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Judges pick the town’s Best Gardensby Morinville News Staff

The eighth annual Best Gardens Competition wrapped up Sunday morning with judges view-ing the handiwork of six local gardeners competing in a variety of categories. This year's entries were just over a third of the 17 competitors in 2014’s contest. Though the numbers were lower, there was no shortage of horticultural creativity in the front and back yards of Morinville homes.

While judges may have felt all of the gardens had merit and beauty, a tally of points deter-mined the final victors. Gardens were weighed by a possible score of 100 points in each of the categories from each of the three judges.

Judging criteria for the plant portion of the contest included the design with first impressions and the overall effect and visual appeal. Additional criteria included the choice of plant material, combinations, textual contrast, physical plant condition, grooming, staking and pruning. The judging for the Outdoor Living Area included the design with the overall effect, use of space and special features, with consideration for physical condition as well as sustainability and cleanli-ness.

This year's contest included five categories: Perennial Garden, Vegetable Garden, Unique Container Garden, Front to Back Overall Appeal, and Outdoor Living Area.

Past winner Donna Becker took the Best Outdoor Living Area this year as well as Best Front To Back Overall Appeal.

Elizabeth and Anne Stalzer won for Best Perennial Garden and Best Unique Container Gar-den.

Ron and Lucy Cholik took Best Vegetable Garden, although the D'Aoust family — who re-ceived a Judges' Choice Award last year — came close behind in second place.

Judge Paula Collins examines the D’Auost family’s vegtable garden during Sunday’s Best Gardens competition. This year’s event saw six competitors in five categories.

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The last article noted that the Town has de-fined a requirement to amend Bylaw 26/2010 (the Morinville Responsible Pet Ownership By-law). Apparently what we have on the books re cat control leaves something to be desired. Mind you, our senior enforcement officer (CPO Sgt. William Norton) readily admits that the current program is not working and that enforcement staff do not actively patrol for or apprehend stray cats.

The first question to be asked is: “Why not?”The existing bylaw is pretty clear on all as-

pects of cat control, with Parts III (Responsibility of Animal Owners) and VI (Pound Keeping and Impoundment) giving distinct direction to all concerned. However, unless the Town is going to pro-actively enforce the existing regulations, we’re dead in the water. As previously noted, rather than live up to its duties and responsibili-ties, Administration would prefer to be complete-ly shed of the problem, therefore making us, the victims in this situation, responsible.

When Administration proposes, and Council ratifies, ANY bylaw but then enforces that bylaw only periodically at best, you are really encourag-ing disrespect for the law.

And that my friends, for any number of rea-sons, is totally unacceptable!

It’s already bad enough that the non-owner must get a trap, do the deed and then care for the animal (sometimes for days) before turning

said critter over to the enforcement folks. What then would be the potential consequences of making the “victim” fully responsible? Dead cats in the street?

Should the Town, for whatever reason, decide to either not effectively deal with this situation or make “Joe Citizen” totally responsible to handle cat complaints, I suggest that you not be terribly surprised or offended when “Joe Citizen” resorts to less than humane practices to resolve the problem.

Make no mistake about it… most ordinary, normally law-abiding citizens just don’t ap-preciate someone else’s cat defecating in their kid’s sandboxes or their gardens, and they will take matters into their own hands. This is like-ly to happen because most of us do not have the spare cash to throw away on something for which we already pay taxes. The general popu-lation’s responsibility toward this problem should start - and end - with notification to the CPO of a situation. Exactly how our Administration han-dles it is their worry, not ours. That’s what we pay taxes for.

James O’Brien, Citizen

Author’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles to be produced over the summer and continues a discussion on our animal control by-law, especially that portion dealing with cats.

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Morinville's Animal Control Bylaw - Part 2

There were several people who offered online comment on James O’Brien’s column on cats, the second in a two part series on a proposed alter-ation to the Town’s Responsible Pet Owner Bylaw that would see cats simply taken off the bylaw.

Joe Gosselin wrote: James your quite right. The self regulated method was being used prior to the last bylaw coming into effect. That and multiple complaints about roaming cats forced Council to act with a bylaw. If Administration and

Council want a lot of their week taken up dealing with repeated cat complaints, just eliminate the bylaw.

Barbara Ann MacArthur Wrote: People need to take care of their cats and NOT let them be outside.

Amanda Geisler Wrote: Far too many people think this is OK. This is NOT OK...Your pet should not affect me.

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MLA looking to set up Morinville officeby Morinville News Staff

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (BMW) MLA Glenn van Dijken was Rotary’s guest speaker July 22, offering the newly-minted politi-cian an opportunity to get to know some of his constituents a little better.

More than 40 people came out to hear the MLA, who spoke about his background, the importance of volunteering, and what he sees as his role as a member of the Legislative Assembly. “I have an open door for all people,” he told Rotarians. “I am the member of Legislative Assembly for one hundred per cent of the constitu-ents of BMW, so I will work for every person in this riding to the best of my ability

Part of serving his riding to the best of his ability includes open-ing an office in Morinville, something he said he was hoping to have in place by the fall.

“We are looking for a place in Morinville to set up a facility that we can reach out to the members in a better way,” he said, adding he had a meeting with a realtor that day and was hoping to find something that would fit in budget. “I am very much about bud-get and fiscal responsibility and all that, so we are hoping we can have something set up by fall in Morinville and start to have the ability for the people in the vicinity here, and reaching out to Legal and Riviere Qui Barre.”

Van Dijken said he felt having an office in Morinville would allow people to have a closer link with their MLA than his current Edmonton office.

The MLA reiterated his commitment to representing 100 per cent of the region he covers. “If you are worried that your views do not line up with my views, that is OK,” he said. “Come and talk to me and introduce your-self to me and possibly areas where you have concerns with the province. Where you have needs to be filled, where the province can help and fill those needs – that is what I am here for.”

Morinville RCMP investigate drowningof two-year-old girl

by Morinville News Staff

A two-year-old girl is dead, following a drowning in Morinville Saturday morning.

On July 25th, 2015, at approximately 11:42 a.m., Morinville RCMP responded to a report of a missing 2-year-old female child who had been playing at a park in the Lakes subdivision with her siblings.

The child from Morinville, was found unresponsive in a nearby pond by RCMP. Life saving efforts were initiated, but the child was later pronounced deceased by Emergency Medical Services.

Morinville RCMP and the Edmonton Medical Examiner's Office continue to investigate.

Support and prayers for the famil began pouring out through social media and within the community and family’s church after news of the tragedy broke.

People have been leaving flowers, stuffed toys and other items at the scene.

The name of the family had not been released by Morinville News’ press deadline sunday afternoon.


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Fête au Village provided Legal residents and visitors with three days of family fun over the weekend.

Clockwise from top left:

Gabriel Belley of the Flyers versus Kielan Jackson of the Pis-tons in a race at the Soap Box Derby.

The Little Red Train pulls politicians and other guests loaded with candy during the parade.

Gaige and Huntyr King were anxious for the Iron Chef Com-petition to begin Friday night so they could try the cheese stuffed bacon wrapped hot dogs made by Laryssa Oulton.

Kaeden and Cohen Gable sail the high seas during Friday night’s mini parade.

Sienna deChamplain was colourful and ready for the mini parade to begin.

Boe Kuzio with his caricature Saturday afternoon.

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Development Permit Public NoticeTake notice that the following Development Permit(s) listed below have been approved in accordance with Morinville Land Use Bylaw 3/2012.

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Nature Kids looking for fellow tree huggers

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For the second year in a row, the Nature Kids Club are embracing their love of all things natu-ral and the fact some people refer to people like them as tree huggers. The group’s Tree Hugger Photo contest opened recently, and they are looking for more photo submissions before the contest closes Aug. 31.

Entering is simple — just take a photo of your-self or your family hugging your favourite tree, and submit it to the group by email at [email protected] or via their Facebook page. Photos will be posted on the group’s page, and the number of likes will whittle the entries down to five, which will be judged by group members to determine winners.

“The purpose of the Tree Hugging Contest is to get families outside enjoying nature,” said Nature

Kids organizer Leanne Boissonnault. “It’s getting in touch with nature. With the Hug A Tree Con-test, we are trying to find a unique tree, so when they are out in a park, they are more aware of the trees around them.”

Boissonnault said there were prizes from Home Hardware, RV City, Sal’s Famous, the Town of Morinville and Country Floral Magic.

The club has received seven entries to date. They would like to surpass the two dozen en-tries the contest received last year. Although the deadline is Aug. 31, Boissonnault said it is im-portant to enter early as Aug. 31 is also the last day people can vote for photos by liking them.

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Electronic monitoring good idea, Little Warriors Founder says

by Colin Smith

Little Warriors founder Glori Meldrum thinks a Wildrose MLA’s call for increased monitoring of sex offenders makes a lot of sense.

Wildrose Shadow Justice Minister Scott Cyr appealed July 17 for stricter controls after a con-victed Edmonton sex offender identified as high risk by police was arrested in close proximity to children.

Seven days before Lyle Blake Larsen was discov-ered watching children in a downtown wading pool on Canada Day, the courts had allowed him to remove his electronic monitoring bracelet.

The removal was despite the objections of Edmonton police. A police spokesman said they considered Larsen as being high risk for recidi-vism and were “extreme-ly concerned about his behaviour towards young kids.” He is barred from being near people young-er than 16.

Cyr described the case as a breakdown of the justice system.

“There’s no way this individual should be in society without proper monitoring, and it has left many Albertans vulnerable,” he said.

According to Cyr’s press release, Wildrose policy is to expand the use of electronic monitor-ing of pedophiles and other dangerous offenders while mandating stricter enforcement for condi-tions of release.

“Keeping Albertans safe from dangerous pedophiles like this on our streets should be the number one priority of government,” Cyr said.

“An incident like this cannot happen again and I am hopeful that this case will be reviewed, and we can strengthen our justice system to actually put the safety of Albertans above the comforts of sex offenders.”

The situation is a “no-brainer,” according to Glori Meldrum, founder of Little Warriors, an or-ganization that works for the awareness, preven-tion and treatment of child sexual abuse.

“It’s not uncommon for things like this to happen,” she said. “Of course they should be monitored.”

Meldrum stated that sentences for sexual of-fences often are usually about three to four years, with offenders often re-leased after as little as six months.

“Should people who rape and molest our kids be walking around free on the streets after just a few months?”

While politicians are quick to condemn such incidents, Meldrum said she would like to see them “walk the talk” and get

something done about them.Electronic monitoring creates an electronic

fence around pre-selected areas such as play-grounds, schools or swimming pools and alerts police when an individual wearing a monitoring device crosses the threshold.

According to information published in the Ed-monton Sun, Larsen was released from Bowden Institution in August 2013 after serving two years and four months of a three and a half year sentence for sexual interference.

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The late afternoon storm that blew through Morinville Thursday cancelled the first of three Music in the Park events. Jan and Jim Baker were to bring the first of their Summer Music in the Park events to Town July 23; how-ever, the event has been tentatively rescheduled for July 30. The event will feature singer/songwriter Jan Baker and Canadiana singer/songwriter John Spearn beneath the clock tower for 90 minutes of music. In addition to providing an evening of summer entertainment, the free concerts are in aid of the Morinville Food Bank Society.

Although Jan Baker has been singing professionally since the age of 16, it was about 10 years ago that Jim and Jan began working on music together. Putting their family first, the couple now fit the music in where they can, including the series of three concerts they have planned for the park this summer.

“I’ve had this idea for music in the park ever since Jan and I played music in the park for the Lions Club in Cam-

rose a few years ago,” Jim Baker said. “It was a wonderful event. I’ve had a bug in my bonnet ever since.”

The Bakers tossed the idea around for a few years and were recently able to secure the space from the St. Jean Baptiste Church Parish. The summer’s performers were willing to volunteer their time for the idea.

“The easiest way for the community to add something is to bring an item for the food bank,” Baker said. “The timing is perfect for that. We’ve been listening on the ra-dio all week that the food banks are in dire straits.”

The couple has two more events planned, one on Aug. 6 and one on Aug. 20, both running from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the park. The first will feature Edmonton song-writer Rob Heath and Bill Wortman, owner/operator of the Northern Lights Folk Club. The Aug. 20 event will feature performers Jessica Heine, Laura Bachynski, Mary Kieften-beld, and Tim Chesterton.

All concerts are free, but attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food item for the Morinville Food Bank For more information visit MorinvilleSummerMusic.ca.

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From left: Jim and Jan Baker pose with Ken Skjersven of the Morinville Food Bank Society prior to Thursday night’s cancelled concert. The event has been tentatively set for July 30 at 7 p.m.

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Manning their postsTown of Morinville employees Dustin Biddiscombe and Marvin Warnecke were busy installing posts for the parking area at the back of the arena July 21.

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It was magicalSix-year-old Keenen Sherk was one of a large number of children who participated in the Summer Reading Program Harry Potter craft evening June 22. The popular event was followed Friday night with a Yule Ball for families.


Ye Olde funThe Knights of the Northern Realm demonstrated the use of equipment and clothing worn in medieval times by knights before going into battle last week. The Summer Camp Series theme for the week was Knights, Princesses and Merlins. Wyatt Robertson (left) en-joyed the shield and assisting Sir Thom-as of Strathcona and Squire Garrett of Sherwood Park (above).

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The difference an hour makesPublisher Stephen Dafoe snapped this photo of Thursday’s storm rolling in. Doris Jolicoeur captured the rainbow over the town an hour later.


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Sturgeon County held a special Council Meet-ing July 20 to make a Declaration of Agricultural Disaster.The Request for Decision (RFD) included the Alberta Drought Risk Management Plan for Alberta, Alberta Agriculture Moisture Update as of July 7 and the Precipitation Accumulation as of July 15.

“We wanted to make this declaration to raise the concerns of the agricultural community to the province and to the federal government,” said Sturgeon County Mayor Tom Flynn. “So that if there are any programs they have that support, that our agricultural producers are recognized.”

County residents having issues are asked to contact the Agricultural Services Department with their concerns.

“It (the drought) has a long-term impact on [the] economics of Alberta and the region,” Flynn said. “Grasshoppers have started chewing (fields) up, so you do not know if you have any-thing or not. That is the problem. When it is dry like this, it can look alright and then two weeks later it is all gone. Grasshoppers, birds, but it is more awareness than anything.”

Flynn said declaring the state of agricultural disaster has to do with drought and the lack of rain. “It is strange in a number of ways; first of

all, it is spotty and not a general drought where everything is like the dirty thirties where every-thing just dried right up,” he said, adding the region has had some precipitation here and there over the summer. ”

The mayor said hay and pasture lands were most impacted with hay crops being 10 to 20 per cent of normal for this time of year.

” So what can happen is that some of them may have to sell some of their livestock,” Flynn said. “Some of the fields look good, but you do not know when you get into it. Some of the crops are shorter and heads are shorter, but they do not show nearly as much. Some looks ok; it de-pends on where you are in the County.”

Flynn also mentioned there are areas where the crops are turning white instead of golden.

The mayor said farmers can insure for many things today, but some long-term effects cannot be insured. “The land gets depleted of moisture, hay land and size of the herd, what not, they take a long time to recover,” Flynn said.

The last time the County declared a state of agricultural disaster was June 25, 2009.


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Proceeds from an upcoming golf tournament will help cover medical and other costs for a former Morinville resident who suffered a serious injury in December of 2014. The event takes place Aug. 29 at 2 p.m. at the Edmon-ton Garrison Memorial Golf Course.

Tyler Phinney was taken to the hospital Dec. 31, 2014, with some back pain. After being seen and sent home, Phinney awoke the next day, got up, and collapsed. An infection in the spinal column caused him to lose the use of his legs. Emergency spinal surgery got the infection and some of the bones, and although he has come a long way over the last year in being able to lift his legs, Phinney is still unable to walk. He has every hope and confidence that he will do so again.

“He’s been in the hospital seven months now,” said mother Donna Phin-ney, one of the organizers of the Aug. 29 fundraising tournament. “He’s 35, married, and couldn’t go back to his home in St. Albert. He had to sell his home. We purchased a house in Leduc because that was the only house we could find that would suit his wheelchair and bariatric bed.

Mrs. Phinney said Tyler had just started at a new job in refrigeration when the injury occurred. As such, he has no medical benefits to assist him in his time of need.

Organizers have lined up some sponsors already and are anticipating 144 golfers hitting the course in aid of Phinney. Ninety-six golfers are regis-tered for the shotgun start event already.

The cost of the tournament is $100 and includes 18 holes of golf, power cart, and a steak dinner. Edmonton Golf Club members pay $70. To reg-ister, contact Keven Phinney at 780-232-6408 or by email at [email protected].

Government looks to reduce soccer injuriesby Morinville News Staff

The federal government announced a $2 million investment Thursday aimed at reducing injuries in Canadian youth soccer players. The joint venture will see the Public Health Agency of Canada and FIFA investing $1 million over four years for the initiative.

The financial investment will support two soccer injury prevention pro-grams: FIFA 11+ and Movement Preparation.

FIFA’s Medical Assessment and Research Centre developed the FIFA 11+ program that targets youth 14 and older, offering a series of exercises aimed at strengthening core and leg muscles. The exercises are believed to improve neuromuscular control, coordination, balance, agility and jump technique. Canadian Sport for Life developed the Movement Preparation program, a physical literacy program that uses similar exercises to the FIFA 11+, but targets soccer players aged 7 to 13.

The government said the goal of both programs is to reduce injury rates among youth playing soccer while "keeping them active, healthy and inju-ry-free, on the field and off." Both programs will be implemented in com-munity soccer clubs across the country as early as this fall.


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