Sylvan Lake News, October 29, 2015

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POACHING - Five Sylvan Lake residents were charged with illegally hunting, kill-ing and leaving four trophy big horn rams at Hinton Provincial Court late last week following an incident which took place in 2013.

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Five Sylvan Lake residents found guilty of illegally killing four big horn rams

Five Sylvan Lake men were found guilty late last week after illegally hunting, killing and leaving four trophy big horn rams to spoil following an investigation which began in 2013.

Timothy Yach, Anthony Yach, Tyler Lach, Mathew Lecerf and Seth Gould all pleaded guilty in Hinton Provincial Court to the offences. They were fi ned a total of $24,500 and had their hunting licenses suspended for a year.

Adam Jalbert, a fi sh and wildlife offi cer for the Athabasca District where the poaching took place, explained he was the fi rst offi cer on scene in 2013 following the fi ve Sylvan Lakers needless slaughter of the rams.

Jalbert explained the initial call came in from an anon-ymous complaint stating there were trespassers hunting in the boundaries of a reclaimed mine site that has been closed to hunting and entering for the past 30 years.

“The report initially came to me from a fellow offi cer who was also working in the area. His duties at the time prevented him from responding right away, so I respond-ed to the call,” remembers Jalbert. “I did not witness the scene of the offence where the dead rams were located. I encountered the fi ve young men on the road while they were still in the area. My initial investigation took place roadside, where the individuals were questioned about the case.

“Initially the men did not provide any information relating to the unlawful killing of the rams. They only

provided misleading information, but in the end they did cooperate and were truthful to offi cers.”

Jalbert explained bighorn sheep are a highly prized animal in North America among both the hunting and conservation communities, but added he could not spec-ulate as to why the poachers would leave the animals to spoil after they killed them and left the bodies in tact without removing the heads or horns.

The Cadomin area, where the poaching took place, is world renowned not only to sheep hunting enthusiasts, but to wildlife and conservation enthusiasts alike he explained. He added up until this past year when a large ram from Southern Alberta was discovered, the Cadomin area was known to have produced the largest bighorn sheep in the world.

Jalbert stated there is a very substantial population of bighorn sheep in the area and the fact that they have been protected from hunting for the past 30 years has caused them to become more tolerant of human presence. He said it is not uncommon to drive through the area and witness sometimes up to a few hundred bighorn sheep nearby. Occasionally, these sheep are as close as a few metres from the highway, providing for an excellent opportunity to view them.

During the investigation Jalbert took DNA samples from the young men who were accused. These samples were later submitted to the Fish and Wildlife Forensic Lab in Edmonton, AB and results proved that some of the samples taken were consistent with the DNA of a Bighorn Sheep.

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“Armed with this new crucial piece of evidence, myself and another offi cer obtained further information from the young men, which revealed they had killed four big-horn rams and abandoned all four of them where they were killed,” said Jalbert. “As a Fish and Wildlife Offi cer, I do my best to ensure that those who commit wildlife crimes get their day in court. In this instance, I hope that the young men involved have learned something throughout the process and that they make the right choice to obey the laws as they engage in any future recreational pursuits.”

Of the total $24,500 fi ne, $7,500 will go to the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Forensic Lab and $6,000 will go to the provincial aerial ungulate survey program - the primary method used to determine the population status and trends for ungulates in Alberta, with ungulates being most animals with hooves.

The Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Branch wants to thank the public for their support in helping to appre-hend resource violators. Anyone with information re-lating to resource crimes can call the Report-A-Poacher hotline at 1-800-642-3800. Callers may remain complete-ly anonymous.

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We have heard them way too many times, but the truth is many people don’t understand the dangers of these wasteful habits in our lives. Did you know that in Alberta we have nearly 350 landfi lls, many full or nearly full and despite appear-ance we are running out of room for more. We can’t sustain this level of waste long term. I know you are all aware of how recycling can help improve our lives and save our natural resources. Most of us believe that recycling is ethically the right thing to do. I defi nitely am not perfect, but I do try to make conscious choices daily when it comes to the disposal of my waste. I believe many of you are not sure where to begin, what materials are accepted, what items go where and

where to you take these materials? It’s way easier to say ‘forget it’, this is way too diffi cult. Of course we all care about waste-reducing, reusing and recycling and doesn’t need to be diffi cult. I suggest you start with baby steps, one day at a time. You will make mistakes, you will end up throwing stuff away that could have been recycled. That’s okay. Just try to remember to think before you throw and before you know it, recycling will have become a daily habit of yours.

Today I’d like to help you out and supply you with a list of common items and where you can safely dispose of them. A common barrier to recycling is not knowing where to dispose of the materials.

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Rotary International campaign ‘We Are This Close’ featuring supermodel Isabeli Fontana

Many years ago, in the 1950s, a debilitating dis-ease spread across Alberta causing wide-spread fear among parents. Schools were closed, public meet-ings cancelled and even the movie theatre affected.

It is estimated that 1,400 people in Alberta were di-agnosed either with para-lytic or non-paralytic Polio in 1953, according to po-lioalberta.ca, a site estab-lished for polio survivors, family and friends.

The 1,400 cases were al-most half of all polio cases between 1920 and 1963.

A man named Chuck became a good friend, an advisor and mentor to me while at my fi rst job in Alberta after coming west in 1979.

He’d studied biology, doing his research, near Gunn on Lac Ste. Anne, and ended up living in Onoway, about 30 miles northwest of Stony Plain-Spruce Grove.

BY STEVE DILLSSPECIAL TO SYLVAN LAKE NEWS

While I was working hard to start a newspa-per in a community of 500 people, Chuck was doing accounting work for a vari-ety of businesses, starting a hot shot business and other things to make ends meet.

There was one thing different about Chuck. He had a withered leg, wore a brace and hopped along — not because of an acci-dent, but because he was a polio survivor — one of 31,000 in Canada, accord-ing to the March of Dimes Canada website.

In Sylvan Lake last week, members of the Rotary Club, along with more than 1.2 million Rotarians in over 35,000 clubs, marked 30 years since the service club Rotary International, launched the PolioPlus Campaign.

“Since 1985, Rotary and its partners have helped reduce the number of cases from 350,000 every year to fewer than 400 in 2014. Rotary has contrib-uted more than $1.3 billion and hundreds of volunteer hours to protect more than two billion children world-wide. In addition, Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by donor governments to contribute over $10 billion to the effort.”

Sylvan Lake’s Rotary club members and other Rotarians around the

world observed World Polio Day Saturday. The day was established more than a decade ago, its tim-ing to honor the birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk, who led the fi rst team to develop a polio vaccine.

For Canadian Rotarians, this year marked another momentous move forward in the goal to eradicate the disease, something that’s close to happening.

The longstanding rela-tionship between Rotary International and the Government of Canada, the fi rst country to donate to Rotary’s earliest fund-raising campaign for polio eradication in the late 1980s, was enhanced.

While many who think of polio know of the ep-idemic of 1953, the last Canadian to be struck by wild polio virus was a 10-month-old boy in 1988.

In support of the Pennies for Polio campaign de-signed to engage students and the general public, the government had agreed to match donations of up to $1 million(CAD). Later that was increased to $2.27 mil-lion. Then, after successful lobbying by Rotary mem-bers, the federal govern-ment, last year, increased its commitment to $250 million over fi ve years for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative which includes Rotary partners the World Health Organization, the

U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Gates’ foundation has invested more than $1.5 billion to help end the disease with anoth-er $1.8 billion contributed through to 2018.

Currently, Rotary and their partners are con-ducting a campaign with the slogan, “This Close”, featuring supermodel Isabeli Fontana and other polio ambassadors.

In March, she traveled to India on a three-day goodwill mission in which she assisted health work-ers and other volunteers with vaccinations, talked to school children about the importance of hy-giene, visited the polio rehabilitation ward at a Delhi hospital and met with offi cials from UNICEF and the World Health Organization.

When asked what im-pressed her about the trip, she told a Rotarian Magazine interviewer, “The energy was spectacu-lar. It was so moving to be there and see how much faith the people have. The fact that it was possible to end polio there shows that the fi ght is not in vain.”

Polio was offi cially erad-icated from India in 2014 but vaccinations continue to maintain that status.

Polio has been at the

forefront of Rotary’s inter-national efforts; local club members have responded with fundraising efforts. They’ve publicized their efforts by, among other things, pulling an ‘iron lung’ in the 1913 Days pa-rade.

But it’s not the only proj-ect undertaken by local Rotarians. They’re actively pursuing a variety of goals; providing scholarships for students, assisting with special events such as leadership building camps; as well as creating fun and camaraderie through Canada Day, hay wagon rides during Winterfest and social events.

Past presidents of the Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake have been, Garnet Rambaut, Gord Fraser, Peggy Fleming, Bonnie Ganske, Randy Fiedler, Barry Hibbert, Pat O’Brien, Scott McDermott, Jack Van Delden, Marla Maher (2 terms), Leonard Bystrom, Cynthia Giguere and Curtis Setso. O’Brien is serving his second term now.

Interested in mem-bership? Thelma Maris is the person to contact at 403-887-2444 or email [email protected]. For more information on polio check polioeradication.org.

***Steve Dills, is a former editor of Sylvan Lake News and continues to write about the thriving com-munity of Sylvan Lake***

BY LEANNE BERTRAMSYLVAN LAKE NEWS COLUMNIST


Multiple RCMP vehicles rammed during separate incidents with injuries sustained by members

It was a busy week for Sylvan Lake RCMP with a number of high profi le cases taking place, which led to multiple police ve-hicles being rammed by suspects.

On Wednesday October 21, members of the Sylvan Lake RCMP detachment were investigating a re-port of suspicious vehi-cles in the rural area east of Sylvan Lake.

RCMP located the vehi-cles with the drivers of the vehicles refusing to comply. The vehicles then fl ed the area at a high rate of speed. Sylvan Lake RCMP stated in a press release they disengaged the drivers due to a per-ceived danger to the pub-lic. They then began pa-trols of the area and locat-ed one suspect. Members then attempted to stop the other vehicle a second time. According to Sylvan Lake RCMP the driver of the second vehicle then rammed the police ve-hicle causing extensive damage. A second police vehicle close by was also rammed before the sus-pect vehicle hit a power pole while trying to evade the offi cers.

RCMP reported two offi -cers were injured during this incident with one re-ceiving medical treatment on scene.

The occupant of the vehicle, Mitchell Thomas Huber, 21 years old, of Blackfalds is being charged with possession of a prohibited weapon,


two counts of failing com-ply with probation orders, possession of property ob-tained by crime, operation of a motor vehicle while being pursued, dangerous operation of a motor ve-hicle, and two counts of assault with a weapon.

Huber appeared in Red Deer Provincial Court on Friday.

Shortly after this inci-dent RCMP responded to reports of a located stolen vehicle at the Fas Gas in Sylvan Lake. According to the Sylvan Lake detach-ment, offi cers arrived on scene and located a lone male occupant of the ve-hicle who then attempted to fl ee the scene. During his attempt the occupant of the vehicle rammed a civilian vehicle as well as a police vehicle before be-coming stuck after driv-ing over an embankment which dropped about 6-8 ft. RCMP stated the male was taken into custody

after a short struggle, with two offi cers being in-jured in the incident but neither requiring medical treatment.

Anthony Dacid Kardelis, 34 years old, of Red Deer is being charged with three counts of assault with a weapon, posses-sion of property obtained by crime, two counts of mischief, dangerous oper-ation of a motor vehicle, fl ight from police, resist-ing a police offi cer, and two counts of breaching probation order.

Kardelis appeared in court on Thursday October 22.

“I am proud of the ac-tions of our members,” stated Sylvan Lake RCMP Staff Sargent Gary Rhodes. “They placed themselves in harms way to keep the citizens of Sylvan Lake safe. I am happy to con-fi rm all the injured mem-bers are back at work. I would also like to thank

“THEY PLACED THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY TO KEEP THE CITIZENS OF SYLVAN LAKE SAFE. I AM HAPPY TO CONFIRM ALL THE INJURED MEMBERS ARE BACK AT WORK. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS WHO ASSISTED IN NOTIFYING THE RCMP OF THIS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO THE ARREST AND THE LAYING OF CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST TWO MALE INDIVIDUALS.” - STAFF SARGENT GARY RHODES

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Sylvan Lake Lighthouse growing taller dailyThe Sylvan Lake

Lighthouse is well under construction with fram-ing nearing completion and the lantern room having been added to the top of the structure earlier this week.

Project committee chair for the Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake Lighthouse Project, Trevor Sigfusson said he is happy with how the build is coming along with no weather setbacks having taken place so far.

The lighthouse is being built by Falcon Homes, with framing being under-took by Pardy Contracting and the design/architec-tural layout being done by Bob Samson.

Sigfusson said the light-house is moving along quite nicely and is chang-ing shape daily.

“It took a while to get things off the ground - both literally and fi gura-tively - but we didn’t want to rush things and we knew we needed to do it right,” said Sigfusson. “We all have such a personal

attachment to the project at this point and now that we have it started and in particular after the foun-dation got put down, it’s moving along quickly.”

The local Rotary Club had the idea to return the lighthouse to Sylvan Lake after noticing how many residents identifi ed with the previous light-house, which had to be demolished a number of years ago due to safety concerns.

“When I fi rst starting digging into it, I wasn’t sure how much the old lighthouse was really missed but I was truly overwhelmed by the sup-port and feedback show-ing just how much it re-ally was,” said Sigfusson. “It became obvious once we got going that it was something the people of Sylvan Lake really wanted to have back.

“They indentifi ed with it and people were heart-broken when the old one had to be knocked down for safety reasons.”

Jack Van Delden of the Sylvan Lake Rotary Club stated after the idea was


MAKING PROGRESS - The lantern room of the Sylvan Lake Lighthouse was placed this week with framing and windows expected to be completed soon. The lighthouse is being built thanks to funds from the Sylvan Lake Rotary Club.

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brought forth it was up to the club to raise the funds needed to make it happen. After a highly successful campaign al-lowing individuals to pur-chase a brick to be placed along the bottom of the lighthouse with their name or in memory of a loved one, the neccessary funds were put in place and the foundations were laid.

Van Delden added now that the lighthouse is off the ground, more and more people are coming forth to say they want to purchase thier own brick which has led the Rotary Club to hold off placing them until spring of 2016 so everyone has the chance to purchase a brick.

“The lighthouse is the emblem of Sylvan Lake,” said Van Delden. “We’ve been known for our light-house for the last 25 years and we were all deeply saddened to see it go - so

we are extremely pleased to see it coming back.

“It will not be the Rotary lighthouse, it will be the Sylvan Lake Lighthouse - so many people in the community, ones who are not Rotarians, also played such a large role in this and we like to think if we hadn’t done it some one else would have stepped up and done it too.”

Sigfusson added due to the short life of the previous lighthouse, they wanted to ensure this time around they would leave a lasting legacy.

“Our mandate from day one was that we want-ed to design a 100 year structure,” he explained. “We wanted this thing to last 100+ years and look-ing at the design and the quality of the build it’s looking more towards the plus end of things.”

The lighthouse will fea-ture a fully functioning LED lantern, which will pulse outwards towards

the lake rather than in a traditional rotating man-ner. In addition, thanks to a suggestion from build-ers the lighthouse will also feature LED integrat-ed lighting on the exterior of the structure with the option to change the co-lour of the exterior light-ing based on the season and local events taking place.

The Town itself has stepped forward following the Rotary’s announce-ment to reconstruct the lighthouse and offered to build Lighthouse Park, for which construction will begin in the spring. The park will feature path-ways, benches and picnic tables in the area around the lighthouse.

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FUTURE HOME - The future location for the Sylvan Lake branch of Central Alberta Medical Imaging Services is located in Beju Industrial. The offi ce is expected to open in late March 2016.

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New Sylvan Lake medical imaging centre expected to open in early spring

Central Alberta Medical Imaging Services (CAMIS), based in Red Deer, announced earlier this month they have fi nalized plans to open a medical imaging centre in Sylvan Lake.

The centre will be located in the Beju Industrial area and will occupy around 6000 square feet on two levels. The centre is expected to be operational in late March of 2016.


Patty Simpson, offi ce manager for CAMIS’ Red Deer location, explained the Sylvan Lake facility will contain two ultrasound rooms to begin with, as well as a board certifi ed radiologist.

“Sylvan is a good location for not only access to the west country, but raises the opportunity for people from Red Deer to also travel to this location should we be fully booked in Red Deer,” explained Simpson. “Not only that but Sylvan Lake is a very booming place currently and we thought the needs there would be well met by us opening a facility there - also to have a Red Deer based radiologist drive to Sylvan means it isn’t that bad of a commute for them.”

On site board certifi ed radiologists are required for a number of medical imaging tests so by having one on site it opens up more opportunity to broaden the type of exams available at the new location.

Simpson explained CAMIS has had their eye on Sylvan for quite some time now after the need arose for the organization to fi nd an expansion location as they are nearing their patient capacity in Red Deer.

“The needs of Central Alberta are always growing and it’s going to be nice for patients in both Sylvan Lake and the

west country to not have to travel as far,” she explained. “We have room to expand at our facility in Sylvan which is a good option to have - at this point we don’t know what that expansion of services will include but we are happy to know we have the option to do so.”

Currently CAMIS operates their largest facility out of Red Deer offering ultrasounds, bone mineral densitometry, mammography, x-ray, MRI, echocardiography, nuclear medicine and a variety of other services. The organization also operates ultrasound facilities in both Stettler and Olds. The facility in Stettler opens up services to residents of east central Alberta with Olds opening up options to those on the southern end of Central Alberta. CAMIS hopes the new Sylvan Lake facility will open up services to those in the west.

With the ability to see as many as 28 patients in a day, Simpson added the CAMIS clinic could have the potential to benefi t the local service industry also, as many of those patients may stop to eat or shop after their appointments.

Patients to the new CAMIS clinic in Sylvan Lake must receive a referral from their doctor prior to visiting.

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Residents of Sylvan Lake can expect to see changes in school and playground zones across town in the near future following a decision made by Town Council earlier this month.

Council fi rst addressed the issue last May following concerns fi elded by Municipal Enforcement from resi-dents who were curious as to why there are no times for the zones posted on signage.

It was debated during a Town Council meeting whether or not to change the time zones to an unbroken 8 a.m.-5 p.m., with Council ultimately deciding there was no need to change the school and playground zone times and a more appropriate response would be to simply post the provincially mandated times.

“We fi elded some calls here and they were wondering why we don’t post time periods, basically we explained it wasn’t mandatory to do so,” explained manager of Municipal Enforcement, Nick Reijnen. “There weren’t any major issues surrounding school and playground zone prior but the Town was responding in an appro-priate way to the concerns of the residents who voiced their opinions.

“We didn’t have a safety issue in our community when it came to playground zone but we are pleased Council addressed the idea in an appropriate manner.”

Following the changing in signage residents can expect to see the removal of the current yellow signage. The current signage will be replaced by standardized signage in every playground and school zone throughout town stating the speed limit is 30 km/h during the posted times, with school zone times being 8-9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-1:30p.m., and 3-4:30p.m. on school days with play-ground zones being 8:30 a.m. to one hour after sunset. Outside of these times, speed limits in these zones are 40 km/h.

“We already have a slow 40 km/h speed limit through-out town and while the idea was brought forth to have all day unbroken school zone times from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. - it is really asking motorists a lot to maintain that 30 km/h speed all day in the school zones,” explained Reijnen who added he is unaware of any other towns with a regulated 40km/h town speed limit.

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UPCOMING MEETINGS

Committee of the WholeNovember 4, 2015Municipal Government Building6:00 pm

MPC MeetingNovember 2, 2015Municipal Government Building6:00 pm

Regular Meeting of CouncilNovember 9, 2015Municipal Government Building6:00 pm

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TOWN OF SYLVAN LAKEELECTRICAL FRANCHISE FEE INCREASE NOTICE

Please be advised that the Town of Sylvan Lake is proposing to increase the local access fee, which is charged to FortisAlberta Inc. (FortisAlberta) for use of municipal lands for its power lines effective January 1, 2016.

The fee is recovered by FortisAlberta from its customers as the local municipal access fee on electric billings of all customers that receive electric service in the Town of Sylvan Lake. This local access fee will be increased from $5.42 (10%) to $6.71 (12%), based on the delivery charge of FortisAlberta, excluding energy related riders. This calculation is based on 625kWh consumption in a 30 day period.

Questions or concerns should be directed to Darren Moore, Director of Finance at (403) 887-2141.

TAKE NOTICE THAT on or before October 23, 2015 the Development Offi cer for the Town of Sylvan Lake approved the following application(s):

Permitted Use

CRESTVIEWFalcon Homes Ltd. for a duplex with attached garage and uncovered decks on Lots 69 & 70, Block 4, Plan 142 4556 (13 & 15 Cameron Close)

FOX RUNRobert Garnier for an uncovered deck on Lot 19, Block 8, Plan 002 4261 (82 Old Boomer Road)Chad Priegnitz for a Home Occupation Class ‘A’ (Mobile Heavy Duty Mechanic – offi ce only) on Lot 19, Block 6, Plan 002 2272 (17 Falcon Crescent)

HEWLETT PARKKrest Homes Ltd. for an accessory building (detached garage) on Lot 3, Block 4, Plan 142 4692 (105 Hinshaw Drive)Pioneer Pizza & Lounge Ltd. for a restaurant use (Pioneer Pizza take out only) on Lot 4, Block 13, Plan 082 3644 (Unit 330, 49 Hinshaw Drive)

LAKEWAY LANDINGSten & Glenda Rasmussen for an accessory building (detached garage) on Lot 44, Block 9, Plan 062 1919 (27 Lucky Place)

RYDERS RIDGE1900034 Alberta Ltd. for a fascia sign (9’ x 24”) and a fascia sign (6’ x 3’) on Lot 1, Block 7, Plan 082 0055 (440, 3715 47 Avenue)

STREETSRaymond Walinga for an accessory building (detached garage) on Lot 14, Block 9, Plan 1549AJ (5119 48 Avenue)Leanne Niemela for an accessory building (detached garage) on Lot 8, Block 6, Plan 8037AO (5032 38 Street)Alissa Kinsman for a temporary banner sign on a portable building or Lot 25MR, Block 8, Plan 112 3597 (4725 43 Street)

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT you may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, as provided for in Part 17, of the Municipal Government Act. Written statements relevant to the development and reasons for the appeal may be submitted to the Town of Sylvan Lake, Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, 5012 48 Avenue, Sylvan Lake, AB T4S 1G6 within 14 days following this publication.

You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretations of the Land Use Bylaw. For further information please contact the Development Offi cer at 887-2141.

Dated at Sylvan Lake, Alberta, this 29th day of October, 2015. Development Offi cer, Town of Sylvan Lake

Community Programs

Yard/Kitchen Waste Collection Notice:Annual service ends on November 6

The last day for yard/kitchen waste residential collection is Friday, November 6. You may continue to bring your yard/kitchen waste to the Waste Transfer Site during regular hours of operation at no charge. After hour access to the facility is not permitted.

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Waste Transfer Site: New Winter Hours Begin on November 12

Summer hours end on Saturday, November 7. The facility will be closed for Remembrance Day (Wednesday, November 11) and re-opens for winter hours on Thursday, November 12. The Waste Transfer site is open through the winter from Wednesday to Saturday exclusive of statutory holidays from 9 AM – 5 PM every day except Wednesdays when it remains open until 8 PM. The facility is located 1 km. east of the round-about on Highway 11A and .5 km. south on RR12.

Waste Transfer Site:NO After-Hour Access

Effective on November 7 there is no after-hour access to the Waste Transfer Site. This includes the cardboard drop-off, drop n’ swap recycling, e-waste, and yard waste areas.

Please call Public Works at 403.887.2800 with your questions or concerns.

2016-2018 Municipal Budget

Town of Sylvan Lake budget deliberationsare under way and open to the public!

October 31, 2015 - Council Budget DeliberationNovember 9, 2015 - Council Approves 2016-2018 Draft Budget for Public DistributionNovember 27, 2015 - Budget Open House (details TBD)December 14, 2015 - Adoption of Budget

Contact 403 887 2141 for more details regarding anyof these events.


GIVING BACK – Donna Ellerby from Sylvan Lake & Area Community Partners Association accepts a cheque for $1,000 from Service Credit Union branch manager Rama Alluri and Servus staff. Photo submitted

Local organization recieving support from community

A local non-profi t agen-cy organized by the Sylvan Lake Community Partners Association (SLCPA), the Sylvan Lake Tree of Hope re-ceived a helping hand recently thanks to a $1,000 donation from Servus Credit Union.

The Tree of Hope, an an-nual initiative by the SLCPA, is a fundraising effort put on around Christmas time to help raised funds for the Sylvan Compassion Fund, Sylvan Lake Food Bank and the Sylvan Lake Christmas Bureau. Towering over the 35 ft. and covered with 2000 LED lights and located in the centre of the skating rink at the lake - the program asks local organizations to sponsor a light of hope by donating a toonie or more.

Rama Alluri, branch man-ager at Cervus Credit Union,

said they donate annually to the Tree of Hope, but felt this year a change was in order.

“This year with the current economy and people losing jobs left and right we felt it would be appropriate to increase fundraising,” said Alluri. “The name Tree of Hope really personifi es the program - it is there to give hope to the people who need it most, and it gives me hope other local businesses will also step forward - Alberta is facing a recession and I think it is a unique opportunity for other local private organizations to come forward and help out at this time.”

Alanna Dextrase, adminis-trative/events co-ordinator for SLCPA, stated Tree of Hope is an important program in order to ensure all residents are able to experience Christmas.

“Donations are really down and the need is really up,” explained Dextrase, adding


local Christmas organizations are seeing a 200% increase for those who need their assis-tance based on the current

state of the economy.Those wishing to sponsor

lights on the Tree of Hope or make a donation on behalf

of their business or organi-zation should contact Alanna Dextrase by calling 403 887 9989 for donation pick-up

with a minimum donation of $25 asked.

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TOWN OF SYLVAN LAKENOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

REGARDING PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 1682/2015

Being a Bylaw to amend the Land Use Bylaw No. 1555/2010.

WHEREAS the Municipal Government Act, Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 and amendments thereto, permit a Council by bylaw to amend the Land Use Bylaw No. 1555/2010, and

WHEREAS the Council of the Town of Sylvan Lake deems it necessary and expedient to amend the Land Use Bylaw No. 1555/2010,

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Sylvan Lake, in the province of Alberta, duly assembled, enacts as follows:

That this bylaw may be cited as the Land Use Amending Bylaw #1682/2015.

That Bylaw No. 1555/2010, being the Town of Sylvan Lake Land Use Bylaw, is hereby amended:

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5) by removing references to ‘duplexes’ throughout the section.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Minimum Front Yard the portion of the section prior to the exception is repealed and replaced as follows:

4.0 m (13.12 ft.)

6.0 m (19.69 ft) for units with front attached garage

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Minimum Rear Yard is repealed and replaced as follows:

7.5 m (24.6 ft)

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Maximum Building Height is repealed and replaced as follows:

Two storeys above grade with a maximum of 10.5 m (34.5 ft.)

With the exception of lots located north of the tracks between 46th Street and 33rd Street, the maximum height shall be two storeys above grade or 10.0 m (32.8 ft.)

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Supplementary Regulations by repealing section 2.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Supplementary

Regulations, repealing section 4 and replacing as follows:

4. With the exception of lots located north of the tracks between 46th Street and 33rd Street, at least 4.5m continuous length of the front parcel boundary of each interior lot shall be left unobstructed by a driveway or access to a parking pad. In addition, no front driveway shall exceed 7.5 m in width at the front property line.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Supplementary Regulations by repealing section 5.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Supplementary Regulations by adding new sections as follows and re-numbering the sections to refl ect amendments:

All two-storey dwelling units shall contain developed fl oor area over a minimum of 40% of the area of a front attached garage.

All bungalow and bi-level dwelling units shall be designed in such a manner that the front façade of the house is setback no more than 5.0 m. The Development Authority may request

PublicHearing

additional design treatment, including but not limited to windows along the side of the garage and increased porch or veranda space to reduce the visual impact of the garage protrusion.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Minimum Front Yard, the following is added:

6.0 m (19.69 ft) for units with front attached garage

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Minimum Rear Yard is repealed and replaced as follows:

7.5 m (24.6 ft)

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Maximum Building Height is repealed and replaced as follows:

Two storeys above grade with a maximum of 10.5 m (34.5 ft.)

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Supplementary Regulations by repealing sections 2 and 3.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Supplementary Regulations, section 6 by removing the words `the two`.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Supplementary Regulations by adding new sections as follows and re-numbering the sections to refl ect amendments:

Where each unit within a duplex is situated on a titled lot, a minimum 3.5m continuous length of the front parcel boundary of each interior lot shall be left unobstructed by a driveway or access to a parking pad. In addition, no front driveway shall exceed 4.0 m in width at the front property line.

Where both duplex units are located on the same titled lot, a minimum of 3.5 m continuous length of the front parcel boundary of each interior lot shall be left unobstructed by a driveway or access to a parking pad. In addition, no front driveway shall exceed 8.0 m in width at the front property line.

All 2 storey style dwelling units shall contain developed fl oor area over a minimum of 40% of the fl oor area above and attached garage.

All bungalow and bi-level dwelling units shall be designed in such a manner that the front façade of the house is setback no more than 5.0 m. The Development Authority may request additional design treatment, including but not limited to windows along the side of the garage and increased porch or veranda space to reduce the visual impact of the garage protrusion.

This Bylaw comes into force the day it is passed.

A Public Hearing regarding the proposed Bylaw will be held on Monday, November 9, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Government Building at 5012 48th Avenue, Sylvan Lake, Alberta.

All persons in favour or opposed to the Bylaw will have the opportunity to be heard. If you are unable to attend personally, written submissions must be submitted to the Municipal Government Building no later than 12:00 noon on Thursday, November 5th , 2015.

If you submit comments on this bylaw, either orally or in writing, the information you provide may be recorded in the minutes of the Public Hearing, or otherwise made public, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

A copy of the proposed Bylaw and any related documents can be seen during regular offi ce hours from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Municipal Government Building. The style of the hearing will be informal and persons wishing to speak will be requested to state their name and address for the record upon being recognized by the Chairperson.

Date of fi rst publication of this notice: October 22nd, 2015 edition of the Sylvan Lake News.

Date of second publication of this notice: October 29th, 2015 edition of the Sylvan Lake News.


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Students at Fox Run School take hands on approach to learning about recycling

Students at Fox Run school had the chance to learn more about reduc-ing, reusing and recycling recently thanks to an ini-tiative launched by a local woman.

Leanne Bertram of Clean Conscience Recycling, based out of Sylvan Lake, visited the students at the school where togeth-er they went through the classroom’s waste from the previous day, as well as through waste collected from the previous day in the teacher’s lounge.

During the educational sessions Bertram had the students go through the waste and sort it into what they felt was actual gar-bage, what was recyclable and what could be com-posted.

Bertram talked to the students about the impor-tance of reducing, resusing and recycling as well as the impact it had on the

environment and landfi lls.“At fi rst a lot of the

kids didn’t like the idea of touching garbage, they were putting on gloves and saying ‘ewww’,” ex-plained Bertram. “Once they caught on to what we were talking about, they really became actively in-volved in the conversation. I then asked them to give me examples of how we could reduce waste and how we can reuse things instead of throwing them away.

“The teacher noticed at lunch students were more conscious of what they were throwing away, rein-forcing what they learned during the session. I think a lot of people really just don’t realize how much can be diverted - especial-ly when it comes to plas-tics and paper.”

Michelle Pengelly, the students’ teacher at Fox Run stated the students really didn’t realize the things they were putting in the garbage and how


WASTE AUDIT - Students at Fox Run School performed a waste audit on their class-room’s garbage as well as that of the teachers’ lounge recently alongside Leanne Bertram of Clean Conscience Recycling. This waste, which was originally all going to be thrown out, was sorted in piles which were recyclable and compostable with the pile on the left being actual non-recyclable waste.

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much of it could be recy-cled or composted, as well as how it could impact their carbon foot print.

“They said they learned the percentage of what they were putting in the garbage should be very small in comparison to the compost and recycle,” explained Pengelly. “They also didn’t realize how long it takes for things to decompose, glass takes 1 million years.

“My students are now more conscious of what they are putting in the garbage and ask me daily if containers and plastics form their lunch can go into the recycle. The envi-ronment is important to them and now they have the knowledge to help take care of it for future generations.”

Bertram added she fi nds it much easier to teach young people about the importance of recycling adding if they learn recy-cling skills at a young age it will become a habit for them.

“It can be harder to get adults onto the idea of re-cycling than it is for kids because they are more open to change,”she ex-plained.“Kids also have the potential to teach adults and their elders the importance of recy-cling because it may not be something adults ever learned in where as many kids are learning in depth the importance of recy-cling in schools.”

During her presentations at Fox Run, Bertram stat-ed recycling best practices start with reducing one’s waste. She explained if people can reduced what goes into landfi lls they are in turn saving the plan-et for future generations. She added the best the way to reduce waste is to avoid creating it in the fi rst place, explaining people can cut back by making small changes in your life.

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Infl uenza vaccines being made available to residents

It’s that time of year again where doctors and pharmacists are recommending the in-fl uenza vaccine.

The Alliance Community Church will be hosting the vaccine clinic Oct. 29 from 1:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

It is recommended to get vaccinated every year as the infl uenza virus strains change every year.

The make up of this year’s infl uenza vac-cine is different from last year’s as manufac-turers try to match the virus strains to the strains that may be circulating.

Doctor Digby Horne, a medical offi cer of health in the Alberta Health Services Central Zone, said the childrens’ vaccination last year only had one B strain, but this year the vaccine has two B strains.

For children and adults, one out of the two types of infl uenza A viruses has been modifi ed.

There is still the H1N1 component that will remain the same, with the H3N2 com-ponent having been slightly altered.

Horne said manufacturers work hard to match up the strains in the vaccines with the strains thought to be in the virus this year.

“It depends on the match of the circulating strain and what is in the vaccine,” Horne

said. “Some years there is a better match than others.”

He said last year the H3N2 strain changed in the time between when the manufactur-ing was started and when the virus was cir-culating so there wasn’t a good match with the strain and it was not effective.

The World Health Organization makes recommendations to vaccine manufacturers in February as to what they think should be in the vaccines. They are then administered in the fall.

“You might not get the strain circulating till December or January and it’s possible that it may have drifted a little bit from then and you might not get the perfect match but you usually get some match,” Horne said.

Horne added the infl uenza vaccine this year is to prevent against the respiratory virus that causes cough, fever, head, muscle and joint aches and other types of symp-toms.

He said the stomach fl u is most often caused by gastrointestinal viruses which cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. These illnesses are shorter lasting than the infl u-enza respiratory virus.

“This infl uenza vaccine will have no im-pact on them and unfortunately we don’t have a vaccine for the gastrointestinal stom-ach fl u,” Horne said.

He said there is often a misconception between the gastrointestinal virus and the

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respiratory virus.“We don’t want people with respiratory

illnesses to visit long term care centres and supportive living settings either so it is im-portant for people to distinguish between the two and to know that there is a vaccine for the respiratory infl uenza,” Horne said.

Although people can take other precau-tions to avoid getting sick such as thorough and frequent hand washing, sneezing and

coughing into sleeves, among other various precautions, Horne said even just having a respiratory droplet on your mouth, nose or eyes can transmit the infl uenza.

“You might not even feel it and some peo-ple can transmit infl uenza without having symptoms themselves, so you can be infect-ed that way and hand washing won’t always protect you,” Horne said.

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Fun Halloween events planned at Library

The Sylvan Lake Library is puting on an exciting pre-Hal-loween event Thursday 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

This is in the spot of the after school program where children ages 6-12 are welcome to come.

The party theme will be a monsters and mayhem and children are welcome to dress up as zombies, monsters, witches, princesses or whatever they desire.

They will be toured inside and outside around the library and will have some snacks along with participating in a Halloween craft.

Library programmer Corrie Brown said there will be lit-tle take home bags fi lled with treats and toys and other Halloween goodies for the children to take home and enjoy.

Brown welcomes not only the usual crowd of children who attend the after school program to take part in this but any other children who wish to participate as well as there is no registration required.

She said she expects around 20 children to be there, but there is no limit.

“Getting to dress up, run around and have fun is the most fun about this,” Brown said.

Since colder weather is predicted for this week Brown suggests children dress warmly.

“Come have fun, come dressed up and as whatever, there are no real restrictions on that,” Brown said. “We will have the nerf guns out like we did for the zombie walk and we will have a little monster nerf battle.”

Last year’s Halloween celebrations included staff creating a haunted house in the program room with a crow visiting from the Medicine River Wildlife Centre.

The Library will decorate for Halloween and will also give out candy and other goodies on the day of as the Library will be open until 5 p.m.

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Sermon: Where is Jesus?

Some of you will remember the song called The Sounds of Silence, written by Simon and Garfunkel in the ‘70’s: “Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again.” That is a vivid and accurate description of the way people feel today -- they are living in darkness and don’t even realize it. The whole world is like that. We are watching our civilization fall apart. Anger, hatred, greed, immorality, violence etc., is destroying our homes, sabotaging a whole generation of young people and of children, removing the glue that holds civilization together. Thus anarchy and violence spread on every side, and we do not know what is wrong. That is darkness.

“I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness,” These words are as relevant and apropos today as when John fi rst wrote them in the darkened Roman world of the fi rst century. Jesus says, “Follow me. Walk in my light. Come to me in your weakness, your

brokenness, with your heartaches and broken dreams, and let my light shine on you. Take me with you as you walk through the day and I will light your path and give you life.”

In whatever way the darkness shows itself in our lives, Christ has come to be a light for us. Wherever there is darkness in our family, in our friendships, in our community, Christ has come to shed light on all those areas of our lives to restore peace and harmony and joy. So what can we do? We need to stay in the light. We need to do all we can to take in the light. We need to have light therapy. Light therapy. How do you have light therapy? You get close to the light. Who is the Light? Jesus Christ and God our Father. How do we get close to the Light? We study His Word. How do we get close to the Light? We think about His wonderful kingdom to come, which is His light. We stay positive. We don’t let the negatives come in. We keep our eyes on the Light. We rejoice in the Light.


Town Council tackles persistent and pesky graffi ti issue

During Monday night’s regular Town Council meeting the Mayor and Council heard from director of community ser-vices, Rob Lebsack, about an ongoing issue of graffi ti concerns within the town.

Lebsack stated over the past decade the growth of the municipality has provided a number of ideal ‘canvasses’ for graffi ti within the community.

“Although there have only been a few instances of massive overnight hits to the community, the graffi ti concerns are con-stant and slightly increasing in frequency as the community grows,” stated Lebsack in his report to Council.

Council was concerned over the amount of graffi ti in the community and asked community services to look into deter-rants or other programs that may limit the graffi ti within town, including the possibility of the use of rewards to assist in arrest and conviction of offenders.

Within Lebsack’s report, a statement from the RCMP concluded the idea of a

reward system, although a commendable idea on the Town’s part, too closely par-alled the idea of Crimestoppers - a pro-gram which had been active for decades, and that they did not feel it would not be a worthwhile endeavor.

Ultimately it was suggested the Town should impliment a Community Standards Enhancement Task Force - an entity which would focus on graffi -ti and/or all ‘anti-social behaviours’. It was suggested the group would include RCMP members, council members, busi-ness owners, schools and neighbourhood groups to create a solution that would solve chronic graffi ti.

Councillor Chris Lust, who prior to becoming a councillor in Sylvan Lake worked as a divisional strategist for the City of Red Deer Community Services de-partment, suggested the Town may want to take a look at initiatives Red Deer has in place such as the community graffi ti clean up programs offered by the Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre (CACPC).

“They have done a great deal of work with much success in Red Deer around

graffi ti and there name does suggest Central Alberta, I know the executive di-rector of this organization is entertaining the idea of expanding their services to outlying communities,” explained Lust, who added the CACPC frequently mobi-lizes volunteers to do city wide graffi ti clean ups and may be a great addition to the task force.

In addition, Councillor Lust refer-enced Red Deer’s Downtown Business Association’s partnership with Steve Woolrich of SeCure Consulting Solutions Inc., where areas of the City which reg-ularily attracted negative activity were beautifi ed with massive murals created by local artists to transform the areas in vibrant positive spaces. In turn the mu-rals take away canvas space for people to place graffi ti on and create a sense of pride in the area.

“This seems like one of the best possi-ble ways to prevent graffi ti - I think it’s a multi-prong approach,” said Lust.

Councillor Payne agreed the idea of painting murals was a valid idea as often their is a respect level present where peo-

ple are less likely to not vandalize an area that is considered art.

“I think the idea of having spaces around town, that aren’t taggable - done by a professional artist with a lot of cre-ative style and class is a cool idea,” Payne added.

Mayor McIntyre noted it was worth-while to consider providing mural cre-ation grants to encourage local artists and business owners to apply to create artwork around town.

The motion to create a Community Standards Enhancement Task Force and Program was brought forth by Councillor Parsons, with the motion being passed unanimously.

A subsequent motion was also brought forward by Mayor McIntyre advising Town staff to prepare a report that would in-clude the cost of investing in utility box ‘photo wraps’ that would also advise util-ity companies to follow suit along with the Town covering their own available boxes. This motion also passed unani-mously.

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Addressing graffi ti from the ground up - why Sylvan Lake needs SafeGrowth

Throughout the streets of Sylvan Lake needless scrawls upon the walls are placed.

This unsightly man-made make up marks many of the busiest corridors.

Issues of vandals with a lack of pride and poignancy are present in most com-munities, with little being unique about this situation. What can be unique is how municipalities choose to deal with the issue of graffi ti.

Recently Town Council advised staff to lay out costs associated with developing a Community Standards Enhancement Program and the creation of a task force to address the rising con-cern of graffi ti.

While this is an admira-ble idea and may lead to success, it must be done in a sustainable and creative manner if it is to obtain the objective of obliterating petty crime such as graffi ti.

For many years commu-nities across the country have utilized the ideology of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) to deter criminal behaviour. CPTED involves altering the physical envi-ronment through means as small as strategic use of shrubbery and vegetation to large scale initiatives such as Red Deer’s Art Allies - two large scale community cre-

ated murals in alley ways.Art Alley was created

in collaboration between the Red Deer Downtown Business Association and Steve Woolrich, a Red Deer based CPTED expert and owner of SeCure Consulting Solutions Inc.

“Revitalization of the downtown area was the key component to Art Alley, but beyond that it was about increasing street art and public art,” explained Woolrich of he and his team of artist’s creations. “What happens when you have great art or great music present people are natu-rally drawn to those spac-es - there’s now suddenly a level of pride present in that space and the more positive activity you have happening in that space the less likely it is there will be crimes committed there.”

Beyond CPTED, over the past seven years in par-ticular, more progressive methodologies are starting to be used. He explained practitioners of CPTED have long felt there were missing pieces in the prevention puzzle. What he and other CPTED experts noticed was the practice did design the physical environment to prevent crime, but it was missing the social aspect. From this notion came the creation of SafeGrowth by Greg Saville, a former po-lice offi cer, current crim-inologist/urban planner and a professor with the

University of Calgary’s facul-ty of Environmental Design.

SafeGrowth is defi ned by Saville as integrated crime prevention for the future. It is a shift towards a new style of prevention theory, one in which safe places emerge less from outside experts implementing strategies to or for neighbourhoods and more from neighbours planning alongside preven-tion experts.

Recently Woolrich was invited by Saville to a Safe Growth summit in Canmore where he received an in depth analysis of what SafeGrowth was and how it could be combined with CPTED, making Woolrich one of few certifi ed SafeGrowth practitioners in Western Canada.

“To me SafeGrowth is about building relationships - you build those relation-ships at the neighbourhood level. You have a conversa-tion about the concerns of that neighbourhood and then you take action as a community,” explained Woolrich. “It is not police driven and it is not driven by the town - it is driven by the people.”

In order to develop these community conversations, citizens must become en-gaged and take pride in their neighbourhoods of residence and business operation. The Community Standards Enhancement Task Force is a great start and if it is to be a success,


members of this task force must utilize principles of CPTED in conjunction with the SafeGrowth method-ologies.

The idea of the SafeGrowth model is to pull together a diverse group of people - councillors, RCMP, different social agencies, along with artists and musicians. If you have all of these people at the table you will have the tools to create an effective crime prevention strategy.

“You need all of these peo-ple at the table or else how are you going to have any buy in from the community. These are the people that can move things quickly to the action stage and get back to that level of com-munity engagement at a neighbourhood level,” said Woolrich.

Not only will implement-ing CPTED principles and ideologies such as public art and street into our

downtown and address the issue of graffi ti by removing canvasses for vandals - uti-lizing SafeGrowth will en-gage community members to take pride in their space and create a sense of social relationship to those spaces.

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The room was packed with current and former students, parents, teachers and award sponsors.

This awards ceremony included recog-nizing students’ high achievement from last year’s Grades 9 to 12 in everything from shop, drama, fi ne arts and the ac-ademic core subjects. There were also awards in citizenship and leadership.

Several students from last year’s grad-uating class who are now attending post secondary received scholarships from local businesses and vice principal for Grades 9 and 10 Darcy Marshall said the scholarships given out were around 11 or 12 thousand dollars.

“It is a fair amount of money overall that is given out and kids are apprecia-tive of it for sure,” Marshall said. “Parents were very proud of the recognition of their kid’s accomplishments and we had

very positive feedback.”The students who received the post-sec-

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Nicole Hartley - Steffie Woima Scholarship for demonstrating strong ac-ademics, citizenship and involvement in the community.

Michael Bentley - the Norman and Mary Bowles Award for his artistic excellence in performance and technical theatre.

Heather Watson and Derek Penman - Town of Sylvan Lake Citizenship Scholarships that went to a male and fe-male student involved in the community.

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HJ Cody students learn about 40 developmental assets

Students of HJ Cody High School were host to visitors from Sylvan Lake’s Flipside Youth Centre recently where they learned the meaning of SPARC and gained knowl-edge on the 40 develop-mental assets taught at the youth centre.

During the student’s Career and Life Management class (CALM), Krista Carlson, FCSS youth services supervisor and youth centre co-or-dinator, Deshon Lennard

told of how SPARC stands for strengthening positive assets and resiliency in communities.

Studentss learned SPARC is run by FCSS with the role of educating the community on the 40 developmental assets. The SPARC program aims to not only help the community learn how they can help instill positive youth development in their own day to day lives, but also how young people can instill these assets in their own lives.

“SPARC came together a

few years ago as a group of people who were interested in ensuring youth in the community had the tools they needed to be successful as far as just being happy and healthy and having every opportunity to be good citizens of the community,” explained Carlson following their presentation at HJ Cody. “As a community we all play a part in developing these assets in our young people,

“It goes back to the idea that it takes a village to raise a child. It’s not just up to the teachers, parents and


youth workers - it’s up to the entire community as a whole to ensure these kids have these assets instilled in them.”

Carlson explained the framework behind the 40 developmental assets fi ts well into the CALM cur-riculum as the class is all about health wellness and that she was pleased she had the opportunity to talk to so many young people in one. She added she felt the majority of the students in-tently resonated with what she was saying with many student actively engaging in conversations around the assets.

Following Carlson and Lennard’s presentation students watched a video about a young girl from St. Albert who told her story of how the adults in her life helped build assets in her. The young St. Albertan shared how volunteering and coaching a younger girls volleyball team impacted her life and how she then began teaching others how to build assets in their lives .

After the video was over Carlson began to tell the young people in the room how all of the programs at the Flipside Youth Centre are designed to help build those 40 developmental

assets.“Even though it looks

like we are doing real-ly fun things like zombie runs and acoustic cafes, what we are really doing is building assets and we do that by building meaning-ful relationships with the kids,” said Carlson. “The 40 developmental assets teach young people so much and the best way to teach them these things is through role modeling by showing kids what these assets look like through role modeling we are only helping to set them up for a happy and healthy life.

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RCMP News Release October 10th – October 16th, 2015

October 10th 7:49 a.m. – A Ford F150 truck was stolen from an address in Benalto. RCMP were notifi ed by the owner that the vehicle had been taken from outside a residence on Willow Place. The keys to the truck had been stolen the previous evening.

6:23 p.m. – A distur-bance at a residence on Old Boomer Road result-ed in multiple attendanc-es by RCMP. A report of a loud party involving un-derage drinking resulted in three visits. The initial visit resulted in two youths arrested for drug posses-sion. Additional noise com-plaints resulted in fi nes of $500 and $1000 respective-ly.

7:33 p.m. – A vehicle with three male occupants was stopped during a check stop on Highway 11 east of Highway 20. An indication of marijuana use was de-tected in the vehicle. Some loose ammunition was also located. All three males, residents of the Red Deer area, were arrested. The

23-year-old driver was is-sued a 24 hour suspension.

22:13 p.m. – RCMP at-tended a fi ght in progress at a liquor establishment in Sylvan Lake. Police received a 911 call to attend a bar on 47th Avenue where three females were involved in a minor altercation. One female was told by staff to leave the premises relating to a dispute over the bill. Police provided mediation and the female returned to pay her bill. No charges were laid.

October 11th 1:30 a.m. – A 29-year-old female is fac-ing two counts of assault in relation to a domestic dispute at a residence on Ryders Ridge Boulevard in Sylvan Lake. A 911 call was received from a neighbor who advised that a female was involved in a physi-cal altercation with a male. The neighbor approached the couple to intervene and was also assaulted by the female. The 37-year-old female victim sustained minor injuries.

01:57 a.m. – RCMP re-

sponded to a 911 call of an assault on Sylvan Drive in Sylvan Lake. A 40-year-old male advised that he was assaulted with a weapon by a male acquaintance in his residence. The male was treated by EMS for in-juries to his face. Alcohol was a factor. An investiga-tion is continuing.

10:13 a.m.– A 53-year-old female is facing a charge in relation to a vehicle stop outside a residence on Old Boomer Road in Sylvan Lake. A vehicle was stopped in a back alley near the residence. The driver refused to provide any documentation and re-fused a breathalyzer after exhibiting signs of impair-ment. The accused is fac-ing a charge of refusal of an approved screening de-vice and failing to provide required information to a peace offi cer.

12:36 p.m. – A complaint which escalated into an altercation at an address on Old Boomer Road re-sulted in a charge against a 53-year-old Sylvan Lake

female. Police were called to a residence where the complainant became in-volved in a verbal alterca-tion with a neighbor over an ongoing noise issue. The dispute escalated at which time the accused threat-ened the complainant with a knife. The accused was arrested and charged with assault with a weapon

2:56 p.m.– A single vehi-cle rollover resulted in po-lice attendance. RCMP were called to Highway 11A at Range Road 24 in Red Deer County after a SUV rolled into the ditch. The 18-year-old female driver advised police that she experienced a strong wind gust, over-corrected and lost control of her vehicle. Fortunately, there were no injuries.

11:36 p.m.– An off duty police offi cer called 911 after witnessing two males attempting to steal a trail-er on Reynolds Road in Sylvan Lake. A vehicle was stopped a short time later and the suspects identifi ed. Charged with theft under $5000 and possession of

break-in instruments are a 30-year-old male from Breton and a 39-year-old male from Winfi eld.

October 12th 01:08 a.m. – A 21-year-old male lost his license and his vehicle as a result of a check stop on Highway 11A at Highway 20l. The male, a resident of Red Deer, was found to have open liquor in his ve-hicle. A roadside screening device was utilized. The male’s license was seized and the vehicle was im-pounded for three days.

October 13th 07:34 a.m. – A stolen vehicle complaint has resulted in multiple charges against a 23-year-old Calgary female. The owner of a Ford F350 called police to report that his vehicle was stolen while he went back inside his residence on Forest Drive. The vehicle was located abandoned a short time later. A female and male were seen leaving the area on foot. The female was arrested a short time later. She is facing various charges including theft of

a truck; six counts of pos-session of stolen proper-ty; possession of break-in instruments; obstructing a peace offi cer; and pos-session of drugs, including methamphetamine and heroin.

October 14th 11:11 a.m. – A truck was stolen on Willow Springs in Sylvan Lake. A Ford F150 was parked in a driveway out-side a residence. No one was witnessed around the vehicle at the time of the incident.

October 15th 2:43 a.m. – RCMP and fi re crews were called to a vehicle fi re in Sylvan Lake. A Pontiac Firebird was engulfed in fl ames while parked out-side a residence on Falcon Crescent. The blaze is re-garded as suspicious and an investigation is con-tinuing. No injuries are re-ported.


Sylvan Laker and Miss Ponoka Stampede prepares for Miss Rodeo Canada competition

Sylvan Lake’s very own Ashley Akkermans was crowned Miss Ponoka Stampede last spring and will compete for the title of Miss Rodeo Canada Nov. 11 – 15 and if she wins she will be crowned in Edmonton.

Being Miss Rodeo Canada 2016 Akkermans would be representing all the rodeos in Canada, but will always be considered Miss Ponoka Stampede 2015.

Miss Ponoka Stampede is Akkermans’ fi rst title which means she has not had much time to prepare for this bigger competition.

She has had to work extra hard to prepare by studying for a written test, preparing for an interview, riding a number of different horses, practicing her public speak-ing, preparing outfi ts for modeling and making sure she is all around well presented.

The reason for cramming all of this work into the past eight months is because Akkermans said most of the other competitors have held a few more titles.

“I’ve had to do a lot of extra work in a short amount of time but I think the hard work will pay off in the end,” Akkermans said. “I’m feeling pretty confi dent going in.”

Being Miss Ponoka Stampede has been one of the most incredible experiences of her life explained Akkermans as she now gets to experience a great deal and be im-mersed in the rodeo culture that she loves so much.

“Everybody is such a family and it’s such a beautiful

community surrounding and to be a part of that has been really cool,” Akkermans said.

Being Miss Ponoka Stampede has also granted her many different traveling opportunities such as going to Omak, Washington to represent the Ponoka rodeo as well as representing the rodeo in many other different places in Canada.

Even though traveling and representing Ponoka is tire-some, Akkermans said it is a positive experience because she gets to meet other girls she has so much in common with like the other rodeo queens.

“The girls who do this love what they do and they love every minute of it,” Akkermans said. “We almost call it a sisterhood we have so many similarities. We all under-stand what it’s like to be sleep deprived and yet still hav-ing to compose ourselves and look the part when we’re half asleep. You become the best of friends even when you’re competing.”

She also said that being a public fi gure and communi-cating with all sorts of different people from all different walks of life is a great part of it also.

Akkermans said she has the desire to run for Miss Rodeo Canada because it is an incredible opportunity to even just compete for the title and competing gives her a great deal of experience.

“You grow so much as a person and gain all this knowl-edge working on your horsemanship and preparing your-self as a person to be able to withstand the competition because it is pretty intense,” Akkermans said. “It will be

fun, but I wont be getting a lot of sleep during that week, but the experience in itself is really rewarding.”

If crowned, Akkermans will have the opportunity to travel all across America and will go to Australia. She will attend 400 to 500 events in one year.

She hopes to win the title as she loves promoting the rodeo sport, being emmersed in it and being an ambas-sador for it.

“I love being a role model and taking on a leadership role,” Akkermans said.

As Miss Rodeo Canada Akkermans would be responsi-ble for being a good role model as other queens would look up to her as well as children because little girls and boys in the stands get excited to meet her as she is Miss Ponoka Stampede.

“Anything you say to them can mean so much to them,” Akkermans said. “It gives you such a platform to have an awesome impact on other people and the sport of rodeo.”

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Miss Ponoka Stampede – Ashley Akkermans, 23, will be competing for the title of Miss Rodeo Canada next month, but will always hold her title as Miss Ponoka Stampede 2015.

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Local group holds discussions on Syrian refugee crisis

A group of central Albertans have come together to discuss the Syrian refugee cri-sis through communi-ty meetings to devel-opunderstanding and support for the issue.

Together the Central Alberta Refugee Effort (C.A.R.E) and Catholic Social Services (CSS) make up the Red Deer ImmigrantCentre. It was through this group that a community conversation was held last week to dis-cuss the issue at large and howlocal people can get involved.

“The meeting was a public information ses-sion. Over the past month or so, we’ve been discuss-ing the Syrian refugee andhumanitarian crisis that is evolving, both in the Middle East and in Europe. The primary rea-son for the meeting was to bringthe public up to date on what is happening and how private citizens, com-munity groups and faith communities can sup-portSyrian refugees,” said Alice Colak, vice-presi-dent of Immigration and Settlement Services with CSS.

In addition to gener-al information provided about the Syrian Refugee Crisis, attendees were ex-

posed to possible ways theycould help those in need.

Private sponsorships, housing families and sup-porting overseas organi-zations were a few of the recommended avenues.

“Annually, Red Deer receives around 70 ref-ugees from refugee-pro-ducing countries and re-gions. Over the past year and ahalf, out of the 75 refugees that came to Red Deer, about 24 were Syrian. We’ve already begun receiving Syrian refugees,but I think over the past month, ever since the photo of the boy who drowned escaping Turkey, people have become moreaware and want to

know how they can help,” said Colak.

According to Colak, this session was one of many that have been held throughout the province.

These sessions are funded by the provincial government as part of a community engagement strategy to inform citi-zensabout the issue, and about what supports and programs exist in com-munities for refugees.

Colak said eventual-ly the conversations will focus on coordinating the receiving of refugees into communities, once they-know how many refu-gees will be excepted into Canada.

“These people spoke

with great compassion and generosity. Not ev-erybody can help in the same way, so we talked abouthow people could form together as part of a sponsoring group or a community group,” Colak said.

“We went through some of the options that peo-ple might have, and then some of the participants provided other option-slike housing a family temporarily while they’re fi nding a permanent place to live. Others offered do-nations and those kindsof things.”

Colak said at the meet-ing she feels Red Deer has a big and generous heart.

“We’ve been accepting

Syrian refugees for years and it’s been a bit slow for Red Deer.

“There is a community being established. Other refugee groups include people from Iraq, Ethiopia and a variety of other-countries,” she said.

“There will be more meetings regarding how many refugees Canada will accept, how many will be coming to Alberta andhow many will come to Red Deer. We will meet with all the key service providers and stakehold-ers to bring everyone up todate, and then we will develop a community plan as to how we can support them.”

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Central Alberta group aims to educate regarding payday loans

Between provincial surveys, local City council and in-dependent groups there is much discussion on the topic of payday lending regulations in Alberta.

The province’s payday lending regulations expires in June of 2016. In response, the government has put a survey on Service Alberta to gather input on current practices and potentially new regulations. Red Deer City council addressed this issue earlier this year and the issue is arising again as November is Financial Literacy Month.

On Nov. 5th at 7 p.m., the Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance (CAPRA) will screen the fi lm SPENT at the Welikoklad Event Centre, followed by a panel discussion. The event aims to educate the public on payday lending, current regulations and to encourage discussion around the issue.

“It’s a really timely issue in the City. There’s a lot hap-pening, not just municipally but provincially as well, looking at payday loans and regulations,” said Dianna Souveny of CAPRA.

“With the downturn in the economy, more people might be accessing these kinds of lenders and not re-alizing the kinds of traps they can get into with that. There are things happening across Canada with payday lending and loans and trying to regulate them in a more

positive way that impacts our more vulnerable people in municipalities that access these funding sources.”

Payday loans are classifi ed as a loan below $1,500 that are taken out for a maximum of 62 days. People can qualify for these loans online or in store.

A survey has been posted to the Service Alberta web site to gain input on current and proposed regulation changes. This information is designed to help the Alberta government better regulate the issue of payday lending.

Souveny said a major issue with the current regula-tions is the ability for provinces to essentially overrule the Criminal Code, and charge up to 600% interest on loans. This translates to lenders being allowed to, in Alberta, charge $23 on each $100 of the loan.

“The maximum annual interest rate allowed by the Criminal Code is 60 per cent, but in Alberta lenders can charge up to 600 per cent,” Souveny explained.

“If you look at the annual percentage rate - which is how they calculate payday loans - and a person were to borrow $300 for two weeks, they could pay 600 per cent interest on that money over two weeks.”

Souveny offered a few statistics on the types of people who are most often using payday loans.

“People using these types of loans tend to be males, aged 18-34, people who make less than $30,000 a year and often it’s the working poor. Those are the people who are working full-time jobs, sometimes more than

one, who are earning less than $15 an hour,” she said.Additionally, she said there is a higher use of payday

loans in prairie provinces. She said often times people who are using payday loan services are using them on a monthly basis.

“The statistics also say that only 28 per cent of people getting payday loans are using them for unexpected reasons, whereas a lot of people tend to use them to cover necessities or routine bills. Fifty-fi ve per cent of people are using these loans to cover necessities or rou-tine bills, so there is the uncertainty of how do I know I won’t need another loan next month,” she explained.

Part of the reason for the screening of SPENT and holding the panel discussion is to open people’s eyes to how payday lending can in turn hurt local economy.

“Part of our advocacy is around how if people are spending their money on payday lending then they ar-en’t putting their money into the local economy. If I’m busy trying to pay off that loan, I can’t spend it on any-thing local that would support the economy,” Souveny said.

“It’s a very timely issue. We want to encourage people to be aware.”

The Nov. 5th screening of the movie and panel discus-sion is a free event with experts and representatives on site for public questions.

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Jumpstart charity celebrates a decade of helping children

The Canadian Tire Jumpstart national charity is celebrating 10 years of helping children to be in-volved in sports and other recreational activities as they have helped their one millionth child this year.

The charity helps chil-dren ages four to 18 from fi nancially disadvantaged families participate in or-ganized sports, recreation and physical activities said Canadain Tire Jumpstart Charities regional man-ager for Alberta and the North West Territories Dan Kasperski.

“Our goal this year is to help 200,000 children,” he said.

The charity helps with 76 sports, recreation and physical activities as their motto is ‘helping children get off the sideline and into the game’ with one in three families being unable to afford to put their children into organized sports or recreational activities.

“Jumpstart is trying to bridge that gap and bring that back down so all kids have a chance to play,” Kasperski said.

The charity is open to what they will consider funding as Kasperksi said parents can put their chil-

dren into dance, gymnas-tics, girl guides, boy scouts, among other various ac-tivities.

He said the charity will give parents a certain amount of money every year depending on how much money has been raised within that com-munity.

“We’re trying to get as many kids into as many activities as they can,” Kasperski said.

He said across Canada the top three activities are hockey, soccer and bas-ketball.

In 2014 the charity helped 167 children in Sylvan Lake and dispersed over $24,600.

This money was raised from fundraisers done within the community.

Family feedback on the charity has been generally really welcoming as the funding is always appreci-ated Kasperksi said.

“Parents don’t want their kids sitting at home and not being able to participate with other kids,” Kasperski said. “The feedback that we get is it’s a blessing.”

There is also positive feedback from the chil-dren, program directors and general community members because it helps keep children active and healthy and that’s the best thing that can be done said

Kasperski.There are two places

parents can go to apply for funding. They can call the national hotline at 1-844-yes-play or they can go online to the Canadian Tire website at www.jump-start.canadiantire.ca.

Providing income docu-mentation is necessary as Kasperski said every child’s family has to meet a fi nan-cial criteria.

To assess fi nancial need documents such as T4s or paychecks can be used. Families can also go in and talk with one of the Jumpstart’s community partners where families can explain their situation

and be assessed.Kasperski said it feels

fantastic to be helping chil-dren out. He has visited Sylvan Lake three or four times now and has noticed how active the community is.

“The children are very active and the charity re-ally wants to help kids and are dispersing all of their funds,” Kasperski said. “With more fundraising and more help they could help a lot more kids and with the down turn in the economy there will proba-bly be more families that will need help and every little bit helps.”

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Helping Kids – The Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charity is celebrating 10 years of helping children to be involved in sports and other recreational activities.

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This week at Town CouncilCOUNCIL ASKING FOR CITIZENS INPUT ON BUDGETThe Town of Sylvan Lake and Council released

their three year budget plan recently, proposing a 3% residential tax increase in 2015 with a 3.7% increase in 2016 and a 2% increase in 2017. Major proposed capital projects in the 2015 budget are listed as the NexSource Centre, a new fi re hall, the aerial ladder fi re truck, street rehabilitation programs, trail develop-ment, playground replacement program, new well and reservoir planning and design, lighthouse park, and automated recycle carts. 2015 Operating Highlights are listed as snow and ice control improvements, the Transportation Master Plan, water and valve replace-ments, the municipal census, satisfaction survey, the social needs assessment, the special transportation study, and upgrades to the Four Seasons Park Ball Diamond. Town of Sylvan Lake budget deliberations are underway and are open to the public and tak-ing place on October 31st from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Municipal Building.

COUNCIL HEARS TRANSPORTION MASTER PLAN (TMP)

At the March 9th, 2015 Council meeting the contract for provision of a TMP was awarded to CIMA Canada Inc. out of Calgary. At Council on Monday evening, Council hear the fi nalized TMP from CIMA, with the goal of the TMP to help provide guidance to Council and inform future transportation studies. Highlights from the TMP included suggestions to Council for the Town to focus on creating ‘complete streets’ designed to enable safe use for pedestrians with lots of links and intersection for accessibility; improving pedes-trian and cycling networks via integrated multi use paths; managing parking supply and demand; as well as providing adequate transit both within the munic-ipality itself, as well as to locations such as Red Deer College and the transit transfer station in downtown Red Deer. The report will be released to the public for consultation in the coming weeks as the Town is ask-ing for public input. It was suggested the most practi-cal idea would be to entertain the notion of a system similar to Blackfalds and Lacombe’s Bolt Transit - in which the municipalities purchased the buses them-selves but are operated by Red Deer City Transit staff. The system provides access for residents of the two municipalities to Red Deer and a similar system in Sylvan Lake could also allow for residents of Red Deer to travel to Sylvan especially in the summer months when parking can be an issue.

2015 SOCIAL NEEDS ASSESMENT REVIEWEDCouncil heard a long awaited report from Nichols

Applied Management in partnership with Family and Community Support Services (FCSS), which provided

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valuable insights into trends and priority social needs in Sylvan Lake. The assessment took place over the course of the year and will provide Town staff with the necessary information to be able to compile a Social Master Plan which will go to Council in May 2016. Five focus groups with stakeholders from various back-grounds and agencies took part in the assessment under the categories: education, housing, youth, se-niors and service providers. In addition 173 residents participated in a survey.

It was determined from the assessment Sylvan Lake is a town that has experienced signifi cant population growth in the last decade, with a younger population in comparison to provincials numbers. It was also determined over all crime rates in Sylvan are going down, but are still higher than the provincial average. In addition, the assessment stated the number of citizens over the age of 65 continues to increase at a noteworthy rate. Residents felt their basic needs were being met, they felt engaged in their community, held strong relationships in their town, and felt safe in their homes.

It was shown residents felt social assets included the ‘small town feel’, easy access to the lake and country side, close proximity to Red Deer, strong core of long-time residents, with a variety of programs and services available. However, challenges made aware of by the assessment included a lack of concrete plans to address current and emerging social issues, rapid population growth with awareness to both new and existing residents of what social services are available, the town has become spread out making it harder for many residents to get to the services they need, and a lack of available transportation for residents to make it Red Deer to access the City’s services.

It was stated priorities for action needed to in-clude an urgent care centre where seniors and those with young families would have access to immediate health care needs. This also included immediate ac-cess to mental health care. Transportation in Sylvan for both youth and seniors was also listed as a priority, as there is a lack of options such as transit for young people to access such services as the youth centre and

the senior’s bus is only operational certain days of the week.

Housing was also among the top priorities with a wait list for both the Sylvan Lake Seniors Lodge as well as the Sylvan Manor. In addition Sylvan Lake lacks appropriate levels of low income housing with 22 placements available and 17 people currently on the wait list. It was also mentioned there was a lack of an emergency shelter, with the closest shelter being located in Red Deer and it also has a wait list currently.

Other challenges mentioned included there being no Alberta Works Offi ce in Sylvan, as well as the lack of addiction and mental health services at a time when although overall crime is going down in Sylvan, drug related crime is going up.

Those who participated in the assessment were ada-mant they wanted to see action taken to address prior-ity needs and they did not want it to become ‘just an-other survey’. In response, Council approved a motion to begin the development of the Social Master Plan for the amount of $30,000 with $26,138 coming from an increase of provincial funding to FCSS and $3,862 will come the 2015 general operating contingency.

FINAL REPORT ON SUMMER SENSATION MUSIC FESTIVAL REVIEWED

In the months leading up to the Summer music festival Town administration, Municipal Enforcement, Fire and the RCMP worked extensively with organizers, True Channel Entertainment to ensure the safety and policing requirements were met. A number of road closure, parking and traffi c control plans were put in place by Town staff. True Channel Entertainment hired Patman Security for on-site event security and the re-port stated the security company provided a very high level of professionalism during the event. 2,309 tickets were sold to the event. Policing stats stated 10 people were evicted from the site during the festival, with 28 lodged in cells at the detachment, 15 arrested in ad-dition to being charged then released, 2 were arrested for possession for the purposes of traffi cking and 91 tickets were issued for minor violations. Overall the event was deemed a success from the Town’s perspec-tive and from True Channel Entertainments.

job creation during an economic downturn.

The Alberta government delivered a defi cit budget which includes a number of tax increases, including a 5% liquor tax increase on top of the 10% liquor tax increase last spring. On the plus side, the gov-ernment introduced a job creation grant program as an incentive for em-ployers to hire employees during a declining labour market.

“Restaurateurs, bar owners and other foodser-vice operators in Alberta are struggling with rising food, liquor and labour costs combined with a slowdown in consumer spending. Adding another 5% liquor tax on top of the 10% increase last spring is going to make this bal-ancing act even harder,” says Mark von Schellwitz, Restaurants Canada’s vice president for Western Canada.

The Alberta government

has recognized the labour market downturn with a new job creation incen-tive program that will provide a grant of up to $5,000 per new hire begin-ning 2016.

“While the new program is welcome, it does not change business realities. If costs continue to rise while revenues continue to fall, it will be very diffi -cult for employers to take advantage of the new job creation incentive,” said von Schellwitz.

The new Alberta govern-ment continues to reject the idea of introducing a sales tax, which comes as welcome news to hospi-tality operators.

Alberta’s $10-billion restaurant and foodser-vice industry is one of the largest private-sector em-ployers in the province. It directly employs close to 150,000 Albertans in every community across the province and created 6,600 jobs in 2014 alone.

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Notley makes best of bad situation

Albertans are receiving good government in trying economic times.

The Alberta Federation of Labour praised the provincial budget tabled today, noting that budget cuts in a time of economic downturn would have thrown the province into a deep recession.

“The Notley Government has made the best of a bad situation,” Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan said. “They were handed a broken revenue sys-tem with tax rates way below those of any other province, and far below those Alberta had a decade ago, and they have the courage to make incremental steps towards fair taxation. They’re tabling this budget during one of the predictable downturns in the price of oil, and they have the foresight to respond by investing in infrastructure.”

The budget accounts for the growing needs of Albertans. It includes a four per cent

increase for Health, two per cent increase for Advanced Education, suffi cient increas-es to Education to fully fund enrollment growth, and $4.3 billion in sustained fund-ing for Human Services, including income supports and programs that serve Albertans who are vulnerable to an economic slowdown. The Notley Government continues to implement its platform by budgeting for 2,000 long-term care beds and a robust public home-care plan, a two-year tuition freeze for post-secondary stu-dents, and the elimination of school fees. And this budget showcases the government’s commitment to Alberta’s future growth by providing hardworking families with a new Alberta Child Benefi t, to support 235,000 children, and setting out a bold vision for sustained and diverse job growth with new initiatives across the government.

“The right-wingers are spinning a fable that you can have good healthcare without paying for it, that you

can pay no taxes and still see massive budget surpluses … but the world doesn’t work that way. This is a budget for the real world, and given the real world facts, this govern-ment has tabled a reasonable budget,” McGowan said. “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. You can’t spin straw into gold. And all those right-wing Rumpelstiltskins who would tell you otherwise are living in a fantasy.”

McGowan noted that with a more reasonable revenue sys-tem like the one Alberta had in the 1990s, the government would have been able to set aside more than $8 billion each year from 2001-2013, while oil revenues were more lucrative. This would have provided more of a fi nancial cushion against economically troubling times.

“The next time that the province is awash with oil dollars, we will need a gov-ernment that remembers to put some revenues aside for times like these, rather than throwing it away on Ralph Bucks,” McGowan said.

Budget will help Alberta recover from slumpBY OLAV ROKNEALBERTA FEDERATION OF LABOUR

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There are not too many small towns that can boast of having a stone castle. Sylvan Lake has one – built around 1913 by Raymond and Charles Archambault, members of the French Colony which settled on the Eastern outskirts of Sylvan

Lake in 1905.Raymond and Charles

were entrepreneurs who were involved in establish-ing a grocery store; a stage line between Red Deer and Sylvan Lake, the Sylvan Lake Times newspaper and Charles served as Sylvan’s

fi rst postmaster.In 1912, Raymond re-

turned to Paris to marry Eugenie Marie Marguerite Henrietta Thome, whose father was a well-known composer of music.

The Archambaults re-turned to Sylvan Lake and began making plans to build a smaller version of the castle Eugenie’s family owned in France. The two of them scoured the shores of the lake for stones, carrying them in their arms, then dragging them on a deerskin until a kind neighbor helped them build a wheelbarrow. Eventually, a friend with a horse and wagon added much needed help, as did Charles Archambault, who was a stone mason by trade.

Eventually, a very solid stone ‘castle’ was fi nished – a unique, partially fl at-topped building which not only was the Archambault’s residence, but housed their source of meat and milk – goats, which were kept up on the fl at roof part until a shed and fence could be built. This feature must have been a great tourist

attraction!When the fi rst World War

started in 1914, Charles sold his store and joined the French army. Raymond secured a position in the French Consulate and he and Eugenie moved to Montreal, where he died in 1918 and Eugenie returned to France.

The story continues, with different names, up to present day (2015). The ‘castle’ is still there, and has witnessed many changes in Sylvan Lake: it has been rented many times, had a business or two on its

premises, survived sever-al incidents of vandalism when vacant, but, the orig-

inal structure is intact and awaiting the next chapter in a long and varied history.


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Spray Park Committee thanks community and businesses

It was 18 days of voting for a chance to win $100,000 for our Spray Park Initiative. The Aviva Community Fund competition was Canada wide, 107 ideas were submitted in our category and Sylvan Lake Spray Park fi nished 8th. We didn’t quite make the top 5 money-qualifying posi-tions, but you rallied, you voted, spread the word and celebrated community. Splashers, we thank you for your amazing support!

We want to give a very special thank you to Sylvan Lake Agencies. With their broker support, we would have quali-fi ed for a special $100,000 prize, if we would have remained in the top 5. You’re an amazing community supporter.

Are we ready to build this Spray Park? Not yet. As a committee, we have committed to raising the cost of the equipment for a spray park and we need to raise almost $800,000 for building costs. Yes, that’s a big number, but as a committee, we’re working on it. Because of you and your support, we now have three more spray park fund-

raisers to look forward to.Thank you Prairie Dawgs Pet Supply, SugarBelle Cakery

& DIY Studio, and Pioneerpizza.ca! Grant applications are being processed. We need sponsors for naming rights and fi xtures. If you, or your business, would like to learn more about our sponsorship opportunities and recognition, please contact us. We will need community donations. Donator’s names, starting at $150 donations, will be etched on nautical elements surrounding the park.

Thank you Town of Sylvan Lake for recognizing the need for this valuable recreational asset, the need to keep our families in town, and to create a safe and family-friendly atmosphere away from the tourist-busy lake district. Thank you for allotting land at beautiful Leader Field, with all its green space and room for growth. Thank you for providing the foundation for us to move forward and create a play space for all ages – a space that will be easily accessible for all children, including wheelchairs and walkers. It will be a place where Sylvan Lake families and friends will gather and enjoy each other - a place where the whole family can laugh, have fun and get soaked.

BY DIANNE WOMACKSSYLVAN LAKE SPRAY PARK COMMITTEE

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Thank You Sylvan Lake, you’re incredible!Sylvan Lake Spray Park Committee


SPORTSSPORTSLakers win over Wetaskiwin Sabres

in regular season’s fi nal game

PUSHING FORWARD - Running back for the Lakers, Tristen Koller, drags along a Saber refusing to stop or be took down during the last quarter of the team’s fi nal league season game.

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The Lakers football team completed their regular season and won 29-24 against the Wetaskiwin Sabres at the H.J. Cody High School fi eld last Friday.

In the fi rst quarter, at six minutes and three sec-onds, Sabres player Ben Taje made a fi eld goal of 25 yards scoring his team their fi rst three points.

The Lakers soon caught up with Tristan Koller scoring a touchdown, fol-lowed by Dagan Slimmon kicking a convert point.

The competition grew in the second quarter with Sabres player Jake Gusse scoring a touch down at six minutes and 24 seconds, with three yards followed Ben Taje kicking a convert.

The Lakers answered back with Slimmon mak-ing a fi eld goal to score three more points.

Laker Chase Allen was up next running 18 yards to score a touchdown, with Slimmon kicking a convert, then a fi eld goal at eight seconds with 21 yards.

After half time the third quarter saw the Sabres team score two points with a safety play.

In the fourth quarter the heat was on as the Lakers


worked hard to ensure the Sabres would not be vic-torious. Even after Saber’s Gusse scored a touchdown followed by Taje kicking off a convert - the Lakers did not give up.

At three minutes and 31 seconds Laker Ethan Mearns scored the team’s last touch down with a run of 12 yards, with Slimmon kicking the fi nal convert.

Sabre Dalton Letawsky scored the quarter’s last touch down at two min-utes and six seconds with one yard, with Taje kicking a fi nal convert.

Laker’s head coach Jeremy Braitenback said playing against this team will only help prepare the Lakers for the competi-tion that lays ahead in the playoff games.

“It was a little closer than what we thought or what we wanted for sure but at the same time I think it got us ready for next time,” Braintenback said. “In that aspect it was good for us.”

He said with the team playing at this tougher competition level it will prepare them for the next level.

During the game he said

the Lakers took too many penalties giving the Sabres chances to try and catch up in the game.

He went on to say how he is disappointed with the team’s level of discipline when it came to receiving penalties which is some-thing he added they will have to work on. He rein-forced the Lakers are an outstanding football team

who fought through much adversity to win their fi nal league game.

“We didn’t give up and that experience alone will make us ready for the next game and when we get into a tough situation - we will remember we can do this,” Braitenback said.

To further prepare for these games the team will work on their discipline and review how to execute better plays as Braitenback said this game there were times where they missed the execution.

“We’re a team that is re-petitive with what we do and we work on being per-fect so the more you can do that the better you can be,” Braitenback said.

In their regular season games the Lakers have won fans over time and time again and going into the playoffs the crowd will only continue to grow. In response to this Braitenback said the Lakers appreciate their fans and the support they get from the town they’ve received all year.

Up next for the Lakers will be determined prepa-ration for their fi rst game of the fi rst round of league playoffs which will be played at the on Friday at 3 p.m. at the H.J. Cody School fi eld.

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GOLD IN OLDS - The HJ Cody senior girls Volleyball took home gold again. The team attended the Olds Spartan Smash Oct 23 and 24th. The girls won every game. They played 16 sets over the two days losing only 3 sets in total against the Brooks team and the Rimbey team. Those games went 3 sets with Lakers being the victors in both games. The girls had a great tournament and are excited to be hosting a tournament at HJ Cody on the 30 and 31st. Team: (Back L-R) Jason Chatwood (Head Coach), Daria Kostiuk, Taylor Ferguson, Morgan Lockyer, Megan Steenbergen, Jan (assnt Coach). (Middle L-R) Erin Matthews, Anna Carlson, Kassidy Glasgow, Cassidy Klein, Meghan Meier. (Front L-R) Ally Kondor, Hannah Lynn. Missing from photo, Ceanna Muller.

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Midget AA West Central Tigers win over Taber Golden Suns

The Midget AA West Central Tigers were up against the Taber Golden Suns Saturday night at the NexSource Centre and won 7-2.

Tiger Kade Garritty was the fi rst to score in the fi rst period at 16 minutes and 17 seconds, assisted by Kyle Cornford and Quinn Justinen.

The Golden Suns soon scored their fi rst goal in the same period at 13 minutes and 35 seconds by Logan Middleton, assisted by Justin Astalos and Brock Palmer.

The Tigers scored three more goals making the score 4-1 after the fi rst period.

The second period saw the Golden Suns score their last goal of the game at two minutes and 43 seconds by Brandon Langridge, assisted by Ace Wenbourne.

The Tigers were unsuccessful in scoring during the second period but scored three more times during the third period mak-ing the game score 7-2.

Even with the Tigers winning the game head coach Pat Garritty said the Golden Suns team gave it their all, even after traveling for four hours on a bus.

“They gave us everything they had,” Garritty said. “It’s a pretty impressive squad over there but that is hockey.”

He said the Tigers were defi nitely chal-lenged as their opposing team has some very skilled players who were hard to contain as they continuously tried to score goals.

“Eventually we kind of took over but it took a while,” Garritty said.

He said the Golden Suns are a high scor-

ing team in the league who can really put a puck in the net and who are dangerous all over the ice.

“They really moved the puck, they sup-port each other and they are dangerous at all times, they are tough to play against,” Garritty said.

Even though he complements the op-posing team he still believes in his team full heartedly as he said the Tigers have the ability to play any game any of their opponents throw at them.

“We can play physical games or skilled game,” Garitty said. “We’re very lucky.”

Garritty knew the Suns would be good offensively as he said the team has the top three scorers in the league but added the Tigers got what they thought they would get - a win.

“We knew they had some weakness-es we could exploit and we were lucky enough to be able to do that,” Garritty said.

Right now the Tigers are close to the top of the division but winning this game was still a hope for Garritty as he empha-sizes how any team can beat any other team at any time regardless of where they stand.

“Anytime a team is below you in wins you hope you have the opportunity to come out on top but when your dealing with 16 and 17-year-old kids you just don’t know,” Garritty said. “They really had a good third period tonight and I am happy for them.”

This week’s practices will be fi lled with the players further developing their per-sonal and team skills to prepare for the games next weekend.


The players don’t deviate from the plan and are all exceptional athletes Garritty said.

“They’ve made a pretty big commit-ment to their team mates and to us as coaches,” Garritty said. “They are pretty

dedicated.”The Midget AA West Central Tigers

will be playing at the NexSource Centre against the Red Deer Indy Graphics Chiefs on Nov. 6 at 8 p.m.

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Puck Lead - Midget AA West Central Tigers player Colton Muyres controls the puck before Taber Golden Suns player Tanner Turcato grabs it during the game last Saturday night at the NexSource Centre. Jasmine O’Halloran–Han/Sylvan Lake News

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Every day, you are either breaking down, or building up - the human body never, ever sits still and stays the same. Ever. It is the greatest asset we possess and the most taken for granted and abused of all time.

Obviously fueling your body with great, healthy, real food like lean meats, veggies, fruits, and grains and seeds/nuts is going to build your body up. It is going to give it every chance to heal, repair, build, grow and improve. If you eat those things in the right amounts, avoid excess or insuffi ciency, your body

Lakers Midget A wins fi rst league game against Hawks

The Sylvan Lake Lakers Midget A hockey team played their fi rst league game at the NexSource Centre last Friday and won 7-3 against opposing team, the Maskwacis Hawks.

The fi rst goal in the fi rst period was scored at 11 minutes and 54 seconds by Hawks’ player Seth Longjohn, assisted by Tyrone Potts.

Just over two minutes later Lakers’ player Rhett Scott scored the team’s fi rst goal with the assistance of Nick Barkman and Reid Aman.

Two minutes and four seconds later Hawks player Ignatius Cattleman scored the team’s second goal with the help of Trentin Wolfe and Tyrone Potts.

With the Hawks’ win-ning in the fi rst period, the Laker’s momentum changed and three min-utes and 47 seconds after starting the second peri-od Lakers player Michael Draeger scored the team’s second goal, making it an

even 2-2 score in the second period.

Game action changed for both teams in the third period with the Hawks’ scoring their fi nal goal with 18 minutes and 25 seconds left and the Lakers scoring fi ve more goals in the last period.

Even with the Lakers tak-ing more than double the number of penalties than the opposing team, they were still able to manage a triumphant win.

Head coach for the Lakers, Mike Nesbitt said it was a great game and even with all the penalties the boys kept themselves disciplined.

“In the end of the third period coming into a 3-3 game they came out and scored four quick ones and I am very happy with the win,” Nesbitt said.

Achieving the four quick goals against the Hawks’ may have been due to the Hawks being short on man power with penalties.

This is when the Lakers took advantage and scored as many goals as they could.

“We kept it short all game

and came at them hard in the third period and they couldn’t handle the pres-sure,” Nesbitt said. “We had lots of energy in the game and we capitalized.”

Nesbitt also commented on the team’s outstand-ing goal tenders Jaxon Johannson and Austin Nesbitt.

“We played a good game, the boys rose up to the oc-casion,” Nesbitt said.

The team is in tier 2, which is the top of the di-vision and includes a strong team of eight fi rst years, four second years and four third years.

The eight fi rst years came from a Bantam team who were champions last year and coached by Pat Garritty.

“They know how to win - the second and third years are a great mix in the bunch and they gel together really well,” Nesbitt said.

With the team camara-derie Nesbitt said he sees a great hockey season for the Lakers and said they will compete for fi rst place all year.

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Top: First League Game: Sylvan Lake Lakers Midget A player Blake Carrick goes head on with Maskwacis Hawks player Trentin Wolfe during the season’s fi rst league game last Friday at the NexSource Centre.Bottom: Get the Puck! - Sylvan Lake Lakers Midget A player Evan Gringhuis battles with Maskwacis Hawks player Seth Longjohn for the puck in their season’s fi rst league game last Friday at the NexSource Centre.Jasmine O’Halloran–Han/Sylvan Lake News


BY SCOTT MCDERMOTTSYLVAN LAKE NEWS COLUMNIST

will thrive. I always say in my nutrition talks, that no food is good or bad - it is just appropriate, or inappropriate for your goals. If you want to drop some weight for example, rice may be good, but 2,000 calories of rice is inappropriate. If you are racing an Ironman triathlon and have 10kms left to go in the marathon and your stomach is a mess, fl at Coke is the best thing you can drink because it will simu-late stomach acid, give you instant energy in the sugar, and the caffeine will give your tired metabolism a kick. In that case, it is appropriate but not in average daily life I am afraid. Eating well will build you up. Drinking pop every day will break you down.

Of course, you need a good pattern of being active, whatever you choose that to be, to add to those great food choices too! You need to move your body, and teach it that muscles are important each day. It doesn’t matter whether you go to the gym, dance, bowl, skate, do boot camps, swim, bike, run, or square dance - as long as you challenge your body with movement. That will build you up, make you stronger every day, or at least main-tain and slow the ravages of time.

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Feed it too much, it re-sponds by getting fat. Eat junk food, fast food, pack-aged food and garbage and you will get sick eventually. Exercise too much without stopping, and your muscles will tear apart trying to ac-commodate your request. Lay around or sit around all day without ever challenging your body and it will get rid of muscle and atrophy. You will be less and less able to do things. You will be in break down.

Feed your body well, ex-ercise with intensity and purpose, drink water then rest and recover, and your body will become simply amazing. You will look and feel younger, and have less and less limits as to what you can choose to do in any capacity. You will be building your body up.

So the choice is simple at every moment in every day: Will this build me up, or break me down? Then choose what you prefer.

And remember: there is no wrong choice, only a response that you get to live with.

Happy Training!Scott

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GARDINER Judith Marlene (Majeau) of Sylvan Lake, was born August 17, 1943 in Edmonton, to parents Napolean and Maren (Vest) Majeau, and died October 24, 2015 at the age of 72 in Red Deer, supported by her family. She was predeceased by her brother Garry Majeau and sister in law, Carol Majeau. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Kenneth Gardiner, daughters Faye (Jim) Peterson, Gail (Murray) Martin and son Kevin (Sherri) Gardiner, her brothers

Paul (Sandra), David (Laverne), Roland (Charlie) and Norman (Sue) Majeau and her sister Joanne (Larry) Kluthe, her brothers in laws Bob (Judy), Brian (Pat), and Hal (Sandy) Gardiner and numerous nieces and nephews who all adored her. Her grandchildren: Darci and Chelsea Peterson, Harrison and Lois Gardiner, Samuel Martin, and Damian, Dakota and Dylan Sullivan, were her pride and joy! Nothing she enjoyed more than having the kids around. She loved going to watch their events, from Christmas concerts, soccer, bowling, band, karate, curling, hockey and whatever else the kids were into at that time. Judy loved curling and golfi ng and was a great swimmer. She was a skilled seamstress, and quilter, talented with various other crafts. While her kids were young, Judy was a stay at home Mom, then she worked for a while at the school and at Razzle Dazzle daycare, where her true gift of caregiver shone brightly. Judy enjoyed her time in the baby room, but especially her work with her special girl, Jody. Ken and Judy made many interesting trips down south, particularly enjoying Lake Havasu and their trip to the Masters. They went on their trip of a life time to Australia and New Zealand in 2012 and recently went across Canada this summer until her yet undiagnosed illness, hampered the trip too much. Judy was a dedicated wife and mother, always taking care of her family. She was a beautiful person from the inside out, with inner strength and grace, creating many friendships despite her shy and private nature. Funeral will be Nov 2 at Sylvan Lake Alliance Community Church at 2pm, followed by a celebration of her life at the Legion. In lieu of fl owers or gifts, make donations to the Canadian Liver Foundation or the Lending Cupboard in Red Deer.

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Local yoga studio helping hockey players to build mental and physical strength

The minor hockey season is in full swing with players skating away on the ice and scoring on their opposing teams, but their practice time both on and off the ice still continues, with some off ice training which for some teams includes yoga.

Hockey players doing yoga may seem like a strange concept but the yoga moves help the players perform better on the ice in a number of different ways.

Amy Komarniski, yoga instruc-tor at Blyss Hot Yoga said yoga is good for hockey players as it in-creases fl exibility and strengthens their muscles.

“It helps to open up the tight joints and undo some of the re-petitive use strain that happens from consistent skating and strengthens some of the weaker muscles that don’t get as much attention,” Komarniski said. “It gives them better balance and a real sense of focus on the ice.”

She said muscles prone to tightness in hockey players are the hip fl exors because when the players get older they are getting hit more often which can be jar-ring on the joints.

“Your joints become unstable, you’re moving around on two thin blades, the likelihood of a fall, a potential fall into the boards or into another player is pretty high,” Komarniski said.

She said yoga helps to strength-en and stabilize the hips, shoul-ders and core - giving players the ability to withstand hitting the boards and falling on the ice with a lower risk of injury.

When the players are in their yoga poses they are also gaining balance to strengthen and stretch their muscles.

Doing these poses will benefi t them when they are on the ice because when playing hockey they can’t avoid some natural imbalance.

“It helps to correct that making them better hockey players phys-ically,” Komarniski said.

There is also the mental piece to yoga which helps players on ice as well.

Komarniski said the mental focus and clarity of yoga tech-niques helps the players during stressful games.

While in the game players can face a great deal of competing stimulation. Yoga can help teach the athletes to hone in and focus on what they are doing.

“It is something that is neces-sary for the balancing poses (in yoga) and gives them some mental acuity on the ice that they can then turn into a sharper game,” Komarniski said.

The players like to come in as teams to do yoga with the youngest team being at the dy-namite level, but she added there are no age restrictions to yoga because the poses are modifi ed accordingly.

“It’s a great team builder and the younger you start the better benefi ts you’re going to see be-cause you aren’t putting your body at risk for injury for all of those years leading up,” Komarniski said. “It’s only going to strengthen your physical game.”

The feedback she has gotten from the players have been awesome as she said she doesn’t know a single player who has tried yoga who doesn’t want to continue doing it.

“Most players are shocked at how much they actually enjoy it,” Komarniski said. “I’ve never had a hockey group of boys or girls who didn’t beg for more.”

The athletes like it because it is fun and at their age it is more than just opening their hips and taking deep breaths.

“There are kids who love it be-cause they are doing it with their friends and that’s how they will be most successful continuing,” Komarniski said.

At her practice she teaches the players power yoga that lends it-self well to athletes and is athletic in nature.

She describes this yoga as not being long held slow poses but instead she said the players are dripping with sweat afterwards.

“It is physically challenging and it constantly moves,” Komarniski said. “It challenges them both physically as well as mentally.”


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Some of the moves include what they call the yoga burpee and a fl ow series called vinyasa.

She said there are a lot of arm balances which the players fi nd a lot of fun and trains their core as well.

“You have to engage your core to hold those poses but they don’t even know they are doing core training because it just feels fun,” Komarniski said.

She said there are a lot of hip openers which are un-comfortable but the positions help the players develop the mental ability to withstand

pressure.The natural reaction is

to want to come out of the pose but by teaching them to stay in an uncomfortable position and work their way through it, it becomes easier and a technique they take onto the ice.

“It’s uncomfortable, you have pressure, you’re up against the boards, you want to get away from that sce-nario,” Komarniski said. “But sometimes what you need to do is dig in and stay there.”

This can help hockey play-ers be more confi dent in getting the puck and dealing with the pressure as some-

times they just want to toss the puck away because the pressure is hard to deal with.

This may be ironic to the fans watching the players on the ice but Komarniski said the players may wait the whole hockey game just to touch the puck but once they get the puck they just want to get rid of it due to the pressure.

“We talk to them in the yoga sessions about game scenarios, we do a series of exercises specifi c to hockey and the over used muscles of hockey,” Komarniski said.

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