T IMES the East Central T IMES the East Central T IMES the East Central T IMES the East Central 36 13 12 21 Bruderheim Star St. Michael Andrew Chipman Mundare Hilliard Cooking Lake Ardrossan Sherwood Park Lindbrook Tofield South Cooking Lake Kingman Ryley Round Hill Holden Bruce Viking Kinsella Irma Lamont Rural Vegreville Lavoy Ranfurly Manville Minburn Innisfree Ohaton Bawlf Daysland Strome Killam Sedgewick Lougheed Hardisty Amisk Provost Hughenden Czar Consort Veteran Coronation Federal Fleet Alliance Halkirk Castor Galahad Forestburg Heisler Rosalind 14 Wainwright Reaching 40,000 rural and urban readers in 45 communities throughout East Central Alberta for a decade! December 13, 2011 Vol. 10, Issue 1 FREE (780) 385-6693 [email protected](780) 336-3422 [email protected]LEADER THE LAMONT Serving Lamont county (780) 895-2780 [email protected](780) 662-4046 [email protected]Time to mosey on home Leslie Cholowsky Editor It’s a sight that’s more likely to appear in old western movies than on today’s highways, but last Tuesday the Crone family were driving their cattle home for the winter. The Crones live near Hardisty, and the cows had to cross Highway 13 to get from their fall pas- ture area to where they will spend the winter. Road traffic patiently waited, and enjoyed the view while the cattle drive crossed the highway. The herd moved fairly placidly, picking up a little speed and kicking up some dust as they started to rec- ognize their home for the holidays. JAE ROBBINS PHOTOS
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It’s a sight that’s morelikely to appear in oldwestern movies than ontoday’s highways, butlast Tuesday the Cronefamily were drivingtheir cattle home for the
winter.The Crones live near
Hardisty, and the cowshad to cross Highway 13to get from their fall pas-ture area to where theywill spend the winter.
Road traffic patientlywaited, and enjoyed theview while the cattle
drive crossed thehighway.
The herd movedfairly placidly,picking up a littlespeed and kickingup some dust asthey started to rec-ognize their homefor the holidays. JAE ROBBINS PHOTOS
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Regional approach to emergency services has positive results in Beaver CountySubmitted
Beaver Emergency Ser-vices Commission tookover responsibility forfire and emergency man-agement services in theTowns of Tofield andViking, the Villages ofRyley and Holden, andBeaver County as of Jan.1, 2010.
This regional approachto emergency serviceshas resulted in many pos-itive results.
Our fire departmentshave undertaken anambitious training pro-gram and are now able toprovide our citizens withthe highest level of serv-ice that we have everhad.
Regionalization hasalso allowed for optimiz-ing the use of existing firepumpers and as a resulthas eliminated the needfor the municipalities toimmediately purchasethree new pumpers at acost of over one milliondollars.
An additional benefitof regionalization is thatit has eliminated thethreat to residents ofHolden and Ryley andBeaver County residentswithin 8 kilometers ofthese villages who werebeing faced with increas-es in their insurance pre-miums of between 30 and40 per cent.
The primary goal ofour fire services is to savelives and protect proper-ty and the environment.
A secondary goal is toensure our residents aregetting their insurance atthe best possible rates.
Many insurance com-panies do inspections ofhomes, farms and busi-nesses before providingcoverage for fire andother liabilities.
These inspectionsinclude such things asupgrades to older heat-ing systems, upgrades toelectrical services, thelocation of farm fuel stor-age tanks, and any haz-ardous conditions whichcould lead to liability.
In the process of estab-lishing their insurancerates, insurance compa-nies also evaluate thelevel of service that thelocal fire department isable to provide, as well asthe distance that theproperty is from the firehall and water sourcessuch as working, pres-surized hydrants.
They have three cate-gories in their rating sys-tem: Protected, whichcan only be achieved by
having a certified firedepartment within a cer-tain number of kilome-tres (usually within 8km), and proximity totested, approved andworking hydrants.
Semi-protected, whichis the highest level thatcan be acheived whenthere is an a certified firedepartment access within8 km, but where there isno hydrant protectionavailable.
Unprotected, wherethe property is more than8 kilometers from the firehall, or the fire serviceavailable does not meettheir standards, and isnot certified, whether ornot there are firehydrants.
The difference in insur-ance premiums betweenProtected, Semi-protect-ed and Unprotected canbe quite substantial, asmuch as 40 per cent.
The standard for deter-mining the level of serv-ice that a fire departmentcan provide is based onthree criteria:
•Equipment – the firstline pumper can not bemore than 20 years old
•The level of trainingof the volunteers
•The number andavailability of trainedvolunteers on a 24/7basis.
Prior to the formationof the Commission, eachmunicipality had to meetthese criteria.
In the case of Holden,their pumper was obso-lete.
Ryley lacked an ade-quate number of trainedpersonnel.
With the formation ofthe regional fire service,three fire districts wereformally established,Tofield in the west, Ryleyand Holden combinedand responding to allcalls simultaneously inthe central area andViking in the east withViking also providingsupport to Bruce andKinsella.
With one regional fireservice under the com-mand of a Regional FireChief, all apparatus canbe used anywhere in theregion as may berequired.
As a result, this elimi-nated the need for threenew pumpers a savingsof over a million dollars.
The Protected, andSemi-protected designa-tions have been main-tained throughout theregion where they areapplicable.
Val VincettStaff Reporter
The Federation ofAlberta Gas Co-ops Ltd.held their annual con-vention in Edmontonfrom Nov. 27 until Dec.1.
"Keep the Heat On"was this year's theme.
The conventionopened with a trade fairheld at the DeltaEdmonton South Hoteland the spousal programwas held at the ImperialBallroom at the RadissonHotel Edmonton onWednesday, Nov. 30.
After a long day ofmeetings, the banquetwas held at the RadissonHotel Edmonton Southat 7:00 p.m.
There was lifetimemember awards, a spe-cial presentation to LenGabert who officiallyretired this year, andentertainment providedby the Popovich HillbillyShow.
Thursday, Dec. 1brought the 'Bear Pit'panel discussions.
Ken Kowalski was themoderator for the BearPit.
"I was so excited I gotup at 4 a.m. to decidewhat I was going to say,"laughed Kowalski.
"We connected all theunits and five years laterfibre optics came intoplay. Such is the way oflife. You co-op membersare in the forefront of allof this.”
He then introduced hisBear Pit panel, “We havewith us today-EvanBerger, Manmatt Bhullar,Jonathon Denis, WayneDrysdale, Jack Hayden,Reb Rakes, Fred Horne,Bryce Jacob, Jeff Johnson,Heather Klimchuk,
Genia Leskiw, DianaMcQueen, Len Mitchell,Verlyn Olson, Ray Prins,David Quest, GeorgeRogers, George Vander-burg, Doug Griffiths,Robin Campbell, BarryMcFarland, LukeOuellette, Frank Oberleand Ray Danyluk.”
“We also have with usthis morning, the DeputyPremier, Doug Horner.
"Premier Redford wasgoing to speak thismorning but she cameup with a sore throat soDoug Horner will speakin her place.”
“You will have 30 sec-onds to deliver yourquestion and the boardwill have 30 seconds toanswer you," saidKowalski.
The questions asked ofthe Bear Pit panel weremany and very varied.
Topics ranged fromwhy is there one singleregulator for oil, gas andcoal; to there a shortageof full time RN"s inEdson; to where themoney is coming from torestore programs; topipeline abandonment;to health care premiums;to the Internet; to whenare Alberta is bringing ina sales tax; to ‘I can't fillup with diesel’; to whenand how fire services aregoing to be trained; towind farms being part ofour power grid; to wildhorses in the Sundrearea, as to why they werenot under the Fish andWildlife program; to cli-mate change; to why isAlberta capped on immi-gration?
All questions wereanswered briefly, someto the satisfaction of thegas board memberswhile others required alonger answer and mem-
bers were told theywould have to talk to theMinister in charge afterthe program to get an in-depth answer.
The meeting broke upat noon with DougHorner giving hisaddress to the conven-tion.
"We were only sittingin Parliament for a cou-ple of weeks then wewere out," openedHorner. "We were busywriting new legislationto keep our promises.
"We restored the edu-cation monies--promisekept.
“We brought in newimpaired driving laws--promises kept.
“We revised the landuse bylaw--promisekept.
“We have high speedin rural schools--promis-es kept."
Horner then went onto talk about the historyof the gas co-ops andsaid that his father hadbeen involved right inthe beginning.
He closed stating thatall was well with thenew government andsaid, "Change is good."
That brought to a closeanother year at theFederation of AlbertaGas Co-ops Ltd.
It has been a busy yearand promises to be evenbusier in the new year.
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The Bear Pit at the Federation of Alberta Gas Co-ops Ltd. annual convention held at the end of Novemberheld a good number of distinguished guests, who answered questions on a wide variety of topics.
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They are also meantto encourageCanadians to worklonger before startingto draw a governmentpension.
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If you are 65 - 70 andwork while receivingCPP benefits, youhave the choice ofcontinuing to makeCPP contributions(that will increaseyour CPP benefitsbeginning in 2013) ornot.
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This massive and covered load dwarfed the KillamKrossing Hotel recently, as it waited to resume itsjourney, balanced between two massive trailers.
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V e g r e v i l l e -Wainwright MP Benoitrecently held a series ofsuccessful meetings hehosted mid Octoberthroughout the con-stituency.
Constituents whoattended the meetingsexpressed their primaryconcerns which includ-ed the long gun registry,the Canadian WheatBoard monopoly, justicelegislation and a varietyof other issues.
Two of the events
were held at schools,where Mr. Benoit waspleased to meet withconstituents, including anumber of students tohear their questions andconcerns.
Many studentsexpressed their viewson the importance ofusing social media toengage youth in federalpolitics, their concernsof tuition costs for postsecondary education, aswell as a variety of othertopics.
Benoit talks to youth
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This couple were exercising their horses, giving them some practice pulling the wagon last Tuesday between Hughenden and Amisk, when our photographerhappened upon the scene. Looks like a fairly chilly way for the people to travel, but the horses seemed to enjoy the workout.
Giddy-up, it's almost Christmas! Wagon practice forthis pair made for a pleasant day
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