January 2, 2015 Strathmore Times, Volume 7, Issue 1, Locally Owned & Operated Alberta Weekly Newspaper, Member of the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association. Official Newspaper of the Bisons and Wheatland Kings Hockey Teams.
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Page 2 PJs for a cause Page 10 Look on Page 4 for Town of Strathmore Municipal Notices Contact Us Today! 403.934.5589 info@ strathmoretimes.com www. StrathmoreTimes .com Christmas at the park JANUARY 2, 2015 STRATHMORE SHANNON LECLAIR Times Reporter The Town of Strathmore called a special council meeting for Dec. 23. One of the matters brought forward was the idea of a partnership between Golden Hills School division (GHSD) and the town when it comes to meeting some of the recreation needs. The Division has been granted, in principal, the approval to build another school in Strathmore for Kinder- garten to Grade 9. Bevan Daverne, the superintendant of schools for GHSD, has met with the town several times in the past few weeks “about possibly having a joint facility where they may possibly not have a gymnasium, and possibly have a dome beside it at some lo- cation within town,” said Chief Administra- tive Officer Dwight Stanford. “They would be able to take the money from the proposed gym and put that to- wards a dome, then the town could put in money as well and then we could have a facility that could be used by the commu- nity.” Councillor Pat Fule added that there would still be the ability for a typical gym facility for the school, but that would be on one end of the dome and the rest would be for soccer and lacrosse and other indoor sports. The dome could house a variety of things. In some cases communities have added a library, meeting rooms, a fitness facility and an indoor running/walking track. A dome would be 160 feet wide by 400 feet long, providing a large space to meet recreational needs. It is also a cost effective measure to take. “It costs about 30 per cent less to build a dome than a regular building, and the en- ergy cost is about 30 per cent less, so all of a sudden I was very encouraged about a dome,” said Stanford. He said they are at the point now of needing some sort of motion so that GHSD can begin pursuing different avenues, some of which might not be available without the partnership. Despite the meetings and discussions, Councillor Bob Sobol suggested it was still in the early stages to get this accomplished, but said it is clear that GHSD is looking for commitment. Continued on Page 5 Town, GSHD partner for potential rec facility Doug Taylor Photo VOLUME 7 ISSUE 1 Locally Owned & Operated www.KEVINBALDWIN.ca Commissioner of Oath 403-561-0037 EXPERIENCED (SELLING SINCE 1999) MEMBER OF MILLION DOLLAR CLUB SAVING MY CLIENTS $$ THOUSANDS $$ 98% OF ALL CALLS RETURNED WITHIN 4 MIN HONEST RELIABLE OVER 925 HOMES SOLD NONIE HALL AGENT 403-934-0420 [email protected]“The Strathmore Realty Group” 104 - 3rd Avenue, Strathmore Trygve Many Guns and the UFA Bisons took on the German U17 Nationals in a pre-Mac’s Hock- ey Tournament exhibition game at the Strathmore Family Centre on Dec. 23. Unfortunately the local team was defeated 6-4 by the Germans, but the big winner of the night was the Strathmore Assembly of Youth (SAY) and their Disc Golf project. All proceeds from the game went to SAY for the project and according to their Facebook Page, $3,146 was collected. For more coverage of the UFA Bisons see Page 13. 100 Ranch Market, Unit 105F Strathmore, AB 403.934.5292 www.theranchdentalcentre.com Offering IV Sedation Dr. Ash (Ashkan) Hamzehi DDS Dr. Arzy Kafrouny DDS General Practice Family Dentistry TIMES 304 3 Ave, Strathmore AB Paul Kautz 403-875-4166 Ryan Kautz 403-875-1170 We will help you buy a house and transform it into your dream home, or help you find the perfect property and build your custom home. ONE CALL - ONE COMPANY! RENOVATORS, REALTORS, BUILDERS Page 13 Bisons success at the Mac’s Bisons, Germany and SAY!
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Look on Page 4 for Town of Strathmore Municipal Notices
The Town of Strathmore called a special council meeting for Dec. 23.
One of the matters brought forward was the idea of a partnership between Golden Hills School division (GHSD) and the town when it comes to meeting some of the recreation needs. The Division has been granted, in principal, the approval to build another school in Strathmore for Kinder-garten to Grade 9.
Bevan Daverne, the superintendant of schools for GHSD, has met with the town several times in the past few weeks “about possibly having a joint facility where they may possibly not have a gymnasium, and possibly have a dome beside it at some lo-cation within town,” said Chief Administra-tive Officer Dwight Stanford.
“They would be able to take the money from the proposed gym and put that to-wards a dome, then the town could put in money as well and then we could have a facility that could be used by the commu-nity.”
Councillor Pat Fule added that there would still be the ability for a typical gym facility for the school, but that would be on one end of the dome and the rest would be for soccer and lacrosse and other indoor sports.
The dome could house a variety of things. In some cases communities have added a library, meeting rooms, a fitness facility and an indoor running/walking track.
A dome would be 160 feet wide by 400 feet long, providing a large space to meet recreational needs. It is also a cost effective measure to take.
“It costs about 30 per cent less to build a dome than a regular building, and the en-ergy cost is about 30 per cent less, so all of a sudden I was very encouraged about a dome,” said Stanford.
He said they are at the point now of needing some sort of motion so that GHSD can begin pursuing different avenues, some of which might not be available without the partnership.
Despite the meetings and discussions, Councillor Bob Sobol suggested it was still in the early stages to get this accomplished, but said it is clear that GHSD is looking for commitment.
Continued on Page 5
Town, GSHD partner for potential rec facility
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Trygve Many Guns and the UFA Bisons took on the German U17 Nationals in a pre-Mac’s Hock-ey Tournament exhibition game at the Strathmore Family Centre on Dec. 23. Unfortunately the local team was defeated 6-4 by the Germans, but the big winner of the night was the Strathmore Assembly of Youth (SAY) and their Disc Golf project. All proceeds from the game went to SAY for the project and according to their Facebook Page, $3,146 was collected. For more coverage of the UFA Bisons see Page 13.
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A new reading program at the Strathmore Municipal Li-brary is for the dogs, literally. Fur-ever reading is a program where kids can read to Akiko, a six-year-old pug-Pomeranian mix who is Pet Access League Society (PALS) certified.
“It is a reading program designed for ages five and up,” said Carmen Erison, assistant director of library services.
“When you think about it, dogs are the least judgmental animals out there and by giving children the opportunity to read to dogs it helps boost their confidence and there’s actu-ally been studies proven on that.”
Akiko has gone through training and testing to be assessed for the correct health, obedience level, and temperament by a certified dog trainer.
Kaylee Vanderveerbpresented the idea to the library. “My daughter always volunteers at the library and she’s
very passionate about volunteering at the library,” said Heath-er Vanderveer.
“She’s also very passionate about wanting children to have a love for dogs … (and) educating them about dogs. She wanted to bring the two together.”
On Dec. 17 Hayley Taylor, 9, was reading Mrs. Jafee is Daffy to Akiko.
“It’s fun, really fun … because I never get to read with a dog,” said Taylor.
“We don’t have a dog at home and so it was just an oppor-
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Strathmore in pajamasAll over the Town of Strathmore public schools celebrated the last day of classes with a school wide PJ day. It seems as though half the town did not have to worry about getting up and getting dressed or dressing their young children on Friday, Dec. 19. It was a great way to roll in the holidays.
Students at Trinity Christian Academy also dressed in their pajamas on Dec. 19. Behind them is the nativity mural that each classroom in the school helped create.
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At Crowther Me-morial Junior High the students wore pajamas as part of their Warm Fuzzy Day on Dec. 16. The day was also a fundraiser for the Community Cri-sis Society. Stu-dents collected 70 pairs of socks, 26 sets of pajamas, mittens, toques and over $700 in gift cards and cash.
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“I would be prepared to make a mo-tion and the motion would be that council approve in principal a joint part-nership between Golden Hills School Division and the Town of Strathmore for a recreational facility that would include an agreement for community use of the facility with a maximum town contribu-tion of $5 million,” said Sobol.
The motion was carried. Additional discussions will take place as a location and other details are decided upon.
At the beginning of the meeting, Steve Grajczyk was sworn in and is officially the seventh member of council.
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We’ve mentioned in this column before that writing down your goals is a positive way of helping you achieve them. Just seeing your goal on your bathroom mirror each day will help you keep on track. Also, tell a few good friends and relatives of your resolutions. They can be a great help in keeping your motivation.
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SHANNON LECLAIR Times Reporter
The Strathmore Pregnancy Care Cen-tre (PCC) got a helping hand from Grade 8 and 9 leadership students re-cently. Students from Trinity Christian Academy put baby bottle piggy banks in different classrooms to collect change, among a few other small fundraisers throughout the month of October.
Over $300 was raised and teacher Jay Nelson then phoned PCC to find out their specific needs. Jenn Page, coor-dinator of the Strathmore PCC, gave Nelson a few idease, and he bought ev-erything on the list including, diapers, wipes, creams, powders, soothers, gift bags and tissue paper.
“When we walk through a pregnancy with a client and once they deliver we get a hold of them and we kind of put together a gift bag of all new items, some things for mom, some things for baby, but they’re all brand new,” said Page. The gift bags are called layettes.
“This is a great start and we’ve even had other donations from other people for our layettes which have been knit-ted blankets, brand new onesies, sleep-ers that sort of thing.”
“We’ll even take little gifts for mom too, if anybody wants to donate that.
Students helping future momsThat’s kind of what I think is lacking right now,” said Drinda Hyde, also with the PCC.
The students were invited on a tour of PCC and their clothing room, and had a chance to find out first hand how the centre works, what they do and how they help their clients.
“We collected change and cause we wanted to do different fundraisers for our leadership class we decided to fundraise for that,” said Jessica Turner, Grade 9.
“It felt good to help, and it was cool to see where the money was going. Instead of sending it somewhere we could see actually what it would go to.”
“Not everybody knows about it so (we wanted to) help something that’s not as big as like the food bank,” said Danai Allan.
Trinity school is involved with We Day and Free the Children; through them schools are able to pick both a lo-cal and global charity to raise funds for. The global charity is still to be officially determined.
The Pregnancy Care Centre (PCC) was given diapers, wipes and all sorts of other goodies that can be gifted to some of the new moms that come through their door. Lynn Wahl (l-r), Jenn Page and Drinda Hyde were happy to accept the items on behalf of the PCC.
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The Strathmore Municipal Library held their Gin-ger All the Way program on Dec. 22. Kids and their families came out for an afternoon of fun and gingerbread building right before Christmas. Eathan Henderson (l-r) and James Hays build gingerbread trains. Shannon LeClair Photo
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Another year has passed and with the start of the new year, it’s time to look back on what’s happened and what’s to come with our beloved town.
“From my perspective last year was a very exciting and a very positive year in regards to this town moving forward and accomplishing things. We’ve had some businesses in the area structure plans already starting to build, and there’s such a need for housing in this town that will carry on into next year,” said Mayor Michael Ell.
The support he has received from the citizens has been tre-mendous, and Ell states that it’s the people in the community that are the ones that make it such a great place.
Ell predicts the town will continue to see the growth this next year.
“2015 may be a bit of a difficult year in the province and Strathmore could be impacted. However, we have some ex-citing things happening and I will work through any difficul-ties. Council is continuing its work to have improvements to our hospital, we are working to have new schools built and we are committed to finding ways to fund recreation facili-ties. There will be infrastructure improvements undertaken and completed next year,” said Ell.
“Strathmore is poised for growth. The town will have an economic development strategy next year. The strategy will assist in finding ways to improve opportunities for local es-tablished businesses, and attracting new businesses consid-ering a move.”
One of the exciting new projects coming is the medical/residential building that’s being put up next to the Hi-Ho Gas station.
“The building is beautiful looking and will actually en-hance the downtown area,” said Ell.
The town is still looking at making some improvements to the downtown core, something he says is coming, but of course can’t happen overnight.
A few other things coming to the town: the museum com-mittee will become a society in 2015; the Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games are coming to the area; and the Canadian Badlands will be hosting their AGM in Strathmore this spring.
“Best wishes to all in 2015,” said Ell.
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SHANNON LECLAIR Times Reporter
2014 was, overall, a good year for the Strath-more RCMP detachment, according to Staff Sgt. Kevin Reilly. In general, things have seemed to improve from a policing perspective year to year.
“I would say in the course of the seven or eight years I have been here I’ve have definitely seen a general decrease and downward turn in things,” said Reilly.
Strathmore doesn’t have as much in the way of serious and violent crime as there was when he first arrived.
There are also programs put into place: bike patrols, bar patrols, foot patrols in certain areas of town, or targeted controls in certain areas.
“The biggest thing I think that I have noticed in the last year or two is the crime reduction unit position that we have with Cst. Shannon White in there. That’s a program where we’re monitor-ing and try and help rehabilitate those people who meet a certain criteria, and they are the more habitual, or more likely to reoffend type of offenders,” said Reilly.
An extra eye is kept on those habitual offend-ers, something they also notice, making them of-ten less likely to commit a new crime.
“We’re also trying to offer them more help and get them into programs and rehabilitate them by trying to use the different agencies that we can work with, whether it’s probation, whether it’s McBride and getting them to go to the job centre to see if they can get a job because of course if they’re working they’re less likely to commit crime,’ said Reilly.
“(Or) whether it’s getting them into drug or alcohol treatment programs so that they get off the drugs and the alcohol which is what moti-
vates them to do their crime, and pay for their habits.”
Because of the crime reduction unit and the work that White has put in, Reilly feels it has had a significant impact on the community. There are plans in place to involve more of the members, creating an even better program.
Another successful initiative of 2014, and one that returns on Jan. 1, 2015, is the enhanced traffic enforcement program. This is where the RCMP focused on target areas that are known to have issues. One of the biggest areas of con-cern was the amount of traffice, including large trucks, not adhering to the posted speed on Hwy #1 within town limits.
“We only targeted certain offenses, we didn’t worry about the guy with the burnout taillight, or the guy whose license plate was obstructed, we were looking at the major offenses that we know statistically decrease accidents and inju-ries and death on the road,” said Reilly.
Policing of the rodeo went smoothly, and there was a reduction in the number of complaints and incidences that normally occur.
“Part of it is we know how to do the targeted patrols during that rodeo, I have been here long enough to know when we need and what we need to do and where to cover and how to get the members out there, and the members have done that,” said Reilly.
Looking ahead into 2015, he says they plan to keep working on improving the crime reduc-tion unit. He would also like to see more bike patrols out when the weather is nice, something he has always believed makes a huge impact. Reilly would also like to see an RCMP regimental ball come to Strathmore. It is something he has been working on, but is not sure yet when it will come to Strathmore.
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Welcoming the communityThe Strathmore and District Chamber of Commerce, rep-resented by Robert Breitwies-er (l-r) and Pamela Campbell, along with Joyce Bazant of the Wheatland Further Edu-cation Society, and Strath-more-Brooks MLA Jason Hale jointly held an open house for the community to meet with them and enjoy refreshments on Dec. 19.
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Fun Runners giving backThe Strathmore Fun Runners donated $750 each to the Youth Club and the Wheatland Food Bank. The Fun Runners have been selling tickets since July for their tool box raffle, and then the proceeds were split and given to the two organizations.Top left: Todd Blakney (l) with the Strathmore Fun Runners presented Brian Allemang, a representa-tive with the Wheatland Food Bank, with a cheque for $750 on Dec. 19. Top right: Shannon Zieman, Program Director Youth Club of Strathmore ac-cepts a cheque for $750 from Todd Blakney with the Strathmore Fun Runners. Right: Denny Siebel from Muscle Motors (l-r), Todd Blakney and Rick Grey both of The Strathmore Fun Runners Car Club, drew the winning ticket. The winner was Floyd Ritter who purchased his ticket at Bumper to Bumper. Shannon LeClair, Manny Everett
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Wheatland County year in review
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the EditorWhat a stab in the back! If any of the deflecting
Wildrose MLA’s had any honesty, they would have stepped down from the Wildrose Party and ran as an independent, then asked to join the PC. party. Would they have taken any of them then? This way the PC Party get’s to kill the Wildrose Party with our elected Wildrose MLA’s blessing.
It is sad that these Wildrose MLA’s could not see that a great opposition is the key to a great democ-racy. But then they could not see the many still out
standing issues that need to be brought to the floor, such as starting with the power to recall your way ward MLA’s.
Rats have more honesty than this group of people that won our vote, then turn traitors to get to the gov-ernment trough. If we wanted a PC we would have voted for one in the next election, our choice not yours! That is called democracy.
Sincerely,Vivian MacCallum
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JUSTIN SEWARD Times Reporter
Wheatland County saw some productive steps forward in 2014 and hope to continue them into 2015.
Reeve Glenn Koester could not have been any happier with the tireless workers who worked the extra-long winter days earlier this year to make the county roads safer.
“In my perspective, we had a pretty rough spring for snow, and I know a lot of people thought we had too much snow,” said Koester. “I really appre-ciated our crews putting in extra time and they really worked hard to keep the roads open.
“For the most part we’re blessed with some re-ally good staff at the county.”
Koester is optimistic, after a heavy snow removal year in 2014, that 2015 will be somewhat easier on the snow clearing staff.
“Well I think we packed them harder this year, (with) it being an unreal snow event year, so they met the challenge and succeeded. Hopefully this year (2015) is a lot easier on them and so far it has been,” said Koester.
He thought that council meetings in 2014 were very productive and county plans that had been passed are a step in the right direction in the fu-ture.
“I thought we had a pretty productive coun-
cil year. We got our municipal development plan passed, we had some turnover in staff in the plan-ning departments (and) our land use bylaw had fallen,” said Koester.
“I was hoping that would be getting close to be-ing done, but I think they should be starting that now. It seemed to be we got some good staff there, hopefully they stay.”
One of the major highlights was the Alberta Government providing the county with a grant to help with costs of the water project.
“We got $9 million from the provincial govern-ment for our water project that we’re partnered with Rockyford, Standard and Hussar. It’s not enough money to finish it, but it’s a start and they seem committed to the project as money becomes available,” said Koester.
As a result of the grant, 2015 will be off to con-structive start with the continuation of the water project and the other developments of the Wheat-land area.
“(In) 2015, we’re looking to contract out some roads for comparison purposes, (and) build them. We have some reserves that we’ve been saving some money for these projects for a while,” said Koester. “It’s going to look like we’re spending a lot of extra money, but it’s money that’s been put aside for these projects. It’s going to be a high ex-penditure year, but it’s going (towards) doing lots of work we don’t usually do.”
Crowther Memorial Junior High enjoyed their last day of school Friday, Dec. 21, by participating in the annual Winter Formal. Stu-dents are required to dance three different styles of dance that they learned in school through their physical education program.
Two stepping time
Wendi Tashlikowich Photos
Members of the Strathmore United Church cel-ebrated the Christmas spirit by going around town Christmas carolling to some of their neighbours on Sunday, Dec. 21. Their first stop was at Sagewood Seniors Community.
Spreading Joy
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Ah, Christmas season – spending time with loved ones, and for many a time to spend travelling the some-times-treacherous highways.
Each winter comes with its own challenges, but there are ways to stay safe while travelling.
“Take a look at weather forecasts, sometimes it’s better not to go, pick and choose when you’re going to go shopping, or when you’re going to visit friends,” said Strathmore RCMP Staff Sgt. Kevin Reilly.
Sometimes staying home isn’t an option, but there are other options available, like carpooling to hockey games if that’s why you need to leave home.
“If you do have to go out, be prepared, make sure your gas tank is full when you leave town, make sure you have some food so that if you get stuck for a day you’re not going to be starv-ing,” said Reilly.
He suggests not travelling with less than half a tank of gas, stating that if it’s half, or above half, you can run your car for 24 hours and keep it fairly comfortable.
“You run it for 15 minutes
if you’re in an accident, or if you hit the ditch and we can’t come and get you,” said Reilly.
He said if you end up in the ditch you can start your car for 10 minutes every hour or every two hours, and you won’t completely freeze. Obviously another good rule of thumb while travelling during the winter is to have blankets, warm clothing, jackets, toques and other items that can help warm you up. Having a cell phone charger is also ideal, and letting people know when you’re leaving, the route you’re taking and your expected arrival time can all also save you if you get into a situation.
“You’ve got to be prepared for the worst, and you’ve got to have heavy jackets, you’ve got to have blankets and enough for everybody,” said Reilly.
“The other big thing is if you are in that storm, con-tact us, let us know where you are, who’s all with you, that you’re all alright and stay in the car. The prob-lem with blizzards is some people decide they’re going to get out and walk to the nearest something, and that is the most dangerous thing you can do.”
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Another big no-no, and one that is a danger not only to you but everyone else trying to make it home or wherever safety is, do not just stop in the middle of the road.
The plow truck drivers need to be able to see a cer-tain distance in front of them to go the minimum speed required to move snow. If a person stops in the middle of the road and the plow driver doesn’t see them until too late, someone will likely end up killed. The same goes for other drivers travelling: if you can’t see they probably
can’t either and you are add-ing to the risk by not trying to pull off of the road.
“If you’re in a blizzard you have to get off the road and get off to the shoulder, and if it’s getting to the point you have to stop, you should have got off that road much sooner,” said Reilly.
If you can’t afford to buy an emergency kit from some-where like Canadian Tire or Home Hardware, then go online and Google what you could put in your kit. Take into consideration that some items listed may not be nec-essary for your vehicle.
SHANNON LECLAIR Times Reporter
On Dec. 18 at approximately 7:30 p.m. Gleichen RCMP re-ceived a 911 call about a disturbance in progress at a house on Siksika Nation.
“When they attended they found an unconscious guy lay-ing in front of the house outside on the ground and a bunch of people milling around,” said Gleichen Staff Sgt James McLaren.
“The members immediately called EMS to come and help out with the injured fellow. They showed up and despite all their efforts he was pronounced dead on the scene.”
The teen, identified by family and friends as Chase Bigto-bacco, 16, was attending a house party when the incident occurred. Austin Bigtobacco, 19, of Siksika Nation, has been charged with second-degree murder and has been remanded in custody, and is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 8.
In McLaren’s three years in Gleichen this is the fourth ho-micide for the detachment.
One of the recent ones was when Tak Tai Lawrence Leung was killed while visiting his girlfriend in Gleichen on May 18, 2013. Two women have been charged with first-degree mur-der, and have recently entered guilty pleas for manslaughter.
“Our violent crime stats are actually down within the de-tachment and on the nation, our serious crime assaults are down by 50 per cent and our common assaults are down by 26-27 per cent,” said McLaren.
“We have been making efforts in the past two years and we have been seeing on the domestic violence side of that, we are seeing results.”
As for the possible cause behind the decrease in the stats “I think community involvement is the big one, they know when they call the police we’ll take their complaints serious and we’ll go and investigate it, and we’ll do everything we can to bring the people to justice,” said McLaren.
Charges laid in Siksika homicide
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Cindy Eisbrenner has been steadily sketch-ing and adding to her gallery of work.
Photo Courtesy of Martin Eisbrenner
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Cindy Eisbrenner’s art is a bit of a family proj-ect. Her husband Martin is a photographer, and she will often take his photos and transform them into sketches, mainly using graphite and charcoal as her medium.
“Most of my stuff is black and white, because I like black and white photos and just the depth that you can get with charcoal,” said Eisbrenner.
“There’s a lot of nature, a lot of rodeo and there’s karate because my girls and I, and my son, we do karate so that kind of works its way in.”
Family comes first to Eisbrenner, so for a long time her art was more for fun, and usually con-sisted of her doodling. In 2007 she took art classes with her daughters and realized how much she really likes to draw. Her art has developed from there.
“I think it was about two years ago, I wanted to draw more but I needed something to make me draw more so that I can develop skills. So I started to blog and I said I would blog a picture every week,” said Eisbrenner.
It started off really well, but then as her skills grew better her picture sizes grew bigger and it became every two weeks she would blog a pic-ture, then every month. She still blogs, showing her viewers some of the latest pieces she has been working on.
While there are other techniques that Eisbrenner
could learn, and may do one day, her focus re-mains on graphite pencil art.
“That’s what’s really interesting to me trying to develop that realism, trying to see how real I can make it look, sometimes better than a photo-graph,” said Eisbrenner.
She has done some commission work which she says has both been great and challenging, and last year she began going to markets to showcase, and sell, her work. Eisbrenner has also donated different pieces to organizations to auction off in fundraisers.
“I enjoy that, I enjoy giving back especially if it has to do with community because this is where we live and the more we’re part of our community, and the more we can put into it, the more we’re going to get out of it,” said Eisbrenner.
She is also considering offering art classes to adults and children in the community.
“I love learning, and I also love teaching so to be able to teach other people drawing basics, be-cause I think everybody can draw, they just need to look at things right,” said Eisbrenner.
She starts looking for shapes and how it is com-paring to what’s around it, in front of it, behind it and then looking at the perspective which she said is huge for getting things right.
Anyone interested in learning to draw with Eis-brenner can give her a call at 403-324-4178, or keep an eye on her website artfeature.ca. On the website you can also keep up-to-date on what she is working on currently.
Christmas Eve fun!Strathmore and area families enjoyed hot chocolate, shortbread cookies and, of course, Santa Claus at the Celebration of Lights Christmas Park on Christmas Eve. Doug Taylor Photos
WHAT A YEAR!Look back. Look forward. What way do you look as one calendar year runs into another? As we approach 2015, it’s not hard to encounter retrospec-tive glances of the year that’s passed: top ten sports plays, events that changed our world, top songs of the last 12 months … etc. It can be entertaining to look back at the year that’s passed. It can also be informa-tive. What are the moments in your life and the life of our com-munity that you take from 2014? Look back. Look forward.We live in a world that places a premium on experience. Looking back, intentionally reflecting, paying attention to those experi-ences doesn’t seem to be valued as much. What stands out to you as you think about the last 12 months on the calendar and shift your gaze to the year to come? A winter that lasted too long? A summer that came too late? Births? Deaths? Critical moments at work or at school? Superficial moments? Life transforming moments? Look back. Look forward.For myself, I look back and see:
days of grief and loss as well as birth and life; I’ve walked through health scares with my kids; I’ve seen people strug-gle with job loss and broken relationships; I’ve witnessed moments of great laughter and deep sadness; I’ve experienced schools and organizations that add significant value to Strathmore and our community. Overall, 2014 hasn’t been my favourite year and frankly, I’ve been looking forward to saying goodbye. But it’s been signifi-cant. Look back. Look forward.As I begin to look forward, it’s not so much in a spirit of expectation or clichéd resolu-tion, but in heartfelt expressions that some might call prayers. I pray for the health and vitality of my kids and family. I pray for the welfare and the health of our community. I look forward to opportunities to engage neigh-bours and the people I live near. I watch for ways to experience the blessing and to be a blessing to our town. Look back. Look forward.What do you see?Glenn PetersonHope Community Covenant Church
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The Rosebud Centre of the Arts is seeking sponsorship from the county to cover the 2015 theatre season.
The proposal came up because the Centre of the Arts felt they were not receiving the proper amount of financial sup-port from the county, who are supposedly putting more mon-ey into community arts programs in places such as Strath-more.
The Centre of the Arts has been considered to be a top tourists attraction in the area for 31 years and running.
“The Rosebud School of the Arts has 30 full-time students in our post secondary program and another 45 students tak-ing intensive and short term sessions,” said Adam Furfaro, ex-ecutive director for Rosebud School of the Arts. “In 2015, we will employ 23 full-time staff and over 125 part-time seasonal and contract staff generating $2.9 million in earned revenue and another $900,000 will come from contributed revenue, private individuals and the Government of Alberta.”
Wheatland Council did not pass the proposal, as more thought has to go into how they want to get on board with the funding.
“I talked to Adam a couple of months ago and they were looking for some funding and I said put together a proposal, so he sent me the proposal. It’s more just information at this point in time, I think council’s direction was to bring it back to the committee as a whole,” said Alan Parkin, Chief Admin-istration Officer for Wheatland County. “It’ll be up to council when they’re available. So we’ll discuss this at the committee as a whole (meeting) and how they want to tackle that one and we’ll go from there, which I think gives us a considerable amount of time.”
COUNTY BRIEFS• In November 2014, it was found that the Rosebud School
of Arts were incorrectly being billed for electrical in a 10-year
period that dates back to 2003, and that Fortis Alberta made a mistake as the electrical payments were supposed to go to the Water Treatment Plant. The school wanted the county to reimburse them for the mistake.
Parkin said that the county has sent the school cheques to compensate the mistake.
The county will pursue this issue further with Fortis Alber-ta to see what exactly happened with the billing information.
• Wheatland County approved the Agriculture Conserva-tion Coordinator’s one night stay at the Strathmore Travelo-dge during the Ladies Livestock Lessons seminar in January.
The Standard Fire Department has a new tender truck that has been in the fire department bay since mid October.
The truck is to be used in the Village and in the surround-ing rural areas as needed. The department’s team consists of 12 volunteer firemen and five Emergency First Response Team (ERFT) members.
The Standard Volunteer Fire Association, which is separate from the fire department, also serves the community and sur-rounding Wheatland County residents, is made up of some of those residents and provides mutual aid to other fire de-partments within the county. The Association works in con-junction with the volunteer Association, Wheatland County, and the Village of Standard to raise funds to purchase capital equipment.
Scott Jensen, one of the captains said, “We purchased the
truck Jan. 29 and received it mid-October. It is a tender truck which holds 2,000 gallons of water, carries a portable drop tank, 500 gal/min pump, 10” dump valve that allows us to fill the drop tank with 2,000 gallons of water in just under a minute and a half, and carries other various tools”
Currently in operation they have two engines, one tender (tanker), one bush buggy, one EFRT truck also called ‘Rescue 2’.
The old tender truck will be put up for bid to the public and will be sold after Jan. 1, 2015.
On the evening of Dec. 16, the department along with San-ta drove around town in the new tender, bush buggy, and engine truck handing out candy canes and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. Leah Jensen, chief administrative officer of the Village commented on the event: “I have to say, it was so special and they brought so much joy to the kids it abso-lutely warms my heart and makes me so proud of our fire and EFRT members.”
New tender truck for Standard Fire DepartmentManny Everett Photo
The Standard Volunteer Fire Department consists of: Travis Gauthier (l-r), Mark Du-guay, Malcolm McKinnon (Deputy Chief), Scott Jensen (Captain), Richard Bryan, Co-lin Gates, Richard Couture, Kim McCullough (EFRT), Stephen Churchill, Martin Gauthier (Captain), Glenda Gauthier (EFRT). Missing from picture are Kevin Bardi, Phil Faubion (Fire Chief), Justin Gauthier, Tim Hamelin, Dustin Larsen and from EFRT, Debbie Gates, Cathy Petersen and Gloria Laycock.
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The Hamlet of Langdon got approval from Rocky View County to go ahead with groundwork for a new recreation facility for the area.
Rocky View County funded $200,000, while the Rocky View School Division provided $300,000 for the groundwork.
“The site is going to be used for a high school as well as a recreation facility. The grant doesn’t go (just to) Langdon, that grant is for development of that field, which is in Langdon,” said Rolly Ashdown, Rocky View councilor.
“It’s a green field site, there’s been nothing on it be-fore, and so when you have that you have to do a lot of engineering. If you have any wetlands on areas like that, then you have wetland compensation that has to be made and basically getting the site ready for some-thing.”
Ashdown accredits the countless hours put in by com-munity organizations to get the project off the ground.
“The Langdon Community Facility Group has been working on it for quite sometime.
The next thing that is going now is Phase 1 of getting the land, and Phase 2, which will be getting the land ready for something and that something could become the ball fields that everybody’s talking about,” said Ash-down. “In order to get that built, obviously they’re go-ing to have to go into fundraising mode and get more dollars together to get there. Baseball is extremely pop-ular, there’s over 20 adult teams and 200 kid teams.”
Langdon, being the third largest hamlet in Alberta, has had a rapid growth in population, and to accom-modate the community, the county felt the demand for a facility needed to be met.
“It’s quite surprising that Langdon is growing so fast from a few hundred people in the 90s to 5,000 people now. When something grows that fast it’s pretty much impossible to anticipate how many are there,” said Ash-down.
“The problem with that there is no real recreational facilities there. So it’s a start of it needing hockey, base-ball and soccer.”
The groundwork feedback has been positive so far.“Every step is a good step, any closer you can get to
having recreation facilities completed in any way shape or form is always good,” said Ashdown.
One resident sees the value of the facility, but not the fact that it is dedicated to just one sport.
“I think that anything that gets the project moving is great, but I believe there is a greater need for an indoor hockey arena, also being a hockey parent I’m obviously biased,” said Dmitri Voyevoda.
“I do see a rec centre as more people are realizing the value there.”
The county also put forth $40,000 towards an $80,000 upgrade to the Indus Recreation Centre.
JUSTIN SEWARD Times Reporter
Vancouver NE Chiefs vs UFA Bisons Dec. 26 at Father David Bauer Arena
The UFA Bisons burnt their turkey dinners off pretty quickly on Boxing Day as they set the tone in their tournament opener with a 7-3 win over the Van-couver NE Chiefs.
Jordan McConnell opened the scoring 12:55 into the game and the Bisons nev-er looked back after that.
“When we move the puck, we usu-ally get some offen-sive passion for our team,” said head coach Dan Mac-Donald. “We moved the puck pretty good today and when that happens, we score some goals and that’s the secret for us.”
After taking a 4-2 lead into the third, the Bisons were able to get that important insurance mark-er in the third from Gary Haden, who scored a hat trick in the game, to keep the momentum in their favour.
“It’s really important in midget hockey to get those goals because the momentum can shift real fast,” said MacDonald. “It’s 4-2 and if they get one, it’s 4-3, we’re on our heels – but we put them on their heels and that’s what you have to do to be successful.”
The players responded well to a new oppo-nent by playing a complete team effort.
“We only have one strategy and that’s three or four things we concentrate on and if we do that, we can usually be competitive no matter who we play,” said MacDonald.
Other goals came from Will Conley, Trygve Many Guns and Kyle Gordon.
UFA Bisons vs. San Jose Junior Sharks Dec. 27 Max Bell ArenaThe UFA Bisons continued right where they
left off in the first game with a convincing 7-2 win over the San Jose Junior Sharks on Dec. 27 at the Max Bell Arena.
Despite giving up the first goal, the Bisons never lost a beat, as they played with poise and energy the rest of the game.
Forward Gary Haden had followed up his three-goal performance, with a pair in the sec-ond game against the Sharks and credits his line mates for the production.
“It was all of our line up, we move the puck well and I just find the right areas and my line mates find me. I just had the easy job of finishing it off,” said Haden. “It was just good puck move-ment today, we drove the middle and it opened another lane. We were hitting that lane all night.”
Assistant coach Dave Attwood was enthused with how the boys took charge.
“We really did not know what to expect because this San Jose team hadn’t played a game yet. So we knew we just had to come out to a good start and play our game,” said Attwood. “I think as the game moved on, you could see we moved the puck and play with speed really well … once we felt out San Jose, we started do-ing our thing and scored a lot of goals.”
McConnell also scored twice for the Bisons, while Many Guns, Barrett Sheen and Markus Lavallee rounded out the offence.
Due to the New Year’s paper deadline, the re-sults of next two round robin games, as well as the tournament wrap up, will be available in the Jan. 9 edition of the Strathmore Times.
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The UFA Bisons honoured their long time sponsor UFA with a signed jersey during the feature game on Dec. 27 versus the San Jose Junior Sharks. On hand for the ceremony were Bisons captain Shane Fraser (l-r), UFA representatives Joesph Van Bavel, Ken Scott, and assistant captain Josh Bishop.
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PLAYER OF THE GAME
DEC. 27 VS SAN JOSE JR SHARKS
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MOORE, Vera MargaretIt is with sadness we announce the passing of Vera Moore on December 24, 2014. Born July 14, 1958 at Calgary, Vera was raised in the foothill of the Rockies at Cochrane, Alberta. She is sur-vived by her loving husband Gary, sons Andrew of Strathmore and Kyle of Dauphin, Manitoba; her parents Wilfred & Marie Britton; her sister Barb (Grant) Jorgenson of Sicamous, BC, brothers Ian of Airdrie and Dale (Linda) of Rocky Mountain House. She was predeceased by her son Jason Allan Moore on November 14, 2008. A viewing and visitation took place on Monday, December 29, 2014 at Wheatland Funeral Home, Strathmore between 7 – 8 p.m. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Strathmore United Church at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Vera’s memory directly to the ALS Society (#250, 4723 1 Street South-west Calgary, AB T2G 4Y8). To send condolences, please visit Vers’s obituary at www.wheatlandfu-neralhome.ca.
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How can I possibly express my ‘Thanks’ for the many expressions of
love and care shown to myself and my family since the passing of my loving
husband and their father, Ken Taylor.The gifts directed to Strathmore hospital
foundation, flowers, food, cards, kind words and hugs, all of them expressing your love
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me through this tough time.Thank you to each of you. May God bless you, just as you have blessed
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MEMORIAMS
BUSMANN, KitIt is with heavy hearts we say good-bye to our Mum and Nana. It is a blessing that she now joins Dad. She will be lovingly remembered by her children: Stewart, Jackie (Gary), Nadine; grand-children Jennifer (Mike), Candice and Lucas; and great granddaughter Sophia. Kit valued time spent with family and friends of all ages. She passed along her passion for gardening and love of the outdoors to her children and grandchildren. Alongside Dale, Kit shared a love of the land and farming. Kit lived her life with quiet dignity, in-tegrity, strength, independence, and humour. We will cherish our memories always and embrace the values she instilled in us. She will be for-ever loved and always in our hearts. Respecting Mum’s wishes, the family will gather for a private service. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers please send dona-tions to the Glaucoma Research Society of Cana-da (929 Bayview Avenue, Suite 215E Toronto On-tario M4G 3E8) or the Alberta Parkinson’s Society (102, 5636 Burbank Cres SE Calgary, AB T2H 1Z6) To send condolences, please visit Kit’s obituary at www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca.
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CHELSEA DYCK SAY Times Contributor
Jumphouse Gymnastics, owned by Lori Knopf and Cassi Weiss, has been a part of our community for seven years. Jumphouse is located at 122 Ca-nal Gardens (just off of the 817).
The business employs 11 people to offer many gymnastics programs and free play. Children from age two-and-a-half to adults of all ages can take part in gymnastics programs. Jumphouse also offers cheerleading for ages five to 18.
Gymnastics classes run in 12-week sessions. Jumphouse is just wrapping up their fall session and will be mov-ing into the winter session on Jan. 5. Gymnastics badge classes run for an hour and a half, giving the children time to use every apparatus in the gym including the floor, bars, beam, tram-polines, and the vault. Jumphouse is a great way to learn basic skills, which can help prepare you for a competitive program.
The Matrix Cheerleading program, which is also run out of Jumphouse, has three teams; Senior Gold, Jun-ior Black, and Youth Sparkle. These three teams attend many competitions throughout their season allowing them to showcase their talent. There is also a recreational cheerleading team for those who are too young to compete or want to get a feel for cheerleading before trying out for the competitive teams.
Jumphouse offers drop-in times to allow people to try out gymnastics or just have some free time in the gym. Drop-ins run on Fridays from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.-8 p.m., plus they have teen drop-in (13+) from 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. They also have family drop-ins Saturdays and Sundays from 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. (these times can vary depend-ing on holidays and private function bookings, such as birthday parties).
Jumphouse is unique to our commu-nity in that there are no other places to practice gymnastics or cheerleading in Strathmore. Gymnastics has a way of making children very outgoing and helps them “gain concentration and channel their energy into something physical,” says co-owner Cassi Weiss. Weiss said that “gymnastics has helped kids a lot with confidence.”
Parents often tell her that gymnas-tics has helped their kids in and out of the gym.
Jumphouse gives back to the com-munity in a number of ways, including allowing those who are a part of AIM Strathmore to come in for free gym time every second Friday.
You can contact Jumphouse at 403-934-4900, at [email protected], or you can go in to see them on evenings (except Tuesdays) and weekends.
Community Spotlight: Jumphouse
Photo Courtesy of Jumphouse Gymnastics
Morgan Lachance (l-r), Chelsea Dyck, Mason Lachance and Jessica Turner hang out after an evening of gymnastics practice.
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In Loving Memory of Irene Sanden
February 9, 1920 - December 25, 2013
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with love,The Sanden Family
BLACKLEY, Shelley AnneIt is with sadness we announce that Shelley Blackley passed away suddenly on December
23, 2014 at the age of 51 years. She is survived by her husband Troy; son Tanner (Alisha) and their children Lane and Cassidy; daughter Brittany; brother Daniel; sister Tracy; special aunt Joyce and special uncle Terry. A memorial service will be held on Monday, January 5, 2014 at Hope Community Covenant Church at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to the Wheatland Community Crisis Society (Box 2162, Strathmore, AB T1P 1K2). To send condo-lences, please visit Shelley’s obituary at www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca.
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KREMER, Joe (Eltjo)Our husband, father, Opa, and Great Opa was received into the loving arms of God on Decem-
ber 27, 2014. Joe is survived by his loving wife Diane and his children Agnes, of Holland, Ellen, of Chestermere, Anita, of Holland, Marjolein, of Holland, Marijke, of Holland, and Tony, of Strath-more, and their families. He was predeceased by Paul, Robertino, and Jan. A funeral service will be held on Monday, January 5, 2015 at Lord of All Lutheran Church at 2:30 p.m. A viewing and visitation will be on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Wheatland Funeral Home from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. To send condolences, please visit Joe’s obituary at www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca.
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BURNE, Joan A.December 27, 1929 – December 28, 2014
It is with great sadness we announce the pass-ing of our mother, Joan Burne (nee Martin). She is survived by her son Martin (Elisa) Burne, daughter Beth Burne; three grandchildren Marie (Henry), Korey and Brian; and two great grandchildren Lance and Drystan. She is also survived by her sister Doreen (Harold), brother Robert (Marj), as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Mom was predeceased by her husband Brian Burne in 2005. Mom will be sadly missed by family and friends. A memorial service for Joan will be held Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Wheatland Fu-neral Chapel at 11:00 a.m. To send condolences, please visit Joan’s obituary at www.wheatlandfu-neralhome.ca.
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PART - TIME EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT
0.75 FTE (6 hours/day Monday to Thursday) position providing support to a kindergarten student with high needs. Work will begin at 8:45 am and end at 3:15 pm daily. Applicants should be able to show initiative and be willing to work with small children. Previous experience working with high needs students in a school setting would be considered an asset. Please submit your resume with appropriate documentation to the undersigned on or before noon on Tuesday, January 6, 2015.
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Kitchen Restaurant Manager $15.62 Hourly, for 44.00 Hours per week
Experience: 1 to less than 3 years
Skills: Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of a restaurant, bar, cafeteria or other food or beverage service Determine type of services to be offered and implement operational procedures. Recruit staff and oversee staff training Set staff work schedules and monitor staff performance Control inventory, monitor revenues and modify procedures and prices. Resolve customer complaints and ensure health and safety regulations are followed Negotiate arrangements with suppliers for food and other supplies. Negotiate arrangements with clients for catering or use of facilities for banquets or receptions.
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$13.50 hourly, for 44 hour/weekExperience: of 1 to 2 years required
Skills: Ability to supervise and co-ordinate the activi-ties of 5-10 food and beverage servers, bartenders, or front support staff, while ensuring great food service
and quality control of foods. Will be responsible to train front staff in job duties, sanitation, safety procedures, and AGLC legislation and ensure that those duties and procedures are followed. Will follow direction of and report to the Restaurant Manager on all areas of the front of house operations. Must possess great oral
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How to Apply - By Mail or In Person between 9:00 and 17:00510 Highway #1, Strathmore, Alberta T1P 1M6
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2 years to less than 3 years experience required
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TOWN OF STRATHMOREWhere Quality of Life is A Way of Life
FINANCE MANAGERCompetition # TOS2014-22
The Town of Strathmore is a vibrant and progressive community of 13,000 people, located on the Trans-Canada Highway 40 km. East of Calgary. We are looking for a highly motivated individual to become part of the Corporate Services Department and head up the Finance Team. Reporting to the Director of Corporate Services, the Finance Manager is responsible for the immediate supervision of the department staff in the operation, maintenance and administration of the Town’s accounting systems and procedures.
If you are an individual who has the knowledge and ability to understand a municipal financial plan, and can ensure that revenue, expenditures, and grant applications, are processed and completed in accordance with Town policies and procedures this position may be for you.
Main Duties will include but are not limited to:• Perform the function of office manager for the Finance team. Motivate train and supervise the team in the maintenance of the Towns financial accounts and records. • Assist the Director of Corporate Services in the preparation of the Towns financial plan.• Ensures that all accounting functions, payables, receivables, and ledgers are processed accurately and on a timely basis.• Prepares year end working papers in connection with the yearend audit. Liaises with external audi-tors and assists with audit requirements. • Makes application for various grants and reports on government grants to various agencies and stake holders.• Prepares and assists in the preparation of periodic reports for the Director of Corporate Services, Departmental Directors, Government Ministries and Others.
Qualifications Completion of 4th year standing in a recognized accounting program leading to a pro-fessional designation such as CGA, CMA. Completion of the accounting designation will be required. A minimum of two years municipal accounting experience is necessary, and some supervisory experi-ence would be helpful.
About the Benefits: In exchange for your hard work and dedication, you will be compensated with a competitive annual salary as well as an extensive range of benefits.The Town of Strathmore is an employer offering growth, a supportive environment and opportunity to succeed. We endeavour to be leaders in municipal sustainability, and encourage our employees to help us achieve excellence. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career opportunity, please forward your resume to:
Town of Strathmore680 Westchester RoadStrathmore, AB T1P 1J1Phone: (403) 934-3133 Fax: (403) 934 -4713Email: [email protected] Cuff, Payroll & HR Advisor
The Town of Strathmore thanks all applicants; however only those short-listed for an interview will be contacted.
Competition closes: When suitable candidate is found
NIGHT AUDIT SUPERVISOR$20/hr. Experience is an asset. Must be available from 11 pm to 7 am. Some duties include coordinate, assign,
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LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER The Estate of Kenneth M. Fraser offers two (2) parcels of land for sale by tender located in Wheatland County, Alberta as follows:
Parcel 1: S.E. & S.W. 13-23-21-W4M Containing 320 acres more or less with surface rights income estimated at $15,190.00 per year.
Parcel 2: N.W., S.E., N.E. 19-23-19-W4M Containing 472.62 acres more or less with surface rights income estimated at $21,158.00 per year.
Written bids for either or both parcels along with a certified cheque or bank draft for 5% of the bid price must be received by 12:00 Noon, January 16, 2015 at:
Getz & Associates-Lawyer’s & Mediators225A Wheatland Trail, Box 2370Strathmore, Alberta T1P 1K3Attention: John GetzSolicitor for the EstateFile No. 14-15361/DJG
3 Acres west of Strathmore, Amazing views from the upper deck and lower covered deck. 2 Storey with so many extras, 2 fireplaces, hardwood, gran-ite, ceramic tile, 2 garages, top of the
line appliances, the list goes on!! $649,000.
FOR A NO PRESSURE, ENJOYABLE APPROACH TO BUYING OR SELLING
50’ X 32’ HEATED INSULATED SHOP IN ARROWWOOD
Newer metal roofing, siding, infra red and overhead furnace, two piece washroom with hot water, office and
showroom. Large air compressor and pneumatic lines throughout
shop area. Excellent value. $110,000
VINTAGE CHARMDon’t miss this completely reno-vated 2200 sq ft home. Tastefully
updated while keeping its’ old fashioned features. Beautiful hardwood throughout. Large
jaccuzi ensuite. High ceilings. garage and shop. Immediate
possession. Arrowwood. $234,900.
$424,900FULLY FINISHEDMOVE IN READY
5 LARGE BEDROOMS MEDIA RM
OPEN DESIGN FIREPLACE
HARDWOODS UPGRADES THROUGHOUT
1.5 STOREY FULLY RENOVATED HOME.
Excellent modern decor.Large yard with older single
garage/shed w power. Open concept living/kitchen
area. Arrowwood offers many of the perks of small village life.A must see at $189,900.
$254,900 WALKOUT-
FULLY FINISHED OPEN DESIGN
FIREPLACE3 BEDROOMS 3 BATHROOMS
ATTACHED GARAGE
Vacant Residential lot in Carseland, build your dream home here! $59,900 plus GST
LIVE UP, RENT DOWNARROWWOOD - $219,900
Built in 2002, 1181 sq. ft. bi-level. Total two bed, three bath. Separate downstairs suite is currently rented to an excellent tenant who will stay if the buyer wishes. The home has a very clean modern decor and sits
on a double lot. Go to MLSC3638637.
$316,900 2 FIREPLACES – MAIN FLOOR FAMILY
RM OPEN DESIGN –
CUL DE SAC LOCATION 1550 SQ FT MAIN
FLOOR
$155,000BUILD YOUR DREAM
HOME WALKOUT LOT
SPECTACULAR VIEW GOLF COURSE COMMUNITY
MOVE IN NOW!!!! HILLCREST MANOR
Backing onto the canal - this fully developed walkout has an
oversized triple garage. Loads of upgrades. This is another fine
home built by Rich-Lee Custom Homes!
Just being built in Hillcrest Manor this walkout bungalow with triple garage is ready for you to pick the inside colors,
cabinets and flooring.
$234,900
2 bedroom home with new flooring,
bathroom fixtures and newer appliances.
$29,000
24 HILLVIEW DRIVE, S’MORE., AB.
BUNGALOW 1480 SQ.FT.LIST PRICE @
$379,900.
244073 RANGE ROAD 265, LYALTA, AB.
BUNGALOW 1278 SQ.FT., 2.42 ACRES, LIST PRICE @
$549,900.
THIS 33 ACRE PARCEL features 2 homes, 2 barns, double detached garage,
permanent water rights and so much more! Located west of
Strathmore $600,000.
706 WILLOW DRIVE, S’MORE., AB.
BUNGALOW 1193 SQ.FT.LIST PRICE @
$349,900
THIRD FLOOR 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT
In Lambert Village. 60+ adult living. Great view from balcony. Close to
downtown. $157,900
157 ACRES CROP LAND Just west of town limits. Possible subdivisions. Great investment.
$490,000This 2 storey in Strathmore
Lakes is fully developed with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on a huge landscaped lot. Extras include Air Conditioning,
Underground sprinklers, and more!
MOVE IN & ENJOY
PRICE REDUCED
PRICE REDUCED
PRICEREDUCED
NEW 1753 SQFT 2 STOREY in The Ranch! 3 bedrooms, bonus room,
triple garage! $435,900
3 ACRES near Hussar with 1372 sqft home, double detached garage! $235,000.
3.36 ACRES with well, power, gas to property line. West of strathmore.
$179,900
FULLY FINISHED 2 STOREY
Desirable Area 4 Oversized Bedrooms
Mature Yard
WANT TO MAKE LIFE MORE SIMPLE IN
2015Beautiful Must
See Condo!Fully Finished, WalkoutGarage, Maple Kitchen,
Fireplace
THINKING OFLISTING IN THE
NEW YEAR?CALL TODAY FOR A FREE
MARKET ANALYSIS WITH NO
OBLIGATIONS
SOLD
EXCELLENT BUILDING SITE
on 14+ acres east of Strathmore. Private
setting. Power nearby. Easy commute in all
directions. $127,000
SOLD
SOLD
RE TENDERS
Our expanding Chestermere office is looking for a licensed insurance
representative to join our Team.
Our office is looking for a Level 1 or Level 2 Licensed Personal Lines CSR, minimum 2 years
experience. You may be our candidate, please send us your resume.
We offer room for advancement, opportunity for flex hours and a great work environment.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYPart time Community Outreach Worker
As part of a dynamic and busy Town of Chestermere Community Services Department, this position is responsible for: the designing and delivering of social programs that are preventative in nature to promote and enhance well-being among individuals, families and communities. Deadline for applications is January 12, 2015.
For more information, visit www.chestermere.ca
FLEET SAFETY INTERNATIONAL INCL.Requires a
PART TIME DRIVING EVALUATORS
AND COACHESMust have a valid minimum Class 5 Drivers License
Clean Driver’s AbstractStrong people communication skills
For more information please call Gordon Porteous at 403-604-0181Fax 403-283-8666 or email [email protected]
Strathmore Station Restaurant & Pub is hiring:
1 permanent, full time Manager
$16.56 Hourly, for 40 Hours per week Experience: 2 to 3 years
Credentials/Education: Must have (or get within 30 days of hire): AGLC Smart Serve Programs (PRO-tect, PROserve, REELfacts), First Aid Certificate, CPR Certificate, Workplace Hazardous Materials
Information System (WHMIS) Certificate.
Business Equipment and Computer Applications: Squirrel POS system, General office equipment, Record keeping, Cashiering, Microsoft Office.
Duties/Abilities: Must plan, organize, direct, con-trol, and evaluate daily operations, while ensuring
that all health, safety, and liquor legislation and regulations are followed. Responsible for the
hiring, training, scheduling, and supervision of 40+ staff. Respond to customer complaints and negoti-
ate with clients for catering or use of facilities.
Must possess great oral communication, excellent problem solving skills, and organized job task planning abilities. Must be customer service
oriented and be able to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment while paying attention to detail. Standing and/or walking for extended peri-
ods. Speak English, Read English, Write English
How to Apply: By Mail to 380 Ridge Road Strathmore AB T1P1B5, In Person between 9:00 and 17:00,
2013 SRI HOME 20 X 76: mint condition, 3 bedroom, 2 bath $125,000. 1995 Noble Acceptance 16 X 76: 3 bedroom, 2 bath, available immediately. $49,000. For more information call United Homes Canada 1-800-461-7632 or visit us at www.unitedhomescanada.com.
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CALL SHAUNA 4.07 Acres of Raw Land - $163,000
• Build your dream home!• Located 15 minutes
S.E. of Strathmore• South of Eagle Lake• 2 parcels available
Strathmore. 20 years experience. Reasonable Rates & Calm Environment.
Sharon 403-934-3824
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REAL ESTATE
HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Spring-thrashed Canola. Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.
FEED AND SEED
METAL ROOFING & SIDING. 30+ colours available at over 40 Distributors. 40 year warranty. 48 hour Express Service available at select supporting Distributors. Call 1-888-263-8254.
FOR SALECRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon. U.S. travel waiver. Divorce? Simple. Fast. Inexpensive. Debt re-covery? Alberta collection to $25,000. Calgary 403-228-1300/1-800-347-2540.
MISC
the strathmore realty group
Tina Scott Associate Broker
403-901-5388 cellwww.strathmorerealty.ca
104 3rd Avenue, Strathmore“The Old Home Hardware Building”
NEW LISTING1.5 STOREY FULLY RENOVATED HOMEExcellent modern decor. Large yard with
older single garage/shed w power. Open concept living/kitchen area.
A must see at $189,900. Arrowwood offers many of the
