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Just as Albertans ended a 44-year provincial Tory

reign earlier this year, Canadians wavered in their sup-port for the Conservative Party of Canada and paintedthe country’s ridings red on Oct. 19. Yet, the same didnot hold true for the Bow River riding, where Conser-

vative candidate Martin Shields was greeted with loudapplause as he threw his hands in the air, acceptinga decisive win that proved once again the constitu-ency’s loyalty to their conservative roots.

Shields, who campaigned against six other candi-dates vying for the chance to represent the Bow RiverRiding in Parliament, received 38,631 of the votes onMonday, resulting in a landslide 77 per cent victory– leaving a large gap between himself and Liberalcandidate William MacDonald Alexander who won 14per cent and 6,840 votes.

“We found very strong support in this riding forthe Conservative Party and it was a team win,” said

Shields at the Medicine Hat College campus in Brooks where supporters gathered to celebrate the outcome.“I’m elected to represent the constituency here and

the constituents that are in this riding, no matter howthey voted, I’m representing them and will do my

best. Whatever the interest of the people are, to work with them is what I’ll do. No matter the results of theelection Canada-wide.”

Monday’s results marked the end to a 16-month cam-paign trail for the 66-year-old, since he announced hisintentions of running for Member of Parliament last

June. Shields was awarded the candidacy in Septem- ber 2014, beating out three other candidates – Rob Anders, Rolly Ashdown, and Gerard Lucyshyn.

The mayor of the City of Brooks walked into a roomfilled with balloons, the infamous moustache-shapedchocolate cake and fruit, and the cheers of supportersshortly after 8:30 p.m. following his visit in Strath-

more earlier that day. The third-generation southern Albertan grew up on

a farm in Lethbridge and spent 30 years in the Countyof Newell. With 40 years knowledge of the Bow Riverriding area, Shields spent 11 years in municipal elect-ed positions, served as president of the ConstituentParty of Canada and sat on the Alberta MunicipalityBoard.

His vast understanding of the constituency’s historyand issues will assist in representing the constituencyon a federal level. While aware of the gas-based oilresource, and agricultural-based industries, Shields ismost passionate about issues facing water in the area- partly a result of his six years on the Bow River Ba-sin Council - and held families and property rights atthe forefront of his campaign.

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Desperate to find a new artistic me-dium for the creation of his father’sChristmas present last year, local art-ist Clinton DeGagne stumbled across anewfound talent that not only providedrelease for his battle with depression,

but also caught the attention of theStrathmore Municipal Library – in thenick of time for Halloween.

Until the end of the month, the topof the library shelves will be lined withDeGagne’s Pyrography pieces – the artof decorating wood by burning a designonto the surface using a heated metal-lic point. The local artist experimented with the

wood burning technique when he feltpainting and sketching art for his father

was no longer distinctive. In an ironictwist, the wood burning kit that his fa-ther had given him as a child was usedto create the dragon depicted on the

wooden canvass his father unwrappedlast year.

Since then, the 29-year-old has wonfour First Place ribbons and two Peo-ple’s Choice ribbons at the StrathmoreStampede’s Art and Horticulture show,created custom pieces, and specifically

burned the images of Wolfman, Gollum,and Jack Sparrow on wood for his ex-hibit at the library.

“When I was a kid my dad had boughtme a wood burning kit but I didn’t un-derstand it, it didn’t make any sense tome,” said DeGagne. “It’s a lot harder be-cause you can’t erase your mistakes. It’s

burned in, it’s done. So, I thought let’stry it out, and it just kind of flourishedfrom there.” The Strathmore-based father grew

up with four siblings surrounded bysketching, needlepoint, and music. Aftermoving here to work in oil and gas, he

was laid off for a year and began explor-ing other avenues to make more money.

While he splits his talent – which he re-ferred to as a hobby – with his job atthe City of Calgary where he works for

Youth and Recreation, DeGagne hopeshis creativity will turn into a small busi-ness. While the library is known for ex-

hibiting the works of local artists, hisdistinctive work is unparalleled in thelibrary’s recent history.

“Because it’s October and it’s Hal-loween and pyrography works greatfor some of these wonderful ghoulishtypes of figures that he can create, it

just worked really wonderful for thisdisplay,” said Carmen Erison, assistantdirector of library services. “What re-ally impressed me about Clinton is howhard he worked to create specific piecesfor us, for October for our display. Inthe five years that I’ve been here we’venever displayed this type work. I thinkClinton brings a very unique style to thelibrary.”

DeGagne grew up playing the clari-net, trumpet, base guitar, and more

recently the acoustic guitar. Havingsketched from a young age, and re-cently trying his hand at photography,he hopes to provide a similar upbring-ing for his infant daughter. Yet, his pas-

sion for the arts is two-fold. Sufferingfrom depression, art always provided ameans of expression for DeGagne, whofinishes one canvas in two hours.

“I’ve just always been very artistic soit’s just an outlet for when I’m feelingdown, it’s where I get lost and my goto,” he said. “It’s always been a releasefor me to help battle that depression.Music and art really help me forgetabout what’s troubling me and giveme a calm-down moment. If I’m reallydown I pick up the guitar and play forten minutes. It’s like I play my worries

away.”DeGagne’s pieces range from $30 to$70 and will be displayed until Oct. 31.For more information on his work checkout his Facebook page Tin’s showcase.

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or fax (403) 934-6278. ames committee as the

committee is no longer active.

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Notice of Public Hearing, November 4, 2015,7:00 pm: Bylaw No. 15-29 and Bylaw No. 15-31

Bylaw No. 15-29: Proposes adding Protective Emergency Services to the list

of Permitted Uses in Section 4.3 R1S – Single Detached Residential (Small

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modest apartment buildings and is called R3M – Medium Density Modest

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website (www.strathmore.ca/bylaws_under_review). Please contact the

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thereto. If your written submission is not received by this time, pleaseprovide fifteen (15) copies for distribution at the Public Hearing. Each

person wishing to address Council at the Public Hearing shall complete

their verbal presentation within five minutes. Please note that written

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Together with a good understandingof infrastructure costs in the municipal-ities, his political resume, which alsoincludes participation in a number of

policy conferences and involvement onpolicy committees provincially as wellas federally, his daughter, Kari Tarasoff, who celebrated with Shields in Brooks,expects the transition into federal poli-tics to come naturally.

Shields will make up part of the of-ficial opposition, who received 99 seatsand 29 per cent of the vote country- wide, affording the Liberal Party ofCanada a majority with 184 seats at 54per cent of the vote, and preventing for-mer Prime Minister Harper’s ambitionsof seeking a fourth mandate. The federal results indicated a re-

markable political comeback for theGrits, who four years ago came in thirdplace with only 34 seats at the 2011election. While many supporters felt confident

about the local outcome, some werestunned by the federal results.

“I feel very happy here but the Liberalmajority surprised me, and I wouldn’thave been surprised with a Liberal mi-nority, but the voters have spoken and you go forward,” said Karen Bartsch, who has known Shields since 1985 andsat with him on the Bow River BasinCouncil.

“He’s so tied to this community andreally believes in this community that Ithink that’s one of the reasons some ofus got behind him, because we knowhe’ll be down there fighting for our is-

sues. I’m not saying the rest of the peo-ple don’t, but he knows how to get inthere and get his voice heard.” Also visibly noticeable among the

crowd was Newell County Reeve MollyDouglass, a volunteer and supporterthroughout the campaign. EmphasizingShields’ leadership skills, his devotionto public service, and clear focus, Dou-glass spoke highly of his ability to servein Parliament. The Bow River riding was re-estab-

lished by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution – changesthat resulted in six additional Albertaseats to the House of Commons. Asformer representative of the area Kev-

Shields takes

Bow River Riding

in Sorenson will continue his politicalpresence on Parliament Hill followinghis win in the Battle River-CrowfootShields newfound role comes at a price.

“This is a great community and be-ing the mayor of it has been a fantasticopportunity for me and it’s bittersweetstepping away from that,” he said.“How would I work if we weren’t in amajority? It’s what I’ve been used to ina sense on councils. You work with thepeople to get the things you need for your constituents, and it’s a tremendoushonour to be elected and represent the

people in this new riding.”Shields acknowledged all other elect-

ed officials and commended the othersix candidates on their participation inthe race.

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Auxiliary Bursary Winners for 2015 The Strathmore District Health Services Auxiliary is pleased to announce that for 2015 they have

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in post-secondary studies in Health-related elds of training.

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working toward her Masters in Psychology.

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Cecilia Madsen’s paternal grandfather Niels Pe-ter Madsen and family which included her fatherCharles, arrived in Standard from Denmark on July1, 1920.

Her maternal grandparents, the Reiffensteins, were married in Denmark, traveled to Iowa ontheir honeymoon and never went back. Cec’s moth-er Esther was born in 1912, the second

youngest of 13 children, all born inIowa but moved to the Standard area in1916. Charles and Esther were marriedon Aug. 2, 1934, in the Nazareth Luther-an Church in Standard.

Cecilia was born in Calgary in 1938,the eldest of four children, and lived inStandard through age four.

In 1942, when her father became agrain buyer for Alberta Pacific Grain atIddesleigh, Alta. the family moved. Thefollowing year they moved to Chancel-lor, following her father’s transfer. By this time Ce-cilia was eligible to go to school, but as she was to

be the only student in Grade 1, the school super-intendent arranged for her to take a crash coursein Grade 1 subjects between April and June. This

way, when she returned to school in the fall, shecould join other Grade 2 students. In March 1948,the family rented a farm south and east of Stan-dard, where they stayed for a year. This was the

only time in her life that Cecilia traveled to schoolon a school bus, and it was around this time thather classmates changed her name from ‘Cecilia’ to‘Celia’, and a short time later to ‘Cec’.

In 1949, her father Charles and friend SigurdNielsen bought the former JP Hansen General store(built in 1912), and it became the Nielsen and Mad-sen General Store. This was a two-story building

with an outside staircase, and Eastern Star and Ma-sonic Lodge monthly meetings were held upstairs.It was sold to Standard Co-op in 1974, and moved

to Heritage Park in 1976 as a Heritage Building,and is now used as the bakery. Dad was still alive

when this happened, and was he ever proud! Hepassed away in January 1982, at the age of 74.

Cec graduated from Standard School in 1955, andfollowing an eight-month teacher training coursetaught school for two years, and after meeting herfuture husband at a dance in 1956, married Jim

Watt of Rosebud in 1958. This marriage producedfive children, 13 grandchildren and one great

grand-daughter. Jim worked on the rigs for several

years, while Cec became a substitute-teacher in Standard. During this time,

Jim worked at the gas plant east ofChancellor until 1991, when he re-tired. Jim was a very active participantin sports, and in particular hockey and

baseball. Jim played baseball all his life,following in his father’s footsteps along

with many other family members, andin the winter months played Old TimerHockey within Wheatland County. Sad-

ly, Jim passed away from ALS in 2003. Their community activities include Cec being a

59-year member of The Order of The Eastern Star,member of Nazareth Lutheran Church, a currentmember of Standard Seniors, and a past memberof Standard Lionettes. Jim was a member of theStandard Lions Club, the Masonic Lodge and theFire Department. There have been many changes in and around

Standard since Cec was born, for example thepopulation increase, fresh water being piped intotown, all the new houses being built, and the roadsthroughout town being paved, acreages replacingfarm land. Nowadays, senior citizens and otherresidents have better access to Health Care in bothStrathmore and Drumheller, although they stillhave to provide their own transport.

Cec is proud to state that she has lived all butthree years within a 10-mile radius of Standard. Lifehas been great!

REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS ~Cec Watt


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A mix of parental care andtough tech tips will keep yourteens safer around their tech de-

vices.“An iPhone is not a rite of pas-

sage, it is a privilege. There arerules and if they don’t abide bythem, take the phone away un-til they can earn it back,” saidPaul Davis, an IT tech and a so-cial networking safety consultantfor www.socialnetworkingsafety.net, who has been interviewed

by major networks and works with law enforcement and secu-rity agencies across Canada.

In a lecture sponsored by the Youth Club held at the Strath-

more High School theatre inSeptember, Davis explainedthings parents should consider

when they give their childrentech devices. There are positivesfor their use; however safety,protocols must be implementedto protect their children.

Children may talk parents intogiving them a phone as a safe-ty concern, so they can contacthelp if they need it, but analy-sis shows that the majority ofphones are not used only forthat purpose. The average highschool sees about 4,000 textsexchanged between students

per month. He said along withtexts and chats with family andfriends … bullying, posting ofsexual pictures, sexting and

viewing pornography are all ac-tivities occurring on teen phonesand laptops.

He said many teens believethat deleted information, or pic-tures posted on sites like Snap-chat are gone. Not so. All infor-mation deleted is relabeled andstored elsewhere on the deviceand with the right software, itcan be recovered.

“The whole notion of disap-pearing images is a lie,” saidDavis. “First rule, no tech in the

bedroom.”He said that as well as doing

their homework, they may ex-plore and engage in forbiddenactivity, as teens are naturally cu-rious. His work with the RCMPindicates 90 per cent of the techabuse comes through bedroomaccess, when parents are absentor busy, with the child or teenthinking no one knows whatthey are doing. He said predatorscan sometimes fool children, by

making up false Facebook pagesto lure them into unacceptable

behaviour, with the child or teen

thinking they are sharing secrets with someone their own age.Photos of anyone under 18 en-

gaged in explicit sexual activity,or where the picture shows sex-ual organs, breasts or the analregion is considered child por-nography. For an understand-ing of how a teen photo leadsto child pornography charges,check out www.wrps.on.ca/node/1655.

Davis said protection isn’t onlyinstalling parental locks or spe-cial software on their devices,

but more importantly childrenand teens need more face-to-faceparental time and supervision.

“There are better ways tomonitor your kid’s social mediahabits than spying on your kids,”said Davis. “It’s about parenting.”

He said the first step is devel-oping a relationship and devel-oping ways children and teenscan talk to their parents. Discus-sions, on values and issues likerelationships, love and respectfor others, as well as the conceptof actions and consequences tothemselves and other people, areessential. Discuss the concept ofhonouring their bodies and notgiving into peer pressure for ex-plicit pictures or talk. They need

to feel secure that they can cometo their parents when they en-counter trouble and talk aboutnew friends met on the internet.

“Kids that are okay will cometo their parents, but others whomay want to … won’t ... becausethey don’t want their actions to

be found out,” said Davis.Davis said parents also need

to look at their own tech behav-iours. He suggests disposing ofthe adult video games that don’tsupport positive values. Somegames support rape, shootingpolice, and excess violence. Toknow the content on games chil-dren and teens are playing, look

at www.ersb.org and type thegame name in the search space.

“If you play those types ofgames, think about what that isteaching your child,” said Davis.

Research shows violent andsexually explicit video gamescan increase violent behaviourand decrease empathy in users.Davis said parents who play thegames can expect their childrento be curious about them andtake away the message that the

concepts portrayed in the gameare acceptable.

Davis said parents aren’t often

knowledgeable about the tech-nology and the software theirchildren are using. He suggestedthere are courses that parentscan take, such as Apple teach-ing sessions that could help withunderstanding the capabilitiesand safety mechanisms of theirdevices.

He suggested parental over-sight when tech devices are be-ing used. Be in the vicinity whenkids are using their tech and

watch what sites they are using.Sometimes teens will use onlinelingo such as AITR (Adult in theroom) or NIFOC (naked in frontof computer) to disguise their

information. Definitions for ac-ronyms can be found at www.netlingo.com

He said some families evencheck their media at the frontdoor, so they are not distracted,and it establishes and environ-ment that encourages interaction

with each other.Some parents draw up a con-

tract with their children, negoti-ating consequences and rewardsfor inappropriate/appropriateuse.

Parents also need to considerthe legal ramifications of theirchildren’s actions used on tech

they have contracted for theiruse.“You have signed a contract

for it. It is your legal entity,” saidDavis.

Davis’s lecture was a treasuretrove of information that the av-erage lay person may not know.He followed the lecture with aquestion and answer sessionand provided the purchase de-tails for a complete informationdownload on safety tips for alltypes of internet use to interest-ed audience members.

He is available for speakingengagements and said he wouldlove to talk at schools or organi-

zations interested in social net- work safety. Bookings can bemade through e-mail: [email protected] or call1-866-259-0996. Another free pdf document for

parents to read is put out by thePublic Legal Education and In-formation Service of New Bruns-

wick.(see: www.legal-info-legale.

nb.ca/.../Safety_on_the_Inter-net_Parents_Guide).

Parents and teen tech

Helping the team

The Strathmore Spartans football team held a bottle drive on Oct. 17. Theyraised $2,000 towards helping offset the costs of running the football pro-gram.

Photo Courtesy of Christina Kleysen


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Fule for Thought

I’ve come to hate the word “chores.” On any giv-en weekend, we all face them. Just when you think you’ve got the laziest of Saturdays planned, your wife casually mentions that word.

We have very high ceilings in our new house, and we were so impressed looking up at all the pot lightsshining down. I must’ve been in a kind of rosy “buy-er’s trance” looking up, because I never once thoughtabout how I’d have to climb “Everest” one stupid pot

light at a time, to change those stupid things! This time, I’m getting smart … we’re using LEDlights, so they’ll hopefully last longer. Yeah, it’s likeI’m facing that whole “Christmas light” thing all overagain. Those have to go up soon too, so I’m planningto bribe my daughter’s boyfriend with whiskey forthose! Don’t worry … I won’t let him climb impaired!

I’ve noticed that with all of life’s chores, we as asociety find easier ways to attack them. In fact, theFules are on their second Roomba (a robot vacuumcleaner). However, Debbie does force me to use thestupid old fashioned one that involves work. Eventhen, I find ways to avoid effort if I can. For example,there’s always that one stupid hair clip or paper clipthat will not be sucked up. Rather than bend overto pick it up, I find myself going over and over it with the floor brush, praying that it will suck up justonce! But oh no, eventually I have to give in, bend

over (head rush) and pick it up. Now that’s a chore! We even named our Roomba “Jarvis” because I’vealways wanted my own British butler, and well …that sounded British.

Having been raised Catholic, I’ve always foundthat I’m confessing a lot. I can’t keep secrets well,and I’m usually not able to lie well. And so today, I’mgoing to tell you a small secret about my approach tochores. You know those days when the dishwasheris full of clean dishes, and you don’t have the de-sire or interest to empty and put stuff away? Well, if you’re like me, you let a small stack of dir ty thingspile near the sink, instead of emptying and re-load-ing the dishwasher. In fact, I wind up finding a cleanplate or bowl from the dishwasher, and then pile itnext to the sink! This is not a popular thing to do with Deb around, but there’s a second part to the

plan. Now guys, if you’re pressed for time, or the biggame is on, here’s what I do. You take those dirtydishes, put them back in the dishwasher with theclean ones, and voila! The dishwasher can be runagain, the dishes cleaned, and you’re safe from the wrath of “the wife!”

I mean, when you think about it, you’re actuallyhelping your wife. Not only will the dirty dishes getcleaned, but those other ones will be double clean! Ithink it’s a win-win! Just don’t rat me out to Debbie!

One chore I don’t do is dusting. Deb has taken onthat job, but it’s not like I never help with that. Why,

when I’m vacuuming, if I notice an end table is a bitdusty, I’ll whip off a sock and quickly give that tablea quick wipe! In fact, if you want a cleaner sweep, just take the doily (I’m sad that I even know that word) and use it to wipe away the dust! Then yousimply replace that same doily in the newly dustedspot and you have helped your wife again … you’re welcome Deb!

I’ve been asked to mention the bird cage choreagain. Years ago, Deb had two budgies named forbeer. Yep, Bud and Pil were cute little birds, butsquawky. Once when she had gone camping, sheasked me to bird sit. If you’ve ever had birds before,they crap a lot! I wasn’t very interested in pullingout the bottom poo-covered sheet, so I hit on a greatidea. Grabbing my parents’ vacuum, I fired that babyup and began sucking the disgusting combination ofbird crap and bird seed! It did not dawn on me that

this may not have been a bird-friendly decision. Asthe vacuum roared to its high pitched life, the birdshuddled, shivering and screeching in the corner oftheir cage … feathers flying everywhere! Apparently,they did not enjoy my time saving idea! Luckily, theirfeathers smoothed out by Deb’s return.

So guys, feel free to use any or all of my time-sav-ing chore ideas. You do need to be pretty quiet aboutit … I mean, I wouldn’t write a column about it oranything! Luckily Deb doesn’t read my column …

(“Fule for Thought” is a slice of life humourous col-umn that appears in the Strathmore Times, writtenby long-time resident, town councillor, high schoolteacher, coach, husband and father of two – Pat Fule. If you would like to get in touch with Pat, you can send him an e-mail at [email protected])

The dirt on chores

Girl Guide food driveOn Tuesday, Oct. 6, the Food Bank in Strath-

more, was once again very grateful to the local

Girl Guide Association for their very successful

food drive. They collected approximately 1,771lbs of food and some cash donations. The girls

were also very helpful in sorting and shelving

for us. Thank you from all the volunteers at the

Wheatland County Food Bank.

Photo Courtesy of the

Wheatland County Food Bank

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The Calgary PregnancyCare Centre remains confi-dent that their annual fund-raiser will achieve financialcontributions similar to pre-

vious years that amounted

to hundreds of thousandsof dollars in funding fortheir centres, includingStrathmore, despite a cash-

strapped economy.Last year, the fundraising

banquet raised just under$150,000, making up a largechunk of the non-profit orga-nization’s $1 million budget,

which is completely com-prised of donations.

But as the economy strug-

gles and society is feelingthe impact, the centre re-mains optimistic for a strongfinancial boost and ongoing

Pregnancy Care Centre prepares for annual fundraisersupport.

“We’ve been doing this forso many years that you’re al-

ways concerned, but we’renot worried,” said Jill Kul-hawy, communication direc-tor with the Calgary Preg-nancy Care Centre. “We’vehad a really good response

to the banquet. When every-one is going through diffi-cult issues financially, so areour clients and they’re awareof that and people step upto the plate. Some peoplearen’t able to give as muchthis year but other people

will take their place. There’salways a concern but wehave lots of people that re-ally believe in what we doand help us through thesedifficult times.”

For the past 30 years, in-dividuals, churches, and

business contributions aidedin funding the operation ofthree centres – two Calgarycentres and one in Strath-more - that attract rough-ly 800 new clients a year.

While still in its infancy,the one-and-a-half-year-oldStrathmore Pregnancy CareCentre, which is funded en-tirely through the variousfundraising efforts, expectsto have greater involvementin raising funds next year.

“Hopefully next year oreven in the spring, we’ve

been talking about maybedoing a banquet out hereto bring more attention to

the Strathmore Centre,” said Jennifer Page, program co-ordinator for the StrathmorePregnancy Care Centre.

“Those details are still in

the works. We hope thatthrough stories, throughpeople talking to each oth-er, if it’s volunteer or staffmembers, if they feel drawnto donate, we don’t ask fora specific number, it’s just

whatever people would liketo donate at this time.”

Since 1985, the non-profitagency has provided assis-tance to those facing abor-tion, adoption or parenting.

While the banquet is the or-ganization’s largest fundrais-ing event, numerous efforts

were present throughout the year – including the BabyBottle Campaign that raised$135,000 this year alone. Anew banquet, A Date withDignity, will also come tofruition in the spring to en-sure the centres’ future suc-cess.

“It just takes a while forpeople to understand us, hearabout us, and learn to trustus,” Kulhawy said. “Some ofthese clients have been com-ing to see us for years, be-cause we don’t just believein helping them throughoutthe pregnancy, but also asthey’re raising their childrenand moving onwards. They

become friends and build re-lationships.” The fundraising banquet

is free to attend and will in- volve a dinner, live music,speeches from two clients,

volunteers, donors, and theexecutive director. The ban-

quet will be held on Oct. 29at the Red and White Club inCalgary at 7 p.m. For moreinformation visit www.preg-care.com.

Autumn goodiesShelby (l-r), Kelti and Savannah Van Den Brink from Strathmore showcasedtheir colourful A-Door-Able Wreaths display at the Hussar Fall Fair on Oct.

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A former Strathmore resident is intro-ducing her forward-thinking car-seat-recycling company to her hometown bypartnering up with H&H Huxted Enter-prises, therefore providing the commu-

nity with another recycling opportunity,keeping thousands of seats out of thelandfills, and slowly inching closer tohaving legislation in the future.

Melanie Risdon-Betcher launchedKidseat Recyclers Inc., the only car seatrecycling company in Canada, just overfive years ago in Calgary. Now averag-ing between 60 to 100 seats a monthfor a total of 4,422 since its conception,the small-scale company experiencedincreases in item drop-offs and hostedevents. Through its efforts, the companyhas already diverted 30,954 lbs of plas-tic and metal from the landfills.

However, in partnering up with Huxt-ed as a drop-off location, Kidseat Recy-clers is expanding into Strathmore, with

the hope that one day legislation willinclude a recycling levy in the purchaseprice of the safety devices.

“We’re very far from an efficient re-cycling program for car seats specifi-cally, and it would be nice to sort ofget it into the same logistical flow assay recycling tires,” said Risdon-Betcher.“I run this business part time and I re-ally have not had the time to do the leg

work involved in finding funding andgrants. Eventually we would like to getsome form of support like other recy-cling initiatives, and potentially lessenhat levy or do away with it all together.

That’s the goal to eventually get there. It would require getting some legislationin place … but we’re just not there yet.”

Citizens are currently charged a $10levy of which $4.20 is used for chargesto transport seats to their facility andstrip them, $3 towards administration,insurance, and website maintenance ofKidseat Recyclers, and $2.80 to pick upand transport seats from drop off loca-tions.

On average, one child will require aminimum of three such devices – buck-et, toddler, and booster seat. Accordingto a recent census, 848 children underthe age of 10 currently live in Strath-more.

For Christine Huxted, who is incharge of marketing at the recycle yard,the passion to partner with the initiativestemmed from her recent experiencesas a new mom.

“It’s just another thing, with a newmom and lots of small kids in our groupof friends and family, realizing howmany car seats one kid goes through

and that those all end up in the land-fills,” she said. “It’s just finding anotherthing we can pull out of our landfill. Isee how many do come in and knowthat they just go to the landfill and pileup.” Transport Canada states, depending

on the manufacturer, a car seat expi-ration ranges from six to 10 years. Be-cause the plastic is affected by the hotand cold temperatures of the seasons,once past its expiration date, the plas-tic of a safety device may not be turnedinto a safety device again. This is dueto the breaking down and molding of

Car seat recycling offered in Strathmore

Mortgage Matters by Strathmore’s Mortgage Specialist Mortgages versus credit cards – are you at your limit?

Most people who own a home have a credit card. You need it for all kinds of major purchases: a new TV, building anew deck, maybe even new appliances or better yet, a much needed, well- deserved, yes you earned it, kind of vacation.Everyone knows that the best thing you can do is pay off the credit card every month. So a few months have gone by andthat credit card balance is still there. Now wait a minute, something else happened to you and your life and that creditcard balance is still there. Time has slipped by and you have been carrying a $15,000 balance on your credit card at 21per cent interest for months now. No big deal, ‘I will just keep making the minimum payments.’Yes you must make the minimum payments - but it will not get paid off this way. It’s not entirely your fault. You makethe some money, have the same expenses, live the same lifestyle, and the lottery is just not working the way it used to.If you own your own home, consider refinancing. If you are able to to pay off all these credit li nes and debts owing – howwould that make you feel. If you have a mortgage of $300,000 and you are able to add $15,000 to it and pay it all off at3 per cent, the savings can be huge and the impact to your life can be substantial in two key ways. First your going to save

money in what you pay in interest. The second and most commonly overlooked piece to this is thatyou will reduce your overall payments as well. So not only will you be saving money you will freeup more cash which you can use in any number of ways including paying off your mortgage faster.Do yourself a favour, review your credit card statements. Go back as far as you have to – to the firstmonth when you started carrying a balance over zero. If that was more than three months ago oryour credit card is at its limit, give me a call – you’ll be glad you did.

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the plastic affecting the predictability ofthe material and allowing it to becomemore brittle.

“A safety device once recycled will always be a lesser product,” said Ridson-Betcher. “They’re huge, they’re big, it’sa lot of plastic and quite a bit of metalthat will take thousands and thousandsof years to degrade in a landfill. Plusit’s an oil by-product, so technically that

will be leaching into wherever it’s de-composing for the next however many

years. It’s a pollutant at the end of itslife.”

Residents are asked to strip the mate-rial off the seats before dropping themoff at the appropriate locations, and willneed to pay the $10 levy fee. The public is now able to drop off

their used or expired car seats at theH&H Huxted recycle yard.

Community members in Standard

came out to support the annual Hamand Oyster supper fundraiser on Oct.9. Kasandra Jansen (l) and Standard

Mayor Alan Larsen prepared oysters.

Standard fundraises

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The Strathmore Regional Arts Collective (SRAC) soci-ety’s annual general meetingon Oct. 13 proved a double-

edged sword for the seven board members, when theyunanimously agreed in favour of the society’s dissolu-tion. The decision came shortly

after five out of the seven board members resigned,and with only seven commu-nity members in attendance,lacked the necessary indi- viduals taking action to keepthe collective going.

“It was way too much workfor way too few people, be-cause of that, I think we were just not getting done what we had set out to do,”

said Brandy Hebbes, Chairof SRAC and the president

of the Wheatland Society of Arts.

“I believe we played a pret-ty big role in forwarding artsawareness in the commu-nity and the region. The fewof us that deeply cared just

valiantly kept struggling tokeep it going. At some point you hit the balance point andit either goes or you makethe other decision. Sadly this was the way the teeter-tottertipped.” Three years ago, the col-

lective was first introducedinto the community as a not-for-profit umbrella companythat, among other things,set out to connect all of theart groups in the existingart community and supportand promote each other. Aspart of the original feasibil-ity study completed by RC

Strategies, the society also worked towards the creation

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an art facility – a project that never ma-terialized. While the society managed to raise

awareness for the arts, connect artists with opportunities, create galleries,produced a mural for the Strathmore55 Plus Alberta Summer games, creat-

ed the Canada Day art, and celebratedtheir third annual Arts and Sounds fes-tival, a demanding workload and a lackof traction for the society’s ambitiousaspirations contributed to the heavy-hearted decision last week.

Battling mixed feelings of sadnessand relief, Hebbes hopes their efforts will pave the way for new approachesand an increase in town involvement. With a new community-based art in-

stallation policy on the horizon, members were adamant that the arts con-tinue gaining strength through otherinitiatives within Strathmore.

“It wasn’t a case of giving up, it wasa ‘well this isn’t doing what we wantit to do, so let’s try a different way,’”

said Councillor Denise Peterson, whorepresented the Town of Strathmore onthe committee.

“My hope is that the major art soci-eties in our community will form anexecutive committee and that they willact in an advisory capacity to the townand continue the work of SRAC. Theydid a really good job of gathering dataon all the home-based artists in thiscommunity and surrounding … and Ithink that you’ll see the presence con-tinue. I do really believe, and I’m reallyhopeful, that it will evolve into whatthey had initially intended.”

Strathmore is home to various artorganizations, such as the Youth Club,Strathmore Musical Arts Society, Strath-more Theatre Players’ Guild, and theHope Bridges Society.

“The arts are not dead, this is not theend,” said Wanda Reinholdt, vice-chairof SRAC.

“The arts collective was a step. Wetried it and it didn’t work like wethought it would, so now we have totry something else.” The Strathmore Regional Arts Collec-

tive will officially dissolve on Nov. 30.

Miriam

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Residents are welcome to

bring their home and yard

waste to our location FREE ofcharge, where we will then

make it into useful compost.

Yard waste such as grass

clippings, fallen leaves,

weeds before they go to seed,

tree fruit and berries and

the remains of disease-free

garden plants make excellent

compost.

You can also compost kitchenscraps such as fruit and

vegetable peels and trimmings,

eggshells, teabags, coffee

grounds and filters.

We have partnered with Kids seat recyclers, and are NOWACCEPTING ALL USED AND EXPIRED KIDS CAR SEATS.

We ask that all material be removed from the seat and be advisedthere is a Recycling levy fee of $10 per seat

My green friends at Huxted’s Waste Disposal and Recycling and me,

Rex-cycle have S.R.C. This is a very good thing, SUSTAINABILITY RECYCLING

CONDITION!!! This condition will help save the PLANET and best of all makeYOU FEEL GOOD!!

The best way to catch S.R.C. is very simple try:

1) Reduce reuse recycle compost. In that order!

2) Use reusable water bottles, coffee cups and grocery bags

3) Carpool or ride a bike

4) Buy in bulk, and shop local

5) Be aware of what your buying, is this packaging recyclable?

Can I compost the left overs?

6) Encourage producers to use less packaging and be sure what they do use

isn’t a product that goes to landfill

7) If you’re having any construction done, make sure contractors have a

recycling policy. Construction waste management plans should be at

least 50% (recycling and salvage)

8) Don’t dispose of items others may reuse,

9) Encourage restaurants to use compostable wrapping and containers

10) Encourage convenience stores to install water refill stations

11) Use bulk and not single use

12) Did you know the Recycle Center now takes wood, shingles and drywall

for a small processing charge

There are many more ways of reducing waste and becoming

sustainable! It is as easy as turning off a light, I hope

everyone catches S.R.C.

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLEand COMPOST!!!!!

Here at Huxted’s, it is our goal to make Strathmore and our

community the greenest in Alberta


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Chase Gingerich and his mom, Brandy An-dersen, received flowers, toys, gifts, and afamily trip to Disneyland on Christmas Day2016 as part of the Children’s Wish Foun-dation. Chase has Cystic Fibrosis. Presentat the Jelly Bean Dance on Oct. 9 wereRona Jackson (l), Chase Gingerich, Brandy

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Kameryn Viger (right photo) dressed upas Cruella Deville to take her little brotherFinn to the Jelly Bean Dance on Oct. 9. Theevent raised over $3,000.

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Alexandra Dovichak (l), Cassidy VanBavel and Greyson Stender show offtheir identification cards and their voter cards during the mock election atSacred Heart Academy on Oct 9. All three Grade 6 classes took part. Thegym was set up as a polling station and had a deputy returning officer andpoll clerk on hand to check the students identity cards and made up VoterIdentification Cards.

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Blind-sided and left in the dark by aletter suggesting the discontinuation ofexternal funds to existing communityprograms, numerous non-profit organi-zations are experiencing a twofold blowand tightening of purse strings that’s al-

ready contributing to program closuresin the near future.

Last month, the Family and Com-munity Support Services (FCSS) in Al- berta received a healthy cash injectionof an additional $10 million across theprovince for total funding of $86 mil-lion. While the funds are provided tohelp strengthen communities, FCSS in-formed their recipients on Sept. 15 thatthe funding provided previously will nolonger continue except to support newinitiatives. Although the partnership – made up

between Strathmore and the provinceof Alberta – sent a letter to the localcommunity programs in 2013 notify-ing them to seek alternative revenuesources for the future, many non-prof-

it organizations said they had no pre-lude to the announcement. And as theeconomy struggles, those communityprograms are also losing funding fromother sources.

“I’m disappointed because right nowit is tough getting funding for non-prof-its and it’s getting tougher and tougher,”said Wanda Reinholdt, program coor-

dinator at Hope Bridges Society, whoin the past received $1,000 from FCSS,and will also not be receiving any of the40 per cent – or $30,000 - governmentfunds.

“We’re a growing province, with grow-ing needs, and a growing populationand there’s so many factors preventingfunding from being available. When theoil sector struggles, all the grant money

where does it come from? It comes fromthere, so everything suffers.” The letter states that while Strathmore

FCSS will not be providing funding tocommunity programs, it will provideinternal programming to help increaseand promote new programs and initia-tives to our community. The news sparked frustration among

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an additional $18,000 in Strathmore, the Wheatland FCSS believes the moneyshould support those programs alreadyin place.

“Additional funding was handed out

to all the FCSSs per capita, and so we’re jumping on board with that opportunityso we have more dollars to spend withon programs,” said Lynn Walker, pro-gram coordinator for WFCSS.

“All the non-profits rely on grant dol-lars… so one backing out really doescreate a whole different scenario forprograms involved. We struggle at timesand we know exactly how everybodyelse struggles.” As a result the Growing Families Soci-

ety said all three of their initiatives will be affected – Five for Life, Bridging theGap, and the Life Skills program. With-out FCSS’s $8,500 contributions, whichcovers all three areas, the organizationestimates six programs within thosethree initiatives will not receive support;including the Bridging the Gap lunchclub. None of their programs within

Wheatland County will be affected.However, FCSS funding isn’t the only

hit on the society’s budget. Large finan-cial contributions from W. Brett Wilsonhave also come to an end, and no infor-mation has yet been received regardingUnited Way funding.

“What are they doing with the infu-sion money that was announced thispast month? Because you have to spendthat by Dec. 31,” said May Rostecki-Budzey, executive manager with theGrowing Family Society, who said onlyone-quarter of the money can be car-

ried forward to a future year.“I don’t care if you don’t select my

program, but at the end result be surethat the money is being driven to thoseindividuals that are in need of somesupport.” While the Strathmore FCSS was un-

able to comment at this time, the letteralso stated that they will continue withthe Special Project Funding for commu-nity projects that meet the FCSS man-date. For now, local non-profit organiza-tions are adjusting their programmingto meet their budgets and are activelylooking for other sources of funding.


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ALBERTA ASSOCIATION OF OPTOMETRISTS

October is Children’s Vision Month, and Alberta teachers anddoctors of optometry are encouraging parents to get their chil-dren’s eyes checked. How well a child performs in school isdirectly linked to how well they see. Yet, a recent survey com-missioned by the Alberta Association of Optometrists (AAO) re- vealed that only 61 per cent of Albertans know that school-agechildren should have annual eye exams.

“That is a troubling statistic. Many problems that are caused

by poor eyesight can be completely avoided,” says Strathmoreoptometrist, Dr. Chris Johnson. “During a comprehensive eyeexam, we often find vision or eye health concerns that parents,and even the children themselves, didn’t know existed.” When a child is having vision problems, everything is more

difficult – reading, seeing the board and even playing sports. The problem is, most children don’t recognize that they arehaving a hard time seeing – they assume everyone sees the waythey do. The undetected problem may continue to get worse,resulting in stress, frustration, and sometimes, serious behav-ioural issues.

“It’s absolutely incredible to see the changes for a student when they have a vision problem corrected,” says Mark Ramsan-kar, president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association. “Some stu-

dents don’t realize or can’t say that there’s an issue with theirsight and sometimes we can fix reading or behaviour issues just by correcting a vision problem. It all starts with regular testing.”

Many schools and family physicians offer vision screeningprograms, which will reveal whether a child has 20/20 vision.Studies show that vision screening has high error rates. Infact, 43 per cent of children with vision problems pass a vi-sion screening. Dr. Johnson says comprehensive eye exams gomuch further.

“While a 20/20 vision score is great, it does not mean that

your child has all of the vision skills required for optimal learn-ing and development,” says Dr. Johnson. “Your optometrist cando a lot more than determine if a child sees well. We diagnose,treat and prevent diseases and disorders affecting the eyes and visual systems.”

Alberta Health Care covers the cost of annual eye exams forchildren until they turn 19. Regular checkups are important, be-cause a child’s vision and eye health will likely change as theygrow and develop. Optometrists recommend children havetheir first comprehensive eye exam between the ages of six andnine months, their second between the ages of two and five,and one every year after that.

For more information, and to find a doctor of optometry near you, visit www.optometrists.ab.ca.

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The Strathmore High School Spartans football teamwas no match for the Medicine Hat Mohawks as

they lost 26-0 to end their season on Oct. 16.

Clockwise: The Strathmore Community Football Badgers senior team had

reason to celebrate as they beat the Carstairs Tigers 59-50 to get their first

win of the season and a berth in the playoffs on Oct. 17 in Strathmore. The

Strathmore Community Football Badgers peewee team defeated the RedDeer Hornets 66-18 on Oct. 17 in Strathmore. The Strathmore Community

Football Badgers bantam team beat Innisfail 37-19 to have undefeated sea-son on Oct. 17.

JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

For the first time in recent history, all Strathmore Bad-gers Community Football teams will be heading to thepost-season in the coming weeks.

Peewee head coach Clinton Bean was excited for hisgroups when describing his team’s 66-18 win over theRed Deer Hornets.

“Ecstatic,” said Bean. “We came out here today tohave fun. It was a beautiful October day and the kidsresponded. They had a great day and scored a few toomany touchdowns. I was trying to call some plays andthey were still in the end zone.”

Bean saw a lot of positive signs on both sides of the ball as the offensive and defensive side of the ball im-proved. The bantams, on the other hand, finished the season

undefeated at 5-0, winning 37-19 over a much biggerand physical Innisfail team.

Coach Sean Seafoot thinks this was a game his teamneeded in order to get ready for the playoffs in two weeks time.

“They had short numbers as well but they had some big boys that played both sides on their team,” said Sea-foot. “Perseverance was key in this game for sure. Wehad lots of injuries and guys stepping up. Our defensive

end played some offensive line. It was tough, we had totoss guys around. They had big boys, we couldn’t run upthe middle on them at all.”

In order to move the ball around more, the teammoved the ball to the outside more and used their pass-ing game effectively.

Seafoot thinks to stay sharp for playoffs, they’ll have tokeep improving their games to the next level and stay fo-cused for 60 minutes and learn from the Innisfail game. The old saying ‘you save the best for last,’ seemed to

work for the senior Badgers as they won their last gameof the season 59-50 over the Crossfield/Carstairs Tigers. The victory was a reason to celebrate as it offered theteam a spot in the playoffs.

“From a coach’s point of view, we really needed guys tocome out and dedicate their time,” said head coach BradMiddlemiss. “Once they started dedicating their time itshows in their abilities. Once they came out learned howto play football it showed. It was good for everyone tocome out and pull off the win.”

Middlemiss added that the key to the win was his of-fense having an outstanding game.

“I’m just happy for these guys, they really deservedit,” he said. Their playoff opponent will be Innisfail on Oct. 24 at

2:30 p.m. Until then, Middlemiss and the team will get back on the practice field and work on their defense.

JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

With a playoff berth on the line in theirlast home game, the Strathmore Spartanshigh school football team were on the los-ing end of a 26-0 defeat on Oct. 16 to theMedicine Hat Mohawks, that marked theend of the season.

“You’ve got to give Medicine Hat somecredit about the way they were playingand blitzing our line pretty good,” said as-sistant coach Stacy Doore. “The boys justgot a little overwhelmed. The coaches

were making the right plays. Medicine Hatcame prepared and they were coveringman-to-man with us.”

He felt the Mohawks way of kicking the ball set the tone for the game and mayhave been the dagger in the Spartanshopes.

However, the season proved positive in various ways for the high school-only pro-gram in its first year.

“With the up-and-coming boys we havein our program, it’s going to progressivelyget better,” said Doore. “The boys knowthe coaching is there. We just need to stepit up again next year. We have great expec-tations, we’re going to lose some of ourGrade 12’s that are starters.” The positives include the team’s efforts

to come together and a perfect attendance by all 36 players giv

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