The PC government has been criticized for spend-ing too much and accused of fiscal mismanagement. Has no one noticed the phe-nomenal growth in Alberta? More than 100,000 people (15,000 of those are school age children) move into the province each year. They don’t bring roads, schools or hospitals with them. Al-berta is growing by a mil-lion people a decade. We reached 4 million people before expected and will hit 5 million people by the end of the decade. With growth come growing pains. It was crucial for the PC govern-ment to build the ring roads around Calgary and Ed-monton, twin the highway to Fort McMurray and build many schools, senior facili-ties, hospitals and other in-frastructure needs to keep up with the tremendous population growth and the infrastructure deficit left behind from cutbacks in the Klein years. That cost big bucks so it is easy to see where the money was spent. It’s not a waste of taxpayer dollars but rather an asset and investment for all Al-bertans.

The opposition party

offers to balance the bud-get with spending cuts but they don’t say where the cuts will be made or how they will prepare for future growth. They come with a very vague plan.

Be careful what you wish for, you may not like the re-sult. If the opposition cuts municipal funding, since there is only one taxpayer, the dollars will just be com-ing out of your other pock-et. By cutting infrastruc-ture, the most vulnerable may suffer, like seniors if there aren’t enough carefacilities.

Premier Prentice at least has a plan for a balanced approach to balance the budget while still investing in much needed infrastruc-ture. He plans to cut waste and re-build the Heritage Trust Fund and stabilize the Alberta economy to end the Boom-Bust cycle in Alber-ta. We haven’t even given Prentice a chance yet.

We have a wonderful province to be so proud of and need a progressive par-ty with vision who can plan for a bright future.

Political analysts warn a change of government could erode investor confi-dence and put the economy in a tail-spin like it has nev-er seen before.

Yours truly,Lyle StuartStettler, AB

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I find it sad when a premier’s actions do not match their words; we had two and a half years of that kind of govern-ment under Premier Redford and it was hard on Albertans. Many of

Premier Prentice’s can-didates were part of that government.

We are in the middle of an unnecessary elec-tion. This is still a rela-tively free country and you have a chance to vote as you wish.

All I ask of you is that should you chose to

vote PC or should you chose not to vote, that you have the character to gracefully accept the loss of your property rights; they have shown you what you should ex-pect.

Murray WoodsLinden, AB

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Students from the Stettler Mid-dle School made their way to Cas-tor last week, showing well in the annual Castor Junior Badminton tournament.

Kids from all over the region attended the tournament, with kids from Castor’s Gus Wetter and Theresetta School, Stettler Middle School, Erskine, Don-alda, Botha, Big Valley, Halkirk, Brownfield, Coronation, and For-estburg competing, to name a few.

The gymnasium at Gus Wetter School was busy on Wednesday, April 22, as the hundred or so kids filtered to and fro on the benches and bleachers, and sitting area out in the main lobby. Parents and friends cheered their teams as they took to one of the four courts on the floor.

In Grade 7 boys’ singles, 12 boys competed, with the final match being between Bryant Bullee from Theresetta in Cas-tor against Andrew Kneeland of Donalda, with Bullee winning.

Grade 7 Girls’ singles had nine girls readying their racquets. Twyla Damant of Gus Wetter came out ahead of Morgyn Jor-dahl, also from Gus Wetter, to win.

Mignione Vogel and Chase Cheater of Stettler Middle School

beat out Taylor Kobi and Corbin Bredy, also of Stettler Middle School, to win the Grade 7 mixed doubles, with four teams compet-ing.

Big Valley’s C. Warren and K. Hiemstra defeated T. MacGilli-vray and C. Neufeld from Moth-er Teresa in Halkirk to win the Grade 7 boys’ doubles, out of 11 competing teams.

In girls’ Grade 7 doubles, D. Johnson and B. Musgrove of Mother Teresa won over X. Sierra and K. Hansel out of a field of 13 teams.

Results from Grade 8 singles and doubles, and Grade 9 singles, weren’t available at press time.

Grade 9 boys’ doubles saw N. Bauer and B. Schaffner of Gus Wetter triumphing over J. Kuefler and T. Bagshaw of Theresetta, out of seven teams.

Nine teams registered for Grade 9 girls’ doubles, with M. Jaffrey and J. Nelson of Donalda out-racquetting J. Kellough and J. Spady from Gus Wetter.

In Grade 9 mixed doubles five pairs registered, with C. Zimmer and E. Brown of Coronation de-feating Theresetta’s D. Steinwand and J. Wilson.

The next middle-school bad-minton tournament takes place in Stettler with the CARA tourna-ment today, April 28.

Badminton season

in full speed

All flash and no bang for Stettler Thunder this weekend


Two students from Stettler Middle School compete at the Junior Badminton tournament in Castor last Wednesday, April 22. In this case of mixed doubles, these Stettler kids faced another team of kids in green from the same school.


It was a demonstration of team spirit on Saturday when the Stettler Thunder Mini-Tykes team loaned some of its players to the short-manned Lacoka Lo-cos so the game could be played.

At this age group of play, score isn’t kept and the normal hockey-sized lacrosse rink is cut in half for the smaller players. It’s more about learning how to play than playing the game at this point, according to past president Kim Smyth.

But other than the fun in Ponoka for the mini-tykes, it was a weekend of losses for the Stettler Thunder teams, with no wins across four leagues of play.

The Midget Thunder came home winless with

a painful 14-3 loss to the Olds Stingers in Olds on Friday, April 24. Though the team continues to im-prove, the long-legged la-crossers didn’t have the gas to keep up with the speedy stingers.

In Red Deer on Mon-day, April 27, the Bantam Thunder went toe-to-toe with the Chiefs, managing to hold the home team to a standstill through most of the game. It was only in the final minutes of play that the Chiefs secured their 6-2 win.

Friday, April 24 saw the Peewee Thunder in Black-falds, where they were de-feated in a close but losing game against the Warriors. The final score of the game was not available by press time.

Novice Thunder were

the only team to have two games this past weekend, with a Friday, April 24 loss against Three Hills, though it was close. It was only in the closing period of the game that the Thunder gave ground, losing 7-4.

The next day, the team travelled to Red Deer and faced the Chiefs, and though it was another loss, the team left in high spir-its after a close game. The score wasn’t available by press time.

“Anyone who watches lacrosse knows how quick fortunes can turn,” Smyth said. “A team can be win-ning 5-4 only to be losing 13-6 within five minutes. It all comes down to the end of the game and who has the most gas left and can keep running.”

The Thunder host a series

of home games this week-end, starting on Saturday, May 2 at 10:30 a.m. with a Peewee game against the Didsbury Chargers. At 11:45 a.m., the Novice

will face Didsbury’s novice team.

Bantam Thunder take the floor at 12:45 p.m. with a game against Innisfail, fol-lowed by a 2:15 p.m. game

pitting the Midgets against Red Deer.

On Sunday, May 3 at 10:30 a.m., the Thunder Peewees will take on Syl-van Lake.

Mustafa Eric/Independent editor

Stettler’s mighty Mini-Tykes shared a lot of playing time with Lacoka Locos players during Ponoka’s Lacrosse Days event at the Ponoka Culutre and Recreation Complex on Saturday, April 25.


A week of hard work and garbage behind them, vol-unteers and members of the community flocked to the No Frills parking lot to enjoy a free barbecue courtesy of Newalta on Friday, April 24.

Newalta partnered with the Town of Stettler to offer the free barbecue for cleanup volunteers, all who got together throughout the previous week to clean up a winter's worth of discarded garbage.

When the snow melts, a treasure trove of coffee cups, napkins, and other bits and pieces of detritus become more and more apparent after being hidden all winter, and the efforts of volunteers to clean up the commu-nity's public areas and parks helps save the town money and frees up time for its staff, according to councillor Karen Sernecky.

It's the second year Newalta has held the barbecue for the clean-up volunteers, something Kevin Plante, the Stettler Newalta branch manager, said. When Ser-necky approached him the year before, he “jumped at the chance” to take part, he recalled.

The company, which recycles oil field byproducts and resells them, is all about recycling and keeping the world clean, so the clean-up barbecue falls right in line with its mandate, Plante explained.

He had started the day with about 200 hotdogs on the company's brand new grill – which was on its first out-ing – and had to leave to get more by midway through the barbecue, as traffic had been consistant despite the cooling of the temperatures.

Tim Hortons supplied coffee and donuts for the event to go along with the hotdogs, and there was also chips and pop.

Five Newalta employees, including Plante, spent the barbecue hours dishing out dogs and drinks.

Earth week was promot-ed by Sernecky through the poster efforts of the local school. Two winning de-signs, by Ashley Wingie and Robert Collins, were chosen, Sernecky said.

“The week went fantas-tic,” she said. “We had way more volunteers register than last year.”

The registration helped ensure no groups went to clean the same area, Ser-necky explained.

“It's always a lot of the same people,” she said. “And parks are always a target. But we all worked hard and it's nice and clean.”

Independent COMMUNITYWednesday, April 29, 2015 The Stettler Independent Page 17

Successful cleanup week ends with barbecue

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“What’s emerging is what we need, which is a com-prehensive plan, going after the criminal gangs, go-ing after the traffickers, going after the owners of the boats...and stabilising the countries from which these people are coming.” And when you have finished “stabilising” Syria, Somalia and Libya, overthrowing the Eritrean dictatorship, and ending poverty in West Africa, could you drop by and fix my plumbing? Oh, and Yemen. Fix Yemen too.

“These people” are the 1,300 refugees who drowned in the Mediterranean in the past two weeks, the 30,000 who will drown by the end of this year while trying to cross if nothing more is done – and of course, the estimated half million who will make it safely to Ita-ly, Malta or Greece. The speaker was Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, but he was just one voice in the European Union choir

The EU’s leaders were meeting in emergency ses-sion because of a public outcry over all the refugees drowning on the crossing between Libya and Italy. These same leaders were responsible for most of the deaths, because last year they ended a very effective Italian Navy search-and-rescue operation and “re-placed” it with an EU operation that had a third of the resources and was not supposed to operate more than 50 km off the Italian coast.

So now they had to fix it somehow, but they were all aware that their electorates at home still don’t want millions of migrants flooding into the EU, refugees or not. So they did what politicians do in circumstances like these. They came up with a displacement activity.

The problem, it turns out, is not refugees fleeing from places like war-torn Syria and Somalia, from cruel dictatorships like Eritrea, and from impover-ished parts of West Africa. It is the evil traffickers – the new slave-traders, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called them – who lure the migrants away from their homes and charge them $2,000 per person for a place on a leaky boat to Europe.

Well, of course. Why would anybody want to leave a nice, safe place like Syria or Somalia unless they had been tricked into it by unscrupulous people-smug-glers? So if we just break up those criminal gangs, maybe even go into Libyan territorial waters and de-stroy their boats before they leave the coast, then the demand for their services will vanish. Everybody will stay home, and the problem will go away.

Wait, sorry, we forgot. We have to “stabilise” their countries too. But THEN the problem really will go

away, and we’ll all live happily ever after.Are any of the 28 EU national leaders so naive that

they believe this garbage? Of course not. So why are they saying it? Because they, like the people who vot-ed for or against them, are torn between a distaste for seeing innocent people die, and a determination that millions of those innocent people cannot come and live in their countries.

So they want to hide what the policy is really about, and displace the blame for its bad effects (namely a lot of people drowning) on somebody else. Racist and hypocritical, you say, with a bit of Islamophobia thrown in. You’re right about the hypocrisy, but for a lot of Europeans the problem really is the numbers.

There are millions of people living within 1,500 km. of the European Union’s borders who would move there tomorrow if they had the chance, and that’s just the desperate ones who are trying to escape from wars, violent anarchy and extreme repression.

Count in all the others who would just like a chance to make a decent living in a place where corruption is relatively low and the law is usually enforced, and you are probably into tens of millions of potential migrants. Most of them are not desperate enough to risk the trans-Mediterranean route. Make it easier and safer, however, and lots of them would come too.

There are now close to one billion people living within 2,000 km. of the EU’s borders. Thanks to some of the world’s highest population growth rates, that will double in the next 30 years, which virtually guar-antees that there will be more civil wars, more failed states and even more refugees. And that’s before you factor in the impact of climate change in the sub-trop-ics.

The EU’s own population is about 650 million, and it is not growing. So there is deep concern among EU leaders (though many of them don’t want to say it in public) that in ten or ten years they will be facing ille-gal migration so massive that it would fundamentally change the cultural identity of European countries.

They want to get the new, much tougher policy towards refugees in place now, before the refugees taking the sea route to Europe start coming in even greater numbers, but they don’t want to take responsi-bility for the deaths that will happen as a result. How to shift the blame? Try this. “It’s not our fault that all those poor people are dying at sea; it’s the fault of the evil people-smugglers.”

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According to Statistics Canada, Alberta ranked 7th overall in life satisfaction with Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan ranking No. 1 and No. 2. Edmonton is ranked 30th and Calgary 23rd among 33 Canadian cities, in terms of life sat-isfaction in the most recent survey measuring Canadian happiness.

Hard to believe, isn’t it? After all, at $84,390, Alber-ta has the highest per capita income in the nation.

Now look at these fig-ures:

• One in five working Al-bertans (20 per cent) earns less than a living wage ($15/hour);

• The average Alberta household debt is $124,838, adding strain to family life and unnecessary stresses on the healthcare system;

• 21.1 per cent of Alber-tans experience of lot of stress in their lives (Alber-ta ranked 10th among the provinces and territories), with Newfoundland being the least stressed province (15.2 per cent experience stress);

• Only 63.6 per cent of Albertans felt a strong sense of belonging to their com-munity. That placed us 12th, just ahead of lowest-ranked Quebec. Nunavut has the highest sense of belonging.

Let’s not forget our un-funded social and human capital liabilities, either. Our First Nations, for ex-ample, are living in poverty and hopelessness with high rates of suicide.

The Genuine Wealth In-stitute has estimated that the province’s Genuine Prog-ress Indicator (GPI), a broad measure of societal well-being (what I like to call the Happiness Index), de-clined 0.5 per cent per year between 1961 and 2003. Meanwhile, real Gross Do-mestic Product (GDP) per capita increased steadily by about 2.2 per cent per year. I guess it’s true that money can’t buy happiness.

Today, in the midst of another provincial election, maybe it is time to move on to a new aspirational vi-sion for Alberta. It would be based on individual and collective “happiness,” us-

ing our abundant natural assets (oil, gas, agricultural land, forests and clean wa-ter), our human capital, our social capital (relationships, trust) and our entrepreneur-ial spirit to build a better, more just economy.

But using a well-being-based investment approach to governing the province would require establishing a new strategic vision for the future.

Maybe the past can offer us some guidance.

When Peter Lougheed was elected premier in 1971, he led his team with a new vision for Alberta that included championing the oil and gas industry and de-veloping the oil sands. But his vision also included col-lecting a fair share of royal-ties based on the value of oil and gas sales and putting aside 30 per cent or more of this money in Alberta’s Heritage Savings and Trust Fund. He did this to ensure Albertans received an ap-propriate return-on-equity for our natural resources.

During the Lougheed years, royalties on oil and gas averaged 27 per cent of their value. Unfortunately, beginning in 1985 the rate of return to Albertans from oil and gas sales has been steadily falling, reaching its lowest level during Alison Redford’s tenure.

The Alberta government (as do all governments in Canada) currently operates without a balance sheet, so my first recommendation would be that we conduct a review of the real total wealth held by the province. That review will give us the tools to properly manage our natural capital and op-timize our human and so-cial capital assets as well. It could be a game-changer for the province.

Alberta could become a model economy of well-being following the lead of China and Bhutan which have both adopted a new economic paradigm based on well-being and happi-ness. The Chinese model is based on the ancient Con-fucian idea of “xiaokang,” which means “a society of well-being” where eco-nomic growth is balanced with sometimes-conflicting goals of social equality and environmental protection.

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Last week Alberta tax-payers learned that while the Alberta government had been publicly boasting about its new “rigorous” policy of accountability and expense disclosure, behind the scenes, the truth was be-ing hidden.

The government insisted it was posting all executive expenses online. We now know they weren’t. Behind the scenes the PC govern-ment had created a new secret expense category—called corporate events—that allowed ministers and senior government officials to hide $6 million in ex-penses. Apparently, the PCs believe they’re entitled to a slush fund.

Another backroom se-cret that was discovered this week has to do with the taxpayer-funded golf course west of Calgary. It seems the arrangement also includes a secret $15 million side-deal that nobody outside the up-per ranks of the PC govern-ment knows anything about. Prentice and the PCs refuse to disclose details.

Hopefully, the Auditor General will investigate. The PCs obviously believe that in addition to a slush fund, they’re also entitled to secrecy.

Then just a few days ago, former Energy Min-ister, Ted Morton, spilled the beans on what could be one of the biggest economic boondoggles in Alberta’s history. Morton says the PC government committed the province (again in a back-room without whispering a peep to taxpayers), to what is being referred to as a $26 billion boondoggle.

“What began as a low-risk, low-cost project to en-courage bitumen upgrading has morphed into a multi-billion dollar boondoggle with high risks for taxpay-ers,” Morton is quoted as

saying. The backroom deal means every Alberta family is on the hook for $25,000.

Every one of these tax-payer-funded deals were made in a backroom by PC Cabinet Ministers who be-lieved they were entitled to do whatever they wanted. No accountability. No trans-parency. No review. Not even a one-time opportunity for public evaluation.

Just prior to the discovery of these shenanigans, the PCs called an election even though the law specifically says there isn’t supposed to be an election until the spring of 2016. Here too, the PCs believed they were entitled to do what they wanted, even if it meant breaking the law.

Then this past week, in a full display of an entitle-ment attitude, half-a-dozen PC Cabinet Ministers met with the media to complain that they didn’t like the Wil-drose Party’s budget pro-posals.

Don Braid, a journalist with the Calgary Herald said the PCs presented them-selves as “humble candi-dates,” but he also indicated there was no mistaking that the PCs were trying to mar-shal the weight and power of government to criticize Wildrose economic policy.

Wildrose Leader, Brian Jean, responded by pointing out that the PCs have such an over-developed sense of entitlement, they don’t even recognize the impro-priety of using the power of government to criticize

someone during an elec-tion campaign, as opposed to speaking out on behalf of their own political party.

“These guys think the PC Party and the government are the same thing,” Jean said. “They have an attitude of entitlement.”

Other commentators re-sponded to this week’s events by pointing out that in the world of political par-ties and government, en-titlement and accountability are like air and water.

No glass or cup can be filled with air and water at the same time. Similarly, a political party or govern-ment filled with an attitude of entitlement, can’t pos-sibly, at the same time, have an attitude of account-ability.

This commentary is a production of the Wildrose Coffeeroom. The Wildrose Coffeeroom is a forum made up of a number of Wildrose candidates and some MLAs. On a twice-weekly basis, these individuals get togeth-er to talk through a specific policy or fiscal issue. As part of the process, a short commentary is compiled and then edited by a com-mittee of the participants. The editorial committee responsible includes STU-ART TAYLOR, West Yel-lowhead, RICK STRANK-MAN, Drumheller-Stettler, and WES TAYLOR, Battle River-Wainwright. For background information on the Wildrose Coffeeroom visit us on Facebook.

Canada’s Economic Action Plan 2015 is for Canadians. We have a balanced budget, we are making life more afford-able for families and seniors, and we are encouraging job-creating businesses to expand, all while protecting Canadians here at home.

In 2008 we made a commitment to Ca-nadians that we were going to invest in infrastructure to grow the economy in the depths of the recession, but we commit-ted that in 2015 we would come back to a balanced budget. We have lived up to that commitment. Canadian families sit down at the table, establish a budget, and live within their means. They expect gov-ernments to do the same, and this govern-ment is doing just that.

This is a budget that helps all Canadi-ans. It helps small business. We are low-ering the small business tax rate to nine percent, the biggest cut in 25 years. We are investing in skill development and job creation, to give young people the skills for the jobs of tomorrow.

It’s a budget that helps families. By put-ting an additional $6600 in the pockets of the average family of four, we are telling Canadians that the best people to decide what is best for their family is mom and dad, not government bureaucrats.

For seniors, many groups asked for changes around the Registered Retire-ment Income Funds and we brought forward those changes in this budget as well. We made a commitment to double the Tax-Free Savings Account, and we have again kept that promise. Seniors are an enormous percentage of those who use the TFSA, we want them to continue to have a dignified retirement, and they

know all of these measures help.A government’s number one prior-

ity is to protect our citizens at home and abroad. The measures that we’ve brought forward are going to enhance that. Cana-dians rely on us to take the fight against terrorism very seriously and this budget helps the RCMP, our security agencies as well as our Canadian Armed Forces. These measures are going to keep Canada secure and safe.

As we move forward, Canada is posi-tioned to compete globally. We have po-sitioned Canadians to better save for their retirement. We have positioned Canadian business to succeed and to create jobs and move forward with the many new mar-kets. We have created record support for families and seniors. And we continue to invest in the women and men who stand on guard for us at home. This is a budget all Canadians can be proud of.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this or previous columns you may write me at 4945-50th Street, Cam-rose, Alberta, T4V 1P9, call 780-608-4600, toll-free 1-800-665-4358, fax 780-608-4603 or e-mail [email protected]. Please visit my new Facebook page SorensonKevinA to receive updates on what is happening in Ottawa and across the riding or follow me on Twitter @KevinASorenson.

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Between elections, what tools can Canadians use to hold their federal govern-ment to account? One im-portant tool is the Access to Information Act. You may not have heard of it, but it’s a vitally important law that lets any Canadian request information about what the government is do-ing, including just what our tax dollars are being spent on, and by whom. And even more importantly, it creates a legal responsibility for the government to provide the information.

In March, Canada’s In-formation Commissioner released a special report containing 85 recommen-dations to update the Act. The current law has been in place since 1982 and with-out major reform since, in spite of the fact that as the Commissioner puts it, “much has changed within government since that time, including how the govern-ment is organized, how de-cisions are made and how information is generated, collected, stored, managed and shared.” So it only makes sense that this law be adapted for the realities

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dation is extending the Act; currently, many parts of government are not even covered. Some, like the House of Commons and Senate, are familiar to Ca-nadians. Others, such as the Commissioner for Fed-eral Judicial Affairs, are virtually unknown – even though their budget is over $500 million. Other entities that are partly arms-length from the government, such as Canada Health Infoway (which has received more than $2 billion in federal government funding since 2001), are also not covered by the Act.

There’s no good rea-son why these taxpayer-funded bodies are not cov-ered. There’s little point in a transparency law that doesn’t follow much of the money in the first place.

In terms of the type of in-formation released, another important recommendation would require the govern-ment to provide data in an “open, reuseable and acces-sible format.” The Cana-dian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has on many occa-sions requested informa-tion, only to receive boxes of blurry, photocopied documents, which were ob-viously printed off from a program like Excel. This is a pointless waste of every-one’s time, money and pa-per; in 2015, there’s simply no reason most data can’t be supplied electronically.

Perhaps most impor-tantly, the Commissioner suggests that when grants or loans are given to third parties – referred to in some circles as “subsidies” or “corporate welfare,” that the recipients not be per-

mitted to withhold infor-mation about repayment. Under the current rules, many large corporations claim “commercial sensi-tivity” as a reason not to release details. To take just a single example of dozens, consider Mitel Networks of Ottawa, which received $60 million from the gov-ernment in 2002. To this day, the company has re-fused to let the government disclose any information about repayment of that loan (if there has been any repayment). This needs to change.

In addition, the Commis-sioner recommends that government proactively publish information about all grants and loans given by government, including the status of repayment and compliance with any terms – rather than forc-ing Canadians to request the information first. When governments spend money, the default position should be to account for it.

Not every recommenda-tion in the Commission-er’s report is a slam-dunk: opening the request sys-tem up to people outside of Canada, for example, seems unnecessary. But on balance, many would be big improvements.

It may not be the sexi-est political issue during an election year, but transpar-ent and accountable gov-ernment is extremely im-portant in any democratic society. With her report, the Information Commission-er has drawn attention to some of the defects of our current Access to Informa-tion Act. The government would be well advised to take action on many of its recommendations.

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“CFIB applauds the government for lowering the tax burden on Can-ada’s small businesses now that the budget has been balanced,” said Dan Kelly, president of CFIB. “Reducing the small busi-ness corporate tax rate was viewed by CFIB mem-bers as the most effec-tive measure the federal government could take to strengthen the perfor-mance of small firms. We are especially pleased that government intends to leg-islate the full small busi-

ness tax cut plan before the election.”

CFIB is very pleased several of its recommen-dations were included in the 2015 budget:

Reducing the small busi-ness corporate tax from 11 to 9 per cent over the next four years. This comes af-ter years of steady CFIB lobbying and will save small firms $2.7 billion over four years ($1.2 bil-lion per year when fully implemented).

Increasing the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption for farmers and fishers to $1 million as of to-day. CFIB’s agri-business members have called for such a measure for many years.

Returning the budget to balance, and introducing balanced budget legisla-tion to protect taxpayers for the future.

Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance (CCA) for manufacturers for the next 10 years.

Several measures to re-duce red tape, including legislating a plan to cut a regulation for every new

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A review of passive in-come rules that prevent owners of campgrounds and self-storage facilities from accessing the lower small business corporate tax rate.

Confirmation that small firms will save $550 mil-lion in lower Employment Insurance rates through the Small Business Job Credit before even larg-er premium cuts start in 2017.

Significant reductions in credit card processing fees and new rules to en-sure fairness in the pay-ments industry.

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Even though the week-end precipitation made the district look like the middle of winter again, it was wel-come moisture for the agri-cultural community.

A number of fall and winter activities in the com-munity are now wrapping up. A tasty potluck supper and the final crib meet of the season were held at the Endmoor Drop-in Centre on Tuesday evening. Top crib player of the year was awarded to Doug Harrold. He received a trophy for his win and has his name engraved on the big trophy that stays at the Drop-in Centre. Congratulations to Doug. Lawrence Wilkie came in second. Crib will resume again in October and is open to all interested players.

The Smear card club con-cluded their card games for the season on Wednesday afternoon at the Endiang Hall. The club plans to re-sume the card games again next winter.

The Endmoor floor curl-ing club will wind-up their season on Monday at the Endiang Hall. More details on that next week.

Two teams from the Endmoor floor curling club participated in the 16-team bonspiel in Stettler on Thursday. Attending were the teams of Ken Schul-tz, Ernie Angel, Eleanor Schultz and Della Jones, also Dave and Carol Sisley, Eva Nielsen and Cliff Don-ald. Although the teams didn’t bring home any priz-es they did enjoy socializ-ing and the wonderful hos-pitality and meal provided by the Stettler club.

The 4-H mock achieve-ment day planned by the

Byemoor 4-H Beef Club for Saturday at the arena in By-emoor was cancelled due to the inclement weather. This trial-run gets the calves ac-customed to the different surroundings and gives the members an opportunity to practice their showmanship and grooming skills.

The local 4-H club will be hosting the Stettler District 4-H Show and Sale in By-emoor on May 18-19. Mark your calendars for that and come out to support the young 4-Hers and see the results of their year’s work on their projects.

Happy 65th birthday greetings go out to Stan Wasdal. Family members from Endiang and By-emoor traveled to Calgary on Sunday to help Stan cel-ebrate his special milestone birthday. They included Art and Dot Wasdal, Jim and Maureen Wasdal and Murray and Kim Wasdal. Enjoy those government cheques, Stan.

We send birthday greet-ings Dave Nixon Sr. who celebrates his 91st birthday on May 1. We wish you many more happy years, Dave.

A recent visitor with Brian and Theresa Christie was Brian’s brother Harvey Christie from Manitoba.

Congratulations to Jesse Jack on being selected to play in the Alberta Cup

girl’s hockey tournament in Medicine Hat. Good luck, Jesse.

Keep in mind the pro-vincial election is coming up on May 5. A polling station will be open at the Byemoor community hall from 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. There will also be advance polls on April 29-30 and May 1-2 in Hanna and Stettler if you are away on election day. Be sure to exercise your right to vote to elect an effective voice for your community.Coming Events:

May 9-10 — Mother’s Day Garden Tea from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., features High Tea by reservation (403-665-2431 or 403-854-1137) at Rhonda Munns’ gift shop, Endiang.

May 10 — Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast at the Endiang Hall from 9 a.m. - noon.

Chuckle for the day — “4 out of 3 people have trouble with fractions.”

The parent council met on Monday eve-ning. The open house at the school on May 6 at 7 p.m. was discussed. Everyone is welcome and they extend a spe-cial welcome to our new families.

It is a chance for the community to learn more about the education bene-fits offered at Mother Theresa.

The CARA badminton playoff will be held in Stettler on April 29.

A date was set for the Grade 9 gradu-ation. Mark May 20 on your calendar.

Seniors’ meeting and potluck supper was held on Tuesday, everyone had a great meal and discussions were made of the centre bookings.

Stettler hosted a floor curling bon-spiel last Thursday. Attending from Halkirk were Edna Luft, Wendy Ash-

bacher, Adolf Heier and Rose Koenraadt.

Word has been re-ceived on the passing of Ruby Neilson from Olds. Ruby’s late husband was Don, her funeral was

held last Saturday.Margaret and Sonny Rowland re-

turned from a trip to Yuma.A surprise birthday party was held

for Helen Moral last week.A big happy birthday to Melody

Kent, a come and go get-together will be held on Sunday at the hall starting at 2.Coming up-

April 30 – Hall board bingo at 7:30; May 6 – Mother Theresa open house; May 10 – Elks’ annual Mothers’ Day breakfast; May 30 – Hazardous waste collection in town.

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The Donalda Commu-nity Arts Society will be showcasing the Donalda School students’ artwork on May 1 for a week. The gallery will be open over the week for public view-ing.

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I would be remiss not to mention the eight inches of snow that fell on Saturday. There, I’ve mentioned it.

The Big Knife 4-H met at Donalda for the mini showdate. Congratula-tions to the Derr girls who did good in dance. Shayla received high point in Drumheller and was presented with a tro-phy.

Bill and Joyce Hansel motored to Cadogan on Sunday for their great grandson Dustin Bot-ting’s second birthday. Mom and dad, Leigha and Ryan, hosted a “choo choo “ train theme which included decorated birth-day cake and cookies; train trays of fruit and veggies; even a train pinate. All the family

gathered at the Cadogan school building for the event with nine wee ones to help Dustin celebrate. It should be noted Bill and Joyce ran out of snow the east side of Castor.

It was an exciting week-end for Marie (Baird) Vance, who became a great grandmother on Friday, April 24. Grand-daughter Mel (Melanie) Baird and Brian Madden are the proud parents of a baby boy, Seth Doniven Madden, who arrived in Red Deer Hospital. Con-

gratulations to all!Eleanor Dahlgren

headed to Stettler on Sunday to watch grand-daughter Tammy Hronek, Luke and Kayla run the barrels. Congratulations to Kayla who came in second.

There will be an annual meeting of the Heritage Society (church build-ing) on Thursday, April 30. Anyone interested in attending and finding out where the meeting will be, please contact Mar-garet at 403 742 2117

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Calling all seniors out to a very important monthly meeting to be held May 4 starting at 12 noon at the seniors’ centre. These meetings start out with a potluck luncheon, so please make up one of your favorite dishes and bring it along to share with everyone. The meeting is held right after the potluck luncheon.

Then, that same Monday, Joshua Morris will be celebrating his birth-day, so if you are talking to him, wish him a great day. Happy Birth-day Joshua, hope you have a fantastic day.

Bingo takes place tonight, Wednes-day April 29, starting at 7:15 p.m., so grab your friends and come out to the seniors’ centre tonight for a great time.

On May 31, make sure you come on out to the Botha Hall and dance to the music from the “Ralph and Friends” band. They are a fantastic group of players, so make sure you mark this on your calendars.

Old Man Winter unfortunately decided to hit us all again this past weekend dropping about four inches of snow, so hopefully, this will be the last time until fall.

As I was looking for information about Botha, I discovered Botha was previously named Mayrville, which was just a little ways from where Botha is located now. One point I found was that on Jan. 11, 1905, the Mayrville post office opened with Will Gibbon as the first postmaster, which was interesting. The building he owned was a two- storey building, with his family living quarters on the upper floor and the post office and store on the main floor. Will also ran a lumberyard, by then Mayrville was a good-sized place with quite a few businesses.

In 1906, the Mayrville Hotel was just nearing the end of its construc-tion and on Dec 21,1906, the first dance was held in it to celebrate the

opening of the hotel. Mayrville was located on the NW-

34-18-W4 location and was partly on Bill Harmon’s land and part on section 33-CPR land, which was close to the correction line. On the correction line, there were two stop-ping houses where travelers could stop for a meal and/or lodging for the night before they started again on their journey. The Pinneke Stopping House was on Charlie Hatt’s quarter facing north and the other stopping house was named Mills Stopping House, which was on the location of Clarence Hankins farm.

In 1907, a number of residents paid a visit to the Underwood workshop and saw it with mixed emotions. The people were inspecting the flying machine, which Botha now has as a memorial to the Underwood Brothers for the countries first flying machine.

A replica of this machine is locat-ed just west of the Botha Arena, so when you’re in this area, make sure you stop and take a look at this. It’s very interesting to see.

I will end here for now, but in the future columns, we will dig into more of Botha’s history and some of the people that made Botha what it is to-day.

There is a museum started here in Botha, too, at the old United Church, so make sure you phone the village and find out more information on this and the hours of operation.

Also if your looking for a reason-able hall to rent which just had a few new improvements make sure you call Shaun Derr at 403-742-4811, and he will gladly help you out, thank you.

Stopping houses of Mayrville

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BRIDAL SHOWER for

Jennifer McLean bride-elect of

Terence HughesMay 9, 2 p.m. at

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BRIDAL SHOWER HONORING

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CODY BROUGHTON

to be held in the Stettler Anglican Church basement on May 9 at 2 p.m.

Everyone welcome.

BRIDAL SHOWER to be held honoring

ASHLEY ZELLER Bride Elect Of

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Ramada Hotel May 3rd at 1:00 -4:00 Registry at The Bay,

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CENTRAL Alberta Singles dances at Royal Canadian

Legion Innisfail Hall May 9: Flashback Freddie,

May 23: Randy Hillman and Hot Spur,

June 27: Phil Wayne. Music 8 pm - 12 am. Everyone welcome

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BALLAWe would like to thank all of our family and friends who

shared in assisting with Thomas Balla’s funeral. Thank you for the care of Dr.’s Lockhat, Drummond and nurses of

Stettler Hospital. For the excellent medical attention fromDr. Jim and the compassionate nurses in Red Deer

Hospital’s I.C.U. We would also like to thank everyone for their sympathies, phone calls, fl owers, food and gifts of

monies. Which will be donated to AB Lung Association in Thomas’ memory. A graveside service will take place for all

our family and friends at a later date.Sylvia & Carol Anne Balla

The family of the late DALE NICHOLS would like to express our sincere thanks to everyone for the many phone calls, cards, fl owers and food. Your kindness and support have

given us comfort in our time of sorrow. We wish to thank Dr. Drummond, Home Care girls and all the nurses that cared for

him over the years. Also, thanks to Rev. Ross Hegleton for the lovely service and Allen Jacobson for the wonderful eulogy. A very special thank you to the staff at Stettler Funeral Home for making dad’s service so memorable. Dad will be missed

forever, but you know he will live in the hearts of all who shared their grief with us during this diffi cult time. Thanks from

the bottom of our hearts.Wilda, Jared & Brenda, Dale &

Corina, David & Sandy, Shane & Denise & families

Mom Dad1910-2000 1905-2009

Their SmilesThough their smiles are goneforever and their hands we

cannot touch.We still have memories

of the ones we loved so much. Their memory is now our keepsakes with which

we’ll never part. God has them in his keeping, we

have them in our hearts.

Sadly missed but never forgotten. The Milner Family

McKETSYJerry died on April 22, 2015, a good man to family and friends. He enjoyed his last day doing the things he loved the most, at the place he most loved to be, his home at White Sands on Buffalo Lake, Alberta. Jerry was born October 10, 1946 at Sheho, Saskatchewan to John and Bella McKetsy where they lived until 1964, when the family moved to Saskatoon. He attended high school at Bedford Road Collegiate and then went on to apprentice as an

ironworker which became his life long career. Jerry had many passions in life, the fi rst and foremost, family and bird watching to name a few, as well as his true love of nature…when not watching CNN. He is survived by his loving wife and soul mate of 50 years Darlene; two children Melissa (Jed) Neufeld and Ward McKetsy; three grandchildren Derrick, Jocelyn and Talon. Jerry was the fi rst born of four children and is also survived by his two sisters Janice Unick and Bonnie (Dale) Mitchell; brother Ken (Shelly); brother in law Ray (Sharon) Jaskela as well as many nieces, nephews and friends. The family wishes to honor Jerry’s request with no formal funeral services but for all to celebrate his life in their own way.

STETTLER FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM were entrusted with the care and arrangements,

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Obituaries

In Memoriam

DUNCANRon 1954-2015Everyone is welcome to help celebrate the life of Ron at the Stettler Legion on May 7 from 1-5 p.m.Lots of memories and coffee.

SINCERE thanks to Jeff at Stettler Walmart for retrieving my purse

from the cart.

Doris

Obituaries

Card Of Thanks

THANK you to friends and neighbors for phone calls, cards, fl owers, and food

received in the loss of my brother, Dale Nichols.

Irene Schilling and family

In Memoriam

In loving memory of my husband and son, Ben and Chris Schilling; my mom and dad, Eva and Charlie Nichols; sister Donna Schilling; and brother Dale Nichols. Love Irene and family

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WellDrilling 1400


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Room for everyone in this 6 bedroom 4 bath home. Situated on an oversized lot in Parkdale with an outdoor patio and

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Room for a large family to live year round, this 6 bdrm home is located in Scenic Sands. This property is beautifully landscaped

and close to all lake ammenities. $459,000. Call Sherri.

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2005 mobile with modern updates. Quiet cul-de-sac with fenced yard and very large deck. Full ensuite

with jetted tub and walk-in-closet. $171,900. Call Jill.

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5 bdrm custom built home in Meadowlands. Modern amenities with beautiful stonework

inside and out. $649,000. Call Sherri.

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4.68 acres in newer north end with the potential of development to smaller residential lots. Great opportunity for a condo development or gated community. $399,000. Call Ross.

CA0058507CA0058507

Beautiful and timeless 4 bdrm cedar home located in Grandview. Complete with brand new playhouse in the backyard, this updated cozy

home awaits its new family. Priced to sell at $289,000. Call Sherri.

CA0058491CA0058491

4701 - 50 STREET, STETTLERCENTRALCENTRALROYAL LEPAGEROYAL LEPAGE

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1.4 acres of quiet country living! 3 bdrm bungalow with walk-out basement. Featuring a super oversized triple

car garage with 4 overhead doors. $585,000. Call Garry.

CA0057331CA0057331 CA0055781CA0055781

This property boasts a corner mature lot with large trees, a picket fence and is PRICED TO SELL. $65,000. Call Sherri.

Beautiful 4 bdrm, 2 bath lakefront home! Rustic pine interior and tons of natural light. Walkout, in fl oor heating, main fl oor

laundry... too many extras to list! $625,000. Call Brian or Sherri.

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Call a Central “Team” Sales Associate today for FREE advice or enquiries.

403-742-3344 (24 hours)LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATEDLOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED

Great price! Great location in Big Valley! 3 bdrm 2 bath mobile home on DOUBLE LOT with the convenience of a playground right across the street. $69,900. Call Jill.

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Misc.Help 880

Auctions 1530UNRESERVED FARM

AUCTION. Saturday, May 2 at 10 a.m. Antique trac-

tors, horses, mini excavator, trailers, tools,

boat, SUV, and more! Czar, Alberta. Scribner Auction 780-842-5666; www.scribnernet.com.

Bicycles 1540BRAND new adult 3 wheel

bike, 1 speed, $300. 403-740-0700.

Equipment-Misc. 1620

A-CHEAP, lowest prices, steel shipping containers. Used 20’ & 40’ Seacans insulated 40 HC DMG

$2450. 1-866-528-7108; www.rtccontainer.com.

Firewood 1660LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging

403-318-4346

Misc.Help 880

GardenSupplies 1680

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

tree minimum order. Deliv-ery fee $75 - $125/order.

Quality guaranteed. 403-820-0961.

OfficeSupplies 1800

403-742-2395

WHITE 20LB WHITE 20LB BOND PAPER: BOND PAPER:

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FarmEquipment 2010

FUTURE steel building, ready to be erected, 26’ x

25’ x 19’, located in Central AB, great for farm or small

acreage, must sell, reduced $11,000

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Livestock 2100FOR SALE. Simmeron

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

lines, very quiet, muscled. 780-913-7963; www.simmeronranch.ca.

Livestock 2100

RED ANGUSBULLSHeifer BullsCow Bulls

Performance & EPD data availableA.I. Sires

PIRORED ANGUS

P & R ZOLLER(403) 742-0336

PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year

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

BAR-DALE LIMOUSIN, ERSKINE, AB.

40, two year old virgin bulls for sale at the farm. Fully guaranteed.

Call Carole Barclay at 403-742-4825,

Terry 403-740-5037Ricky 403-740-5711. email

[email protected] BULLS Polled

Red and black two year olds and yearlings. Red

Angus Yearlings. Semen tested. Combest Limousin

Farm. (403)742-5211SHORTHORN bulls for sale, reds, roans and

whites, 2 yr. old yearlings. Semen tested and delivery within 100 miles. www.pros-

pecthillshorthorns.com Les & Shelley Peterson,

780-877-2444.

Heartland Victim Services Unit Society - Employment Opportunity Program Assistant/File & Court Support - Part Time (10-15 hours per week)Heartland Victim Services Unit Society is a not for profi t organization working in partnership with Stettler RCMP Detachment. Th e mandate of this society is to provide support, information and referrals to victims of crime and tragedy, including court support and accompaniment and on-going fi le management. We are seeking a dynamic, people oriented, mature individual to assist the program as Administrative Support to the Program Manager. Th e successful candidate will have a combination of skills and experience in the following areas:- 3+ years working in an offi ce environment, preferably within a client centered or not for profi t organization;- Solid skills in providing general clerical support in an effi cient and professional manner including fi ling and recording statistics;- Profi cient working with Microsoft Offi ce, Power Point, Excel and other soft ware to prepare written correspondence, statistical reports, promotional and resource materials etc.;- Profi cient in working with social media and web page design;- Well-developed communication skills to respond to a wide range of high stress situations in a professional, supportive and empathetic manner;- Highly organized, able to manage multiple priorities with superior accuracy and attention to detail;- Dynamic, positive and team spirited approach to supporting overall goals of the program while working within a restricted, fast paced environment;- Ability to take initiative and work independently, promoting positive and harmonious interaction and relationships between staff , program volunteers, program supporters and RCMP members.Th e successful applicant will report to the Program Manager and be required to:- Pass and maintain an enhanced reliability security clearance through RCMP;- Have a valid Alberta Driver’s license;- Have or be willing to take the Victim Services Basic Advocate Training;- Work fl ex hours which may include evenings and/or weekends;- Available for on-call hours on a regular rotation.We thank all candidates for their interest; however only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted. Recruitment will remain open until a suitable candidate is chosen. Please submit your cover letter, resume and other related documents to the attention of: Pat Hamilton, P.O. Box 1298, Stettler, AB. T0C 2L0Or email to [email protected]

Jensen Interiors is a new residential interiors store selling fl ooring, lighting,

window furnishings and wall coverings as well as offering an Interior Design

service, opening in Stettler in June 2015.

We are currently looking for staff for the following positions;

Showroom Consultant & Warehouse Manager

Responsibilities for both positions will include, but are not limited to:- Assisting customers with product selection and completing quotes and sales in a professional manner- Organising trade installations and following up with customers when projects are complete- Stock Management - General housekeeping

Qualifi cations:- Great customer service and communication skills;- Attention to detail and an interest in Interior Design & Decoration;- Fantastic organisational skills and computer literacy; and- Ability to multi-task

The Showroom Consultant role will be part-time (approximately 30 hours per week) and will include Saturdays.The Warehouse Manager role will be full-time and will include Saturdays.

We will provide full training which you will need to be available to commence at the end of May 2015.If you are interested or to fi nd out more information, please email [email protected]


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4908 - 51 Street

BEAUTIFUL 10 ACRE PARCEL within 7 miles of Stettler. Includes stunning gazebo, covered deck, 60’ x 40’ quonset & several out-

buldings. Fenced & cross fenced. A MUST SEE @ $369,900.

FAMILY HOME

ADULT ORIENTATED CONDO No more yard work or exterior

maintenance. 2 bdrms & 2 baths. All appliances included.

Ready to move in. $249,900.

PERFECT PLACE TO RETIRE Very little yard work, no exterior maintenance. Main fl oor laundry.

Attached single garage. Huge master bedroom with ensuite.

$224,500.

PERFECT ACERAGE For the guy who loves a shop! Great for

woodworking or auto repair. Lovely custom built 3 bedroom home on

3.25 Acres. Beautiful country kitchen. PRICED TO SELL @395,000.

CHEAPER THAN RENT with down payment of $9,500

and payments approximately $855/ month. You can own this 5 bdrm, 3 bath home.

WHAT A DEAL @ $189,900.

GOOD REVENUE PROPERTY Renters already in place. 3 bedrooms and 2

bathrooms. You own your own lot. PRICED TO SELL

@ $175,000.

3 BEDROOMS on main and 2 bedroom suite downstairs. Huge lot & single

garage. Next door to the playground.

$215,000.

AFFORDABLE HOMEIdeal retirement home or great place to start out. 2

bdrms. Apartment style home. Very bright neat and clean.

ONLY 125,000.

REVENUE PROPERTY

NEW NEW SOLD

4 BDRM BUNGALOW with dbl. detached garage. Newer roof and shingles. Some nice upgrades done, but still needs some TLC. Reasonably priced

property! $179,000.

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5002 - 50th Ave., Stettler

Bus.: 403-742-3069 1-888-742-6685

RENTERS WANTED. Attn: truckers,

welders, mechanics etc. 6940 sq. ft. office/shop for lease @ $10/sq. ft.

1.94 acres fenced yard. Will considermulti-year triple net lease.

AFFORDABLE PRICE FOR GREAT STARTER HOME

– Comfortable 3 bedroom bungalow. Heated garage, 6 appliances, bathroom renovation and newer windows and shingles. Very large lot close to mall, Tim Hortons, Walmart and Canadian Tire. CA0056473. $189,900.

OFFICE/SHOP FOR LEASE. 6133 sq ft building - 3361 sq ft office & 2772 sq ft shop. Office area contains reception, 7 offices, lunch room & board room. 4 bay shop height is approx. 20’ with 14’ overhead doors,

wash bay & mezzanine fl oor. Yard surrounded by chain link fence. Ample storage & parking space. $8/sq ft triple net. CA#0057125.

GREAT BUY FOR LAKE PROPERTY – 5 bedroom/3 bathroom, year round, open concept, hillside, modern home in Scenic Sands. Fully de-veloped basement, gas fi replace, wrap around covered deck, outdoor heated swimming pool, double detached heated garage, bunkhouse and asphalt driveway. Also some inclusions. CA0056162. $600,000.

UNIQUE, SCENIC AND PRIVATE. Quiet property with spectacular hilltop views. 4 bedrooms/3 bathrooms, hardwood fl ooring, cedar

shakes, fi replace, infl oor water heating & forced air heating. Attached heated 2 car garage, detached garage/ shop with carport, metal clad building used as barn/ storage, RV parking. CA0053371. $739,000.

ATTENTION: INVESTORS – 10% plus net return from this investment opportunity. 5 plus years left

on escalating lease. Major tenant in place. Over 7000 sq. ft. of buildings. CA#0055784.

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Advertisers in the showcaseAdvertisers in the showcasesection maintain Real Estatesection maintain Real Estateoffices in Stettler, are membersoffices in Stettler, are membersof the Red Deer & District Real Estateof the Red Deer & District Real EstateBoard Co-op Ltd., and all offer full Board Co-op Ltd., and all offer full multiple listing services.multiple listing services.

Misc.Help 880 Misc.

Help 880 Pasture/Land Wanted 2180LOOKING for pasture for

15 cow/calf pairs. Phone 403-740-0054.

Grain, FeedHay 2190

1ST. cut hay for sale, Phone 403-782-3149

or 403-350-8800HEATED CANOLA buying

Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

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

Buying damaged or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.SEED GRAIN WHEAT

CERT. HARVEST,REDWATER, FOREMOST

BARLEY CERT.COPELAND, COWBOY,COALITION SEED,OATS

SEED, FAVA BEANS PH. 780-855-2240,CEL, 780-678-6329

SQUARE hay bales, horse hay quality, 90% meadow brome, 10% alfalfa, no rain, plus second-cut alfalfa. 403-741-4353

Grain, FeedHay 2190

SELLING ORGANIC/conventional Sweet

Clover, Red Clover, Alfalfa, Smooth and Meadow Brome, Crestedwheat, Timothy, Sainfoin. Milk Vetch. Free delivery on

larger orders! Pasture and hay blends. Birch Rose

Acres Ltd., Star City, SK. Phone 306-863-2900;

[email protected].

SeedGrain 2200

COMMON SEAD OATS97% germ. Colour sorted.

$475/bushel. Call Glen Lepard 403-740-2872.

PLEASE DROP OFF RESUME TO LES SCHWARTZ

5002 - 51 Avenue, Stettler

PHONE~ 403-742-3385 FAX~ 403-742-2246

SCHWARTZ

FULLTIME YARD ATTENDANTJOB DUTIES:

Customer Service

Valid Driver's License to Operate Trucks & Forklift

Benefi ts Available Knowledge of Building Materials would be

an asset but not necessary

COOK SUPERVISOR

Permanent Full Time HEAD COOK Position at

Paragon Place Senior’s Lodge• 5+years experience managing a team in a food services environment including a commercial kitchen• Demonstrated knowledge of quantity cooking and purchasing• Experience planning nutritious menus• Analytical, organizational, and excellent communication skills• Ability to produce a Criminal Record Check.• Wages and benefi ts according to our Collective Agreement with CUPE.

This is a rewarding position with the opportunity to help the seniors in our community.

CONTACT

County of Stettler Housing Authority, Human Resources - 403.742.9220 Fax resume to 403.742.9221 or email [email protected]

Submit your resume by 4:00 PM May 6, 2015.

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.


For Rent#3000 - #3200

MORE sellers find buyers in the classifieds. 1-877-223-3311.

Houses/Duplexes 3020

IN STETTLER2 bdrm. older house

AND 3 bdrm. mobile home.

No pets, ref. req.Avail. imm.

403-742-6631

RIMBEY HOME FORRENT - 5 bdrm, 2 bath, 5appliance, fenced yard,oversized, double de-

tached garage. Availableimmediately. Rent and DDare $1250, we require 1stmonth, last month and DDprior to move in and a 1 yr

lease. A pet may beconsidered for an addition-

al fee. 250-488-0025 [email protected]

Misc.Help 880

StorageSpace 3160

Acreages 4050

ManufacturedHomes 3040

FOR SALE or lease 3 bedroom mobile home in Stettler. Large deck and yard. Close to hospital,

restaurants and all shopping areas.

Immediate possession. 1-403-742-4063.

Suites 3060L A R G E

One & Two BEDROOM APARTMENTS

FOR RENTNo pets

Phone Ellen at 403-742-1568

Phone Linda or Ernieat 403-742-5005

Suites 3060BEST RENTAL VALUE

IN STETTLER1 & 2 Bedroom, furnished

kitchenette suites.All utilities, cable, internet.

Avail. immediatelyKimberly 403-690-5828

StorageSpace 3160STETTLER MINI

STORAGEHousehold, furniture,business records, etc.

Various sizes. Protectedby security alarm and

fenced and lightedperimeter. Owner:

Reg and Darlene Hunter403-740-9283 or

403-742-3153

Real Estate#4000 - #4190

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

HousesFor Sale 40202 BDRM. house in Stettler,

on 6000 sq. ft. R2 lot, totally renovated.

Immediate Possession. 403-340-2727

Acreages 4050Bare acreage for sale, 400 meters north of John Deere, 5 acres, $169,000. Phone 403-742-5830.

ManufacturedHomes 4090

THE HEART of Every Home is in its Kitchen.

Kitchen specials starting at $138,500. Upgrades

include full backsplash, stainless steel appliances

& more. For more informa-tion call United Homes

Canada 1-800-461-7632 or visit our site at www.

unitedhomescanada.com.

BusinessesFor Sale 4140HIGH CASH PRODUCING vending machines. $1.00 vend = .70 profi t. All on location in your area.

Selling due to illness. Call 1-866-668-6629 for details.

MortgagesBought/Sold4190BANK SAID NO? Bank on us! Equity Mortgages for

purchases, debt consolida-tion, foreclosures,

renovations. Bruised credit, self-employed,

unemployed ok. Dave Fitzpatrick:

www.albertalending.ca. 587-437-8437, Belmor

Mortgage

Public Notice#6000

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

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NOTICETO CREDITORS

AND CLAIMANTS

Estate of DALE SAMUEL

NICHOLSwho died onApril 9, 2015

If you have a claim against this estate, you must fi le your claim by

June 19, 2015with

Brenda Andersonat

ANDERSONLAW OFFICE

Bay 5, 5002 51 Ave.Box 190,

Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0

and 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 any claim you may have.

NOTICEto Creditors and

ClaimantsESTATE OF

SANDRA NORMA KLAUS

who died onDecember 8, 2013


May 29, 2015and provide details of your claim with:

Keith R. Lambat

Johnston Ming Manning LLP

4th Floor 4943-50 Street Red Deer, AB

T4N 1Y1


property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have


ClaimantsESTATE OF GORDON

DOUGLAS KLAUSwho died on

December 11, 2013



Keith R. Lambat



T4N 1Y1



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Combat Spraying Ltd. is a local company specializing in Oilfi eld & Reclamation services. We are currently looking for employees for the 2015 spraying/reclamation season. Applicants must be highly motivated, have excellent verbal skills, be able to work long hours and/or travel to jobs outside the area. These positions involve applying herbicides on oilfi eld facilties, pipeline right-of-ways and environmentally sensitive areas. Sprayers will be trained but must have a valid driver’s license and applicable oilfi eld tickets (Standard fi rst aid, TDG & H2S Alive.) Wages: Sprayers – $21 - $27/hr

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DEVELOPMENT PERMITDEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS APPROVED

Notice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Application for a discretionary use in accordance with the County of Stettler No. 6 Land Use Bylaw No. 1443-10 was approved by the Development Authority:

1. No: DP 15013 Legal Description: S ½ 15-40-21-W4M Rural Address: 21246 Twp Rd 402 Applicant/ Owner: Ol’ MacDonald’s Campsite Ltd. Proposed Development: Concert Site (Music Festival)

2. No: DP 15019 Legal Description: SW 19-36-16-W4M Rural Address: 35339 HWY 853 Applicant/ Owner: Clayton & Jennifer Bunney Proposed Development: Manufactured Home - Older than 10 years

3. No: DP 15020 Legal Description: Lot 11, Block 2, Plan 0620307 (Buffalow View Estates Rural Address: 222,40327 Hwy 835 Applicant/ Owner: Peter David Wood Proposed Development: Detached Dwelling (1800 sq. ft.) w/ attached Ancillary Building - Residential Oversized - 2000 sq. ft. w/ 8.1 % variance to east side yard setback (10 ft. to 9.19 ft.) and 3.2% variance to max, height (from 26.25 ft. to 27.10 ft.)

4. No: DP 15022 Legal Description: NW 3-35-20-W4M Applicant: Louis & Jan Hermus Owner: Buffalo Jump Contracting Inc. Proposed Development: Sand, Gravel & Surface Mineral Extraction (Gravel Pit)

5. No: DP 15029 Legal Description: Lot 27, BLock 2, Plan 0620307 (Buffalo View Estates) Applicant: Micheal Wiens Owner: Michael & Angela Wiens Proposed Development: Recreational Vehicle - Renewal

Any person claiming to be affected by such decision may appeal by giving notice in writing to the Secretary, Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, County of Stettler No. 6 PO Box 1270, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 not later than May 13, 2015. The notice must contain the reason for the appeal.Jacinta Donovan & Cara McKenzie, Development Offi cers

County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,

Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 742-4441 Fax: 742-1277

PUBLIC NOTICE


Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 403-742-1277

PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE

Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.)Stettler, AB T0C 2L0

www.stettler.net

PUBLIC NOTICEBYLAW 2063-15

Public Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Municipal Council of the Town of Stettler to pass Bylaw 2063-15 to adopt an amended “Northeast Industrial Area Structure Plan” for the following lands:

A part of the majority of the NW 1/4 04-39-19 W4M and a portion of the SW 1/4 04-39-19-4 that is located in northeast portion of the Town of Stettler.

A copy of Bylaw 2063-15 may be viewed at the Town Offi ce during regular hours of business or the Town of Stettler website at www.stettler.net.

A Public Hearing on the matter of Bylaw 2063-15 will be held at the Council Chambers, Stettler Town Offi ce, 5031 - 50 Street on May 19, 2015 at the hour of 6:45 p.m. when written or oral presentation for or against the bylaw will be received.

Dave Dittrick, Contract Development Offi cer



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ClaimantsESTATE OF

MONICA DALE KLAUS

who died onDecember 11, 2013



Keith R. Lambat



T4N 1Y1



Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.)

Stettler, AB T0C 2L0

www.stettler.net

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICENotice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Applications have been approved as permitted uses in accordance with the Town of Stettler Land UseBylaw No, 2060-15:

1. No: 2858-2015 Legal Description: Lot 40, Block 36, Plan 9420987 Municipal Address: 4820 - 54 Street Applicant: Clearview School Division #7

Proposed Development: Renovation

2. No: 2859-2015 Legal Description: Lot 16, Block 10, Plan RN54A Municipal Address: 5004 - 52 Street Applicant: Diane Trenholm Proposed Development: Detached Garage

3. No: 2860-2015 Legal Description: Lot 8, Block 61, Plan 4508HW Municipal Address: 4706 - 53 Street Applicant: Mark Tempest Proposed Development: Detached Garage

4. No: 2861-2015 Legal Description: Lot 22, Block 35, Plan 8061ET Municipal Address: 5007 - 56 Street Applicant: Doti’s Dog Treats Proposed Development: Home Occupation

Dave DittrickPlanning & Development Services

ROADSIDE MOWING PROGRAMThe County of Stettler No. 6 Public Works Department will manage the vegetation along all County roads subject to the following:

1. The County of Stettler No.6 reserves the right to manage the vegetation along the road slopes.2. Residents will be permitted to hay the remainder of the Road Allowance under the following conditions:a) Haying must be completed by August 1 of the year the hay was cut. Bales are to be removed within 48 hours of baling.b) Residents must notify the County of Stettler No. 6 Public Works Department of their intention by June 15 in writing annually to cut the hay before commencing.

Please direct questions to Public Works at (403) 742-4441

DEVELOPMENT PERMITDEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS APPROVED

Notice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Application for a discretionary use in accordance with the County of Stettler No. 6 Land Use Bylaw No. 1443-10 was approved by the Development Authority:

1. No: DP 15013 Legal Description: S ½ 15-40-21-W4M Rural Address: 21246 Twp Rd 402 Applicant/ Owner: Ol’ MacDonald’s Campsite Ltd. Proposed Development: Concert Site (Music Festival)

Any person claiming to be affected by such decision may appeal by giving notice in writing to the Secretary, Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, County of Stettler No. 6 PO Box 1270, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 not later than May 6, 2015. The notice must contain the reason for the appeal.Jacinta Donovan & Cara McKenzie, Development Offi cers



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LEASE LAND TENDERSThe County of Stettler is accepting tenders on the following lease land: Parcel # 1 Roll Number 218900 NE-8-42-17- W4M 157 acres (more or less)NOTICE – Parcel #2 has been removed from our lease pool.

All tenders are for a two year period, ending December 31, 2016All tenders are subject to County Policy that are available at the County Offi ce and on the County Website. Tenders must contain: name, address, and telephone number of lessee, the legal description, Parcel Number. Tenders are to be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Lease Land”DELIVERED OR MAILED TOCounty of StettlerAttention: Quinton BeaumontDirector of Agricultural Services6602-44 Ave, Box 1270Stettler, AB., T0C 2L0

Tenders must be received by 4:00 p.m., May 4, 2015Successful bids will be notifi ed before May 15, 2015.Lessee is required to pay annual taxes.Grazing period each year is July 15 to October 15.Any further information can be obtained at the County offi ce or by calling Director of Agricultural Services Quinton Beaumont.



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REQUEST FOR QUOTESThe County of Stettler No. 6 is inviting all interested Contractors to submit quotes for a three (3) year contract to haul sewage from Buffalo Sands, Buffalo View Estates and occasionally other sites as the County may deem necessary, to a licensed sewage facility. Full details of the job description, estimated quantities and Quote Sheets may be obtained from the County of Stetter website - www.stettlercounty.ca, or by emailing your request for a quote package to Darlene Croker, Administrative Assistant at [email protected]. For more information contact The County of Stettler at 403-742-4441. Sealed quotes will be received until 2:01pm local time, May 6, 2015 at the County Administrative Offi ce.



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LANDS FOR SALE BY TENDER LOCATED IN COUNTY OF STETTLER No. 6

The following property as briefl y described, subject to the reservations, exceptions and non-fi nancial encumbrances contained in the existing certifi cate of title, are

being offered for sale by tender:

NE 12-36-21 W4, containing 156.70 acres more or less. This property is pasture and has a water well and surface lease revenue.

The sale of the land is subject to the following terms and conditions:

1. Vendor makes no warranties or representations about the property’s size/measurement, condition or environmental status.

2. Buyer to be responsible for all costs associated with registration. Tender price shall be excluding G.S.T.

3. Tenders must be received by Landman Reule Law Offi ce, Box 1630, 4819 - 51 Street, Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0 in a sealed envelope marked “Burnstad-Colp Tenders” no later than 12:00 o’clock noon on Tuesday, May 19th, 2015. A deposit equal to 10% of the purchase price in the form of a certifi ed cheque or bank draft payable to Landman Reule Law Offi ce must accompany the tender.

4. The balance of the purchase price to be paid by solicitor’s trust cheque or certifi ed funds on or before June 9th, 2015 (“Possession Date”).

5. Property taxes to be adjusted as of the Possession Date.

6. Combined annual surface lease revenue equals $5,000.00. Surface leases will be assigned to the purchaser as of June 9th, 2015 but current year’s surface lease rentals shall NOT be adjusted.

7. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Please provide contact information, including a phone number, with the tender.

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The Hivernant Metis Cul-tural Society will be hosting their annual “Spring Fling” this coming Saturday, May 2 at the Big Valley Jubilee Hall. Doors open at 4 p.m. with their stew and bannock supper at 6 p.m., followed by some great entertainment and a dance. This year the event includes a jam ses-sion, so come on out and share your musical talents. The Spring Fling is a fun-draiser for the Hivernant Rendezvous which is being held on the weekend of July

31 to Aug. 2. For further in-formation contact Marlene at 1-800-267-5844 or cell (403) 815-6720.

Big Valley’s annual Bust out Rodeo will be here at the Agriplex from May 8 to 10. Competition begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 8 and continues on Saturday at 7 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m. There will be wild pony racing on both Friday and Saturday for youth 12 and under, and the Saturday night dance following the rodeo action will feature live

music by Cat Country. Dust off your cowboy hats and boots and come on down to enjoy some great rodeo ac-tion.

The Big Valley Legion will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, May 13 be-ginning at 2 p.m. On the agenda will be the Rally Re-port. This will be the final meeting before the summer hiatus. Meetings resume in September.

The Big Valley School will be running their annual book fair from May 4 to 7.

All proceeds from the fair go towards purchasing new books for the school library. The fair will be open from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. all four days. Come on out and sup-port a great cause.

Big Valley Playschool’s fall registration for children ages 3 to 4 has begun. Play-school will be scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 to 3:25 p.m. starting in mid-September and running through to mid-May. Register at Big Valley School or call 876-2771 for

more information.The street sweeper will

be making its rounds in Big Valley on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3. Please try not to park on the street on these days until after your street has been cleaned.

Do you have a messy sidewalk? Sweep it off onto the street before May 2 and the sweeper will take care of the rest.

A final reminder: Big Val-ley Golf Club’s annual gen-eral meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 4 at the Big

Valley Jubilee Hall begin-ning at 7 p.m. There is much to discuss including the elec-tion of executives, so please add this to your calendars and plan on attending.

Big Valley ladies’ golf will begin on Wednesday, May 6. Young, seasoned, new, or experienced; every-one is welcome. Ladies’ golf is all about having fun and enjoying a night out. Please meet at the Club-house at 6 p.m. There will be a meeting to follow. Let’s get the ball rolling!

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the Canadian Northern Society’s annual spring cleanup at the Big Valley Station on Saturday, May 9 beginning at 9 a.m. Pizza lunch and refresh-ments will be provided to participating volunteers.

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Crimes took place in ErskinePat Kelm

ERSKINE ENQUIRER

Let’s hope we have seen the last of snow and it changes to good old rain, which we sure could use. At least there was some moisture in that snow and it was rather pretty to see it hanging on the spruce trees. I see the grass is now green and soon we’ll be mowing.

Some crimes took place in Erskine last week and the week before -- the Er-skine Store was broken into and there was damage done, but not too much was stolen. The office door on the Erskine Post Of-fice was kicked in, but he did not stay long because the alarm went off after 20 seconds which prob-ably scared him off. Noth-ing was taken. A couple

of trucks were stolen but found again with dam-age done to them. And I believe a few other things were done. We are not the only place that was “at-tacked” by these morons.

There is a scrapbooking/cardmaking workshop this weekend at the IOOF Hall beginning at 7 p.m. on Fri-day and continuing until 4 p.m. or so on Sunday. Anyone interested can con-

tact me at the post office at 742-0604.

The Knitting Club will hold their monthly meeting at the seniors’ centre at 7 p.m.

Ceramics is still continu-ing at the Waverly Club Rooms every Wednesday afternoon and this contin-ues all summer. Anyone interested can phone Pat Anderson.

Crib is also continuing

at the seniors’ centre on Wednesday afternoons at 1:30 and they have decided to do this each Wednes-day until June 30. All are welcome and you don’t have to be a senior to join in.

Anyone wanting to book the club rooms can contact me at 742-0604 -- it is ide-al for kids’ birthday parties or showers.

Coming up at the Ers-

kine School -- May 4 is early Monday, grades 6 to 9 will be attending a camp at the Circle Square Ranch from May 6 to 8. On May 11 is the Grade 9 LA PAT, part A and on May 13 is the Grade 6 LA PAT , part A. There is no school May 14 as it is PD Day, no school on the 15 and no school on Victoria Day the 18, so the kids will have a nice long weekend.

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By Elli Anderson andAbbey Bohn, Grade 8 students

April has seen the be-ginning of badminton season. On Wednesday, April 22, the badminton teams travelled to Castor for a badminton tourna-ment. Games began at 3 p.m. and most teams wrapped up around 8 p.m. All the teams were made up of partners from grades 6 – 9. The day was a fun and successful day, with two teams making it to the semi-finals.

All badminton teams are looking forward to April 29, as they are competing in the CARA tournament. This will end the badmin-ton season. We wish the best of luck to all teams competing, and that they all have safe travels and a fun day.

On April 24, two CKCS teachers travelled to Kananaskis, for a full weekend retreat. Attend-ing talks about Spiritual Regeneration, Mrs. Bohn and Mrs. Gulak had a great weekend at SPICE. Using the three days to focus on planting the seed of faith in our students, the teach-ers met with others from around the province to share stories and ideas in the subject area. Through games, group sharing, and personal reflection, they returned to the school with many new insights.

A week of traveling at CKCS

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