Shannon LeCLair Times ReporterResidents oStrathmore gathered to- gether on July 7, to let the Town knowthey plan to fght the proposed high- way realignment. It qu ickly be came standing room only during the regular- ly scheduled council meeting. Hal Lust, owner oStrathmore Motors, spoke on behalobusiness owners along High- way 1. “We have concerns about the high- way, and wanted to make council aware ohow we eel and what we think will happen,” said Lust. There are approxi- mately 85 businesses and 1,500 people working ull time/part time along the highway stretch. Residents ear moving the highway our miles south oTown will destroy the local economy as has happened with the towns oBrooks and Vegreville when the highway was moved. “The town will shrink and cease to be the vibrant community we love to live in,” said Lust. Another big ear is be- cause Strathmore is less than 40 miles rom Calgary; no traveler will go out ohis or her way six miles to stop here when they can just push the last ewmiles. “Ev eryone has a stake in pushing to keep this highway here,” said Lust. Realigning the highway was an is- sue Strathmore had to deal with in the 1980’s. For a period othree months all but three routes into Strathmore were closed, causing business to drop by 30 per cent. Through hard work and heavypetitioning the realignment was placed on a backburner to be let alone. Nowthe highway planning commission is once again talking about moving the highway, and the unconfrmed reason is due to the three sets olights travelers have to pass through. The commission allegedly wants the highway to be non- stop rom Calgary to Saskatchewan. “This is going to be devastating and we have to stop it,” said Lust. Lust is urging business owners and residents to start writing to our politicians and help fght the proposal. Iaccepted the proposal is not set to take eect or an- other 10 to 15 years. Lust will be at the next council meeting set or 7:30 p.m. July 21. Locally Owned & Operatedjul y 16, 2010 Page 3 Harleys and Hot Rods raise money for charity Page Volume 2 issue 28 Residents fear Highway 1 realignment could kill Strathmore’s economy Strathmore Building Supplies YOUR TRUSTED BUILDING SUPP L Y PARTNER 403-934-4611 TIMES Page Schiffner’s showdown Strathmore’s own Scott Schiffner won the bullriding aggregate standings for Pool A (which ran from July 9-12) at the 2010 Calgary Stampede. Despite being thrown off Green Johnson (shown here) on July 11, Schiffner scored a 88.50 on Wranglers Crackalakin on Monday, clinching a spot for the Sunday Showdown July 18. Mario Prusina Photo Contact Us Today! 403.934.5589 [email protected]www.StrathmoreTimes .com sTRATHmoRe 106 - 304 - 3rd Avenue, Strathmore Email: [email protected][email protected]403-934-5533 Robert Desjardins (Owner/Broker) 403-815-3774 Tamara Desjardins (Associate) 403-874-6486 “TOgETER WE ADO gREAT TgS!” Residential Resale / ew Builds ondominiums ommercial Acreae Properties Ron Kaechele 403-934-1097 When You Need A Realtor, callLocal mother hopes to make Centre Street safer Thunder host Provincial T ournament
Residents o Strathmore gathered to-gether on July 7, to let the Town know they plan to fght the proposed high-
way realignment. It quickly becamestanding room only during the regular-ly scheduled council meeting. Hal Lust,owner o Strathmore Motors, spoke on
behal o business owners along High- way 1.
“We have concerns about the high- way, and wanted to make council awareo how we eel and what we think willhappen,” said Lust. There are approxi-mately 85 businesses and 1,500 people
working ull time/part time along thehighway stretch. Residents ear movingthe highway our miles south o Town
will destroy the local economy as hashappened with the towns o Brooks
and Vegreville when the highway wasmoved.“The town will shrink and cease to
be the vibrant community we love tolive in,” said Lust. Another big ear is be-cause Strathmore is less than 40 milesrom Calgary; no traveler will go out o his or her way six miles to stop here
when they can just push the last ew miles. “Everyone has a stake in pushingto keep this highway here,” said Lust.
Realigning the highway was an is-sue Strathmore had to deal with in the1980’s. For a period o three months all
but three routes into Strathmore wereclosed, causing business to drop by 30per cent. Through hard work and heavy petitioning the realignment was placed
on a backburner to be let alone. Now the highway planning commission isonce again talking about moving thehighway, and the unconfrmed reason isdue to the three sets o lights travelershave to pass through. The commissionallegedly wants the highway to be non-stop rom Calgary to Saskatchewan.
“This is going to be devastating and we have to stop it,” said Lust. Lust isurging business owners and residentsto start writing to our politicians andhelp fght the proposal. I accepted theproposal is not set to take eect or an-other 10 to 15 years. Lust will be at thenext council meeting set or 7:30 p.m.
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Though the proposed highway re-alignment was the big issue of thenight, a few other interesting and im-portant tidbits were discussed duringthe council meeting July 7.BuiLding permitS
Since January 1, the Town has issued
30 permits for single-family dwellings; which is an increase over last year atthis time. There have also been 11 multifamily permits issued for a unit total of 77. As of July 6, a total of 723 busi-ness licenses have been issued, with 51 being for new businesses during themonths of April, May and June.BuS Campaign
Since the ‘we heard there’s room inStrathmore’ bus advertising campaign began, the campaign on the websitehas received 796 hits, which indicatesthat the campaign is effective. WFCSS
Wheatland Family Community Sup-port Services nally had the budgetapproved and so the organization can
begin dispersing funds to some of thedifferent organizations, which have ap-plied for funding. Half of the funding will be sent out right away, while theother half will be sent out in the fall.ChamBer oF CommerCe
The Chamber of Commerce is stilllooking for more volunteers to help with the Heritage Days parade. The
next meeting for the Chamber will beheld at the town ofces on July 19.CommunitieS in BLoom
The provincial judges for Communi-ties In Bloom will be in Strathmore on July 22. The Town will be keeping aneye out for litter, overgrown lawns, etc.to ensure that the Town looks good for judging.CaLgary regionaL
partnerShip, Crp, tranSportation Committee On June 22 the Alberta government
released green trip funds for $2 billion. The cities of Calgary and Edmonton were each awarded $800 million. Theremaining $400 million was awardedto the rest of the province. There aresome concerns, as it was made clear applicants for the funds would be re-quired to contribute at least one thirdof the capital cost of the project, withthe green trip fund providing the bal-ance. Members of the CRP committee will be meeting in Cochrane to reassessand determine where to go from here. The meeting will be on July 22.
Jennifer Brooks from Community
Futures Wild Rose appeared beforecouncil to summarize the results of theBusiness Vitality Initiative, BVI. Sheoutlined both the short term and longterm goals, which came from the re-port. The three main short term goalsare downtown beautication, economicdevelopment and business friendlinessconsultations.
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The fth annual Harleysand Hot Rods Charity Poker Run took place on July 10and saw bikes and hot rodslling the street in front of Underground Performanceon Highway 1. Starting at9 a.m. people gathered to-gether for pancakes andsausage, and to get their poker card. There were137 people who came totake part in the ride, com-ing from as far as Ontario,and 18 additional party at-
tendees.“Our oldest rider now I
believe is 79,” said Cindy Jensen, one of the organiz-
ers.It started when the bikecommunity wanted to give
back, and somebody want-ed to do something.
“It was also to sort of show that they are just riders, they are just normal people. We
just wanted to give a morepositive out look to bikersand people who ride,”” said
Jensen. The Mustang clubis also a big part of the ride,
bringing their cars to show off. There were trophies de-signed by Abstee,l and West
Jet even donated a trip for two anywhere they y this
year. It was $5 a ticket andthere were only 920 printed.
The bikini bike wash tookplace despite the cold and
rain, though the bike rodeo was cancelled.It was not a shotgun start;
every one was able to leave when they wanted, taking apoker card with them. Whenthey arrived at a participat-ing business they wouldpull a card out and it would
become part of their hand. There were prizes awardedfor the best hand and worsthand. After collecting their hand participants headed tothe Agricultural grounds topresent their hand and takepart in a night of festivi-ties. There was a wet T-Shirt
contest, tattoo contest, anda silent and live auction.Dinner was provided andthe band Stratabuse came in
for entertainment. To makesure no one got on their bikes after having a few atthe beer gardens, campingspaces were rented out andthere was a shuttle serviceto and from the hotels intown.
“We’ve had a really goodpositive response from ev-erybody and a lot of localsupport,” said Jensen. Thereare talks of maybe startinga breast cancer ride as well.
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Times Reporter
One Strathmore mother’s worstear came to lie on June 6, when acar hit her two-and-a-hal-year-olddaughter. Christie Meyers has al-
ways worried about her children’ssaety when it comes to trafc onher street, Centre Street. When she
was in Grade Eight she had beencrossing the street to talk to hermother when she was hit by acar, and almost six weeks ago herdaughter Karlee was hit. In Chris-tie’s case she eels it was a case o miscommunication, both her andthe driver stopped, each probably thinking the other had stopped orthem, and both started to go againat the same time. Karlee had beenchasing a bird when she dartedout between parked cars and ontothe street. Fortunately the driverhad already been going under theposted speed limit and thoughKarlee was hospitalized or fvedays she is doing well.
“I don’t blame the driver. I don’t want her to think I’m doing thisto blame her, I just think some-thing needs to be done about thisstreet,” said Christie. She plans togo beore the Town at the councilmeeting on July 21 to see what canbe done to make her street saer.
“I’m going to the town and I’mgoing to talk to them about put-ting in stop signs mostly, and thelack o visibility. Hopeully some-thing will come out o it and bedone about the road so you eelsae, because I don’t eel sae onthis road.” The only reason the Meyers
bought a house on Centre Street
is because they have our children
and Christie runs a home business,and the house drew her in with allthe space it provided to her, andher amily. The door has a latch at the top
and when it is open, it speakssaying the door is open; Christiehad it installed because she wasalready paranoid about the streetshe had moved onto.
“Basically my worst ear cametrue, the ear that I had when Imoved here happened,” said Chris-tie. Karlee physically is doing bet-ter, but she is traumatized andcontinues having nightmares.
High speeds have always beenan issue Christie has noticed onher street.
“I have driven down this roadseeing kids playing unsupervisedand thought one o them is goingto get hit by a car, and then minedoes,” said Christie.
“It makes me sick and angry ev-ery time a car goes racing by andI think that could have been theone that hit my daughter and she
would not be here today.”She believes three way stops
would help to slow down trafc onCentre Street, and hopeully makeit a less attractive road to travel un-less necessary. Christie wanted tothank her amily, riends, the fre
department, STARS, EMS, both theStrathmore and Children’s hospitaland Dr. Douglas and the RCMP, orall o their help with the accident.
At this point she does not plan togather people to come to council
with her but said i a petition isneeded and people would like tosign, they can contact her at [email protected]
The Roots of Empathy, ROE, pro-gram has been in Strathmore class-rooms all over the town. The pro-gram was founded in 1996 and todate have helped more than 325,000
kids. ROE brings babies, aged twomonths to four months, into theclassrooms to teach students, fromkindergarten to Grade Five, aboutempathy. The babies can’t be olderthan four months because one focusbehind the program is to allow thechildren to see how the baby growsduring its rst year.
“We have a different baby for eachclass because each class owns thatbaby for that duration,” said Kari Jumaga, Roots of Empathy instruc-tor. The children had the chance to
watch the babies grow, and to learnabout them. Each of the ve Strath-more schools, which hosted a baby in their classroom, had their nal visits in May and June.
The baby was going to the class-room every other week, with the weeks they weren’t there being adiscussion time about the previous weeks topic. There are nine differ-ent topics and the instructor fromROE visited the classroom for 27 weeks.
At the beginning of every visita welcome song was sung for thebaby, and at the end of each classa goodbye song. Each of the class-rooms made a wish tree for theirbaby, things they want the baby tohave when it grows up. Each class-
room also checked how much thebaby has grown, both in height and weight, since rst coming into theclassroom.
Emily Jackins brought her son Lu-cas to be a part of Monica Major’skindergarten class at Trinity Luther-an Christian Academy.
“It’s been fun to see how muchthey like watching him grow,” said Jackins on May 10.
On May 11 Candi brought her son
Jake, nine months, for his nal visitat Westmount Elementary. He was apart of Mrs. VanDriel’s 5C class. “It was great, I loved it, it was an expe-rience for myself and for Jake. I’msad its over, its been awesome,” saidCandi.
May 12 Jumaga was back at West-mount school with parents Ronand Amy, and their eight-and-a-half month old son Owen. This time it was for the 5B class. The class sangitsy-bitsy spider, which is Owens fa- vourite song.
“We just want him to grow up tobe a happy healthy adult,” said Amy, when asked what her wishes are forbaby Owen.
On May 25 Jumaga was off toBrentwood Elementary to let theclass say goodbye to eleven-month-old baby Brett. His mom Jennifereven brought his older sister Alycha,5, to say goodbye to everyone as well. Councillor Lois Wegener alsoattended Brett’s last visit.
“I think its absolutely marvelous, I was amazed to see the children, andthe one little boy who thought he(Brett) was a part of the family and was sad to know he wasn’t going tokeep seeing him,” said Wegener.
“The fact they were so concernedabout the safety issues, and whatthe baby is eating and I was amazed
to notice the boys were more con-cerned than the girls.” Wegener sits on the board for the
Wheatland Family Community Sup-
port Services, WFCSS. June 17 was the nal visit for ROE
in a Strathmore classroom. It was atSacred Heart Academy, SHA, for aGrade 1 class. Paityn Noll was theonly baby girl who was in the ROEthis year in Strathmore. For her -nal visit her parents Rick and Kim
and her grandmother came for apre-birthday party. Students boughtbirthday presents for Paityn.
“When you hear the kids say ‘she has hair, she has teeth’, I thinkit makes you appreciate the littlethings that you might not take thetime to recognize,” said Kim.
On top of the wish tree each visit ended with cupcakes, and ev-ery baby was given an ROE shirt, which said ‘Teacher’, because eachbaby was the teacher. For a whilethere was a fear funding may notgo through and the program wouldcease in Strathmore.
“The children were just so intothe babies’ lives, interacting withthem and some of them don’t get achance to be around a baby at home, which is why I think its so impor-tant. It’s a program we do support,I sit on (WFCSS) and it’s denitely a program I would personally voteon to keep funding, and I know weare,” said Wegener. The funding be-ing approved only solves a smallpart of what ROE is facing in Strath-more. They are looking for new par-ents who are willing to involve theirchild in the ROE program. The childmust be no older than four monthsto qualify. Another thing ROE is indesperate need of are more instruc-tors. If someone is interested in
becoming an instructor, but wantsmore information, they can go to www.rootsofempathy.org and orcall 403-410-3808.
Empathy needs instructors
Schools around Strathmore took part in the Roots of Empathy pro-
gram over this
past year. In-
structors brought
parents and their
baby to class-
rooms to help
teach kids about
how the baby
grows, and to
teach the chil-
dren empathy.
Each classroom,
which hosted a
baby, only had
one baby come
so they could fo-
cus on the baby’s
growth.
Shannon LeClair
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Wheatland County held an openhouse at the county ofces to deter-mine how the municipal reserve shouldbe spent. The open house took place on July 6
and only a handful of members came tospeak about how they think it shouldbe spent. Under the Municipal Govern-ment Act, MGA, the reserve can only beused for a public park, a public recre-ation area, school authority purposes orto separate areas of land that are usedfor different purposes. Currently the
reserve has $2.3 million in it, which isthe most there has been in years. Oncemoney is in the reserve it becomes uni- versal and will not be strictly designat-ed to the area in which it came from.Council wanted to gather members of the county so they could gure out what the people want to see done be-fore they make a nal decision.
“I don’t think there is a town in ourcounty that isn’t struggling for help,”said Councillor Alice Booth from divi-sion one. The money may be given all to one
purpose or it may be split between rec-reation and school divisions. Once the
money has been designated council hasno say over how it is used, but appli-cants are to provide an outline of whattheir purpose for it is. After some discussion council and
the residents appeared to agree educa-tion is important and money should gotowards the school division. Residentssuggested a 75/25 per cent split, with75 per cent going to the school division. Another suggestion was to always keepone million in residual. Council will bediscussing and making their decisionsoon, and it should be brought forth atthe regular county council meeting on July 20.
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Times Reporter
Representatives from Wheatland Coun-
ty council and Standard met with Townofcials on June 29. Town councillors were showing the County and Standardthe decits from the Civic Centre, Fam-ily Centre and other recreational facilitiesaround town. Reeve Ben Armstrong andCouncillor Bernice Bland came from theCounty.
“They were talking about how some of our ratepayers are giving them hell be-cause they want a Tier 3 hardball facility and it’s going to cost them $300-400,000dollars and they can’t afford it,” said Arm-
strong.“I also told them they are asking us to
pay for facilities that they never asked forinput on when they built it, they built it
without any participation from us andnow they are asking us to help pay for it.” The County recognizes their residents
use the facilities, and said in the pastthere had been a recreational grant but itno longer exists now.
“I was really upset about the whole at-titude on this thing,” said Bland.
Smaller municipalities, Rockyford, Stan-dard, Gleichen etcetera did everything ontheir own through the community,” said Armstrong.
If there were money coming from the
County it would likely be based on theold recreational grant fund. It would bedealt with as a total package, not a Townof Strathmore package.
“I think the best way to do that wouldbe through the regional concept that wehave,” said Armstrong.
“They were saying we can ll our are-nas with our own people, it was madeclear to them that the outside areas lookafter themselves and if we do this, its forthe whole area and not just for them,”said Armstrong.
“It was a good meeting I guess, for us Ithink the best way is when we deal withthat, is we deal with it as a regional is-sue.”
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plorr. Th drivr of th otorcycl was thrown frohis bik and is blivd to hav suffrd injuris to hisright shouldr. Th drivr of th otorcycl rtrivd his
daagd bik fro th ditch and d th scn bfor
polic arrivd. Thr was only inor daag don toth Ford explorr and th occupants of th Ford ex-
plorr sustaind no injuris.Th drivr of th Yaaha VmAX is dscribd as a
Caucasian al with a bard. evidnc was collctd
at th scn including a sho fro th drivr of th o-torcycl. Alcohol is blivd to hav bn a factor in th
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On July 7, nar Standard, Strathor RCmP rcov-rd a Stoln Yllow Ford F350 Pickup Truck that had
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On Friday, July 9, th Strathor RCmP rcivd a
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Dpt and Strathor Fish & Wildlif ofcr.Th Calgary mdical exainr’s ofc conrd
thr was nothing suspicious with rgards to th dath.
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th 29-yar-old al, a rsidnt of Calgary, that wntissing fro Okotoks ara whil swiing in th BowRivr (Naturs Hidaway Capground) on Jun 20.
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On Jun 30th, in Lyalta, Strathor RCmP wr dis-patchd to a brak and ntrs at th muirld Club-
hous, an inactiv watr plant, a show ho, and fourconstruction sits.
entry was gaind into th muirld Golf Cours Club-
hous soti ovrnight, and an undisclosd aountof cash and proprty wr takn fro th Pros shop,
kitchn, and Gnral managr’s ofc. Th proprty
takn was, a sall at scrn tlvision, golf clubs, food,clothing, and svral broidrd towls with th muir-
ld Golf Cours logo. A show ho on muirld Clos was brokn into and
vandalizd. Throughout th building, frnch doors wr
brokn, drywall was kickd in, and a buckt of paint wasdupd onto an oak staircas.
Various work trailrs wr brokn into at four sparat
construction sits in Lyalta. Th its takn fro all thsits wr spar kys for construction quipnt, four
paint sprayrs, a Rigid 300 thrading achin, an 18-volt makita Cordlss drill, an 18-volt Hilti cordlss drill,
a propan tank, thr laddrs, and various hand tools.
f prson(s) hav any inforation rgarding this orsiilar occurrncs plas contact Cri Stopprs at
1-800-222-TPS (1-800-222-8477) of th Strathor
RCmP at 403-934-3968.
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To the Editor I am accompany-
ing Charles Lage of Winnipeg who iscycling and travel-ling across Canadathis summer raisingawareness for au-
tism and to furtherautism research.Mr. Lage is an au-tism survivor and israising funds for astate-of-the-art au-tism therapy centrein Winnipeg.
Unfor tunate ly ,due to serious ve-hicle problems wefound ourselves“stranded “ inStrathmore for twodays while our ve-hicle was being re-
paired. On Wednes-day, July 7 at about8 p.m. I was at thelocal Subway onthe Trans-Canada
just west of Hwy 817, buying myself supper, I started
talked to a gentle-man, 45-55 yearsold who was there
with his wife and17 year old, teen-age daughter. Infact, that had beento the initial gist of
our conversationas my daughter
back in Winnipegis roughly the sameage as his daughter.
In addition to ussharing the trialsand tribulations of
raising a teenagedaughter in thisday and age, I wasalso able to talk tohim about CharlesLage and our cross-Canada bike tour,the challenges of
autism and futurepossibilities. I hadenjoyed our con-
versation immense-ly. But if that wasn’tenough, at the endof our talk, thisgentleman reached
into his wallet andgave me $25, say-ing, “Here, I hopethis helps with yourexpenses”.
I told him I couldissue him a tax re-ceipt back at our
hotel and I didn’teven have a busi-ness card with me.He said it was notnecessary.
I was complete-ly abbergasted
by the generosity
and trust this manshowed in me,Charles Lage andour tour, as well as
what we are tryingto accomplish.
You have a beau-tiful community
Strathmore and if this mans actionsis any indication;
your town is alsolled with good de-cent people.
I would like tothank this man but
I didn’t even get hisname. He, his wifeand teenage daugh-ter drove off in anewer model, whiteGMC Envoy. On
behalf of CharlesLage, myself and
for people facingthe specter of au-tism as well as oth-ers facing challeng-es in their lives, I
would like to thankthis man for hiskindness. In turn,
this mans actionsare a reection of the good people of Strathmore.
For more infor-mation about what
we are trying toaccomplish, please
refer to the websiteof our Manitobaorganization www.ajns.net With many
thanks, Richard C.
Gagnon
To the Strathmore Times and the good people of Strathmore
esidents of trathmore watched the sky sud-
denly darken, and hail and rain battered the
earth as the radio and television reported se-
vere weather warnings on July 12. ornado
warnings were issued and residents in andaround trathmore were told to take precau-
tions in case one did hit. Fortunately it didn’t hit
Students at Expressions The DanceStudio took part in the Great CanadianDance Challenge from July 8 to 11. This was the rst time the group of 14 danc-ers had taken part in a competition of this level, which took place in Kelow-na, B.C. There were over 2,000 dancers
competing in the three-day competi-tion.
“I think they really enjoyed it. I thinkit was a really good overall experiencethat they can grow from and return tonext year and work towards to stay upthere near the top,” said Heather Thom-as, owner of Expressions The Dance Stu-dio. Everyone from the studio placed atthe competition, earning a total of threehigh silver medals, nine gold and twohigh gold. The dancers from the studioranged in ages from four to 16. LaneHabing, 4, won one of the high goldmedals with her Ms. Muffet character ballet dance. Neve Raycroft, 7, won theother high gold for her tap solo.
“It was really fun, I enjoyed seeingthe differences in styles and choreog-raphy between studios and provinces,”said Brittney Standing, one of the danc-
ers. She hopes to return and said sheis grateful for the opportunity, and shefound the atmosphere welcoming eventhough it was competitive.
Desirae Thomas, 14, performed inve groups and won two high silversand three golds at the competition. De-sirae has been dancing for 10 years andhas been competing in some form sinceshe began dancing. She would like to
one-day work for Cirque du Soleil“I found it very fun and a very good
thing to work up to,” said Desirae. This was it for the dancers for this sea-
son, but in a few weeks they will beginchoreographing for next year. Heather said they plan to return to something of this caliber again.
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The softball provincials had teams coming in from all over Alberta. There
were a few injuries including a broken leg. The Strathmore Thunder didn’t
suffer serious injuries, but they did have their top two pitchers out for their
Friday games. The Strathmore Thunder had to call in the relief pitchers
after the starters ended up on the bench with injuries.
Top photo: Strathmore Thunder relief pitcher gave it her all.
Bottom photos: Are of the Bantam C gold medal game Lacombe vs Ft.
McMurray on July 11.
Shannon LeClair & Wendi Tashlikowich Photos
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Times Reporter
The Softball Alberta Provincial Playoffs wereat the agricultural grounds July 9 to 11. Teamscame from all over to take part in the tourna-ment and to see who would go home with gold.
This was the third year Strathmore has hostedeither PeeWee or Bantam provincials and there
were 20 teams taking part during the weekend.Strathmore Thunder, Bantam B, was feeling goodcoming into the tournament after winning the
semi-nal league playoffs July 7, 10-0.“That took a turn real fast when the team’s top
pitcher Kirstyn Johnson had a base running crashin the top of the rst inning in the rst game, andreinjured her knee. She had just returned from
being sidelined for 10 days,” said Lanky John-son one of the organizers of the weekend. JasminGoldade, another starting pitcher, was already on the bench nursing a sprained ankle from theleague semi-nals game, which left the team ina hole.
Relief pitchers Hope Tornberg and MadisonMitchell were forced to be the starter pitchersand they tried their best to keep the team up andin the games on the rst day.
Unfortunately it wasn’t enough and the Thun-der lost the rst two games on Friday in the four
game round robin.“Johnson was able to return Saturday for the
team on the mound and in a must win situationthe Thunder rallied back from a 5-0 decit againstSt. Albert to take a 7-5 lead,” said Johnson. There was a delay called because of the rain
and when the game started back up the defensemade a couple of errors. St. Albert scored four runs in the last inning to defeat and eliminate the
Thunder. The Thunder still has a Calgary league playoff
nal on July 14, and the team is hoping to end
the season with a win.
SQUirT ProVinCiaLS
Strathmore Bandits came home with a bronzemedal in Squirt “C” provincials in Red Deer.
Forced to play tie-breaking games after roundrobin play late Saturday night under the lights,the team defeated the Edmonton Royals to winthe medal.
Pee Wee neWS
Provincials in Drumheller July 16,17,18Both Strathmore teams in Calgary Minor
League, nishing in 2nd place and 5th place in 10team division 2 league play, team who will faceCalgary Nosecreek, Camrose Crossre, Wetaski-
win, and Jarvie in round robin pool play.
Thunder host tourney
Wiping out can’t wipe the smile off ve-year-old Ian Klassen’s face. He took part in mini shinny on July 9; it was
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January,” said his father Tim Klassen. Ian’s goal is to be a goalie one day, and he is hoping to play Timbits hockey
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The fth annual Hilltopdog trial took place on July 10 in Rockyford.
Five years ago, Chris and Wendy Schmaltz wanted torecognize those dogs whocan do it all – sheep dog trialsas well as cattlework. They
themselves run 400 cows,and the worthiness of a good
ranch dog is not taken lightly.It was a eld trial in which
dogs were sent out 300 yardsand they were judged ontheir nesse work. There wasa set amount of time to dothe trial in and it was worth100 points.
“This year about 70 dogsran, coming from Texas,North Dakota, British Colum-
bia, Saskatchewan and Al- berta,” said Wendy Schmaltz.
Approximately a week ear-lier there had been a sheeptrial in Olds. For the past ve
years it has been a TripleCrown event, with a cattlearena and sheep arena trialtaking place in Olds andthen a eld trial. A dog thatdoes well and competes in allthree is a Triple Crown win-ner.
“We want to recognizethe dog and handler that do
well in all three trials. This year Jimmy Walker and hisdog Angie from Hillsboro,
Texas were named the TripleCrown Open Champion andin reserve was his other dog,”said Schmaltz.
New this year was the Tri-ple Crown Nursery Champi-
on, which recognized the upand coming open dogs andhandlers. There were 12 dogscompeting in this event, withsome coming from as far as
Texas.Donald Grant and his dog
Jeff, from Bowden, Alberta was the winner of the nurs-ery portion and the reservedog was Schmaltz’s dogCreed. Walker won a belt
buckle and $1,500, whichHilltop Ranch donated. Thesecond place winner walkedaway with $250. The judgefor the cattle arena trial andthe sheep eld trial was Cal-
vin Jones from Wales. Dogsfrom across western Canadaand the United States tookpart in this event.
Rockyford hosts dog trial
Dogs and their owners gathered together onSaturday July 10 in Rockyord or the feldtrials. This was the fth year or the TripleCrown Open Championship. Top let: Donald Grant shown here with hisdog herding sheep.Bottom let: Jimmy Walker won overall in allthree arenas. Top right: Wendy Schmaltz with DonaldGrant who won the Triple Crown NurseryChampion.Bottom right: Wendy Schmaltz with Jimmy Walker who won the Triple Crown OpenChampionship. He was awarded with a beltbuckle and $1,500.
The Bantam AA Reds were scheduledto play three games in a tournament host-ed in Strathmore rom July 10 to 11. Thefrst game on Saturday the boys lost by deault. One o the players hadn’t shownup or the game and they had to take aloss. They were ortunate though whenone o the other teams there oered aplayer or them to use so the boys could
still play a game and get warmed up or the aternoon.
Unortunately or the team, luck wasagainst them and their second game o the day was called due to rain. The only game the team was able to
play was on Sunday morning. They wereahead at the top o the seventh andlooked like they were going to win it, when suddenly things changed in the bottom o the seventh and the opponenttook the lead.
“We got rained out the night game(Saturday), and played a good game inthe morning (Sunday) but we lost in bot-tom o the seventh. Its like playing poker,sometimes you lose, sometimes you win, you play with the cards you’re dealt,” saidcoach Jim Crooks. “The kids played allright, we just had some bad luck.”
Luck which Crooks and his team arehoping to change at the Tier 5 provincialstaking place July 17 to 18 near Edmon-ton.
Bad weekend for Reds AA
The Reds Bantam AA
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game by default, one
due to rain and losing the
third in the bottom of the
seventh. The team thinks
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provincials over the July
17, 18 weekend.
shannon LeClair Photo
Shannon LeCLair
Times Reporter
Lyalta held their 28th annual slo-pitch tournament rom July 9 to 11. There were 18 teams registered or the tour-nament, coming rom Calgary, Chestermere and Strathmore. There was a dance held on the Saturday night and Earth Mu-sic was the DJ. The weather wasn’t the sunshine they wereused to, but that didn’t stop the teams rom having un.
“I think the weekend went well. The rain on Sunday did
not deter the teams rom playing and the rest o the weekend was nice weather,” said Kim Proust, one o the organizerso the weekend. There was a 50/50 draw, which was won by Carol Adams. The Girl Guide Brownies took care o theconcession again this year and did a antastic job, said Proust. The top three teams rom the weekend were Runner with
frst place, the Bears in second and Easton Fection took third.Some o the players who took part in the tournament have been playing since they were teenagers, and there were some who have been a part o the tournament all o the 28 years.
28th anniversary
Lyalta held their 28th annual ball tournament this past weekend. They didn’t have the weather they have been accustomed to in the past,
but everyone had a blast at the tournament and at the Caberat on Saturday night. Some of the players in the tournament have been playing
since they were 16 and some old timers have participated in this tournament the entire 28 years. Lyalta Ball tournament is a tradition that will
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8th Annual Charity Golf Tournament for Families of SpinalMuscular AtrophyCanada. 18 Hole TexasScramble August 21st,
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Strathmore Elks Lodge #491
meets 3rd Tuesday at the StrathmoreCurling Club 6:30 pm. Steak Supperat 7 pm. New Members welcome.Call Greg 403-888-6155.
MOPS (Mother’s Of Preschoolers)meet 1st and 3rd Thursdays9:30am – 11:30am at theStrathmore Alliance Church.Babysitting available for ages 0 - 6.For more information call Jennifer at403-934-5799 or visit www.mops.org
Strathmore Photography Club. Photographers of all ages and skilllevels are welcome. For more
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Strathmore District Health Ser-vices Auxiliary Meetings are heldthe fourth Monday of the month @1:30 pm, (excluding July & August).Lower level Conference Room at theStrathmore Hospital. New memberswelcome.For more info please call403-934-4436
Strathmore & District Chamber of Commerce
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Come Fly With Us 903 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Sqn.Meet Wednesdays at 6:30pm at theblue building and Quonset on theAg grounds. Boys & Girls welcomebetween 12 & 19 years.Call Joanna Howard at 403-983-5796 for more information.
Meals on Wheels
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Sunday School for All Ages:Lord of All Lutheran Church offersChristian Education opportunitiesfor ages 3 years to adult, on SundayMornings. All are Welcome! Formore information please call MargoSevick 403-901-2044 or call theChurch Ofce at 403-934-2374
Strathmore Homeschool Familes.Any Strathmore and Area familes that
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Strathmore Lions Club meets the rst and third Thursdayat the Strathmore Civic Centreat 6:45 pm.
Wheatland Rural Crime Watch.
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Strathmore Masonic Lodge #53 meets the rst Monday of eachMonth at 7:30 p.m. Call Glenat 403-901-6038.Website: www.strathmore53.com
Healing Rooms, open for prayerMondays from 7 to 9 pm. at theHarvest Healing Centre at 115A-3rd.Avenue in Strathmore.Everyone is Welcome.
Strathmore FASDParent Support GroupParents and families living withFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.Meet on the 3rd Tues. of everymonth. 9:30 – 11:30am, @ theStrathmore United Church Library.April meeting will be on the 13th.Feel free to come out for coffee,support and strategies.Call Pam at 403-652-4776.
Strathmore Regional VictimServices Society needs community members to beAdvocates (volunteers). Training is
provided. Contact Victim Servicesthrough the RCMP Detachment at403-934-6552
Strathmore Country Gardens Club Meetings at least once per month.Tours, guest speakers, workshops andmuch more included in amembership. $20 single, $30 [email protected] visit our website www.icangarden.com/clubs/CountryGGC/
Strathmore Caregiver Support Group This is an opportunity forcaregivers to nd support and benetfrom interaction with others in a
similar situation. For moreinformation or to register callAmy Yaneza at 403-361-7176.
The Hope Bridges Society Board meetings held the thirdTuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at#3-236-3rd. Avenue. Please visit ourwebsite at www.hopebridges.ca orcontact us at [email protected]
KIDERGY Play Group Meet every Friday from 9:30 - 11:30am at the Hope Covenant Church.$1 per child, (snack is included).Contact Tammy at 403-934-5887
for more info.
Free Tree for all New Born BabiesAttention all infants – remind yourparents to register your birth so a treecan be planted commemorating yourbirth in the Chinook Credit UnionBirth Forest in Strathmore.
Registration Forms are available atthe Town ofce, Chinook CreditUnion and Health Unit.(A Communities in Bloom Project)
Wild Rose Career &Employment Services- Free drop-in JOB-FINDING CLUB,every Tuesday from 9 to noon.A Career Counsellor will share tipsand tools to assist in your job search.Please call 403-934-6488 or drop by101, 331-3rd. Avenue.Bring your lunch and join us for aSmall Business Brown Bagpresentation at Community FuturesWild Rose on Tuesday and Thursday
from Noon to 1 pm. Weekly Topics.
The Community Crisis Shelter has several Board Membervacancies and is recruitingindividuals who would like to applyfor Board Membership.Interested individuals can callKaren Pease at 403-934-6634.
Strathmore Parent and Tot Playgroup,meets every Thursday at9:15 - 11:15 am. in the StrathmoreUnited Church Basement.For more information call Lisa at
403-934-4874 or Ali at403-934-2089.
Seniors 50+ Centre General meetings the second Tuesdayof each month at 1:15 pm. For infocall Eric at 403-901-1596.
Strathmore Youth Exceptional Service Award Society - If you would like to recognize ayouth who has demonstrated an actof courage, citizenship andcommunity contribution,call 403-901-4254
Strathmore United Church
Kidzone Sunday School resumesSeptember 12. Registration formsavailable online at: http://suchurch.ning.com/group/sundayschool
Children’s Wish Foundation Join Strathmore’s Planning committeenow for fall fundraisers.Volunteers NEEDED! Call Claudia at403-934-3900 (days), or403-934-5966 (evening).
Strathmore Full Gospel Church We’re a Pentecostal Bible basedfamily church that has something forall ages. Call 934-2225 or visit
All Acts Must register at the Strathmore Ag Society
or online at www.strathmorerodeo.comby July 15, 2010
Tickets: $40 each
Available at the Strathmore & District Agricultural Ofce.
Strathmore Civic Centre.Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Dinner - Door Prizes - Vendor Shopping - Cash BarSilent Auction for “Future Cowboys & Cowgirls
Rodeo Association”
Round tables of 8 available for tablesponsors $400/table.
Sponsors will be recognizedthroughout the evening and are
eligible for a draw to win the“Front & Centre” feature table.
The lucky winner will be waited on allevening by Cowboys & Cowgirls.
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CREW CAB ATC P/L P/W 162K $14,999
2008 for f150 Suer rew X 141,000 KMS $15,999
2006 doe dakota S EXT. CAB, 4X4, 82,000 KMS $11,999
1999 ddg Rg vn V8 162K $6,999
2007 20 f d R RR $4,999
1979 gM ndM dUMp RU ON PROPANE $5,999
1995 gM R/ dU dS RU 4X4 STAN-
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2008 gM 2500 EXT CAB, 4X4, CAB/CHASSy, 59K ATC
$13,999
1979 f-700 fRd W/12’ DUMP BOX, SGLE AXLE
TANDEM, NEW TIRES $5,999
2005 v B AUTO, 80,000 KMS $8,999
2007 gM R B AUTO, 2 WHEEL DRIVE $17,999
cars & trucks
coming events
thank yous
KIT FARRANSeptember 4, 1929 – July 16, 1994
16 years ago he passed away
“Always in our hearts and never
forgotten”
Lorraine, Stephen, Kevin & Families
Town of
STraThmore Where Quality of Life is A Way of Life
VOLUNTEERSNEEDED
The Town of Strathmore is presently seeking
volunteers to serve on the following boards:
IRRIgaTION COmmITTEE
10 residents of te Town of Strtore
This committee will be investigating and de-
termining a recommendation for Council on
the future viability of the irrigation system.
STRaThmORE TImE CapSULE
COmmITTEE
4 residents of te Town of Strtore
This committee is to organize and prepare a
time capsule for July 1, 2011.
Volunteer applications are available at the
Town of Strathmore from 8:30 am to 4:30
pm weekdays. Please forward your applica-
tion or inquiries to:
Carole Engel
Director of Community ServicesTown of Strathmore 680 Westchester Road
Strathmore, Alberta T1P 1J1
Ph: 403-934-3133
Fax: 403-901-1476
Deadline for submitting applications is
4:00 pm on Monday, July 19th, 2010.
Meadowlark Care Home
“I just love coming and helping the ladies,
it is so nice here.” Jackie
403-934-5294
www.MeadowlarkCareHome .com
Thanks
Jackie...
For doing an
awesome job each
week, we love your
baking, hugs
& smiles!
memoriams
Shannon LeCLair
Times Reporter
Last week was the 16thannual JETS basketballcamp, hosted at the Strath-more High School. There were 26 kids participatingin the morning groups,Grade One to Four, and24 registered or the a-
ternoon Grade Five toNine. The camp began onMonday July 5 and ran un-til July 9. Pat Fule is thecoach, and it all began orhim when he saw a dem-onstration rom Stars bas-ketball in 1995.
“We liked it so much itand believed in the headperson that we got in- volved and put our kidsin it. Then he asked meto take over the town o Strathmore organizationand get it running,” said
Fule. The organization then
spread across Canada,eventually morphing intoanother group.
“We took on the name JETS because we wantedto stay with the basics andhaving un,” said Fule. JETS stands or Just En-
joy The Sport, which is a
philosophy both Pat andhis wie Debbie believein. Both o the Fule’s areteachers in town, and they also run a weeklong vol-leyball camp. In the allthere is a basketball pro-gram then badminton andin the spring there are vol-leyball camps.
“We usually have ami-lies that will stay with us,and their younger kids will join as well. The townis big enough that we al- ways get new people.
Some people will joinother sports, or may de-cide it’s not or them, but we do get a lot o repeatkids,” said Pat. A lot o the kids who
have gone through thecamps will oten returnas coaches when they getto junior and senior high. The camps are based on
stressing the undamen-tals, teaching basic skillsand showing the kids how un the sports can be, andsome o the kids will moveonto competitive sportslater on.
“We want them to haveun, and get ft and hope-ully learn a little bit aboutcooperation and sharingand being better peopletoo,” said Pat. The volleyball camp is
in its eighth year, and be-gins on August 9.
JETS are at it again
The JETS, Just Enjoy The Sport, practiced in a week long basketball camp. The camp is hosted
every July and is run by Pat Fule. Many kids come back year after year, but there are always new-
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