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Girders bring bridge construction closer to completion
Planners expect the new North Bridge to be ready for traffi c by July.
Crews building the town’s new bridge were busy last week installing 33 gird-ers that make up the base of the bridge roadway. Soon to come will be a con-
crete base and then pavement that make up the bridge top.
Ponoka News was granted access to the construction site Thursday, April 21 to document the girder installation, which was contracted to Eagle Builders.
It took two days of heavy lifting from a specialized Mammoet crane with crews from Volker Stevin and Mammoet con-
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ducting the installation. Site engineer Nolan Rettie for Lex 3, the engineering fi rm hired to plan the project, said the project has gone relatively smoothly.
The bridge design is made up of three spans with 11 girders on each span. Those girders hold more than a literal tonne of weight with the bridge designed to hold up to an 80-tonne truck compared to the current bridge, which restricts vehicle weights to three-tonnes.
That strength is made possible with 39,000 kilograms of reinforced steel in the 300 cubic metres of concrete. There are two tiers each with seven steel pier piles and two specially shaped concrete abutments each with 10 steel piers.
The bridge is built to last, said Rettie. Between the piers and rip rap rocks on the banks — to prevent ero-sion — to the concrete girders, the bridge brings with it many years of life. Rettie added he is pleased with Eagle Builders product. “The quality of their girders is fantastic.”
The bridge is expected to have a lifes-pan of 75 years or more.
“The project is going really smooth-ly. It’s on time and on budget,” added Rettie.
Engineers and builders had to also ensure they met environmental stan-dards when doing pier work in the river. Rettie says builders cannot con-duct work in-stream between April 16
and June 30 to allow for fi sh habitat to be undisturbed. This was one of the reasons the piers were put in earlier on in the year.
An exciting part of the bridge plan includes a wide two and half metre sidewalk compared to the one and half metre sidewalk on the existing bridge. This will allow cyclists and pedestrians to be on the sidewalk at the same time, something not easily done on the cur-rent bridge.
With the extra weight capabilities also gives emergency vehicles such as pumper trucks access to the Riverside portion of town rather than having to take Highway 53.
When ready, the existing bridge is expected to be dismantled sometime in August.
Path parking remains the sameParking for the walking path will stay
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will still be able to use the path and park on the east side of the Battle River with the current roadway acting as an access lane for parking.
A path will lead to the new road where a crosswalk equipped with a solar crosswalk signal and lights will allow pedestrians access to the north side of the trail.
As for the bottom of Chicken Hill, the intersection of 46 Street and 50 Avenue will see the installation of a four-way stop and zebra crosswalk.
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Members of the Ponoka and District Chamber of Commerce heard about how their membership might benefi t them by helping save money on Tuesday, April 19 at the Ponoka Community Golf Club lunch room.
Speaking for ATB was Jorge Forno, merchant sales specialist of business and agriculture, who said that ATB is embrac-ing technology trends that make it easier for businesses to make a sale. Setting up a debit/credit point of sale can be daunting and to work with chamber members, the company is waving setup fees, one of the benefi ts of being a member.
Forno said there are many options to make a sale happen, not least of which is the company’s debit/credit machine that has competitive fee rates for credit card charges. Debit machines can be wired, cordless and true wireless depending on the business need.
A relatively new product called PAYD and PAYD Pro brings
the option of charging credit cards and debit cards using a smart phone or tablet device. “This is a great product for start up companies,” said Forno.
Another benefi t of PAYD is for non-profi t groups that host fundraisers a few times a year, they can use the PAYD prod-uct, which has a higher charge fee but no monthly charge. PAYD Pro offers debit but with a monthly device fee. Also minor sports groups that host tournaments could use the mobile payment option to accept payments.
Forno suggests once a company starts charging more than $5,000 to $10,000 per month, it would be in managers’ best interests to consider a a standard debit/credit charge machine as the per transaction fee drops making it cost effective.
The PAYD system comes with a smart phone app and a small attachment to create a secure swipe charge. PAYD is among a small group of companies such as Square offering a mobile charge system with no monthly fee.
Ponoka RCMP warn the public to keep safe and stay away from an individual currently being sought for a home invasion last week.Composite drawing provided by Ponoka RCMP
Ponoka RCMP warn the public to keep safe and stay away from an individual currently being sought for a home invasion.
Police responded to a home invasion Monday, April 25 at a residence on 51 Street.
The suspect knocked loudly on the front door and the lone male occupant of the house opened the door. Police say the suspect then shoved the occupant backwards into the residence approxi-mately fi ve feet. A fi ght ensued and the suspect fl ed the residence. The suspect is described as a male, tall, bigger frame with short blonde hair. He has a thorn tattoo and a Nova Scotia/Halifax tattoo on his left hand and arm.
He was driving a white Nissan Altima. The Nissan
symbol is missing from the back of the vehicle.A composite drawing is shown and police ask the
public’s assistance to identify this individual. Do not approach this person. Simply call the Ponoka RCMP and let them deal with him for your safety.
Theft at VJVPolice responded to a complaint
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An unknown man came to the sales ring at approximately 4:30 a.m. and is said to have taken a silver Gateway laptop computer and placed it in his backpack.
If you have information, please call the Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472. If you want
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McDonald’s annual fundraiser next week
As part of the restau-rant chain’s annual national McHappy Day fundraising campaign, McDonald’s in Ponoka will donate part of the proceeds from their sales on Wednesday, May 4 to Ronald McDonald House Charities as the company has been doing for 22 years.
Ronald McDonald hous-es throughout the country provide accommodation to the families of sick children as their young members un-dergo treatment in hospitals
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One plus one equals one
Math never was a subject I did well in. Somehow the numbers get mixed up when I work with them and the results can be surprising. Fortunately my wife is smart enough to check my math
Catholic board cuts school fees by halfSt. Thomas Aquinas Roman (STAR) Catholic Schools’
Board of Trustees approved a reduction of approximately 50 per cent to its mandatory school fees for the 2016/2017 school year at its regular meeting April 20, 2016.
“The Board explored several alternatives when it examined its fee schedule and this reduction is a re-sponsible and measured move,”said John Tomkinson, board chair, accordign to a press release issued by the Catholic school board. “We felt this provided the best balance for the families we serve, while as a Board re-maining fi scally responsible and continuing to deliver
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in everything from budgets to kids’ homework, which helps a lot. So my deduction of “one plus one equals one” may appear to be another of my math mix-ups, but I’d like to explain the rationale.
Recently. I spent the week-end at a marriage confer-ence with my lovely bride of 14 years. I love my wife and I love our marriage, so going for a weekend away to grow closer together seemed like a perfect fi t, and it was. The theme was focused on couples moving toward one-ness. While some couples may spend a lot of time trying to get their spouse to become more of what they want in a spouse or less of what annoys them, this was an experience aimed at moving one step closer to God and each other – becoming more one.
How does that work? Can two people become one
person? The Bible explains it this way in Mark 10, “…‘God made them male and fe-male’ from the beginning of creation. This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.” (Mark 10:6-9 NLT)
The idea of two becoming one may seem to many like a subtraction, as though each individual is losing something in the process. Truthfully, humanity as a whole seems naturally selfi sh, which can make becoming one with another person feel like a loss of self when in fact it is actually more of a multiplication … yes my math seems out of sync once again.
Yet, it is so true in my experience that my re-
lationship with my wife literally multiplies (in more ways than the four kids we have). I fi nd my character, skills, passions, and joys in life grow through our marriage and connection. Likely for some readers, this may seem out of the realm of possibility for your relationship. As a couple, the only oneness you see in your trajectory is singleness and the hope of restoration is becoming improbable. I would encourage you to meet with a local Pastor or counsellor. You probably won’t see instant fi xes or quick results, but if you can move even one step towards being one, agree-ing with each other and working together, it can be the start to a healthy and growing relationship. What one simple step could you take today to become more one in your relationship?
excellence in the classroom.”The fees for the next school year will be as follows:Kindergarten: $40; grades 1 to 6: $35; grades 7 to 9:
$45; grades 10 to 12: $60Mandatory school fee changes do not include local
school fees, which are set at the school level and on a cost recovery basis.
The board revisits its fee schedule each year as part of its budget process.
Ponoka’s St. Augustine Catholic School is one of the area Catholic schools managed by the STAR School Board.
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Refl ections of Ponoka
Photo from 1961 Ponoka Herald
No, this is not Ponoka Herald reporter Mike Rainone’s Halloween costume….it is just one sample of the hundreds of pesky Russian thistles that suddenly sprung up along Highway 53, just fi ve miles west of town in 1961. The up to 40- inch plants break off from their root stem in the fall and roll helter skelter in the wind, with each producing enough seed for 10,000 off-spring. Don’t worry folks, we did survive, and thanks for sharing all the great memories.
From a printer’s devil to the local editor
Among the favourite memories of my fi nal years up at the Ponoka Comp included writing essays and getting my only ever ‘A’s in English 30 class, as well as being the roving sports reporter for the P.C.H.S. Quill and Shield and getting to ride to all the road games with the cheer squad. When I left school in 1960, I had a real yearning to get into the newspaper business, and thanks to Ernie Jamison and Ken McLean, I became a staff member of the Ponoka Herald.
I will never forget that very kind and friendly staff, who also included Audrey McLean, Gordon Galbraith, Sid Jones, Griff Jones, Ray Cook, Bill Lorimer, Jack Kelly and others who would come on board over the years. They were so patient to put up with my bad jokes and constant nattering about all sorts of subjects, but as the new ‘printer’s devil’ I got an exciting opportunity to learn every facet of the business, as well as being constantly covered in ink. My day-to-day jobs included working in the back shop among the printing machines, getting to run the huge, old newspaper press and folder, assisting the rambunctious paper boys and girls, sorting and in-serting papers, helping the front offi ce, delivering com-pleted print jobs, heating up and pouring the hot lead in the metal pot, shovelling snow, drinking lots of coffee and on and on.
It wasn’t long before my dream of being a ‘cub reporter’ started to come true, as veteran photographer Sid Jones taught me how to use the big black fl ash camera where you had to slide the plates in and out, and never to for-get to focus before you push the plunger. With the very wise and cigar smoking editor Jack Kelly giving out the daily assignments, I got to go out and cover many events in and around the community, as well as getting advice on how to write good editorials, and to not be to ‘long winded’ with my stories. When our fi rst compugraphic machine came into the offi ce a few years later, I got to set lots of copy and then print it all off in long white strips that were used to make up the plates that had replaced the heavy lead pages.
During my adventures as the Ponoka Herald ‘cub re-porter’, I got to cover all sorts of games and generations of local sports teams and individuals, rubbed shoulders with Stampede queens and rodeo stars, as well as meet-ing so many amazing celebrities and real characters. It was a real treat and honour to attend banquets/pie socials/ BBQs/pancake breakfasts and special events where both the food and the company was great, and then later got involved in covering local politics and writing editorials, while always being reminded by my old teachers that my spelling was still terrible. After a very enjoyable 10-year stint with the Town of Ponoka Recreation Department, I returned to the Ponoka Herald, which had been purchased by the Adviser Publications of Red Deer. After working in the editorial department and print sales for several years, I was given the excit-ing opportunity of becoming the editor, which I loved and served until 1995 and really enjoyed working with such great staff members as Lannie Swark, Chrystal Webster, Donna Steffl er, Patty Davidson, Judy Dick, Joanne Bootsman, Gord Avison, Shannon Bowles, Frank Ryan, Karen Robinson and many others. In 1995, I started a new career as a staff member of the Ponoka Rising Sun Club House, but always stayed in touch with the crew at the Ponoka Herald offi ce, which closed forever in the late 1990s after faithfully serving as popular community weekly newspaper for close to a century.
After retiring in 2003, I was asked to join the editorial department of the Ponoka News, which had been the always friendly opposition of the Ponoka Herald for many years. Due to a later staff change at the News, I once again got to serve at the editor’s desk for a few years, after which my wife and I moved to Red Deer. Since that time, over the last ten plus years, yours truly has been most grateful to the great staff of the Ponoka News for encouraging and allowing me to continue to write the Hammer’s Column as well as the Refl ections and Remember When features each and every week. Sincere thanks also to the congenial staff of the Fort Ostell Museum and to so many other fi ne folks from in and around our community who have so kindly provid-
BY MIKE RAINONE FOR THE NEWS
ed me with the great historical information, story ideas, photos and inspiration to allow me to keep my favourite hobby and ‘keyboard rush’ going for over 50 amazing years, and counting.
Who cannot fall in love with all the amazing signs and happenings of spring? And don’t worry, because Mother Nature in all her wisdom will always provide us with enough sunshine and rain to bring on the amazing colors and greenery of nature’s fi nest and the much anticipated rewards of the fruits of our labours. What really impresses me at this time of the year is the ongoing enthusiasm and ded-ication of thousands of groups and indi-viduals of all ages who will proudly cel-ebrate Earth and Green Day by faithfully ‘pitching in’ to clean up all the unsightly messes that winter has left behind in our community and districts.
It has been a longstanding spring tra-dition for our happy-go-lucky 4-H club member’s ages nine to 18 years and their leaders to bravely venture out into the ditches of our highways and by-ways to take part in their annual highway clean-up and Adopt an Alberta Highway programs to raise money for their many exciting year-round events. On many occasions, we have also seen our excit-ed children out with their classmates and plastic bags pitching in and picking
up all sorts of unwant-ed litter in our parks and school yards, while out on the streets, the town staff are diligently doing their dusty street and boule-vard clean-up and trims. There is no doubt that most of us in the town and county will be exer-cising our ‘green thumbs’ and joining in on the an-nual spring fl ing to spruce up our homes, businesses, and yards just in time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the many amenities of our communities in neat and pristine conditions all summer long.
There are always lots of litter barrels set up for all of us to fi ll after our picnics, games, special events, or out-ings, and please don’t forget to clean up your campsite and put out the fi re at the end of your great outdoor week-end with family and friends. Thanks
to everyone who have be-come a proud member of ‘the green team’ on which your efforts are very much appreciated and go a very long way in keeping our precious but precarious balance of nature in great shape for many genera-tions to come.
This section is just about our precious children:
As we have observed over the years, often with shock, but mostly with great joy that our little children will quickly learn the great truths about life with sudden by usually hilariously funny results.
*No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize your cat, and you should
never trust your dog to watch your food.*When mom is mad at dad, you don’t
let her brush your hair.*If your sister or brother hits you, don’t
hit them back, because parents usually
catch the second person.*Never ask your three-year old brother
to hold a tomato or an ice-cream cone.*Never ever hold a dust-buster and a
cat at the same time.*You can’t hide a piece of broccoli or a
carrot in a glass of milk.*Don’t wear polka-dot underwear
under white shorts.*The very best place to be when you’re
sad or have an ‘owey’ is on grandpa’s lap.A little boy was saying his bed-time
prayers with his mother. After quietly asking for the Lord to bless mommy and daddy, he very loudly requested, ‘And God, please give me a new bicycle.’ After his mother explained to her son that God was not deaf the boy quickly replied, “I know mom, but grandma’s in the next room and she’s hard of hearing.’
Garage sales can be great fun. You can ‘dicker’ over the price of all the many items, and when your wife goes wandering over to the other end of the table you can quickly buy that unique treasure that she would never allow you to have in the house. Have a great week, all of you.
Spring clean-up is a family affair
MIKE RAINONEHAMMERTIME
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Opinion
Jimmy Carter asked the American peo-ple, during 1970s, on TV, to have the soap in their hands before they turn the taps on; it was the time of his pres-idency. There was no discussion yet of any climate change, global warming, disappearance of ozone layer etc. on the radars of the media, such matters were being discussed only within academic circles, and small ones at that.
Carter was ridiculed by the so-called pundits for not knowing what his focus should be. They questioned his judgment and his ability to set his priorities right.
Fast forward four decades, California is in the throes of a massive drought, cli-mate change is on the agenda of almost every government and global warming is galloping at a faster pace. That is, almost 40 years after his TV appeal, we now know that Carter’s plea for conservation was a perfect example of statesmanlike foresightedness.
Although there are still individuals, thankfully an increasingly small minori-ty, who believe that current warming is cyclical and not man-made, governments of 175 countries around the world fortu-nately don’t think that way. And heads of state or government of those countries
put their signatures under last year’s Paris agree-ment, on Thursday, April 21, meaningfully enough the Earth Day.
By doing so, they formal-ized their commitment to the reduction of emission of green-house gases, the primary source of global warming.
Our federal government is among those govern-ments that want to ratify and implement the agree-ment without any delay, and for good reason: Canada is responsible for the emission of 1.5 per cent of the global green house gases on an annual basis. One might think that this is not such a bad performance for a country whose economy is much more resource based than other industrial nations.
But the reality is that, given the much smaller population of our country as compared to the other G7 nations, the leading industrial powers of the world, Canada is among the worst per capita
polluters of the earth.That means we have
some serious homework to do.
Our provincial govern-ment has already taken this task seriously and passed two important measures, fi rst to phase out coal mining in the province and second to impose carbon tax.
Predictably, the main opposition Wildrose has been trying to make easy political capital out of their resistance to both of the measures.
But this matter has to be kept beyond the mundane political wrangling as it
has more to do with what kind of an en-vironment we will be leaving to the next generations to live in.
Or if we base our argument on the very wise premise that we haven’t inherited the earth from our ancestors but bor-rowed it from our children, preventing further global warming, reducing green house gas emissions, protecting the en-
vironment are all about how much we are stealing from what we have bor-rowed from our offspring.
So, carbon tax may be really bad, tough not because it will allegedly kill jobs, bring more poverty and further deepen the economic crisis, but because its impact is so indirect and achieving the intended results will not be fast enough.
Taking the cue from Jimmy Carter’s presidential appeal, maybe we need our politicians to start to tell us to rethink before we go into the line in the drive through lanes of the fast food restau-rants; to ponder why and how much we need to warm up our cars for our morn-ing commute to work and to calculate how much we are deepening our carbon foot print on the environment when we leave our engines running as we go into grocery or convenience store to pick up a few items.
Yes, we are blessed in Alberta with the endowment of this land by Mother Nature with abundant natural resourc-es and fertile agricultural soil, but that doesn’t mean we can or should dodge our responsibility towards preserving and protecting the source of our wealth.
Carbon tax, how bad is it?
MUSTAFA ERIC
Editor
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Correction:The Town Hall renovations story on Page 2 of the April 20 edition of Ponoka News states
the money to pay for the extra costs will come from the general benefi t reserve. The project will actually be paid for from the Municipal Sustainability Initiative grant. We regret the error.
East district fi re hall inaugurated
Just 37 days after their new building was
transferred to their control, Ponoka County Regional Fire Services inaugurated the East Division Fire Hall with a ribbon cutting
New fi re cadet program announced
East Ponoka Frie Chief Dale Morrow (far left) and Ponoka Regional Fire Chief Dennis Jones (far right) hold the ribbon as county council members (l-r) Mark Matejka, Reeve Paul McLauchlin, Nancy Hartford, Doug Weir and Bryce Liddle cut it to inaugurate the new East Ponoka Fire Hall on Thursday, April 21.
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ceremony on Thursday, April 21.The county council and CAO were on hand
for the inuaguration as were Assistant Fire Commissioner Jeremy Wagner representing Municipal Affairs and President Peter Krich of Alberta Fire Chiefs Association.
Ponoka Regional Fire Services Chief Dennis Jones thanked in a short speech to the county council and staff for supporting their efforts and all others who have con-tributed to the completion of the new fi re hall in such a short time.
“We are making history today,” Jones said as he expressed gratitude to all the volun-teer fi refi ghters who signed up for the East Ponoka Fire Services and to their families for accepting to be part of fi re services family.
Reeve Paul McLauchlin in his short re-marks thanked for the work done which allowed the new fi re hall to become fully functional in such a short time. “You gave 110 per cent to this new fi re hall, we expect 120 per cent in the future,” he said jokingly. “We never second-guessed (the success of the project), because we work with great people who get things done,” he said.
County CAO Charlie Cutforth paid tribute to all council members for showing the courage to vote for the project.
New cadet programIn connection with the iauguration, Fire
Chief Jones also gave details of the new fi re cadet program they are introducing for both east and west districts of the regional fi re services.
Under the program, cadets would be recommended by their schools and fi nal acceptance is to be determined by the local District Fire Chief/Regional Chief.
Cadets will be required to attend bi-month-ly practices (minimum of 1 per month) as well as formal NFPA 1001 Level I fi refi ghter training and other classes as deemed ap-propriate.
Through the program, cadets should be able to obtain certifi cations with the costs covered by Ponoka County Regional Fire Services, including First aid/CPR/AED, Incident Command 100, Wildland Fire S100G course, NFPA 1001 Level I Firefi ghter, other courses/certifi cations as deemed appropriate
They will be provided bunker gear and other safety equipment for the hands-on skills training as well as a uniform shirt.
Initially, the fi re services are said to be looking at the possibility of having two cadets, 16 or olde per fi re hall per training session, which is planned for mid-October to end of March or beginning of April each year.
“We have already completed our fi rst presentation at Ponoka Secondary Campus on April 20 and will be booking times at the other high schools in the county over the next two months and/or in the fall,” said Jones.
In addition to the certifi ed fi re training, students can also be eligible for work ex-perience credits towards their high school diploma requirements.
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Town of PonokaC, 4900 - 54 Street, Ponoka, AB T4J 1N8Town phone: 403-783-4431Town email: [email protected]
Do You Have a 72-Hour Emergency Plan?It’s Emergency Preparedness Week from May 1-7. If you or your family are caught in
an emergency or natural disaster, are you prepared? Do you have a 72-hour kit? An emergency plan?
What Risks Do We Face in Alberta? Knowing the risks around your home, community and region can help you better
prepare. In Alberta, the risks include tornadoes, wildfi res, and heavy rains that can cause signifi cant overland fl ooding.
If an emergency happens in your community, it may take emergency workers some time to reach you. You should be prepared to take care of yourself and your family for a minimum of 72 hours. Prepare yourself and your family for a disaster by following these steps:• Know the risks in your region• Make a family emergency plan and practice it • Prepare an emergency kit for your home and vehicle
~ COUNCIL UPDATES ~NEXT MEETING OF COUNCIL: Tuesday, May 10, 2016, and Committee of the Whole
on May 19, 2016. Both meetings are at 7 pm at the Ponoka County Boardroom.
Agenda packages are posted on www.ponoka.ca under ‘Town Hall’ in advance of every Council meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The County and Town of Ponoka remain under a
fi re ban due to dry conditions. No open air fi res are
permitted. For updates on fi re bans across Alberta,
please visit www.albertafi rebans.ca
A Fire Services Medal Ceremony will be held to honor two Ponoka Fire Department (PFD) members on May 7 at 12 p.m. at the Ponoka Kinsmen Community Centre.
• Former Ponoka Fire Department Captain Bob Sorensen will be awarded an Exemplary Service Medal from the Government of Canada for his 21 years of service with the PFD.
• Assistant Chief Rob Fearon will receive a Provincial Medal for his 12 years of service with the PFD.
~ FIRE REPORT ~
• Pride in Your Property Contest – Nominations are open for our annual Pride in Your Property Contest. Residents and business owners can enter their own property or nominate a neighbor’s property. Deadline for nominations (entries) will be June 30th with judging to take place in the fi rst couple weeks of July. Town of Ponoka Utilities gift certifi cates will be awarded to the best kept residential and commercial properties. Watch for more news about this program.
• Bring Your Buddy – For the month of April the Ponoka Aquaplex is offering a “Bring Your Buddy” promotion for all Aquasize programs. Buy one regular admission or bring your swim pass and bring a friend for free. One swim lane is open all day except during water fi tness and pool sharks.
• The Aquaplex offers private lessons for all swimming levels, all ages, any time, on any day.
~ UPCOMING EVENTS ~• Community Clean-Up Week, May 9-15 – Community members, businesses, groups
and organizations are encouraged to chip in and help clean up the community. Ponoka schools will also participate.
• Canada 150 Mosaic Mural painting workshops:
• May 12 – St. Augustine School, 8:30-3 pm (Students & Staff), 3:30-4:30 pm (Public)• May 13 – Ponoka Christian School 8:30-3 pm (Students & Staff), 3:30-4:30 pm
(Public)• May 14 – Kinsmen Community Centre 9 am – 5 pm (The public is invited to
participate.)
• Ponoka Community Wellness Fair:
• The public is invited to attend the fi rst annual Wellness Fair on May 18 from3-7 pm at the Kinsmen Community Center. Twenty vendors will set up displays about programs and services that promote health and wellness. This is a Communities Choosewell event.
• Free Friday Family Swimming: Every 2nd Friday starting April 22 from 7-9 pm. Sponsored by Ponoka FCSS.
• Ponoka Farmer’s Market begins May 4, every Wednesday at the Ponoka Arena Complex.
• Ponoka Cadet Run – Saturday, May 7.
• The Town’s Spring Clean Up campaign starts Tuesday, May 24. Public Works staff will conduct back alley yard waste collection (grass clippings, weeds, branches, leaves).
Make a Plan for Your Family Every Alberta household needs an emergency plan so you and your family know what
to do in case of an emergency. Take 20 minutes to make a plan with your family and practice it regularly.
Your family may not be together when an emergency occurs. Plan how to meet or how to contact one another. Discuss what you would do in different situations.
Make a 72-Hour Emergency KitCreate your own 72-hour emergency kit, and you will have the necessary items to
help you and your family until emergency responders can reach you. Below are some items you may want to include in your kit.
• Food and water – a 3-day supply. Pack non-perishables such as granola bars, canned meat, fi sh and beans, canned juice, 4 L of water per person
• Bedding and clothing – sleeping bags, blankets, change of clothing, raincoat/jacket
• Personal supplies – fi rst aid kit, toiletries, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, prescription medications
For a complete list of items to include in your 72-hour kit, go towww.aema.alberta.ca/72-hour-emergency-kit
however, there was some discussion of one proposal by Visco Demolition Contractors. Dave McPhee, director of operations and property services, told council that Visco handles demolition and handling of asbestos.
“This company has their own abatement company within their organization,” said McPhee.
It is expected to take 30 to 40 days to com-plete the work, but no decisions were made.
Administration stays within 1.5 per cent tax increase
Administration was able to adhere to council’s request to stay within a 1.5 per cent tax increase for the town’s 2016 budget.
Sandra Lund, director of corporate services, said they were able to fi nd some ways to be effi cient and reduce expenses in certain areas. What Lund and town planners did was
to spend much of the afternoon on Monday, April 11, after the budget meeting looking at where to save money.
Training and development were reduced slightly after a review of the budget saw some departments did not use their full allocation. Other areas of reduction of costs were found in postage and telephone bills; one area of that was in council cell phones. The town was able to use a shared phone and data plan to reduce operational costs.
Council wants clarity on leasing town property
Leasing town property without clear parameters continues to be a concern for town council.
Wes Amendt, director of community ser-vices, presented proposals for changes to its leasing and renting policy to help clarify
things for business owners and residents. Among the proposed changes is an option of licensing a facility, rather than leasing.
He said legal counsel rec-ommended creating a stand-alone licensing policy, adding “Licensing makes sense if it’s for a short amount of time.”
There are certain main-tenance responsibilities for the town depending on if a person or company is leasing, renting or licensing, explained Flootman. He said it gives the town the proper legal tools to deal with clients.
Coun. Carla Prediger want-ed clarifi cation in the pro-posed policy to give fair requirements to companies and non-profi ts and suggests a maximum lease term with the option to renew.
Flootman replied that the process will be fair and bal-anced as the town will have to advertise an opening for two weeks and then take requests for proposals. He added that businesses do prefer some longevity in a lease as it is conducive to long-term planning abilities and stability. “It’s an attempt to fi nd some security of tenure for tenants,” he ex-plained.
This would in turn create revenue for the town.
The proposed policy will go back to administration to clarify the details related to for-profi t companies and non-profi t associations.
Councillors Tim Falkiner and Sandra Lyon were not in attendance.
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PUTTING ALL LEARNERS ON WINNING STREAKS
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For an individual appointment and tour at other mes please call Mrs. Wendy Fessler 403-783-4411 (ext 5438) Current PSC Students will be registering for the 2016-2017 school year through his/her Teacher Advisor during the week of April 28—May 5
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Rimbey Provincial Building5025 - 55 Street
JOHNSON’S BEACH CAMPGROUNDMay Long Weekend
Johnson’s Beach Campground is located on Red Deer Lake.From Ponoka, it’s 33km east on Highway 53 and 6km north on Rg Rd 221.
From Bashaw, it’s 7km north on Highway 21,8km west on Highway 53 and 6km north on Rg Rd 221.
“FAMILY CAMPING ONLY”• NO tents allowed• NO campers under the age of 25 (unless accompanied by an adult)• NO EXCEPTIONSWe appreciate your co-operation and hope to provide a safe and fun weekend for all.
FEES:• Groups: $22.00 per Unit or $100.00 minimum• Non-Serviced Sites: $20.00 per day• Serviced Sites: $22.00 per day
Clarifi cation:The Guardian Ambulance
being sold story on Page 33 of the April 20 edition states the company was sold and the logos will change. To clarify, the company was bought by Medavie EMS but Guardian Ambulance operates as part of the Medavie group of companies and the logo will remain active.
Discussions on demolition plans for oldTown Hall underway
Town planners are in discussions to de-molish the old Town Hall.
There were nine submissions presented to the Town of Ponoka recently regarding the demolition and abatement of asbestos at the old Town Hall. Justin Caslor, engineering
technician for the Town of Ponoka, told coun-cil Thursday, April 21 during a committee of the whole meeting that it was important that full demolition and abatement be part of the process, and that companies need to be certifi ed in the work.
Full details of the costing was not publicly available at the meeting as no decisions are made during committee of the whole,
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 PONOKA NEWS 11
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Town proposes post-secondary education centre for Ponoka
A proposal submitted to Ponoka Town Council for the old hospital building on 50 Street may bring the decrepit structure back to life in more ways than one.
The building has been sitting idle for many years after the offi cial closure of the hospital and has been a topic of discussion for both residents and non-residents of the area.
Town council approved during a special meeting Thursday, April 21 a letter of intent signed by Mayor Rick Bonnett to work with Campus Alberta Central and the building’s owner, Erick Schmidt, on ways to develop the building.
The letter of intent is aimed at creating dis-cussion with residents and potential partners in the development, CAO Alberta Flootman told council. Also in the non-binding letter, the town expresses readiness to work with Landrex, a commercial and residential real
estate developer and with Red Deer College, which is part of Campus Alberta Central.
“The vision is for a community centre,” said Flootman.
The building is on the northerly portion of the Town of Ponoka’s downtown core and Flootman suggests there is potential to accom-modate a new town hall and a post-secondary learning facility in the building. While the letter of intent does not hold the town to any guarantees, it does allow for discussion and for public consultation.
“It must be understood that public con-sultation will be essential to the success of this project, and land use and development requirements are to be met,” states the letter.
“It’s a proposal that addresses some key community needs,” explained Flootman.
If the proposal is successful, the area will be under P3 classifi cation, a public/private partnership, which would allow for residential development. The land would be owned by a private developer and the town and other
No major changes to proposed county budget
Some slight adjustments remain to be made, though the bulk of the work has been fi nished with regard to Ponoka County’s 2016 budget.
County council’s budget discussion took place on Thursday, April 21, a week after the release of the pro-vincial budget in order to fi nd out what changes might have been necessary depending on what the province had in store for municipalities.
However, due to the length of the discussion and other commitments that day, council did not get a chance to give fi nal approval to the $33.5 million budget. It will be on the agenda at their next meeting on Tuesday, May 10.
They did pass the mill rate factors with no changes made from 2015. It was pointed out though that there were small increases made to the school tax requisition by the province, which is where residents will see the majority of any tax increase going to.
As it turns out, there were very few items that needed to be looked over by council - the biggest being an overall reduction of about $150,000 in funding coming to the county through the Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI) capital and operating grants.
“Everything else pretty much remained the same in the budget. It’s not a huge hit,” said chief administrative offi cer Charlie Cutforth.
What that meant was coun-cil had to determine where to make up the shortfall. Cutforth explained it could all come out of the pot designated for donations to communi-ty organizations - dropping that fi gure from $605,000 to $455,000 - or not put away $135,000 into reserves then taking the other $15,000 out of donations.
And while that was sup-posed to be the only item left to get through before the budget could be passed, much of the discussion that followed
focused on whether council should look attempting to fund some capital requests.
Councillor Doug Weir fought hard to see council pony up the cash for the proposed expansion of the Calnash Ag Event Centre, explaining that the great facility needs to stay ahead of the curve in order to continue attracting the number of events it does now especially given the project slated to compete with them that is going up in Rocky Mountain House.
“The money we would pro-vide would be matching and even if we had to dig into our operating line of credit it would be something I would support,” Weir said.
“The town does not want to put in anything and I think we would be shirking our responsibility to have a part in this. Sure, we will get some blowback, but I think this helps promote the community.”
He added this project plus a couple others that have put forward requests for funding would not only build the community, but also create jobs and at the end of the day the county will still have among the lowest taxes in the province.
Meanwhile, Reeve Paul McLauchlin and councillor Bryce Liddle were more out-spoken on the topic than both councillors Nancy Hartford and Mark Matejka in stat-ing the county needs to be prudent and hold the line on spending in what is a tough time for many of its residents. One of those capital projects - a new shop in the Mecca Glen area at a cost of about $400,000 - will be going ahead.
However, all four agreed this isn’t the time to take tax dollars for other big capital projects.
“I’ve gotten the sense that we need to turn the taps off,” McLauchlin said.
“This has been a six-month time out and the economy could be like this more a year or more. I think larger capital spending should be frozen, tighten our belts on the do-
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tenants would lease from the company. This is not a new idea for the property as Schmidt has been working on developing the land for residential apartments since 2014.
Mayor Rick Bonnett said he is excited about
the potential of the project as it has been under the works for some time.
Council voted unanimously in favor of the project. Councillors Tim Falkiner and Sandra Lyon were not in attendance.
nations and spend only for the benefi t of our taxpayers.”
Liddle also stated he’s heard from residents that the spend-ing needs to stop for now.
“The tap needs to be cut for now, that’s what I’m hearing from residents. We need to show fi scal responsibility,” he said.
Hartford added the percep-tion of making big donations in a bad year wouldn’t sit good with her, while Matejka felt caution needs to be taken, regardless of how painful that may be.
Along with the ag event cen-tre, other big ticket requests that likely won’t receive any funds include roof work on the Rimbey recreation centre, renovations to the Liberty Hall, expansion for the Rimbey museum and money to assist with continued planning for a revamped Ponoka recreation facility.
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Residents get favourable breeze on wind powerA strong wind put residents ahead of
turbines in Ponoka County.A public hearing in council chambers on
Thursday, April 21 saw close to 10 county residents who live the Calumet area - about 30 kilometres east of Ponoka - show up to fi ght for regulations regarding the
wind power industry.In the end, the breeze that blew through
made council maintain its stance regard-ing the outline of its new bylaw aimed at restricting the activities of commercial wind energy projects near residences in the county.
The bylaw, which received third and fi nal reading later in the day during council’s regular meeting, was mostly based upon a
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bylaw passed by the Municipal District of Provost along with a later decision by the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) which struck down some sections of that bylaw in allowing a wind power project in that area.
The most contentious issue in the bylaw was the requirement for projects to adhere to a setback of one mile for any wind turbine tower from an occupied residence - a stipulation that came from the AUC in their ruling last year that ef-fectively ignored the MD of Provost’s bylaw regulations.
Many of the residents attending the hearing were in favour of the restriction, while a representative from a company interested in establishing a wind power project in that area explained it would effectively end that opportunity.
“We are in the very early stages of pros-pecting and having clarity of rules would signifi cantly assist us,” said RES Canada development manager Phillippe Abergel, who was leading the search to place a 17 wind turbine project in the county.
“A couple of months ago we began pre-liminary work after a thorough site search, but there are issues in this bylaw and if it goes through as drafted, would all but present a block to our potential project.”
He added the bylaw places an effective blanket on any development considering the setback and asked for council to at least consider waiting to approve the bylaw until they can discuss other, better means for the county and landowners.
“We also only come into communities that we are welcome and if that support isn’t there, we will go,” Abergel said.
That statement elicited a terse, yet predictable response from some of the residents.
“It’s clear from the meeting of many landowners in the area (held a couple of months ago) that this community does not want you and our hope is that this bylaw is implemented as it stands,” said Warren Bloomquist.
Abergel would later state, “I’m not blind, I can see where this is going. We will pack our backs and go, likely to the relief of the people here. I won’t be here tomorrow, but I urge council not to look at the alleged concerns.”
While there was a sense during the hearing this was more about the residents battling against RES to keep this proposed project out of their area, council members reiterated several times that the hearing was strictly about closing a regulatory gap in the county’s land use and that the bylaw would allow wind power projects to be developed in Ponoka County.
“This bylaw is not against any project, but has been driven by residents concerns,” explained councillor Bryce Liddle.
Reeve Paul McLauchlin added the county is interested in development and knows that continuing to support that is import-ant, but they also have an obligation to ensure - in the absence of regulation - that rules are put in place that are reasonable and listen to residents.
“This (bylaw) is based upon precedent and is a good source of whether other projects fi t,” he said.
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We celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in
May, originally created to thank mothers for everything they do for their families. The meaning behind
this special day has remained unchanged over the years and gifts, flowers, cards, dinners,
brunches and lots of affection are showered on mothers everywhere
STAMPEDE PARADE ENTRY FORMStarting at 10:00 a.m.• Judging at 9:00 a.m.
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PONOKA LEGION IS NOW ACCEPTINGDONATIONS FOR THE
13TH ANNUAL GARAGE SALE SATURDAY, MAY 7Items can be dropped off at the Legion:
TUESDAY TO THURSDAY 3:00 PM TO CLOSING
OR FRIDAY & SATURDAY 12 NOON TO CLOSING
For pickup of heavy items please call the Legionat 403-783 4076 to arrange for pickup
Good, re-sellable items only please. Sorry no old TV’s or old electronics
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Just in time for spring cleaningJust in time for spring cleaning
Budget talks extended at school boardDeliberating on how to conserve cash in
light of a big defi cit will take longer than anticipated at the Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) division.
BY JORDIE DWYERPONOKA NEWS
Trustees began talks on the 2016-17 budget during last week’s regular school board meeting on Thursday, April 21, but weren’t able to come to any conclusions before breaking up the meeting.
Acting superintendent Jayson Lovell explained in an interview on Friday, April 22 that the board held a very lengthy dis-cussion on the priorities it had outlined for the budget regarding essential service levels and identifying how to meet all the needs of its students despite the challenges it faces with a $2.3 million shortfall the division is facing.
“Administration did a lot of work in prepa-ration of this budget after an overview of the provincial budget that was released a week earlier,” stated Lovell.
However, in spite of all the work and talks, the board decided to leave the discussion to a special meeting this week where it’s expected the board will have to make some hard choices, since provincial funding levels will remain unchanged for school divisions for next school year.
Travel updateLovell was asked to provide trustees
with an update regarding the status of international trips by students following more terrorist attacks in Europe in the last two months.
“In light of those events, trustees wanted the most recent advice from our insurer and they are maintaining the status quo,” he said.
That leaves the decision on whether trips should go ahead to the travelling groups and parents, as the board determined back
in January to not interfere whether travel should be cancelled or not.
“We are just being cautious and thorough, plus heightening our due diligence on the issue,” he said.
Lovell added they are keeping an eye on the Foreign Affairs Canada website for fur-ther evaluation of the risks and will refl ect that back to students, parents and staff that are organizing those trips in order to make the best decision for them.
Carbon taxSome discussion was held by trustees
on the effect of the provincial government imposing the carbon tax on fuel beginning in 2017.
Lovell explained the issue will be talked about again during the budget discussion, but it was brought the board’s attention since no one will be exempt from the levy.
“The cost implications to the division are signifi cant and the board decided to engage in a lobby effort to appeal to the govern-ment for some sort of rebate or subsidy.
“School boards only receive public fund-ing, so to pay the levy means just giving back money to government, which the board feels is not the most appropriate way to fund educating students,” he said.
“And in this way, the board felt this is how we could express those concerns to the education minister and the government.”
Search beginsThe hunt has started for the new leader
of WCPS as trustees decided to employ their own representative group - the Alberta School Boards Association - to conduct the search for their new superintendent.
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Motivational speaker awes high school students
Groups of students from Ponoka Secondary Campus and fi ve other area schools were treated to an interesting and interactive presentation on the concept of leadership on Thursday, April 21, when two speakers took turns to inspire the par-ticipants to go out of their “comfort zone.”
One of the speakers, Dave Conlon, was the organizer of the event on behalf of the Canadian Student Leadership Association.
But the interesting stuff came from the keynote speaker Scott Hammell, a globetrotting entertainer, magician and motivational speaker.
Hammell started his presentation with a few magical tricks to lure the students into the topic of discussion, during which he stressed two main points:
-Push your limits and leave your comfort zone to realize your dream;
-Always keep in mind why you are doing what you are doing, never lose focus of your objective.
He started giving examples from his own youth telling how he started juggling at the age of 12 fi rst with balls, then with sticks, then with hatchets and then with live explosives, that is fi reball shooting fi reworks. He said all his attempts to move to the next trick in juggling were his way of pushing his limits outside his confort zone and admitted that he did receive injuries during his trials, but also that he learned from them.
“You have to learn from your experienc-es, you need to change how you do things, and you need to learn what to change and how to change them,” he said.
He spoke of his challenge to the City of
Motivational speaker Scott Hammell juggles hatchets during his presentation to students at the Ponoka Secondary Campus on Thursday, April 21.
Photo by Mustafa Eric
MUSTAFA ERICPONOKA NEWS
Toronto, where he lived in a glass box at the Union metro station for fi ve days to collect tons of food items to donate to food banks in the city.
Hammel also told the story of Rob, a Canadian high school student who skated all over Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia to raise awareness on easy cancer prevention steps after los-ing his mother, grandmother, sister and
another relative to the disease in a period of six months.
Although he was hit by a car during his skating in Australia, Rob continued to skate but learned how to better protect himself, Hammell told the students to make his point on the necessity of keeping the focus on what one is doing and why.
Some 60 students participated in the event.
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Budget talks extendedWith Larry Jacobs announcing his retirement earlier
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It’s anticipated the new superintendent will be hired in time to start work come the new school year.
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“We will see (wind projects) here.”He did add though, that simply
because they pass this bylaw, doesn’t preclude it being over-
turned should a project decide to try and move forward.
“The county only has jurisdic-tion over land use. We cannot regulate the process, that is the AUC and they could simply side-
step the bylaw provisions,” said McLauchlin, adding if the wind potential and economics are as good as Abergel stated, then it’s likely a proposed project could be on the horizon.
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Developing an indoor skate park in Ponoka will keep kids busy during the winter months.
That’s what Ponoka youths who use Hamilton’s Skate Park regularly in the summer hope to get across to town planners. One thing is for sure, skaters and BMXers love the park. Indeed, they can be seen clearing the snow as soon as the weather turns warmer to get try out some new tricks.
BMX rider Jason Taylor fi rst heard of the potential of an indoor park after reading of open house meetings looking at the future of the Ponoka Culture and Recreation Complex. Those meetings had ideas for an indoor skate/BMX park in designers’ conceptual drawings. Being big into BMX riding, Taylor suggests there is a potential recreation factor for youths.
Plus with skate parks being a staple in most communi-ties, an indoor park could draw athletes and families to Ponoka. “It’s hard to do but
I think it would benefi t this town a lot.”
“I fi gure the town might want to look into something like that if they want to bring outsider people into town,” added Taylor.
A look at indoor skate/BMX parks in Alberta show a list of fi ve, three of which allow BMX use. Those parks are: Incline in Sylvan Lake, Ride N Play in Edmonton and Genesis in Three Hills, although Genesis appears to be open seasonally. There are two other indoor parks but they do not allow bikes: Crowsnest Pass Indoor Skate park and West 49 in the West Edmonton Mall.
With so few indoor parks in the province, Taylor feels there is an opportunity to capitalize on a niche market with a quality indoor skate park. “I think that a key part to making it successful is to have it at a decently advanced level.”
Young BMX rider Ethan Sharp is big into hockey during the winter months but having a chance at some down time to work on BMX tricks between games and
BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYEPONOKA NEWS
practice is something that he would enjoy . During the summer, Sharp makes a point to go to the skate park every day if possible. “It’s another sport for me to do and keep me busy when I don’t have hockey,” added Sharp.
He enjoys being able to learn at his own pace with BMX riding and says it keeps him active and away from video games.
Dawson Kroetsch agrees. “It would just be a different perspective on riding,” he said
of the indoor park.The kids are ready to get
involved. They are willing to take part in bottle drives and other fundraising activities to help make their dream a reality. Curtis French said he is eager to see another fun
winter activity. “It would be cool to bike in the winter.”
Taylor suggests there may be ways to earn some money at the park with a family restaurant and skate shop, which could be another draw for bikers and skaters.
Ethan Sharp performs a trick at Hamilton’s Skate Park Sunday, April 17. Youths who use the skate park are advocating for an indoor skate/bmx park after hearing discussions of future changes to the arena.
Chances are our towns, villages, farms and small cities could be burned to the ground without the dedicated efforts of a group of community members. Who are they?
They are your neigh-bours, your friends, the local business owners, your husband, wife, sons or daughters. They have one thing in common—they are there to protect you when they answer the call—they are volunteer firefighters!
“I signed up with Canmore Fire and Rescue six years ago,” says Jason Lyon. “I thought it was the right thing to do—I believe in doing things for my community and my person-ality is that of a person who likes to get things done. I also like the excitement—every call I respond to is different.”
Like all volunteer fire-fighters, Jason spends most of his time doing a regular job. He is the publisher of the Rocky Mountain Outlook newspaper that serves the communities of Canmore, Exshaw, Banff and Lake Louise.
“I am fortunate that my employer, Great West Newspapers, supports my participation in the fire department. When a call comes in during work hours, I have to leave but I know the job of putting out the newspaper will get done.”
At first there was some concern of a potential conflict of a news person volunteering as a firefighter but Jason separates his role as newspaper publisher and firefighter. He does not involve himself in any newspaper reporting—his staff do that. “I keep my mouth shut and let the pro-fessional reporters do the investigative reporting,” he adds.
He recalls responding to the southern Alberta floods of 2013. “It was a major disaster and I had to be on the front lines. The staff at the Outlook responded by being the professionals they are and did the reporting and
got the newspaper out.”“When I go on a call my
family goes on a call,” adds Jason. Being a volunteer firefighter requires strong family support and commitment.
“Most often calls seem to come in during the evenings and at night. I may be watching a movie or playing soccer with my two kids and suddenly I am called away. My family has to support that and they do.”
Commitment is necessary. The firefighters in Canmore train for three hours every week. Jason has also vol-unteered for the special operations team—ice, rope, and swift water rescue—which takes another evening each month. He responds to about 100 calls each year—that averages one call every three days while the Canmore Department responds to over 600. The Canmore department assists in the area from Deadman Flats to the Banff Park area as well as Kananaskis and Spray Lakes.
Peter Krich, Camrose Fire Chief and President of the Alberta Fire Chiefs Association, says that Jason is just the kind of individual that makes our communities safe. Peter has been leading the recruitment program of the AFCA for the past several years. “Almost every fire department has a recruitment challenge, so we developed a program to help. It has been an over-whelming success and has been adopted nationally by the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs,” exclaims Peter.
There are approxi-mately 13,000 firefighters in Alberta. Of those about 11,000 are volunteers. The remaining are fully paid full-time firefighters usually working in the bigger cities. There are volunteers from 16 years of age (junior fire-fighters) to the renowned
94-year old Walter Thomas who began his volunteer firefighter career in 1947 (he no longer fights fires but serves as the historian for the Fort Saskatchewan Department).
“Without the 11,000 vol-unteers, our small and rural communities would be in severe difficulty in dealing with fires. All of us need to recognize that and say a big thank you to them. We can also, make a difference by volunteering too—help us answer the call!” concludes President Krich.
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Farmers roll out in preparation for Canadian Foodgrains BankJust before the rain
and snow hit, farmers were able to get fertiliz-er onto their Canadian Foodgrains Bank farm-
land just south of Ponoka.
Farmers volunteered their time and equip-
Farmers donated their time and equipment last week to get donated chicken manure fertilizer on the Canadian Foodgrains Bank land south of Ponoka. Here equipment is seen spreading the fertilizer Thursday, April 21.
Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYEPONOKA NEWS
ment last week to get approximately 350 tons of donated chicken ma-nure fertilizer into the fi eld in preparation for seeding canola, said Foodgrains member Peter Doornenball. “That just about eliminates our fertilizer bill.”
Seeding should start in a few weeks with the group able to fi nd sav-ings of about $5,000 after Pioneer donated the canola for the project. Other chemicals needed for the crop are being donated, which helps reduce the overall input costs the group pays. Doornenball said they hope to raise more than the $65,000 that was do-nated last season.
The more they raise the better as the federal gov-ernment will match the donations 4-1 in most cases. Money from the Foodgrains Bank goes to supporting food pro-grams around the world.
A year-long journey fi lled with potholes and some hard feelings will culminate this week.
At its meeting on Thursday, April 21, Ponoka County council gave fi nal approval to its Fire Protection Bylaw paving the way for the county to begin full operation of their Ponoka Regional Fire Service, including the newly established East District Fire Department.
The bylaw offi cially took effect yesterday (Tuesday, April 26) and move the authority for fi re protection in the eastern side of Ponoka County to their new regional service from the Town of Ponoka Fire Department.
It also establishes a number of regulations residents and businesses in the county must adhere to regarding things such as fi re pits, burn barrels, fi replaces, transporting dangerous goods and obtaining fi re permits.
Also included in the 13-page bylaw are specifi ed fi nes for not following the rules as well as fees and other charges that can be levied for the service having to respond to calls.
“This was a long time coming and we are ready to go,” said Ponoka County regional fi re chief Dennis Jones during the council discussion before the bylaw passed third reading.
Chief administrative offi cer Charlie Cutforth added a mu-tual aid agreement with the Town of Ponoka - which would allow the municipalities to call on each other for resources if needed - is in the hands of the town and he is confi dent the
Ponoka County briefsBY JORDIE DWYERPONOKA NEWS
transition will go smoothly.Pipeline chat cappedA representative from the Canadian Association of the
Petroleum Producers (CAPP) made a presentation to council as part of their province-wide tour to help convince counties of the need to lower taxes on oil and gas producers in a time of economic hardship.
Chris Montgomery, manager of E&P communication and engagement for CAPP, explained the organization is looking for what they believe is a more fair ratio compared to residential taxes. CAPP’s suggestion is a two to one ratio whereas the present one in the county is around 6.4 to one.
However, Reeve Paul McLauchlin along with Cutforth chid-ed Montgomery regarding the somewhat misleading and self-serving statistics he provided in his presentation as well as for painting all of the municipalities in Alberta with the same brush.
“The logic you put forward (with your suggestion) falls short,” McLauchlin stated.
“The population base here doesn’t match the expenses put out to deal with oil and gas development. It’s truly east to say that in dealing with some municipalities that there is some gouging out there, but that’s not the relationship I sense here. This county has no debt and is fi scally sound. The reality of hanging your hat on this ratio that doesn’t match up means you will have a fi ght there.”
Working aheadCouncil received an update on a number of public works
projects that have gotten an early start due to the warmer, dry weather the area has experienced this spring.
The county is ahead of the game on many of its blading and road repairs as well as fi nishing up the fi nal touches on the Anderson bridge project and crews are waiting for things to settle somewhat on roads before getting to work on the chip sealing of those areas.
As well, the department has received its three new graders and the old ones are set to be auctioned off this week with the county guaranteed to get at least $315,000 and 80 per cent of the money over that price.
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Midget Lacrosse slides one past Olds Stingers
A sure win almost turned into a close loss for the Lacoka lacrosse midget team over the weekend.
The Locos C-Key Trucking Midgets looked like they were a shoe-in to win against the Olds Stingers Saturday, April 23 at home. At the end of the fi rst period the Locos were up 6-1 and with the way they were playing, the win seemed inevitable.
In the second period Lacoka’s strong of-fensive plays kept their confi dence up. The second ranked Locos looked like they were on their way to trouncing the seventh ranked Stingers. By the end of the second period the score had changed to 11-6 with the same fi ve-point cushion.
The tide turned relatively fast in the third period, however, with the Locos doing everything they could just to keep up to Olds who seemed to have found their sting.
The fi rst 10 minutes of the third period brought a series of shot attempts on the Stingers’ net but their defence found some reserve strength. The Locos’ confi dence waned and the Stingers found some re-juvenation after scoring three important
goals in quick succession.Lacoka coach Cam Green said the biggest
struggle the team had in this game was staying confi dent throughout the game. “We’ve got all the skill in the world on our team. We just lost the mindset out there.”
With the game now sitting at 11-9 and Olds looking unstoppable; Lacoka was in the throes of a third period slump. They struggled to fi nd an opportunity to score. But score they did.
A solid goal by Lacoka brought the game t0 12-9 leaving a better point gap for the home team. The Stingers were hungry to turn the game around after being down by so many points and they managed an-other goal with the score standing at 12-10 with just minutes left in regulation time.
“They (Stingers) didn’t give up and they weren’t giving up,” said Green. “Maybe we thought we had the game in the bag and let things go.”
“To me it’s a mind set,” he added.All the Locos would have do was to hold
on, which they did and managed to keep the Stingers at bay for the rest of the game securing a 12-10 win. Green said he maintained a positive focus on the bench to help keep the players focused on the task at hand.
Locals move onto zone event in badmintonA number of Ponoka junior high students smashed their
way to a title shot last week.The north division of the Wolf Creek Grade 7 to 9 bad-
minton playdowns were held at St. Augustine school on Tuesday, April 19 with several athletes earning berths to the zone tournament, which was held yesterday (April 26) in Lacombe after press time.
In the Grade 7 events, St. Augustine’s Cassandra Klinger captured top spot in the girls’ singles while Ponoka Secondary’s Emma Wilson fi nished up third. The girls’ doubles was dominated by St. A teams with fi rst going to the pair of Kianna Mclean and Mary Mathiev, who defeated Alyssa de Grer and Taylor Hovias from Ponoka Christian, while another St. A pair - Jordan Cire and Alisha Monaghan - ended up third.
In boys’ doubles, the pair of Cory McBride and Alex Brackenberg from St. A earned top honours with St. A’s Connor Hoag and Ramithav Wijarathna fi nishing in third and Crestomere’s Colten Bresee and Lane Gross ended up fourth. Meanwhile, the boys’ singles event went to St. A’s Ralp Delicano, who got by Crestomere’s Kyle Frandsen. The mixed doubles event went to the St. A team of Ayra Acosta and Phillip Ayuno as they beat fellow St. A pairing of Tyrell Griffi ths and Jillian Sinclair.
On the Grade 8 side, St. A’s Michaella Co won the girls’ sin-gles with Ponoka Secondary’s Presley McAteer and Vanessa Henderson fi nished third and fourth respectively, while the girls’ doubles event went to St. A’s Alisha Balatbat and
Angela Abadilla after defeating fellow classmates Maddie Fleck and Amabda Huchbowski with Ponoka Secondary’s Madi Hanson and Mariah Chisholm taking fourth.
The boys’ singles event went to AJ Perez of St. A’s while third was taken by Crestomere’s Jacob Simanton and fourth going to St. A’s Jerald Busalpa. In boys’ doubles, third went to Mecca Glen’s Mathais Sandis and Erik McAnco with fourth going to St. A’s Emmanuel Baldacino and Christian Bautista. The mixed doubles was won by Crestomere’s Ryker Klassen and Paige Jensen with third going to the St. A team of Shanelle Remanda and Marschant Nel plus Matthew Dela Cruz and Juliana Nicole Lee fi nished fourth.
For the Grade 9s, the boys’ singles was won by Ponoka Secondary’s Travis Hyiak who defeated fellow student Dayden Nokahoo with third and fourth going to Mecca Glen students Michael Bloomquist and Shane Wasliovich respectively. Mecca Glen’s Brennan Waldron and Riley Fullinger took the boys doubles over Ponoka Secondary’s Noah Hawkutt and Jared Bussiere with Karson Mathieu and Emett Norn of Mecca Glen ending up in third.
On the girls’ side, the singles crown went to St. A’s Ella Agorilla who defeated Mecca Glen’s Madison McLaren while third went to St. A’s Auraura Carr and fourth to Roselynn Star from Ponoka Christian. The doubles event was taken by Ponoka Secondary’s Shelisha Baptiste and Tori McNalley over St. A’s Leah Jensen and Mackenzie Numan.
The mixed doubles was won by Ericka Geneblazo and Aidan Bratton of St. A’s over Emily Parher and Gwen Feragen from Ponoka Secondary with St. A’s Jaymee Klinger and Kyle Roague taking third.
Ralp Delicano from St. Augustine has the eye of the crowd during his boys singles match on Tuesday, April 19 at the St. Augustine gym during the Wolf Creek north playdowns.
Photo by Jordie Dwyer
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Locos C-Key Trucking Midgets’ player Tristan Kirbyson takes a shot on goal Saturday, April 23 against the Olds Stingers. The Locos won 12-10.
Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
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Following their intense practice sessions in preparation for the season, Ponoka’s U18 boys’ soccer team played a shortened exhibition game with the town’s men’s team on Monday, April 25. Here the men’s team’s goalie Wouter Opsteen makes a tough save in a mid-range shot taken by Jarret Henderson of the U18 team.
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Warriors host weekend volleyball tournament
Both the U15 and U16 girls’ Warriors volleyball teams had a busy week-end hosting their own fun tournament April 23 and 24.
First up on the week-end was the U15 girls who played Saturday, April 23 at the St. Augustine Catholic School gym. There were seven other teams vying for bragging rights in the round robin tournament.
The girls were on track in the round robin pool fi nishing second over-all when heading into playoffs when a key hit-ter, Searra Schoepfner, tripped and sprained her ankle, said coach Darren Josephison.
The U15s had won the fi rst set and were tied 22 in the second set of the match when she tripped. The result of the injury affected the team’s over-all confi dence. They sub-sequently lost the sec-ond and third sets put-
Searra Schoepfner, of the U15 Warriors club volleyball team, aims to make a strong hit Saturday, April 23 during a fun tournament. The U16s held their tournament the next day.
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ting them in the bronze medal game against Wetaskiwin Chill.
That last game proved too tough for the Warriors, who ended up losing in two sets. Josephison said the team was up 23-21 in both sets but they couldn’t fi nd the win they needed.
This injury will likely be a big challenge for the team who is headed to volleyball provincials in Calgary this weekend. “We more than likely won’t have her for pro-vincials this weekend,” said Josephison.
He added losing one of their big hitters did give the team an opportuni-ty to test their strengths and suggests they have a chance to do well at pro-vincials considering the team has had a strong season.
The U16 Warriors played the next day in their last tournament of the season. The girls won the bronze medal game against Leduc County Storm, the same team that beat them in round-robin play.
Josephison said the U16s had a similar expe-rience in the round robin play winning their fi rst two matches and losing a close third. This put them in the second spot for playoffs. However, the team lost their fi rst playoff match putting them in the bronze medal match.
U15 results:* First: Castor Crush;
* Second: Delia Novas;* Third: Wetaskiwin Chill;
* Fourth: U15 Warriors.
U16 results:* First: Sylvan Lake Wave;
* Second: Ponoka’s Central Rage;* Third: U16 Warriors;
* Fourth: Leduc County Storm.
JOHNSON, Hazel It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Hazel Laura Johnson. She peacefully entered eternal life on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre, at the age of 96, with loved ones by her side. Hazel was born November 11, 1919 to parents Katie and Julius Schultz. She spent her early years growing up in the town of Bashaw and she attended school there. She met the love of her life, Leonard Wilhelm Johnson, when she was 16 years old (1936) and they married shortly after (October 21, 1938). They settled down on the family farm in the Water Glen area and their fi rst child Dennis was born in 1945. Six years later Douglas (Doug) was born and completed their family. They spent lots of time curling at the Calumet
Curling Club during the winter months and enjoyed spending time during the summer taking care of the farm and relaxing at the lake. In 1966 they relocated back to the town of Bashaw. After 43 happy years of marriage, Hazel lost her husband to cancer on March 5, 1981. She remained living in Bashaw in their family home until she decided it was time to move into the lodge. This was an exciting time for her as several of her family members and friends also lived in the same complex, and were only a short walk down the hall. As time went on those family and friends passed on and she decided it was time to move closer to Doug and Darlene in Lacombe. For several years she lived in the Legion Arms in Ponoka and took pleasure in getting out and around town. Her long time friend Phyllis Schultz lived right above her and they spent many days visiting, travelling to various bingo halls, and Wednesday games night at the Senior’s Drop In Centre. Hazel made her fi nal move into the Rimoka Lodge in 2010. She remained healthy, active and social until her last days. Family and friends were Hazel’s passion and delight. She took joy in playing crib, bingo, going for walks, reading, knitting and spending lots of time at Red Deer Lake with family. It was the simple things around her in life that she never took for granted, commenting how fortunate and thankful she was for all those around her. She was a woman of strong faith, believing in the power and strength of Jesus Christ’s love and the beauty and peace that would await her after her passing. Her spirit is carried on by her sons Dennis (Pat) Johnson and Doug (Darlene) Johnson; four grandchildren Greg (Jacqueline) Johnson, Derek (Becky) Johnson, Christine (Dallas) Gustafson, and Jennifer (Marcel) Mahnkopf; brother Sonny (Viola) Schultz; sisters-in-law Bernie Johnson and Florence Cooper; and six great-grandchildren Gabriel and Josephine Johnson, Brenden and Carter Gustafson, and Bianca and Lucas Mahnkopf. She was eagerly awaiting the arrival of her seventh great-grandchild in July/August. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends. She was predeceased by her parents Julius and Katie; husband Leonard; brothers Paul and Herman; sisters Ella and Ruby; father-in-law Otto and Karine Johnson; sisters-in-law Evelyn Richardson and Doris Humphrey; and brother-in-law Aldo Johnson. A small service with immediate family took place at the Bashaw Cemetery and a Celebration of Life followed at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ponoka at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2016. Memorial donations can be made to the Rimoka Housing Foundation, Bashaw Cemetery, or St. Peter’s Lutheran Church (Schultz District). The family would also like to thank Dr. Halse and his staff, the staff and volunteers of Rimoka Lodge, and the Nursing staff on the GOAL unit at the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre for their tender and gracious care. To express condolences to Hazel’s family, please visit
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PRIVÉIsabella Mary
(nee Dudley, nee Crawford)
After a brief illness our beloved Mother, grandmother and great grandmother, daughter and sister passed away quietly in the Northcott Care Centre on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 with her loving children at her side. Before moving back home to Ponoka 10 years ago to be closer to
her family Isabella resided with her husband Peter in Langley, BC for 25 years. Prior to moving to BC Isabella lived in Calgary Alberta for 34 years. In 1943 at the age of 20 Isabella joined the Air Force and served until released in 1946. Isabella talked often of her time in the service and all the many people and friends who impacted her life during that time. After her divorce from David Dudley, she ran a home day care for 28 years. She infl uenced the lives of many young children and she was loved by both the parents and the children she attended. Isabella married Peter in 1980 and left her beautiful Alberta for BC Isabella grew the most beautiful gardens - fl oral, fruits and vegetables. People would often stop and ask if they could come into the yard to look at them or take pictures. She will be remembered well for her lovely gardens and her generosity with her fl owers. The family would like to thank Dr. Greyling for his dedicated care of our Mother. We would also like to thank Northcott Care Centre and staff for their support while she resided with them and especially during her palliative care. In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to the Charity of your choice. Isabella is survived by her children Don & Holly Dudley of Wetaskiwin, Linda Dudley of Edmonton and Aro Dudley of Ponoka; daughter-in-law Brenda Dudley of Airdrie; thirteen grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren; brother William Crawford of Stoney Creek, ON; and sister-in-law Jean Crawford, Ponoka (nee Hoar). She was predeceased by her husband Peter; her parents Allen and Margaret Crawford; brothers and sister: Ron and Marion (nee Dudgeon) Crawford; Tom Crawford; Harold and Margaret (nee Crawford) Dewhirst; Gordon Crawford; and sister-in-law Vivian Crawford (nee Walls). A Funeral Service was held on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lacombe with the Interment Service following at the Forest Home Cemetery in Ponoka. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to any charity of your choice. To express condolences to Isabella’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.
(July 31, 1951 - April 18, 2016) Carolyn Hilda Cummings of Camrose, formerly of Bashaw, Alberta, passed away on Monday, April 18, 2016, at the age of 64 years. She will be truly missed by family and friends.Carolyn is survived by her son Terry Cummings of Edmonton; daughter Sharon (Matthew) Young of
Pritchard, BC; mother Dorothy Kraft; brothers Larry (Tess) Kraft of Ponoka, Wayne (Evelyn) Kraft of Ferintosh, Allen Kraft of Ponoka; and sister Dorlene (David) Banks of Drayton Valley.She was predeceased by her father Arnold Kraft and her sister Sheila Kraft.A family memorial service will be held at a later date.Memorial contributions are gratefully accepted to the Louise Jensen Care Centre in Camrose, Stollery Children’s Hospital or to the Alberta Heart & Stroke Foundation.The family wishes to thank to the staff at the Louise Jensen Care Centre who provided exceptional nursing care to Carolyn during her stay at long term care. The staff showed kindness and compassion to Carolyn and were always welcoming to her family and friends. Such devotion to those in need will not be forgotten. To send condolences, please visit www.burgarfuneralhome.com.
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AVERY, Danna Danna Avery passed away on April 20, 2016 at the age of 92 years. She was born in Leighton, Alberta on April 24, 1923. Danna was predeceased by her husband Ross Avery and her second husband Ernest Kraft. She leaves to mourn her passing her daughters Laurel (Gordon) Rees and Avril (Ernest) Gerhardt, and a sister Rita Jenkins-Radway. She is remembered by
six grandchildren: Doug (Rae) Rees, Greg (Katie) Rees, Michael (Shanon) Rees, Christa Gerhardt, Susan (Rob) McGhee, and Carmen Gerhardt; nine great-grandchildren: Stacey (Ryan), David (Sarah), Mitchell, Brett, Ben, Erin, Brandon, Amanda, and Ryleigh; and a nephew Dale Jelasco. A Memorial Service will be held at the Ponoka Funeral Home on Friday, April 29, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. with coffee time to follow in the Anglican Church Hall. Donations to the Ponoka Wheelchair Van Society or any charity of your choice are greatly appreciated. To express condolences to Danna’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.
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Ponoka Jubilee Library is super pumped to be running a fundraiser BBQ tomorrow afternoon, April 28, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Brick. Andrew Middleton from The Brick has kindly arranged for the BBQ to happen, with all of the proceeds going directly to the library. We will have hotdogs, hamburgers and cheeseburgers with all the fi xins’ available for purchase, so come on down to see us, support your local library and get a tasty lunch. We hope to see lots of friendly faces.
Don’t forget about our ‘Ponoka Friends of the Library Society’ annual general meet-ing tomorrow evening, starting at 7 p.m. at the library. We are always looking for new members who are willing to volunteer a little of their time to help raise awareness
of the library, and work on some fundraising campaigns. At the AGM, the executives will be appointed for the next year, and upcoming plans will be discussed. Everyone is welcome, we’ll have some treats for nibbling, and lots of great camaraderie.
Looking for a great Mother’s Day gift for the special woman in your life? Come talk to us about our ‘Mother’s Day Spa’ being held on Saturday, May 7 from 2 to 5 p.m. There are manicure, pedicure, facial and make-up packages available for a fee, and we will be providing food and drinks to enjoy, as well as door prizes to be won. So why not spoil your mom, wife, sister, grandmother, moth-er-in-law, or yourself that day, while helping support a local business.
We’re happy to collaborate with Ponoka Adult Learning and Family Literacy as they present ‘My First Book’, a program where parents or caregivers and their babies (up to 18 months) share books together and learn how literacy helps promote family relationships. It will be held Tuesday morn-ings 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., May 10, 17, 24 and 31. Snacks will be provided. This program is
FREE, but please register with Ponoka Adult Learning and Family Literacy. Phone number: 403-783-3285.
Back by popular demand, we have a ‘Great Wines under $25/Bottle’ on Saturday, June 11 at 7 p.m. We will be tasting four reds, four whites, and one dessert wine, as well as en-joying tasty meats, cheeses, fruits, chocolates, and dessert. Space is limited and tickets are already 20 per cent sold, so be sure to come to the library to pick up yours soon. Please contact the library if you have any questions about fees or the wine tasting itself, we can be reached at 403-783-3843. All participants must be of legal age.
We are offering another non-restricted and restricted fi rearms safety course on June 12, starting at 8 a.m. Go to www.alber-tafi rearmscourse.com for more information or call Luke Peters at 403-741-9898. The last one fi lled up very quickly, so make sure you save your spot soon.
Coming soon: ‘Troublemaker’, a thrilling, fast-paced novel of romantic suspense from sensational New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Linda Howard.
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The truth about carbon tax: It worksDear Editor,
Carbon tax for Alberta is unavoidable. In fact, it appears if the provinces don’t implement the tax, then the federal government, who made a climate change commitment in Paris, will. The future of our children depends on it.
The carbon tax is controversial, especially with right wing Albertans and parties, but the shocking truth is it actually works. The Wildrose Party claims the tax will ‘destroy jobs and growth’, ‘will cost municipalities, industries,’ and ‘it will cost the average family $ 1,000/year.’
The latest numbers from Statistics Canada show, however, that B.C.’s carbon tax, implemented since 2008, has been a real envi-ronmental and fi nancial success: B.C. has the lowest income tax in Canada, (the taxpayers are coming out ahead), its GDP has out-performed the rest of Canada since 2008, fuel use has decreased by 16 per cent, and the tax is far from being a job-killer. B.C.’s success story with the carbon tax has earned the province worldwide praise.
Part of the NDP’s climate leadership plan is to replace the 18 coal fi red power plants in Alberta to lighten the provinces carbon foot print. Ontario phased out their last coal fi red power plant in 2014 and therefore has a signifi cant improvement in air quality. Alberta has the worst air quality in Canada; in fact, recent newscasts told us that an Alberta child ends up in emergency every 30 min. with respiratory problems.
Why is the Wildrose Party so against the NDP’s green ‘Climate Leadership Plan’ and carbon tax?
When you look beyond the political rhetoric, both plans have proven to be fi nancially and environmentally successful.
Ilse QuickLacombe
Dear Editor,I agree with Mr. Dyer in his last week’s article on one point:
Climate change is non-linear. That is simply stating the obvious since climate is always changing, usually in totally unpredictable ways. The idea that this represents an emergency is much less convincing.
Short term predictions are futile when considered against the Earth’s 4.6-billion-year existence, but let’s consider just the last 2000 years. During that relatively brief period, we had the Roman Warming Period with the earth even warmer than today, followed by the Dark Ages which were cooler. Then the Medieval Warming Period with temperatures at least as high as today, then the Little Ice Age that drove the Vikings out of Greenland. Not one of these events can be attributed to human activity. The last 300 years have gradually warmed by about 1 degree Celsius but this began a century before the general use of fossil fuels. Consider this – practically none of the students in high school today have seen any measurable warming in their lifetimes.
Carbon dioxide has had little or no correlation with temperature fl uctuations. Does it seem probable that a colorless, odourless gas, essential for plant life, which represents a mere .04 percent of the atmosphere, can drive climate change practically all by itself?
Life on Earth is made possible by the Sun, which we orbit, some-times slightly nearer, sometimes slightly further away. Periodically the sun shoots immense fl ares of burning gases toward us. Has anyone sat beside a camp fi re? Do you see any similarities?
The climate is affected by thousands of factors, most of which we have very limited or, more often, no knowledge of at all. It’s time to stop listening to alarmists and do your own research. You will be surprised to learn that for real world scientists, the science is far from settled.
Terry Hamre
Come get a burgerBY JACLYN BERRY
Ponoka County briefs
Tax defaultsCutforth provided council with an update
on the situation surrounding the $440,000 in backtaxes owed by a resource company that has fallen into receivership.
It’s been learned the company could soon be sold to a new owner, however, that poten-tial new owner wouldn’t be on the hook for
the taxes owing. Although, Cutforth stated the county’s lawyer explained they have a decent argument that the county would have priority over any other creditors in the bankruptcy due to wording in the Municipal Government Act.
“However, that has been untested so a judge still has to decide on that,” added Cutforth, so there remains a chance the county may not see any of that money.
He also told council a second company has fallen into bankruptcy and owes about $4.600 in taxes, but owes more to another 11 counties in the province, which indicates to Cutforth that this is now a much bigger problem and has approached the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) to see if they will get involved in the legal fi ght instead of each individual county having to go it alone.
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