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We are proud to welcome Gord Dewar, a Physiotherapist with over 25 years of experience. He will be joining our team May 9, 2016.Gord became a physiotherapist in 1988 and a Medical Acupuncturist through the U of A in 1994, with advanced training at the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital in China. He is one of only two acupuncturists in Canada that achieved Gold Level status under Dr. Richard Tan’s Balance Method Acupuncture. He also provides orthotics via the Orthotics Group. Gord has volunteered his services as sole physiotherapist and acupuncturist for high performance curlers at several events including two Briers and several World Curling Tour events as well as the local Husky Autumn Gold. He won a Canadian Curling championship in 2013 and has qualified for two Canadian championships in 2016 in Nova Scotia.

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Langdon School Students Participate in Engineering ChallengeStudents showcase their work at Telus Spark

By Michelle Young

Over the past seven years, Langdon School has used Project Based Learning and Inquiry-based learning to engage their students in their stud-ies. “We firmly believe that when students are involved in their learning, they are motivated, and their interest skyrocket”, said school Princi-pal David Smith. At Langdon School, they seek to blend the best of both worlds of teaching and interactive experiences. The month of April had students from Langdon

School, specifically Mr. Franks, Ms. Breakey, and Mr. MacDonald’s classes working on an “Engi-neering Challenge”. “Students used their knowledge of science and

mathematics to develop an engineering feet! It has been incredible to see what our students are creating and imagining. The heart of inquiry learning is stretching the boundaries of what is possible and reaching for what might be. Stu-dents in these classes have been working with their parents and guardians, along with their peers and teachers, to build or create a simula-tion, which will be presented at Telus Spark”, added Smith.April 5th was the big day as Mr. Frank’s grade

4’s, Ms. Breakey grade 6’s and 7’s and Mr. Mac-Donald’s grade 8’s headed to the Telus Spark and set up their projects for the public to take in. The building was all a buzz as these excited students, along with students from other area schools, with amazing engineering projects. Alysha Matchett, one of participating students

said, “It was really cool to have the experience to talk to many different people. I learned some new things based on other people’s experiences. My project turned out really well. A lot of people were amazed by it. I am proud of my project”.“Rocky View Schools has had an excellent re-

lationship with Telus Spark for a couple of years now where we can have our students learn from their maker spaces, experiment and also develop teacher skills. Way to go students and teachers!” added Principal Smith

“We firmly believe that when students are involved in their learning, they are motivated, and their interest skyrocket”, said school Principal David Smith. Photo: Michelle Young

Approximately 80 students from Langdon School participated in the Engineering Challenge.Photo: Michelle Young

April 5th was the big day as Mr. Frank’s grade 4’s, Ms. Breakey grade 6’s and 7’s and Mr. MacDonald’s grade 8’s headed to the Telus Spark and set up their projects for the public to take in.Photo: Michelle Young

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Another Fatal Accident Shakes Langdon CommunityA young life lost at the hands of a drunk driver

By Michelle Young

Langdon residents are again finding themselves pulling together to deal with another young life lost, this time at the hands of an impaired driver. Just after 10:30pm on April 19th, EMS from Calgary

responded to Highway 797 and 22X for reports of a mo-tor vehicle collision. “On arrival paramedics determined a two vehicle collision had occurred on Highway 797 just north of 22X”, explained Stuart Brideaux, Public Educa-tion Officer with Alberta Health Services. “Paramedics assessed two people at the scene, each the

single occupant driver of their vehicle. After extrication from his pick-up truck, paramedics transported a male in his mid-30s to Foothills Hospital in serious but stable and non-life threatening condition. The other driver of a car involved was declared deceased at the scene and not transported to hospital. RCMP are investigating the fac-tors leading to this collision”, added Brideaux.It was later released that the deceased was 21 year old

Katherine Faye Ditto of Langdon and sources close to the family report that the surviving driver of the second vehicle was impaired at the time of the collision.Once again the residents of Langdon are found heart-

broken and are rallying around each other to try and find some comfort in this terrible tragedy. Residents began coordinating meals and a Go Fund Me page was launched stating:“Katherine Faye Ditto, beloved daughter, sister, and

friend was tragically taken from us on Apr 19th, at just 21 years old, in a head-on collision with a drunk driver. This senseless, irresponsible act, has now left behind so many friends and family whose hearts are breaking. To know Katie was to love her. She was just over a year away from receiving her nursing degree and planned to travel the world. Her kind, fearless soul, compassionate, caring heart and sense of humor will forever be missed by all. Because of how unexpected this tragedy is, her family

is in need of some financial support. We have set up this account to help support them with any expenses and funeral costs as they lay Katie to rest and say good-bye much too soon. Katie is survived by her loving family; mother (Kristie), father (Brian), sister (Kevanne), and brother (Cooper). Please pledge your support, whatever amount it may be, to help them during this very difficult time. Thank you for your love and support, please keep

the family in your thoughts and prayers”If you want to donate to help this family, please visit

www.gofundme.com/katiefayedittoFriday, Apr 22 at 8 p.m. a candle light vigil was held at

the accident site on Highway 797 between Langdon and Highway 22x. On Sunday, April 24th at 7 p.m., a view-

ing at the Wheatland Funeral Home in Strathmore and on Monday, April 25th at 11 a.m. there will be a memo-rial service at the Carseland Community Center followed by a procession to her final resting place in Strathmore. The family will then host a reception at 2 p.m. at the Langdon Crossing in Langdon.

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CLS Lady Badgers to Represent Zone 2 at the Alberta Summer Games

CLS Minor Basketball is pleased to announce that three Lady Badgers were selected to represent Big Country - Zone 2 at the Alberta Summer Games, July 14-17 in Leduc, AB. Harley Watson (U13 Ban-tam), Hannah Merhi (U15 Midget), and Carley Smigel (U15 Midget) competed against many talented girls in a very intense, 2-day tryout, to earn their spots on the team. The girls have a busy spring/sum-

mer ahead of them, as they participate in some of the top basketball tour-naments in Calgary and British Columbia, leading up to the Summer Games tournament in July. Since 1974, the Alberta Summer Games has showcased elite athletes in various sport-ing events. The Summer Games takes place every two years - making this experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our Lady Badgers!

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Langdon Resident Plays At Western AAA ChampionshipRising hockey star makes it to the big show

By Michelle Young

For fifteen year old Connor Bertamini (“Bert” as he is known on the ice), making his way to the Western AAA Championship in Okotoks was a huge success in this young hockey stars career. Bertamini started playing hockey for Indus Minor Hockey Association in 2006 at the tender age of 5. Now, in grade 9 at Langdon School, this young man is showing all signs of an amazing hockey career. “Connor played for IMHA (Indus Minor Hockey As-

sociation) until he was eligible to try out for Wheatland AA (based in Strathmore) as a first year Peewee. Con-nor played for the Wheatland Braves Peewee AA for two years. His second year of Peewee he was named captain of the team by Head Coach Keith Klemmensen. Connor tried out as a first year bantam player for the zone bantam AAA team but didn’t make it so returned to Wheatland where he played his rookie season for the Wheatland Warriors Bantam AA team. This past season he tried out and made the zone AAA team (Rocky Moun-tain Raiders Bantam AAA), based in Okotoks, AB”, said proud mom, Allyson.“Connor’s last year with the Indus Hurricanes he played

as an underage Peewee player. They had an impressive 31-9-4 record and ended up winning the CAHL Tier 2 Championship. His rookie season with the Wheatland Braves was amazing. They won the SCAHL North Divi-sion title and League Championship title and champion-ship rings. This season was a difficult one at times for the Rocky Mountain Raiders Bantam AAA team. They competed amazingly well at tournaments in Chilliwack and at the Rocky Mountain Invitational in Calgary and were invited (for the first time in the team’s history) to the prestigious John Reid Memorial Tournament in St. Albert. The team ended up placing 3rd overall in the AMBHL South Division through regular season play, but

were swept in the second round of playoffs by their rivals Lethbridge Golden Hawks. With only 5 games left in the season Connor ended up having an emergency ap-pendectomy which put him out for the remainder of the season and all but the final game of the second playoff round. The Rocky Mountain Raiders were the host team for the 2016 Western Canada Bantam AAA Champion-ships March 31-April 3. They ended up playing in the Gold Medal games vs the BC representatives the Burnaby Winter Club. They surprised everyone to get that far in the tournament and knock out 3 other provincial representatives including their rivals (Lethbridge Golden Hawks) who they beat 3-2 with the winning goal going in with just 2.6 seconds left in the game”, added Allyson. “Winning that game against Lethbridge, was like win-

ning the championship! That was our gold medal!” said Bertamini. However, in that Western Canada Bantam AAA Cham-

pionship gold medal game, The Raiders ended up losing 3-2 to Burnaby. “Nobody thought we belonged there. We proved

everyone wrong. There’s nothing wrong with a silver medal when you can say you are the second best team in Western Canada!”, added Bertamini, “It was the perfect way to end the season!”Bertamini isn’t done yet though. April 8th – 10th,

Connor is attending an AJHL spring training camp with the Calgary Canucks. He is looking forward to the WHL Bantam draft which happens at the beginning of May. “I want to play at the highest level I possibly can for as long as I can. I’d love to be able to have hockey help pay for my post-secondary education”, explains Bertamini.

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Long health-care wait times cost Canadians time and moneyLong wait times (and their consequences) shouldn’t be the price we pay for a universal health-care

By Bacchus BaruaSenior economist The Fraser Institute

VANCOUVER, B.C. / Troy Media/ - An unfortunate reality of Canadian health care, is that long wait times that have characterized it for years have made us come to accept delayed treatment as the norm.What we often forget is that while some

patients may be able to wait for treatment, others may be in considerable physical pain, may experience mental stress, and may have their illness worsen during their wait (ironically requiring more complex and costly treatment in the future).It is, of course, very difficult to assign a

dollar figure to such personal experiences. However, one way to estimate a portion of the privately borne cost of waiting for treatment is to calculate the dollar cost of time and productivity (measured using average wages) lost by a patient while waiting for treatment.A new study by the Fraser Institute esti-

mates that the 894,449 Canadians who (on average) waited 9.8 weeks for treat-ment after seeing a specialist, experienced a personal cost of $1,304 in lost produc-tivity and income. This adds up to an almost $1.2 billion loss for the Canadian economy.And this is surely a conservative figure,

since it does not place any intrinsic value on the time Canadians spend waiting in a reduced capacity outside of the typi-cal work week. (Valuing all hours of the week - including evenings and weekends, but excluding eight hours of sleep - the cost estimate increases to $3.5 billion or $3,951 per patient.) Nor does it factor in the 8.5 week wait to see a specialist in the first place, the cost of care provided by family members and friends, or the risk of disability, adverse medical consequences, and in the worst cases, death.It would be one thing if long wait times

(and their consequences) were the neces-sary price to pay for a universal health-care system.However, nothing could be further from

the truth. Several countries, including Aus-tralia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland, ensure universal health care for their residents for about the same cost as Canada (measured as a percentage of the economy, and adjusted for age) but with remarkably shorter wait times.There are three key differences in the

way these countries finance and deliver universal health care. First, they generally allow private companies to operate in either the insurance or hospital sectors - stimulating competition, increasing capac-ity, and providing an alternative when the public system fails.Second, each of these countries also ex-

pects patients to share in the cost of treat-ment, thereby encouraging the responsi-ble use of scare health-care resources. Of course, in order to make sure that they never cause undue financial burden, there are usually annual limits on such pay-ments, and vulnerable groups (such as the elderly, the chronically ill, and pregnant mothers) are usually exempt.Finally, hospitals in these countries are

more commonly financed through a system of activity-based funding instead of global budgets. By doing so, hospitals are incentivized to treat more patients and compete for funding, instead of simply staying within a budget determined by government.There are clearly a multitude of policy

options that can be pursued to help ensure more timely treatment for patients in Canada without sacrificing the uni-versal nature of our health-care system. However, the seeming acceptance of long wait times in this country by politicians and policymakers suggests that patients will continue to experience high personal costs in terms of valuable time lost while waiting for the treatment they desperately need.Bacchus Barua is a senior economist in

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Re: Langdon Celebrates Its Past, Present, and Future

The Langdon Community Collaborative (LCC) is a unique gathering of organizations throughout the community that aims to improve the recreational and cultural opportu-nities for the residents of Langdon, Alberta. Our vision is to work together promoting a healthy community through multiuse facilities and programs, assisting diverse groups of all ages and abilities.

The LCC is excited to announce an event taking place from 9:00 – 11:00 am on Sat-urday June 18, 2016 in Langdon Park entitled Langdon Celebrates Its Past, Present, and Future.

This celebration has three main features:

1. Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast. We would like to thank the many volunteers who provide hundreds of hours to plant gardens, organize sports and programs for our youth, patrol our streets to keep them safe, and advocate on behalf of our hamlet at local and provincial tables.

2. The Langdon Community Garden Grand Opening. This moment will cel-ebrate the garden that has been years in the making. The first tenants of the garden will begin growing in May of this year.

3. Langdon Legacies Event presented by Synergy. This is a special moment where we will uncover the original time capsule placed in Langdon Park in 1983 and install the next generation’s time capsule. Members of the original group who contributed to the 1983 capsule will be in attendance to unveil the time capsule and Langdon youth will place the new time capsule in its resting place.

We are requesting your presence at our celebration. We kindly ask for your response by May 18 so that we can make the necessary arrangements. Please feel free to contact Lisa Baker with any further questions you may have at 403-483-5871 or directly at [email protected].

Over the past few years, Synergy has been fortunate to have had various op-portunities to join together with individu-als and groups in Langdon who truly care about their community. We thoroughly enjoy every second spent working in the vibrant, growing hamlet of Langdon. As the community of Langdon continues to flourish, more grassroots organizations and groups emerge. Each offering unique and essential programming for residents to become involved with, in turn contribut-ing to Langdon’s ever evolving and fruitful legacy.

The Langdon Legacies Project was inspired by all of the amazing work being done by volunteers and community mem-bers in Langdon. Langdon Legacies was created to both recognize and support existing opportunities, as well as, to form new opportunities for people to connect and work together. In collaboration with the Langdon Community Garden Society, the Langdon Community Collaborative, Langdon YELL and Langdon Fine Arts Group we have chosen three community projects for keen individuals, families, businesses, groups, etc. to get involved with. The three projects include a Time Capsule, a Wishing Well and Repurposed Horseshoe Yard Art, all of which will be planted in the new Community Garden! Graciously sponsored by The Calgary Foundation and with support from Rocky View County, we anticipate to have com-pleted all three projects by the end of the August 2016.

So, how can you get involved?

THE HORSESHOE PROJECT:

These repurposed yard treasures will be designed, welded and planted in the Langdon Community Garden this summer by keen Langdon locals!

Individuals, families, groups and organi-zations are invited to contribute their tal-ent, time and green thumbs towards this exciting project.

THE COMMUNITY TIME CAPSULE:

Individuals, families, groups and organi-zations are invited to consider and con-tribute keepsakes of their choice towards this exciting project.

Drop-off locations:

• Indus Graphics• Mountain View Credit Union• Langdon Medical Clinic• The WI Hall (Thurs, 1 pm - 7 pm)

(Submissions welcome ‘til May 18th!)

THE COMMUNITY WISHING WELL:

Individuals, families, groups and organi-zations are invited to sign ceramic plaques that will be mounted on the bricks of the Wishing Well. Connect with us for details!

Have a knack for designing and or engineering Wishing Wells and or Yard Art? We would love to hear from you! (403)207-7048 | [email protected]

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and Wednesday 6:00 – 6:55pm - Meeting Place Field House Deck/Langdon Park – All ages and speed Wel-come – Cost is Free – Questions? PLease call 403 936 – 5990 or email [email protected]

Langdon Community Church - Sundays at 10:30am23 Centre St N 403-936-5974 [email protected]

The Neighbourhood Alliance Church - Sundays @ 10:30 am 333 Boulder Creek Drive, 587-999-8663, [email protected]

Langdon OK Club (Older Kids) We are still operating our “Fitness and Balance” Pro-

gram every Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:45 to 10:30 with coffee until 11:30 AM at the IOOF Hall in Langdon.We have now expanded our activities to in-clude the Synergy group in the WI Hall The old Womens Institute Hall; for our social programs every Thursday afternoon from 1PM to 4PM which includes card games board games coffee and goodies . All these activities are sponsored by the OK Club. which is a seniors club but is open to anyone interested.We have recently received our grant application funds and will be addressing further activities in the near future so keep in touch For further information contact Doug Don at 403-9360075 Photo the group at our first meeting at the WI Hall in Langdon Photo taken by Mary Lee Wilkie

Don’t forget to purchase your 2016 LCA MembershipContact Shawna & Charmaine Email: [email protected] Website: www.Goodlucktown.caMembership fee is $20 for a family

Interested in Volunteering with the Langdon Fire AssociationContact Ron Wenstrom Phone: 403-936-5801Email: [email protected] Like us on Facebook: www.Facebook.com/LangdonFireService

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Parent Link Centre, 105 Marina Road, Chestermere will be holding an open house Monday, April 11, 9:30-4:00 and registrations for spring programming will open that day1st Bow Valley Scouts Garage SaleWhere: Langdon Field HouseWhen: 8:00am-4:00pm, Saturday May 7Please stop by to check out our HUGE Fundraising Ga-

rage Sale. There will be lots of items (furniture, electron-ics, household, outdoor, toys, books, etc.) and No price tags.....sound appealing? Come enjoy some fun banter. Don’t go away Hungry! Our Scouts will be serving fresh

hot breakfast sandwiches, coffee, hot chocolate, and assorted baked goods. After 10:00am, burgers, hot dogs, drinks and snacks will be available. Make this your first stop as you head out to the Langdon Parade of Garage Sales! We are also accepting donations for this event. If you have anything you would like to donate we would be happy to pick them up any time prior to May 1st. (no clothing please). Please contact Tim Weber at [email protected] to arrange a pick-up time. All proceeds go towards funding our local Scouts. Thank you for your continued support.

“Financial Aid & Benefits for Seniors” Lunch & LearnHave you ever wondered what assistance and benefits

are available for you or a loved one after turning 65? You won’t want to miss this program!Cost: Free! Refreshments providedPresented by: Lyndsay Montina, AB SeniorsWhen: April 21, 1:00pmWhere: W.I. HallBrought to you by: The Langdon O.K. Club and

Chestermere and S.E Rockyview FCSSFor more information, contact 403-207-7047

Langdon Monthly Meeting - May 15th @ 7pm in the Field House

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We’re so excited, we’ve wet our plants!!The Langdon Community Garden Society is thrilled to announce that FINALLY

after three years of processes, procedures, policies, presenting, pleading, pleas-ing and persuading, WE’RE FINALLY GOING TO BE PLANTING!!!

In the coming weeks, our superheroes from Wild West Land Services, are going to be swooping into the park, to start skimming off soil to make our pathways, wheelchair accessible areas, children’s area, and teen area. Then, the... garden

team is going to come in and put down the edging, and then comes the aggregate. There will be some serious work happening.

Next is where the community comes in! On April 29th, 30th and May 1st, we need volunteers to come by and help in the park while we

build the raised garden beds for the project.

You can visit https://www.volunteersignup.org/RWKLX to sign up for a 3 hour time slot or come the whole day if you like! It’ll be some very rewarding work,

building garden plots for the food bank, for persons with disabilities, children, teens, and decreasing

barriers to all around healthier living.

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like to think of ourselves as skilled connoisseurs of warrant, able to pick out the most deserving person in a crowd. We can see through the fanfare and point to those people who have secretly overcome obstacles and, despite setbacks, continue to thrive. We’re masters at knowing the whole story and celebrate success in others with ease. Every day, social media in Chestermere is awash with stories of kindness, encouraging words, and hope.Or maybe not so much.Instead of being good at finding those who deserve a hug, our culture has become

adept at finding those who “don’t deserve the time of day!” We’re much more deft at spotting the jerk who was driving like a ‘maniac,’ or the teens who were riding their bikes here and there, or the kids making all that noise, or that good-for-nothing who makes everyone crazy. These sentiments may not be expressed face-to-face, but one scan of social media and the critical heart of our city is evident. “He’s a waste of time,” “she is a no-good-you-know-what,” and “they should just pack up and move away!”We may be judges of merit, but not in the way we hope to be.Many who are eager to complain, yell, or angrily pounce on any perceived illness in

their neighbourhood actually want what we all want - a good, healthy, thriving, beauti-ful city. They want people to drive carefully, kids to respect others, and dogs to stay where they belong. Yet there is one axiomatic truth we often forget: grace begets grace. If we do not start from a place of grace, chances are we will not end in a place of grace.Grace means that we show unmerited favour towards our neighbour. We set aside

our masterful skills at determining who is deserving and who is not, and find ways of showing kindness and relational concern for everyone. We treat others better than we are being treated. ‘Unmerited’ is a very hard word. We find that so few people merit our kindness, that’s why we seldom give kindness to strangers. Yet grace says that even those who don’t deserve our favour, get it anyway. When we show grace, this unmerited favour, to people around us it produces a

culture of grace. Grace begets grace. The things we all want to thrive and take root in our city come as a result of grace. Face-to-face grace transcends justice in that it goes further, faster, and is more lasting than an angry letter or a vindictive gesture ever could become. But giving grace does more than change the culture of our city, it transforms deeper

and farther than our relationships with others. Grace also changes us. Becoming people who show unmerited favour to others becomes a practice that makes us into new peo-ple. By showing grace to others we begin to live graciously with ourselves. We judge ourselves less harshly and find peace and joy in ways we may not expect.The ‘Power of Unmerited Favour’ offers what we need as a city; neighbours who offer

grace even when others do not deserve it. When we live with this posture we plant the seeds for the future that we all want, and can create, together.



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liquor reporter has been making it his mission to drink only Malbec wines for the entire month of April. Yes, it’s a cross I willingly bear, to bring the news to you, the faithful reader.

The inspiration for Malbec World Day was way back in 1853, when the Argentinian president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento decided to transform the domestic wine industry, so he went and hired a French wine and soil expert to start importing vines from France.

One of those vines was the Malbec grape, which makes its home in the Rhône region of France, where it was used primarily as a blend-ing grape to round out other varietals.

The Malbec grape readily took the Argentin-ian climate and soils, and Argentina was soon producing Malbec wines that were superior to the best wines of France, much to the chagrin of those snooty French winemakers.

Adding insult to injury, the vineyards of France were stricken with the Phylloxera louse, a type of aphid that invaded from North America in the 1860s, which decimated the ancient vine-yards of Europe, destroying half of the Malbec plantings in France.

It took several decades for the French wine industry to recover, and by that time, Argentina was firmly established as the premier Malbec producer in the world.

Unfortunately, a series of revolutions, military dictatorships, and coups badly affected the Argentinian wine industry, which didn’t really come into its own until the 1990s, when plant-ings were significantly increased for export to international markets.

The Malbec grape produces a very dark and inky wine with an intense flavor, so it is often used as a blend to add complexity to other wines. In fact, Malbec is one of only six vari-etals permitted to be used in Bordeaux wine, which is widely considered to be the best in the world.

The taste of a Malbec wine could be described as somewhere between a Merlot and a Cab

Sauv, often with a subtle plum or anise flavor, with aromas of tobacco and leather. Malbec is more tannic (tart) than most wines, and is often blended with small amounts of Merlot to soften the taste.

The warmer weather in Argentina produces a noticeably different Malbec than in the south of France. The Argentine Malbec is considerably softer and more lush than its French forbears. While this grape was quite finicky in the French vineyards, it is much more low maintenance in the warmer climes of South America.

To allow the flavor to fully mature, the grapes benefit from “hang time” on the vine after rip-ening. The too-anxious vintner who picks too soon will be left with a young wine with a thin and reedy flavor. To cite the old proverb, “Pa-tience is passion tamed”, so give those grapes the time they need to make the best wine they can!

As an added bonus, the Argentine Malbec seems to age much more gracefully in the bottle than the French, so it’s even better after a few years in your cellar.

In a fortuitous example of putting (nearly) all your eggs in one basket, the Argentine wine industry devotes over 70% of their vineyards to the Malbec grape. To put that in perspective, Argentina grows 25 thousand hectares of Mal-bec, while France grows a mere five thousand.

When pairing Malbec with food, you need something quite hale and hearty to comple-ment the rich flavors and full mouth feel of the wine. My favorite is a slab of well-charred beef straight off the BBQ, perhaps accompanied by a peppercorn sauce.

You probably wouldn’t be happy pairing this wine with a fish or a pasta dish, but I’m expect-ing great success in accompanying one of my favorite bottles with a box of Bernard Calle-beaut chocolates on a hot date this weekend. Watch this space next week to see if it all works out!

My personal favorite is the 1884 Reservado Malbec, which is widely available at neighbour-hood booze merchants for around $20. With hints of blackberry, mocha, and cassis on the tongue, it’s a full flavored and satisfying wine. You’ll find several Malbec brands at any well stocked liquor retailer – pick one up and try it for yourself!

Nick Jeffrey [email protected]

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Taking Care of Your Dental Health in Your Thirties and Forties

Submitted By:Dr. Jess hhokarLangdon Dental

There’s no disputing that life is pretty great throughout your thirties and for-

ties. You’ve hit your career stride, have some extra cash for adventurous holidays and fun nights out, and you’re still feeling fit with no aches or sprains to get you down. So how can there be any negative? All this great living can’t be having a nega-tive effect on your oral health… right? Wrong.During these years, you may be eat-

ing out regularly, enjoying a daily latte, engaging in intense physical activity (that has you reaching for a sugary sports drink) and just flopping into bed after a long day. Let’s face it. You’re busy, and often times forget about brushing and flossing your teeth. These years often encompass busy family schedules where eating on the run and helping young members of the family with homework means that parents don’t have the time or energy to devote to their own needs.Why is Oral Health so Important?It’s no secret that we believe great oral

health is the corner-stone for optimum systemic health. Our previous blogs have spoken about the inflammatory impact oral bacteria can have on the entire body and how skipping the ever important

ritual of brushing and flossing can not only lead to dental decay and gum disease, but tooth sensitivity and bad breath issues that cause embarrassment and social with-drawal. How To Take Care of Your Teeth During

Busy TimesNo one is going to put their life on-hold

to take care of their smile, even we know that! But there are some little tips that can keep you on the right track when it comes to taking care of your teeth - without sacrificing family, work and fun time. The first tip is to stay away from hidden (and known) sugars in sports drinks, lattes, iced coffees and energy bars. Though enjoy-able, consuming these daily is literally bathing your teeth in sugar – and if you’re jumping in to bed without flossing then you’re headed for trouble. Instead, reach for water or electrolyte powders to restore energy.Think of having some cheese in your

work desk, it helps to neutralize acids the acids in your mouth, which help reduce cavity formation. Also think about keep-ing a toothbrush at work – as brushing after lunch will not only be appreciated by your co-workers, but will keep plaque formation under control.As busy as life can be, don’t cancel those

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SCHOOL NEWSPRINCIPALS REPORT

We have had incredible weather here in Langdon. Sarah Thompson School is taking every opportunity to explore our landscape. Before the break, we embarked on a com-munity cleanup to give back to our neigh-bors. We gathered 178 pounds of garbage.

On April 21st, we will be celebrating Earth Day! This will be a full day event. Some of the activities will be to take a nature walk, learn about bees, work with our worm composting and decorate clay pots for plant-ing. It will be a very exciting adventure. Our students are a dedicated group of environ-mentalists.

On April 28th, we are so excited to be welcoming the Chestermere Therapy Dog Society. Some their canines will be reading with our students. This gives students who are uncomfortable or anxious about reading aloud a chance to read with a loving pet.

During the month of May, we will enjoy our annual Science Spectacular. This year, our theme will be living things. This includes anything living. We link this to our science curriculum so you should see a variety of information on plants, animals and critters. Our culmination will take place on May 19th in our gym. Hope you can join us for this wonderful event.

As well, on May 19th, we will take the time to celebrate our amazing volunteers. This tireless group supports all our many endeav-ours and we know we couldn’t do have the activities we do, without their support. We are so very fortunate.

Finally, we have recently heard back from the school we support in Tanzania. Each year during our concert season, we conduct a bake sale and send the proceeds support the Tabora League for Children (TLC). TLC was founded in 2009 by a group of volun-teers. TLC supports orphans and vulner-able children and their families in Tabora, Tanzania by providing daily nutritious meals, entitlement to education, school supplies, health checks and family support through their own centres, home visits and income generating projects. This year we were able to buy each child a much needed raincoat for the long rainy season.

Have a terrific month of May

Kind regards,

Michelle DoPrincipalSarah Thompson School

Over the past seven years, you have heard how Langdon School has used Project Based Learning and Inquiry-based learning to engage our students in their studies. We firmly believe that when students are involved in their learning, they are motivated, and their interest skyrocket! At Langdon we seek to blend the best of both words, if you have ever read any of John Hattie’s books on student engagement, you see the research supports both direct teach-ing and interactive experiences. This month students are going to present their engineering projects for all of Calgary to see!We are excited to be supporting our

students and teachers in their incredible inquiry projects. Students in Mr. Franks, Ms. Breakey, and Mr. MacDonald’s class are working on an “Engineering Chal-lenge”. Students use their knowledge of science and mathematics to develop an engineering feet! It has been incredible to see what our students are creating and imagining. The heart of inquiry learn-ing is stretching the boundaries of what is possible and reaching for what might be. Students in these classes have been working with their parents and guard-ians, along with their peers and teachers, to build or create a simulation, which

will be presented at Telus Spark. Below is the date of presentation if you would like to visit Telus Spark and support our students. RVS has had an excellent relationship with Telus Spark for a couple of years now where we can have our students learn from their maker spaces, experiment and also develop teacher skills. Way to go students and teachers!

April 5 - Exhibition of Learning - TELUS Spark5:30-6:00p.m. Students set up pro-

jects6:00-7:00p.m. Exhibition is open7:00-7:15p.m. Clean up7:15-7:35p.m. Student Departure via bus

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In less than a few weeks, on May 10th, the Langdon Area Structure Plan will be back to Council. My instructions to Rocky View Admin-istration was to re-open the Public Hearing for the purpose of receiving information on the following issues: 1. Stormwater Management, 2. Phosphorous loading of Weed

Lake, 3. Off-Site Levy Structure, 4. Regional Stormwater systems, 5. Transportation, With respect to both the Area

Structure Plan boundaries and study area. The reason I made that motion was because it was unclear on how these matters

should or could be dealt with in the areas in question. I expect to hear Administrations position on these matters as well as any other interested people. The information avail-able is either contradictory or requires more explanation.

I have noticed that other than a few with very strong opinions, the general public has not come out in very high numbers to comment. I don’t take that as a vote, for or against, an endorsement or an opposition to the plan that has been presented. It seems to me that the people in Langdon in general have busy lives and are either content with the way things are or trust that their local Government is doing ok and will make good decisions on their behalf. If you want me to know something or if you want to ask something, by all means I am available. If you want to send in any input to administra-tion you can certainly do that, right up to the public hearing day, I will make a motion at Council to accept any information whether it was on time or not, I haven’t ever seen a motion like that defeated so I will assume it will be supported. The email for that is [email protected] , you can view the information at www.rockyview.ca and search Langdon to get to the page that has all the information. Be as involved as you want to be, let me know if you have any questions.

I have also noticed that there are some out there who, for whatever reason, would like the ASP to be about population only, I don’t see it that way. Our population here has grown at quite an amazing rate, I believe it is because Langdon offers something a little different than other places. The basics are the larger lots and the lower prices but it is more than that. It is also the sense of neighborhood and the rural feel, the lack of the big city hustle and bustle. I don’t think we would lose that if we welcome more to join us, so long as we make sure Development continues to follow a similar design and form. The sun at your back in the morning and at night is kind of nice, I would like to see a few more road options to keep traffic down a bit, I want to see Stormwater man-aged a little better, but we are doing quite well, all in all. Langdon has grown at a rate of slightly over 50 homes per year, it will most likely continue at that pace or some-where near. Even if it doubles, 100 per year is not overwhelming. When the future projects come in they need to be approved, no matter what the ASP ends up being, there is ample opportunity to continue to have input in how our community looks and grows, once again, be as involved as you like, it makes a difference.


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What day in May can be more important than the 2nd Sunday? Mother’s Day. Now celebrated in 46 countries (although not necessarily in May) Mother’s Day is the day when we take some time to tell our mothers and the mothers of our children just how very special and important they are. Someone once said that nothing is new. Mother’s Day is not new either. Such a day was celebrated by the ancient Greeks and also by the ancients of Imperial Rome. For about 3000 years we have been trying to tell moth-ers how special they are. It has been popular, then not, then popular again. Such is the history of Mother’s Day. In 17th century England there was a day set aside as Mothering Sunday. All these celebrations also had flavour of praise for fertility rather than a strict show of appreciation for mothers. The Mother’s Day tradition that we know is just a little more than 100 years old. Julia Ward Howe of Georgia, who wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic, suggested such a day in 1872, but, while it generated some interest nobody really did anything about it. In 1905 Anna Jarvis of Spokane suggested having a special day for mothers. Some of the American states were celebrating it in 1911 and by 1914 the American president declared that the second Sunday of May would be Mother’s day, and it still is to this dayI love to read of the love of mothers as exhibited by Scripture. Jocahbed, Moses

mother, floated him down the Nile rather than euthanize him as the law stated. An unnamed mother wouldn’t allow King Solomon to cut her child in half, she would give him up rather than see him killed. Rizpah saw King David slay her boys and hang them on the city wall. She kept a 5 month vigil chasing jackals and vultures away from the carcasses of her boys. The mother of the Apostles James and John, approached Jesus and asked for favours for her boys in the afterlife.Mothers will do anything for their children. Bless them all, and honour them on Sun-

day the 8th and all other days.

I invite you to join us for Sunday services at 1030 at Dalemead Church

Hello Chestermere! We have been getting a great deal of email about the government attempting to restrict choice in educa-tion by amending Motion 504 which was a Private Member’s motion reaffirming parental choice in education, a long stand-ing Wildrose policy. We have no idea what their motive was, although the Premier is on record opposing any funding beyond the public system. Remember, those who choose to educate their children outside the public system pay exactly the same taxes and in many cases their children receive much less support. Thanks to the outrage of many of you they have backed down. There is a lesson in this: be vigilant and SPEAK UP! My Wildrose colleague Mark Smith, the Shadow Education Minister, says it best:

Choice in education makes our province stronger

During the past election campaign, Wildrose firmly stood behind defending pa-rental choice in education. Public, Catholic, Independent, Charter and Home Education options all play a critical role in our educa-tion system. This diversity of choice gives parents viable and effective alternatives, while improving overall learning outcomes. At the end of the day, a parent knows what school setting will allow their child to thrive. It’s about providing parents with the choice to make decisions about their children’s education, not the state granting permission. Whether it’s a child who has a passion for the arts, wants to spend more time learning math or has complex learning needs, a wide range of education choices for each child makes our education system stronger. Despite the NDP early in its mandate

promising to maintain current funding levels for each of these legitimate options in edu-

cation, cracks are beginning to show. Now more than ever, Albertan needs educational choice and flexibility to allow parents to choose the best possible educational model for their children. Part of that choice is realizing that children are not uniform, and need different approaches to be success-ful in school. I am seriously concerned that our government is starting to take steps to undermine our world-class system. While in opposition, the NDP record of

protecting parental choice leaves something to be desired. At one time, the Premier stated, “Our caucus is steadfastly opposed to private schooling and particularly steadfastly opposed to public dollars supporting private schooling.” Recently in the legislature, the NDP government put forward an amend-ment to a motion that would be a first step in deconstructing the current education system all Albertans enjoy today. Of all of the values that we uphold in this

province, freedom is one of the greatest. We have a clear commitment to a balanced, responsible understanding of freedom, a responsible freedom that understands every citizen must be free to speak to their con-science, to raise their family, to pursue their faith and to be able to make the educational choices that will best support their children. The amendment to Motion 504 attacks this

balance by making the Minister of Education and the system of Public Education the twin gatekeepers between parents and their right to freely choose the educational choices that will best meet their children’s’ needs. I’m very committed to preserving our cur-rent system which places a high value on educational diversity supported by govern-ment funding. We have an enviable system that supports the spectrum from Designated Special Education Programs to faith ani-mated programs to sports and international education to special pedagogic models. Each one of these, whether public, separate, independent, charter, Designated Special Education, Francophone or alternative add to the public good.Just as a basketball team needs a full com-

plement of diverse players and skills, and each individual has a special part to play, so too our school system should have a full complement of different education options available to meet increasingly diverse stu-dent learning needs. Wildrose will continue to urge the government to put common sense over ideology, and continue to fund choice in education. Our schools and our province are the bet-

ter for it.Mark Smith is the Wildrose Shadow Education Minister and MLA for Drayton Valley-Devon


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ARIES Ð Mar 21/Apr 20Things seem to be in high gear this week, Aries.

Others around you are just as boisterous, and it may even seem manic. Exercise a little extra patience to

get through.

TAURUS Ð Apr 21/May 21Taurus, you have been hiding something and it’s

time you let your feelings out in the open this week. Pay attention to how others react to the news.

GEMINI Ð May 22/Jun 21If you crave adventure, Gemini, then it could be

time to host a party or see if friends want to go out on the town. Staying home mulling over all of the op-

tions will get you nowhere.

CANCER Ð Jun 22/Jul 22This weekÕs contradictory cosmic energy will

not help you when making decisions, Cancer. It is entirely up to you and your gut instincts to make the

right decisions.

LEO Ð Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, do not ignore the inner voice that is trying to

tell you to take life more seriously. It can’t be all fun and games. Buckle down at work and set a plan into

action.

VIRGO Ð Aug 24/Sept 22Circumstances beyond your control will make work

a little more stressful than you had anticipated, Virgo. Bide your time and soon the week will be over.

LIBRA Ð Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, no matter how hard you try to get yourself

heard, others just arenÕt ready to listen. Perhaps you have to try a new approach to making your voice

heard?

SCORPIO Ð Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, you may find yourself in trouble this week because you keep on starting new things without finishing others. Pretty soon you will have a list of

unfinished business.

SAGITTARIUS Ð Nov 23/Dec 21

Restlessness can get the better of you this week, Sagittarius. Just don’t jet off on some spur-of-the-

moment trip to try to channel your energy. You have things to handle first.

CAPRICORN Ð Dec 22/Jan 20Finding yourself in the middle of a sticky situation

has you trying to discover a solution to a complicated problem, Capricorn. You might need to distance

yourself for a little while.

AQUARIUS Ð Jan 21/Feb 18A disagreement with a friend or family member

could turn your schedule upside down for a little bit, Aquarius. You’ll get back on track soon enough and

resolve your issues.

PISCES Ð Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, getting your finances in order will take more than balancing your checkbook. It might be time to

make some cuts and follow a budget.

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