Page 5 Zombies in Carseland Page 25 Look on Page 4 for Town of Strathmore Municipal Notices Page 26 Contact Us Today! 403.934.5589 [email protected]www.StrathmoreTimes .com Bisons split at home Spartans roll on Volume 5 issue 41 october 11, 2013 strAtHmore TIMES Locally Owned & OperatedShannon LeCLairTimes ReporterDuring town council meetings, it is oten heard that unds are being drawn rom the fnancial sta- bilization reserve. So one has to wonder: howmuch othat reserve is let? The reserve balance is in place to help pay orvarious projects, and there are numerous reserves such as ones or potable water, fre protection, sanitary sewer, garbage, roads, cemetery, the Fam- ily Centre, sewer conveyance and general enorce- ment. Each responsibility centre will oten have a certain amount oreserve unds in order to meet some uture or unexpected needs. When unds are drawn rom the fnancial stabilization reserve, it is because there is not a specifc reserve that the project can be allocated to or there may not be sufcient reserve unds in a particular category. “When an expenditure is not in the budget, in the current 2013 budget, it enables the town to carry out a particular project and have it unded out othe fnancial stabilization. Rather than not do a specifc (project) and meet a specifc need, money is set-aside or that specifc purpose, to meet unplanned needs. Not every need can be planned,” said Mel Tiede, director ocorporate services or the town. The fnancial stabilization balance at the end o2012 was $2,704,000, which is taken rom the audited fnancial statement. The total operating reserves is $5,483,000 - roughly 50 per cent oop - erating reserves. In addition to that, said Tiede, the town has ap- proximately $3 million ocapital reserves or a to- tal oalmost $8.5 million in reserve balances at the end o2012. The fnancial stabilization is close to 30 per cent ooverall reserves. The town has an operating budget o$25 mil- lion or 2013, so this reserve is roughly 10 per cent othe yearly budget. Approximately 95 per cent or more othe needs are met by the operating budget, but there are some things that don’t all within the scope othe budget. “All expenditures made by a town are to be cov- ered by budget or unded in some way, shape ororm, and iit is not in the budget, it has to come out oreserves because we can’t send out subse- quent tax bills. We can’t go back to the taxpayerand say, ‘By the way, pony up another $100 be- cause we had these unplanned expenses’,” said Tiede. The only way the use othe unding could aect and increase taxes into the next year would be icouncil chose to shore up the reserve. However, they haven’t done that or a number oyears. Continued on Page 5Taking a look at reserve funding Fun times at the libraryOct. 5 was declared Strathmore Municipal Library day, and the event was every bit the success organizers had hoped it would be. Over 700 people attended the event that ran from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Rachel Dick Hughes, director of library services, (l-r) Alexandra Smiliano v, Clifford the Big Red Do g, and Caitlyn S milianov . For more p hotos of the event, see Page 15. Shannon LeClair Photo nonie hall agent 403-934-0420 .@sw.cSelling Strathmore & Area “One Dream a t a Time”104 - 3rd Avenue, Strathmore Canyon Creek (Strathmore) Locally Owned & Operated by Randy & Shelley OrfordStore HoursM-F 8 - 9 pm Sat 8 - 6 pm & Sun 9 - 6 pm Service Centre - 4 BaysM-Sat 8 - 5 pm & Sun Closed. No appointment necessary S t r a t h m o r e #109 - 900 Pine Ro ad, Strathmore 403-934-9733 Also Visit Us On-line at canadiantire.ca for weekly Flyer Specialsand much more! Robyn Kloosterhof 403-901-7624 403-561-0037 www. KevinBaldwin . c a Ohhhh... By the way... I am never too busy for any of your referrals. Biesker $254,900 On Cul-d-ac, Handyman CArseLAND $269,900 Ncqut communty, Ov-zgaagnulatd and Hatd HiGHLAND $398,900 4 Bdoom, fplacn Famly room, walout, matut, ncd & landcapd MATUre AreA OF sTrATHMOre $379,900 HugBacyad, rV Pang on Qut Cul-d-ac s o l d
During town council meetings, it is oten heardthat unds are being drawn rom the fnancial sta- bilization reserve. So one has to wonder: how
much o that reserve is let? The reserve balance is in place to help pay or
various projects, and there are numerous reservessuch as ones or potable water, fre protection,sanitary sewer, garbage, roads, cemetery, the Fam-ily Centre, sewer conveyance and general enorce-ment. Each responsibility centre will oten have acertain amount o reserve unds in order to meetsome uture or unexpected needs. When unds aredrawn rom the fnancial stabilization reserve, itis because there is not a specifc reserve that theproject can be allocated to or there may not besufcient reserve unds in a particular category.
“When an expenditure is not in the budget, inthe current 2013 budget, it enables the town tocarry out a particular project and have it undedout o the fnancial stabilization. Rather than not
do a specifc (project) and meet a specifc need,money is set-aside or that specifc purpose, tomeet unplanned needs. Not every need can beplanned,” said Mel Tiede, director o corporateservices or the town. The fnancial stabilization balance at the end
o 2012 was $2,704,000, which is taken rom theaudited fnancial statement. The total operatingreserves is $5,483,000 - roughly 50 per cent o op-erating reserves.
In addition to that, said Tiede, the town has ap-proximately $3 million o capital reserves or a to-tal o almost $8.5 million in reserve balances atthe end o 2012. The fnancial stabilization is closeto 30 per cent o overall reserves. The town has an operating budget o $25 mil-
lion or 2013, so this reserve is roughly 10 per cento the yearly budget.
Approximately 95 per cent or more o the needsare met by the operating budget, but there aresome things that don’t all within the scope o the budget.
“All expenditures made by a town are to be cov-ered by budget or unded in some way, shape or orm, and i it is not in the budget, it has to comeout o reserves because we can’t send out subse-quent tax bills. We can’t go back to the taxpayer and say, ‘By the way, pony up another $100 be-cause we had these unplanned expenses’,” said Tiede.
The only way the use o the unding could aectand increase taxes into the next year would be i council chose to shore up the reserve. However,they haven’t done that or a number o years.
Continued on Page 5
Taking a lookat reserve funding
Fun times at the library Oct. 5 was declared Strathmore Municipal Library day, and the event was every bit
the success organizers had hoped it would be. Over 700 people attended the event
that ran from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Rachel Dick Hughes, director of library services, (l-r)
Alexandra Smilianov, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Caitlyn Smilianov. For more photos
This past June, the town successully won the bid to host the 2015 Alberta55 Plus Summer Games. At the begin-ning o September, Donalda Ledene
was appointed as the Chair o thegames board o directors. A 16-person
board is needed to plan, co-ordinateand implement the games. At the Oct. 2 regular town council
meeting, Ledene was back with a listo 14 director names:
Jackie Lozeron, accommodations;Bill Morton, administration; Joss Binns,activities; Charlotte Cummings, cul-ture; Tim Drover, ood services; CaveStarling, Friends o the Games; Kathy
Tucker, protocol; Fred Rappel, regis-tration, results and communications;Don Hartman, acilities and GoldenHills School DivisionlLiaison; Len Vo-
ermans, saety; Dr. Joni McNeely, medi-cal services; Keith Clayton, transpor-tation; Bruce Bishop, volunteers; GailGalusha, seniors liaison. The director o promotions role still
needs to be lled. Councillor Earl Beststated that since he is planning toleave council at the end o this term,he would be happy to put his nameorward i needed.
Re-designation
A public hearing has been scheduledor Nov. 20 to discuss the possible re-
zoning o a section o Third Ave. Theland is currently zoned CB, CentralBusiness District. Property owners
would like to see the area re-designat-ed to R3 and apartment district.
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November is Family Violence Pre- vention Month in Alberta, and theCommunity Crisis Society is busy pre-paring or their annual charity dinner and auction, set or Nov. 2. This year marks the 20th anniver-
sary o the society. It all began whena group o men and women met withthe goal o making a positive contri-
bution to the community. The groupshared the belie that everyone should
be able to live without abuse or thethreat o abuse, and so the society wascreated, dedicated to providing shel-ter, counselling and reerral services to
survivors o abuse.“We really try to make [the shelter]
as homey as possible while they stay here, but we’re so much more than
just a shelter. We run a public educa-tion program and outreach servicesor both adults and children. You don’thave to have stayed here to utilize our support, reerrals and advocacy,” saidExecutive Director Karen Pease.
Pease said the Society’s servicesinclude the 25-bed shelter which in-cludes rooms or amilies to stay to-gether; a 24-hour crisis line; and ser-
vices or men, although that serviceis currently only available in Drum-heller with the hope o expanding into
Strathmore. The annual dinner and auction onNov. 2 will eature both a live and si-lent auction. Some o the items up or
auction include a helicopter ride, andan autographed Calgary Stampeders jersey. Pease said there are also many beautiul, unique and useul silent auc-tion items available. In addition, two
WestJet tickets to anywhere the airlinefies will be rafed o or $20 each.Pease warns there will only be a lim-ited number o tickets printed or therafe. The goal or this year’s event is to
raise $78,000, which will be used tooset operating costs and to upgradeand update some o the acility needs.
“We are not ully unded or all o our operational needs. That’s why thisevent not only (raises) awareness, butit also helps us continue the level o
service that we have provided,” saidPease. The charity dinner and auction also
allows the Crisis Society the chanceto thank the community while lettingpeople know what the society is up toeach and every year, all while provid-ing an evening o entertainment andgood company. Tickets are on sale or $50 each. To
purchase tickets online, go to www.strathmoreshelter.com and click onevents. Anyone wishing to donate tothe auction can do so by emailing [email protected].
Stay tuned or the Red Rose Cam-paign, which also goes in November.It’s when businesses and churches will
be asked i they would like to display arose in memory o all those who havelost their lives to domestic violence.
Brentwood Elementary School is try-ing out a new undraiser this year thatmay help people with their Christmasshopping and the school with its Fine
Arts program.Brentwood Elementary has always
been known or its music program, and
while fne arts is not new to the school,they would like to enhance their Fine
Arts program by launching a FundScripundraiser. Through the FundScrip pro-gram, supporters are asked to pay or their everyday purchases, such as gro-ceries, gas, gits and household items,
with git cards brought through theprogram.
“So it’s dollar-or-dollar…i you’re buying it that’s what you get. Then theschool gets a certain percentage,” saidCoralie Grimsdale, Brentwood Elemen-tary kindergarten teacher and one o the organizers o the program at theschool.
“We have never done it beore but
we’re hoping it is going to be success-ul; i it is successul, then we will doit again.” There are over 175 retailers that peo-
ple can choose rom when selecting gitcards, including Sobeys, No Frills, Sears,Canadian Tire, Subway, Esso, BostonPizza, Petro Canada, Starbucks, Shop-pers Drug Mart, Domino’s Pizza, Best
Western, M & M Meat Shops, Chapters,
Cineplex Odeon and many more.Grimsdale said the school doesn’t re-
ally have a goal in mind on how muchthey hope to raise since this is a pilot
year. Ater this year, they will set the bar on a dollar fgure they hope to topin subsequent years.
Brentwood welcomes the supporto the amilies, riends and businesses
within the community. With Christmasonly a ew months away the git cardsare a great way or people to start shop-ping early. The cards make the perectgit or those who are hard to buy or,and they are great stocking stuers. The undraiser began this week and
will run until Nov. 4. Order orms are
available at the Brentwood school o-fce. Git cards will be sent to the school
beore being delivered to supporters o the program. For more inormation callBrentwood School at 403-934-5013.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION DAYLOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTION ACT
(SECTIONS 12, 35, 46, 53)
LOCAL JURISDICTION: GOLDEN HILLS SCHOOL DIVISION NO. 75
PROVINCE OF ALBERTA
Notice is hereby given that Election Day is Monday, October 21, 2013 between the hours of 10:00a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Office(s) Number of Vacancies
Ward or Electoral Division
Trustee One Ward #1Three Hills, Torrington, Huxley, Trochu and area
Trustee One Ward #5Carseland, Gleichen, Cluny, Hussar, Rockyford, Standardand areas south of Township 270
Voting will take place on the day of October 21, 2013 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.. Votingstations will be located at:
Ward # Locations
Ward #1Three Hills, Torrington, Huxley,Trochu and area
Huxley Community Centre, 225 Main Street, Huxley, ABThree Hills Community Centre, 212 Main Street, Three Hills, ABTorrington Community Centre, 201 2
ndAve North, Torrington, AB
Trochu Community Centre, 1st
Avenue North, Trochu, AB
Ward #5Carseland, Gleichen, Cluny, Hussar,Rockyford, Standard and areas southof Township 270
Carseland Community Centre, 330 Railway Avenue West, Carseland, ABCheadle Hall, Malone Avenue and Cousins Street, Cheadle, ABCluny Community Hall, 2
ndStreet, Cluny, AB
Gleichen and District Community Centre, 204-3rd
Avenue, Gleichen, ABHussar 106 Centre Street, Hussar, ABLyalta Hall, corner of Range Road 264 and Township 252, Lyalta, ABRockyford Community Centre, 418 Serviceberry Trail, Rockyford
Rosebud Community Centre, 2nd Avenue West, Rosebud, ABStandard Village Office, 120 Elsinore Avenue, Standard, ABWheatland County office, (8 km east of Strathmore, AB)
In order to vote, you must produce identification for inspection. The identification must be
one or more of Government photo ID and/or ID approved by the Chief Electoral Officer thatverifies name and address. (In other words, please be sure to bring identification thatverifies your name and address.)
DATED at the Town of Strathmore in the Province of Alberta, this 30th
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Municipalities are required by law tohave a balanced budget. I budgeting isdone correctly, there should be a smallsurplus, which has typically happenedeach year. Tiede says that during his time with
the town, council has not shored up thefnancial stabilization reserve. However,the reserve does earn interest becauseit is held in investments. Although mar-ket interest rates are only at about twoper cent, Tiede says any allocated inter-
est earned is put back into the reserves.“The things that they’ve voted or,
taken rom fnancial stabilization, I re-ally have no concern about it becauseit’s a small percentage o our overall budget… and so i we might use sev-eral hundred thousand dollars in a year drawn rom fnancial stabilization, andcouncil votes that the need is needed,it’s a genuine need it should be lookedater,” said Tiede.
“Council is very careul and respon-sible in the way it approves the expen-diture o money.”
Financial stabilization
Shannon LeCLair
Times Reporter
The Youth Club o Strathmore andStrathmore FCSS are bringing the frstannual Great Pumpkin Hunt to Kins-men Park on Oct. 26. From 2-4 p.m., ata cost o $5 per child, amilies can huntor a pumpkin.
“I fnd Halloween is a big holiday, i you want to call it that, or kids so it just adds a little bit more excitementand it’s just something dierent to door the kids in Strathmore,” said Cath-erine Walsh, FCSS coordinator.
“On Oct. 26, they can come fnd their
pumpkin in Kinsmen Park and thenthey will have an opportunity to carveit i they want, and have hot chocolateand goodies.”
For the Youth Club, it was an easy decision to be involved.
“Our reason or doing this is wethought this would be an excellent op-portunity or us to collaborate with thetown and FCSS to provide some am-ily un events. Part o our mandate isto support children, youth and amiliesin our community through aordableprogramming; we are always lookingor new ways to do this,” said Shannon
Zieman, program director or the YouthClub.
“These events not only provide ami-lies with a un activity, but we are uti-lizing adult and youth volunteers in theset-up, delivery and take down or eachevent.” While many people enjoy their jack-
o-lanterns leading up to Halloween,once Nov. 1 rolls around, there is nolonger a use or them. That’s why the Youth Club and FCSS have also part-nered to host the frst Pumpkins in thePark event.
“On Nov. 1 we’re asking that (peo-ple) bring carved pumpkins and drop
them o at Kinsmen Park. We’ll havea designated area at Kinsmen Park or drop o anytime beore 4 p.m. We willget some volunteers together and we’regoing to set them up around the walk-ing path,” said Walsh. The jack-o-lanterns will then be lit or
people to enjoy, and there will again behot chocolate and goodies or anyone who comes out.
“It encourages people to do some-thing with their carved pumpkin be-cause most o the time people justthrow them out. That’s eventually what we’ll do as well, but it allows residents
The Great Pumpkin Huntto put them on display. Some peopleare really craty and artistic and (peo-ple will) have a chance to walk aroundthe park and see the dierent carv-ings,” said Walsh.
“It really is a way to include every-one and have un doing it. I’m hopingthese (events) are the start o a trend.Hopeully we can work together to puton more events and programs that will be accessible to all,” said Zieman.
During the Nov. 1 event, people arealso encouraged to bring a non-perish-able ood item, an unwrapped toy or acash donation or the Strathmore andDistrict Christmas Hamper Society.
The Youth Club o Strathmore is al- ways looking or suggestion o pro-grams or activities people would liketo see, or new event ideas. Anyone withsuggestions or questions can email theclub at [email protected]. Volunteers are needed or the Pump-
kins in the Park event. Anyone wish-ing to help out can contact DahrlyneKnaus at 403-934-9090.
On Oct. 7, Strathmore RCMP responded to a report of a
break and enter at a rural commercial property northeast
of Strathmore. Unknown suspect(s) entered the property
and broke off multiple locks on steel storage containers. A scope for a .22 pellet gun was stolen. The suspect(s) then
moved to the next business and stole a work truck, later
abandoning it across the road.
This occurred between the hours of 11 p.m. on Oct. 6
and 4 a.m. on Oct. 7. If you have any information regarding
this crime, please contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or Strathmore RCMP at 403-934-3968.
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Hope Bridges is very pleased with their African Druing Workshop that is held on Wednesday nights in the Holy Cross Col -
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band instructor for HCC, has grown her passion for African Druing over the last several years.
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To the Editor Reading the local paper usually starts my day in
a positive way. Not so with the most recent edition where I read that an extensive rejuvenation has beenproposed or the Gleichen Cemetery. I am uncomort-able with technical aspects o the proposal, and withthe timing and presentation as well.
I am a senior and a long time resident o Gleichen.Several immediate relatives are buried in the ceme-tery, as I and some o my amily expect to be. Thus,I was oended by the apparent indierence toward
what I would consider correct protocol in commu-nicating and gathering opinion. In other words, theproposal has reached the stage o undraising beorea signifcant number o concerned people were evenaware that the project was being considered.
“What’s the problem?” you may well ask. The project will correct anomalies, and simpliy maintenance andadministration. There is undoubtedly merit and goodintention in the proposal. However, we shouldn’t haveto fnd out that decisions have been made or us, with-out consultation, in matters as sensitive as this.
On a more practical level, objections can be put or- ward as well. First, as an observer o many cemeteriesover 40 years or so in the feld, I can say that this parto our local culture stands up quite well, comparative-ly speaking. From an aesthetic point o view, anyone
driving by would see no great problem. Individualstructural issues have already been rectifed in many cases by the amilies concerned. In those cases wherethere is unawareness, indierence, or lack o any sur-
viving caretaker, there might be a problem. But this isthe unique nature o old cemeteries (look at photosrom all over the world). So in some cases the relevantauthority might well intervene where necessary; butto undertake an all-inclusive rejuvenation at consider-able expense is not the answer here, in my opinion.
My second pragmatic concern speaks to the matter
o priorities. We in Gleichen ace endemic problems, which while difcult, are not impossible. Aging inra-structure and well-documented social negatives havecontributed, but simple neglect is also an issue. So,resources held in trust or the taxpayer by the county should be used to most equitable advantage, and, inmy opinion, there are issues to be addressed whichare more pressing than the cemetery project.
Finally, just as it is a matter o choice or those who wish to support the project, those who would like toleave their amily plots as they are have an equal rightto choose.
Sincerely, Robert Barstad
Gleichen
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Shannon LeCLair
Times Reporter
Joyce Bazant has successul-ly put her name in to serve asa school trustee or the GoldenHills School Division (GHSD).Bazant will serve alongside in-
cumbent Larry Tucker over thenext our years.
Bazant is not new to educa-tion, having been the execu-tive director o the WheatlandFurther Education Society or anumber o years.
“My commitment to educationhas been a constant throughoutmy lie. I eel there are criticaldecisions to be made at this time- or example the East WheatlandSchool; plus the need or new schools to accommodate Strath-more’s growth,” said Bazant.
“I want to ensure that our stu-dents continue to receive excel-lent educational opportunities.I believe in promoting high di-
visional standards, ensuringadequate and appropriate bud-geting, and maintaining quality
leadership. I eel we must con-tinue striving to deliver quality education to a diverse popula-tion.”
Bazant said due to her expe-rience in business, she is ableto create a vision or the area,and she understands the means
necessary to attain results whilestaying within fscal boundaries.
Her frst order o business asa school trustee is to assess thecircumstances and issues per-taining to the new school in east
Wheatland.
New face on the school board
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Joyce Bazant is lling the second chair for Ward 4 school trustee. She andLarry Tucker are Strathore’s representatives on the school board.
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This week our question or all o the candidates was:I elected what is the frst point o business you would hope to accomplish?
Meet the candidates
if lctd, th rst pont of busnss i would
try to solv s th rsoluton of th Corcal
Lands South of Hghway #1. Currntly, a group
has th “Rght of Frst Rfusal” on th whol of
th 500+ acrs of land. Th ayor and coun-
cl wll nd to hav productv tngs to b
abl to satsfy both parts on what t wll tak
to rov that ROFR on th land. Onc that
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sa copans. it s th nablty of us bng
abl to sll off parts of ths land that s stallng
corcal dvlopnt. W nd to nd a
rasonabl soluton for both parts, so that in-
dustry can start to ll n thr. Ths would also
allow or popl to lv and work n Strath-
or, kpng or dollars n our county.
Ths s th ost prssng attr, and f w can
solv t, w wll s so changs occurrng
vry soon. Thank you.
Pat
Fule
Town of Strathmore
if i a lctd, on of y prorts wll b
to dtrn whch cotts i could b ap-
pontd to or work wth. it s portant that
ths groups hav a salss transton f
thy ar wlcong nw rprsntaton fro
town councl. Thr ar a fw groups that i
a partcularly ntrstd n workng wth and
i wsh to dscuss ths wth y fllow councl-
lors. it wll b portant for th councl -
brs to atch thr sklls, xprncs, and
ducaton to spcc cotts. So-
thng that s portant to s th pursut of
a ult-us rcraton coplx for our townand rgon. my vson ncluds; addtonal c
surfac, ndoor ld hous, walkng track,
clbng wall tc. i fl ths buldng should n-
clud a nw lbrary, prforng arts capablty,
and hstorcal cntr. Ths wll truly crat a
rcraton and cultur faclty that wll hlp our
town grow and fostr a sns of county
and wllnss. if lctd i wll start dat-
ly, brngng togthr rprsntaton fro n-
trstd usr groups, cotts, socts,
prvat sctor, and assocatons. my vson s
to crat a ta or socty ddcatd towards
buldng ths faclty. Ths s a long-tr vson
but work nds to start now to ak t a r-
alty. For or dscusson chck out on
Facbook.co/elctDougC
Doug
Clarke
Hllo vrybody: As a sttng councllor, w
strv to accoplsh our ongong andats
as w st. Ths dosn’t always happn n t.
Twc a yar, sprng and fall, w hav our bud-
gt workshops, whr w budgt for th yar
ahad or our captal budgt, for yars ahad.
i know n th last thr yars ths councl has
bn vry frugal and scally rsponsbl to
budgt wthn our ans, and kp th tax n-
cras at a rasonabl rat. i rly blv, as
a taxpayr yslf, w don’t nd payng taxs
(or slghtly or) as long as w s a rturn
on our contrbutons. W hav dlvrd! Lookat our ajor accoplshnts so far: Thoas
Drv; Rdg Road east; Pathways and Wld-
owr Rsrvor. W hav don wll wth th
abov, and by th way, brought our dbt pr-
cntag lowr. Thr s on ara w could not
ov forward on, that bng our approxatly
600 acrs of ndustral land. W ar workng on
t; w hav bn for qut so t. W got
so hoops and hurdls to go through, but w
ar condnt w wll gt thr and attract sr-
ous nvstor n ths proprts. To , ths s
our rst bg ordr of busnss w hav to dal
wth n th nxt councl.
Thank you.
Rocky
Blokland
- Crat a balancd approach to cono-
c dvlopnt and nvronntal ssus nordr to ak th bst possbl us of ourndustral, corcal and rsdntal land.
- incrasd support for housng and work-
ng to safguard th nds of our snor ct-zns, .. snors car faclts, transporta-
ton, ho car and a clan halthy lvng
nvronnt. Our affordabl housng pro-
gra nds to b xpandd throughout ourcounty. Kp taxs n ln through con-
trolld spndng and sound anagnt.-Contnud provnts to parks and
rcratonal faclts to kp up wth ourgrowng county. Pro-actv polcng andstrong county buldng so our rsdntsfl saf to b out aftr dark.
-A vbrant chabr of corc to x-plor solutons to sav th local busnssntrsts downtown, and to collaborat wthth ntr busnss county to achv acoon goal. Always kpng th taxpayrn nd.
John
Rempel
Honst, transparnt and accountabl arso of th words that any of th sttngcouncllors hav usd n th paprs, bro-
churs as wll as lcton sgns around townto dscrb thslvs. if i wr lctd tocouncl on of th rst thngs i would lk toaccoplsh would b to ak ths wordsrng tru. Whl so of th thngs w don’thar about n ths lcton ar thngs that ara concrn to . Why don’t w vr har
fro councl or adnstraton about our taxdollars that ar wastd for no rason? Whydd th town run a nw watr ln undr thwatrshd along th 817, and at what cost,to th Brntwood rsrvor whn thy knww wr buldng th rsrvor n Wldowr.What was th nal cost, n both rpars andloss of watr whn th watr ln rupturd atth Wldowr rsrvor? Also what was thcaus and ar th taxpayrs on th hook forall th costs, and nally s th town currntlya) gong to b brold n a lawsut wth thforr landownr ovr subdvdng th land.b) nvolvd n a lawsut wth th forr ownrof th 580 acrs of ndustral land south of th#1 HWY, or c) has th lawsut alrady bnsttld. Ruor has t that taxpayrs ar onth hook for a $1 llon dollar sttlnt.
Allan
Auger
in rply to th quston of th wk, th rst
pont of busnss i would lk to accoplsh
s to hav th land south of th TransCanada
Hghway dvlopd for corcal and lght
ndustral us, both town ownd and prvat.
Ths would b bncal to th town and rs-
dnts, as taxs fro ths ndustrs would
offst any futur ncrass. Othr bnts
would b an ncras n rsdntal buldng,
whch would sprad out th tax bas as wll,
not to nton th nurous ploynt op-
portunts that would bco avalabl. Onc
ths attr s addrssd t wll hav a dono
ffct, whch wll b bncal to othr aras
that hav to b dalt wth. Ths on pont of
busnss s a prorty that has to b addrssd
by th nw councl aong othrs and f i a
r-lctd ths wll b rst on y agnda.
Dave
Hamilton
if th popl of Strathor choos tolct y rst ordr of busnss wll b tohonor and rspct thr condnc by s-tablshng a ult-factd straght-forwardstratgy through whch all ctzns could as-ly contact councl wth th das, concrnsand qustons thy want brought forward. inrcognzng th ncrasng snor populatonof our county, i would ntat an ldr’scott whos task t would b to offrnsght and awarnss to councl on any
ssus of concrn ncludng halth, trans-portaton and accss to ants. Bcausi blv that councaton wth all stak-holdrs s vtal to dntfyng and addrssngconcrns i would work dlgntly to ducat
yslf on ssus of portanc to consttu-
nts, and i would us y xprnc as a r-sarchr to nd and shar as uch anng-
ful nforaton as possbl. Part of buldng anffctv uncpal councaton plan s toncorporat any vocs. i wll strv to fos-tr a collaboratv sustanabl practc thatso that wll nto th futur councl wll ranan organzaton ddcatd to th practc ofdlbrat consultaton wth ts ctzns, sr-vc provdrs, busnsss and all lvls ofgovrnnt. Phon: 403-934-3635; [email protected]. Follow on Twttr @P-ts_Bat
Denise
Peterson
if i a lctd th rst pont of busnss i
want to accoplsh would b a coplton
of a pathway along Gorg Fran Tral to
North Boundary Road, North Boundary Road
to Whatland Tral and nally connctng to th
xstng pathway on Whatland Tral n front
of th Ag Socty. i a vry concrnd about
safty as i hav drvn down ths roads nu-
rous ts and hav wtnssd popl
walkng, runnng and bkng on th roadsd.
i also had a fw ctzns tll that thy hav
sn popl walkng wth strollrs on th sd
of th road. it s only a attr of t bfor
th unthnkabl happns. W ust act as soon
as possbl n stablshng ths pathways for
th safty of your faly and n. Strathor
s ho to any grat vnts such as th Tr-
Sor Trathlon and th Aim Socty’s charty
walk/run. Ths vnts could thn utlz ths
nwly ad paths and avod roadways. W
ar an actv socty that uss pathways for
xrcs and for gttng around town. Lt’s
contnu to ov n that drcton for our fu-
tur and our safty! Thank You for your con -
sdraton.
www.facbook.co/robrtforcouncl
Robert
Antonisse
my rst pont of busnss wll b to bco
as knowldgabl as possbl rgardng th
ndustrally zond lands south of th hghway.
Ths parcl of land, whch s just undr 600
acrs, has rcntly bco rady for dvl-
opnt. Th land s ownd “fr and clar”
by th Town of Strathor and s slatd to b
lasd out to a varty of ndustrs. if w can
attract th rght busnsss to us ths land,
w can nsur thr wll b a strong bas ofprannt ployrs; a bas whch wll sup-
port and grow th srvc sctor as wll as th
profssonal sctor of Strathor. By growng
th ndustral tax bas, w can offst or of
th cost of th srvcs and ants cur-
rntly born by th rsdntal tax bas and th
popl of Strathor. Larnng fro th suc-
csss and falurs of othr uncpalts wll
nsur that w ak th bst dcsons and
choos th rght path forward for our town.
Plas vst y nforaton pag by sarchng
for ‘elct Tlsa Tbbutt as Town Councllor’ on
facbook or al at ‘tlsaforcouncl@lv.
ca’
Telisa
Tebbutt
i thnk th Town of Strathor nds or
stratgc plannng. i would lk to s coun-
cl rvw thr goals for th nxt four yars,
dvlop a stp-by-stp asurabl plan to
dcras utlty costs, nsur w’r tng
Bst Practcs Standards for rgncy sr-
vcs, put down targtd stratgs to dntfy
and attract nw busnss and assss what
s actually ndd to prov Strathorrsdnts’ qualty of lf. Th Town wbst,
To accoplsh y rst pont of busnssrqurs th stag to b st. many yars ago(20) th Town purchasd so land South ofHghway 1, and east of what s now Canad-an Tr. Ths s a lot of land – 582 acrs. Onlylast yar (du to a contractual agrntsgnd 20 yars ago), dd th land bcofully ownd by th town – and thr s stllon condton outstandng. That condton
rqurs that th forr ownrs hav th op-
ton of atchng any offr to purchas – but thas to b for all 582 acrs. in y opnon, thss th bst opportunty for growth and nan-cal stablty to vr prsnt tslf to Strath-
or. Bng full ownr, and bng abl to sllths land for corcal dvlopnt wouldcrat jobs, ony for projcts, ncrasdtax bas and a nd for or housng. iflctd, y focus wll b to contnu ngot-atons, whch would s th aforntondcondton rovd. Thr ar othr optons,howvr – and on of th s to contnuownng th land and lasng out parcls. Thswhol ssu rqurs dp consultaton anddscusson – ths wll no doubt happn wthor wthout . Clarly, y rst goal s to ba part of ths procss and dcson-akng
procss.
Bob
Sobol
A crtcal ssu s gong to b our soon to bpty xtndd car hosptal wng. i plan onworkng wth doctors Albrta Halth Srvcsand th mnstr on gttng a sold answr onwhat s gong on. i talkd to mnstr Horn onth phon and h nsurs that th hos-ptal wng wll b utlzd and th hosptal wll
nvr b shut down. That’s not good nough
for ; i pros you i wll kp hs ft toth r on utlzng th wng for rgncysrvcs, dagnostc agng qupnt and/ or xtra acut car bds. A cobnaton of allthr of th abov would sufc as wll. it spratv that ths wng b usd and not lftvacant as w all know, f lft vacant for anylngth of t, thr argunt wll b; t s tooxpnsv to antan or rfurbsh and t snot conocally vabl to antan th rstof hosptal. Trust , i know how th govrn-
nt works n edonton and i wll not allowthat to happn.
Steve
Grajczyk
Wth so ay ssus facng us t s dfcult
to pck just on thng to focus on n th rst
wks of ofc f i a chosn as “On of
th Nw Strathor Town Councllors.” As a
Ctzn of Strathor i hav oftn wondrd
xactly what happnd surroundng th cr-
custancs rgardng th watr an brak
and th rgncy watr ratonng. What hap-
pnd, how uch dd t cost th tax payrs,
wr th ctzns of Strathor at rsk at any
t fro potntally contanatd drnkng
watr, who was rsponsbl and why? Wll
th nsuranc copany covr th stuaton
or s th tax payrs on th hook for t all? if
i a lctd as “On of th Nw Strathor
Town Councllors” i wll nvstgat ths ssu,
proptly dsclos all of th nforaton to you
th tax payr and hold thos that ar rspon-
sbl accountabl. W Ar All in Ths Togthr!
www.johnwhldon.co
John M
Whieldon
Village of Rockyford
if lctd for councl i fl that t s por-tant to st down and prortz th ssus ofprovnt for Rockyford. W nd to lookat th ordr n whch projcts can and shouldb copltd. On ssu that s portant
to th vllag s th unpavd roads. Th n-
frastructur undr th roads nds to b r-
pard bfor any pavng can tak plac. Thswr and watr lns ar portant to gtxd so thy can handl th growth of thcounty. Thr s no sns n spndngth ony to pav th roads just to dg thup to rpar th lns. Th xstng counclhas don a grat job thus far and th nwcouncl wll hav a frsh look at altrnatvthods to control th dust. Th an goals to gt th bst outco for th ost ra -
sonabl cost.
Jayne Marie
Koester
i would lk to stat now that w ar n th
nal procss of nshng our swr lagoon,whch was rqurd to b abl to grow (r-
qurd by Albrta envronnt) so r-
gncy rpars to our watr plant s thTh rst thng i would lk to s s gttng
a dvlopr ntrstd n our land (bought afw yars ago) so w can possbly look atgrowng as Rockyford s a grat plac togrow.
W ay now b abl to s th plans thatwr st n oton a fw yars ago followdto coplton. Thr ar any nds to
sall Vllags ths bng th bggst, growth,both corcal and rsdntal. A vllag rqurs both to survv wll.
Leah Marie
Smith
W? a half ton truck that can toW up to 12,000 lbs?
my prorty for Rockyford s to gt t onth ap. W nd to attract busnsss andhoownrs to th county to boost thconoy.
many Calgarans ar lookng to ov outof th bg cty but do not know that Rocky-
ford s just 40 nuts fro th cty ltsand s such a charng vllag. W ar 20
nuts fro all th ants n Strathorbut stll offr a qut, ‘country’ lfstyl. Thavrag hous prc n Calgary s $517,000.Copar that to Rockyford whr th av-
rag hous s $190,000. Gttng ths nfor-aton out thr and showcasng our araay just do th trck! Rockyford nds annforatv, up-to-dat wbst that hgh-lghts all th vnts and nforaton aboutth ara. i dd crat a wbst for th vllagbut t was nvr usd. W could also launchso sort of ad capagn to brng vntsand ntrst to th ara. Th nxt four yarscould b a vry xctng t for Rockyford -kpng th sall town abnc but look-
ng toward th futur.
Natalie
DeSantis
my rst agnda t would b nfora-ton sharng or transparncy; th popl ofRockyford should hav th opton of bngnford about all aspcts of our local gov-
rnnt. W can plnt dffrnt th-
ods of dlvrng councl tng nuts,budgt nforaton, vnt nforaton, tc.Wth today’s tchnology w can quckly alnwslttrs to thos who wsh to rcv n-
foraton lctroncally, w can post ths n-foraton on th vllag wbst, for othrsw can asly post publcly ths nforatonand/or add ths nwslttrs nto thr utl-ty blls. Rcvng councaton fro thpublc s qually portant as sndng t out,w would actvly ncourag our publc togv us fdback on how thy fl th councls prforng on thr bhalf and f rqurd,changs could b ad.
W want our nghbors to b hungry for n-foraton, th or thy hav thn th orthy wll hlp us shap our county.
Councaton s ky to any good rla-tonshp, our goal as a councl should b tohav an xcptonal rlatonshp wth thRockyford ctznshp.
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Thought for
the Week~
Is there a
price to pay
for
contentment
with
medeocracy?
Sharon McLeay
Times Contributor
Close to 150 residents flled the Strathmore Civic Centreon October 3, to amiliarize themselves with the extensiveline up o candidates running in the 2013 Strathmore mu-nicipal election.
Current Mayor, Steve Grajczyk is acing o against MichaelEll. Current Councillors Bob Sobol, Rocky Blokland, DaveHamilton, John Rempel and Pat Fule are running again,
while new candidates or council are Allan Auger, DougClarke, Mark Giesbrecht, John M. Whieldon and Brad Walls. Telisa Tebbutt and Denise Peterson are the two women can-didates running in this election. Currently, the council hasall male members. The credentials o all candidates range rom local busi-
ness persons, to educators, career proessionals, fnancialexperts and trades persons. Many have been raised or livedin Strathmore or many years and have amilies growing upin the community. Most o them have served with communi-ty service groups and social agencies. Several have a police background. During the orum, they all expressed their loveor the community and desire to give back as a reason or running in the election. The evening started with a one minute madness, with can-
didates admirably trying to dispatch as much inormation as
Formidable election forum
Shannon LecLair
Times Reporter
As a show o support or Small Business Week,the workshop Finders & Keepers: Employee Re-
cruitment Strategies is coming to Strathmore. The workshop is being brought in by a part-
nership with Bow Valley College (BVC), McBrideCareer Group, Community Futures Wild Rose, theStrathmore Chamber o Commerce and Alberta
Works, and is a Calgary Region economic partner-ship.
“Geared specifcally to employers and business-es, this workshop ocuses on recruitment strate-gies and recruitment planning processes,” said TeriMcKinnon, regional lead or education and busi-ness development or Bow Valley College.
“Participants will explore how to customize their
business approach to engage overlooked talentsources to maximize their hiring practices.”
McKinnon said that Alberta Works, Calgary re-gion, oers a number o employer workshops. The
workshops include revision and update o the con-
tent or the workshops, power point presentations,participant handouts and acilitator guides. Alberta
Works encourages local partnership and collabora-tion on the promotion, organization and delivery o these workshops in rural communities, said McKin-non. The workshop takes place on Oct. 22 at 85 Lake-
side Blvd. in BVC. Registration goes rom 3:30 p.m.to 4 p.m., and the workshop will run rom 4 p.m.to 6:30 p.m. with light rereshments to ollow. Toregister, contact McBride Career Group at 403-934-4305 or by email at [email protected].
Employee recruitment workshop comingto Strathmore
possible in a one minute time period. The con-tent was airly consistent across the board withcandidates touching on their accomplishments,advocating curbed fnancial spending and taxes,encouraging development o commercial and in-dustrial development, advocating residential de- velopment with upgrades to roads, promising at-tention to senior’s issues, health care and hospitalprotection, and developing recreational activity. This was ollowed by questions delivered rom
the audience. Due to the large amount o content,summaries o answers are as ollows:
CiviC revitalization and taxes: Ell rec-ommended improvement o curb appeal and o-ering tax incentives or business development. Antonisse thought strategic road signs wouldincrease business downtown. Tebbutt advocatedimproving communication use by marketing andusing technological media to promote Strath-more. Clarke proposed graduated scales o taxa-tion or dierent income levels o businesses. So- bol indicated that change would be supported by changing attitudes towards the project. Fule saidincreased residential population and events in thedowntown core would stimulate the downtown. Whieldon disagreed listing denser population sta-tistics indicate greater crime rates. He counteredheritage buildings and a change to commercialtaxation would bring benefts.
City vs town: Candidates that answered whether Strathmore’s should move to city status were proportionally split between the positiveand negative. Grajczyk agreed it should, but de-erred to the majority o voters who didn’t wantit. Ell said the town could grow without beinga city and there were advantages to maintain-ing a warm and riendly town atmosphere. Gies- brecht thought city status had economic devel-opment advantages, which would increase jobsand growth. Peterson said there were pro’s andcon’s that needed to be weighed and a plebisciteshould be conducted on the issue, questioningthings like the cost o policing and providingsocial services. She said Drumheller and Hannatried it and it didn’t produce results. Brad Walls
said keeping traditions and rural roots alive wasimportant to Strathmore residents and the rami-fcations o moving to city status needed to beconsidered. reCreation offiCer vs eConomiC de-
velopment offiCer: There was debate over
which was a more valuable asset. Those currently serving on council supported the recreation of-cer position, based on the signifcantly increasedevents in town that provide something or resi-dents and bring money in or businesses. Ell,Giesbrecht, Auger and Walls said an economicdevelopment ofcer would be eective by hav-ing ocused time to develop business, commercialand industrial growth partnerships.
water and utility Costs: Auger suggest-
ed a second meter or outside watering, so extrasewage ees weren’t charged. Whieldon inormedthe public o a home tracking bud that could beinstalled in pipes to measure sewage use. Rempelindicated that Council should invest back into theresidential irrigation line. Grajczyk said the townhas invested in the plant and the water lines andthere isn’t much that can be done to reduce costs.He said town residents are essentially payingdouble or uture users cost. The town is lockedinto various utility contracts and many thoughtthere were no solutions to high rates. Brad Wallssaid there needs to be some creative thinking toexamine possible solutions and a tax base devel-oped to deer costs.
Collaborate efforts: All candidatesasked said that more collaboration was needed between all levels o community, business, or-ganizations and political entities. Antonisse saiddamaged external relationships could be restored. library expansion: There was general
support or a library expansion. Gracjczyk saidthey need it, but there is no money. Ell suggest-ed undraising eorts and securing community grants. Blokland said to work with owners o suitable empty buildings downtown and modiy them or the library. Fule agreed with Blokland, but said more money was needed, and could begained through increased provincial unding andincreased per capita unding. Peterson said thereneeded to be a shit in mentality, as literacy wasthe great equalizer and she advocated private-public-political partnerships. Clarke said a new library could be designed as a part o a commu-nity recreation centre, or City hall. Walls said li-
braries build educated amilies, who in turn buildstrong communities. Whieldon also supported thelibrary’s role in child development initiatives.
Several more orums are being planned prior toelection. Watch or announcements in subsequentissues o the Strathmore Times .
Sharon McLeay PhotoCandidates delivered their election platfors and et with residents at the Strathore Civic Centre on Oct 3, to answer their questions for the 2013 municipal election.
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At the beginning o this year, the Alberta Leg-islature voted on what will be included in a new time capsule, which will be opened in 100 years.
A variety o items were decided upon, includingpennies and letters written by Alberta students.Crowther Memorial Junior High (CMJHS) studentBrooke Paiha is one o eight students in the prov-ince whose letter was picked or the capsule. OnSept. 25, she was in Edmonton or the time cap-sule ceremony, where she was also chosen to readher letter or the crowd.
“That was really scary because it was broadcast-ed, so I was really nervous,” said Paiha.
“It was actually really exciting; I was pretty ex-cited that I was the only one who got to speakabout my letter.” Alysia Bailey gave the assignment to the stu-
dents asking them to write their letters in our sections. Paiha said it was to be written about what’s happening now, uture predictions, whatthey want and what they hope to happen.
While writing her letter, Paiha thought o all theaspects she wants or her uture and or genera-tions to come.
“There are a lot o issues that people have with just silly things in society right now, like with rac-ism and things like that, that’s still happening; allthose kinds o issues that seem so irrelevant but we have issues with. I just think that we should,in 100 years rom now, be able to walk down thestreet and not have people judge us or what welook like and what we’re wearing,” said Paiha.
Bailey, a language arts and social studies teacher at CMJHS, was excited when she heard the newsthat Paiha’s letter was chosen or the provincialtime capsule.
“I was extremely proud o her. In act, when Igot the notice that her letter was chosen, I went
and ound her in her gym class, then shared theinormation with her and we were both jumpingup and down with excitement,” said Bailey. “It wasn’t until later we ound out she was going toread a portion o her letter at the ofcial ceremo-
Becoming a partof history
ny and that just made the experience even morememorable.
“This was a great opportunity or her,” she add-ed. “Brooke consistently works hard and it was very special to see her get recognized or her cre-ativity and dedication. I am very ortunate to havehad the opportunity to teach her.” Though the letter is being buried anonymous-
ly, Paiha hopes that maybe her uture children,grandchildren and even great grandchildren willhave the opportunity to hear the words she wrote.
“That’s pretty cool or me to think about, it justseems so neat to think that my letter is going to be a part o history. It’s just kind o a neat way to think about it because I really really want my uture grandchildren to be there to open that upand know that I wrote it,” said Paiha. Taylor Peier and Brenna Jolly, who attend
Sarah Thompson Elementary School in Langdon, were also in attendance at the ceremony. Both o their letters are being included in the time cap-sule, and Jolly was also given the opportunity toread rom her letter during the ceremony.
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Shannon LeCLair
Times Reporter
Five students rom Strathmore HighSchool (SHS) travelled to Prince Ed- ward Island last month or the Cana-dian Student Leadership Conerence. The frst conerence was held in Yor-kton, Sask. in 1985 and is held in a
dierent community each year. The mission behind the conerence
is to promote and develop leadership within Canadian high schools. In themission statement it states, ‘our aim isto motive, prepare and empower Ca-nadian students or present and utureleadership in their schools, activities, workplaces and communities - locally,nationally and globally.’ The fve students Shayla Kopp, Jeni-
High school students learn about leadership
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Each were asked the same ques-tion, beginning with explaining whotheir avourite speaker was. For Shay-la Kopp, the speaker that stood outspoke about living in the moment,making good choices and not holding yoursel back.
“I think my avourite speaker would be Phil Boyt because I have heard him beore and he was even better I thinkthis time,” said Kippin.
“I (also) really liked (General) RickHillier, he was a speaker, because Iliked his idea that you can’t just lead,people aren’t just going to ollow you, you have to give them a reason.”
Ian Tyson was Grudeski’s avouritespeaker
“I just really connected to what he was saying. There was a point to bemade that was more relatable to peo-ple,” said Grudeski.
For Wilson, General Rick Hillier was
also his avourite speaker.“I just liked his message … his mes-
sage was inspire somebody and thenonce you have inspired them use their inspiration to motivate yoursel,” said Wilson.
“One o the ones I really liked wasIan Tyson because he just got every- body kind o involved and made itmore personal or you. It made you lis-ten more and understand what he wastrying to say,” said Davidson.
All fve students took a dierent les-son home rom the conerence.
“I did a course on how to organize yearbook. They taught us how youshould get everyone together and how you should run the meetings … so that was really cool,” said Kopp.
“I learned about dierent styles o leadership, how you don’t have to beloud and standing on a table with amicrophone to lead, which is good or me because I am not that kind o per-son,” said Kippin.
“I think it is more a lot o little thingsthat you do, it’s like whether or not you are willing to help people when you see that they need it.”
Kippin belongs to the Me To We clubat SHS where she is in a leadership po-sition. She eels better prepared now and less anxious about her role withthe club.
Since returning rom P.E.I Grudes-ki says she has begun noticing whenpeople need help, both at school and work, and she tries to help them how-
ever she can. Wilson eels the workshops he at-
tended at the conerence gave himideas on dierent ways the schoolcould become more o a community instead o sticking to cliques.
“I think the conerence just remind-ed me that you don’t have to do bigthings to be a leader. (The) little thingsthat you do, little kind things or oth-ers, you’re being a leader everyday,”said Davidson.
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Last year, TELUS promised WheatlandCounty councillors that unburied landlines in the county would be placed ona priority work schedule to bury thelines. To date, the lines still remain un-
buried and continue to be a hazard.“A resident said she was told by TELUSthat it would be 2017 beore the linesare put into the ground,” said Council-lor Berniece Bland. “Skateboarders arecurrently ipping over the lines and itis a saety hazard.”
Other councillors confrmed the linesin their divisions were still not buriedeither. The problem has been ongoingor several decades.
“In any business you have an end to what you start,” said Councillor Ben Armstrong. “Not here….you have to usea brush cutter just to fnd the lines now.
They want the property owners to do itthemselves. They are relying on it.”
Councillor Brenda Knight said, “They
are delaying because technology haschanged.”
She suspects TELUS is hoping every-one will switch to cell service.
However, during last year’s meeting,it was stated there are many areas in
Wheatland County that can’t get celltower transmissions. TELUS promisedthat once booster towers were built,everyone could have phone service viaa cell phone. There are many county residents who use both. They preer tohave a land line as backup, or do not
want to purchase a cell phone. They arepaying or land line service and part o the service includes burial o exposedlines. Councillors did not indicate whataction they would take to readdress the
issue with TELUS.
Cenovus baCks out
of agreement
Wheatland County council approvedimplementing a site penalty clause onprojects, such as the shared road con-struction projects, to prevent situations
like the joint undertaking by the coun-ty and Cenovus, in the Dalum area o RR195.
Cenovus agreed to contribute to therebuilding o the road near their plant,due to increased trafc rom the site.
They are still using the road.However, Dave Churchill, Wheatland
County transportation and inrastruc-ture manager, said that Cenovus has
withdrawn their oer to contribute tothe project.
“We had preapproval or the recon-struction and spent $35,000 on the engi-neering and design specifcations,” saidChurchill.
Churchill said they will put the road work back on the improvement list, but
wanted direction rom council on how to handle the withdrawal.
“It is something they asked or andthey should honour their commitment,|”said Councillor Ben Armstrong.
Churchill recommended implement-ing a site bonus or penalty clause, on
work completed early or delayed, tosimilar shared projects in the uture.
The clause is standard in work contractstendered out by the County, and he sug-gested it be extended to uture shared
work agreements as well. Armstrongsuggested meeting with Cenovus to dis-cuss the issue. Council suggested thatmeasures, such as road bans, may needto be taken to reduce heavy truck trafcon the road until the road can be fxed.
Quality or Quantity
for sludge results
Wheatland County Councillor Don Vander Velde has been felding questionsabout the quality o the irrigation sludgetaken rom the Carseland lagoon andcontracted to armers or their felds. Hesaid some o the armers are disappoint-
ed with the results o using the product.Farmers have told Vander Velde thecounty product doesn’t seem to give asgood results as the product deliveredrom the Calgro provider out o Calgary,and the county product is not as nutri-ent rich as Calgro’s.
“It is a completely dierent product,”said Churchill.
“We use lagoons and they add extranutrients to their sludge.”
Churchill said the county product isa somewhat lower grade, but resultsmight improve or armers i they in-creased the application cycle.
Cluny effluent ContraCt
A new agreement was signed with a
landowner in Cluny to pay $500 or e-uent that irrigates his land. There pre-
viously was no contract. The new con-tract ensures limits and conditions will
be met and it runs or 20 years with areview every fve years or the term o the agreement. Wheatland County hasthe frst right o reusal i the landowner decides to sell the property.
disappearing mailbox
Road work has displaced some o theLyalta community mailboxes and resi-dents are worried they have disappearedpermanently. According to Churchillthe boxes have been moved to an area
by the Log Cabin and will be replaced when work has been completed.
In a meeting with Minister Ric McIver, Wheat-land County representatives were told that expect-ed money or water inrastructure projects may becut in hal. While cutbacks were expected, giventhe province’s recent cutbacks to many programallocations, the news is generating speculationon the repercussions or Wheatland County andthe Wheatland Regional Water Partnership. The
Wheatland Regional Water Partnership water li-cense expires in January 2015, and the delay inunding may delay building projects up to three
years. The Standard water treatment plant expansion
is expected to cost about $2.5 million and Glei-chen’s will cost approximately $4 million. While Wheatland County managers said some
aspects o the county water projects could goahead, they didn’t think it would allow or a
backup system i there were operation problems. Alternate measures could be used until the new acilities were in place, such as the use o portableplants or clariying products, settling tanks, ultra-
violet treatment and extra chlorine or the shortterm, but as a long term measure it was deemedunsatisactory. There will be no health issues or processing the water in that manner, but odour and taste may be aected.
“I know there are issues in Gleichen, but the water is sae. The issue is meeting the provincialcodes,” said County Reeve Glenn Koester. “Oneregulation change put orward by Alberta Envi-ronment caused the shutdown o seven plants un-til they met minimal standards.”
Koester said the unding cut leaves the county with a huge investment obligation and puts ex-tra burdens on the villages. He commented that
Alberta Environment set out the regulations that bumped up the costs o these plants, and whenthe nal bill is presented to the province or im-plementation they reject the unding.
Councillors were not pleased with the cuts.“This is not acceptable,” said Councillor Ken
Sauve. “We need to put pressure on them to getthis done. We can’t go on sitting on the ence. Wehave to push and push hard.”
“Funding is crucial. We have to decide. We werelooking to move on this ve years ago,” said Coun-cillor Ben Armstrong. Wheatland County has been asking or help
with water issues or over a decade.
Planners said they could look or other optionsand unding mechanisms, or ask the Minister or a year grace period on the licensing; so unds can
be generated and the project completed. Council-lor Alice Booth suggested planners look to Fed-eral unding or grants. Councillor Berneice Blandcommented that money should be cut rom lesscritical areas, not essential inrastructure projects.
Council asked sta to set up a meeting withrepresentatives o the Wheatland Regional Wa-ter Partnership. Koester said they needed to nd
ways to move ahead, modiy the plan or petitionthe government or a grace period or concessionson unding.
McIver was also asked about modications onthe Hwy 1 and 24 intersections and WheatlandCouncil was again asked to wait or any action.McIver said he wants to determine i the Calgary
ring road completion will take some o the tracfow and divert it to the 22X. He elt it may easethe current bottleneck that occurs with truck tra-c. He suggested that an additional lane might not
be in the works or 10 to 15 years. Councillors eltthe lane was needed as trucks with B-train trailersdo not currently have enough room to saely turnonto the Highway and crossing the east boundtrac increases delays and risk or accidents. Dar-rell Camplin, Southern Regional TransportationManager told council representatives the accidentstatistics were still low, however installing fashinglights and widening the shoulder lane may be astop gap measure. The suggestion was made thathigh haul trac and pilot cars could be reroutedto improve fow. It was questioned whether traccould be diverted to utilize Glenmore Trail.
Councillors countered that the number o ac-cidents at the Hwy #1 and Hwy #24 intersection was not high, but the severity o accidents occur-ring at the intersection warranted attention. They elt the residents o Langdon would not want theincreased truck trac moving through the Glen-more Trail intersection. There was the option o
blocking o the current access and developing acost share program or six miles o service road.
With the cost o $1 million per mile o road con-struction, it was thought to be a more economicalsolution than the $20 million needed or amend-ing the intersection.
Councillors said they would monitor both situa-tions, prepare more inormation and discuss bothissues with the Minister again.
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At the Oct. 1 council meeting, WheatlandCounty council was presented a copy o the2014-2018 Corporate Strategic Plan. Theplan shows a breakdown o goals, and stra-tegic activities to achieve those goals withineach county department.
Plans such as these are used and recom-mended or use by many major organiza-tions to improve eciency and clarity with-in the organization.
“In regards to strategic thinking andplans, I can say this … without strate-gic plans organizations are less likely toachieve their objectives. Our organization’sobjective is to provide services or our citi-zens, which are clearly dened in the planapproved by council. This document is aliving document, and perormance will bemeasured against it throughout the coming years to ensure success,” said WheatlandCounty Chie Administrative Ocer (CAO) Alan Parkin.
The document’s vision statement states itis to provide consistent, accountable, inno-
vative governance. The plan states that Wheatland County is
committed to identiying the needs o thecommunity, while providing services andsustainable long-term growth opportuni-ties that refect our agricultural heritage.In the plan, they hope to provide eectiveand accountable government, response tocustomer needs, show integrity and proes-sionalism, encourage teamwork and orga-nizational development, and increase sta recruitment, promotion and employee re-tention.
Many o the activities remain constantthroughout the years, however there arenew projects dened as well. Parkin saidinitiatives will be made public in council as
the plan evolves.
“In past organizations, I have ensuredthat a monthly update o progress on theplan is included in the council packageand I intend to do the same starting in Feb-ruary o 2014; so that progress is tracked,measured, and reported regularly to coun-cil and all citizens o Wheatland County. This document will guide our sta in mov-ing orward on our plan, but council can
adjust it when the need arises,” said Parkin. Badlands amBulance
turnover complete
Councillor Ben Armstrong advised coun-cil that the Badlands Ambulance ServiceSociety had completed arrangements orthe Alberta Health Services takeover. The$93,691 invested by the municipality or itsadministration was returned to the munici-pality with $1,000 reserved or completiono last minute payments. Any money letover in that buer will be turned over toSTARS. The municipality ound that it wasnot economically easible to continue oper-ating the service. Wheatland and District Emergency Medi-
cal Association Services (WADEMSA) may be acing a similar decision, i Alberta
Health Services does not continue con-tract negotiations in good aith. Another sixmonth extension was given when the con-tract ran out at the end o September. Theextensions present signicant dicultiesor the service. The municipality is makingup the shortall in unding until a new con-tract is signed. County representatives havereservations on how long the municipality can continue to aord to pay $30,000 perquarter to maintain the service. A meet-ing on Oct. 9th held at the county oce isscheduled to review strategies and optionsacing the service.
“We are still hopeul, but have reserva-tions about entering into another six monthextension with them using money rom our
A near miss accident occurring just beore theintersection o TNSP 252 and RR 265, prompted a Wheatland County ratepayer to call or a our way stop sign. A vehicle with two passengers recently slid through the intersection, while attempting to
brake to a stop that caused the vehicle to rolland enter the ditch. Fire and emergency crewsrom Strathmore Rural and Rockyview County re-sponded. The Wheatland County ratepayer said when he looked at the wreckage, he consideredthe occupants were lucky to be alive. The topic o speed occurring through this par-
ticular intersection has been mentioned severaltimes in county council meetings. The trafc picksup in the summer with people heading to the Ly-alta ball diamonds and community hall. The northand south access have stop signs posted, but theratepayer suggested a our way stop would orcetrafc to slow down. A visual inspection indicatedthat vegetation straddled a landowner’s property and the county road allowance.
“I suggest public works review the intersection
and co-ordinate with the landowner to trim thetrees, increasing visibility to the east and improvethings or the southbound trafc,” said Councillor Ben Armstrong.
Council approved that the intersection beplaced on the public works winter work scheduleand remediation measures be implemented.
Job SatiSfaction Survey commiSSioned
County administrators want to know how satis-fed county employees are with their workplace.Chie Administrative Ofcer (CAO) Alan Parkinsuggested an independent survey be commis-sioned that will cost about $2,560.
Parkin told council the survey will help providepolicy direction and strengthen organizationaldecisions. The survey will include an observa-tion component that may identiy areas or im-
provement. Having an independent administra-tion o the survey can identiy things that may be overlooked by someone immersed in the day to day work schedule, provide impartial resultsand encourage open dialogue by sta members.Parkin said the results would be correlated andpresented to council at a later date. Council askedParkin to contact possible assessment providersand bring back the survey package questions or council approval.
Gleichen water tower completed
County sta reported the historic restoration o the Gleichen water tower was complete, exceptor the removal o a ground level utility build-ing. They hope to have volunteers remove the building and clean up the site in the near uture. There was a 50/50 unding split or the project
with $354,000 received in grants and the county providing $312,000. There is a reserve o $40,000still remaining.
eaGle lake parkinG
Transportation sta reviewed the issue o park-ing and boat unloading on the Eagle Lake accessroad, stating it was possible or the east-west roadto be widened and a parking lot installed on thenorth side with a south entrance point into thelot. Councillors suggested the lot have a slopedgrade that would acilitate loading and unloadingo boats and enough room to turn around vehi-cles with boat trailers. Sta said the project would be delayed six months while they gained approv-al rom Alberta Environment. The unds or theproject will be included in next year’s budget.
broken vote on mdp conSultation coSt
Council was split our votes to three in avour o award Dillon Consulting an additional $1,500or revising the Municipal Development Plan, a-ter the public hearing and passing o the secondreading. The money will come out o the Plan-ning and Development budget to cover the revi-sions, tracked changes and the legal review.
“We asked them to do the work. It wasn’t in-cluded in the original proposal,” said Councillor Ben Armstrong.
“I eel we are giving them more money to do a bad job. I am not in avour o it,” said Councillor Alice Booth. “I elt it didn’t cover the necessary issues and I was unsatisfed with the product.”
Councillor Brenda Knight took exception to theassumption there would be no changes between
second and third readings, and elt the consul-tants could have anticipated the reviews andshould have included the possibility in the origi-nal proposal.
Parkin said the appropriate time to present con-cerns would be when the consultant was presentto address them.
“We asked or the changes. It cost us $1,500and that’s just the way it is,” said Reeve GlennKoester.
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Every year countless pumpkins are carved across North America to help get people
in the spirit or Halloween, but as we turn the calendar over to November many
people no longer have a use or that jack-o-lantern that was sitting on their ront
step. This year Strathmore FCSS and the Youth Club o Strathmore have ound an
innovative and unique resolution to that issue
Our First “Pumpkins in the Park”This is a great way or amilies to interact and enjoy this season.
On November 1st, 2013 we are hoping that all residents o Strathmore that
have carved pumpkins will drop them o at Kinsman Park beore 4:00 pm.
Volunteers will set them up throughout the park and light them or
a estive evening spectacular.
For three hours you and your amily can wander the park and enjoy the estivities.
The event begins at 6 p.m. and runs until 9 p.m. Hot Chocolate will be
available to help keep you warm and music will fll the air.
Anyone taking in the event is encouraged to bring along a non-perishable ood item,
new unwrapped toy or cash donation or the
Strathmore & District Christmas Hamper Society.
I you would like to extend the lie-span o your jack-o-lantern this
Halloween season and you want everyone to enjoy your jack-o-lantern as well,
all you have to do is drop o your carved pumpkin at Kinsman Park onFriday, November 1st, 2013 by 4:00 pm .
I you would like to volunteer with any aspect o the event rom pickups to drop os,
or setting the pumpkins up at the park, please give
Dahrlyne Knaus a call at Strathmore FCSS - 403-934-9090.
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Roger Hebbes’ ather came to Canada at theage o 21. He sailed rom Southampton, Englandto Quebec City, on the Empress o Ireland in1911. Then, he crossed Canada on a CPR train
to Brooks, where he spent two days searching,unsuccessully, or his brother. He continued histrain travel to Langdon where, as he got o, henoticed a very attractive girl on the platorm,
who he discovered later was 15 years o age.It was “love at frst sight,” because 12
years later she became his wie. They were married in 1924, and had our children, one o whom was Roger,
born in August 1928 in the originalHoly Cross Hospital in Calgary. Someo you may not know that this hospi-tal, ounded in 1891, was originally run by the Grey Nuns Order, an order greatly respected or its work in what
was basically a rontier town.Roger’s ather became a arm helper
in what is now Carseland, then pur-chased his own quarter section in 1914 whenthe town came into existence, 100 years ago next
year.Roger attended the Carseland Consolidated
School through Grade 12, then attended PrairieBible Institute in Three Hills or one term, beoregetting a job as an assistant warehouseman atMarshall Wells on 12th Avenue S.E. in Calgary.He graduated rom Berean Bible College in 1953,and moved back to the amily arm at Carselandto help his dad.
Following a job interview in Calgary, Roger was appointed as a social worker in High Prai-rie, Alta. This started his career with the provin-cial government that lasted eight years, beorehe moved back to Carseland, where he had pur-chased three teacherages as an investment. Hemoved into the one that would have providedlodging or a school principal. Now, he was close
to business interests held by members o hisamily and riends, had work that he enjoyed,and had somewhere to live. How many o my readers remember that i you became a tenantarmer with the CPR, you were given a house torent, but could not install any improvements, asthey became available? For example - when elec-
tricity became available in this part o the coun-try, Roger’s parents were not permitted to installit in their house. Instead, they had to continueusing gas or kerosene lamps or lighting.
Lois Hebbes was born in 1939 in Waldheim,Sask., a very strong Mennonite com-munity, which had frst been settledin 1895 and established as a village in1905. Waldheim means “Home in the
Woods.” There were seven children in
her amily, and she was the second youngest. She attended school therethrough Grade 12, then attendedBethany Bible College in Hepburn,Sask., beore going to nursing schoolin Winnipeg where she graduated asan R.N. in 1963. She spent the next 40
years working at the Calgary General Hospital.
Roger and Lois had two very close riends,Marilyn and Eric Dirks, and Lois was Marilyn’s
bridesmaid when she and Eric married. Throughthis couple, Roger and Lois met, and in turn weremarried on May 27, 1978, at the Bethel BaptistChurch in Calgary. They have no children. Roger and Lois have always been very involved withtheir church activities.
Roger’s community activities include servingas chairman o the Carseland Citizens Council,serving on the Ag Board and on the WheatlandRecreation Board.
Changes in the area include water now beingpiped into town rom the Bow River, Bell Pole
being sold to American Company Stella-Jones,two ertilizer plants built west o town and West-ern Canada Co-op Fuel Tank Farm nearing com-pletion.
Improving to a perect 5-0 on the season, the bantam Spartans ootball team took the Rockyview Rage in Cochrane on Oct. 5, by a score o 72-0. TheSpartans have no more games beore the playos
begin at home. They received a oreit win againstOlds this week, as that team olded.
“I think they’re ready now. They’ve come a long way since the beginning o the season. We’ve hada little bit o ups and downs along the way,” said
bantam coach Doug Klauck.Klauck recognized his team’s deense or their
success, a deense that scored our touchdownsagainst the Rage this weekend. Nose tackle GarrettGatto alone had two umble recoveries that he ran
back or touchdowns.“It’s been our deensive play, it’s been really
strong,” he said. “We’ve had our shutouts this sea-son. The last three games have been really tight
where the deense has kept us in the game. It’s been a dierence, allowing the oense to strugglea little bit but still be able to win.”
Peewees continue winning streak The Strathmore Spartans peewee team continued
their winning streak, taking the Red Deer Steelersthe same day by a score o 40-12. They’ve only lostonce, against Lacombe, in fve games this season.
“They did awesome,” said peewee coach ChuckHolloway. “We ran and passed well. Everything’sactually coming together pretty good.”
Holloway congratulated running back NathanCayouette and receiver Reid Jensen on their play.
The Red Deer Steelers lacked execution againstStrathmore, which ultimately led to their downall.
“As ar as their running game, we pretty much
dominated them on the oensive line. Our deen-sive line was a lot stronger. They just couldn’t getanything to go,” Holloway said.
The peewee Spartans are currently second inleague standings, and are likely to play SylvanLake or one o Red Deer’s teams in the playo’sfrst round. They travel to Drumheller on Oct. 10or an exhibition matchup, and return to play Oldsat home on Oct. 19.
strathmore high sPartans struggle
The Strathmore High School (SHS) Spartansstruggled in their last home game on Oct. 5.
“I they don’t do their assignments, guess what,stu doesn’t happen,” Spartans coach Carl Seaootsaid ater another disappointing loss or the Spar-tans. The team dropped to Medicine Hat’s CrescentHeights High School 69-0.
“Not that I like the score, but I somewhat ex-pected it, just the way the season’s been going.
These guys have been perennially up there in theleague, so they played pretty good,” Seaoot said.“The execution is still hurting us, it’s not like theguys don’t have the talent.” Three Spartans went down in the game with in-
juries.“We were just trying to get through the game or
most o it. Nothing special, we were short on bod-ies at the start, and we were even shorter at theend,” Seaoot said. The team travelled to Chestermere or an exhi-
bition match on Oct. 8 (result not available as o press time), and another on Oct. 15 in Drumheller.
“Hopeully they’ll bounce back or Tuesday’sgame,” Seaoot said.
Still winless through fve games, the SHS Spar-tans have scored 16 points in total, while allowing296 against.
Left: The Strathmore High Spartans fell once more this year,
this time against Crescent Heights High School, 69-0 at
home on Oct. 5. Now 0-5 in league play, the Spartans have
only scored 16 points over the season, but have allowed 296against.
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Bantam Spartans win
o c t o b e r 1 1 , 2 0 1 3
sports
Though the Strathmore Spartan girls had defeated the Highwood Mu-
tangs 1-0 on Sept. 26 (their only win on the season), in the wildcard
playoff match on Oct. 3, they fell 7-3 in a back and forth battle. Strath-
more had placed fourth in the league by the end of the season, andhave high hopes for their Grade 10 players next year.
Fourth place Strathmore High School (SHS) Spartans
battled fth place Highwood High School Mustangs in thegirls soccer playos wild card match on Oct. 3. SHS beatHighwood earlier in the season, but the Mustangs wouldcome out on top 7-3 in the back and orth match. High-
wood now goes on to play the frst place team to continueinto the playos.
“We were playing absolutely the best game I’ve seen usplay in the past two years,” Spartans Coach Kaitrin Mc-Donnell said. “It was potentially the last game o the year.
The girls went out there, they wanted it. Unortunately thescore just didn’t go our way. They were playing their heartsout. I couldn’t ask any more o my team.” Trailing 4-2 to the Mustangs at haltime, the Spartan girls
came back with a fghting second hal with strong posses-sion. SHS could not capitalize or shut down Highwood’sspeed into their own end, so Highwood was ultimately more successul at moving the ball up the feld.
“We do have to work on a couple things heading intonext year, absolutely. They were very ast on their eet. We just have to work on getting back,” McDonnell said.
The match was airly rough – a ew girls on both teamsearned bruises on plays.
“Kind o typical or teenage girls. Soccer is an aggres-sive sport. I don’t think people realize how aggressive andphysical it is,” McDonnell said. The team had its frst victory in three years (ironically,
against Highwood on Sept. 26), and have made drastic im-provements in their team play.
“I’ve only been coaching or two seasons, but I am very proud and happy to be coaching these girls or this season.I can’t wait or the next two years, because a lot o my girlsare in Grade 10,” McDonnell said.” It’s going to be awe-some. Next year is going to be 10 times better, especially
because we’re going to be conditioning more.”
Spartans downin playoff wildcard
Above: Improving their record to 4-1 on the season, the pee-
wee Spartans claimed another victory on Oct. 5, beating the
Red Deer Steelers 40-12 on road. The team has a bye next
week, but has one more game before the playoffs on Oct. 19,at home against the Olds Huskies.
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Ater a lacklustre eort on the penalty kill against the Sher- wood Park Kings on Oct. 5 – which resulted in a 6-3 loss –the UFA Bisons picked it up deensively the next day againstthe Maple Leas Athletic Club (MLAC) United Cycle MapleLeas, winning 3-2.
In the second period against the Kings, Shane Fraser wasserved a game misconduct or a check rom behind. In thatmajor penalty alone, Sherwood Park scored three power play goals.
“We had a good game going until that happened. They justtook o ater that,” Bisons coach Dan MacDonald said. “Sher- wood Park was very good on the power play, and that’s why they beat us. We have to get better in that department, that’s just the way it is. This season we really haven’t worked on it very much, but we’ll spend some time on it now.”
Strathmore’s own power play was working as well, withall three o their goals against the Kings coming on the manadvantage.
“Special teams is something that’s down the line. Wehaven’t got there yet. But we’ve got some smart players inthose situations. They’re good at it too,” MacDonald said.“Sometimes it changes the momentum, and at this age levelmomentum is a big thing.”
On Oct. 6, the Bisons were tied 1-1 ater the frst period with the Maple Leas. The Leas scored three minutes into
the second, but the Bisons responded 17 seconds later, andonce more near the end o the second on the power play. The Maple Leas couldn’t capitalize in the third.
“The biggest thing is that we played better deensively all
the way around. That was one area we were having difculty with (against Sherwood Park),” MacDonald said.
Having won the frst two games o the season, MacDonaldthought his team came out thinking they were going to winthem all. Sherwood Park was the head-shaker they needed.
“You need to lose to get better. That was a bit o a wake-up call so that we could reinorce the idea that deense isimportant, and we got to keep playing,” he said. Ater our games, orward Mackenzie Bauer is tied or the
league lead in scoring with seven points. Goalie Carter Semi-nuk is also tied or second, but in save percentage with .898.Seminuk has a 2.50 GAA.
“We got a good perormance rom a lot o guys,” MacDon-ald said, also positively noting on Mason McCarty, Tristan Thompson and Matthew Forchuk. “Our veterans are doing agood job o scoring goals and doing things that they shoulddo, because they have some experience.”
Rookies, however, are impressing MacDonald too.“Clay Murray has played two good games or us. He’s get-
ting better, and I think he’s going to break out and be a goodgoal scorer too. He’s just doing better things all the time,”MacDonald said. “He’s not getting rewarded as much as heshould or his eorts, but he will.”
Bisons split weekendat home
The Holy Cross Hawks lost
25-15, 25-23, 25-16, to the
Oilelds Drillers at hoe on
Oct. 2; HCC sits last in the
league of six teas, withan 0-3 record -72 point dif-
ferential.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN
THE SANTA CLAUS PARADE
THIS Y EAR?
Strathmore Lions Club celebration of lights
The Celebration o Lights Committee will be hosting the Christmas Parade this year.We would like to build the Parade to be a un event each year or our community.
The Santa Claus Parade will be held on Saturday, November 23 starting at 5 pm. and ollow aparade route throughout downtown, then everyone can head to the Agricultural Grounds
or a Charity BBQ and entertainment will take place to precede the 6th.ANNUAL LIGHT UP THE NIGHT CELEBRATION, starting at 5:00 pm.
I you have a foat, mascots, marching bands, horses,please contact the ollowing people or registration orms.
emergencies: 403-804-8571Please only phone us or a medical emergency, or or aban-
doned kittens or i you do not have access to the internet.Otherwise please email us or check out our website frst.
PLEASE ADOPT FROM A RESCUE, all o our cats are spayed/neutered,
vaccinated, microchipped & health checked beore being adopted into their
new orever homes!!
Bambi is one super sweet andawesome cat. She is excellent
with other pets, children but mostly dogs! BambiLOVES all dogs, big and small. She is a door
darter so we are looking for a home that wouldperhaps provide her with a safe enclosure shecan go out into, or teach her how to be on aharness supervised. Wonderful girl, don’t miss
loween Jelly Bean Dance on Friday, Oct.4.The turnout was great with lots of creative
costumes and fun had by all.
Wendi Tashlikowich Photo
Dancing for
Children’s Wish
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The junior varsity Strathmore HighSchool (SHS) Spartan boys conqueredHighwood High School’s Mustangs 3-1 athome on the volleyball court, by a scoreo 25-14, 25-17, 24-26 and 25-12 on Oct.2. The team sits 3-0 on the season now,having previously deeated Black Dia-mond and Strathcona Tweedsmuir.
“As the game went on, we started tolet up a bit, and we got a little overcon-fdent; it came back to bite us. But theguys did a good job o reocusing andgetting back to what they did well,”Spartans coach Cole Hintz said. “They
worked really well at hustling and hav-ing each other’s back. There was a lot o
really good plays where guys were run-ning, chasing down balls outside o thecourt and bringing them back. They dida great job.”
Highwood has recently restarted their volleyball program or the second timein 10 years. The school has had troublepicking up sets, but wanted to attemptleague play again with their skilled play-ers coming up to reasonable size.
“They’re kind o starting rom scratch,”Hintz said.
SHS’s next game is Oct. 16 at homeagainst Foothills Composite High School– this brings a small rest or the JV teamover Thanksgiving.
“I think this break comes at a greattime or us, where we’ve had a little bito experience playing,” Hintz said. “Now
we can spend some time on skill devel-opment and improving individual skills– not having to ocus so much on theteam aspect.”
Playos begin at the end o the Octo- ber; Strathmore eels they can fnish air-ly high in the standings. Last weekend, atan exhibition tournament in Brooks, JV players gained valuable experience play-ing at a tougher varsity level.
“It would be great i we won all o our games,” Hintz said. The JV league,it’s kind o all over; there are teams thatare all junior high kids, there are teams
where it’s a mix o Grade 10’s and 9’s. Wehave a couple o Grade 11’s on our team
which as been really good or us physi-cally. We have a strong team comparedto some others that we’re going to see.”
JV hops over Highwood
Royal Canadian Legion
For information regarding hall rentals, dartsand crib, Please call 403.934.5119
Wheatland Conservation& Wildlife Association(Your local sh & game club). Meetings – 2ndThursday every month, 7:30pm at the Club-house. Call Larry at 403-934-4388 for moreinformation.
Strathmore District HealthServices AuxiliaryMeetings are held the fourth Monday of themonth @ 1:30 pm (excluding July & August).Lower level Conference Room at the Strath-more Hospital. New members welcome. Formore info please call 403-934-4436
Strathmore & DistrictChamber of CommerceMeets the second Thursday of the month@ 7:00 p.m. All members welcome . Check web page for meeting location. For moreinformation call 403-901-3175 or www.strathmoredistrictchamber.com.
Come Fly With Us903 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Sqn. meetWednesdays at 6:30pm at the blue buildingand Quonset on the Ag grounds. Boys &Girls between 12 & 19 years welcome. Call
Joanna Howard at 403-983-5796 for moreinformation.
Storytime at StrathmoreMunicipal LibraryMother Goose in the Park Tuesdays, July 9 – Aug. 27 (10:15am-11:45am). Join ParentLink and the Strathmore Municipal Library eachTuesday for stories, songs, crafts and games!Free to attend, no registration required. Meetat the amphitheatre in Kinsmen Park.
HIV EdmontonProviding support, education and advocacy forthose infected with, affected by or at risk of HIV and AIDS for 25 years. Go to www.hived-monton.com or call toll free 1.877.388.5742.
Hope Bridges Society forCreative & Continued LearningAdvocating for, and bringing together citizensof all abilities for meaningful relationships,friendships, & opportunities through the Artsholds Board Meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM, at Unit 9, 104 – 3rdAvenue (the Leary Centre). Please contactWanda at 403-983-3690, or 403-901-5081(Cell) for further information about our work and upcoming events, if you would like to beadded to our “friends/contact” list, or visit usin our new ofce noted above.
Meals on WheelsAvailable in Strathmore. For information orto obtain this service please contact Wheat-land FCSS at 403-934-5335.
Strathmore FASD Parent Support GroupAt the Strathmore United Church. For moreinfo call Pam @652-4776.
Chestermere and area Children (&Families) with Type 1 Diabetes.Our Goal is to create a group of mature, re-sponsible members where we open our ownhomes as Safe Places for Diabetic Childrento go to if ever in Diabetic Distress. Join theFacebook group for more information.
Strathmore Writer’s GroupMeets on the rst Monday of the month atthe Strathmore Municipal Library. Please ndus on Facebook or email Sam at [email protected] for more information.
Sing Your High Note
Tuesdays 1 to 2 pm Hope Church Brent Blvd.OR Tuesdays 2 to 3 pm Continuing Care Unitat the hospital. 1-4 sessions $20 each; 5 ormore sessions $10 each. Call Wanda to register403-983-3640.
Cheadle Lions ClubDrop off your pennies or change off at theCivic Centre. “All proceeds raised goestoward local projects.”
Strathmore Musical Arts SocietyIf you love music and musicians and have aspecial soft spot for the Blues, you wouldenjoy being part of this group. Call 403-934-4196 or 403-680-7721 to get on our phoneor email list and be notied aboutmeetings and upcoming events.
Strathmore Elks Lodge #491 Meets 3rd Tuesday at the Strathmore CurlingClub 6:30 pm. Steak Supper at 7 pm. NewMembers welcome. Call Greg 403-888-6155. Strathmore Homeschool Families Any Strathmore and Area familes that arehomeschooling are invited to join our YahooGroup. www.groups.yahoo.com/group/strath-morehsfams
Strathmore Hand in Hand Parent Link Offers FREE programming to kids 0-6 and theircaregivers! Check the Town of Strathmore web-site Community Events section for programsand times! Located at 421-2nd St, across fromParagon Pharmacy. 690-1237.
Youth Club of StrathmoreProvides youth (6-17yrs) with opportunities/activities that build positive relationships,strengthens and develops self-esteem andpromote personal skill development throughaffordable and barrier free programs. Ourprograms include After The Bell, a homework program offered Monday to Friday from 3pm-6pm. Call the Youth Club for further info 403-934-4918 or www.youthclubofstrathmore.ca.
Community Futures Wild Rose In part-nership with ‘The Business Link’Attend valuable, low-cost learning sessions forsmall business owners in our video-confer-ence facility in Strathmore. Phone: 403-934-8888 for info & to register.
Strathmore CaregiverSupport Group This is an opportunity for caregivers tond support and benet from interactionwith others in a similar situation. For moreinformation or to register call Amy Yaneza at403-361-7176.
Free Tree for all New Born Babies Attention all infants – remind your parents toregister your birth so a tree can be plantedcommemorating your birth in the Chinook Credit Union Birth Forest in Strathmore.Registration Forms are available at the Townofce, Chinook Credit Union and Health Unit.(A Communities in Bloom Project)
Strathmore Lions ClubMeets the rst and third Thursdays at theStrathmore Civic Centre at 6:45 pm.
Meetings and Sewing Workshops The2nd and 4th Thursday of every month at 7pm.We meet at the Strathmore Ag Grounds, Red Quonset. Looking for 100%cotton or annel fabric donations to do somecharity quilts. New Members Welcome. Con-tact Laurie at 901-0088 or Wendy 901-3756.
Sunday School for All Ages Lord of All Lutheran Church offers ChristianEducation opportunities for ages 3 years toadult, on Sunday Mornings. Al l are Welcome!For more information please call Margo Sevick 403-901-2044 or call the Church Ofce at403-934-2374.
Go Green Upcycling Wednesdays 7 – 9 pm
Hope Bridges Ofce 104 3rd Ave (at the libraryin May). Go Green Upcycling Thursdays 10 amto noon Hope Bridges Ofce 104 3rd Ave. 1-4sessions $20 each; 5 or more sessions $10 each.Call Wanda to register 403-983-3640.
Strathmore CountryGardens Club Meetings at least once per month. Tours, guestspeakers, workshops and much more includedin a membership. For more information visitwww.strathmorecountrygardensclub.webs.com or phone Linda Pekrul 403-901-0017.
Are you concerned or affected bysomeone’s drinking? Strathmore New Hope Al-anon Family Groupcan help. We meet every Thursday at 8o’clock @ Lord of All Lutheran Church. 112Lakeside Boulevard. (entrance at back door)For more information call our 24 hour helpline at 403-266-5850.
Seventh-dayAdventist ChurchMeeting in the Lord of All Lutheran Churchat 112 Lakeside Blvd,Strathmore. Saturdaymorning @ 10:00 AM. Pastor Ghena Girleanu,phone 403-983-0081.
Wheatland Business Women Meet the second Tuesday of the month @8:00 am at Days Inn & Suites. New memberswelcome http://businesswomen.ca and followus on Facebook. Call 403-324-6641.
RCCG Peculiar People Assembly,1 Peter 2:9 (KJV) meetings. Sunday Services at10am & Thursdays Bible study at 7pm. Venue:115 A 3rd Ave, Strathmore. PH: 403-667-7832, E-mail: [email protected]
Strathmore Masonic Lodge #53Meets the rst Monday of each Month at 7:30p.m. Cal l Glen at 403-901- 6038. Website:www.strathmore53.com
Strathmore Parent and Tot PlaygroupMeets every Tuesday at 9:30 - 11:30 am. in theStrathmore United Church Basement. $1/child.
Strathmore Full Gospel ChurchWe’re a Pentecostal bible-based family churchthat has something for all ages. Call 934-2225 orvisit www.strathmorefullgospel.com
St. Michaels & All Angels AnglicanCurrently at interim location: 245 Brent Blvd.(North Door) 403-934-3017. Christ Alive inour Community. Sunday MorningWorship 11:00am. Strathmore Baptist Church MeetingSundays @ 11am and Thursdays @ 7pm, CallPastor David Blankenship for info 403-390-4431.
Wheatland Whirlers Square & RoundDance ClubDances every Wednesday at WestmountSchool Gym, September to April. New Danc-ers: 7-8 :30 pm; Experienced Dancers: 8-10pm. Contact Dave or Claudia 403-934-5966.
Wheatland County Food Bank SocietyFood applications accepted at (403) 324-4335Monday through Thursday 12pm to 4pm orthrough the website at:www.wheatlandfoodbank.com.
Wheatland RuralCrime Watch Meetings are the 3rd Thursday of each Month.Featuring guest speakers. For more i nforma-tion call 403-934-4055
Go Green UpcyclingThursdays 10 a.m. to noon Hope BridgesOfce, 245 Brent Blvd. Strathmore
Strathmore Fun Runners
Car ClubMeets the rst Wednesday of the month. Newmembers welcome! Please call Todd at 403-934-0558 or Shawn at 403-901-9303 for info.
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Strathmore – open meetings MONDAY8:00 P.M. at Hope Community Church, call403-901-9666 or 587-727-2101. StrathmoreFull Gospel Church -TUESDAYS at8:00P.M., call 403-901-6816. THURSDAYS 8:00P.M. at Full Gospel Church, call 403-361-9396. SUNDAY 2:00 P.M. at StrathmoreUnited Church, call 403-934-9570. If drinkingis a problem, please come to a meeting or callany of the numbers just to talk.
Strathmore Regional VictimServices Society (SRVSS)SRVSS is looking for men and women interest-ed in becoming front line victim advocatesto provide support, information and referralsto victims of crime or tragedy. We needindividuals interested in a challenging andrewarding volunteer experience who arecaring and non-judgmental with a sincereinterest in helping victims move past their im-mediate trauma. We provide extensive trainingin many areas, including sexual assaults,domestic violence, suicide, court preparation,and sudden death. If you are interested involunteering please contact Lesley Hering atthe Strathmore RCMP Detachment at (403)934-6552. Website:www.strathmoreregionalvictimservices.com
Sing Your High Note Tuesdays 1 - 2 pm (starting Sept 10th) HopeChurch, 245 Brent Blvd. Strathmore
African DrummingWednesdays for 6 weeks6:30 pm circle; 7 to 8 pm songs(September 11, 18, 25, October 2, 9, 16 and Galaon the 24th) Holy Cross Collegiate, 709B 2ndStreet, Strathmore
Adult Drop In VolleyballWednesday nights 7pm-9pm Crowther Me-morial Junior High. Starts September 18, 2013.Contact Lavern Lein 403-934-7527.
The Happy Gang 55+ Seniors GroupLocation : 85 Lakeside Blvd. Meetings the 2ndTues of each month @ 1:30. Pot luck Dinner4th Tues of each month @ 5:30. Hall Rentalcall Christine 403- 901-1574. Activites include:Mornings -pool, yoga, Walking program,Afternoons - Canasta, Crib, Rummikuge andBingo. Saturday - Floor Curling. For moreinformation on activities call Valerie - 403-480-4087.
Fax: 403-934-5546.Space restrictions mean keep info to
a minimum.
Also check out our website:Strathmoretimes.com/Events
special events
Oct. 11 @Strathmore Municipal Library (85 Lakeside Blvd.) 1-3pm Friday FunFilms. This month the library will befeaturing Inspector Gadget, Rated G.This program is free to attend and noregistration is required.
Community Lunch Club – social gettogether for 55+ to have a themed lunchserved; together with a presenter onTuesday, October 15, Theme: Canning/Preserving; Freezer Jam. Tuesday, October 29 Theme: Halloween from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 pm located at the Lord of all LutheranChurch. Cost is a voluntary offering – to register call Marg at 403-901-7811. A Meet & Greet for Parents & Mentors
– come and meet some Parents, theMentors, do an activity and have alight lunch on Monday, October 7,2013 – Activity: Mufn Making Monday,
October 21, 2013 – Activity: Halloweendecorations craft from 11:00 – 1:00pm located at the Lord of all LutheranChurch. Free event, register by callingRhonda at 403-901-7684.
Hope Bridges 8th Annual “Artists AmongUs” Celebration Gala, Thursday October 24th. Doors open 6:30 pm; 7 pm start.Tickets $10 per person - sold at door only.Hope Covenant Community Church, 245Brent Blvd., Strathmore.
The Standard Municipal Library invitesyou to our 25th annual Ham & OysterSupper @ The Standard Community Hallon Friday, October 18, 2013 from 5 – 7pm.The cost will be, 5 years & younger – free,6 – 11 years - $12.00, and 12 years & up -$18.oo. All proceeds go to supporting the
Standard Municipal Library. Come out& show your Library Love! Thank you for your support!
Happy Gang invites all to attend its Semi-Annual Garage and Bake Sale. FridayOct 18th 10am - 5pm and Saturday 10am- 4pm. Bake Sale on Friday only. Beingheld at the centre located in the Librarybldg 85 Lakeside Blvd.
Cheadle Community Clubs is holdingOktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 19.Cocktails at 6:00pm and Buffet at 7:00pm.Door prizes and dance. For tickets call:Charlotte 403-901-0187.
The Village of Hussar will hold a CandidatesForum on Sunday October 20th from7:00pm to 8:00pm (or later if needed) atthe Village Ofce which is located at 109
- 1 Avenue East in the Village of Hussar. Ifyou have any questions, please contactme via this email or at [email protected] or by phone at 403-787-3766.
Project H.O.P.E. is actively seeking newmembers to join our board. We will beholding our Annual General Meetingon Monday October 28th at 5pm atWestmount School for anyone whowould like to join or that is interested inthe operations of the Project. Everyonewelcome.
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Lecavalier named to top 27 AryssAh stAnkevitsch
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Strathmore’s Sarah Lecavalier made itthrough another round o cuts towardher goal o making the U18 Alberta
women’s hockey team, ater a tourna-ment Sept. 27-29. The team went rom 46 to 27, with
Lecavalier - one o two 15-year-olds -making the trim. At the tournament, U18 Alberta played
the University o Alberta (U o A) squadon Saturday and Sunday, and a bantam
AAA team rom Edmonton on Friday.“The rst game we were kind o just
getting our legs under us. We hadn’tseen each other in a couple months. So,
we were kind o iy,” Lecavalier said.
“Obviously they’re older and smarter.But I thought it was a good pace, andI was up there with everyone else. So I
was pretty happy.”Lecavalier thought the U18’s played
well and had a decent amount o shots,though they lost both games to U o A.Lines were changed airly requently among the girls.
“Normally I’m a centre, but I was puton right wing just because there aremore centres than right wings and I’m
younger,” Lecavalier said. “So I said ‘justput me on the right’.”
Next up is the National Women’sU18 Championship, where Lecavalier and Team Alberta will play teams romacross the country. Ater that week o games rom Nov. 6-10 at WinSport inCalgary, the team will make their nalcut o 20.
In terms o what she needs to work
on prior to those games, Lecavalier said, “Just handling the puck along the
boards, getting used to who I’m play-ing with. It’s a huge learning experienceand I’m just glad that I’m there.”
Lecavalier eels completely healthy a-ter battling a ew injuries earlier in the
year. Along with joining U18 Alberta,
Lecavalier plays or the Highwood Raid-ers o the Alberta Major Midget FemaleHockey League, beside U18 teammateHannah Olenyk.
“That’s the major ocus right now be-cause I made my commitment prior toU18 with them. So I’ll go to practicetwice a week and then usually (play)two games every weekend. But our schedules are kind o conficting now,”
Lecavalier said.For instance, this upcoming weekend,
Lecavalier and Olenyk will be missingRaiders games in Grand Prairie.
“We’re staying in Calgary to play, so we can’t be with the team. It’s kind o disappointing but it’s a sacrice youkind o have to make,” Lecavalier said. The most challenging opponent Team
Alberta will have is Ontario, which hastwo teams participating in the tourna-ment.
“Every year, basically, it’s Ontario,”Lecavalier said. “We always watch vid-eos on the previous teams and how they played power play, and penalty kill, andhow we can be eective against them.”
Lecavalier is looking orward to a
possible invitation to join next year’sU18 or Team Canada. However, at 15
years o age, she has more than enoughseasons to potentially join the team.
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Chiefs open with 2 wins AryssAh stAnkevitsch
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The Wheatland Chies opened their midget season this weekend on theroad, with two victories in Taber and
Cranbrook, respectively. On Oct. 5, theChies beat the Taber Golden Suns 4-2,and the Cranbrook Ice 6-4 the ollowingday. Coltyn Herman had a hat trick andtwo assists against Cranbrook, while
Taylor Donner scored in both games.“He played good,” Chies coach Devin
Olson said o Donner. “He had a coupleon the second day that he could havecapitalized on, but he kind o got away
with a couple o tap-in goals. He kept working hard, and he ended up gettinga ew points. That line was really good.”
Donner and line mates Coltyn Her-man and Jayse Wilson were the stron-gest against Cranbrook, combining or
nine points. Other goal scorers over the weekend included Blair Roszell, Cody Lassiter, Jayden Smith and Quinton Pep-linski.
“I thought it was a good weekend, es-pecially or the rst two games,” Olson
said. The team travelled over two hoursrom Strathmore to Taber on Saturday,and then another our and a hal toCranbrook ater their game. The boyseventually arrived in Cranbrook at 3a.m., and had a game to play at noonthat day.
“We weren’t too bad, but we only hadtwo practices as a ull team,” Olson said,
who wanted to spend more time on spe-cial teams. “There’s just that kind o littlestu. Then just some o the positionalplaying in our deensive end that needssome work. With our deense, the bigthing is clearing guys in ront o our
goalies so they can see the shot.” With two goalies o very dierent sizes
(Ben Bogstie at 6’5, and Mike Conrad at5’8), Olson said that especially with thelatter, his players really need to makethe puck visible.
Another undeeated AA team is the bantam Wheatland Warriors, who sit 5-0on the season with 10 points. They havethe most goals or in the league with 40;the next team, the Bow Valley Timber-
wolves, have 26. They deeated the Syl- van Lake Lakers 7-1 on Oct. 5.
Joel Krahenbil leads the team withseven goals in ve games, and had a vepoint perormance against Sylvan Lake.Rylan Longmuir contributed two goals,and Brady Skington had a three point
night as well. Kyle Merkosky added an-other goal in the Sylvan Lake victory. The peewee Wheatland Braves lost 5-1
against the Cranbrook Eagles on Oct. 4, with only 13 shots on net. Braves’ goal-ie Kenny Holt-Stewart saved 37 o 42
shots, while Hassan Akl had the team’slone goal in the loss. The next day, the AA Braves tied the
Taber Golden Suns 5-5, with Tarun Fizer scoring the game-tying goal with veminutes let in the third. Fizer also hada power play marker earlier in the night;he leads the team in points and goals.Hassan Akl, Kyle Crnkovic, and KaydenGatz popped in the other markers. The
It’s been so long since you’ve been goneIt still hurts all day longThere isn’t a day that goes byWithout me thinking whySo many things I wanted to sayI never imagined you’d be so far awayIn my heart you’ll always beUntil the time is meant for meI never got to say goodbyeBut I know you are always by my sideWe share so many happy memoriesMy only brother….my true friendMay our love for you reach Heaven todayYou’re sadly missed by All
Until we meet again
Forever in our heartsKrista, Karl, Kim, Keegan
Debbie, Glen
Kari, Chad, Owen, CarsonRyan, Jami, Ava, Mason
Robbie
Wegener
Oct. 2, 1961
– Oct. 9, 1993
Robbie
Wegener
Oct. 2, 1961 –
Oct. 9, 1993
I think of you with
love today but that is
nothing new, I thought
about you yesterday and days before that too,
I think of you in silence and often speak your
name, all I have are memories and your picture
in a frame. Your memory is my keepsake with
which I’ll never part. God has you inHis keeping, I have you in my heart.
Always loved and never forgotten
Mom
We would like to thank everyonewho supported us in so many ways during
the passing o our dad and grandather,Ralph Mackenzie.
We would like to express our appreciationand thanks to the sta o Wheatland FuneralHome or their caring and ecient services.
As well we would like to say thank you toDr. Sader and the sta o the Strathmore
Extendicare or the care andproessionalism with which they cared orDad. We say thanks also to Pastor Andy
Wiebe or conducting the beautiulservice celebrating Ralph’s lie.
Tanks also to Marc, Derek, Mace, Brad,Clarence and Keith or acting as pallbearers.Te great lunch prepared by Marlene and thePB Club was much appreciated. Tanks also
to the Carseland Lions or their respectultribute at the service. o those who sent
fowers and card or shared your condolencesin so many ways, we truly thank you.
Te Ralph Mackenzie Family
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Hawks gettheir 1stseason win AryssAh stAnkevitsch
Times Reporter
Previously losing to Strathcona
Tweedsmuir and Holy Trinity Academy 3-0, the Holy Cross Collegiate (HCC)Hawks girls varsity volleyball team f-nally notched a win, by deeating High-
wood High School on Sept. 30 with ascore o 3-0 in three straight sets.
“The frst two teams we played arestrong teams and we weren’t as pre-pared or them as we were or High-
wood,” said Hawks coach Darren Periz-zolo. “That’s not to say that Highwoodis a much weaker team, but they were alittle less o a quality caliber opponent.”
Now with one win and two losses, thesenior girls are fnding their groove as ateam moving into the season.
“I think the girls supported each other
quite a bit more during the Highwoodgame,” Perizzolo said. The Hawks played again Oct. 2 against
Oilfelds High School, a team with thesame record as Holy Cross, and knownas a good, deensive, scrappy team.
“Their intensity is usually pretty high,and they’re really good at just gettingthe ball back over the net,” Perizzolosaid. “Depending on what they looklike, we’ll change our game plan, andsee where their weaknesses are and try to exploit that.”
Perizzolo admits that his team couldimprove on their passing to get their system working during games, but it isonly three matches in.
“When we’re in system we’re very
technical and very tactical in terms o what we run and when we run stu,” hesaid. “Once we get our pass to our set-ter, then we can run our oense. I thinkour oense is probably one o the bestin the league, i we can run it.”
Individually, Perizzolo said he hadn’tseen any one player stand out yet.
“Our setters are doing a really good job o getting the ball to where it needsto go, especially when it isn’t a greatpass,” he said. “They’ve been workingreally hard.”
Over 60 eager little hockey players were on the
ice this weekend to show their stuff. The Timbits
skated on Sept. 21 and 22 and will be placed onfour different teams for the upcoming season.
Wendi tashlikowich Phoos
Timbits
FREDERICK
(Bill) William K.Who passed away October 14th, 1977
We hold you close within our hearts
And there you will remainTo walk with us throughout our lives
Until we meet again.
Sadly missed by Mom (Hazel) and family.
Special Thank you from the
TIMESSTRATHMORE
The Strathmore Times would like to
thank Gwen Bolinger and the Gleichen
Community Hall organizational committee
for allowing us the use of their premises for
a very successful 2013 Division 2 Election
forum.
Thank you to Keith Ford and all others, who
handled the print material and distribution.Special thanks go out to Ken Sauve for doing
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