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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Recently a question was posed to thereturning ofcer or Wheatland County, Terry Tower. People were asking i they take their trailer and live on their armin Hussar or a couple o days, wouldthey be able to vote in that division.

“Because it’s a rural county, we havepeople that live in Strathmore, live inHussar, live in Gleichen and not on theland they arm,” said Tower. Becausepeople in the county live in divisionalresidency the rules say you have to livein the division you vote in.

“I I live in Strathmore and insist on

voting in the division, (I can’t). I should vote in Strathmore, not in this division,I’m making a alse statement and thepenalty o which can be a fne,” said Tower.

The fne would be not more than$10,000 or imprisonment o not morethan 6 months or possibly both.

“Obviously we don’t want that tohappen. We don’t want it to happen because o a misunderstanding, i youdo it willully then you would take your chances.” A person’s place o residence is clearly

defned by the place where they receivetheir mail and live out o and wherethey plan to return to. A voter can only have one place o residence.

“To me it would be an easy thing tomisunderstand, but by law you can’t doit,” said Tower. This has not been an issue in previous

years and they would like to make sureit stays that way

“We would also like to really stressthat even though itis trying times andharvests are late that people go out and vote,” said Tower.

“How long does it take to vote, fveminutes? Nobody is that ar away roma polling station cause we’ve got themairly strategically placed in the county and we’d just like to really encouragethe armers and the residents o thehamlets to exercise their right to vote.”

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Aordable housing always seems to be just out o the grasp or many ami-lies, and is a difcult task to achieve or

municipalities. Strathmore is taking aleap into what may be the frst viable

project, which allows people the op-portunity to purchase their own home when otherwise they may not be ableto.

On Oct. 6, Council approved a Memo-randum o Understanding between the Town o Strathmore and Classic Con-struction Ltd. Town Council and ad-ministration have been working on an Aordable Housing project with ClassicConstruction Ltd. since early 2009. Theengineering has been substantially com-pleted, and the preliminary site work isdue to begin within the next ew weeks.I all goes well, oundations will be inthe ground prior to winter reeze. The project is comprised o six eight-

plexes. Twenty-our o the units willhave two bedrooms and the remainder will have three bedrooms. One 2-bed-room eight-plex and one 3-bedroomeight-plex are to be constructed imme-diately, with the remainder ollowing inthe new year. This project is unique because the

units will be or sale rather than or rent. To enable those individuals and ami-lies earning at or near the Core NeedsIncome Threshold (CNIT), the Town will provide a second mortgage. Thissecond mortgage will carry no monthly payments and will only be repaid on re-sale, or i the unit is rented.

“We are not aware an aordable proj-ect with this type o ownership being

proposed in any other jurisdictions,”said Linda Nelson, Deputy Chie Admin-istrative Ofcer or the Town. The proj-ect is still in the pilot stage but council-lors and administration are excited by the project and are optimistic that it willsucceed. A portion o the money or the proj-

ect has come rom grants given through

the Municipal Block Funding Program.“With the town providing the second

mortgage, individuals and amilies earn-ing at or near the Core Needs Income Threshold will have an opportunity toown their own homes, as the provisiono the Equity Loan (second mortgage), will have the net eect o dramatically reducing the cost o the home, which will in turn enable households withlower incomes to qualiy or a mort-gage, oten or smaller payments thanrental costs,” said Nelson.

I a unit is sold, the repayment o thesecond mortgage remains with the unit, which provides opportunity or thesecond and subsequent purchasers thesame beneft, and in eect, the unit re-mains aordable in perpetuity, or or aslong as there is a demand or aordablehousing. For example, in the unlikely event the unit does not sell to an in-dividual who meets the CNIT within arequired amount o time, the unit wouldgo on the market to any prospectivepurchaser, with the second mortgage being paid back to the Town, whichcould be used toward another aord-able project.

“Optimistically, i this project is prov-en and successul, and there is more block unding available in the uture, we will have paved the way or uture ventures o this type. It could go a long way in alleviating this social issue thateverybody is acing,” said Nelson. The Town is very excited to see this

worthwhile project fnally coming toruition, particularly since the units will be oered or sale, rather than as rentalaccommodation to those who wouldnot have normally been able to owntheir own homes. This is a great oppor-tunity or a new beginning or amilieso all ages, circumstances, and lower in-come levels.

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Making it into the Guinness Book of World Records isn’t the easiest task, butone Strathmore woman managed to do

it. Melissa Crispin-Piche’s picture can be seen on Page 10 of the 2011 versionof the book. A few years ago someonehad broken the record for the mostdogs walked which she believes was 17dogs for 11 minutes.

“I said ‘pfft, I can totally do that’,”said Crispin-Piche.

She was already walking dogs aroundtown, and on an average day she was walking up to 12. She knew she could beat the previous record and so she setout for it.

“My goal was 25, and we had morethan that. We stared with 32 dogs andended with 27,” said Crispin-Piche. At rst she said it was a bit of a

mess, but it ended up turning into anawesome walk. She started at Kins-men Park, went up Main Street, along Wheatland Trail and down Brent Bou-levard.

“I think when I clocked it, it was a lit-tle over four kilometres that we walkedthat day with all the dogs and it tookme 43 minutes.” The actual process to make it into the

book was quite the undertaking and

took a little while. You have to email totell them your intentions, and then they send you the paperwork.

“You can’t just do it without havingall the paper work rst, there’s certainstipulations and regulations that youhave to follow,” said Crispin-Piche.

She had to have witnesses. One hadto be a vet or a doctor of some sort anda legal rep, and she needed dog ownerssignatures, dog names, video tape, pic-tures at a certain pixel, and two timers. They could have had someone fromGuinness come out, but they wouldhave had to pay for the ight, hotel,and other expenses so they decided todo it themselves.

Crispin-Piche has been collectingGuinness books since about 1988. Sheused to read through them as a kidand would nd the differences andmistakes and would write them. They

would write her back and so it has always been something she is interestedin.

She was told they could never guar-antee that she would be in there be-cause they have so many people break-

ing and making records each year. They told her they always pick the most visu-ally appealing. She knew that the pic-tures were good and was just crossingher ngers that she would make it intothe book. When she got the plaque last year, she knew she had made it.

Crispin-Piche said without the sup-port of friends, family and the commu-nity she isn’t sure she would have beenable to do it. Her bucket list is now three quarters complete but she saidshe is done taking on record-breakingevents.

“No more records, I think I might be through with the records, having a young family. I think that’s more impor-

tant than records. I have one and that was all I ever really wanted so that waspretty great. Everyone will just have to wait and see what my next big adven-ture is going to be.”

Breaking a world record

Melissa Crispin-Piche knew she had broken a world record by walking the most dogs. Recently the 2011 Guinness Book of World Records came out,

highlighting her accomplishment on Page 10. Melissa and her daughter Luba weren’t looking to break any records when they took the dogs for a walk. The

dogs are all clients of Melissa’s and she can often be spotted taking the dogs for a leasurely stroll after lunch.

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Disgusted. That is the rst word that comes to ChristieMeyers’ mind when she thinksof how the council meeting onOctober 6 went. Meyers had

been before Town council on July 21 to plead her case aboutmaking Centre St. a safer street.On June 6 a car had hit her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter and she decided something hadto be done. She was told in the

July 21 meeting Centre St. would be monitored for speeders for a

month, and then the issue would be brought back to council to bereviewed.

“50 (km/hr) is not a safe speedfor this road, so if somebody’sgoing 60 or 55 it does seem likeit’s way too fast with your lackof visibility and all the parkedcars,” said Meyers.

It took until the rst meetingof October to make it back intothe council chambers, due to anissue with the speed-monitoringmachine. Approximately 90 per cent of

the cars monitored were goingunder the posted 50km speedlimit. The most notable day wasOctober 2, when in 24 minutesseven people were speedingthrough the 800-metre stretch.

“The speeds aren’t incredibly high, but if you’re on that roadit’s very congested and tight,and I think we increased trafc

by lowering George Freeman to60,” said Councillor Bob Sobol.

“Driving down that road my-self, a comfortable speed is 40or less,” said Gary Abel, Senior Peace Ofcer.

Councillors Lois Wegener andSobol both want to see trafclowered and maybe see someof the people go back to using

George Freeman Trail.“I think putting stop signs on

Centre Street moves you back tothe collector road,” said Wegen-er. “I would support the motion

to throw a couple of stop signson and see what it does.”

Not all of the councillorsseemed to agree with the issuesregarding Centre St., and a few even stated they didn’t feel thestreet posed any risk to anyone.Sobol made a motion to seethree three-way stops placed onCentre St. Wegener and MikeLloyd were the only two in fa-

vour of the motion.“I can’t support this motion

because there are so many oth-er streets and pretty soon our

whole town would be three way stops,” said Councillor Brad

Walls. This didn’t stop the two de-

termined councillors. Wegener placed a secondary motion re-ducing it to two three-way stopson Centre St. Council decidedto ask they advice of the Se-nior Peace ofcer and the Chief

Administrative Ofcer, DwightStanford.

“Stop signs I believe would infact slow peopledown. Is it theultimate answer?

Well without try-ing. We don’tknow that but it isthe cheapest way to go in terms of trafc-calming so-lutions,” said Abel.

“I would sug-gest that we pickthe busiest spot,the most danger-ous spot and putthree way stopsigns there andsee what happens. See how it’s

working and consider the other two at that time,” said Stanford. Walls tried to make a friendly

amendment of a three monthtemporary trial period, and thata report be brought to council

at the end of the three months. Abel also suggested with theamendment that council lower the speed limit to 40.

“I do think lowering it to 40

would give us more enforce-ment options,” said Abel. Wegener didn’t like Walls’

amendment and denied it. Onceagain the motion was defeated

with the same three voting infavour.

“All we’re looking for is peo-ple to slow down on that roadand take an extra 15 seconds tomake it from one end to the oth-er, 15 seconds is all this is goingto take,” said Sobol.

He made a nal motion for one three-way stop at the CentreSt. and North Parkwood Cres-cent intersection.

“It’s obvious it’s going to keepgoing until there is a stop signthere,” said Mayor George Lat-tery. Part of the motion was toallow the signs to be up on atemporary basis and a report to

be brought back to council insix months. Walls voted in fa-

vour of the nal motion madeafter more debate ensued. Mey-ers and her family sat through

the discussion,slowly growingincreasingly dis-appointed andupset, as eachmotion was de-feated.

“You had four people on thatcouncil, threecouncil membersand the mayor,that listened to

what that Se-nior Peace Of-cer said, whichshould be what

should happen on my road, andthey totally disregarded every-thing that was said,” said Mey-ers.

Meyers said while it is a start,it’s not good enough yet. Sheplans to address the new coun-

cil and see what can be done. While she hadn’t been expect-ing to get three three-way stops,she had been hoping for at leasttwo.

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Small Business Week about to begin

Candidates from all different divisions for

the election came to the Open Houses,

which were hosted for them to meet and

greet voters on October 5 and 7. The in-formal gathering allowed voters the op-

portunity to speak one-on-one with can-

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Several events have beenplanned by the Chamber of

Commerce as a part of celebrat-ing Small Business Week, whichruns from the 17 to the 23. From2005 to 2009 the number of self-employed people in Albertaincreased by 69.5 per cent, ex-cluding Calgary and Edmonton,

which represents 18 per cent of Alberta’s total workforce.

“Small Business Week is animportant opportunity to focusattention on the courage, creativ-ity and entrepreneurial spirit of small business owners,” said Lin

Walker, President of the Strath-more and District Chamber of

Commerce. The statistics re-leased were compiled by AlbertaFinance and Enterprise. To helpcelebrate the week, there have

been a variety of initiatives initi-

ated to promote the town’s busi-nesses. The Shop Local initiativeis fully launching in coordination

with the week, and on the 21there will be a Business AwardsEvening. There are three different cat-

egories for Business of the Year:small business, medium, andlarge companies. There will also

be Community Spirit Award tocommemorate the business or organization that demonstratesexcellence in enthusiastic sup-port and promotion of the com-munity.

“Although the past severalmonths may have been a roughpatch for many entrepreneurs,”said Ron Cox, Manager of Com-munity Futures Wild Rose. “Our

fastest growing businesses con-tinue to be small businesses, pro-

viding necessary products andservices, creating jobs and sup-porting local economies. We’recommitted to helping small busi-nesses succeed.”

Small Business Week was of-cially launched nationwide by BDC in 1981. It began in 1979

when BDC branches in the Low-er Fraser Valley in British Co-lumbia organized small businessmanagement sessions duringone week, which later becameSmall Business Week.

“Historically, there have been younger mayors, prime ministers and

army generals appointed who were younger than my 30 years of age.

They all had one common factor, however, and that was to possess the

wisdom to trust and work with the team assembled around them.

That will be my goal in this term of ofce - to work with people and

accomplish the goals set before us”.

“One of the people, for the people, here for you today

and working for your tomorrow.”

COUNCILLOR Brad Walls6

On OCTOBER 18th 2010 mark that X by

BRAD WALLS for MAYOR

ELECT

Michael Ell Mayor

I will• Promote our town in a positive way

• Fight the highway realignment

• Develop a more approachable Town

Council that is fully open and

accountable to the citizens

• Be nancially prudent with your taxdollars

• Protect and improve our wetlands,

parks and pathways

• Support affordable housing for seniors

and low income citizens

• Work with our neighbours and

community groups to make Strathmore

a great town

• Prepare for the future through

informed planning

Steve Grajczykfor Mayor

• PEOPLE FOCUSED

• STRONG COMMUNITY

• BRIGHT FUTURE

REMEMBER TO VOTE OCTOBER 18TH

I have a great passion or this communitywhich has been my home or the past 33

years. As a resident I have owned and

operated two successul businesses in town.

Having recently sold both these companies I

am fnancially secure, which places me in a

unique position that will allow me to ocus all

my energies on my duties as Town Mayor.

I have kept very busy since selling my

businesses; I have recently stepped aside as

the general manager o the Strathmore and

District Agricultural Society.

I elected I also intend to put aside my career

in real estate so that I may ocus exclusively

on the needs o all Strathmore residents.

A brie list o my community involvement

would include my having been on council

previously, in the early 80’s. (I have alwaysmaintained that the best two education

tools I received were through world travel

and being in politics). As well I have served

as Chairman o Strathmore’s Development

Appeal Board, been the President o Minor

Hockey and a member o the Strathmore

Agricultural Society o which I was President

and General Manager or a urther three

years.) I have been a member o the local

Kinsmen club and was their Sportsman o the

Year.

I am on the Board o Directors or the

Wild Flower Ranch Community SupportFoundation, and elected to the Board o

Directors or Tall Timber Leisure Park in

Sundre.

I have two wonderul children, both married,

and two amazing grandchildren!

I believe the ollowing highlight some o

the greatest challenges and issues our

community will ace in the near uture:

• Creating a balanced approach to economic

development and environmental issues in

order to make the best possible use o the

18 quarters o residential, industrial and

park space within our town.

• Continued improvement o our parks and

green space.

• A greater engagement with the community

by Mayor and Council in encouraging pubicinput and comment.

• Local business involvement,

encouragement and development.

• Encourage manuacturing and warehouse

development south o Highway #1 in order

to improve and stabilize our tax base.

• Improvement in the multi-use o our

community center making it more

accessible to all citizens.

• Increased support or housing and working

to saeguard the needs o our senior

citizens.

• Full publication o the Town’s budget onlineand in the local newspaper.

• Keeping taxes low through controlled

spending and sound management.

• Work with the department o Transportation

to explore solutions or a win-win solution

to the Bypass mandated by the ederal

government in order to protect local

business interests and expansion.

• We must be encouraged and respect our

rural riends to shop and enjoy the

amenities o Strathmore.

• To discuss with the Community and

Council what should be done with

the Water Reservoir in the North End o

Strathmore ie: Sports Facility, Camp Ground

or Water Park, etc.

My three decades o ront line involvement

have given me a eel or the pulse o thiscommunity. On these issues I have a strong

vision o the process we will need to meet

challenges we are acing.

I ask for your support on

October 18th.Vote for me and together we will

make this town we call home aneven greater place to live.

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The Council remuneration and ex-pense policy went under the knieater it became apparent some issuesneeded to be clarifed. On Oct. 6, ad-ministration brought the policy beoreCouncil with recommendations or aew amendments.

In the spring o 2010, administrationreceived direction to research Councilremuneration policies in other mu-nicipalities and bring the results anda recommendation back to Council or review and consideration. This waspresented to Council on June 16. Therecommended policy amendments onOct. 6 included a clause where per diems could not be claimed or any

business conducted within the Town,or or an Council appointed commit-tees where travel out o town is re-quired, i.e. Bow River Basin, Calgary Regional Partnership, etc, however,mileage can be claimed. The amendments also contemplated

an increase to the base salary or May-or and Council.

“I have ought diligently to keepthese issues rom arising in our pe-riod in Council,” said Councillor BobSobol. He was happy to see a number o things in the amended policy, and

believes it eectively deals with per diems. Although Strathmore currently has one o the lowest paid Councils

o municipalities o our size, a major-ity o the councillors agreed that theincrease was too much.

“The mayors remuneration had beensuggested at $44,000, with council at$22,000, which was 50 per cent o theMayors recommended salary. At themeeting previous to the Oct. 6th meet-ing, I convinced council to reduce the

mayors (remuneration) to $36,000,thinking automatically the Council-

lors remuneration would go down to$18,000, which it didn’t,” said Council-lor John Rempel, ater the meeting.

“I certainly can’t agree with thislarge o an increase,” said Council-lor Mike Lloyd. At one point he had

wanted to increase it or the utureCouncil in hopes o attracting a ‘better’council to the seats, but elt the Oct. 6meeting was too late. He also wouldhave liked to see per diem amountssubtracted rom the remuneration or meetings that were missed.

“The act that we have many peoplelined up willing to do this job or whatit pays obviously speaks volumes,”said Lloyd.

Councillor Earl Best expressed con-cern, that the next Council will end upin the same situation as the provincialgovernment, where they had to givethemselves a signifcant raise. He eelsthat it would have been benefcial or the new Council to have the remuner-ation set prior to their terms in ofce,so they wouldn’t be aced with thesame issues.

Lloyd suggested a committee bestruck to determine what the remu-neration should be or the new coun-cil.

“I don’t see the huge gray areasin the previous policy. The policiesare only as good as the people whoare going to ollow them,” said Lloyd.

Previously, committee’s had been setup to research and make recommen-dations with regard to Council remu-neration, however, the CAO has haddifculty fnding enough people to siton the committee. It was also deter-mined that there should also be resi-dents on the committee, not just busi-ness owners.

A majority o Council elt that it would be more appropriate or the

new Council to determine the salary amounts. Sobol moved that Councilapprove the new policy in it’s entirety,apart rom the section reerring to the

base salary, and suggested that thenew council have the CAO select acommittee to determine salaries o themayor and councillors. The motion

was approved.

Past & current Council Remunera-tion is as ollows, (going back to 2003):

On November 5, 2003, Council ap-proved the ollowing amounts or Council Remuneration, eective No-

vember 1, 2004, by Motion # 589.11.03:Mayor $17,472.00 /yr Council $10,507.00 /yr

These amounts were subject to theannual cost o living increase paid toany Town employee.

On April 30, 2008, Council approvedthe ollowing amounts or Council Re-muneration, eective May 1, 2008, by Motion # 170.04.08:

Mayor $26,000.00 /yr Council $15,000.00 /yr On April 15, 2009, Council adopt-

ed Policy #1806, which is the Coun-cil Remuneration Policy, by Motion #173.04.09, with the ollowing amounts:

Mayor $26,780.04 /yr Council $15,450.00 /yr

These numbers are available to the

public and were provided by Townadministration. Clarifcation was need-

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KEVIN SORENSON, M.P., Crowfoot

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Along with the reconvening of Parliament in Ot-tawa, my duties at the House of Commons have againchanged slightly. I have been named to the StandingCommittee on Public Safety and National Security and during the rst meeting I was elected to chairthe Committee.

I am looking forward to assuming my new respon-sibilities and hope to preside over a more harmoniousatmosphere at that committee, following its acrimo-nious hearings last Spring on Bill C-391, the privatemembers bill that would have begun dismantling thefailed and costly long gun registry. Many of you willknow that in the current minority government situa-tion, the block majority of opposition coalition votesare unstoppable at all Special and Standing Commit-tees. Again, I will try, as the new Chair, to facilitate amore harmonious approach to conducting hearingson the legislation that our Conservative governmentsends to my new committee for study. There are already several public safety and na-

tional security related Bills and a draft report on theagenda at the committee: The Report on CorrectionalFacilities: Mental Illness; C-23B Eliminating Pardonsfor Serious Crimes Act; C-5 Keeping Canadians Safe(International Transfer of Offenders) Act; C-17 Com-bating Terrorism Act; and, S-2 An Act Protecting Vic-tims From Sex Offenders. The pending legislative agenda of our Conserva-

tive government will also be adding more change tolaws that protect Canadians. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, our government sched-uled debate on: Bill C-22, protecting children from

online sexual exploitation; Bill C-21, standing up for victims of white-collar crime; Bill C-30, rules for drugand alcohol sample provisions by offenders and de-fendants; Bill C-39, ending early release for criminalsand increasing offender accountability; Bill S-6, seri-ous time for the most serious crime; and Bill S-9,tackling auto theft and property crime. The commit-tee certainly has our work cut out for us. The politicalantics of the Opposition parties to thwart these bills

commences even before they are sent to committeefor study. For example, last week the NDP moved aconcurrence motion on the oor of the House tryingto obstruct or delay the passage of Bill C-22, protect-ing children from online sexual exploitation, anotherkey part of our government’s tough on crime agenda.Be assured that their attempt strengthens our resolveto proceed.

Since 2006, my colleagues and I have worked hardto make the 39th and 40th minority Parliaments work. By the time you are reading this, we will al-ready be debating the second budget bill, C-47, theSustaining Canada’s Economic Recovery Act, intro-duced by the Finance Minister as the next key step inCanada’s Economic Action Plan to combat the globaleconomic recession.

Canadians have told us they want us to focus oncreating jobs, building growth and opportunity. They have told us that they want their government to havea robust legislative agenda, to get tough on crime,and that is exactly what we are delivering.

If you have any questions or concerns regardingthis or previous columns you may write me at 4945-50th Street, Camrose, Alberta, T4V 1P9, call 780-608-4600, toll-free 1-800-665-4358, fax 780-608-4603 ore-mail [email protected].

Standing Up for Public Safety

To the Editor Epcor and AltaLink have led an application to build

the controversial Heartland transmission line around thesouthern and eastern edges of Edmonton. The compa-

nies led their application with the Alberta Utilities Com-mission on Tuesday estimating that the transmission line will cost $580 million. This is the rst project proposedas a result of the passage of the controversial Bill-50, TheElectric Statues Amendment Act.

Bill-50 eliminated the regulatory process that deter-mined whether or not a transmission line was neededor warranted. Critics at the time claimed the elimina-tion of the regulatory process could lead to unnecessary projects and the doubling and tripling of electricity bills.Much of this was dismissed by the proponents of Bill-50.

The Heartland project application submitted on Tues-day is now projected to cost 93% more than the antici-pated $300 million previously claimed by the AlbertaGovernment. Critics claim the 93% increase, if it remainsuniversal and does not increase further, will raise theoverall proposals recommended by the Alberta ElectricSystem Operator over the next ten years to $32 billion

dollars. This is a 16,000% increase over the value of theexisting grid, which is currently estimated to be valuedat $2 billion dollars.

To put this in perspective, a 16,000% increase in Al-

berta’s road infrastructure would increase the average2-lane highway in Alberta to 32-lanes wide. Using thesame factor of 16, the QE#2 from Edmonton to Calgary would increase to 64 lanes wide. A 16,000% increase in

Alberta’s educational system would see the $31.4 mil-lion invested in students every school day rise to $502.4per day. A 16,000% increase in Alberta’s electricity gridis more than double the value of what Alberta budgetsannually for health care!

Critics warn that if transmission charges, generally found on page two or three of an electric bill, rise by 16,000% over the next ten years, the average householdin Alberta will see their electricity bills triple, and many small businesses (commercial business pay a much high-er rate) will see their electricity bills rise by a factor of 5 times. The impact of such a whopping increase couldin effect extinguish many small businesses, devastatelocal communities, and put into jeopardy many jobs in Alberta.

The solution is to roll back the clock on Bill-50 andrepeal it. Evaluate each and every proposal to build atransmission line on the basis that it is needed and re-

quired by the public now, and in the future. After all thepublic is paying for it! Joe Anglin

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

The Gleichen Cemetery Field of Honour is almostdone. The cross and someof the headstones have

been redone and the resi-dents looking after therejuvenation project werelooking for help. Veteran’saffairs helped with a lotof the costs incurred, but

the group needed help with landscape fabric andshale. County councillorsagreed they needed toincrease the funds avail-able for the project from$150 to $1,000. Council

unanimously agreed toincrease the budget this year, and award Gleichen with $950, and next year council will relook at thecemetery budget.

Cemetery budget increased

for Gleichen restoration

To the Editor Recent articles in the Strathmore Times concern-

ing the Wheatland Lodge prompted us to write thisletter. We are third generation citizens of Strathmoreand surrounding area, with parents, relatives, friendsand neighbours residing in Wheatland Lodge. We fre-quently visit the lodge and have nothing but praiseand gratitude for the current CAO and staff. The di-rection and friendly attitude of the present CAO and

staff has contributed to a very positive, happy and re-spectful atmosphere among the residents in the lodge.Everyone should be proud of the lodge as it providesa safe haven and gives excellent care for our seniors.Hopefully, the current CAO and staff will continuetheir great work.

Gregg & Barb Downey Doug & Bernice Wheeler

Don & Dianne Georgeson

Praise and gratitude to current Wheatland Lodge staff and CAO

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor Recently the Change or Strathmore Party distributed a pamphlet

that has given fgures on the remuneration received by the Town’sMayor and Council. Unortunately the numbers they have used or their comparisons are erroneously misleading. The fgures givenor the year 2007 are incorrect and the percentages are well wideo the mark. This group has quoted the ollowing:

2007 2010 % increaseMayor salary: $12,270 $26,780 118.25%Should be $18,643 $26,780 43.65%

Council salary $7,250 $15,450 113.10%Should be $11,331 $15,450 36.35%

These numbers still may seem high, they do to me, until you com-pare them with other surrounding towns our size in 2007:

Town: Airdrie Okotoks High River Average % Higher Mayor $45,786 $43,484 $37,579 $42,283 227%Councilor $21,475 $25,603 $16,256 $21,111 186%

In the pamphlet rom the Change or Strathmore party they again are misleading when they quote new remuneration numbersor the council-in-elect’s salary due to the act the current councildelegated the matter to a citizen’s group to review and make rec-ommendations. This group is to be appointed by the new Towncouncil.

Finally, regarding the matter o Per Diems. The present councilasked that Gregory Harriman & Associates (the Town accountants)

and Mr. Hugh Ham (the Town Solicitor) audit the Per Diem claims. Their audit concluded, “based on my review o the per diem claimsprovided, all claims could be argued to be eligible under the cur-rent policy”.

From the past three years this party have come up with three per diems o mine which they have questioned. I honestly believe allo the per diems I have submitted in my six years on council arelegitimate claims. Those I wasn’t sure on, I asked about beore they

were submitted. I the Town residents as a whole believe thesethree claims are erroneous I will oer to reimburse the Town.

Earl W. Best Councillor – Town of Strathmore

Numbers set straight

To the Editor I am so disappointed in the articles in the past editorials with citi-

zens complaining on the distance they must travel “in their vehicle” to

cast their vote in the upcoming election.Have we had our reedom so long that we have orgotten what it

has cost? Since 2002, 152 young Canadian men and women have diedin Aghanistan in the hopes o liberating its citizens.

We don’t have to worry about an Improvised Explosive Device when

we cross the road to cast our vote or worry about having our handstamped as proo we voted, only to killed later or having the stamp!

I think o all the sacrifce that has been made by so many or so long

in order to have the “reedom to vote”. You will not hear any complaints rom me. I am overwhelmed with

gratitude or my reedom. William Scott

Strathmore

Freedom to vote

To the Editor

On October 7, 2010 (late evening) the Change or StrathmoreGroup was advised by one council member and the Town CAO thatthe fgures we provided or the salary or mayor and councillor in2007 in our yer may not be accurate. We wish to inorm the public, we based these 2007 totals on inormation provided to us by town ad-ministration on Sept 27, 2010. It now appears there was some overallconusion between the Change group and the Town administration

on the base salary issue thereore we wish to emphasize that the sec-tion with the heading “What a dierence 3 years makes” is not accu-rate and should not be considered actual. The Change or Strathmoregroup wishes to emphasize the eight example in our yer do notrepresent all o the concerns we ound in our review o per diems.

Roger Clancy Howard Smith

Change for Strathmore

Getting you the right information

To the Editor I live on Centre Street and as a group we have tried to take action

to have something done with either the speed or stop signs on our street. I know everyone in town has a complaint about their street but our street is combined with multi amily housing or a goodportion o the street, with that comes a lot more trafc as well weare a main artery to our large department stores. We have noticedan increase in trafc since the speed limit was lowered on George

Freeman trail. But this is not the only problem we are acing here oncentre street - seven people - yes, I said seven people, have been hiton Centre St between 1999 and 2008. There have been 41 property/ vehicle accidents reported in that same time rame, this is the currentstatistics rom Alberta Transportation. It was brought to the attentiono our current council back in the summer, at the time our Mayor disagreed there was a problem with Centre St as he travels it many times a day and eels that 50 km/h was a sae speed. Three other councilors disagreed with the Mayor - it was only then we receivesome sort o acknowledgement o our concerns. They agreed to haveour local Peace Ofcers do a study on our street and review thefndings. Well last council meeting we heard rom the Senior PeaceOfcers and his recommendations. He agreed Centre St. is a con-densed populated street and that the speed o 50 is too high as wellthere should be a minimum o 2-3 way stop signs placed on Centre.Councilor Bob Sobol agreed with the fndings having been a PoliceOfcer with trafc control or 30 years, he sees the problems we arehaving but had to deend his decision to other council members. Lois

Wegener as always agreed it is a busy street and needs somethingdone about it and willing to try to fnd a solution or the problemnot dismiss it like the others have. Brad Walls suggested solution wasthat i we put three way stop signs on Centre Street, then we mightas well put them everywhere else in town - on Thomas Dr, on BrentBlvd, but does he not recognize these are not densely populatedareas with limited parking, each o those streets have a green spaceon one side o them or large parking lots to accommodate the cars. I

was truly disappointed that the council could not get past their opin-ions and listen to the expert in the feld that being the Senior PeaceOfcer yet council still out voted his recommendations and did asthey please. We did get one stop sign on Centre and Parklane or asix-month trial period, the Senior Peace Ofcer disagreed with their decision and advised that could be more o a problem as people willnow try to make up the speed they lost or making the stop. With atleast 2–3 way stops they have no time to make up speed. I thank theSenior Peace Ofcer or his knowledge o the situation but wish thecouncilors would get o their high horse and listen to the experts.

I highly recommend you take the time to check out this meetingonline beore the election, this way see or yoursel who the ol-lowers are, who the leaders are. Who ask the simplest redundantquestions and who calls a spade a spade. It is all in this past weeksmeeting. Town o Strathmore website. It sure opened my eyes andknow who I will NOT vote or this election.

Sincerely, Debbie Murray

Looking for solutions to the Centre Street debate

To the Editor We will all be casting our votes in the upcoming and important

elections! Freedom o speech in our Letters to the Editor is one o the wonderul components o our democracy. But i we are strivingto be inormed voters and we are trying to make valid decisions, we want and need to be absorbing only unbiased statements “backed

up” by act, data, and truth! Be sure to “sort the wheat rom thecha!” Let’s be truly prepared! Please make this an objective and well-inormed election!

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Graduating Strathmore HighSchool, SHS, students were

presented with $100,600 inscholarships this year alone. The Rutherford Scholarship isa prestigious award, which rec-ognizes academic excellence inhigh school students. Studentsare encouraged to keep an 80per cent average in their cours-es for Grades 10, 11 and 12 toreceive the full amount of thescholarship.

“We always encourage thekids to do well in all of their courses, including their op-tions, because those marks can be calculated into the average which determines whether they get the scholarship or not,” said

Karen Harris, a teacher at SHS.It’s based on all three years,

which a lot of them aren’t. If a student does poorly the rsttwo years and well the last, they would get the Grade 12 mon-ey, or vice versa. Not all of themoney awarded out this year was necessarily for students who graduated this year.

“The money is held in perpe-tuity, so they can go back whenthey are 40 if they want. They just have to phone the Heri-tage Scholarship Fund peopleand say ‘ok, I’m going to schoolnow’ and then that money isprovided to them,” said Harris. The former student must be

going to post-secondary school. Then they must apply for the

scholarship, and then there iscommunication between the Alberta government, the Heri-tage Scholarship Fund andthe post-secondary institution. They make sure the student isregistered there, and if they arethey receive a check for the fullamount, which is sent directly to them.

“We’re very excited that our students have done so well andthen also that they’re accessingthese funds to go to university or post-secondary institutions with,” said Harris.

The teachers at SHS meet with everyone of the studentsin their Grade 12 year and gothrough eligibility, calculatingtheir averages. If the studentappears to be eligible the teach-ers are given application forms,

which they provide to the eli-gible students.

“Some schools just list it asanother scholarship and they don’t provide the informationfor the kids. We feel it’s neces-sary that the kids know aboutthis one because it’s a way of recognizing their academic ex-cellence throughout the yearsso we make sure that every eli-gible student gets the applica-tion form,” said Harris.

Each eligible student needsan 80 per cent in English andtwo more academic subjects. They can take two other classes, be they options or core coursesdepending on what the marksare like, and then average themin as well.

High school grads collect

thousands in scholarships

The students and families of Carse-land School continued their commit-ment to community service duringthe month of September. The annualTerry Fox Run was held on the after-noon of Sept. 29th. This small school

with a big heart walked, jogged, and ran to raise $1500 for cancer research. Many parents were out to countkilometres as well as participate in the walk. Way to go, Carseland School. On Saturday, Sept. 25th a small butenthusiastic group of students from grades ve and six came out early to clean a part of highway 24 in the an-nual highway clean up. The students, along with an adult supervisor, cleaned one to two kilometres of highway.Once all sections of the highway were clean the students enjoyed hot chocolate and doughnuts back at the

school. Carseland School sends a big thank-you to all students, parents, and teachers for their participationand commitment to our great community.

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The Santa Claus Parade will be held on Saturday, November 27 starting at 5 pm. and follow aparade route throughout downtown, then everyone can head to the Agricultural Groundsfor a Charity BBQ and entertainment will take place to precede the3rd. ANNUAL LIGHT UP THE NIGHT CELEBRATION, starting at 6:30 pm.

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NEW INTEGRATED TRAFFIC UNIT In order to improve public safety

on roadways in and around com-munities in Southern Alberta, the Al-berta Sheriffs have joined forces withRCMP Trafc Services in High Riverand Strathmore. This new Integrat-

ed Trafc Unit will be effective Oct.1 and will have Sheriffs and RCMPworking together to further reduceserious injury and fatal collisions inthe following areas:

High River, Okotoks, Black Dia-mond & Turner Valley, Nanton,Strathmore, Drumheller, Gleichen,and Chestermere.

This new Integrated Trafc Unit willbe focusing their efforts on enforce-ment and education pertaining totrafc safety. Please do your part toensure our roads are the safest pos-sible. Wear your seatbelt, abide byspeed limits, stop completely whenrequired at intersections, and pleasedon’t drink and drive.

BREAK IN AND THEFT OF BANK MACHINE

On Wednesday, Sept. 29, Strath-more RCMP were dispatched to theBoulder Creek Golf course in Lang-don, where sometime during thenight individuals pried open the doorto the clubhouse and pulled an in-stant teller machine out through thisdoorway. The culprits backed up tothe door and used a truck stolen outof Calgary earlier in the evening topull this machine from its mooring.The machine has been recoveredand the contents had been removed.

Another Vehicle stolen from Ches-termere has also been identied asbeing involved. The investigation iscontinuing and RCMP are following

up on a number of leads related tothis occurrence.

TV STOLEN FROM SEARS

On Sept. 7, at approximately 2:30p.m., an unknown male suspect en-tered the Strathmore Sears store

on Lakeside Boulevard. The sus-pect, a Caucasian male, waited un-til employees were distracted andremoved a 40-inch Samsung LCDtelevision and undisclosed amountof cash from the store. The suspectarrived at the store on foot and mayhave walked at least a half block inany direction carrying the large box,in order to load the television into avehicle.

The suspect was wearing a light-weight black jacket, faded jeans, hat,and glasses. He is described as 5’9,thin build, with short dark brown hair.

INJURY MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION

On Oct 10, at approximately 6:30p.m., Strathmore RCMP responded

to a call of a single vehicle roll over onGlenmore Trail (also known as Hwy560) between Calgary and Langdon.Investigation determined that an eastbound pick up truck was being driv-en erratically and attempted to passother east bound trafc, however inmaking the passing attempt the driv-er of the pick up pulled into the pathof a west bound vehicle and narrowlyavoided a head-on collision beforelosing control and rolling his vehicle.The driver of the vehicle was ejectedfrom the truck and suffered serious,but non-life-threatening injuries.

Alcohol, speed and failure to weara seat belt are all believed to be fac-tors in this collision and the severity

of the injuries received.The investigation is continuing and

charges are anticipated in this mat-ter.

MISCHIEF AND PROPERTY DAMAGE

TO SCHOOL

Sometime between October 8-10,unknown suspect(s) threw a ladderthrough the front glass window of theKHALSA School in Conrich. Garbagewas also taken out of the dumpsterand strewn about the parking lot.RCMP attended are currently inves-tigating some leads from the scene.Two vehicle collision highway 1

On October 12, Strathmore RCMPresponded to a two vehicle collisionon highway 1, near Paradise road inChestermere. An eastbound tractortrailer unit was struck from behind byan eastbound car. The driver of thecar was transported to hospital withminor injuries, the driver of the truckwas not injured.

Strathmore RCMP are still investi-

gating the cause of the collision andcharges are pending.

SINGLE VEHICLE COLLISION

On October 12th, at 4:16 am,Strathmore RCMP were dispatchedto a single vehicle collision on High-way 21, North of the Highway 564intersection. The driver of the ve-hicle drove off the road while tryingto avoid deer. He received minor in-

juries facial injures and was releasedat the scene by EMS.

If you have any information re-garding any of these incidents,please contact Strathmore RCMP at403-934-3968 or Crimestoppers at1-800-222-TIPS.

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Left photo: Irene (l)(Spain), Carlos (Ven-

ezuela). Right photo:

Sergio (Spain) came

to Canada to expand

their English and spend

time in our country and

school system. All three

of the students spent a

month going to school

at Holy Cross Colle-

giate.

Shannon LeClair Photos

SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Every year different schools through-out the town host international studentsto spend a few weeks, months, or a year with them. Holy Cross Collegiate,HCC, recently had three of their interna-tional students head home after spend-ing a month studying with them. IreneMigueles and Sergio Martin Martinez both came from Spain and Carlos TeranRivero was from Venezuela. The three became friends at HCC,

banding together as people do whenthey are new to a situation.

Migueles came here with an exchangeprogram.

“I wanted to come to Canada for 2

years maybe more, I was very happy when I know I could come and now I’mreally having a great time and I hope Ican come back,” said Migueles.

In Spain there are many programs togo abroad to learn English. She camehere with a scholarship of the govern-ment. She can’t come again with thesame program and scholarship but shecan come again with any other pro-gram. She said 72 students came fromher province in Spain, and some of her friends were here in Alberta in different villages.

Rivero came to Canada to visit his fam-ily and practice his English. Unlike Mar-tinez and Migueles, he spent two monthshere.

“I just came here to experience theschool system here plus I’m just visitingmy cousin. My aunt asked if I could starthere and have the experience to learn

English,” said Rivero.

When he came here, he said he want-ed to have a good experience. He talkedto the Spartans football coach to see if he could try it out. The coach gave hima chance be a part of the team while he was here.

“I can see the difference of the coun-tries. When I come here you say hi, in Venezuela we say hi with a hug andkiss,” said Rivero. When he made his rst friend he said

hi like he would at home and got ashocked reaction. When he questioned what he had done, his cousin explained why it had happened.

The biggest thing Rivero noticed wasthe security one feels in Canada.

“In Canada it is so secure, walk in the

streets. We now in Venezuela have prob-lems with our president and all of thatand it is not secure. So it is like here itis very beautiful, it’s very secure all thehouse are open and it’s very different,”said Rivero.

Martinez had heard Canada was beau-tiful and couldn’t wait to y over.

“I wanted to improve my English andits like well I never been studying inother country and I want to improve my English so where can I go and it was likeoh yeah Canada,” said Martinez.

Martinez agreed with many of thethings his fellow students had to say about Canada and the town, but foundthere is not a lot to do in the town, sincea car is needed to go anywhere.

“I enjoy it a lot, you have a lot of funand you meet a lot of people and itslike yeah, it’s really cool,” said Martinez.Students with the best marks from his

school had the chance to apply to come

to Canada and he was one of the lucky ones chosen.“The culture, like the food you eat, and

then Canada has been a country withpeople from every where in the worldand Spain is like south American peopleand north of Africa. Its like here there isa lot of diverse, people from every year,its really nice because you are moreopen to the people,” said Martinez. Hesaid if you go to Spain people wouldn’treally talk at rst because you are differ-ent and new.

“It was incredible because they intro-duced themselves to us and was really nice.” The food has been one of the biggest

changes for him to adjust to. In Spain

they eat a lot of sh, fruits, vegetables,and salads, and here we don’t eat a lotof fruits of vegetables.

“I knew that it was more or like ev-erything hamburgers, fast food, in Spain we have more like healthy food, moreMediterranean food.”

Like Rivero, Martinez also joined asports team while at HCC. He choseto join the volleyball and cross-country teams, though. One thing he didn’t getto do was practice cooking Canadianfood, which was something he had beenlooking forward to. The option wasn’tgiven to him at the school but he did buy some cookbooks and plans to per-sue it at home. All three of the students said the edu-

cation system here is about two years be-hind their countries. All of them agreedthe country is beautiful and they all planto come back the rst chance they get.

Studying abroad

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If you’re 18 and over,

Monday October 18th is election day.

Read the Times for all the updates on the candidates in your

area and remember…. On October 18, get out and vote!




Step-Up Performance began operating the Endless Ice machine in June. The machine is basically a

treadmill, which has a rolling endless sheet of ‘ice.’

The basic intent is to improve stride development while working cardio and conditioning.

“This is like a power skating tool. It just makes them stronger skaters because they have to balance

with that force against them,” said Tristan Desmet from Step-Up Performance.

She compared it to throwing a kid in the river and having them swim against the current and thenthrowing them into a pool. Because of ghting to keep steady and balanced against the current,

being in a pool would then be easy.

Everyone who begins on the treadmill goes through 10 different phases to start. Once they have

gone through all of those phases, and everyone is different, then more specic areas can be

targeted. They include, but are not l imited to stick handling, backwards skating, shooting, passing,

basically anything they want to work on.

“It’s really a tool just to improve their skating as well as all aspects of the game,” said Desmet.

Once a person becomes a better skater it is easier to work on all of the different abilities they

may want to enhance. With hockey season starting up, many kids from minor hockey and gure

skating have been taking advantage of the treadmill. Strathmore High School has also added

using the machine into one of the programs offered which Desmet says adds substance to

the high school program.

“The kids that are coming in, we see a lot of improvement with them and so that’s

kind of exciting when you’re able to see that within the short time that they have been

coming in,” said Desmet. The treadmill isn’t only available to kids in hockey, it is open for everyone who

is interested to head down and practice on. Its a great tool, it works your core,

it works your legs, it works your upper body it’s an awesome workout said

Desmet.

“That’s always an option for people, it doesn’t have to be just for kids or for

athletes who are trying to make it to the next level. It denitely is a tool to enable

those players who are looking for that, but it doesn’t have to end at that.”

Anyone young or old who is interested in skating or learning how to skate can

sign up. There is always a staff member helping people through the different

steps. People are harnessed in to ensure the safe operation of the machine.

Many people may not like ice-skating but love to rollerblade. While they can’t

bring their rollerblades on the machine they can still strap on a pair of skates

and get a similar workout, keeping those muscles toned and t.




What’s

Happening?WHAT’S HAPPENING is a free weekly community calendar.If you are a non-prot group and have a special event you would like to promote, please email your information [email protected] or call 403-934-5589 or fax 403-934-5546 and we will include your information on thisweekly Community Page. Due to space restrictions, please keep information to a minimum.

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for these Upcoming

Special Events....

CHILDREN’S WISH SILENT AUCTION from Sept. 30 to Oct. 14 at two locations -Chinook Credit Union and ATB, Strathmore.

JELLY BEAN DANCE at 6 pm, Friday, Oct. 15 at Strathmore Civic Centre.For grades 6 and under -$5; adults free. All proceeds to

Children’s Wish Foundation.

CHILDREN’S WISH 1K KIDS’

RELAY or 5K FUN RUN/WALK on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Kinsmen Park. Registration 8:30 am.$30 entry fee/adult or pledges. FREE pancake breakfast.Phone Claudia 403-934-3900 (days) for more info or for

pledge sheets.

The Strathmore Rural Firefghters Associa-tion are proud to present the 9TH ANNUAL

LADIES NIGHT OUT. BACK TO THE 80’S! Saturday October 16, 2010, Strathmore Civic Centre.Cocktails, Dinner, Live Band. Tickets $50, available at ProWater Conditioning, Ribbitz and NV Hair Studio.

Strathmore 903 Air Cadets, BOTTLE DRIVE October 16

It’s almost Cookie Time!

Girl Guide Chocolaty Mint Cookies Door to Door Campaign starts the week of October 5th,cookies are $4.00 a box, If we miss you or you would liketo pre- order, call Robin 403 934-2495.

Strathmore Girl Guides Annual Food Drive On October 19th and 20th Girl Guides of Strathmorewill be going Door to Door on their annual food drivefor donations of non-perishable items for the

Strathmore Food Bank.

Gleichen & District Community Association presents OKTOBERFEST at Gleichen Hall, October 23, 5:30pm. Tickets $15 inadvance, $20 at the door. Call 403-734-3863.

PROJECT HOPE – AGMOctober 26. 5pm at Golden Hills School Division ofce.For info call Corinne at 403-807-2965.

CHESTERMERE CHRISTMAS CRAFT SALE Saturday November 6, from 10 – 4pm at the ChestermereComplex (201 West Chestermere Drive). Bring donationsfor the food bank.

2nd Annual ROBBIE BURNS DINNER Sponsored by Strathmore No. 53 and Gleichen No. 36Masonic Lodges in the Civic Centre, Saturday January 22,2011. Tickets $25.00. For info call Kevin 403-934-3401 orGlen 403-901-6038.

Royal Canadian Legion For information regarding hallrentals, darts and crib, please call403.934.5119

Strathmore Elks Lodge #491 meets 3rd Tuesday at the Strathmore

Curling Club 6:30 pm. Steak Supper at7 pm. New Members welcome.Call Greg 403-888-6155.

MOPS (Mother’s Of Preschoolers)meet 1st and 3rd Thursdays9:30am – 11:30am at theStrathmore Alliance Church.Babysitting available for ages 0 - 6.For more information call Jennifer at403-934-5799 or visit www.mops.org

Strathmore Photography Club. Photographers of all ages and skilllevels are welcome. For moreinformation and meeting dates callGaylene at 403-901-2760 or email [email protected]

Strathmore District HealthServices Auxiliary Meetings are heldthe fourth Monday of the month @1:30 pm, (excluding July & August).Lower level Conference Room at theStrathmore Hospital. New memberswelcome. For more info please call403-934-4436

Strathmore & District Chamber o Commercemeets the third Monday of the month@ 7:00 p.m. All members welcome.Check web page for meetinglocation. For more informationcall 403-901-3175 orwww.strathmoredistrictchamber.com.

Come Fly With Us 903 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Sqn.Meet Wednesdays at 6:30pm at theblue building and Quonset on theAg grounds. Boys & Girls welcomebetween 12 & 19 years. Call JoannaHoward at 403-983-5796 for moreinformation.

Meals on Wheels is available in Strathmore.For information or to obtain this serviceplease contact Wheatland FCSS at403-934-5335.

Sunday School or All Ages:Lord of All Lutheran Church offersChristian Education opportunities

for ages 3 years to adult, on SundayMornings. All are Welcome! For moreinformation please call Margo Sevick403-901-2044 or call the ChurchOfce at 403-934-2374.

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

Strathmore Homeschool Familes.Any Strathmore and Area familes thatare homeschooling are invited to join

our Yahoo Group. groups.yahoo.com/ group/strathmorehsfams

Wheatland Rural Crime Watch. Meetings are the 3rd Thursday of eachMonth. Featuring guest speakers. Formore information call 403-934-4055.

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

Healing Rooms, open for prayer Mon-days from 7 to 9 pm. at the HarvestHealing Centre at 115A-3rd. Avenue inStrathmore. Everyone is Welcome.

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

Strathmore Regional VictimServices Society needs community members to beAdvocates (volunteers). Training isprovided. Contact Victim Servicesthrough the RCMP Detachment at403-934-6552

Strathmore Country Gardens Club Meetings at least once per month.Tours, guest speakers, workshops andmuch more included in a membership.$20 single, $30 family. [email protected] or visit our

website www.icangarden.com/clubs/ CountryGGC/

Strathmore Caregiver Support Group This is an opportunity for caregivers tond support and benet from interac-tion with others in a similar situation.For more information or to register callAmy Yaneza at 403-361-7176.

The Hope Bridges Society Board meetings held the thirdTuesday of each month at 7 p.m.at #3-236-3rd. Avenue. Please visit ourwebsite at www.hopebridges.ca orcontact us at [email protected].

Wheatland Conservation & Wildlie

Association (Your local sh & gameclub). Meetings – 2nd Thursday everymonth, 7:30pm at the Clubhouse.Call Larry at 403-934-4388 for moreinformation.

Strathmore Full Gospel Church We’re a Pentecostal Bible basedfamily church that has something for allages. Call 934-2225 or visitwww.strathmorefullgospel.com

KIDERGY Play Group

Meet every Friday from 9:30 - 11:30am at the Hope Covenant Church. $1per child, (snack is included). ContactTammy at 403-934-5887 for more info.

Free Tree or all New Born BabiesAttention all infants – remind yourparents to register your birth so a treecan be planted commemorating yourbirth in the Chinook Credit Union BirthForest in Strathmore. Registration Formsare available at the Town ofce, Chi-nook Credit Union and Health Unit. (ACommunities in Bloom Project)

Wild Rose Career & Employment Services- Free drop-in JOB-FINDING CLUB,every Tuesday from 9 to noon.A Career Counsellor will share tips andtools to assist in your job search.Please call 403-934-6488 or drop by101, 331-3rd. Avenue.Bring your lunch and join us for aSmall Business Brown Bag presentationat Community Futures Wild Rose onTuesday and Thursday from Noon to 1pm. Weekly Topics.

The Community Crisis Shelter has several Board Member vacanciesand is recruiting individuals who wouldlike to apply for Board Membership.Interested individuals can call KarenPease at 403-934-6634.

Strathmore Parent and Tot Playgroup,

meets every Thursday at 9:15 - 11:15am. in the Strathmore United ChurchBasement. For more information callLisa at 403-934-4874 or Ali at 403-934-2089.

Strathmore Youth Exceptional Service Award Society - If you would like to recognize ayouth who has demonstrated an act of courage, citizenship and communitycontribution, call 403-901-4254

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

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MARIO PRUSINA

Times Editor

It took nearly our weeks o evalua-tion or the coaching sta o the UFA Bisons to select their roster or the

2010-2011 season. Twenty o the fnest hockey play-

ers rom the zone, which spans over alarge area outside the City o Calgary,made the highly respected triple-A midget team.

However, or the our local playersmaking the team, the eeling was alittle sweeter.

Goaltender George Merik, deence-men Darian Henry and Cody Brown,along with orward Kirby Ruzesky,have the honour o playing in their childhood rink or the upcoming sea-son.

For three o the our players, they’vehad the privilege o donning the Bi-

sons jersey last season, while new-comer Henry put on the Bisons silksor the frst time this all.

“You know, it was really great,” saidHenry o the frst time he stepped onthe ice or the Herd. “It was a little

nerve-wracking at frst, but it’s gettinga little easier now. I came and watchedmy older brother’s games a lot – heplayed or this team at one time too,so I was always there.

“It was always cool to watch andimagine what it would be like to play (here) as a young kid.” As one o the team’s oensive cat-

alysts, Ruzesky is excited to ply histrade or the Bisons.

“It’s a pretty good eeling to come back and to be able to play a second year with the organization,” said thehard-hitting power orward. “It eelspretty special – seeing some o theguys who moved on to junior, the NHL

even – to ollow in their ootsteps isspecial.”

“I remember watching that onegame that went to seven overtimesor something like that and wishing Icould be there one day. Now that I am,

I have to take it all in and have un with it.”

One o the rare players who tookadvantage o all three years o midg-et eligibility is goaltender Merik. TheRockyord native is now is his thirdand fnal season with the Bisons.

“It’s a great organization – greatcoaches, great managers – they takecare o us,” said Merik. “Since I was young, I always dreamed about play-ing here. It’s weird – looking at i t then because the players seemed so big.Now you’re one o them.” According to the netminder, there is

tremendous pride when donning theBisons jersey.

“You can ask any o the (players),I’m not a big ooling-around guy – es-pecially come game time,” said Merik.“The pride (o putting the jersey on)is so high because you represent your hometown, you represent the crest

(on the jersey) – it’s great.” Teammate Cody Brown agrees.

However, his jersey is a little heavi-er than the others, as he was namedteam captain prior to the start o theregular season.

“It’s a real privilege – when you play minor hockey you always look up tothe guys,” said Brown. “It eels really good (to be a player), let alone thecaptain. It’s kind o surreal. I never thought that’s how it would go.

“It was a huge honour (to be namedcaptain) – playing here last year I gotsome experience. We have a great bunch o guys and that makes my jobeasier, that’s or sure.”

Locally Owned & Operated

O C T O B E R 1 5 , 2 0 1 0

Local players look to impress with Bisons

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landlord.

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WHEATLAND UFA PETROLEUM

Bulk Fuel Deliveries, Retail Pumps, Cardlock,

Shell & Chevron Lubricants, Fleetguard Filters,

Automotive Supplies

Scott McRae, AgentPhone (403) 934-3074Strathmore, Standard, Rockyford

STRATHMORE UFA FARM ANDRANCH SUPPLY STORE

Building Supplies, Feed, Pet Supplies, Tack,

Tools, Automotive, Fencing, Electrical,

Plumbing, Paint, Hardware, Clothing, LivestockHandling Equipment, Crop Supplies & Storage

Gordon Worobets, ManagerPhone (403) 934-6684

58 Slater Road, Strathmore

106 - 304 - 3rd Avenue, Strathmore

403-934-5533 “Forget Market Timing... It’s All About You!”

This year’s UFA Bisons squad fea-tures four locals on the roster. Goal-

tender George Merik (l-r), defence-

men Darian Henry, defenceman

and team captain Cody Brown and

forward Kirby Ruzesky.

Mario Prusina Photo




Parry ShockeyCoach

Jeremy FriesenA/Coach

Dave FowlesA/Coach - Video

Damon UmscheidA/Coach - Goalie

Cody LeavittA/Coach

Kelsey FrederickTrainer

Neil GlionnaManager

Wayne HansenA/Manager

Sue GlionnaO Ice Ofcial

Rick EngelO Ice Ofcial

Ed YeomansAnnouncer

BJ HansenMusic

Brett StarkerO Ice Ofcial

Don’t Mess With The Herd! Devon Fordyce

Goal

#1

Jared PotterDeense

#2

Darian HenryDeense

#3

Carson McCormickDeense

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Cody BrownDeense

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Spenser JensenDeense

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Luke PhilpForward

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Connor ChartierForward

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Shayne GwinnerDeense

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Samuel McKechnieForward

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Joshua BetinolForward

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Kirby RuzeskyForward

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Mason BurrForward

#17

Mitchell McAllisterForward

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Simon PhilpForward

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Mathew FletteForward

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Torrin WhiteForward

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Tyson ValetteForward

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Sam JohnsonForward

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George MerikGoal

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Thank you for your input.

Thank you for aending the open houses and informaon centres held in August,September and early October to discuss AltaLink’s proposed Western Alberta TransmissionLine project. More than 1,000 Albertans gave us valuable input about our renedtransmission line route opons.

What we heard

Some of the main topics you wanted to learn more about included:

• rened route opons • preliminary structure locaons • compensaon • property values • environmentally signicant areas • engineering• Direct Current elds

How to get involvedIf you weren’t able to aend an open house or informaon centre and want to provideyour input about this project, please contact us through any of the ways listed below. Phone: 1-877-267-5973Email: [email protected]: www.albertaelectricityfuture.ca/westernlineFax: 403-267-5944

Parcipang in one-on-one consultaonsWe would sll like to complete one-on-one consultaons with stakeholders who:

• have property or reside on a proposed transmission line route opon• have property or reside directly adjacent to a proposed transmission line route

opon

Parcipang in the one-on-one process is important. Through these discussions we will

gather detailed informaon that will help us determine preferred and alternate routes. If you require a one-on-one and haven’t already been contacted by us, please get in touchand we can schedule a meeng at your convenience.

www.albertaelectricityfuture.ca/westernline • [email protected] • 1-877-267-5973 (toll-free) • Fax: 403-267-5944

The proposed Western Alberta

Transmission Line project:

• is a 500 kV (500,000 volts) Direct Current

(DC) line

• will be built between the Genesee and

Langdon areas

• will be 325 to 375 kilometres depending on

the nal route

• will include a converter staon at each end

of the line that changes electricity from DC

to Alternang Current (AC) so the DC line

can connect with the rest of the province’s

AC system

2611 - 3rd Avenue SE

Calgary, Alberta T2A 7W77

About the route opons:

• the route opons in the map to the right have been rened using

stakeholder input

• none of these opons have been approved

• if approved, we will only build one line

• we will idenfy preferred and alternate route opons, but we may

include all the red and green route opons in our applicaon

• the nal route must be approved by the Alberta Ulies

Commission before construcon can begin

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EDMONTON

RED DEER

CALGARY

PigeonLake

Gleniffer Lake

SylvanLake

PONOKA

OLDS

ECKVILLE

RIMBEY

IRRICANA

LINDEN

CROSSFIELD

WARBURG

INNISFAIL

GENESEE

AREA

PINE LAKE

LANGDON

AREAINDUS

Potenal Removed NewPotenal Removed New

What’s next

Your input along with the results of further studies and eld work will help us determine preferred and alternate route opons. We plan to determine thoseroute opons and mail a detailed informaon package to all stakeholders near the green and red route opons in the map below in the December 2010 toFebruary 2011 meframe.

Thank you for parcipang in our consultaon process. Your input is important to us.

Sincerely,

Leigh ClarkeSenior Vice President, External Engagement AltaLink




SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Many of the candidates in theelection have brought up takingcare of our seniors as an issue

which needs to be addressed. Yet one woman, Debbie Wake-lam, said she is hosting a work-shop about the Eden Alternativeat the Civic Centre on Oct. 25and there has been little re-sponse from Strathmore.

“I have no response fromStrathmore. I have people fromoutside of the community, fromoutside of the county, but no onefrom Strathmore,” said Wakelam. The Eden Alternative follows

10 principles. The main focus isto identify and correct the threeplagues which affect most se-niors in care homes. The threeplagues are loneliness, helpless-ness and boredom. Wakelam has

already initiated this in Mead-owlark Seniors Care Home, her alternative solution for senior care. Wakelam currently has three

ladies living with her, and sheimplemented the changes in her own caregiving a few monthsago. The changes have made thehouse feel more like a home for the ladies and less like a carecentre. Many seniors end up ininstitutionalized care with 100other people where they follow a day-to-day routine. Wakelamstill has daily things she wouldlike to see done but the main fo-cus of the Eden Alternative is to

involve the seniors in decision-making and other things.

“I don’t know how you get itacross to people that things can

be different and the attitude of how we treat our seniors is so

wrong,” said Wakelam.In some facilities things are

taken away from them, thingsthey used to do and can still do

but are just not allowed to doin some assisted living facilities.Currently Meadowlark is locatedin Strathmore but Wakelam has

been toying with the idea of buying an acreage in the county.She said her dream is to have apurpose built home which willhouse 10 residents.

On the 25, Cheryl George, who shares responsibility of Eden Alternative Regional Co-ordinator for Western Canada,

will be speaking to interestedparties about how to implement

the Eden Alternative.Originally it was a $125 fee to

attend the workshop, but Wake-lam has since nixed the fee andit is now free for anyone whois interested in learning more.People are coming from all over

but Wakelam is disappointed by the lack of response from Strath-more and area residents.

“We need something hereto keep the seniors here,” said

Wakelam. Edenizing a care facil-ity doesn’t cost any money; it isall a matter of living by a differ-ent philosophy.

“If people here would embrace it, like how nice to be

known as a town that caresabout its seniors, or a county,”said Wakelam.

“It could have a huge impact,and it can be very positive for the town to say we’re adaptingthis philosophy for our seniorshere.”

She said if people, especially our elected ofcials and mem-

bers of health services, wouldcome Cheryl George would beable to answer almost any ques-tions which might arise. Georgehas worked at the SherbrookeCommunity Centre in Saskatch-ewan for over 20 years and isknown for being passionateabout promoting quality of lifein long-term care. Wakelam has been told she

should move her business toSaskatchewan where she couldalready be set up, but shedoesn’t want to. She is from

here and she wants to see it ini-tiated here.

“I’ve never been sold onsomething so much in my life,that could make such a hugedifference for so many people,”said Wakelam. The workshop begins at 9

a.m. on the 25 and goes until4 p.m. There will be lunch pro-

vided and there will be plenty of time for questions. Everyoneneeds to register ahead of timeso that Wakelam knows how many people to plan for. Reg-istration ends on Oct. 15. Call403-934-5294, to reserve a spaceat the workshop.

Trying to make a difference

MOBILEBARBERING

SERVICEMonday 10 am - 4 pm • Tuesday 7 pm - 9 pm

Wednesday 7 pm - 9 pm • Thursday 7 pm - 9 pm

SENIOR HOME SPECIALSCall for an Appointment

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Autumn Tree Sale

Stewart

Nurseries

~ Flowering Crab

~ Schubert

~ Birch

~ Mayday

~ Amur Cherry

~ Eating Apple

~ Swedish Aspen

~ Willow

~ Elm

~ Mountain Ash

~ Spruce

~ Linden

Many Other Varieties

We Grow

What We Sell

934-7159Lowest Price

Guarantee

Wheatland Women in Business kicked off Small Business Week with

a breakfast at Stix Restaurant at the Strathmore Golf Club on Oct.12.

After breakfast, Donna Bigger (top left), Jodi Silvernagle, DVM (top

right) and Lynn Woods, B.A., LLB. (bottom right), (all successful smallbusiness owners in the Strathmore area) spoke on behalf of their own

small businesses and offered good advice along with some motivat-

ing ideas.Wendi Tashlikowich Photos

Small

Business

kick off



An “X” should be marked by my name be-

cause I am concerned about the increasing

debt our town has been incurring. Since 1999

I have been working as a Real Estate agent.

I have watched developers come into town

and leave with a lot more money in their pock-

ets than they left behind. What they have left

behind are unnished communities in which

you, the citizens of Strathmore have had to

pay. Your taxes have increased and will in-

crease again because the town has been, in

affect, supplementing these developers.

In short, I believe that if the town worked

more effectively with the developers, we

would have the funds to develop our town

appropriately.

In regards to “my name,” I have sold a lot of

homes in Strathmore over the past 11 years. I

have been asked many questions by potential

homebuyers. Questions about our schools,

health care, recreational facilities (private and

public), safety, lot sizes, businesses, by-laws,

off-leash pet areas, taxes and so much more.

I have answered these questions with hon-

esty and integrity. Many of these homebuyers

have posted their testimonials on my website

at www.kevinbaldwin.ca. These testimoni-

als are references to my character and “my

name”.

Mark an “X” by my name because I will

serve this town with integrity, helping the tax-

payers benet. The developers are receiving

the tax breaks and we as citizens of Strath-

more are all bearing this burden. I want to put

Strathmore’s citizens rst.

Page 24 • Strathmore TIMES • October 15, 2010

2010

With the Oct. 18 elections just around thecorner, the Strathmore Times asked candi-dates from the Town of Strathmore, WheatlandCounty, Golden Hills School Division, Villageof Hussar and Village of Rockyford a simplequestion. Why should a voter mark X on

the ballot beside your name? Hereis what the various candidates had to say …

(Please note; some of the candidates did nothave the opportunity to submit their answersprior to press time, while one candidate de-clined to leave a comment.)

Meet the candidates

Town of Strathmore

MAYORAL

Kevin

Baldwin

I have attended almost every Strathmore

Council meeting in the past two years. I am

the only person seeking election that attended

council to prepare and learn about the key is-

sues. Throughout this campaign, I have been

actively engaging with Strathmore residents to

nd out how to best serve the people of this

great town.

As your mayor, I will work with the new

council to carefully manage our nances, work

to avoid across the board tax increases/ser-

vice reductions.

As your mayor, I will promote and support

our existing businesses. Your mayor and coun-

cil need to work together to create a partner-

ship that ensures local business’s become

stronger and more successful, providing jobs

that generate a living wage, a future and a rea-

son to stay and raise their families.

I will protect the wetlands and expand our

parks and pathways to create new opportu-

nities for camping and summer recreation.

These recreational and protected areas will be

the gem of our future and the gift we give our

children.I will work with our neighbours, the County

and WID to leverage our government partners

to improve the quality of life in Strathmore.

Some of the joint opportunities include sup-

porting affordable housing for seniors, prioritiz-

ing new recreational facilities and the support

of community/arts groups.

I will support the citizen’s desire to ght the

Highway realignment as proposed by the Pro-

vincial Government, to ensure only the best

option for Strathmore is approved.

I have over forty years of work experience

and training in accounting, nance, nan-

cial management, supervision/management,

sales, administration and conict resolution.

You should mark your X beside me be-

cause:

1) Availability; your mayor must be avail-

able and accessible during the day. I am re-

tired and my family has grown up, making

my evenings and weekends free.

2) I’m honest and open with no hidden

agendas ...I think honesty and openness is

a key character of oneself.

3) Transparent; I’m giving up my real-es-

tate license to avoid all conicts of interest

and I’m not doing this for the money.

4) I’m easy to talk to, yet I will stand up for

the rights of our citizens.

5) Age brings knowledge, experience and

trust ... with my life’s traveling and 40 years

in sales it has taught me how to deal with

diverse and complicated situations. Plus

I’ve gotten to know many people of various

walks of life ... ie politicians, developers,

investors, and good down to earth people

like yourselves. I’ve resided in this commu-

nity for 33 years and have served a term on

council in the early 1980’s.

6) Business skills: I owned and operatedtwo small businesses in Strathmore and re-

cently retired as manager of the Strathmore

Ag society that had an approximate budget

of two million dollars.

So in closing, why not vote for the mayor

that truly cares about this community and

has all the qualities you are looking for to

propel Strathmore forward in it’s future vi-

sion? I truly love this community and I will

be the one that will do the best for you!!!

Thanks to everyone for listening and reading

and see you on Oct 18th.

When contacted by the Strathmore Times,

Mr. Freeland declined the opportunity to leave

a comment.

Glenn

Freeland

As a lifetime citizen of the Strathmore area,

I am the man who is running because I see

the needs in the community from the per-

spective of a family man who loves the area

and is proud to be raising a family here.

As a younger candidate, I have the energy

and stamina to take what is deemed a part

time position and make it my full time dedica-

tion - the community deserves a Mayor who

always has his eye on the ball, looking for new

options, ideas and solutions to the every day

problems we face. I know that as Mayor I will

have a team of people around me who have

strengths where I do not and that as the team

that runs this town, we need to work togetherand use everyone’s strengths and abilities as

much as possible.

I am one of the citizens of Strathmore and

the community is the reason I am running for

Mayor - I want to remind the council daily, that

we have to look at problems and solutions not

just as a council but as tax payers who want

to see that their money is well spent.

I believe that my background as a busi-

ness professional will bring professionalism

to the council and ensure that we are running

the town as we would any business, with our

eye on the budget and our nger on the pulse

of the community knowing where the money

needs to go and when we need to say no, or

look at other opportunities and possibilities.

I care about your town, my town. Please

vote.

Michael

Ell

Steve

Grajczyk

George

Lattery

Brad

Walls

Town of Strathmore

COUNCIL

We need effective, proven leadership,

which is balanced, responsible and dedi-

cated, to ensure the best for our community.

Over the past six years I have become that

person. I have learned the process and re-

alities of municipal government. I have lived

and breathed the issues and concerns of

the Strathmore public. I am motivated by astrong desire to be involved in nding equi-

table solutions and have an absolute pas-

sion and love for this town which I call home.

I have gained the respect and trust of

other municipalities and those whom I have

served with.

“I have known Earl Best since he was

elected to Strathmore Town Council six

years ago. His support, advice, insights and

his efforts will better serve your citizens. I

have always found Earl to be constructive

and professional in his dealings. He un-

derstands the importance of cooperation

and has made it his priority to nd win-win

solutions. In my experience, Earl has been

amongst the “Best” to work with!”

Bob Hawkesworth

Alderman – City of Calgary

Mayoral Candidate – City of Calgary

“Earl Best has the two most important at-

tributes a town councillor needs:

- A love of the community he or she lives

in and

- A passion for doing what is best for that

community.

For as long as I have known him, I have

always been impressed with Earl’s drive and

dedication to making Strathmore a wonder-ful place to live.”

James T. Greer

Former Councilor – Town of Strathmore

Recently you have read and heard many

ambitious platforms, some more believable

and workable than others.

Now, it is up to you.

On October 18th I ask, for your vote to re-

elect me, Earl Best, to YOUR Town Council.

In closing, if you have ANY questions or

there is anything I can do for you, please call

me at 403-934-6300

Earl

Best

Was unavailable as of press time.

DON’T FORGET TO VOTE OCTOBER 18TH!



As we start the nal week of this election

campaign in Strathmore, I would like to say

I’m honored and privileged to be in the same

company of candidates we have running for

mayor and council. I certainly wish them all

well.

You, the voters are going to have some

tough decisions to make on election day,

and I think that’s in this democratic process,

I’m sure the right mayor and six council-

ors will be picked, to help move and guide

Strathmore forward.

Having said all of the above, I, Rocky want

you, the voters, to seriously look at my name

on the ballot! Blokland, Rocky - X

I believe I am the councilor you’re look-

ing for.

I operate two businesses that are located

INSIDE the town of Strathmore!

I believe we need accountability, efcien-cy, honesty, transparency and respect at

council level.

I bring with me a no nonsense approach,

combined with my common sense and busi-

ness sense.

I know we can achieve all of the above

within the next town council.

I can promise you that I will speak, de-

bate, vote & work with council on your be-

half and do what is best for Strathmore.

With your vote, I will work hard to bring

new ideas and a new way of thinking to en-

sure we can all continue to be proud to call

Strathmore “home.”

Remember, vote Rocky on October 18.

Blokland, Rocky - X


Town of Strathmore

COUNCIL

Meet the candidates - Election 2010

Rocky

Blokland

This has been such a tremendous experi-

ence. Over the last few weeks I have had the

privilege to meet and speak with numerous

people who have shared their backgrounds

and concerns with me and offered kind

words of encouragement and feedback.

Thank you for allowing me that opportunity,

I really appreciate it!

As I have expressed, I believe anyone in

the position of councillor or any town of-cial must: genuinely demonstrate an ap-

preciation and respect for others; the desire

to serve others; a willingness to listen and

to learn; an understanding of the role and

its limitation; and an ability to challenge fel-

low council and administration for the best

interest of the community, standing up in a

crowd and speaking to be heard.

My focus is on the community, represent-

ing all residents. The heart of any commu-

nity or business is the PEOPLE. Whatever I

am able to contribute, I want it to have merit,

quality instead of quantity, as I live here too!

Any one person can make a difference, just

need to try.

Vote for the candidate(s) that you feel

would represent you and our community.

Colina

Clark

Support The Vision

I have extensive business background,

owned and operated a number of business-

es, employed as business and marketing

consultant for two large Western Canadian

corporation, currently work in the computer

industry providing full range of solution to

private and public corporations.

I’m quite surprised with what are consid-

ered priorities in our community.The message is simple. Economic devel-

opment is our “Number One Priority”

We are living in an Economic landscape

that has no sizable commercial, industrial or

logistic based business and we have to rely

on the residents to carry the burden.

Our Town is a business and it requires

skilled marketing to promote it.

It also needs; increasing revenues, strict

operational guidelines, customer service

and “Real-Time” ow of information to you

the shareholders.

The hiring of an economic development

ofcer would only be one of the necessary

components for an Economic Recovery

strategy.

Incentives to entice Businesses to reloca-

tion may be needed to be considered, this

has proven to be successful in communities

such as Airdrie and Lacombe.

We do have the necessary services in-

frastructure, annexed land, large residential

development plan to the West, a good em-

ployment pool and are in close proximity to

the highway, no matter where it ends up.

Strategies:

Logistics and Distribution networks, Small

and Medium manufacturing

Foodservice and service based business-

es, franchising is expanding rapidly today.

Healthcare facilities, private expansion of

senior care facilities of all types.

Where will our children be able to work

within Strathmore!!!!!!!

Other issues part of “Support the Vision”

• Preservation of the existing highway

route through the Town of Strathmore.• “Strathmore as a Destination” establish

a Task Force.

• Public Safety and increase enforcement.

• Openness and accountability of Coun-

cil, information ow and Review Taxes.

• Snow Removal.

• Community development planning has

to include affordable Senior housing.

• Calgary water pipeline has left a lot of

questions unanswered.

• Establish a recreation area at the site of

the water reservoir lake NW of town.

I believe that my solid business back-

ground, good common sense and the un-

derstanding of the need for an Economic Vi-

sion for Strathmore, this is more than a good

reason to vote for me.

Please support my bid for Councillor and

Vote October 18, 2010.

Bill

Cooper

I would like to start off by thanking all of you

for your interest in our election and the won-

derful support I have received. It would be an

honour for me to represent the residents of

Strathmore on our next Town Council.

As a resident, teacher, and coach in this

community over the last 27 years, I feel I have

displayed many of the qualities that a Town

Councillor should possess. I have treated

people with respect, empathy, genuine con-

cern, and courtesy. I listen to both sides

of issues and am not afraid to stand up for

what I believe is right. I have strong organiza-

tional skills and the knowledge of how meet-

ings should be run - how councillors need

to treat each other with respect and follow

proper procedures. I know the importance

of maintaining open communication among

the council itself, the residents of Strathmore,

and the various organizations involved in the

decision-making processes.

Throughout my campaign, I have shown

that I will do the research and seek out an-

swers and information to the problems andsituations Strathmore faces. I am excited

about Strathmore’s future and have lots of

ideas to share. There are many additional

committees that a councillor could join, and

I look forward to getting involved. My enthu-

siasm and interest in providing recreational

opportunities for our youth and families, en-

suring a safe community, taking care of our

seniors, and revitalizing Downtown while

supporting local businesses will continue.

If elected, I will br ing honesty, integrity, and

respect for the citizens of Strathmore to my

role as councillor. I will continue to be ap-

proachable and I will work hard to accom-

plish our goals. I will be visible in our commu-

nity and will act as a voice for your thoughts

and concerns.

On October 18th, FULE IT UP! Vote PAT

FULE for Town Council!

Pat

Fule

Dave

Hamilton

It would be easy for me to sit here at my

desk and tell you, the voter, what a great

guy I am; how honest I am, that I care about

you, your concerns, about our town, and

that I want to listen to your ideas and sug-

gestions on how we can move our town into

the future. How I will take your questions

and concerns to council and voice them on

your behalf, and that as a resident and small

business owner here in Strathmore; I share

many of the same concerns, questions, and

sometimes frustrations when trying to get

understandable answers. But saying it just

isn’t enough. I hope the residents of Strath-

more will take what I write at face value and

give me the opportunity to put my words

into action.

I’m not the type of person to just talk

about how good I am or complain about

what’s going on around us. I am a ‘doer’.

I seek answers to my questions and workhard to achieve my goals. In the short period

of time from nomination day to Election Day

I have, and will continue, to visit as many

homes in Strathmore as possible; to intro-

duce myself and hear any of your concerns,

questions, and ideas. Although I am using

every available minute on this quest, it’s un-

realistic to believe I can reach every home

in Strathmore. I apologize in advance to all

those residents I am unable to get to. How-

ever, I strongly believe in accessibility to our

elected ofcials and invite you to e-mail me

anytime at [email protected]

Please be assured, I will reply. If I do not

have the answer to your question, I will do

my best to nd it.

Why put an X beside my name? I CARE!

Kevin Keegan

Kevin

Keegan


Why should YOU vote for ME??

As the past Chief Administrative Ofcer

and previous Social Housing Manager for

the Wheatland Housing Management Body,

AUPE Council Member, and from many Uni-

versity Courses I have had the opportunity

to work with government legislation of all

types. For example, Municipal Government

Act., Management Body Handbook, FOIP Act, Human Rights, Employment Stan-

dards, The Alberta Housing Act, Support

for Senior Citizens, Protection for Persons

in Care and so much more. With these life

experiences I am ready to move to another

level as YOUR new Town Councillor.

As this is my rst attempt I am ready to

move the community forward together by

making necessary changes to the status

quo. I bring fresh blood and young energy,

along with many attributes that will make me

YOUR successful choice.

I am very passionate and willing to listen

to all residents’ concerns. I am a reason-

able and fair person. I can see both sides

of an issue.

I believe all taxpayers should be able to

have information of all the aspects of public

businesses.

I can dedicate the hours of time to be an

effective member of town council.

I understand budgets.

I am very accountable and transparent.

I am committed and welcome huge chal-

lenges.

I understand and have served people of

all ages and all walks of life.

I am able to make tough decisions.

I consider myself a strong team player aswell as a strong voice for YOU. I will speak

out for YOUR concerns.

I am very accessible. YOU can contact

me at 403 934 2238, payne4council.word-

press.com, facebook (serch for: Cheryl

Payne for Strathmore Town Council), and

[email protected]

I DESIRE to be a member of public ser-

vice.

I am here to work for YOU – Choose wise-

ly and vote Cheryl Payne

Cheryl

Payne





Town of Strathmore

COUNCIL

I am retired and will have more than ade-quate time to work on the business o coun-cil. I have twelve years experience servingon council so I know how municipal govern-ment unctions. I am a fscal conservative,so I will work with council on fscal and f-

nancial responsibility and restraint. Will work

with council or lower taxes and utility rates.Will work with council and administration tomake sure that the town does not take onany more debt. Will work with council to re-solve any and all citizens concerns. Will workwith council to be a strong political advo-cate or much needed improvements to theStrathmore hospital. Will work with councilto get the undamentals right to attract com-mercial and light industry to town. Will workwith council to have open and clear commu-nications between the town and the citizenso Strathmore.

Terry

Peterson

2010

Meet the candidates

4 Reasons Why People Should Vote ForMe

I believe the Candidates should be able toDemonstrate Solid Leadership with a ClearVision or the Future o Strathmore. Theymust be Committed, and Accountable to theTaxpayer. I believe that I represent the Citi-zens o Strathmore with those qualities. Fur-thermore, I believe that my past perormanceon council is a testament to that.

Members o council have to make deci-sions that aect the Entire Community. Thedecision making process requires council toconsider all the Issues, and based on thatinormation, make a decision that is in the

best interest o the Taxpayers o Strathmore.In order to make those decisions you haveto be in tune with your community, which Ibelieve I am.

The priorities o the Community have to beconsidered in all budgetary discussions, and

dealt with in a timely manner. Presently weare budgeting or the replacement o our ag-ing inrastructure downtown and other areaso Town as needed. I am committed to ollow

through with that.Long range planning is so very important

in shaping the uture o any Community. Iand other members o Council have duringthe last 10-15 years had the oresight to laythe ramework by ensuring we have a goodsource o water, and plenty o it. Inrastruc-ture, and the new wastewater treatmentplant or our euent are also in place. Withthe annexation o additional lands, not onlyor Residential, but or Commercial and In-dustrial purposes, everything is in place orthe new Council to aggressively promoteStrathmore globally.

With your support I will help the new coun-cil reshape Strathmore and make it a Friend-ly and Attractive Community or tourists andtravelers to explore.

A Community on Canada’s Main Street,

where all visitors will eel welcome.I Am Committed To “Strathmore’s Future

Growth And Prosperity.”I ask or your VOTE on Oct.18th. Because

I Will Make A Dierence !!!!I am the person with the taxpayer in mind.

JohnRempel

I eel that applying or public ofce shouldbe much like applying or any job – one

should have to present a resume and thenbe interviewed. Over the last three weeks,with my personal attendance at many oyour residences and, as well, by participat-ing in the various orums and by submittingnewspaper articles, I eel I have been inter-viewed. My resume is as ollows:

Employment1974-2003 – Peace Ofcer (RCMP – retir-

ing as Sergeant)2003-2005 – Proprietor (Boulevard Caé,

Strathmore)2005-Present – Civilian Field Investigator

(RCMP Recruiting Section)2007-Present – Councillor (Strathmore

Town Council)Skills/AchievementsMarried (33 years) to Gina, three adult chil-

dren and one grandchild

Excellent verbal and written ability in Eng-lish

Excellent organizations/planning abilities

Moderate computer skills Awarded RCMP Long Service Medal and

RCMP Year Bronze Clasp Awarded commemorative Medal or 125th

Anniversary o Conederation o Canada(Governor General Award)

Extensive volunteer background (FairviewFire Department, Fairview Boy Scouts, Fair-view Victims Assistance Associations, ElksClub o Canada, Rotary International, North-west Winter Games, Minor Baseball Associ-

ation, Minor Soccer Association, StrathmoreRegional Victims Services and StrathmoreMusical Arts Society)

It is said that the manner in which a per-son will perorm in the uture can be judgedby the manner he/she perormed in the past.Throughout my three-year term on TownCouncil, I have respected the responsibilityplaced upon me by the citizens o Strath-more. I have taken my job seriously – al-ways preparing mysel by reading reportsand doing the necessary research prior toCouncil and Administration meetings. I havediligently attended the numerous committeemeetings on which I represented the Towno Strathmore. I have worked well with staand council, and regularly lobbied or whatI believed was the best or Strathmore. Mypledge to you is that this level o commit-

ment will continue. Voting or me means vot-ing or knowledge, dedication, honest, truth-ulness and common sense.

Bob

Sobol

WHY ELECT LOIS WEGENER* We have heard the citizens concerns

about Council’s remuneration, however anyper diem claims I have submitted have beenmade in good conscience and in accor-dance with Town policy. Council voted Oct.6 to have the remuneration reviewed by an

independent group o citizens.* I advocate that any changes to Council’s

remuneration will be made eective ater thenext municipal election. Any Council will onlyset the rates or the next Council.

* I have listened and responded in a time-ly manner to citizens concerns. FollowingTown policy I have acted on those concerns,with Town administration to take appropriateaction.

* As your Councillor I have served on nu-merous committees and boards. As an ac-tive member on these committees I have notmissed meetings and have served as Chair-man or Vice.

* For over a year I served on the annexa-tion negotiation committee which resulted ina successul outcome o all 18 1/2 quarterso land requested being annexed.

* Good Vision and Knowledge o orderlydevelopment and growth o newly annexedlands.

* Ater 32 years with a fnancial institu-tion, I understand the Budget process andthe need or fnancial planning and adequatereserves.

* Passion or our community and citizens.* Personally support and attend numerous

community and charity events.* Not only do I support more green space,

I back this by being actively involved withCommunities in Bloom.

* Proven ability to participate in a proes-sional manner.

* The Town needs good business relationswith the province and other municipal part-ners, I can play a major role cultivating thosepartnerships.

* I have valuable Council experience andater October 18, I hit the ground runningand prepared.

* The one promise I can make is that I willwork or YOU the citizens o Strathmore andGUARANTEE your voice will be heard.

On October 18th, vote Lois Wegener!

Lois

Wegener

I would like to thank my ellow Citizens oStrathmore or their consideration through-out this Election process. I realize that it isdifcult to put your trust into someone else’shands that will directly aect you and youramily’s uture. I too as a voter have the di-lemma o which Candidates to choose. Ihave predicted rom the beginning it is veryobvious that the our incumbent CouncilorCandidates will retain their positions. Thatleaves only two positions or the nine re-maining Candidates to fll. Which Candidate

addresses the issues that you value the

most without sounding like all o the rest?Someone who is genuine and passionate

about Strathmore? A person that you wouldeel comortable with, sitting at your dinnertable either sharing a meal or discussing theissues? My platorm has been to the pointand will not waiver. I support a Sustain-able Residential Irrigation System. I supportcleaning out Kinsmen Lake. A vote or mesends a clear message to the rest o Councilthat you support a change in Administration.Congratulations to all o the Candidates onOct. 18, 2010 or supporting Strathmore tothe best o their abilities.

On a lighter note, I would like to proposea new bylaw that prohibits during electiontime the use o the words transparent andaccountable. I you use either word you arefned $1 and i you use both in the same sen-tence you are fned $5. The money raised willbuild another ice rink.

Thank you or your continued support.

John

Whieldon



October 15, 2010 • Strathmore TIMES • Page 27Village of

ROCKYFORD

I should be elected to Rockyford council

because of what I have accomplished during

my three terms. Over the last few weeks I

have explained in detail the reasons for what

I want Rockyford too look like in the future. I

have played a signicant role in making sure

the necessary tools are ready to be used by

council and that well thought out decisions

have been made. I will always represent

Rockyford in a dedicated and informed man-

ner. The decisions that I make will represent

our entire community and will bring forward

growth and prosperity for us all.

Darcy

Burke

A voter should mark an “X” beside the

name of the person(s) who will serve the

people of Rockyford better than others on

the list. If that is Julie, “X” marks the spot.

On the other hand, if you do not know the

candidates, please do not spoil the process

by voting for a pretty face, a well-known

name or a slick campaign. Vote smart and

knowledgeable; vote for your community;

vote for Rockyford’s best.

VOTE JULIE FOR COUNCIL!

Julie

Gaudet

Gerald

Katterhagen

Dixie

O’Keefe

Leah

Smith

Wheatland County

DIVISION 1

Economic development within the Wheat-

land County has been growing over the past

number of years. To stimulate this growth the

County has approved an area structure plan

on the south side of Highway #1, extending

west from Strathmore to the County bound-ary. This area structure plan is for heavy In-

dustrial businesses, to locate along this cor-

ridor all businesses that wish to relocate to

the county can phone the County ofce to

get all the information they need to make an

informed decision.

While farming and ranching have been the

backbone of the County, we also have oil and

gas companies drilling and laying pipelines

within our boundaries. Oil and gas upgrad-

ers and plants are up and running in most of

the County. We have major power generat-

ing plants in Division 1 and 2. Division 1 has

the rst Pattison Grain Rail Loading system

being built in all of North America; and its

grain elevator system can load 135 cars in

eight hours (very impressive.)

Also Division 1 has a plastics recycling

plant, where plastic product are made into

plastic pellets and then shipped out to make

other product. Also Division 3 has a fuel stor-

age area being built, this will be a bulk facility

for diesel fuel, gas and oil product. This will

take 130 tanker trucks off Highway # 1 per

month. All products will be shipped by CP

Rail. In Division 7 a wind farm has received

approval for placing large towers to produce

electricity. In fact construction has started on

the bases for the wind towers. In 2011 we

will see the towers and the turbines being in-stalled. The lists of project I have mentioned

are only part of the Economic Development

that has been accomplished by Wheatland

County. In the last three years we also have

had many new rural homes built all over the

County; in addition to existing homes many

of these homes have home based business-

es, and we denitely encourage this.

The work that needs to be done to bring

our County into the forefront is to embrace

the information highway. This would allow us

to attract new business to our County as it is

a necessity in today’s business world.

Councillor; Alice Booth

Division #1

Alice

Booth

Why should you vote for me, that’s a good

question? I’ve always tried to make the right

choice when I vote. You listen to the speech-

es, hear the promises and if there’s some

history that you’re impressed with, then you

make your decision.

I have no history for you to go by. I’m not a

speechmaker and I can’t make any promises

but I will listen to the concerns, ideas and

present them with condence with the right

information.

I will be honest, forthright and will give

you the facts as presented to me. I will work

for you as a resident of this County and will

work for the betterment of the whole county

not just a select few.

I have a solid background in business and

marketing and I know rst hand that commu-

nication is a key ingredient in any organiza-

tion big or small. I will make communication

with you my top priority and to personally

meet as many people as I can in Division

One.

Please vote on October 18th, your vote

does make a difference.

Guy

Christie

Why should a voter mark X on the ballot

beside your name?

People should rst and foremost vote in

general. As to why to vote for me … I bring

a fresh positive attitude to council. Listening

is a key skill for the councilors of Rockyford

and I intend to do a lot of listening. I will give

honest and true answers to all questions

asked. When I am not sure I will work hard to

nd a solution or answer to all questions or

concerns brought to my attention.

When I set my mind to take on a project,

I like to see it completed correctly and ef-

ciently. Great organization is the key to hav-

ing success of any project. I will bring new

ideas and respect the limitations we may en-

counter but will push the boundaries when-

ever necessary.

I am within the demographic of familieslooking to nd a place to raise their families

so can offer what we look for in a village rst

hand. Rockyford needs to promote and at-

tract new residents and commercial opera-

tions to the village and I will work hard to see

that occur.

In conclusion I am honest, hard working

and listen well, all key traits to keeping a

community great! Thanks to everyone who

plans on voting!

Pam

Seeley

These last few weeks have been the best.

I have traveled every gravel road and high-

way in Division 1. I have been on every door-

step and met the most wonderful people. I

have learned a great deal. While campaign-

ing, my desire to be a County Councillor has

strengthened. Having a positive relationship

with your ratepayers’ is the rst step in build-

ing trust.

For me, it is not about the politics but

about public service. I enjoy meeting people,

I am an excellent listener and I have the time

to commit to Council. I believe in serving the

interests of the majority and not spearhead-

ing any single agenda. I do understand thatagriculture is very important in the County

of Wheatland and there must be a balance

between it and other development. I believe

in researching the facts and would make my

decisions with common sense and fairness.

I would strive to bring a new energy and per-

spective to Division One. I am proud to live in

Wheatland County and want to contribute to

this dynamic and diverse county of Alberta.

I will do my very best to represent all of

you. Please exercise your democratic right

and make your way to your polling station

on October 18, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The poll-

ing stations for Division 1 are UFA Wheatland

Farm Services (intersection of 842 and 561)

and The Cluny Community Hall.

Place your mark beside Suzanne Jackson.

It is time for a new voice … your voice.

Suzanne

Jackson

I feel I have a lot to offer as a councilor in

Rockyford. I have years of experience with

the organizations I deal with and know the

route each of the groups are taking. I was

born and raised here, left to pursue a career

in the Armed Forces and retired, with my

family, back to my home town. So I have a

lot of history here and a great love for the

area. I want our village to still be here a hun-dred years from now and strive to keep it

going and moving ahead. We all know we

need to keep the school and to encourage

people and businesses to move to our town

… that’s very important to me and I know we

can achieve these goals. I hope that when

you enter the voting booth on October 18th

you’ll vote for Jerry Katterhagen with my ex-

perience and the love of Rockyford.

Village of

ROCKYFORD

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Wheatland County

DIVISION 1

Wheatland County

DIVISION 1

Wheatland County

DIVISION 1

The election Monday, October 18, 2010 is

your opportunity to voice your opinion on the

governance of our community: the Village of

Rockyford. It is important that you come out

and vote — be heard. Some key issues of

this election are:

• The Need for a Viable School

• Community Growth

• Infrastructure

• Taxes

Present council has been diligent in nd-

ing funding for our sewer lagoon expan-

sion, our subdivision development, and has

continued strong efforts in dening ways to

achieve a viable school in Rockyford. I would

like to continue and further contribute to the

accomplishments of Rockyford’s council.

I BELIEVE in preserving the heritage and

small town values of our village while look-

ing for ways to promote responsible growth.

I BELIEVE in keeping taxes low as we look at

ways of building Rockyford’s small town ap-

peal. But above all, I believe in and respect

the people of Rockyford for making this vil-

lage what it is: a great place to grow.

The Village of Rockyford constituents

should place an X beside my name because

I am committed to my community and it is

time to have a strong, effective voice for the

future of Rockyford. While preserving the

heritage of our village, my priorities are:

Planning and Development

I would ensure that The Rockyford School

remains open for our families and children.

This would also be vital to attracting families

and businesses to the Village of Rockyford.

A quality school curriculum, whether it is a

separate, public or private system in a local

setting is any parent’s ideal.

I would like to move forward and nalize

the planning and building of the proposed

sub-division to attract commuters from Cal-

gary. Our Village is only 45 minutes from theCalgary city limits and that could be very at-

tractive to so many people who are ready for

a lifestyle change.

Financial Responsibility

My aim is to eventually lower property tax-

es in Rockyford by generating interest in the

town through active promotion of our town

to fellow communities and Albertans. I would

like to begin a dialogue with Calgarians, real-

tors and developers to promote Rockyford.

I would encourage that www.rockyford.ca

be continually updated as an informative so-

cial internet presence is integral

in today’s society.

Infrastructure and Roads

In order to accommodate the

potential growth of Rockyford

the water and sewer systems as

well as the roads must be up-

graded. The possibility of shar-

ing this cost with developers

and the Provincial and Federal

governments must be pursued.

Partnerships with corporations

are also another funding option.

We need to explore new possi-

bilities for funding and not only

look at the conventional sourc-

es. EnCana Avenue, anyone?

I would proudly represent the

population of Rockyford and

would work with the people of

the town and the council to ac-

complish our goals.

Dixie

O’Keefe

Village of

ROCKYFORD





Wheatland County

DIVISION 2

I have been a resident of Wheatland Coun-

ty for the past six years and have lived in Di-

vision 2 for four years. I have had the privi-

lege of meeting a lot of people from Division

2 through my work as well as volunteering

for the Ag society. I look forward to the op-

portunity to meet a lot more in the days lead-

ing up to election day.

On October 18th, the residence of Division

2 should vote for me because its time to get

a new perspective on the Wheatland Coun-

ty Council. I am a hard working and open-

minded individual. If elected I will strive to

make well informed decisions by research-

ing all the issues before council and seeking

input and opinions from the people of Divi-

sion 2. I am here to represent you and will do

so to the best of my ability. I am not afraid to

stand up for what I believe in.

My family and I are deeply invested in

the future of Wheatland County and I am

proud to have my children call this home. I

am willing to listen and excited to learn. I am

an outgoing person and enjoy working with

the public. I am not in this for the status, nor

is this just a job but my opportunity to be a

positive inuence on the future of Wheatland

County, the place I have chosen to raise my

family.

On October 18th please vote and make

your voice heard. I am asking you to please

vote for me, I will work very hard to ensure

you will not be disappointed!

Jessica

Bissonnette

In this issue of The Strathmore Times, can-

didates have been asked “ Why should a voter

mark X on the ballot beside your name?” If you

are satised with the status quo, then there is

no reason why you should. If, however, you be-

lieve it is time for fresh ideas and insights, then

it is important you cast your vote for someone

other than the incumbent.

Why, then, should that someone else be me?

I am sensible, fair, open-minded, and honest

with the necessary time to dedicate to the po-

sition. While I have no political experience, I am

a mature, civic minded, life-long learner. I have

no hidden agenda, but I do have some strong

convictions. I believe that it is crucial that de-

velopment in Wheatland County occur respon-

sibly, and that as we develop, the residents of

Wheatland County be considered rst, and be

treated with fairness and truthfulness.

If elected, I promise:

• Regular town hall meetings, keeping resi-

dents informed and encourage open discus-

sion.• I will put my very best effort into represent-

ing all the residents of Division 2.

• To treat all residents (hamlet, farm, and

acreage) fairly and with respect, and to listen

to their concerns, ideas, and questions, with

an open mind, so that I may properly represent

their points of view at council meetings.

Do you want to know more about me or my

platform? Need a ride to a Division 2 voting

station? Not sure of your division or where

to vote? Visit www.jackikirk.ca or call me at

403-901-3322. Major decisions are about to be

made regarding how this county grows, so no

matter who you decide to be the best candi-

date, if you are a resident of Division 2, this

election concerns YOU! Please cast your vote

this Monday, Oct 18. Polls are open from 10

a.m. to 8p.m.

Jacki

Kirk

Why would a voter mark an “X” beside Ken

Sauve’s Name?

On October 18, I would appreciate you

taking the time to vote. We all know it’s a very

busy time of year, but the decisions made

today affect your representation for the next

thee years regardless if you are voting for a

mayor, a councilor or a school board mem-

ber.

I decided to run for re-election as a coun-cilor because I enjoy representing the resi-

dents of Division #2 in the County of Wheat-

land and I believe I’m good at the job.

I have visited with most of you during this

campaign and called on every residence and

droped off information. Please take the time

to read it and if you have questions call me.

My phone numbers are 403-734-2165 and

403-369-6526.

As a councilor, I have strived to deal fairly

and honestly with people realizing that as

one voice on council, you work to resolve

residents issues in your area and issues that

affect the entire county. I will listen to your

concerns and bring them before council.

There is always a lot of issues to deal with

as your councilor and I think you would agree

that re-electing me as your representative,

with my knowledge and experience gained

in six years, would be a denite advantage.

Thank you for your past support and con-

dence and I ask you for your continued

support on October 18th. Polls for Division

#2 are at the County Ofce and at the Com-

munity Centre in Gleichen.

Ken

Sauve

There are several reasons why I am askingfor your vote on October 18th.

I was raised and currently live on an acre-

age north of Nightingale, I was bussed to

school in Strathmore and so are my children.

I have over 15 years working in municipal

government, I started in 1989 as a laborer

with the Town of Strathmore and worked my

way to the Supervisor of Operations position

with the Town of Irricana. I have an excellent

understanding of municipal operations in-

cluding budgeting, planning, infrastructure,

roads, water and sewer. I was a Level two

water and wastewater operator, a level two

reghter, and deputy director of disaster

services. I have also worked in the private

sector operating many water and wastewater

plants in the Bearspaw and Bragg Creek ar-

eas. In the last four years I have purchased a

trucking company in Strathmore with a part-

ner and, moved back to the acreage where Iwas raised. But, I still want to be involved in

municipal government and this is why I am

asking for your vote.

I have an open mind and I am always will-

ing to listen and learn the issues, I want to

hear all sides and fully understand any issue

before any decision is made. I want to help

make Wheatland County, Division 5 a better

place to live. Let me be your voice and thank

you in advance for your vote.

Scott

Klassen

Why should a voter mark X on the ballot

beside my name?

Marking an X beside my name in a step

in the right direction. I bring a fresh and bal-

anced perspective with the conviction of do-

ing the best job for Division 5 and County

residents and landowners.

With my experience in public relations,

and history of community service combined

with my knowledge of agricultural and busi-

ness makes me the right choice.Wheatland County is my home and my

roots run deep. Over the last several weeks,

I have enjoyed meeting many of you and lis-

tening to your concerns and I will be your

voice on council.

Brenda

Knight

I think voters should put an X by my name

because I have the experience. I believe that

I have shown scal responsibility over the

past six years. My phone lines are always

open to residents and people are encour-

aged to attend council meetings to stay in-

formed about what is going on. I never make

promises that I cannot keep as our budget is

very tight and a lot of the “extras” simply are

not a possibility.

I was born and raised in Hussar and am

now raising my family here. This Village and

its residents as well as the outlying com-

munity, who don’t get to vote, are my main

concern. I believe that we all must work as

a cohesive group in order to keep a com-

munity this size viable. It takes conversation,

people who are willing to listen and work as

a team. We run on grants and volunteers and

some things are just not possible without

this type of co-operation. I am always open

to new ideas and ways to achieve the goals

that we want.

It’s important to think about the major

things that need to be done to keep the Vil-

lage running as well as complying with the

government regulations, all of which cost

money. Once that is taking care of then we

can move into beautifying the Village. People

need to focus on the important things that

must happen to keep the village running and

they are always my rst priority.

Village of

HUSSAR

Michelle

Brown

Wheatland County

DIVISION 5

Dennis

Bigras

Wheatland County

DIVISION 5

On Election Day,

whether you choose

to vote for me is up

to you, but here are

a few things to keep

in mind when making

your decision. I am in-

vested in the future of

our community and amdedicated to promoting

long-term growth and prosperity to ensure my

children can enjoy the benets of small town

living with their own families one day.

The economic growth of many businesses

and organizations in our Village rests heavily

on the presence of a school here. Not only

does the availability of a school support eco-

nomic growth by providing an attractive back-

drop for young families, but it also provides

meaningful community engagement through

its relationship with the community, its resi-

dences and the local businesses. Therefore, I

will promote and work to the best of my ability

ensure that a strong school presence remain

in our community.

In addition, if elected another issue in focus

is to promote to increase the development of

the new subdivision in town, I hope to work

with the projects’ developer to eventually get

more spec home’s in the subdivision to en-courage and support future growth in our Vil-

lage.

Furthermore, as a Mother of two young

children I aim to promote the development of

more programs and activities, while continu-

ing to support existing programs for the youth

in our community. By encouraging and sup-

porting the youth in our community by devel-

oping new programs and supporting existing

one’s my hope is that our youth will continue

to be active participants here in our Village for

the long term.

Tracey

Dundas

Tim Frank Were unavailable as of press time.

Michelle

Hagar

Bruce

Kaufman

Village of

HUSSAR

Village of

HUSSAR

Village of

HUSSAR

Wheatland County

DIVISION 2

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Wheatland County

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Village of

HUSSAR

Village of

HUSSAR




2010

Meet the candidates


I must start by saying that I am not overly

fond of self promotion but I guess it has to

be done. Why should you vote for me? First,

I think I am all the regular things you should

be to pursue a job like trustee ... honest, trust-

worthy, hard working, enthusiastic ... etc. But

more importantly there are three things I thinkthat qualify me for this role.

I love our kids! I have dedicated my entire

working life to the well being of the students

in our school system. I would like continue my

involvement now that I am out of the schools.

I am, and always have been, a strong advo-

cate for students and their right to a superior

education.

I have 32 years of experience in the schools,

as a teacher, counsellor and administrator. I

think this gives me a good understanding of

the kinds of things trustees need to be aware

of and how those things affect students in the

classroom.

Finally, I recognize the importance of our

teachers and support staff. They are the heart

and soul of our system and deserve all the

consideration and support we can give them.

I hope to do that.

If you will, vote for me. If not, just be sure to

vote on the 18th. Thanks.

Many people have encouraged me to run

as a School Trustee in the upcoming election

so I have taken my comments from them.

• EXPERIENCED - have served as a trust-

ee in this system for 14 years over a period

of 23 years.

• KNOWLEDGEABLE - am very familiar

with Wheatland County, as I grew up in the

N.E. quadrant, taught, married and raised

our family in the Gleichen-Cluny area, and

moved as a family to Strathmore in1987. I

am familiar with the schools in the Drumhell-

er and Three Hills Municipal Division, and as

a farming family, we have done business in

these areas.

I also know the issues, having received

phone calls even when I am not on the board.

• APPROACHABLE - No situation or con-

cern is too small to discuss and I am easy

to talk to. Although my husband might dis-

agree, I am a good listener and responsive

to these concerns.

• HONESTY AND INTEGRITY - must be

part of a school board and a school system

as all educational leaders, educators and

trustees are in a position of trust.

• TRANSPARENCY - is essential if a

school system (including the board) is to

earn this trust.

I have always valued a School System that

stands for EXCELLENCE.

Please vote on Monday, October 18 at theStrathmore Civic Centre.

Janet

Bolinger

Why should a voter mark an X on the ballot

beside my name?

The reason a voter should mark an X be-

side my name is that during my two terms

as trustee I have strongly advocated for

children’s education. I’m deeply committed

to providing an ‘equitable’ education for all

students. I have the time and knowledge to

lobby the government for the funding and

resources to guarantee we can successfully

provide the programming needed to educate

our students. Our students deserve to have

access to a wide program of studies, work-

able class sizes and a suitable environment

for good quality learning. I will continue to

work with parents, teachers and community

members to provide these opportunities. I

am and will continue to be open, approach-

able, and accountable.I have spent a lifetime living and working

in this community and have enjoyed a long

history of volunteering for the betterment

of my community. Working with Wheatland

Further Education for over 25 years shows

I am committed and have a passion for pro-

viding educational opportunities for all ages.

I am open to new ideas, thus giving our

children, our greatest natural resource, the

opportunities and experiences that they will

need to deal with our fast paced and ever

changing world.

On October 18th I encourage all residents

to vote. I am asking for your vote ... vote

Joyce Bazant for school trustee.

JoyceBazant

Voters should mark an X beside my name

because of my experience. My family moved

to Hussar when I was in grade two. I st ill live in

Hussar and my children are going to the same

small rural school that I attended. I know the

challenges that small rural schools are facing.

Six years ago I sat on the Golden Hills School

Board for one (3 year) term. I am familiar with

board policy and procedure. I have served

on the Parent Council executive for the past

three years in Hussar. I have spoken with the

Education Minister about the issues and chal-

lenges facing our rural schools.

We need to do a better job engaging the

public. We need to have mutually agreeable

two way communication. We need to clearly

communicate to the public - the owners of the

system - the success stories of our schools,

what changes must be made and what these

changes will mean for students and parents.

I have been out speaking with voters about

their concerns and issues regarding their

schools. I truly care about our children’s ed-

ucation. I feel we need to maintain a school

presence in rural Wheatland County and ru-

ral Alberta. We need to lobby the Provincial

Government to fund rural schools differently

than our urban neighbors. I will be the voice

for your child at the board table.

Corey

Fisher

Robert

McKay

My children are young. Every decision that

is being made today affects them and ourquality of life. There have been many deci-

sions made by the current school board that

are not in the best interest of our children or

our communities. For the past ve years I

have stepped up and become involved in ed-

ucation because I believe that it is important

to my children’s future and to the future of our

communities and rural lifestyle. I am not afraid

to stand up for what is right. Our children’s

voice needs to be heard. When making deci-

sions that can so drastically change our lives

I will ensure that I have listened and heard all

viewpoints.

I will work towards ensuring that:

• Our children have stable community

schools to attend.

• Children’s time is spent in the classroom

not on a school bus.

• Our schools are properly staffed so that

our children’s safety and

education are not compromised.

• Parents and the public have an opportu-

nity to be involved in decision

making and are informed of decisions that

have been made.

• Specialty funding, such as small schoolby necessity, is directed to

those who generate it.

• Schools are funded by program not by

student number

Being a parent and having grown up in

Rockyford I know the challenges that all of us

face as parents and community members. I

also know that the most important thing we

can do for our future is to invest in our chil-

dren’s education. I want to ensure that every

child has access to the best education, and

that access should not based on where they

live. Rural children have a right to be educat-

ed.

Vote Shelly Neal on October 18.

Shelly

Neal

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Larry

Tucker

School Board

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At this level of government, I believe an

election is less about trying to convince peo-

ple to vote for me, than letting the public know

what I stand for, what strengths and perspec-

tives I bring to the ofce of trustee and then

letting the voters decide if I’m the person they

want for that ofce.

I am a rm believer in the importance of ru-

ral students receiving an excellent education.That is why I served for 13 years (1976-89) on

the Berry Creek School Division No. 1, nine of

those years as chair.

That is also why I ran last year and was

elected to nish out an incomplete term on the

Golden Hills School Division board. My pre-

vious years of school board experience give

me the experience to know the job of a school

board and its trustees, and my last year on

GHSD, has given me background to the par-

ticular challenges facing this division.

While there are students in Ward 5 who will

take all their schooling in Strathmore, there

are many others who will only take a portion

there or none at all, instead attending school

in the communities of Rockyford, Carseland,

Hussar, Gleichen or Standard. While these

schools can’t offer the variety of programming

options Strathmore schools can, I believe they

can and do offer the solid educational basis

students need in order to achieve their goals

and dreams.

I believe that it is important to maintain a

school presence in communities where oneexists, especially for the sake of the younger

students. As such I think GHSD needs to con-

tinue to support these smaller schools, be-

cause rural education is less about buildings

than it is students, teachers and communities

that care, and this area has them all.

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SPORTSTIMES

O C T O B E R 1 5 , 2 0 1 0

Kings hot start

The Wheatland Chiefs AA midget team set-

tled for a 4-4 draw ver-

sus the Calgary Royals

SWAA Gold on Oct.

8 at the StrathmoreFamily Centre.

Mario Prusina Photo

MARIO PRUSINA

Times Editor

With a handul o regular season contests al-ready in the books, the Wheatland Chies arestill ironing out some kinks in their game. That’s a scary proposition or opposing teams,

as the local AA midget hockey squad is knockingon the door or frst place in the league with asolid 2-1-1 record.

“We’re a big team, so we should be physical, we have lots o speed, lots o talent – we have agood balance o goal scorers and playmakers,”said Chies head coach Devin Olsen when eval-uating his team. “We have everything you can

want to make a good hockey team, we just haveto put it together.

“I we work hard, we’re going to do well.” Ater splitting a pair o road games to open

the season, the Chies hosted the Calgary RoyalsSWAA Gold in their home opener on Oct. 8 atthe Strathmore Family Centre.

Cody Burndred had a goal and two assists, while Justin Fraser, Brad Bergerman and ArronDurant each scored once to propel the Chies to

a 4-4 draw. Tyson Kapty, Matthew Queiroga, James Price,

Scott Butters, Rylan Muenchrath and Abe Jenseneach added an assist, while goaltender DanielBaigent made 35 saves or the Chies.

“We didn’t show up – we knew what they would be like – we came out in the frst shit andscored and we let them do what they do,” saidOlsen. “We only showed up or 10 minutes o this game. It was (our home opener), we shouldhave been pumped up – I don’t think that was aactor, we just didn’t come to play.”

However, the Chies certainly showed up intheir next game, a 7-2 road win versus the RedDeer Elks on Oct. 10. Alex Bechtold scored twice, while Fraser and

Durant each added a goal and an assist to lead

the way or the Chies. Price, Butters, Devon Westby also tallied or Wheatland, while Muen-chrath added a pair o assists. According to Olsen, balanced scoring is pivotal

or the team’s success.“All our lines have been scoring or us,” said

the coach. “Pretty much every kid on the team

has a point – it’s not one line or one kid doingall the work.“We have our lines that go hard, they all have

talent and they can all score goals, which is nice.” The Chies were back in action Oct. 13 in

Calgary against the NWCAA Bruins (results notavailable as o press time), beore traveling toCranbrook this weekend to take on the Ice Oct.16.WARRIORS SPLIT

Ater losing 12-4 to Cranbrook Oct.9, Wheat-land Warriors AA bantam team opened their home schedule with a 7-4 win over the Taber Golden Suns Oct. 10.

Cody Willis scored twice, while Sebastian Wit-tenburg put on a clinic with our assists to leadthe way or the Warriors. Tyler Sharuga added agoal and two assists, while Taylor Donner, McK-

ay Bray, William Conley and Shane Frazer eachscored once or Wheatland. The Warriors will now host the Okotoks Oilers

Oct. 16, 5 p.m. at the Strathmore Family Centre. BRAVES FALTER IN HOME OPENER

The Wheatland Braves AA bantam team ell to0-3 on the season, ater losing their home open-er 4-2 to Red Deer Parkland Oct. 9 at the Strath-more Family Centre.

Kody Hammond and Riley Romashenkoeached scored once or the Braves, while Mat-thew Quigley, Sarah Lecavalier, Tyler Pitrie andKaden Hanas each added an assist. The Braves will now travel to Red Deer or the

rubber-match on Oct. 16, beore hosting the RedDeer TPS Oct. 17, 4:15 p.m. at the StrathmoreFamily Centre.

Balanced lineupkey to Chiefs success

The Wheatland Kings Junior B hockey team remained undefeated

on home ice after a 6-2 win over the Ponoka Stampeders Oct. 9 at

the Strathmore Family Centre. Mark Goodman and Lucas Ford each

scored twice and added an assist, while Racey Big Snake added agoal and an assist. Despite a solid effort the following day in Coaldale,

the Kings lost their rst game of the season, 4-2 to the Copperheads.

Doug Taylor Photos




The Novice Tier 5b team was outthis past holiday weekend and were

thankul or some extra ice time to

work on some essential techniques.

One o the hal-pint teams were outhaving a un flled catch-the-coach

game on the weekend, during a

scheduled practice at the Strath-

more Family Centre.

Wendi Tashlikowich Photos

Extrapractice

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WICKSON , Dr. Robert Douglas

Feb. 25, 1947 - Oct. 9, 2010 We lost our beloved husband and father suddenly

while visiting our son Michael in Yellowknife. He is

survived by his wife Jane, daughter Jennifer, sons

Steven, Kenneth, and Michael (Amber), his brothers

Ron (Diane) and Dave (Jacqui) and many nieces,

nephews and cousins. We will always cherishthe memories of his love and care for his family,

friends and patients. It was Bob’s wish that there

be no funeral but a celebration of his life will be held

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at the Strathmore Civic

Centre from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. If friends so desire,

memorial tributes may be made to the Robert Wickson

Memorial Award and mailed to Pam Fawcett, Fund

Development Ofce, Faculty of Medicine, University

of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive N.W., Calgary,

Alberta, T2N 4N1 (please make cheques payable to

University of Calgary). To send condolences, please

visit www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca. WHEATLAND

FUNERAL HOME LTD. (Strathmore) in care of

arrangements. 403-934-5666.

DUFFUS , Shirley Beatrice (Parker)

Nov. 5, 1932 – Oct. 10, 2010

Shirley Duffus, beloved wife of Roy Duffus, passedaway peacefully on Sunday, October 10, 2010 in

Strathmore, Alberta. Shirley is also survived by

daughters Carlene Last (Tim Start) and Lori Tytula

(Myles Tytula), grandchildren Kelsey and Rheyanna

Last and Michael and Adam Tytula, as well as her

dog Freckles. She will be deeply missed by her

family and friends including her sister Jessie Barry,

brother-in-law and sister-in-law Allen and Carol

Duffus, sister-in-law Betty Parker, several nieces and

nephews, and dear friends Lauri Mannix and family.

Shirley was a loving wife, mother and grandmother,

and had a lifelong love of animals with a special

afnity towards dogs. Thank you to the staff of

the Tom Baker Cancer Center, Foothills Hospital

ICU, Dr. Clarke, Dr. Fanning and the staff (including

Rita Sweere and the Palliative Care volunteers) of

Strathmore Hospital. Special thanks also to the

compassionate healers that helped make Shirley’s

last year of life more comfortable: Debbie Jasloski andher group, Catherine White, Roseanne deBeaudrap

and Margara Ortiz. In lieu of owers, donations

can be made in support of a non-prot organization

whose therapies helped ease Shirley’s pain over the

past months (make cheque payable to Carlene Last

who will forward the funds) or to the Palliative Care

Foundation at the Strathmore Hospital. Memorial

Service at Lord of All Lutheran Church, 112 Lakeside

Blvd., Strathmore, at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 15.

Reception to follow. To send condolences, please

visit www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca.

Obituaries

CLASSIFIEDSTIMES

FREDERICK(Bill) William K.Who passed away October 14th, 1977

We hold you close within our heartsAnd there you will remainTo walk with us throughout our livesUntil we meet again.

Sadly missed by Mom (Hazel) & family.

MEMORIAMS

MARIO PRUSINA

Times Editor

The UFA Bisons were 41 second away from taking both games from the Cal-gary Northstars this past weekend. After a solid 7-3 dismantling of the

Stars in Calgary Oct. 6, the Bisons al-lowed the tying goal in the nal minuteof regulation Oct. 10 at the StrathmoreFamily Centre.

Despite the 3-3 tie, taking three of four points when you get the chance isdenitely a bonus.

In Calgary, Torrin White had twogoals and three assists, while Sam John-son had two goals and an assist. Luke

Philp added a goal and two assists, asthe Bisons stormed out to a 5-0 leadheading into the third period.

Despite taking penalty after penalty,the Bisons scored three shorthandedmarkers in the win.

However, defensive breakdowns inthe third period allowed Calgary tomake some hay.

“The rst two periods, I though weplayed great,” said assistant coach Jer-emy Friesen. “The rst 10 minutes of the rst period, we dominated, we con-trolled the play and then we kind of

backed off and started cheating a little bit and taking shortcuts.

“We addressed that in the rst inter-

mission and came out in the second and were rewarded with some goals.

“We went out there (in the third) andkind of laid an egg. We took shortcutsand allowed them in the game for a lit-tle while.”

On Sunday, Philp scored twice to leadthe offence, while White added a pair of helpers. Mitch McAllister also scoredfor the Bisons. The herd will now prepare for a pair

of home games this weekend at theStrathmore Family Centre. The 2-0-2 Bi-sons will host another undefeated team,the Calgary Flames, Oct. 15, 8 p.m. The Bisons will then host the Grande

Prairie Storm on Oct. 17, 2 p.m.

Bisons take three of four points over Stars

The UFA Bisons ham-

mered the Calgary North-

stars 7-3 on Oct. 6, beore

both teams settled or a

3-3 draw on Oct. 10 at theStrathmore Family Centre.

Mario Prusina Photo

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Sportsman’s DinnerCarseland Hall

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Rockyford Curling Club

Oyster Supper Wednesday, October 27

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Strathmore Girl Guides

Year Challenge

Strathmore Girl Guides have been working on

their 100 challenges for 100 years since January

2010, one part of the Challenge to Eradicate

Hunger and Poverty is with our annual Food

Drive. Girl Guides of Strathmore have been verysuccessful with their Food Drive in part due to

the residents of Strathmore and there generous

donations of non-perishable items at the door.

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Thanks in advance for helping us make this our

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Wheatland Lodge Annual

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Irrigation Districts Act (Section 85/86)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

TO CHANGETHE AREA OF

AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

TAKE NOTE that applications have been

received by the Western Irrigation District

to change the area of the District.

Applications to add parcels consist of:

Name of Landowner

Anderson,H.Jay&CarolA.Number of Irrigation Acres

40

Legal Land Description

SE24-22-22W4

Applications to remove parcels consist of:

Name of Landowner

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Number of Irrigation Acres

40

Legal Land Description

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submitawrittencomplainttotheWesternIrrigation

DistrictatBox2372105-900PineRoad,Strathmore,

Alberta,T1P1K3within30daysafterthedateofthe

publicationofthisnotice.Jim Webber, P. Eng.

General Manager

Western Irrigation District

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Village of Standard has 19 residential lots for sale. Standard is located50 minutes from Calgary, 20 minutes from Strathmore, and 40 minutes from

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Price reduced to $60,000 or the frst our lots to sellbeore October 15, 2010.

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GARAGE SALES

For Feedlot operation

located near

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REQUIRED:

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equipment operation.

Fax 403-934-4594

mail to:

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EXPERIENCED

PENRIDER

Invites applications for:

Early Intervention Children’s CounsellorThe successful candidate will have a degree in Social Work or a related

eld, a background in Play Therapy, and experience counselling children

and families. Duties include individual and group work with families

experiencing family violence, with both in-Shelter clients and Outreach

clients. This position will also involve conducting parenting groups

and delivering public presentations. The applicant must be eligible for

professional registration if appropriate, be willing to travel, work exible

hours, and work well in a team setting.

Police and Child Welfare clearances, a clean driving record, and a

knowledge and understanding of family violence are required.

This position is temporary regarding a maternity leave to May 2, 2011.

HousemomDuties for this position include housecleaning, grocery shopping,

recycling, picking up donations, minor repairs, and other duties as

requested. The successful applicant must pass Police and Child welfare

clearances, have a clean driving record, their own vehicle, a commitment

to honoring condentiality, and the ability to work in a team.

This position is approximately 25 hours per week.

Please apply by email to:

[email protected] or fax to: 403- 934-6661

and indicate which position(s) you are applying for.

Condentiality, professional boundaries, and a clear understanding of

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Please drop off resume in person or

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EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITY

Innicor Perforating by Standard isseeking responsible, ambitious and

hardworking individual to ll a QC position

in test re. Candidates must be

self-motivated as well as willing and able

to work in a team environment.

Must have own transportation.

Hours of operation are from

7:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Thursday

and OT on Fridays.

Please fax resumes: 403-644-3906 or

email: [email protected]

inquires please phone 403-644-3901

EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITY

Innicor Perforating by Standard is seekingresponsible, ambitious and hardworking

individuals to full full time positions.

Candidates must be self-motivated as well

as willing and able to work in a team

environment. Must have own transportation.

No experience necessary we will train

suitable applicants.

Hours of operation are from

7:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Thursday

and OT on Fridays.

Please fax resumes: 403-644-3906 or

email: [email protected] inquires

please phone 403-644-3901

The Western Irrigation District is currently

seeking a self-motivated team player for

full time Accounts Payable Clerk duties.

Applicants must have experience working

with Accounts Payable in a PC environment

and be procient in Microsoft Word and

Excel. Preference will be given to thosewith Sage AccPac experience who possess

excellent communication skills, work well

under pressure and enjoy working with the

public both in person and via telephone.

The successful applicant will be required to

learn and use customized software packages.

The Western Irrigation District offers a

comprehensive benets package including

the Local Authorities Pension Plan.

Please fax, drop off, email or mail your

resume, stating wage expectations, to be

received no later than October 27th, 2010.

Lucie Montford

Administration Manager


Box 2372

105, 900 Pine Road

Strathmore, Alberta T1P 1K3

Fax: (403) 934-5101

Email: [email protected]

No phone calls please. We thank all applicants,

however, only those selected for an interview will

be contacted.


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