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The matter of developing regional fire services between the town and county of Ponoka was discussed during a regu-lar meeting Tuesday, July 21 with the participation of councillors from both sides, who spent much time on the viability of a regional service and the current state of affairs of the Ponoka Fire Department (PFD).
Besides a full attendance of county council, town coun-cillors Loanna Gulka, Sandra Lyon, Carla Prediger and Tim Falkiner were in the meeting
Ponoka County in effort to persuade town for a regional fire service
Ponoka County CAO Charlie Cutforth
Ponoka CountyReeve Paul McLauchlin
along with new Ponoka Fire Chief Jamie Wilkinson and town CAO Rachel Kunz.
Regionalizing fire ser-vices
“The trend has been to regionalize fire departments and that would be the place I would start,” said Reeve Paul McLauchlin.
He said the ultimate goal was to provide county resi-dents with service and how the actual agreement would look with the town is unclear until both groups start the process of consultation.
With significant devel-opments in the lake areas, McLauchlin said there are more properties and structures that need protection.
“My view of a regional fire department is to look at it as a whole,” said the reeve, referring to a recent agree-ment the county made with the Town of Rimbey.
Town councillors were concerned about how a re-gional fire service would affect the new fire chief. Prediger asked if a structure fire oc-curred in Gull Lake would all fire departments (Rimbey and Ponoka) be called to the scene.
McLauchlin replied a fire
services line is already in place and both fire departments con-sider those lines when taking a call.
“I don’t think it would change the service provision at all,” he said.
He said it would be a man-agement change rather than service level change. Bringing the departments under one banner would be another way to find efficiencies in equip-ment use and allocation, he added.
County CAO Charlie Cut-forth said he doesn’t believe there was ever a time when fire response wasn’t available. “I don’t foresee that the system itself would change a whole lot in terms of coverage,” said Cutforth.
He feels the difference may be in a regional fire chief and a local fire chief.
“Rimbey currently has their own fire chief,” said Cutforth.
Prediger asked what the leadership model would look like.
“We need to respect the leadership and the chain of command,” McLauchlin re-plied.
He suggested the goal is to stay out of the way of the fire department and let firefighters do their jobs. A proper model would allow firefighters to do what they do best, he added.
Gulka wondered what that model would look like. “We could go with a commission, we could go with a board of
representatives … what do you think about that?”
McLauchlin was clear that the county’s goal is to go regional and to look at several models such as La-combe County’s and the City of Lacombe’s.
“You need to be adminis-tered under one umbrella but I do think you can be account-able to a commission,” said McLauchlin.
In the past former Fire Chief Ted Dillon would speak with county council and dis-cuss needs and wants of the PFD, he added.
County wants equal partnership
County Coun. Mark Mate-jka said his biggest concern is over how little say the county has over operations of the de-partment while providing an equal amount of money in its cost. “Not the service but the control and input is limited with the agreement we have right now.”
County Coun. Doug Weir added he wants the county to be an equal partner with the town related to the fire department. “The only thing I’m going to support is a full out partnership.”
The county was not in-volved in the hiring of the new chief and McLauchlin said they would like to see that change.
“One would think you would be consulted but then you’re not, which makes you think you’re a second-class citizen,” added Weir.
Ponoka County already has an agreement with the Town of Rimbey and the Summer Village of Parkland Beach. Cutforth said the
county provided the Town of Ponoka with a similar agree-ment to Rimbey’s.
In the Rimbey agreement, the county agrees to fund 100 per cent of the cost of fire ser-vice for the 15-year term of the agreement. In lieu of any annual contribution for opera-tions and capital investments the town agreed to transfer the title and property to the county for $1. Ownership of capital equipment and vehicles were also transferred to the county.
County councillors advo-cated negotiating towards a working agreement with the Town of Ponoka. The goal is to meet sometime in September to build a working model.
County councillors voted 4-1 in favour of moving for-ward with a regional service. Matejka voted against the motion.
Firefighters want stabil-ity
McLauchlin said during a barbecue/meeting with town councillors and members of the PFD the night before, he gathered they wanted stability in the organization.
He wants to create a long-term agreement with the town to ensure volunteer firefight-ers and Wilkinson have that stability.
“It was identified in the audit that there are two camps. There’s still two camps. That’s the concern,” said McLauch-lin.
Cutforth said he had heard concerns from senior and long-term firefighters worried about issues within the department.
“Is our level of coverage at risk here today if we do nothing? I believe there is (a risk),” said Cutforth.
Lyon wanted clarifica-tion on what the county is concerned over. McLauchlin answered that it appears the chain of command within the
fire department has been bro-ken, which has created two camps.
“Jamie’s going to take that on and by no means do I want to meddle in that,” he added.
Falkiner asked why the county did not direct firefight-ers back to the appropriate chain of command.
McLauchlin said the coun-ty had done that and attempted to avoid breaking up the chain of command. Cutforth added in the many years he has been with the county, he had never had a complaint on the fire department’s abilities and he is proud of their dedication.
“I’m not here to solve the fire hall’s problems. I’m here to build the infrastructure to make sure the fire hall is suc-cessful,” added McLauchlin.
Wilkinson suggested that, to make it work, both the town and county CAOs need to open up the lines of communication.
Members of both councils had met the night before at an informal barbecue at the Fire Hall to meet the new fire chief and to discuss a recent report on the Ponoka Fire Depart-ment. The details of that report have not been made public and requests by Ponoka News to the town to make the document public have been declined.
“You need to be administered under one umbrella but I do think you can be accountable to a commission.”
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JOCK FINLAYSONTROY MEDIA COLUMNIST
What are we to make of the Bank of Canada's recent decision to trim its short-term policy interest rate by another 25 basis points, taking it to a near record low level of 0.5 per cent?
The Bank is frankly acknowledging that the energy-related downturn in capital spending and exports in Canada has been greater in magnitude than it was expect-ing at the beginning of the year - and the pain is likely to persist. Canada is facing dif-ficult economic adjustments stemming from a less rosy future for both oil and gas markets and those for many other commodities.
This is unwelcome news, as natural resource indus-tries supply more than half of Canada's exports and play a pivotal role in driv-ing business investment in many regions of the coun-try. A world of lower prices for energy and other com-modities is a world in which Canadians can look forward to significantly slower growth in incomes than we enjoyed during the decade-long global commodity upcycle that be-gan in 2002-03.
The Bank of Canada's ac-tions also speak to the reality that, at a time of considerable macroeconomic weakness, it has fallen on monetary policy to shoulder the bur-den of supporting aggregate demand. Fiscal policy is largely missing in action as
the federal government - de-spite its strong balance sheet - prioritizes deficit avoidance, and several provincial gov-ernments struggle to contain escalating debt/GDP ratios. Given current economic con-ditions and Canada's rather uninspiring near-term growth prospects, the existing mon-etary/fiscal policy mix seems far from optimal, at least at the federal level.
Finally, the latest cut in the central bank's (already low) benchmark rate signals that the monetary policy tool box is now almost empty - at least in terms of "convention-al" policy tools. A 25 basis point reduction in the bank rate is too small to have any appreciable macroeconomic impact, other than to put more downward pressure on our increasingly enfeebled cur-rency. And with the policy rate set at 0.5 per cent, the Bank of Canada will have little capacity to respond in the event that the economy is hit by additional shocks. One can only pray that no nasty surprises lie ahead.
It is remarkable that, six years after Canada's economy hit bottom at the tail end of the 2008-09 recession, the central bank's benchmark rate sits perilously close to zero, and "real", after-in-flation market interest rates are negative (or nearly so) for bank savings accounts, GICs and some other fixed income products. Few Ca-nadian forecasters imagined, circa mid-2009, that interest rates would remain at such
exceptionally low levels a half decade or more into the future, particularly consider-ing that Canada has posted several years of decent eco-nomic growth along with sizable gains in employment.
While the central bank is working with the tools at hand to deliver on a mandate cen-tred on managing inflation, one can't help but worry about the troubles being stored up as a consequence of year after year of rock bottom interest rates. Frothy housing markets and the accumulation of un-precedented levels of debt by Canadian households are the two most visible features of our present economic situa-tion that have been aided by a long stretch of monetary stimulus. More generally, it is worth asking whether stick-ing with a macroeconomic policy framework that has encouraged leverage and bor-rowing on an epic scale while punishing thrift and prudence may be doing subtle but real damage to the long-term foundations of a productive economy.
Too large a fraction of the scarce capital and entrepre-neurial talent in Canada has been directed into relatively less productive sectors and activities (housing-related investment, financial en-gineering, and consumer spending), while too little has been deployed to building the products, technologies, skills, enterprises, and infrastructure that Canada needs to be an internationally competitive 21st century economy. Per-
Interest rate cut underscores Canada's gloomy economic prospectsThe Bank of Canada is acknowledging that the energy-related downturn is worse than expected
haps such a misallocation of capital and talent is the price that must be paid in exchange for relying so heavily on hy-per-accommodative monetary policy to sustain demand and spending in Canada during a period of sluggish global growth.
It is too early to render a firm judgement on how all of this will play out in the years to come. But policy-makers would be wise to pay a lot more attention to the downside risks inherent in today's unbalanced Ca-nadian economy in which
consumers, businesses and governments have become used to the comforts afford-ed by astonishingly cheap money.
Jock Finlayson is Exec-utive Vice President of the Business Council of British Columbia.
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Religion
My heart and mind have been taken up for the past while with a new way of thinking about myself, and a new way of seeing First Na-tions people. I have a new and strange self-image: colonizer — one who has imposed co-lonial ideas on the original inhabitants of this land. And a startling, for me, insight of realizing that Aboriginal peoples are founders of our country: Canada. It was not just the French and the Eng-lish in history that began our collective history since First Contact.
I have been trying to trace how this has been happening to me. Growing up, I had no experience of Indians, other than the Indian Village at the Calgary Stampede and, later, seeing them in not so proud
Coming to terms with being a treaty person
Beatrix SchirnerPonoka United Church
conditions on the streets of downtown Calgary. As a bud-ding social worker fresh out of university, I knew I could make good money working for Indian Affairs, something that I never actually did. Thank goodness! I was oblivious to their reality. In fact, I’ve been oblivious most of my life.
A glimmer came to me when I read a superb auto-biography called Stolen life: the journey of a Cree woman co-authored by Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson (on the shelves of our public library.) I was struck by the fact that Yvonne and I were exactly the same age; we had spent time in the same cities. However, her life experiences were com-pletely foreign to me. I was amazed that living in the same time and places, our worlds were so far apart. It was like we were in parallel univers-es. How could such different worlds co-exist? How could I not know about her world?
Her world was shot through with violence, she wrote about it in an offhand manner.
The lawsuits against The United Church of Canada about our part in the running
of the residential schools were a wake-up call. I remember trying to read about that his-tory at the time and simply being overwhelmed by the information. I could not take it in. I avoided it. Attempting to understand how I was involved with all of this was beyond me.
And then came the class action lawsuit by survivors of the Indian residential schools, which ended in a settlement that included setting up the Truth and Reconciliation Com-mission of Canada (TRC.) When I attended the Com-mission Hearing in Maskwacis in July 2013 I learned the fascinating fact that victims of violence setting up such a commission is unique in the world. I also learned that by my simple presence there, I was now a witness to the heart wrenching memories of the survivors. That means that I have a responsibility to bear witness to what I heard there. I came away from the site of the old Ermineskin Residential School changed. The change was subtle, but now I know that I was broken open in a way that made me more receptive to learning about how all of this makes a difference to me
personally. Earlier this year, The
United Church of Canada Moderator pointed out in his blog that Chief Justice Mur-ray Sinclair, head of the TRC, said that it is essential for all Canadians to read two books: The Inconvenient Indian: a cu-rious account of Native People in North America, by Thomas King, and The Comeback: How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power and Influence, by John Ralston Saul. (They are both available through our public library.) If you do nothing else to inform yourself about this complex history, at least read these. I did.
Fortunately neither of them is difficult to read. The first one is quite light-hearted for such a serious topic. To-gether they give a full picture of the distant and recent his-tory of Canada’s first peoples. For me it was eye opening, from the distinctive voice of King to the unexpected rev-elations of Saul. Both were informative beyond measure. I agree with Murray Sinclair: these are essential reading for every Canadian, from the de-scendents of early settlers to the most recent immigrant.
I finally understand why I am a treaty person. Our country is founded on treaties between the Crown and First Nations. The non-Aboriginals may never have intended to keep their part of the bargain, but legally these treaties still stand and the Supreme Court keeps upholding the Aborigi-nal claims. It is the Canadian government that is in default for not acknowledging the judgments of the Supreme Court. The government simply represents us; we citizens are the ones that empower the gov-ernment. What the government has done/is doing is in reality what all of us have done/are doing. We have benefited from the actions of the government over these centuries dating from the proclamation of King George in 1763. We signed the treaties. Non-aboriginal people are treaty people. I am a treaty person; you are a treaty person by virtue of being a Canadian.
The people of Canada, especially non-Aboriginals, need to understand in their bones that reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples is a prior-ity for us. And what does that mean? To quote the TRC, “an ongoing process of establish-ing and maintaining respectful relationships.” For those of us who are religious as well as spiritual, we can do no less.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 PONOKA NEWS 5
Reflections of Ponoka
Remember When...
Photo from Ponoka Panorama History BookThere was a great deal of excitement in the Reo district in 1950 with the arrival on the harvest scene of this modern new combine. Shown in the picture checking out the fancy farming equipment are (left to
right) Henry Rauhala, Jim Ensminger, Edwin Ericson and Roald Ungstad. The family of Matthew and Alma Rauhala lived and farmed in the Reo district for many decades, and in the early years had 19 milk cows and 75 head of cattle, all of which had to be herded a mile for water until the first family well was dug.
Ove Christian Ravns-borg, formerly of Asker, Norway, arrived in Wetaski-win with his parents on April 13, 1896. The family had made the long gruelling trip by train from their homestead in Eureka, North Dakota, and in order to find work, Ove had brought along some horses and farm machinery, which he eventually drove into the Leslieville district and sowed crops of wheat, oats, barley, flax, and millet from April 21 to May 29.
After looking around the area, he crossed the Battle River and homesteaded south of Battle Lake on N.E. 2-43-23-W4th and lived in an abandoned log cabin. This very ambitious gentleman would become the first white man to settle in the district, and was joined in the fall of the same year by his brother Ragnvald, Alex Woyen, and Andrew Vold, who all settled on the same section of land
and would form the nucleus around which the Asker dis-trict was developed. Ove, who always liked to be footloose and was never married, had also brought along a grain binder to his Alberta adventure, and spent many busy years doing cus-tom farm work in the area, and then in 1901 would be-come the co-owner with Alex Woyen and Andrew of the district’s first threshing ma-chine, which came complete with horsepower.
Another milestone for these original ‘Asker found-ers’ came in 1907 when Ole Oas, Alex Woyen, Henry Krefting, and O. C. Ravns-burg became the proud owners of the first power-ful Steam Thrashing outfit, which would rumble across the districts serving home-steaders for many years. Hard work and determination always brings progress, and in 1914 Alex Woyen, Henry
Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell MuseumThis classic 1907 photo features the first Case steamer and thrashing machine in the Asker district. Shown in the picture from left to right are the crew (left to right) Jimmy Ward, engineer Earl Heath, Mr. Phillips, Nansen Vold, O.C. Ravnsborg, Ole Oas, Alex Woyen and several unknown boys.
Early harvests went from
horsepower to steam engines
BY MIKE RAINONE FOR THE NEWS
Our earliest history books claim that the Battle River district was possessed with the most fertile and potential land in the province. As hardy settlers moved into this area from far and wide to seek out this opportunity and establish their new homes and farms, many fabulous stories were told of the gruelling challenges and hardships that they faced to tame this land, but achieved great successes and progress in only a few short years.
In those most humble beginnings, it was the trusty horses and oxen that pulled the breaking plows and other heavy machines, but by 1907 the noisy arrival of the massive steam engines marked the exciting introduction of a new era in farming and the rapid growth and development of all facets of our rural and urban communities.
The first white settler Krefting, and Ove purchased a 25 barrel flour mill, and set it up on the corner of N.W. 35-42-23-W4th, and this was a great help to the district farmers, who came from miles around to have cereal and flour (Prairie Rose) made from their grain. The mill operated until 1919, when it was sold to Harry Ravnsborg and James Vold, who moved it to Ponoka in 1924 and served customers for many years from a spot known as ‘Mill Hill’.
Even into the fourth year of their farming efforts in 1902, the settlers in this area firmly believed that they were indeed living amongst the finest agricultural land in North America, and their proof and bragging rights came in with the harvest. N.A. Wiltse stated that his oats had yielded 100 bushels to the acre and weighed 46 pounds a bushel; his wheat would come in at 40 bush-els to the acre, while others were getting up to 30 tons of hay an acre to feed their hungry livestock. Rye was
also growing to 75 inches with full heads, while the Timothy stood 52 inches, brome 69, and a sample of Canada Blue Grass topped at 45 inches. Not to be out-done, the ‘green thumbs’ in the district reported lettuce heads as large as water pails, 25 pound turnips, 20 to 30 potatoes in a hill yielding up to 150 bushels on a half acre, and berries and wildlife in abundance. Before the dirty 30s, wheat sold for as high as 20 cents a bushel and re-ally good cows fetched $30 a piece, but then again a pound of tobacco back then was 25 cents, a pair of overalls $1, and wages for harvest help was 75 cents for a very hard and long day of work.
The late Bill Doran fond-ly recalled in his memoirs of growing up in the Ches-terwold and Sylvan Heights districts in the 1930s and finally getting a chance as a youngster to help with the harvest. He was always made aware of the long and massive moving belts that were strung from the steam-
er to the threshing machine, but the biggest thrill was watching big gobs of straw spitting out of the spout to form a new stack, as well as just hanging around with some great thrashing teams like the Crandalls, Wierzba’s, the Plester boys, Harold Eidt, Mug Tompkins, and many other fine 20-men crews who faithfully completed the an-nual gruelling and vital fall task with great perfection.
It was a joy to assist the talented drivers with the un-loading of the bundles into the hungry feeder, where two ‘spike pitchers’ had the sole and arduous job of climbing onto each load as it came into the threshing machine as well as to help to unload it. As the threshing progressed, the engineer on the streamer had a noisy system of loud whistle signals which kept the operation going full blast, one meaning more bundles, another asking the operator of the water wagon to hurry up with his load from the Battle River or an urgent call to the driver of the four-
horse-team wood wagon to return and feed the fire box. The best signal of course was the call to lunch, where the meals prepared and delivered to the sight by the wives and daughters of the district were a hungry man’s delight from start to finish, and disap-peared very quickly. Despite all those many hours and weeks of the harvest through rain or shine these boys also had some fun, occasionally playing tricks on each oth-er, such as greasing the fork handles or pulling the pins of the double trees and letting a box of mice loose in the bunkhouse, but through it all they always looked after each other, and enjoyed gathering together for the gala fall cele-bration when it was all done. Of course, the technology and methods of farming and ranching has changed and ex-panded drastically over these many decades, but the keen and proud tradition of a su-preme effort and team work has and will always prevail from seeding to harvest and way beyond.
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Coincidences play an im-portant part in the lives of individuals, communities and nations and that’s why coin-cidences have been studied a lot by philosophers, who have been theorizing for cen-turies over whether they are the makings of a divine will or simple mundane happen-ings that just come at a time when other mundane things also happen to occur.
Whatever it was, last week’s coincidence of Al-berta’s biggest bitumen spill coming on the same day as Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall scolded Quebec and Ontario premiers for being too environment-minded is a reminder that this country must review its approach to oil-based economic growth and prosperity with utmost care.
Mustafa EricEditor
Can oil money be used for
good cause?
Dear Editor
I want to thank and congratulate the Ponoka Stampede organizing committee for the amazing online coverage this year during the rodeo and chuckwagons.
The cost was affordable and gave peo-ple across the country a chance to watch the rodeo live, I really enjoyed all of the cover-age, recaps and the fact I can now go back to watch it recorded. With two kids under two I will be honest I did not get to watch
it all live but I am really looking forward to watching more of it now! Please keep it online for those who have paid!
It was a very smart idea to have the Jace Harty Memorial Bull riding event free as this gave us a chance to check our internet connection and hook it up to our big screen television.
I felt like I was there watching it live with Les calling and hearing all about the Bonnett and Butterfield brothers, I felt a little old as I remember them high school
rodeoing. I remember watching Jake Vold at the CFR win in novice and he’s still go-ing. Such fun to see Trigger Pugh still going strong with the steers! And my favourite; tie-down roping and watching Dean Edge make it to the top 12, thank you for being such great friends over the years. The only thing better than the live coverage would have been sitting there playing quarters!
Ponoka is still my home and I brag about it to everyone who will listen to me about it. This week I called a friend for ad-
vice in Ponoka, the first time he was sitting watching the rodeo live so I had to call him back, but the second time I called it was like I saw him yesterday walking down Chip-man Ave.
Congratulations to the staff, volunteers and all of Ponoka for making the stampede such a success. I hope to visit home again soon.
Tiffany (Williams) LepackFormer Editor of the Ponoka News
Arnprior, ON
Reader praises Ponoka Stampede for a successful week
The Federation Coun-cil, which brings together the premiers of Canada’s all provinces and territories ap-parently made an attempt last week to bring a conclusion to the long running dichotomy of caring for the environment versus exploiting the energy resources of the country for fast economic growth to be able to enjoy the prosperity that will come with it.
At the end of their meet-ings, the premiers appeared to have struck a deal that supposedly keeps all parties happy. True to the nature of individuals involved in the making of the deal, the state-ment on the outcome of the meeting was long on words, short on concrete details.
It said the provincial and territorial leaders had agreed that carbon-based energy re-sources would continue to be developed alongside renew-able energy technologies as well as that pipelines were a safer of carrying oil and gas than railway transportation.
Now when one takes this statement with the spill of five million litres of bitu-men emulsion from a Nexen pipeline in northern Alberta, it doesn’t sound very con-vincing regarding the safety of pipelines. It was widely reported that the line on which the spill occurred was equipped with the latest tech-nology and it was supposed
to alert relevant officials the moment the leak started. What happened in reality was that the spill was discovered only by chance.
Company and govern-ment officials at various levels tried to make a point that any water basin or wildlife habitat was not threatened by the spill, but what about the 16,000 m2 area on which the emulsion spread over? And a duck was found dead in the area of the spill earlier this week.
We need to realize that, regardless of the numbers of wildlife victims and the size of the area contaminated, ex-ploitation of carbon-based energy raw materials will al-ways be fraught with danger
of polluting the environment, with the possibility of irre-versible damage being done.
But of course, no one can realistically expect oil companies to leave the oil in the sands of Fort Mc-Murray or underground, in which case there might be one possibility of minimiz-ing the potential damage to environment: Putting the oil companies in charge of de-veloping technologies both to reduce the impact of the oil industry on the environ-ment and to undo the damage already inflicted on the na-ture.
US President Barack Obama ordered the Ameri-can auto industry to develop technologies to reduce ex-
haust emissions and the goal set by that policy is already on the way to being achieved.
In Canada, federal and provincial governments could work together to in-troduce legislation making it compulsory for oil com-panies to create a fund and contribute to it on a regular basis to support research for clean oil extraction, transportation and refining technologies alongside new ways of undoing environ-mental damage. In such a venture, the oil companies could also patent such tech-nologies and sell them on a global scale to profit from their investments in the re-search fund.
But we know that this can
only remain a dream under a prime minister like Ste-phen Harper, who is almost afraid to touch the benefits and profits of the oil and gas industry in this country.
However, just like First Nations throughout Canada waiting for his departure from the scene for mean-ingful action to be taken on the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, pro-environ-ment policy makers and campaigners should be mak-ing preparations to develop and suggest alternatives to the current myopic backing of the oil industry once Harp-er leaves the prime minister’s office, which could well come as early as October.
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EVENTS AND RECREATION
NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Town TimesPonoka, AB T4J 1P7
Ph: 403-783-4431 | Fax: 403-783-6745 | Email: [email protected] Check us out Online: www.ponoka.ca
WASTE TRANSFER STATIONOpen Tuesday – Saturday 10 am – 6 pm
What is accepted at the Waste Transfer Facility?
– Solid waste - garbage, furniture, drywall, plastics, toilets, and shingles – White goods - (freezers and refrigerators) – Metal - cable cut in 3 ft. length, wire and general scrap – Branches, Wood, Tires
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FAMILY & COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICESPonoka FCSS Bus Trip – Fancy Hats Hit the Track ~ Northlands Race Track & Casino, Edmonton
$25, tickets available at Ponoka FCSS offi ce 5006-52 Avenue. Tickets include a fancy buff et lunch and indoor/outdoor box seating… the best seats in the house! Ponoka Lions bus departs the arena at 11
a.m. and will return around supper time. For more info contact Shelly 403.783.4462
FAMILY & COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICESis hosting a Heritage Tea honoring the First Nations People on
Saturday, August 1 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Tickets are $5 per person.
Next Town Council MeetingsAugust 11 @ 4:30 pm @ Hudson Green Community Activity Centre
- 6210 61 StreetAll Council and Committee meetings will be held at Hudson’s Green until further
notice. Agenda is online at www.ponoka.org and meetings are open to the public.
FIRE PERMITSPlease remember that Fire Permits are required for any burning taking place within the Town, with the exception of fi re pits. The permits are free of charge from the Fire Hall. Don’t forget the many alternatives to burning: try recycling, composting, or take your items to the Waste Transfer Station. If you have any questions, please contact the Fire Hall at 403-783-0112.
AquaplexPublic Swim in the afternoons is now from 1–4 pm. Lap Swim from 3–4 pm will continue. Come out and enjoy the water. Unfortunately due to low attendance, we are discontinuing the water fi tness child care
Ponoka Day in the ParkOpen Invitation to all cultural groups and organizations to participate in “Ponoka Day in the Park” on Friday, August 28 at Lion’s Centennial Park. The Recreation Committee is looking for
entertainment, dancers, singers, and ethnic food vendors to participate in this fun event. Also, the “Heartstring Charity Challenge” entry deadline for this event is July 31 so enter your team now. For more information please contact Wes Amendt, Director of Community Services, at 403-783-0118 or e-mail [email protected] if you are interested in participating.
TOWN OFFICE CLOSEDThe Town Offi ce will be closed on Monday, August 3, 2015 for the civic holiday. Payments or correspondence may be left in the drop box at the front door.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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SPLASH PARK REMINDERParents, please remember that the splash park is a Use at Your Own Risk Facility,
and is non-supervised. The cement pad can be very slippery and children should be reminded not to run, and be supervised at all times. Thank you for your cooperation.
Nominate a Property for FREE UtilitiesThe Pride in Your Property Contest is open to Town residents and businesses. Here’s your chance
to nominate yourself, a business, or someone you know for having a well-kept property. Prizes are awarded to Residential and Business properties as follows:
Best Kept Residential - 1st Prize $500 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit 2nd Prize - $250.00 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit
Most Improved Prize of $500 Town of Ponoka Utility CreditBest Kept Commercial/Industrial – 1st Prize $500 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit
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Reward yourself or someone you know for their hard work and enter today!Deadline for entries is July 31st !
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Property owners in Ponoka who have spent the time and energy to beautify their land could win a $500 utility credit if judges deem it the best.
Hosted by the Town of Ponoka, the Pride in Your Property contest awards the first place home with a $500 town utility credit and a $250 credit for the second place winner, explained com-munications officer Donna Brinkworth.
A category for commer-cial/industrial is also up for grabs and features the same utility credit, she added.
However, the deadline to nominate a property is set for Friday, July 31 if landowners want to be eligible. Brink-worth said a homeowner/business owner can nomi-nate themselves or someone they feel has worked hard to care for, and beautify their property.
“It would be really neat to see a resident nominate a business,” said Brinkworth.
She suggests residents have much pride in their properties and this contest is a way to recognize their hard work. She added this contest ties closely with the Com-munities in Bloom contest of which the town is a member.
The deadline to submit businesses and/or homes in Ponoka for the Pride in Your Property contest is Friday, July 31. To submit a name, residents can go to the Town of Ponoka offices. This image is an example of downtown businesses and their appearance.
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Deadline approaches to Nominate a Property
Last year judges were pleased with their first visit to the town and Brinkworth looks forward to hearing their comments this year.
Judges for the Pride in Your Property contest are Coun. Teri Underhill and
town employee, Val Scha-bert, who also takes care of the Forest Home Cemetery. Residents can nominate a property at the Town of Ponoka offices or download a form from the website www.ponoka.ca.
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The storm that swept through the Ponoka area Tuesday, July 21 could be one to be talked about for many years to come.
County residents north of Ponoka could do noth-ing but helplessly watch as dark clouds rolled over the land foreshadowing a serious storm event. Hail and strong wind worked an easterly way across the land northwest, north and northeast of Ponoka.
Some county residents state the hail continued to
fall for what seemed close to an hour and left fields flattened. In some spots the hail was three miles wide and ice remained for days after the storm.
Beacon Road had inch-es of hail causing vehicles to struggle to navigate the road and plow trucks were called into operation to clear roads near Crestom-ere.
Storm affects cropsJustin Babcock, man-
ager of agriculture services for Ponoka County, said the destruction of crops was so severe farmers may have to
Storm sweeps path of destruction through Ponoka area
downsize their herd as they won’t have enough feed for the animals.
Crops were already struggling with a more than normal dry season but the hail destroyed what was left of those crops. Barley, wheat, canola, corn and other crops were affected.
“I just couldn’t believe how much (hail) came down,” said Babcock.
It came and it just didn’t seem to stop. “It’s definite-ly going to be a lot harder on producers this year,” he added.
There may be some re-lief for producers through a tax relief recently an-nounced by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on July 23.
The tax relief is for western livestock produc-ers in prescribed drought regions who are facing shortages. To find out if eligible, producers can contact AgriInsurance, AgriInvest and AgriStabil-ity.
AFSC kept busy after the storm
Insurance claims of hail damage have kept staff at the Agriculture Finan-cial Services Corporation (AFSC) busy.
Crop assessors will be assessing much of the farms that were affected, explained Daniel Graham, acting man-ager for insurance.
“Because of the magni-tude of the storm it’s going to take some time to assess the damage,” said Graham.
The storm started in Rocky Mountain House and went all the way to Lloyd-minster although farms in Ponoka County appeared to be hit the most. He said 2008 and 2012 reached re-cord numbers of insurance claims of hail but 2013 and 2014 were also above aver-age.
There were three major tracks of the storm, said: Ponoka and Maskwacis, La-combe and surrounding area and Red Deer to Stettler.
“It’s my understanding
that Alberta, particularly southern and central Alber-ta, we’re considered one of the higher risks for hail in North America,” said Gra-ham.
Farmers had five days to put a claim into AFSC to give assessors time to in-vestigate. Graham said there are steps in place to allow a farmer to use the affected field for pasture or feed. He said a producer must con-tact AFSC and notify them of their wish.
Severe damage to homes
Wind and hail helped create major damage to several county and town homes, some of which left homeowners looking for a new place to stay.
Siding, windows, holi-day trailers and vehicles were damaged and anything facing west appeared to re-ceive the brunt of hail.
Kirsten Abt lives just north of Ponoka on 49 Street and the hail was so severe it tore big holes in the siding of her home. “It was pretty scary. My trailer was shak-ing,” said Abt.
She hid in her bathtub while the storm swept over destroying trees planted just three years ago as well caus-ing damage to her truck.
Town residents lose services
The severity of the storm hit the Town of Ponoka as well.
Water came in such
high amounts causing the downtown area to flood with several inches of wa-ter. Trees were blown over throughout town and power was out for a period of time while crews worked to re-turn power to homes. One van had a tree fall right on top of it just south of the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre.
Donna Brinkworth, communications officer, said five crews plus a water crew were called into ac-tion to get services up and running. “The town always responds to power failures,” said Brinkworth.
She said emergency crews such as EMS, police and fire also lost power and had to rely on backups until workers could fix the prob-lem. Employees did not return home from work until approximately 4 a.m.
“It’s important for the power to come back up as soon as possible,” said Brinkworth.
She says the town web-site: www.ponoka.ca also has an emergency link on the top of its page in the event of a major emergency. Residents can always access that to see if there is a major emergency.
Being prepared is some-thing she advocates and Brinkworth suggests resi-dents put together a 72-hour emergency preparedness package.
“I just couldn’t
believe how much (hail)
came down.”Justin Babcock,
Ponoka County agricultural services manager
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BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
An old school bus decorated as a cow made a stop at the Ponoka Jubilee Library Tuesday, July 21 and had many people turning their heads for a closer look.
Inside the bus, however, was a hive of activity of young children and their par-ents delving into children’s books and activities. Dubbed the COW (Classroom
on Wheels) Bus, facilitators with the Centre for Family Literacy travel around Alberta in the bus year round promoting reading and learning in young children, explained co-ordinator Megan Petasky.
“It’s really fun for the kids to come on,” she said.
The bus is filled with books and activ-ity areas for parents and their children and is meant to promote literacy. Petasky said
COW Bus brings the love of reading to the library
L-r: Amber, Owen and Morgan Deschiffart have some fun checking out the activities on the COW (Classroom on Wheels) Bus by the Ponoka Jubilee Library Tuesday, July 21.
Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
the goal is to inspire and reinforce learn-ing in young children. She added there are many times children learn with their parents but the bus helps highlight those moments.
Giving younger kids access to the books also helps them get used to the mo-tions of opening and closing a book and
looking through the pages. Petasky sug-gests these early stages of learning are important in a child’s development.
The Alberta Prairie Classroom on Wheels has been in operation since 2003 with a mandate to visit 100 communities a year. Families with newborns to children aged six are invited to visit the bus and its many activities.
Petasky said they focus on learning for that age group as it is an ideal time to learn from their parents and through books.
The centre also donated 50 children’s books to the library for patrons.
“It’s really fun for the
kids to come on.”Megan Petasky
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BY DAVID THIELEN
Derek Danial Baker received a 60-day jail sentence and 12 months probation at the Ponoka Provincial Court on Friday, July 24, when he pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm and breach of conditions. He was cred-ited with 30 days towards that sentence because of the time he has spent in custody prior to trial. In addition, he is banned from possession of any firearms during his probation pe-riod, and prohibited from having any contact, either direct or indirect, with the victim, except through le-gal counsel.
Prior to sentencing the defence lawyer told the court that the as-sault occurred when both the victim and assail-ant attended the Ponoka Emergency Room while coming down from a meth high, and that because of their condition were in a particularly volatile state. “Baker is motivated to
start treatment for his drug problem, but perhaps pro-bation would provide even more motivation,” said de-fence counsel. Jail sentence for beating
Corry Vera Greene received a 45 day jail sen-tence for beating a man with her casted hand, and then using a cane to beat him to unconsciousness.
On July 13, RCMP had been called to an unrelat-ed complaint in Ponoka, where they found a male that had significant inju-ries on his right side. The victim told police that he had been assaulted by Corry Vera Greene the day before sometime between noon and 1 p.m. They had been at the walking bridge near the Scout Hall and she had begun to hit him in the face with her hand, which was in a cast. She then used a cane to strike him in the head to the point where he lost conscious.
In speaking to sentenc-ing, crown prosecutor said that Corry Vera Greene did have a record and it was
mostly for alcohol related offences, and that this was her first crime with signifi-cant violence.
She received 12 days credit for pre-trial custody, and was ordered to provide a DNA sample. Bail denied for erratic driver
Derek Wesley Lozyn-sky had his bail application denied and his charges set over one week for election and plea.
In speaking against Lo-zynsky's release, the crown prosecutor stated that at ap-proximately 9:15 on June 16, a vehicle was reported to police driving south on Highway 2 in an erratic manner. The vehicle was reported to have passed the complainant at a speed of about 130 km/h and the complainant watched the vehicle swerve from lane to lane, and almost side swiped a semi.
Ponoka RCMP were able to observe the same vehicle drift from lane to lane. A provincial sher-iff was able to follow the
vehicle north on Range Road 261, and watched it pass through a construc-tion zone before the person turned southbound into a farmer's field.
The sheriff made a U-turn and activated his emergency lights and when the vehicle stopped a man wearing red track pants and a black t-shirt left the vehicle and the sheriff pursued on foot.
When the vehicle was queried through CPIC, it was shown to have been stolen out of Lacombe. In addition, Lozynsky had switched the plates on the vehicle.
The crown then listed a series of previous offences and breaches going back several years.
In speaking for bail for Lozynsky, the defence agreed with the facts as set out by the prosecu-tor, but pointed out that a full two weeks before the offences, Lozynsky had applied for a bed at the Lander Treatment Centre in Claresholm, Alberta,
and that they had a letter from the centre stating that Lozynsky would have a bed within a week of being released. So the counsel suggested that Lozynsky be released on bail with some very tough condi-tions such as not being in any vehicle, that because he would be living in Red Deer, either report to the Ponoka RCMP by phone, or the Red Deer RCMP in person but his requests were denied. Intoxicated driver re-ceives big fine
John Maceachern, re-ceived a $2,000 fine plus a victim surcharge of $600 and was prohibited from driving for one year.
On June 29 at 3:45 p.m., a provincial sheriff observed a red Ford truck northbound on Highway 2 and swerving all over the road. The sheriff stopped the vehicle and contacted the RCMP who attended and issued a roadside de-mand. When he failed the demand, Maceachern was taken to the detachment
where his first breathalyz-er reading was .320 and his second reading was still .320, four times the legal limit.
In sentencing the judge pointed out that any read-ings over twice the legal limit must be taken as ag-gravated and requires a higher penalty. However, he did credit Maceachern with being cooperative when first arrested, and for pleading guilty at the first available opportunity. Sleeping in car ends in suspension
Kent Douglas Liddle received a fine and a one year driving suspension for sleeping in his car while impaired.
Originally charged with impaired driving and driving while over the le-gal limit, Liddle pleaded guilty to the lesser of the two, but included charge of care and control of a ve-hicle while impaired.
Two assault offenders get jail terms
BY DAVID THIELEN
To improve access to recycling and waste dump-ing the residents of the
County of Ponoka and the Town of Rimbey have agreed to the joint op-eration of a waste transfer station near Rimbey.
County and Town of Rimbey enter into agreement for operation of transfer station
Under the agreement, the town will be respon-sible for operating the recycling, composting, yard waste and burn pit, while the county will op-erate the waste transfer portion of the facility.
The town will not charge the county or coun-ty residents for the use of the recycling services, and the county will not charge the town residents for the waste transfer portion of the facility.
Chief Administrative Officer, Charlie Cutforth, pointed out to council that the Town of Rimbey will still be doing their regular waste pickups in town, and that material will go direct-ly to the regional landfill. The transfer station will be for material that does not fit into the regular waste pickup, like a couch, or other similar large items.
The agreement states that “The Town of Rimbey
and the County of Ponoka will provide joint use of the facility in partnership and as such no money will be exchanged, and no land sold to accommodate this MOU. The Town of Rimbey retains land and building ownership un-til such time as another proposal is entered for consideration.”
The county and town will have joint meetings to discuss any operational is-sues that may arise.
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Applying a gravel basecoat and then chip sealing one and a half mile of the Arbour Park Road was approved at the July 21, regular meeting of Ponoka Council.
“We have chip sealed
just about every road in the area except this one,” said Charlie Cutforth, Chief Administrative Officer for the County of Ponoka.
“With the road bans, that is forcing a lot of the industrial traffic down this road,” he said.
There are seven acreag-
es along that one and half mile stretch, and the base is already capable of support-ing the chip seal.
Chip sealing is a meth-od of dust control on gravel roads.
“The big cost will be for the gravel base, but once it is completed, it will
last for a couple of years, and there is enough money in the budget,” said Cut-forth.
Once the road is chip sealed, it will also be sub-ject to a ban, with mainly local operators being able to get a permit.
A funding request from Carmen Lomas for $1000 to help defray costs of her attending the Canadian National Ladies Fastball U18 tournament in Montreal from August 2 to August 8, 2015 was approved.
Council also approved $1,000 for Isatu Fofanah to as-sist in her bid to compete in the track and field events at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In approving the two applications for funding, the council concluded at the end of their discussion their newly adopted policy to be to approve such funding if it was for national level athletes.
Council approved reducing their rezoning fee from $600 to $400. Chief Administrative Officer Charlie Cutforth ex-plained to council that there is an advertising requirement for rezoning applications, and the $600 was intended to set off those costs. “In looking at our actual advertising costs, they are closer to $300 to $400,” said Cutforth, recom-mending reduction of the application fee to more closely reflect the advertising costs.
Council approved the purchase of a backhoe for use at the waste transfer station. Chief Administrative Officer Charlie Cutforth, explained to council that with changes that have been made to the transfer station that the skid steer that they presently use, was no longer capable of do-ing the job. The skid steer will be sent to the Rimbey Waste Transfer Station.
Fifty-five years ago No-bosuke Kishi, Japan’s prime minister, resigned just after winning the battle to push the treaty revising the country’s military alliance with the United States through par-liament. The demonstrations against it were so massive and violent that his political capital was exhausted. Today his grandson, Prime Minis-ter Shinzo Abe, is waging a quite similar battle, but he will probably get away with it. More’s the pity.
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Globally
Japan: Gutting Article 9Abe, like his grand-
father, is on the right of Japanese politics, and his target this time is Article 9 of Japan’s post-war “Peace Constitution”. That clause undermines his vision of Ja-pan as a “normal country” (like the United States, Brit-ain or France) that sends its troops overseas to fight wars.
The language of Article 9 is clear. It says that “the Japanese people forever re-nounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling interna-tional disputes … Land, sea, and air forces, as well as oth-er war potential, will never be maintained.” It would take a pretty sharp lawyer to get around that.
Moreover, it’s very hard to change the Japanese con-stitution. It would take a two-thirds majority in each house of parliament, plus a national referendum, to change or drop Article 9. Abe would certainly lose that referendum: 80 percent of Japanese like Article 9 just
the way it is.This is deeply ironic,
since it was written into the post-war Japanese constitu-tion in 1946 by the American occupation authorities, who feared that otherwise Japan might re-militarise and be-come an international threat again. By the mid-1950s, however, the United States was locked into the Cold War confrontation with Commu-nist China and the Soviet Union, and it badly wanted Japanese military support in Asia.
But by then the Japanese population had fallen in love with Article 9. After three million war dead, followed by the atomic bombings at Hiroshima amd Nagasaki, they wanted nothing more to do with militarised great-power politics. Article 9 became their foolproof ex-cuse for staying out of the whole stupid, bloody game.
Those are the opinions of ordinary Japanese, how-ever. They are not so widely held among the elite — and Japan has an elite like few
other countries.A Japanese historian
once told me in confidence that he reckoned around four hundred people — pol-iticians, industrialists and senior bureaucrats – make almost all the decisions in Japan. Moreover, they have been inter-marrying for generations, and are almost all distantly related to one another. Which explains, perhaps, why the grandson of a “Class A” war criminal is now the prime minister of Japan.
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continued from page 13There’s an interesting con-
trast between Nobosuke Kishi, who became Minister of Muni-tions in the Imperial Japanese government in 1941, and Albert Speer, whom Hitler appointed as Minister of Armaments and War Production in early 1942. Both men were arrested at war’s end, and Speer was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
But Kishi was never charged, and while Speer lan-guished in Spandau prison Kishi was freed, helped to found the Liberal Democratic Party that has dominated Japanese poli-tics ever since, and was elected prime minister in 1957. In fact, the great majority of the “400” of that era were back in business by the mid-1950s: the United States needed to get Japan back on its feet in a hurry, and it had nowhere else to turn.
So here we are, half a cen-tury later, and their descendants are still in charge. Japan is a democracy, but the voters mainly get to choose between members of the “400”. Kishi’s brother, Eisaku Sato, was prime minister for eight years in the 1960s and early 1970s, and his grandson Shinzo Abe became prime min-ister for the first time in 2006.
It’s safe to say that most members of the elite have always wanted Japan to become a “nor-mal country” that is free to fight wars again. They aren’t think-ing about aggressive wars, of course; only “just” wars, prob-ably alongside their American allies. The big stumbling block has always been popular opinion — but Shinzo Abe has found a way around that.
If you can’t win a referen-dum on constitutional change, then don’t hold one. Just “re-interpret” Article 9 so it means the opposite of what it seems to say. Shinzo Abe’s cabinet did that last year, declaring that Article 9 really allows the mili-tary to go into battle overseas to protect allies — so-called “collective defence” — even if there is no direct threat to Japan or its people. That covers just about every contingency you can imagine.
Last week Abe pushed two bills through parliament that reshape military policy and structures in accord with that “reinterpretation”. The oppo-sition parties walked out and thousands demonstrated outside the parliament building, but the deed is done, and there won’t be any referendum about it.
Unless some mass move-ment arises to protest against this cynical manipulation of the law, Abe will get away with it. The “Peace Constitution” will need a new name, and the United States will finally have a Japan willing to fight by its side. No doubt that will make the world a safer place.
Gwynne Dyer is an indepen-dent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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Organizer Ross Hagemann said not much has changed for entrance fees except that there will be more accessi-bility for special needs customers; their fees will also be waived for the weekend event.
“So for people who like loud cars, burning rubber with lots of revs it is a necessity,” stated Hagemann in a press release.
The popular one eighth mile drag race at the airport has been a definite crowd pleaser and those who enjoy hot rods and fast cars will have a fun experience.
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UNRESERVED REAL ESTATE & FARM AUCTION FOR TERRY WRIGHTMONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2015 • WETASKIWIN, ALBERTA • Main Start: 9:00 A.M. Real Estate: 12:00 Noon
Directions: North of Wetaskiwin on Hwy 2A, 5 Kms to Twp Rd 470, West for 2.2 Kms to Rge Rd 243A, North for 0.4 KmsREAL ESTATE
Selling Approx. 80 Acres M/L with 2 Shops. Approx. 10 to 15 Acres with a Graveled Yard Site & the Balance in Crop Land that is Seeded to Wheat with Approx. 5 Acres of Low Land.60’x60’ Wood Framed Heated Shop with Metal Clad Covering Inside & Out. 8” Insulated Walls & Infl oor Heating. 2 - 16’x16’ Electric Overhead Doors w/ a Sliding Post to Make the Opening 32’. Next to New Large Air Compressor & 6 Barrel Overhead Oil Dispenser. Mezza-nine with Lots of Storage. Wired for Se-curity System & 65’ Radio Tower. Plus a 16’x60’ Addition w/ a Boiler Room, Bedroom, Bathroom, Kitchen & Offi ce.60’x152’ Shop with 18’ Walls & 2 Sliding Doors with a 29’ Opening in the Front & a 16’x21’ Door on the Side as well as 3 Man Doors. Lined with 6’ Tongue & Groove Interior Walls & a Cement Floor. Will Hold 100,000 Bus of Grain with an Overhead Auger.Property also has 1 Water Well w/ a Submersible Pump, Pump Out Sewer System, Natural Gas & Telephone.All Grain Bins & a 100 Ft Scale will be Sold after the Real Estate giving the Purchaser the Opportunity to buy these Items. This Property is Located Just Off the Pavement & is Presently Zoned Agri-cultural however there are many many more Possibilities for this Property!All other Realtors will be protected for 2% of the Selling Price Upon Closing, Provided they Registered Their Bidders with Allen B. Olson Auction Service Ltd. or Morrison Realty, 24 Hrs Prior to the Sale.Real Estate Transaction are being Han-dled by Morrison Realty (403) 783-0556Real Estate Terms & Conditions: 10 % Down on Sale Day. Balance & Posses-sion on or before September 3, 2015. If Balance is NOT RECEIVED by Septem-ber 3, 2015 the Deposit will be Forfeited as Liquidation Damages. All measurements are approximate and need to be verifi ed by the purchaser.For Sale by Private SaleA 4000 Sq Ft Home with a Fully Finished Walk-Out Basement & a 3 Car Garage
on 5+ Acres of Land Joining the 80 Acres of Land Being Sold by Unreserved Auction.Also a Fully Functional Grain Elevator in the City of Wetaskiwin.For Further Information Phone Terry Wright at (403) 783-1200
Freightliner T/A Hi-Way Tractor c/w 5th Wheel, Sleeper, 13 Spd, New Rear EndsWestern Star T/A Hi-Way Tractor c/w 5th Wheel, Day Cab, Cat 3406, 13 Spd & 4 Spd Aux.Western Star T/A Hi-Way Tractor c/w 5th Wheel, Sleeper, Cat 3406 & 18 Spd
IHC Cab Over T/A Hi-Way Tractor c/w 5th Wheel, 10 Spd & Detroit 60 SeriesMack RL600 T/A Tractor Truck c/w 300 Plus Engine & 9 SpdChev Topkick S/A Deck Truck c/w V8 Gas, 5&2 Spd, Tool BoxesFreightliner S/A Deck Truck c/w Cum-mins Engine, 10 Spd & Tool BoxesWestern Star T/A Winch Truck c/w Sleeper, Cat 3406, 455 Hp, 18 Spd, 30 Ton WinchMack T/A Cement Truck c/w Front Un-
loading, 6x6 Drive, Push Tag Axles, Rear Engine & Auto TransChev C50 2 Ton S/A Grain Truck c/w 14’ Wooden Box & Hoist, V8, Gas, 5&2 Spd1952 GMC 2 Ton 2wd Truck c/w 12’ Steel Box & HoistChev S/A Fuel Truck c/w V8, 5&2, No Leaks & New Lids on Tank
VEHICLES
2005 Dodge 3500 4x4 4dr Truck c/w Diesel & AutoFord F350 2wd Service Truck c/w Me-chanics Box, V8, 5 Spd & Air Compres-sorFord F250 2wd Truck c/w V8 & Auto2005 Ford F150 4x4 Supercab Truck c/w V8 & AutoFord 1/2 Ton TruckChev 1/2 Ton TruckChev 1 Ton 4x4 Dually Truck c/w Flat Dec, 5 Spd, Winch & Tool BoxChev 1/2 Ton 4x4 Truck c/w V8 & AutoChev Astro AWD Van c/w V6 & AutoChev Malibu Car
GRAIN TRAILERS
2008 Doepker Super B Grain Trailer c/w Roll Tarps & Fresh Certifi cationDoepker Super B Grain Trailer c/w Roll Tarps & Low MileageDoepker Convertible Super B Grain Trailer c/w Sides & Tarps
2000 Cancade Super B Grain Trailer c/w Roll TarpAlloy 40’ T/A Grain TrailerUnivision 32’ T/A Grain Trailer
Twin Auger Boot & Electric Winch Con-trol for Swing PartWestfi eld WR 10”x51’ PTO Grain AugerBrandt 8”x42’ Grain Auger c/w Hyd. Mover & Plumbed for Bin SweepWheatheart 8”x51’ Grain Auger c/w Gas EngineSakundiak 7x40’ Grain Auger c/w New Tube, Kohler Electric Start Engine w/ 14 HrsWestfi eld 6”x100’ Grain AugerWestfi eld 6”x61’ Grain Auger - No Motor
TRANSFER AUGERS & CONVEYORS
Wheatheart 8”x5’ Transfer Auger c/w Hyd. DriveWheatheart 5”x5’ Transfer AugerBrandt 10’ Transfer ConveyorShop Built Stainless Steel 40’ Fert Con-veyor c/w Hyd. Driven
GRAIN HANDLING
Unverferth 9250 Grain Cart c/w PTO Drive, 17” Unloading Auger, Trelleborg 32” Rubber & Roll Tarp
2008 Renn RGB12 12’ Grain Bagger c/w Done Very Little, 15 Bags at the MostRenn 2422 Grain Conveyor c/w 24” Wide by 22’ Long & Hyd Drive
2008 Renn 1214 Grain Bag Unloader - Used Very LittleGSI Airstream Series 2000 Large Grain Dryer c/w Like New, Completely Mobile, Continuous & Batch Drying CapabilityWalinga Grain Vac c/w Hoses
GRAIN BIN ACCESSORIESElectric Motor Driven, 15 Hp, 3 Phase, 90’ of Auger Trough to Fit 5 Hopper BinsAssortment of Grain Guard 7 Hp Aera-tion Fan Blowers in Single & 3 PhaseGrain Leg w/ 8 OutletsAuger Boots3 - Grain DragsFlagman 10 Hp Aeration Fan
GRAIN BINS Ponoka Grain BinsDirections: North of Ponoka on Hwy 2A, 8 Kms to Twp Rd 440, Turn West for 1.7 Kms on the South Side of the Road
3 - Like New Meridian 5000 Bu Hopper Bottom Bins c/w Epoxy Lined for Fertil-izer, Double Skids & 1 Has an Aeration Tube that Was Used Once
3 - Like New Meridian 4000 Bu Hopper Bottom Bins c/w Epoxy Lined for Fertil-izer & Double SkidsWesteel 6 Ring 14’ Hopper Bottom Grain Bin c/w Double Skids3 - Twister 5 Ring 14’ Base Grain Bins c/w Lid Openers & Good Wooden Floors3 - Chief Westfi elds 5 Ring 14’ Base Grain Bins c/w Lid Openers, Ladders & Wooden Floors16’ Hopper Bottom for a Bin c/w Double Skid
WETASKIWIN GRAIN BINS
SELLING ON SITE
3 - Twister 22,500 Bu Grain Bins c/w Aeration
5 - Wheatland 4000 Bu Hopper Bottom Grain Bins
2 - Butler 4000 Bu Hopper Bottom Aer-ation Bins c/w Blower Fan for Aeration
5 - Westeel 2500 Bu 6 Ring Hopper Bot-tom Grain Bins on SkidsWheatheart 2500 Bu Hopper Bottom Aeration Bin c/w Blower Fan for Aera-tionWesteel 2500 Bu 6 Ring Hopper Bottom Grain Bin2 - Chief Westland 4000 Bu Grain Bins on Wooden FloorWesteel Rosco 2000 Bu 6 Ring 14’ Grain Bin
2012 JD 4830 100’ High Clearance Sprayer c/w 1335 Hrs, 100 Gal Tank, 380/90 R46 Tires & Wider 38” Tires on RimsPoly West Handler IV c/w Pump, Honda Engine, 3” Plumbing & 800 Ltr Tank3200 Gal Nurse Tank c/w 3” Plumbing4 - Chem Pumps2 - 1250 Gal Water TanksWater Pumps & EnginesLiquid Fertilizer Blending Setup c/w Electronic Scales, 2 Nurse Tanks, 4000 Bu Hopper Bin, Hopper Fert Bin on Scale, Pumps (That May Be Sold Sep-arately)Anhydrous Tank on Trailer2 - Anhydrous Tanks on Truck Deck
TRUCK SCALE & SEED CLEANING
Wilson Model 30230 100’ Electronic Scale c/w Double Unit, Was Certifi ed & Works GoodSeed Cleaning Plant c/w 515 Air Screen Machine w/ 15 Screens (5 Decks of 3 Screens), 33 Ident Sep-arator for Length Separation c/w 9 Rollers (3 Decks of 3 Rollers). Will do 500 Bu/Hr of Commercial Grade & 300 Bu/Hr of Seed GradeSeed Cleaning Bagging System c/w Hoppers, 5 Legs & Conveyors2 - Large Dust CollectorsNew Graham Seed Treater c/w All Ac-cessories16’x24’ Single Car Garage Converted into a Bunk House on Skids
OTHER EQUIPMENT
Highline 7000 HD Bale Shredder c/w 1000 PTO & Hyd Wind GateNH 664 Rd Baler c/w Auto Wrap, 1000 PTO & TwineJD 14’ Manual Angle BladeWesteel Road Vault Fuel Tank500 Gal Double Wall Fuel Tank c/w Pump & Hose ReelPowder River Hyd Squeeze3 - Rd Bale Decks for a Truck or TrailerCummins 125 KW Gen Set16’ Steel Truck Deck10 - Sections of Pallet Racking (90” Long x 18’ High in Total)
3 PTH EQUIPMENT
Ford 6’ 3 pth BladeSovema RTX2-300 10’ HD 3 pth Ro-totillerMuratori 84” 3 pth Rototiller8’ 3 pth Landscaping Rake8 Wheel 3 pth V Rake6’ 3 pth Mower3 pth Bale Unroller3 pth Post Pounder3 pth Bale StackerJD Pallet Forks
LAWN & GARDEN
Cub Cadet RZT 25 Hp 54” Zero Turn
Lawn MowerJD Lawn SweepWeed EatersJerry Cans
TOOLS
Air CompressorWeldersBoomersChainsWrenchesDrillsGrinderPallet JacksCutting Torch & BottlesChain HoistJacksHammer & ShovelsMany, Many, Many More Tools3/4” Drive Socket1” Drive SocketTap & DieSeveral Bolt BinsAqua Blaze Pressure WasherBattery ChargerMechanics Tool BoxesLots of Sockets & Wrenches
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16 PONOKA NEWS Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Wednesday, July 29, 2015 PONOKA NEWS 17
UNRESERVED REAL ESTATE & FARM AUCTION FOR TERRY WRIGHTMONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2015 • WETASKIWIN, ALBERTA • Main Start: 9:00 A.M. Real Estate: 12:00 Noon
Directions: North of Wetaskiwin on Hwy 2A, 5 Kms to Twp Rd 470, West for 2.2 Kms to Rge Rd 243A, North for 0.4 KmsREAL ESTATE
Selling Approx. 80 Acres M/L with 2 Shops. Approx. 10 to 15 Acres with a Graveled Yard Site & the Balance in Crop Land that is Seeded to Wheat with Approx. 5 Acres of Low Land.60’x60’ Wood Framed Heated Shop with Metal Clad Covering Inside & Out. 8” Insulated Walls & Infl oor Heating. 2 - 16’x16’ Electric Overhead Doors w/ a Sliding Post to Make the Opening 32’. Next to New Large Air Compressor & 6 Barrel Overhead Oil Dispenser. Mezza-nine with Lots of Storage. Wired for Se-curity System & 65’ Radio Tower. Plus a 16’x60’ Addition w/ a Boiler Room, Bedroom, Bathroom, Kitchen & Offi ce.60’x152’ Shop with 18’ Walls & 2 Sliding Doors with a 29’ Opening in the Front & a 16’x21’ Door on the Side as well as 3 Man Doors. Lined with 6’ Tongue & Groove Interior Walls & a Cement Floor. Will Hold 100,000 Bus of Grain with an Overhead Auger.Property also has 1 Water Well w/ a Submersible Pump, Pump Out Sewer System, Natural Gas & Telephone.All Grain Bins & a 100 Ft Scale will be Sold after the Real Estate giving the Purchaser the Opportunity to buy these Items. This Property is Located Just Off the Pavement & is Presently Zoned Agri-cultural however there are many many more Possibilities for this Property!All other Realtors will be protected for 2% of the Selling Price Upon Closing, Provided they Registered Their Bidders with Allen B. Olson Auction Service Ltd. or Morrison Realty, 24 Hrs Prior to the Sale.Real Estate Transaction are being Han-dled by Morrison Realty (403) 783-0556Real Estate Terms & Conditions: 10 % Down on Sale Day. Balance & Posses-sion on or before September 3, 2015. If Balance is NOT RECEIVED by Septem-ber 3, 2015 the Deposit will be Forfeited as Liquidation Damages. All measurements are approximate and need to be verifi ed by the purchaser.For Sale by Private SaleA 4000 Sq Ft Home with a Fully Finished Walk-Out Basement & a 3 Car Garage
on 5+ Acres of Land Joining the 80 Acres of Land Being Sold by Unreserved Auction.Also a Fully Functional Grain Elevator in the City of Wetaskiwin.For Further Information Phone Terry Wright at (403) 783-1200
Freightliner T/A Hi-Way Tractor c/w 5th Wheel, Sleeper, 13 Spd, New Rear EndsWestern Star T/A Hi-Way Tractor c/w 5th Wheel, Day Cab, Cat 3406, 13 Spd & 4 Spd Aux.Western Star T/A Hi-Way Tractor c/w 5th Wheel, Sleeper, Cat 3406 & 18 Spd
IHC Cab Over T/A Hi-Way Tractor c/w 5th Wheel, 10 Spd & Detroit 60 SeriesMack RL600 T/A Tractor Truck c/w 300 Plus Engine & 9 SpdChev Topkick S/A Deck Truck c/w V8 Gas, 5&2 Spd, Tool BoxesFreightliner S/A Deck Truck c/w Cum-mins Engine, 10 Spd & Tool BoxesWestern Star T/A Winch Truck c/w Sleeper, Cat 3406, 455 Hp, 18 Spd, 30 Ton WinchMack T/A Cement Truck c/w Front Un-
loading, 6x6 Drive, Push Tag Axles, Rear Engine & Auto TransChev C50 2 Ton S/A Grain Truck c/w 14’ Wooden Box & Hoist, V8, Gas, 5&2 Spd1952 GMC 2 Ton 2wd Truck c/w 12’ Steel Box & HoistChev S/A Fuel Truck c/w V8, 5&2, No Leaks & New Lids on Tank
VEHICLES
2005 Dodge 3500 4x4 4dr Truck c/w Diesel & AutoFord F350 2wd Service Truck c/w Me-chanics Box, V8, 5 Spd & Air Compres-sorFord F250 2wd Truck c/w V8 & Auto2005 Ford F150 4x4 Supercab Truck c/w V8 & AutoFord 1/2 Ton TruckChev 1/2 Ton TruckChev 1 Ton 4x4 Dually Truck c/w Flat Dec, 5 Spd, Winch & Tool BoxChev 1/2 Ton 4x4 Truck c/w V8 & AutoChev Astro AWD Van c/w V6 & AutoChev Malibu Car
GRAIN TRAILERS
2008 Doepker Super B Grain Trailer c/w Roll Tarps & Fresh Certifi cationDoepker Super B Grain Trailer c/w Roll Tarps & Low MileageDoepker Convertible Super B Grain Trailer c/w Sides & Tarps
2000 Cancade Super B Grain Trailer c/w Roll TarpAlloy 40’ T/A Grain TrailerUnivision 32’ T/A Grain Trailer
Twin Auger Boot & Electric Winch Con-trol for Swing PartWestfi eld WR 10”x51’ PTO Grain AugerBrandt 8”x42’ Grain Auger c/w Hyd. Mover & Plumbed for Bin SweepWheatheart 8”x51’ Grain Auger c/w Gas EngineSakundiak 7x40’ Grain Auger c/w New Tube, Kohler Electric Start Engine w/ 14 HrsWestfi eld 6”x100’ Grain AugerWestfi eld 6”x61’ Grain Auger - No Motor
TRANSFER AUGERS & CONVEYORS
Wheatheart 8”x5’ Transfer Auger c/w Hyd. DriveWheatheart 5”x5’ Transfer AugerBrandt 10’ Transfer ConveyorShop Built Stainless Steel 40’ Fert Con-veyor c/w Hyd. Driven
GRAIN HANDLING
Unverferth 9250 Grain Cart c/w PTO Drive, 17” Unloading Auger, Trelleborg 32” Rubber & Roll Tarp
2008 Renn RGB12 12’ Grain Bagger c/w Done Very Little, 15 Bags at the MostRenn 2422 Grain Conveyor c/w 24” Wide by 22’ Long & Hyd Drive
2008 Renn 1214 Grain Bag Unloader - Used Very LittleGSI Airstream Series 2000 Large Grain Dryer c/w Like New, Completely Mobile, Continuous & Batch Drying CapabilityWalinga Grain Vac c/w Hoses
GRAIN BIN ACCESSORIESElectric Motor Driven, 15 Hp, 3 Phase, 90’ of Auger Trough to Fit 5 Hopper BinsAssortment of Grain Guard 7 Hp Aera-tion Fan Blowers in Single & 3 PhaseGrain Leg w/ 8 OutletsAuger Boots3 - Grain DragsFlagman 10 Hp Aeration Fan
GRAIN BINS Ponoka Grain BinsDirections: North of Ponoka on Hwy 2A, 8 Kms to Twp Rd 440, Turn West for 1.7 Kms on the South Side of the Road
3 - Like New Meridian 5000 Bu Hopper Bottom Bins c/w Epoxy Lined for Fertil-izer, Double Skids & 1 Has an Aeration Tube that Was Used Once
3 - Like New Meridian 4000 Bu Hopper Bottom Bins c/w Epoxy Lined for Fertil-izer & Double SkidsWesteel 6 Ring 14’ Hopper Bottom Grain Bin c/w Double Skids3 - Twister 5 Ring 14’ Base Grain Bins c/w Lid Openers & Good Wooden Floors3 - Chief Westfi elds 5 Ring 14’ Base Grain Bins c/w Lid Openers, Ladders & Wooden Floors16’ Hopper Bottom for a Bin c/w Double Skid
WETASKIWIN GRAIN BINS
SELLING ON SITE
3 - Twister 22,500 Bu Grain Bins c/w Aeration
5 - Wheatland 4000 Bu Hopper Bottom Grain Bins
2 - Butler 4000 Bu Hopper Bottom Aer-ation Bins c/w Blower Fan for Aeration
5 - Westeel 2500 Bu 6 Ring Hopper Bot-tom Grain Bins on SkidsWheatheart 2500 Bu Hopper Bottom Aeration Bin c/w Blower Fan for Aera-tionWesteel 2500 Bu 6 Ring Hopper Bottom Grain Bin2 - Chief Westland 4000 Bu Grain Bins on Wooden FloorWesteel Rosco 2000 Bu 6 Ring 14’ Grain Bin
2012 JD 4830 100’ High Clearance Sprayer c/w 1335 Hrs, 100 Gal Tank, 380/90 R46 Tires & Wider 38” Tires on RimsPoly West Handler IV c/w Pump, Honda Engine, 3” Plumbing & 800 Ltr Tank3200 Gal Nurse Tank c/w 3” Plumbing4 - Chem Pumps2 - 1250 Gal Water TanksWater Pumps & EnginesLiquid Fertilizer Blending Setup c/w Electronic Scales, 2 Nurse Tanks, 4000 Bu Hopper Bin, Hopper Fert Bin on Scale, Pumps (That May Be Sold Sep-arately)Anhydrous Tank on Trailer2 - Anhydrous Tanks on Truck Deck
TRUCK SCALE & SEED CLEANING
Wilson Model 30230 100’ Electronic Scale c/w Double Unit, Was Certifi ed & Works GoodSeed Cleaning Plant c/w 515 Air Screen Machine w/ 15 Screens (5 Decks of 3 Screens), 33 Ident Sep-arator for Length Separation c/w 9 Rollers (3 Decks of 3 Rollers). Will do 500 Bu/Hr of Commercial Grade & 300 Bu/Hr of Seed GradeSeed Cleaning Bagging System c/w Hoppers, 5 Legs & Conveyors2 - Large Dust CollectorsNew Graham Seed Treater c/w All Ac-cessories16’x24’ Single Car Garage Converted into a Bunk House on Skids
OTHER EQUIPMENT
Highline 7000 HD Bale Shredder c/w 1000 PTO & Hyd Wind GateNH 664 Rd Baler c/w Auto Wrap, 1000 PTO & TwineJD 14’ Manual Angle BladeWesteel Road Vault Fuel Tank500 Gal Double Wall Fuel Tank c/w Pump & Hose ReelPowder River Hyd Squeeze3 - Rd Bale Decks for a Truck or TrailerCummins 125 KW Gen Set16’ Steel Truck Deck10 - Sections of Pallet Racking (90” Long x 18’ High in Total)
3 PTH EQUIPMENT
Ford 6’ 3 pth BladeSovema RTX2-300 10’ HD 3 pth Ro-totillerMuratori 84” 3 pth Rototiller8’ 3 pth Landscaping Rake8 Wheel 3 pth V Rake6’ 3 pth Mower3 pth Bale Unroller3 pth Post Pounder3 pth Bale StackerJD Pallet Forks
LAWN & GARDEN
Cub Cadet RZT 25 Hp 54” Zero Turn
Lawn MowerJD Lawn SweepWeed EatersJerry Cans
TOOLS
Air CompressorWeldersBoomersChainsWrenchesDrillsGrinderPallet JacksCutting Torch & BottlesChain HoistJacksHammer & ShovelsMany, Many, Many More Tools3/4” Drive Socket1” Drive SocketTap & DieSeveral Bolt BinsAqua Blaze Pressure WasherBattery ChargerMechanics Tool BoxesLots of Sockets & Wrenches
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Sense of foreboding: This panorama image shows the Tuesday, July 21 storm as it sweeps past Ponoka. This image was taken on Secondary Highway 815 and was made stitching three photographs together. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
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Motorbike lovers were able to feast their eyes on some rare vintage bikes during the 18th annual Ponoka Vintage Motorbike Rally last weekend.
The event ran at the Ponoka Stampede grounds from Friday, July 24 to Sunday, July 26 and was hosted by the central Alber-ta section of the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group, explained co-organizer Skinny Lavine.
This year’s theme was first bikes, scooters and sidecars, and collectors did not disappoint. From mo-torcycles built at the turn of the 20th century to small, kid-sized motorbikes vin-tage bike lovers turned their eyes every which way to get a glimpse of what was being shown off.
“It just gets bigger and bigger every year,” said Lavine.
When he first joined the motorcycle group there were fewer than 20 mem-bers and now he says there are closer to 75 members who show off motorcycles that have somehow man-aged to be saved over the years. During the First and Second World Wars, metal was in high demand and many motorbikes were re-cycled to make use of their metal.
“How did these bikes survive getting crushed in the war effort and still make it here?” asked Lavine.
He suggests part of the joy is in the experience of finding an old motorbike, restoring it and then taking
Larry Tibits of Calgary takes a closer look at a 1938 Triumph Saturday, July 25 during the Ponoka Vintage Motorcycle Rally. Bikers from around North America attended the rally. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
Vintage motorbike collectors converge on Ponoka
it on the road.Bikers from as far as Or-
egon and Ontario as well as Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba attended the rally not only to tell stories of how they found their mo-torbikes, but also to enjoy a chili cook off, a show and shine and fun rides.
Biker Joel Brush drove from the City of Oregon, Ore. in his three-wheel 2000 Ural Deco Classic, a remake of an older Rus-sian motorbike built in the 1940s. Brush’s motorbike was complete with a sidecar and he said this was his first
trip to Ponoka. “I thought it would just
be a great ride through the mountains and the prairies,” said Brush.
He is a member of the Bigfoot Sidecar Club in British Columbia, which is how he heard about the Ponoka rally. Being able to look at some older motor-bikes from the 1930s and 1940s in Ponoka was some-thing he enjoyed.
“When you go back into the history and see all this stuff that’s come before you … they’re classic and a lot of them are just very
unique,” said Brush. Another benefit of the
rallies for Brush is he gets to meet knowledgeable col-lectors and enthusiasts and bikers can discuss ways to fix their motorcycles, some of which are over 50 years old.
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We’d like to thank all of our partners, whose awesome contributions have helped us raise over $24,500 for the Ponoka Elementar y School Playground Redevelopment Project. We’re grateful to Barr y Neath, Bob Hepp and Company, Danny Hansen, Cpl. Jeff Sehn and the Ponoka RCMP Detachment, Jamie Woodfin, Jon Werkema, Judy Dick, Scott MacGregor, Walter Raugust, all the PES Council & Community Volunteers, the Town of Ponoka for donating the use of the Kinsmen Centre and all those who so generously donated to bail out our infamous Outlaws.
A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR OUTLAWS! ATB Regulator James Taylor ATB Regulator Sadie Dodds Central Vet Clinic Renegade Kelly Loree Darcy’s Drilling Desperado Tasha Lydom Matejka Farms Rule Breaker Mark Matejka Partners in Crime from The PES Parent Posse Jenn Bartley & Layna Palechek Ponoka Elementary School Sheriff Lois Spate Rip’N Ronnie’s Fitness Renegade Michelle Reed The Brick Bandit Andrew Middleton Tim Horton’s Hooligan Wayne Marsden Town of Ponoka Ranger Mayor Rick Bonnett
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It certainly has been one weird and wild spring and summer for all of us so far, featuring lots of heat and sunshine followed by some vi-cious storms and nightly light shows, but unfortunately there has been very little rain in some areas which has resulted in severe drought conditions. On the bright side of this summer scenario, there have been lots of great days and cooler nights enjoyed splash-ing around at the beach, on
the golf course, at summer camps, playing all sorts of sports events, and relaxing during your annual family holiday.....all without those dreaded pesky mosquitoes..
Just about every night we have to flip on the television and check out the Weather Channel to find out just where-what-and when the wind-rumbles and rain and whatever else storm invasion might come roaring in, and then pondering as to whether
we should cancel the evening tee-time or ball game, bring in those pampered potted plants or maybe even hav-ing to move the whole family into the basement. It certainly has been a dash and crash season unfortunately marred by devastating forest fires and floods, as well as overwhelm-ing losses caused by lightning, hail, wind, sudden storms and even the appearance of a few dreaded tornadoes. Through it all, many of our vital grain
and hay crops are suffering and sparse during the prime time of their growth, or have already been written off for this season.
Hopefully the month of August will be just a little more gentle weather-wise to allow the fruits of our precious environment to revitalize and mature just in time for the harvest, and to celebrate and reward the dedicated year round efforts of our hard-working farmers, ranchers, Mike Rainone
Hammertime
It’s been a wild summer without mosquitoesgardeners and, of course, fun seekers. We all look for-ward to seeing the grain dust mingling with the sunset, the amazing patterns created by the teams of combines in the massive rolling fields, and the trucks hustling to fill the bins with the bountiful prod-ucts of the annual harvest, of which each and every one of us depend on so much as the basis of our future progress, successes, and economy.
Please be prepared for dangerous weather.
While we hustle about or just relax and enjoy the glorious perks of a prairie summer, we must always be prepared on a 24-7 basis for those sudden storms and pow-erful weather phenomena that can sneak up and invade us at this time of the year. With the high-tech equipment that they have available today, our weather men and ladies can warn us about what MIGHT be coming our way a whole lot quicker and more accurately than they could when you and I were kids and had to find refuge in our underground hideouts, under the bridge, at a store, or in the neighbour’s garage when the storm hit.
Those metrological spe-cialists suggest that we should check for weather warnings several times a day, watch the skies and seek shelter im-mediately if wild weather is imminent. They claim that the safest shelter is an enclosed building or hard-top vehicle, and if we are in our homes we should stay away from windows and outside walls, unplug all radios, TVs and appliances in a thunder storm, and in the event of extreme conditions and warnings, take everyone into the basement or to small interior room. It is a good idea to wait until the storm is over before call-ing neighbours or seeking help, but in the case of ex-treme emergencies the 911 help phone number is always available.
If we are caught outside in a storm, we should stay away from tall objects, trees, poles, wires, fences, and take shelter in a low lying area. DO NOT chase storms or tornadoes, as they are totally unpredict-able and very dangerous, and within a split second that storm could turn around and chase the thrill-seekers. We certainly owe a great deal of respect and appreciation to those thousands of firefighters , emergency workers and mu-nicipal employees who have rushed to our assistance during these emergencies, whether it be in our own back yards or in the forests and communities of the far north and across the prairies. Special thanks also to the countless neighbours and friends who respond as always so quickly with help and care those who have suffered dam-age or distress, along with Ponoka and many other Al-berta communities who have developed an ‘Emergency Di-saster’ plan to care for those families who have been evacu-ated from their homes due to fires and floods or have become stranded because of severe weather conditions.
Have a wonderful family summer holiday wherever you may choose, but please play safe and travel prepared. In the meantime look forward to a ‘balmy August’ followed by a long ‘Indian summer’, and have a great week, all of you.
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Jam Sessions cancelled until September
Gospel Concerts are fi nished for season. Will resume in September
September 25 - Pot luck and general meeting
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Tuesday & Thursday Exercise class 9:30am FINISHED UNTIL FALL
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Wednesday Sewing Guild 9:30am to 4pm
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Thursday Floor Curling - 1:00pm • FINISHED UNTIL FALL
Thursday Weaving 1:00pm Welcome to drop-in to see how it’s done
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Thursday Art Club Drop In Noon to 4pm
Friday “500” 1:00pm
Saturday Yoga 9:30am
Memberships available for 2015 - $10.00 per person. To rent our facility contact Dorothy @ 403-783-3027 or George
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Fantastic 4
From the time you were old enough to communicate, you took to words like a duck to water. You’ve verbally hammed it up ever since.
Yes, it’s probably driven your friends and family batty, all this talk-talk-talk of yours. And yes, there are times when what you say is a bunch of bull, but you’re not trying to start a beef. You’re just having fun because, as in the new book “Holy Cow!” by Boze Hadleigh, language isn’t for the birds.
No doubt about it, we humans love our animals. We love them so much that we sprinkle references to them in our daily conversation, mostly without even thinking about it. Our shaggy dog stories are sometimes just that — but where did those old sayings, clichés, discouraging words, and tender nicknames come from?
The truth, as Hadleigh shows, is an interesting, yet convoluted, tail.
In many cases, animalistic words came about as de-scription: Oxford, England, for instance, was once a place where oxen forded a river. Tell someone there’s a dogleg in the road, and they’ll know what you’re saying — plus, a road like that might make them sick as a dog.
And then there are the words that really make you scratch your head: Great Britain’s hedgehog pudding isn’t made of the spiny mammals, and dogs and monkeys are much more likely to ape you than is a copyCAT. And about that famed cat curiosity? It might’ve been targeted at another type of animal …
Or, let’s say somebody’s made you mad. Calling him a dog goes back many years — perhaps back into the mid-1800s when “the only good dog was a useful dog.” The word-that-rhymes-with-witch has always been di-rected at women; its first near-appearance in film was in 1939, and that was pretty scandalous. Call someone a rat and, well, that’s rather self-explanatory.
The modern street use of the word “heifer” is pretty wrong, unless you’re in a barn.
There really is more than one way to skin a cat (cat-FISH, that is). A sawhorse and a clotheshorse are similar in origin. And if you think a kitty really has nine lives, well doggone it, you’re barking up the wrong tree.
Ahh, language lovers. I can practically hear you howling for this book now — and for good reason. Like a dog with a bone, you won’t want to let “Holy Cow!” go.
Starting with canines and ending with birds, bees, and bugs, author Boze Hadleigh goes whole hog in explain-ing where many of our favorite expressions originated. But this book isn’t just horseplay — Hadleigh includes words that are archaic (but need resurrection), as well as localisms and words you’ll want to add to your vo-cabulary. That all adds up to fun that’s useful and, for dyed-in-the-wool linguists, it’s a golden egg.
So let’s talk turkey: if it’s been a dog’s age since you last read a book about language, it’s time you find this one. You won’t sound hackneyed or feel like a dinosaur with “Holy Cow!’ Naw, this book is the cat’s meow.
The role of animals in our lexicon
“Holy Cow!” by Boze Hadleighc.2015, Skyhorse Publishing
$14.99 / $19.99 Canada303 pages
There’s been some wild weather lately, and we sure are thankful that the library hasn’t had any damage done to it. We are thinking of those who have been affected by the wind, rain and hail, and remind you that if you need access to the Internet for insurance purposes, we have six public com-puters available for use.
We had the C.O.W. Bus out front of the li-brary on July 21, and had lots of little visi-tors come check it out. We are huge believers in promoting early literacy in our community, so we are extremely thankful that the Centre for Fam-ily Literacy makes this program available to us at no charge. They were also very kind in donat-ing a Legacy Library to us, consisting of over 50 new children’s books. We
BY JACLYN BERRY
Ideas for adult programming sought at the librarywill be processing them all and have them on the shelves for the little pa-trons to enjoy soon. We hope everyone had a good time, and learned some new ways to promote reading with their young children.
We’d like to express our appreciation to ev-eryone who came to say farewell to Sharie at her retirement tea yesterday. She has been such an inte-gral part of the library for so long, it’s going to seem very odd to not have her here. With her leaving, we are having a shift in po-sitions at the library. We would like to say congrat-ulations to Janice Baron on her promotion to Assis-tant Manager, and Shirley Cire on her promotion to Adult Programmer. If you have any ideas for adult programs you think would work well at the library, please feel free to contact Shirley and she will look into the possibilities. We work hard to offer pro-grams that cover an array of interests and ages, and are always looking for new ideas, so come and tell us yours.
Ponoka Jubilee Li-brary is still running our E-Waste Brigade. We take in your e-item trash, and use it to raise money for our free library member-ship campaign, which we hope to continue into 2016. Acceptable items are cell phones, smart phones, iPhones, digi-tal cameras, camcorders, graphing calculators, new inkjet cartridges from HP
& Canon printers, iPads, laptops, notebooks, net-books, eReaders, tablets and iPods. Compiled items are sent off to Ter-racycle where they are awarded a point value, and each of those points are worth $0.01. The points add up really quickly and at the end of the year, we will be adding the cash earned to our membership fund. Bring your un-
wanted items down to the library at 5110 48 Avenue, and we will add them to the next shipment.
Coming soon: From Linwood Barclay, the New York Times — best-selling author, comes Broken Promise, the first novel in an explosive new trilogy about the disturb-ing secrets of a quiet small town. Request it now to get it first.
Grain markets have fall-en a bit recently as weather/growing conditions have improved, slowing down the running of the grain bulls, especially since there aren’t any demand head-lines for them to chase after. With this chatter starting to subside, the market can only turn its focus back on weather now. On that note, now that we’re into the second half of July, crop production poten-tial is becoming clearer in the Northern Hemisphere. Nonetheless, the effects of all that rain in the Midwest in June is starting to show its face in the form of dis-ease. Meanwhile, the dry weather in Western Canada remains notable despite rain finally falling in a few areas (albeit a few places are still missing their share of the wet stuff). We have heard of some very heavy rainfall in some areas (couple inches in an hour kind of stuff) but the fields are likely wel-coming any sort of drink at this point (especially those
on the western half of the Canadian Prairies).
Speaking of a crop’s thirst, yield numbers in Europe continue to push lower as the E.U. is feeling the heat (and I’m speak-ing about weather here, not because of the Greek debt bailout situation, although that still remains a head-ache). Strategie Grains cut their forecast for the Eu-ropean wheat crop for the second time in two months, a total downgrade of 1.8 mlllion tonnes to 140.9 mil-lion. Comparably, the E.U.’s farmer union, Copa-Coge-ca, says yields are definitely down this year thanks to the volatile weather, limited ac-cess to efficient pesticides, and effects of the ban on neonicotinoid seed treat-ments. One of the crops to see the biggest declines is rapeseed production, likely down almost 11 per cent from last year’s massive 24.3 million-tonne crop. However, massive is the key word here – last year’s production in Europe was
Brennan TurnerFarmLead
Hail covered field: The morning after the Tuesday, July 21 storm there was still hail left on some fields west of Ponoka. This photo was taken on Beacon Road north of Highway 53. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
Taking a breather
one of the biggest across the board and while this year’s crop may be “poor” relative to last year, it’s still decent compared to the average over the past few years.
Overall, the market will look for new headlines to chase prices higher on while most growers wait to crops to fill out and see what sort of real potential there is in the field. Barring another 4 weeks of monsoons in the Midwest and drought con-ditions inwWestern Canada, the argument can definitely be made that the crops most easily accessible (i.e, wheat, corn, soybeans and even canola) could be near their highs for the next six months (now till the end of 2015). In reality, any one can ar-gue that it’s going this way or that because there are a lot of factors at play. When it comes to cashflow though, volatility has hit the sidelines to catch its breath, giving you a chance to look at lock-ing in profits on a few bins, considering that in the last 3 months, soybean prices are up 6.5 per cent, corn up 7 per cent, wheat up 11 per cent, and canola up 22 per cent.
To growth, Brennan Turner
President, FarmLead.comBrennan Turner is origi-
nally from Foam Lake, SK, where his family started farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, transparent on-line and now mobile grain marketplace (app avail-able for iOS and Android). His weekly column is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief. He can be reached via email ([email protected]) or phone (1-855-332-7653).
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Competing at the American Junior Paint Horse Association (AJ-PHA) was several years in the making for Caitlyn Malyk of Clive Alberta.
The competition, set for June 27 to July 4 in Fort Worth, Texas, turned out to be a successful trip for Malyk, who earned the title of World Champion Solid Paint Bred Show-manship. Much of her time preparing for the event was spent at the Calnash Ag Event Centre and Malyk is also a member of the West Central 4-H Rebel Riders, said her mother Laura.
She spent five to six days a week, some days at the ag centre, preparing for the trip.
Caitlyn has been riding for many years, starting at a very early age com-peting in leadline classes. She has belonged to many associations including be-ing a member of the 2014 Canada World Cup Sad-dle Seat Equitation team, which competed in Ash-ville, North Carolina. Hes Lopin Spotless is a 2008 Bay Solid Paint bred geld-ing by Hes Lopin Supreme and out of Shes Cruisin Town.
Cailtyn describes Hes Lopin Spotless (Elliott) as unique. He is a solid with no white. Elliott is a very personable, happy goof-ball that loves people. He thinks of himself as a per-son and is always ready to make friends.
“We were planning on making the trip two years ago but due to my grand-father’s heart attack we weren’t able to attend that year. I am happy to report that even though my grand-father Brian Cline wasn’t able to make the trip this year, he was able to watch online and cheered super loud from Ponoka all week long,” said Malyk.
“I learned a lot in preparation for the world show, including how to travel with horses all the way to Texas in the June/July heat. Preparing them to show in the heat and changes that were needed in Elliott’s feed, electro-lyte and vaccine program,” said Malyk.
“Challenges of our world show experience
Young horse rider earns world showmanship titleincluded: Vesicular Stoma-titis, and the quarantines and paperwork that go along with that. We will miss most of the Alberta Paint Horse Club shows this year because of the timing and quarantine but it is totally worth it to have been able to at-tend the world show. This trip has been an amazing experience and a once in a lifetime opportunity. I have always believed that my horse was good at what he does and it was so excit-ing to show the world how great he really is and what an awesome team we are,” she added.
Malyk also earned these awards: • Reserve World Cham-
pion Solid Paint Bred Hunter under Saddle
• Reserve World Cham-pion Solid Paint Bred Western Pleasure
• Reserve World Cham-pion Solid Paint Bred Western Horsemanship
• Top 5 Solid Paint Bred Hunt Seat Equitation (3rd)
• Top 10 Solid Paint Bred Gelding Halter (6th)
Horse rider Caitlyn Malyk, of Clive, earned herself top awards at the American Junior Paint Horse Association show in Fort Worth, Texas at the end of June. Here she sits on her horse Hes Lopin Spotless with (l-r) coach Katie Roxburgh and mother Laura. Photo submitted
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On July 25th, the Central Alberta Buc-
caneers (4-1) hosted the Fort McMurray Monarchs (4-1) in a game that most predicted would decide the number 2 team in the AFL
Bucs struggle against strong Monarchs’ offense
(Alberta Football League). The Bucs were coming off a 66-6 victory
over the 2012 national champion Lloydminster Vandals while the Monarchs had welcomed the 2015 expansion team, the Airdrie Irish, with a 100-0 blowout.
The first quarter was rough on the Bucs. The offense struggled to tie plays together and, after being forced to punt quickly and often, special teams gave up many yards to the strong Monarch returners. As a result, the Bucs consistently had poor field position.
While defense was strong as usual, two blown coverages lead to 6 points each against the Bucs. They were able to gain some mo-mentum in the second quarter after veteran player Dave Henderson "made some huge plays, especially on short yardage," said de-fensive back coach Duane Brown. The Bucs finished the half trailing 3-23.
In the second half, the Buccaneer play was stronger: the offense was stringing plays together into drives, special teams pinned the Monarchs with less yards surrendered, and the defense gave up a lone field goal. However, the same issues that have plagued the pirate squad were present on Saturday as well. "Penalties: number one killer of our offensive drives and also extended a bunch of [the Monarch's]," said linebacker Elliott Mabbott.
These costly errors not only prevented
the Bucs from putting more points on the scoreboard, but wasted precious time that could have been used to mount a comeback against Fort McMurray. Offensive lineman Alex Ledwos added, "we need to work on discipline and iron out our timing. If we can eliminate some of those mistakes, we are a contender for the league championship this year."
Despite the final score of 33-9, and the mental and penalty errors, the Bucs were able to compete against a team whose offense scored 179 points in two games. Central Alberta showed that the AFL no longer has only two contenders for the league title (Ga-tors and Monarchs).
The Buccaneers also held a clothing drive with the Line of Hope with the goal of rais-ing clothes for the less fortunate in Central Alberta. Fans, players (both Bucs and Mon-archs), and staff donated, resulting in a truck box full of clothes.
The Bucs have two weeks before they take on the #4 St. Albert Stars in a game that Coach Brown predicts, "Will be a fight. Two true power-football teams competing for third place in the AFL. I expect a hard-hitting game that whoever's passing game gets on-track will win." The Stars travel to Lacombe August 8th in order to take on the Bucs at MEGlobal Athletic Park.
The Central Alberta Buccaneers hosted the Fort McMurray Monarchs Saturday, July 25 losing 33-9. Here, Bucs’ players make a successful tackle. Photo submitted
Ponoka Gators’ Quinn Cabay (9) races in the backstroke event against other swimmers Saturday, July 18 at the Ponoka Aquaplex. More than 200 swimmers from central Alberta attended the swim meet. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
More then 200 swimmers attended the Ponoka Gators swim meet held Friday, July 17 and 18.
The event brought swim-mers from central Alberta swim clubs and the front lawn of the Aquaplex was covered in tents from swim-mers camping out for the day.
Coaches Megan Lewis and Jon Davies were pleased with the large turnout and seeing many new Ponoka swimmers compete.
“I think, for Megan and I, we were just so pumped for the development crew. Our 10 and under program is flourishing so when they get to come and show mom and dad how they are swimming, I think that’s the best part,” said Davies.
Lewis said that she enjoyed seeing so many swimmers attend.
“We get lots of people swimming from out of town for this one. It’s really fun,” added Davies.
He said there are many swimmers heading to region-als, to be hosted in Lacombe by the Killam/Forestburg swim clubs, starting Saturday, Aug. 8, with many looking to achieve silver and gold medals at the event.
If they qualify, they will then head to provincials Aug. 14 for three days of serious swim competition.
“We usually expect 20 to 30 swimmers to qualify for provincials,” said Davies. “This is our last meet before then, so we’re definitely look-ing to see how they will place in their region.”
Lewis said now that the home swim meet is over she and Davies can focus on specific techniques such as starting and fast turns and finding the event that best matches the swimmer.
“It’s the attention to detail that seems to matter now,” added Davies.
While there were no records broken by Ponoka swimmers, Davies said Red Deer’s Cale Kooyman broke
Hundreds compete in Gators
swim meet
a provincial record in the U14 boys’ 50m breast stroke. “He’s definitely someone to watch.”
“We have a number of
Ponoka kids looking at pro-vincial records,” he added.
A popular event at the end of the swim meet is the family relay, which allows
families to swim for bragging rights and a trophy. There were several family teams that competed for the trophy and it was a popular event to
close out the swim meet. Lewis added her thanks to
the parents who volunteered their time to ensure the event could be held.
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Ponoka sprinter Isatu Fofanah has set her heights on the Rio 2016 Olympics and is working on a funding campaign to help her get there. Her two races are the 100m and 200m sprints.
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BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
For many athletes competing in the Olym-pics is a dream, but for Ponoka’s Isatu Fofanah that dream could well be a reality.
Fofanah, who grew up and graduated from high school in Ponoka, has set her sights on the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2016 Olympics. Her specialty? The 100m and 200m sprints and her chances of making it depend partly on her training and partly on funding.
For some time, Fofanah went to university in the United States but recently announced her decision to return to school in Edmonton and train with her coach Dwight Francis. “I am much more focused and sound, spiritu-ally, and that really helps with my starts in the blocks.”
“It’s not every day you have a shot at making an Olympic team so I am investing my entire life to preparations for that next year,” explained Fofanah.
Getting to such a high level of competition requires some financial backing and Fofanah has been working hard to gain support. Ponoka
County council approved a $1,000 donation to Fofanah to help with her efforts.
“I will also be travelling to Europe a few times in the summer to get some more exposure to some big international meets before facing the big Olympic stage. This will give me better exposure to competing at atmospheres that will be similar to that of the Olympic Games and hopefully get me running against fast competitors that will push me to drop my times down and be ready for the Olympics,” she explained.
Fofanah intends to compete at a World Championship in Beijing, China between Aug. 9 to 19 and next summer her intent is to travel to Europe to compete at other track and field events.
For the people who have helped her so far, Fofanah says she is grateful. Without their help she feels she would not have been able to get to such a high level of competition.
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Young Ponoka team roper Walker Galloway had a strong performance at the National High School Rodeo Finals (NHSRF) in Rock Springs, Wyoming Sunday, July 12 to 18.
He and partner Quentin Branden, from Barrhead, finished the average in fourth place after a fast time in the short go. The ropers were in 11th posi-tion but roped a steer in 6.14 seconds, which landed them the second fastest
time in the final performance, helping their overall average.
This was Walker’s second time at the NHSRF and he worked that much harder to do well. “We practiced every day before the trip,” said Walker.
Last year’s trip was not as fruitful and Walker did not place but this year he and Branden spent many hours pre-paring for the trip.
“This year I didn’t feel the nerves quite as much as last year,” he added.
Ever since he was young, team rop-
ing has been the rodeo sport that Walker has enjoyed and being able to compete in the United States is something that gave him valuable experience. He advises younger rodeo contestants to try and compete in as many rodeos as possible.
“The more you are around rodeos the better you are with pressure,” he suggested.
Walker and Branden ended 0.65 seconds behind third place and 3.58 seconds behind the leaders. Their effort in the short go earned the pair a buckle.
Young Ponoka cowboy takes on U.S. National High School Rodeo Finals
Team ropers (l-r) Quentin Branden from Barrhead and Walker Galloway of Ponoka celebrate after earning second place buckles in the short go at the National High School Rodeo Finals in Rock Springs, Wyoming held Sunday, July 12 to 18. Their efforts earned a fourth place overall finish.
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Chief Willie Littlechild (left) competing in the 70 plus category won gold in the men's 100m breaststroke; gold in 50m breaststroke; gold in 75m medley and silver in the men's 50m backstroke while Norman Hinkley competing in the 65 plus category won gold in backstroke 50m; silver in men's 50m breaststroke; gold in 50m freestyle and silver in the 75m medley.
2015 Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games winners: Roy Spelrem from Ponoka won Gold in the horseshoes game in 65 plus Open Singles "A" percentage at the 2015 Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games. Zone 4 ended up 3rd overall in medal count out of the 8 zones. Winning 35 gold, 30 silver and 30 bronze.
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PONOKA PISTON POPPERSwould like to say Thanks to
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Remember keep the shiny side up.
Congratulations toWayne Roald Ungstad
On the June 2, 2015 Convocation at the U of A,
Wayne Ungstad achieved a Bachelor of Science in
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Studies and a Certifi cate in Aboriginal Governance
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Keith and Karen Kjenner are proud to announce the
graduation of their daughter,Shania Kjenner,
from MacEwan University.Shania graduated from the
Early Learning and Child Care Program, and has been hired
with Ponoka Child Care Centre. Congratulations Shania,
you are incredibly gifted and will excel in your fi eld!
Keith and Karen Kjenner would like to congratulate their
son-in-law, Shane Moshansky,
on his graduation from MacEwan University. Graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce with a
major in accounting, Shane will begin working with Mowbery Gil accounting fi rm in September. We are proud of you Shane!
In Loving Memory of
George ArchibaldApril 17, 1923 - July 25, 2015
George Archibald was born at the family home in the Wolfville District west of Ponoka and passed away in Ponoka at the age of ninety-two years. George and Viola Beranek were married in Ponoka on January 4, 1943 and
celebrated their sixty-fi rst anniversary before Viola passed away on July 6, 2004. George and Viola resided for fi fty-seven years on the family farm they built together before retiring to Ponoka in 2000. George was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be remembered with the loving memories each of us carries in our heart. George is survived by their four children, son Norman (June) Archibald of Red Deer; daughters Heather Clovechok of Wolfville, Beverly (Ron) Bray of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and Cathy (Bruce) Rowland of Calgary; eleven grandchildren, Shane (Shelley) Archibald of Ponoka, Kim Grove of Red Deer, Mark Clovechok of Ponoka, Kari (Rolf) Feldberg of Ponoka, Jodi Clovechok of Red Deer, Sean Clovechok of Edmonton, Lane Clovechok of Rimbey, Marla (Dan) Bjorkman of Coweta, Oklahoma, Jared Bray of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Taylor and Tanner Rowland both of Calgary; seven great-grandchildren, Courtney Archibald of Olds, Ceyana Archibald of Toronto, Brenan Grove of Red Deer, Brittney and Jessica Feldberg both of Ponoka and Ethan and Jacob Bjorkman both of Coweta, Oklahoma. George is also survived by his three sisters, Marion Hoar of Ponoka, Lita (Alan) Reid of Cremona, Rita (Gerry) Kemp of Innisfail; and many nieces , nephews and cousins. George was predeceased by his parents Judson and Christina, his brother John and his sisters Margaret and Mary and in infancy Jean Tiltgen; brothers-in-law John Tiltgen and Leslie Hoar; and son-in-law Ross Clovechok. A celebration of George’s life will be held on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Ponoka Funeral Home 5115 50th Avenue. He will be laid to rest at the Gull Lake Cemetery. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to the Ponoka Wheelchair Van Society or S.T.A.R.S. To express condolences to George’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com
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Houses/Duplexes 3020
Large main fl oor house 4 bdrmLaundry, large yard,
great location$1250/mnth includes heat
N/S, N/P403-505-6117
FOR RENT SEPT. 1
RIMBEY: 3 bedroom 2 bath, 4 appliances, family
room, large back yard. N/S, no pets, town utilities paid, $950. rent/d.d., +plus
Suites 3060PONOKA, lrg. 1 bdrm apt. incld’s, laundry & all utils. $750. Avail. immed. no pets, n/s 403-993-3441
Suites 3060* RIVERSIDE APTS. *
Newly renovated1 & 2 bedroom units in
Ponoka: 3724-45 Street. 403-357-0287
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
FOR SALE BY OWNER
4301 - 54th Street 74’ X 148’ lot. Zoned R3.
Close to pool, arena, schools, shopping.
Walking distance to Seniors Drop In, IGA, No Frills.Currently has a rented
2 bedroom home.Ideal for future development.
Asking $95,000.00Call Mary @ 403-783-6609
FOR SALE BY OWNER
5117 - 48th Avenue50’ X 120’ lot. Zoned R3.
Close to downtown, schools, shopping.
Excellent as a starter home, rental home, or
re-development for a new home. Asking $84,900
Call Mary @ 403-783-6609
ManufacturedHomes 4090
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Public Notice#6000
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