Stettler Independent, August 07, 2013

JOHN MACNEILIndependent editor

When he needed a reprieve last month, the mayor of fl ood-ravaged High River headed to his former hometown, Stettler.

Extreme fl ooding in southern Alberta in late June had washed out Bloklands monthly visit to Stettler to see his 90-year-old father, Floris.

High River was at a standstill and the mayor was in the forefront as the town fought the worst fl ood in its history.

Virtually the entire town of 13,000 was evacuated and residents had to wait at least 10 days to return to their homes. In many respects, the massive cleanup has just begun, as High River homeowners and businesspeople try to rebuild a town that has had a long history of fl ood strife.

I just admire all the residents of High River, Blokland said during his mid-July visit to Stettler. They rolled up their sleeves and they got to work right away. It was an incredibly hard task for a lot of these folks, but we had an army of volunteers descend upon us mostly from the Calgary area, but I know theres people also from Stettler that were down there helping.

To each and every one of them, no matter where they came from, a great big thank-you. We still need help. The help continues.

Among the volunteers from Stettler were Bloklands sister, Winnie Bissett, and her husband Ken, an electrician who remained in High River for a week helping homeowners.

I know that there were

other residents from Stettler that were down, as well, Blokland said.

Thanks to each and every one of them.

During his Stettler stopover, Blokland attended a Domino benefi t concert at West Stettler Park that raised $2,600 for the High River fl ood victims.

This is my fi rst day away from the town, said Blokland, 60. I have to confess that I really needed a day off to re-energize. Ive obviously had some

different pressures this month that Ive done my best to deal with.

Im very proud to be the mayor of High River, and Im very impressed by the citizens of how theyve rolled up their sleeves and got to work. The vast majority understands what the situation is and are very understanding, and are there ready to do what it takes to put our community back together again.

While fundraisers for Calgarys fl ood-recovery

efforts have garnered greater headlines across the province and throughout Canada, High River is also in dire need of assistance.

I hate to be blunt about it, but the simplest solution is to donate cash, Blokland said. We have well over 80 to 90 per cent of our community affected. The insurance companies are all over the board on their level of support. The province has a disaster-recovery program, which will add some assistance, but theres

going to be many residents that are still going to fall through the cracks, and have needs.

There are two funds that are out there. The Red Cross has a southern Alberta relief fund, but thats for all of southern Alberta. The Royal Bank of Canada has set up a specifi c fund for High River, and for all of the folks that are reading this message, that would be an area that I would encourage them to visit. You can do that through any Royal Bank

branch, and I think you can also do it online.

That would probably be the best way to support High River, as we move forward. Were looking at a long rebuild. Its not going to be three months or six months. Were looking at fi ve to six years and beyond, before we get the town of High River back to where it was, hopefully stronger and better than ever.

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Riding high last Thursday during a community rally, Stan Eichhorn and Evelyn Shursen of the Stettler P&H Elevator Preservation Society paint dollar signs on the side of the historic grain elevator. A community effort is underway to raise money to paint the 93-year-old structure.

Police reported Sunday that they found a missing Mirror man dead in his vehicle near Nevis.

Bashaw RCMP said William (Bill) Graham, 66, who went missing July 27 after he left the Alix dump, was found dead in his pickup truck.

A full investigation is being conducted by the RCMP, (but) foul play is not suspected, RCMP Sgt. Patricia Neely said in a news release.

RCMP would like to thank members of the public for their assistance in this matter.

Grahams case was the second missing persons report that Bashaw RCMP issued last week.

An 85-year-old Cal-gary woman who left the Bashaw Valley Lodge on foot last Tuesday was lo-cated safely a day later, RCMP reported.

Bashaw RCMP have found Maria Abutal alive and well near Bashaw (on Wednesday), RCMP Const. Charla Ethier said in a news release Friday.

Police would like to thank the assistance of the general public and all other involved agencies who helped with the search for Abutal, one of the Calgary seniors residing at the lodge temporarily because of the southern Alberta fl ooding.

Grain elevator brushes with history

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Rows of garbage lined High River streets in July as the community began the cleanup from the worst fl ooding in the towns history.

Stettler roots soothe High River mayor

Mirror man found deadnear Nevis


The P&H needs some TLC.Stettlers historic grain elevator

out of operation for 10 years but still a town landmark is banking on community support to refurbish the towering structure.

Dollars signs were painted on the faded siding last Thursday during a community rally to spur a paint job for the 93-year-old elevator.

Music, food, tours and striking

sunshine greeted visitors, who responded with donations to the Paint the Elevator campaign.

I think anybody that I talked to here today, it was certainly positive and encouraging comments, Stan Eichhorn, the president of the Stettler P&H Elevator Preservation Society, said after hosting guests for three-plus hours.

They feel that its worthwhile hanging on to Stettlers last elevator.

Its a bit more interesting, maybe, with this complex, because

we do have the feed mill and feed shed, which wasnt common on most elevators. We also have the coal shed, which is unique, because theres only three coal sheds left in Alberta on the original site and we have one of them.

Whats more, Stettlers grain elevator stands alongside the base for a provincial tourist hotspot, Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions.

The former feed shed has been converted into a meeting and dining room that was used

Thursday during the open house. People also mingled outside at the picnic tables, near the entertainment stage and antique vehicles, including three colourful International trucks.

We would like to preserve the feed shed and keep the (wooden) dcor as it is, said Eichhorn, sporting coveralls and sitting on a couch while placing his Zeb Walton-style hat beside him.

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Blokland was elected to High Rivers council in 2007 and has been the mayor since 2010. He was a town councillor in Stettler for two terms in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

I have very fond memories of Stettler, he said in an Independent interview on main street. Stettler is a community that I fi nished my school-ing in. I also ran a business (Blokes Bakery) in Stettler for many years and was a member of the council here for six years.

Its a great community. It very much reminds me of High River, as well. High River is just a little bit bigger, but it still has that close-knit sense of community thats so nice to be a part of. I like what I see. Stettler is really a beautiful town. It always has been a great town, but one of the things that has always impressed me about Stettler is its social well-being, particularly in the area of sporting things to keep youth active and the community active. I know Im envious when I come here, because you have more ball diamonds than I have in High River, and yet I have over double the population.

Blokland has run a dozen half-marathons, but no race could compare with the mental and physical rigours he faced after the banks of the High-wood River overfl owed and High Riv-er declared a local state of emergency. Within hours, as residents scrambled for safety, his face was on the nightly news as authorities tried to ease the pain and regain a sense of order.

At the evacuation centres and news conferences, he ran into frustrated res-idents who wanted the permission to move back into their homes, or at least cross the police barriers to check the state of their residences.

Anxiety, anger and frustration all those emotions were out there, Blokland said. I think that for the majority of people, though, that felt those emotions, once they got into the community and saw what they were

dealing with, they began to understand the magnitude of what were dealing with.

Were not dealing with a fl ood. Were dealing with a disaster.

Almost a month later, Blokland re-turned to Stettler to visit with family and try to regroup.

Its a refresher for me, he said. Its a deliberate one I took. I try to visit my father once a month, and it fell right about the time the disaster happened in High River. And since June 20, Ive basically been busy every single day, working long hours, trying to help with the emergency operations on the ground and also to communi-cate with the residents.

At one time, I felt like I was the mayor of the largest city in Alberta, because our residents were scattered in a 100-mile circle. Your town is where your residents are I had em all over the place. That was a challenge, to be able to get out there, because not everybody listens to the one TV sta-tion or the one radio station.

Evacuation centres operated in

Nanton, which is directly south of High River, Okotoks directly north, and in Blackie, which is about 15 miles east.

Those three places had about 900 evacuees sleeping on cots in their are-nas, etc., Blokland said. I was mak-ing daily visits out to these evacuation centres to visit with people and give them updates about what was happen-ing. But we have 13,000 residents, so that only covered 900. The rest of them were scattered, maybe living with family or friends, or maybe they had access to a trailer or a fi fth-wheel that they were able to live in.

That was one of the really hard challenges to be able to commu-nicate with everybody and let them know what was going on.

Such challenges continue as the town, the province and residents try to expedite the recovery.

NEXT WEEK: High River Mayor Emile Blokland recounts the early hours of the disastrous fl ooding, and discusses his political future.

Were not dealing with a ood. Were dealing with a disaster.

Contributed photo

Fire crews rescue children from the fl ooding that swamped the entire town of High River in late June as the banks of the Highwood River overfl owed.

Contributed photo

A boat landed on top of the railroad tracks in High River during the June fl ooding.


High River Mayor Emile Blokland is on the frontlines of the fl ood fi ght.

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Were going to insulate the out-side of the wall, putting up studs and insulating out there, and then putting the cedar siding back on. But this (interior) will stay the same as you see it today. We wont touch the walls. We could have put Gyprock up, but then it would be like every other room or hall in town.

The preservation society hopes to promote the area as a meet-ing room that can accommodate 50 people for functions, Eichhorn said.

Its all by donation. We dont charge.

Likewise, the society is seeking community donations for the Paint the Elevator campaign. The group gained financial and moral sup-port Thursday, as visitors includ-ed Drumheller-Stettler MLA Rick Strankman, Stettler Mayor Dick Richards and County of Stettler Reeve Wayne Nixon.

The weatherman was certainly with us today, Eichhorn said with a laugh. Maybe hes from Stettler.

Its a beautiful day. Just great.

We were really hoping that we would get to the people in the town, especially working people that have a lunch hour. They could pop by, have a look at what we have, and if they can offer us a little donation, great.

While the turnout wasnt as great as the historical group had hoped for, Eichhorn said the latest contri-butions were still being tallied.

The society spread its message clearly with signs on the side of the elevator. Help Paint the Elevator, read a slogan posted high above symbolic dollar signs painted on the tarnished surface.

Not too many people have com-mented on the appearance of it, but we know it isnt great, Eichhorn said. Its kind of shabby, as a mat-ter of fact. So thats why were so keen to get it painted.

Thats the main, big project that we have that will make a dif-ference. People have been pretty generous, as far as (not) negatively commenting. But itll sure be nice to get it done.

We have contracted to have part of it painted this summer. Were putting new siding (and paint) on

the elevator, and were leaving the siding on the annex, which is basi-cally just a grain-storage area. It was built in later years, so the sid-ing on that with a few repairs will be fine with this paint job.

The entire project cant be done with the amount of money raised so far, Eichhorn said, because its about $165,000 to do the complete project.

The immediate work includes siding and painting the elevator, but the annex and the top of the elevator wont be done this year, he said.

As a matter of fact, they might start within about two weeks. But we wont be able to do it all unless our fundraising goes pretty well.

In 2004, Eichhorn bought the elevator for $1 from Parrish and Heimbecker grain company.

We then set up a non-profit society in 2005, he said.

Our membership has been growing since then. Its about eight or nine years that weve been work-ing on the (elevator preservation).

Its really about a 20-year project. Theres lots of work still to be done.

Elevator facelift to beginwithin about two weeks


Stettlers grain elevator grounds were decorated with antiques during Thursdays Paint the Elevator rally.

Photos by JOHN MacNEIL/Independent editor

Harry Hewson (left) and Bob Shortt entertain last Thursday at the open house for Stettlers Paint the Elevator campaign. In the bottom right photo, Donna McKay and Roy Klaus man the donation table.

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PromotingStettlerin the tradition ofCarl Stettler

Proverbs 18:21 highlights the power of words stating that, Words can bring death or life!... Jesus taught that words are indicative of the heart of the speaker. He said, A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart...the mouth speaks what the heart is full of (Luke 6:45).

Author Jim Burns wrote, for ev-ery critical comment we receive, it takes nine affirming comments to even out the negative effect in our life. Some say Burns numbers are high, but there is al-most universal agreement that negative outweighs positive.

I believe that the source is more im-portant than the words. If someone I highly respect directs critical statements toward me, I will be affected profoundly. Conversely, someone who has already proven themselves to be chronically dis-paraging, intentionally hurtful or sarcas-tic.well, that just runs off more easily. Bottom line? I believe theres nothing, in the verbal world, more powerful than affirmation! Let me illustrate from my childhood.

On a Saturday evening, when I was 9, my two older brothers and I were in the back seat of the car on our way to town. My father had given each of us $.25. My mother noticed the coins and said, Hel-mer, you cant keep giving those boys that kind of money! My father, a very hard worker, and on the strict and stern side of things himself replied, Evie, those boys work like men for me; I want to treat them like men!

We can chuckle about the $.25, but I

cannot adequately explain the powerful, positive impact that my dads affirma-tion had on me that day. I can tell you that the influence of it is with me to this dayI believe that both my self-image and work ethic were affected in a lasting and meaningful fashion. As suggested earlier, the source of the affirmation is what made it significant.

Now, an illustration from the Bible. 2000 years ago 3 men were on Roman crosses in a place called Golgotha. One of them, having observed the sinless Sav-ior, decided it was time for a life change; bad timing in that it was the last day of his life, but good in that hed begun to have hopes about the next life. He asked Jesus to, Remember me when you come into power! Jesus, affirming his sincere and searching heart replied, I promise that today you will be with me in para-dise (Luke 23:42,43).

My fathers affirmation affected me for lifeJesus affirmation redirected a felon to eternal life. Who will you affirm this week? Will your words bring death or life?

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1982 31 years ago St. Georges Anglican

Church celebrated its 75th anniversary with a special service led by Rev. Dick Hunt, rector of the church from 1957 to 1964.

More than 5,000 people lined the streets on a chilly morning to watch Stettler County Fair parade.

Due to poor weather, the seventh annual old-time fi ddling contest was held in the William E. Hay Com-posite High School gym.

The 70th anniver-sary homecoming drew more than 1,000 people to Halkirk for the weekend celebration.

Big Valleys Charlie Laisnez family were among the winners of the Family Farm Award, hosted by Ed-monton Northlands.

A 12-member delega-tion from Sweden toured Alberta Hereford farms, including the local herd of Chuck and Faye Blakely.

The original Jimmies Hardware neon sign has been taken to the Stettler Museum. Proprietor Jimmy Wilson installed the old sign shortly after opening

his main street business in 1947.

Larry Nemetz was awarded the aggregate point award at the fi eld crop show during the County Fair.

1972 41 years ago The Canadian

Radio-Televison Commis-sion approved the applica-tion of radio station CJDV Drumheller to set up an aux-iliary broadcasting studio to serve the Town of Stettler.

Miss County Fair candidates were Dixie Strandquist, Nancy Jackson, Diane Beauchamp, Karen Strach, Debbie Johnson and Donna Hoopfer.

Endiang 4-H Beef Club was involved in an inter-provincial 4-H ex-change when delegate Greg Hickson of Brandon, Man., spent a week with the Stul-berg family.

Local band Chuck-wagon and the Outriders (Butch Paschke, Alan Wil-lis, Gary McKay and Larry Paschke) were a feature at-traction at the County Fair grandstand show.

Big V Industries will soon open a plastics

factory on Big Valleys main street.

Alix community had many events planned for Citizens Day.

The annual Sports Day and dance at West-woods was well-attended.

1962 51 years ago A violent hailstorm

swept through the County of Stettler, from Bashaw to Endiang, and pounded thousands of acres of lush cropland. The wind reached tornado proportions as the storm hurtled down the west shores of Sullivan Lake.

The second annual Rochon Sands Sports Day featured 12 softball teams, a horseshoe tournament, childrens races and a prize for the largest fi sh caught during the two days, end-ing with a picture show and dance.

The Betty Shop ad-vertised a three-day 25 cent dress sale: buy one at regu-lar price and get one for 25 cents. On special at IGA was margarine, fi ve pounds for $1, while work shirts at Jim Walkers Mens Wear were priced at $3.95.

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I felt it was time to write this letter about my brother, the mayor of High River. Most of us take every day as a normal challenge and take everything for granted. We pretty much follow the same routine day in and day out, without changing too much. I know that I do.

June 20-23, 2013, everything changed in High River. Not only changed for 13,000 residents, but also their families and friends outside of town.

This was not a normal flood. High River can handle those. They do just about every year. They have the ex-pertise and equipment to deal with those flood issues. Ive been with the mayor in previous years and seen what they had to deal with and it was handled ex-tremely well.

The High River flood of 2013 has been declared the third-worst disaster to hit North America. The flow rates of the Highwood River were indeed greater than Niagara Falls.

About all you can do is stand back and watch.In two words total devastation. With a state of emergency already declared, and the

Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in full operation, town officials knew they were in trouble. Panic safety became top priority.

As floodwaters continued to rise, within hours a man-datory full evacuation order was issued. By the second and third days, the entire town was under water; some streets nine feet deep. Weve all seen the pictures over and over.

In the meantime, tensions, tempers and stress levels were also starting to rise. My brother called about then and said, Rocky, you know Im the mayor of High Riv-er, but I dont know if I got a town left. I replied back to him Emile, you still have your people. Look after your people!

In the three to four weeks that followed, I absolute-ly believe he did exactly that. The mayor and council working with the EOC kept public safety and health in mind, kept enforcing the evacuation order in place, and dont forget; there were no utilities working, at all.

With increased security, police and army in place, much to some citizens unrest, the mayor kept his line keeping his population informed of what was hap-pening daily. He took some flack over this (and prob-ably still is), but he stayed the course to make sure his population was safe.

His decision to hand over the local state of emer-gency to the province was a very wise one, even if it was only for two weeks. High Rivers town staff and administration were completely mentally drained and fatigued. Many or all of them were dealing with their own personal flood problems.

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Two recent announce-ments by the federal govern-ment and private industry show very different research approaches to a couple of crops grown in Alberta. Both have announced the investment of millions of dollars into barley research by the federal government on the one hand, and corn research by Monsanto on the other. From the out-side, it looks like the barley growing industry is trying to catch up with the increasing advancement of corn pro-duction in western Canada, and the corn growing indus-try is striving to expand their production even further. For growers, it all boils down to which crop will produce the most profi t.

From a number of as-pects, its barley production that seems under the gun.

Both crops have some unique qualities and uses that are not interchange-able, however the one area that they do compete direct-ly in is in livestock feeding both for grain and silage. That area has become the main weak point for barley as corn plant genetics con-tinue to relentlessly make signifi cant advancements in grain yield and overall per acre plant silage tonnage. For cattle feeders in par-ticular those advancements present stark economic real-ities. Cheap feed is the basis of their business. They know that grain and silage corn is what allows their American competitors to grow cheap-er beef the allure is real and does not bode well for barley production.

It gets worse for barley as growers vote with their wallets. There is a decline in barley production because growers can make more money with canola, wheat and speciality crops. On top of that, barley market stabil-ity tends to be tenuous being large feedlot operators will switch to importing train loads of corn in a heartbeat and a nickel if the price is right. Present corn future prices are dropping into the $4 range with projections of the largest corn crop ever this fall. If that happens, barley prices will take a big hit, with malsters being the

only reprieve. Besides, most feedlot operators like feed-ing corn.

To slow down the de-cline in production, the in-dustry and government fi g-ure that more research into barley is the answer. Lower input costs, higher yields and better more specifi c use varieties are to be devel-oped. Well, more power to that approach and the an-nouncement of $8 million towards researching that goal is to be commended. But that may well be a fu-tile exercise in the long run, especially for barley used for feeding purposes. Mon-santo announced that it is going to invest $100 million into improving corn-plant genetics to make it more

feasible to replace barley in more areas of western Can-ada. For a private company to make that kind of invest-ment shows not just signifi -cant risk taking, but prob-ably a clear understanding as to their research abilities to create varieties that will fl ourish in new corn-chal-lenged areas. I expect they have GM corn varieties in the pipeline that will need less heat units to grow and lower soil temperatures to germinate. To be fair, any new varieties that will fl our-ish in western Canada will also expand corn produc-tion in the northern U.S., the Ukraine and other corn frontier areas. The point is that there is a message here, private industry is not

investing in better barley because there is no money to be made not for seed companies and not for many growers. The big elephant in the room is genetic engi-neering of cereal crops and its clear that barley research will not be going in that di-rection. That puts any po-tential genetic or economic progress for barley at an instant disadvantage and it will only get worse. Barley is already miles behind corn for use in the livestock feed-ing industry. Barley has to make a giant leap forward to overcome that huge gap.

Meanwhile, the big plant genetics companies are roar-ing ahead with ever more GM corn research that will in all likelihood displace even more barley. I would suggest that 10 years from now, we will see GM corn grown for livestock feeding beginning to dominate that sector, with barley being relegated to being grown for malting purposes, speciality niche markets or a crop of last resort.

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Government, private industrymake contrasting bets on crops

The citizens of Drumheller may be facing a very serious issue with the re-lease of the recent flood hazard map released by Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.

The map has designated a sig-nificant portion of the residences in the Drumheller Valley as being in a floodway. With this designation, the provincial government will be regis-tering caveats on the affected prop-erties to ensure nobody unknowingly buys a floodway property without pri-or knowledge.

As most of us can appreciate, this would be the responsible thing to do for the protection of homebuyers across Alberta. However, in the case of the Drumheller Valley, many people feel it has been improperly assessed and that it should be reassessed by ESRD.

A number of homeowners have con-tacted my Drumheller office with their concerns about the impact this will surely have on property values and re-sale of their homes.

With the good planning by the town of Drumheller and flood mitigation work that was done throughout the valley, it should have reflected these efforts in the new maps issued by ESRD. It seems that these efforts have been overlooked in the new hastily is-sued maps that have been described as a death sentence for the town.

Attempts at this time are being made to have ESRD review their findings and take into consideration all of the factors that could drastically change the disposition of a great many prop-erties in the area.

As your member in the Alberta Leg-islature and a member of the Official Opposition, there are responsibilities that I must fulfill.

Opposing legislation, policies or actions by the government that is det-rimental to the Drumheller-Stettler constituency, is crucial to protecting

the viability of your property.In this particular case, exposing de-

cisions made by the Alberta govern-ment that will have a negative effect on homes in the Drumheller Valley is a critical step in the corrective actions that will not unfairly penalize home-owners is also a responsibility of my office.

Along with opposing and exposing the shortcomings of the government, it is critical that we as the Opposi-tion propose alternative measures that would be in the best interests of the public.

In light of the impact the decisions will have on the town of Drumheller, it is imperative that ESRD review their data to ensure all the factors have been included in their decision.

In early July, I was in attendance at a meeting with federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and town officials, to discuss flood mitigation and the successful actions that were taken by the town of Drumheller that minimized flood damage in the valley.

In the meetings, Minister Toews commended the town of Drumhellers actions and said it was an example of how to do proper flood mitigation.

The town of Drumheller officials and I are committed to pressuring ESRD to re-assess the final data that can play a significant role in Drumhellers future.

For more information, you can view the flood maps on the ESRD interac-tive website at: www.envinfo.gov.ab.ca/FloodHazard/.

If you would like your com-ments and concerns passed on to the ESRD minister, please email them to [email protected],

by fax 403-823-6586 or by mail to Box 1929, Drumheller, AB, T0J 0Y0, and I will ensure that your concerns are brought forward.

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Even the mayor of High River didnt escape unscathed. His house and commercial properties received extensive damage.

As High River moves ahead, t ime wi l l heal . Some of their citizens were more fortunate than others. Some lost a little and others lost a lot.

I t is very grat i fying, to say the least , to see people helping people; communities helping com-munities. The week of July 8 to 15, there was in one day, excess of 1,000 volunteers in High River. This is tremendous!

It might take 10 years to rebuild High River, but we all know they will get there.

As for my brother, I had lunch wi th him on July 17. Weve never been really emotional, except maybe when mom passed away a few years ago. But I do know, he has full family support behind him, form the Blokland side, as well as from his wife Gails side.

We all love him very much and we all respect him for the leadership role that he has taken on in this disaster. Even in Strathmore, where my brother visited July 17, people were saying thank-you to Emile.

Premier Redford told me that Emile was one of the strongest people that she has met.

Smal l - town pol i t ics can be tough, as I have found out, but this is a big-time business that has to be dealt with.

I have known this man for 60 years and I have never been more proud of him.

In his words, Inch by inch, we will get there. And you will. Our mother always told us never give up.

Mayor Emile Blokland is probably the hardest-working and well-known mayor in Canada for all the wrong reasons.

High River, you should be very proud of your mayor, Emile Blokland.

Thank you. Sincerely,

Coun. Rocky BloklandTown of Strathmore

Crowfoot MP Kevin Sorenson visited a New Norway farm last Thursday to mark the first anniver-sary of marketing freedom for West-ern Canadian grain farmers.

Sorenson, the new minister of state (finance) presented findings from a recent Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) survey, which shows that Western Canadas grain farmers and Prairie agri-businesses have seen an over-whelmingly positive impact from being able to market their wheat and barley independent of the former single desk.

A year ago today, our govern-

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The CFIB study conducted over the first crop year of marketing free-dom found that the vast majority of agri-businesses (81 per cent) were positively impacted by marketing freedom. More than three-quarters said they had greater control of the

decision-making for their products and two-thirds said marketing free-dom has delivered better market sig-nals, better access to competitive prices, and increased cash flow.

Our most recent survey shows producers are benefiting from the complete control to choose when and where they sell their wheat and barley, said Marilyn Braun-Pollon, CFIBs vice-president, Prairie and agri-business. One producer told me he now has better cash flow, im-proved logistics control and the sky didnt fall, which seems to reflect the predominant sentiment among Western grain growers.


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TOWN COUNCIL NOTEBOOK

RICHARD FROESEIndependent reporter

More park ing wi l l be ava i l ab le for S te t t le r fi re ha l l and a ne igh-bouring tourist attraction.

At i t s r egu la r mee t ing in Ju ly, Town of Stet t ler counci l approved a n a p p l i c a t i o n t o s u b d iv i d e l a n d nea r t he r a i lway t r acks t o c r ea t e m o r e p a r k i n g s p a c e f o r A l b e r t a Prairie Railway Excursions and the Stettler fire hall.

Alberta Prairie will also transfer about .54 acres located behind the fire hall to the Town of Stettler.

New landscaping will be planted af ter severa l t rees are removed to make way for more parking.

I hate to see the trees removed, said Coun. Al Campbell.

H o w e v e r , t h e s p a c e w i l l b e spruced up, councillors were told at the meeting.

Trees are in the way of Alberta Prairie and well have a manicured level area, chief administrative of-ficer Rob Stoutenberg said.

Alberta Prair ie needs the park-ing.

S m a l l p a r c e l s o f l a n d w i l l b e swapped under the deal , as Alber-ta Pra i r ie agreed to pay the town $27 ,000 on comple t ion of the as -phalt concrete paving on its parking lot.

Library board adds LeuckCouncil appointed Vicki Leuck to

the Stettler Public Library board as a member at large for one year.

We h a d a p o s i t i o n o p e n a n d Vicki stepped up, said Coun. Darcy

Bachman, the towns municipal rep-resentative on the board.

Meeting with countyRecreation funding and challeng-

e s w e r e o n t h e a g e n d a w h e n t h e town representa t ives met wi th the Coun ty o f S t e t t l e r a t t he r egu l a r joint meeting July 29.

A reg iona l co l l abora t ion g ran t , opera t ions of the S te t t l e r a i rpor t , r ec ru i t ing phys ic ians and phys io-therapis ts , and a master serv ic ing study were among the other topics under discussion.

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With reports of staff and visitors parking illegally at Stettler Hospital and Care Centre, site security plans to enforce infractions under the Town of Stettler traffic bylaw.

At its July meeting, council approved a memorandum of agreement with Alberta Health Services and directed town administration to work with AHS to authorize AHS community peace officers to begin to enforce parking at

the hospital site.They are having problems with parking and they ap-

proached us to help them said Leann Graham, planning and development officer for the town.

Staff and visitors are violating the signs, she said.People are parking in areas clearly designated no-

parking and without handicapped stickers, said the towns chief administrative officer, Rob Stoutenberg.

Our traffic bylaw deals with all public parking and public lots.

All fines will directly become revenue of the town,

Stoutenberg said.While council enforcement is to ensure public and

emergency access is open, the councillors also want to take a softer approach.

Lets try education first, Coun. Steve Wildeboer said.

In some incidents, violators are infringing on areas accessible for emergency vehicles.

Infractions include motorists who park on 47 Avenue facing against traffic that was so prevalent a few years ago before council buckled down.

Town steps up parking enforcement in hospital lot

RICHARD FROESE/Independent reporter

Authorities say parking at the Stettler Hospital and Care Centre will be closely watched by Alberta Health Services to try to ensure that staff and visitors park according to the posted signs and lines for the safety of everyone. The town, in co-operation with AHS, has instructed site security officers to be on watch.

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A chapel south of Erskine, nestled on a knoll in a secluded peaceful setting of rolling grassland wi th in te rspersed b luffs of poplar t rees , has a colourful history.

Its unique heritage covers a span of more than 100 years.

In 1904, five Gendre brothers Louis, Joseph, Armand, Henri and Charles arrived in Canada from France to settle in the area south of Erskine, west of Ewing Lake.

The nex t yea r, t hey bu i l t a l og bu i ld ing to house a chapel, which served their needs for four years.

The present chapel , bui l t in 1909, known as Immacula te Concept ion chapel , has served the Gendre family well since that time.

T h e c h a p e l i s r eg i s t e r e d w i t h t h e C a t h o l i c Archdiocese in Edmonton.

L i l l i a n n e G e n d r e , a g r a n d d a u g h t e r o f t h e youngest brother Charles Gendre, recalled that as

a child, she and her six siblings would walk to the chapel to play.

One of us would always play the part of the priest, Gendre said.

Through the devotion of family members, the c h a p e l h a s b e e n m a i n t a i n e d i n i m m a c u l a t e condition.

Gendre sa id a work bee ear l ie r th is summer saw many fami ly members p i t ch in and sc rap peeling paint from the chapels exterior and re-place it with a fresh coat of paint.

The interior of the 104-year-old chapel is strik-ing stained wood, with religious artifacts adorn-ing the walls.

When the brothers arr ived from France, they buil t their dwell ings in a French-styled cluster, adding the chapel and a cemetery to their mini-settlement.

Most of the original buildings have since been demolished.

Four of the five or ig ina l bro thers tha t came to Canada are laid to rest in the cemetery, along w i th o the r gene ra t i ons o f Gendre s , i nc lud ing priest Alain Gendre.

L o u i s , w h o w e n t o n t o b e c o m e B r o t h e r Maurice Vital with the Catholic church, is buried in Quebec, Gendre said.

One non-member of the Gendre family, a Van Straten child, is buried in the cemetery. A shrine for a close neighbour, Cameron Forsyth, is also included on the property.

Gendre said that when the time comes, its her wish to be buried in the well-cared for cemetery, beside her mother Rose-Marie.

The serene setting includes a stone grotto, built near to where the original homes once sat.

Flowers bloom around the base of the grotto.Once every four years, the Gendre family gath-

ers for a family reunion at the s i te to embrace their heritage.

Gendre s a id d i ff e r en t fami ly members t ake turns hosting the event.

The next reunion happens later this month on the Aug. 16-18 weekend.

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THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT ENTERTAINMENT Page A9Wednesday, August 7, 2013

LES STULBERGIndependent contributor

Stettlers Ken Gabri-el has gained his fi rs t recognit ion as a song-writer.

H i s s o n g C r e s e n t Fa l l s , s u n g b y Ly n n Wo l f e , h a s b e e n a c -c e p t e d a s a d e m o o n t h e S o n g w r i t e r s S h o w c a s e C D p r o -duced by Horizon Mu-sic in Nashville.

Gabr i e l i s t he on ly C a n a d i a n s o n g w r i t e r on the CD. The others are all Americans.

The album jacket ac-knowledges Gabr i e l s c o n t r i bu t i o n w i t h the wording, Horizon Music presents Ameri-c a n s o n g w r i t e r s a n d Alberta songwriter Ken Gabriel.

Grabriel said he was excited to see his work published.

The 57-year-old said the lyrics which he wrote in 1996 were

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He has written mul-t ip le songs s ince then a n d h a s e i g h t m o r e songs being considered for demos.

A n o t h e r t h r e e o f G a b r i e l s s o n g s h ave also been accepted for demos.

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Photos by LES STULBERG/Independent contributor

A stone grotto stands near the historic chapel in the Erskine district. The chapels interior features original stained wood. The Gendres plan to reunite at the chapel Aug. 16-18.

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Stettler peewee Isaac Lee is on the national lacrosse stage this week at Whitby, Ont., the cradle of the sport in Canada.

Lee, 11, is part of Team Alberta at the Canadian Warrior peewee lacrosse championship.

I like the contact and that theres a lot of passing, Lee said before leaving last Friday for his fi rst trip to Ontario.

I play centre or defence.Lee is going into Grade 6 at Erskine School next month.

He played club lacrosse with the Stettler Gators peewee team in the spring and made the most of his tryout with the provincial club.

I think it was hard work, he said. If you have a goal, you try to reach it, and work as hard as you can, and youll get rewarded.

Lee said he was pretty excited when his coach called with the news that he had earned a Team Alberta berth.

It shows that you dont have to come from a bigger centre, said Lees mother, Marla Merkley. In fact, a lot of the other central Alberta kids that tried out for the team didnt even make the fi rst cuts.

So it shows that even a new association, with new coaches that are putting in the effort and wanting to teach the kids, can have results. Having the minor lacrosse

association (in Stettler) has been big for us.For the past two years, since the Stettler Minor Lacrosse

Association was formed, Lee has played close to home. For the previous two years, he was part of the Red Deer association.

The fi rst two years in Red Deer were a time commit-ment, so were very happy the Stettler Minor Lacrosse Association was started, Merkley said. We give a lot of credit to (president) Kim Smyth that we dont have to travel for lacrosse. Thats been really big.

Lee is also a winger in hockey. Hes going into his sec-ond year of peewee.

A Red Deer hockey mom and Erskine educator played an infl uential role in his introduction to lacrosse.

It was a suggestion of his kindergarten teacher, Rhonda Feser, who just mentioned to me if Id ever thought of the sport of lacrosse for him, Merkley said. Isaac took to it like nothing I had ever seen before. He loved the game right from the get-go.

Now hes among 20 peewees representing Alberta at the high-profi le nationals in a lacrosse hotbed.

The gold-medal peewee game last year actually had 10,000 people attend, Merkley said. Thats how big it is in Ontario.

Alberta goes to medal. They dont go just to say they went. They go to medal. Every year, theyve medalled. I think Isaac is hoping to come home with a national medal of some sort.

Team Alberta is made up of 18 runners and two goalies. The kids are mainly from Edmonton and Calgary. Isaac is one of the few rural Alberta kids on the team, despite the fact that the tryouts had kids from everywhere.

Since the team was named in the spring, the Alberta pee-wees have had retreat weekends in Calgary and Edmonton and practices in Red Deer.

They have a lot of physical conditioning, Merkley said. They do yoga. The coach is very into making sure that the kids are in top physical condition. You cant sit still, at all, in lacrosse. Unlike hockey, you cant glide.

At home, Lee has a spacious backyard where he trains for lacrosse and hockey. And his mother said the Stettler association has helped him develop his lacrosse skills.

We may be a small club, but we have opportunity, and lacrosse brings opportunity, she said.

Stettler made gains in the Central Alberta Lacrosse League this past season, and wins were more frequent than in the associations maiden year.

This past spring, Erskine School and the Stettler minor lacrosse group welcomed two members of the National Lacrosse Leagues Edmonton Rush for a daylong seminar that introduced kids to the sport.

Warming up for the nationals this summer, Alberta defeated an Edmonton all-star team 13-4, as Lee scored a goal and two assists. In earlier exhibition action, Alberta lost 8-5 to the U.S. box lacrosse all-stars with Lee picking up an assist and tied Burlington, Ont., 5-5.

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Lee represents Alberta at lacrosse nationals

Photos by JOHN MacNEIL/Independent editor

Isaac Lee, whos going into Grade 6 at Erskine School, played with the Stettler Gators peewee team this past season in the Central Alberta Lacrosse League.


Erskine resident Isaac Lee, 11, of the Stettler Gators is part of Team Alberta for the Canadian Warrior peewee lacrosse championship this week at Whitby, Ont.

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