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By Aleisha BoschSylvan Lake News

A parcel of land at the corner of 50th Street and Lakeshore Drive in Sylvan Lake has been landscaped and opened for public use while it awaits its final fate, according to Sylvan Lake communications officer Joanne Gaudet.

The land is the former site of the Sylvan Lake Hotel which was was torn down to make way for a seven- to nine-story hotel and conference cen-tre, said Sylvan Lake Mayor Susan Samson.

After town land use bylaws changed, which prohibited buildings in the area from being high-er than four stories, development plans for the land changed to a condominium complex with ground-level businesses. When the recession hit,

said Samson, development plans were halted because the town was “oversaturated” with con-dominiums.

An underground parkade was instead con-structed on the land. Samson said the town didn’t want the unappealing concrete structure, so they asked property owner Reliant Developments to install a decorative fence and landscape the space.

“This has been an ongoing project,” said Samson, adding that it included installing the greenery and negotiating with the property’s owners. While the space was landscaped last year, it did not open to the public until about a month ago.

“It just took that long to get an agreement,” said Samson.

As part of the agreement, the town pays $1 to

Reliant annually, which Samson said is a token exchange of money to make the agreement bind-ing. Property taxes are paid by Reliant, according to Gaudet, but the town has to maintain the space. The lease agreement is renewed annually.

“I am pleased that they offer us day use of that site,” said Samson. She added that it was a council initiative to open the site to the public.

Reliant principal Dan Wilson said they have been in preliminary discussions with the town to construct a mixed-use building on the property, with commercial space on the bottom and condo-miniums on top. However, he stressed that noth-ing definitive has happened yet.

“The market just is not there yet,” said Wilson, citing other buildings that still have vacancies. “When the time comes we will bring proposals to the town.”

The park is an interim solution for town resi-dents, said Wilson.

“It’s a better interim solution than leaving it as a construction site,” he said.

Samson said she hopes the land is developed in the future, citing the real estate value of the property.

“We need people living and shopping in downtown,” said Samson. “That’s a key property.”

The park appears to be seldom used and untouched spider webs decorate the trash cans in the area, all of which contain no garbage.

However, Samson said the area was used to hold a bouncy castle to entertain the younger set while the Stanley Cup was in Sylvan Lake and part of the street was closed off. Samson said she is waiting to see what happens in the area the next time a similar event occurs.

Summer fun - Five-year-old Alora Thomson, Milayna Stogrin, also five, and Sophie Yaskowich, four, from Caroline enjoy some fun at the Sylvan Lake beach. The hot weather experienced lately in the area makes water and sand play a desirable past time. TREENA MIELKE

Street corner landscaped as park, fi nal fate undecided

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by Treena MielkeBlack Press

Motorists leaving Sylvan Lake and heading west or coming into the town from that direction need to keep a light foot on the gas pedal.

Sylvan Lake town council recently gave the green light to reducing the speed another 10 km/h from 70 km/h.

The council of the Summer Village of Norgenwold had requested a 50 km/h speed limit

and town staff concurred with this recommenda-tion, but town council decided 60 km/h would be enough of a reduction.

Sylvan Lake Mayor Susan Samson said keeping the speed limit in check is important.

“It’s only going to get busier,” she said.Carol McMillan, the Mayor of the Summer

Village of Norglenwold said she is pleased the speed limit has been reduced.

“It was the people on the south end of Norglenwold who requested it,” she said. “And I’m sure it has helped.”

Traffic reduced near summer village

Inviting - A former construction site on the corner of Lakeshore Drive and 50th Street has been transformed with a decorative fence and landscaping. The area is now open as a public park. ALEISHA BOSCH

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July 28th 9:35 pm - RCMP

received a call of a young male loading several bottles of alcohol into his vehicle and speeding along Perry Drive in Sylvan Lake. Members attended the area but the vehicle was gone. The owner of the vehicle was contacted and the driver was informed of the consequences of bad driving habits as well as the new impaired driv-ing laws.

July 29th 3:56 am - A male is

facing several charges including criminal harassment, failing to comply with conditions of an undertaking, utter-ing threats and obstruct-ing justice as a result of a domestic dispute on 47th Street in Sylvan Lake. The male was threatening to assault his ex-girlfriend and was believed to be under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident.

8:26 am - Police attended the Sylvan Lake pier after a report of partially clothed intoxicated people jumping off the pier. Members attended and arrested two males for outstanding warrants and public intoxication. One female was also arrested and lodged in cells for public intoxica-tion.

9:47 pm - A female driver was issued a fine in connection with a

two vehicle collision on Highway 11 near Range Road 20. She attempted to pass a vehicle which slowed in front of her and collided with anoth-er vehicle in the next lane whose driver was attempting to make a turn onto Range Road 20. There was significant vehicle damage, howev-er, no injuries as a result of the collision.

July 30th 12:16 am - A male is

facing charges of assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm in connection with a domestic altercation at a residence on 45 Street in Sylvan Lake.

A verbal dispute between the accused and his father resulted in a physical fight which ended with the father being stabbed in the chest. He was treated for his injuries and released.

July 31st 11:56 am - RCMP is

investigating the theft of a moped from the Canadian Tire parking lot in Sylvan Lake. A witness saw a male take the moped, owned by an employee of Canadian Tire, and put it in the back of his truck. When the suspect noticed he was being watched, he proceeded to ditch the moped at the Dollarama parking lot before flee-ing.

August 3rd 4:19 am - A female

driver had her vehicle seized for seven days and received an imme-diate 30-day licence sus-pension after she was stopped roadside by RCMP. The driver, who was under GDL condi-tions, which includes no alcohol consumption, blew a caution on a screening device result-ing in her vehicle being towed and her licence suspended.

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Donation - Eugene Sarrasin, senior safety manager at Nabors Production Services presented a $500 cheque from Nabors to Sylvan Lake Fire Chief Cliff Brausen on July 18. The money is the first donation towards the department’s current fundraising initiative to purchase a new set of cutters for the Jaws of Life equipment. Their goal is to raise $8,500 for a cutter tool that will increase their capabilities due to new technology. Letters have been sent to a number of local businesses soliciting donations. Others may contact Brausen for more details if they’re interested in donating. STEVE DILLS

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By Treena MielkeBlack Press

When Eric Allison and Cheryl Fisher decided to bring to life a vision of having a jazz festival in Sylvan Lake several years ago, they had no guarantee the idea would fly, but they decided to take a

leap of faith, anyway.“It was Chery’s idea,

actually,” said Allison. “And one day we were sitting around having Caesars at Pete’s on the Beach with Matt Toonders and Al Fisher talking about it and before we knew it, it snowballed. It sim-ply took on a life of its own.”

This year, the 10th anniversary of the Jazz at the Lake Festival, is living proof that the idea, which started small, has turned into an annual event that rocks Sylvan Lake to its very musical core, bringing back the best of the best and high-lighting an impressive array of today’s great

jazz musicians.This year promises

to be the best festival ever.

“I know I always say that,” said Allison, “but there is no ques-tion that this 10th anniversary will be the biggest and the best ever.”

Fittingly, The Best of 10 is the theme of

this year’s festival to be held Aug. 16 to 19.

The jazz festival, which takes people back to the days of Varsity Hall, when the music of the big bands was as intoxicating as the summer air, itself, has a star studded list of performers.

Big name in the music industry, Tommy Banks, who was a teenager him-self, when Varsity Hall was in its hay day, will headline Friday eve-ning performance as will Cheryl Fisher, Eric Allison and John Stowell.

The musicians are to perform at the Alliance Community Church on 47th Avenue and, no doubt, it will be a perfor-mance well worth attending.

Cheryl Fisher, co-organizer of the festi-val, has been hailed by the Montreal Jazz Festival as one of the greatest female singers in the history of Canadian jazz.She has recorded five CDs and continues to receive glowing reviews for her live performances and recordings.

Eric Allison has been a full-time work-ing professional musi-cian for more than 30 years, playing alto and tenor saxophone, flute and clarinet.He has recorded three CDs under his own name and has worked with a litany of jazz greats.

John Stowell, an international record-ing artist and teacher has been Artist-In-Residence at schools in Germany, Indonesia,

Argentina as well as the United States and Canada.

Johnny Summers Little Big Band will kick start the festival at the Royal Canadian Legion on Thursday, and Friday afternoon will feature the H. O.T. Dixieland Jazz Band at the Sylvan lake Lodge and at the Farmers Market.

Saturday’s perfor-mances include H.O.T. Dixieland Jazz Band at the Lions Legacy Park Gazebo and, begin-ning at 1 p.m. Donald Ray Johnson’s 10-piece band will perform at the Legion.

An outdoor concert will be held at the Lions Legacy Park Gazebo from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday featur-ing RDC Jazz Ensemble & RDC Faculty Jazz Quintet.

Guitarist John Stowell will hold a workshop later that afternoon at the Lions Hall.

Evening entertain-ment will feature Alberta jazz all-stars Michael Kaeshammer

and his Trio at the

Alliance Community Church and The Polyjesters will per-form at the Lions Hall beginning at 10 p.m.

On Sunday Jazz Explosion & Flat Iron Jazz will perform at an outdoor concert from 2 to 4 p.m.

This year the jazz pub crawl will occur at 10 venues throughout Sylvan Lake.

The crawl will begin at 11:30 a.m. and con-tinue until 6 p.m. Well known jazz artist Jim Guloien will be one of the featured entertain-ers and will perform with

A farewell jam ses-sion with Tim Tamashiro and his quartet featured will be held at Mead-owlands Golf Club. The evening will con-clude with fireworks.

Allison gives trib-ute not only to the great musicians who will grace this year’s festival, but to the sponsors and huge contingent of volun-teers including festival manager Kathy Bradshaw.

Jazz at the Lake bigger and better than ever

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Special EventsFriday, August 10 to Sunday, August 12 - Shake the Lake action sports and music festival. Three days, 30 bands and action sports. 1164 BMX Bonesaw Jam Saturday, Vans Lake Jam for skateboarders Sunday. Family Zone for kids and parents alike. Free admission. Check the web at 2012.shakethelake.ca/.Saturday, August 11 and Sunday, August 12 - Kick It To The Curb - a recycling program by the Town of Sylvan Lake. Place your unwanted, but reusable items on the curb for new owners to pick up. Pre-registration required - email [email protected], August 11 - Sylvan Lake Legion’s annual branch golf tournament. Sign up sheet on the bar at the Legion. Saturday, August 11 - Central Alberta Singles dance at 8:30 pm at Penhold Hall. Music by Lost Highway. Members and invited guests only; new members welcome. Elaine 403-341-7653 or Bob 403-304-7440.Sunday, August 12 - Cream Day at Historic Markerville Creamery Museum. Noon to 5 pm. Features old time demonstrations of cream separation, butter making, ice cream making and carding wool. Tours, concession, home made pie, children’s activities, live animals and fantastic entertainment.Thursday, August 16 to Sunday, August 19 - Jazz At The Lake celebrates its 10th anniversary with an amazing line-up of Canadian superstar jazz artists. Many free events. Full details and ticket information at www.jazzatthelake.com/.Friday, August 17 - Hansen Family Charity

Bullriding (WPB) at Dickson Arena (south of Spruce View) at 7 pm. Proceeds to Children’s Wish Foundation. For info or to sponsor call Tammy 403-728-3502.Thursday, August 16 - The Sylvan Lake Seniors Bus to the Golden Circle Flower Show in Red Deer followed with a meal at the Red Deer Chinese Buffet. Pick up begins at the Seniors’ Centre at 2:30 p.m., return by 5:30 p.m. ($15). Phone Lenore at 403-887-5372.Friday, August 17 - Hansen Family Charity Bullriding (WPB) at Dickson Arena (south of Spruce View) at 7 pm. Proceeds to Children’s Wish Foundation. For info or to sponsor call Tammy at 403-728-3502.Sunday, August 19 - meeting for parents of special needs, adults and kids at 7 p.m. at the Community Partners Building.Sunday, August 19 - Viking Day at Danish Canadian Museum. Festivities begin at 11:30 and run to 5:30 pm with re-enactments by Odin’s Ravens at 1:30 and 3:30 pm.Wednesday, August 22 - Sylvan Lake Senior’s Association is planning a trip to Rosebud theatre for a brunch performance of Anne of Green Gables. The cost, including theatre ticket, brunch and bus transportation is $80. If you would like to join our theatre excursion, call Jill at 403-318-9381 or 403-887-5428.Friday, August 24 to Sunday, August 26 - Eighth annual Medicine Hills Art Festival at Sylvan Lake Curling Club. A juried nature themed show and sale featuring world class artists displaying their high quality original work. www.wandawhaley.com

Weekly EventsMondays - Master-Triathlon swim from 8:30-9:30 pm. Come and check us out! To register go to Sylvan Lake Tri Club website at www.sltc.ca or e-mail [email protected] - Toastmasters Sylvan’s Slick Speakers meet at Sylvan Lake Alliance Church, 4404 47 Ave. from 7-8:15 pm. Join Toastmasters now to become the speaker and leader you want to be. For info call Correna Rae 403-506-9643. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays 10:15-11 am - Terrific Tales for 2s and 3s at Sylvan Lake Library. Stories, finger plays, songs and a simple craft. Free, registration required.Wednesdays - Sylvan Lake Senior’s Association hosts soup and a bun from noon to 1:30 pm. Thursdays - Sylvan Lake seniors bus to Red Deer. Pick-up 9:15 am. Returning to Sylvan 1:30 pm. Phone Mary 403-887-4579. No trip Dec. 15.

Thursdays - Drop in bowling at 10 am. Two games. For information call Joan 403-887-2201.Thursdays - Ladies of the Patch. Does your partner work away from home for extended periods of time? 10 am. Open discussion, shar-ing tips and coffee. Call Giselle at 403-887-9989 for info.

Monthly EventsFirst Sunday every month. Sylvan Lake Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary breakfast at the Legion. 4916 50 Ave. 9 am to 1 pm. Next breakfast August 5. Everyone welcome. 06/30/12First Monday every month. Sylvan Lake & District Fish & Game Association meets at 7 pm at Sylvan Lake Community Partners Association, 5043 50 Ave. Everyone welcome. For informa-tion, call Dave Lloyd 403-887-2380. 06/30/12Second and fourth Tuesday every month. Coffee, chats and crafts at Sylvan Lake Seniors’ Centre from 1:30-3:30 pm.Second Tuesday every month. Sylvan Lake Quilters meet at 7:00 pm at the community centre. New members welcome. For more infor-mation, call 403-887-2726. 06/30/12

Volunteers NeededSylvan Lake & Area Pet Shelter Society desper-ately needs your skills and talents to help us reach our goals. Please contact 403-887-2925, 403-505-2925 or 403-887-5053 for further information.The Memories Recovered Project (MRP) is look-ing for a volunteer grant researcher - writer in the Sylvan Lake or Red Deer area. The MRP is a non profit registered charity that documents on camera interviews with Canadian military veter-ans for historical and educational purposes. Also looking for a volunteer to transcribe veteran interviews from a master disk. For more details, check our website at www.themrp.org. If you’re interested in helping with “Keeping History Alive” please call Allan at 403-887-7114. 12/30/10

Support ProgramsSylvan Lake Al-Anon (for families and friends of alcoholics) 8 pm Sundays, Presbyterian Church (north door), Kathy 403-887-4470 or Robyn 403-887-2961. 06/30/12Sylvan Lake AA meetings. Tuesdays 7:30 pm Lions Hall; Sundays 8 pm Presbyterian Church (north door). For more information about the program, call male 403-887-4470, 403-588-5491 or female 403-887-4297. 06/30/12

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I love cooking. I always have. There is something about the way something seems to come from nothing that I have always enjoyed about it.

This weekend, I attended the Edmonton Heritage Festival. While the festival’s cultural performances and ethnic items for sale were interesting enough, the rea-son I, and I suspect many other people con-tinue to attend the festival is for its huge variety of food.

After buying a sheet of food tickets, I was able to wander around the festival, travelling to different countries with my tastebuds as my passport. I went to Italy for gelato, India for curry, and Ecuador for a chocolate-covered banana. I also got a mozzarella empanada from Ecuador, hoping to taste one like I used to eat in Argentina.

Empanadas are little pockets of dough usu-ally filled with meat or cheese. They are com-mon across all Latin American countries. I learned to make them when I was visiting an estancia, a South American ranch.

I was staying in a tiny town about an hour outside Buenos Aires, in a province of the same name. Some estancias are open to visitors, like guest ranches here, and I wanted to have the quintessentially Argentinean experience of rid-ing a horse across the pampas. Unfortunately, rainy, muddy weather thwarted my plans.

I met a lady who ran one of the estancias I wanted to visit while I was wandering around the town, and she offered to let me spend the day at the ranch. I accepted.

I spent most of the day indoors. The house on the estancia was charming in a rustic sort of way. Terracotta tiles lined the floor, the furni-

ture was carved wood, and fabric with a variety of woven colours hung on the wall.

She took me to the kitch-en. Tomatoes, fresh basil, and mozzarella lay on the counter - all the ingredients for Caprese empanadas, like the classic Italian salad of the same name. The empanada dough was already made.

We set to work dicing the tomatoes and cheese and chopping up the basil. Then we wrapped all three in circles of dough and fried them. The dough turned golden brown and crispy. When I took a bite of one, the cheese inside had melted around the basil and tomato in a mass of savoury goodness.

Earlier in my time in Argentina, I learned to make another kind of food. At the time I was in the city where I was attending university, and living in a hostel. I had been unable to find an apartment or a roommate.

I had my own room at the hostel, and I shared a bathroom and kitchen with the rest of the guests. Being relatively new to staying in a communal environment, I was worried some-one would take my food (no one ever did, at any hostel I stayed at). I compensated by eating the breakfast the hostel provided, keeping a few foods in my room, and getting the rest of my food ready-made from the bakery on the corner or the vendors on the beach. Needless to say, my diet wasn’t the healthiest as a result of this.

One night, a number of the other guests approached me and asked if I wanted to con-tribute to the ňoqui they were making (it’s spelled as “gnocchi” in Italian). I agreed, and added my parmesan, tomatoes, and peppers to the food pile.

Food is the universal language

For every thing there is a season.And now, as summer flourishes

and ripens into August, it seems everyone is getting their holiday passports stamped, ‘gone.’

Yes, the holiday season has arrived.

It seems everyone in the world is either on holidays, going on holidays or just getting back.

I noticed on Facebook the other day several messages all related to holidays.

Facebookers have poured their weary, work hardened hearts into messages like, “I’m so ready. And “if I don’t get to go on holidays soon, I will burst.”

I smile, keep my head down and my eyes on the computer keyboard. I tell myself it’s the journey, not the

destination that counts. And then, unbidden, the little thought creeps into my head, “nine days, I have nine days left.”

And so I continue doing my reporter like stuff; writing stories, taking pictures, making phone calls. But, as much as news doesn’t stop, it seems it, too, wants to take a short hiatus or at least an afternoon nap.

Sources, the ones whose phone numbers are tattooed on your brain, because they are usually so helpful and so available have turned into nothing more than a recording. “I’m sorry, I am out of the office from now until forever, so have a great day,” the voice, who used to be live, says. The message is not meant to be mocking, so I try not to take it personally, try not to slam the phone down, and try

not to look at the calendar and think “eight days, now I have eight days left.”

This year, preceding my holidays I was shuffled over to another newspa-per office. It’s all part of being a mem-ber of this big newspaper family called “Black Press.” Apparently, Black Press has lots of siblings and it is our duty to help each other out when one of us is gone on holidays.

And so, there I was struggling to leave my office neat, clean and tidy and minus the four coffee cups and

stack of old news press releases at the Rimbey Review and shuffle myself over to Sylvan Lake News.

The transition turned out to be fairly easy except when I tried to identify myself on the phone. Of course, I know exactly who I am, most days anyway, but, no doubt, because of the shuffle I seemed to be a little confused as to whom I work for.

“Hi, I’m Treena from the Rimbey Review, I mean the Sylvan Lake News, whatever, I have no idea where I’m from,” I stammer.

Unfortunately by the time I get it figured out I will probably be back in Rimbey.

Coming to Sylvan Lake, however, has been awesome.

It’s kind of like coming home.

For 11 years I was part of the news staff here and for part of that time, I was ‘the news staff ’.

It’s good to be back. Unfortunately, I seem to have misplaced that little black book I possessed so proudly years ago.

It was my book of sources, my reporter’s bible. Names, telephone numbers and even, if my sources were benevolent enough, cell phone numbers.

I think I lost it about four offices ago.

Anyway, it’s good to be back, if only for a short holiday season. And then I, too, will be one of those peo-ple on holidays.

Did I mention I only had nine days left? Or is it eight?

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Ňoqui is a type of pasta, made from pota-toes and flour. A huge pile of potatoes sat in the hostel kitchen, which were peeled, boiled, and mashed. Next, we added enough flour, plus one egg, to turn the potatoes into a dough. We rolled it into long strands, cut them into pieces, and boiled them again. The dough became slightly firmer.

The noodles we’d made were served with a

sauce made from vegetables and spices that had been contributed. Everyone who had helped sat around the table in the hostel dining room and ate together. I was lucky if I knew my dining companions’ names, but in that moment, I experienced the power that food truly has to bring people together. We may not all eat the same food, but we all have to eat, and sometimes, that’s all that matters.

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69 years ago ...From the issue of August 11, 1943Genevieve Conaty, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Michael Conaty, is the latest Sylvan Lake young lady to join the Services. She left on Monday en route to Galt, Ont., where she will start training in the Wrens.

Genevieve is the fifth member of

the Conaty family to join the active services. Her brother Jack is in Tunisia and three other brothers are serving with the Canadian Forces in England.

With five members of the family now on active service the Conaty fam-ily may well be proud of the part they are playing in the present world strug-gle. Estelle is the only member of the family now at home with her mother. Michael Conaty, the father of this fine family, is a civilian foreman at an Air Force station at Big Bend.

Twelve nephews of Mr. and Mrs. Conaty are serving with the American Forces.

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Timed to coincide with the second anniversary of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps, nine recruiting parties will soon begin a tour of Alberta seek-

ing recruits for the C.W.A.C.

50 years ago ...From the issue of August 9, 1962

In a recent transaction Sylvan Lake Hotel was sold to Kemo Holdings Ltd. by Calgary Brewing and Malting Co. Ltd. Andy and Ray Kinasewich, own-ers of the holding company, will take over management of the hotel August 15.

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The annual meeting of the Sylvan Lake Summer Resident Property Owners’ Association was held in the Canadian Legion Hall, Sylvan Lake, Saturday, July 21.

The following officers were re-elect-ed for the year 1962-63.

President: Mr. George B. Handford (Calgary); Vice-President, Mr. Eric S.

Huestis (Edmonton); Secy-Treas: Mr. L. M. Roberts (Edmonton); Committee: Mr. J. Wes. L. Anderson (Red Deer) and Mr. Robert McKenzie (Calgary).

A motion was passed requesting the Sylvan Lake Town Council to have more floating docks put in the water along the Lake shore for use by swim-mers and boat skiers. To be painted two different colors and plainly marked. Also that markers or buoys be placed in the water along the front to mark distance motor boats must keep from the beach. As more people are coming to Sylvan Lake every year the above is requested for the safety of all persons using the lake.

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The pride of the Lakers football team, Tyler Ledwos, is sporting a silver medal after competing with Team Alberta at the Football Canada Cup in London, Ontario.

Although winning the silver was a great thrill, Ledwos said losing to Quebec 21-11 in the gold medal game was heartbreaking.

“We were all kind of hoping. We had our fin-gers crossed, but we gave them the ball,” said Ledwos. “We just gave it right back to them. They were a good team” he added.

The gold medal loss was especially painful for Team Alberta who had handily won their first two games, defeating Nova Scotia 39 - 8 and later trouncing Ontario, West 35-0.

“Our defense played incredible in that game,” said Ledwos. “It was like we couldn’t do anything wrong. We certainly weren’t making many mis-takes.”

However, even with intense practices and men-tal conditioning, Team Alberta ended up coming home with a silver medal.

The 16-year-old Sylvan Grade 12 H. J. Cody student said playing for the Alberta team was an awesome experience.

“It was fantastic, playing at that high level. It was really good experience. At first I was kind of on my own as I was the only kid from central Alberta to make it, but at the end it was like we

were like family. Everyone was really close at the end.”

Ledwos recalled the time spent with the team as an opportunity to hone his football skills, make new friends and also make some inroads into his future playing university football.

He said he is grateful to his coaches Jeremy Braitenback, Rick Dunnigan, John Kriekle and his family and friends for making the opportunity to play for Team Alberta possible. He is also grateful to his parents Jeff Ledwos, Joanne Pyne and his brother Alex for coming with him to the Canada Cup.

“They come to all my games here and it would be weird not to have them in the stands,” he said.

With one year of high school still ahead of him, Ledwos has yet to decide where he will continue his post secondary education.

He said Scouts from Simon Fraser, Acadian University in Nova Scotia, the University of Edmonton and the University of Calgary have been talking to him.

Meanwhile, he is enjoying the summer, work-ing out at the gym, hanging out with friends and working. At six feet, 175 pounds, he is hoping to put on about 10 pounds before football season begins.

Whether or not he bulks up in the summer, one can rest assured that when Ledwos suits up for the Lakers in the fall, he will be a force to be reckoned with.

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The call came dur-ing a February blizzard when Ian Oostinde was hunkered down in front of his fireplace, nursing a mug of cof-fee, going over some paperwork.

“Hey Ian,” his friend, Hugh Carruthers said, “do you want to hike the Chilkoot Trail?”

Oostinde took a gulp coffee.

Hiking the 33-mile

(53 km) trail through the Coast Mountains that leads from Dyea, Alaska, in the United States to Bennett, British Columbia had always been a someday project for him. And for Oostinde, someday meant when he had more time, when he wasn’t soft from a desk job, when his daughter Tianna was grown, when he retired, when he was in better shape.

But, Oostinde knew someday could end up being nothing more

than a ‘bucket list’ thing that may never happen and so he decided someday would be now.

“Sure,” he said, mus-tering up more confi-dence than he really felt. “If I can get in shape by July.”

And, with the hike several months away, Oostinde struggled to get himself in shape for the trek which would take him and his com-panion through the somewhat treacherous trail once used by min-ers on their way to the Klondike Gold Rush.

He walked. He biked. He even did some cross-country skiing.

And then 10 days before the pair were about to leave, he crashed his bike, jump-ing a curb on Taylor Drive in Red Deer.

“I went down pretty hard,” he said. “Luckily

I was wearing a helmet, but my whole body suffered from whip lash.”

The fall left him nervous about his physical ability to com-plete the hike and his resolve wavered some-what.

However, even though he suffered some misgivings after the unfortunate spill, Oostinde and Carruthers armed with hiking gear and a plus 30-pound back pack took off from Dyea, an abandoned townsite, 15 minutes from Skagway, Alaska July 25 at 7:30 p.m. just as they had planned.

The pair hiked for two-hours over rela-tively flat terraine before arriving at the trail’s first campsite, Finnegan’s Point.

The short hike proved to be a gentle training session for

what lay ahead.The pair set out

early the next morning, noticing the trail had became noticeably cooler after Finnegan’s Point.

“The trail was rela-tively flat, but never smooth,” said Oostinde.

“And at some places it was very narrow. We found we could always expect the unexpected. It was well worn, but rough.”

Hikers on the Chilkoot Trail needed to be cognizant at all times of the possibility

of bears showing up. While on the trail, Oostinde kept bear spray close at hand and made use of a bear bell.

Campsites had bear boxes and tents were erected on small wood-en platforms to dis-courage the unwelcome visitors.

“You never want to be surprised by a bear,”said Oostinde. “We were very careful and there was never any garbage left around on the trail or at the campsites.”Continued on page 9


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Continued from page 8The second day of

hiking took the pair near the Canyon City ruins, which was a tent city during the gold rush. Building founda-tions, a large restaurant stove and a large boiler are still visible.

After the Canyon City ruins, the hikers noticed the trail diverged from the Taiya River, going through a muddy section with jagged boulders and short steep ascents in and out of small gulches.

It was tough going and when the men arrived at Sheep Camp, the last campground on the American side, they were more than ready for a break.

“We were very tired,” said Oostinde. “My body felt like jelly. The second day was a warm up for the third day. We knew we had to leave early to get to our destination. The next leg is known for rock and snow ava-

lanches but these are less likely to happen in the earlier part of the day.”

The hikers left their campsite at around 6:30 a.m.and began the six-hour up-hill hike which would take them to the top of the summit which is the Canada/US bor-der.

“It was not all that far, but we were scram-bling over boulders and going through tons of snow. The last kilometer took us an hour and a half.”

However, when Oostinde finally reached the summit and looked around at the vast wil-derness that stretched before him, he was struck by a feeling of awe.

“It was an amazing feeling. The beauty around me was incredi-ble. It made all of it worthwhile. It was a wil-derness that was devoid of people.”

The pair continued into Canada without

going through customs as there was no border officials around to check out their credentials.

They hiked another seven kilometers into Happy Camp aptly named because hikers are “so happy to get there,” said Oostinde.

From Happy Camp they continued onto Deep Lake Camp, push-ing on through rough terraine and jumping over boulders to cross creeks.

“At this point it seemed psychologically tougher because you just want to get it done,” said Oostinde.

At 1:15 p.m. Yukon time, Oostinde and his traveling companion arrived at Bennett, B.C. Here they caught a train to Carcross, Yukon, just west of Bennett Lake, where Carruther’s wife was waiting to take them back to civilization, and all the amenities that includes like long show-ers and hot coffee.

A few weeks later, Oostinde, back home in Sylvan Lake, received another call from his friend asking him if he wanted to hike the West Coast Trail.

“I told him it wasn’t a bad idea and I meant it. I will, for sure, hike again, I’m not exactly sure when.”

But hiking the Chilkoot Trail was a wonderful experience.

“It’s great to be reminded of how fragile the wilderness and our ecological system is and how the sustenance of the wilderness is not just about the wilderness, but about ourselves, as well.”

Oostinde is the vice-principal at Alternative School Programs with Red Deer Public School District and was Sylvan Lake’s 2011 citizen of the year.

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Perhaps partially because of their name, which seemed especial-ly ironical as the day was blistering hot, Ice from Edmonton won the A division of the NSA Slo-pitch tourney held last weekend.

The tournament held at Four Seasons Park Aug. 4, 5 and 6 attracted 30 teams from throughout Alberta.

Second in the A division was SF, fol-lowed by Pink Flamingos.

In the B division, Rage took first place, second was Outlaws and Hit N Run won

third.In the C Division,

Airtech Legends were first, followed by Vodka, and third was the Other Team.

In the D division, first was won by Loaded Bases, second went to RESLIP and third was won by the Pharm Team.

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“We have competi-tive to very recreation-al,” he said. “It’s a good family event and it’s great here in Sylvan where everyone can go to the lake afterwards.”

Ashley Jackson from SF prepares to slam the ball in the A final against Ice at a slo-pitch tourney held in Sylvan Lake on the August long weekend. SF lost the A final to Ice. Both teams are from Edmonton. TREENA MIELKE

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Taylor Lachance is coaching hockey at the Sylvan Lake Summer Hockey Camp as a summer job. During the school year, he attends Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, where he is a member of the university’s inline hockey team. ALEISHA BOSCH


Taylor Lachance, 21, has been playing hockey since he was seven years old, but didn’t realize how much he needed to play it until he attended SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary.

“It was the first time I hadn’t played hockey,” said Lachance. “I didn’t really know what I was going to do.”

Lachance’s friend, Cole Sonstelie from Red Deer, played inline hock-ey at Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee. Sonstelie talked to his coach on his friend’s behalf, who then spoke with Lachance. Eventually, Lachance was able to secure a scholar-ship covering half his fees at Bethel, and he switched schools.

“It was nice to get an opportunity like this,”

said Lachance.Inline hockey, also

called roller hockey, is played on inline skates and a hard surface. Lachance, who plays both inline and ice hock-ey, said the sport has a lot of finesse, and focuses more on skill and puck possession. He added that he thinks about passing to teammates more often when playing inline. Body contact is not part of the sport, he said.

Lachance began play-ing competitive ice hock-ey when he was nine. His brothers played inline, and Lachance started playing it to keep himself occupied in the summer.

“It turned out I liked it better than ice hockey... I think because I’m a lot better at it,” said Lachance.

He credits his brother Turner as influencing him the most.

“He was always really good. Just watching him makes me want to be better,” said Lachance. “He’s still really good and he hasn’t played in three years.”

Lachance, who plays defence, said his team-mates’ playing styles work well together.

“We have two really good lines that are set up perfectly,” said Lachance. “We’re just a really tough team to play against because we’re really well-rounded.”

In Lachance’s first year, the team won the Southeast Collegiate Roller Hockey League Division 2 champion-ship, a regional competi-tion. They made it to the national competition and finished in the top four out of 68 teams.

“It was cool just to be there,” said Lachance.

For Lachance’s second year, the team moved up

to Division 1. They had a 17 game winning streak, and ended up winning the National College Roller Hockey League championship.

“It didn’t seem real, almost,” said Lachance.

The team lost the first two games of the nation-al tournament, but were able to recover later on.

“After that we turned it on and it worked out,” said Lachance. “Everything that needed to happen for us did.”

Lachance and his teammates practice three times a week, and spend plenty of time together outside of practice.

“We don’t have any trouble bonding,” said Lachance. “We have a great team. It’s a great group of guys.”

Lachance, who is going into his third year at Bethel and studying business, said it can be difficult to balance his

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schoolwork with his ath-letic commitments. In one semester, he said, the team was out of town for four consecutive week-ends. To counteract this, each sports team at Bethel has organized mandatory study ses-sions for everyone on the team. Lachance said these sessions have helped him handle his

work load. Tennessee is very dif-

ferent from what had been familiar to Lachance. From the accents to the university sports teams (Bethel has bass fishing, shooting, and bowling teams), it was like a different world, said Lachance. McKenzie, where the university is located, is a small town,

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This summer, Lachance has been coaching hockey at the Sylvan Lake Summer Hockey Camp.

“It’s awesome,” he said. “I get to be on the ice all day every day and work with great people.”


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Tommy Banks to entertain at Jazz at the Lake FestivalBy Treena Mielke

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Tommy Banks, a Canadian icon in the music industry, has a lifetime of achieve-ments and huge pinnacles of success in his long and prosperous career.

But, in the ‘40s when the town of Sylvan Lake became alive in the summer with the sound of big bands, he was simply an awe struck teenager.

“My earliest Sylvan Lake memories are of listening to Sonny Fry’s band play at Varsity Hall - that would have been in the late ‘40s.”

Banks’ talent as a jazz musician was obvi-ous at an early age and by the time he was 15, he was playing at Varsity Hall, himself.

“I first played at Varsity Hall with Don Thompson’s band when we were touring with Don Thompson’s musical Revue of 1952,” he said.

He remembers it well.“The excitement of being in a big band on

the road with a bus-and-truck show, replete with singers, specialty acts, comedians, and dancers (one of whom happened to be my girlfriend) was pretty special,” he said.

One incident still stands out in his mind.“What I remember most about playing at

Sylvan Lake was that some idiot had booked the show to play in Red Deer during the 24th of May weekend. Of course, on that weekend in those days, everybody from Red Deer was in Sylvan Lake. So Don cooked up a deal with the brothers Paul Perry and Jim Guloien

for the show (or as much of it as would fit on the Varsity Hall stage) to play the weekly Sunday afternoon concert in Sylvan Lake, just so the weekend wouldn’t be a total loss.”

During his years as Senator in Ottawa, Banks gave his heart and soul to politics, but the music lived on inside him.

“While I was spending so much time in Ottawa I wasn't playing or conducting as much as I had in previous years, of course; but I always played a bit here and there. One day in Ottawa, Peter Nero had been booked for a series of concerts with the orchestra, but pulled up ill on the day before the first rehearsal. They weren’t quite sure what to do

and then they remembered that I had con-ducted and played with the National Arts Centre Orchestra before and wondered if I could step in at the last minutes. And I did. So even when I was in Ottawa, I did a bit of musical work.”

Now, retired from politics, Banks is busy, happy and looking forward to coming to Sylvan Lake.

“I’m working on a new Christmas CD, playing a few concerts including some at jazz festivals, and sorting through eleven years worth of papers,” he said.

In his lifetime, Banks has played jazz throughout North America, Western and Central Europe, Japan and Southeast Asia. He is the recipient of the Juno Award, The Gemini Award, The Grand Prix du Disques Canada and is an officer of the Order of

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But, despite his legendary status, Banks advice to budding musicians who love music just as he did when he was a teenager at Varsity Hall listening to the sounds of the big bands, is simple.

“Play at every opportunity. You will always learn something.”

Banks will headline the Aug. 17 evening performance of this year’s Jazz at the Lake Festival along with Cheryl Fisher, Eric Allison and John Stowell.

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Wade Collinge’s front lawn is cut in the shape of a peace sign. A peace sign is painted on his outdoor table, and a flag with a peace sign is fixed on the back of a sign facing his house. Instead of security bars, metal peace signs block every first floor win-dow. Peace signs dangle from Collinge’s car mir-ror, and a peace sign is embroidered on his hat.

As Collinge says, “It’s not so much the trinket that you have, it’s the story behind it.”

The story behind Collinge’s peace signs began in May 2008. He wanted to name his house and put the name on a sign, which accord-ing to town sign bylaws requires a permit. Applying for a permit would have cost $25, said Collinge, and there’s no guarantee the sign will be approved by the town’s Development officer or municipal planning

commission. “It wasn’t about the

money,” said Collinge. When his daughter

was younger, Collinge said she would pose in photos with her index

and middle finger raised - the peace sign. With her in mind, he decided to cut a peace sign on his lawn.

“It wasn’t so much to protest as I wanted to

do something different without having to ask permission,” said Collinge.

He put a stake in the ground where he want-ed the peace sign’s cen-

tre, and measured 25 feet from it. With that distance, he used spray paint to mark a circle around the centre. Finally, he used his tradesman’s training to

draw the straight lines inside the circle by sight. He changed the height settings on his lawn mower to create the definition between the shorter grass of the

peace sign and the lon-ger grass inside it.

He phoned his daughter as soon as he’d finished.

“I said, ‘Hey girl, I Continued on page 14

Grass peace sign is Sylvan Lake landmark

Wade Collinge’s 50-foot peace sign catches quite a few double-takes from passersby walking along Lakeshore Drive. ALEISHA BOSCH


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Youth Services Friday at 7:00 pm

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Continued from page 12just cut a 50-foot peace sign in the front lawn of the White House,’” said Collinge, referenc-ing a name he used to call the house when it was completely white.

He daughter told him it was the 50th anniversary of the peace sign, as detailed in a Reader’s Digest article at the time, and which had been unknown to Collinge. That same year also happened to be when Collinge turned 50, which he took to be significant. He has maintained the peace sign ever since.

According to the Reader’s Digest article, the peace sign was cre-ated in Britain in 1958 as a symbol for a pro-test against weapons of mass destruction. The

protestors referred to themselves as the “Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament” (CND). The peace sign was designed with a circle to represent the circle of life. The lines inside stand for the flag sema-phore symbols for N and D, meaning nucle-ar disarmament.

“I asked many peo-ple if they knew the history, and they didn’t,” said Collinge, who has researched it. He added that only a few people have known the symbol’s signifi-cance, all of whom have been from Britain.

“I haven’t had one negative comment. On a nice day it’s nothing to have 50 people say, ‘Hey, that looks great,” said Collinge. “I have to say, it’s got to rank right up there as one of

the most photographed things in Sylvan Lake.”

In addition to the photos, Collinge said many children like to run around in the peace sign’s circle. Other peo-ple flash the hand sym-bol for peace as they drive by Collinge’s house.

“One lady going by once said, ‘I really like your lawn, I’m a child of the ‘60s,” said Collinge. He added that another passerby thought the sign was the Mercedes-Benz symbol. Collinge said town workers have also had positive comments about his peace sign.

To maintain it, Collinge said he uses some fertilizer on the longer grass. He cuts it every two to three days in the spring, and once a week in the summer.

A number of people, animals, and objects have had their pictures taken on the peace sign, said Collinge. The list includes people from out of town, clas-sic cars, horses, and bikini-clad women cel-ebrating a bachelorette party.

On Canada Day two years ago, Collinge had a group of friends who wanted to fill the entire peace sign with people. One friend laid down in the cut grass, then the others joined him. After everyone present had taken their posi-tion, there was still space left over, so some passersby helped to fill the sign.

“It’s just weird what it’s turned into. It’s like a landmark,” said Collinge, adding that some of his daughter’s

friends from the University of Alberta had heard about the peace sign.

Collinge wears a hat he had custom-made

for Canada Day 2011. The hat features the peace sign, with the day it was created and the letters CND, for the Campaign for

Nuclear Disarmament. Collinge also made the peace sign security bars in his first floor windows himself.

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Auctions 1530

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Transportation#5000-5300

Automotive Services ........5010Antique & Classic Autos ....5020Cars ..................................5030SUV’s................................5040Trucks ..............................5050Heavy Trucks....................5060Vans/Buses ......................5070Motorcycles ......................5080Campers ..........................5090Motorhomes......................51005th Wheels........................5110Holiday Trailers ................5120Tent Trailers ......................5130Utility Trailers ....................5140ATV’s ................................5150Boats & Marine ................5160Snowmobiles ....................5170Tires, Parts & Accessories ......................5180Auto Wreckers ..................5190Vehicles Wanted ..............5200Car/Truck Rental ..............5210Recreational VehicleRental ..............................5220Trailer Rental ....................5230Misc. Automotive ..............5240RV’s ..................................5300

HousesFor Sale 4020

Acreages 4050

BuildingsFor Sale 4150

ManufacturedHomes 4090

Cottages/ResortProperty 4130

BuildingsFor Sale 4150

Tires, PartsAcces. 5180

FOR SALE: 5000 sq. ft industrial facility currently operated as an abattoir, offered for sale as land & buildings only. This facility has a very high potential to continue operating as a meat processing plant or has other opportunities; as it is a solid building with refrigeration & freezer capacity, located in the industrial part of the thriving town of Pincher Creek, Alberta. Priced at $450,000.Contact: Peter Maloff 403-627-8200 or Cory Tourond 403-563-8551 RE/MAX Southwestern, Crowsnest Pass Albertawww.crowsnestpassrealestate.com

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Public Notice#6000

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


Camp Kuriakos, a Lutheran Church Camp situated 17 kilometers northwest of Sylvan Lake, is giving campers an opportunity to enjoy live performances of The Passion Play.

Acting executive direc-tor Laureen Wray said the play, which runs approxi-mately 75 minutes, has been shown on a regular basis every summer for the last 15 years.

Actors who take part in the performances, held every Wednesday since the first week of July, include summer staff who work hard to bring the Biblical story to life.

The play, which tells the story of Jesus as a

young man, his ultimate betrayal by his disciples and finally, his cruxifica-tion, was written by Wray.

“I tried to frame it in such a way as it would relate to the young people at the camp,” she said. “They (the actors) are dressed in the garb of the Biblical times, but they speak in a language that is easily understood.”

Throughout The Passion Play scenes are held at various locations throughout the camp, each setting adding cre-dence to the message. Following the written script, a trio, including Wray on her guitar, adds to the story with appro-priate music.

Wray said the play has proved popular.

“It often is the high-light of the program and they (the campers) seem to appreciate it,” she said.

The public is invited to attend the Aug. 15 perfor-mance of The Passion

Play which be held at 7 p.m.

Wray asks that anyone who wishes to attend call the camp before 4 p.m. on Wednesday to notify them of their wish to attend.

Passion play held at Camp Kuriakos

Submitted

Sylvan’s Slick Speakers club has always prided itself for being a great club and gets wonderful feed-back from past and present mem-bers. This year, the club had enough individuals succeeding in their self-paced training, plus club offi-cers were active enough in training that the club was awarded points for the Distinguished Club stan-dard issued by Toastmasters International.

“Nearly every year we have been a point away from Distinguished so we knew we would be close but this comes as a pleasant surprise to us all” said Ian Oostindie, a mem-ber with the clb since its onset.

The current president Dave Cartledge is a member of more

than one club and has been instru-mental in encouraging members from Red Deer to come and prac-tice speeches with the Sylvan club. “Every club is different. The Sylvan club is nice and small and has a really strong culture for helping new members. People learn at their own pace. The small size allows members to get lots of prac-tice too,” said Cartledge.

Debbie Oostindie initiated the work to start the Sylvan Lake club which began with 20 members, including a mentor from a Red Deer club.

At their own awards ceremony, Dave Cartledge recognized several members for their work. Current Secretary/Treasurer Dawn Burdick was awarded for her great develop-ment as rookie of the year. Vice president Judy Blais as Toastmaster of the Year and Correna Rae for

the club’s newsletter work.The new executive was elected

for their terms commencing July 1 and past Area Governor, Gordon Patton was on hand to conduct the elections. Patton is an inspiration as he is legally blind and yet con-nects with his audience by using his toastmaster’s training in body language, voice and eye contact, combined with his own personali-ty. He talked about the different supports that Toastmasters pro-vides and the opportunities at the regional level.

Sylvan Slick Speakers meets every Monday starting September 10.

In August they meet August 20, 7:00-8:15pm at the Alliance Church library room. http://sylvansslick-speakers.toastmastersclubs.org

Sylvan Lake Slick Speakers receives Distinguished Award

Chad Molzan and Connor Pregizer play two of Jesus’s disciples who are out in a boat fishing during one of the scenes in The Passion Play held at Camp Kuriakos.

TREENA MIELKE

Kathleen Sinclair, Katrina Dick and Katilyn Craig, playing women from Biblical times chat with Paul Woloschuk, who played Jesus during a presentation of The Passion Play held at Camp Kuriokos last Wednesday. TREENA MIELKE



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Market Market Update

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Average number of homes for sale in the Sylvan Lake Area* in July:

295Sylvan Lake Area is defi ned as the Town of Sylvan Lake and the Sylvan Lake Summer Villages.

Number of MLS Sales in the Sylvan Lake Area* in July:

Sylvan Lake Area is defi ned as the Town of Sylvan Lake and the Sylvan Lake Summer Villages.

33

Sales to Listing Ratio:

11.3%

Most Expensive Home Sold in July:

$750,000

Most Active Price Range:

$200,000 - $300,000

Year to date increase in sales over 2011:

227 - UP 28%

Prices are infl ating in the Red Deer market where the sales to listing ratio in July was 31% - which is a balanced market.

(The rest of Central Alberta has historically followed the Red Deer Market)

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A balanced market is preferable for the long term stability of the A balanced market is preferable for the long term stability of the housing market – where neither buyer or seller has a strong advantage.housing market – where neither buyer or seller has a strong advantage.

Market Favours:

BUYERS

Least Active Price Range:

$450,000 - $500,000

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Sylvan Lake News, August 09, 2012