I ndependen t Stettler the SERVING THE OF CENTRAL ALBERTA FOR 108 YEARS Heart Feb. 25, 2015 STETTLER, ALBERTA VOLUME ONE-HUNDRED NINE NUMBER EIGHT PM40011853 R08546 $ 1.09 Plus GST Stettler youth competes in international fencing event Story on P15 Sports Community Community oriented youth wins major scholarship Story on P2 CHEVROLET BUICK GMC 403-742-3407 & Detailing Service www.Stettlergm.com www.stettlergm.com We are ready for the We are ready for the FINAL FINAL few days of few days of Family Pricing and the best deal possible! and the best deal possible! No Gimmicks! No Hidden Fees!! No Gimmicks! No Hidden Fees!! We will even show you the invoice!!! We will even show you the invoice!!! $500 over cost on Cars $1000 over cost on SUVs $1500 over cost on Trucks see dealer for details. see dealer for details. Joel van der Veen INDEPENDENT REPORTER In the New Testament, James appeals to Christians to “look af- ter orphans and widows in their distress,” calling that the essence of “pure and faultless” faith. A group of Christians from Stettler is taking those words to heart as they prepare for a week- long trip to serve at an orphan- age in Guatemala City in July. Pastor Scott Whitford of the Stettler Alliance Church said a group of 24 locals would be making the trek, including peo- ple from other area churches. “It’s a chance to fulfill the mission that Christ gave us, to love our neighbours as our- selves,” said Whitford. “It’s a great chance to follow his exam- ple in meeting needs and loving others.” The group will travel to Gua- temala from July 4 to 11 to serve in Dorie’s Promise, an orphan- age located in the country’s cap- ital, as part of a trip organized by Forever Changed International. Amore du Toit, who is orga- nizing the mission, said she, her husband Francois and their three sons visited Guatemala City last year to offer their help to the less fortunate. “It’s always been my No. 1 (entry on my) bucket list to go with my family before my oldest son graduated,” she explained, adding that she also wanted to challenge the culture of en- titlement that she sees in North America and help her children to appreciate the blessings they have. They learned about Forever Change International online and discovered that it offered short- term missions trips, ideal for families. The family went during spring break last year as part of a group of 11 visitors. There, they served in the orphanage, teaching and playing with the kids who lived there, and helped with other mis- sion projects. continued on page 11 Local group headed to Guatemala on service For more info: www.jeweltheatre.ca Kingsman: e Secret Service 14A Friday, Feb. 27 - March 5 Friday - 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday - 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Monday to ursday - 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. 2 p.m. Matinees - Saturday & Sunday COMING NEXT: e Duff Joel van der Veen/Independent reporter You’d better go in disguise - From left, Tomi Turnbull, Leila Turnbull, Jack Stoutenberg and T. J. Kelm take part in the Teddy Bear Picnic, held Friday, Feb. 20 at the Stettler Public Library. Event organizer Kim Tanner said about 60 kids attended the event, plus parents and caregivers, divided into three groups. The activities included songs, rhymes, games and snacks.
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Feb. 25, 2015STETTLER, ALBERTA
VOLUME ONE-HUNDRED NINE NUMBER EIGHT
PM40011853 R08546$1.09 Plus GST
Stettler youth competes in international
fencing eventStory on P15
Sports
CommunityCommunity oriented
youth wins major
scholarship
Story on P2
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Joel van der VeenINDEPENDENT REPORTER
In the New Testament, James appeals to Christians to “look af-ter orphans and widows in their distress,” calling that the essence of “pure and faultless” faith.
A group of Christians from Stettler is taking those words to heart as they prepare for a week-long trip to serve at an orphan-age in Guatemala City in July.
Pastor Scott Whitford of the Stettler Alliance Church said
a group of 24 locals would be making the trek, including peo-ple from other area churches.
“It’s a chance to fulfill the mission that Christ gave us, to love our neighbours as our-selves,” said Whitford. “It’s a great chance to follow his exam-ple in meeting needs and loving others.”
The group will travel to Gua-temala from July 4 to 11 to serve in Dorie’s Promise, an orphan-age located in the country’s cap-ital, as part of a trip organized by
Forever Changed International. Amore du Toit, who is orga-
nizing the mission, said she, her husband Francois and their three sons visited Guatemala City last year to offer their help to the less fortunate.
“It’s always been my No. 1 (entry on my) bucket list to go with my family before my oldest son graduated,” she explained, adding that she also wanted to challenge the culture of en-titlement that she sees in North America and help her children
to appreciate the blessings they have.
They learned about Forever Change International online and discovered that it offered short-term missions trips, ideal for families.
The family went during spring break last year as part of a group of 11 visitors. There, they served in the orphanage, teaching and playing with the kids who lived there, and helped with other mis-sion projects.
continued on page 11
Local group headed to Guatemala on service
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You’d better go in disguise - From left, Tomi Turnbull, Leila Turnbull, Jack Stoutenberg and T. J. Kelm take part in the Teddy Bear Picnic, held Friday, Feb. 20 at the Stettler Public Library. Event organizer Kim Tanner said about 60 kids attended the event, plus parents and caregivers, divided into three groups. The activities included songs, rhymes, games and snacks.
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Docherty wins scholarship from Alger Association Joel van der Veen
INDEPENDENT REPORTER
Stettler’s Keirsten Docherty is among the 18 Albertans who will receive a $5,000 scholarship through the Horatio Alger Association of Canada this spring.
Docherty, a Grade 12 student at Wil-liam E. Hay Composite High School, will receive the award through the Horatio Alger Jim Pattison Alberta Scholarship Program.
“I was really excited . . . I almost didn’t believe it,” she told the Independent last week, noting that she wasn’t sure how she would rank against the other applicants.
Docherty, 17, is active with the Heart-land Youth Centre in Stettler, serving as president of the Keystone Club for teens aged 14 to 18, and also as an organizer for some of their programs for younger children.
She is also part of the national youth council for Boys and Girls Clubs of Can-ada, and is helping to organize the Fusion National Youth Forum, running from May 6 to 10 at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
At school, Docherty co-founded the book club, serves on the fine arts board, and is part of the creative writing club and the school trivia team. She also takes classes through the Cabinet of Curiosities art shop on Stettler’s main street.
Docherty said she has applied to sev-eral schools, including the University of
Alberta in Edmonton; Simon Fraser Uni-versity in Burnaby, B.C.; and Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
She hopes to major in cultural anthro-pology, saying she would like to use that knowledge to help people in other areas of the world. She also has an interest in history and art.
Docherty said she would encourage other students to apply for scholarships, bursaries and awards, adding that she found it worthwhile.
“You don’t know who else is apply-
ing,” she said, explaining that with the cost of higher education, winning a finan-cial award could “change your life.”
She expressed her appreciation to the association for the award. Docherty said she applied for the scholarship in October and learned of her win in January.
According to a press release issued by the association, the awards were pre-sented to students in Alberta with “a criti-cal financial need and have demonstrated integrity and perseverance in overcoming adversity, as well as strength of character, a good academic record, a commitment to pursue higher education, and a desire to contribute to society.
Businessman and philanthropist Jim Pattison, for whom the awards are named, congratulated the “incredible group of scholars” winning this year’s awards.
“These young people have worked hard and persevered through difficulty,” he said. “It is a privilege to be associated with these outstanding young Canadi-ans.”
The association received nearly 3,500 applications across four provinces for the scholarship programs last year.
The recipients had average high school grades of 87 per cent, 86 per cent were in-volved in community service and 61 per cent worked during the school year.
For more information on the Horatio Alger Association of Canada, visit hora-tioalger.ca.
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Keirsten Docherty, a Grade 12 student at William E. Hay Composite High School, is among 18 students to receive a scholarship through the Horatio Alger Jim Pattison Alberta Scholarship Program this spring.
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Board discusses first steps in school reconfigurationJoel van der Veen
INDEPENDENT REPORTER
Clearview Public Schools trustees discussed the first steps towards the reconfigura-tion of Stettler’s public schools during their Feb. 12 meeting.
Superintendent Peter Bar-ron came to the board with two recommendations at its committee of the whole meet-ing.
Back in January, the board approved a motion for the re-distribution of the grades in the Stettler school complex, which would see the grades in Stettler Middle School divided between the two other schools.
Effective this fall, Stettler
Elementary School would ex-pand to include Kindergarten through Grade 6, while Wil-liam E. Hay Composite High School would grow to cover grades 7 through 12.
Barron’s first recom-mendation involved “the mechanism” by which the grades would be reconfig-ured — namely, that the three schools would continue to ex-ist “for the purposes of Alberta Education identification and funding.”
However, the middle school and high school would, “for operational and budget pur-poses . . . be run as an amal-gamated learning centre under a school principal.”
Barron said that conversa-tions with Alberta Education had indicated that the division
could pursue this as a way of making the changes without formally closing the middle school.
The second recommen-dation involved starting the process for naming the new amalgamated middle and high school.
While the name of the school may not necessarily change, Barron said that the discussions would be a start-ing point in forming “the new identity” of the reconfigured school.
The motion called for the formation of a committee of representatives to consider a name for the combined mid-dle and high schools. Trustees Dave Goodwin and Staci Ger-litz will represent the board on the committee.
The board approved both motions, but not without some debate. Goodwin questioned the effectiveness of the re-configuration method, asking whether it was not a “stopgap measure.”
“Three school codes might create some administrative difficulty somewhere along the line,” he said.
Barron responded that multiple codes should not be problematic, adding, “I think we can move forward in this way.”
Associate superintendent Peter Neale noted that the divi-sion has already started work on developing a consolidated school budget model for use under the new configuration.
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A left-turn on a green light resulted in a three-vehicle collision on Mon-day, Feb. 24 after the turn-ing driver didn’t see an oncoming vehicle.
The 80-year-old driver of a Dodge Caliber made a left turn at the lights at the junction of highways 56 and 12, turning from 12 to head north on 56. She was struck by an oncom-ing Mazda, driven by a Stettler woman.
The driver of the Mazda was unable to compensate for the collision and her vehicle crashed into a a Dodge Neon, waiting at the red light by the Ken-tucky Fried Chicken res-taurant.
According to Stettler’s RCMP detachment com-mander, Sgt. Duncan Babchuk, the driver of the Mazda simply had no chance.
“She just spun over and hit the other car,” he said. An Erskine woman was at the wheel of the stopped car.
It took roughly an hour from the initial 911 call at 3 p.m. for Stettler Region-al Fire and Rescue to clear the intersection. The busy intersection wasn’t closed, but was “gummed up” as traffic slowly made its way around the damaged vehicles, littered vehicle debris and emergency crews.
The driver of the Cali-ber faces a charge of turning left unsafely. She suffered minor injuries and was taken to Stettler Hospital, where she was released after treatment.they’d normally never fall for, according to the Anti-Fraud Centre.
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Town council unani-mously passed a reso-lution to excuse Mayor Dick Richards’ absence from his duties at their regular meeting on Feb. 17.
The motion was nec-essary under the Mu-nicipal Government Act (MGA), the legislation that regulates how mu-nicipal governments’ function.
Section 174(2) of the MGA requires coun-cil to excuse an absent member of the coun-cil after being absent for eight consecutive weeks.
Mayor Richards, who has been hospitalized with an undisclosed illness for the past six weeks, was absent again at the Feb. 17 council meeting. The first meeting he missed was on Jan. 6.
According to coun-
cillor Karen Sernecky, though, those absences may soon be a thing of the past as she said the mayor is “bouncing back” and “looking bet-ter.”
With councillor Al Campbell filling in as deputy mayor and able to meet quorum even with the mayor’s ab-sence, council is able to function so council-lors weren’t concerned about the impact the mayor’s absence was having on council.
“We have a deputy mayor for a reason,” Sernecky noted.Land-use bylaw sees update
The town’s land-use bylaw was updated at council as councillors passed the bylaw’s sec-ond and third reading. A public consultation hosted earlier in the year was unattended, Sernecky said, a sign that the changes to the
bylaw weren’t concern-ing.
“Leann (Graham, di-rector of planning and development for the town) has been doing some upgrading of the bylaw,” Sernecky ex-plained. She noted that the changes to the by-law updated language and clarified issues more than any changes to how the bylaw func-tioned.Free rabies vaccina-tions for some
Alberta Health Ser-vices sent a letter to the town to advise that the rabies vaccine will be provided free of charge to people considered at high risk of potential exposure.
These people include veterinarians, veteri-narian health techni-cians and SPCA staff, animal research work-ers, animal control workers and wildlife workers.
Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
For people who find themselves shut-in at home, sometimes see-ing volunteers from Meals on Wheels is the only person they’ll see all month. It is for those people that the Stettler Community Support Centre (SCSC) launched its Caring Companions program this past January.
The program, which offers companionship and conversation for people who find it difficult to leave the home, was born of a need, explained program co-ordinator Joanne Wiechnik.
“Sometimes (clients) have no family, or their family isn’t here,” she said. “The program mainly gives people a way to engage and not feel isolated.”
Research shows a strong link between social needs and health, with people who are isolated seeing a decrease in health.
“Doctors say a patient’s social needs are just as important to address as their medical conditions,” explained literature about the program.
For people who are unable to leave the home, or find it difficult to do so, for various reasons, it’s easy to become isolated. Going shop-ping, to the mail, and the library can often be impossible without con-siderable assistance.
Companions with the program are screened, with both a police check and a vulnerability check being performed before they’re al-lowed to work with Stettler’s most vulnerable. First aid is also a re-quirement, and companions go through workshop training when it’s available in programs such as seniors abuse.
The companions can help plan visits, outings and trips, bring their client to visit friends, arrange and manage appointments, check food for expiration and make small snacks, as well as simply visit – chat, play games, take part in crafts, help with reading, and other social
tasks.Right now, the program has no funding so it means the companions
must be paid, but in the future, it’s a hope that it can be offered at a decreased cost due to funding and grants, Wiechnik said.
“Our companions build genuine bonds with our clients,” Wiechnik said. “They can hardly wait for the next visit.”
People can sign up for the program, or find out more about it, by visiting the FCSS office on Main Street in Stettler or phoning 403-742-2337.
People who sign up for the program fill out a questionnaire and are interviewed to see what the needs of the client will be to ensure they’re right for the program as well as pair the right type of companion with them.
People who want to be a companion with the program can also contact Wiechnik at FCSS.
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continued from page 2Trustee Yvette Cassidy expressed her
preference for reconfiguring the grades, rather than applying to the province to for-mally close the middle school.
“Technically, we’re not closing anything . . . we’re just making it different,” said Cassidy. “I don’t think it’s going to do this community any good to go through a clo-sure motion.”
Barron said that school leaders have ex-pressed a desire to move forward and estab-lish the guidelines for the new configura-tion as quickly as possible.
“We’d rather put our energies towards building the new,” he said.
Trustee Ken Checkel urged his col-leagues to move forward with the motions, observing, “The fact is, it’s just a clerical thing.”
Other businessIn his superintendent’s report, Barron
noted that the scheduled meeting of area school boards with education minister Gor-don Dirks on Feb. 5 was cancelled due to inclement weather and rescheduled for March 9.
The board discussed some proposed new foundational statements for Clearview, in-cluding a mission, vision and motto. Barron said these draft statements were the product of a Feb. 10 meeting.
However, the proposals met with a lukewarm reception from trustees, with Dave Goodwin arguing that the statements brought before the board did not properly reflect the preferences indicated at that pre-vious meeting.
Other trustees argued that some of the existing statements did not need to be re-placed, or questioned the merit of the new ones. The board agreed to hold off on mak-ing a decision on the statements, pending
further discussion. Trustees discussed their recent visits to
Donalda and Erskine, held on Jan. 27. The next school visits will be to Big Valley and Byemoor, sometime in either February or March.
“It was really great to see their three-year plan and how they’ve incorporated our pri-orities,” observed board chair Cheri Neitz.
Board members discussed recent devel-opments in the switch from Provincial As-sessment Tests (PATs) to Student Learning Assessments (SLAs) for Grade 6 students, which has been postponed for another year to allow further development of the SLAs.
Trustees noted the challenges this delay presented, as the curriculum and schedules for Grade 6 students had changed in antici-pation of the SLAs’ introduction.
“Protest is all we can do,” noted Good-win. The board directed Neitz to write a let-ter expressing its concerns to the minister of education.
Trustees also discussed upcoming con-ferences for both the Alberta School Boards Association, from June 1 to 2, and the Pub-lic School Boards Association of Alberta, coming up from May 29 to 31.
A suggested motion, granting trustees permission to attend one or the other, met with some disagreement, as Goodwin said he wished to attend both events.
The motion was amended to allow trust-ees to attend both events if so desired. It passed with the approval of all trustees, with the exception of Cassidy and John Schofer.
Further discussion on both the Stettler schools reconfiguration and the proposed shared busing program with local Catholic students was held behind closed doors, as was a delegation presenting a transporta-tion-related request.
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Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The January launch of a new website run by the Al-berta Wheat Commission designed to provide better grain pricing information has the potential to be use-ful to farmers, according to Neil Blue, with Alberta Agriculture and Rural De-velopment.
The new website, part of the Crop Data and Price Reporting project, was announced at the end of January by federal Ag-riculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The AgriRisk Initia-tives program kicked in $742,725 to the program, which is being developed by the Wheat Commission and FARMCo, a grain marketing consulting firm.
The website provides a breakdown of grain pric-es, both by the tonne and by the bushel, for differ-ent zones of the nation. For example, a bushel of canola sells for $9.89 in northern Alberta as of press deadline on Feb. 23. Manitoba’s canola sells for the highest rate at $10.17.
“Increasing access to grain price quotes is good in that some buyers do
not readily provide price quotes for all crops,” Blue explained. “(The prices) will provide a potentially valuable reference for producers to compare with price quotes obtained by individual buyers.”
While Blue noted that the Canadian Wheat Board previously pro-vided quotes in the past for the crops it marketed, this is the first he’s been aware of an online re-source that provides an aggregate price for farm-ers to use as a reference. The Wheat Commission agrees, which is why it involved itself in the proj-ect, according to its chair-man, Kent Erickson.
“This project will close a major information gap related to cash grain pric-es and market data,” he said. “This information will significantly improve farmers’ access to market-related data to capture the best marketing opportuni-ties available to them.”
Blue said he agrees with Erickson to some extent, but the true value of the website and its informa-tion will be determined by its users, the farmers and the marketers.
“It certainly has the po-tential to provide better price visibility and use-ful information on crop movement,” Blue noted, but added, “Crop mar-keters will still need to contact individual buyers and cash grain brokers to determine actual bids rel-evant to their product and location.”
The regionalization of the data, at present, means the markets are broken into big windows. For ex-ample, only one price is provided for all of Mani-toba, meaning that prices in some areas might be right on the dot, and oth-ers not so much.
The website, available at www.pdqinto.ca, is ask-ing people to provide feed-back to better improve the information on the site.
“The development and launch of the full website and software is expected to take an additional three to four months,” the com-mission notes on the web-site. At present, the only information available are grain prices, but the site is expected to be better expanded for the 2015/16 crop season.
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As predicted several months ago in this column, former premier Ali-son Redford has been officially ab-solved of any misuse of taxpayers’ money as a result of an investigation by the RCMP. The case is closed and all the time and money spent for the investigation alongside the effort by the opposition to hold the former premier accountable for her excessive spending were wasted.
As mentioned earlier, Alberta be-ing a province where money is easy to come by and spend (at least it has been until very recently), it is not something very surprising that a high flying politician gets away with wasting taxpayers’ money. After all, the same thing has been happening at the federal level, too (remember Senator Mike Duffy receiving $90,000 from Stephen Harper’s chief of staff and other senators also claiming money from the Senate coffers that they were not entitled to); but at least in that case RCMP have laid charges against Senator Duffy and trial is soon to begin.
But last week’s news from the CBC about RCMP practices aimed at helping the Harper government at the expense of potential victims of pedophilia is really disturbing, not to say disgusting: According to the public broadcaster, over the last five years, RCMP have withheld spending some $10m. allocated to fight online child pornography and they did this to help the Harper government to patch up their bud-get deficits. (http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/child-porn-policing-program-suffers-from-rcmp-un-derspending-1.2963885) And this comes apparently, according to the story, at a time of increased tips be-ing received by the police regarding online pedophilia.
So, for the national police or-ganization with which we entrust our safety and security, helping the prime minister to cover his misman-agement of the budget was more important than helping the children not to fall into the net of the online child abusers.
But this was not last week’s only
revolting news: In Saskatchewan, a two-year-old boy and an 18-month-old girl died after fire broke out at their home on the Makwa Sah-gaiehcan First Nation last Tuesday. The volunteer fire chief and mayor of the neighbouring Loon Lake settlement, who refused to respond to the fire call, was quoted in the media as saying ”How do I protect the rest of the community if I burn everything, my resources, and not get paid for it?” Allegedly, the First Nation has outstanding bills to be paid to Loon Lake Fire Department.
Personally, I sense a lot of unjus-tified exaggeration in that pretext not to save people’s lives in a burn-ing home: Is that fire department so poor not to be able to attend a fire, was it inconceivable for the fire chief to save lives first and ask for money later? Another question that comes to mind is whether the chief could have refused to respond to a fire call from a non-First Nation community?
But what is interesting is the se-ries of comments put on a Facebook
page regarding the incident: major-ity of people who commented said the fire chief was right to refuse to attend to the fire and the deaths of the toddlers were, according to one comment, “a necessary lesson” for the First Nations band.
So one can’t help thinking if this is the humane, gentle and caring Canada we are a part of. Growing almost indifferent to news of police transferring its own money to gov-ernment to plug budget holes but leaving potential criminals target-ing children off the hook and two toddlers dying in a fire because of alleged unpaid bills, how much have we lost touch?
What would the reaction be to similar news five years ago or 15 years ago?
Drinking, as it were, a concoc-tion of easy oil money and Stephen Harper-style leadership year after year for almost a decade, has the Canadian society stopped being the exemplary nation known for its de-votion to humanitarian values?
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One never ceases to be amazed at what comes out at ag organization meetings, particularly from the lesser known groups. So it was at the AGM of the Alberta Grazing Leaseholders Asso-ciation (AGLA) held recent-ly in Red Deer in conjunction with the Alberta Beef indus-try Conference. This group represents the interests of those holding leases on gov-ernment owned grazing land. The group was formed about 15 years ago in response to the government of the day planning significant changes to grazing lease fees, royal-ties, rules and regulations. The goal of leaseholders was to be consulted and respected in regards to those changes and related issues. It wasn’t always smooth sailing be-tween the leaseholders and the government particularly when outside entities insisted their interests be considered. That saw vested sectors and lobby groups from energy companies, to hunters, to recreationists and the usual cabal of green groups all wanting some concession or change to lease fees and reg-ulations. Almost none of all that was favourable to lease-holders, hence the need for an organization representing
their specific interests. The other confounding
factor with grazing leases is that responsibility has been shifted from the department of Agriculture to the depart-ment of Environment and Sustainable development. This change has proven a bit problematic as the en-vironment department did not have the agricultural ex-pertise to manage their new responsibility, nor did they seem to have the philosophi-cal perspective to understand the grazing lease concept. Although there were some comments that progress has been made as bureaucrats be-came more comfortable with the file.
Over the years there have been setbacks but also some victories for leaseholders. An ongoing process has been to establish a credible grazing lease royalty formula and process. The fee structure has been frozen since 1994 and its taken some time to revamp the structure in a vi-able and fair manner – that has now occurred. The new formulas have been final-ized and are supported by the AGLA and related groups like Alberta Beef Produc-ers and the Western Stock Growers. It’s an example of
honest cooperation between stakeholder groups and gov-ernment bureaucrats. The result is a proposal everyone can live with. An additional positive outcome was the establishment of a Range Sustainability Fund with 40 per cent of rental rates be-ing used to run the fund. The intent would be to use funds to restore and renovate rangelands – this is a very useful and enlightened ap-proach and has considerable environmental benefits. The proposal also recommended that the assignment fee be eliminated, it was agreed that this was nothing more than a tax on transfers involv-ing grazing leases. With the agreement of the groups on the advisory committee the royalty proposal will now go forth through the government legislative approval process. It is to be phased in over a
five year period once the leg-islation has been passed.
Another matter that came up for discussion at the AGLA was the environmental goods and services (EGS) issue. It’s a long running concern that involves government com-pensation to land owners for providing goods and services that preserve and enhance the ecology of land in Alberta. It was noted that research is on-going on how to value EGS, but that government support and public perception of EGS remains a real stum-bling block. Other discussion involved the Sage grouse is-sue in southeast Alberta. Its progressed to the govern-ment strategy stage but there is still much apprehension from land owners and graz-ing leaseholders about the process and grouse preserva-tion tactics. A common sense approach has yet to evolve.
A bigger concern to a num-ber of livestock groups is the expansion of federal envi-ronmental protection orders to other obscure endangered species like the Short-Eared lizard and a plant called the Smooth Goosefoot. It’s sus-pected that busybody law-yers working for green lobby groups like the notorious Ecojustice are looking for ways to force the govern-ment to issue more protection orders much to the detriment of grazing leaseholders.
Another bit of information that came forth at the meeting was the role of government grants to land trusts. That support helps the trusts to acquire and administer con-servation easements on envi-ronmentally significant land in the province. The concern is that due to the open-ended and generous financing pro-visions of the program that they inflate the value of ease-ments and cause land values to artificially increase. That makes it difficult for those wanting to purchase land for agricultural and grazing purposes as they are forced to compete against their own tax dollars being used by land trusts in acquiring ease-ments. A most interesting an-nual meeting indeed.
Has Canada changed? How would we react to some of today’s news a decade ago?
Leaseholder meeting proves informative
Ahead of the heard
WILL VERBOVEN
Independent COLUMNSWednesday, February 25, 2015 The Stettler Independent Page 7
Aaron Wudrick, Federal DirectorCanadian Taxpayers Federation
For decades, governments in Canada have funneled billions of dollars into the coffers of private, for-profit businesses. It’s hard to pin down an exact figure for this largesse, so numerous are the programs and forms: “grants,” “loans,” “investments” and so on.
Some of the familiar names include such downtrodden businesses as Pratt & Whit-ney, Bombardier and General Motors. Many of these programs have continued, virtually unchanged, regardless of the stripe of government in power. Today, even gov-ernments that otherwise are at odds with each other on virtually every other issue – take the federal and Ontario governments – will find that one point of agreement is that there’s essentially no business too big or too small unworthy of taxpayer money.
We’re often told about the “private sec-tor jobs created” as a result of these “invest-ments.” No one seems to stop and ask some obvious questions.
If the only reason these jobs exist is be-cause a government is transferring pub-lic money to a company so that they hire people, in what way are these private sector jobs? How is this different than the govern-ment just hiring more people directly?
If these investments are so sound, why are no private investors taking up the offer? Surely the prospect for a sure thing would have a lot of takers.
And if the investment isn’t sound, why is the government of Canada risking taxpayer dollars on it? If politicians want to gamble, they should go to a casino, and use their own money. They shouldn’t be doing it with public funds.
We are also often told that Canadian gov-
ernments “must compete in the global econ-omy.” Every other government is funneling tax dollars into their own “strategic” indus-tries. So surely Canada has to do the same?
Except we don’t.There is no compelling reason why Cana-
da needs to be in the business, for example, of manufacturing of airplane engines. And if other countries want to subsidize the pro-duction of goods that Canadians can then buy, so much the better: then all Canadians can benefit from their foolishness. Mean-while, with freed up capital and resources, savvy Canadian entrepreneurs can look for new opportunities in new fields.
The very idea that governments should always rush to the rescue of businesses in the name of saving jobs turns basic eco-nomic principles on their head. The reason that real, sustainable jobs are created and continue to exist, it is because they create
a product or service that meets a need in the marketplace. If we are going to start ignor-ing this very basic fact, we may as well have the government “create jobs” by paying in-dividuals $50 an hour to dig holes and then fill them back up again, because the waste of economic resources is little different.
Worst of all, government subsidies send exactly the wrong message to businesses: that the way to succeed isn’t to compete in the market and win by offering higher qual-ity and lower prices, but to come begging to the government for help – and to use the threat of pulling out jobs as a way to black-mail nervous governments into handing over public dollars.
Sadly, the precedent for this madness was set long ago. Politicians love the photo-op and ribbon cutting opportunities. Too many businesses love the free money. Only the tax-paying public loses.
Corporate Welfare: Risky, wasteful and an awful precedent
“We’re not waiting around here to die,” said Johan Dumas, one of the survivors of the siege at the ko-sher supermarket during the “Char-lie Hebdo” terrorist attack in Paris in January. He had hidden with oth-ers in a basement cold room as the Islamist gunman roamed overhead and killed four of the hostages. So, said Dumas, he was moving to Is-rael to be safe.
It’s not really that simple. The seventeen victims of the terrorist at-tacks included some French Chris-tians, a Muslim policeman, four Jews, and probably a larger num-ber of people who would have cat-egorised themselves as “none of the above.” It was a Muslim employee in the supermarket who showed Dumas and other Jewish customers where to hide, and then went back upstairs to distract the gunman. And the Middle East isn’t exactly safe for Jews.
Dumas has been through a terrify-ing experience. He now feels like a target in France, and no amount of reassurance from the French gov-ernment that it will protect its Jew-ish citizens will change his mind. But Israel’s Prime Minister Binya-min Netanyahu didn’t help much either.
What Netanyahu said after the Paris attacks was this: “This week, a special team of ministers will con-vene to advance steps to increase immigration from France and other countries in Europe that are suffer-ing from terrible anti-Semitism. All Jews who want to immigrate to Is-rael will be welcomed here warmly and with open arms. We will help you in your absorption here in our country, which is also your coun-try.”
He was at it again after a Jewish volunteer guarding a synagogue in Copenhagen was one of the two fatal victims of last week’s terror-ist attack in Denmark. “Jews have been murdered again on European
soil only because they were Jews,” he said, “and this wave of terrorist attacks - including murderous anti-Semitic attacks - is expected to con-tinue.”
“Of course, Jews deserve protec-tion in every country but we say to Jews, to our brothers and sisters: Israel is your home. We are prepar-ing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe.” As you might imagine, this did not go down well with European lead-ers who were being told that their countries were so anti-Semitic that they are no longer safe for Jews.
It is true that five of the nineteen people killed in these two terrorist attacks in Europe since the New Year were Jewish, which is highly disproportionate. But it is also true that the killers in all cases were Is-lamist extremists, who also exist in large numbers in and around Israel.
French President Francois Hol-lande said: “I will not just let what was said in Israel pass, leading people to believe that Jews no lon-ger have a place in Europe and in France in particular.” In Denmark Chief Rabbi Jair Melchior rebuked Netanyahu, saying that “terror is not a reason to move to Israel.”
The chair of Britain’s Parliamen-tary committee against anti-Sem-itism, John Mann, attacked Netan-yahu’s statement that the only place Jews could now be safe was Israel. “Mr Netanyahu made the same re-marks in Paris - it’s just crude elec-tioneering. It’s no coincidence that there’s a general election in Israel coming up....We’re not prepared to tolerate a situation in this country or
in any country in Europe where any Jews feel they have to leave.”
It IS crude electioneering on Ne-tanyahu’s part – but it is also true that even in Britain, where there have been no recent terrorist at-tacks, Jews are worried. Statisti-cally, Jews are at greater risk from terrorism in Israel, but it’s much scarier being a Jewish minority in a continent where Jews were killed in death camps only 70 years ago.
Given Europe’s long and dis-graceful history of antisemitism, it’s not surprising that such sentiments persist among a small minority of the population. But at least in West-ern Europe (which is where most European Jews live) the great ma-jority of people regard antisemitism as shameful, and most governments give synagogues and Jewish com-munity centres special protection.
What European Jews fear is not their neighbours in general, but radi-calised young Islamists among their Muslim fellow citizens. The Mus-lim minorities in the larger Western European countries range between 4 and 10 percent of the population. If only one in a hundred of them is an Islamist then Jews do face a threat in those countries.
But it is a very small threat. Nine Jews have been killed by Islamist terrorists in the European Union in the past year in three separate in-cidents (Belgium, France and Den-mark). The Jewish population of the EU is just over one million, mostly living in France, the United King-dom and Germany.
Nine Jewish deaths by terrorism in a year in the EU is deplorable, but it hardly constitutes a good reason for encouraging mass emigration to Israel. Still, Netanyahu has an elec-tion to fight, and this sort of thing goes down well in Israel.
Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are pub-lished in 45 countries.
Ross HelgetonFAITH & REFLECTION
Last week’s article ended by saying that the nature and worth of man is foundational to how we view life, death, and euthanasia...let’s pick up from there.
Euthanasia is the termina-tion of someone’s life in or-der to relieve their suffering and I disagree with it. My opinion is based on ethical, practical, moral and biblical grounds.
Ethically, euthanasia sug-gests that some lives are worth less than others. Fur-ther, the acceptance of eutha-nasia reflects the emerging nature of our society; name-ly the escalation of human rights and the depreciation of the sanctity of life. Moreover, the demanding of one’s rights is typically at the expense of another’s. For example, “Grandma...I don’t want you to die that way!”
Practically, euthanasia will be difficult to regulate. Bel-gium, for instance, recently removed age restrictions from their euthanasia laws (slippery slope syndrome). Palliative treatment will be affected, as will be the mo-rale and conscience of the medical workers (and related disciplines) who are in dis-agreement with euthanasia. And what individuals, panel or select group, medical or otherwise, will hold the pow-er to decide whose appeal is accepted or denied?
Morally, who has the right to give or to take life? Gov-ernmental approval of eutha-nasia would suggest that it is no longer murder. However, clever terminology and liter-
ary gymnastics do not change truth. Additionally, suffering serves a purpose. This may sound trite, but many attest that their most valuable life lessons were learned in val-leys, not on mountaintops.
Finally, while the Bible does not specifically mention euthanasia, it does speak to closely related issues. The sixth commandment says, “You shall not kill” (Exodus 20:13). God gave life (Job 33:4) and He holds life (Job 22:10). Dying, biblically speaking, affords me one fi-nal worldly opportunity to trust my God.
I recognize the solicitous and compassionate argu-ments for euthanasia. Any endeavor to limit human suffering is notable. There is also the matter of rights, free will and choice. And quality of life; I admit (at least at this stage of my life) that I’ve no desire to linger on in a dramat-ically reduced capacity. Also, the implementation of eutha-nasia would result in signifi-cant economic advantages. Even the word “euthanasia”, from two Greek words means “good death”...but I still don’t think it’s good!
Death is universal; the at-trition rate is one for one...for every birth there will ul-timately be one death. And death is not very dignified, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t be dignified about our approach to it. Life isn’t about how long we live; it’s about how well we live. But, it is not up to us to say when it ends.
“You are my God. My times are in your hands...” (Psalm 31:14,15).
Morally, who has the right
to give or to take life?Jewish mass emigration from Europe?
ThinkGlobally
GWYNNE DYER
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The annual fundraiser for the local Big Brothers Big Sisters program at the Heartland Youth Centre, Lloyd’s Bowl for Kids, continues to draw support from the local community, so much so that this year, there weren’t enough lanes for all the bowlers who wanted to bowl.
Though numbers are still preliminary, youth centre director Winnie Bissett said she expects the total to come to roughly $15,000, all pledged and raised by people in the community to help the program.
While Bowl for Kids is a fundraiser held in many different communities for their own chapters of Big Brothers Big Sisters, the local money-maker has taken on special meaning for the youth centre.
Long-time contributor and volunteer at the youth centre, Lloyd Smith, man-aged to raise roughly $75,000 in pledges over the years he took part in the event, prompting the youth centre to rename the event in his honour.
Smith, who died in 2011, never had
children but came to feel as if the youth centre’s kids were his own, involving himself in any way he could in order to help them develop, and the youth centre develop programs.
Smith’s presence is felt every year at the Bowl for Kids event, as bowling balls rumble down the lanes, pins clatter, and bowlers groan as the ball rolls down the gutter. Every mutter and every cheer, every effort that goes into a costume, is a reflection of Smith’s joy in the event.
This year’s theme was Western days, and several sheriffs, bandits, and little cowgirls and cowboys were on hand to have some fun. Others opted to not wear costumes, but made up for their lack by cheering on their fellows and congratu-lating others on their costumes.
The next big fundraiser for the youth centre is the awesome auction, which will see one of Smith’s antique cars, which he bequeathed to former youth centre member Charlie Thurston, be auc-tioned off to benefit the Stettler and area youth.
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Two-year-old Koen needs some help to launch his bowling ball, but as it rolls away he lets out a fist-pumping cheer. He bowled with mom Krysta Unsworth.
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The Ross Ranch is pictured in action during the penning event in the Ranch Rodeo Competition, held by the Stettler Agricultural Society on Sunday, Feb. 15.
Cox family takes first place in ranch rodeoJoel van der Veen
INDEPENDENT REPORTER
Fourteen local teams competed in the Stettler Agricul-tural Society’s Ranch Rodeo, held Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Agriplex.
The rodeo featured a total of five events: branding, pen-ning, sorting, doctoring, and rustlng/trailer loading. Orga-nizers stipulated that each team of four needed to have at least one female participant, as in past years.
The Cox family from Big Valley, competing as the SO Ranch, came in first place. Their team included father Doug Cox, mother Rita Cox, sister Meagan Will and son Cody Cox.
Coming in second place was Meston Performance Ranch, featuring Logan Carry, Jenner Meston, Justin Meston and Kelsey Asmussen, all from the community of Tees.
The team from the Ross Ranch finished in third place and featured Christine and Rocky Ross, Neil Thorsteinson and Kelsey Elford.
Linda Thurston served as announcer. Ray Robinson, Bob Lomond and Skeeter Thurston were the judges while Penny Wilson, Twyla Stuckey and Tammy Robinson served as timers and scorekeepers.
The rodeo ran from 11 a.m. to mid-afternoon and was held in conjunction with the Agricultural Society’s Fam-ily Day events.
Several outfits offered sleigh rides on the exhibition grounds, while inside, chili and buns were served, along with coffee, hot chocolate and Timbits provided by Tim Hortons.
The society will wrap up the month with the Bullriding and Bullfighting School, running from Feb. 27 to March 1 and featuring world champion bullrider Daryl Mills and five-time Calgary Stampede bullfighter Scott Waye.
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These included build-ing a path in the squatters’ community of Linda Vista, delivering donations from abroad, lending a hand with other construction projects and serving meals to the needy.
To some communities, they delivered filters that would help provide clean drinking water, while to others they brought con-crete sinks that could be used for bathing, washing or cleaning dishes.
Du Toit said the group visiting Guatemala this year may find itself doing similar things, but will go “wherever God leads them to work,” adding that they will seek to use their gifts to meet the needs they en-counter.
Each of the participants must raise about $2,100 to cover the cost of the trip, including airfare, meals and accommodation.
The church has held sev-eral fundraisers over the past few months, includ-ing a movie night earlier in February. A dessert auc-tion will be held on April 25 and the group is look-ing at other fundraisers, including a possible bottle drive.
Du Toit said she hopes their efforts will have a ripple effect, explaining, “You start something and other people get interest-ed.”
Whitford, who previ-ously took a youth team to Mexico when he was a pastor serving in Nipawin, Sask., said he’s looking forward to sharing this ex-perience with his 14-year-old son, Christopher, and interacting with people from a different culture.
He also said he hopes that service to others will be an ongoing focus for his church and others, that the trip would set an example of meeting needs locally and globally.
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We’re seeing the back end of February already and the Stettler Public Library is ready for March with some great pro-grams for the whole family. Check this out.
Are you going to be the next great Ca-nadian novelist? Or is writing something that you are just dabbling in? If you need inspiration join the Stettler Writ-er’s Club on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 6:30 pm. This is a time to meet with aspiring writers like you and to take the next step in your writing hobby or career.
Maybe building things is more your speed. You have a wonderful vision in your head and you just want to get it out there. Have you thought about mak-ing that vision come to life with Peeps? Start your plotting and planning now be-cause the Stettler Public Library Peeps Diorama Contest opens on Monday, March 2. Make your diorama as simple or as elaborate as you would like, but it must have Peeps marshmallow rab-bits and chicks as the main players in your scene. The contest runs until Tues-day, March 31. You could win bragging rights and great prizes.
If you need some inspiration for your diorama or just want to finish it up, come to the library on Tuesday March 10 at 4 p.m. for a Peeps Diorama work-shop. Work on your prize-winning entry at the library. We’ll have peeps, boxes and craft supplies available. What you do with them is up to you.
If you need any special props for your diorama, please bring them with you. We’ll display the dioramas until the end of March and announce the prize win-ners in each category in the following
week.The Stettler Public Library is in a
unique position with our location at the recreation centre. Staff members are sports fans and we are surrounded by sports every day. So we are embracing it. Join us on Tuesday, March 3 at 4 p.m. for Hockey Day.
Make your own table hockey sticks, have a couple of games with it, play a hockey trivia game, and design your own goalie mask.
Readers’ Circle Book Club is on Thursday March 5 at 7:30 p.m. New members are always welcome. Take out “We Are All Completely Beside Our-selves” by Karen Joy Fowler today.
It is never too early to think of gar-dening, so Saturday, March 7 is Garden-ing Day at the Library. At 10 a.m., join us for Garden Design with Beth from Echoglen Gardens.
Learn how to design the perfect ed-ible, decorative or small space garden. Then from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dustin Morton from Alberta Agriculture will take us on a field trip (weather permit-ting) teaching us how to prune and prep your garden for spring. If the weather is inclement, Dustin will present in the li-brary.
The library is looking for any toys that are no longer needed or wanted for our toy hacking day where you can make your own mutant. Our toy hacking day is on Saturday, March 21 at 1 p.m. This is your chance to be a mad scientist.
As you can see the Stettler Public Li-brary is more than you imagined. If you can’t stop by and see us, check out our webpage: spl.prl.ab.ca or friends us on Facebook (facebook.com/StettlerPubli-cLibrary).
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Hard to create any news when ev-eryone is watching the women’s curl-ing (Alberta placed second); that be-ing said, the town of Gadsby had its own exciting morning last week. It included four pigs, a bag of apples and two sheep dogs! And a happy ending!
Get well wishes to Gloria Diegel, who is home following two success-ful cataract surgeries and dental work.
Just before this, Gloria and Stan went to Tasha and Aaron’s to help celebrate Jule’s second birthday. The whole
family were there, which made for 26 family members.
Happy birthday to Darlene Derr; get well wishes to Iona Berg, who is in hospital.
Get well wishes to Judy Geisbrecht, who underwent major surgery recently in Calgary. We are happy to hear she is home.
Sincere sympathy to Betty Jean and
Lyle Goodkey and family on the pass-ing of Betty Jean’s father, Harry Er-ichson.
Sympathies to Lena Sweifel and family on the passing of Lena’s hus-band Edgar Zweifel. The Lutheran Church in Stettler was filled to capac-ity on Saturday for the funeral. Many Jerzak family members were home for the funeral.
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mixed doublesThe mixed doubles bonspiel will be start-
ing tomorrow night at the curling rink and runs until Saturday, so head up there to watch some good curling with a twist. Remember this bonspiel has games with only six ends and two curlers per team and a few other dif-ferences, so it will be interesting to watch. It won’t be long before the mixed bonspiel will be getting going so get your team entered with Brooks and Jackie Watts right away. Give them a call at 403-368-2357 to get signed up.
If you are in the cattle business, you have probably noticed the increased bulk in your mailbox lately as the bull sale catalogues are crowding out all that other stuff. I know we will be having two of our own local sales com-ing up quickly; Jim and Stephanie Richmond and their girls will be hosting their 18th annual Limousin bull sale on Friday, March 13 and Jill and Kent Holowath and their family will be hosting their Black Angus bull sale shortly after. I will get that date for you as it gets clos-er but if you are looking to buy, you might as well support our home grown animals.
This Saturday is pizza night down in Row-ley. This is a great monthly tradition where on every last Saturday of the month, a group of volunteers get together to cook a huge amount of pizzas for all who order. Sam’s Saloon is open on that evening as well; usually with some music in the back so it makes for a great fun night every month. Congratulations to all the people who work so hard at this event, it is a lot of work to bring this together.
Since there is so little to write this week, I thought I would include some of my interest-ing but slightly useless trivia to entertain you.
1. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them
used to burn their houses down - hence the ex-pression “to get fired.”
2. The term “the whole 9 yards” came from WWII fighter pilots in the Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got “the whole 9 yards.”
3. The Eisenhower interstate system re-quires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
4. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs
5. It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs
6. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars
7. Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate
8. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history; Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar
Well, I’ll leave you with that and hopefully you can impress someone this week with your little bit of extra knowledge. Have a great week.
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The Erskine ladies’ curling bonspiel is now underway with 32 rinks competing. Good luck, ladies! Their banquet and en-tertainment will be Friday night and that is usually a fun evening for the curlers.
The skating party held by the Erskine Recreation Board was a huge success. Un-fortunately, the ice is now ruined because of the weather and it is doubtful that there will be ice from now on, the weather has just been too warm.
The Erskine seniors are planning on some TLC on their building by replacing the flooring, which has been down since 1982 and is in great need for a change and they are also planning on painting. Since this is very costly, any donations towards these projects would be much appreciated. Any-
one can do so at the Erskine Post Office.The Book Fair is still going on at the Er-
skine School and will continue through to March 3. Half of the profit goes towards new books and other materials to keep in the library. All students who purchase books will be entered into a draw for free Book Fair merchandise. This Friday is Jer-sey Dress up Day. Coming up in March is early Monday on March 2, Teacher’s Con-vention on March 5 and 6 and Back to 80’s Dress Up Day on March 13.
The Big Valley Oil Kings have now found themselves tied 2-2 in the semi-final playoff series with the Tofield Satellites. The best-of-seven series found each team pick-ing up a road win this past weekend. Saturday night the Kings traveled to Tofield for game three, and it started out rough for the visiting squad. Halfway through to second period the Kings would dig themselves into a 4-1 deficit, but the boys would battle back with two quick goals in the fi-nal minutes of the second and trail 4-3. In the third period it was all Big Valley, and Bran-don Nowakowski would tie it up 4-4 with just over 6 minutes remaining. The teams would head to overtime, and again Nowakowski would score to take the Kings to a 5-4 win.
On Sunday, the teams met at the Big Valley Agriplex, and in that game, the Kings couldn’t get anything past To-field goalie Tanner Schalin. Despite outshooting Tofield, the team wouldn’t capitalize on chances and dropped the game 4-0. The series is now tied 2-2 and will require games five and six. Game five will be in Tofield on Friday, Feb. 27 at 8:30 p.m. and Game six will be back at the Big Valley Agriplex on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Come cheer on the boys as they look to get to the BRHL Championships,
where the series winner will play the Bonnyville Pontiacs.
Big Valley Minor Hockey will be hosting the Hockey Alberta Peewee D Provincial Tournament on March 19 to 22, 2015. There will be an open house at the Big Valley Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 7 to 8 p.m., to present and discuss our plans for the event. All interested community members and local businesses are invited to attend.
If you have any questions about the provincial tourna-ment or would like to know how you can be involved, we would love to see you there. We do have several arena work bees planned, and are also looking for timekeep-ers, scorekeepers, draw table workers and concession work-ers for that weekend.
If you’d like to be involved but can’t attend on Wednesday, please contact Dan or Andrea Webster at 403-876-2064.
Eleven people came out for crib at the Big Valley Inn on Sunday, Feb. 22. Stan Nat-testad took first place, Vi Mc-Carty took second, Dale Kobi took third and Gloria Emblau went home with the booby. Caroline won the regular draw
and Margaret Levesque won the 50/50. See you all next Sunday Mar. 1 at 1 p.m. Ev-erybody is welcome to come out and play.
The Big Valley Library Garden Club will be going on a “tropical winter break” to the Muttart Conservatory this Fri-day, Feb. 27. One of Edmon-ton’s most iconic structures, the Muttart Conservatory of-fers a year-round escape with its beautiful and inspirational display gardens. This trip is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
The Big Valley Legion will be hosting their annual St. Pat-rick’s Stew Day on Tuesday, Mar. 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Legion Hall.
March birthday wishes go out to Clifford Ross – 3, Biff Balcom – 3, Melanie Grid-ley – 3, Ken Christensen – 4, Judy Christensen – 4, Shannon Burnstad – 6, Marilyn Jehn – 7, Holly Skocdopole – 8, Dan-ny Houle – 11, Tracey Forde – 13, Janet Annable – 18, Har-vey Christensen – 18, Carmen Tizzard – 19, Caitlan Forde – 20, Lynne Gjaltema – 22, Clara Mayhew – 22, Shirley Stormoen – 23, Lori Gordon – 25, Leila Ternes – 26, Chris Janke – 30, and Jara Colp – 31.
Happy anniversary to Kel-ly and Robyn Armstrong – 11, Darcy and Teresa Greig – 15, and George and Mrytle Upton – 29.
Join preparations for provincial tournament
Stettler PeeWee Storm Hockey tournament held on Jan. 31 & Feb. 1 was a huge success.
There was a generous outpouring of corporate sponsorships, we were absolutely overwhelmed
with the support - and all the visiting teams were as well!
So proud of our communities!
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ERSKINE 4H NEWS
Erskine 4-H Beef Club is going to be having their public speaking March 5 at the Erskine School.
On Jan. 4, at our Christmas party meeting, Cole Heck declined be-
ing secretary and Gracie Morbeck accepted the nomination. Our curl-ing Christmas party was fun and a great success. Feb.14 4-H Night at the Red Deer Rebels was en-joyable and the pizza sup-per was delicious. Too
bad the Rebels lost in overtime. Circle Square Ranch Winter Camp was from Friday Feb. 20 to Sunday 22, hoping every-one had a great time there.
And that’s your club reporter Rayell Haustein reporting.
TEENS celebrating kitchen renovations with Sean Nolls, owner of Sean’s No Frills
The Stettler Boys and Girls Club have completed the kitchen renovation project that was funded by Presidents Choice Children’s Charity. This Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Kid grant was used to update appliances; install a bottle fi ller
water fountain and purchase kitchen supplies for our youth programs. “The Boys and Girls Club of Stettler is proud to be a good place for young people to access nutritious food and learn about healthy eating choices. PCCC has made a
diff erence in our capacity to fuel young bodies and minds and help children
and youth develop positive habits that can last a lifetime” says Winnie
Bissett, Club Executive Director.
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Very Important immediate change in our little village: Bingo nights have now changed from Tuesdays to Wednesdays evenings starting March 4. The balls will be starting to roll at 7:15 p.m. and the doors will be opening at 6:30, so please take a note on these days as there will not be any more Bingo nights on Tuesdays. So grab your Bingo dabbers and come out and join us Wednesday March 4.
More exciting events will be happening in the very near future to, so please keep your eyes open for these. There will be posters hanging up about the Hazel Davidson’s Fam-ily Skate event that will be taking place, soon.
Then there is a fundraiser happening for the high school band trip to New Orleans in May 2016, so they are now trying different things to raise money for this. There will be several different fundraisers for this taking place before then, so any support that can be given to our young musicians would truly be appreciated.
The BCC Committee is always looking for new members, so if you have time please join this committee. On June 28 and 29, there will be a fundraiser casino in Red Deer and they are looking for volunteers to help with this. Please contact Lorraine Hankins at 403-742-3937 for more information.
Congratulations go out to everyone that receive an award at the Stettler Community Service Award Night on Feb. 26. You all truly deserved these awards and are truly ap-preciated in our community.
The Botha Village Office will be closed March 4,5 and 6 due to Erin attending a con-ference at the Screening Committee. The office will be reopened the following week. Hopefully this does not cause any inconve-nience for anyone.
They are doing some changes both to the Botha Hall and the arena, so if you could help out at all please call Shaun Derr at 403-742-4811. Also please contact Shaun before head-ing down to the arena to have some fun as we have had some strange weather this win-ter with one day being nice and the next day we are back to winter conditions. So he will let you know how the ice is and what kind of condition its in.
In about a week and a half, Daylight Sav-ings Time will start again (March 8), and we will be able to enjoy daylight more, which the farmers will really appreciate, as it’s getting into calving season again. Some people have already starting receiving their new flock, so more daylight will definitely help.
The next Old-Time Dance is scheduled for March 29, which will be their Easter Dance. This starts at 1:30 p.m. and the Western Sun-setters Band will be entertaining at this one, so please keep this in mind. Everyone is in-vited to all these dances regardless of age, so make sure you come out for some fun.
The monthly seniors’ meeting will be hap-pening on March 2, starting at 12 noon, so please bring something to share with every-one at their luncheon. The meeting will fol-low right after the potluck.
If there is something you would like added to our column call me at 403-742-5317.
A family day of fun filled activities, sponsored by the Castor and district FCSS took place at the hall on holiday Monday. Over 50 family members enjoyed board games, crafts, face painting and hot dogs and hot chocolate. They are hoping to have another one next year.
East central Catholic school division hosted a first aid course on Tuesday at the Halkirk school with Don Doherty of Wainwright as the instructor. The excel-lent course was attended by 15 people, teachers, bus drivers and parents.
Mother Teresa students were responsible for the readings at the Ash Wednes-day Mass held at the Our Lady of the Grace church in Castor. Theresetta teachers and students also attended the mass. Halkirk’s parent council provided a meal of pancakes and sausages to our students following the service.
Sympathy is extended to the family of Daryl Full-er who passed away on Feb. 12. Daryl and Patti ( O’Brien ) and their family are well known in our com-munity. A service was held
in the Castor Community Hall on Thursday, Feb. 19.
We send condolences to Lena ( Jerzak ) Zweifel on the passing of her husband, Edgar, on Feb. 14. Services were held in the Lutheran Church in Stettler on Satur-day. The Jerzak story is on page 294 of Home Fires.
A graveside service will be held at the Halkirk cem-etery on Wednesday, Feb. 25 for Ed Berndt from the Veldt district. A time of fellowship will follow at the Seniors’ Centre. Our sympathies are extended to the family.
We send get well wishes out to Rick Kent, who is un-der the weather with pheu-monia.
Three local teams are en-tered in the Castor men’s bonspiel this week. They are the JD Johnson rink (with Rick Marquart, Leo Bozak and Kurt Chick ) , the Dennis Turre rink (with Rod Peterson, Trevor Duke and David Weber) and the Jim Krautt rink, (with Wes,
Tyler and Allan). Halkirks men’s and ladies spiel starts on March 4. Entrees go to JD or Sandra Johnson at 884-2250.
Dale and Melody Kent have been watching grand-son Brandon Kent play hockey with the Stettler Midget C team and Har-old and Velma Chick have been cheering on great-granddaughter Geri Slemp, who plays with the Stettler Midget girls team. Taygan MacGillivray also plays in Stettler with the Bantam girls. On the Castor Pee-wee team are Brody Baird, Devon Johnson, Trey Mac-Gillivray and Logan Perry. With the Castor Atom team is Brandyn Baird, Toryn Johnson, Tayah Perry and Owen Schauer. TJ Baird, JD Johnson, Loreena Mac-Gillivray and Kevin Perry share coach and manager positions with these two teams. Many of the Castor team players have Halkirk grandparents who are regulars at the games.
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Donalda had a great turn out for “Family Day”, ev-eryone enjoyed time in the coulee, the kids brought their sleds and there were a few snowmobiles that towed them to the top, for their trip down. Although it was windy, it did not deter the young ones. Thank you to the Gebhardt Family for a dona-tion and for funds from FCSS which make it possible to have the event free of charge.
With the help of volun-teers, there was tattoos for everyone, chili on a bun, hot dogs, juice and hot chocolate.
Birthday wishes go out to Bernice Bergstrom, Brandi Gebhardt, Gunner Ander-son, Keith Van Haga, Janelle Awe, Dean Norman, Mela-nie Marshall, Menvie Kit-tler, Orlie Hillestad, William Hall, Martin Banziger, Ro-berta Rouse, Cody Dixon, Teresa Donald, Tynan Mc-Carthy, Nicole Vikse, Nolan Ternes, Greg Tantrum, Ella Dawn Shepherd and every-one else celebrating a birth-day. Happy Birthday!!
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Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The Stettler Wildcats senior boys’ and girls’ basketball teams hosted tournaments at Wil-liam E. Hay this weekend, topping out in their divisions to make a shot for first place.
In boys’ action, the Wildcats faced Old Sco-na first, triumphing 92-63. Though they lost in a close game to Wainwright with a score of 50-47, the loss didn’t count against them as Wainwright had defaulted.
“They had some injuries and some players who couldn’t make it,” said boys’ coach War-ren Aspenes. To allow Wainwright to play, Stettler loaned some players to fill in the ros-ter, so even though the final score didn’t count, the Wainwright students had a chance to play – which ultimately was the point, Aspenes said.
This put Stettler in first in the green pool. In the gold pool, the Coldhurst Trojans crushed Daysland and trounced FFCA to lead to the first-place match against Stettler.
“The game was very competitive through-out, with both teams playing at a very intense level,” Aspenes said. Despite playing their best, though, the Wildcats netted a second-place finish with a 72-50 loss.
“I think we had a slightly easier pool,” As-penes admitted, but noted that the Trojans are also ranked third in provincial 1A play.
“We were in a good position going into the final as that was our only game on Saturday,” Aspenes noted. “We were definitely rested....but we just didn’t hit the shots we should have.”
Kyle Poapst and Jordan Lane were stars of that final game, scoring 20 points and 11 points respectively, Aspenes noted.
The girls’ senior team faced Innisfail first, winning 66-64, and then Ryley, where they won 58-54, putting them at the head of their pool for the playoffs. This matched them against Pigeon Lake, who defeated Daysland and Old Scona handily to advance.
The girls battled it out to a 50-33 loss against Pigeon Lake.
The final match against Pigeon Lake was a hard one, with the Wildcats trying to claw their way up from an early deficit.
“We came back within eight points but we could never close the gap,” girls’ team coach Charisse McDonald said. “Pigeon Lake is a solid team.”
The boys’ and girls’ junior teams also played this weekend, though not as part of the tourna-ment. Both teams played against Notre Dame last week. The girls lost 67-25 to the Notre Dame girls’ team, but the boys’ triumphed, winning 86-23 against the Notre Dame boys’ team.
Stettler Wildcats take second
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Stacey Lavallie/Independent reporter
Stettler’s Jordan Lane leaps out of a crowd of Coalhurst Trojans to net some points for the home team during the final gold medal match of the tournament. The Wildcats finished with silver.
Joel van der VeenINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Two weeks ago, 15-year-old Riley Norman was in British Columbia to train with some of the world’s most accomplished fencers.
Then, by a twist of fate, he found himself competing against them in an interna-tional tournament featuring athletes from close to 30 countries.
The 2015 Peter Bakonyi World Cup Men’s Epée was held in Richmond, B.C., from Feb. 13 to 15 with 180 athletes participating. Nor-man was there to train, but was later invited to compete after a fencer from Egypt was unable to attend.
A Stettler resident and a Grade 9 student at William E. Hay Composite High School, Norman said it was a happy surprise and a rare opportunity for a fencer his age.
Most of the competitors were between 25 and 40 years of age, and the event is part of the lead-up for
those hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
“I was really surprised — for one thing, I didn’t think I’d be able to make it into a World Cup,” said Norman. “And I was really happy.”
Riley, the oldest of three children of Warren and Sandra Norman, has been competing in fencing for six years, inspired to try it after seeing it on TV the 2008 Summer Olympic Games from Beijing.
Two years ago, Riley earned a national title. Cur-rently, he is ranked the top men’s epée fencer in Alberta in the cadet category, and fourth overall among senior male epée fencers in the province.
Riley divides his time between British Columbia and Alberta, training with Canadian head coach Vic-tor Gantsevich and Olympic gold medalist Eric Boisse at Vancouver’s Dynamo Fenc-
ing Club, and with four-time Olympian Jujie Luan at the Edmonton Fencing Club.
His mother said his teachers and principal Nor-bert Baharally have been very accommodating in al-lowing him to attend class while he’s home, and giving him online work and home-work assignments so he can keep up with his classmates while he’s away.
She also credited fencer Igor Gantsevich with ar-ranging for Riley to compete in the World Cup, calling him a mentor and “Riley’s biggest supporter.”
“There’s almost no chance of someone my age getting into an open World Cup,” said Riley, noting that it was his first time in a world-wide competition. “They are really the best fencers in the world.”
Riley had spent 10 days in British Columbia for training, prior to competing in the individual event on Friday, Feb. 13, where he finished in a three-way tie
for 156th place out of 176 competitors.
He remarked that the size of his competitors was about the same as he’s used to, but the skill level was much higher. Still, he en-joyed one victory and scored
points in each match, includ-ing a touch scored on a past Olympic medalist.
Riley said he hopes he’ll have another chance to com-pete in a future year. For now, his goal is to make the national team for the cadet
age group (under 17). He is scheduled to com-
pete in the Canada Cup in Kitchener, Ont., from March 6 to 8, and in the Western Canadian Championships in Richmond, B.C. from March 13 to 15.
Norman hits the world stage in global fencing tournament
Contributed photo by Devin Manky PhotographyRiley Norman, 15, of Stettler, is seen in action against Japanese competitor Jin Takeda during the 2015 Peter Bakonyi World Cup Men’s Epée in Richmond, B.C., earlier this month.
Independent SPORTSWednesday, February 25, 2015Page 16 The Stettler Independent
Rollercoaster season tough on team, says coachLightning season at an end
Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Hockey is wrapping up all across minor hockey, with some teams ending the season without going into playoff play, and other teams heading on to provincials.
It was a tough weekend for the Stettler Atom Elks, an all-girls team that plays in the regular division. Their final games of the season both ended up in losses, but the goal gap didn’t reflect the hard and fun play shown by the girls.
On Feb. 21, the girls faced Ponoka Trucking, losing 6-3. Chloe Shingoose, Charlee Resch and Tess Thurston managed to net goals for the Elks.
The next day, the Elks were defeated 6-1 by the visiting Killam/Sedgewick Warriors. The lone goal of the game for Stettler was scored by Emma Nixon.Atom
On Feb. 21, the Atom A Storm hosted the team from Red Deer, losing a rough 13-3. Colby Frank, Skylar Hymers and Quinton Hansel scored for the team.
Stettler Atom B beat the Bashaw Stars 10-6, with two goals each from Yannick Zondag and Cade Wilkie, and solo goals by Kolby Armstrong, Waylon Blum-
hagen, Thorston Marshal, Kaden Muhlbach.
Atom C played the Syl-van Lake B2 Lakers Feb. 21, losing 4-2. Stettler’s Brady Coleman and Reid Shirley scored.Peewee
Stettler Peewee A hosted Red Deer on Feb. 21, win-ning 3-2. TJ Howarth scored twice and Shay Anderson once.
Peewee B played on both Feb. 21 and 22, first against the Coronation Royals and then against the Castor Cy-clones. In the 8-5 loss to the Royals, Ty Dowling scored a thrice, with goals by Liam McQuay and Billy Praski
making up the rest. It was a close game against the Cy-clones, but they squeaked ahead to win 6-5 against the Storm. Jackson Muhlbach scored twice, with individual goals by Dowling, McQuay and Brier Devnich rounding out the score.Bantam
Bantam B took to the ice against the 3Cs team, winning 10-5. Jackson Squires scored three goals, Kolby Ringdahl two, and Austin Stahlberg, Riley Warner, Selena Sharpe, Riley Cornelssen and Isaac Lee each scored one.Midget
Stettler Midget B took the ice twice this past weekend,
both on the 21st and 22nd. They won against the 3Cs 6-3 on the 21st, with goals by Brett Coleman, Dan Schwar-zenberger, Brendan Pederson and Tristan Nixon. Jackson Zimmerman scored twice.
The next day they took on Rimbey, winning 4-3. Ped-erson scored twice, and Tye Mulgrove and Jackson Zim-merman scored once.Girls
The girls’ Peewee team faced Leduc on Feb. 21, los-ing 3-1. Willow Sorensen scored the lone goal for Stet-tler. The team didn’t fare much better the next day, los-ing 2-0 to Lacoka.
The Stettler Bantam girls’ team defeated the Warburg Wolves 3-0, with a hat trick from Breanne Shaw.
In Midget girls’ play, the OK Tire Storm faced the Maskwacis Hawks, winning 19-0 on Feb. 21. The next day, they tied the girls from Lacoka, with goals by Ash-ley Sharpe, Halley Adams, Jayden Hogg and Morgan VanDusen.
After defeating Irma in the playdowns, the Stettler OK Tire Storm are on their way to provincials in Vermillion on March 19-22. The girls finished their regular league play in first, with a record of 20 wins, one loss and four ties.
Season wrapping up across minor hockey
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With both the regular and playoff season complete for the Stettler Lightning, head coach and general manager Doug Smith took some time to reflect on the roller-coaster season of the local Junior B team.
“We had a good start,” Smith said of the team. “Our whole season boiled down to late November and early De-cember.”
Smith said the 11-game losing streak really affected the team’s standings and morale.
“We didn’t establish that ‘be scared of us’ value early in the season,” Smith said, explaining that lack of presence on the ice also hindered the team’s success.
A few injuries – like the concussion that took out strong player Michael Neumeier and broke the Neumeier-Anhe-liger-Bottomley line – also hurt the Lightning.
“We kept swapping people in for Michael, but the lines never clicked the same way,” Smith said.
The past two years for the Lightning have been a bit of a struggle for the team, as it has lacked the strong scoring ability necessary to stay at the top of the division, Smith said. Realizing early on that the team didn’t have the scoring potential of others, Smith and his fellow coach-es, Gavin Brandl, Kyler O’Connor and Neil McCallum, worked on honing the team’s defence.
Playing a defensive game all season is wearing on a team, Smith noted, which was part of why the team hit that 11-game skid mid-season.
“It really grinds you down,” he said, reflecting on defen-sive play. “We didn’t lose those games by much – a goal or two, or in overtime, or in a shoot-out.”
Smith absolved Simon Thieleman, the main goalie for the team, of blame for the losses.
“Goaltending wasn’t the cause,” Smith staunchly noted. “Thieleman was solid.”
Thieleman is one of the players who will age out of the team this season, unable to return for next year. Also aging out are Mark Dietz, Reese Anheliger, and Jake Schwartz-enberger, some of the strongest scorers for the team.
“The real kicker is that you don’t know what the next roster looks like,” Smith said. Last year, the team had four players age out, but lost another three due to job or school commitments. He expects the same thing for this year.
Though Smith isn’t able to say for certainty that they will return, the Ternes twins – Scott and Adam – and Dylan Houston are three strong players he expects will lead the team next season if they’re able to make the commitment.
As for Smith, who retired last year but found himself behind the bench again as head coach, this year is the last. Seriously.
“I hope I won’t be back next year,” he said with a laugh. He admitted he isn’t even sure if he’d stay on as general manager for next year, too.
“Kyler and Gavin did all of the on-ice work this year, with me and Neil doing the back end,” Smith said. “They’re solid, and whether they work in a three-coach configuration or one is named head coach, I know they’ll be able to do it.”
Stacey Lavallie/Independent editor
Elks! -The Stettler Atom Elks, an all-girls team playing in the general league, battled it out with Killam in the final game of the season. Here, goalie Baylee Stahlberg remains on guard after deflecting a puck away and into the hands of the opposition..
ERICKSONHarry William Harry William Erickson was born at Donalda Alberta on August 10, 1926. He passed away in Stettler, Alberta on February 18, 2014. Harry married Leona on February 02, 1962. Together they lived at Donalda until February 2009, when they moved from the farm to Stettler, Alberta.Left to cherish his memory are his loving family: wife Leona; children: Fraser (Philippe) Erickson, Betty-Jean (Lyle)
Goodkey, Dean (Ardith) Erickson and Carol (Mark) Purich; grandsons: Logan (Candice), Darren (Krysta), Luke (Tasha), Ian and Levi (Cally); great grandchildren Jordyn and Kaden; his brother Ben (Shirley) Erickson and families; nieces, nephews, cousins; Leona’s sisters, brother and families and many dear friends.Harry farmed all his life except for brief periods of logging and trucking. From a young age, Harry loved airplanes. He got his pilot’s license and his own plane as soon as he could afford it. Harry even took Leona in his Cessna airplane for their fi rst date. He loved to travel and together they saw many countries and islands. He was an avid reader and was committed to lifelong learning. Together Harry and Leona were actively involved in the Donalda community, participating in many projects including the lamp museum and the committee work required to build the Donalda lamp. Harry had a strong faith in God, which sustained him throughout his life. He enjoyed sharing life with many friends and family. He is loved dearly and will be missed immensely.A funeral service for the late Mr. Harry Erickson was held on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 in the Heartland Chapel of Stettler Funeral Home with Michael Moulson and Janet Dorey offi ciating. Loving memories were presented by Harry’s family. Patti Howell as pianist and Susan Dahl as soloist shared their gifts of music for the congregational hymns Precious Thought and God’s Word is So Pure and the solo When Life is Ended. Following the service family and friends joined together for a time of fellowship and refreshments prepared and served by Teresa’s Catering. Logan Erickson, Luke Erickson, Levi Erickson, Grame Eggers, Darren Goodkey and Ian Goodkey served as pallbearers as Harry was laid to rest in the Donalda Cemetery, Donalda, Alberta with Dorothy Tessman speaking and hymn The Heart of My Saviour sang. If friends desire memorial donations may be made in memory of Harry to the Donalda Cemetery, Alzheimer Society or a charity of choice c/o
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HARRISENNeitta (nee Wilma Neta Davis)September 2, 1924 - February 15, 2015Born in Castor, Alberta, to Harvey Jennings Davis and Esther Marie Davis (nee Riggins) of Byemoor, Alberta, Neitta was the eldest of three children. She grew up at Byemoor, and attended high school in Big Valley/Stettler before moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, to learn hairdressing. Returning to Stettler, she had her own salon and met Neil, whom she married on December 25, 1946. They moved to Calgary in 1963. Together they raised three daughters (Gwenn, Hope & Adrien) and during their school years the focus was dance activities. Neitta attended Henderson Secretarial College and worked as a secretary for many years. Subsequently, Neitta also worked as a seamstress for a variety of businesses. Her lifelong love of sports, especially baseball and curling, were her favorite leisure activities along with gardening. You always knew where to fi nd Neitta during the chuck wagon races, World Series, Grey Cup and Stanley Cup games. Even when she lost her sight in later years, she was still able to enjoy these events with her family and friends. Her retirement years were spent exercising her love of sports and handicrafts especially sewing, knitting and crochet. She travelled to Arizona spending winters with a childhood friend for several years and visited with extended family either on the way to or from Arizona. She loved to see new sights and visit old friends and family. Neitta passed away peacefully on February 15, 2015 at Calgary, Alberta. She was predeceased by her husband Neil in 1989 and sister, Donna Marie Hayes in 2007. Neitta is survived by her daughters, Gwenn (Wayne) Thomas of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Hope Harrison and Adrien Cripps, both of Calgary, Alberta. She is also survived by her younger brother, Happy (Beverly) Davis of Stettler; seven grandchildren Stenvne (Leslie) Thomas of Yellowknife, NWT, Dale (Barb) Thomas of Cancun, Mexico, Audra, Micaela (Peter Charbonneau), and Connor Cripps, all of Calgary; Matthew (Charlene) Short of Grande Prairie, Alberta, and Meaghan (Jay Pringle) Short of Calgary, Alberta; as well as four great grandchildren. Neitta will be missed by all who knew and loved her. A Funeral Celebration of Life will be held at SOUTH CALGARY FUNERAL CENTRE, 12700 Macleod Trail South (at Lake Fraser Gate), on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made directly to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (www.mssociety.ca). Messages of remembrance may be left for the family at www.southcalgaryfuneralcentre.ca
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ZWEIFEL Mr. Edgar Henry 1928 - 2015Edgar Henry Zweifel passed away peacefully at the Heritage House, in Stettler, Alberta with his family by his side on Saturday, February 14, 2015. Edgar was born on December 29, 1928 in Stettler. He leaves to mourn his passing his loving wife, Lena with whom he spent 59 happy years of marriage; his children, Peggy, Norman, Judy (Paul) Turbach, Alan (Jacqueline); nine grandchildren,
Samantha, Caitlin, Kalli, Madison Turbach, Stuart, Ciana, Craig, Jordan and Miranda Zweifel. He is also survived by his sister, Mildred McLevin of Grande Prairie; numerous cousins in Biggar, Saskatchewan and in Switzerland; as well as his sisters- and brothers-in-law; and many nieces and nephews. He also leaves behind countless dear friends and neighbours, who were a major part of Edgar and Lena’s home. A funeral service was held at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 5712 - 48 Avenue, Stettler, Alberta on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Karl Faltin, offi ciating. Interment followed at the Lake View Cemetery, Stettler, Alberta. As an expression of sympathy and in loving memory of Ed, memorial contributions may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association Red Deer and District Branch at 403-346-4631 or at
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Specifi c Duties include: • Assure timely and accurate invoicing. • Assure timely collection of monies due. • Make recommendations to improve quality of invoicing and collection procedures. • Weekly reporting of invoicing totals/aging totals/cash/invoicing adjustments • Assist in tracking of change orders. • Assist in preparing contracts and contract documents. • Assist in cash fl ow projections. • Perform such other accounting, fi nancial, or administrative tasks as may be required from time to time.
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NEUMEYER (KUNST) Marion ElaineApril 7, 1944 - Feb. 18, 2015It is with heavy hearts that the family of Marion Neumeyer announce her passing at the age of 70. Marion was born in Calgary, Alberta to Norman and Jeanette (Brennen) Kunst. She lived in Stettler with her Mom, Grandma and Grandpa Brennen and Uncle Johnny, while her Dad was overseas with the RAAF. When her Dad returned, the Kunst family moved to Australia, her Dad’s home,
returning to Stettler to live, three years later. Marion received her education at the Stettler School, graduating from Wm. E. Hay Composite High School in 1962. Marion moved to Calgary to further her education. She later moved to Edmonton, where she met and married her husband, Arthur Neumeyer. Marion is survived by her mother, Jeanette Kunst, her three sons: Aaron (Maria), Michael, all of Edmonton, and Andy (Lori) of Onoway, seven beloved grandchildren: Samantha, Keith, Andrea, Dylan, Alex, Jade and Lucas; sisters, Evelyn (Dave) McCourt of Stettler, Marsha (Ronny Olchowy) Fernandez of Edmonton, and brother, Jack (Eunice) Kunst of Pincher Creek, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Marion was predeceased by her loving husband, Art Neumeyer, in 2011, and her dear father, Norman Kunst, in 2013. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 10:00 am at Evergreen Funeral Chapel, Edmonton. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta.
DAVIES We would like to thank all those dear friends who have
helped us get through this sad time. Thanks to Rev. Carolyn Langford for the comforting service; to Verna and the staff of the Stettler Funeral Home & Crematorium for their kindness and sympathy; and to the ladies of the Botha UCW for the
lovely lunch. Thanks to the pallbearers and honorarypallbearers; and to all the people who brought food to the
house. Thanks for the phone calls, visits, letters and cards; to Doug McKay for the music; to Pat and Lisa for the loving
tribute; for all the beautiful fl owers; to Charlie; the ambulance attendants; the hospital staff; and to Judy from Victim
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ObituariesSWANGeorge LewisGeorge Lewis Swan passed away at Extendicare Cedars Villa in Calgary on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at the age of 96 years. George spent his early years on his parents farm near Red Willow, AB. He married Bertha Clooten of Willow Park, AB and they had four children. The family moved to Stettler, AB in the early 1940’s. George worked as a mechanic and operated a trucking business. They later moved to Calgary, where the family resided for many years. George is survived and lovingly remembered by his sons Richard (Sharon) of Claresholm, AB, Dale (Laura) of Calgary, AB and his daughter Donna (Marvin) of Oceanside, CA as well as three grandchildren. George is also survived by his sisters Laura Blumhagen of Carstairs, AB, Martha McKay of Calgary, AB and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his infant son Gary, four sisters and one brother. A Funeral Service will be held at FOSTER’S GARDEN CHAPEL, 3220-4 Street N.W., Calgary (across from Queen’s Park Cemetery) on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. A Graveside Service and Interment will be held at Spruce Coulee Cemetery in Donalda, AB at a later date. If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made directly to The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, Suite 100-119 14 Street N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1Z6. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family via the website www.fostersgardenchapel.ca
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PUBLIC HEARINGTake notice that the Council of the County of Stettler No. 6 will hold a Public Hearing to hear representation concerning the proposed Bylaws:
BYLAW 1542-15 providing for the designation of the remainder of Lot R (Community Reserve), Block 6, Plan 6407 K.S. and the remainder of Lot R2 (Reserve), Block 8, Plan 2772 T.R. as Environmental Reserve pursuant to Section 665 of the Municipal Government Act.
BYLAW 1543-15 providing for the closure and disposal at less than market value of portions of Lot R (Community Reserve), Block 6, Plan 6407 K.S. and portions of Lot R2 (Reserve), Block 8, Plan 2772 T.R. pursuant to Sections 70(1), 674 and 675 of the Municipal Government Act.
BYLAW 1544-15 providing for the amendment of Land Use Bylaw No. 1443-10 as amended by rezoning the closed portions of Lot R (Community Reserve), Block 6, Plan 6407 K.S. and the closed portions of Lot R2 (Reserve), Block 8, Plan 2772 T.R. from the Public Services (PS) District to the Resort Residential (RR) District.
The bylaws may be reviewed at the County Administration Building located at 6602 – 44 Avenue, Stettler, Alberta during regular office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The Public Hearing to hear representation concerning Bylaw 1542-15; Bylaw 1543-15 and Bylaw 1544-15 is scheduled to be held Wednesday
March 11, 2015 at 1:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers at the County Administration Building located at 6602 – 44 Avenue, Stettler, Alberta.
Any person wishing to comment on the proposed bylaws may do so in writing to the Planning and Development Officer, County of Stettler No. 6, Box 1270 Stettler, Alberta, T0C 2L0, or by email to [email protected] prior to March 11, 2015 or make representation at the Public Hearing.
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Invitation to Express InterestDESIGN-BUILD SERVICES
For proposed new County Offi ce and Shop
Sealed submissions will be received until 1:30:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at the County of Stettler No. 6 offi ce.Further information and documents are advertised and available at www.stettlercounty.ca and on the Alberta Purchasing Connection (APC) website at www.purchasingconnection.ca. (Reference # AB-2015-01146)
Inquiries regarding this project shall be directed to:
County of Stettler No. 6
Attn: Rick Green, R.E.T., P.L. (Eng.)
6602-44 Avenue
Stettler, AB T0C 2L0
Phone: (403) 742-4441
County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,
Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 742-4441 Fax: 742-1277
PUBLIC NOTICE
County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,
Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 403-742-1277
PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE
ADULTS/CHILDREN
ANONYMOUSWednesday, 7:30 p.m.
For more info Kira & Ian
FCSS, 403-742-2339
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS403-742-3214; 403-742-2966 or 403-742-4271
AL-ANON403-742-0990
ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT
GROUP403-742-4263; 403-742-8122 or 403-742-4091
BEREAVEMENT
SUPPORT GROUP403-742-2337
BIG BROTHERS &
BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION403-742-5437 during business hours
BRIGANTIA PLACE(formerly Camrose Women’s Shelter)
780-672-1035
CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance)Brenda 403-742-3067
COCAINE ANONYMOUSPager toll-free (20 sec. response time)
1-403-357-6266
COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS
SUPPORT GROUP403-742-2337 (parents who have lost a child[ren])
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS403-742-4059
HOME SUPPORT
STETTLER & DISTRICT403-742-6568
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUSHot Line 403-342-1444
STETTLER & AREA
ACQUIRED BRAIN
INJURY SOCIETY(STABIS)
For more information phone
403-742-6456
STETTLER & DISTRICTFOOD BANK SOCIETYKathy Willis - 403-742-4567
Elaine Williams - 403-742-2745
4820 - 51 Street
STETTLER CITIZENS ON
PATROLRCMP office
403-742-3382
www.stettlercop.org
STETTLER HANDIBUS403-742-5858
STETTLER HEALTH
EMERGENCY LINE PROGRAM403-742-2337
STETTLER PEOPLE FOR
SUICIDE AWARENESS403-742-2337
STETTLER READ &
WRITE OFFICE403-742-2999
T.O.P.S.(Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
Grace – 403-742-0681
Vivian – 403-742-3935
VICTIM SERVICE403-741-7841
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AND REFERRAL CENTRE
Residents of Stettler and the sur-rounding area now have access to this free and confi dential service. It provides information and referral on social agencies, government ser-vices, clubs and organizations, to best suit the caller’s need.
Just Dial - 403-742-1155
CommunitySupport Services
403-742-4271; 403-742-1887
Elaine Williams
403-742-2745
403-742-5233
Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.)Stettler, AB T0C 2L0
www.stettler.net
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICENotice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Applications have been approved as permitted uses in accordance with the Town of Stettler Land UseBylaw No. 2018-11:
1. No: 2844-2015 Legal Description: Lot 5, Block 44, Plan 2442AE Municipal Address: 4407 - 49 Avenue Applicant: Bernie Jackson Proposed Development: Detached Garage
Leann GrahamPlanning & Development Services
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Independent COLUMNSWednesday, February 25, 2015 The Stettler Independent Page 23
Congrats to gold medal winners
The Byemoor Curling Club’s mixed bonspiel is scheduled for March 25-28. Be sure to get your entries in soon for the last bonspiel of the season in Byemoor. Entries may be phoned to Eugene Nixon at 403-579-2460, John Schofer at 403-579-2488 or Justin Jones at 403-579-2585.
Congratulations to the men’s senior hockey team with local players Jim Wasdal of Endiang, Ber-nie Doan of Halkirk, Den-nis Becklund and Wayne Perkins of Stettler who won the gold medal at the Alberta 55 Plus Winter Games in Lethbridge on the weekend. They defeat-ed a team from Calgary on Sunday to bring home the gold.
The County of Stet-tler is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and marking the occa-sion with an open house at the county facility in Stettler on June 18. His-toric photos taken in the past 60 years from all county communities are being sought for the cel-ebration. Anyone having suitable photos from the Endiang-Byemoor area please send them to Les Stulberg or call 403-579-2403 for pick-up. Those reading this column from other areas of the county may drop off photos at the county office.
Doug Harrold posted the top score at the Endmoor Drop-in Centre’s crib night on Tuesday. Bernice Clausen posted the second best score. Next crib meet is on March 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Keep in mind the Coun-ty of Stettler Community Service Awards is being held on Feb. 27 at West-woods. Come out and sup-port our local Endmoor nominees.
Sympathy is extended to the family of Edgar Zweifel, who passed away at Stettler on Feb. 14. He was 86. Ed was born in 1928 and spent the early years of his life growing up on a farm southwest of Endiang. He attended the country schools of Heart Lake and Summer-hill. The family moved to a farm east of Stettler in 1947. The funeral service was held on Saturday at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Stettler. Our thoughts are with Ed’s wife Lena and their family in their loss.
Get well wishes are sent to Wanda Wilkie, who is recuperating from a bro-ken arm.
The “Smear” card club continues to meet each Wednesday at the café in Endiang at 1 p.m. Any-one interested in playing smear is welcome to join in.
Doreen Nixon arrived home Thursday from a three-week stay in Arizo-na where she was visiting with Evelyn Walker.
A group from the End-moor Drop-in Centre as well as others from the Endiang-Byemoor area
enjoyed the Castor Little Theatre’s comedic presen-tation “Hotbed Hotel” on Friday evening in Castor.
Kent Kobi from Aus-tralia was home for a short visit with his par-ents Russ and Linda Kobi, other family members and friends. His visit also in-cluded helping long-time friend Dusty Wasdal cel-ebrate his birthday in Red Deer. Kent was on a business trip to Los Ange-les and made a quick trip home to Alberta for the visit.
Larry and Lorene Stul-berg along with their el-dest daughter and family — Cody, Alicia, Hayden and Easton Scheerschmidt — enjoyed a vacation to Jamaica.
As a fundraiser, the Byemoor School is now collecting Canadian Tire money. They also collect household batteries (ends taped); pop, milk, juice and spirit containers; Campbell’s soup labels and tabs from aluminum cans. The school uses the money raised to purchase “extras’ for the school. If anyone can help out, your donations would be more than welcome.
Marj Sorensen enjoyed a winter-break and some interesting sight-seeing in Texas. One of her stops in-cluded Southfork Ranch, from the TV show “Dal-las”. She also celebrated her birthday there.
Thought for the day — “Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, yet the youngest you’ll ever be, so enjoy the day while it lasts.”
Pat JohnsonSTETTLER ELEMEMTARY SCHOOL
Clearview students enjoyed a long week-end this past week. With Family Day on Monday, followed by a Professional Devel-opment Day on Tuesday, it created a nice winter break for all Clearview students. Even though it was only a three-day week for the students, they enjoyed many special events when they returned to classes on Wednesday.
Mrs. du Toit’s kindergarten students walked to Paragon Place to visit their senior friends on Thursday, Feb. 19. The students decided that it would be a great “bucket-filling” activity. They also told their teach-er that visiting the seniors is a win-win situation as the seniors get to enjoy a visit and listen to songs, while the students get a treat. The little ones did a great job sing-ing: “You are My Sunshine”, “I Love You” and “If You’re Happy and You Know It.” Although Valentine’s Day had passed, the students still enjoyed spending time making Valentine’s rainbow hearts with their senior friends. The room was filled with laughter and chatting. The activity tied in perfectly with SES’s Leader in Me program as the students synergized with their friends.
It is that time of year again when classes begin celebrating being in school for 100 days.
This past week, the Grade 1 students were busy celebrating the 100th day of school. In Mrs. Lang’s class, students were involved in special writing activities, math games, building projects, drawing, and fit-ness activities. All the lessons and activi-ties focused on their 100th day of Grade 1.
Grade 2 students also celebrated 100 days of school by bringing 100 items to class. It made for some fun and interesting math ac-tivities. In addition to enjoying novel math activities, the students have been engaged in some cool experiments as they learn about “Hot and Cold Temperatures” in their science classes.
Mrs. Ecklund’s Grade 3 class made vol-canoes this week as part of their ‘Rocks and Minerals” unit. The students watched in amazement as their volcanoes erupted.
Learning can be so exciting.Once again, SES is having its annual
Used Book Swap and Sale beginning the week of Feb. 23. On Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 23 and 24, the students who bring in used books from home will be able to swap for new books. Starting Wednesday, Feb. 25, and continuing for the rest of the week students may buy books for 25 cents per book. Over 1000 books have been brought in. Thank you to everyone who has donated books.
NEW THIS YEAR: For the first time ever, the book sale will be open to the pub-lic on Wednesday, Feb. 25 and Thursday, Feb. 26 from 3:45-4:30 pm. All are wel-come. Please enter through the SES front doors and follow the signs. Books are 25 cents each. All proceeds from this year’s Used Book Swap and Sale will go to sup-port Kira Richardson and her family.
On Friday afternoon, all students and staff gathered in the gym for a monthly as-sembly. School-wide initiatives as well as individual achievements and celebrations are recognized during assemblies. In addi-tion, during each assembly, there is always a 7 Habits presentation. February’s special presentation was a coordinated effort be-tween all three SES Grade 5 classes, ap-proximately 77 students. The Grade 5 pre-sentation featured singers, line dancers, and clappers. It focused squarely on Habit 3: Put First Things First of The Leader in Me Program. The performance was extremely energizing and definitely fun to be a part of. Students spent many hours practicing on their own time and it all came together in just under two hours of school rehearsal time. To see the students keep up with the rhythm, lyrics, and line dancing steps was simply astonishing considering the short amount of group rehearsal time. It was a great time for everyone. There is little doubt that it will be a lasting experience for those participating and attending. The line dance steps and school lyrics were set to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s rendition of Cadillac Ranch. This was certainly an up-beat way to end the assembly as well as the school week.
A visit to Paragon Place
Last weekend, in sports, there was a home tourna-ment for the senior
Wildcats basketball teams on Friday and Sat-urday. Both teams finished second in the tourna-ment. Good work teams!
Last Wednesday night the JV boys played against the Hunting Hills Cougars. The game ended with a win for the Cougars. Keep working Wildcats!
Any students interested in playing badminton can sign up in the office with
Ms. Resch. Also, any ar-chers interested in attend-ing provincials can talk to Ms. Resch about registra-tion and fees.
In school clubs, Be The Change is reminding ev-eryone in the Town of Stet-tler that you can donate to build a well and provide water sanitation in third
world countries. Our goal is to raise $6250, so if you’re interested, please donate at the high school office or online at http:// wellchallenge.wix.com/stettler
Some of the more artistic students are working with the Town of Stettler,
which is sponsoring a competition with a prize for students to produce a
poster that advertises the Earth week cleanup in April.
That’s all for this week!
Badminton is upcomingWildcatCorner
HANNAH MCKAY
Byemoor/Endiang
NewsLES AND ROSEMARY STULBERG
403-579-2403
Contributed photo
Mrs. Lang’s grade 1 students celebrate 100 days of school.
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