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On February 9th a BurningBan was placed on all openfires, including burning bar-rels, in the M.D. of Foothillsincluding the towns, villagesand hamlets located withinits boundaries.

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Valley NeighboursClub 403-933-4445.--------------------------------------------------------4pm - Board Game Club at the Sheep RiverLibrary. 403-933-3278.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - TOPS ( Take Off PoundsSensibly) at Millarville Rancher's Hall.--------------------------------------------------------6:00 ~ 7:00pm Belly Dancing Sheep CreekArts Council 403-933-4020.--------------------------------------------------------7:00 ~ 8:00pm - Red Deer Lake CommunityCentre - Boot Camp for all levels - Patti: 403-931-2373.--------------------------------------------------------7:00- 9:00pm Adult Badminton, MillarvilleCommunity School gym. 931-3919.-------------------------------------------------------7:30 ~ 9:30pm 1st & 3rd week of month.Scrapbooking Sheep Creek Arts Council -403-933-4424.--------------------------------------------------------7:00 ~ 8:30pm YOGA Beginners and all lev-els, Priddis Community Hall, drops in wel-come. Margit 403-931-3649.--------------------------------------------------------7:30pm Last/every month. Legion LadiesAuxiliary No meetings July, August or De-cember. 403-933-4564.--------------------------------------------------------7:30 ~ 9:30pm Last/month. Camera ClubSheep CreekArts Council 403-933-2407.

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-----------------------------------------------February 20th - Diamond ValleyFamily Day Fun - Scavenger Hunt,Hot Dog Lunch and Skating Party.FMI: www.turnervalley.ca. Freefun for all ages! Sponsored by thetowns of Turner Valley and BlackDiamond.-----------------------------------------------

Feb 27th 6:30pm Seniors’ DinnerRoyal Canadian Legion Turner Val-ley. 403-933-4600.-----------------------------------------------

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Generosity EncouragesProgress

Well, it was a hecticend to 2011! Novemberwas busy with FamilyViolence Prevention. Wedid a number of presenta-t i o n s t h r o u g h o u rB r a n c h e s P u b l i cEducation Program in thelocal schools and with com-munity groups.

December saw a verysuccessful Christmas GiftCard campaign. We wereable to offer gift cards andcommunity donations toall the women that cameinto the shelter as well asthose that were supportedthrough our outreach pro-

gram. This allowed womenthe opportunity and dig-nity to purchase gifts fortheir children and itemsfor themselves that theywould not have been ableto without the generosityof our community part-ners.

We also continued tosee our new facility grow.Work started in midOctober, the weather wasgood and we are now wellon our way to being openby summer 2012. You canwatch our progress on ourwebsite:www.rowanhouse.ca.

O u r H e a l t h yRelationship Group forwomen involved withRowan House startedanother 8 week session inJanuary. Delicious soupmade at Soup Sisters isoffered to the moms andchildren that attend.Thank you to Parent Linkfor their support and part-nership.

We also look forward toyou supporting us in ourannual fund raiser – TheHope & Healing Gala, May5th, 2012. We are plan-ning a fun filled eveningwith a fantastic meal and

great entertainment. Wewill have wonderful auc-tion items for you to bid onand maybe even a sneakpreview at what our newfacility will look like. Getyour tickets soon.

In Gratitude,Sherrie Botten

Diamond Valley Scavenger HuntNo Need To Look Far For Fun On Family Day

The towns of Turner Val-ley and Black Diamondare getting prepared for an-other fun Family Day intheir communities. Localbusinesses will participatein an adrenalin-pumping,morning Scavenger Hunt,after which families andfriends will be restoredwith a fun hot dog lunch.The day continues with amusic-filled afternoon ofice-skating in the greatoutdoors. Skaters will bejoined by firefighters fromTurner Valley for a rousinggame of broomball on halfof the rink.

It all takes place on Mon-day, February 20th withthe Flare 'n Derrick Com-munity Centre being theevent's hub. Registrationfor the Scavenger Hunt be-gins at 10:00am. To makeit fair, all contestants willstart their hunt at thesame hour of 11:00.Lunch will be served atnoon along with prizesawarded to the 2012 Scav-enger Hunt winners.Then, at 1:00pm, theTurner Valley OutdoorSkating Rink will open itsdoors to an enthusiasticcrowd for the Skating

Party. It all ends at4:00pm, in plenty of timeto head back home beforesunset for dinner.

“This event is open to ev-eryone,” reminds GlennBaxter, fire chief of theTurner Valley Fire Depart-ment, the host of the Skat-ing Party. “Bring the fam-ily, bring a friend, themore the merrier,” headds.

“You'll need to 'get yourgame on' to win braggingrights for the ScavengerHunt,” says Hazel Martin,the event's co-organizer.“This year's clues could

stump even the bestsleuth,” she says with amischievous smile.

Local businesses areparticipating by providingclues, some prizes and afew are acting as land-marks for the hunt.

Diamond Valley's Fam-ily Day Scavenger Huntand Skating Party are pre-sented by the Town ofTurner Valley and theTown of Black Diamond.Organizers remind resi-dents to dress for theweather to better enjoy allthe fun activities plannedfor the day.

C. Ian McLaren News

On January 26th, it wasFamily Literacy Day inFoothills School Division.At McLaren, we have hadthe tradition of beginningour day with our annual“Rise and Read”. Parents,family members andfriends are invited to stayfor the first half hour of theday to read with their chil-dren. As you wanderaround in the school, allthe available tables,chairs, nooks and cran-nies are filled with chil-dren reading to adults and

adults reading to chil-dren. We also incorpo-rated a special dress upday into the Family Lit-eracy celebrations. Stu-dents and staff wereencouraged to comedressed as “YourFavourite LiteraryCharacter”. From Anneof Green Gables toLaura Ingalls, fromCinderella to Harry Pot-ter, many students partici-pated in the chance todress up and have somefun with a favourite book.

Family Literacy Dayhighlights the impor-tance of reading for chil-dren, not only learningto read but the contin-uation of reading asone grows older and thesharing of reading withregular, on-going occa-sions for story times orbed time stories. Often,

in this day and age, read-ing is missed as familiesturn to digital technologyfor entertaining kids. How-ever, reading will continueto be an important skill forchildren to develop as theygo through the grades.Research has shown thatstudents who read for fif-teen minutes each dayimprove in all areas oftheir school work. Keep onreading to keep on learn-ing!

Family Literacy Day at McLaren

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On the 18th of January,we had a wonderful presen-tation from Alison fromMarigold on how to down-load ebooks from thelibrary onto our personal e-readers. If you missed it orif you are interested in hav-ing another session, pleaselet Joan know, and she willtry to organize it.

On Thursday February9th, Jun Young Lee gave atalk on the two most impor-tant palaces in Korea. OnWednesday, February29th. at 7pm, Doris Lesickwill give a talk on herimpressions of Indonesia ,including her visit to theorphans of Batham, theSumatran elephants andthe orangutans of Borneo.Please register by phone(403-558-3927) or sign upat the Village Office on thebulletin board.

On March 14th, JanDyck will give a talk abouther and her husband's tripto South Africa. That will beat 7pm.

During Literacy Week,Jan Dyck brought theGrade Five and Grade Sixchildren from the LongviewElementary School for anorientation of our libraryand a lesson on how toresearch subjects for theirassignments. Classes fromKindergarten to GradeFour came for a specialstory hour.

Our Pancake Supperwill be on Tuesday, Febru-ary 14th (Valentines Day)at the Community Hallfrom 5:30 to 7pm. This islots of fun and a goodchance to see all yourfriends. So do come out!

For those of you whoremember the nove l

by Joy Kogawaabout the internment of theJapanese Canadians inBritish Columbia duringthe Second World War,there is an equally stirringnovel

byJamie Ford. It is about theinternment of the AmericanJapanese at the same time

in history. The story isbased in Seattle, Washing-ton and tells of the differentcustoms and mores of theAsian culture, its deep loy-alty to tradition and thegreat respect and reverencethat it has for its elders.Interwoven in the grim por-trayal of conditions in thesecamps is a beautiful lovestory. The title is apt - "bit-ter and sweet" and the booka delightful read.

Sometimes I mention abook that isn't in ourlibrary. You mustn't letthat deter you, becausewith our inter-library loansystem, you can get anybook you want by simplyspeaking to Joan. She willorder it for you and youshould have your bookwithin the week. Many ofour books are constantlygoing out to other libraries.It's a good system andworks very well for all con-cerned.

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The first item of this col-umn is to update thebranch closing schedule forthe Family Day weekend.Contrary to what was re-ported in our last column,there will be the usual Fri-day evening buffet on the17th but the branch will beclosed as announced onSaturday the 18th.

We have witnessed an in-crease in the number ofmembers and guests at theFriday evening buffets. Thechanges to the menu andpricing have brought verypositive feedback and theexecutive looks forward tomore of your commentswhether or not they arecomplimentary. As anaside, the next Seniors' din-ner is on Monday, February27th at 5pm.

The branch recently re-ceived a handsome dona-tion of more than $2,000from Tilly Jackson in mem-ory of her late father, SgtGerard Hogan who servedin WWII and Korea as wellas Regular Force. With herapproval the donation wasused to bring the computersystems into the 21st cen-tury for which our volun-teer office “manager” andthe membership committeeare enormously grateful.

The children of the areaenjoyed a great Saturdayevent at the “Jelly BeanDance” arranged by the en-tertainment committee.Feedback was entirely posi-tive and reflects well the Le-gion's commitment to ourcommunity.

The monthly GeneralMeeting on February 14thsaw the initiation of an un-usually large number ofnew members. We welcomethem into our service tradi-tion and look forward totheir contributions to thewelfare of the branch its vet-erans and its outreach.

On Monday, February6th., the 60th anniversaryof Queen Elizabeth II’s ac-cession, at an outside cere-mony by the flag pole, anumber of members met at6pm to honour her achieve-ment. A carillon of bells orig-inally played on VE Day in1945 was heard followed bythe Royal Anthem. A rous-ing three cheers was calledfor Her Majesty, followingwhich the members movedinside where a toast was of-fered for her health. TheSovereign's Canadian Flagwas proudly flown for partof the day including the cer-emony itself.

T h e H o n o u r s a n dAwards Committee hasstarted work on this year'sprogramme. For this to besuccessful we require inputfrom members. We ask thatyou look around thebranch and nominate thosewhom you believe havemade significant contribu-tions over a period of years.Our website has informa-tion on the various levels ofthese awards from a Certifi-cate o f Apprec iat ionthrough to Life Memberand Meritorious ServiceAwards.

The committee will re-

ceive recommendations forlocal approval up to Febru-ary 29th. We require thismuch lead time before thepresentations on Saturday,May 26th as most awardsmust ultimately be ap-proved at either Provincialand/or Dominion Com-mand. This approval de-pends on the nomineeachieving a level of servicethat meets national stan-dards and will also includeservice in the communitybeyond the Legion. The evi-dence of that commitmentis contained only in the cita-tion which is based on mem-ber input and submitted bythe committee.

Finally, planning for the“Vimy Day” Parade inTurner Valley is in its pre-liminary stages. This year,as on that fateful day in1917, April 9th falls onEaster Monday. We honourthose Canadians who, intheir first campaign underi t s o w n l e a d e r s h i p ,achieved in a relativelyshort time what no otherarmy had been able to doover months of fighting;they dislodged the Germandefenders from the Ridgeand opened up the possibil-ity of an ultimate Allied vic-tory. More detail later.Serving Veterans, ourYouth, Seniors and theCommunity at large.~ Malcolm Hughes

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Longview LinkBy Chey Nickerson

On behalf of the resi-dents of the Village, wewould like to send congrat-ulations to Eva Leveque,Suzy Levesque and LanaFloen, The TravellingM a b e l s . T h e A C M Aawarded them Group ofthe Year. Great job girls.You rock.

February 14th, 5 to7pm: Pancake Supper atLongview CommunityHall. Cost….Donations.Everyone Welcome.

Legacy will host an openhouse on February 16th atthe Longview CommunityHall from 4 to 8pm. Therewill be lots of great infor-mation to come out of thismeeting for all residentsconcerning Legacy, the Vil-lage of Longview and sur-rounding areas. Mark thedate and join in for a veryinformative evening.

The Longview MemorialGardens Committee has afund raising initiativewhere local ranchers candisplay their brands on theoutline of the mural beingcreated by Matts Zoumer.A donation of $25.00 foreach brand displayedwould be placed towardsthe total project cost of theMemorial Gardens, whicha r e e s t i m a t e d a t$45,000.00. For more in-formation please contact ei-ther Winnie Hayden at(403)558-3935 or IvorM c C o r q u i n d a l e a t(403)558-3600.

Youth Group Ski trip onFebruary 25th. Phone(403)558-3932 to registerASAP.

Wishing everyone aHappy Valentine's Day aswell as Family Day!

The SheepRiver Libraryopened i t sdoors at its

beautiful new location inTurner Valley almost ayear ago and to celebratethat milestone and toshowcase all that thelibrary has to offer we arehosting an Open House onSaturday March 24th, 12-4pm. We encourage every-one to drop by and take inall the displays that willshowcase the communitygroups that partner withthe library to bring life-long learning programs toyour door. If you are notalready aware of all theprograms the libraryoffers this is your time tofind out! Everything fromcareer programs, filmscreenings, children'sactivities and groups whomeet at the library will allhave representatives on

hand to talk to you abouttheir programs andanswer your questions.Many of the exhibitors arealso offering door prizesand in addition to thesethe library will be offeringtwo major door prizes of aWii and a Kobo E-Reader.All you need to do to enterfor the draw is turn up onMarch 24th and fill in ashort questionnaire.Extra ballots can beearned if you bring in anon-library member andthey take out a member-ship. Of course no eventwould be complete with-out snacks so coffee andgoodies will be served. Welook forward to seeingyou!

In the meantime thereare plenty of other rea-sons to drop into thelibrary. February 16th'sChickLit Class is looking

at , a great clas-sic by Charlotte Bronte.Drop by the fireplace tableat 1:30pm if you are inter-ested in being part of thisgroup. Tuesday, February21st we have Search andRescue instructing “Ad-venture Smart”. If youwant to know how to besafe in the outdoors thenthis is the class for you.Follow this up the nextTuesday (February 28th)with “Map & CompassReading” if you reallywant to make sure youmake it back home again.Mortgages Decoded willrun on Wednesday, Feb-ruary 22nd at 7pm andt h e L a w a t L u n c hteleconference on Separa-tion and Divorce will be atnoon on February 29th.Resume Writing will beheld on Tuesday February28th, 1-4pm with our won-

derful McBride consul-tant. If you haven'tupdated your resume for awhile then this class willbe most helpful.

Don't forget all our regu-lar weekly happeningssuch as Yoga (Thursdaysat 9:30am), TIPS (Trea-sures in Progress Society)on Fridays at 10:30am,StoryTime (Thursdays at2 p m & F r i d a y s a t10:30am) and the BoardGame Club on Tuesdaysat 4pm.

Due to the high numberof people wanting to takeboth our Computer Basicsa n d S o c i a l M e d i aCourses, both of thesecourses will be run againin the future. If youmissed out on them thistime then look for them inthe Fall.

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Feb 21st FCSS 7:00 pm Council Chambers* NOTE date change for Feb. only

Feb22nd Economic Development Committee 7:00 pm Council ChambersFeb 23rd COUNCIL 7:30 pm Council Chambers

* NOTE date change for Feb. onlyFeb 27th Sustainability Committee 7:00 pm Council Chambers

Feb20th OFFICE CLOSED FOR FAMILY DAY HOLIDAY

Hello, fellow residents of Black Diamond. I have had the op-portunity to stroll around our lovely town in this greatweather we have been blessed with. As our Chinook windsmelt the snow, we unfortunately see (and smell) the evidenceof our canine friends, who have enjoyed their romp outside,but have not been cleaned up after by their masters. It wouldbe greatly appreciated if all of the dog owners did their duty,and picked up after their pets when they walk them. Please

don't let your dogs run loose, to go to the neighbour's and leave unwanted giftsin their yards. Let's all take pride in our beautiful community and keep it clean.We are lucky to live in the best part of the world.

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Councillor’s Corner: by Councillor Sharon HartSCAVENGER HUNT & SKATING PARTY – FEBRUARY 20th, 2012

No later than February 15th, 2012

The Diamond Valley Scavenger Hunt and Skating Party will be held onFamily Day, Monday, February 20th, hosted by the Towns of Turner Valley andBlack Diamond, and the Turner Valley Fire Department. Be at the Flare andDerrick by 10:00 am on Monday with your team to register!

Hazel at 403-933-4944 by email at [email protected], orDavid at 403-933-4348 by email at

For more information, check out What's New on the Town of Black Diamond'sWebsite!

Volunteer positions available: 1) MEMBER AT LARGE -1) BOARD VOLUNTEER -

Contact David Petrovich, EDEC, at 403-933-4348,email: for more information.

*** We are looking for six (6) enthusiastic volunteers to assist with this event. If youare interested please contact, either:

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE NEWS

The Regular Meeting of Council for the Town of Black Diamond,which was to take place on February 15th, 2012, has been resched-uled due to a number of Council members attending a meeting out oftown on that night. The Council Meeting will be held on

Thursday, February 23rd, at 7:30 pm.

Do you know someone whose outstanding volunteer efforts deserve tobe recognized with the ? If you do, pleasenominate them by filling out the Nomination Form which you can find

on the Town of Black Diamond's Website (under FCSS info), or pick one up atthe Town Office. Submit the completed form to the Town Office - –Nomination deadline isFor more information, please call Sue Nagel at 403-933-4348, or email [email protected]

Volunteer of the Year Award

February 15th, 2012!BUT HURRY

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Change of Date for Black Diamond Town Council Meeting

Foothills School Division is pleased toannounce that Cynthia Glaicar has beenappointed Principal of its newWestmount School in Okotoks. She be-gins her new position on April 2nd toguide activities leading up to the school’sofficial opening in September 2012.

This will be Ms. Glaicar’s second ad-ministrative position in Foothills SchoolDivision. She has served as Vice Princi-pal at Oilfields High School since 2005and was instrumental in the develop-ment of Oilfields’ national award-winning Quest alternative education pro-gram.

"We are delighted that Cynthia has ac-cepted the position. She is a forwardthinking leader with a passion for publiceducation and building trusting rela-tionships, which will be a valuable assetas she embraces the challenge of open-ing our newest school in Foothills SchoolDivision," says Stacey Meyer, AssistantSuperintendent, Employee Services.

Ms. Glaicar is excited about the op-portunity: "Opening a new school alsoopens doors to so many possibilities. It isinvigorating to know that the inauguralWestmount team will create the foot-print for the school for years to come. Iam looking forward to working with theWestmount community and our “Foot-hills Family” in Okotoks to create excep-tional learning opportunities for our stu-dents."

"I will miss the High Country and Oil-fields, where I have developed close rela-tionships in the community and lovedbuilding opportunities for Oilfields stu-dents. I am proud of our work and know

that the staff and community will con-tinue with the fantastic things takingplace in the school," adds Ms. Glaicar.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts fromYork University in Toronto, a Bachelor ofEducation from the University of To-ronto and a Master of Arts, Educationfrom Gonzaga University in Spokane,Washington. Ms. Glaicar joined Foot-hills School Division as a teacher in2001.

Markes Fredriksen has been ap-pointed Acting Vice Principal for Oil-fields High School, effective April 2nd un-til the end of the school year. He will stepinto the post currently held by MsGlaicar.

Mr. Fredriksen joined FoothillsSchool Division in September 2009 andis currently a teacher at Oilfields HighSchool, where he has been instrumentalin establishing the national award-winning Quest alternative education pro-gram.

"We are very excited to have Markesmove into this Acting Vice Principal-ship. The skills he has developed as aclassroom teacher and his outstandingwork with the Quest program will servehim extremely well in this opportunity,"says Stacey Meyer, Assistant Superin-tendent, Employee Services.

"I am excited to support the vision ofOilfields High School in my new role asActing Vice Principal. The opportunity towork with staff to ensure the school con-tinues to offer exceptional programmingthat meets the needs of our unique anddiverse community is a challenge I lookforward to with great anticipation," says

Mr. Fredriksen.He has a Bachelor of Education, Sec-

ondary Route as well as a Master of Edu-cation in Education Studies in Leader-ship & School Improvement (K-12), bothfrom the University of Alberta. Mr.Fredriksen began his teaching career in2003 in Essex & Hertfordshire, U.K. be-fore relocating to Alberta.

Changing Vices at Oilfields High SchoolPower in the FoothillsT h e F o o t h i l l s

Powerlifting Associationpresented “Power in theFoothills”, the westerncomponent of a Cana-dian Challenge on Sat-urday, February 11th atthe Foothills CentennialCentre in Okotoks…..and in Scarborough, On-tario at the same time.

Powerlifting, at itsmost basic, is liftingweights on a bar, asheavy as you can. Youget three attempts atwhat is referred to as a“lift”. The three lifts arethe Squat, the BenchPress and the Deadlift.Basically it's the personwho lifts the most (intheir weight class) on theday that wins.

The overall best lifterswere recognized at the

event and the best in thecountry will be recog-nized after the results forboth events are com-piled.

100% RAW is aPowerlifting Federationthat is new to Canadaand runs on the princi-pal that no support suitsor drugs are allowedwhile lifting. All lifts are100% the effort of theathlete.

This Federation isalso unique in that theyhave a 14 & under agecategory. There were 4young ladies and oneyoung man participatingin this category at thiscompetition.

All proceeds from themeet will go to SpecialOlympics Alberta.

PHOTO: Deanna Stiller, age 9, of Turner Valley

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The Grade 3s were eagerto return to school toshare all the adventures ofthe holidays. What betterway to share the excite-ment than in a story. Theassignment: write a storythat is loosely based on anevent that happened overthe past few weeks. Hereis one of those stories.*Don't worry no one reallygot hurt!

One day two boys Mateo16 and Weston 20 and onegirl Taylor 11 all went on ahike to Mount Everest.Weston was first, Taylorwas second and Mateowas third. They walked along way. Finally they gotthere. They looked in theirbackpacks. In their back-packs there was a ropeand spikes to put on theirfeet. The only thing thatthey forgot was hooks sothey wouldn ' t bangagainst the rocks and tohelp them climb. So theystarted to climb and theirhands got cold because ofthe snow. When they gotclose to the top a blizzardcame. Weston went thewrong way and Taylor and

Mateo followed. Westonput his hand on a looserock and fell but hequickly grabbed a differ-ent rock. Then he put hishand on another looserock and he fell to theground. Taylor went tofind him. Weston had to goto the hospital but in theend he was ok.

We are now in toM i l l a r v i l l e g r a d eseven/eight girls basket-ball league. So far we havesuccessfully won all threeof our games. The teamhas eight girls and iscoached by Mr. Haydenand Mrs. Simard. We alsohad a tournament on Jan-uary 27th and 28th at Oil-fields High School, and an-other on Saturday, Febru-ary 4th at Millarville.

At the end of Christmasbreak, Millarville Commu-nity School got a new Vice-Principal - Mr. Davidson.He is also the Grade 6-7-8humanities teacher. Wedo a lot on the computerswith him and like him a lot

as he is has a great senseof humour and he ex-plains things slowly andclearly. Millarville Com-munity School is thrilledto have him here!

At Millarville Commu-nity school we havestarted archery in Out-door Pursuits class. Ourteacher is Mr. Beacomand he is helping us withour skills. We have takena test, and are now targetshooting. We are verymuch looking forward tocontinuing with this funprogram.

The boys have had agreat start to the seasonunder the guidance of Mr.Beacom with tons of prac-ticing plus the bonus of de-feating Edison 22-18 intheir first game of the sea-son. The boys basketballteam has also started a tra-dition of wearing a shirtand tie for game days toshow that the boys arewildcats. The team of 10 islooking forward to the restof their season and theirannual home tournamentWildcat Chaos.

The Spectacular Bliz-zard – By Emily

Girls Basketball - Sierraand Shayla

Mr. Davidson - Katelyn,Caitie and Charizma

Archery - Seth and Max

Boys Basketball - Ethan

Millarville’s Cool News

Groundhog Day is aholiday that originatedin New York and Penn-sylvania and celebratedon February 2nd. Inweather lore , i f agroundhog, also knownas a woodchuck, mar-mot or ground squirrelemerges from its burrowon this day and fails tosee its shadow becausethe weather is cloudy,winter will soon end. Ifthe groundhog sees itsshadow, it will returninto its burrow and thewinter will continue for 6more weeks. Aroundthese parts we dependon the famous gopher(a.k.a. Richardson'sground squirrel) BalzacBilly to let us know howmuch winter is left.Given the rather balmyweather we have hadsome of us might say “noworries! Winter is almostover”. Regardless of theweather, Turner ValleySchool promises to be avery busy place in thecoming month.

February is bullyingawareness month atTurner Valley School.We have a number oft h i n g s h a p p e n i n gthroughout the month.Besides a “

” and a visit from ourRCMP liaison officerConst. Joel Turcotte, ourGrade 5 class has a num-ber of things plannedthroughout the monthculminating in theirassembly on February29th at 10:30am.

In closing we wish tothank our parent coun-cil for their incrediblesupport and our parentvolunteers who givefreely of their time tohelp us be the best wecan be.

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We are pleased toreport that our weeklong Artist in Residence' 'has been a huge suc-cess. Here is what someof the students wroteabout their experience:

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Yours in Education,Rob Bennington

I like drumming andthey were hard and theywere easy. And drum-ming is awesome. Andthe drums are big andround. The drums arehand drums.

We go to it every day.Mr. K is our teacher. Wewill be having a concertsoon. The drums comefrom West Africa. Thedrum is a djembe handdrum.

The drumming that wedid was fun to do but ithurt my hands. Some ofthe drums are really bigand some are reallysmall.

Drumming: Drummingis fun. We have learned alot but we have a lot tolearn. Mr. K. is a funteacher. Some drums arebig and some are small.Sometimes I get smalland sometimes I get big.

The drums are called adjembe. And you use itwith your hands.

One World Drumming

Raya

Keegan

Kaity

Tristan

Saydee

Pink ShirtDay

TURNER VALLEY SCHOOL NEWSTURNER VALLEY SCHOOL NEWS

February is in the Pink


Town of Turner Valleywww.turnervalley.ca

403.933.4944 ~ 223 Main Street NE

KIDS, BRING YOUR PARENTS AND FRIENDS

DIAMOND VALLEY SCAVENGER HUNT

AND SKATING PARTY

FAMILY DAY, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2012Registration at 10:00 a.m.

Scavenger Hunt from 11:00 to noon

Hot dogs and prizes from noon to 1:00 p.m.

Skating party from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

No registration fees

Co-sponsored by the Town of Turner Valley, the Town of BlackDiamond and Turner Valley Fire Department.

For more information or to volunteer call 403.933.4944 or

visit our web site www.turnervalley.ca

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Turner Valley

Family and Community Support Services (FCSS)

Call for applications for fundingTurner Valley FCSS accepts funding proposals from non-profit

organizations throughout the year until October 31st. For eligibility

criteria and application forms, please visit

2012 Business Licenses & Animal Licenses

Due February 22Business licenses and animal licenses are due February 22. If you

no longer have your pet or are not renewing your business license

please contact the Town of Turner Valley at:

403.933.4944 or by email:

After February 22, the following animal license fees will be in effect!

Neutered/spayed dog over 6 months of age $40

Unneutered/unspayed dog over 6 months of age $80

Neutered/spayed dog over 6 months of age $45

Unneutered/unspayed dog over 6 months of age $85

(deemed vicious) $300

Neutered/spayed cat over 6 months of age $20

Unneutered/unspayed cat over 6 months of age $60

Neutered/spayed cat over 6 months of age $22.50

Unneutered/unspayed cat over 6 months of age $70

$5

Dogs

CATS:

First dog per residence:

Second Dog per residence:

Vicious Dogs

First Cat per residence:

Second Cat per residence:

Replacement Tags:

[email protected]

Upcoming Turner Valley Council Meetings

Please Don't Feed the Wildlife

Snow Removal Thank You

Start time – 6:30 p.m.

February 21 – Regular Council Meeting

March 5 – Committee of the Whole

March 19 – Regular Council Meeting

April 2 – Committee of the Whole

April 16 – Regular Council Meeting

Turner Valley Protective Services would like to remind residents to

restrain from feeding the wildlife that may come through town.

Although they are a welcome sight to us, we remind residents that

feeding the wildlife may also attract those that are unwelcome such

as cougars into the town.

We would like to thank residents for the work that has been done at

keeping our sidewalks as free and clear of snow and ice as possible.

It has been a safe winter thus far, so let's keep it up and continue

keeping our sidewalks safe.

Turner Valley Protective Services Complaint Line

403.863.4341Town of Turner Valley Office Hours

Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Closed on Statutory Holidays

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By Dave Heron

Travel Tracks* Not So Much - Part 2 *

Until Global Warmingimpacts Thunder Bay ona predictable long term ba-sis, Mexico will continueto lure snowbirds in re-cord numbers.

There are howeversigns of reluctance insome, to return to the de-cades old sunspot overfears raised concerningpersonal safety.

And although budgetseekers will continue tof l o c k t o M e x i c o ' shotspots, a number offolks who are prepared tospend the higher dollaramount in exchange fortheir getaway, are begin-ning to look elsewhere.

Which potent ia l l yleaves Mexican hotelierswith the distinction of be-ing the destination ofchoice for the $599 pack-age holiday crowd – butnot much else.

And as a hotelier who'sspent half a billion or soon a new state of the art fa-cility, $599 is not going topay the bills.

A combination of badpress coupled with theperception of lackadaisi-cal investigative work byMexican law enforcementin a number of recent inci-dents involving tourists,has more than a few po-tential visitors spooked.

And the recent event inMazatlan that saw offi-cials whose previoustrack record rivaled theToronto Maple Leafs forpost season success, sud-denly investigate, arrestand solve the allegedcrime in less time than ittakes to set up a speedtrap on the Deerfoot – let'sjust say there's some de-gree of skepticism outthere in the minds of thegeneral public.

While tourism officialsare, I suspect, hopefulthat speedy closure will re-store the faith, a bull's eyefrom the gang that previ-ously couldn't shootstraight is not necessarilygoing down well with ev-eryone.

In the early ‘90's, a fastfood chain known as Jackin the Box suffered a nearfatal collapse after an inci-dent of e-coli contamina-tion in the supply chainwas deemed responsiblefor 4 deaths.

In the 3 or so years thatfollowed, a massive effort

directed toward solvingthe problem by identify-ing a root cause was un-dertaken.

Experts in the area ofsafety in food handlingwere brought on boardand the number one pri-ority was to produce asafe product.

Coupled with these ef-forts, an unprecedentedpublic relations cam-paign directed at keepingfolks updated as to whatthey were doing to makethings safer was under-taken.

It took what I'm sureseemed like forever tothose behind the scenesto turn the companyaround, but the effortpaid off when in 2004 thecompany won the covetedBlack Pearl Award for in-novations in food qualityand safety.

It's time for tourism offi-cials and hoteliers in Mex-ico to borrow a chapter ortwo from Jack's survivalguide.

That areas in Mexicohave safety issues is agiven.

As does Canada, theUnited States, Germany,Australia – this list goeson infinitum.

And while it's unlikelythat any effort will suc-ceed in making CiudadJuarez across from ElPaso a sought after resortarea, there are people farwiser than I who are morethan capable of effecting aturnaround in the brandname resort areas.

Start with identifyingthe weak points in exist-ing hotel security in theall you can drink 24/7 re-sorts that seemingly al-low less than stellar be-havior to go unchecked.

And because as hote-liers you possibly can'tsee the trees for the forest– go to outside sources forguidance in identifyingthe areas of weakness.

In collaboration withtour operators that feedinto your product and fed-eral tourism officials whosuggest that safety's im-portant to them as well,properly fund the recom-mended fix.

Whether it be addi-tional surveillance moni-toring, on-site personnel– and no we're not talkingabout $4 an hour casual

labour hires or curtailingthe urge to “fire sale” un-used rooms out the doorto anyone and everyonefor $29 a night – improvethe quality of the product.

And do this in conjunc-tion with recognized ac-credited firms that spe-cialize in safety, securityand corporate image turn-arounds.

Create an industrystandard that exudes pub-lic confidence – the resortequivalent if you will of anISO 25,000.

Call it STAYSAFE if youwill, or anything else thatsolidly portrays andbacks your commitmentto safety standards toyour valued guests.

And don't be afraid ofgetting your rate struc-ture out of the cellar to re-flect the difference be-tween a STAYSAFE expe-rience and the Casa elDumpo down the streetwho chose to opt out ofthe program.

No one lying in a hospi-tal bed after an incidenthas ever gone on recordas saying “No problem – Itake solace in havingscooped the bargain ofthe week at $599.”

When hotels let theirrooms go for the equiva-lent of three or four bucksan hour including all youcan ingest, the type ofguest that permeates thefacility is often question-able.

And that's not what, inthe long term, is going toreturn equity to the re-sort's shareholders.

Neither will it culmi-nate in the return ofguests who are looking tospend a reasonable dollarin exchange for a positiveexperience.

And there's no time likethe present.

The forecast for Thun-der Bay this morning is abalmy 3 degrees andclimbing.

Adios until next timeDave Heron

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Martial Arts training isn'tat all like other activities.Most physical sport activi-ties are seasonal and socialin nature. Neither of theseterms should be used todescribe what we do in mar-tial arts training. Martialarts training is a lifelong pro-cess where the focus is onthe self. It is important tounderstand this to get themost out of your or yourchild's training.

First off let's look at theidea of seasonal training.Martial arts skill is very pre-cise motor movement exe-cuted under stress. The con-sequences of not being accu-rate or precise are resultinginjury for any personinvolved in the training orinjury in a self protectionenvironment. Because ofthe nature of the skills andthe process of refining themthese skills deteriorate veryquickly when not in use.People who only attend sem-inars or attend martial artstraining seasonally willhave difficulty obtaining alevel of mastery. In the caseof children this can result indiminished self confidenceand low self image.

Second is the idea thatmartial arts training is a

social event. Most parentsenroll children in martialarts to learn focus, respectand discipline. Most adultsenroll for similar reasons.It's counter productive touse martial arts class as asystem of punishment. Forexample, "if you don't cleanyour room you're not goingto class," or, "if you don'tobtain a particular gradeyou're not going to class."Martial arts class is whatteaches people to have thediscipline to clean theirroom or the focus to studyfor good grades. If the issueis time management thenit's very appropriate torestrict or limit trainingtime but should be taughtas a time management les-son and not as a punish-ment.

Understanding both ofthese ideas will help adultswho train, and parents ofchildren who train, how toget the most out of class.These ideals are summedup best by an ancient Japa-nese proverb, "Cry in thedojo, laugh on the battle-field." The proverb is oftenperverted to represent onlysweat or blood in training.Tears however is more accu-rate. Training in a well run

school with proper instruc-tors and instruction forcesstudents to look inwards towork on perfecting them-selves. This means con-fronting personal demons,fears, anxieties and skills tolearn to become better as aperson as a whole. It's notjust about punching andkicking or grappling.

This is the same for thoseof you who are law enforce-ment professionals. How doyou view training days? As aburden? An excuse to showup late and leave early? Anexcuse to get drunk duringthe entirety of the event? Doyou think you only have totrain on scheduled days ordo you make opportunitiesto train and perfect yourskills all year round?

People who view martialarts the same as other phys-ical activities will be miss-ing out on a great opportu-nity to maximize their train-ing and personal growth. Itboils down to not giving upwhen the going gets tough,to stick it out, to get to classwhen it's difficult and notviewing the dojo as a socialevent or a seasonal activity.

Stay safe, be well.Sensei Tom Gillis

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In celebration of FamilyLiteracy Week January23rd - 27th and in thespirit of our Soaring Liter-acy Program at LongviewSchool, a number of liter-a cy ac t i v i t i e s we r eplanned and enjoyed by ev-eryone including:

Students enjoyed ex-tra library time with Ms.Dyck all week, to partici-pate in a variety of literacyactivities including play-ing scrabble on an over-sized game board.

All students had theopportunity to visit the Vil-lage of Longview Library toexplore everything (booksand programs) that ourcommunity library has tooffer. The students verymuch enjoyed this fieldtrip, with most students in-dicating that they wouldbe interested in getting li-brary memberships.

The Grade 5/6classes had the opportu-nity to read with the Pre-school and Kindergartenclasses.

A number of literacyguests including Mr.M u e l a n e r , M r .McCorquindale, Mrs.LaDouceur, Mr. Smith, aswell as, Longview Seniors,community members andgrandparents came toread to Longview stu-dents.

Students dressed-up as one of their favouritefictional book charactersand shared their favouritebook with other students.Students also had the op-portunity to play literarycharades.

Students enjoyedeating alphabet soup forlunch and alphabet lettercookies for dessert.

Literacy has alwaysbeen the keystone oflearning and we want ourstudents to develop abroad and deep range of lit-eracy skills. Learners withstrong literacy skills, ac-quire, create, connect andcommunicate meaning ina wide variety of contexts.During our Soaring Liter-acy time at LongviewSchool, students learn dif-ferent strategies to im-prove their literacy skills.Teachers have imple-mented literacy strategiesfrom the book

by Elaine K.McEwan-Adkins in bothour Tier 1/core program,as well as, our Tier 2 Liter-acy Soars program. “Re-search shows that stu-dents need opportunitiesto use literacy knowledgeand skills in a variety ofcontexts to master and effi-ciently transfer them fromone area to another.” (

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1) Push a straw upthrough the bottom of astrawberry to easily removethe hull.

2) Re-use a wet wipe con-tainer to store plastic bagsfor trash in the car or house.

3) Add a small containerof baby powder to yourbeach bag to easily removesand; just sprinkle it on and

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5) Attach two wiresabout two feet apart to a walljust below ceiling height in acloset to store rolls of wrap-ping paper.

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8) Make a craft caddyfrom a metal muffin pan. Putmagnets in the bottom ofplastic cups to hold them inplace and fill them with cray-ons, markers and other craftitems.

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10) Bake cupcakes di-rectly into flat bottom icecream cones as a tidy andcute treat for kids.

11) Turn your muffin panupside down and bakecookie dough on it for in-stant ice cream or fruit cupcookie bowls.

Well, that's all we havespace for this time, hope youenjoyed these, and if youhave any favorites, pleasesend them on to me.

I was having lunch with afriend from High River andwe talked about how therewas no snow on the groundeast of Highway 2. I men-tioned that the closer you gotto the foothills, the moresnow could be found. This isone of those winters wherewe don't have snow cover allwinter and we are enjoyinglots of Chinooks. I've heardon TV that Calgarians arebeing urged to haul out thehoses and water their gar-dens. Do we need to do thesame?

It seems to me that everytime I start to get antsy aboutthe dryness and the warmth,it snows. So far, so good. Thehibernating hose is stayingin the shed. Calgary iswarmer because it is a city.I'm sure there are places

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The trick is to know youryard and know your plants.Young trees, shrubs andperennials that you justplanted last year might needsome additional water if theyare in a warm spot where thesnow is gone and the groundis warm.

South beds get dry andwarm fairly quickly. Theymight need some extrawater, too.

If you watered well in thefall, there should be no prob-lem for older trees andshrubs. If you mulched in allyour beds in the fall, againthere should be no problem.

If you have some snow inthe yard, you can shovel itonto south beds. That willslow down any growth that

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Most of my south beds arefilled with native perennialsand they are well estab-lished. I don't worry aboutthem at all. They are geneti-cally programmed to with-stand dry and bare winters.Watering in well in the falland some light mulching isall they need. My south bulbbeds, however, need to behelped through these drywinters. I don't want growthto start when I know therewill be cold times coming.

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Leo (July 22-Aug. 23)

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You may feel challenged by a situation thatfeels beyond your control -- particularly oneinvolving the opinion that others hold aboutyou. Obviously what matters more is theopinion you have of yourself, but you'reespecially vulnerable to outside influences rightnow. It's the kind of setup where one thing couldlead to another, therefore, when any one thingpoints in a direction that you don't want to go,quickly make a decision to go another way. Youseem to have a particular vulnerability wherethe opinions of coworkers are concerned, whenyou're doing your best to mind your businessand do your job. I would say do one better --make a point of doing your work in the mostcompetent and creative way possible -- andreally shine despite what vibes you may feel arein the air or what anyone may think or say. Verysimply, that whole head-trip is meaningless.The good part is that right now, many otherelements of your life are beautifullymeaningful.

There may be some vivid contrasts in whatyou're feeling and what others are perceivingabout you. They're not incompatible, but theyare different enough that you need to accountfor any potential contrast. While on the onehand you may be creatively lit up, and have anabundance of good ideas, other factorssuggest you want to be extraordinarily carefulwhere communications are concerned,particularly where anyone in a position ofauthority is involved. What you say matters,and you cannot take it back.Along a similar line,the quality of any idea is only as good as yourability to express it or put it into action in a usefulway. This could be a genuinely fortunate time inyour life, when actual opportunities areabundant. But you can take no chances onanything other than careful, honest effort, andsincere gestures to cooperate within any groupenvironment.

As you've figured out by now, most spiritualityhas nothing to do with spirit and most religionhas nothing to do with anything Divine. Thesubstitute or the excuse is not the reality,though there are many who would -- and do --confuse the matters. You cannot afford to beconfused, though at the moment it couldhappen easily. The most likely entry point formisunderstanding is going to be false belief, soI suggest you subject what you hear and whatothers try to persuade you to an extra high levelof verification. This would count for anythingthat you find is emotionally disturbing or whereyou get the sensation that you're shutting downbecause you 've encountered someinformation. That shutdown sensation may beprecisely the clue you need to know thatsomething is simply wrong. But doingnothing about it is not a useful option. At thevery least, a clear decision is called for.

This week's Full Moon may still have youfeeling like you just got off an entire afternoonon the teacup ride. Clearly, you've taken a fewsteps to renegotiate some of the more sensitivesituations in your life, yet you likely figured outhow much more you have to change. Oneparticular situation where push came to shovecontains a lot of good information for you, and Isuggest you do some data mining and makethe most of what you learn. There is somethingfundamental you can discern about your ownnature and that of someone close to you. Wemay be talking about your relationship to agroup. The truly important thing to focus on ishow to make sure that your values, opinionsand sense of presence do not take secondplace, or get swallowed by, some entityseemingly larger than yourself. Yet the way todistinguish yourself is not with how 'different'you are, but with the power and beauty of yourgradually awakening sense of self-worth.

Your relationships are in a delicate spot, andyou can help yourself immensely by being theperson who defuses any tension and lets anyseeming insult roll off your back. This may notbe easy, because you're almost as edgy ascertain people around you -- almost but notexactly. This is all going to come down tocommunication, which means being aspecialist in understanding everyone'smotives: certain individuals around you, certaindynamics as they manifest in a group, and ofcourse keeping a pulse on your own innercurrents. Here is the thing to remember -- life ismore flexible than you remember it being anytime in the recent past. Opinions are subject tochange, facts are subject to reinterpretationand any situation you may encounter has manynegotiable points. What will make that flexibilityavailable is creativity: that is, imagination,seeing the possibilities, and knowing that anyproblem has a solution waiting to be discoveredor invented.

You would be wise to pull your punches over thenext few days -- that is to say, meet aggressionwith something other than aggression. Thiswon't be easy but it's definitely possible. Ifsomething makes you angry, start by shiftingperspectives and figure out where someone iscoming from. Merely empathizing with them willhave a healing effect from the outset of thediscussion or encounter. You will then be lessinclined to think or act in a way that is self-judgmental -- which is one of the best ways todefuse tense situations. You are the one who isdealing with the inner-violence dynamic. Theperson you're connecting with is workingthrough a mix of an identity crisis and self-deception. Therefore, be honest with yourself,listen with care, and set the example thatthere's another way of looking at the world.Once you actually observe and acknowledgethat, thewhole relationshipwill shift.

Mars retrograde (now throughApril 13) is aboutyou turning a corner in your relationship to fear.The thing about fear is that it seems so real, yetit so rarely works out to be true. Have you evernoticed that? Here is the thing about fear that istrue, in my experience: it points to an energysource. What could be creative potential isconverted into something, heavily tinged by thenegative elements of the imagination, andsomething 'unreal' is created. The objectiveyour charts seem to be describing is learninghow to convert fear back into somethingcreative. This would start first with feeling thefear or inner tension, acknowledging theinherently neutral nature of energy. Then noticehow you color it one way or the other; how youmake it into whatever it is. Though it'semotionally difficult, stay with the feeling a littlelonger than you might otherwise, so you can getto the good stuff.

One theme of this season is discerning whatyou think from what is true. Thoughts arepowerful in that they have the power tosubsume the mind. Whether you believe in'manifestation', thoughts are creative, and theycan also be destructive. It's not a coincidencethat the most destructive ones are those thatare not true, by which I mean, the ones that arebased on fear, attack or have no basis inverifiable reality. Yet one challenge you face isdiscerning those thoughts from what is real foryou. The easiest way to tell the difference isgoing to be by the results. What leads to acreative outcome was a creative thought; whatleads to conflict was a destructive or deceptivethought. To use this method of discernmentyou'll need to track your mental process,through the actions it leads to, and thenobserve what happens. Think of this asobserving yourself, which is a vital skill anytime, but especially with Mars travelingretrograde for the next fewmonths.

You need to apply effort, but a certain kind thatto you might feel passive. The idea is to slip intothe flow, and know when you're there. You're inone of the richest and most abundant creativemoments for many moons -- though this alsohas a potentially disruptive quality if you don'tride the tiger just right. This is why I amsuggesting a move-with-the-energy, no-resistance approach to what you have to do,and for engaging with the thoughts and ideasthat pass through you. Definitely keep anotebook, and remember that not everything isworth acting on -- but nearly everything will beworth considering, and some will be worthdeveloping. Ideas for career development mayhave to wait, but it's never too early to preparewith knowledge, strategies and mostmeaningfully, with a vision for what you want todo. Remember, visions develop in layers, andare combined of adding what you want andremovingwhat you don't want.

I suggest you be cautious of any ideas thatequate money to power. They are likely to beturned against you. You can think of money ascreative potential or energy, but that is differentthan this thing we call power, as in the power toget people to do things, or to motivate you toaction. If you're looking for motives orinspiration, find more imaginative ones. Youmight think in terms of what inspires people tocooperate toward a creative goal, or any goal,for that matter. These days it seems that ideashave more energy than cash when it comes tofocusing the energy of groups, and there'scertainly no shortage of those right now. I wouldnote that there is a bold, new quality to what iscoming through, which may seem to challengeyour preference for what is tried and true. Yetit's a fact that timemarches on, and you've beentrying to light the fires of progress for a longtime.

One of the defining characteristics of ourmoment is the refusal to think in terms ofconsequences. Notably, this is happening at atime when a lot of consequences of the past areemerging for everyone to notice. An aspectbetween the Sun in your birth sign and a small,potent object called Nessus, are a reminder tothink your plans and desires through.Consciously consider a diversity of what-ifs.This is not for the sake of 'worry' but rather forthe sake of considering your options based onthe potential of what they might create. At thesame time you're doing this, you may beexperiencing a boomerang effect of things thatyou initiated in the past and to which you did notdevote this consideration. Now is the time tomake the necessary corrections, one at a time,as you become aware of what needs to bedone. Note that some will require going throughlayers to get to the core of thematter.

There seem to be many hidden factors at workin your life, though the most significant, usefuland creatively rich are the ones you can see,feel and hear. Certain factors in the astrologysuggest that you have a line into the unseenaspects of your life, which you can navigateintuitively. Therefore, use your senses. Lookand listen for opportunities, both to expressyourself and to exchange with others. Most ofall, feel what you've got: notice your resources,your potential and how much freedom youactually have to make choices. The truth is thatmany options are open, and your freedom isavailable to the extent that you can mixpotential with focusing power. To get thatequation right, it's necessary to work bothsides, and I suggest you experiment with oneand then the other till you can put them bothtogether. If you keep your eyes open and yourmind on your priorities, that ability will comesooner rather than later.

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The signabove theschool sec-r e t a r y ' s

desk reads “I don't have anattitude problem. You don'tlike my attitude. That's notmy problem.” I like that. It'sclear, simple and you knowwhere you stand. Nearsight-edness (myopia) is like that:The child can't see far away.Easy. Other visual prob-lems, not so much.

Site visits are the bestthing in the world, especiallywhen it's in a school: Dollarfor dollar, we make more ofan impact in people's livesthrough school visits thanany other treatment avail-able to children today. Icould only start to guesswhy, but children in more iso-lated and/or more impover-ished communities suffer ahigher rate of significantvisual problems. The ques-tions of why are best left toothers to study, my interestis more in 'what now'? Well,'what now' is you assess andtreat. You enable educationand life options by fixingproblems early and there aremany of them in schools allover the country side andright here in our communi-ties.

In one community (anearby community, muchlike the other nearby com-munities), 35% of children inelementary have enough far-sightedness and astigma-tism to make vision difficult,and studying a chore, if notimpossible. These problemsare in addition to other seri-ous muscle coordinationproblems and amblyopia('lazy eye'). These problems,unlike myopia, are difficultto spot for parents andteachers but have far-reaching consequences.They are not nice and chil-dren suffer with themsilently not knowing anybetter.

When we looked in theHigh School, we noted manyfewer kids were troubledwith these same problems asa percentage of the popula-tion. In general, the kids inhigh school tended to haveeither neutral vision (whichis good) or more nearsighted-ness (which is better for stu-dents and desk jockeys). So,where did all those far-sighted kids go? Some mightask if the children grew outof the astigmatism or far-sightedness. Rather thanmake this into a wholewhodunnit, I'll just skip tothe chase: The fact is, youdon't grow out of difficultvision - there are so fewcases of bad vision in thehigh school because the kidsquit somewhere along theway. Even the brightest stu-dents will be held back bybad vision.

Now, let's think aboutthis. Imagine you are a stu-dent, trying your best, butyou find you simply CAN'Tstudy, yet people are con-stantly on your case to getyour marks up. You con-stantly find trouble and frus-tration associated withschool. Maybe you've beentested, retested, given pills.Depending on your circum-stances, resources, brainsand ambition, you canstruggle through and do thebest you can, or simply dolike most others do: Quitschool, try something else.Again, depending on whereyou live and your circum-stances, this 'somethingelse' can be a labour job, min-imum wage at a conveniencestore, the sex trade or moreoften than not, the drugtrade. You'll not be surprisedto learn that the other placeyou find a high rate of badvisual problem is in prisons.

A recent study showedhow Alberta is ranked 2nd inthe country for money spentin early childhood develop-

ment. That is, 2nd from thebottom, just above New-foundland. We seem to likespending money on policeand prisons more than pre-venting trouble with kids.Trouble with vision anddevelopment is easy to spot,can usually be fixed easilyand make school possible forthe affected child. Why wedon't make such interven-tion an imperative throughthe schools is beyond me. AsI've said before, it also getsmy taxpayer's hackles up:An ounce of prevention andall that.

The schools I work withnow recognize that simplylooking for trouble areas andintervening early saves yearsof misery for parents, teach-ers and students (literallythousands of man-years) inone school alone. This isn'tto speak of the incalculablecosts to families and societ-ies through crime for thosewho look for alternatives toschool. As for investigatingwhy remote and impover-ished communities havehigher rates of visual prob-lems, maybe the questionshould be 'how are the visualproblems contributing totheir plight' and 'why aren'twe addressing this issue'?This is not a new idea andthe studies showing the bene-fits are out there in abun-dance. It's time the Provincemake developmental assess-ments and intervention man-datory for all children in allschools, for the sake of chil-dren, parents, and taxpay-ers.

Dr. Boulet is a former teacherand now operates Diamond ValleyVision Care in Black Diamondwhere he continues to work withchildren with learning difficul-ties.Call 403-933-5552.www.dvvc.ca andwww.LearningManagement.ca.

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Like other King novels,this one has many reallyfunny moments. How willJake make enough moneyto survive from 1958 toNovember 1963? Sportsbetting anyone? It's somuch easier when youalready know who's goingto win?

The use of 2011 wordsand slang, a forgotten cell

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