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STEVE
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JOHN
COURSER
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DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF PONOKAWednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 Vol. 64, No. 31 403-783-3311 [email protected] www.ponokanews.com
Ponoka & District
Chamber of Commerce
Small Business
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2008
Which way is up? Pilot Kent Pietsch shows off his aerobatics with a 360-degree inside loop Aug. 3, a day before the Wetaskiwin Air Show. For story and more photos see page 15. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
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Duane Thompson works to renovate the gymnasium at the Ponoka Drop-in Centre. Photo by Amelia Naismith
Members of the Ponoka Drop-In Centre board of directors Doreen Rausch, Dorothy Houghton, and renovations committee member George MacKenzie, discuss future ideas for the building while everything is stowed away during renovations. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
When membership numbers dwindle, most or-ganizations look at ways to invite new interest and the Ponoka Drop-In Centre is doing the same thing; with $73,000 going to renovations.
New paint, carpets, chairs, a new floor in the auditorium, and tables are among some of the up-grades being applied. Drop-In Centre president Bill Jones hopes the building will be rented out for more events throughout the year.
“We’re looking for ideas to attract new and younger members,” he said.
Started in 1969, it was originally called the men’s Drop-In Centre and was located at the former AGT building on 50 Avenue. In 1974 it officially became the Drop-In Centre at the former Armories building with activities such as cards, bingo, dances, potluck dinners and carpet bowling.
The current building was officially opened April 10, 1986 with 350 members during the late 1980s; 2012 has 176 and the board of directors hopes this will be a step in a new direction, especially consid-
ering annual membership costs only $10.Of the $73,000 raised, $26,500 came from
Drop-In Centre fundraising and matching funds from the Community Facility Enhancement Pro-gram (CFEP), and $20,000 from Ponoka County. Jones said the board has also spoken to the Town of Ponoka and they are waiting for a response.
Renovations committee member George MacK-enzie, would like to work with community groups in Ponoka to come up with ways to entice new mem-bers. “To also look at possibly other activities that the Drop-In could do.”
The board has worked with interior designer Elaine Finkbeiner, who said the project was de-signed to make the building “aesthetically pleasing for any kind of function.”
She feels members will be able to get back to their regular activities toward the end of the month.
“With it being more fresh…it’s really going to help,” Finkbeiner explained.
Members who are 55 years and older can en-joy weekly card games such as whist, bridge, and cribbage as well as several musical events. Doreen
Rausch, first vice-pres-ident and renovations committee member, is “excited” to see what the renovations will do for the centre. Rausch or-ganizes the two concerts each year at the centre.
“We had Gary Fjell-gaard in the fall with Saskia and Darrel,” she said.
Expect to see a new rug in the billiards room, new soundboards in the card room, new paint in the activity room with floor shuffleboard and other touch-ups to give the Drop-In Centre that very look the board of directors wants.
There is also a lapi-dary and woodworking room that is being used as storage, a sewing room, as well as a small office, and a fully func-tional kitchen.
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A 69-year-old motorist was northbound when the driver’s side front tire blew. The vehicle went through the median into the southbound lanes and eventually ended in the ditch. There were only minor injuries.
Tired driverA 26-year-old man from Calgary was charged
with failing to stay in the centre of the lane Aug. 1 at 3:50 p.m. A caller reported the driver was in and out of lanes along Highway 2. He did admit to police he was driving while tired.
24-hour suspensionA traffic stop at 1 a.m. Aug 5 found a 35-year-old
woman driving while impaired. She tested with .11 and .09 for blood/alcohol content. She admitted to having three beers before heading out. Her 11-year-old daughter was also in the vehicle. She was given a 24-hour suspension.
Impaired drivers over weekendPonoka Integrated Traffic Services averted five im-
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Tire, tired investigated by RCMP RCMP continue to investigate a vehicle col-lision Tuesday morning on Highway 53 west between 48 Avenue and 67 Street. A woman driving an Allero collided with a man driving a Ford F-250 pickup. The truck then flipped and hit a light pole. The woman in the car was extricated by Ponoka firefighters and taken to hospital by EMS. Photo by George Brown
Jessica Janis Webber, a 16-year-old girl from Hope, B.C., was last seen on July 8 at 5 a.m. at her residence. She is described as five foot four, 96 lbs, with brown, shoulder-length hair and brown eyes.
It is believed she has travelled to Alberta by hitching rides. Police have confirmed Webber at-tended a friend’s residence in Wetaskiwin on July 9. She has family and friends in Wetaskiwin, Hay River, Lethbridge and Red Deer.
On July 17, po-lice confirmed Webber contacted a friend in Campbell River, B.C. and advised the friend she was in Alberta. Webber family is very worried about her as they have not heard from her since she went missing.
Webber lives a high-risk lifestyle and has gone missing on several occasions pre-vious. The primary concern now is that when Jessica has gone
missing in the past she usually maintains contact and checks in with her regular friends and family, however she hasn’t this time.”
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Not being the pastor of a congrega-tion has a number of benefits. (Oh yes, I know: I have weekends off…) One of those benefits is that I get to worship in different congregations. Sometimes that’s because I have been asked to be the worship leader and preacher, sometimes it’s because I just drop in to pray and watch.
I’ve learned a few things in my trav-els this way, about churches that actually welcome people in, and churches that say “Welcome!” but whose actions make it very clear that this is a church only for those who have been there a long time. If you’re new, you have almost no one to talk to at coffee.
Recently, one of my church friends in another community told me with great excitement that they had outfitted their building with new doors. “They look like wood, but they’re really metal.” I enjoyed her excitement, but I wonder what “metal doors” meant. Of course, this place is on a busy downtown city corner, and perhaps security is a problem. But I wondered…
I was asked to lead worship and preach in a new church building in Slave Lake. It’s an ecumenical church. Never heard of one like that? Too bad. It’s brilliant con-cept. The Anglicans, the Lutherans and the United Church own one building together. They have one pastor/priest/minister, au-thorized by all three denominations. Once a month, they worship the Lutheran way, once a month, the Anglican way, and once a month the United Church way. The fourth Sunday gets shared around. God doesn’t seem to mind.
When you walk through the front door, you are in a big open space, with lots of light and a nice fireplace in the corner. The office is right there, so you can get informa-tion and be greeted right away. The worship space — the nave and sanctuary to some of you — is through a set of doors. They are glass doors, so they protect worshippers silence, but you can see everything. The church is wonderfully unfinished, so part
of the floor is rubber tiles, and part is bare plywood. The chairs — not pews, thank God — don’t match. They are wonderful-ly every color. Borrowed, of course, for now.
I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but I feel really at home in an open and un-finished church. Makes me feel like I have something to contribute. That they might actually need me, and that there are things I can do in God’s service through such a place.
But most of the churches I visit are ‘fin-ished’ churches — sometimes in more ways than one. They are polished, and clean, and the wood is expensive and looks like I shouldn’t put finger marks on it. They have pews — an invention the Devil managed to slip past those Enlightenment Christians while they weren’t looking, so everybody could be uncomfortable together. Too many of the people look like the wood: polished and firmly in place, and I shouldn’t bother them at church.
Oh, all the churches have “Greeters.” They are people who hand you the service outline (if they have one) or they ask you to share it, and they sometimes shake your hand. But way too many of them don’t ever look you in the eye, and some of them can hardly break away from their conversation with someone to say hello to you. And they don’t ask you any questions, like “Sorry, your face isn’t familiar to me. Is this your first time here? Or have I just not seen you before? (Now I know that not everyone
likes being asked questions, but think about it: a question means you have been noticed, that you aren’t invisible.”
I’m going to pass over what happens in worship and talk about that another time. As my grandchildren say, “That’s a whole ’nother story!” It’s what happens before and after that keeps a lot of folks from coming back. I’ve already talked about “before.” After is a separate issue. Many Churches have what they call a “Fellowship Hour” afterward. Coffee, tea, juice and food that is invariably fattening and unhealthy, and death to diabetics covers one or two tables. Doesn’t matter if its Catholic or Protestant, the fare is always the same. And too often, it’s held a distance away from the worship space. Strangers get lost on the way, be-cause usually no one thinks to ask if you know the way, or volunteer to go with you. You are on your own. And once you get there, you’re on your own again. Tables and chairs are set up, and everybody is sitting down — with people they know and love. If you come in a bit late, because you got lost, or went to the bathroom, or talked to the pastor/priest/minister for a few moments, you are left standing — alone. Sometimes all the chairs are taken and people are deep into “fellowshipping.” And even if there are chairs unused, who wants to barge into a group that is already well into whatever gossip is fresh that morning?
And it’s the rare congregation that has a sharp-eyed soul who notices you standing there, and comes to welcome you and invite you to sit down with them. (I worshipped in a congregation once that had many tourists visit it, and some of the “fellowshippers” resented these “strangers” from interrupt-ing their one chance all week to visit with Mabel, or Charlie, or whoever it was.) So if I need tea, or a sugar-shot, I take it quickly and leave. And you know what, most of the time, I don’t visit again. And if I’m looking for a congregation to stay in awhile, that one gets crossed off my list. Does any of this sound vaguely familiar?
Churches can be welcoming to everyone
James StrachanThe United Church
of Canada
not a member of
The Ponoka
Ministerial Association
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Refl ections of PonokaRefl ections of Ponoka
Photos courtesy of Heritage History book
The 60th anniversary of Jack and May Lee was held Feb. 28, 1960 at the Ponoka Legion Hall. Family members attending included, back row: Elmer, Ray, and Ches-ter; in the front are: Blanche, Art, Dora, Carl, Mary, May and Jack, Verle, Homer and Thelma.Early photo on the Lee homestead at Lundgren shows the Lee children riding the family horse to school. From back to front are: Dora, Carl, Verle, Alpha, Art, Marion and Thelma.
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By Mike Rainone for the News
While browsing through the Cres-tomere/Sylvan Heights Heritage History book, I came across some of the colorful early tales of the early pio-neers of the Lundgren district west of Ponoka. Among these enjoyable sto-ries was the ongoing adventures of J.C. (Jack) and May Lee, who were one of the first hardy pioneer families to es-tablish their homesteads in this rolling farming district.
It was the three Duel brothers, Sim, Ira, and Roy, who first came to the area in 1900, took up farms, and then made it their business to locate more families and encourage them to be a part of this friendly new settle-ment. J.C. Lee, commonly known as Jack, was born in Indiana on Aug. 13, 1880, then later married Fanny (May) Musson on Feb. 28, 1900 in Hasting, Neb. In March 1901 the couple, accom-panied by May’s father, John Musson, embarked on a new adventure, setting out from Aurora, Neb. by wagon train, then shipping their precious belongings from Portal, N.D. by train to their new homestead near Ponoka, NWT The trip was a long and gruelling one, sharing a box car with two other travellers for a fare of $7.20 or one cent a mile, and arriving in early May of 1901 with four horses and a wagon and just $20 in their pockets.
After loading up their belongings at the station, they travelled all day, breaking their own trail for the last few rugged miles before reaching their new homestead in the Lundgren district that had been filed for them earlier by Jack’s cousin, Dwight Osborne. Those early pioneer days were full of hardships, sorrow, and joy, but like so many other families, Jack and May bravely faced the countless challenges and elements, welcomed 17 children along the way, and stayed to farm the homestead for 64 amazing years. Following are some of the amazing highlights of their busy lives, their longstanding dedication to family and community, and their strong ongoing desire to work and share with each other to survive, no matter what.• The first humble home for Jack and May was a covered wagon but as soon as they were able they built a sturdy log house with a sod roof and lived there until 1912. They lost three of their four horses to the dreaded swamp fever, and while they had very little variety of food, Jack’s keen eye with a shot-gun provided many a partridge, prairie chicken or wild game for the table.• As family began to arrive, Jack had to purchase a two-storey frame house and moved it onto the farmstead. Many of their first children were born at home without the assistance of a doctor, with four lost in childbirth. The survivors were: Alpha, Marion, Jim, Thelma, Dora, Homer, Blanche, Elmer, Chester, Clarence, Carl, Verle and Ray.• Both Jack and May Lee became great teamsters. Jack rode bucking horses, and was not happy until he had rid-den every untamed horse in the county. Mrs. Lee once drove a perky team into
Ponoka and then had to unhitch them from the buggy herself because the boys were afraid to handle them. They bought their first car in 1918.• For many years the main road from Springdale and Homeglen to Ponoka, went through Jack and May’s yard, and between the house and the barn, they always happily played host to many weary travellers, neighbours and friends. As time progressed, better roads were made, the first school was built in the Lundgren district, and then would later consolidate with Crestomere in 1953 and Sylvan Heights in 1956.• Usually the women folk only went to town once or twice a year by farm wag-on and team. But each family would be enriched by ample social activities that included church on Sundays, potluck dinners at neighbours’ homes, as well as many dances, card parties, picnics and Christmas programs. During the winter of 1920-21 the first radio came into the district, a handmade model that drew curious folks from far and wide. Books, magazines, sewing and chores helped to pass away the win-ter and were always shared with the neighbours. Cutting massive piles of wood or gathering ice was a popular activity, with everyone joining in, and the Ladies’ Aid usually hosting an ice cream or pie social.• The people of Lundgren were always sports-minded. Jack Lee’s farm was the favourite home base for many ball games and tournaments over the years, with Jack being a great catcher for the Chesterwold baseball team, and those skills were passed down through many Lee generations. Some took up hockey, with Bob McDowell building a district rink in 1945 and the kids also hosting many enjoyable skating parties. Curl-ing later became another recreation activity for men, women, and other family members at the Dakota rink from 1953-68, while Jack later loved to enter many curling bonspiels through-out the area with his friends, coming home with countless trophies and the odd “headache.”• With the boys doing the work on the farm, Jack spent several years running the big graders for the Fertile Forest and Blindman municipalities, and then later worked for the provincial govern-ment on the Edson to Jasper highway. He also found time to serve on the Lun-dgren School Board, and was on the committee that ran the annual Chester-wold and Ferrybank picnics. Wife May was an avid and faithful member of the Chesterwold Women’s Institute, and later the Halfway Grove W.I.
In the summer of 1949, Mr. and Mrs. Lee built a new home and then proudly celebrated their golden wed-ding anniversary at an open house on Feb. 26, 1950. Ten years later they would gather with their children, sev-eral generations of grandchildren, and countless relatives and friends to mark their diamond wedding anniver-sary at the Ponoka Legion Hall. This hard working and dedicated farm fam-ily couple would live to see their 64th
The ongoing saga of the J.C. Lee family
wedding anniversary, with May dying on Nov. 10, 1964, and Jack on Jan. 28, 1966.
Over the years the many surviving generations of the Jack and May Lee family have continued to
cherish the memories and carry on the long-standing traditions that came from many busy and exciting decades of growing up on that grand old homestead west of Ponoka.
Photo courtesy of Don Dubitz
“Gambler’s Night” was a longstanding fun event at the Ponoka Composite High School for many years. It was a chance for students and teachers to rub shoul-ders and ply their skills at games of chance. Dressed in their finest Vegas-style outfits and entertaining a group of students are, stand-ing left to right are teachers Jim Day, Principal Norman Taylor, Robert Miller Jr., Tom Skaret; with Tom Dick and Atha Topley seated next to those great old long neck pop bottles.
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Truman and the bombWhile on a tour of Harry Truman’s
old Key West presidential getaway several years ago, our guide expressed emotional gratitude for Truman’s deci-sion to end the war by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Apparently, his father was serving in the Pacific and was set to be part of the invasion force that would hit the Japa-nese homeland. Had his father been killed in the process, he would never have been born.
This view was once common. Having served as a combat soldier ex-pecting to take part in the invasion, the late historian Paul Fussell described the “relief and joy” with which he and his comrades received the news. He put it this way: “We were going to live.”
But as is often the case, this sim-ple view has come under attack in the ensuing decades. Broadly speaking, there are three lines of criticism. One has to do with the motivation behind Truman’s decision; another has to do with whether it was necessary to end the war; and the final one refers to the impact on Japanese civilians.
The arguments about motivation are various. There’s the claim that Tru-man’s real objective was to provide the Soviet Union with an intimidat-ing demonstration of American power. There’s the allegation of American bloodlust seeking vengeance for Pearl Harbour. And so on.
However, much of this debate seems to ignore an obvious consid-eration. It’s completely feasible for someone to have multiple motivations for a given action. In fact, it’s com-monplace.
As for the question of whether the atomic bombs were necessary to end the war, it comes down to a matter of timing. There’s no doubt but that Japan was, as Truman’s critics aver, already “beaten.” The issue is whether it was determined to fight on to the bitter end. And, if so, what the cost would be.
Certainly, some Japanese officials were interested in finding a way to bring the war to a negotiated end. But the military high command had other ideas.
Even after Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, there was no surrender. Ditto for when the Soviets finally entered the war against Japan on Aug. 8. And after Nagasaki on Aug. 9, it still took the direct intervention of the emperor to finally tilt the balance.
Perhaps more generous terms would have done the trick earlier, in which regard critics are particularly unhappy with the insistence on uncon-ditional surrender. It was a policy that Truman inherited from his predeces-sor, Franklin Roosevelt. There was to be no ambiguity as to the war’s result, and no opportunity for Japanese mili-tarism to regroup.
Since Truman’s decision obvi-ated the need for an invasion of the Japanese homeland, we’ll never know what the related casualties would have been. Estimates tend to be all over the place. Truman’s memoirs quoted an-other 500,000 American lives, while Secretary of War Henry Stimson went to double that. Critics think these are gross exaggerations.
But the experience from earlier battles like Okinawa and Iwo Jima indicate that it would certainly have been bloody. To get a sense of the po-tential scale, consider that the invasion was scheduled to begin at Kyushu on Nov. 1, where it would likely pit more than 700,000 American troops against a Japanese force almost as large.
Still, we’re left with Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s enormous civilian casualties. To critics, such deaths are qualitatively different from those of men in battle.
But are they really? For the over-whelming part, the Americans who would have died in the invasion were not professional soldiers who had cho-sen the military as a career. Rather they were civilians who had been caught up in the events triggered by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.
Many had been drafted. And all they wanted was to get the war over, go home, and go back to their civilian lives.
Also take note of historian Michael Burleigh’s observation with respect to the ongoing death rate for those subject to Japanese overlordship in the sum-mer of 1945. Between Allied prisoners of war, Asian civilians and Asian slave labourers, he estimates that it was run-ning around 100,000 per month.
And this we do know. By ending the war, Hiroshima and Nagasaki put a stop to it.
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Wetland loss spurs algae problemDear Editor:Over the last few weeks, water quality issues have
been surfacing throughout Alberta. Some lakes, most recently Pigeon Lake, are being negatively affected by algae blooms, which has placed them under algae advisories. This greatly harms summer recreational activities that normally take place at these lakes, can be lethal to fish stocks and could even start influenc-ing property values on the affected lakes.
The questions on everyone’s minds are — why is this happening and how can it be stopped?
Some blame the water quality issues on devel-opment, farm run-off, sewage run-off and dropping water levels. But, what you might not know is that wetlands, including marshes and ponds, play a sig-nificant role in the water quality of our lakes and rivers.
Historically, intact natural wetlands on the landscape intercepted, filtered and absorbed contam-inants and excess nutrients before they reached our rivers and lakes. Unfortunately, we have lost a great deal of these effective water filters. In the settled area of Alberta, we have lost two-thirds of our wetlands due to drainage and infilling. This is significant, and even more disconcerting is that loss continues at a rate of one-half of one per cent each year in Alberta. Across Canada we lose 45 football fields worth of wetlands every day.
When wetlands are drained, it results in an in-crease of water flowing off of the land and with that water goes excess nutrients, sediment, pesticides and pathogens, which contribute to decreasing water quality in our lakes and rivers. Phosphorous is one of the key contributors to algae formation. Wetland loss has greatly contributed to the movement of phospho-rous from Alberta’s watersheds, contributing to the algae blooms that Alberta is currently experiencing.
Protecting and restoring wetlands doesn’t mean farmers can’t continue farming and developers can’t continue developing, in fact it would help mitigate the impacts of future economic development. We recognize farmers need to use fertilizers to produce food to feed our growing population and developers need land so our province can continue to grow and prosper. However, adding acres of farmland or hous-es at the expense of key assets in the watershed like wetlands is not a sustainable way to move forward.
It all comes down to balance and managing the impacts of growth. It isn’t just about wetlands — it is about water. We should all care about the water qual-ity of our lakes and rivers, and the good news is that we can do something about it. Given the historical evidence and research that Ducks Unlimited Canada and others have been gathering for nearly 75 years, an effective and proven solution is clear — wetland conservation and restoration may be one of the most effective ways to protect the quality and quantity of water in our lakes and rivers.
The Government of Alberta is now in the process of developing a new provincial wetland policy. If Al-berta develops and implements a wetland policy that effectively stops further wetland loss and facilitates a level of restoration where losses have occurred, we would be a significant step closer to addressing the water quality issues we’re seeing today in Alberta’s lakes and rivers. It would also put important ecosys-tems back on the landscape.
We have an opportunity to make a real difference in Alberta right now to address these issues. All we need to do is act. By supporting a provincial wetland policy that includes those two outcomes, our prov-ince’s water quality and quantity would be much more secure for future generations.
Perry McCormick, manager of provincial operations in Alberta,
Ducks Unlimited Canada
Further to last week’s editorial, Council should support athletes, individuals or commu-nity groups who wish to support wrestler Kelsey Raab can make a donation at any Servus Credit Union.
The administrator of this account is Dennis Jones, branch manager of Ponoka Servus Credit Union under Kelsey’s Athletic Account (889) #56864052.
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A Penalty of 10% of current taxes will be applied on all Town of Ponoka unpaid Property Taxes (due June 30, 2012). Outstanding amounts after August 31, 2012 will result in another Penalty of 3% of current taxes. If on January 1, 2013 taxes are still unpaid, a Penalty of 15% will be applied to the total amount owed.
EVENTS AND RECREATION
In the coming month a Ponoka & Area Service & Facility Survey from Ponoka Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) will be sent with your utility bill. Please return the fi lled out survey to the FCSS offi ce or Town offi ce during offi ce hours or use the afterhours drop box, by August 31 and get entered for a grand prize draw. Everyone who participates will get free ice cream vouchers for their household!!
Public NoticePlease take note that the siren at the Fire Hall will be tested at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Aquaplex Update: Splash Fest 2012 - August 10th 1-4 pm Tickets now on sale!
The Aquaplex will be closed Sept. 3rd to Sept. 16th for our annual shut down.
FCSS Survey
Register for the Black Elk Hockey Camp!There is still time to register for the upcoming Black Elk Hockey Camp. Day camps run from August 18 – 24, and specialty camps from August 24 – 27. For more information on Black Elk Hockey Camps, phone Michelle Turnbull at 1-888-338-2686 or visit www.blackelkhockeycamp.com
Next Town Council MeetingAugust 14 at 7:00 pm
Check out our website at www.ponoka.org for copy of the agenda
Birds, Lightning, Lights & PowerMother Nature continues to interfere with our Electrical Distribution System through her healthy crow population and the severe weather systems we’ve experienced this summer. Birds, lightning, wind and rain can cause faults on the Electrical Distribution System which initiate the operation of a protective device called an Oil Circuit Recloser (OCR). When the OCR sees a fault it opens and closes quickly, trying to clear brief faults and keep the power on. When this happens our lights flicker momentarily. For more serious faults the OCR will open and close a few more times, then open and stay open, turning the power off completely.If your power goes off, or you hear a loud bang and your power goes off, please call the Town Office to let us know of the outage location. We will respond quickly to make repairs and restore power.
Work days 9:00 am to 4:30 pm 403-783-4431 After hours and weekends 403-783-0143
Community Information & Registration NightWednesday, September 5, 2012 5 - 8 pm Kinsmen Community Centre
Hosted by The Town of Ponoka Community Services Department. All local organizations are welcome to participate. Limited number of tables available & there is a minimal charge for each table. For more information and/or to reserve a spot, contact Melodie at 403-783-4431.
Household Toxic Round Up & Community Paper ShredSaturday, September 15th, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Fire Hall.Check your kitchen, bathroom, laundry, basement, garden shed and garage for all your products and chemicals that you may not need anymore. Paper Cuts will be at the Fire Hall from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. accepting personal documents that the residents would like properly destroyed. There is no charge for this service.
Tree Trimming and MaintenancePlease ensure trees located on private property are properly trimmed and do not encroach onto back lanes, road sight lines, and sidewalks. Where a tree or shrub overhangs a sidewalk there must be a minimum clearance of 7.5 feet and 13.5 feet minimum clearance for a roadway or alley. If tree branches are close to power lines, please contact the Town Office at 403-783-4431 to arrange for trimming. Please help to keep Ponoka safe for all.
A Fun Day of Activities, Competitions, DisplaysCome to the
at the newAg Event Centre
Saturday, August 119am - 5 pm
Hobby HorseMaking and Racing(materials provided)
Starts at 9 am
Races at 10:30 am
Fun Competitions
Hula Hoop 10 am
Bubble Gum 11:30 am
Greased Pig 12:45 pm
Muttin Bustin 1:00 pm
DemosButter Making 10 am
Wool Carding 11 am
Spinning 12 pm
Sock Knitting Machine 2 pm
Old T-shirts into rugs 3 pm
Flower Arranging 3:30 pm
CommunityBeef Supper
$20
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Ranch Rodeo Finals & Filly Draw
7 pm
Admission:
Under 6: Free
6 - 16: $5
Over 16: $10
For more info, go to the Ponoka Ag Society Website
www.ponokaagsociety.ca
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Dear Editor:As I drank my morning coffee I
read the delightful front page article about Ponoka’s rebranding, and al-most choked.
Let me just say that I agree Ponoka is in need of a bit of refurbishing. When the town decided to commis-sion a giant bronze monstrosity of a bronco rider I stood mouth agape but slightly amused at the “shout out” to our rodeo roots. When they announced they were going to rebrand I cheered and mentally clapped at the prospect that my dying hometown would make a strong comeback. However, after reading this article I’m again finding myself once again mouth agape in shock and horror. Coun. John Jacob’s assertion, “You cannot tie the hands of a future council.” is shocking.
Making plans for the future with-out creating any sense of a timeline or potential budget for which future coun-cil’s can build upon is not planning. It’s called daydreaming. Daydreaming helps us come up with brilliant ideas but does little to actually bring those
ideas to fruition. My second point of concern is the council’s seeming lack of comprehension to how social me-dia works. Social media, by its very nature, requires little input with maxi-mum output. Ask any 15-year-old with a phone and you’ll find out quickly that maintaining a Facebook and Twit-ter account takes little time (it’s the stalking friends and following fellow Twitterites that takes time). Staffing to maintain these sites would take noth-ing more than an individual with some computer skills and creativity.
Something the town may want to consider is enlisting the aid of high school students. I’m not sure if this still occurs but at one time the school had a lovely program called Work Experi-ence where students would volunteer a few hours a week to gain valuable experience in the workforce (to state the obvious).
Maintaining a Twitter account and Facebook page sounds ideal. Don’t let what scares you hold you back. We’re better than that.
Jenneth Mills
Councillors must plan for future of Ponoka
Page 8 PONOKA NEWS Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
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PONOKA NEWS Page 9Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
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Dear Editor:There are important but low profile
happenings in Alberta’s Human Ser-vices department these days. Clearly though, what has received much more media attention recently are the views of Premier Alison Redford and British Co-lumbia’s Premier Christy Clark about the proposed Enbridge pipeline. No ques-tion, government revenues as it relates to resources are important. It is after all, the grease (excuse the metaphor) that makes the Alberta Government capable of functioning and is the envy of the rest of Canada, if not the world. But also important is how government functions uses that revenue.
An initiative taken by Premier Redford, which she has delegated to Dave Hancock as the minister of hu-man services, is to creatively deal with the human potential of Alberta. For a long time we have been aware — per-haps even obsessed by the province’s oil and gas potential. For decades that has been a big mover and continues to be. Yet governments more and more rec-ognize, in an increasingly competitive
global economy, the need for a trained, skilled and knowledgeable citizenry. To maintain vibrant and efficient com-munities, wasted human potential is costly and a massive drag on the prov-ince’s revenues. One would hope a sophisticated society like ours has the know-how and commitment to pursue something idealistic but worth attempt-ing.
Alberta Human Services has es-tablished a website for input http://socialpolicy.alberta.ca/Blog
The language is friendly. It’s about a vision, building what we can with ideas and ideals we have for Alberta, how we’d like to live, how safe and engaged we believe our communities can be, how best to use the pool of talent and human resources we have, perhaps how to break down barriers.
It’s OK to dream. Dreams would be refined, vittled down, framed in prac-tical and realizable terms, tested and further refined.
Join the conversation.George Jason
To better serve veterans in Ponoka and the surrounding community, the local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is requesting vets who may not be on file to contact the legion at 403-783-4076.
On Sept. 29 the branch is hosting its annual veterans’ dinner to hon-
our those who have served Canada. Volume 6 of the Alberta Northwest territories Command Military Service Recognition book will be distributed.
Other upcoming events are Deco-ration Day, Sept. 9 at 2 p.m.; and the Candlelight Tribute Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Ponoka Legion updates
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For every thing there is a season.And now, as summer flourishes
and ripens into August, it seems every-one is getting their holiday passports stamped, “gone.”
Yes, the holiday season has ar-rived.
It seems everyone in the world is either on holidays, going on holidays or just getting back.
I noticed on Facebook the other
day several messages all related to holidays.
Facebookers have poured their weary, work-hardened hearts into mes-sages such as, “I’m so ready. And “if I don’t get to go on holidays soon, I will burst.”
I smile, keep my head down and my eyes on the computer keyboard. I tell myself it’s the journey, not the destination that counts. And then, un-
Recognized as an international expert on Indige-nous issues, First Nations treaty and inherent rights as well as human rights, Hobbema’s Wilton Littlechild has accepted the position of president/rapporteur to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) a body of the UN Human Rights Council.
A member of EMRIP since 2011, this appoint-ment was announced at the fifth session of EMRIP held in Geneva recently; Littlechild’s first duty was to chair the session.
An International Chief of Treaty 6 Confedera-cy and the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs, he has been working for more than three decades at the interna-tional level, following the instructions given to him by Elders of the Maskwacîs Cree in the 1970s to take the fight for justice of the international treaties be-tween the First Nations and the Crown.
Littlechild, a former member of Parliament, is also serving on the Indian Residential School Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Littlechild head of EMRIP
Count downto holidays
bidden, the little thought creeps into my head, “Nine days, I have nine days left.”
And so I continue doing my reporter-like stuff; writing stories, taking pictures, making phone calls. But, as much as news doesn’t stop, it seems it, too, wants to take a short hiatus or at least an afternoon nap.
Sources, the ones whose phone numbers are tattooed on your brain, because they are usually so helpful and so available have turned into nothing more than a recording. “I’m sorry, I am out of the office from now until forever, so have a great day,” says the voice that used to be live. The message is not meant to be mocking, so I try not to take it per-sonally, try not to slam the phone down, and try not to look at the calendar and think, “Eight days, now I have eight days left.”
This year, preceding my holidays, I was shuffled over to another newspaper office. It’s all part of being a member of this big newspaper family called Black Press. Apparently, Black Press has lots of siblings and it is our duty to help each other out when one of us is gone on holidays.
And so, there I was struggling to leave my office neat, clean and tidy and minus the four coffee cups and stack of old news press releases at The Rimbey Review and shuffle myself over to The Sylvan Lake News.
The transition turned out to be fairly easy, ex-cept when I tried to identify myself on the phone. Of course, I know exactly who I am, most days anyway, but, no doubt, because of the shuffle I seemed to be a little confused as to whom I work for.
“Hi, I’m Treena from The Rimbey Review, I mean The Sylvan Lake News, whatever, I have no idea where I’m from,” I stammer.
Unfortunately by the time I get it figured out I will probably be back in Rimbey.
Coming to Sylvan Lake, however, has been awe-some.
It’s kind of like coming home.For 11 years I was part of the news staff here and
for part of that time, I was ‘the news staff’.It’s good to be back. Unfortunately, I seem to
have misplaced that little black book I possessed so proudly years ago.
It was my book of sources, my reporter’s bible. Names, telephone numbers and even, if my sources were benevolent enough, cellphone numbers.
I think I lost it about four offices ago.Anyway, it’s good to be back, if only for a short
holiday season. And then I, too, will be one of those people on holidays.
Did I mention I only had nine days left? Or is it eight?
Editor’s note: Treena now has only three days until her vacation. GAB, editor
Treena MielkeOn The Other Side
PONOKA NEWS Page 11Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
SMALL 4H CLUB HELPS WITH “THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER”
submitted by Tash Sierpinski, Club reporter
Ponoka 4H Renegade Riders along with the Alberta4H Foundations Fight Against Hunger teamed up with Encana’s Race Against Hunger Campaign over the 7 days of the 76th Annual Ponoka Stampede.Our small club took on a huge challenge. We grabbed “HUNGER” by the horns and stomped all over it Renegade Rider style.Let me explain to you all how we did this. Ponoka 4H Renegade Riders kick started this crusade by putting a fl oat in the Ponoka parade informing the community and out of town guests. Then we accomplished this feat by holding a daily raffl e over 6 days during the Ponoka Stampede. By the time we were done rounding up sponsors, we had just under $5000.00 worth of prizes to be won. All of the proceeds from the $2.00 ticket sales would go directly to the Ponoka Food Bank. What made this even more exciting, Encana would match us dollar for dollar from the ticket sales.This was a big undertaking for our little club to tackle and it could have not been made possible without the generous support and sponsorship from the following sponsors:Sommer Home Building Centre, UFA Ponoka, Servus Credit Union Ponoka, Garnet’s Trucking, Rai-lynn Trucking, Kubota Canada, Wedin Team & Corporate, ATB Ponoka, Advance Coil Tubing, Accu Publishing, Van Eaton Oil Inc, Direct Travel, Ponoka Dodge Chrysler Jeep, The Brick, Super 8 Motel, Ponoka Community Golf Club, John Low Agency and Ponoka News. Thank you for your generosity to help your/our community.We would also like to thank the following for their help as well; Karen/Kally Colyn, Sherry/Brydelle Wardley, Michelle/Morgan Chodzicki and 4H Ambassador Clayton Andrew from the Hanna District. Thank you also to all of you from near and far that purchased tickets from us. We had winners from all over Alberta.We were thrilled to raise $2112.75 which then Encana matched our cheque. So on Thursday, July 19th 2012 we were able to present the Ponoka Food Bank with a cheque for $4225.50.I would like to quote our 4H Ambassador Clayton Andrew “It’s not all speeches, beef etc, it’s about the people you meet and the friendships that will last forever”.4H has an awesome motto “LEARN TO DO BY DOING” and let me reassure youall ~ we certainly do and it’s great being a 4H member.
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“Striving for Excellence”
Mamawi Atosketan Native Schoolis a private school for First Nation students, providing Kindergarten through grade nine. Our location is west of Cranes Crossing to Rg. Rd. 253 then 1 mile south. Our emphasis is on academic excellence and a positive life style. We offer a Cree Language Program and a drug free environment.
School starts August 27, 2012.For more information, call 403-783-4362.
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After rushing outside clad in only my socks and shorts last week to rescue our patio furniture and plants from a sudden gale force wind and rain, I realized just how fast our balmy Alberta summer weather can change. To say the least, it has surely been a warm, wet, and wild July, with the usually sizzling month of August to look forward to.
During the past month, in the wake of several unannounced rock and mud slides, Alberta Tourism and highway officials have warned anyone travelling through the mountains should be prepared for some possible lengthy delays. A recent slide just west of Banff left hundreds of vehicles stranded, with some families having to spend many hours sitting in their vehicles on the highway.
So to prepare in advance for these unpredictable summer emergencies, here are some of the items we should be taking along in our vehicles for holidays or long trips.
Non-perishable food, matches, water in plastic bottles, sleeping bag or blanket, extra shoes or boots, flashlight, a road map, first aid kit and instruction book, your required medication, extra cash, extra pairs of comfortable pants and coats, a deck of cards, a few books, writing paper and of course your cell-phone or whatever to let those who need to know about your new adventure.
If it were me, I should likely be taking along some sort of mini- porta-potty, a couple of rolls of toilet paper, my hairbrush and toothbrush, and her make-up kit. Of course many of you have those fan-cy GPS systems on board but I doubt if even they could tell you how to get around a landslide.
Severe weather conditionsAs we know only too well, each and every sum-
mer day or night can quickly produce the volatile formula that could create such severe and sudden weather conditions such as thunderstorms, heavy rains, powerful wind gusts, hail, and of course devas-tating tornadoes. In the wake of the horrific disasters of Black Friday in Edmonton on July 31, 1987 and the Pine Lake tornado on July 14, 2000, meteorolo-gists have put together sophisticated satellite and early warning systems allowing them to inform all areas of the threat of impending storms well in
advance of their fury. These active 24-7 fore-casts are available on the weather channels, radio and television broadcasts, and on the Internet, and should be checked daily, espe-cially before you head out on your trip or if the skies appear threaten-ing.
The cardinal rule when a severe storm is in our area is to get everyone inside, stay away from windows or doors, and always have a lower area available as a safe shelter, such as your basement, under the stairs, or storm cellars. If you are caught outside when the storm hits, head for your vehicle or the nearest building. Here are some of the places that we should not be in a thunderstorm, remembering all the noise means nothing, it is the lightning that hurts, and can strike from long distances away.• Under a tree or standing next to any free standing structure such as a light pole or water tower.• Standing on a hill above the 16th fairway trying to finish up the great under par game you are having today, which in this case, could be your last.• Sitting in a boat in the middle of the lake trying to catch enough fish for supper.• Standing on your back porch watching the magnifi-cent lightning show.• You can also get a rather nasty shock during a storm by chatting on the phone,or sitting in front of the television or any other electrical gadgets.• I will never forget many years ago when our Meniak team was trying to finish up a close fastball game
Are you prepared for nature’s sudden wrath?against the Baptists when lightning hit the back stop, everyone hit the ground, the diamond cleared in about 30 sec-onds, and thank goodness everyone lived to tell the rather shocking tale.
Please just keep right on enjoy-ing your summer holiday but always play it safe, and check the sky and the
weather forecast, just in case. Meanwhile, don’t forget to check
out the annual Ponoka Community Fair on Aug. 1 at the Ag Event Cen-tre, drop in and next weekend enjoy the cool atmosphere of the Black Elk Hockey Camp at the arena complex, and have a great week, all of you.
Mike RainoneHammertime
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Show & Demos 9 - 5 Farm Safety Display 9 - 5 Exhibitors 9 - 5 Hula hoop contest 10 am Hobby horse races 10:30 am Agility dogs 11 am & 3 pm Bubble gum blowing contest 11:30 am Stock dog demo 12:00 noon Greased pig race 12:45 pm Mutton Busting 1 pm Ranch rodeo 1 pm & 7 pm Community supper 5:30 pm www.ponokaagsociety.ca
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Spinning faster and faster. Rhiley Deschiffart paid no more than a quarter to enjoy this antique swing carousel Aug. 4 during Clive’s centennial. Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
High fives to the guy in red. Hailey Ash gives a high-five as her sister Madison watches during Clive’s centennial parade Aug. 4.
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Quilts galore: Janice Johnson shows off a small portion of the large quilt show on display at the Clive centennial Aug. 4.
Antique Moon: Ken Stoupe has a gander at a 1926 Moon during Centennial Days.
Robot masters: Ryan Sperber of the Clive Multi 4-H inspects his seeder bot before a com-petition where the robots are supposed to plant seeds on a specific path.
Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
Clive Centennial
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With your support, local Tim Hortons Restaurant Owners were able to helpdeserving kids, including kids from this community, realize their potential
and discover new strengths at one of our Tim Horton Children’sFoundation Camps. This year we were able to send 2 kids from Ponoka to
our Tim Horton Children’s Foundation Camp.
Thank you for your support.
You should be proud kids fromthis community were able to
go to camps like this.
After all, you helped send them there.
To find out more go to sendakidtocamp.com
You should be proud kids fromthis community were able to
go to camps like this.
After all, you helped send them there.With your support, local Tim Hortons Restaurant Owners were able to helpdeserving kids, including kids from this community, realize their potential
and discover new strengths at one of our Tim Horton Children’sFoundation Camps. This year we were able to send 2 kids from Ponoka to
We will pick up your paper, clean tins, glass, No. 1-5 plastic and cardboard.
We also pick up cardboard from local businesses.
For more information on these programs please call
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The annual Kroozin’ West Show & Shine is back for a 15th year at the Bentley Fair and Rodeo. File photo
Get Outside: The Kids Guide to Fun in the Great Outdoors by Jane Drake & Ann Love, illustrated by Heather Collins
c.2012, Kids Can Press $16.95 / $17.95 Canada 76 pages, includes index
Your Mom is awfully tired of you.She’s tired of you running up and
down stairs, in and out doors, from kitchen to bedroom. She’s tired of your noise from video games, talky toys, TV shows, and electronics. Most of all, she’s very, very tired of you saying that you’re bored.
But it’s true: you’re bored and noth-ing’s fun. So maybe it’s time to make your own fun, with help from your sib-lings and friends. Grab Get Outside by Jane Drake & Ann Love, illustrated by Heather Collins, and bring your imagi-nation.
Mom says that if you can’t find something to do today, she’ll give you something to do and you don’t want that! But you and your friends have al-ready done everything you planned on doing this summer and you’ve run out of ideas, which is why you need this book.
First of all, when was the last time you really looked around outside? What kind of cool creepy-crawlies live in your yard? What does the night sky look like where you live? What can you do with
a single blade of grass? This book will tell you.
Or let’s say you and your friends love to play games. With a few simple things you have around the house, you can make a hoop-and-arrow game, a goofy-golf course, or a fun hockey game in the grass. If you’re facing a rainy day, there are card games for you to learn in this book, as well as some magic tricks to try, some different kinds of hide-and-seek, and a new game called Crikinole that you can make and play.
If you really like crafts, learn to make rock art either for your garden or lawn, or for your bedroom shelf. You can mix your love of creatures with art by making an ant farm. Or, if you love to dream on the stars, make a night sky dome.
And for the kid who just wants to spend the summer with a good story, this book has those, too. There are myths and legends to read about, as well as tips on game-playing, wildlife-watching, and enough boredom-busters to last all year long!
This summer, you’ve promised yourself that your kids will get three things: outside, fresh air, and from un-der your feet. But let me add another: this book.
Make your own fun — Get OutsideAuthors Jane Drake
& Ann Love give even the most outdoors-averse child something to do in Get Outside, and they appeal to all kinds of interests. What’s espe-cially great about this book is that there are things to do for kids who have acres and acres to explore, as well as for apartment-dwellers with-out backyards. I also liked that the illustrations by Heather Collins make this an easy book for reluctant readers to enjoy.
With adult help, I think a four- to six-year-old could find fun here but your seven- to 10-year-old is probably going to get more out of this book. If you need to battle boredom before it balloons, Get Outside is something your kids will never get tired of.
Terri
SchlichenmeyerThe Bookworm
By June Norvila
The annual August Bentley Fair and Rodeo, with this year’s chosen theme being “A Salute to the Sunset Hills Riding Club - celebrating 50 years,” includes a few new events.
Added this year is an art show and sale showing only central Alberta artisans works, called Blindman Valley BazzaArt. It will be open to the public on Fri-day Aug. 10 from 2 until 5:30 p.,m. and Saturday, Aug. 11 from 10 until 5 p.m. in the historic Bentley Com-munity Hall. There is no admission charge.
Also new is the free Impressions Country Living Fair at the Bentley High School gymnasium on the Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. with a variety of en-tertainment, displays, and information. The contact is Jody Gorr, the massage therapist from the Bentley Chiropractic office.
Another new event this year is the Kid’s Wild Pony Races for children 12 and under. It goes Saturday, Aug. 11, at 6 p.m. in the arena. And still another addition, is a Farm Implement Trade Fair on Saturday from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. behind the Bentley General Store with implements possi-bly from Lacombe and Ponoka dealers.
There are some events that have small changes. Bench show exhibitors are to note that the entry fee is now 50 cents per exhibit, up from the 25 cents it has been for so long.
The Thursday Se-nior’s Pie Social now
runs until 3:30 p.m. not until 4 p.m.The 15th annual Kroozin’ West Show & Shine
closes off with presentations at 3 p.m. this year, a bit earlier.
The new time for the free Wildrose Mounted Cow-boy Shootout show at the arena is Saturday from 1 to 3:30 p.m.
The Sunday Church service and potluck lunch has moved to the Bentley Community Church from the downtown park venue where is has been for a many years. This year’s special entertainment is the Boom Chucka Boys.
The parade and pancake breakfasts and rodeo go as usual.
The free face painting and the free children’s show goes 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday in the curling rink.
Kids’ Wool Bustin’ goes at the arena at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
There is once again a Saturday night cabaret spon-sored this year by the rodeo committee.
Again there is only one drive-in movie being shown on Saturday evening as it seems to get too late otherwise.
There is free laser tag for all ages. Fireworks Satur-day night, the Farmer’s Market, horseshoe tournament, bench show exhibits and awards, and much more con-tinue as Bentley comes alive everywhere for the annual fair and rodeo week.
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Story and photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
High-flying tricks and death de-fying stunts kept an estimated 20,000 people entertained last weekend during the Wetaskiwin Air Show.
Nine pilots from around North Amer-ica brought their planes Aug. 4 and 5 to show off their aerobatics skills and push their bodies to unheard of g-forces.
Dean Billingsley, president of the air show, said the committee hosts the event every two years because of the size and or-ganizational challenges. Not only do they manage pilots and attendees but there are more than 150 volunteers who work to make things run smoothly.
“It’s such a big event to put on,” he said.
The air show works closely with the Reynolds-Alberta Museum to ensure things go well. “It’s a world class facility.”
He feels this is one of the ways it can showcase Wetaskiwin and the museum. This year the group hosted a rock and roll concert at the Loons Golf Course with seven tribute bands who entertained party-goers.
Billingsley hopes to give attendees an entertaining weekend and the stunt pilots a chance to do what they do best, fly.
“We want to make sure they worry about flying and nothing else,” explained Billingsley.
Pilots’ fuel and other flying necessi-ties are taken care of while at the air show as their hobby can be quite expensive; a 15-minute flight can cost hundreds of dol-lars.
“Even a small show as this, our budget is well over $250,000,” he said.
Among the pilots who performed at the air show was Kent Pietsch (pronounced peach), from Minot, N.D. The 54-year-old has clocked more than 38,000 hours in the air, mostly commercial. He retired from Northwest Airlines in 2007 to pursue his
love for stunt flying with a 1942 Interstate Cadet. According to Billingsley, what Pi-etsch can do with the unassuming Cadet is next to “miraculous.” Some of his stunts include landing his plane on the back of a truck and “crash” landing it after he pur-posefully makes it fall apart in the air.
“From 6,000 feet in the sky I turn off the engine and land it,” said Pietsch.
The affable stunt pilot had a low alti-tude crash after Saturday’s performance but is reported to be in stable condition. Witnesses state the plane’s wing clipped a wheat field close to the runway, which ripped the wing off and spun around. He then stepped out of the plane and lay down in the field, after which he was taken to the hospital. Pietsch was unavailable for com-ment at the time of publication.
The stunt pilot did take Ponoka News up in the air for a 15-minute thrill ride Aug. 3 for a special press preview. Pietsch showed off his “dog-fighting” skills with another pilot. He was able to manipulate the plane to do a few barrel roles and an inside loop (360-degree loop) to show off his stunt flying prowess.
Among the vintage aircraft at the air show was a Pitts Special S2S biplane flown by Bill Carter. With more than 260 horsepower Carter was able to fly his plane throughout the sky as if it was a model air-plane.
Another pilot at the air show was Jerzy Stryzyz, flying a Russian Sukhoi 26 MX aerobatics plane. Originally from Poland, Stryzyz has clocked more than 13,000 hours. He flew in Poland but started out in Canada in 1989 as a bush pilot in northern Canada.
“I’ve got a lot (of stories), but not printable,” Stryzyz joked.
The air show brought several media companies to the press day including CBC, CTV, Wetaskiwin Times and Discovery Channel. Billingsley said the Discovery Channel crew was working on a documen-tary on the industry in general.
Wetaskiwin Air Show
Dave “Super Dave” Mathieson gets ready for an interview after a test flight Aug. 3.
Above: Bill Carter with his Pitts Special S2S meets CTV journalists Aug. 3 a day before the Wetaskiwin Air Show. Top: Carter shows off his aerobatics skills.
Kent Pietsch with his “Jelly Belly” 1942 Interstate Cadet gets an interview with a CBC reporter Aug. 3. Pietsch had a plane crash Aug. 4 after performances of the day were completed but is reported to be in stable condition. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
Page 16 PONOKA NEWS Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
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High Tea: (Right) Ida Banco enjoys a sip of tea at Fort Ostell Museum’s Heritage Weekend high tea. The af-ternoon tea was enjoyed by many ladies and a few gentlemen dressed to cel-ebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. (Bottom) Barabara Lucas and Joan
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Frontmen for the AC/DC tribute band Thun-dertstruck perform the band’s signature tune to get the crowd singing along at Loonstock.
Blaze of Glory, a Bon Jovi cover band, opened the tribute band portion of the inaugural Loonstock concert in Wetaski-win Aug. 4. Up and coming Alberta per-formers introduced themselves to the audience beginning at 1 p.m. The Led Zeppelin Show also performed and KISS tribute band IKONS closed the show after a delay for a passing thunderstorm.
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Country star Gord Bamford tees off at the 5th annual Gord Bamford Golf Classic fundraiser Aug. 1. The sold out event brought musicians, NHL players and many other attendees to raise funds for the Gord Bamford Charitable Foundation. Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
It was a star-studded couple of days at the fifth annual Gord Bamford Char-ity Classic Golf Tournament July 31 and Aug. 1. Not only did Bamford show off his golf swing for the fundraiser but other country musicians and some NHL players attended to show their support for the event.
The demand for tickets to play with other celebrities at the Lacombe and Country Golf Club is high as they sold
out in under 24 hours, explained Bam-ford. “The whole concept was to give back.”
His hope for this year was to “break the million-dollar threshold.”
And they did just that, the auction and performance on July 31 raised more than $270,000, which put the five-year fundraising earnings to more than $1 million.
The event kicked-off with per-formances by country stars such as Aaron Pritchett and Buddy Owens. A
live auction followed with autographed guitars by Nickelback and Gord Bamford being sold, as well as hockey tickets and memorabilia. The celebrities were then auc-tioned off to golf with winning bidders.
Pritchett said it was fairly intimidating to be sold at the auction but he was relieved when he sold for $3,500. He has attended the fund-raiser since its inception and feels country music is one of the links that brings everyone together for the fundraiser.
“We’re ultimately here to have fun, we’re here to raise money and just visit with the people here,” he explained.
Owens, who co-wrote Bamford’s new single
Bamford breaks $1 million with golf fundraiser
Country singer Aaron Pritchett takes a swing at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club Aug.1 during the 5th annual Gord Bamford Golf Classic fundraiser.
Leaning on a Lonesome Song, admitted he had not golfed in 14 years but was there to support the cause and was invited by Bamford to join the other fundrais-ers.
The tournament also brought PennWest Explora-tion as the title sponsor this year; Michelle McQuade, manager of regulatory and public affairs, said the company has supported the tournament ever since it started. “It’s a great organization.”
She feels it is important for the company to give back to the community. “The philosophy has been there from day 1.”
Proceeds from the tournament go toward the Gord Bamford Charitable Foundation, which has donated money to the Make a Wish Foundation, the Ronald McDonald House Charities, 4-H and the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lacombe.
Radio personality and country singer, Tera Lee, was excited to see the growth in the fundraiser. She is a personal friend of Bamford and has participated since it began five years ago. “Gord and I are friends, when friends ask you to help out you do it.”
NHL hockey player Kris Russell for the St. Louis Blues has attended for the last several years. He en-joyed seeing performances from the musicians, but was there for one purpose.
“Anytime you can help and give back is a good thing,” he said.
The Texas scramble tournament had golfers begin-ning at a specific hole with different challenges along the way.
For Bamford, he felt proud the tournament has been able to raise the funds it has and the support from everyone involved.
and CMT Video of the Year. Hey Romeo has re-ceived a nomination for Fans’ Choice Award, Group or Duo of the Year as well as Interactive Artist of the Year.
CCMA All-Star Band Award NomineesDrums: Chad Melchert (Gord Bamford)Bass: Lisa Dodd (Gord Bamford)Guitar: Ryan Davidson (Gord Bamford)Special Instrument: Robin Pelletier - Mandolin
(Gord Bamford)CCMA Industry Award Nominees Management Company of the Year: Cache
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Make a Wish Foundation representative Zahida Hadami accepts a cheque for $10,000 from benefactor Gord Bamford. Ponoka News photos
Country, hockey stars boost Bamford charity
Former Calgary Flames star Theo Fleury surprised and delighted the crowd with his singing.
Former ECHL hockey player Chad Brownlee is a rising country music star.
Bandolier, a Ponoka band, will play live every Wednesday night in August at the band-stand in Centennial Park.
The group fea-tures Mark Ferguson on guitar, keyboard and vocals, Ian Fer-guson on drums, and
Brett Halland on bass. They may be famil-iar as they played at Klaglahachie Square on Canada Day and at the trade fair.
Weather permit-ting, shows start at 7 p.m.
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The official countdown for the 2012 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards has begun, as the CCMA announced its nominees re-cently.
The CCMA Awards will be broadcast live on CBC Television from Credit Union Centre in Saska-toon on Sept. 9 at 8 p.m.
Lacombe’s Gord Bamford earned six nomina-tions, including Male Artist of the Year.
“All…nominees deserve ample recognition for their excellence as well as their tremendous contri-bution to Canadian country music,” said Don Green, executive director of CCMA. “This year’s nominees reflect the depth of musical talent in Canada, and we’re so proud to be able to recognize those artists — both established and emerging - who have im-pacted Canadians with their music.”
The nominations see celebrated Canadian coun-try sensation Johnny Reid leading the pack, as it was just announced that Reid is nominated for a stagger-ing total of eight Canadian Country Music Awards. Reid’s Fire It Up has been nominated for Album of the Year, and the title track off the album has been nominated for Single of the Year, Songwriters of the Year and Video of the Year. Reid has also been rec-ognized with nominations for Fans’ Choice Award, Male Artist of the Year, Interactive Artist of the Year and Record Producer of the Year. Dean Brody fol-lows closely behind Johnny Reid this year with seven
nominations, including Single of the Year, Video of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for Canadian Girls and Album of the Year for DIRT. In addition, Brody has been nominated for Fans’ Choice Award, Male Artist of the Year and Interactive Artist of the Year.
Securing six 2012 CCMA Award nominations is Lacombe’s Gord Bamford. Earning a spot in the competition for both the Fans’ Choice Award and Male Artist of the Year, Bamford’s single, Is It Fri-day Yet? has also been nominated for Single of the Year and he has been recognized in the Songwriter of the Year category for the same song. In addition, Bamford has been recognized with nominations for Interactive Artist of the Year and Record Producer of the Year.
This year, country artist Jason Blaine has been nominated for four CCMA Awards, including Single of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for They Don’t Make ‘Em Like That Anymore as well as Male Art-ist of the Year. Blaine has also secured a nomination for Record Producer of the Year for Life So Far.
Terri Clark, The Stellas and Hey Romeo have each been nominated for three CCMA Awards; Clark was recognized with nominations for Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Roots And Wings, as well as the Fans’ Choice Award. The Stellas have garnered their first ever CCMA Award nominations for the Rising Star Award, Group or Duo of the Year
Bamford nominated for six CCMA awards
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Choice cherries: Tade, Oakley and grandmother Lorraine Tonneson size up the cherries for sale at Souto Farms stand at the Ponoka Farmer’s Market Aug.1. Owner Alvin Souto said there has
been quite a bit of rain and hail in the Okano-gan where they farm, which has made it tough on the amount of fruit from there. “The prices haven’t changed but there is less quantity,” he said. Ponoka is their first stop for their markets and it’s “always our freshest market.”
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Onion soup anyone? Johnny Gross of Ferrybank Growers shows off his produce at the farmer’s market Aug. 1. Gross said they have had a de-cent crop this year with hail and heavy rain bypassing their farm so far.
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Teamwork makes the catch. Thom Roe and Geoff Brown work together to rope the steer during the team roping event. Hard fall. Carter Sahli gets bucked off during the steer riding competition.
They move quickly. This tie-down roper rides hard to ensure he can get a solid catch of this calf at the Tees Rodeo Aug. 4.
Quick instinct. Wayne Cadrain reacts quickly as his bull was ready to buck at the Tees Rodeo. Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
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PONOKA MINOR HOCKEY PARENTS
P onoka Minor Hockey is reminding all families that at least one parent from every family registered with PMHA will be required to participate in the
Respect In Sport Online (Parent) Clinic for the 2012/2013 Hockey Season, as dictated by Alberta Hockey. Parents have until September 30 to complete this course. If the course is not completed by this date, the ability of your child to play will be withheld until this requirement has been met.
WE ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO COMPLETE NOW IN ORDER TO REDUCE
VOLUME IN THE COMING MONTHS. THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED
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THIS CLINIC IS BEING FACILITATED THROUGH HOCKEY ALBERTA.
NOTE: There is a section to enter Certifi cation number if you have taken this course through an outside organization. The Parent version is still required even if an individual has previously taken the coach version.
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Mindy Kallay takes a moment to be with her horse during the Alberta Paint Horse Club show Aug. 3.
Stefanie Tetz looks her horse up and down to make sure it looks just right during the Zone 10 Northern Colour Connection O Rama Aug 2 to 5. Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
Lisa Cairns waits for a judge’s decision on her showmanship skills.
By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
This is the second time the Albert Paint Horse Club has hosted a show at the Ag Event Centre and it looks like it won’t be the last. Held Aug. 2 to 5 competitors from as far as British Colum-bia and Saskatchewan showed off their handling skills.
Announcer Nancy Critchley said there were more than 3,000 entries over the course of the weekend. “That’s a good show.”
Many of those entries were the same individ-uals who wanted to compete in as many events as possible, she explained. Events from western pleasure to showmanship were among some of the challenges faced by competitors.
Winner of the high point award was Tammy Botsford, from Rockyford. She rode Dez Add to the Assets and won the super horse saddle from the weekend. According to Critchley, Botsford entered in almost every event, which helped her earn the saddle.
Announcing for the club for 14 years, Critch-ley respects the club’s focus on giving back to the community they are in. Last year they hosted a food drive for the Ponoka Food Bank.
“These people are really awesome, they are the salts of the earth,” she stated. “These people are truly about giving back to the community.”
Expect to see the club return in the fall classic at the end of September. Admission is free to all spectators.
Paint Horse Club returns for a second show
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Guests visiting the Lacombe Corn Maze will have the rare opportunity to walk through one of the newest forms of technology. Submitted photo
Guests visiting the Kraay Family Farm will have the rare opportunity to walk through one of the newest forms of technology built by ancient means.
This year’s Lacombe Corn Maze is a giant QR code.
“This year we wanted to do something a little different and we thought that a QR code actually looks like a great maze and to create the world’s largest would be a fun thing to attempt.” Explained Rachel Kraay. “We went up in a helicopter to scan the first time and it didn’t work. We did some fig-uring, went back to rototill the field, went up again and it worked great.
“The corn looks amazing this year and the aerial turned out great as well as the smartphone scan. Now we’re working with and submitting the evidence to Guinness to see if they’ll give us the record.”
A QR, or Quick-Response code, is a two-di-mensional barcode that can be read by smartphones and dedicated QR reading devices.
“The QR code links directly to our website where visitors can find any information they may need. Guests can also find information about the charity that we, the Kraay family, chose to raise money for this year,” Kraay said.
“This year we will be working with our local food bank and also the World Food Programme to bring awareness to the problem of hunger in our world. As the WFP says, it’s the world’s greatest solvable program and we want to raise awareness about the growing food crisis around the world. We will have different opportunities throughout the season for people to get involved with the lo-cal food bank and the WFP at the Kraay Family Farm.”
Not only does the Kraay Family Farm have a giant corn maze but they also have more than 20 activities on the farmyard including a giant jump-
ing pillow, farm animals, an enormous barn slide, pedal carts, fresh kettle corn and cotton candy, a Corn-er store filled with toys and candy, an 18-hole mini golf course, a pumpkin cannon, pig races, and much more. The farm is closed Sun-days.
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F/T Receptionist/SecretaryWe are looking for someone to
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- Minimum Grade 12 diploma (Sec. Ed. in relevant fi eld preferred)- Exceptional people skills - Excellent organizational abilities - Profi cient computer knowledge (including Word & Excel) - Previous administration experience- Ability to make a 1 year commitment
Resumes will be accepted until August 17, 2012
Position commences Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Please apply to:Ponoka Youth Centre/Big Brothers Big Sisters
It is with great sorrow, the family of Marion Crawford announce her passing on August 1, 2012.A service will be held at the Ponoka United Church on Thursday August 9, 2012.In l eu o f f l owers p lease make donations towards any children’s charity.
Arrangements Entrusted To PONOKA FUNERAL HOME
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Ponoka Ford is now accepting resumes for the position ofRECEPTIONIST/
SALES ADMINISTRATORApplicant must possess the following:
Superior organization and time management, as well as • exceptional verbal, written and telephone communication skills.Strong experience with computer based communications and • analysis including internet, e-mail and Microsoft Office (Word and Excel).Some accounting experience is a plus.•
How to apply:In person: submit resume to Pat Boardman
The Town of Ponoka is currently seeking applications for the position of Utility Operator II – Water Works. Reporting to the Water Works Foreman, the responsibilities of this position include:• water treatment and distribution• waste water collection and treatment• water and sewer line construction and maintenance• operation and maintenance of applicable construction equipment• customer service.
The successful applicant will possess the following skills and abilities:• read, interpret, and analyze blueprints and associated specifi cation
documents, and development plans• operate and maintain a wide variety of equipment used in water
treatment and distribution and in waste water collection and processing• perform detailed applicable mathematical calculations and apply to
established procedures• trouble shoot system problems and recommend cost effective solutions• follow written and/or oral direction effectively• establish and maintain a high degree of public confi dence and
public relations• take accurate readings and to keep accurate records• complete additional post secondary educational courses
A minimum of two years directly related experience in the fi eld of water and sewer utilities is preferred. Completion of Grade 12 is required as well completion of, or complete within a six month period, Alberta Environment Operators’ Certifi cate programs in Waste Water Treatment both I and ll; Waste Water Collection ll; Water Distribution ll.
Applicants are asked to submit their resumes to: Town of Ponoka
Attention: Michael Lewis, Director of Operations & Property Services 5102 - 48 Avenue; PONOKA, AB. T4J 1P7
Darcy Zimmer - Sales North of Hwy 53Phone: 403-588-8420
Ferdinand Harkema - Sales South of Hwy 53Cell: 403-785-7149
Rick Cline - Store/Sales ManagerCell: 403-588-1957
PONOKA
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Al DickhautOwner/Operator
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6701 - 46 Ave.Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8
(403) 783-8755
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Duties: School Bus Maintenance and Repairs.
HOBBEMA TRANSPORT, PONOKA, ABServing Ponoka, Hobbema, Pigeon Lake and Wetaskiwin Areas
School Bus DriversFull-Time Pay for Part-Time Work!
Regular Routes and Spare Driver Positions Available
Do you currently work part-time or are you semi-retired and bored?• Use some of your spare time to make extra cash!
Are you a stay-at-home parent with small kids?• Take them along with you! Car seats are available!
Qualification Desired:Class 2 Operators License with a satisfactory Drivers Abstract andCriminal Record Check including Vulnerable Sector Check -WE WILL TRAIN SUITABLE CANDIDATES.
We offer:• Well maintained buses with automatic transmissions• Bus compounds in Ponoka and Wetaskiwin• No experience - no problem. We will train you for aClass 2 License.
Call Hobbema Transportat 403-783-5259, 780-585-2424,403-783-1462 or 403-783-9720
is currently looking for energetic and motivated people. We are looking for experienced people to fi ll the following positions:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS - Track Hoe, Dozer, Loader OperatorsPIPELAYERS
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LABOURERS
TRUCK DRIVERS
Wage will depend on experience. We work a 12 hour day and work in shifts of 10-4 or 11-3. Overtime after 10 hours daily. Applicant must hold a valid driver’s license and provide a drivers abstract. Safety Training would be an asset - CSTS, Ground Disturbance II, Standard First Aid, H2S Alive. All work is local to Camrose, AB and surrounding areas. Will pay travel from the shop.
Please fax your resume Attention Wendy: 780-6792-8523 or email
Big Country is a premier pipeline and Facility construction company servicing western Canada, and one of Canada’s “50 Best Managed Companies”. Big Country is proud to lead the charge on creating a drug and alcohol free work environment; pre-employment drug and alcohol screening is required. We’re currently accepting resumes for the following positions from anyone who has experience in our industry and shares our vision of a safe, responsible workplace:
Shop Hand – Full Time For our Ponoka shopThis is a year round positionPlease submit your resume, copies of tickets and current driver’s abstract to:Big Country Energy Services LPAttention: Human Resources 6709 44 AvePonoka, AlbertaPhone (403) 783-4660Fax: (403) 783-4670 Email: [email protected]
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The Town of Ponoka is currently seeking applications for the position of Utility Operator I – Water Works. To be effective in this position, applicants should have a working knowledge and understanding of:• water treatment and distribution• waste water collection and treatment• water and sewer line construction and maintenance• operation and maintenance of applicable construction equipment, and• customer service• may act as a Lead Hand to Operator I and/or laborers as required.
The successful applicant will possess the following skills and abilities:• operate and maintain a wide variety of equipment used in water
treatment and distribution and in waste water collection and processing• perform basic applicable mathematical calculations and to apply
established procedures• follow written and/or oral direction effectively• establish and maintain a high degree of public confi dence and
public relations• take accurate readings and to keep accurate records• complete additional post secondary educational courses
A valid Class 3 Operators License with air brake endorsement is required with a minimum of one year experience in the fi eld of water and sewer utilities preferred. Basic operation of a backhoe and/or other construction equipment is preferred. Completion of Grade Twelve is required, and completion of, or work on, Alberta Environment Operators’ Certifi cate programs is desirable.
Applicants are asked to submit their resumes to: Town of Ponoka
Attention: Michael Lewis, Director of Operations & Property Services 5102 - 48 Avenue; PONOKA, AB. T4J 1P7
FarmEquipment 2010IHC 1460 AXIAL FLOW COMBINE, 900 MACHINE HRS. $35,000. 48’ Morris rod weeder, $1800, 36’ M o r r i s d e e p t i l l a g e , $$1500, 14’ airway aiera-tor $7000, Beale B7 brush rake, $3500; 8x60’ heavy skid $5000; SR5000 tag along car dolly $800; Mike 403-342-4923
Horses 2140PATTEN-POLLITT Perfor-mance Horse & Production Sale. Sunday, August 19, 1 p.m. Preview 10 a.m. Sale held - Pollitt Ranch
Eckville. More information call Rory 780-388-2139;
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Grain, FeedHay 2190HEATED CANOLA buying
Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.
Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged or off-grade grain. “On Farm
Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.
For Rent#3000 - #3200
Acreages/Farms ..............3010Houses/Duplexes ............3020Condos/Townhouses........3030Manufactured Homes ......3040Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050Suites ..............................3060Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070Roommates Wanted ........3080Rooms for Rent................3090Motels/Hotels ..................3100Offices ..............................3110Stores/Commercial ..........3120Industrial ..........................3130Warehouse Space............3140Garage Space..................3150Storage Space ................3160Land ................................3170Pasture ............................3180Mobile Lot ........................3190Misc. for Rent ..................3200
Wanted to Rent#3250 - #3390
Acreages/Farms ..............3255Houses/Duplexes ............3260Suites ..............................3270Rooms..............................3280Manufactured Homes ......3290Housesitting Wanted ........3300Garage Space..................3310Storage Space ................3320Stores/Commercial ..........3330Office Space ....................3340Industrial ..........................3350Warehouse Space............3360Resorts & Cottages..........3370Pasture/Land....................3380Mobile Lot ........................3390
Houses/Duplexes 30205 bedroom house in Ponoka
Detached garageAvailable Aug 15
or Sept 1$1200/mth plus DD
No smoking, No pets
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PONOKA 3 bdrm. main floor home $750/mo., $400 d.d., For details, call 403-783-1285
4 Plexes/6 Plexes 3050
2 BDRM. in Rimbey, blinds, fridge, stove, on
site laundry, all utils. incld. except power $750/mo +
d.d. 403-843-4894
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Suites 3060PONOKA 1 bdrm. apt. heat & water included, power is extra, next to
firehall. Laundry on site. Rent $500+ DD avail. immed. 403-392-7450
PONOKA: 2 bedroom apartment, blinds, heat,
water, fridge, stove. Adult building, no children, no
pets. (403)783-2786
* RIVERSIDE APTS. *Newly renovated
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MobileLot 3190EMPTY LOT FOR RENTRIMBEY TOWN MOBILE
HOME PARKCall Betty 403-843-3944
Houses/Duplexes 3020
Real Estate#4000 - #4190
Realtors & Services..........4010Houses for Sale................4020Houses Wanted................4030Condos/Townhouses ........4040Acreages ..........................4050Acreages Wanted ............4060Farms/Land ......................4070Farms/Land Wanted ........4080Manufactured/Mobile Homes ..................4090Income Property ..............4100Commercial Property ......4110Industrial Property ............4120Cottages/Resort Property ..4130Businesses for Sale..........4140Buildings for Sale ............4150Lots for Sale ....................4160Out of Town Property ......4170Investment Opportunities ..4180Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190
HousesFor Sale 4020
HAND CRAFTED log homes, log accents and milled log replacement
Parkvale adult duplexPrime location, quiet close, next to walking trails/mar-ket, 1208 sq. ft. bungalow,
open design, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, single garage, lg. pie lot, immed. poss.$268,000, 403-342-8937 after 6 Open House Sun. Aug. 5th, 1-5,
4610-42 St. Cres
Condos/Townhouses4040
ENJOY THE CONDOLIFESTYLE AT VICTORIA
HOUSE IN LACOMBE2 bedroom ground floor
unit. $179,900Call Rob Levie 40-505-4358
Coldwell BankerOnTrack Realty
SIERRAS OF TAYLORExceptional senior residents, for people 40+, that have no children going to school. For sale by owner. 1 bdrm. On main floor. $235,000.
Call 403-346-1063
ManufacturedHomes 4090JANDEL HOMES. 60 dif-
ferent stock homes available for immediate delivery. 17 models to
choose from. Loaded with options, priced from
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6 appliances; www.dynamicmodular.ca;
1-877-341-4422.
ManufacturedHomes 4090LAST CHANCE to save at Craig’s! 1520 SF Moduline homes starting at $99,900. Two great floorplans. Sale ends September 1, 2012! Call us 1-877-380-2266 or
check us out at www.craigshomesales.com.
$1.5 MILLION Inventory Reduction Sale! 16’ X 76’,
20’ X 76’, 22’ X 76’ modulars. Must go by
August 31. Call or come visit. Grandview Modular
1-877-945-1272. 142 East Lake Blvd., Airdrie
BuildingsFor Sale 4150
WWW.3TWENTY.CA. Durable - stackable - trans-portable. Modular offices and camps. Sales and rentals. Contact Bob
8 a.m. - 5 p.m Mon. to Sat. • Open late Thursday24-hour Emergency Call
Dr. Bill Frischke • Dr. Kelly Loree • Dr. Leighton Coma Dr. Trevor Hook • Dr. Emily Ames
Southwest Industrial Park 4102-64 St., Ponoka
403-783-5200
FOR SALE: 5000 sq. ft industrial facility currently operated as an abattoir, offered for sale as land & buildings only. This facility has a very high potential to continue operating as a meat processing plant or has other opportunities; as it is a solid building with refrigeration & freezer capacity, located in the industrial part of the thriving town of Pincher Creek, Alberta. Priced at $450,000.Contact: Peter Maloff 403-627-8200 or Cory Tourond 403-563-8551 RE/MAX Southwestern, Crowsnest Pass Albertawww.crowsnestpassrealestate.com
On a choice lot in Poplar Grove Village
BRAND NEW 3 bdrm, 2 bath
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COMMERCIAL 3000 sq ft commercial building
downtown good retail/offi ce space, on Chipman Ave. for sale or lease.
RESIDENTIAL 2 bdrm in Lancaster Place
c/w fridge, stove – $700/mo, plus pwr.
2 bdrm upstairs in commercial bldg downtown, c/w fridge, stove - $650/mo, plus pwr.
1 bdrm in a 5 plex, c/w fridge & stove - $550/mo, plus pwr.
• All residences are no smoking and no pets damage/security deposit same as rent unless
stated otherwise.
Applications and references required for all properties. Working people preferred.
PROPERTIES FOR RENTGREIG HOLDINGS INC.
Contact Ernie Anderson at
Greig Holdings Inc. @ 403-783-8580
Bay 6, 5012 50 Street, Ponoka, Alberta
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The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Don and Althea Lewis to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:
Reclassify Pt NW 03-43-24-W4 (approximately 3.0 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential to allow for future subdivision of the rezoned area.
Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected may ask questions or make comments. This hearing is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.
A copy of the proposed by-law may be inspected at the County Administration Building, Ponoka, Alberta during regular offi ce hours.
Charlie B. Cutforth Chief Administrative Offi cer Ponoka County 4205 - Highway #2A PONOKA, Alberta T4J 1V9Phone: 783-3333Fax: 783-6965
Over 2,000,000hoursSt. John Ambulancevolunteers provideCanadians with morethan 2 million hours of community serviceeach year.
Ponoka CountyPUBLIC NOTICE
Amendment to Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU
The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by J.W Rodenburg to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:
Reclassify Pt SW 10-43-26-W4 (approximately 18.0 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential to allow for future subdivision of the rezoned area.
Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected may ask questions or make comments. This hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.
A copy of the proposed by-law may be inspected at the County Administration Building, Ponoka, Alberta during regular offi ce hours.
Charlie B. Cutforth Chief Administrative Offi cer Ponoka County 4205 - Highway #2A PONOKA, Alberta T4J 1V9Phone: 783-3333Fax: 783-6965
The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Steven and Karlee Prins to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:
Reclassify Pt SW 04-42-27-W4 (approximately 8.4 acre total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential to allow for future multi-lot subdivision of the rezoned area.
Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected may ask questions or make comments. This hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.
A copy of the proposed by-law may be inspected at the County Administration Building, Ponoka, Alberta during regular offi ce hours.
Charlie B. Cutforth Chief Administrative Offi cer Ponoka County 4205 - Highway #2A PONOKA, Alberta T4J 1V9Phone: 783-3333Fax: 783-6965
THE TOWN OF PONOKA2012 CAPITAL PROJECTS50 AVENUE BETWEEN 60 STREET AND 63 STREET
Sealed tenders marked “The Town of Ponoka - 2012 Capital Projects - 50 Avenue Between 60 Street and 63 Street” will be received at the offi ce of The Town of Ponoka, 5102 - 48 Ave., Ponoka, Alberta, up to 2:00 PM, Local Time, Thursday, August 23, 2012. Bids received and not conforming to the foregoing will be returned to the Bidder(s) without consideration.
The work consists of the following approximate quantities:• 40 lineal meters of PVC water main (10m - 200mm, 30m - 150mm)• 4 water valves (3-150mm, 1-200mm)• 50 lineal meters of PVC sanitary sewer (10m - 200mm, 30m - 150mm)• 35 lineal meters of 375mm PVC storm main• 1 Storm Vault MH• 1,500 cubic metres of earthwork• 5,000 tonnes total of compacted granular material• 600 lineal meters curb and gutter, monolithic sidewalk curb and gutter, approaches• 800 tonnes asphaltic hot mix
Contract Documents will be available for viewing and pickup at the offices of Descon Engineering Services Ltd., Suite 207, 8716 - 48 Ave., Edmonton, AB, T6E 5L1 on or after Wednesday August 08, 2012, upon receipt of a $50.00 non refundable reproduction fee in the form of cash or cheque made payable to Descon Engineering Services Ltd.
Contract Documents will be available for viewing at the Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer Construction Association Offices.
Tenders must be accompanied by a Certifi ed Cheque or Bid Bond in the amount of 10% of the Bid Price; as well as a Consent of Surety for a Performance Bond, and a Materials and Labour Payment Bond, each in the amount of 50% of the tender price, payable to The Town of Ponoka; and a copy of Current Safety Certifi cate or Temporary Letter of Certifi cation. Bids received via facsimile machine will not be accepted.
The successful Tenderer shall be the Prime Contractor for the project pursuant to the applicable construction safety legislation.
If the Owner decides to accept a Tender and award a Contract, the selection of a successful Tenderer will be based on but not limited to price, completion date and qualifi cation/experience of the Tenderer and sub contractors.
Technical inquiries are to be directed to Brandon Pang or Terrence Kozmech at Descon Engineering Services Ltd. (Phone: 780 465-8089). A pre-tender site meeting is scheduled for 10:00 AM, Thursday, August 16, 2012 at the Town Office.
The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted.
DESCON ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD.Suite 207, 8716 - 48 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 5L1 Mr. Brandon Pang or Mr. Terrence KozmechPhone: (780) 465-8089 Facsimile: (780) 465-5654e-mail: [email protected]
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F-250 XLT SUPER DUTY STANDARD FEATURES:
Air ConditioningTire Pressure Monitoring SystemAnti-Lock Braking SystemAdvanceTrac®‡‡‡ with Electronic Stability ControlTrailer Sway Control Trailer Tow PackageSiriusXM® Satellite Radio with 6 Month Prepaid Subscription†††
Western Edition Includes:Reverse Camera Tailgate Step SYNC®◆ Foglamps Running Boards 18” Machined Aluminium Wheelsand more
PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS WITH $1,600 DOWN PAYMENT OR EQUIVALENT TRADE
FINANCED BI-WEEKLY FOR 72 MONTHS WITH $1,950 DOWN PAYMENT OR EQUIVALENT TRADE
$399±
@4.99%
$199**
@4.99%
LEASE FOR ONLY
OR OWN FOR ONLY
APR
APR
Offers include Total Eligible Price Adjustments and $1,700 freight and air tax.
OWN FOR ONLY
$279**
@6.29%APR
Offers include Total Eligible Price Adjustments and $1,700 freight and air tax.
FINANCED BI-WEEKLY FOR 72 MONTHS WITH $3,500 DOWN PAYMENT OR EQUIVALENT TRADE
BEST IN CLASS FUEL ECONOMY◆◆
•PAYLOAD†
•TOWING†
• FUEL ECONOMY & POWER††
10.5L/100km 27MPG HWY***
14.9L/100km 19MPG CITY***
WHY CONSIDER THE COMPETITION’S 84 OR 96 MONTH FINANCING
WHEN YOU COULD LEASE 3 NEW F-150’S IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
Vehicles may not be exactly as shown.
You’ll get an additional $1,000 in loyalty/conquest customer cash on the purchase or lease of most new 2012/2013 F-Series (F-150 to F-550) models if you are a current owner or lessee of any Ford or competitive model pickup truck.
