June 3, 2011 Strathmore Times

Shannon LeCLairTimes Reporter

A special council meeting was held at the Town offices on May 25 to discuss the RV parking bylaw. Last August previous council had made amendments to the bylaw. In the last month the bylaw has been discussed a few times and first reading of the bylaw was given, and a public hearing was set for June 1. On May 25 at the special town council meeting, council once again discussed the RV bylaw in detail.

“It is unsightly to a lot of people that don’t want to see trailer city and look out their windows and see trailers for the whole three months,” said Councillor Pat Fule.

“I think the safety factor is a huge thing. If you’ve got vehicles parked on the street all the time because cars that normally would have been in a garage have to be put out on the street, I think it’s going to create a lot of prob-lems. I don’t think it’s a very safe thing to have that happen.”

Councillor Earl Best said a number of people had spoken to him last year and were upset about what council had finally decided to do with the bylaw.

Best said the residents wanted it so they wouldn’t have to worry about trying to split up a 72 hour period over one week. They would rather bring their trailer in to get it ready and then to come back and not be rushed for time.

“I’ve spoken to two of the bylaw officers and with Councillor Hamilton who said the way this bylaw is now, is not enforceable. If we went to having it in their driveways for that period of time at least it would be enforceable because they would be able to see that it was there,” said Best.

“I find it very strange that we always want to make bylaws that are not enforceable. I think we need to start worrying about the job that our special constables do because I think they do a marvelous job. I think we should try and make it as easy for them as we can without try-ing to restrict them with what they’re doing.”

Councillor Dave Hamilton said he thinks if they keep trying to fix up bylaws put in place by previous councils, it doesn’t put council in good light. He agrees it is difficult to enforce but he said generally if common sense and dis-cretion is used then there is a higher rate of compliance.

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“I think the general public now is fairly comfortable, or the majority are comfortable with this bylaw the way it stands, and to start changing things you’re just going to confuse some of the people and cause more grief than it’s worth,” said Hamilton.

Councillor Rocky Blokland said this is a situation he finds is a kind of catch 22 situation. He agrees it’s a workable bylaw, but has a hard time with tell-ing property owners and taxpayers that they can’t park their RV in their driveway.

“I just don’t think it’s right. We’re getting to the point (where) we’re tell-ing people what they can do and what they can’t do on their own property. I have a hard time with that,” said Blok-land.

Mayor Steve Grajczyk said both sides have good points but his posi-tion is they can’t be jumping back and forth. He said the last council put in a bylaw and added that it’s unworkable to some degree on both sides.

“As far as enforceability, no matter

what you put in there it can be unen-forceable, and if people don’t want to do it, they don’t want to do it. We ask that they respect the bylaws and work with us, but there’s some that just won’t do it and they are the people that cause problems for everybody,” said Grajczyk.

“No matter what we do, we’re darned if we do, we’re darned if we don’t, but I think we should stick with what the past council did and go from there.”

He said they look silly every time they re-look at their bylaws and try to please everybody. He is staying with the old bylaw and thinks it’s the way to go. Fule said by allowing RV vehi-cles to be parked in the driveway it means more people will be parking on the street increasing safety con-cerns, while shrinking the amount of room on the road. Fule doesn’t want to change the bylaw because he wants to limit the amount of time an RV can be parked in a driveway, so there is less time people will be parked on the street outside the property. Fule’s big-gest concern is safety.

“If we keep the bylaw the way it is, we can limit the amount of time trail-ers, campers, and RV equipment is go-ing to be on a driveway. That’s going to limit the amount of time that extra vehicles will be on the road, and that should make our roads safer, and that’s what it comes down to,” said Fule.

A motion was made that council re-scind motion 232.05.11 the first read-ing of bylaw 11-16 RV parking bylaw. A second motion was made cancel-ling the public hearing scheduled for June 1. Both Best and Blokland voted against the motions. The public didn’t bring the issue forward which means a public hearing was not necessary. There had been a public hearing last year giving residents a chance to have their say.

The bylaw will be staying the same as it has been in the past. Residents cannot leave their RV’s in their drive-way all summer. They need to follow the bylaw 10-15 section 61 (4). The by-law can be found on the Town’s web-site, www.strathmore.ca under Coun-cil bylaw.

Mayor making strides towards bringing growth to StrathmoreShannon LeCLairTimes Reporter

Mayor Steve Grajczyk and Councillor Dave Hamilton were in Fort McMurray May 10-12 for a summit on energy.

Grajczyk said it was very education-al.

“For one thing, I would say to any-body that is unfamiliar, and this is aside from my political view point … anybody that is unfamiliar with the so called pollution that is happening up there, go up to visit Fort Mac to see that it is not the oil sands causing the pollution, a lot of it is a natural thing that it is happening,” said Grajczyk.

He said it’s a beautiful city that has positive growth and a lot of assets be-hind them. They have a recreational sports complex, which is worth $176 million, to serve the 83,000 people there.

“The course itself, there were a lot of speakers from various oil companies, that I had a conversation with,” said Grajczyk.

The first day of the tour consisted of them going through the oil sands and the Syncrude Plant just north of the city. Hamilton and Grajczyk had

an opportunity to met Don Thompson, president of the Oil sands Develop-ers Group. They also had a chance to meet Ron Liepert, the Minister of En-ergy and Ron Renner, the Minister of Environment. The next few days they attended a small trade fair and met a variety of people involved with the oil industry. Both Grajczyk and Hamilton hope through their new contact, there will be a benefit to Strathmore.

Grajczyk has been quite busy over the last few weeks, heading to Kansas City shortly after going to Fort McMur-ray.

“I just got back from Kansas City at a Futurallia Convention where Dwight (Stanford, Chief Administrative Officer for the town) and I combined - prob-ably met over 50 different potential people who could become partly in-vestors or clients who would be inter-ested in coming to Strathmore,” said Grajczyk.

He said one of the more interesting people he met is a company that can handle bio waste products in Strath-more, in a much more reasonable manner than they do now. They also talked to a company that wants to build grain bins in Strathmore and oil

retention reservoirs. “I was just overwhelmed by the inter-

est and enthusiasm from all the people across North America, and overseas,” said Grajczyk.

“This all has to be followed up on and it takes some time. I want people to know this all takes a lot of ground work after the conventions.”

He met the mayor of Kansas City and he said they talked and found there are a lot of things in common with the issues of running a town or city.

Sweeping changeWhile Grajczyk was away, there was

a major concern with the sweeping of the streets in Strathmore.

“In regards to the street sweeper … that was a contract that I thought would work, it didn’t work, but hope-fully we’ve adjusted to the fact that it’ll work now. I want to make sure people know that I make decisions that are best for the people and that one didn’t work out. Decisions are based on the information that we were given and all the information wasn’t given to us,” said Grajczyk.

There was no drop dead start up date in the contract which he said there should have been.

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The Hope Bridges Society recently received good news for both themselves and the community. The society re-ceived a sizable grant, which will help cover the costs of doing a feasibility study in Strathmore regarding a new arts facility.

“That’s the exciting thing, we’ve been working on this for almost two years now with the Rural Community Adapta-tion Program, RCAP grant, and so we’re very excited,” said Marvin Hilton, chairper-son with the society.

“This is a huge step, and a huge milestone for us to come that much closer to having a space, or a place, that Hope

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ing research on grants when they knew they needed some funding to be able to do a fea-sibility study in the communi-ty. A feasibility study is need-ed to find out if there are any existing buildings within the community that can be used for an arts space or a perform-ing arts centre.

Hilton said the society re-ceived the full amount they could for the feasibility study, and had the proposal done up by RC Strategies who special-ize in helping smaller commu-nities throughout Alberta with performance art type venues. RC Strategies was brought in by Hope Bridges to assist by lending technical expertise, and help with the completion

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dent putting forth their grant application to the provincial government and their Rural Community Adaptation Grant Program with RC Strategies proposal.

The study has to be com-pleted by the end of 2011, and Hope Bridges has been working hard to keep things heading in the right direc-tion. Though the study will be done this year, a facility won’t be up and running by the end of the year.

“I would say, we’d like to see within two to three years or less, once the recommen-dations of the feasibility study come out and then we can actually seriously start apply-ing for capital money to do

any retro fits to the particu-lar building we’re looking at,” said Hilton.

“This is an extremely excit-ing time for us this year, to get this feasibility study done. It’s just a huge step towards us moving things along, and it’s the result of about two years of hard work and determina-tion on our board. I’m just very proud of our board and how they’ve focused on this.”

Hope Bridges Society is in-viting members of the com-munity to participate in a steering committee, and Hil-ton said they are looking for a broad base of people to sit on the subcommittee.

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For an aspiring artist, hav-ing your work recognized is one of the first steps to making it big. While stardom may be a way off yet, Grade 6 Trinity Lutheran Christian Academy, TLCA, student Van-essa Bolinger recently won the Aggie Days Front Cover Contest.

“Our teacher Mr. Warr told us about it. It was our project in art, we had to get it done,” said Bolinger.

“I didn’t enter mine in the contest. Mr. Warr and my mom entered it for me. I thought that I was past the deadline but I wasn’t.”

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“With that money we pur-chased an active board for her classroom which didn’t have one,” said Warr.

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In honor of our most beloved stuffed animal, the duo organized the event as part of the belated National Teddy Bear Day, which was May 19 - a celebration of our personal childhood best friend and special companion.

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To the EditorThe Town Council and Administration have taken

a hard stand on user pay as of the last few months on Residential Irrigation Water but why only stop there? Jessie Parker from the Engineering Depart-ment of the Town of Strathmore recently pointed out at a regular Council Meeting that the AG Society grounds and the Ball Diamonds have unmetered po-table water. Since this is so, why not?

The tax payers of Strathmore are footing the bill for all of those cubic meters of water to go onto the ground and in some cases go down the drain. It would be simple to establish a meter for this site and charge them accordingly. For all of the potable water that you as a citizen put onto your lawn and gar-den you are also charged a sewer fee. I call it Ghost Water. Sewer water that does not exist yet, you are being charged for it. Go to the Town Office and ask them to explain the formula that they use to achieve the volume and good luck getting an answer that makes any sense. For all of the Potable Water that

the Parks Department truck to the parks and green spaces you again as a tax payer pay for it. You pay the water volume, the trucking costs and the man power. Again if the Residential Irrigation was opera-tional and the Town paid their fair share towards the correct percentage of parks the cost would be considerably less for that water versus Potable Wa-ter. Does the Town pay less for the water that they consume and do they pay the Ghost Water charge as well? Furthermore, is this water budgeted for by each department that uses it or is it a hidden fixed cost? Let’s correct the situation by putting a meter at the AG Ground and Ball Diamonds and charge them their portion. Then have a public forum about the Residential Irrigation and explain to everyone the actual pro’s and con’s. These few minor steps might take a bite out of the Water Bills or at least put us all on a fair playing field. USER PAY.

Mr. John M. WhieldonStrathmore

Hoping to even the playing field

To the EditorThe letter by Adele Davidson (May 27) raised

some important questions. The Town states “the av-erage household using 11m3 of water ...”, but does not define “average”. Is this by usage or size of fam-ily? Based on the chart provided on the Town web site, “average” is the volume at which the total water charge (fixed plus volume) will remain the same in migrating (executive speak?) to the new rates. Ap-parently this “average” uses about 10.5m3 of water per month.

The Residential Irrigation Advisory Committee used 14m3 /month in calculating indoor water con-sumption based on information supplied by the Town. We assumed this would be an approximation for a three person household (population 12,000 di-

vided by 4200 residences).However, based on Calgary data it would appear

that the following figures would be realistic for in-door water consumption for varying family size showing the cost for a two month billing period un-der the old and new rates:

family m3 old new increase size rates rates 2 11.55 $53.54 $55.42 $1.88 3 17.32 $61.84 $73.88 $12.04 4 23.09 $70.14 $92.34 $22.20

Two important facts stand out:1. the new rates will likely promote conservation

by adoption of more efficient low-flow toilets and showerheads;

Figures Don’t Lie, But ...2. the new rates were designed to raise Town revenue. Presumably this will help offset the lack of “due diligence” on

previous projects by our “fiscally responsible” municipal gov-ernment. This should reap about $300,000/year, which could finance watering the parks with potable water.

However, the figures presented by Adele Davidson strongly suggest a metering problem. This would certainly not be the first case in Strathmore. This raises the questions of who, how, and when should meters (owned by the Town) be checked? Should this be performed by an independent authority as is done for gas pumps? Of course, this is just the tip of an iceberg as for six years the Town did not bill for summer water usage as it stated on its utility bills and was collecting sewage charges on outdoor watering.

Bob Carver, Strathmore

Generous donationDavid Wilkes, Alberta Treasury Branch manager Strathmore Branch, presents a cheque for $5,000 to Standard Community Hall Building Chairman Ron Corbiell. This generous support will be added to the $1 million already raised by the community toward their $2.6 million Community Hall. With government grants added to this figure, the committee hopes to build in 2012. Shelley Rasmussen (left), Community Hall Committee member; Debbie & Brett Gates, Gates Agencies; Ron Corbiell, Building Commit-tee chairperson; Tony Lacher, District General manager, Alberta Treasury Branch South Region; David Wilks, Branch manager Strathmore ATB; Justin Hansen, Financial Advisor; mark Schneider, Sr. manager ATB South Region. Photo Courtesy of Susan Bragg


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The Hussar 4-H Beef Club held their annual Show and Sale on may 29 at the Hussar Arena. The Show began at 10 a.m. and the sale at 3 p.m. The Grand Champion Steer was shown by Justin Fraser, and was purchased by CJS Agro, from Hussar, for $3.90/lb. The Reserve Grand Champion was shown by Ciara Sandum and was purchased by Western Chev Olds, from Drumheller, for $3.30/lb. The average of the sale was $2.50/lb. The club would like to thank all of the donors and buyers at their show and sale. They would also like to thank their judges Trevor Burke, carcass judge, ethan Gosling, Showman-ship judge, Ryan Hunter, Grooming Judge. Left photo: Justin Fraser, Grand Champion Steer with Pur-chaser CJS Agro representative Corey Fisher. Right photo: Ciara Sandum, Reserve Grand Champion Steer with carcass judge Trevor Burke.

Photos Courtesy of Pam Collett

Show and sale success!

The Cheadle 4-H Club and the Standard Sheep Club took part in Canada’s largest gathering of 4-H clubs and members may 27-29 at Calgary’s Stam-pede Park. The 4-H on Parade offered local youth the opportunity to show and compete with their projects.

Photos Courtesy of Clarence Kooistra

Huge gathering at 4-H on Parade

At 1:40 a.m. on March 22 a fire raged through a home at the corner of Briarwood Road and Briarwood Cres-cent in Strathmore. Four neighbouring homes were evacuated for the safety of the occupants due to the severity of the fire and wind direction. The occupants of the residence where the fire started were not home at the time. A second residence next to the first, was dam-aged by the fire.


I would like to extend a sincere thank you to my family & all my supporters in my recent bid for the nomination of the Wildrose Alliance Party. I would especially like to extend my thanks to Brad Walls, my campaign manager for his tireless efforts. I wish Jason Hale & the Wildrose Party success in the next election.

Sincerely John Bland

Every week students involved in the archaeological excavation will be sub-mitting their own account as to how things are going. Readers will have an opportunity to follow along as they un-earth pieces of history.

Gina CarrollWeek 1-2:

During the first two weeks of classes, we not only learned about excavation theory (excavation techniques, archae-ological reconnaissance, surface survey, etc...), but were also given the opportu-nity to incorporate in-class knowledge into real-life experience. This deviat-ed from what I expected the first few weeks to entail, since the majority of us had never even held a trowel, let alone actually excavated an actual archaeo-logical site!

Despite the speed at which we were allowed to begin excavating, the entire process was monitored rather closely by our Professor, Dr. Walde, our T.A, Lance

Evans, and our group leaders (stu-dents that had previously taken Arky 306, and were now enrolled in the more advanced class).

On the first day in the field, each group was designated a specific por-tion of the Archaeological site, and that portion was further subdivided so that each student (3-4 students in a group) were assigned their own one metre by one metere unit. These units were areas where previous excavation had been started last field season, but had not been completed. We removed the sur-face soil which had been placed over the units to protect whatever artifacts, ecofacts and features may be present from the weather, vandals, and wildlife, and prepared to go all “tomb raider” on our units (obviously convinced that our unit would hold the vital compo-nent to understanding the function of the site!). As the week progressed, we learned how to excavate properly (i.e-how not to hold our trowels like crazed

gardeners digging for tubers), how to catalogue our finds, and perhaps most importantly, how to patiently avoid/ig-nore the mosquitoes.

By the second week, we had im-proved dramatically! Instead of bowling our floors (digging more in the middle, while leaving the outsides at higher ele-vations) and creating strangely crooked walls (the sides of the units), we had learned to dig down at even levels (1 cm for some, 5 cm for others, depend-ing on the unit) and straightened our walls as we went deeper and deeper. Personally, I was extremely happy and surprised about how my skills went from “could probably dig an OK hole at the beach” to “pretty darn good” in so short a time. A lot of this had to do with my Professor and his T.A, since they let me in on some of their own “tricks of the trade” when I went to them, dis-couraged, over my complete lack of ability. While they probably don’t real-ize how much their words of encour-agement meant to me, I owe them a lot. I was terrified that, since I excavated about as well as a blind monkey with a switch-blade, I would never be able to be an archaeologist-since, excava-tion is a huge part of the profession. They taught me that it’s OK to be bad at something you love, as long as you work hard at bettering yourself, and listen to criticisms instead of taking it personally and giving up.Week 3:Week three didn’t involve a whole lot of “out in the field” learning, since it rained pretty much everyday. Instead of going to excavate at the site, we stayed in the classroom and learned other skills essential to being a great archaeologist. We learned about mapping (UTM sys-tem, legal land division system, decli-nation etc...), GPSing, taphonomy and methods of dating, among other things. We also spent time practicing using and setting up a piece of equipment called the “total station”, which allows you to measure distances with extreme accu-

Sharing their piece of historyracy (we often use this to find the East-ing and Northing of a feature, artifact or ecofact in our units). While all that sounds rather boring, it’s actually quite interesting and fun.Overall:Overall, my experience so far has been extremely positive. I feel like I’ve learned a lot, and that I will continue to learn more and more as each day goes by. Personally, I’ve not made any ground breaking discoveries, unless you consider 2 charcoal flecks the abso-lute best thing of life. I did “find” a fea-ture called a postmold (or, squishy as we so perceptively call them since they are squishier than the ground around them), which is basically the remnants of an old post. I didn’t really discover it, since the person who began exca-vating my unit last year came across it first, but I am excavating it. Next week I’ve been told I will move to the unit directly south of me, and excavate the portion of the postmold occupying that

section. After that, I will move on to starting my own unit, and will hopeful-ly come across some interesting objects then. Indiana Jones, watch out!

ryan JevonsWeek 2:

In the second week my colleagues and I learned about one of the unfor-tunate aspects of archaeology. Weather is important. In the second short week, rain prevented excavation and relegat-ed us to the classroom and to catalogu-ing our finds.

We covered the theory and practiced our mapping skills, as well learning about the cataloguing system, which will be incredibly helpful for when we can get back to the field. It was all very enjoyable still however thanks to the good company of friends, and inter-esting nature of what we are actually studying.

That being said, I’m hoping for slight-ly better weather next week.

On may 25 the Wheatland Lodge was presented with cheques from two different Lions Clubs and with new patio furniture for the residents. $4,000 was donated by the Strathmore Lions, which covered the cost of the four new wheelchairs of vary-ing sizes. Norm morton (left) director with the Strathmore Li-ons, Tracey Hammel, Lodge manager, Shirley Reinhardt, Chief Administrative Officer for Wheatland Housing, mark Gibeau, chair for Wheatland Housing and elmer Jensen, President of the Goodwill Club. The Cheadle Lions club donated $4,000, which was used to help purchase new furniture in the com-mon area of the Wheatland Lodge. The Goodwill Club also helped purchase two end tables and a coffee table for the area. Darren Tiede (left), Cheadle Lions President, mark Gi-beau, chair for Wheatland Housing, Shirley Reinhardt, Chief Administrative Officer for Wheatland Housing, elmer Jensen, President of the Goodwill Club and Norm morton director with the Strathmore Lions. Home Hardware donated a complete set of patio furniture, which the residents can enjoy while the sit and enjoy the weather. mark Gibeau (left) chair for Wheat-land Housing, Shirley Reinhardt, Chief Administrative Officer for Wheatland Housing, Cindy Banadyga, co-owner of Home Hardware, elmer Jensen, President of the Goodwill Club.

Shannon LeClair Photos

Wheatland lodge welcomes new additions

Students at Trinity Lutheran Christian Academy preformed their ver-sion of King Arthurs Quest on may 13. The entire school participated in some way, either as actors, chorus singers, assistant director and props coordinator. This was the first spring play for the school and both the performances and the silent auction were successful.

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Performance fit for a king



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The Calgary Dance express, based out of expressions, the Dance Galley, are preparing for the Dis-ney Showcase July 6-11. This dance group consists of 27 dancers from the Strathmore and Calgary area and range in ages from 7 to 28. They have been practicing for this event every Sunday for four hours since January. Dance the magic will showcase many dance groups, and each group will get to participate in the main street parade and evening showcase. They will also have workshops with the Disney choreographers. The dancers are very excited and spent this past Sunday filming their Demo for Disney. The group and their parents have spent hours fund raising to cover the cost for this trip and with all the hard work they put into it they were able to pay for all the dancers and their chaperons.


expressions, the Dance Gallery held a fundraiser at m&m meat Shops on may 28 to raise money to-ward a dance trip they are making to Disney-land. They made just over $1,000 in profit in Strathmore, while two other locations – one in Calgary and one in Chestermere, gener-ated $460 and $480 respectively. it was a great day of profits to benefit the dancers who are representing our local communities in the United States.

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At 1:40 a.m. on March 22 a fire raged through a home at the corner of Briarwood Road and Briarwood Crescent in Strathmore. Four neighbouring homes were evacuated for the safety of the occupants due to the severity of the fire and wind direction. The occupants of the residence where the fire started were not home at the time. A second residence next to the first, was damaged by the fire.


The sun was shining brightly as the Town of Strathmore workers cut the grass in Cambridge Glen area on may 31. After last weeks rainfall, the grass definitely needed to be trimmed. Photo courtesy of Dale Walsh

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Last year’s inclement weather saw SpringFest cancelled for the first time. Many residents and business owners within the community were disappoint-ed. This year the festival will go on – un-less, of course, snow is predicted again.

“If we’re going to have rain all this week then I’m really thinking we’re go-ing to have nice weather next week. It just has to be. Unless we have a blizzard, yes it is definitely on this year,” said Lin Walker, President of the Strathmore and District Chamber of Commerce.

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Chamber didn’t set up an alternate loca-tion. Walker said it’s hard to find a space big enough to hold SpringFest, and to book something just in case is a waste of membership money.

For those who have never been, SpringFest is a big outdoor tradeshow and party. It’s an opportunity for peo-ple to come and sell their items. Walker said many greenhouses also attend and sell different flowers and plants. There are some companies however, that will book a table and donate it to an orga-nization.

“For instance I bought a table but I’m not going to market Gold Standard Ca-tering,” said Walker.

“I am donating that table to the Unit-ed Way so that those volunteers can get a table for free and to make the public aware of some of the different things (they offer).”

There will also be local performers entertaining the crowd, face painting for the younger kids and a wide variety of other fun filled events.

“We have the stage and then we have different local bands and such, it’s an opportunity for the kids to come out and play their music, or sometimes we’ve had dancers,” said Walker.

SpringFest is set to begin at 9 a.m. on June 4 and continue on into the af-ternoon until approximately 3:30 p.m. A portion of Second Avenue will be closed during the festivities and Walker encourages people to come out and see all there is being offered.

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Standard School hosted their Graduation Ceremony may 27. The graduating class includes Justin mcKay (back row, left), Corey edwards, Josh engelhardt, Austin Larsen, Keith Rasmussen, Zachary Code, Sean Huseby, Dean Knight (missing Vince DaSilva), Lindsay Petersen (front, left), Brittany Huseby, Jessica ellis, marleen Palsson, Stephanie Wise, Brianna Kathol, Kaitlynn Stewart, Jenna Firkus, Carley Papp, Jorgia Robinson, Kristine Anderson, Kate Schlinker, melissa Larsen, Chantelle LaFlamme and Casey Hager.

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College ConsultsBow Valley College held it’s first round of consultations with the pub-lic on may 25 at the Civic Centre. The consultation provided the communi-ty with a chance to say what they are looking for in regards to furthering their education. Joyce Bazant (left), with Wheatland Further education and Sharon Tibeau, with Wheatland Family and Community Support Ser-vices. Bazant were there manning a table and Tibeau was a participant at the consultation.


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Twenty-seven graduates representing from the communities of Chancellor, Clu-ny, Gleichen, Hussar, Rockyford, Rose-bud and Standard were recognized for their achievements by a gymnasium full of family and friends at Standard School May 27.

Valedictorian Stephanie Wise reminded her classmates that in order to be inspira-tional, it is necessary to actually do some-thing inspirational first.

Wise told the graduates that although none of them has made life-changing contributions yet, she had every confi-dence they were capable of accomplish-ments that will astound themselves and everyone around them.

Standard ’03 graduate and guest speak-er Drew Gregory echoed many of Wise’s sentiments.

“All of you are capable of doing great things, but it is rare these days to find someone who actually knows that they can do it and goes after it,” said Gregory.

He said that he very much believes in the self-fulfilling prophecy. If you are negative about things, then negativity will be what you produce. If you are pos-itive and “live” your dreams, then you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. He finished off his address by sing-ing one of his songs that has become his muse and mission called “Lay it All Out There” from his CD Country Hurricane.

Mr. Yu and Mr. Holloway, and Mr. McK-

een all in their own ways gave roasts about all of the graduates. Mr. Yu com-posed and wrote a song that created a lot of laughter and memories for the stu-dents. Holloway and McKeen highlighted certain aspects of the student’s person-alities, which brought many tears to the eyes - laughter of pranks that were pulled to the memories that the kids themselves had written out.

Ed Holt represented the Golden Hills School Division during the program, while Principal Karen Smith was recog-nized by the students for her caring and compassion. Her love of teaching was far surpassed by her love of “her” students.

The evening was hosted by Grade 11 students Duncan Michie and Caley Ryan. There were many toasts and sentiments of thanks given after the dinner program.

The tribute to the teachers was given by Chantelle LaFlamme and Carley Papp and replied to by Mr. Yu.

The boys of the graduating class were given a tribute by Jenna Firkus and Kate Schlinker and replied to by Keith Ras-mussen, Austin Larsen and Dean Knight.

Finally, the parents were given a heart-felt and teary toast by graduates Kristine Anderson and Jorgia Robinson, which was replied to by Stewart Montana.

The Graduates all gave their respective parents mementos of the evening and a rose to their Moms.

After the traditional slide show featur-ing the graduates earlier years, the eve-ning ended with the grand march and dance.

Graduates encouraged to “find your purpose and always have a goal”


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Happening?What’s happening is a free weekly community calendar. if you are a non-profit group and have a special event you would like to promote, please email your information to [email protected] or call 403-934-5589 or fax 403-934-5546 and we will include your information on this weekly Community page. Due to space restrictions, please keep information to a minimum.

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Special Events....

Royal Canadian legion ladies auxilliaRy spRing Tea & Bake sale

Saturday June 4, 1:30 – 3:30pm. Strathmore Legion, $2.00 admission.

The “happy gang” senioRs CenTRe will be open on Saturday June 4 from 1 - 4pm for viewing of

Visual Arts & Crafts winning entries going to the Alberta 55 plus Senior Summer Games in Fairview AB from July 14 - 21, 2011.

Tea and Goodies will be available for a nominal fee. Come and enjoy!

senioRs Week CeleBRaTions to be held at the Strathmore Seniors 50+Center (85 Lakeside Blvd):

*Tuesday, June 7th: Open house for anyone 50+. Tea, coffee and dessert will be served.

* Friday, June 10th: Crib tournament open to all 50+ Seniors. Registration starts @12:45. Tournament @1:15 sharp.

No entry fee. Cash prizes. Lunch served.

CommuniTy CRisis soCieTy annual geneRal meeTing

June 20th,2011 @7:00 p.m.At the Days Inn, Strathmore.

Members of the community are welcome to attend.Refreshments will be served.

ConCeRT in The paRk Friday June 3, featuring Strathmore High School and Crowther Memorial Junior High Bands. Special guest appearance from the

Rocky Mountain Concert Band. Kinsmen Park (SHS in case of rain). BBQ @ 5pm, Concert @ 6pm.

sTRaThmoRe monTessoRi soCieTy’s 4Th annual ChaRiTy golf TouRnamenT June 4 at Speargrass Golf Course. Proceeds directly benefit the

children in the Public Alternative Montessori Program at Wheatland School. Tournament will be followed by a

prime rib dinner, entertainment, silent auction, and prizes for everyone - regardless of golf skill! For more information please contact

Trina Lloyd at 403-901-0516.

fiRsT annual home Based Business TRade faiR

Join us in making this fundraiser for Relay for Life a success. And see what home-based businesses are here in town. June 4th 2011 from 10 - 3 at the

Ag grounds Quonset. For more information please call Kristel Lang @ 403-901-1309 or email her at [email protected]

heRiTage days sTampede – 3Rd annual sTRaThmoRe’s goT TalenT

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 (doors open at 5pm), at the Strathmore Civic Centre. No Age Limit!! Deadline for entries is July 15 @ noon.

Call Judi at 403-934-5737 or 403-361-0808

Royal Canadian Legion For information regarding hall rentals, darts and crib, please call 403.934.5119

Strathmore Elks Lodge #491 meets 3rd Tuesday at the Strathmore Curling Club 6:30 pm. Steak Supper at 7 pm. New Members welcome. Call Greg 403-888-6155.

MOPS (Mother’s Of Preschoolers) meet 1st and 3rd Thursdays 9:30am – 11:30am at the Strathmore Alliance Church. Babysitting available for ages 0 - 6. For more information call Jennifer at 403-934-5799 or visit www.mops.org

Strathmore Parent and Tot Playgroup, meets every Thursday at 9:30 - 11:30 am. in the Strathmore United Church Basement. For more information call Tammy at 403-983-7284 or Ali at 403-934-2089. $1 per child

Strathmore District Health Services Auxiliary Meetings are held the fourth Monday of the month @ 1:30 pm, (excluding July & August). Lower level Confer-ence Room at the Strathmore Hospital. New members welcome. For more info please call 403-934-4436

Strathmore & District Chamber of Commerce meets the third Monday of the month @ 7:00 p.m. All members welcome. Check web page for meeting location. For more information call 403-901-3175 or www.strathmoredistrictchamber.com.

Come Fly With Us 903 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Sqn. Meet Wednesdays at 6:30pm at the blue building and Quonset on the Ag grounds. Boys & Girls welcome between 12 & 19 years. Call Joanna Howard at 403-983-5796 for more information.

HIV Edmonton providing support, education and advo-cacy for those infected with, affected by or at risk of HIV and AIDS for 25 years.Go to www.hivedmonton.com or call toll free 1.877.388.5742.

TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly Want to Lose Those Unwanted Pounds?? Need support to reach your goal? We are here for you! We meet every Thursday at 6:30 pm @the Anglican Church. Contact Melissa @ 403-901-1566 or Lynne @ 403-934-4359 to join our journey to a fitter you.

The Hope Bridges Society Board meetings held the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at #3-236-3rd. Avenue. Please visit our website at www.hopebridges.ca or contact us at [email protected].

Meals on Wheels is available in Strathmore. For information or to obtain this service please contact Wheatland FCSS at 403-934-5335.

Strathmore FASD Parent Support Group at the Strathmore United Church. For more info call Pam @652-4776.

Strathmore Caregiver Support Group This is an opportunity for caregivers to find support and benefit from interaction with others in a similar situation. For more information or to register call Amy Yaneza at 403-361-7176.

Sunday School for All Ages: Lord of All Lutheran Church offers Christian Education opportunities for ages 3 years to adult, on Sunday Mornings. All are Welcome! For more information please call Margo Sevick 403-901-2044 or call the Church Office at 403-934-2374.

Wheatland Conservation & Wildlife Association (Your local fish & game club). Meetings – 2nd Thursday every month, 7:30pm at the Clubhouse. Call Larry at 403-934-4388 for more information.

Wheatland Rural Crime Watch. Meetings are the 3rd Thursday of each Month. Featuring guest speakers. For more information call 403-934-4055.

Strathmore Lions Club meets the first and third Thursday at the Strathmore Civic Centre at 6:45 pm.

Strathmore Country Gardens Club Meetings at least once per month. Tours, guest speakers, workshops and much more included in a membership. $20 single, $30 family. For more information visit www.strath-morecountrygardensclub.webs.com or phone Linda Pekrul 403-901-0017.

Free Tree for all New Born Babies Attention all infants – remind your par-ents to register your birth so a tree can be planted commemorating your birth in the Chinook Credit Union Birth For-est in Strathmore. Registration Forms are available at the Town office, Chinook Credit Union and Health Unit. (A Communities in Bloom Project)

Strathmore Masonic Lodge #53 meets the first Monday of each Month at 7:30 p.m. Call Glen at 403-901-6038. Website: www.strathmore53.com

Adult Competitive Volleyball at Crowther Memorial Junior High in the gym every Wednesday from 7-9 pmContact is Lavern Lein 403-934-4646.

Strathmore Regional Victim Services Society needs community members to be Advocates (volunteers). Training is provided. Contact Victim Services through the RCMP Detachment at 403-934-6552

Strathmore Homeschool Familes. Any Strathmore and Area familes that are homeschooling are invited to join our Yahoo Group. groups.yahoo.com/group/strathmorehsfams

Healing Rooms, open for prayer Mondays from 7 to 9 pm. at the Harvest Healing Centre at 115A-3rd. Avenue in Strathmore. Everyone is Welcome.

Strathmore Full Gospel Church We’re a Pentecostal Bible based family church that has something for all ages. Call 934-2225 or visit www.strathmorefullgospel.com

SENIORS 50+HAPPY GANG, General Meeting the second Tuesday of each month at 1:15. For more informa-tion call 403-901-2377.

Strathmore Musical Arts Society, If you love music and musicians and have a special soft spot for the Blues, you would enjoy being part of this group. Call 403-934-4196 or 403-680-7721 to get on our phone or email list and be notifies about meetings and upcoming events.

Kidz 1st Network Parent Link Centre, We offer programs for children (0 – 6 yrs.) and their parents (caregivers)Strathmore Drop-In ProgramStay & Play Mondays 10:00 – 12:00and Wednesdays 9:30 to 11:30 and 4:30 to 8:30. For a list of all other programs, please visit our website at: www.cscommunitycurrents.comAll programs are free. Please call 983-0016 for program details.


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Strathmore Heritage Days StampedeJuly 28 - August 1, 2011

Contact Darcy Ledene - General ManagerOffice 403-934-5811 Email [email protected]

As much as sponsors are an integral part of keeping a non-profit organization running, the volunteers are just as important. Without either, many events wouldn’t be able to happen.

“We couldn’t do anything without our volunteers. They are all over the grounds. The Calgary Stampede doesn’t have even a third of the volunteers we have, because they pay everyone,” said Cassi Knopf with the Ag. Society.

There are between 700 and 800 volunteers through a number of different committees that spend their time helping make sure everything runs smoothly during Heritage Days.

One unique thing with their event is they provide food and drinks to the volunteers. The Ag. Society serves the volunteers five hot meals, one for each day of Heritage Days and provide them with water. They are also working with Pepsi to try to give the volunteers more choices.

All the descriptions of the different committees is available on the website and Ledene said people may not realize there are that many committees which

need help. Some volunteers can do one day in each committee if they wanted and get a chance to see all sides of Heritage Days.

The Ag. Society is flexible and willing to work with everybody, they need all the bodies they can get and won’t say no if someone can work only one shift, or a few shifts.

It’s not just Heritage Days that they need help with. One of the biggest events in the fall is the celebration of lights. Darcy Ledene, General Manager for the Ag. Society said without a dedicated staff, it wouldn’t get set up, and when it comes time to take everything down, they struggle to find enough volunteers.

“We’re always looking for people available to help out the Ag. Society. A couple hours here, a couple hours there, it goes a long way to making us successful,” said Ledene.

The goal is to create a database and figure out who would be interested in helping throughout the year.

The volunteer form is on the website, www.strathmorerodeo.com and they can either email it in, or bring it in, in person.

Volunteers

For a good causeThe Re/mAX Real estate Advocates based out of Chestermere hosted the Yard Sale for the Cure in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Founda-tion on may 28. The Chestermere Community Association donated the use of the curling rink for the event, which gener-ated $375. The remain-ing items that did not sell were donated to the victims of the Slave Lake fire. Seven-year-old elora eldjarnson parted with some of her most prized possessions, generating $34 on her own for the cause.

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Over the next week preparations will begin to get the Ag. Society grounds ready for Strathmore’s annual Relay for Life, which takes place June 10. Commit-tee members are working on tying up loose ends, and waiting for the day.

“Me and my boss at A&W have planned food, entertainment, luminaries and sur-vivors,” said Kristel Lang, a Relay for Life committee member.

There is also a friendly competition going on at A&W. They have put in two teams - boys versus girls - and the loser has to cook the winner dinner. The girl who brings in the most donations will have a cheesecake made for them by Lang.

There have been a few changes to the event for this year.

“I think the newest thing is, compared to past years the committee member in charge of food has decided that survivors deserve a sit-down meal. So we’ve re-cruited some waitresses and looking for more who are going to serve a prime rib dinner to the survivors,” said Lang.

Entertainment will also be starting ear-

lier this year, beginning around 4 p.m. The survivor dinner will be at 5:30 p.m., and the survivor lap will begin at 7 p.m. There will be a head shave again this year, and the committee is always look-ing for more teams to register.

“It’s going to be a full, full packed event right from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. We have some fun things planned. We are going to have all the teams dress up and we’re going to do a contest with pedometers…we’re working on the fine details,” said Lang.

“There are going to be contests, and games to keep the night lively so you don’t have to walk the whole 12 hours. There’s lots of local talent. There’s sing-ers, there’s a couple of different bands, I believe the cheer club is going to do their routine again.”

Last year a few teams registered at the site, but they do encourage people to register online so they can order the size of t-shirt they like, it will guarantee a campsite, plus it’s a little cheaper. As of May 27 there were 18 teams registered, and the goal is to see 25.

“We would take 100 (teams), it’s not limited at all. The first year it was in Strathmore it was an amazing event,” said Lang.

Relay helps bring hope to future cancer survivors

Dazzling showThe Strathmore Boys and Girls club hosted the Abraca Dazzle Traveling magic Show may 28 at Hope Church. For 30 years, John Kaplan and his show have been trav-eling across Canada, dedicating his life to entertaining others, while helping com-munity organizations raise funds through his public concerts.

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Cloudy with a chance of rain, the weather however surprised as the Strath-more High School’s graduating class of 2011 received a bit of sun on their spe-cial day. On Saturday, May 28, 213 stu-dents were dressed in their blue robes, becoming one of the largest SHS graduat-ing classes that Strathmore has ever seen.

The busy day, beginning with the morning ceremonies, and ending with the evening celebrations had the appear-ance of effortless transition. However, it would not have been possible if it were not for the many students, parents, teach-er volunteers who have spent the year planning and preparing for this impor-tant event.

The SHS grad committee, organized by teachers Connie Pederson and Rob Pirie, began their extensive planning at the start of the school year, first prepar-ing for winter formal, and finally for the more important event - grad.

The committee’s chairman, SHS stu-dent, Jessica Steffens, felt that the grad committee started out strong with high numbers, but as time before grad began to dwindle, so did the number of stu-dents. When work needed to be done, Steffens felt that there was only a select few who could be depended on. Even though the grad committee was left with a smaller group, Steffens felt that this group was more concrete and the help that they gave was immense.

“I think that having a leadership role kind of made it difficult for other stu-dents,” said Steffens. “I think that’s why some people quit; I think they felt that it was one person doing it, when really it wasn’t. I just organized the meetings. Having a committee that is more run by each other, I think, would have been bet-ter.”

The evening banquet and the Safe Grad

after party was completely put on by parent volunteers. The event’s organizer, parent, Karen Knight, felt that there was a great amount of help from the parents, but, there was a lack of support from SHS administrator staff. If given the op-portunity to notify the students about the banquet and activities, and sell tickets on the school grounds, Knight felt that the overall participation from the students could have been greater.

“To me, it’s very disheartening that the high school administrator wants nothing to do with the banquet for grad, and get-ting together with a traditional function that every high school in the area partici-pates in,” she said. “What I would have liked to see was more kids there, these kids grew up with each other for the last twelve years and went to school together, they should be celebrating together.”

In regards to help from the adminis-trator staff, Jessica Steffens, on the other hand, felt that they did a good job, and did not sense negativity.

“I felt that all the teachers were really good about the banquet and encouraged me to go,” said Steffens. “I think it went really good.”

Overall, Knight felt that the banquet and safe grad was a success, and would not have been possible without the help from the volunteers, with a special thank you to Brittany Walker for her power point presentation at the banquet, Arlis O’Neil, for being Knight’s wingman and Julia Gigantelli and Michelle Walker for helping organize the night’s events.

Despite the safe grad’s inevitable inju-ries which seem to occur every year - in-cluding stitches in the head from a towel dispenser and a chipped tooth for an-other student - any in attendance would have called the night well worth it. Both Knight and Steffens largely emphasized that the grad would not have been pos-sible if it were not for the combined ef-forts of all the volunteers.

Strong efforts make a strong success

Graduates of the 2011 class of Strathmore High School were honoured on may 28th, 2011 for their years of efforts and achievements. The ceremonies were held in the gymnasium of SHS, and later a formal dance was held for graduates, friends and family, to celebrate the tremendous accomplishment of the graduates but also to give special thanks to parents, teachers, and fellow peers.

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Many ribbons cut in RosebudManny EvErEttTimes Contributor

It was a grand day in Rosebud as the Community for the Cen-tre of the Arts came together to celebrate the openings of their three largest projects this spring.

Special Guests and Dignitaries featuring federal, provincial and local government officials, key donors and sponsors gathered in the new centre, where they participated in the ribbon cut-tings of the Encana Centre, then a ribbon cutting of Wild Horse Jack’s Bistro and Grill and final-ly the expanded and renovated Rosebud Mercantile.

“Our Government is proud to be a part of today’s grand open-ing celebrations for the Rosebud Mercantile,” said Kevin Sorensen,

Member of Parliament for Crow-foot, on behalf of the Honorable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversi-fication. “The renovation and expansion of this historic facil-ity has helped create jobs, while laying the foundation for new services and economic growth opportunities in our region.”

Through the Government of Canada’s Community Adjust-ment Fund, $2 million was con-tributed towards the initiative in Rosebud’s expansions.

While providing modern ame-nities, the Mercantile honors the history and character of rural Alberta. A century-old grain el-evator was dismantled from a nearby farm and key parts are used in the décor of the “Har-vest Room” dining area in the

Mercantile.“This is a dream come true”

remarks Executive Director Bob Davis. “It was a 10 year jour-ney from visioning to planning, fundraising and then construc-tion. But it was worth it. We now have a multi-use facility that can help us grow, expand and create new opportunities for decades to come.”

Many volunteer hours were put into the projects by com-munity members, students and sponsors.

Guests were led on a tour of the facility including the Art Fair of visual displays from local art-ists. This was followed by a meal before participating in the open-ing of Rosebuds’ newest theatre production of Jake and the Kid by W.O. Mitchell.


Bottom photo: Ribbon cutting at the new Rosebud mercantile. Colin Jackson (left), Chairman Rosebud Centre of the Arts; mike Forgo, Vice President, Business Services & Stakeholder Relations, Canadian Division, encana; Kevin Sorenson, member of Parliament for Crowfoot; Jason Knibb, Past-Chair, Rosebud Centre of the Arts, Lois Haskayne; Glen Koester, Wheatland County Councilor; Brenda Schultz, Ray Schultz, Arno Doerksen, mLA for Strathmore-Brooks and Dick Haskayne.

Manny Everett Photos

I would like to Thank everyone in the community who took the time to read my

article “neuro...WhaT”, as well as the Strathmore Times article written by Shannon LeClair,

about myself and my life journey.I have been very overwhelmed with the support of the community. I’m so touched and blessed by everyone!

Many thanks for helping me spread awareness for nF during May, nF awareness month.

I’m very glad I wrote the article, it’s something I’ve wanted to do for years.

I still have people coming up to me, to mention they read it and, I can’t even begin to express how great that makes me feel : )

I’d also like to say a big thanks to the Strathmore Times reader, who sent awesome flowers, and a very inspiring card.

I have never received flowers from someone I don’t know. My heart is so touched, and I almost wasn’t prepared for such a

beautiful act of kindness. knowing that I help people with my struggle, makes the struggle totally worth it!

Blessed with nF2, my daughter, this community, and much support along the way.

Dee-Ann [email protected]

Westmount elementary school council

wishes to say thanK you to

and particularly to neil & sarah Kennedy

for your support in our ongoing Grocery card fundraiser.

Pfc. Nathan HoffmanPfc. Nathan Hoffman a 2001

Strathmore High School graduate left for Afghanistan for a one year long deployment in May.

Nathan enlisted into the US army and completed his basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia on June 11, 2010.

After basic training Nathan enrolled in to Special forces Air Borne training but had an unfortunate incident during one of his jumps that caused an injury which took him out of the training program.

Nathan than received orders to join the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Nathan is a Team Leader of a security detail for the Colonel of the infantry division and will be accompanying him on his missions.

Alberta Land Surveyors Association recognized Andrew CAmmAert as a Professional Land Surveyor at their annual convention in Jasper, this past April.

Andrew graduated from the Geomatics Engineering Technology program at SAIT in 2004. Following this he began his article under Clayton Bruce in Strathmore. Clayton shared his wealth of knowledge as he mentored Andrew for the next six years. With Clayton’s help and guidance he was able to challenge and complete the series of professional exams.

Andrew was recognized as the 866th Alberta Land Surveyor in the associations 102 years of organization. He is also Clayton’s final article student, as Clayton chose a well earned retirement. Clayton was designated as ALS #289 and has been practicing for 48 years. With his retirement, the practice transitions to Ace Surveys Ltd., under the personal supervision of Andrew.

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Top photo: Wild Horse Jack’s Bistro and Grill, the new restaurant in the expanded Rosebud Centre of the Arts, held its grand opening may 27. it was named after local rancher “Wild Horse” Jack morton who settled in Rosebud area in the early 1900’s. it is open Wednes-day to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Pat murphy is executive Chef and Hospitality Director of the “Harvest Room” themed dining space offering unique plate service meals before each show in ad-dition to their popular buffet. many special guest were on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony, including Colin Jackson (left), Chair-man Rosebud Centre of the Arts; Glen Koester, Wheatland County Councilor; Ray Schultz; Brenda Schultz, Kevin Sorenson, member of Parliament for Crowfoot; mike Forgo, Vice President, Business Services & Stakeholder Relations, Canadian Division, encana; Lois Haskayne; Arno Doerksen, mLA for Strathmore-Brooks; Dick Has-kayne and Jason Knibb, Past-Chair, Rosebud Centre of the Arts.


On June 10, the Strathmore UFA will be hosting a Farmers Day Celebration in front of the store. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend the festivities, it’s not just for farmers.

“This Farmers Day used to be a day in June where it was actually a provin-cial holiday so everybody had it off and I think they stopped doing it in 1968,” said Rebecca Schraa, one of the main organizers of the event.

“So what UFA is doing, is we’re…starting to go back to our roots and re-ally wanting to thank farmers for what they do.”

There will be a few things the UFA will be doing during the Farmers Day to support that. There will be a hot dog lunch between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and a day full of fun activities such as face painting, and a colouring contest for

the kids. One of the biggest events of the day

will be the silent auction, with proceeds being donated to the Disabled Farmers of Alberta Association.

“UFA is a cooperative, part of the def-inition of a cooperative is to give back to its members but also to give back to the community that the cooperative serves,” said Schraa.

“It just kind of fits with UFA’s design, that we serve our members first. The majority of our members are farmers…so it’s just kind of supporting some-thing that supports them.”

She did say the Strathmore location is the only one raising funds for dis-abled farmers as far as she knows. The Farmers Day Celebrations will be held all across Alberta at all UFA locations

If anybody would like to donate something for the silent auction or would just like to make a donation they can contact the UFA at 403-934-6684.


RCMP BriefsRecognizing, supporting Alberta farmers

FROM THE HUSSAR 4-H SHOW & SALE

A HUGE THANK YOU!!!

The parents and members of the Gleichen-Cluny, Standard and Hussar 4-H Show and Sale would like to thank the following businesses, organizations and individuals for their very generous support of our annual achievement day show and sale which was held on Sunday May 29th,

2011. It’s always great to see the local businesses support the efforts of the 4H youth!

Thanks to CJS AGRO SERVICES LTD. of HUSSAR who purchased Justin Fraser’s Grand Champion calf for $3.90 per pound.

And to WESTERN CHEV OLDS of DRUMHELLER who purchased Ciara Sandum’s Reserve Grand Champion for $3.30 per pound.

THANK YOU to the following businesses who purchased 2 calves! CJS Agro Services Ltd., Hussar; Gregory, Harriman & Associates, Strathmore;

Drumheller Chrysler, Drumheller; Muller Farms, Hussar and Sage Farms, Hussar.

Thank you to our individual buyers: Pure Country Meats, Strathmore; Meyers Norris Penny, Drumheller; Drumheller Co-op, Drumheller; Gates Agencies, Standard; Hussar Seed Cleaning Plant, Hussar; Cluny Lions Club, Cluny; The Country Farmhouse, Cluny; Bow Slope Shipping As-sociation, Brooks; Riverside Packers, Drumheller; Evergreen Implements, Bassano; Evergreen

Implements, Drumheller; Jim Sammons, Gleichen; Dry Creek Farms, Hussar; Highway 21 Feeders & Tri West Agro, Acme, Ken Williams Hail, Hussar; Gordon & Ellen Brown, Hussar; Double S

Farms, Bassano; Chinook Credit Union, Hussar; and Moss Trucking, Bassano.

Thank you to Doug’s Earthmoving, Hussar, for purchasing the Hussar Fundraiser calf for $2.60 per pound and to Pure Country Meats in Strathmore for donating the processing

for our fundraiser calf again this year!

We would also like to thank the Hussar Ag Society for the use of the arena and sound system; Chelsea Heryford for an excellent job as MC for our show, Chinook Credit Union for printing the sale sheet, Conformation Judge Trevor Burks, Junior Judge Stephanie Heryford, Showmanship Judge Ethan Gosling, Grooming Judge Ryan Hunter, Ringmen - Nicole Fraser and Erica Sage.

Thanks to Darren Rebalkin for a super job as our auctioneer and for donating his time again this year. To our photographer Janet Yule, Yvonne Comstock and Donna Collett for running the concession at the Arena, and to Desert Trailer Sales of Bassano for the use of the panels.

Special thanks to the leader of our club Wendy Kaiser and to all of the other leaders, participants and parents for a well organized and enjoyable day.

Thanks to everyone who helped to make this sale such a success!

A local Motorcycle Association branches out to show their support to the Strathmore A&W. Strathmore Poker Run committee members get together monthly to share their compassion for motorcycles and discuss future plans for upcoming years. Don’t be surprised to see motorcycle’s parked outside “The Dub” on a Thursday night. A&W Man-ager, Will Whately invites the bikers to enjoy an evening meal together and talk about future summer riding plans. Will loves to see the riders out on their bikes sitting out in the sun or inside the restaurant having a good time.

Six members of the SPR had the great opportunity of getting together with CEO Christine McIver from Kid’s Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta to take a quick snapshot. Since 2003 The Strathmore Poker Run has chosen to donate all the proceeds to KCCFA (with no administra-tive costs)

Candice Martin, Manager of Community Initiatives writes -We are delighted to be the beneficiary of the funds from The Strathmore Poker Run, this July 2011. This will be the Ninth Annual Event which has collected over $95,000.00 for KCCFA.

There’s a lot of work and volunteer hours that go into organizing an initiative of this size and we thank these individual’s for their dedication and time. In order to in-crease the proceeds donated to helping these children affected by cancer We Need Your Help. Please consider sponsoring the Poker Run with a monetary donation of items to offset expenses in order to increase the donations to help the lives of the children affected by cancer.

First year’s proceeds went to the Program Wigs for Kid’s. The second and third years monies went to Child Find of Alberta, states committee Member, Sandy Scobie.

Should you have any questions? Please email us at [email protected] or contact us at www.strathmorepokerrun.ca

Strathmore’s Hope Community Covenant Church hosted the Night of Gospel music on the evening of may 29. The Brentwood School Choir, instruct-ed by Caroline Steeves, made a special appear-ance for the congregation as a thank-you for all their support with their FUeL program in their school. FUeL sends kids breakfast and makes sure that everyone is getting what they need to have a healthy start to the day. Steeves works very hard with Brentwood’s award winning choir and was very emotional and thankful for having so much support from the Hope community in her school. The night is put on at Hope Commu-nity Covenant Church to bring people together to celebrate the importance of music and Jesus.


Showing their appreciation

Collision on HigHway 1On may 30, at approxi-

mately 3:30 p.m., Strathmore RCmP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway # 1, just west of Highway 24. The investigation determined that a westbound vehicle collided with a parked, unoc-cupied vehicle. The driver, a 49-year-old male from Cal-gary, was airlifted by STARS to Foothills Hospital with seri-ous injuries. His condition has been upgraded to stable at this time.

Highway # 1 westbound was temporarily closed to al-low STARS access, and af-terward was restricted to one lane until the vehicles were re-moved from the roadway.

Male suspeCt CHarged in tHeft froM veHiCles

During the early morning hours of may 24, at approxi-

mately 5 a.m., Strathmore RCmP received a complaint of a suspicious male in the Hill-view area of Strathmore. The male suspect was reported to be entering unlocked vehicles parked along the street.

Upon arrival members lo-cated a 22 year old male from the Calgary area matching the description provided of the suspect entering the un-locked cars. The investiga-tion determined that he was in possession of various items of stolen property. The male will be charged with two counts of possession of stolen property and is being investigated for other similar offences in the Strathmore area.

The Strathmore RCmP en-courage and recommend that you lock your vehicle in an at-tempt to reduce this type of criminal activity.

if anyone has any informa-

tion about this or any other criminal offence they are asked to contact the Strath-more RCmP at 403-934-3968 or through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TiPS.

Break and enter at loCal residenCe

On may 21, Strathmore RCmP received a complaint of a break-in to a residence on Centre Street within the Town of Strathmore. Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., the suspect(s) entered through an unlocked and open door, and stole several hundred dollars in Canadian currency. RCmP believe this may have hap-pened on more than one oc-casion.

Strathmore RCmP would like to remind residents to lock their doors on their homes and vehicles to prevent similar oc-currences.

After months of hard work, Rebecca Richardson has been showing Jewels of Jade, hoping to locate a buyer for her owners.

Photo Courtesy of Paula Richardson


Determination and a strong spirit is what is helping a Strathmore teenager get through a tough time in her life. Rebecca Richardson, 13, has been riding and showing horses for a number of years now.

“She had had this horse for about a year and a half. She was a big Dutch Warmblood X Thoroughbred that we got from B.C.,” said Paula Richardson, Rebecca’s mom.

“We invested a great deal of money into this horse, this was supposed to be the horse that would take Rebecca right through to Spruce Meadows, this is the horse that had that kind of ability.”

She said her daughter and Lexi, the horse, were doing awesome together, and were working really hard.

Richardson said the vet was out to see Lexi because she was showing some soreness in her right front leg, off and on, for a few weeks. While the vet was working to figure out what was wrong, the horse overreached with her back leg. Horses like Lexi are bred to overreach a bit, due to all of the jump-ing they do, but when she came forward with her back leg on the left side, she shattered her pastern. The pastern is the part of the horse located between the fetlock joint and the hoof.

“I got a phone call here at work, (Strath-more High School) that said, you guys have 15 minutes to get out here and say goodbye to Lexi. So I had to go grab my daughter and my husband, and we hurried out there,” said Richardson.

“The vet had already sedated her a bit, so she was in the arena and she was sort of munching, we said our goodbyes and that was it. My daughter was devastated, this

horse was her best friend.” News anchor Gil Tucker, from Global Tele-

vision, came out this way and did a segment on Rebecca and Lexi called ‘Horse Help.’ Rich-ardson said the horse community was amaz-ing, once word had gotten out about what had happened to Lexi, they rallied behind Rebecca. Richardson said they sent money, condolences, and there were offers of horses for Rebecca to ride.

“The horse community is amazing, but this just proved how wonderful it really was,” said Richardson.

They had a few options on what they could do. After talking to Rebecca’s coach Danielle Pennacchietti, the Richardsons found out Frank Selinger, whom Pennacchietti trains with, had an idea. Selinger knew of a couple who had a horse that may be a benefit to Re-becca in terms of the work, and would ben-efit the owner who had talked about getting it into shape and selling it. Rebecca has been showing the pony at Andersons Ranch said Richardson.

“She has been working with this horse for three months. It was out in a pasture for six months. It’s seven years old, so it’s fairly young,” said Richardson.

“The last three months she’s ridden it pretty much consistently five times a week to get it in shape so she could show it for these peo-ple at the horse show and try to find a buyer.”

Once the horse sells, Rebecca will get a small commission on the sale.

Not only is she continuing in her sport, but she is also training and working in it. In her first showing with Jewels of Jade, Rebecca ribboned, which means she was in the top eight in every class except one. Eventually the Richardsons plan to buy a new horse, but for now they have to wait and build up the fi-nances to be able to do so.

Staying strong through a tough time

Mario PruSinaTimes Editor

The annual Emergency Services Charity Golf Tour-nament will hit the links on June 17 at the Strathmore Golf Club.

For $125, the Texas Scram-ble Tournament will include green fees, cart rental, steak dinner and prizes for all par-ticipants.

The event, which is host-ed by the Strathmore Fire Department, RCMP, Wheat-land and District Emergency Medical Services Association (WADEMSA), Strathmore Municipal Enforcement and Strathmore Regional Victim Services Society (SRVSS), will also have a silent auction to

raise funds for the charity.Tournament organizers are

still looking for support in a number of ways; including hole sponsors, donating priz-es for the silent auction, and of course, taking part in the tournament.

A handful of local busi-nesses have stepped up to the plate and offered tre-mendous hole-in-one prizes. H&H Huxted and Asset Insur-ance Brokers are sponsoring a $25,000 hole-in-one prize, Koreann Bland of ATB Inves-tor Services are sponsoring a $10,000 hole-in-one prize, Byron Smith Ford will offer $15,000 toward purchase of a new Ford vehicle and Strath-more Motor Products will of-fer a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze.

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Fore a good causesports

The Strathmore Junior Venom T3 lacrosse team was edged 8-5 by the Olds Sting-ers on May 26 at the Strathmore Family Centre.

Jody Schneider Photos

Venom stung!


Mario PrusinaTimes Editor

Later this fall, Strathmore High School graduate Kyron Lloyd will suit up for his third football team in three season. Remarkably, he earned a spot on each squad by playing a different position.

The 2010 high school graduate played quarterback for the Strathmore Spartans for three years, before joining the Uni-versity of Alberta Golden Bears last fall, making the team as a slotback.

However, the opportunity to play clos-er to home and earn a college education was all the incentive Lloyd needed to switch teams, jumping from the Golden Bears to the Calgary Colts of the Cana-dian Junior Football League.

After evaluating the depth charts, Lloyd made the decision to tryout for the team as a running back prior to the spring camp last month. Not surprising-ly, the athletic football player earned a spot on the squad.

“When I played for Strathmore, I was more of a running quarterback – so I liked to scramble a lot,” said Lloyd. “I brought that to U of A too – the coach said whenever I get the ball, his favou-rite part of watching me run was my fin-ish, so I’ve always had a running back style.

“It is easier to pickup the receiver po-sition (if you played quarterback) be-cause you know where to be, how to run the routes and how you want (the ball). So it was a pretty easy transition

going to slotback.”According to Lloyd, he had very suc-

cessful rookie season, highlighted by breaking the school record for the 40-yard dash, beating the old record of 4.73 seconds with a remarkable 4.60 outing.

While most rookies don’t usually get to dress in regular season games in their first year, Lloyd had the opportunity to hit the field for one game. Not only did he dress, but he even took part in a play.

This year, he hopes to make a bigger splash with the Colts.

“I want to travel with the team,” said Lloyd. “I was talking to guys with the Colts in the locker room and stuff and they said that out of all the rookies from last season, only one ended up travel-ling (with the team), just like U of A. I hope to kind of change that and be the only (rookie) travelling.

“It makes me want to get on the foot-ball field (right now). I feel like when I’m (not on the field) that I’m wasting my time. I want to go play football and earn that spot already.”

The multi-athletic 18-year-old, who has also played basketball, hockey, track, badminton and baseball, plans to take the Business program at SAIT later this fall. His eventual goal is to trans-fer to the University of Calgary in two years to earn his degree. At that time, he hopes to tryout for the University of Calgary Dinos.

However, Lloyd is not looking too far ahead - he is focused on present.

And the present is the Calgary Colts.

Gearing up for the Colts

announcement

Appointment of Principal

Alternative Programs

Jennifer Bertsch

Golden Hills School Division is pleased to announce that Mrs. Jennifer Bertsch is appointed as Principal of Alternative Programs, effective August 29, 2011. Mrs. Bertsch will administer over the Golden Hills Learning Academy, Strathmore Storefront School, and all the Hutterite Colony schools within the division. She will also have some responsibilities in administering the International Education Program.

Mrs. Bertsch holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Education degree and is working towards a Masters of Education degree specializing in Educational Leadership from the University of Calgary.

Jennifer began her teaching career in 1996 and was Associate Principal at Central Bow Valley School for seven years before she began her most recent position as Associate Principal for the 18 colony schools, the Golden Hills Learning Academy, and International Services. She will apply her years of experience to this position and we wish her all the best to her new assignment.

Appointment of Principal

Acme School, Carbon School, &Dr. Elliott School

Kurt Ratzlaff

Golden Hills School Division is pleased to announce that Mr. Kurt Ratzlaff is appointed as Principal of Acme School, Carbon School, and Dr. Elliott School (Linden) effective August 29, 2011.

Mr. Ratzlaff completed his undergraduate degrees (BPE, BEd) at the University of Calgary, holds a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from San Diego State University, and has 20 years of experience as an educator. He is currently the Associate Principal at Three Hills School and was the Principal at Dr. Elliott School from 2000 to 2005.

Kurt will apply his years of experience to this position and we wish him all the best to his new assignment.

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Former Strathmore Spartans quarterback Kyron Lloyd will be joining the Calgary Colts Junior Football team later this summer. After playing last season with the University of Alberta as a slotback, Lloyd will join the Colts as a runningback.

Mario Prusina Photo

At 1:40 a.m. on March 22 a fire raged through a home at the corner of Briarwood Road and Briarwood Crescent in Strathmore. Four neighbouring homes were evacuated for the safety of the occupants due to the severity of the fire and wind direction. The occupants of the residence where the fire started were not home at the time. A second residence next to the first, was damaged by the fire.

Strathmore High School hosted the top junior high school athletes at the County Track and Field meet may 30. The top competitors form each event earned a chance to take part in the Zone Championship June 1 in Calgary.

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County meets for meet



The Strathmore Spartans boys soccer team is off to the league final after a 3-1 win over Canmore May 30.

Despite never beating their opponent the past two seasons, the third-seed Spartans dominated from start to finish, earning a berth in the Gold Medal Game June 1 against Foothills Composite (re-sult not available as of press time).

“The boys have really come together as a team,” said head coach Wes Clark in an e-mail to the Times. “They respect each other and understand that it takes everyone on the team playing their best in order for us to be successful. We have a group of individuals that believe in each other and that have bought into our new system of play. Every player contributes in their own way.”

According to Clark, the Spartans played a consistent game from start to finish, improving their season record to 5-2 (including playoffs).

“The boys dominated with their ag-gressive play, causing many turn-overs and (creating) a lot of quality scoring chances,” said Clark. “Canmore was kept to the outside of the field and re-ally never threatened. It was the first game in two seasons of play where the Spartans won almost every loose ball situation, as well as dominated in the air. Our defense was solid and our mid-fielders and forwards spread the field, causing Canmore to constantly chase the ball.

“As a coach I was very impressed with how well the boys executed our game plan and how much the team has improved over the last few weeks. I’m excited about the opportunity we have (in the final).”

Spartans look for gold

The Employee Retirement & Long Services Recognition Event was held Thursday, May 19th at Drumheller Valley Secondary School. Superintendent and Retiree, Dianne McBeth welcomed everyone and played a role in the theme of “Superheroes & Secret Identities” as Mirage, a character from the Movie, The Incredibles. She introduced Executive Administration who made their entrances as Mr. Incredible (Ed Holt, Associate Superintendent and 30

year recipient), Elasticity (Dr. Kandace Jordan, Associate Superintendent), and Violet Parr (Tahra Sabir, Secretary Treasurer).

The Board of Trustees of Golden Hills, Steve Wiewel (President of the Three Drums of Wheat), Retirees, Long Service Recipients, and guests attended the event. The DVSS Senior Choir, lead by Virginia Sakofsky performed during the meal that was prepared by Chef Rakesh Kalupnath, Kim McCulley, and DVSS

students. Shauna Johnson, Art Teacher, displayed DVSS students’ art work for viewing.

Our photographer, Jennifer Bertsch, displayed her “spidey senses” for the Daily Bugle at the awards night and snapped pictures of retirees and award recipients. Roger Hamm, DVSS Drama Teacher, wrote the “Superheroes & Secret Identities” theme which included special “superhero” biographies, tributes, music, and trivia.

Employee Retirement & Long Services Recognition EventThursday, May 19th at Drumheller Valley Secondary School

Superheroes & Secret Identities Theme

30 YEaRS - Back Row: Kevin Kubinec, Clyde Olson, Robert Rudolf, and Gary Semotiuk. Front Row:

Kathy Tucker, Ed Holt (a.k.a. Mr. Incredible), Carolyn Reinhart, and Robert Pirie.

25 YEaRS - Back Row: Gabriele Kuhrt, Randy Moncks, Debra Fule, and Lynn English.

Front Row: Kathy Samson, Gail Daw, Corky Reger, Wendy Hatton, and Dawn Sullivan.

20 YEaRS - Back Row: Ellen McLane, Wayne Funk, and Garry Tetz. Middle Row: Patricia Burrows,

Karen Harris, Jodi Carlson, Marci-Jo Steen, and Susan Seiler. Front Row: Brian Vokins,

Sheila Tucker, and Dean Adams.

15 YEaRS - Back Row: Shauna Vaughan, Gwen Rogers, and Sherry Saunby.

Front Row: Jennifer Bertsch, Jeff Grimsdale, and Deanne Bertsch.

10 YEaRS - Back Row: Rosalie Rudolf, Wendy Olson, and Pam Drydale. Front Row: Sharon Blanchard,

Cameron Holloway, and Vicky Wegener.

5 YEaRS - Back Row: Charlene Green, Shauna Johnson, Elizabeth Fenton, and

Valerie Miller-Fifi. Front Row: Daphne Isaak, Erin Kaupp, Walli Janzen, and Claire Wade.

RETIREES - Back Row: Terry Stankievech, Roger Nelson, James Janzen, and Walli Janzen. Middle Row: Stanley Albright, Tom Zariski, Dianne McBeth, Gary Semotiuk, and Connie Kopp.

Front Row: Lois Redifer, Judy Erickson, Les Denomme, and Gisele Graham.

ThE IncREDIbLES - Ed Holt (Associate Superintendent), Tahra Sabir (Secretary Treasurer),

and Dr. Kandace Jordan (Associate Superintendent).

Dianne McBeth, Superintendent and Retiree (a.k.a Mirage

from The Incredibles) welcomes everyone.


With under a month until the first an-nual Tri-Smore Triathlon, organizers of the event are seeking volunteers to help make it a success.

According to organizer Niki Johnson, the triathlon needs approximately 40-50 more volunteers for the June 25 event.

“We need volunteers to count lanes at the pool, a couple of water stations, the food station, directing traffic and of course volunteers to help set up tables and barricades,” said Johnson. “There is a lot of work to be done.”

In order to help generate interest for volunteers, the organizing committee will raffle off a two-night stay at a resort in British Columbia.

According to Johnson, they were close to 150 people registered to take part in the event as of the June 1 dead-line. However, they will still accept reg-istration to the event up to June 15.

To register for the event or to sign up as a volunteer, please visit the website at www.tri-smore.com or call (403) 480-1218.

Volunteers still needed for Tri-Smore Triathlon

The Strathmore Spartans boys soccer team won their semi-final game ver-sus Canmore may 30.

Strathmore Times File Photo

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Notice is hereby given that the 2010 Assess-ment Roll for Village of Rockyford used for 2011 Property Taxation, completed under the provisions of Municipal Government Act, has been prepared and is open for inspection at Village of Rockyford Administration office Monday to Friday during business hours of 8:30 am to noon and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm MST. Any person who desires to object to the entry of their name or that of any other person upon the said roll or to the assessed value placed upon any property must, on or before July 2, 2011 lodge their complaint(s) in writing to the Clerk of the Assessment Review Board, for Village of Rockyford; along with an appeal fee of $50.

Notice of mailing 2011 property Tax & Assessment Notice from Village of RockyfordCombined 2011 Assessment and Tax Notices have been mailed on May 3, 2011. If you have not received your combined notice in the mail, please contact the Village of Rockyford Administration Office at 403-533-3950.

Please note the following rate by-law:Any taxes remaining unpaid after the 31st day of July, 2011 shall be subject to a penalty of 18% and a further penalty of 18% after the 31st day of December, 2011.

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Lian (Mrs.) Owel’sfamily invites you to a

RetiRement teaJune 12/2011 ~ 2:00-4:00pm

amphitheatre - Wheatland School Everyone Welcome

Short program to start at 2:45 Gift her only with the honour of your presence.

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opening night friday, june 10

Strathmore ag Society’s exhibition grounds

3 - 6:30 pmenjoy complimentary cake to

help celebrate “farmer’s day”Any Vendors interested for the

2011 season give us a call. for more information phone

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You are invited to dave Jessey’s

80th Birthday Celebration

Sunday, June 12 • 2 - 5 pmi.O.O.F. Hall in Langdon

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LEO & BETTY GAUTHIER60th ANNIVERSARY

JUNE 18th, 2011You are cordially invited to help

Leo and Betty celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary

on June 18, 2011 at the Strathmore Community Centre

(west hall).There will be a lunch from 1 pm to 4pm with a short program at 2pm.

Gifts gratefully declined

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Western IrrIgatIon DIstrIctBox 2372, 105 - 900 Pine road, strathmore, aB t1P 1K3

FORM 5Irrigation Districts Act

(Section 85/86)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGETHE AREA OF AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

TAKE NOTE that applications have been received by the Western Irrigation District to change the area of the District.

Applications to remove parcels consist of:

Any person wishing to complain is required to submit a written complaint to the Western Irrigation District at Box 2372 105-900 Pine Road, Strathmore, Alberta,

T1P 1K3 within 30 days after the date of the publication of this notice.

Jim Webber, P. Eng. General Manager

Western Irrigation District

NOTICE TO AFFECTED WATER USERS

WEED CONTROLPROGRAM

In 2011, the Western Irrigation District is permitted to implement a herbicide spray

program, under specific conditions, in or within 30 horizontal metres of irrigation canals, laterals and drains owned by the District

to attempt to control:

- Broadleaf weed and brush- Aquatic & semi-aquatic vegetation

- Noxious weeds

In accordance with the Environmental Protection & Enhancement Act, application was made by the District and approval received to

proceed with this annual program to apply herbicides.

Persons having specific concerns are encouraged to contact:

Jeremy Hemsing, P. Eng. - Manager of Operations and Maintenance

At 403-934-3542 Ext. 245 or Cellular 403-325-0045

Sacred Heart Academy School Council would like to thank the following people and businesses for their support in making our

Spring Dance a huge success:

Home HardwareImage Works Photography

Balloons by TracyHCC for the use of their gym

Ms Hoogenboom for her rockin’ tunes

and all the teachers and parents for volunteering their time

Together we were able to raise $156.00 and a bunch of food items for the

Strathmore Food Bank.

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“Thank You” to everyone who volunteered

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JONES, Harriett EstherHarriett was born on February 26, 1933 in carseland, Alberta, and

passed away on may 30, 2011. she is survived by her sons lorne (Judy) Jones of carseland, and Darrell (louanna) Jones of stavely; and daughter Darlene (wayne) todd of coronation. she will also be missed by her grandchildren Jenny, kelsey, Derek, Dallas, Alana, Dalton and skylar; great-grandchildren kathryn, Riley, Dominic, koby and Zachary; and siblings catherine Beacome, verla (Bob) Beacome, laverne (Jean) lausen, and Glen (Betty) lausen. Harriett was predeceased by her mother esther lausen, father Harry lausen, and sister Frances mclaughlin. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 3, 2011 at carseland community Hall at 1:00 p.m. if desired, donations may be made directly to the lupus society of Alberta (suite 200, 1301 – 8th st., calgary, AB, t2R 1B7). to send condolences, please visit www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca. wHeAtlAnD FuneRAl Home ltD. (strathmore) in care of arrangements. 403-934-5666.

ECKENSWILLER, (nee Hoffman), Sandra “Sandy”March 28, 1956 - May 27, 2011

it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of sandy eckenswiller of strathmore after a short battle with cancer. sandy was pre-deceased by her father cecil Hoffman in september of 2010, and mother norma Hoffman (nee Gutzki) in January of 1995. sandy will be missed and lovingly remembered by her husband Joe eckenswiller; her offspring Paul (Jennifer), Blair, and crystal; sister cheryl (kevin) de slegte; brother Allan (karen) Hoffman; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and fond friends. sandy was born in kitchener, ontario and raised in Breslau, where she attended Breslau Public school and Grand River collegiate. After high school she worked at cornet Hotel and electrohome. in 1973, she met her future husband, Joe, on a blind date. in 1975 they went out west to Alberta for a vacation and that is where they stayed. Joe and sandy were married in calgary in 1977 and lived in various places within calgary. in 1980 they built a home in irricana and in 1990 they moved to strathmore to raise their family. sandy loved the outdoors, whether it was camping or working in her flower gardens, tending to animals, and crocheting. sandy will always be remembered for her willingness to help both friends and family and assisting with the care of her parents when they were ill. sandy would always say she was just a phone call away! A memorial service will be held on saturday, June 4, 2011 at kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s witnesses at 2:00 p.m. luncheon to follow at the strathmore curling Rink. in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the canadian cancer society (200, 325 manning Rd. ne, calgary, AB, t2e 2P5) to send condolences, please visit www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca. wHeAtlAnD FuneRAl Home ltD. (strathmore) in care of arrangements. 403-934-5666.

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Three Day Trip to Edmonton at the River Cree Resort & CasinoJune 27 - 29, 2011 Cost $169/person dbl.Includes transportation, 2 nights accommodation at

the Marriott attached hotel, $15 in slot play, $15 in meal coupons, 2 continental breakfasts. Leaving Strathmore Tim Horton’s at 9:30 am

For any further information on these trips and for a detailed brochure call 1-866-362-5416

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Twenty-One Day Trip to Yukon & Alaska July 12 - August 1, 2011

Cost $3,490/person dbl.

Five Day Trip to Rocky Mountain Circle

August 22-26, 2011 Cost $740/person dbl.

Twenty-Five Day Trip to Eastern Panorama

September 7 - October 1, 2011 Cost $3,350/person dbl.

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Chinook Credit Union Ltd – Hussar BranchEmployment Opportunity

Member Service Representatives - Full TimeThe position is responsible for providing over-the-counter services such as: accepting deposits, cashing cheques, processing utility payments, calculat-ing foreign and domestic exchange, custody, balancing and security of cash, etc. The position responds to member inquiries on all branch products and services.

The ideal candidate must exhibit: • a positive attitude • a desire to help people • excellent communication skills They will find opportunities to cross-sell or refer sales opportunities to ap-propriate staff and have a desire to grow within a professional environment. Proficiency with computers is necessary; experience in the service industry is an asset. A minimum of one year post-secondary education, preferably in accounting or business administration, is preferred.

Please submit resumes to: People Solutions Administration Branch Box 1137 99 2nd Street West, Brooks, Alberta T1R 1B9 Fax # (403) 362-4239 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.chinookcu.com

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KA LAND CONSULTING LTD. in Strathmore, Alberta is looking for a part time

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We are a Surface Land Broker for Oil & Gas Companies and are seeking an individual who has a

minimum of 3-5 years of direct administration experience in a broker environment and

possesses related post secondary education from an accredited land administration program.

Or 5-7 years of direct administration experience if no land administration certificate.

As the successful candidate for this position, you are capable of, and enjoy working with multiple

priorities and tasks in a fast paced, ever changing environment where your commitment and dedica-tion ensure we exceed our clients’ expectations. Your excellent communication and organizational skills will assist in making you the ideal candidate.

If you would like to join our team we would like to hear from you. Please submit your resume, along

with 2 references in confidence to [email protected] We would like to thank you in advance for your

submission; however, only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

Part Time Book Keeper1 Day a week up to 6 hrs a day.

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“Serving Alberta’s Livestock Industry Since 1940”

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Complete Dispersal Ken Torkelson80 red, RNK, Blk Tan,

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Jim Stimpson70 Red & Blk Cows w/ Black Calves

Kevin Wilson50 Black Mixed Cows w/ Black Calves

Cross Coulee Ranching20 Red & Black pairs

june 3Regular Sale +

Cow/Calf Pairs @ 9:00 am Pairs @ 12:00 noon

All Breeds Bull Sale @ 1:00 pm

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mail: Box 2130, Strathmore, AB, T1P 1K1Attention: Tyler Walker

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SpaciouS 2 bdrm apart-ment available June 1. 2nd floor downtown location. only $875/mth + power and d.d. open plan, vaulted celilings, 6 appliances and gas fireplace. adults only, n/p, n/S. call rita at 403-934-5000 ext. 111.

2 bdrm furniShed bach-elor, includes all utilities along with bedding, dishes etc. $975/mth and month-to-month rental available. d.d required & n/p. clean and comfy, responsible working tenants only. call 403-936-5541 or 403-615-5678.

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$37,999lease for $309 B/w ‡

Loaded including the fuel saver 3.6L V6.

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June 3, 2011 Strathmore Times