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First Nations cultureStudents at Ponoka Elementary School received some cultural music and dancing Friday, June 19 with Zach Erminsekin showing them a special dance. It was a day to celebrate First Nations culture and gain feedback from aboriginal students on their learning at Wolf Creek Public Schools. Please see our story on page 8.
Attendees of the Town of Ponoka’s Community Design Workshop place stickers on areas of development they would like to see. Here (l-r) Kyle McGarva and Carlen Cire take a look at some of the options. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
A community design workshop hosted by the Town of Ponoka shows there is strong potential for a multi-purpose recreation facility but collaboration is key to getting the job done.
Gary Debney of McEl-hanney Consulting Services spoke Monday, June 15 at the workshop held at the Kinsmen community centre on what is needed to go from having a plan to a fully operational recreation building.
He said community buy-in is vital to seeing the project to completion. “It’s all about the community coming together, putting this together to make a vision happen,” explained Debney.
McElhanney Consulting Services was hired by the Town of Ponoka to put togeth-er a concrete plan for future recreation in the municipality. Debney said planners set a long-term, 30-year plan that will provide guidelines as to how that will look.
Dubbed Vision 2045 for a completed Community Ac-tivity and Wellbeing Centre, Debney said the focus of his team was to look at immediate needs and wants for residents.
Needs and wants for the Town of Ponoka
Among the immediate needs are the replacement of
Community workshop shows potential of future recreation facility
the North Bridge, the RCMP detachment and Town Hall.
Parks and trails were considered, as well as immedi-ate wants for recreation and culture. Facilities such as an indoor track and a fieldhouse are areas residents have indi-cated the biggest desire for.
With those in mind, McEl-hanney Consulting also looked at existing facilities, the life left in them and needs of the community. Debney suggested that while the town does al-ready have an aquaplex, its estimated life is relatively short compared to the newly renovated Ponoka Culture and Recreation Complex.
“You have the right range of facilities. You may not have the quality of facilities you’d like to see,” explained Debney.
Comparing Ponoka to others municipalities
He compared Ponoka’s facilities compared to munici-palities of similar population size. Bonnyville, Devon and Rocky Mountain House all have a similar population and there are few differences be-tween the four, except that Bonnyville does have a field house. Amenities such as skate parks, splash parks, soccer pitches and outdoor rinks can be found in all four commu-nities.
Debney said Ponoka’s strengths lie in a wide range of facilities and programs,
many of which are run by user groups. Its weaknesses however, are in aging infra-structure and a lack of focus on arts and culture.
Despite those challenges, there are positive opportunities as well: downtown revitaliza-tion, the Battle River Valley and a green network. Another important area of opportunity is in potential partnerships and strategic alliances with municipalities, community groups and corporations to develop a facility.
“All the potential partner-ships including the corporate sector are really important,” said Debney.
The biggest hindrance to a multiuse facility? Inaction. “But the important thing is it’s gotta be coordinated. It’s gotta bring a vision,” Debney said.
Helping see such a build-ing maintained and developed will also need an influx of younger families. Debney says part of the 30-year plan has to look at what the future popula-tion of Ponoka will look like and what residents want this future facility to look like.
One piece of information Debney would like to see in more detail from residents is a concrete idea of what this new building should look like.
Potential building ideasDebney provided four
ideas of what the multi-use facility could look like. • A recreation multiplex
similar to the one in Black-falds;
• A campus-style complex that allows for the pur-chase of land and future expansion. Debney said many shopping centre developers are using this second option as it allows for expansion without large capital investment.
• Scattered facilities throughout the town;
• A central downtown area designated for recreation development. Debney says this last option can be ex-pensive and difficult to purchase the land. “The question we have for
you is which do you think is best?” said Debney.
He added that the only way to ensure the project works is having the com-munity supporting council’s vision for the future; that, and strong collaboration between the different groups. Debney said making the dream a real-ity is not an easy job but it is worth the effort for the results.
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BY AMELIA NAISMITH
Judge J. Glass denied the release to a man being held in custody following a domestic dispute of allegedly uttering threats, at the request of the Crown Prosecution.
The decision was made in Ponoka provincial court on Friday, June 19 as accused Rodney Brown, 52, watched the proceedings via closed circuit television.
On May 29, 2015, Ponoka RCMP were called to a residence as the woman’s ex-boyfriend was allegedly ut-tering threats. They were met at the door by the complainant who told the police she feared for her life because Brown said he was going to kill her following an argument.
Brown was picked up on 50th Street Ponoka and re-leased under recognizance.
On June 11, RCMP were called back to the same resi-dence by a third party after Brown showed up despite con-ditions stating he is to have no contact with the original complainant.
Crown prosecutor T. Wil-son felt he faced a challenge stating his case to keep Brown in custody as defense counsel D. Paul possessed two letters written by the woman, which softened her position on the incident.
The letters reveal she is no longer concerned for her safety and talking to the RCMP the night of the incident was a spur of the moment decision. She also does not want contact with him.
However, Wilson told the court just because she no lon-ger fears for her safety does not mean the judicial system should feel the same. He be-
Man accused of uttering threats denied release
BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
Ponoka RCMP received several calls last week dealing with break-ins and vandalism.
In one case, a resident no-ticed graffiti on the side of his garage that was placed some-time between Sunday, June
Ponoka RCMP continue to tackle vandalism and break-ins14 and 15 with words bashing the RCMP.
Originally it was the neighbours who noticed the vandalism.
Another incident occurred overnight of June 15 at the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre parking lot. A purse was taken from an unlocked vehicle.
In one case, between June 9 to 18 culprits broke into a rural residence on Range Road 253 and ransacked the home looking for valuables. A Honda ATV was damaged but it is unclear if any valuables were missing.
On June 21, 100 gallons of fuel was taken from a tank on a rural property on Range Road 260. There are no suspects in any of these incidents.Fraudsters keeping busy
After noticing her credit card had been charged to a company called Misbill.com between June 9 and 11, a Ponoka woman contacted the RCMP about a potential fraud.
The card was cancelled and it is believed the charges went to a dating service linked to sites used to obtain sex. There are no suspects at this time.
In another potential fraud case, police received a call from a victim who says he received a phone call from a company called US Info So-liciting Systems Corporation at a toll free phone number of 866-933-4224.
The caller told the victim that for a fee they could remove unwanted viruses from his computer. When he declined, the caller managed to turn off the monitor. Police were able
to deal with the computer prob-lem with a relatively easy fix and determined the company is based out of India. Ex-boyfriend takes belong-ings, flees to Las Vegas
A woman had to deal with the theft of jewelry, cash and her passport two weeks ago after her ex-boyfriend took the belongings and fled to his hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada.
A call to the ex-boyfriend’s phone received no response.
Speeder faces mandatory court appearance
Travelling 185 km/h in a 110 km/h zone last week landed one motorist with a mandatory court appearance.
Members of the Ponoka Integrated Traffic Unit were on patrol on Highway 2 Saturday, June 6 at 1 a.m. when they
noticed a 2004 Toyota Corolla travelling at high speeds.
A 22-year-old driver with no reported address must make a court appearance to deal with the issue. Teen driver charged with stunting
Holding his steering wheel out the window while driving on Highway 2 brought some unwanted attention by mem-bers of the integrated traffic unit.
Officers noticed the driver of a 1990 Nissan 240 SX turn-ing his lights on and off and holding his steering wheel out of the window June 18 at 11:25 p.m. The driver, a 19-year-old man from Blackfalds, admitted to holding it out of the window and showed the officer how he did it.
He was charged with stunt-
ing. Sawed off firearm found in search
Members of the Mask-wacis RCMP, along with Wetaskiwin GIS and Mask-wacis general duty members executed a search warrant of a home on the Ermineskin Townsite June 19.
They located a sawed off lever action model 8 Browning .243 calibre firearm along with two loaded magazines. Police say that Josh Morin is facing numerous charges because of the incident.
Ponoka RCMP and the In-tegrated Traffic Unit took in 101 calls for service last week.
If you have information on any crime call Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
lieves it is on Brown to prove his actions under recognizance would be different this time around should he be released.
Paul told the court it was the woman’s sister who called the police the second time and the woman had convinced Brown to return to the resi-dence to speak to her.
Brown appears again in court on Friday, June 26. Pleas on his breach of recognizance and uttering threats charges were reserved until then.Shoppers’ shoplifter sees sentencing
A man who stole from Shoppers Drug Mart was sen-tenced to 35 days in custody after pleading guilty to theft under $5,000 and failing to appear. Taking into account pre-sentencing time served, he was left with 26 remaining days in jail as of June 19.
On Jan. 19 2015, Ponoka RCMP received a report of a man, James Anhorn, at-tempting to leave the store with a bottle of Listerine in his pocket.
Surveillance identified An-horn, the item was recovered and he left without incident. The court was told Shoppers has had issues with Anhorn in the past.
When Anhorn was ar-rested, he admitted he had stolen four bottles of Lister-ine alongside the one that was discovered as he tried to leave the store.
Anhorn’s record shows 14 previous convictions for theft and Wilson feels public and commercial interest should outweigh Anhorn’s and being an alcoholic does not absolve him of his responsibility to obey the law.
Wilson said it may have just been a bottle of Listerine this time, but that needs to be put in the context of 40 years of different thefts.
Defense counsel Paul countered the incident needs to be put in the context of the 150 years of residential schools and abuse of native culture.
“Society’s saying after a while this is a nuisance, it needs to be punished. This is the same society that set up the situation,” said Paul.
“You end up with an individual whose life circum-stances put him in the classic cycle of alcohol abuse,” he added. “When he’s drinking, he does stupid things.”Intoxicated driver sentenced
One week before her
trial date, an Airdrie woman stepped back into court to
plead guilty to driving over .08.continued on page 4
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I have lived in Ponoka for almost 12 years now, and I like it here. Having lived in Winnipeg and Ottawa and Calgary, I like the relative absence of traffic lights, and the fact that I can walk most places in town in 30 minutes, tops. I like that I know all the cashiers in the IGA, and the young women who bag my groceries know that I like my grapes in a separate bag. In many ways, Ponoka reminds me of the town I grew up in, just east of Winnipeg. The population was around 7,000 when I was a boy. I knew everyone in the west end of town, where the English, and Scottish people lived. When-ever I got into mischief, Mrs. MacDonald told my mother even before I got home. This happened regularly.
In the east end of my hometown, there lived what we then called “the Bohunks.”
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That meant everyone from Europe – French, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Hungarian, Poles…most of them labour-ers, with little education. We told jokes about Bohunks, we laughed at their accents, we were cruel in our disdain of their strange and “differ-ent” ways. They smelled of garlic. We noticed when a “foreigner” staggered out of the Royal George beer par-lour, drunk. “That’s a Bohunk for you”, we’d say. It was pure prejudice, and racism; it was childish and thought-less behavior. But… “When I became a man,” as St Paul wrote, “I put away childish things.”
For me, one of the sad things about Ponoka is that prejudice and racism are alive and well here, too, 70 years later. In Ponoka, it isn’t “Bohunks” we call them, it’s “Indian,” other brown folk, and immigrants whose culture and religion are different from “ours,” and who should go home (although many were here before our ancestors came to Canada).
I can’t count the number of “drunken Indian” stories I’ve heard, filled with the same cruelty and disdain I heard and dealt out as a child. The same people who repeatedly recount these tales rarely look behind the coun-ter in the coffee shop to see the neat, busy, hard working and pleasant young people of Aboriginal descent who give them their coffee with a
smile. I sometimes wonder if they hear the stories wafting in the air, and connect them with the “nice” customers they serve? This scene bites deep for me, likely because I have a mulatto daughter, four “brown” grandsons, and one Metis great granddaughter. Lots of colour in my family!
Why am I recounting all this embarrassing stuff? It makes you rankle, and squirm, doesn’t it? We want to hear pleasant things about our town. We don’t care to see the nasty underbelly of our home place. I recount these things because I’ve been reading the Bible, as I know many of you do as well. For me, the whole of scripture speaks clearly and strongly of justice and righteousness – both really the same thing. God’s justice in scripture is almost totally “distribu-tive justice” – the justice that shares and supports all people, even the poorest and lowest. Unfortunately, many Christian people are far too big on “retributive justice” – punishment for wrongs and sins. In this context, “justice” almost always comes down to vengeance – “giving them what they deserve”. God’s “distributive justice,” in con-trast, “gives them what they need.” Of course, I have over-simplified all this, to keep it short. But you can probably see where I’m going with it. When we talk about “our kind of people,” we go on and on about what we need or what
we deserve, and how others are getting it instead of us. We rankle and rage. But would you really like to get exactly what you deserve? I wouldn’t. Think about your whole life, including the stuff you would never share.
God’s “distributive jus-tice” is a whole different matter. Reading scripture this way pushes us to see how “the other” suffers, is put down, fails at life, and is in terrible emotional and spiritual need. And scripture tells us again and again that responding compassionately and generously to that is what “following the Way of Jesus” is all about. In other words, we might ponder the things we say and do in relation to those who are “other’- dif-ferent from us and definitely “down,”
Embracing God’s dis-tributive justice is the only way for a person who calls himself or herself a “Christian believer” to act and think. However, at least once in Ponoka, I have been told, with bitterness and hostility, that such thinking is at the root of everything that is wrong with our society. I guess that idea runs deep in some folks. What about you?
Distributive justice or re-tributive justice? Compassion or punishment? On which side does your faith focus? Where do your thoughts run? By what name do you call yourself? To which of these does your heart respond?
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Ashley Ferguson was sentenced to a $1,300 fine plus 30 per cent for a victim surcharge and a one-year driving prohibition.
On Aug. 30 2014, RCMP received multiple calls re-lating to the same vehicle swerving all over the road at high speeds while the driver was on a cell.
Ferguson was intercepted south of Lacombe and while pulling over, she was ob-served reaching over to the passenger side of the vehicle. When speaking with police her speech was slurred and she was talking through a sweater to cover her mouth. She had to be asked three
times for her documents af-ter she tried to hand police a potted plant.
An empty beer can was seen on the passenger side of the vehicle.
Ferguson was taken to the Blackfalds detachment where she provided blood alcohol samples at .19 and .18.
“Unless you live under a rock, we hear every day about the carnage that comes from drinking and driving,” Glass told her.
Ferguson requested con-ditional discharge but Wilson told the court the option was not open to her due to the circumstances, but there was a possibility with a curative discharge. Ferguson was not interested in a curative dis-
charge because the criminal record was her concern.
She had no prior criminal record. Intoxicated passenger sen-tenced
After pleading guilty to the unlawful consumption of liquor under the Gaming and Liquor Act and failing to appear, a man was sentenced to five days in custody.
Warren Potts had spent four days in custody pre-sen-tencing and with one more day tacked on for the Gaming and Liquor Act offence, to be held concurrent to time already served, his sentence was deemed complete.
On April 16, Ponoka RCMP received a warning from the Lacombe detach-
ment on a possible impaired driver.
The vehicle in question was found and stopped; Potts was an intoxicated passenger.
The vehicle was discov-ered stolen and Potts was charged with unlawful con-sumption. He also failed to appear in court on his first scheduled appearance, sched-uled for June 12.
The second passenger in the vehicle, Matthew Pelle-tier, pled guilty to failing to comply and failing to appear. His time already in custody was also deemed appropriate to punish the offenses.
Like Potts, at the time of the incident, Pelletier was under a condition not to con-sume alcohol.
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Reflections of Ponoka
Remember When...
Photo submittedWayne Vold, shown here competing in a 1960’s bronc riding event at Pendleton, Oregon,
was raised in the Ponoka district, and there was no doubt right from the beginning that he had a great passion for horses and rodeo flowing through his veins. In 1958, he won
his first Junior Steer Riding Championship at the Calgary Stampede, then turned pro in the 60s, placing fourth in the Canadian Saddle Bronc standings in 1963-64, and then was
crowned as the Canadian Champion in that category in 1965-66. Along the way, Wayne also competed in rodeos across the border, as well as getting involved as a talented
pick-up man with his family’s Rodeo Stock Contracting Company (working the Canadian Finals Rodeo a dozen times) as well as pursuing a CW singing career. In 1965, Vold became
a stock contractor, and over the years Vold Rodeo has produced some of the best and toughest stock in the rodeo business. Inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2008,
Wayne Vold has proudly been involved as a pick-up man, contestant, promoter and rodeo producer in our annual hometown Ponoka Stampede for close to 50 years.
Over the years, many dif-ferent flags were created for use by Canadian officials, government bodies, and mili-tary forces for proud display in land, seas and skies on count-less occasions throughout our great nation and around the world. Each of these flags have contained the Maple Leaf motif in some fashion, and have been flown, paraded, and celebrated since the 17th cen-tury, and then was officially declared as a national symbol in 1868.
The Maple Leaf was add-ed to the Canadian Coat of Arms in 1921, the same year that King George V made red and white the official colors of Canada. The Canadian Red Ensign Flag flew from 1922 to 1957, but along the way there would be a great many efforts, lots of discussion and some controversy trying to reach a decision on a permanent flag for the Dominion of Canada. The search for a new Cana-dian flag started in earnest in 1925 when a committee of the Privy Council began to research possible designs for
a national flag; however the work was never completed.
After the Second World War, in 1946, a special joint committee recommended that submissions be taken for a new Canadian flag design and received more than 2600 entries, but still, the Parlia-ment of Canada was never called upon to formally vote on the issue. In October 1964 with the Canadian Centennial celebration only three years away, Prime Minister Les-ter B. Pearson informed the House of Commons that the government wished to adopt a distinctive Canadian Flag, and once again another Com-mons Committee was formed and submissions were called. In October 1964, after much debate and elimination, the committee was left with three possible designs. Finally the House of Commons Com-mittee decided to recommend the single-Maple Leaf design, which had been created by George F.C. Stanley, and which was approved by both the House and Senate on De-cember 15 and 17 1964. The
vivid new Canadian flag was proclaimed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, and would officially take effect on February 15, 1965 at a colorful ceremony in Ottawa with thousands of proud Canadians looking on. This vital milestone of our col-orful history will fly forever for Canada, and most signifi-cantly, at war memorials and cenotaphs throughout our na-tion, unveiled each and every day in honour and respect of our brave Canadian soldiers who have dedicated their lives for countless decades in the service of their country.
Ponoka Stampede hon-ours soldiers and veterans on Canada Day
In 1981, Ponoka Stam-pede Association life member and highly respected local businessman, sportsman, and community supporter Ralph Vold introduced a program to honour our veterans and individuals serving in our Canadian forces at home and overseas in corridors of war and peacekeeping. For the past 35 presentations of
Photos courtesy of Fort Ostell MuseumOur great Canadian flag was proclaimed in 1965, and will be flying freely forever for all generations of proud Canadians.
The long and proud history of our Canadian flag
BY MIKE RAINONE FOR THE NEWS
The proud and exciting theme of the 79th annual Ponoka Stampede from June 24 to July 1 is a salute to the 50th anniversary of our Canadian flag. There is no doubt that our friendly community will come alive in the blazing and patriotic colors of red and white, with many special events planned for the celebrations, up at the grounds, during the gala 3-mile long parade (Friday-June 26) and in and around our Town and County.
A brief history of theCanadian flag
the Ponoka Stampede, four recipients have been chosen to receive honorary lifetime memberships to the annual July long weekend event. Over 150 veterans and local military personnel have received this coveted award over the years, and the presentations are now made at the July 1 Canada Day 1 p.m. rodeo performance, with the 2015 recipients es-corted into the infield by the Legion Color Party and PSA officials.
Creating a ‘Human Cana-dian Flag’.
Volunteers and partici-pants from near and far are invited to attend a real fun family event on Canada Day, July 1 at 1 p.m. at Klagla-hachie Square between the Ponoka United Church (5020-52 Avenue) and the Ponoka Post Office. The Klaglahachie Fine Arts Society and Tim Horton’s will be hosting a Children’s Festival to cele-brate Canada Day, and also the Town of Ponoka Community Services will hopefully get an
excited bunch of several hun-dred participants involved in attempting to form a ‘human Canadian Flag’ at the same location. Also included in the Klaglahachie funfest will be entertainment, games, a boun-cy castle, a balloon artist and face painter and much more until 5 p.m. The event finale will start at 7:30 p.m. in the evening, weather permitting, with the Band Slough Water hosting a concert on the big stage in the Ponoka Lion’s Centennial Park, with visitors of all ages getting a chance to sing, swing, and sway to their favourite musical renditions of old time country and rock and roll.
Those wishing to take part in the fun are asked to come down to the church around 12 noon to register, and please wear the colors of red and white to salute our flag. Wes Amendt, Director of Com-munity Services for the Town of Ponoka explained that the Guinness Book record for the human flag formation in towns
is currently 4800, so who knows what might happen in our enthusiastic commu-nity? For those who wish to volunteer or want more in-formation on this gala family event please contact him at 403-783-0118 or email [email protected].
Bring on the red and white.
As we gather together to enjoy our annual Ponoka Stampede, and welcome many thousands of visitors to our community for the occasion, let’s make every effort, espe-cially on Canada Day July 1 to celebrate the 50th anniver-sary of our flashy Canadian flag. Whether it be waving one of those little hand flags, proudly flying them in the back yard, at the rodeo, in the parade, on the car, at the store or wherever, let’s make it a sea of color in honour of our great and free nation, while proudly singing our national anthem and celebrating the Maple Leaf forever, from sea to shining sea.
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In its recent Speech from the Throne, the new Alberta government reiterated its plans to make life more ex-pensive in Alberta. Over time, the NDP government will a) raise business income tax by 20 per cent (to 12 per cent from 10 per cent), b) hike the minimum wage by almost 50 per cent (to $15 an hour from $10.20 per hour), c) add mul-tiple new provincial personal income tax brackets while increasing the top bracket by 50 per cent and d) may hike resource royalties after its promised royalty review.
All that means there's a great opportunity to create jobs and prosperity - in Sas-katchewan, or perhaps British
Columbia.For those who think
economic success and em-ployment are accidental and inevitable creations, the mere result of natural resources in or above ground, the next several years will be a useful case study.
Unlike Hawaii, which has warm weather and "sells" that to tourists, the three most Western provinces have oil, gas and an assortment of minerals or other natural resources.
That does not preclude other sectors from prolifer-ating - one hopes they do. But resources will matter to Western prosperity for some time. That means such prov-inces must always think hard about their policies to ensure they attract - not repel - in-
vestment. After all, an energy company can drill a well in Saskatchewan (or in North Dakota) as easily as in Al-berta.
On taxes, given where the Alberta government is headed on policy, Saskatch-ewan and B.C. both have an opportunity to lower their tax rates and potentially attract high-income earners.
For instance, 12.2 per cent of all Alberta tax-filers report-ed total income of $100,000 or more in 2011, the latest statistical year available. That compares to Saskatchewan (7.4 per cent), Ontario (7 per cent) and B.C. (6.3 per cent).
Simply put, if B.C. or Saskatchewan can lower their higher top marginal rates, they might attract some tax filers who have filed in Alber-
ta as residents of convenience for tax purposes. Do that, and B.C. or Saskatchewan might find that at worst, they experi-ence little if any revenue loss to their treasuries. At best, they'll attract entrepreneurs and others who help juice their economies.
Now think about business taxes. When Alberta raises its general provincial corporate tax rate to 12 per cent, that puts Alberta higher than B.C. (11 per cent) and on par with Saskatchewan on the gen-eral rate (12 per cent) but higher than Saskatchewan's manufacturing and process-ing corporate tax rate (10 per cent).
If B.C. and Saskatch-ewan want to attract more investment, businesses, and entrepreneurs, lower personal
and business tax rates help. So they might as well cut their high marginal rates, drop their corporate tax rates, and undercut Alberta. (Manitoba could be part of this experi-ment too though its' overall high personal tax take re-quires a deeper cut; on the corporate side, at 12 per cent, Manitoba will only match Alberta's new higher rate.)
There are other reforms that Saskatchewan and B.C. should work on. If the B.C. government and various First Nations governments can ease the way for investment, that would help. In Saskatchewan, if the Brad Wall government stopped pandering to anti-out-of-province and anti-foreign investment sentiment, that would be economically help-ful. So too would privatizing
government-owned compa-nies - something done by B.C., Alberta, and the fed-eral government decades ago. Such actions would signal Saskatchewan is even more open for business.
In Alberta, in the next four years, the provincial govern-ment is betting that a 20 per cent rise in corporate taxes, a 50 per rise in the minimum wage, and a 50 per cent rise in the top marginal personal income tax rate won't affect jobs or prosperity. Other provinces might want to lay a contrary bet of their own.
Mark Milke is a Senior Fellow with the Fraser In-stitute and author of Go West Young Adults: The 10-Year Western Boom in Investment, Jobs and Incomes.
Alberta's decline an opportunity for other Western provinces
The new NDP government lays the groundwork for a more prosperous BC and Saskatchewan
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VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED!CANADA DAY ALL DAY
Klaglahachie Square – 52 Ave & 51 Street12:00 pm – Human Flag Registration
1:00 pm – Human Flag Formation1:30 pm – Opening Ceremonies
Games, Cake, Bouncy Castle, Popcorn, Balloon Artist, Face Painter Entertainment until 5:00 pm
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Next Town Council MeetingsJuly 14 @ 4:30 pm @ Hudson Green Community Activity Centre
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REMINDER!The deadline for written Property Assessment Appeals is June 30, 2015. Remember you can
only appeal your assessment – not the tax amount. Call 403-783-0127 for more information.Taxes Are Due on June 30, 2015. Avoid late penalties and pay on time!
Did You Know?Property owners, tenants, or lessees are responsible for landscaping, mowing, cleaning, and weed control from the property line to the concrete work or edge of the roadway for all boulevard areas adjacent to their property.
Are you a good artist or have some great ideas and would like to see that put into art? The Aquaplex is looking for someone to help design a mural for the blank wall space over the whirl pool. The top 5 will then be selected and voted on by you the public and painted by a professional artist. Have the designs water related and of course appropriate. You can tie in the town theme and logo, or go a who different route. Submit by July 2nd to the Aquaplex front desk. Thank you!
Be a Responsible Pet OwnerWith summer upon us, more residents will be out enjoying the days with their pets. Please keep in mind to always pick up after your dog, regardless of where they decide to do their business. It is not the responsibility of other residents to clean up after your pet. Please help keep Ponoka clean and safe for all. 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
2nd Prize - $250.00 Town of Ponoka Utility CreditEntry forms are available at www.ponoka.ca, or pick up at the Town Offi ce.
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Ponoka Stampede Parade Friday, June 26, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.
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****Eff ective June 22, 2015*****Wes Amendt, Director of Community Services, will be located at thePonoka Culture & Recreation Complex, located at 4310 – 54 Street.
Wes’s phone number will remain the same 403-783-0118.
Future recreation facilitycontinued from page 2
There was some concern from one resident who said paying for the general opera-tions of a facility will be high. Debney replied there are some communities that specifically hired a director whose job it is to ensure the programming meets the needs of the com-munity and makes money.
Peter Hall, chairperson of the recreation committee, said Bonnyville’s recreation build-ing went from a $700,000 total subsidy between the town and county to a $50,000 total subsidy after hiring a programming team.
“They (staff) program the building. It’s a full time job but it can be done,” said Hall.
Debney added that there are some sports groups in
other communities that plan for future development of facilities by ensuring a fee is paid into a capital develop-ment program.
“But you’ve got to get the facility mix right, right from the get go,” said Debney.
With further input from residents, Debney said plan-ners can put together a clear vision of what this new build-ing plan will look like. A concrete plan will also make it easier to apply for recreation grants, he added.
“How can we focus that and put money to the best use?” asked Debney.
He said McElhanney Con-sulting Services intends to gain specific feedback from residents on what they would like to see in a new facility in the fall. This will help the
company compile a clear vi-sion for review.
Among the more than 30 community members who attended were town council-lors, members of the Ponoka Recreation Advisory Com-mittee and the Economic Development Board as well as Ponoka County council-lors Mark Matejka and Bryce Liddle.
Crunching some num-bers
If 3,000 households from the Town of Ponoka and 3,000 households from Ponoka County came together to help pay for a $20 million build-ing, the shared cost would be $3,333 each. That amount does not take into account potential government grants and corporate donations.
BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
Town councillors are look-ing at updating the Town of Ponoka’s expired ATCO Gas franchise agreement.
Council heard from Jamie Jaques, the senior manager for Red Deer and district opera-tions with ATCO Gas Tuesday, June 16 during a Committee of the Whole meeting.
Jaques told council that the town’s current agree-ment expired in 2014 but the company has honoured the agreement until a new one is outlined. He said in work-ing with the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA), a new agreement was outlined for municipali-ties looking at these types of franchise agreements.
There were minor changes to the AUMA approved agree-ment and Jaques outlined some of them with council.
“Probably the biggest change is the minimum 10 year up to the maximum 20 year (agreement),” said Jaques.
Jaques said the franchise agreement provides ATCO Gas the exclusive right to provide service to the com-munity and obligates both the town and the provider to work within the agreement.
“We’re certainly ready to commit long-term,” he added.
Part of the agreement allows the town to collect a fee from residents and ranges from 17 per cent up to 35 per cent of the total revenue pro-duced by the contract. For 2014, the annual franchise fee collected by the town was $308,176.
Jaques said municipalities can decide to charge more or less for the exclusive agree-ment. “It’s also your comfort level. You’re collecting money from your constituents.”
The agreement also pro-vides guidelines on how the two groups will work with each other and dealing with expansion in the community. Jaques said if the town grows, so does ATCO Gas.
If growth is more than
640-acres or more than 25 per cent of the municipality, the town can pull out of the agreement but Jaques said it is generally in a community’s best interest to keep the same provider as they expand.
If council decides to continue the agreement with ATCO Gas, a new bylaw will have to be passed. Council would be required to pass first reading of the bylaw and from there would need to send the application to the Alberta Utilities Commission for further approval.
Jaques suggested it could take four to six months for the entire process once it starts.
ATCO Gas has served the town since 1945, has four employees and serves 3,065 customers in the municipal boundary. As this was a Com-mittee of the Whole meeting no decisions were made.
The meeting was held at the Hudsons Green Nature and Activity Centre as certain por-tions of Town Hall have been closed pending inspections.
Town council looks at renewing ATCO Gas franchise
BY AMELIA NAISMITH
Following a previous decision made to make student voice opportunities a priority, the Wolf Creek Public Schools board of trustees officially put the initiative in the care of the trustees at its Tuesday, June 16 meeting.
“We determined, as a board, if it is our initiative, we should do it and not have cen-tral office staff do it,” said board chair Trudy Bratland.
Placing a greater importance on student voice in the education system is gaining mo-mentum across many divisions.
“At our last two spring general meetings … their themes were student voice,” said Bratland. Student representatives attended to relay information from student panels.
Other divisions have students hold a position on the board or keep in continued communication with the students.
“We decided we’re going to investigate that for next year,” said Bratland.
“I’m going to talk to school boards so we have that information available to us for our fall meeting,” she added.
The board had voted to prioritize a focus on student voice at its Wednesday, June 3 meeting.
WCPS student voice priority given official direction
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BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) is taking inclusive learning to new levels by seeking feedback from First Nations students on how their
education looks in relation to their culture.
In what was probably the first effort with a school divi-sion and its First Nations elders and students, WCPS leaders worked closely with them Fri-
Wolf Creek schools seeks insightfrom First Nations students
day, June 19 at the old Ponoka Elementary School building to determine how their education looks from the perspective of their culture and beliefs.
In keeping with what the day was called, Nitohtahwin, or gathering, there were special breakout sessions where stu-dents, with the help of elders and WCPS facilitators, tackled four areas of development: mind, spiritual, physical and emotional.
A sharing circle also gave students an opportunity to speak up on challenges they face.
Four areas of focus:• Mind looked at questions
of “Are you able to un-derstand what teachers are giving you?”
• Spiritual took into consid-eration what school looks like for First Nations stu-dents if they are, or are not, learning at their best.
• Physical looked at cultural questions on if students feel like they belonged or did not.
• Emotional gave students an opportunity to talk about serious family or personal issues and tried to give stu-dents ways of dealing with grief and loss. Suicide rates on First Na-
tions communities are high and
this was one area elders and planners worked on closely with students.
Ensuring this first Ni-tohtahwin went well was important for WCPS, said superintendent Larry Jacob, which is one of the reasons a committee of educators and elders worked closely on its planning.
Jacobs said Nitohtahwin refers to not only gathering together, but to come up with plans of action from it. The meeting was also a celebra-tion of Aboriginal Day, set for Sunday, June 21. “The primary focus is on students discussing literacy and what does literacy
look like from the eyes of a First Nations student, ” Jacobs clarified.
With changes in the school curriculum underway, Jacobs said it is important for WCPS to include the perspective of First Nations, Métis and Inuit education (FNMI).
Jacobs said observations from the 30 or more students will help WCPS put together guidelines that help how teach-ing and learning is done with FNMI students.
Elder Joey Deschamps, who also teaches at the Ponoka Outreach School, helped orga-nize the day. He said it was a significant event and he sug-gests it shows that WCPS is serious about its desire to work with FNMI students and their culture.
“All these things that Larry talked about; I’m kind of proud of today. It’s kind of histori-cal,” said Deschamps.
He feels WCPS is show-ing FNMI students, but also non-FNMI students that it is important to take in others’ perspectives. Deschamps add-ed there will be a ripple effect of recent recommendations from the Truth and Reconcili-ation Commission and he feels younger FNMI students will benefit from them.
After the breakout ses-sions, there was also a feast that has spiritual importance and during that time no cam-eras were allowed. Helpers ensured that the food was blessed and they always walked in a clockwise man-ner when serving the food.
Students’ perspectiveSome students who helped
organize the day found being part of the sharing circle was important. Jewel Omeassoo said it helped kids who didn’t want to speak out, and gave them a safe place to discuss concerns.
“The aboriginal students were really involved in ev-erything because it was a safe environment for them,” said Omeassoo.
She praised WCPS for ac-knowledging the First Nations culture.
Kelli Ward enjoyed being included. “It’s really impor-tant just to hear from different ethnic cultures. Today allowed the youths to speak.”
The entire day placed great importance in Cree culture and included dancing and drumming demonstra-tions for Ponoka Elementary School students, who also had a chance to join in on the dancing.
First Nations student Brynne Louis places a card on a dream catcher Friday, June 19 during an event co-hosted by Wolf Creek Public Schools and First Nations elders. The day was about getting feedback from First Nations students about their learning and culture. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
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(l-r) Ken Kobly, president and CEO of the Alberta Chambers of Commerce poses with chamber president Jim Hamilton and executive manager Les Jaster Tuesday, June 16 during a chamber general meeting. The Ponoka Chamber received a Chamber of the Year award from the Alberta Chambers recently.
Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
Increasing minimum wage in Alberta is not a solution to dealing with poverty, says the Alberta Chambers of Commerce (ACC).
Ken Kobly, president and CEO of the ACC spoke with members of the Ponoka and District Cham-ber of Commerce during a luncheon Tuesday, June 16 on issues with regard to raising the minimum wage in Alberta.
He says the biggest is-sue is the proposal to raise minimum wage to $15 from $10.20 in three years. His goal is to give the NDP majority government a dif-ferent perspective on why increasing the minimum wage may be a detriment, not only to businesses but to those receiving more money.
Upon hearing of the proposed increase, the ACC polled its members with a survey and received 1,500 responses. Of those responses, 1,100 added long format comments as to how the increase will af-fect their business.
“They do in fact com-municate the message from small businesses to the impact of the increase of minimum wage,” said Kobly in an interview.
Some comments stated businesses will have to look at different ways to keep their costs low. Oth-
ers, such as child care and not-for-profit associations were concerned that their funding, received from government, will not be enough to pay for the in-crease in salaries.
Kobly told attendees that in the end it will be customers who pay the difference as corporations will look at keeping their margins. He added that increasing the minimum wage has other effects on businesses; if a staff mem-ber is a supervisor and is paid $16 an hour yet the minimum wage is at $15, Kobly suggests those su-pervisors are going to want more money for their work.
With this new gov-ernment there is some uncertainty as to whether ministers will listen to its constituents, yet Kobly feels the ACC has had a positive relationship with the NDP over the years.
“We’re in unchartered territory in this province. We’re going through right now, what pretty much every other province goes through every 10 to 12 years with change of gov-ernment,” said Kobly. “We have to give them (minis-ters) time to understand their portfolios.”
“We have been wel-comed to present and I hope that the comments that we have presented in the consultation will be taken seriously,” he added,
Alberta chambers urge NDP consider all sides of minimum wage increase debate
clarifying that Minister of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour Lori Sigurdson had received the ACC’s recommendations.
Another area the in-crease will negatively affect workers is the poten-tial to lose out on federal benefits if they make more money.
“When you get into a $15 an hour wage, the federal government cuts off child care benefit, the GST credit and the work-ing income tax benefit,” said Kobly.
He said those benefits could amount to $2,700
less in a worker’s pay-check. The ACC feels there is some common ground to reduce issues of poverty but increasing the minimum wage may not be the best answer.
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Hope tries a blondie wig as she has fun with Mary Lynn Ellingson. Photo submitted
BY AMELIA NAISMITH
An annual private archery event recently held near Cre-stomere has aided in the medical journey of a Ponoka girl and her family.
Hope Trimble-Willis and her family have faced much hardship after she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer late last year and also continues to battle a rare infectious disease called cryptosporidium.
To help with the financial challenges the family began using gofundme.com and a fundraiser banquet was held in Trimble-Willis’s honor on May 29.
After reading about the plight of the family in the news-paper, competition organizer Shane Jensen knew a portion
of the money raised this year would go to them.“We hold an archery event every year and every year we
do something for a local charity,” said Jensen, who orga-nizes the events with the support of his wife Tammy.
“We were able to raise $35,000 for charity,” he added.Jensen donated $15,000 to Trimble-Willis and her fam-
ily and the rest was given to Samaritans Purse.“We tracked her down to her house and presented a
cheque,” said Jensen. He says, at first the pleased family thought the donation was for $1,500 and when they real-ized the true amount they were elated.
This was the fourth annual archery event and hosted 273 archers. “We’re good pay-it-forward people,” said Jensen.
“We’re just helpful people,” he added.
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Attendees had fun taking part or watching all the entertainment at Maskwa Park in Maskwacis Sunday, June 21. The event was hosted by the Ermineskin Cree nation and was meant to celebrate Aboriginal Day. Photo submitted
PONOKA NEWS STAFF
Aboriginal Day was celebrated in style in Mask-wacis Sunday, June 21 with chuckwagon races as well as entertainment for the whole family at Maskwa Park.
Anyone looking to cel-ebrate the day would find
Celebrating Aboriginal Day
in stylekids’ entertainment from face painting and a bouncy castle to a barbecue and pony and wagon rides. Events were strong at 2 p.m. with family entertainment and then a “Maskwacis Has Talent” program kept at-tendees entertained for the evening portion.
Of interest were also chuckwagon and chariot races at the Panee Memorial Agriplex.
For the kids’ events, admission was free but or-ganizers accepted donations to the food bank at the gate. A panel of judges awarded the bands with first, second and third prizes.
To cap off the evening fireworks were provided by Black Dragon fireworks. The events were hosted by the Ermineskin Cree Na-tion.
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BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
After deciding to bring free memberships to the Ponoka Jubilee Library, patronage has increased by 23 per cent over last year.
Sitting just halfway through the year of the incentive, library manager Jaclyn Berry says there have been 190 new memberships because of it. Opening up the free member-ship to Maskwacis residents helped bring the increase.
“It has been on a whole, quite busy,” said Berry.
Berry said revenues from memberships average approx-imately $12,000 a year and to help pay for the difference, she has turned to www.gofundme.com, a crowdsourcing website to gain public financial support.
The last six months has been a great opportunity for Berry to see how important removing the $20 membership has been. She suggests it was a bigger barrier for patrons than she realized and it has been a positive experience see-ing all the new customers.
There was some concern that having free memberships
Free library memberships brings23% increase in patrons
would have issues with unreturned books, but Berry said that is not the case. The overdue lists have increased slight-ly, but that is to be expected considering the library has more patrons.
Other fundraising ideas for the library included a recent clothing drive and their annual book sale in the fall. Berry says during the big Stampede Parade, they will also be sell-ing pop, water, coffee and juice.
She is also collecting electronic waste for the E-Waste Brigade, which will earn the library extra funds. To donate, check out http://www.gofundme.com/tfkcb8 for more in-formation.
Programming continuesAmong the fun programming at the library is the Alber-
ta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program (TREX), which brings artwork to different venues, in this case to the Ponoka Jubilee Library, and Berry said her goal is to bring the art, a series of abstract works, to the front of the library to beautify the area.
The TREX program is set to start Thursday, June 25 to July 20 at the Ponoka library.
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The 65 Ponoka Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron held its annual ceremonial review on Saturday, June 6.
A number of parents and volunteers tied to the squad-ron, as well as the cadets themselves, received recognition during the event, including:
Ponoka Air Cadets celebrate final parade and
awards
The 65 Ponoka Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron held its annual Ceremonial Review on Saturday, June 6. The ceremony highlighted the growing squadron’s year with dozens of awards, recognition and praise. Parents and volunteers were also honoured during the festivities.
Photo by Amelia Naismith
Cpl. Chalifoux– Best Dressed, Junior
FSgt. Paquet– Best Dressed, Senior
FSgt. Paquet– Top Overall Cadet
FCpl. Watson– Most Improved Cadet
WO2 Cohoe &WO1 Fiedler
– Espirit de Corps
Cpl. Emlaw– Top Level 1
Cpl Wessel-Ford– Top Level 2
FCpl. Watson– Top Level 3
FSgt Granson– Top Level 4
WO2 Nobles– Top Level 5
FCpl. Knapp– Top Marksman
Sgt. Johns– CO's Award
Endeavour Flight– Top Flight:
Challenger Flight– Interflight Drill
Competition
FSgt. Nicholson– Lord Strathcona Trust
Fund Medal
FSgt. Pierce– Legion Medal of
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 PONOKA NEWS 17
Soon to retire Fire Chief Ted Dillon poses in a community spill response trailer a few years ago. Dillon announced his retirement and finishes his work June 30. Photo submitted.
This picture of Ted Dillon, soon to be retiring fire chief, shows his work as a referee. The image is dated approximately in the late 1960s. Photo submitted.
BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
After 27 years of dedi-cated service, Fire Chief Ted Dillon is retiring.
His official retirement date is set for Sept. 4 but he will be out of the office starting Wednesday, July 1.
His dedication to the com-munity cannot be understated according to community lead-ers and cohorts who say Dillon has been instrumental in de-veloping a strong training program for his firefighters.
Donna Noble, administra-tive assistant for fire protection services for Ponoka County, has worked with Dillon for the last 17 years. She feels because Dillon was born in Ponoka, he has always been community minded.
He also ensured members of the Ponoka Fire Department (PFD) had what they needed. “When you got to a scene, he didn’t take over his members,” said Noble.
She says there are many important initiatives Dillon has brought to the department but three stand out the most.
“He’s brought the PFD into the public,” explained Noble.
Residents can find mem-bers of the PFD at many different community events
such as the Stampede Parade, the emergency cabin at the Stampede Grounds, helping out with Big Brothers Big Sisters barbecues and bringing school tours to the Fire Hall to name a few.
Secondly, Dillon created a successful provincial mod-el on developing a livestock emergency trailer.
“It was because of our simplified trailer that they (provincial planners) rolled out with Alberta Farm Animal Care,” she said.
Noble said the third thing Dillon has done is help de-velop a strong retention and recruitment committee with the Alberta Fire Chiefs As-sociation. Dillon helped create easy templates for volunteer firefighters to use across the province.
Strong community in-volvement
Looking at Dillon’s com-munity involvement as fire chief is something he was
always good at, partly due to his work with the Ponoka Stampeders.
Ponoka News’ freelance writer,Mike Rainone worked with Dillon years ago when he was involved with the Stam-peders. That was when the team was involved with the Chinook Hockey League. Rai-none says Dillon always had time for community events.
Rainone worked at the Ponoka Herald and he says Dillon was always looking at ways to bring community involvement to the hockey team, something he did for the PFD as fire chief.
“One of the most dedi-cated community people I’ve ever worked with,” said Rai-none, “he made it fun to be a community volunteer.”
Dillon was also a referee with Ponoka hockey teams and still volunteers with the Ponoka Stampeders.
A fun name Rainone used to call Dillon was “Red Lico-rice” because of his love for the candy.
Ponoka County CAO Charlie Cutforth praised Dillon’s dedication over the years. “He’s very well respect-ed in the province in the fire protection services area,” said Cutforth.
“He has provided at least
25 years of dedicated service to the residents, and in particu-lar, Ponoka County residents,” said Cutforth.
In a press release, Mayor Rick Bonnett also praised Dil-lon for his hard work. “Ted Dillon has made tremendous contributions to our town. His command and guidance has been much appreciated.”
Dillon looks back at years of service
One of the areas of emer-gency work that Dillon always admired was in the firefighter field. Dillon said he wanted to be a paramedic but with a young family, it was not a possibility.
He first volunteered as a firefighter in Fort Macleod for a short period of time before taking on the role of fire chief in Ponoka. He said it has been a rewarding job.
“The good times outweigh the bad,” said Dillon.
While he has seen some tragic events in the commu-nity, Dillon has made the time to speak with victims to help them deal with their loss. Saving a person’s life is something that is hard to describe, he added.
To help illustrate the feel-ing, Dillon told the story of firefighters coming to a house fire in Morning Meadows. The
Fire Chief Ted Dillon retiring after 27 years of service
flames were fully involved and there was no way to save the home. The family had es-caped the flames but their pets were trapped inside a burning home.
“The children had lost ev-erything. So I talked to two guys (firefighters) and they went in and they were able to bring the dog and the cat, both out of the fire,” explained Dillon.
He immediately called, now retired, veterinarian Bill Friske to treat the animals and they were reunited with the family. “That was one of the traumatic things they didn’t need to have, loss of their pets.”
“What a wonderful feeling to see those children and their reaction … it was tremen-dous,” added Dillon.
His hope is that people remember that firefighters and emergency crews have to deal with devastating events. While on the job, the firefighters’ goals are to save lives, but after there is some need to regroup.
“Internally the guys are really good about keeping an eye on their fellow firefighter,” said Dillon of the team atmo-sphere on the department.
Over the years, Dillon is most proud of the training and skills his team has been able to acquire. The PFD has become so versed in training that the department now conducts its own training.
The biggest challenge he sees for many volunteer fire departments is going to be retention and recruitment. Dillon said call volumes and training have increased. “It’s become almost a job.”
Courses and practices are all done after regular hours and Dillon feels the dedica-tion of a volunteer firefighter is important.
“And to keep up our good record. Our response times are second to none,” said Dillon proudly.
He said it takes three and a half minutes to five minutes by the time the first tones go off to leaving the Fire Hall.
While he has not met the new fire chief announced by the Town of Ponoka, and set to start July 6, Dillon wishes him the best of luck in the position.
Town hires new fire chiefThe Town of Ponoka an-
nounced in a press release Thursday, June 18 that it had hired Jamie Wilkinson, of Crowsnest Past to the new position.
He starts in his new ca-pacity on July 6 with Kelsey Hycha expected to be the tem-porary fire chief from July 1 to 6.
Wilkinson was the man-ager of protective services and fire chief with the Crowsnest Pass Fire Rescue.
“He’s very well respected in the province in the fire protection services area.”
Charlie Cutforth,CAO, Ponoka County
“He’s brought the PFD into the
public.”Donna Nobles,Admin. Assist.
Ponoka Fire Dept.
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Izabella Heinz and Kamryn Stebner (l-r) pose last summer during a Ponoka Youth Centre field trip. The centre is filling spots for its summer program. Photo submitted
BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
Parents looking to get their kids into fun sum-mer programs may want to consider the Ponoka Youth Centre (PYC) as an option.
As school winds down, spots have been closing up at the PYC, said program direc-tor Morgen Chernick.
She says the popular summer program starts July
6 and goes to Aug. 28, week-days from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. While spots are filling, Cher-cnick said they still have room for kids. “The sooner you can get in, the better.”
The centre has also made paying for the summer pro-grams easier. Parents are asked to pay for the first two weeks up front and then they can make two-week in-
cremental payments, said Chernick.
“For ease of payment and to be accommodating to the parents,” she explained the reasoning for the new pay-ment practice.
The PYC is licenced by the province and Chernick said there are some govern-ment subsidies available.
From a programming
Youth centre preparing for busy summer season
BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
In an effort to give patients with seri-ous illnesses some comfort, the Ponoka/Rimbey Palliative Care Council has pur-chased two specialized mattresses for patients who wish to stay at home.
Jenny Crossley, an occupational therapist and member of the council said the Invacare microAIR 55 mattresses provide comfort by pumping air into sep-arate pockets. Air strength and motion can be adjusted to fit the user’s needs.
“It’s in order to let people remain at home for as long as possible,” said Crossley.
Patients suffering from a wound such as a bed sore can feel some ease in pain with the air mattress that cost $2,500 each. When people reach the stage in their health that they need this special-ized mattress, its use is to help relieve pains.
It comes with a remote control unit
and air compressor that can adjust air pressure, what part of the mattress the air goes or could have the air remain static.
Covers on the mattress can be washed and it is designed to fold up and be trans-ported to a home with relative ease.
Shannon Boyce-Campbell, executive director of Ponoka Family and Commu-nity Support Services and a member of the council, said that much of the money for the mattresses was raised at FCSS’s annual general meeting.
Training is conducted by the council to provide volunteers with skills on how to help people use the mattresses and they also receive training on how to help individuals in palliative care.
She said the Palliative Care Council is looking at different ways for patients to stay and have comfort in their homes for as long as possible.
One mattress will stay in Rimbey and another will stay in Ponoka.
The Palliative Care Council of Ponoka and Rimbey has purchased two special mattresses to help patients in palliative care. Here (back row l-r) medical student Brooke English, Fran Osokin, Kerry Robideau, Melda Brag and Gwen Plested pose with (front row l-r) Jenny Crossley, an occupational therapist and Shannon Boyce-Campbell, with Ponoka FCSS pose behind the mattress. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
Palliative Care Council brings
comfort to home
perspective, Chernick is looking forward to getting kids to classic stops as well as new ones such as the Launchpad Trampoline Park, President’s Choice Cooking School and the Bowden Sun Maze. For the latter, Cher-nick said they intended to check out the sun maze last
year but heavy rains changed that plan.
Tuesdays and Thursdays kids can expect to head out on a field trip while the other days will be spend in town at other fun spots.
Chernick feels the PYC offers kids a chance to de-velop positive relationships
with their peers and staff are working behind the scenes to ensure another fun year.
“We’re just really excited for the summer to start,” said Chernick.
For more information or to sign up for specific days, contact the PYC at 403-783-3112.
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Calgary Flames’ Kris Russell, along with Mike Arthur, a Sylvan Lake boy who just recently won his battle against leukemia will be the Ponoka Stampede parade marshals this year. The parade is set for Friday, June 19.
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Mike Arthur is a Sylvan Lake boy who just recently won his battle against leukemia. He and Calgary Flames’ Kris Russell will be the Ponoka Stampede parade marshals this year. The parade is set for Friday, June 26.
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was also instrumental in coaching and promoting Rus-sel’s hockey career.
Russell was highly decorated in his junior days, named to a Western Hockey League all-star team three times and he was twice named most sportsmanlike player.
Russell represented Canada as a member of the na-tional junior team and played with the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Syracuse Crunch. The Calgary Flames acquired Russell in 2013.
Arthur is from Sylvan Lake and received strong com-munity support in his battle against leukemia.
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Maxine Jonson was one of many who enjoyed the Lobster Fest at St. Mary’s Anglican Church on Friday, June 19.Photo by Amelia Naismith
BY AMELIA NAISMITH
It was a crustacean sen-sation as the St. Mary’s Anglican Church put the spotlight back on charity with its third annual Lob-
ster Fest.With 65 lobsters or-
dered out of Nova Scotia and 65 to 75 people at-tending the Friday, June 19 event, a portion of the proceeds are put toward a
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Ponoka Secondary Cam-pus scholarship and the rest goes to the church’s outreach program.
“We just wanted to do something different, some-thing fun and something to raise a little money for our outreach,” said organizer Deb Stevens.
Stevens explains the outreach program tries to affect locally, provincially, nationally and internation-ally. “A lot of the time, our outreach is not known until the need is there, like Ne-pal.”
The church has labeled the Lobster Fest — which always falls on the Father’s Day Friday — a lobster experience and featured lobster and steak dinners as well as to-go options. “What’s really popular is the lobster-to-go,” said Stevens.
“The big thing for us is to get together and have fun,” she added.
Now that Lobster Fest is in its third year, Stevens says people can now see the development of the event as individuals from outside of the community are making a trip in to at-tend. “It’s been growing. The first two years we were just playing around with it.”
The event was created when a previous priest introduced the idea after having seen it done else-where.
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BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
The Montana Band in Maskwacis has stepped into the world of solar energy in a big way and planners want to bring the project to as many First Nations commu-nities as possible.
What started out as an economic development project has turned into a full-fledged business opportunity spearheaded by Barry Wheaton, the CEO of the Green Arrow, the company owned by the Mon-tana Band.
Wheaton said they were already devel-oping a micro-generator project to reduce electricity costs on the Montana adminis-trative building. Because of the research needed to get things up and running, Wheaton said they already had a strong working knowledge of the project that they could develop their own business.
“The potential for green and renewable energy far exceeds that of oil sands,” said Wheaton of the inspiration to get things moving.
The other benefit of starting the proj-ect is working with a large labour pool on First Nations communities. Wheaton ex-pects to eventually train and work with 12 employees who will have specific skills in solar panel installations.
His goal is to reduce the overall coal and natural gas dependency as he says so-
lar power is the cleanest of the three. The Montana Band already has panels
on its administrative building that have offset the cost by approximately 45 per cent each month. Wheaton said on a hot sunny day, the entire building is off the grid.
A new project they are considering is a one megawatt solar farm estimated at $4.5 million to eventually reduce electricity consumption on the reserve and if possi-ble, to be able to sell it back to the reserve.
Wheaton said he also intends to work with other First Nations communities to train staff, develop their own solar power projects and use its buying power to re-duce the overall cost of the solar panels.
He says the biggest challenge creat-ing enough power is to have enough roof space on a building to install the panels. Depending on the size of panels and us-age, a user can look to offset their costs and bring down a big portion of their pow-er bill.
Currently Green Arrow has four regu-lar employees to help with the installation and development of new solar power proj-ects.
Wheaton said another benefit of the project is that solar energy fits in well with First Nations principals of caring for the earth. “Typically they have been stewards of the land,” he explained.
Barry Wheaton, CEO of Green Arrow, a solar power company with the Montana Band, stands on top of the Montana Band administration building Thursday, June 18.
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“There are examples of species all over the world that are essentially the walking dead,” said Stanford Univer-sity professor Paul Ehrlich. “We are sawing off the limb that we are sitting on.”
He was talking about the Sixth Extinction, the huge loss of species that is underway right now. It has been discussed in public before, of course,
but what Ehrlich and other scientists from Stanford and Princeton universities and the University of California Berke-ley have done is to document it statistically.
Animals and plants are always going extinct, usually to be replaced by rival species that exploit the same ecological niche more efficiently. But the normal turnover rate is quite
slow, according to the fossil record: about one species of vertebrate per 10,000 species goes extinct each century. Ehrlich and his colleagues deliberately raised the bar, assuming that the normal ex-tinction rate is twice as high as that – and still got an alarming result.
In a study published this month in Science Advances,
There is no doubt that in one way or the other, all of us, no matter what age we may be, will always enjoy the sudden arrival of the sights/sounds/sign and unique smells of spring and summer. Surely we all love waking up to the
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delightful tones of the song birds at 4 a.m., even though they are quite often rudely interrupted by the noisy squawks and caws of those pesky crows, ravens, and magpies.
How can one resist head-ing out on an early morning walk, where the air is always cool, crisp, and fresh, espe-cially after an evening rain or storm? On some occasions, we may even have a little ‘dew’ on the grass, but we can still stroll along amongst the awakening mosquitoes and plan all the great ‘toodoos’ for the rest of our week. Who cares if it rains, because that’s what umbrellas, slickers, wa-ter proof jackets, and puddle jumping boots are for. Here are some of mine, and I hope that all of you have some of your own fresh air fantasies to experience and enjoy from dawn to dusk for the next six months or so.
*Take some time to smell the flowers and the new natu-ral treasures that spring up and out, some with a delightful and magic scent, but always
be aware of those noxious spe-cies that sneak up us, and may not agree with our delicate sense of smells and touch, and can be murder for those of us who suffer from aller-gies or asthma. Some of these include stink weed, poison ivy, hawk and knap weed, all sorts of pesky thistles, and lots of poplar fluff.
*For the food fanatics, this is a great time of the year for the overwhelming and tan-talizing smells that lure us to fairs, picnics, and special events. This, of course, in-cludes the amazing results achieved on a sizzling bar-becue, hot grill or snapping camp-fire, which attack our taste buds and fill our tummies with massive helpings of fries, fish, chicken, mini-donuts, burgers, steak, wieners and all the rest, and they always taste better when they hit the fresh air. There’s also those very best and most traditional sounds of spring and summer at sunset, the likes of chirp-ing crickets, the eerie howl of the wily coyote, the rum-bling of thunder, the lonely
train whistle and the exciting chatter of children rushing or rolling home after a great day in the sun.
*Some other great smells that many of us can look for-ward to and linger around are those of fresh wood chips, newly mowed grass, suntan lotion, fresh mint, newly cut hay, fall harvest and the fresh baking that moms always leave to cool on the edge of the open kitchen window. On the other hand, there are a few dreaded smells of the season which we can hardly avoid, including fertilizer, bug spray, raunchy perfumes and after spray, manure spreaders, wild fires, and that most horrific lingering smell of our little buddy with the white stripe, not so fondly known as skunk.
*What really BUGS me the most during the heat of the summer is the constant buzzing and swarming of all sorts of pesky no-see-um tiny winged and crawling critters, many of which tickle or bite, but are way too fast to swat, and most of which end up splattered in bits and pieces
all over our windshields. This is why it is most important to take along your trusty old bug spray, incense, stay-away per-fume, or zapper wherever we go, especially in the evenings.
We got skunkedMy most not so memo-
rable experience with a skunk came many years ago when our family was living on top of ‘chicken hill’ in Riverside. While puttering around in our big back yard, I came around the corner of the garage and was shocked to come face to face with one of those most dreaded critters. I quickly dashed into the house to plan my attack against the sultan of the stinky spray.
My good buddy suggested that they were likely planning a family under our shed, so I should go down to the local Fish and Game Office and pick-up a skunk trap. Follow-ing instructions, we carefully placed the trap in front of the shed and baited it with a tasty morsel of fish, and sure enough, when we awoke early in the morning, the trap had been sprung, but we couldn’t
see what was inside. Right away yours truly made the compassionate decision to take ‘our catch’ down to the Battle River and let him or her loose.
When my son Kevin and I reached a quiet spot down by the black trestle, we gingerly removed the trap from the Lumina, then sat back and contemplated how we were going to lift the lid without getting sprayed. Finally I spied a long stick, after which we snuck behind the trap, slid the stick into the ring on top of the trap door, tugged and tugged for a few very stress-ful moments then the door came open and out dashed the neighbour’s cat. All I can say is thank goodness no one was watching, the skunk fam-ily disappeared, and that was the end of our ‘skunk hunting’ days.
Whatever the case, have a wonderful and safe sum-mer, respect nature and our precious environment to the fullest, and have a ‘rootin-tootin’ Ponoka Stampede week, all of you.
they report that vertebrates (animals with internal skel-etons made of bone or cartilage – mammals, birds, reptiles and fish) are going extinct at a rate 114 times faster than normal. In a separate study last year, Professor Stuart Pimm of Duke University estimated that the loss rate may be as much as a thousand times higher than nor-mal – and that includes plants as well as animals.
“We are now entering the sixth great mass extinction event,” said Gerardo Ceballos of the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, lead author of the Science Advances study. “If it is allowed to continue, life would take many millions of years to recover and our species itself would likely disappear early on.” Indeed, Harvard biol-ogist E.O. Wilson has estimated that at the current rate of loss, half of Earth's higher lifeforms will be extinct by 2100.
The previous five mass extinctions, all during the past half-billion years, each wiped out at least half of the existing species of life. Four of them were probably caused by drastic warming of the planet due to massive, millennia-long volcanic eruptions.
The warming eventually made the deep oceans oxygen-free, allowing sulfur bacteria
to emerge from the muds. As they took over the oceans, they killed off all the oxygen-based life – and when they finally reached the surface, they emit-ted vast quantities of hydrogen sulfide gas that destroyed the ozone layer and directly poi-soned most land-based life as well.
The fifth and most recent mass extinction, at the end of the Cretaceous era 65 million years ago, was different. It was caused by a giant asteroid that threw so much dust up when it hit Earth that the Sun was effectively hidden for years. First the plants died, and then the animals.
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But the cause of the sixth ex-tinction is a single species: us.
It’s fair to say that we are the victims of our own success, but so is the entire biosphere. There were one billion of us in 1800. We are now seven and a half billion, on our way to ten or eleven billion. We have appropriated the most biologi-cally productive 40 percent of the planet’s land surface for our cities, farms and pastures, and there’s not much room left for the other species.
They have been crowded out, hunted out, or poisoned by our chemical wastes. Their habitats have been destroyed. Even the oceans are being dev-astated as one commercial fish species after another is fished out. And still our population continues to grow, and our ap-petite for meat causes more land to be cleared to grow grain not for people, but for livestock.
All this even before global warming really gets underway and starts to take huge bites out of the ecosphere. We are on the Highway to Hell, and it’s hard to see how we get off it.
In a way, climate change is the easiest part of the problem to fix, because all we have to do is stop burning fossil fuels and reform the way we farm to cut carbon dioxide emissions. More easily said than done, as the history of the past thirty years amply demonstrates, but certainly not impossible if we take the task seriously.
Maintaining the diversity of species (some of which we haven’t even identified yet) that provide essential “eco-system services” is going to be far harder, because the web of interdependence among ap-parently unrelated species is very complex. At the very least, however, it is clear that we must restore around a quarter of our agricultural land to its original “wild” state and cut back drastically on fishing.
It’s far from clear that we can do that in time and still go on feeding all of the human population, but the alternative is worse. James Lovelock put it very bluntly in his book “The Revenge of Gaia.”
“If we continue business as usual, our species may nev-er again enjoy the lush and verdant world we had only a hundred years ago,” he wrote. “What is most in danger is civilisation; humans are tough enough for breeding pairs to survive....but if these huge changes do occur it seems likely that few of the teeming billions now alive will survive.”
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BY AMELIA NAISMITH
Despite qualifying for the Canadian National Bodybuilding Championships for the first time, a Ponoka athlete has decided to skip the prestigious competition and in-stead rest her body.
Dawn Bleskie splits her time between her roles as mother, wife, Wolf Creek Public Schools executive assistant and dedicated natural bodybuilder, a sport she took up two years ago at the age of 48.
After competing in the Alberta Body-building Association (ABBA) 2015 Southern Alberta Bodybuilding Champi-onships on June 13, Bleskie qualified for Nationals, which are to take place in Hali-fax July 18.
She placed fifth in Grand Masters Fig-ure and sixth in the Open.
“I did qualify for Nationals but I de-cided not to go because I couldn’t put my body through three competitions back to back to back,” she said.
This was the second event Bleskie took part in this spring. “I decided my body
needs a break, so I’ll train for another year and hopefully get bigger and better,” she said.
Of her June 13 competition, Bleskie says the ABBA put on a grand affair at the Red Deer College Performing Arts Centre. “It’s huge scale. There’s hundreds of ath-letes.”
Bleskie’s first competition this year took place May 30 in Calgary at the Inter-national Natural Bodybuilding Federation (INBF) National Natural Championships.
“That one’s smaller scale but a wonder-ful experience,” said Bleskie.
Since the INBF is a natural competi-tion, Bleskie found herself in an all-new experience looking to qualify. “I had to take a polygraph test. That was pretty nerve wracking.”
Bleskie says the INBF holds four to five competitions each year with Calgary being the largest. “It was just an awesome experience. The camaraderie was amazing. I would say its one of the best experiences I’ve been through in competition.”
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Ponoka woman Dawn Bleskie placed third in Masters Figure at the International Natural Bodybuilders Federation National Natural Championships, May 30 in Calgary.
Photo courtesy of Dawn Bleskie
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continued from page 27“They were all so friendly.
It didn’t feel like a competition, it felt like a group of women coming together to support each other,” she added, referring to the inspirational event.
Bleskie placed third in Mas-ters Figure and fifth in Miss Fit Body in that event.
For the competition, Bleskie was up at 5 a.m. ready for tanning, hair and makeup. An athletes’ meeting was held at 8 a.m. and the competition began around 10 a.m.
“The morning part is what they call the judging. That’s when you have to be at your top performance,” said Bleskie.
“You have some mandatory poses you have to go through,” she added.
During judging, the women are shuffled around as the judg-es make their comparisons; then come the call outs. Those in the first call can rest assured they have been placed in the top five.
Bleskie says she was thrilled when she made first call in her categories. “I was excited. It really built up my confidence and when you have that confidence, you show it on stage.”
Last year Bleskie competed against 22 other women, this year she feels the number was closer to 11. “It was amazing to see their physiques and know it was natural.”
During the evening portion of the competition the awards are handed out and the athletes partake in a lights and music show. “It’s like a performance. You can relax a little bit be-cause you know you’ve already placed,” said Bleskie.
Between the two competi-tions, Bleskie says she got sick after pushing her body to its max and after the long days of competing she is able to begin recovering from “diet brain.”
Bleskie says a fascination of hers is the science that goes into the sport.
One week before a competi-tion, Bleskie will increase her water intake by one liter each day then drop almost all her water intake two days prior. This allows the skin to tighten to the muscles and adds definition.
During that week, Bleskie will also drop her starch carbo-hydrates. “The day before we carb load and what that does is puffs your muscles up. It’s a science. It’s amazing how your body can respond to little tweaks in your diet.”
Bleskie says this is just competition practice and it is not how she sustains herself routinely. “Basically we’re at our frailest but we look our best.”
When she was in high school Bleskie, says she was
infatuated with bodybuilding, but never had any drive to go beyond that.
Three years ago she found herself suffering from depres-sion and began looking for a way to better herself. When she started working out and saw
results and she was hooked. She says she wanted to prove to herself and her husband that she could do it.
“I started with Zumba,” said Bleskie. She says she was great-ly inspired by another Ponoka woman and zumba instructor,
Andrea Ramage.Zumba turned into weight
training. “ I just did it out of my basement,” said Bleskie.
Eventually she began work-ing with a trainer in Red Deer and works out for an hour and a half every day. “I listen to my
body though. If I’m tired, I take a day off.”
Bleskie is quite taken with the idea of inspiration and hopes to be as inspirational to others as all those who have supported her are to her. “I would hate to forget to thank everyone who
has supported me and walked this journey with me the past two years, because without them I would not have reached this most rewarding goal. It has truly changed my life and I be-lieve made me a better person,” she concluded.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 PONOKA NEWS 31
Sports
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Ponoka Minor Soccer will have to contend with only re-gional success this season, if any, because the town will not be represented at any provincial tournament this summer fol-lowing last weekend’s results at the central Alberta qualifying tournament in Stettler.
Teams from Camrose, La-combe, Wetaskiwin, Sylvan Lake, Rocky Mountain House, Ponoka and Stettler in all com-petitive categories played a minimum of two games each to decide the team to represent central Alberta in the provin-cials later in July.
Ponoka’s U16 boys and U14 girls came to the brink of capturing the titles in their own categories, but both lost in the championship games, boys to Lacombe with a 2-0 score, and girls to Camrose with 3-1. To reach the final, U16 boys de-feated Rocky Mountain House 4-1 and Camrose 4-0, but could not overcome the significant size advantage of the Lacombe team. U14 girls for their part beat Rocky Mountain House 6-2 and Stettler 5-0 to reach the final.
U14 boys lost their first game to Camrose 7-1 and their second game to Lacombe 3-2. U12 girls lost to Stettler 5-0 in their first game and to Camrose 4-0. U12 boys for their part, lost their first game to Lacombe
No provincial competition for Ponoka Minor Soccer
This header from Ponoka’s Hector Ibarra (#13) from just outside the 6-yard box to Rian Van Der Westhuizen’s cross went into the Camrose net as the Storm’s third goal in their second game of the provincial qualifier tournament on Saturday, June 20. Photo by Mustafa Eric
4-1 but defeated Camrose 2-1 in the second. However, when they faced Lacombe for the second time in their third game, the score turned out to be 8-1 for the Lacombe side.
Earlier in league play, Ponoka Storm’s U14 boys had a tough game against Stet-
tler FC last week losing 7-0 Wednesday, June 17.
Coach Matt Sealy said he knew it would be a tough game as they were playing against the top team in the league and Stettler FC proved the point.
“We had already played them three times this year and
they had won all three. They are a well-coached team and really know how to control the ball. They are very good at short passes, which creates a lot of opportunities for them,” said Sealy.
For Ponoka’s U14 girls, who played Stettler Monday,
June 15 it was a different story, winning 4-0.
Coach Greg Bendera says he keeps his goalie, Zoe Pitre, busy during practice with a minimum of 200 shots on goal, which is one factor as to why the team has had a strong sea-son.
“Zoe’s busiest during prac-tice and during the game we want her to be bored,” said Bendera.
U16 boys travelled to Rocky for their only game of the week on Thursday, June 18 and returned with a handsome 5-1 victory.
Players with the U12 59ers had a league game against Rimbey Thursday, June 18. Here a player takes a hit while another runs to steal second base.
Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE
The U12 girls 59ers fast-ball team had a rocky start at a softball tournament at Innisfail Friday, June 19 to 21.
“The tournament was a huge learning curve for the squirts team,” said coach Lucas Willier.
One of the challenges for players was getting used to nervousness and excitement at being at the tournament. Willier said at times like these, a game could go one way or the other and in this case the players
shied away from the ball. “These feelings over-
whelmed the girls and they couldn’t find a way to bounce back,” said Willier.
Despite the challenges, Willier added that many of the players are in their first year of softball. In most league games if a game does not go well, the team has time to re-coup and learn but during the tournament there was little time to overcome their emotions.
However, the season was a positive one for the squirts. Willier says they have a record
of 6-1-1 scoring 108 runs. “The core of the team is
really strong with great catch-ing and strong batting,” said Willier.
U14 Bandits The Bandits had a strong
weekend with two strong wins against two Sylvan Lake teams.
Their improvement is something Willier is proud of.
“One of the Sylvan Lake teams won a game early in the season against Ponoka. The improvement and skill level of this young team showed great potential,” he explained.
U12 softball players takestrong lessons from tournament
continued on page 32
32 PONOKA NEWS Wednesday, June 24, 2015
BY AMELIA NAISMITH
For the first time in its history, the Alberta Retired Teachers Association’s an-nual tournament, hosted by the Wolf Creek branch on Wednesday, June 17 brought together golfers in the name of fundraising.
“This is our second time (hosting),” said president Juanita Knight of the as-sociation, referring to the Wolf Creek branch. “I think this is the fifth or sixth an-nual.”
The Retired Teachers Golf Tournament brings re-tired educators and friends from across Alberta togeth-er to enjoy a day of golf and raise money for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, an is-sue that hits close to home for some involved.
“The organizer Dave
Lindstrand, he has a daugh-ter who has Crohn’s,” said Knight.
The tournament had a putting contest raising mon-ey for the charity, as well as a mystery ball guess. Golfers could guess how many balls were in a bag and whatever funds raised by the guessers would be matched by ATB.
Aside from fundrais-ing money for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, Knight says the tournament is special for all the retired teach-ers because it allows them — all 88 golfers — to get together and visit in friend-ly competition. “(It’s) the camaraderie and the social-izing and the fun.”
“We’re out for the well-ness of golfing and the fun,” she added.
Retired teachers golf for Crohn’s and Colitis
continued from page 31Willier says the Bandits played their way
to a second place finish in the round robin against Innisfail, which placed them in the gold medal game against Delburn.
“The game was a hard fought battle but the
strong pitching was too much for the Bandits as their early lead slipped away,” said Willier.
The Bandits finished the league 5-3-1 scoring 116 runs.
“This team will remain in the same age group next season and be a dominating force,”
stated Willier. Willier said he is proud to have been able to
coach both teams this season and he suggests the biggest lessons learned were that of fair play and dedication to the game.
“The community support from the local
Boston Pizza for the heart and hustle (award) was a nice touch and it displayed the support the community has for youth sports,” he added.
“Softball is a growing sport in Alberta and Ponoka is a strong hub for young talent to the sport at every age group,” he concluded.
Players get strong lessons
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Although there was a threat of rain; ribbons and fun were parts of the guaranteed forecast.
St. Augustine Grade 6 students joined those from around STAR Catholic School Division, which includes schools in Leduc, Drayton Valley, Beaumont, Wetaskiwin, and Lacombe, in Leduc to compete in the inaugural Track STAR Challenge Friday, June 12.
The track and field meet saw traditional track events ranging from the 100-metre race to long jump.
“It is one more way to bring our schools together in spirited competition and, through sport, build on the strong faith community we have as a school Division,” said assis-tant superintendent Kevin Booth.
Each school wore a different coloured custom shirt, which sported the Track STAR Challenge logo. Although the shirts may have been made to represent each school, the student-athletes found themselves mingling in between events and developing new friendships.
“It’s really what the event was about. It may have been competitive on the race track or when a student was throw-ing a javelin, but our students really enjoyed meeting other kids. We kept hearing how much they loved the event and how much fun it was,” said Karen Ballhorn, coordinator and Sacred Heart School vice-principal.
Students were right into the mix during the event, be it giving it their all in a race or cheering on a fellow student who was competing.
Also lending a hand for the day were Grade 9 track and field option students from Sacred Hearts School.
“It was great to see them come out to help. It allowed them to take an active role in helping younger students and they really showed leadership and a great example for our
St. Augustine student-athletes shine at inaugural Track STAR Challenge
Athletes of the St. A’s Catholic School pose to together for cameras to make memories of the first division-wide track meet of the Star Catholic School Division. Photo submitted
Grade 6 athletes and for our Division,” said Ballhorn, who added there were also a number of parents who volunteered to help out and the whole event created a real community atmosphere.
The Track STAR Challenge is being considered a suc-
cess with organizers, staff, volunteers and the Division looking forward to next year.
“We hope it will be an annual event that continues to improve on itself and allows our students to come together, meet, compete and have a great time,” said Booth.
Gord Jones tees off at the shotgun start during the Wolf Creek Retired Teachers Association Golf Tournament, held at the Ponoka Golf Course on Wednesday, June 17.Photo by Amelia Naismith
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Wildrose is back at work in the legislature, standing up for Alberta jobs, growth and economic prosperity.
The Wildrose Official Opposition caucus was sworn into the legislature on June 1. This was a very proud moment for myself, my colleagues and our families, but it was also a very proud moment for our supporters across the province, who worked tirelessly to make this day possible.
We know our job is to hold the new government to ac-count and fight for what matters most to Alberta families, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do. Albertans trusted Wildrose to ensure the NDP doesn’t have a blank cheque, and this is a trust we take very seriously.
We’ve managed to guide the NDP into enhancing Al-berta’s democracy.
Our caucus supports a proposed bill to ban corporate and union donations from Alberta provincial politics. This is a core Wildrose idea, and we’re glad to see the NDP adopt it. We think the bill could be even stronger yet, and we will be presenting our ideas in debate shortly.
Successful beginning for Wildrose at the
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We asked about how much revenue the province hopes to take in and how much debt it plans to borrow, but we never got an answer. The money was passed after the NDP re-stricted debate to only three hours. We are hoping in the coming weeks the NDP will be more open and transparent about the state of Alberta’s finances.
We’re trying to help the government make the right de-cisions for our energy industry, which is struggling under the weight of low oil prices right now, but we have many concerns on this file too.
The government has shown a disinterest in advocating for pipelines going in all directions outside of Alberta. They just hired one of North America’s leading anti-pipeline activists to run the Energy Ministry. And they’re pressing ahead with a royalty review that is already causing invest-ment to leave the province in a bad re-run of 2007.
We asked the NDP some tough questions on these issues in the legislature. We don’t support their plan to bring in a royalty review for industry, especially when the province is teetering on the brink of recession. We support safe pipeline infrastructure to get Alberta’s energy products to market and we will fight for pipelines in every direction because they are undoubtedly the safest means of transporting oil.
We’ve had an extremely productive first week in the legislature, and we’re looking forward to finishing strong, but we have a lot of work ahead of us. We will continue to oppose bad NDP decision on the economy and propose positive solutions. Through hard work, determination and commitment to our core values and principles, we will be a dynamic and effective Official Opposition.
On a local note, it has been my privilege to attend many community functions and I have been able to connect with many old friends as well as new faces! Grads and commu-nity events and parades have been happening throughout Lacombe Ponoka Constituency and as the summer begins, I look forward to meeting many more of you. If you have issues or problems you wish to discuss, please feel free to contact the constituency office at 403 782 7725. Email is [email protected] and the address is #101 4892 4 Street, Lacombe, AB T4L 2B4.
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STANG, Edwin Ed Stang, formerly of Ponoka, passed away in Red Deer on June 20, 2015 at the age of 75, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. His memory will be cherished by his wife of 30 years, Judy; their daughter Melody (Kristol); his son Justin (Mandy); his daughter Julie (Chris); four grandsons and one great-granddaughter; four brothers and one sister; fi ve sisters-in-
law; one brother-in-law; and a large extended family. He was predeceased by his parents, four sisters and two brothers; one sister-in-law and four brothers-in-law. Ed was a kind, gentle, helpful, friendly and talkative fellow. He could have a conversation with anyone, anywhere, anytime about anything! He was a talented accordianist, playing with various family members, friends and bands, and for years with the Rhythmaires. Music was an integral part of who he was. He farmed land and livestock with two brothers and especially enjoyed driving his John Deere tractors, listening to music all the while. He was always whistling or humming a tune as he went about his work and loved tending to the farmyard. After losing his right arm in 1984, he worked as a security offi cer at both Ponoka hospitals, helpful to staff, patients and visitors alike. His physical handicap never stopped him from doing what he needed to and he rarely asked for help. He loved nature, the outdoors, reading and had an interest in geography, vintage machinery and vehicles. During retirement, Ed and Judy travelled extensively, especially enjoying the beauty and tranquillity of ocean beaches. To honor his wishes, no service will be held and cremation has taken place. He awaits his remaining family and friends in Heaven. Memorial tributes can be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4R 3S6.To express condolences to Ed’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.
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HARTOn June 16, 2015 Mr. Ross Gordon Hart of Ponoka passed away in his home surrounded by his family, at the age of 59 years. Ross will be lovingly remembered by his wife Dianne; daughters Jodi (Colin) and Kari (Landon); grandchildren Jailyn, Carson, Kayli, and Kadley; mother-in-law Margaret Taylor; as well as many other relatives and friends. A Service of Remembrance will be held
at the Ponoka Funeral Home at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2015. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to the SPCA or Old MacDonald Kennels. A very special thank you to Dr. Chan and the Home Care Staff for the care given to Ross. To express condolences to Ross’ family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.
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Celebrating the Life Of
Gordon Henry Rose
BornMay 24, 1930 in Ponoka, AB
Passed Away
June 20, 2015 in Ponoka, ABat the age of 85 years
Gordon Rose passed away at home on the morning of Saturday, June 20, 2015 at the age of 85. He is greatly
missed by many, but especially by his family - wife Mary Eveline; his three sons, their wives and children: Jim and Micha, Victoria (Brandon), Bill and Diane, Stefanie-Ann, Landen and Kimberlynn , Blaine and Shelly, Tia (Kevin) great grandchildren Alexis and Cohen, Brittany (Klarance), Brett, and his stepdaughter Charlene and Darren Code, Alexander and Michelle. Gordon also leaves behind his sister Henrietta (Glyn) Humphrey, numerous nieces and nephews and many friends and relatives. He was predeceased by his son, Donald Rose, parents Henry and Esther, sister Dorothy Berg and Brother Douglas Rose. A Celebration of Gordon’s Life will take place at the home of Bill and Diane Rose (the old farmstead - blue sign 431048 Hwy 795) on Saturday, June 27 (open house) starting at 2:00 pm. The Interment Service will take place at the Ferrybank Cemetery at a later date. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to the Alberta Diabetes Association or the Alberta Heart and Stroke Foundation. To express condolences to Gordon’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com
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Catherine Mary MassDecember 4, 1952 - June 25, 2014Sad was the parting, no one can tellSo sudden on earth the sorrow fell;
The blow was hard, the shock severeTo part with one we loved so dear
Dearer still as years departHer memory lives within our hearts
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A recent travel survey has found that Canadians are increasingly experi-encing more summer travel regrets com-pared with previous years. The survey re-vealed Canadians are failing when it comes to warding off these summer regrets by not getting out there and Seizing the Summer.
Nearly one third (32 per cent) of Ca-nadians list not travelling enough as their biggest summer regret, worse than last year when only 25 per cent of respondents expressed the same feeling.
With the first day of summer and
National Seize the Summer Day on June 21, Canadians are feeling the heat to get outside and book their summer vacation. Yet year after year many don't act and are left with more and more summer regrets. Ca-nadians should take advantage of the lim-ited summer months and think about book-ing their summer travel before it slips away.
However, the survey results do in-dicate that Canadians might be attempting to avoid past summer mistakes. It found that Canadians' desire to travel has more than doubled in the past
year with 70 per cent of Canadians now itching to seize the summer and travel spontaneously, com-pared to the mere 32 per cent the previ-ous year. Despite this desire, only half of Canadians took a va-cation last summer – further piling onto their summer regrets.
Albertans take top marks as the biggest advocates of taking advantage of Canadi-ans limited summer months. 91 per cent of Albertans agree sum-mer is short lived and recognize the need to make the most of it.
Not surprisingly, those on the West Coast say they intend
to make the most of the summer months by getting out to enjoy the beautiful weather. In fact, B.C. residents are bucking the trend with fewer British Columbians indicat-ing they did not travel enough last summer (28 per cent) ver-sus those in Ontario where 37 per cent in-dicated feeling travel regrets.
The urge to make the most of summer seems to be spreading east with Quebec resi-dents putting summer travel into their calen-dars. This year only 54 per cent of Que-becers have chosen a staycation, a massive improvement from
last when 87 per cent of Quebec residents indicated they stayed home over the sum-mer.
To banish sum-mer regrets, West Coast residents are also known to hit the road, almost 90 per cent feel that a road trip is one of the best ways to soak up the summer and see more of our beautiful coun-try. In fact, almost 40 per cent of Canadi-ans prefer to drive to their destination, with the majority of the country (86 per cent) listing road trips as one of the best ways to see more of our beautiful country.
(From CNW)
BY DAVID WHITE
With summer approaching, the fre-quency of poolside barbeques, lazy picnics, and late nights on the patio is ris-ing just as quickly as the mercury. This means lots more time outside, and conse-quently, a different cocktail menu.
Summertime drinking is about simplicity. Easy drinking beers like Bud-weiser, Corona, and Pabst Blue Ribbon pair perfectly with hot dogs and ham-burgers. Pitcher drinks like sangria are quick and always a hit. Premixed frozen cocktails like strawberry daiquiris and piña coladas eliminate prep time and transport guests to the tropics.
For wine enthusiasts, finding the perfect summertime match can be daunt-ing. With wine, simple has become synonymous with cheap -- and serious oenophiles steer clear of mass-produced plonk. For outdoor entertaining, though, the good stuff is typically too expensive -- and too fussy. Just as no one sniffs and savors a PBR, it's nice to enjoy a glass of wine every now and then without taking things too seriously.
This summer, I'll be reaching for Txakolina. Also known as "Txakoli," the wine is unpretentious and refreshing --
and virtually every bottle is well under $20. While the spelling suggests a tongue twister, "Txakolina" actually rolls right off the tongue. Say it with me: "Cha-koh-lee-na."
Txakolina hails from Basque country, the coastal region straddling northeast Spain and southwest France. The Basques have called local, home-made wine "Txakolina" since at least 1520. But up through the 19th century, when phylloxera, the grapevine pest, ravaged Europe's vineyards, most of the region's wines were still reds.
Modernization took quite some time; the region didn't take wine seriously again until the late 1980s, when native varieties like hondarrabi zuri were replanted. Lo-cal vignerons were thus able to reinvent the region's wines, coupling traditional techniques like hand-harvesting with modern tools like temperature control to create something entirely new: a low-alcohol, slightly effervescent white with tangy flavors and zippy acidity. To capi-talize on the novelty of their local wine, Basque restaurants and bars reinvented wine service by pouring Txakolina into tall tumblers from great heights. It's quite a sight.
Many of the best Txakolinas come
into the United States thanks to De Maison Selections, an importer based in North Carolina. When I asked Todd Schneider, who directs sales for Bacchus, the Washington, D.C., distributor for De Maison Selections, why Txakolina is such a great fit for warm weather, he re-sponded with his own question.
"Wow, I think the better question might be, 'is there anything about Txa-kolina that doesn't scream summer?' My answer would be, emphatically, 'no!' It's light, crisp, mineral-driven, and incred-ibly fresh. Txakolina is the perfect wine for those summer days on your deck or porch."
Schneider's enthusiasm is certainly warranted.
Too often, wine drinkers are painted as snobbish and cerebral -- the sorts who discuss aromas of kirsch and cassis while beer swiggers focus on drinking, crushing can after can without a care. Txakolina is easy. And in the summertime, that's what drinking is all about.
David White is the founder and edi-tor of Terroirist.com, which was named "Best Overall Wine Blog" at the 2013 Wine Blog Awards. His columns are housed at Grape Collective.
For easy summertime drinking, reach for
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