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Botha’s future as a municipality under focus

STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

The future of Botha as an inde-pendent municipal unit is being questioned and county is part of a process to assess the possibility of dissolving the village admin-istration.

The importance of the Botha Viability Review had Stettler County council appointing the reeve, Wayne Nixon, to represent the county on the review team.

The decision was made at the county’s monthly meeting on Nov. 4.

Councillor Greggory Jackson, as the councillor representing the area, was appointed as the alter-nate member, and would attend meetings if the reeve is unavail-able.

The request was made by the Alberta Minister of Municipal Affairs, who recommended one member of county council and one administrative member

from the county offi ce be ap-pointed to the team.

According to the Municipal Government Act, the Minister (of Municipal Affairs) may un-dertake a dissolution study in respect of a municipality if the minister believes that the disso-lution will lead to more effective or effi cient municipal operations.

Councillor Joe Gendre made the motion for the reeve, stating that, “I think this is important enough to send the reeve and

deputy reeve as the alternate.”A friendly amendment from

Councillor James Nibourg had the alternate become the area’s councillor. Councillor Grover, who would have been said al-ternate as the deputy reeve, ex-pressed no concerns about ced-ing his place on the team to the area’s councillor, but requested that whoever attended the meet-ing keep council well appraised.

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Junior High Students’ Union hosts dance socialMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER

The William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus gymna-sium was transformed into a dance fl oor with lights and music as the junior high stu-

dents’ union hosted an eve-ning of dancing for grades 7-9, on Friday, Nov. 6.

“Our Junior High Students’ Union hosted this dance and it was the fi rst for this school year, and is an inte-gral part of our regular year-ly students’ union function because it is important for our students to be able to

get together and socialize in a controlled environment outside of the regular school day,” said Norbert Baharally, principal, William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus.

Students were asked to don their halloween cos-tumes as an incentive to get a dollar off their admission into the dance, while they

also had option of donating a non-perishable food item for the same discount.

The DJs for the night were high school students, Jordan Lee and Kalie Tulan who played popular num-bers and varied the pace throughout the evening be-tween fast and slow num-bers.

Just outside the gymnasi-um parents had volunteered their time to sell beverages and snacks at the conces-sion.

Speaking of the evening, Baharally thought it was a “great success”.

“I thought that the eve-ning was a great success and that the students had a lot of fun with about 120 attending the event. All in all it was a great night,” added Baharally. “I would like to thank our student DJs as well as the teachers and par-ents for volunteering their time to help chaperone and also in helping to run our concession for the evening.”

There will be other danc-es throughout the year and Baharally hopes that there would be more students in attendance.

An afternoon of tea and cake at CK Parish HallMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER

The Catholic Women’s League (CWL) held its annual bake sale at the Christ King Parish Hall Saturday afternoon, Nov. 7, as community mem-bers turned up to show support and help in the fundraising efforts.

With its forthcoming 90th anniversary in 2016, it is one of the oldest an-nual events held in the community.

“Our oldest member came here in 1960, and said it was an annual event at that time,” said Patricia Standage, sec-retary, Stettler Catholic Women’s League and president, CWL Zone 5. “This is our main fund-raiser, and last year we raised just over $1,100, and this year the turnout was very good, too.”

Although Standage was not able to give a fig-ure, she thought that the funds raised this year

would be even better than the last.

“We are expecting it to be equivalent if not better, and we use the funds to buy coffee and tea for our church kitch-en, besides donating to different charities in the community such as the Christ King School, the Food Bank and the Central Alberta Women’s shelter,” said Standage. “We donate a wreath on Remembrance Day and a Catholic church camp, also giving to other chari-ties, such as refugee wel-come bags that are en-dorsed by our church and Catholic Missions.”

The funds from the previous year have been used to repair the church roof and for the general upkeep of the facility.

“The tea is a more for-

mal event as we get ev-eryone to sit down and be served angel food cake with lemon sauce, or strawberries and whip cream, and tea and cof-fee,” said Standage.

For the raffle table, peo-ple had donated items, including a book basket of Christmas books, can-dies and movies, some homemade crafts, some movie tickets, a figurine, and a George Foreman Grill.

“My experience this year was as usual very re-warding, it’s wonderful to see many friends, come together for an afternoon of friendship and relax-ation,” said Standage. “The money raised always goes to a good cause, and we are blessed to have so many wonderful people support our cause.”

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RCMP warn to be on alert for phone scamsSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

Stettler RCMP are warning peo-ple to be on alert as phone scams have been making their way over the province, typically pretending to represent a bank or the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

The intended victim will receive the call from someone claiming to represent one of these agencies, asking for personal information such as date of birth, address, bank-ing information, account numbers and so forth, Stettler RCMP detach-ment commander Sgt. Phil Penny said.

“These conversations tend to be quite aggressive, or they’ll use threats to issue fi nes in an effort to ‘bully’ the information out of a per-son,” he said.

The scams target the elderly or individuals with lesser reasoning capabilities and can result in a loss of money or identity theft.

“The thing I like to tell people is that if these agencies are actu-ally calling you, they should have all that information already and shouldn’t be seeking it out over the phone,” Penny said. “From speaking with various banks, it’s not their practice to ask such questions.”

Penny said the best practice is to be suspicious — if there’s any doubt, tell the individual you’re not comfortable with the line of ques-tioning and hang up. Phone the bank, if they’re claiming to be from your bank, and confi rm with them if there is a problem.

It’s also important scams are re-ported to the police, which can be done through phoning the de-

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Following the departure of Const. Bill Lewadniuk, who transferred to Red Deer RCMP to focus on fraud, the student resource offi cer (SRO) role has been vacant, and will re-main so for a while longer, Penny said.

“(We’re) awaiting confi rmation of a suitable candidate from our staff-ing section,” Penny said, adding that he’s uncertain of the timeline in having the position fi lled.

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the staff recommendations regarding the administrative county member participat-ing as part of the team.Road Priority map approved with amendments

Council next addressed the county’s road construction prioritization plan, which had been brought up in the past but never formally ad-opted by council. The plan lists 30 miles of roadwork that the county’s councillors and staff have examined and decided were the most im-portant projects.

Rick Green, director of en-gineering, cautioned council, noting that while the pri-oritization list of roadwork shows certain roads to be addressed in certain years, that list could be shrunk — or expanded — depending on the cost of work and the access to materials.

With its amendments, council voted it the construc-tion priorities into place, giv-ing staff a place to start with their budget work for 2016.New Deputy Reeve

Earlier, as the fi rst order of business at its monthly meeting on Nov. 4, County of Stettler council witnessed the swearing in of its new deputy reeve, Councillor Dave Grover.

Grover takes over from Councillor Greggory Jackson, who has held the post for the past eight months. Grover, likewise, will hold the po-sition for the next eight months before the next dep-uty reeve is chosen.

The eight-month terms allows all of the county councillors to sit one term as deputy reeve, giving them a chance to experience the responsibilities of the reeve when they fi ll in for the reeve.Road Closure

A request from property owners to close the “unnec-essary” portions of Township Road 35-1 was approved unanimously by council.

The request was made by two property owners who wished to subdivide their property but were hindered by the road that ran through the properties. The affect-ed roadway is a section of Township Road 35-1 west of regional Road 19-1.

The closed roadway would be ceded to the property own-ers in exchange for a similar amount of land, meaning no money would change hands, but the property size would remain essentially the same.

The section of road was deemed unnecessary be-cause other roads in the area provide access around the property in question, and no property on the road would be made inaccessible through the closing of the road.Trade Fair 2016 a go

The county’s booth will return to the Stettler Trade Show in 2016 after council voted unanimously to con-tinue with the project.

“I think it’s one of the most popular things we do,” Councillor Les Stulberg said, noting he was willing to make a motion to contin-ue the county’s attendance. However, Nibourg expressed some concerns.

“I think we should do it, but maybe not every year,” Nibourg temporized. “I have an issue with people having to pay to come see us.”

Councillor Jackson noted that the $5 admission charge was well worth it as most attendees “got their money’s worth” through the various booths.

The cost to rent space is around $700, with the booth and all its paraphernalia coming in at about $3,500, it

was said.“No other event gives us

such a great cross-section of the community,” Jackson added.

In the end, Stulberg’s mo-tion went to vote and was accepted unanimously.Achievement program ‘a lit-tle bit of 4-H’ - Nibourg

Council also decided to support the eight Junior Achievement programs at schools in Erskine, Big Valley and Byemoor, to the tune of $4,000.

The programs were de-scribed as “a little bit of 4-H, a little bit of political science, a little bit of community in-volvement and a little bit of economics” by Nibourg, who was immediately in favour of putting county money be-hind the project.

The program works through the school and has

kids out in the community, learning about economics and entrepreneurship, but not in a way that’s self-fo-cused but rather on with focus on improving commu-nities.

“We’ve seen what 4-H has done for our kids,” Asst. CAO Yvette Cassidy said. “Not all kids are in 4-H.”

In the end, council voted to support the program.Reserve land prices for tax sale

Council voted to set the re-serve public land sale prices for the upcoming tax sale. The lands in question were seized for non-payment of taxes after a long process in which the county tried to work with the property own-ers to resolve matters. The reserve prices on the proper-ties are the assessment pric-es, Cassidy confi rmed.

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Speed, safety concerns dominate council meetingSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

Two residents of 68 Street raised some serious safe-ty concerns with the town council during the regular meeting of the councillors on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Tracey Marko and Kelsey McNeil briefed the council on what they perceived as potential danger to resi-dents, particularly children, living on 68 Street, which is south of the Stettler Recreation Centre, near the newer ball diamonds. The pair explained that with homes on both sides of the street, with vehicles and RVs parked out front, there’s already been some “close calls” with people trying to back out of their driveways.

Mostly, though, they’re afraid it won’t be someone backing out who’s hit by traffi c, but rather a child, as the area is home to several families with young children. If it’s not a child, though, it could just as easily be an adult, as there’s no sidewalks in the area.

Marko and McNeil canvassed the street, garnering comments from almost every single resident on the stretch that has the pair concerned.

“We didn’t want to wait until someone was hurt or killed before we did something,” McNeil said.

The complaints were boiled down to the basics — people drive too fast on the road, and at all hours of the day.

Melissa Robbins, the town’s director of operations, also attended the meeting to be able to offer her feed-back, and said that she lived near the area in question and that yes, people did drive pretty quickly on the road, which is a “residential collector” — a street that’s built wider in anticipation of higher traffi c, as residen-tial traffi c will likely collect on it.

The delegation, which had several residents sitting

in the gallery, didn’t just come with complaints, but also potential solutions. They suggested lowering the speed limit, adding sidewalks, creating better lighting on nearby walking paths, installing stop signs or even speed bumps.

“I hate to say this, but I hate speedbumps,” Robbins said, explaining that speedbumps slow down plowing in areas and create other logistical headaches.

Councillor Darcy Bachman also put in his two cents, noting that he lives on a street between two stop signs, and those stop signs haven’t solved anything. In fact, it’s like they’ve created a small racing lane.

“It’s like a competition to see how fast they can get from one stop sign to the next,” he said.

McNeil noted that she expected some push back if the option was sidewalks, as the area would have to decide if it was on one side of the street or both; if on one side, which side, and where would the RVs park, if sidewalks cut into their parking space.

With the nearby walking paths unlit, however, it’s not an option to walk on them, McNeil said.

“It can be quite scary to walk on them in the dark,” she said, pointing out that in the winter, when it’s most dangerous to walk on the road where it’s slippery and rutted, dark comes early.

Mayor Dick Richards thanked the group for coming with their concerns, but took particular pains to com-mend them on also coming with potential solutions — something that while not uncommon, is not the norm, he said.

New RCMP Dteachment commander Sgt. Phil Penny following the discussion noted that the problem may not be people driving too fast — it may be that the speed limit is set too high for the area. He told the dele-gation that if they knew what times of day the speeding

was at its highest, he could send out a patrol to watch the area and help slow things down.

Robbins invited the group to be in touch to set up a speed study on the road and talk about potential solu-tions further.New detachment commander meets council

Before listening to 68 Street issues, Stettler town council welcomed the new RCMP detachment com-mander and prodigal son Sgt. Phil Penny, who took command on Oct. 26. Penny was accompanied by the new detachment corporal, Ryan Koehli, who’d been in-troduced to council previously.

Penny introduced himself and spoke about his expe-riences — serving in Banff and Pond Inlet, Nunavut, as a constable, in Whale Cove, Nunavut, as a corporal and detachment commander, and then in Blackfalds as cor-poral and supervisor.

“Being in Pond Inlet taught me how to be a detach-ment commander, and being in Blackfalds taught me how to supervise a large number of people,” Penny said. “Now I get to bring that together here in Stettler.” Town chooses to ditch Battle River Watershed Alliance

Even though the Town of Stettler’s water needs are serviced by the Red Deer River, the town itself lies within the Battle River Watershed (BRW), and as such has been an unpaying member of the Battle River Watershed Alliance (BRWA).

The town chose to not pay into the organization be-cause its water needs are served by the Red Deer River, and thus do not impact the BRWA.

The information came up at the Nov. 3 council meet-ing because the BRWA was again asking Stettler to be-come a paying member, but instead, the town chose to withdraw completely, citing that there was no gain for the community to be part of the group.

Facing down the fear of public speakingSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

While many people are frightened of and repulsed by the idea of public speaking, a ded-icated group of Stettler residents not only em-brace the idea, but want to bring more people into the fold.

These individuals be-long to the Stettler

chapter of Toastmasters International, a world-re-knowned organization that helps people hone their public speaking, listening, and leadership skills.

The chapter has been up and running for roughly a year, Claude Dupont, vice president of membership, said. He was the Toastmaster — essentially master of

ceremonies — for the re-cent meeting, held at the Stettler Board of Trade boardroom on Thursday, Nov. 5.

The group meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every first and third Thursday of the month.

While most chapters need 20 paid members to register its char-ter with Toastmasters International, the Stettler chapter was fortunate to be able to assume its charter from a Calgary chapter which was fold-

ing, Dupont explained.Guests are not only

welcome, but are encour-aged. Even, and especial-ly, those who feel their knees go weak and their stomach toss and churn at the idea of standing before an audience.

Members receive an of-ficial guide, which walks them through novice speech-making skills to more complex speech structures. Each person progresses at their own pace, completing speech after speech.

Speeches are evaluated by fellow Toastmasters, who highlight areas of improvement over pre-vious speeches and suc-cesses of the speaker, all the while providing use-ful and kind critique so the speaker can address weaknesses.

In addition to sched-uled speakers, there’s a table-topic section, where random attendees are chosen to pick a topic from a box, and must speak for two minutes on the topic — with very little time to prepare.

“Table topics are de-signed to help peo-ple learn to speak on their feet,” Dupont said. “You’re given very little time to prepare, just col-lect your thoughts…and impress.”

Rob Somerville, pres-ident of the chap-ter, said the year with Toastmasters has already helped him a great deal.

“It’s one thing to have ideas, but if you’re not a good speaker, it often falls on deaf ears,” he said. He said many great ideas have been bandied about in his lifetime, working with organi-zations like the Alberta Beef Producers, that have gained little traction be-cause the people behind the idea simply didn’t express themselves well.

T h e S t e t t l e r Toastmasters are looking to increase the number of people attending meet-ings, not only because it’s important to the health and longevity of the local chapter, but because of the wealth of opportu-nities Toastmasters pro-vides. Interested individ-uals can contact Claude Dupont at 403-742-4373, or simply attend a meet-ing at the Board of Trade building, side door, on one of the Toastmaster evenings.

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Botha Christmas Market draws diverse vendors and customersMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDET REPORTER

The Botha Christmas Market held at the Botha Community Hall on Saturday, Nov. 7 was a mixed bag of diverse ven-dors from in and around the county.

Organizing the event for the second year, Christine Weldrick said, “This is my second year organizing the Botha christmas mar-ket and it won’t be my last.”

With the approaching holiday season, the mar-ket couldn’t have been held at a more suitable time, with people from the community already look-ing for Christmas gifts and wares for the festive peri-od of the year.

Although this was not Weldrick’s idea, having participated a couple of times as a vendor of gour-met spices, prior to orga-nizing it for 2014 and 2015, Weldrick said, “I love it, because it brings the com-munity together!”

With enthusiastic shop-pers starting to stop by as early as 9 a.m., the market appeared to cater to ev-eryone’s needs with the exhibits offering almost everything from hand-

made recycled items and fl ower cards to knitted and crocheted clothing to leggings to food items and even a photography stu-dio,

Speaking of the turnout, Weldrick thinks that this year saw a larger footfall than last.

“The turnout was defi -nitely better this year than last,” added Weldrick. “We had twice as many ven-dors and way more foot traffi c.”

Coming all the way from

Coronation was Laurie Bullick with artwork from her shop, Double Heart Stained Glass Design.

“My husband Rob and I teach stained glass paint-ing, but whenever we can fi nd recyclable items such as jar lids, we incorporate them into our artwork,” said Bullick.

From miniature Christmas tree ornaments to wall hangings, Bullick’s display was an intriguing treasure trove for children and adults alike.

Next year, Weldrick plans to market the bazaar with a little more fanfare, put-ting in more advertising for visibility,

“Next year I’m planning on getting better signs to put up on the highway entrances to Botha, some-thing that is more sturdy and durable, which I think my husband will help with,” said Weldrick. “And I’d also like to advertise even more than what I did this year.”

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Royal Canadian Legionand Remembrance Day

MUSTAFA ERICINDEPENDENT EDITOR

As we mark another Remembrance Day, commemora-tive events will be taking place or will have taken place throughout the country to once again think of those who fought for the coun-try, including those who made the ultimate sacrifi ce.

Special days like Nov. 11 and events that surround anniversa-ries of such milestones are im-portant elements in keeping a nation’s ties to its history alive, and in so doing, maintaining and strengthening the national iden-tity of a country.

And an overwhelming majori-ty of the nations celebrate such important milestones like inde-pendence days or major military victories with shows of lots of military pride, display of mili-tary hardware parading along-side rows and rows of soldiers on major squares or wide avenues.

Thankfully in Canada, we mark the Remembrance Day without any such military fanfare. Yes, we do have parades, mostly or-ganized and led by members of

Royal Canadian Legion, but they are solemn, peaceful and silent parades mostly to our cenotaphs at the town centres without the arrogant show of military might.

In taking note of our congenial differences from other nations in marking one of Canada’s most important historical anniversa-ries, we should also pay tribute to Royal Canadian Legion for not only keeping alive the memory of those who have made great sac-rifi ces for their country, but also for doing what they are doing in such a way that they can remain a beating heart in communities throughout the country rather than being called on to get acti-vated only for a few days every year.

From small towns to big cities, but particularly in small towns, Legion branches are generally ac-tive throughout the year, helping raise funds for community caus-es, sponsoring successful stu-dents or young athletes, hosting social and community events, engaging youth through artistic competitions and most impor-tantly, helping keep the commu-nity spirit alive.

The building where the Heartland Youth Centre has been implementing programs for the kids of the community for many years, built entirely by the vol-unteers mobilized and organized by the Legion, stands as a great testimony to the kind of contri-butions the Legion makes to ourt communities.

But the Legion’s goodwill ef-forts and mandate go far beyond pumping our feelings of pride and gratitude.

With the work it undertakes in promoting the rights of the veterans who have fought in the recent confl icts and campaigning on behalf of them for improved social and economic conditions, the Legion is also trying to en-sure that serving in the Canadian armed forces is not to be shunned by the younger generation.

Albert Einstein was quoted as saying “We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifi ces for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war. There is no task that is more important or closer to my heart.”

Making such sacrifi ces in peace time means relentless efforts on

several fronts: Reminding the younger generations of what happened in the history and how; trying to make sure that history is not repeated but learnt from; and at the same time maintaining a peaceful approach to global affairs without totally dropping one’s guard against po-tential risks.

Of those tasks, it is fair to say that Royal Canadian Legion is doing a great job achieving the fi rst two, by keeping themselves vibrant in the communities and engaging the youth on a number of platforms.

The only problem is that even the successful Legion has been fi nding it more and more diffi -cult to attract new blood to its ranks. This is probably because of changing times with more and more young people taking on more responsibilities at younger ages as compared to only a de-cade ago.

But having survived through many other difficulties, the Legion is certain to adjust to challenges of the day and keep serving the communities and the cause of peace.

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Diversifi cation needs imagination and real commitmentWILL VERBOVENAHEAD OF THE HEARD

Alberta Premier Notley recently announced the creation of the “Premier’s Advisory Committee on the Economy”.

It replaced anoth-er advisory group called the Alberta Economic Development Authority, which I am sure in years past replaced other simi-lar sounding consultative groups. They all have a long history in this prov-ince going back to the Lougheed days 40 years ago. The mandate and goal of all those groups has been to provide the premier with advice and recommendations on not surprisingly – how to di-versify the Alberta econ-omy. These groups usual-ly come into prominence whenever energy prices crash and the provincial economy becomes de-pressed and government revenue craters. The re-curring revelation is that a more diversifi ed economy will lessen negative reper-cussions from the boom and bust cycle of oil prices – at least that’s the theory.

What has happened in

the past is that govern-ments presume that they can buy diversifi cation by directly investing in shiny new ideas or giving money away to dubious schemes of one sort or another. The underlying force seems to be that they not be related to the energy industry. One re-calls multi-million dollar government investments in Pacifi c Western Airlines, a magnesium plant, even a packing plant. It seemed at the time that the gov-ernment was just trying to preserve exiting jobs rather than create new ones. There were some successes but ironically they were energy related. Premier Klein put an end to such grandiose sketchy investments but a later PC premier invested billions in the Northwest upgrad-er project. It’s all some-what baffl ing as to what the rationale was for gov-ernment investment in projects that private en-terprise was unwilling to pursue. One hopes history will not repeat itself.

The Lougheed admin-istration included agri-culture as part of its di-versifi cation plan and set

up support programs to increase production. They worked to an extent but there were also failures, the success was that it ended up developing consolidation of existing farming operations into much larger entities. From a job perspective, consoli-dation backfi red as it saw existing small operators sell out and larger opera-tions becoming more effi -cient and requiring fewer people. The big exception was the cattle feedlot sec-tor which grew into a bil-lion dollar business from almost nothing. That was achieved not as much by direct government invest-ment but through low in-terest loans, a price stabi-lization program and a tax climate that encouraged private investment. One could say that it was still government investment just through different channels. I would add that the success of the feedlot sector was also due to the skill of a remarkable set of very clever and hardwork-ing managers. If agricul-ture is going to be consid-ered as a part of any new diversifi cation effort by the present government,

the development history of the feedlot sector would serve as a good example for potential success.

The problem with con-sidering agriculture as part of economic diversifi -cation is that government and political strategists don’t consider that sector of the economy very sexy. One can’t help but note that not a single mem-ber of the new Premier’s Advisory Committee on the Economy has any con-nection to the agricultural sector, which is discon-certing, considering agri-culture and food is the second largest industry in the provincial econo-my. One hears musings about high tech and green tech being the route to diversifi cation – that’s a bit of a politically cor-rect pipedream as almost every jurisdiction in North America also believes that’s the trail to diver-sifying their economies. One commentator sug-gested that a massive gov-ernment investment into the arts and culture sector would make Alberta a hub for that activity. That sec-tor already receives mas-sive subsidies and is un-

likely ever to be self-sus-taining.

One senses that the hope of diversifi cation is to support that magic bullet that will create tens of thousands of new non-energy related jobs. But that seems unlikely in a world that has fear-some competition in the economic development business between regions and countries. That leads one to wonder whether we should just concen-trate and further develop what we do best. Unless Albertans are willing to work for fi ve dollars an hour we will never have a major manufacturing sector, unless we subsi-dize high tech companies none are going to relocate here from Seattle and the Silicon Valley. The fact is Alberta is very good at coal mining, extracting oil, developing natural gas, processing trees, and oh yes, growing cereals, oilseeds, crops and raising livestock and poultry. It’s a lot cheaper and more productive to develop and expand what you already have than trying to buy something new and hope it will take root.


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God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in troubleRemembrance Day is

important. The liber-ties and freedoms that we enjoy in this country (including religious free-dom) are, at least part-ly, if not largely, due to the fact that sacrifices have been made on our behalf. Through events and acts of courage that took place many years ago, we continue to enjoy benefits today. Because of this, it is important to take time to “remem-ber them”, in community and church. So…this past Sunday we did that, “lest we forget”.

It is not difficult to find correlative details and similarities between Remembrance Day and certain aspects of the Christian faith. For ex-ample, the Lord’s Table. Jesus taught His disci-ples at the institution of the communion service to “Do this in remem-brance…”

Another similari-ty came to mind one year, when during the Remembrance Day ob-servation, a portion of Winston Churchill’s fa-mous August 20th, 1940

wartime speech was quoted. He stated, “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” I was reminded of 1 Peter 2:6 which states that Jesus, “…gave Himself a ran-som for all…”

Then there is the ceno-taph itself. The word cenotaph is derived from two Greek words mean-ing “empty” and “tomb”; literally, empty tomb. Again the parallel is clear. In Jerusalem, there is an empty tomb…the place where Jesus body was laid following His crucifixion.

It is not difficult to find war heroes either; there were many. One of them was Lt. Gen. Sir William

Dobbie , who served as governor general of Malta during WWII. Things looked very grim for Malta. The opposing Italian forces were su-perior in numbers, expe-rience, armaments and military capability. In spite of this Malta never fell to their enemies.

On the day that Italy declared war upon Malta Dobbie stated, “The de-cision of His Majesty’s Government is to fight until our enemies are defeated…hard times lie ahead of us, but however hard they may be, I know that the courage and de-termination of all ranks will not falter and that with God’s help we will

maintain the security of this fortress. I therefore call upon all officers and other ranks humbly to seek God’s help and then in reliance upon Him to do their duty unflinch-ingly.”

What may not be so well-known is that his statement was based upon a verse of Scripture that this dedicated Christian had memorized and was claiming as a promise for God’s protec-

tion and help. The pas-sage is found in Psalm 46:1, and says, “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.”

I want to take this op-portunity to express grat-itude for those who will-ingly sacrificed all that they had so that we may enjoy all that we have.

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birthdays in GadsbyPAULETTE HEERGADSBY/WESTWOODS NEWS

With a light snow fall-ing Monday morning comes a reminder; a lit-tle over six weeks until Christmas.

Keeping with the theme, several from the community head-ed over to Botha to the Christmas craft sale on Saturday. Michelle Renschler was set up, taking pictures/portraits of the “wee ones” just in time to hand out for Christmas.

This week has been a birthday week. On Saturday, Cooper Bigney celebrated her birthday at the library with eight school friends, Grandma Velvet, uncles and aunts Kyle and Leigha; Tom and Angela and girls; cousin Piper (Cooper went to Piper’s the next day to help her celebrate her birthday, with swim-ming and cake). Cooper’s theme was dinasours, from the games to the birthday cake. Happy birthday, Cooper and Piper! Grandma Monica had been up from Calgary during the week.

Happy 90th birthday to Bryce Mailer. I’m sure there was birthday cake at their house as well.

Ybiett and family helped Wade Diegel cel-ebrate his birthday on Nov. 2 with Stan and Gloria over for supper. Happy birthday Wade and sister Tasha Cordel whose birthday was Thursday, Nov. 5.

Good luck to Curtis Cassidy who will be com-peting at the Canadian Rodeo Finals starting Nov. 11 in Edmonton.

Staying with Vic and Barb Carey this past week were Barb’s sister Laurie and Andy Brownlow from Chilliwack, B.C.; brother Ken and Elaine Ganshirt from Regina, Saskatchewan. As well day visits from sister-in-law Gretha Ganshirt and sister Leslie and Duane from Alliance.

As I am told, after sending the winner list in, the Omega winner list will be posted Nov. 18. Sorry for the delay.


Dear Boys & GirlsHave you written your letter to Santa yet?Kids, this year you don’t have to send your letter all the way to the North Pole. Instead, go to the Stettler Independent and ask my helpers for a special envelope addressed to my headquarters in Stettler. Put your letter to Santa in the envelope along with a self-addressed stamped envelope, and deposit in Santa’s mailbox at the Stettler Independent Offi ce.

All letters must be received by December 4, 2015. Mrs. Claus and I will work very hard to answer all our letters!

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Curling off to a goodstart in Rumsey

PATTY STEENRUMSEY RECORD

I hope that you found some time today to remember what November 11 stands for and all the wonderful things we have to enjoy because of a soldier’s sacrifi ce.

The annual fall supper was a huge success. There were many people vis-iting from towns around Rumsey as well as all the locals, so that’s good news. Mary Newton reported that they fed 358 adults. Pumps up the Ag Society’s bank account for another season. The super league has started as well with 11 teams, so they will be curling every Friday with an occasion-al Tuesday or Sunday game thrown in the mix.

Good luck to all the teams par-ticipating in that. All other curling leagues will be starting up as well. If you have a son or daughter interested in junior curling, contact Jackie and Brooke Watts for more information. Open league, seniors, ladies will all be starting as well, so they welcome all individuals to join up.

Weigh Day for the Rumsey/Rowley

4-H Beef club is this coming Sunday, so last chance to join in the fun for this year. Contact Jill and Kent Holowath at 403-368-3733 if you have a son or daughter interested.

That’s it for this week, enjoy:A young man saw an elderly couple

sitting down to lunch at McDonald’s. He noticed that they had ordered one meal, and an extra drink cup. As he watched, the gentleman carefully divided the hamburger in half, then counted out the fries, one for him, one for her, until each had half of them. Then he poured half of the soft drink into the extra cup and set that in front of his wife. The old man then began to eat, and his wife sat watching, with her hands folded in her lap.

The young man decided to ask if they would allow him to purchase another meal for them so that they didn’t have to split theirs.

The old gentleman said, “Oh no. We’ve been married 50 years, and everything has always been and will always be shared, 50/50.”

The young man then asked the wife if she was going to eat, and she re-plied, “It’s his turn with the teeth.”

Byemoor hosted inter-municipal business supper

LES AND ROSEMARY STULBERGBYEMOOR/ENDIANG NEWS

Elected and adminis-trative representatives from four neighbour-ing municipalities met at the Byemoor hall on Thursday evening for a joint inter-municipal supper meeting. The la-dies from the Byemoor hall catered a delicious roast beef supper. The counties of Paintearth, Starland and Stettler along with the Special Areas Board gathered to discuss items of common interest, ways to collabo-rate effectively as a group and advocate concerns to the provincial govern-ment. The joint meeting has become an annual event and because of its central location, Byemoor will be the venue again next year.

The Seniors’ Christmas Dinner sponsored by the Endmoor Drop-in Society is set for Dec. 10 at noon at the Byemoor hall and this year will feature the entertainment of Country

Friends, which follows a turkey dinner with all the trimmings.

The drop-in society honours all seniors 65 and older who live or have lived in the Endiang – Byemoor community, for their contribution to the community, with this free dinner and show.

Those interested in attending are asked to call Eleanor Schultz at 403-579-2344 or Deanna Johnson at 403-579-2331 by Dec. 3 so numbers can be confirmed with the ca-terer.

We send get well wish-es to Luann Buchwitz re-cuperating from knee re-placement surgery at the Camrose hospital and to Wes Gutsche recuperat-ing in the Hanna hospi-tal from a farm-related quad accident. We hope you are both on the mend soon.

Crib night at the Endmoor Drop-in Centre on Tuesday saw Eleanor Schultz place first and Eileen Smyth second. The

next crib meet will be on Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

DeAnna Groundwater enjoyed a few days in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico at Le-Vel’s Thrive Ultra Lifestyle Getaway with her associates.

The Byemoor School held its Remembrance Day service on Wednesday, as there is no school on Nov. 11.

Happy 90th birthday wishes from the Endmoor community go out to Bryce Mailer, who cele-brated his special mile-stone on Nov. 5. Bryce is well-known to many and at one time ranched between Byemoor and Gadsby.

We send happy 65th birthday wishes to Brenda Zeimer on Nov. 14. Enjoy those govern-ment cheques, Brenda.

Thought for the day — In this age when there is a cell phone app for every-thing, this is something to consider — “There is no app to replace your lap. Read to your child.”


Lest We ForgetLest We Forget

“There is no victory in war”MOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER

At the end of the ‘dirty 1930s’, as it was referred to in war terminology, 48 young men from Stettler and the neighbouring county decided to join the King’s Own Calgary Regiment, and became a part of the 14th Calgary Tankers.

Jack Chapman, father of Jim Chapman, was one of the 48.

Jim Chapman recalls growing up in a house of war stories and memories.

“Remembrance Day in our house was always a busy time, growing up,” said Chapman. “From the time I was young enough to recall, dad went to schools for a least a week before Nov. 11, talking about the horrors of war, the death march, prisoner of war camps and being liberated.”

According to Rosalind LaRose, Alberta and Northwestern Territories District 4 Commander of the Royal Canadian Legion, Carter Hall in Stettler was

the drawing point for a month to allow the men to sign up for their coun-try, and they were offered $1.30 per day.

First they went off to Calgary and then Winnipeg, and from there to Camp Borden, before embarking off in England.

“Training on the Isle of Wight, they learnt the maneuvers for the Port of Dieppe, but at daybreak on Aug. 19, 1942 things turned out differently and life changed for these men,” said LaRose. “Scheduled to arrive around 5 a.m. be-fore daybreak, they didn’t arrive until 7.30 a.m., with the Germans awaiting them, and blood bath en-sued along the shoreline and on the beach.”

LaRose recalls stories from her dad, Albert Chick.

“The day entailed haul-ing the dead and wound-ed to the shore, some of their own,” said LaRose. “My father never talked about what happened ex-actly but often said, ‘the red water and beaches from all the blood, and the stench of burnt fl esh

would make you sick but you had to keep going, at the Germans’ order.”

The men from Stettler and the surrounding coun-ty formed the B squadron.

Among them, Robert Andersen, Archie Anderson, Jack Chapman, Albert Chick, John Cox, Tom Cunningham, Charlie Heck, Emil Dannewald, Jack Dunlop, Stan Edwards,

Ray Gilbert, George Hailes, A (Shorty) Heffer, Lawrence Herzog, Jim Horne, Jim Ganshirt, W (Bill) Isbister, Albert Johnson, Lloyd Johnstone, Roy Lincoln, W (Bill) Olive, Harry Patrick, Vern Richardson, Clive Staples, Harold Stanfi eld, W (Bill) Stewart, Elmer Taylor, Lloyd Twa, A Roy Watson, Bill Wigley to name a few, were taken

prisoners by the Germans.When local families

heard of the Dieppe Raid, they did not know it was their men.

According to LaRose, people from Stettler had no idea what had hap-pened to all the young men from the area.

“They had just van-ished, and weeks went by with no news, they were missing, and assumed as-sumed dead,” said LaRose.

Recalling from the mem-ories that her dad had left her, LaRose said, “They were marched 15 miles that night, loaded into box cars in early morning, and remained there for four days with no food or water and human waste several inches deep, while some were dying.”

According to LaRose,

it was the bond that the locals formed amongst themselves that kept them going.

“The bond of love that was created between the young men from our area made them blood broth-ers,” said LaRose. “They went through three and a half years of pure hell, and if they hadn’t support-ed each other and hadn’t bonded together, they would never have returned home.”

Jim Chapman recalls his dad’s worst fear.

“My dad’s worst fear was as the World War veter-ans died that the world would quit remembering, and I am glad that hasn’t happened so far,” said Chapman. “Dad always said there is no victory in war.”

REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE

Monday, Nov. 11, 2015Performing Arts Centre

StettlerAssembly at 10:30 a.m.

Service at 11 a.m.“Let us pause to think reverently of those who by sea, by land and in the air, laid down their lives for their sovereign and country.May their sacrifice ever inspire us to labour on, and thecountry in which we live, and for which they died, may ever be worthy of the sacrifice they made.”

Please join us as we gather to honourthose who have served.Roast-beef dinner to follow atthe Royal Canadian Legion HallCost: $18(veterans admitted FREE of charge).

Everyone welcome.

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Remembrance DayNov. 11, 2015


Jim Chapman, son of Jack Chapman holds a framed image of his dad, who served in World War II as part of King’s Own Calgary Regiment, 14th Calgary Tankers.


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Pte. L.J. ClarkeCanadian Army

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Continental EuropeNovember 1953 to November 1955

Elaine (Hall) McKayCanadian Women’s

Army CorpsCorporal

Stationed to Ottawa4 years

Gordon DuncanArmy

1943 to 1945Sicily & Italy

Private Donald Arthur

HeslopRoyal Canadian ScottishRegiment 1940 to 1942

Princess Patricia’s CanadianLight Infantry 1942 to 1943

William H. BrownRCAF & CAF

March 17, 1952 to July 15, 1980NATO - Marville, France, U.N.,

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Cpl. Dane GrahamPPCLI - ISAF

8 years Unit #2 B CoyAfghanistan

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ArmyCalgary Highlanders

1943 to 1944

Bill Schiffner

ArmyPrincess Pat1943 to 1946

Harry Rivers

Infantry - CalgaryHighlanders1939 to 1945

Ignace A. Miazga

Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry HighlandersBelgium, Holland & GermanyJanuary 1944 to January 1946

Peter Chitrenky


1943 to 1947

Joseph Anderson

Army1941 to 1945

France, Belgium, Germany & Holland

Charles C. AndersonMotor Mechanic

1939 to 1945

Bruce JohnstonRCAF

Aircraft electrician3 ½ years

Lawrence BlackArmy

RCEME Royal Canadian4 ½ years served in

Canada, England & Holland

Trooper John HoldernessArmy

8th Can. Recce 14 CH1942 to 1946

Jim HorneCalgary Tank Regiment

1941 to 1945Britain & Europe

DieppePOW - 1942 to 1945

Jack ChapmanCalgary Tank Regiment

1941 to 1945Britain & Europe


Cyril BallRAF

1940 to 1945France, Holland & Germany

Robert John Burns

1941 to 1945Radio Operator49th Battalion

Fred William Wigley

RCASC69th Tank Transport

6 yearsEurope Conflict

Cpl. Charles Heck

14th Canadian Army Tank RegimentTank Commander

1941 to 1945POW - 1942 to 1945

George Garland

British CavalryFirst World War

Cpl. Al Voz

Army - 1940 to 1941Air Force - 1941 to 1945Air Force - 1947 to 1950

Harvey L. Mitchell

RCAF, Army, Navy7 ½ years

Canada, U.K. & Korea

Russell N. Capel

Army - 2nd Division - Corps of Signals1940

England, France, Belgium, Holland& Germany

George A. McTaggart

Air Force10 Repair Depot

1939 to 1945Second World War

Dick Hunt

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England

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Private Irvin DyckCanadian Army1944 to 1945

Gordon Jackson

RCAFTrenton, ON1940 to 1941

Frank YoungRoyal Canadian Navy

1943 to 1945

Flight Sgt.

Albert E. Wells

Air Gunner - RCAFLandcaster Bomber 166 Squadron1940 to 1945 - Second World War

Harold Reischman

RCAF - Air Crew1943 to 1945, 1949 to 1957

Canada (Wartime)England 1951 to 1953

Roy Lincoln

Army - 14th Army Tank Battalion - Calgary1941 to 1945

EuropePOW - 1942 to 1945

Murray Nelson HyattArmy

First Hussars Tank Corps1942 to 1945

Europe

Sgt. Edward KastikCanadian Army

14th Army Tank Brigade1941 to 1945

Dieppe/European Theatre

Bruce M. WebsterGunner, RCA (CA) AE7 Anti-tank Regiment

1940Mediterranean

Woodrow Wilson “Chuck” GriceArmy - Loyal Edmonton

Regiment RCIC1939 to 1943Killed in Italy

Beatty SmithAir Force

1940Canada

Fred Smith

Air ForceCommunications - Radio, etc.

1939 to 1945England

Cpl. Robert MacFarlane

RCAFNipawin & Sask. Branch #120

1941 to 1945 Second World War

Ray LockeRCAF - 437 Squadron

1942Canada & U.K.

Christian FischerArmy

Prince of Wales Rangers1942 to 1946

Canada

Private M. Phyllis KastikCanadian Women’s

Army Corps1944 to 1946

Canada

Walter Schuler

Canadian Infantry CorpsRoyal Winnipeg Rifles

3rd Division

Private Charles Harry FordArmy

1914 to 1918Overseas (France/Germany)

Private Emmanuel

(Mannie) GrayC.E.F. - Medical Corps

1916 to 1917

Herman Woodrow RigginsRoyal Canadian Artillery

1941U.K., Central Mediterranean area & Continental Europe

Lawrence RogersArmy - Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

Korea & Middle East

B.M. “Biff” Balcom

RCAF1943 to 1959

Western Air Command

Joe GendreRCAF

1941 to 1945

Rupert Brown

British Columbia Dragoons, C Squadron, 9th Armoured Regiment in the 5th Division

Sgt. William W. Olive

Army - 2nd Div. Infantry Calgary Tanks

Enlisted in 1941 Dieppe (Europe)

Peter Bury

Army - Edmonton Regiment1939 to 1945

Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers in U.K., Canada, Italy & Sicily

Irven Platz

Army - 3rd English Armour Fighting1938 - Reserve, 1940 - Active

France, Germany, Holland& Belgium

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Canada & BritainOverseas Law Accounts Section

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Army - Queen’s Own Camerons1942

Canada, England, N. Africa, Sicily & ItalyKilled in Action

Private Hugh Charles

Volunteered for the Airborne& The Pacific

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Tank BrigadeB Squadron1941 to 1943

Cpl. Ivan JonesQueen’s Own Rifles

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Lex BickleRCNVR

1942 to 1945Pacific

Morris TurvilleLight Anti-aircraft Regiment112th Bty 6LAA Regiment

1940 to 1945France, Belgium, Holland & Germany

Patrick Dempsey ChapmanCalgary Tank

1940

Sgt. Roy W. NelsonRCASC

#1 Field Amb. Corps1941 to 1946

Canada & Europe

Boyd Woolsey Royal Canadian Navy

1943 to 1945Atlantic Coast

James M. RosboroughNavigator in Air Force

Second World War

George Harold SharpeCanadian Infantry (Loyal

Edmonton Regiment)KIA - France 1918

John Cherewko

RCA - AI Unit1942 to 1946

Canada

Newton L. Brown

Calgary Tanks1941 to 1946

Canada, Italy, France & Germany

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Stettler Hospital gets palliative bed with Poppy FundMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER

The Legion Branch 59 poppy chairman Beryl Currie presented Carol Isaman of Stettler Hospital with a cheque from the poppy fund to purchase a palliative bed for the hospital, on Friday, Nov. 6.

The Poppy Fund is an ac-count held in trust by the Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command au-thorities.

“This money cannot be uti-lized for anything relating to branch expenses or benefi ts to members,” said Currie. “It is strictly for the veterans’ use and comfort.”

Weighing in on the same issue, Rosalind LaRose, Alberta and Northwestern Territories District 4 Commander said, “The pro-

cedure to spend even one nickel, from the fund is high-ly monitored, and misuse of any monies from the fund will bring the branch into jeopardy.”

Although cadet corps re-quests and bursaries may be approved, there is a process of approval, too.

“The local branch receives a request or considers a need for funds to be utilized from the Poppy Fund, which is then taken to a branch general meeting and a mo-tion is made to accept the request, seconded and car-ried,” added LaRose. “From there, the request is sent to the Royal Canadian Legion District Commander and if it is $1,000 or under it may be approved at this level, but if it is over this amount, the re-quest is then approved by the dominion commander and

forwarded to the AB/NWT (provincial) command offi ce for fi nal approval.”

According to Susan Mitchell, president, Legion Branch 59, an annual Poppy Fund statement is submitted annually to dominion com-

mand for approval.“Every cent of the fund is

accounted for,” said Mitchell.Among the many projects

that the Poppy Fund has con-tributed to is the palliative bed, the cost of which was $15,000 approximately.

“Branch 59, Stettler has do-nated thousands of dollars in our community to the help and need of veterans’ and seniors,” said LaRose. “The Stettler Health Foundation and Senior Housing Facilities are the main recipients to

have benefi ted from the Poppy Fund.”

The Legion representatives were extremely grateful to the generous donations of the community.

“We would like to thank all the hard working volunteers who make the campaign successful each year and to all citizens of the communi-ty, who purchase a poppy to wear proudly in memory of our loved ones, and donate to the campaign,” said LaRose. “This is what makes it possi-ble for our branch to donate back to our community.”

Some of the other projects that the Poppy Fund has con-tributed to are University of Alberta Rehabilitation Chair, Royal Commonwealth Ex-Service, County of Stettler Housing, Meals on Wheels, bursaries and Calgary Veterans’ Food Bank.

Moush Sara John/Independent reporterAt the cheque presen-tation at the legion on Friday, Nov. 6, (l-r) Kevin Milner, poppy volunteer, Branch 59, Rosalind LaRose, Legion’s Alberta and Northwestern District 4 Commander, Carol Isaman, Assistant Head Nurse, Stettler Hospital, Beryl Currie, poppy chairman, Branch 59, Susan Mitchell, pres-ident, Branch 59 and Andrea Hatch, mem-ber, Branch 59.


14 STETTLER INDEPENDENT Wednesday, Noveember 11, 2015

Grandfather hid haunting memories for whole lifeSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”

The phrase, attributed to both Plato and philosopher George Santayana, brought to mind Cara McKenzie’s grand-father when she was given the statement as a table-topic at a recent Toastmasters meeting in Stettler. Her grandfather, Norm Bomphrey, was fi rst in the Canadian Army, and then the Air Force as a medic, during the Second World War.

Bomphrey passed away in 2009, at the age of 88, after a long life with a wife he met overseas during the war, chil-dren and grandchildren. He also had a long life in which he was haunted by memo-ries that he would never, ever share with his families — friends and comrades who

died or came home wounded.“He never spoke about the

war,” McKenzie recalled. “We had always known he had been part of the war. It’s where he met grandma.”

However, the war never, ever came up in casual discussion. When someone asked her grandfather about the war, he’d tell a quick, quippy story, something with humour in it, because there were funny mo-ments, when the war seemed to retreat.

“And then he’d quickly change the subject,” McKenzie said.

It wasn’t until after her grandfather died in 2009, and the family was helping clear out the home, that the family truly realized how much of half-a-story they’d gotten from their father and grandfather.

“We knew the funny stories,” she said. There were tales of

people in the medic corps try-ing to outscare each other in the morgue, for example.

Bomphrey, who was born near Saskatoon in 1921, en-listed in 1944 in the early days of the war. He was part of the army at fi rst, but as he was fi nishing up his training, he found out he could become a medic if he was in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He made the change and got his medi-cal training, and was stationed in Gander, Newfoundland — which at the time was over-seas, as it wasn’t part of Canada at the time, McKenzie notes.

“I was talking with my fa-ther and he said that the war wasn’t brutal for my grandfa-ther,” McKenzie said. “But he still saw things. He dealt with wounded Canadians being shipped home from overseas, and the dead.”

Canadians who were wounded in the war passed through Gander, tended and stabilized before being sent home. The dead also ended up there, where the soldiers, like McKenzie’s grandfathers, tended to them before send-ing them home for burial.

“We don’t know what he saw, because he never spoke of it,” McKenzie said. “But it was fi nding his scrapbooks, the photos and the stories, that made me realize that for my grandfather, the war was never over.”

The memories were still there, behind closed doors in his mind that her grandfather tried to never open, even when asked. And as time marches on, and the World War veter-ans pass on, that war, fi nally, can end — for the war will never be over for those who lived it.

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EuropeKilled in Action

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Contributed photo

Norm Bomphrey was an avid photographer, tak-ing his camera with him and taking photos of his life as a medic with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Here, he leans on the wing of a plane in Gander, Newfoundland.



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Canadian Army (Active)Aug. 21, 1942 toMarch 8, 1946

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1942 to 1945Normandy Landing, Mediterranean

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RCAF1942 to 1944

Dieppe, Overseas

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Royal Canadian Corps of Signals1940 to 1946

Normandy, France, Belgium,Holland and Germany

G. Arlie Hanning

RCAF1941 to 1946

Overseas

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Confi dence the key to being equal in militarySTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

Ask anyone who grew up in Stettler knowing Helen Goldie, and they’ll be able to tell you that she would be playing with Barbies with the girls one day, and out making a fort with the boys the next.

The rough-and-tumble fi rst-generation Canadian, daughter of British im-migrants who settled in Stettler following the Second World War, Goldie was taught from a young age that her gender was irrelevant.

“As my father said, it wasn’t between my legs what mattered, it was what’s between my ears,” Goldie said, by phone from Victoria, where she’s now stationed.

The 57-year-old enlisted in the military at the ten-

der age of 17, but it wasn’t at her father’s urging — he was a retired military man himself, a former military police offi cer.

“We went to Britain for vacation and I could see the navy working, and I just thought it was adven-turous,” Goldie said. She was in her early teens at the time, but it wasn’t until a few years later, when in a school’s counselling of-fi ce, that she picked up a military pamphlet.

“I thought it was pretty cool,” she said. “Go see the world, travel, free educa-tion.”

Even then, she wasn’t completely sold, not until she came home and her father saw the pamphlet.

“Dad was quite touched,” Goldie recalled. “He brought out a box of things he’d saved from his time, and we went through it

together.”That moment solidifi ed

Goldie’s desire to join the military and “carry on the family tradition.” She en-listed, and headed off to basic training.

In the mid 1970s, when Goldie was going through basic training, the Canadian military was in its infancy years of al-lowing women to become full members. Prior to this, women served in auxilia-ry positions, or as medical staff in hospitals.

Despite that, Goldie said she was never the victim of harassment or a strong unwelcoming feeling during her stint in Basic.

“There were a few older soldiers who didn’t want women in the military, but they came around,” she said, or retired.

At the time Goldie went through basic training, ev-

erything was women. Her fellow enlistees were all women. Her instructors were all women.

“We didn’t see men,” she said, explaining they were completely separate from the young male enlistees. “The only time you dealt with men was in weapon training.”

The man who was train-ing the girls in weapons training was one of the ones who accepted the idea of women joining the military, so Goldie didn’t get any pushback from him because of her gender.

“They pushed us, and it didn’t matter that you were a girl,” she said. Those who were lazy, did things wrong, or other-wise slacked suffered the same sort of penalties that a man who did the same would, she noted.

It wasn’t until the mid-

80s that basic training be-came a co-ed training ex-perience.

“I remember meeting the fi rst women MPs (military police), the fi rst women fi refi ghters,” she said. “I never thought it at the time, but I was part of pav-ing the way for the chang-es that followed.”

Today, Goldie said she can’t think of any part of the military that truly excludes women. She’s served in the air force, the army and now the navy, and everywhere she’s gone, she said she’d been treated as one of the mili-tary family.

“I served in Afghanistan,” she said. “There were 28 guys and me. I was the only woman and I didn’t even realize it until later, because they just treated me as one of them. There was never a gender divide.”

Goldie says that while some prejudices exist in the military, for the most part, people won’t judge you on your gender, race, or religion — rather, they’ll judge you on actions.

“I’ve seen grown men who are super strong and are afraid of mice,” Goldie said. “They’ll jump up on the bunk and I’ll be like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ and he’ll realize what he did. It’s instinctive. We all have fears and quirks, but really, we’re all the same.”

Goldie has three years left in her military ca-reer, and would have 40 years this year had she not taken years off to be a mother. Once her children were older, though, she re-turned to the military.

“Once I retire, I’ll proba-bly continue working part time,” she said, likely as a reservist.



Sgt. James Neill McBrideArmy - 3rd Regiment

1939 to 1946France, Germany & Belgium

Flight Sgt.

Percy Fredrick BailyRoyal Flying Corps

1914 to 1918 - First World WarOverseas

Paul BergBritish Flag Merchant Marine

1915 to 1918Atlantic & convoys fromNorth America to Britian

Lyman Francis Slifka


1939 to 1943MIA - Aug. 29, 1943

Jennie StanyerArmy Nurse

Charles Stanyer

Army

Grover Elroy LovelessRoyal Canadian Artillery

1940 to 1945Canada

Cpt. David BerezanCanadian Army Pacific Command

RCAMC CAA1942 to 1946

Pacific

Sgt. Clifford AnnableCanadian Forces

1916 to 1920France

Sgt. Lloyd HartRCAF1941

Canada & Overseas

Eric Alfred Erickson (Leif)Royal Canadian Army

Service Corps1939 to 1945

Earl A. GibbonRCAF 1942

Canada

Francis Kinly Bates

Calgary Highlanders4 years

France, Germany andHolland

Isabel Ritchie (Groat)

CWACMotor transport

2 years

Ivan Koss

1941 CalgaryParatroupers

Alvin Herman Keibel

RCAF Second World War

5 years

Leslie Richard Lovell

14th Army Tank BattalionCalgary Regiment

July 1940 to March 1947

Ronald Frederick Nighswander

Army Canadian - Calgary1940 to 1945 - Second World War

Dieppe and Normandy with Artillery, on front lines into Germany

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H. James Ganshirt

Calgary Tank Res. - 14th Army Tank Battalion

1941 to 1945England, France (Dieppe)

POW - 1942 to 1945

Hans Bauman

Army - Second World WarLoyal Edmonton Regiment

Sicily InvasionKIA: May 23, 1944 at Cassino

Buried in the Cassino War Cemetery in Italy.

Clayton KeithAir Force

1940 or 1941

Kenneth Grant Stewart

Royal Canadian NavyV - 85944 Second World

WarSubmarine Detector

May 22, 1943 to January 8, 1946

William James JacksonNorthumberland Fusiliers Land Line

transferred to the Northumberland Royal Engineers Signal Corps in July 1915 as a

driver. February 1916 - transferred to Mesopotania disembarking at Basrah in March

1917. Left Bombay, June 1919 and was discharged from military in August 1919.

Robert AndersenCalgary Tank Regiment - 14th

Army Tank Battalion1941 to 1945

France & GermanyPOW - 1942 to 1945

Lyle WhitesideRCAF - Pilot

John Murray McKennaRCAMC

Served France, Italy & North Africa

Addison WhitesideInfantry - Sniper

Eva Turner

RCAF - NurseGlenn Turner

RCAF

Fern Alberta (Cunningham)

Rodger

April 1943 to November 1945at Rockcliffe Base, Ottawa.

Western Air Command, Vancouver.Western Air Command,

Patricia Bay, B.C.

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Roy Wilson

Calgary HighlandersDieppe Raid

Cpt. William Turnbull

50th RegimentIndia, Boer War,

First World War, 1918

Private Alexander

DeNadaillac Salmon

3rd C.M.R. First World WarKIA: June 2, 1916

Gordon Bartman

Warrant OfficerRAF Squadron #7

Shot down over DenmarkApril 21, 1943

Private Arthur L. Salmon

3rd C.M.R. WIA: June 2, 1916

Ralph F. Wells415 Squadron Postal

CommandWirdessair Gunner

1941

Cpl. William A. Salmon

3rd C.M.R.First World War

Cpl. David J. FowlerSecond World War

RCAF - #5 Service Flying Squadron

1940 to 1946

John B. CooperFirst life Guards in

BritainMarch 1883 to March 1895

Arnold Wyndham StewartRoyal Canadian Artillery 82nd Anti-Tank Battery

Lance Bombardier Gunner1940 to 1945

Italy, Belgium & Holland

Ted Miko

Loyal Edmonton Regiment5th Canadian Armoured Division

1944 to 1946Italy and Germany

Cecil Isaman

ArmyAlberta 19 Dragoons

1943 to 1945 - Second World WarCanada, England, Holland

Robert Walls

RCAF Mobile Equipment1941 to 1946 - Second World War

1956 to 1968 NATOEngland and France

Murray Dermott

RCAF R209350 - Ground Crew1942 to 1945 also 1946 to 1974

In Canada 1958 to 1962 at #1 WingRCAF Metz, France

Douglas Chester GilmoreRCAF bomber Squadron 429

1942 to 1945Overseas - Bomber Stations

England

Mysie Dermott (McKay)

(W.D.) RCAF LAW 3174391943 to 1945

CanadaServed in Canada so pilots could fly

Leslie ParcelsJoined 8th Recce May 7, 1942

Stationed in Blackpool, EnglandServed in Germany and Holland

Discharged January 1946

John M. Cooper

Engine Room C.P.O.January 1943 to October 1944

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Ken Simon

Lord Strathcona Tanks, Calgary

1941 to 1946Overseas

Winnie SimonRCAF

Women’s Division1943 to 1945

Canada

Marion ScheerschmidtRoyal Canadian Artillery

Platoon 4, A Company #1311941 to 1945 - Second World War

Halifax, Brandon

William Gray Stewart

Gunner with the 14thCanadian Army Tank

RegimentPOW - Dieppe - 1941 to 1945

Lawrence HerzogCalgary Tank RegimentDieppe raid, captured

by Germans.POW - 1942 to 1945

Rhinehart Carl (Bobby) Cornelssen Troop 10, B Squadron of the Calgary TanksKilled at Dieppe during Second World War

William Henry WigleyCalgary Tank RegimentDieppe raid, captured

by GermansPOW - 1942 to 1945

Robert (Bob) HaydenPilot - RCAF

120 Bomber Squadrom1941 to 1945

Reyjkavik, Iceland & Abbotsford,B.C.

Donald Robertson Jensen

Canadian Army OverseasUnit D Sqdn 25 Co dn.

Arm’d Del Regt. (Elgin R)1944/1945

Holland/Germany

Orville Strandquist

Second World WarSignal Core

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Calgary RegimentalTank Core



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signed to the 16th Canadian ScottishVimy Ridge & Passchendaele

Enlisted 1915

Alfred B. Williams

Army - 2nd Division17th LAA Battery

3rd LAA Regiment1939 to 1945

A.L. DittrichR.C. Chaplain

RCAF

Charles Dittrich

RCAF

L. Cpl. Alfred Firmston Williams Canadian Infantry

49th BattalionKIA: Sept. 15, 1916

Acting Sgt.

Noel Booth

RAF1941 to 1946

England & Africa

Thomas Asa PrattRoyal Canadian

Air ForceCanada

Pete Koss

Canadian Expeditionary Force

1916 to 1918

Edward Knechtel

Calgary Highlanders11 months - 1943

Italy

Roy Gilbert

Canadian Armed Forces1943 to 1946

LAC Robert Andrew

Somerville

RCAF1940 to 1945

Canada

Pilot Officer

Elmer Clarence Graham

RCAF - Bomber Command1941 to 1945

Overseas

Gordon Edward Taylor#1 Recovery, #3 Light Section,

Attached to First Division, 8th Army1941 to 1945

England, Italy, Belgium & Netherlands

Harold SimonRoyal Canadian

Air ForceCanada

Clarence GilbertRCAF

LAC Lorne

ArmstrongWartimeIreland

William J. GrahamRCAF with the 431 Iroquois Squadron

Rear Gunner from 1942 to 1945Overseas

Stella Jean (McDavid) LoganRCAF


Canada

John Nolte

1st Light A.A.Regt., RCA4 years

Italy and Belgium

Cpl. Claire (Casey)

Greenlee

RCACS - 1st DivisionFour years

Italy & Northwest Europe

Jim MenziesRCAF

OverseasKilled in Action

Edwin HilkerArmy

Canada

Lorne Parkin CD CWO Ret.RCAF

1959 to 1993Two tours with NATO in Europe

during the Cold War years

Clifford Gilbert

Royal CanadianArmy Service Corps

Helen Booth

Air Force, Army, Navy1977 to present

Stationed in Vancouver

Lloyd Dykstra

North Nova ScotiaHighlander

Grane, Holland & Germany

Sgt. Lyne (Bud) Starling

14th Canadian Armoured RegimentThe Calgary Tanks

1941 to 1945England, Dieppe, Holland, France & Italy

Private & Lance Corporal

John Walter Fischer

Army - Calgary Highlanders1942 to 1946

U.K., Continental Europe & France

LAC Maurice Guy FordWorked with Army Corporal in

YMCA Canteen serving overseas postal depot. 1942 to 1946

Canada and England

AWI Netta (Ford) BarrittAir Force

Wireless Operator Ground1942 to 1944

Canada

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November 1941 to February 1946France & Germany

LAC Vern Fox

Second World War

Lieutenant

Edward Patrick Johnson

238 BattalionCanadian Expeditionary ForcesServed overseas 1916 to 1919



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Cpl. Brian Patrick

JohnsonCalgary Tanks

Discharged 1945Sicily & Italy

Wilbur Moats Lee

RCAF - Rear GunnerEscorted convoysKilled in crash

Vern RichardsonCalgary Tank Regiment

1941 to 1945Battle of Dieppe 1942

POW - August 1942 to 1945

Don McDavidRCAF

Pathfinders Flying Officer1942 to 1945

Two tours

Murray Douglas Rairdan

Gunner Raudan M.D.1944 to 1945

Arnold BerthotRCAF - 86 Squadron

RAF 408 Sqaudron Canadian1941

Canada & England

Edward Raymond

Slifka

Army - Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

Loyal Edmonton Regiment1939 to 1945

Margaret Spensley (Middie)Petty Officer

Served in Wrens 1942 to 1945

Canada

Lorraine (Howden)

Johns

RCAF - Canada1944 to 1946

Stephen GleaveRCA Artillery1942 to 1946

Canada & England

Arne Johannson

RCAF - 1st Class Air MechanicCommonwealth Air Training Plan -

English & Australian1941 to 1945

Ione Miller

(nee Benson)

Army1943 to 1945

Trooper Harold Hart

C Squadron 1st Hussars1943 to 1945

Europe

Harold Havig

Petty OfficerHMCSCanada

Dugald Stewart Campbell

Royal Canadian Navy1940 to 1945

Wallace Emberg

Leading SeamanNorth Atlantic Ocean,

Pacific Coast1942 to 1945

John Cox

Canadian Army14th Tank Corps

1939 to 1945POW - 1942 to 1945

Clarence Blaney

RCA - 14 Army Tank Corps1939

Canada & Dieppe

Charles Blaney

RCA - 14 Army Tank Corps1939

Canada & Dieppe

Sgt. Len Schofer

RCAF1943

Canada

George Joseph Slifka

Army - Royal Canadian Army Service Corps - 6th Division

Petrol Coy - Overseas; 66 Gen. Transport Coy.1941 to 1945

Tom ArmstrongRCAF

Mary Gwynneth WebbRCAF


W.O. Lorne Todd

Royal Canadian Air ForceCanada & United Kingdom

1941 to 1945Distinguished Flying Cross

(D.F.C.)

Ted CarterRCN - 1950 to 1955 & RCAF - 1958 to 1973

Naval Air Service - TelecommunicationsNavy - North Atlantic & Mediterranean

RCAF - Air Defence Command

Harry SnaithRoyal Canadian Navy

HMCS Athabaskan1948 to 1953

Korean War - 1950 to 1953

Albert Leander JohnsonCalgary Tank Regiment -

14th Army Battalion - 1941 to 1945

England & France (Dieppe)POW - 1942 to 1945

Johnny WelchCalgary Tanks Regiment

Wounded at DieppeDied & buried in Europe

Private Elmer Matthew Gilbert

RCA Service Corps65 Tank Transport Co.

1941 to 1945England, Holland, France &

Germany

Cpl. Robert Spiece

14th Army Tank Corps - Squadron B1939 to 1945

Dieppe, Italy, France, Germany & Holland

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Private Walter O.

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1941 to 1946

Agnes Elizabeth

Catherine (Jackson) Zorn

Served with the A.T.S. at Kingston, England, from March 1942 to May 1943.

William Benjamin

(Ben) Redfern

Air ForceSecond World War

1942 to 1945

Major Armand BrochuLes Fusiliers Mon-Royal

KIA: March 1, 1945at the age of 30.

Edgar Werner Zorn

Signed up with the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1939 then transferred to South Sas-

katchewan Regiment where he served to end of Second World War.

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Own Calgary Regiment and was a POW captured at Dieppe, France.

Interment will be held Friday, Nov. 13 in Stettler at the Lake View Cemetery at 1:30 p.m.



Al Walker

Infantry Corps1944 to 1945

Tom Cox

Armed ServicesPaul Wayne Lagore

Royal Canadian Army Gunner - 2nd Division

Sept. 5, 1940 to Oct. 19, 1945

Harold Chapman

Flying Officer (F/O) RCAF

Killed in Action

Carl Hyatt

ArmyBasic training 1st Airborne

1944

Frank Cox

RCN

Flight Lieutenant

Bruce MacKenzie

RCAFFrench Croix de Guerre

Gordon A. Connor

RCASC - 2nd Corps Troops

1940 to 1945

Arnold Ambrose Johnstone

Royal Canadian ArmyInfantry

August 1942 to September 1945

Sgt. Glen Harrison

Army Ordinance CorpsEd Cox

RCAF

Jack W. PinderRCAF

Gander

Roy S. PinderRCAF

England

Lloyd BartmanWarrant Officer - RAF

Squadron #102Lost in bombing raid in Stutt-

gart, Germany - April 15, 1943

Cpt. Jack MacKenzieArmy Service Corps

Member of the Order ofBritish Empire (M.B.E.)

Milford ParcelsFirst World War

Served in FranceFirst Depot Battalion

Alberta

Alex TickleCirca 1943

Joined CFB in CalgaryStationed at Petaevawa

Delbert Arthur Parcels

Joined Reserve Army atage 16 - 1943

Allan Wilson

Air ForceMechanic

1940

Trooper L. Bruce Salmon19th Alberta Dragoons

Died of illness during trainingDec. 13, 1914

Raymond Wilson

Air ForceGunner

Africa and ItalyMissing in Action

Arthur Patrick Hilker

Army13th Field Regiment -

ArtilleryJune 2, 1940

Private Frank L. Wells

M.M. 49th BattalionFirst World War

William Bussey Sr.

First World WarCanadian Expedition Force1916 to 1917; wounded and

discharged 1918

Lloyd Henry Johnstone

Royal Canadian ArmyCalgary Tank Regiment B Squadron

February 1941 to Sept. 20, 1945POW: Aug. 19, 1942, to 1945

Gerald Fredrick JohnstoneRoyal Canadian Army

Mechanics CorpsFebruary 1942 toSeptember 1945

Leonard Allan LagoreCanadian Army 3rd Lt.

Anti-Aircraft 2nd DivisionSept. 5, 1940, to

Oct. 19, 1945

John Duncan BusseyJuly 1940 to 1946

ArmyServed in British Isle, Sicily, Italy,

France, Belgium, Holland

Flight Lieutenant

Roland MacKenzie

RCAFDistinguished Flying

Cross

Wilfrid Weatherill

Canadian Armed Services1942 to 1945

Served England, France, Germany, Holland & Belgium

Nick WolowidnykArmy

Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment1941 to 1945 - Second World War

Ortona, Italy

Malcolm “Mac” McMillanServed in First World War

1914 to 1918

William Breen

Merchant MarineCpl. Anthoné J. McGee

Fall of 2005 to Spring 2006

Afghanistan ArmyEnlisted 1992 to present

F/O Harold Sharpe

438 Squadron R.C.A.F.Killed in Action,Normandy 1944

John Keefer Brennen

Medical CorpFirst World War

F/L Douglas Sharpe

168 Squadron RCAFMissing between

Morocco and Azores 1944

Daniel Clarence DanielsArmy - 54th Battalion

1914 to 1918Europe

Major Leonard Jack Smith CDRCAC 1951 to 1966

Korea - 1953

Trooper Herb FoxSecond World War

1942 to 1946


Wednesday, November 11, 2015 STETTLER INDEPENDENT 21 Sports

Stettler girls placed fourth in CARA tournamentMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER

Schools from Stettler and the surrounding county of the Clearview Public Schools Division de-scended upon the town to participate in round robin and fi nal play off games at the CARA tournament, hosted by the William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus on Nov. 7.

For most schools the round robin had started earlier in the week, includ-ing the Stettler girls’ team.

On Wednesday, the round robin play for the Stettler girls started in Donalda where they played both Donalda and Christ King,

losing both sets against Donalda, the girls came around to beat Christ King in both sets.

Then on Saturday the girls played Gus Wetter 1 in the morning, winning both sets, played Coronation 2 where they split the win, fi nishing their round robin on a high by defeating Brownfi eld in both sets.

This put them second in their pool as they faced Coronation 1 in the quar-ter fi nals, winning after 3 sets.

“It was a tough game that resulted in a hard-fought battle leaving them exhausted,” said coach Shonna Burkard. “They went on to the semi-fi nal

game that saw them lose to Mother Teresa (Halkirk) in two sets.”

In their third medal game against Erksine, the Stettler girls lost in both sets as well, which placed them fourth.

Speaking of the team’s performance, Burkard said, “Pure exhaustion took over after their hard-fought win against Coronation, and although they start-ed strong against Halkirk, they just couldn’t hold on, and it was the same for their game against Erskine.”

According to Burkard the girls “gave it everything they had”.

“But playing two back

to back games prior to reaching the semi-fi nal and then two more back to back games drained them,” added Burkard. “We will continue working on skill development (serving, hitting and blocking) and strategic ball placement in preparation for regional CWAJHAA in Red Deer on Nov. 21.”

With the Stettler girls scheduled to participate in the regionals in Red Deer against teams from central Alberta, Burkard wants the players to focus on their accomplishments.

Pictures of Stettler teams in the tournament can be found with our web ver-sion of the story.


Lyrah Thomson of Stettler successfully gets the ball across the net, scoring a point against Coronation Angels in their round robin match on Saturday, Nov. 7, as Madison Imbery and Jenny Munholland looks on.

Cougars within yards of provincials, but lose in close battleSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

Even though the Stettler Cougars didn’t bring home the title from the Tier 3 Championship game in Lacombe Friday, Nov. 6, coach Mark Neitz said he couldn’t have been happier with the game, or more proud of his players.

The game took place in Lacombe, under the lights — this time without a snow storm, unlike a few years ago.

The game started strong for the Cougars, who scored on the fi rst drive of the game. However, a few fumbles and miscues later, the team had fallen

behind the hosts. However, the Cougars kept that points difference small and by half-time, the score was 24-14 for Lacombe.

“We outplayed them on offence, out-played them on defence,” Neitz said. “But they had more plays on special teams and that made the difference in the end.”

The second half of the game saw Lacombe widen the gap, and with about fi ve minutes left in the game, the score was 48-28 for Lacombe.

“I’m proud of the boys and their effort to compete for the full tilt,” Neitz said. He said they never gave up on evening the score, and with only eight seconds left

on the clock, the Cougars brought the score to 48-44.

“There was no quitting,” he said. “We couldn’t convert an onside kick and Lacombe took a knee to fi nish the game.”

“Big plays were the theme of the night for Stettler,” Neitz said. “There were a number of 40-plus-yard plays, both through the air and on the ground. Defence played big, making some timely stops. Top-to-bottom, we were the better team. Sometimes the outcome doesn’t refl ect that.”

He said that throughout the whole Cougars season, he’s been blessed with players who’ve been committed to

the team, love the game, and carry on through injury and bad weather.

“We went through adversity with many injuries at key times,” Neitz said. “But we were able to come together at playoffs to make a strong push for the champion-ship, hoping to carry on to provincials. It was a great year.”

He said he was looking forward to see-ing many of his players “graduate” into high school, Wildcats, football next year, and continue to improve the skills they started to learn as Panthers and honed as Cougars.

“(The players) truly were like family on the fi eld.”

MUSTAFA ERICINDEPENDENT EDITOR

That Stettler’s Wildcats ended their football sea-son with a less than stel-lar performance, losing the championship fi xture 41-0 was disappointing in itself, but not as much as the uncalled for drama during the last minutes of the game, which might have long term implica-tions for the program it-self.

After an assistant Wildcat coach and two Wildcats were eject-ed from the fi eld in the last three minutes of the game versus Sylvan Lake for objectionable conduct on Saturday, Nov.7, head coach Norbert Baharally said he would reconsider his position at the helm of the team he has led for many years.

The game itself start-ed in sunny and unsea-sonably warm weather,

perfect for great football. Lakers, playing on their own turf, got on the board in the seventh minute with their fi rst touchdown and a successful convert, and before Wildcats de-fence could recover from the shock, scored another making it 14-0. In the last minute of the fi rst quar-ter, they scored a third touchdown but their con-vert attempt was blocked by Wildcats defence.

In the second, Wildcats initially appeared to be holding back the Lakers offence, but the hosts scored once again just before half time, which ended 27-0 for the local side.

Wildcats appeared helpless in establishing themselves on the fi eld. Although they did have a few fi rst downs and in-terceptions, they were not enough the stop the waves of Lakers attacks. The hosts scored twice

more, once in the third and once in the fourth quarter, and with both converts made good, the score stood at 41-0 three minutes from the end of regulation.

It was at that moment that assistant coach Brian Matchett entered into an

argument with the refer-ees protesting a call and was sent off by the refer-ees and left the fi eld with a few gestures of protest. Immediately after that, two Wildcat players were ejected for vulgar lan-guage on the fi eld.

When the game ended,

there was not much ju-bilation among the team members for having won the silver medal.

Baharally said Wildcats were not prepared for that game. “But we should not take anything away from Sylvan. They have a good team, they have a lot of

players in all positions, they are players with good skills.”

In reference to the unfortunate incident, Baharally said it would have a negative impact. “This will refl ect on me as the head coach, it will refl ect on our football pro-gram, on our school, on our community.”

“I will have to sit back and think about my com-mitment to the team,” Baharally continued. “In my position, school is my priority and with that pri-ority, I cannot be on the fi eld at every practice, I cannot leave the school building to be out every practice day. And when I cannot be on the fi eld everyday, some unwanted cultures may be develop-ing.”

He said he was still pas-sionate about football but was not sure about the level of his commitment. to the team.

Mustafa Eric/Independent editorMustafa Eric/Independent editor

Russel Steen and Teron Garbutt bring down the ball carrier as Will McDonald Russel Steen and Teron Garbutt bring down the ball carrier as Will McDonald follows the position during the Central Alberta Football League Varsity follows the position during the Central Alberta Football League Varsity Championship game in Sylvan Lake on Saturday, Nov. 7. Wildcats lost 41-0.Championship game in Sylvan Lake on Saturday, Nov. 7. Wildcats lost 41-0.

Wildcats lose championship gameDisappointing incident irks head coach


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Lightning eke out a win, loss on the roadBVOK home opener this weekend

STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

It was a scrappy pair of games over the weekend for the Stettler Lightning, which saw the team come home from the road with a win and a loss to their name.

The fi rst game on Saturday, Nov. 7, pitted the Lightning against the Banff Academy Bears. After three hard-fought periods, the Lightning came away with a 6-4 victory.

The Lightning’s fi rst goal came off an aggressive powerplay offensive, giving Chandler Knibb the perfect opportunity to even the score. Derek Muhlbach scoring at the 30-second mark of the second, and less than fi ve minutes in, Knibb scored his second goal of the game.

Dylan Houston and Logan Davidson scored, and the second ended with a score of 5-2.

The third started with a fi nal Lightning goal from Houston, and the game ended 6-4.

The next day, the Lightning faced the Okotoks Bisons, coming away with a hard-fought 5-4 loss.

The Lightning were fi rst on the

board this day, with Linden Heidecker sneaking the puck past the Bisons’ netminder less than fi ve minutes into the fi rst. That was the only goal for the Lightning in that period, with the Bisons picking up two, including one on a powerplay.

The Bisons scored less than two minutes into the second, but Jacob Bottomley, using a powerplay to his advantage, closed the gap, bringing the score to 3-2. A series of penalties in the the late second penalty left the Lightning at a disadvantage, one the Bisons’ used to their advantage, and the second ended with a score of 5-2.

The Lightning scrapped and clawed their way to two more goals, one from Knibb and another from Steven Fletcher, but the Lightning weren’t able to tie up the game, leaving with a close 6-5 loss.

The Lightning next play at home this Friday, Nov. 13 against the Airdrie Thunder. The following day, the Cochrane Generals play here in Stettler. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.Big Valley Oil Kings home opener this weekend

The Big Valley Oil Kings senior

hockey team’ll be taking to home ice on Sunday, Nov. 15 for their homeopener of the season.

There’ll be several familiar faces on the team this year, General Manager Dustin Edwards said, in-cluding goalie Chance Edwards, who two seasons ago won the BRHL goalie of the year award.

The team has had some solid recruiting coups this season, though, including the former Red Deer Rebels’ Chad Robinson and Matt Stefanishion, who while not making the NHL draft, was contracted by the Washington Capitals for two years.

The team has already played five away games, hindered in part by the lack of ice in Big Valley.

“The team is really starting to gel,” Edwards said. “We had a few games where nothing could go right, but now we’ve pulled together and we have lines form-ing.”

With the ice now in, the team’s home opener against the Whitecourt Wild will happen on Sunday, Oct. 15, with the puck dropping at 3 p.m.

Bantam girls trounce visiting WhitecourtSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

It was a busy hockey weekend at the Stettler Recreation Centre as the minor hockey sea-son got into full swing. On Sunday, Nov. 8, the Stettler Bantam girls’ team hosted the

Whitecourt Bantam girls, taking the win with a 6-2 finish.

Whitecourt was first on the board with a goal early in the first, through Kacee Ward answered that with a goal of her own less than two min-utes later, evening the score. Just two minutes

later, Abby Heidecker put Stettler ahead a point, scoring on a powerplay advantage.

The girls continued to push into the second, though it took almost half the period before another goal was had, the second of the game for Ward. Five minutes

later, Emily Reiman took advantage of an-other powerplay to give the Stettler girls a 4-1 lead, though Whitecourt got its second goal with three minutes left in the period.

Stettler finalized the gap and secured its win with a goal from Brooke Laisnez and a second by Devon Johnson, bringing the final tally to its 6-2 finish.

The girls’ hockey teams have moved to the newly formed Rocky Mountain Female Hockey League (RMFHL) this year, in-stead of being in a fe-male division all their own within the North Central Minor Hockey League (NCMHL), saving the one girls’ atom team that continues to play in the general division.

The Midget A team has also moved out of the NCMHL, heading to the Central Alberta Hockey League.

For the more de-tailed minor hockey action roundup, visit the sports page on our website at www.S t e t t l e r I n d e p e n d e n t .com.

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ComingEvents 52ANNUAL MEETING FOR

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GEDDESHarold “Chopper” KenionFebruary 28, 1963 - October 13, 2015

It is with sadness that the family of Chopper Geddes announces his passing at his home in Edson, AB. Chopper was an avid golfer, enjoyed many hours on his snowmobile in Alberta and BC and was a devoted and enthusiastic fan of the Calgary Flames and Stampeders. He was an accomplished auto body technician with a gift for creative automobile painting, and loved to tinker on his truck, quad and Snowmobile. He is survived by his siblings Joanne (Greg) Libke, Bette Geddes (Patrick Stewart), Byron and Sonya Geddes, Cameron and Kathie Geddes and his nieces and nephews, Miles (Raymie), James, Bryce and Lauren Libke, Alexandra, Rogan, Mckenna and Niklas Geddes, and his great nephews Finn and Sullivan Libke. He was predeceased by his parents Jean Ann (Sellers) Geddes in April 1993, and Harold McGill Geddes in July of 2015. Chopper leaves many dear and close friends in Edson. Malcolm, Dale, Billy, Karen, Kim and many others will miss his sense of humor and companionship. Thanks so much to Chopper’s many friends who organized a wonderful wake and lunch at the Sit n Bull in Edson after his passing. He will truly be missed! There will be a Gathering of Remembrance on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at the Stettler Golf & Country Club, 4701 - 61 Street, Stettler from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Memorial donations in memory of Chopper may be directed to a charity of choice. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.brennenfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care ofBRENNEN FUNERAL HOME

AND CREMATION SERVICES, Stettler. Box 193, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0. 403-742-3315.

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Thursday, November 26, 2015

at 1:00 p.m. for the following process:

1. To receive the financial statements for the fiscal year end.2. To elect directors of the association.3. To appoint auditors of the association.4. To discuss the feasibility of building a

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East Central Alberta Catholic School Division No. 16 Invites applica ons for the following posi ons

Full-Time Teacher Assistant(Compe on No. TA1516-008-CK)

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Today is Remembrance Day. so please attend a service that is being held around the country to remember our veterans who fought in the battles for our freedom we have today.

A big thank you to everyone who attended this year’s Botha Christmas Craft Fair. Hopefully everyone was able to attend and was able to do some early Christmas shopping for their special someone. Thank you to all the vendors, too, for bringing out their items and for getting everything set up for everyone to see.Hoping we will see you again next year for this special event.

There is no Bingo evening tonight due to Remembrance Day, so make sure you come out on the 25th, for another great evening of Bingo playing.

The village meeting is Thursday, Nov. 26, starting at 7 p.m., so come out for these important meetings.

Looking for a hall to hold your Christmas events in. Please call Shaun Derr at 403-742-4811. Botha Hall is very reasonable priced to rent and has had some new renova-tions done to it, so contact him soon.

Talking about Christmas only about a month and a half away, the Old-Thyme Dance Club will be holding their Christmas Dance the last Sunday of this month, starting at 1:30 p.m., so you will not want to miss it. That afternoon, if you like wear something red and green in color, but most of all come on out that Sunday for one great time.

Coffee is on every Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. at the seniors’ centre, so take a break away from your busy schedule and stop by for a great visit, everyone is wel-come to attend.

Every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon starting at 1 p.m., come on out and get involved in a friendly game of fl oor curling. It’s a fun game and everyone is welcome to attend.

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The Village of Donalda Council will be holding a public budget forum on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Donalda Fire Hall. Council members are looking for-ward to hearing input from community mem-bers on budget issues. This session will be strictly for information purposes and used as a resource for the upcoming budget.

The Donalda Coulee Friendship Club will be holding a Turkey and Ham BINGO on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. at the drop-in centre. Come and win your Christmas Dinner! Everyone is wel-come.

The Donalda & District Museum Society presents a comedic evening with Jimmy the Janitor, Nov. 27, 2015 with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Donalda Community

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The Donalda & District Community Promotion Society is planning the 2015 “A Village Christmas” featuring the parade of lights. We invite you to participate. The parade be-gins at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 29, with set up be-ginning at 4 p.m. For more information or to reserve your spot please call Bruce at 403-883-2943

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1. No: 2903-2015 Legal Description: Lot 69, Block 1, Plan 7922286 Municipal Address: #2 54 Street Close Applicant: Beauty Refi ned Proposed Development: Home Occupation - Beauty Refi ned

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1. No: DP 15119 Legal Description: Lot 19 Block 1 Plan 0521511 Rural Address: 330, 40345 Rge Rd 22-1 (Buffalo Lake Meadows) Proposed Development: Detached Dwelling w/attached garage with a 9% variance (from 26.25’. to 28’ – 6 7/8”) to the maximum building height

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Face2Face Ministries returns to CKCSTARA KROES, GRADE 6 TEACHER

CKCS was able to see the fi nal product of our Clay for Kids event on Nov. 3. All the clay tiles that were made by staff and students were returned to the school and hung in the foyer in the form of a Cross. A big thank you goes to the team who hung the heavy project on the wall Monday night. Students waited anx-iously Tuesday morning for Miss. Delhommeau, who spearheaded the project along with par-ent council, to pull the sheet back to reveal our creation. The fi nal prod-uct was defi nitely worth the wait, students and teachers enjoyed trying to fi nd their clay tiles among many others the entire week. Our clay Cross will remain on the wall of our foyer for many years to come. It is a wonderful re-minder of how our many differences and unique students in CKCS, com-bine together to make a wonderful collage that glorifi es God.

The biggest highlight of the week was the visit

from Face2Face Ministries. Students and staff alike were abuzz with the an-ticipation of Nov. 4. The entire school met in the gymnasium in the morn-ing and welcomed Ryan and Shawn to our school. CKCS started the retreat day with singing, fun, and laughter. Ryan and Shawn caught all the students at-tention with a unique in-troduction that included students from the crowd. According to those two, our own Charles Ramos found the cure for coo-ties, Joel Gustavson was an all-around cool kid, and Kirklind Bachmier, Madison Swaren, and Jesse Jarmin can do the world’s best rendition of “I’m a Little Teapot”.

Throughout the day, classes were split into di-visions and went to the the gym for their own in-dividual sessions. All ses-sions however, revolved around the theme of “God loves me As I am”. Ryan and Shawn used games, funny videos and person-al stories to show stu-dents that how they see themselves is not how

God sees them. God sees past all of our mistakes and failures and loves us for who we are. They il-lustrated to the students that we should not de-fi ne ourselves by world-

ly items, but as children of God. One of the most influential metaphors used that day was that of a house-cat and a lion. Many people are content to see themselves as a

house-cat and are content in that role; however, in reality God has created us to be lions. By the end of the day, students were inspired to not just set-tle, but to seek out the

full purpose that God has set for their lives. A huge thank you goes to Ryan, Shawn, and Face2Face Ministries for an amazing and spiritually moving day.

Contributed photo

Miss Delhommeau reveals the clay Cross created by the students and staff of the Christ King School.


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