Stettler Independent, February 06, 2013

RICHARD FROESE Independent reporter

When Stettler town Coun. Leona Thorogood leaves offi ce next fall af-ter nine years in offi ce, she hopes another woman fi lls her council seat.

“I hope that this will spur on other women and men to consider running for coun-cil, and the impact it will have their lives,” Thoro-good said last week in an-nouncing she doesn’t intend to re-offer.

“I believe that it is imperative that councils have female representation. For women, it is generally less of a compe-tition and more of a tendency toward collaboration.”

Thorogood has declared her intentions about seven months from nomination day in September. She under-stands it can take considerable time to ponder the proposi-tion, especially now that the terms of offi ce will extend to four years, from the current three.

“I know my life is changing and I want to be able to make plans that may take me away from Stettler on a regu-lar basis, and to continue as a councillor would not be fair to the residents I represent,” Thorogood said.

While she encourages all community-minded people to seek election, she also said that women add a valuable per-spective to municipal affairs.

“Women just bring a different dynamic to the decisions that are made around the table.”

In the coming months, she plans to encourage council to present information sessions for any prospective candidates — women and men, while also providing her perspective.

“Personally, I would offer that anyone who is interested may contact me and ask any questions they might have,” Thorogood said.

“That could include such questions as: what are the time commitments? How does it affect my family? What are the fi nancial implications? What are the responsibilities and how can change be implemented?

“I would hope that any councillor could be approached for the same information. One of the things I have enjoyed about our council in the last nine years has been the atten-tion to not only the bricks and mortar that is required to run a municipality, but the willingness and desire to pay attention to the quality of life of those who live, work and play in Stettler.”

She said a council is like any organization or team that needs people will varying gifts and talent. She believes “a female view” can contribute to effective decisions concern-ing recreation, infrastructure, business, arts and music, youth, seniors, staff, health and long-term planning.

“They consider the emotional impact, as well as the physical and factual impacts, and are usually more global-ly-focused,” Thorogood said.

“I believe that many minds can come up with the best plan, and it also usually is the most effective when all in-volved take ownership of that plan.”

One of her favourite quotations talks about leadership and it states that a true leader is someone who guides others into making the right decisions.

“This type of collaboration is what makes Stettler a great place to be a councillor,” Thorogood said.

When she entered municipal politics, the local accoun-tant was interested in discovering how the town functioned and contributing to the community.

“I also believe that the only way to effect change is be part of the solution and that takes a commitment,” Thoro-good said.

“In the last three terms, I believe that we have become a community and council that is committed to all aspects of our community — both the hard and fi xed part of a com-munity and the softer side that puts people fi rst.”

She said she didn’t experience any disadvantages to be-ing a woman on the ballot or in council.

“If anything, it was an advantage,” Thorogood said.“If yours is the only female name on the ballot, I believe

that residents want variety in representation and being fe-male is one aspect of that variety, just like being a business person, a lawyer, or a health professional are all part of that variety.

“If all council was like-minded, I don’t believe the best decisions can be made.”

Readers can also fi nd the Stettler Independent at stettlerindependent.com

LES STULBERG Independent reporter

Not this year.After losing out last year, Stettler has opted not to

take another shot at the provincial “Small Town Satur-day Night” contest.

Stettler Board of Trade and Community Develop-ment manager Stacey Benjamin said last week that the board would consider entering the competition every second year.

Last year, the Stettler pitch in the inaugural event landed the town among the top-10 finalists.

Benjamin said the right to bid is open for any other organization in the community to try to win the chance to host a “one-day version” of the Big Valley Jambo-ree.

“We would be willing to help their committee,” she said.

Legal won the right to host the “Small Town Satur-day Night” mini-jamboree last year, and raised $93,000 to build a new playground.

Bashaw was among the final-five communities last year and ended up finishing fourth. Representatives from that community are mulling another shot for this year.

The contest offers a grand prize that includes a coun-try music concert with headliner Chad Brownlee and a songwriters’ circle featuring Clayton Bellamy, Alee, Bobby Wills and Tenille.

Billed as a “mini Big Valley Jamboree,” the contest offers rural Alberta communities a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience to showcase their community and serves as a fundraiser for a local charity.

Communities with 20,000 people or less are eligible to enter the contest. They must produce a two-minute video showcasing their community, which is uploaded to YouTube.

The deadline to enter is Feb. 28.

The event is also custom-tailored to the winning community.

The community can add to the framework by includ-ing beer gardens, 50/50 draws or “whatever else local organizers are willing to undertake to enhance the fund-raising ability.”

An in-house panel chooses the top-10 entries “based on their depiction of community spirit and involvement, passion for local tourism experiences, character and creativity,” organizers said in a news release.

Online voters are encouraged to offer their support by voting for their favourite community between March 6 and 25.

The winning community is scheduled to be an-nounced March 28 and the 2013 concert is set for the winning venue April 27.

Travel Alberta and the Big Valley Jamboree sponsor the event.

The entry form and the contest rules are available online.

No go for Stettler in ‘Small Town Saturday Night’

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OUT OF BOUNDS — A Chevrolet Aveo sedan car sustained extensive damage on the driver’s side as it settled in an awkward position between two sign posts Tuesday morning in Stettler. The crash occurred at the corner of 47 Avenue and 51 Street. A 28-year-old Stettler man was charged after he was driving north out of the No Frills parking lot and struck the westbound car driven by a 44-year-old Stettler woman,said Stettler RCMP Const. Shyla Delowski. No one was reported injured. The car was extensively damaged, while the truck sustained minor damage to the front bumper and fender.


Workers at care homes in the Stettler area say their jobs will be in jeop-ardy when the Points West Living seniors’ complex opens this spring to pro-vide seniors supportive living.

“We have no job secu-rity anymore, and (would get only) 14 days’ notice before we lose our jobs,” said Hanna Jilek, who’s employed at Heritage House as a nurse’s aid.

Last week, she attend-ed a local meeting of the Alberta Union of Provin-cial Employees (AUPE).

She said Alberta Health Services’ plans to close Pine Ridge Lodge leaves 54 jobs at stake, and though Heritage House would remain open, em-ployees with seniority could “bump” those with fewer years on the job in other similar facilities in

a 100-kilometre radius.The AUPE is waiting

for word from Alberta Health about the possible loss of jobs as a result of a provincial restructur-ing.

“This will result in some long-term-care staffing changes at the Stettler Hospital and Care Centre,” Heather Kipling, communications officer for AHS, said this week.

“Over the coming months, we will be work-ing directly with staff who may be affected, in accordance with their re-spective collective agree-ments.”

When the 88 new AHS-funded supportive living beds open at Points West Living in Stettler this summer, AHS plans to decommission 39 of the 89 long-term-care beds at the Stettler hospital.

A total of 50 beds would remain open “for those who need them — now and into the future,” Kipling said.

AUPE leadership and local members were still waiting for official word about the impact ofthe Alberta Health

Services changes.“AHS hasn’t given any

notice of termination of jobs,” said Mark Wells, provincial spokesman for AUPE.

“We don’t know how many jobs, what posi-tions, and who will be af-fected.”

AUPE continues to back its workers as the transition progresses through the early stages.

“Our purpose is to support our members and make sure they know what their rights are un-der the collective agree-ment,” Wells said.

With more supportive-living facilities going up in the province, the union says it’s frustrated that the private-sector ser-vices are costing jobs and taxpayers.

“Generally, we see these facilities in too many small communi-ties,” Wells said.

“It’s essential a sub-sidy of the private sector by taxpayers to the tune of $600 million since 1999.”

Jilek and others are concerned for their jobs and overall health-care

services in Stettler.“We were told by

union officials to update our resumes and find new jobs,” she said.

After AHS published information about the transitions to supportive living, she was upset the provincial advertisements didn’t explain the impact on jobs.

“Nobody mentioned that we are losing in or-der to gain,” Jilek said.

“We want to bring more awareness, because it’s a huge problem. If more people talk about it, the more chance we might have to fight it off.”

Others are also step-ping forward.

“It seems that the in-formation printed and be-ing told to families and communities is mislead-ing,” said a nurses’ aid at Pine Ridge.

“This change nega-tively affects the Stettler hospital staff, anyone working for AHS within 100 kilometres, families of these residents, and of course, most importantly our residents.

“This change is not best for everyone.”

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workers fear loss of jobs Reports of reductions ‘a huge problem’

Thorogood bowsout of town councilLongtime councillor encourages

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Brent Robert Cameron, 24,

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Marrian Bertin of Castor called her

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Later that day, police located the suspect vehicle and arrestedCameron.

This Saturday, Alberta MLAs have been invited to an economic summit at Mount Royal University in Calgary, which I will be attending.

The Alberta govern-ment is billing it as a chance to “brainstorm” solutions to the province’s financial reliance on en-ergy revenues. Additional invitations have been sent out to industry experts, business leaders and aca-demics to discuss the cur-rent financial woes.

It’s expected that fall-ing oil prices in the U.S. market will contribute to a $6-billion shortfall in Alberta’s bottom-line for next year. The reported purpose of this summit is to figure out ways to improve spending and to figure out ways to get Alberta off of the roller-coaster of volatile energy revenues. Unfortunately, we’re a day late and a lot of dollars short.

A government’s budget performance is generally a good indicator of a gov-ernment’s fiscal respon-sibility, policy and inten-tions going forward. The current government of

Alberta did not campaign on running multi-billion dollar deficits while ac-cumulating debt for future generations to pay for, through higher taxes for years to come.

In fact, the budget that was tabled in the legisla-ture two months prior to the election call, showed a modest deficit of just under $1 billion.

The projected deficit we’re heading toward will be in excess of $3 billion, with some experts predict-ing it could be as high as $8 billion, with a vast ma-jority being attributed di-rectly to overspending by the Redford government.

Unheeded warnings from the Wildrose, Lib-eral and NDP parties, stating the government’s 2012 budget was unrealis-tic, were dismissed by the government MLAs, who

stated they were confident in their predictions.

The budget that has now created a record defi-cit was based on oil trad-ing at $98.71 per barrel, which contrasts with the major financial institu-tions predictions that oil would trade at $92 to $95.

Wildrose Leader Dan-ielle Smith describes the situation this way: “The simple truth is, Alberta has never had a stronger reve-nue stream and is the envy of every other province in Canada. Ms. Redford said she wanted to change the character of Alberta, and now it looks like her plans include chipping away at the Alberta Advantage.”

All indications up to this point are that the 2013 budget will require a complete departure from the conservative values

a majority of Albertans hold near and dear to their hearts.

Budgeting within gov-ernment is based on rev-enue projections that will ultimately determine how much each individual gov-ernment department will receive for its services or programs.

The Opposition Wil-drose Party will not sup-port any tax increases to rectify the massive debt prospects for 2013. It’s our feeling that the Red-ford government is trying to soften the blow of pos-sible income-tax hikes or the implementation of a sales tax in the near fu-ture.

It’s my intention to en-ter the summit discussions with the intent of getting Alberta’s finances back in order with our conser-vative values and prevent any further erosion of what is left of the Alberta advantage. The success or failure of my intentions will depend on whether they are willing to listen.

Rick Strankman is the MLA for Drumheller-Stettler.

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WINTER FASHION — Lonny Nelner is bundled up in heavy clothing as he blows snow in Stettler last week. Temperatures plunged to minus-30 C before milder weather arrived on the weekend.

THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT NEWS Page A3Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Gas-and-dash a mistake,

says Stettler truck driverSGT. DUNCAN

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Below is a summary of most calls for Stettler RCMP service during the past week.

Calls that have the SUI designation attached are still under investigation.

Anyone with informa-tion regarding unsolved crimes or incidents is asked to contact Stettler RCMP at 403-742-3382, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Tuesday, Jan. 2912:02 a.m. — Complaint

of an egg being thrown at residence window in the 6100 block of 50A Avenue. There were no witnesses lo-cated.

5:16 a.m. — A com-mercial false alarm at the Peavey Mart.

10:28 a.m. — A 49-year-old female attended Stettler detachment to report that a friend named Adam, last name unknown, had sto-len some of her medica-tion when he came over to visit. The female stated that she was walking down the street when she recog-nized an old friend from B.C., named Adam, who just happened to be driving by. She invited Adam and his friend over to her resi-dence, where they drank to-gether and stayed overnight. In the morning, the com-plainant noted that her pills and some tobacco were sto-len. Adam was only known to the complainant from her days smoking drugs with him in Victoria. There was no address provided for the suspects, for follow-up.

4:45 p.m. — Com-plaint that three youths were smoking drugs inside a silver-coloured Dodge Caravan. An investigator conducted patrols, but was unable to locate the vehi-cle. Several attempts were made to contact the com-plainant for more informa-tion, but he did not answer his phone. The 50-year-old male owner of the van was contacted and he advised that he was in Corona-tion at the time of the call. The owner advised that he was very unhappy about the report and would deal with the matter himself when he returned home.

10:38 p.m. — A 911 call reporting a disturbance in the 6100 block of 51 Av-enue. The caller advised that there were fi ve youths yelling — one youth was on the ground and a female cry-ing. All persons appeared to be intoxicated and were reported to be headed east on 5 Avenue. A patrol was conducted in the area and all were gone on arrival.

Wednesday, Jan. 3012:41 p.m. — A 911 call

reporting a missing wal-let, containing a credit and debit card, that was last used the previous day at the Stettler Tim Hortons. Upon reporting the missing cards to the bank, the 24-year-old Stettler male discovered that more than $1,900 was withdrawn from his bank account. Bank statements indicated that the major-ity of the funds were spent or withdrawn at the Red Deer Bower Mall. Video footage of the suspect(s) has been obtained by the Red Deer RCMP Commer-cial Crime Unit. SUI

4:12 p.m. — Complaint of theft of fuel from the west-end Esso. The opera-tor of a Ford F-150 fi lled up and left without paying for $27 worth of fuel. The 52-year-old truck owner from Stettler was contacted and he advised that he got fuel, cigarettes, a few other items and paid, but did not realize that the fuel had not been added to the price. The truck driver returned to the

station right away and paid for the fuel. It was not an intentional gas-and-dash.

5:47 p.m. — Complaint of a break and enter to the business of Wally’s Back-hoe Service on Highway 12 east. The caller was watch-ing the business for the owner and came across a grey-coloured Ford Focus outside the shop. A white male in his teens, wearing a black T-shirt and baggy jeans, was located looking around and was defensive when questioned. He de-parted the area without pro-viding his identity. SUI

9:44 p.m. — Complaint from a 30-year-old male property owner from ru-ral Big Valley area that the Transportation Department came onto his property and mulched two acres of trees. The caller stated that the trees were not on the right of way, as they were set into the property over 150 feet. The mulcher was left sit-ting just off the driveway on caller’s lawn. SUI

11:12 p.m. — Com-plaint of a possible break and enter in progress at a 54 Street residence. An investigator patrolled the perimeter of the home and noted that there were no footprints in the fresh snow. There were also no signs of anything else around the house. It is believed that the homeowner had heard snow falling from the roof and became afraid.

Thursday,Jan. 31

1:50 a.m. — Complaint of family abuse from a 14-year-old female from Red Deer. A statement was obtained and it was deter-mined that there were no grounds to lay any charges against the parents. The matter was referred to Fam-ily and Child Services.

10:21 a.m. — A 56-year-old school bus driver attended the Stettler detachment to report a col-lision. The school bus was in the loading zone at the Recreation Centre, when a white-coloured GMC pick-up backed into rear driver’s side corner of the bus. The 79-year-old male driver pulled back into his parking spot and then pro-ceeded to back out again, striking the bus. The driver pulled back into his spot and then backed out the other way. The driver went past the school bus and looked at bus driver when he went by and then proceeded to leave the parking lot. A licence-plate number of the truck was provided. SUI

1 p.m. — An investi-gator observed a silver-coloured Pontiac Grand-Am travelling northbound on 62 Street and approaching the intersection of 44 Avenue. The car was observed to roll through the stop sign at a steady speed of approxi-mately 10 to 15 kilome-tres per hour, as it turned east onto 44 Avenue. A

vehicle stop was conducted and the 17-year-old driver from 40 Avenue was found not to possess a valid driv-er’s licence. Since the reg-istered owner was not the driver, the male was also issued a ticket for driving an uninsured vehicle. The male has a court date of March 12.

7 p.m. — Complaint of theft of gasoline from the west-end Esso. Two intoxicated males in an older, gold-coloured Ford F-150 fi lled the truck with $85 worth of fuel, said they didn’t have any money,and drove off west onHighway 12. SUI

Friday, Feb. 12:39 a.m. — Complaint

of a 19-year-old male breaking and entering a downstairs apartment at a 47 Street residence. The teenager was evicted at noon the previous day and the homeowner advised that a widow appeared to be broken upon entry. An investigator attended the dwelling to fi nd the evicted tenant inside the basement apartment. He was charged with break and enter and he stated that he left a window unlocked to gain entry.

He has a March 14 court date.

6:21 p.m. — A residen-tial false alarm was reported on 41 Avenue.

11:36 p.m. — An investigator conduct-

ing a patrol west on Highway 12 ob-served a speeding Chevrolet pick-up, near 61 Street. A traffi c stop was conducted and

the driver was found to have been previ-ously consuming liquor. The driver was issued a 30-day licence suspension as a result of failing a roadside test.

Saturday, Feb. 212:11 a.m. — Complaint

of theft of cable, which oc-curred overnight at the Di-rect Energy compound on Highway 590 and then east eight kilometres. SUI

12:18 a.m. — A 911 call reporting a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 12 on the left side of the Erskine overpass. An investiga-tion determined that the Ford F-150 hit black ice and went off of the road to the right. The vehicle then rolled once when it hit the deep snow.

The 21-year-old male driver from Digby N.S., a 29-year-old male from Emmerson Acres and a 30-year-old female from Emmerson Acres, all received minor injuries. Drugs and alcohol were not a factor. Stettler EMS and Stettler Regional Fire De-partment were also on the scene. Carillion was con-tacted to sand/salt the high-way.

2:42 a.m. — Report of a break and enter at a 50A Avenue residence. Upon investigators arriving, the

36-year-old male caller was found outside of the residence and was heavily intoxicated. The intoxicat-ed man claimed that he was coming home from the bar (Whiskey Nights) when he witnessed a blond female break the window of his front door and then exit through the front door. The woman was described as being white, blond hair, fi ve-foot-seven in her 20s. The story about the B&E changed several times and the complainant later advised that he had gone into the house and that the female had now left through the back door. The intoxi-cated male was arrested for breach of the peace and was lodged in police cells until sober.

1:16 p.m. — Request to check on the well-being of a 67-year-old female on 44 Street. Her 60-year-old brother from Lethbridge advised that while speaking with her by phone, she be-gan having trouble breath-ing. He advised her to attend the hospital. An investigator determined that the female did in fact take a taxi to the Stettler hospital.

10:46 p.m. — A residen-tial false alarm on the 6100 block of 50A Avenue.

11:29 p.m. — Commer-cial false alarm at Kal Tire.

Sunday, Feb. 3

3:26 a.m. — Report of an intoxicated driver at-tempting to get his Chev-rolet Cobalt towed out of a snowbank on 50 Avenue. Investigators attended the location and determined that the car was at the loca-tion hours before the driver requesting the tow. The keys for the vehicle were turned over to the tow op-erator and the 33-year-old vehicle owner was given a ride to his residence.

Monday, Feb. 41:36 p.m. — Complaint

of a hit and run to the north side of a commercial build-ing on 50 Avenue, near 50 Street. The damage was caused by a vehicle on the weekend.

2:43 p.m. — A residen-tial false alarm in the 6300 block of 41 Avenue.

3:15 p.m. — Com-plaint of a break and enter to an oilfi eld battery site, 1.5 miles west of Highway 56 on Fritz Hill Road. The Bearspaw Petroleum super-visor advised that the oper-ators locked up at 4 p.m. on Feb. 3, and when they ar-rived at 7:30 a.m., they no-ticed the gate locks were cut off. Stolen was a Cas-ing Scraper, worth about $5,000.

5:34 p.m. — Complaint of a dark-green, or black- coloured Ford Mustang, possibly a convertible, with a Saskatchewan licence plate, passing vehicles at double solid lines on High-way 56, north of Stettler. The vehicle was not inter-cepted and the information was passed on to Bashaw detachment and Killam.

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I have noticed that women and men are quite different. I’ve also noticed that those differences can cause quite a stir, especial-ly (unfortunately) in marriage.

The differences occur at an early age.A study of several hundred preschool-

ers was conducted by Harvard research-ers. Part of the study included taping the children’s playground conversation. They discovered that all the sounds coming from the little girl’s were recognizable words.

However, only 60 per cent of the sounds coming from the little boys were recogniz-able. The other 40 per cent were empathic shouts, yells, screeches and sound effects like “Vrrrooooom,” “Aaaaagh,” and “Toot toot!” They determined that this difference (to the embarrassment of those of us of the male gender) persists into adulthood.

In addition, communication experts say that the average woman speaks more than 25,000 words a day, while an average man speaks just a little more than 10,000 words daily.

Commensurate with that, and relative to the marriage relationship, a wife will say she needs to spend 45 minutes to an hour each day in meaningful conversation with her husband, whereas 15 to 20 minutes once or twice a week seems satisfactory for the husband.

The differences between men and wom-en are not limited to speech; it’s merely the tip of the iceberg. John Gray high-lights that in his best-selling book, “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.” He suggests that most relational/marriage problems between men and women are a direct result of the fundamental and dra-matic differences between the genders.

Bill and Pam Farrel, from a more devo-tional and biblical angle, co-authored “Men Are Like Waffl es — Women Are Like Spa-ghetti: Understanding and Delighting in

Your Differences.”Employing generous amounts of hu-

mour, they share that women can learn to respect men’s symmetrical and linear ap-proach to life and men can actually learn to listen and even appreciate the ladies’ more intricate and emotional mannerisms, with-out judging them.

The teachings of the Bible are really quite clear on this matter. God’s intent when he created man and woman was that the differences would be complementary, not confl icting. When Adam met Eve, he joyfully noticed both the commonality and differences immediately.

“Adam said this is now bone of my bones and fl esh of my fl esh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man. That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one fl esh.” (Genesis 2:23, 24)

I’m not going to pretend that my under-standing of the differences between men and women is comprehensive. I will say that I enjoy and appreciate the differences.

“As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.” Thomas Adam

Pastor Ross Helgeton is senior pastor at Erskine Evangelical Free Church.

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Differences between men andwomen not limited to speech

2003 — 10 years ago— Stettler Welcome

Wagon representative Jeanne Beisel said she of-fi cially welcomed 54 new residents between June 1 and Dec. 31 in 2002.

— A used-book store, El-ephants in the Attic, opened its doors Feb. 1 on the main street in Stettler.

— Glen LaRose caught a 41-inch jackfi sh at Rochon Sands Bay.

— The Stettler Ranch-ers’ Bull Congress was popular at the Agriplex.

— A total of 55 eager and energetic youths took part in a lacrosse clinic.

— The Larry Mulgrove rink, with Ryan Mulgrove, Mark Higgins and Herb Gramlich, won the Stettler men’s open bonspiel in an extra end.

— Exchange student Erin Grams of Endiang fl ew to Barraute, Que., for a three-month stay.

— A former resident of the Westwoods district, An-nie Stratton, celebrated her 99th birthday at the Stettler nursing home.

— Gwen Robinson moved her home-based computer sales and service business, Cas Tech Inc., to Stettler’s main street.

1998 — 15 years ago— The fundraising drive

for the Stettler Legion Youth Complex got a huge boost when it received $100,000 from the Red Deer and Dis-trict Community Founda-tion.

— The 911 service for the town and county of Stettler was offi cially launched.

— Area elevator agents waiting for rail cars say their facilities are plugged with grain and they have seen very few rail cars since the fi rst of December.

— An international ac-robatic and tumbling troupe performed at the Alix school.

— Work on the new Al-berta Wheat Pool elevator progressed favourably dur-ing the mild weather and was expected to be ready for the 1998 harvest.

— Stettler’s Bobby Dun-can, an 18-year-old West-ern Hockey League player, was traded from the Port-land Winterhawks to the

Tri-City Americans.

1993 — 20 years ago— Two area-couples,

Don and Debbie Puckett of Donalda and Marinus and Violet Udholm of Ferintosh, each claimed $100,000 Lot-to 649 prizes at the West-ern Canada lottery offi ce in Stettler.

— Residents hoping to derail plans to build the twin-arena complex on the former driving range were unsuccessful, as the town moved forward with fi nal stages of the design plans.

— A winter thaw fl ood-ed the fl oor of the Perform-ing Arts Centre with about an inch and a half of water, caused by drainage issues in the alley.

— Byemoor Students’ Union hosted the Tom Rus-sell concert at the Stettler Performing Arts Centre to fi nance costs of sending 20 students to a science pro-gram at Kananaskis.

— The snowmobile pok-er rally at Byemoor drew 133 machines, with 264 hands participating.

— Stettler Gilbert and Sullivan’s production of “Annie,” under the direction of Noeline Brockley, fea-tured young talent.

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Now that the U.S. election and inauguration are out of the way, it’s time for President Barack Obama to focus like a laser on the fi rst priority: the economy.

Approving the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf coast should rise near the top of his to-do list.

Political impediments have been removed. The gov-ernor of Nebraska has given the pipeline a green light to cross his state, after the Canadian sponsor changed the route to avoid crossing a sensitive water aquifer.

The pipeline company, TransCanada Corp., already has a line traversing that safer route.

Buried pipelines are by far the safest way to move vast quantities of chemicals that lubricate every aspect of our industrialized economy.

Critics say crude oil, mined from Alberta’s oilsands is too dirty and dangerous to the environment and should not be permitted. Part of that is true. It is dirty oil, but it’s less ecologically dangerous than burning coal.

It’s also not all that different from Venezuelan oil, which Americans have been importing for generations, or oil from notoriously nasty California reservoirs.

Second, while the history of Alberta’s oilsands has been anything but pretty, the industry is cleaning up its act.

When Obama moves to do the right thing, Canadian legislators should follow his lead.

Refl exive critics of heavy Alberta oil are fond of show-ing old photos of scarred landscapes, where surface de-posits were excavated and extracted.

Most shallow, cheap deposits have now been tapped out.

Modern techniques for extracting crude from deeper deposits are far less environmentally degrading.

They have a smaller surface footprint. Sets of two par-allel pipes are sunk underground into the reservoir. One drives steam into the deposit. The second pipe collects bitumen, which is liquefi ed by the steam.

Both are extracted, with water cleaned and recycled continuously. Each cycle recovers about 95 per cent of the water that’s injected underground.

Every year, knowledge gained from experience im-proves the process.

This method makes massive landscape scarring a rel-ic. Once bitumen is processed, upgraded and diluted for shipment, pipelines are the best way to move it.

They are effi cient, cheaper and far safer than other op-tions. It’s a measure of how distorted public conscious-ness has become that railroads are now seen as an alter-native for long-haul shipping.

This week, the chief marketing offi cer of Canadian Pa-cifi c Railway said the company expects big profi ts from shipping more oil-fi lled trains.

Jane O’Hagan told stock analysts the company hopes to ship 70,000 carloads of oil this year, driving revenues up 19 per cent.

In a sane universe, there’s no way railways should be able to compete economically with pipelines in shipping oil.

There’s also no way railways can be judged or made safer than pipelines.

Pipelines are not perfect. Pipeline operators are not all beacons of corporate responsibility.

We know that from recent local experience. Pipelines have ruptured in Central Alberta, threatening water sup-plies and destroying farmland. Those pipelines were gen-erations old, constructed and installed under regulations that would never be permitted today.

Major modern pipelines have also ruptured far from here, with local and international consequences.

The most notable — and from Alberta’s perspective, most damaging — is the recent history of Calgary-based Enbridge Inc.

Enbridge’s mishandling of pipelines has gravely threatened its plans to build a pipeline to the West Coast to ship Alberta oil to Asia.

A 2010 spill dumped more than 130,000 barrels of oil into a Michigan river. That disaster, believed to have started with a pipeline fl aw that went undetected for fi ve years, was the most serious in U.S. history. Cleanup costs were estimated at $800 million.

Near-term prospects for Enbridge and Alberta oil ship-pers look grim because of that disaster.

The B.C. Liberal government is running scared and seems certain to lose power to the development-adverse B.C. New Democratic Party in the spring election. That means more Alberta crude oil will travel to West Coast tidewater in rail cars. It means we can expect more oil spills rather than less.

No reasonable person can argue that shipping oil through B.C. by rail is safer than shipping by pipeline.

On average, the National Transportation Safety Board reports fi ve train derailments a year in Alberta and three in British Columbia between 2007-2011.

Expand rail shipments of oil exponentially and you can expect the spills to rise in lockstep. Incremental spills will likely be more damaging, because the only way to cross mountains by rail is traversing through the bottom of many river valleys.

Oil spilling from pipelines located well away from rivers is a shameful problem. Oil spilling from rail cars adjacent to rivers is a catastrophe.

British Columbia has the right to plot its own course. Unfortunately, near-term politics and short-term vision make them likely to choose an option that’s worse for both the economy and the environment.

They should pay attention to Obama and follow his lead.

Joe McLaughlin is the retired former manager of the Red Deer Advocate.

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Every Feb. 14 people around the world exchange gifts, chocolates and ro-mantic greetings for a day set aside for lovers. Many traditions are followed, all in the name of St. Valentine. Still, people may not under-stand why such customs are upheld. Much of the history of Valentine’s Day and St. Valentine himself is shroud-ed in mystery, and much of what’s widely accepted is inaccurate. To set the record straight, here are some facts about the holiday.

* Valentine’s Day is be-lieved to have originated from a celebration in Rome during the fi fth century. This celebration paid tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic priest. Other historians sur-mise it was a way to “Chris-tianize” the pagan holiday of Lupercalia, which was a fertility festival. Included in the traditions were boys and girls drawing names from a box and exchanging gifts.

* The Catholic Church acknowledges at least three different saints named Val-entine or Valentinus.

* All of the stories sur-rounding St. Valentine -- whether they are disputed or not -- paint him as a sympa-thetic and heroic individual.

* Valentine’s Day greet-ings have been popular from the Middle Ages onward, though they have been usu-ally verbal in nature.

* The oldest known writ-ten valentine still in exis-tence today was a poem written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London fol-lowing his capture at the Battle of Agincourt.

* Valentine’s Day is cel-ebrated in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and Aus-tralia.

* Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day are themost popular holidays

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women purchase 85 per cent of all valentines.

* According to the Greet-ing Card Association, an estimated one billion Val-entine’s Day cards are sent each year, making Valen-tine’s Day the second larg-est card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas.

* Candy was among the earliest Valentine’s Day gifts and remains a popular gift today.

* Some tales suggest that the type of bird a girl watch-es on Valentine’s Day pre-dicts her future husband. A bluebird indicates a happy man, while a sparrow indi-cates a poor man.

* In Medieval times, girls consumed unusual foods on Valentine’s Day in the belief it would make them dream of their future husbands.

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Jim Groundwater and some friends from Stettler have returned home from Phoenix. They enjoyed taking in three antique and collectable car auctions in the greater Phoenix area.

The Endmoor Vipers bantam girls’ hockey team hosted a four-team tourna-ment in Byemoor last Sat-urday. The home team won against Castor and took the skills competition.

The hosts lost to a Cal-gary team. Tofi eld also participated.

We send birthday wish-es to former residents with special birthdays: Bob Green, who turned 87 on Feb. 3; and Bernice Zeim-er, who celebrated her 86th on Feb. 6.

Linda Smith and Carol Stulberg took Kristy and Claire to the Calgary air-port last Friday to catch a fl ight home to England, after a three-week stay in Alberta.

The Big Valley-Byemoor atom Swordsmen played four league games and four playoff games in their quest to advance to the hockey provincials.

They beat Beiseker and Castor to move on to Round 3. They host Sylvan Lake at 1 p.m. Saturday at Byemoor.

Doreen Nixon cel-ebrated her 60th birthday in Las Vegas with friends Shannon Knowles, Brenda Jones and Tammy Walker and her daughter Becky Nixon, whose birthday is the same day.

Congratulations.Just a reminder, if you

haven’t got your tickets for the Ben Crane concert in Scapa on Saturday, there are a few left. Call Doris Nelson at 403-854-2452.

Kyle Sorensen and Janelle Derr will be married in Stettler onFeb. 16. They invite friends and neighbours to their

open wedding dance at the Stettler community hall.

The Byemoor Curling Club hosts its men’s and women’s bonspiels Feb. 25 to March 2. T

here is still time to get your entries in by calling Eugene Nixon at 403-579-2460.

There will be a change in hours at the cafe in En-

diang for this week only. Ruthie’s Roost will be closed from Wednesday through Friday. Regular hours are set to resume Feb. 11.

Humour for the day — When everything is coming your way, you are probably in the wrong lane.

The popular 1,2,3 SING WITH ME is back, running each Wednesday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. beginning today. Come out to the Big Valley School library for songs, sto-ries, snacks and more, Call Carly 403-876-2488 for more information.

There were 11 people out for crib at the Big Valley Inn on Sunday. First went to Gladys Groat, second to Teresa Greig, and third to Stan Nattestad. This week, the booby went to Caroline Pound, who was also the lucky draw winner. The 50/50 draw went to Ken.

There were 18 people at the hall board Bingo last week. Once again, the progres-sive jackpot was not won, with the conso-lation going to Joe Schell. Next week, the jackpot is at $188 and building. The bo-nanza winner was Carol Wilkenson, with the consolation going to Ron Milton. The loonie pot is at $25. The next Bingo will be Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Eight players came out for crib at the Drop-In Centre this past Sunday. First went to Donna Clark, second to Dave Garstad, and third was a tie between Jim Paul and Ron Milton. This week, the booby went to Ed Whiteside.

The work has begun! The fi rst stage of the Big Valley Municipal Library makeover begins this week. The mobile bookcases arrived on Tuesday. As a consequence, the library is closed this week, as books are shifted, fl oors are scrubbed and paint isapplied.

We look forward to reopening our doors

next Tuesday, with a fresh look and a large selection of new books on our new shelves. We apologize for any inconvenience this temporary disruption in service might have caused our patrons. For further information, call 403-876-2642.

The Big Valley Children’s Christmas Party committee would like to thank the fol-lowing for their support in making the 2012 party a huge success: Alberta Prairie Steam Tours, Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd., Big Valley Community Hall, Big Valley Drop-In Cen-tre, Big Valley Elks, Big Valley Historical Society, Big Valley Rodeo Association, Big Valley Royal Canadian Legion, Big Valley Royal Purple, Bill’s Catering, County Of Stettler No. 6, Encana, Pengrowth Corpo-ration, Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc., RM Oilfi eld Construction Ltd., Tervita, Vil-lage Of Big Valley FCSS, Stettler Indepen-dent, Dan Clark and Jim Paul.

Special thanks to ROSCO (the clown) and Santa for stopping by, to Brenda Meyer for the great pictures and to our elves, Telly, Jordan, Chad and Kelsey.

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At the snowmobiling poker rally last Saturday, the Ag Society handed out 486 hands to 130 riders, some from as far away as Sparwood, B.C.

The Steen family really enjoyed the opportunity to come home to the farm and ride in the poker rally. Helen said most of her huge family was able to make it home for the weekend and her house was bursting at the seams once again, just the way she loves it to be.

The winner of the 50/50 pot was Kim Stawnichy from Oyen with a prize of $607. Second went to Car-bon’s Kelly Steen, who won $365. Third place went to Brighton Watts of Rumsey.

It was a beautiful day for a ride. Plenty of fun was had by all the riders.

Don’t forget about John Griffi th celebrating his 80th birthday on Sunday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. John and Laura will be host-ing at their home at 190-3 Ave., Keystone Towers, in Drumheller.

Kids from our commu-nity have been busy. School curling zones are this week-

end in Drumheller. Morrin school is the host. Kids to watch include Evan Hamp-ton, Brittany Cawiezel, Robert Sinclair, Katie Prim-rose, Bradley Nelson, Matt McNaughton, Garrett Holo-wath and Marcus Herd.

The Morrin school bas-ketball girls’ team did well this season, with 13 wins and no losses in regular play, along with three tournament championships in their pocket. Our Rumsey girls who were involved were Shellbi Courturier, Kati and Shelby Primrose. They will be going to Rolling Hills for their zone competition.

The junior high boys’ basketball zones will be in Carbon on March 1 and 2, and Bryce Kopjar will be our local boy on that team. Junior high girls’ basket-ball home tournament will be this weekend in Morrin, with eight teams.

Katie Primrose had an exciting time skipping for the team of Betty Primrose,

Brittany Cawiezel and Marj Kiemele in the Drumheller women’s bonspiel. They walked away with third in the fi rst event.

The Rumsey women’s bonspiel is well underway. On Thursday night, the cooks will be preparing the Oyster supper. There is always the option of a deli-cious steak, too.

Next up in the curling news is the mixed doubles weekend, starting Feb. 22. The organizers have usu-ally concluded this event on Saturday, but it could con-tinue onto Sunday this year. Contact Brooks and Jackie Watts at 403-368-2357.

The 4-H Beef Club will host its speak-off night on Feb. 12 at 7 o’clock. It’s sure to be an interesting evening, as our local children present their best vocal talents.

One of our newest mem-bers to our community has an interesting hobby. Bob Braaksma is a radio DJ for Rumsey Retro radio station — 1580 on the AM dial. It’s a radio station that Bob and three of his friends have created because of their in-terest in old-time radio.

Happy 57th anniversary to Joe and Maxine (incorrect information appeared last week).

Happy Birthday to Chandler Skocdo-pole, who turned 12. Celebrations were Saturday night at home with his extended family.

Corina Derr and daughters Shayla and Keonna have returned from a weekend in Edmonton, where the girls, along with several others from the Stettler district, performed in the Street Grove Hip Hop dance recital. It was an enjoyable time for all.

Percy and Paulette Heer drove to Three Hills on Saturday to watch their grand-daughter, Josie Wideman, who was in

the ballet, The Nutcracker. The chore-ography was well done and the dancers’ performance was very professional. Their teacher and older students are planning a dance trip to Guatemala this spring.

Best wishes to Leigh Shepherd, who remains in the Stettler hospital.

Don’t forget to mark Feb. 23 for the monthly Bingo at the bank building. Doors open at 7 p.m. The loonie pot con-tinues to grow. Please note the one-time change to the last Saturday of the month.

The host Erskine girls bounced into their bas-ketball tournament fi nal last weekend, and lost to Stettler.

Each pool had three teams: Erskine, Delburne and Donalda in one, and Stettler, Brownfi eld and Christ-King in the other.

All teams showed great sportsmanship.

The Erskine recreation board holds its annual gen-eral meeting on Thursday at 7:30 pm at the Waverly clubrooms. New members and new ideas are needed.

It’s Cape Day at Erskine

School on Friday. Dig out your favourite cape from the tickle trunk and swoop into school.

Erskine’s annual family skating and snack night is Feb. 15.

Erskine curling rink hosts a family Funspiel on Feb. 17. Call the rink to enter a team.

Birthday wishes go out to Mason Armstrong,

Feb. 9, Ryan Coleman, Feb. 9, Charity Titus, Feb. 9, Bonny Douglas, Feb. 9, Jaiden Stotz, Feb. 9, Tyler Bauman, Feb. 11, Amanda Gardner, Feb. 12, and Ken Haight, Feb. 12.

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Great activities are keeping Botha residents active this winter:

At the Botha Hall, from 7 to 8 p.m. each Tuesday, there’s a Zumba class. It’s a 12-week course, and everyone is invited to participate. Phone Callie Turigan at 403-742-8308.

Turigan also started another class on Thursday evenings called Booty Bounce and Cardiovascular Hip-Hop classes. Everyone is invited.

This Friday at 7:30 p.m., the Gaetz Valley Band entertains at the old-time dance.This is the last dance before Valentine’s Day, and it’s a pooled lunch.

Monday is quilting day again.Thursday’s schedule includes floor

curling at 1 p.m. at the Botha Senior Centre.

Bingo evening happens again on

Tuesday, Feb. 19, starting at 7:15.It’s held every second Tuesday.At 10 a.m. each Wednesday, take a

break and come out to the Botha Senior Centre and have a fresh cup of coffee with your friends and neighbours.

At 1 p.m. Wednesday, it’s time for carpet bowling.

On Sundays at 11 a.m., Susan Bowyer conducts a service.

Don’t forget the Botha Arena is now open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, weather-permitting.

The Botha Hall is also available for rent for special events. Call the village office for details.

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O n M o n d a y , t h e Halkirk grades 4 through 9 were bused to the Circle Square Ranch for a lesson in wilderness survival. Thanks to their instructors, JK and Justin, for teaching l i fe-saving ski l l s and leadership training.

The Mother Teresa s t u d e n t s w i l l a g a i n p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e S t e t t l e r K n i g h t s o f Columbus c i t rus f rui t fundraiser. Navel oranges, p i n k g r a p e f r u i t a n d tangelos are available from any of the students or by phoning the school. Orders must be in by Feb. 14.

Paul Dietrich is busy working on the curling rink ice. It will soon be ready for a group of volunteers to complete the painting and finish the surface.

T h e m e n ’ s a n d women’s bonspiels will

begin the week of March 4. Contact JD or Sandra at 884 2250 to enter.

Sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Margret (Peggy) Green, who passed away Feb. 3 in the Stettler hospital. The Green family story is on Page 700 of Home Fires.

JD Johnson, Rocky and Ryan Dahmer, and Robyn Hunt from Bashaw, curled at Calumet last week in a unique bonspiel. The Johnson team won i ts first two games, but lost its third. Thirty- two rinks were entered.

B r i a n K e n t f r o m C a m r o s e s p e n t h i s s e m e s t e r b r e a k w i t h grandparents, Dale and Melody. Grandpa took

Br ian and h is cous in McGuire to the toy show in Castor on Saturday.

J o r d o n a n d J u s t i n Schilling from Wainwright spent several days last week visiting with their grandma, Irene Schilling.

S t a n a n d D o r o t h y Anderson went to Three Hills on Saturday to watch their grandson, Austin Weyant, play basketball in the tournament final, winning the silver against a team from Olds.

C O M I N G U P : Thursday — regular bingo at the community hall; Saturday — Elks seafood supper and comedy night at the hall; Feb. 14 – Seniors’ f loor-cur l ing bonspiel at the centre.

The Donalda Community Promotions Society hosted a toboggan party at the ski hill Sunday, a perfect day to go sliding.

This Sa turday , the society hosts a spaghetti dinner at the hall, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. Ken Grambo will entertain with inspiration, comedy and song.

Tickets are available at the Donalda Museum or the Stettler Independent office. Call 403-883-2100.

The Pancake and Jam at the Drop-In is cancelled for

this Sunday only.The Donalda Coulee

Friendship Club will host a strawberry pancake supper on Tuesday at the Drop-In Centre. Dinner is served from 5 to 7 p.m.

The Donalda Coulee Friendship Club will hold its annual general meeting on Thursday, Feb. 15, at 5:30 p.m. with a pot-luck supper, followed by the

meeting. New members are welcome.

Birthday wishes go out to Anna Blouin, Allan Dietrich, Daryl Bailey, T a y l o r F u l l e r , L e a h Bergstrom-Thellbro, Lee Erickson, Clinton Mueller, Jannelle Hillestad, Lorraine Blouin, Matthew Blouin, Niklas Lee, Rachel Seale, Bailey Steinhoff, Mikala Awe, Cal Nixon, Colin Foot, Ning Mendemilla, Rachel Weibel , Terry Sideritsch and anyone else celebrating a birthday this week.

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a once-organized home into a messy monument to clutter. Oftentimes, uncertainty about which financial documents to keep and which to discard causes homeowners to keep everything, which can lead to

unnecessary clutter.Even though a greater

portion of transactions are taking place online, you still may feel more secure keeping paperwork in hard copy. But older bills and documents can likely be thrown away. As you begin your organizing detail, keep these pointers in mind.

What to Keep

Purchase receipts, credit card statements and any other paperwork pertinent for fi ling taxes should be kept for a full year until taxes are fi led.

Experts disagree as to what is the best period of time for keeping documents related to taxes after your return has been fi led. Many people can safely shred tax documents within three years of fi ling. This is the end of the normal audit period for “good-faith” errors. If you do not have any reason to believe information on the returns is fraudulent, you can probably safely toss out these older returns once the three years is up. If you are self-employed or if you want to be extra cautious, you can save tax returns for seven years.

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These include warranty d o c u m e n t s , i n s u r a n c e policies, copies of will and trust documents, medical h i s t o r y f o r m s , c o p i e s o f d ip lomas and school transcripts and an inventory of home items. Also keep important documents that pertain to your home purchase or rental agreement. These include leases, home title, home survey, and mortgage documents.

Many people opt to keep other essential items that need a bit more protection in a safety deposit box or a burglar-proof safe at home.

Items inside should include a list of bank account and credit card account numbers, copies of identifi cation cards, passports, social security ca rds , s tock and bond certifi cates, IRA contribution records, certifi cates of deposit, and military documents, as well as divorce, marriage, a d o p t i o n o r a n y o t h e r important certifi cates.

What to Toss

M o s t e x p e r t s a g r e e , including sources from Good Housekeeping, Consumer Reports and Kip l inger ’s , tha t many rece ip ts can be discarded shortly after purchase. ATM receipts can

be thrown away as soon as they are reconciled against your bank statement. Bank and credit card statements can be shredded after they have been confi rmed unless you need them for any specifi c tax-fi ling reasons.

After a year, it is generally safe to do a thorough clean-out of pay stubs, especially after you have received your tax-f i l ing forms and have submitted tax information.

Many people fi le away paid bills and keep them far longer than necessary. Again, once they have been checked for accuracy, they can generally be thrown out. If you want to err on the side of caution,

then keep these paid bills for 2 to 3 months and then toss them out.

Old insurance pol icies also can be thrown out when they are replaced by newer ones. However, keep the original statement showing

the purchase date and price of the policy.

If you have any warranties or instructions for household items that have been sold or donated, then these can be thrown out as well.

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The Stettler Storm midget girls cruised to a 15-0 rout of Maskwacis in North Cen-tral Minor Hockey Association play on the weekend.

Lindsey McKinnon and Sommer Bau-man shared the shutout, facing a total of just eight shots.

Jessie Anderson scored two goals and assisted on four others, while Kennidy Fisher contributed three goals and two

helpers. Jayden Hogg had two goals and two assists, Dani Van Dusen netted two goals, and Morgan Van Dusen supplied a goal and four assists.

Jennifer Hallett, Gracie Lou Chapman, Sarah Imbery, Harlee Avramenko and cap-tain Kelsie Litke scored the other goals.

Next up for the Stettler girls is a re-match with Maskwacis at 2:30 p.m. Sun-day at Hobbema.

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Dani Van Dusen (left) of Stettler lines up against a Maskwacis forward during the Storm midget girls’ 15-0 victory.

Midget girls trounce Maskwacis

Stettler Middle School defeated host Erskine in the fi nal of the junior high girls’ basketball tourna-ment Saturday at Erskine School.

“It was a defensive bat-tle, but Stettler controlled the boards, which made a difference in the game,” said Stettler coach Kim Poapst.

“We were down 17-16 at the half, but spread out the offence and took care of the ball. It was a tough win and it could have gone to either team.

“We played some good defence on (Erskine’s) two key players. Stettler boxed out well when Erskine took some good shots, which was our major goal.”

Poapst said she was proud of the girls’ perfor-mance as Stettler Middle School improved its record to 9-4.

Up next for Stettler is a game against Big Valley this week.

The next tournament for Stettler is at Hunting Hills in Red Deer at the end of Feburary.

Stettler Middle wins Erskine girls’ tourney

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LES STULBERG Independent reporter

C l e a r v i e w S c h o o l Div i s ion t rus tees a re concerned that some of the Clearview provincial test results are below the Alberta average.

They asked staff to brief them on the results.

Rob Ra thwe l l , t he b o a r d ’ s c o - o r d i n a t o r of adminis t ra t ive and ins t ruc t iona l suppor t , presented an analysis of the Grade 9 PAT and d i p l o m a e x a m i n a t i o n results.

“We pay a t t en t ion anytime any of our results are below the provincial average,” said Clearview s u p e r i n t e n d e n t J o h n Bailey.

He said the evaluation covered 16 categories, and that Clearview scored above the p rov inc ia l average in 11 of the 16.

The areas ci ted for necessary improvement a r e t h e “ d i p l o m a acceptable” and “diploma excellence” measures.

Bailey said Clearview’s focus is on those two diploma exams.

“We want that to be higher.”

Work has begun to achieve that goal, he said.

B a i l e y s a i d P A T and d ip loma teachers throughout the division a r e c o l l a b o r a t i n g t o share their strengths and

experience in an effort to generate better results.

A program to improve math achievement has been established between William E. Hay Composite High School and the University of Lethbridge.

The diploma results can be interpreted in different ways, Bailey said.

W h i l e t h e r e s u l t s o f s t u d e n t - l e a r n i n g achievement are lower, Clearview scores higher in high school completion rate than the provincial average, he said.

“All students aren’t necessarily getting lower marks. There are more s t u d e n t s a t t e m p t i n g the courses now, and although that may lower

the average, more students are receiving education in those subject areas.”

In the overall summary, Clearview is evaluated as “acceptable to excellent” in seven categories.

Aside from the diploma results, the school dropout rate is also listed as a concern.

Bailey said students moving out of the division are included in the dropout rate.

He sa id C lea rv iew is one of the smaller divisions in the province and, with those lower numbers, percentages can be distorted more easily.

Dates to be finalizedAs communities wait to

make a case to save their schools, the Clearview School Division is still setting the dates for its community consultation meetings.

T h e b o a r d e a r l i e r decided to visit Byemoor and Donalda before the end of March.

Bailey said tentative dates March 12 and 20 are being considered for those first two meetings.

Details are expected to be finalized at the Feb. 14 board meeting, which is open to the public.

T h e r e m a i n d e r o f the Clearv iew school communities, except for the colony schools, are scheduled to be visited in March, April or May.

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The Stettler Elementary School kindergarten classes participated in Pete the Cat day. The students hunted for Pete the Cat around the school, played on Pete the Cat game boards, participated in a button relay and played a Pete the Cat dice game.

We love Pete the Cat’s motto: “No matter what happens, it’s all good!”

The kindergarten kids in KSN, KKT and KDB also made Australian hand-dot art to get ready for Aussie Days.

Teachers had a great PD day last Wednesday, with time for grade-level collaborating and whole-staff discussions about resiliency and ideas about entire-school activities.

SES staff met up with the SMS and high school staff for a quick lunch

that was delicious. Thanks again to SMS staff for hosting.

Grade 1 students have been learning about their senses and have been doing taste and hearing tests. Last week, the students tasted things like pickles, pretzels, lemons and oranges. They also started Minute To Win It games. The kids are really enjoying it.

The 2SG class sang songs and recited poems for the seniors at the hospital on Monday. The students also gave them Valentine’s Day cards and a chocolate heart.

Grade 5 students have been staying late after school, working hard on their science fair projects. The projects were due Monday, and they will be on display this week, ready for judging!

Monday was “kangaroo jacket” (hoodies) day in preparation for Aussie Days, which kick off today. We have all been very excited about this day!

All the teachers are dressing as Aussie tourists and all the kids are in their team colours, which are red, green, blue and yellow.

We are all very happy to have Mrs. Lynn back at our school. She is teaching four days a week. Her energy, smile and caring personality were missed. She is doing great and is such a wonderful example of strength and resilience.

Welcome back, Mrs. Lynn.

Cute quote o f the week: The students were talking to a teacher about where they were born. The students reported places like Stettler, Canmore, E d m o n t o n a n d t h e Philippines, and one boy in the back told the class, “I wasn’t born.”

“Oh, that’s interesting,” the teacher said, “but you are sitting right there.”

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Construction is well underway on Points West Living Stettler – a new supportive living facility being built by Points West Living. It will offer bright, modern spaces in a home-like environment to allow residents to age in place.

Combined with the 88 new supportive living spaces at Points West Living Stettler, the community will have 138 continuing care spaces—a gain of 49 continuing care spaces.

As part of this transition, and to make the increase possible, we will decommission 39 of the 89 beds at the Stettler Hospital and Care Centre. These older beds will no longer be required with the introduction of new beds at Points West Living Stettler. However, 50 long-term care beds will remain open for those residents who need them, and the Stettler Hospital and Care Centre will continue to meet current and future area needs for long-term care.

of care will be offered in the community. Albertans have consistently said they want more care in the most home-like setting possible. Supportive living offers health and personal care supports in private suites with the added security of having professional nursing care and support staff available on-site 24 hours a day.

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Bashaw-and-area resi-dents wanting to buy meat in their hometown are ex-pected to be able to do so when Bashaw Meats and Sausage re-opens at a new location this summer.

A provincial health inspector forced the busi-ness to close in December 2011, but residents vowed from the outset that they

would support the owners in their efforts to revive the store.

Bashaw Meats plans to open at its new home on 51 Avenue at the corner of 49 Street on the lot of the former Stephanie’s Res-taurant building, which fire destroyed last May.

“We’re looking for-ward to getting back into business,” said Darren Pearson, who bought the business in 2003 with his wife, Carrie.

“It will be good for the town and for us to be back home again. Lots of peo-ple support it and we can hardly wait.”

With the footings al-ready set, the new 42-x-96-foot building is sched-uled to be ready to open on the July 1 long weekend.

“The sooner, the bet-ter,” Pearson said.

The expanded premises will provide about double the space for retail than atthe store’s former Main

Street location.Bashaw Concrete owner

Mel Hay recently bought the new Bashaw Meats property to construct the building and lease it to the Pearsons, with the option to buy. Groundwork for the building — made of insulated concrete blocks — is underway.

“This (purchase) is one way I can get this business back into town and help support them,” Hay said. “We can’t afford to lose

any businesses.”About half the space

will accommodate retail sales, while the other part will be used for process-ing, cutting and wrap-ping.

“Everything will be brand new,” Pearson said. “It will be an old-style meat shop, specializing in homemade products that you can’t buy anywhere else.”

Since the old shop closed, Hay had been

working with the Pearsons in trying to find another location.

“We had a hell of a time trying to find a suit-able piece of property,” Hay said. “(But) we broke ground and we are ready to roll.”

The town’s founder, Eugene Bashaw, opened Bashaw Meats and Sau-sage in 1910.

The store grew into one of Bashaw’s longest-serving businesses.

Bashaw Meats breaks new ground


Bashaw Meats and Sausage co-owner Darren Pearson and daughter Presley join landowner Mel Hay as they look over the new site of Bashaw Meats and Sausage, which plans to re-open this July.

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The Airdrie Thunder doubled the visiting Stettler Lightning 4-2 last Friday night as the Lightning

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Stettler (12-21-2 before Tuesday’s game) and Mountainview (13-20-3) each have two games left.

Friday at Airdrie, the Thunder (18-14-5) scored three power-play goals, while both Stettler goals also came during manpower advantages. Tyson Glazier and Adam Ternes were the Lightning marksmen.

Simon Thieleman made 35 saves in the Stettler net, while Kade Taplin blocked 32 shots for Airdrie.

The Lightning wrap up their regular season this weekend with road games Friday night against the High River Flyers (11-21-2) and Saturday night against the Three Hills Thrashers (15-15-4).

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Lightning suffer another setback

Micah Croker scored four goals and three assists last Friday night as the midget A Stettler Legion Blues dumped the host Viking Gas Kings 10-1 and punched their ticket to next month’s Hockey Alberta B provincials in Provost.

Viking opted not to make the trip to Stettler on Sunday for what would have been Game 2 of a two-game, total-goal qualifying series.

Stettler advances to play Provost, but both teams are already guaranteed a berth in the provincial championship.

Logan Davidson picked up two goals

and three assists, while Kieran Rost added a goal and three helpers.

Brett Rider, Chase McGonigal and Riley Anderson also scored for Stettler, which received an 18-save performance from Jordan McCallum.

The Blues fired 48 shots at Viking goaltender Skyler Darling.

Stettler has a busy week ahead.The Blues visit Hobbema tonight,

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Croker fills the net as Blues qualify for midget provincials

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Micah Croker of the Stettler Legion Blues had seven points, including four goals, in Stettler’s 10-1 rout of host Viking in a provincial midget qualifying game last Friday.

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The Big Valley Oil Kings were involved in two close playoff games against the defending Alberta senior AA hockey champions, the Daysland Northstars, but fell short in both contests last weekend at Daysland.

Trailing 2-0 in the best-of-five first-round series, the Oil Kings need to win on home ice this weekend to extend their Battle River Hockey League season.

L a s t F r i d a y , t h e Northstars jumped out to an early lead, with Colin Zimmer scoring 1:31 into

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Af te r two per iods , Daysland held a 3-0 lead as Dean Petiot and Devan Herder added goals.

The Oil Kings tried to chip away at the Northstars’ lead, and at 8:14 of the third period, captain Brett Muhlbach beat Daysland goalie Andrew Sinclair on a feed from David Skagen.

Oil Kings goalie Chance Clark and the Northstars’ Andrew Sinclair were u n b e a t a b l e f o r t h e remainder of the game.

The Oil Kings were back in Daysland Saturday for Game 2, which ended 4-2.

The Northstars came out firing, directing 16 shots at Big Valley’s Clark, who turned aside everything in the first frame. With just 45 seconds left in the

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The Northstars’ Dayne Sorensen scored just under five minutes into the third period to give his squad a 2-0 lead. A mere 18 seconds later, Oil Kings’ defenceman Denver Wik narrowed the margin to 2-1.

In a flurry of action, Daysland’s Wolbeck put his team up 3-1 just over a minute later, with his second goal of the night. A total of three goals were scored during a 1:29 span.

Herder made the score 4-1 with 8:34 remaining in the third. But the Oil Kings didn’t quit and they beat goalie Scott Garnett with about four minutes left in the game, on a goal from Stettler Lightning graduate Mitch Finkbiner.

Clark was strong in net and was named third star.

This Friday, the action switches to the Big Valley Agriplex, with Game 3 of the series beginning at 8:30 p.m.

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In their fi rst game against Grand Trunk, the Wildcats lost a four-point de-cision, 53-49.

“It was a grind all the way through, with many fouls on both sides and con-stant issues with the 24-second clock,” said Stettler coach Charisse McDonald. “It was diffi cult to get any fl ow or mo-mentum, with that number of whistles and scorekeeper issues.

“We faced a defence we have never seen before, so it took a whole half to adjust. Playing in different conferences in the province, we see different ways of playing. All the teams we faced this weekend used defences we don’t usually see.”

Stettler came back from a 12-point defi cit, but couldn’t fi nish the job.

The Wildcats’ top scorers in that Fri-day game were Dacia Gramlick, with 16 points, and Kelsey Fisher, with nine.

On Saturday morning, Stettler cruised to a 70-38 victory over Beaumont.

“After a slow start, we went on a 20-4 run and didn’t look back,” McDonald said. “Everyone hit the scoresheet.”

Leading the way were Gramlick, with 19 points, and Fisher and Claire Aspenes, each with 10.

In the consolation fi nal against Red-water, the Wildcats suffered another four-point loss — 51-47.

“It was close throughout,” McDonald said. “Almost every loss this year has been by four (points).

“We continue to struggle with our in-side game, missing several key layups in the fi nal quarter.”

Fisher had 12 points and Gramlick added seven.

“We have seen a big improvement with our fast-break offence and man defence,” McDonald said. “Everyone is scoring in most games, which makes ev-eryone a threat when they have the ball. We are fun to watch.”

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John Langford is back on the offence.A month after his 15th birthday, Lang-

ford was in fi ne form on his home court last weekend as Stettler hosted its annual junior B badminton tournament.

The top-ranked Langford knocked off older opponents en route to winning the under-16 singles’ championship Saturday at the Stettler Elementary School gym.

He credited his pro-active style with victories over Saskatoon’s Brandon Re-dekop in the fi nal (21-17, 21-16) and Mark Lisoway of the Edson club (Oko-toks) in their semifi nal (21-17, 21-18).

“I’ve been kind of changing around my play style for a bit,” said Langford, a Grade 9 student at William E. Hay Com-posite High School.

“I did play defensively for a while, just to change it up at the start of the year. But, no, that wasn’t really working for me. I need to go back to offensive play and attack more. That’s how I play, and that’s how I played today against Mark and Brandon, and I took those games. To-day, it helped.”

In those playoff matches, Langford was up against familiar players that he’s already faced this season.

“I played Lisoway in Okotoks, and he

had actually beat me there,” Langford said. “And then, I had played Redekop in Saskatchewan just last weekend, and he had beat me there.

“I kind of knew what to expect (in the Stettler fi nal) after how he played last game, so it was a bit easier. I played it that way and I took it.

“You just watch how they play, and try and make your game so that you can ad-just to how they play — and win.”

Although it was Langford’s hometown gym, Redekop had a vocal contingent of Saskatoon supporters in the stands. Lang-ford’s teammates from the Stettler Junior Badminton Club answered with applause in support of the champion.

“People from the high school are com-ing down, watching me for the fi nals,” Langford said. “I had a few buddies come and cheer me on. That’s always good.”

The high school gym hosted the un-der-19 division in the Stettler tourna-ment.

On occasion this season, Langford has moved up to the under-19 level to test himself against even older opponents.

“I was playing up in Saskatoon, and I won consolations there, so that made me happy,” said Langford, who showed his happiness in Stettler with fi st pumps after scoring key points.

He’s been a busy boy this season, making tournament stops in Calgary,

Edmonton, Okotoks, Saskatoon and Stettler.

Langford’s winning ways and focus don’t surprise Stettler coach Bruce La-Rocque.

“He’s in top form,” LaRocque said. “He’s doing very well.

“He has maturity beyond his years. In kids 15 years old, a lot of times you see tempers and so on, whereas with John, you can’t tell whether he’s up or down. He’s playing the same game, the same points, every time.”

The fi ve-foot-11, 160-pound Langford complements his badminton training with exercise.

“I am working out quite a lot,” he said. “I do cardio here and there, and a lot of weight training.”

The William E. Hay freshman seems to have also adjusted to high school life.

“I love it. High school is great. It’s fun.”

In other Saturday action, Langford teamed up with Kurt George of Erskine for under-16 boys’ doubles play. In the bronze-medal match, they lost to a couple of their clubmates, Kyle Poapst of Stettler and Ryland Stefanik of Big Valley.

Redekop and Andre Inthavong defeat-ed Brandon Chiu and Michael Suey in the doubles’ fi nal.

In the under-16 mixed doubles divi-sion, Stefanik and Stettler’s Cassidy

Nichols were the silver-medallists. The gold-medallists were Lisoway and Emma Finnegan.

In under-19 boys’ singles action, Tay-lor Chase of Stettler advanced to the bronze-medal game before losing to Na-thaniel Bergbusch.

Chase had a breakthrough performance in the Stettler tournament.

More than 30 members of the Stettler club participated in their home tourney, which attracted 132 competitors in un-der-12, under-14, under-16 and under-19 divisions. Players came from Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territo-ries, which took its Winter Games team to Stettler.

Eight entries from Stettler took home medals.

“We’ve done quite well,” LaRocque said. “I’m satisfi ed with our results. The kids are all having fun. We’ve had some success. We don’t win ’em all, but we sure have some fun.”

Stettler plans to send entries to an Air-drie tournament in March and the junior B provincials at Olds in April.

“There’s two more events for most of these guys,” LaRocque said. “For John (Langford) and some of the other bet-ter players that we have, they’ll play A events as well.

“If things go right, I’ll take them tonationals.”

JOHN MACNEIL Independent editor

Shortly after their gold-medal loss Sunday in the Stettler peewee A hockey tournament, the host Storm could see light breaking through the clouds.

The Storm lost 5-4 to Lloydminster in an enter-taining fi nal at the Stettler Recreation Centre.

“We played a good game today and the guys battled right to the last buzzer and had a couple of chances to tie ’er up, but fate wouldn’t have it for us,” said Stettler coach Jason Hegberg.

“But I said to the guys after the game, ‘This isn’t what we’re playing for. We’re playing for provin-cials.’ And hopefully we’ll be able to throw our gloves up in the air after the last game.”

In provincial qualify-ing action, Stettler hosts Strathcona this Thursday night in the second and fi -nal game of their total-goal series. Strathcona leads 1-0 after posting a 5-4 victory

at home last Friday.“We’ve got to win the

game by two (goals) to ad-vance,” Hegberg said.

“I think these last two games we played in the tournament against Lloyd really prepared us. It was probably the best thing for us. Even losing today, I mean, you try to fi nd the positive out of it. I think our guys are way more pre-pared than we were three days ago. It’s a great thing for us and we’ll move for-ward from here.”

The peewee A provin-cials are scheduled for March 21-24 at Hinton.

It was a dramatic week-end for Stettler, which came back from a 6-1 defi -cit and scored in the dying seconds to beat Lloydmin-ster 8-7 in their preliminary round game Saturday.

“All year, within our league, we are beating teams quite handily, so the competition maybe isn’t best for us to (prepare for) where we want to go, and what our goal is for the year,” Hegberg said Sunday.

“But the 5-4 loss Friday night in Strathcona was kind of a wake-up call for us. And coming into the tournament this weekend, we knew we’d have some competition.

“We scored with four seconds left to win 8-7 (against Lloydminster), af-ter being down 6-1. It was a huge character-builder for our team. And we played the same team again today and it was close the whole way.”

Lloydminster, which received goals from fi ve players, led 2-1 after the fi rst period and 5-3 after the second.

Rhett Shingoose, with his second goal of the game, closed the gap to 5-4 with 10:25 left. Sam-uel Hamelin and Brenden Tucker scored the other Stettler goals.

Storm goaltender Da-van Nattestad faced 29 shots, while Stettler fi red 27 shots at Lloydminster netminder Reid Turcotte, whose grandmother and other Delburne relatives watched him in action

on the weekend. In its fi rst game Satur-

day, Stettler dumped St. Albert 10-1. Lloydminster opened the tournament with a 9-3 victory over

Okotoks, which lost 3-0 to St. Albert in the other game.

The Stettler peewee B and peewee C teams also hosted weekend

tournaments. In their re-spective B fi nals Sunday, the Storm B team lost 4-2 to Camrose, while the Stettler C club dropped a 3-1 decision to Blackfalds.

Photos by JOHN MacNEIL/Independent editor

Taylor Chase (left) of Stettler reached the under-19 boys’ bronze-medal match at the Stettler junior B badminton tournament, which ran Friday and Saturday at the William E. Hay Composite High School, Stettler Middle School and Stettler Elementary School gyms. John Langford (right) of Stettler won the under-16 boys’ singles division.

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Stettler Storm captain James Switenky (right) battles in the corner against Kaden Kuffert of the Lloydminster Blazers in the fi nal of the Stettler peewee A tournament.

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The Stettler tandem of Allyssa Acera (above) and Cassidy Nichols (below) gained experience on the weekend in the under-16 girls’ doubles competition at the Stettler junior B badminton tournament. Nichols partnered with Ryland Stefanik of Big Valley to win a silver medal in the under-16 mixed doubles division.


ABOVE: Ryland Stefanik (left) of Big Valley and Stettler’s Kyle Poapst teamed up to win the bronze medal last Saturday in the under-16 boys’ division at the Stettler junior B badminton tournament. BELOW: Eric Pitzel (left) and twin Adam Pitzel of the Stettler Junior Badminton Club were partners in the under-16 boys’ doubles.

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[email protected] or fax 403-340-8818

Road Train OilfieldTransport Ltd

is looking for journeyman picker operator.Top wages/ benefits. Safety tickets req’d.

Fax or drop off resume 403-346-6128 No phone calls.

ComingEvents 52

Janitorial 770

Oilfield 800

Oilfield 800VALHALLA FILTRATION

is seeking an employee to work in the

oil and gas industry.Basic knowledge of oil and gas production an asset.

Basic requirements:min-high school diploma

and safety tickets.Candidate must be able to provide drivers abstract

and may be required to pass pre-employment

medical and drug testing.Email resume to:

[email protected]

JOURNEYMAN HDmechanic required for

oilfield constructioncompany. Duties will

include servicing, mainte-nance and overhaul of our equipment. The job will be predominately shop work, but with a portion of your time spent in the field. A mechanic’s truck will be

supplied for you. The job is based in Edson, Alberta.

Call Lloyd at 780-723-5051

Oilfield 800NEWCART

CONTRACTING LTD.is hiring for the upcoming

turnaround season.Journeyman/Apprentice;

Pipefitters; Welders;Boilermakers; Riggers.Also: Quality Control;

Towers; Skilled Mechanical Labourer; Welder Helpers.

Email: [email protected].

Fax 1-403-729-2396. Email all safety

and trade tickets

NOW LOCATED IN DRAYTON VALLEY.

BREKKAAS Vacuum & Tank Ltd. Wanted Class 1 & 3 Drivers, Super Heater

Operators with all valid tickets. Top wages,excellent benefits.

Please forward resume to:Email: [email protected].

Phone 780-621-3953.Fax 780-621-3959.

Pancake SupperTuesday, Feb. 125:30 to 7:30 p.m.$5/person$15/familySt. George’sAnglican ChurchStettler

FRESH FRUIT!Tree Ripened Oranges, Grapefruit

& Tangelos from California

Deadline to order Feb. 19Fruit arrives for pickup:

March 3, 4 & 5 - 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.Christ-King Parish Hall

TOPLACE

AN ORDERCALL

403-742-0390

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CALIFORNIACALIFORNIA

wish kitchen & gift

Bridal RegistryMelissa Derksen & Jamie Hamilton June 22View registries online www.wishkitchen.comMain Street, Stettler 403.742.8484

Bridal RegistryKyle Sorensen & Janelle Derr Feb. 16

Gift Certifi cates available at

WELLS FURNITURE.ca403-742-3223 1-888-711-3223

You’re invited to attend a

Tea &Tea & Cookie Walk Cookie Walk

Saturday, Feb. 9Saturday, Feb. 92 - 4 p.m.2 - 4 p.m.

at the Christ-King Parish Hallat the Christ-King Parish Hall4916 - 54 Street4916 - 54 Street

Enjoy a Valentine Tea & Cookie for $2 and take home a variety of cookies

for $8.00 per container.

Dust FairiesDust FairiesC L E A N I N G S E R V I C E

Male & female applicants welcome to apply.Starting wage is $15/hour.

FULL & PART TIMEEVENING STAFF

ME

Phone 403-742-3535 or drop off resume at 4814 49 Street, Stettler, AB

NOW HIRING

We are now seeking a full-time employee for the following position in the

Stettler branch:

Field Service TechnicianDetails:The following qualifications are required:

4th Year Apprentice or Journeyman: Heavy Equipment Certificate and/or Millwright Certificate and/or Automotive Certificate.Gas compression experience an asset. Must be highly motivated and a positive attitude is key.

Duties would include the following:Field work as assigned including some shop work.Screw and reciprocating compressor package maintenance and overhauls.Other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

Benefits Include:Competitive wagesExcellent benefits (health, dental, life insurance, disability etc.).Participation in company RRSP program with company match.

If you are interested in a career with an established Energy Services company please apply in person

at 7201-50 Ave., Stettler, Alberta or please fax your resume to 1.403.742.6901 or

email your resume to [email protected].

For more information on Vortex Production Services, please visit our website at: www.vortexservices.ca

We thank all applicants and advise that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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of the following donors

Alan & Carolyne Willis Albert & Jean BauerBen & Shirley Erickson Carol IsamanChurch of God in Christ Mennonite Lakeview CongregationDale & Carol Nixon Delores & Julius DurisDennis & Heather Baird Dewey & Joanne HoopferDoreen Hammond Eilleen & Gilbert VanStratenFenn Ladies Club Gayle HaugenGlenn Haugen Helen SmithJames & Fern Joyce Jim SkowJim Renschler Const. Ltd. Joe & Maxine HanselLynne McNeill Mame GoehnerMary Stephens Noreen WoolseyNorma Rairdan Ove & Irene PerssonPeggy & Wayne Hearonemus Regan & Taylor StuckeyRonald Schwarzenberger Rose LincolnSandra Lee Mailer Stettler G.A.Superfluity Shop Velma & Harold ChickVerna & Bryce Mailer Wayne & Cheryl Harrison

DON TUCHSCHERER

We would like to thank all of our many and wonderful friends, neighbors and relatives for all the support they

have given us through Don’s journey. Thank you for all the flowers, donations, cards, food and visits.Thank you to the Stettler EMS and Dr. Elliott and the nurses

in Emergency for the excellent care and understandinggiven Don and transferring him to the Foothills Hospital.

Thank you to Father Len Gartner for the personalized service.A very special thank you to Corinne and staff at the

Stettler Funeral Home for their kindness and empathy.Also, thank you to Colleen and Raymond Ray

for the delicious lunch.Please accept our sincere thank you.

Idella and Families

Corey Cameron EastonAug. 8, 1990 ~ Feb. 11, 2012

Our thoughts are ever with youThough you have passed awayAnd those who loved you dearly

Are thinking of you today

Love, your sister Cheriand your brother Matthew

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Oilfield 800

I s l o o k i n g t o f i l l t h e following position:

FIELD SAFETY

OFFICERThe successful applicant will have a NCSO designa-tion and will have:* Actual hands on oilfield construction experience. * Good computer skills.* Extensive travel is required. * Excellent people skills.* H2S Alive and First Aid.* Certified D&A tester, an asset.* Drivers License, with clean Abstract. * Must relocate to Hinton.

“NO SAFETY COPS WANTED”

We want to build a safety culture, NOT enforce one.

Please submit resume to [email protected] or fax to 780- 865- 5829

Please quote job # 68629. on your resume.

LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR

Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/driversabstract to 403-886-4475

Oilfield 800

Sales &Distributors 830

Trades 850

Oilfield 800

SAFETY

PROFESSIONALAlstar is looking for aSafety Professional to helpexpand our safety program through projects and auditing.

Minimum requirements include:

* CRSP* 5 + years’ experience in Oil & Gas as a Safety Professional* Strong Safety program development - skills & experience* Excellent computer skills* Internal and external auditing experience* Strong interpersonal skills* Attention to detail; must be very organized* Requires little supervision; works well in a team environment

Weekends Off

RELOCATION TO HINTON MANDATORY

H2S Alive, First Aid and an In-House Drug & Alcohol test are pre-requisites.

Please submit email to [email protected] or fax to 780- 865- 5829

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Professionals 810JOURNALISTS, Graphic

Artists, Marketing and more. Alberta’s weekly

newspapers are looking for people like you. Post

your resume online.Free. Visit: www.awna.com/

resumes_add.php.

Trades 8502nd or 3rd. yr. Apprentice or Journeyman Autobody Technician.

We offer full benefits and competitive wages. Apply in person with resume to JT Autobody Ltd. 4606-40 St. Stettler, AB. or email resume to [email protected]

Autobody shop requires an apprentice or journeyman. Please send your resume

by email to [email protected]

Career opportunity, apprentice to be a

licensed glass worker. Permanent full-time posi-tion, installing residential and commercial windows

and doors, automotive glass, glass cutting and

fabrication. Drivers license a must.

Apply in person to Heart-land Glass, Stettler or fax resume to 403-742-2678.

Trades 850DO YOU LIKE WORKING with animals? Do you want to be part of a successful team? Red Willow Pork Farm is now accept ing applications for SWINE TECHNICIANS, offering competitive wages, a very good health plan, quarterly bonuses and quarterly free pork incentive. Fax resume w i t h r e f e r e n c e s t o 403-574-2334 or email [email protected]

EXPERIENCED repair person req’d for local truck

company. Work involves all aspects of heavy truck and trailer repair and dis-

manteling. Must be physically fit. HD Mechan-ic or equivelant experience

We offer competitive wages, benefits weekends

off. Fax resume to 1-855-784-2330 or call

1-877-787-2501

Tornado Hydrovacs, a division of Petrofield

Industries is accepting resumes for: Assembly Department: Industrial

Painters, Electrical Technicians; Welders

(Journeyman or Apprentice); and

Labourers. Our Company has an enthusiastic, fast paced working environ-ment with advancement for motivated individuals, and an excellent benefit package. Please forward

resume to [email protected] or Fax

403 742-1905

Hoerbiger Canada Ltd is aleader in Technology in theNatural Gas CompressionIndustry. We are looking for experienced Natural

Gas Engine & Gas Com-pressor Field Service

Mechanics. We are also seeking a 1st year Appren-tice. These opportunities are currently available at our Calgary Service cen-

ter. Please email your resume to hoerbigercalgary

@gmail.com

Truckers/Drivers 860

Trades 850

Misc.Help 880

Trades 850FUTURE AG INC.owns and operates

5 branches throughout Central Alberta sellingand servicing CASE IH

Construction and CASE IH Agriculture equipment.

We are currently looking for a3rd year Apprentice

or JourneymanHeavy Duty Mechanicwith Ag experience for our

Stettler location.

This is a fast-pacedenvironment and ideal

candidate would be ableto work with minimal supervision, have the

ability to take initiative and consistently demonstrate

exceptional customer service.

FUTURE AG INC.“People You Can Count On”,is offering the opportunity to grow in your career with

a thriving company.We offer an exemplary

benefits package,competitive pay scale,

annual work bootreimbursement, RRSP

plan, sick days, monthly bonus and continuous

professional training in a positive friendly environment.

If you have a great attitude and integrity, FUTURE AG is offering you an exciting

career opportunity.

To apply,forward your resume to:

Future Ag Inc.Attn: Markus

Box 1510Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Fax 403-742-5626

PARTS MANAGER.GM dealership requires

Automotive Parts Manager. Must be detail oriented

with leadership andorganizational skills.Requires inventory

management skills with a focus on customer satis-

faction. Apply to:Alan Hunter,

Hunter Motors Ltd.,Athabasca. Fax

780-675-3415 or email: [email protected].

Trades 850FUTURE AG INC.owns and operates

5 branches throughout Central Alberta sellingand servicing CASE IH

Construction and CASE IH Agriculture equipment.

We are currently looking for Agricultural

Technicians and/or Journeyman Heavy

Duty Mechanicswith Ag experience forour Stettler location.

This is a fast-paced environment and ideal

candidate would be able to work with minimal

supervision, have the ability to take initiative and consistently demonstrate

exceptional customer service.

FUTURE AG INC.“People You Can Count On”,is offering the opportunity to grow in your career with

a thriving company.We offer an exemplary

benefits package, hourly salary from $27.50 to $30.00,

annual work boot reimbursement, RRSP

plan, sick days, monthly bonus and continuous

professional training in a positive friendly environment.

If you have a great attitude and integrity, FUTURE AG is offering you an exciting

career opportunity.

To apply,forward your resume to:

FUTURE AG INC.Attn: Markus

Box 1510Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Fax 403-742-5626

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT

OPERATOR SCHOOL.No Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Job board! Funding options.

Sign up online!iheschool.com.

1-866-399-3853.

JOURNEYMAN ORAPPRENTICE HEAVY

DUTY MECHANIC.Work in shop/field. Neilson Mechanical specializes in

servicing and repairing highway tractor/trailer units

and constructionequipment. Acadia Valley,

Alberta 403-664-9185.

MiLo Electric & PlumbingLtd requires Journeymanand Apprentice Plumbersimmediately for full time,local commercial work.

Excellent pay and benefits.Fax resume to 403-341-

4721 or email:[email protected]

New Holland dealer in Stettler is now accepting

applications for Agricultural Technicians or Journeyman/Heavy Duty

mechanics with ag experience. We offer year round employment, hourly

salary from $25 to $32.50 depending on

qualifications, excellent benefits and a positive,

friendly team oriented work environment. If you are

looking for a rewarding career with a

successful growing organization, then forward your resume to: Bill’s Farm

Supplies, Attn: Tracey, Box 1325,

Stettler, AB, T0C 2L0, fax 403-742-1282, email to: [email protected]

Trades 850PYRAMID

CORPORATIONIS NOW HIRING!

Instrument Technicians and Electricians for

various sites across Alberta. Send resume to:

[email protected] fax 780-955-HIRE

Truckers/Drivers 860CLASS 1 drivers req’d to pull flat deck, exc. wages, safety bonuses, benefits. We run the 4 western prov-inces . P lease con tac t 1-877-787-2501 for more info or fax resume and ab-stract to 403-784-2330

EXPERIENCED TRUCK DRIVER REQUIRED

for hauling heavyequipment.

Rates negotiable& benefits available.

Fax resume 780-778-2444.

EXPERIENCEDVacuum & Water Truck operators

req’d. to start immed. CLASS 1 or 3 WITH QAll oilfield safety tickets

req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with

drug and alcohol policy. References Req’d.

Exc. salary & benefits. Fax resume to:403-742-5376

[email protected]

GARDEWINE HIRING drivers; LCV, city, regional,

highway and deck.We offer a competitive pay package in a sound business environment.

Fax 204-631-3737;[email protected];

www.gardewine.com.

BusinessOpportunities 870

ESTABLISHED 1901Historic Bed & Breakfast. Five guest rooms, turnkey

operation. Includes 2 houses on large riverside

lot in Minnedosa,Manitoba. $575,000.; www.tilsonplace.com;[email protected].

204-867-2830

LIFE CHANGERS!Distributers required for non-competition health

product.www.ourwow.info then

www.jusuru.com/change. 780-239-8305 or

[email protected].

WANTED -Someone to own & operate a Shoe Store in “The Village At

Pigeon Lake”Some financing available to right party. Email: Terry

Myers at:[email protected]

WELL ESTABLISHED Towing Company in

Drayton Valley. 6 trucks& roadside contracts.Will sell as whole orindividually. Training available. Unlimitedearning potential.

Must see!Phone 780-621-1622

Misc.Help 880ACADEMIC Express

Adult Education and Training

• GED classes evening and days

• Women in the Trades

• Math and Science in the trades

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be avail.

403-340-1930www.academicexpress.ca

EARN EXTRA CASH! Part-time, full-time

immediate openings for men & women.

Easy computer work, other positions are available.

Can be done from home No experience needed;

www.AlbertaJobLinks.com.

HYDROVAC SWAMPER

required immediately. Must be able to pass drug & alcohol test. CSTS ticket an asset. Must have own transportation to and from Stettler shop. Hourly wage

to commensurate with experience. Monthly guar-

antee, full benefit pckg. after 90 days. Fax resume

to 403-742-0522.

IMMED. OPENING FOR 2 Store clerks at the Erskine Liquor Store. Must have AGLC pro-service certifi-cate, Apply within or call 403-742-1070

REQUIRE live-in house-keeper. Your own living

quarters. Run of the house. If interested, phone

403-788-3990

Misc.Help 880

Misc.Help 880

SPRUCE POINTPARK ASSOCIATION

is seeing an individual for the position of:Park Manager

(Seasonal May 1 - Sept. 15)The Spruce Point Park

campground and marina facility is located on Lesser Slave Lake approximately

285 kms northwest ofEdmonton, Alberta near the Hamlet of Kinuso.We are now accepting

applications for theposition of Park Manager, for the period of May 1 to Sept. 15. For complete

package and details please call 780-775-3805 or 780-805-0801 or email:

[email protected]

Position will remain open until suitable

candidate is found.

EmploymentTraining 900

MASSAGE CAREER. Train full-time or part-time

at our highly regarded, progressive school.

Small classes, individual attention, confident

graduates! 1-877-646-1018; www.

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REFLEXOLOGYPROGRAM, fun and

relaxed learning. Register now limited space.

Starting March 9 & 10, 2013. Certificate on

completion. 403-340-1330.

Buy & Sell#1500 - #1990

Aircraft ..............................1510Antiques & Art ..................1520Auctions ............................1530Bicycles ............................1540Building Supplies ..............1550Business Machines ..........1560Cameras & Accessories ..1570Children’s Items ................1580Clothing ............................1590Computers ........................1600Concert & Event Tickets ..1610Equipment - Misc. ............1620Equipment - Heavy ..........1630Tools ................................1640Farmers’ Market &Food Basket......................1650Firewood ..........................1660Lumber ............................1670Garden Supplies ..............1680Lawn Tractors ..................1690Health, Dietary, Beauty ....1700Household Appliances......1710Household Furnishings ....1720TV’s, Stereos, VCR’s ........1730Hot Tubs & Accessories ..1740Jewellery ..........................1750Kid’s Deals........................1755Misc. For Sale ..................1760Musical Instruments..........1770Music Lessons..................1780Piano & Organs ................1790Office Supplies ................1800Pets & Supplies ................1810Pet Services ....................1820Cats ..................................1830Dogs ................................1840Sports Cards ....................1850Sporting Goods ................1860Collectors’ Items ..............1870Swap, Barter & Trade ......1880Travel Packages ..............1900Wedding Supplies ............1910Recycled Products............1920Wanted to Buy ..................1930Items to Give Away ..........1940

Auctions 15301 HOME QTR & 18Parcels of Farmland

- Davidson, SaskatchewanSorgaard Ranches Ltd

- 2290+/- title acres.3 bedroom bungalow,

30 X 50 ft. garage,selling at the Saskatoon

Auction March 19/13. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers:

1-800-491-4494;rbauction.com

7TH ANNUAL COLLECTORCAR AUCTION

& SPEED SHOWMarch 15 - 17/13,

Red Deer Westerner Park. Featuring Big Schwag &

indoor car show!Exhibitor space available. Consign your car; estate

today. 1-888-296-0528 ext. 102; EGauctions.com.

BUD HAYNES FIREARMS AUCTION.

Sat., March 2, 2013, 9 a.m. Bay 4, 7429 - 49 Ave.,

Red Deer. Estate George Huebner.

Taking Consignments; Phone 403-347-5855;

www.budhaynesauctions.com

RITCHIE BROSUNRESERVED AUCTION.

Edmonton, March 7.Two Parcels of Farmland

located at Grassland,Alberta. For more infocontact John Kiszka,

780-689-3076 or visit: rbauction.com/realestate.

RITCHIE BROSUNRESERVED AUCTION.Edmonton, April 24 & 25.

Residential Golf CommunityLot Development Project in

Vulcan, Alberta.Contact Dean Pollock 403-650-1996 or visit:

rbauction.com/realestate

BuildingSupplies 1550

BIG BUILDING SALE. “This is a clearance you

don’t want to miss!”20x20 $3,985, 25x24

$4,595, 30x36 $6,859, 35x48 $11,200, 40x52

$13,100, 47x76 $18,265. One end wall included.

Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422;

www.pioneersteel.ca

METAL ROOFING &SIDING. Best prices!

36” Hi-Tensile TUFF-Rib 29ga. Galvalume

$.67 sq. ft. Colours $.82 sq. ft. 40 Year Warranty.

ALTA-WIDE BuildersSupplies 1-888-263-8254.

a betteropportunity awaitsDiscover a better place to grow your career: a place that’s caring, engaging and

rewarding. We’re proud of our diverse culture of trust and respect. It’s a culture

guided by solid leadership and collaboration from every member of our organization.

<Agent or Agency Name>, an exclusive agent of The Co-operators, a leading

Canadian-owned insurance and financial services company, is looking for a qualified:

Sales AssociateCity, Province

the opportunity

As a Sales Associate, you will be responsible for the sales and service of

The Co-operators products. In addition to responding to customer requests,

you will complete front-line risk assessments and match new, prospective and

existing clients to all lines of insurance.

your qualifications

You have, or will acquire within three months, a General Insurance License.

You must also be proficient with the Microsoft Office suite and other technology.

Other financial services licences, flexible hours, and travel may also be required.

If you are interested in a career with an exclusive agent of The Co-operators,

send your resume to:

Agency, Agent Name

The Co-operators

123 Anywhere Street,

Anytown PR, A1A 1A1

Fax 000-000-000

[email protected]

Discover a better place to grow your career: a place that’s caring, engaging andrewarding. We’re proud of our diverse culture of trust and respect. It’s a cultureguided by solid leadership and collaboration from every member of our organization.

Richards Insurance Services, an exclusive agent of The Co-operators, a leadingCanadian-owned insurance and fi nancial services company, is looking for a qualifi ed:

As a Sales Associate, you will be responsible for the sales and service ofThe Co-operators products. In addition to responding to customer requests,you will complete front-line risk assessments and match new, prospective andexisting clients to all lines of insurance.

You have, or will acquire within three months, a General Insurance License.You must also be profi cient with the Microsoft Offi ce suite and other technology.Other fi nancial services licences, fl exible hours, and travel may also be required.

If you are interested in a career with an exclusive agent of The Co-operators,send your resume to:

Dick Richards4829 - 50 Street, P.O. Box 2020Stettler, AB T0C 2L0(403) 742-8321 Fax: (403) [email protected]

Stettler, Alberta (1 position)Bashaw, Alberta (1 position)

Richards Insurance Services

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. is seeking qualifi ed candidates to fi ll Floorhand, Derrickhand and Driller positions. These positions are locally based.Applicants must have all necessary valid tickets for the positionapplied for.Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary & benefi ts package along with a steady work schedule.Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources

Email: [email protected]: 403-258-3197

Or mail to: Ste. 5309, 333 - 96 Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

Service Rig

We are currently seeking applications for full-time positions of:

Journeyman Plumbersand Apprentices

Experience an asset. For new construction and service work in Stettler and area. Action Plumbing is based out of Stettler.

As a Merit Contractors Association Member, we offer a full bene t package and RRSP Contribution Plan including Employer RRSP Contributions.

Drop off resumes in person to 4706 - 44 Avenue, Stettler.

ServiceWise

WeSpecialize

is seeking to fill a full timeAuto Body Apprentice or

AUTO BODY REPAIR LTD.

is seeking to fill a full timeAuto Body Apprentice or

Journeyman Position We are looking for a responsible and mature employee, able to manage multiple tasks and provide quality workmanship. Must

be able to work well with others as well as takeindependent direction.

If you are interested in pursuing this career in our positive, team atmosphere please bring your resume in person to 4109 - 48 Ave.

For more info contact Christy 403-742-3555.

AUTO BODY REPAIR LTD.

Is seeking to fi ll a full timeJourneyman Painter Position

We offer competitive wages, plus benefi ts and vacation pay, all while working in a straight time, team driven, modern collision repair

facility. Our production hours are 7:00-3:30 pm, Monday through Friday. We offer guaranteed wage and hours, as well as

semi-annual bonuses driven by production.

We are looking for a long term employment relationship. The successful candidate will be able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines, provide quality workmanship and be able to work with

others as well as take independent direction.If you are interested in pursuing a career in our positive,

professional, working environment please bring yourresume in person to 4109 48 Avenue, Stettler, AB

or email to: [email protected]

is currently looking to hire a

Journeyman MechanicHeavy Equipment experience would be an asset.

and also

B Pressure WeldersPlease fax resume to 403-742-3908 or email [email protected]

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

PIPELINE AND FACILITY SERVICES

jojo

CRUDE SERVICES INC.

is now hiringClass 1 Drivers for

transporting Dangerous Goods

Experience driving Super B, Tridem,and Body-Job units is an asset.

We offer top industry wages,group benefi ts package,

company RRSPs as well asscheduled days off.

Please send resumes:Fax: 403-742-4181

Email: [email protected]: 403-742-4189

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Allied Fabrication is a young aggressive company looking for like-minded individuals to join our team. If you enjoy a fast paced, positive work environment, pride yourself on having an eye for detail, a strong work ethic, and consider yourself reliable please send your resume. Allied manufactures oil & gas production equipment from our facility in Stettler, AB. We are quickly gaining a reputation as a high quality, dependable, competitive supplier.

Welders/Fitters; piping spoolsWelder/Fitter; pressure vessel layoutSub Arc OperatorWelder; structural skidsPipefi tters; group/test satellites, separator packagesShipper/Receiver/PurchaserHelper; hydro testing, painting, fi nishing workAllied Fabrication offers competitive wages, a health & wellness program, access to overtime hours, and the opportunity to advance your career; division management positions will become available as we continue to grow.

Please send resumes to:

Fax: 403-228-4009 or Email: [email protected]

EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE WANTED

- Welders (B-Pressure, Journeymen, Apprentices)- Pipefi tters- Shipper/Receiver/Purchaser

IS NOW HIRINGFull and Part Time Positions

STETTLER

• Meat Cutter • Baker• Produce Clerk • Deli Clerks• Front Lead Supervisor

Please Apply Within

Full Time

Produce Manager

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members of the Red Deer & District Real Estate Board Co-op Ltd., and all offer full multiple listing services.members of the Red Deer & District Real Estate Board Co-op Ltd., and all offer full multiple listing services.

How to fi nance home-improvement project

To view more info on our listing check out www.royallepage.ca/stettler or www.REALTOR.ca

2 storey 1600+ sq. ft. home, on quiet close with green space out front.

$299,000. Call Atie.

3 bdrm townhouse. Nice interior with modern feature and

appliances. $205,000. Call Jill.

CA0006865CA0006865

2788 sq. ft. home on large fenced lot in Botha.

$195,000. Call Garry.

CA0003042CA0003042

4 bdrms, 2 baths, totally redone inside. Come take a look.

$265,500. Call Jill.

CA0001500CA0001500

Newer 2/2 bdrm home, fi nished basement, Close to downtown.

$359,000. Call Edna.

CA0002485CA0002485

4 acres, w/ 1900 sq. ft. home. Edge of Stettler. Att. garage, large barn &

shed. $490,000. Call Wade.

Nice little home for the young buyer to start out in. Close to downtown &

schools. $143,000. Call Doug.

CA0005181CA0005181

3 bdrms, 2 baths. Close to downtown. New shingles. Very

tidy. $265,000. Call Ross.

CA0004983CA0004983

Perfect family home ½ blk from Rec Center on a corner lot with garage. Recent renos. $285,000. Call Ross.

CA0003465CA0003465

2 bdrm bungalow with garage on large lot. Perfect starter.

$129,900. Call Norma/Wade.

CA327345CA327345

BRAND NEW, 4 bdrm duplex.

$265,000. Call Garry.

CA0000133CA0000133

5 bdrm home on 52 x 130 lot. Only $239,000.

Call Wade.

CA0001726CA0001726

1700 sq. ft. 2 storey family home. Large kitchen formal dining or living

room. $349,900. Call Doug for details.

CA0005834CA0005834

CA0004854CA0004854 CA0002140CA0002140

BUFFALO LAKE

Invest in your Leisure time

at Buffalo Lake. Bare lots,

lake front or back. Cabins or

year round homes.

All subdivision and price

ranges. Call for all details.

2 acreages ready for your new home. $119,000 each.

Call Brian.

CA0000062/70CA0000062/70

Just move in 5 bdrm split level. Built in 2005.

$272,000. Call Jill.

CA0006068CA0006068

CALL 403-742-3344 (24 hrs.)Call a Central "Team" Sales Associate today for FREE advice or enquiries. LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED CALL 403-742-3344 (24 hrs.)

CENTRALCENTRALCall a Central "Team" Sales Associate today for FREE advice or enquiries.

4701 - 50 STREET, STETTLER

Garry RushtonAssociate

Edna StuartAssociate Broker

Doug RobertsBroker/Owner

Jill FisherAssociate/Owner

Apryl CassidyManager/Owner

Wade StormoenAssociate

Ross ScheerschmidtAssociate

Brian LynnAssociate Broker

Norma LeslieAssociate Broker

Atie TurnbullAssociate

Kyle RamstadAssociate

CA327345CA0004854 CA0002140

CA327291 CA0001500

CA0002485 CA0005181

CA322327

CA0003042

CA319970

CA0000133

ReducedCA0006068 CA0006156CA0005834

NEW NEW NEW

CA0001726 CA0004983 CA0003465

JAMES DADENSKY

1st Choice Realty

403-742-67474913 - 51 Street

“Each office independently owned & operated”

View Stettler area listings at www.stettlerhomes.com

The right agent for today’s market!

Beautiful kitchen! Bungalow with large garage in a great family location. Many upgrades including windows. $239,000. Call today!

Great revenue property!

10 Year lease in place. Triple net. Showing great

returns. Call now!

65 x 140 ft. lot.

Zoned CR. On the outskirts of Stettler.

Asking only $49,000. Don’t wait!

JUST

LISTEDJUST

LISTED

Specializing In* Residential * Commercial

* Farms * Acreages* Lake Properties

Over 26 Years of Experience

Diamond Award Recipient

ANDYBIRCH

Associate

www.royallepage.ca/andybirch

ROYAL LEPAGE

NETWORK REALTY CORP.Independently Owned and Operated

5002 - 50th Ave., Stettler

Bus.: 403-742-3069 1-888-742-6685

WANTED: Growing Family - Spacious 6 bdrm, 2 bath home. Large family

room, large kitchen, private back yardto entertain family & friends!

#CA0007154. $224,900.

NEW

Calling All Investors - 8,800 sq. ft. of building space with 6100 sq. ft. presently leased. Great

office space, storage yard with chain link fencing. Invest today for your future. #CA0007120.

NEW

Close to Schools and a short walk to downtown!

Charming 2 storey home features 4 bdrms, 2 baths, open fl oor plan, hardwood fl ooring, fi replace, oversized single garage with RV parking. #CA319920. $218,900.

Brand New ~ Very Affordable 3 bdrm 2 bath mobile home on its own lot! Featuring vaulted ceiling, new appliances, spacious master bdrm. Take this opportunity to own your

own home and not pay high rent! #CA0003457. $189,900.

New Duplexes offering everything on one level! 2 bdrms, 1 bath, bright & spacious open fl oor concept,

single attached garage. Conveniently located with a short walk to post office, banks, medical clinic & main

street! #CA311201, CA311202. $249,000.

Best Buy ~ This 5 bdrm 2 bath home located inDonalda on an extra large lot. Substantial renovations

include new windows, doors, fl ooring, kitchen cup-boards, bsmt addition, & much more. Come take a look

at this affordable home! #CA0006481. $169,900.

After years of funny fi nancing and few limi-tations on loans, banks and other lenders have tightened up their lend-ing policies. As a result, homeowners consider-ing a home improvement project might need to look elsewhere to secure fi -nancing.

There are no certainties in the real estate markets. Though statistics suggest marked improvement in home sales over just a few months ago, many ho-meowners remain weary about selling their home to try to move up to some-thing bigger and better. The National Association of Home Builders says many people are choosing to stay put in their homes and remodel or make renovations to transform the house into something more comfortable.

While there are many worthwhile home renova-tion projects, the NAHB recommends projects that bring your home up to par with the neighbors’. It doesn’t pay to transform your home into the most expensive on the street — unless you plan to live there for the rest of your life. Real estate experts recommend that a remod-eling investment increas-es the value of your house by no more than 10 to 15 percent above the median sales price in your neigh-bourhood.

When it comes time to fi nance a remodel or reno-vation, you may not know where to start. Credit re-strictions on home mort-gages that have troubled many would-be buyers have also plagued indi-viduals looking to fi nance home improvements. However, homeowners hoping to fi nance a project do have options, and not all of them require stellar credit ratings.

• Borrow against a re-tirement plan. Many re-tirement plans, allow plan members to take out a portion of the savings to put toward a home loan. This does not mean you are taking money out of the account permanently. Rather, you are borrow-ing against yourself, with repayment necessary in a certain timeframe. Be-cause these loans often of-fer very low interest rates, and essentially the inter-est is being paid back to you, they might be a good option for men and wom-en who cannot secure a traditional loan. However, if you have been laid off, there may be a shorter re-payment period. Also, the interest on these loans is not tax-deductible.

• Borrow against other investments. CDs, bonds or mutual funds can pro-vide the collateral you need and earn you a lower interest rate. Fixed-income investments are more stable options to borrow against, as their value won’t have a chance to decline.

• Apply for a home eq-uity loan. Many people have heard of a home

equity loan, and it is usu-ally the fi rst choice when borrowing funds for reno-vations. Essentially a home equity loan is taking out a second mortgage on your home to pay for the work you want to have done, which is based on the equity, or the differ-ence between the home’s fair market value and the outstanding balance of all liens on the property. The interest on these loans is tax-deductible, which can make this fi nancing option quite popular.

• Secure a home equity line of credit. A home eq-uity line of credit, or HE-LOC, is another type of home equity loan. Instead of receiving a lump sum to use toward renova-tions like you would with a traditional home equity loan, a HELOC is sort of a credit card type scenar-io based on the equity in your home. You are given a line of credit, against which you can buy items. This is good for intermit-tent needs, when one large sum is not needed. HELOCs have a draw pe-riod, during which the bor-rower can use the credit, and a repayment period,

during which it must be repaid. HELOCs generally have lower mortgage fees at the start and are gen-erally subject to the same tax incentives as regular home equity loans.

• Consider refi nancing. Interest rates on mortgag-es are at historic lows. You may qualify to do a cash-out refi nance, where you borrow against the value of your home and create an entirely new mortgage at the lower rate. Although you will start your mort-gage all over from day 1 and have to pay closing fees, this type of refi nanc-ing can be more advan-tageous to homeowners with signifi cant equity in their homes.

• Apply for a govern-ment-sponsored loan. The government may offer programs aimed at help-ing individuals who are underwater on their home loans borrow money to make necessary improve-ments. While the funding cannot be used to pur-chase luxury items, such as a swimming pool, it can be used for necessities.

• Discuss fi nanc-ing with your contractor. Some contractors may

offer fi nancing. Keep in mind that the interest rates may be high, and it may be difficult to investigate the security of these types of loans. Many homeowners also look to credit cards to help fi nance some home renovation projects, but they should be used as a last resort. Credit cards typically come with high

interest rates, and while they are good for some small projects, fi nancing larger projects on a card may land you very deep in debt.

Homeowners who choose to stay in their homes and make renova-tions have a host of op-tions at their disposal to fi nance those projects.

Fran

Snowden

Karen

Cannady

Locally owned & operated Visit us at www.century21.ca/candorrealty for more listings

CandorRealty Ltd.

Ph. 403-742-4424

4908 - 51 Street

MODERN RAISED BUNGALOW. Close to school, 2 bdrms on main fl oor plus a 2 bdrm. bsmt. suite with

private entrance and own laundry. 2 car attached garage.MLS # CA0005867 $289,000.

GREAT STARTER HOME! 3 bdrms/2 bath bungalow with fi nished basement. Large fenced yard perfect for the

kids and close to schools. Well maintained home.MLS # CA0007528 $169,900.

BEAUTIFUL ACREAGE close to Donalda. 15.5 Acres with5 bdrm bungalow, attached garage, heated shop, machine

shop and barn. Make your appointment to view today! MLS # CA0007134 $399,000.

NEAT, CLEAN 1/2 DUPLEX with 2 bdrms, main fl oor laundry and a fi nished bsmt. This low maintenance home

would be ideal for seniors. Attached garage. MLS # CA0000140 $239,900.

GREAT REVENUE PROPERTY. With a little TLC this 2 bdrm/1 bath bungalow has lots of potential. Basement is ready to be developed.MLS # CA326921 $99,500.

IDEAL STARTER HOME. Cozy 2 bdrm/2 bath bungalow with lots of upgrades. Nicely land-

scaped, fenced yard plus a single car garage. MLS # CA326771 ONLY $127,500.

NEW

Carrie Resch Mortgage Professional

Tel: 403-742-0740 Cell:780-305-1375 Fax:403-742-1408 Email: [email protected]

Web: www.carrieresch.ca Proud To Be Serving Stettler and Area

Dominion Lending Centres Parkland | Independently Owned & Operated

Firewood 1660LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging

403-318-4346

Misc. forSale 1760

SAWMILLS from only $3997. Make money &

save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD;

www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT. 1-800-566-6899

ext. 400OT.

TWO faux fur coats, size 1X. One elliptical glider. One Absurround exercise m a c h i n e . C a l l K a r e n 403-742-5676 after 6 p.m.

OfficeSupplies 1800

403-742-2395

WHITE 20LB WHITE 20LB BOND PAPER: BOND PAPER:

8.5 X 118.5 X 1110 pkgs. of 500 sheets10 pkgs. of 500 sheets

$48$48/case/caseShop Stettler Shop Stettler

& Save!& Save!

Pets &Supplies 1810

THIS WEEK’SEYE SPY WINNER IS

Kristel BergenPlease come into the

Stettler Independent to claim your prize!

WantedTo Buy 1930

WANTED HAY and STRAW, large round bales. 403-7424703

Agricultural#2000 - #2290

Farm Equipment ..............2010Haying Equipment ............2020Tractors ............................2030Combines & Headers ......2040Fertilizer Equipment..........2050Misc. Farm Machinery ......2060Equipment Wanted ..........2070Farm Custom Work ..........2080Farm Auctions ..................2090Livestock ..........................2100Livestock - Exotic..............2110Sheep ..............................2120Poultry ..............................2130Horses ..............................2140Horse Boarding ................2150Riding Supplies ................2160Horse/Stock Trailers ........2170Pasture Wanted ................2180Grain, Feed, Hay ..............2190Seed Grain ......................2200Seeding & Tillage ............2210

Farm CustomWork 2080

Condos/Townhouses3030

ManufacturedHomes 4090

FarmEquipment 20101 9 8 2 D O D G E 4 s p d . 4x4 318 motor, runs good, farm wagon 5 ton, small granary skids, ring gear for 300 Ford eng., l ick tank molasses, brand new 300 gal, can be converted t o w a t e r t a n k , 780-672-6983 780-678-7094

Livestock 2100REGISTERED BLACK& RED ANGUS COWS.

Vicwin Angus Farm, LacombeVic Rowley 403-318-7363

Horse/StockTrailers 2170HORSE and Stock trailer. Parts and repairs. Axles, brakes, drums, bearings,

spring, rims, fenders, lights, and wiring.

Pick up & delivery avail.HORSE SHOE TRAILER

MFG. AND REPAIR. HALKIRK, ALBERTA

403-884-2173 403-430-0504

Pasture/Land Wanted 2180

LOOKING FORPASTURE TO RENT.

Phone Gordon 403-740-9144.

Grain, FeedHay 2190

HEATED CANOLAbuying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed.

Buying damaged oroffgrade grain.

“On Farm Pickup”Westcan Feed & Grain,

1-877-250-5252.

ROUND hay bales, $20 - $40. We deliver. Self un-loading. No Sunday calls

Please. 403-843-6380

For Rent#3000 - #3200

Acreages/Farms ..............3010Houses/Duplexes ............3020Condos/Townhouses........3030Manufactured Homes ......3040Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050Suites ..............................3060Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070Roommates Wanted ........3080Rooms for Rent................3090Motels/Hotels ..................3100Offices ..............................3110Stores/Commercial ..........3120Industrial ..........................3130Warehouse Space............3140Garage Space..................3150Storage Space ................3160Land ................................3170Pasture ............................3180Mobile Lot ........................3190Misc. for Rent ..................3200

Wanted to Rent#3250 - #3390

Acreages/Farms ..............3255Houses/Duplexes ............3260Suites ..............................3270Rooms..............................3280Manufactured Homes ......3290Housesitting Wanted ........3300Garage Space..................3310Storage Space ................3320Stores/Commercial ..........3330Office Space ....................3340Industrial ..........................3350Warehouse Space............3360Resorts & Cottages..........3370Pasture/Land....................3380Mobile Lot ........................3390

Houses/Duplexes 3020House for Rent in Stettler.Recently renovated, 2Bedroom, 1 bathroomhome. New f loors and paint throughout. Large fenced yard, single de-tached garage and large rear driveway. Close todowntown. $1000/monthExcluding utilities + $1000DD. Please call or text Dana t 7 8 0 - 7 8 1 - 0 0 1 8 o r Vanissa at 403-430-0224.

Suites 3060L A R G E

One & Two BEDROOM APARTMENTS

FOR RENTNo pets

Phone Ellen at 403-742-1568

Phone Linda or Ernieat 403-742-5005

2 BEDROOM suite in adult building 30+. Very quiet and well maintained. No pe ts , no smok ing , $ 7 6 5 / m o . , $ 7 6 5 d . d . , includes heat, water, 1 parking stal l . Avai lable F e b . 1 . K e n @ 403-350-9243.

LARGE 2 BEDROOM DOWNSTAIRS SUITE,

avail. immed.,oak cupboards, full bath,

laundry facilities, overlooking Alix Lake,

no pets, ref’s, $900/mo. utils. incl., 1 month d.d.,

403-747-3806, 403-304-0146.

MIRROR - 2 bedroom apt, $700/mo. inc lds. heat , 403-357-7558 Gail

ONE SMALL BEDROOMAPARTMENT AND

ONE BACHELOR SUITEfor rent in Stettler.

Phone 403-742-5575.

SUITES for rent in Stet-tler. Barb 403 -741-9325

Industrial 31301,200 ft. heated shop in East Industrial area of Stettler. Available Dec.

1/12. Phone 403-742-8327, Tracey.

StorageSpace 3160STETTLER MINI

STORAGEHousehold, furniture,business records, etc.

Various sizes. Protectedby security alarm and

fenced and lightedperimeter. Owner:

Reg and Darlene Hunter403-740-9283 or

403-742-3153

MINI STORAGE10X12’ With 5x7 doors.

For quads, snowmobiles, furniture, etc.

Phone: (403)742-9729 DYMY Oilfield Services

Real Estate#4000 - #4190

Realtors & Services..........4010Houses for Sale................4020Houses Wanted................4030Condos/Townhouses ........4040Acreages ..........................4050Acreages Wanted ............4060Farms/Land ......................4070Farms/Land Wanted ........4080Manufactured/Mobile Homes ..................4090Income Property ..............4100Commercial Property ......4110Industrial Property ............4120Cottages/Resort Property ..4130Businesses for Sale..........4140Buildings for Sale ............4150Lots for Sale ....................4160Out of Town Property ......4170Investment Opportunities ..4180Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190

HousesFor Sale 4020House for Sale in Stettler -$124,800.00. Recentlyrenovated 2 bedroom, 1bathroom home close todowntown. New paint andflooring throughout. Largefenced yard and single cardetached garage with reardriveway. Would considerrent to own. Please call ortext Dan at 780-781-0018 o r V a n i s s a a t 403-430-0224.

Must sell, 3+2 bedroom, 2 bath, large fenced yard, single car garage. Recent e x t e r i o r r e n o v a t i o n s , including siding. $207,000. C a l l 4 0 3 - 7 4 2 - 2 2 6 9 . 4608-56 St.

Condos/Townhouses4040

QUALITY LIVING- affordable price. Brand

new 2 bdrm/1 bdrm condos for sale. Easy financing! Less than rent! 3 blocks

east of main street“Parkland Place”.

All inquiries welcome,Ken @ 403-350-9243

Acreages 4050

FOR SALE

Beautiful, custom built 2800 sq ft home on 4 acres (can be up to 10 acres) with 30,000 sq ft poly greenhouses,

currently in cutflower lily production.

Located in Forestburg (East Central Alberta)

right on Hwy 53. Great courier service.

Asking $535,000.Call 780 582 2265or 780 336 5888 or

email [email protected]

for more info.

ManufacturedHomes 4090$2 MILLION INVENTORY

Blowout! 15 homestargeted! Prices starting

from $92,500. 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom. Boss says

they have to go! 148/142 East Lake Blvd., Airdrie.

1-800-461-76321-877-945-1272; www.

unitedhomescanada.com

1981 REGENCY SRI, 14x64 new windows, skirt-ing & metal roof. Washer, dryer, fridge, stove, some

furniture incld’d. Has 12x12 porch. Responsible for moving. $15,000. obo.

403-742-4867

Transportation#5000-5300

Automotive Services ........5010Antique & Classic Autos ....5020Cars ..................................5030SUV’s................................5040Trucks ..............................5050Heavy Trucks....................5060Vans/Buses ......................5070Motorcycles ......................5080Campers ..........................5090Motorhomes......................51005th Wheels........................5110Holiday Trailers ................5120Tent Trailers ......................5130Utility Trailers ....................5140ATV’s ................................5150Boats & Marine ................5160Snowmobiles ....................5170Tires, Parts & Accessories ......................5180Auto Wreckers ..................5190Vehicles Wanted ..............5200Car/Truck Rental ..............5210Recreational VehicleRental ..............................5220Trailer Rental ....................5230Misc. Automotive ..............5240RV’s ..................................5300

SUV's 50402005 RED Dodge Durango

146,000 kms, leather heated seats, command start, very clean, $10,000

***SOLD***

PublicNotices 6010

Bale Hauling & SwathingBale Hauling & SwathingMarketing of Hay and Straw Marketing of Hay and Straw

Will load own truckWill load own truck

David UnruhDavid Unruh Cell 403-323-6787Cell 403-323-6787

Home 403-742-4673Home 403-742-4673

ADULTS/CHILDRENANONYMOUS

Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.For more info Kira & Ian

FCSS, 403-742-2339

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS403-742-3214; 403-742-2966 or 403-742-4271

AL-ANON403-742-0990

ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP

403-742-4263; 403-742-8122 or 403-742-4091BEREAVEMENT

SUPPORT GROUP403-742-2337

BIG BROTHERS &BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION

403-742-5437 during business hours

BRIGANTIA PLACE(formerly Camrose Women’s Shelter)

780-672-1035CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance)

Brenda 403-742-3067

COCAINE ANONYMOUSPager toll-free (20 sec. response time)

1-403-357-6266COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS

SUPPORT GROUP403-742-2337 (parents who have lost a child[ren])

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS403-742-4059

HOME SUPPORTSTETTLER & DISTRICT

403-742-6568NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS

Hot Line 403-342-1444STETTLER & AREAACQUIRED BRAININJURY SOCIETY

(STABIS)For more information phone

403-742-6456

STETTLER & DISTRICTFOOD BANK SOCIETYKathy Willis - 403-742-4567

Elaine Williams - 403-742-27454820 - 51 StreetSTETTLER

CITIZENS ONPATROL

RCMP office403-742-3382

www.stettlercop.org

STETTLER HANDIBUS403-742-5858

STETTLER HEALTH EMERGENCY LINE PROGRAM

403-742-2337STETTLER PEOPLE FOR

SUICIDE AWARENESS403-742-2337

STETTLER READ &WRITE OFFICE

403-742-2999

T.O.P.S.(Take Off Pounds Sensibly)

Grace – 403-742-0681Vivian – 403-742-3935VICTIM SERVICE

403-741-7841

CONFUSED?GETTING THE RUN AROUND?

CONTACT YOUR INFORMATIONAND REFERRAL CENTRE

Residents of Stettler and the sur-rounding area now have access to this free and confi dential service. It provides information and referral on social agencies, government ser-vices, clubs and organizations, to best suit the caller’s need.

Just Dial - 403-742-1155

CommunitySupport Services

3 Bdrm Townhomes

For Lease or Lease to Own

403-742-5400403-740-2791403-740-2791

House approx 800 sq. ft. Single detached garage.

2 - 50 x 115 ft lots. Needs some work. No water service.

Sealed bids accepted by mail toBox 80, Gadsby T0C 1K0,

via e-mail to the administrator onlyat [email protected],

or by personal delivery to Village Office by 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 20.

PLEASE NOTE: The Village of Gadsby reserves the right to refuse any or all bids. Terms are cash or certifi ed cheque for the

full amount at the time of sale. To view, call 403-574-3793 and

leave message.

GADSBY – HOUSE & GARAGE FOR SALE

Business Services#1000 - #1430

Accounting .......................... 1010Acupuncture........................1020Advocate/Mediation ............1025Antique Dealers & Stores ...1027Automotive ..........................1029Bands & DJ s ......................1030Beauty/Cosmetic ................1040Bookkeeping .......................1050Cabinet Makers ...................1054Child Care/Caregivers .........1060Carpentry ............................1062Car Rentals .........................1064Cat Work .............................1065Cleaning .............................1070Clerical................................1080Construction .......................1085Consulting ...........................1090Contractors ......................... 1100Computer Services ..............1110Drafting & Design................ 1120Eavestroughing ................... 1130Educational ......................... 1140Electrical ............................. 1150Entertainment ..................... 1160Escorts................................ 1165Farm Equipment ................. 1168Financial ............................. 1170Fireplaces ........................... 1175Flooring............................... 1180Food/Catering ..................... 1190Furnace Cleaning ............... 1193Glass Shops ....................... 1196Mobile Glass Shops ............ 1197Handyman Services ...........1200Health Care......................... 1210Income Tax .........................1220Insurance ............................ 1130Landscaping .......................1240Land Mapping .....................1250Legal Services ....................1260Limousine Services ............1270Massage Therapy ...............1280Mechanical .........................1285Misc. Services ....................1290Moving & Storage ...............1300Oilfi eld .................................1305Painters/Decorators ............ 1310Personal Services ...............1315Pet Services .......................1318Photography .......................1320Plumbing & Heating ............1330Printing................................1335Rental - Equipment .............1340Rental - Misc .......................1350Repair Service ....................1360Roofi ng ...............................1370Snow Removal ....................1380Travel ..................................1385Upholstery ..........................1390Well Drilling ........................1400Welding ............................... 1410Window Cleaning ................1420Yard Care ............................1430

Accounting 1010

4814 - 49 Street,Stettler

403-742-5520

403-882-3740 (Castor)

Thorogood

Pinches&Certified General Accountants

Chapman and Co.Professional

Accountants LLP

Guy Chapman, CAChris Annand, CA

Kendra Walgenbach, CANaomi Roth, CGA

P.O. Box 1328 4702- 51 Ave., Stettler

Tel: 403-742-3438e-mail: [email protected]

Ph:403-742-5979Fax:403-742-3656

Box 1595, 4907 - 50 Street,

Stettler AB

[email protected]

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Gitzel KrejciGitzel KrejciDand PetersonDand Peterson

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

4912 - 51 StreetP.O. Box 460, Stettler, Alberta

403-742-4431

Toll free1-877-742-4431

e-mail:[email protected]

website:www.gkdpca.com

GG KKPPDD

Automotive 1029JT AUTO BODY LTD.

“Serving Stettler & areafor 37 years”

• Complete auto bodyrepair & painting

Call Curt or Rob

Phone 403-742-2869

4606 - 40 St., Stettler

Auto Body RepairsAccessories & GraphicsRestoration/Sandblasting

Box Liners

Phone 403-742-1681

www.northstarpaintandbody.com

Bookkeeping1050PERSONAL

TAX RETURNSFarmers, seniors,

self-employed, etc.and

BOOKKEEPINGSERVICES(Quickbooks)

Acctg Tech with 10 yrs. exp.“Very Reasonable Rates”

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Town of StettlerPUBLIC NOTICE

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICENotice is hereby given that the following Develop-ment Permit Applications have been approved.

1. No: 2685-2013 Legal Description: Lot 24, Block 4, Plan RN54 Municipal Address: 5013 - 49 Street Applicant: Kneeland & Sons Construction Ltd. Proposed Development: Roof Replacement

2. No: 2686-2013 Legal Description: Lot 27, Block 2, Plan 7520188 Municipal Address: 4117 - 61 Street Applicant: Renailz Proposed Development: Home Occupation - Esthetics

3. No: 2687-2013 Legal Description: Lot 10, Block 16, Plan RN54A Municipal Address: 4702 - 49 Street Applicant: Robert de Vries Professional Corporation Proposed Development: Home Occupation - Law Firm

You may appeal this decision by serving written notice of appeal to the Secretary of the Stettler Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, P.O. Box 280, Stettler, Alberta prior to 4:30 p.m. February 20, 2013. For further information, please phone 403-742-8305.

Leann GrahamPlanning & Development Services

VILLAGE OF ALIXPublic Hearing

Municipal Development Plan Amendment Bylaw 408/13

The Village of Alix has prepared an amendment to the Municipal Development Plan.

Bylaw 408/13 proposes to amend the Municipal Development Plan to update the Future Land Use Concept to ensure consistency with the recent adoption of the Intermunicipal Development Plan.

PUBLIC HEARING

A public hearing will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 commencing at 7:00 PM at the Village Office, Council Chambers, 4849 50 Street, Alix, AB. The public is welcome to attend and provide their comments on the proposed bylaw.

A copy of the proposed Municipal Development Plan Amendment is available for public review at the Village Office during regular office hours between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM Monday to Friday.

For more information call Kristina Schmidt with Parkland Community Planning Services at 403-343-3394 or Bonnie Cretzman with the Village of Alix at 403-747-2495.

PUBLIC HEARINGTake notice that the Council of the County of Stettler No. 6 will hold a Public Hearing to hear representation concerning the proposed Bylaws:

BYLAW 1500-13, providing for a boundary adjustment and closure of a (±) 0.015 hectare portion of Lot 69 MR Block 1 Plan 8222364 and of a (±) 0.011 hectare portion of Lot 70 ER Block 1 Plan 822364 and to consolidate these land portions with Lot 1 Block 1 Plan 022 3438 and further to dispose of these land portions for less than its market value to accommodate existing encroachments; and to amend the Land Use Bylaw 1443-10 by rezoning the said portions of land from the Public Service (PS) District to the Resort Residential (RR) District.

BYLAW 1501-13, providing for a boundary adjustment and closure of a (±) 0.012 hectare portion of Lot 70ER Block 1 Plan 8222364 and to consolidate this land portion with Lot 19 Block 1 Plan 8222364 and to dispose of this land portion for less than its market value to accommodate an existing encroachment; and to amend the Land use Bylaw 1443-10 by rezoning the said portion of land from the Public Service (PS) District to the Resort Residential (RR) District.

The public may inspect a copy of the amending bylaws at the County Administration Building during regular office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The Public Hearing will be held Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 1 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

Receipt of written submissions in support or opposing this bylaw must be submitted to the Planning and Development Officer, County of Stettler, Box 1270, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 by 4:30 on Tuesday, February 12, 2013.

Dated: Friday, January 25, 2013

Jacinta Donovan, Development Officer

County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,

Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 742-4441 Fax: 742-1277

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County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,

Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 403-742-1277

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Contributed photo

A EVENT CHAMPIONS: Team Bignell — skip Lyle Bignell, vice Steve Armstrong, second RodArmstrong and lead Ray Deems.

Contributed photo

B EVENT CHAMPIONS: Team Jones — skip Justin Jones, vice Jim Krautt, second Tyler Stulberg and lead Wes Jones.

Contributed photo

C EVENT CHAMPIONS: Team Georget — skip Colin Georget, vice James Dadensky, second Charlie Hunter and lead Chuck Orlick.

Stettler Curling Club

men’s bonspiel

Stettler Curling Club hosted its men’s bonspiel on the week-end.

In the A final, Team Bignell of Erskine defeated Team Connor of Stettler.

Team Jones of Byemoor and Endiang earned the B title, beat-ing Team McRindle of Stettler in the final.

In the all-Stettler C final, Team Georget topped Team Brown.

Up next for the Stettler club is the seniors’ bonspiel Feb. 14 and 15. The Rotary Club of Stettler hosts the Rotary provincial play-offs Feb. 21-24.

Stettler’s March calendarincludes the women’s open March 8-10 and the closing

mixed bonspiel March 22-24.The local curling action in-

cludes league play on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-day evenings.

Bonspiel entries are accepted at the curling club at 403-742-3111 or club manager Jamie Devnich at 403-742-9892.

Bignell’s Erskine rink takes A crown

BRINGING YOU BRINGING YOU UP TO DATE UP TO DATE

WEEKLYWEEKLY

THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT MINOR HOCKEYPage B8 Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Team sponsor: Tim Hortons Stettler Timbits — Black: Back row (from left): coach Greg Risler and coach Clint Greiner. Middle row (from left): Ava Greiner, Connor Nixon, Hayden Baker and Stefan Oprea. Front row (from left): Rylen Mohn, Carver Shingoose, Garret Risler, Stesha Missikewitz and Kole Lang.

Team sponsor: Tim Hortons Stettler Timbits — Red: Back row (from left): coach Dave Deaver and coach Martha MacPherson. Middle row (from left): Colt Van Straten, Xavier Snowden, Sarah MacPherson, Seth Baird and Ethan Hansel. Front row (from left): Nathan Deaver, Shaylea Snowden, Chase Anderson and Kale Norman.

Team sponsor: Tim Hortons Stettler Timbits — Yellow: Back row (from left): coach Jay Pederson and coach Cory Zimmer. Middle row (from left): Broc Chick, Zachary Zimmer, Rhys Pederson, Ryley Schwartz and Mackenna Hogg. Front row (from left): Kristin Forseth, Mya Prehn, Braden Kneller and Bryson Anderson.

Team sponsor: Tim Hortons Stettler Timbits — Blue: Back row (from left): coach Lee Dechaine and coach Mike Tucker. Middle row (from left): Nathaniel Cortes, Liam Dechaine, Hannah Cornelssen, Ashtyn Tibbo and Connor Blake. Front row (from left): Mason Tucker, Keagan Jacobson, Ethan Nichols and Natalie Kobi.

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The Stettler Independent and other community-minded businesses present the 2012-13 minor hockey photo album.

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Automotive Service Centre

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Saluting the Stettler Storm

Team sponsor: Scotiabank Stettler Bantam A: Back row (from left): head coach Rory Rost, manager Monica Sylvester, Matt Sylvester, Jordan Lee, Brendan Pederson, Mark Bengert, Drew Cassidy and assistant coach Les Ternes. Middle row (from left): Todd Starling, Brendon Bardwell, Ethan Rost, Tye Mulgrove, Jeff Ternes and Jackson Zimmermann. Front row (from left): Paul du Toit, Brett Coleman, Benjamin Bauman, Cole Pedersen and Quade Cassidy. Absent: Cayden Spady, Euan Hanton, assistant coachCraig Spady and assistant coach Malcolm Starling. Stettler Minor Hockey hosts the provincial bantam A championship March 14-17 at the Stettler Recreation Centre.

Stettler to host bantam A provincials

THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT MINOR HOCKEY Page B9Wednesday, February 6, 2013



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Team sponsor:NOV Wilson Stettler Novice — Black:

Back row (from left): coach Bob Couch, coach Dave Deaver and coach Curtis McCord. Middle row (from left): Dawson Campbell, Zach Fo rse th , Megan Zimmer, Waylon Blumhagen, Van Duff, Jessica Turnbull and Hayden Arndt. Front row (from left): Isaac Deaver, Brandon Enyedy, Zach McCord, Caleb Couch, Cole van Ringen and Reid Shirkey. Absent: coachCory Zimmer and manager Becky Forseth.

Team sponsor:NOV Wilson Stettler Novice — White:

Back row (from left): coach Scott McLellan, manager Laurie-Ann Niehaus, coach Terr y MacPherson and coach Jamie Muhlbach. Middle row ( from left ) : Co lby Nor man , A idan Snowden, Colby Niehaus, Thorson Marshall, Kaitlyn Niehaus and Aedyn Skuce. Front row (from left): Skylar Hymers, Luke Bainbridge, Gunnar McLellan, Douglas M a c P h e r s o n , B a y l e e Stahlberg, Bret Hymers and Kaden Muh lbach . Absent: coach DJ Kistner and coach Theren Churchill.

Team sponsor:NOV Wilson Stettler Novice — Blue:

Back row (from left): coach Brent Kranzler, coach Kent Hoopfer, manager Jolene Heck and coach Glen Morbeck. Middle row (from left): Ashley Lang, Kolby Armstrong, Gabby Heck, Chance Morbeck, Yuvraj Uppal, Quin Hansel and Brody Lang. Front row (from left): Wyatt Streit, Charlee Resch, Brogan Hoopfer, Car ter Kranzler, Colby Frank, Brady Coleman and Shawn Werbowesky.

Team sponsor:NOV Wilson Stettler Novice — Yellow:

Back row (from left): coach Jayson Pederson, coach Brad Robbins and coach Dale Robinson. Middle row (from left): Liam Missikewitz, Ryan Rob inson , Cody Paulson, Tyson Brower, Car ter Zuk and Lucas Marshall. Front row (from left ) : Reagan Robbins, Lucas Bryson, Tyler Miller, Denver Schultz, Cade Wilkie, Brennan Andrews and Quinn Pederson. Absent: coach Chris Miller and manager Linda Wilkie.

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Team sponsor:The Stettler Elks Stettler Atom A: Back row (from left): Kyla Hansel, Connor Robertson, Andrew Chapman, Brier Devnich and Ben Tschritter. Middle row ( f rom le ft ) : coach Brent Kranzler, assistant coach Troy Anderson, TJ Howarth, Shay Anderson, Reece Kranzler, Jacob Cottam, Marcus Laisnez, Corben Gredy, assistant coach Sheldon Getson and assistant coach Trevor Speakman. Front row (from left): Kevin Missikewitz, Brennan Getson, Ranier Sa lmon, Ryan Sh i r ley and Dalton Beck. Absent: manager Ivy Bredy.

Team sponsor:Kal Tire Stettler Atom C: Back row (from left): coach Kelsey Pollock, coach Ken Bengert, coach Chuck La isnez, head coach Todd DeVloo, coach Bob Couch and manager Lisa Ansorger. Middle row (from left): Liam McQuay, Joshua Whipple, Morgan Benger t, Willow Sorensen, Colton Ansorger, Alycia Petersen and Justin DeVloo. Front row (from left): Alandra Couch, Sidney Kobi, Randon Ross, Denise Raho, Lane Coenen, Zachary Bryson, Brittany Anderson and Denim Ross. Absent: Quentin Gall and Brooke Laisnez.

Team sponsor:Woody’s Automotive Stettler Atom B: Back row (from left): coach Duncan Babchuk, Hunter Friesen, Dexter Connell, Ty Dowling, Kelby Babchuk, Yannick Zondag, coach Len Hoac and coach John Nichols. Middle row ( from left ) : Brody Nichols, Eric Bridge, Hicholas Fisher, Kaleb Bowers, Brady Petersen and Nicholas Deaver. Front row (from left): Jackson Muhlbach, Bi l ly Praski, Clay Kneeland, Noah Duff, Riley Turre and Rayden Baskey. Absent: coach Jeff Potter and manager Lorene McMillan.

Team sponsor:Dairy Queen Stett ler DQ Bl izzards

Peewee A: Back row (from left): assistant coach Mike Kuefler, Talen Conner, Samuel Hamelin, Kameron B a i n b r i d g e , D a w s o n Beck , Brenden Tucker and assistant coach Kevin Burkard. Middle row (from left): coach Jason Hegberg, ass is tan t coach Ryan Robbins, Jordan Burkard, Erik Rost, Adam Shirley, James Switenky, Austin Jacobson, manager Paulette Hamelin and assistant coach Kyle Shingoose. Front row (from left): Alex Deyoung, Cole Heck, Davin Nattestad, Rhett Shingoose and Daylan Kuefl er.

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Team sponsor:Heartland Auto SupplyStettler Peewee C: Back row (from left): coach Dean Lovell, assistant coach Wes Carey and assistant coach Laurence Fisher. Middle row (from left): JD Lovell, Jordan Gallard, Ty Zitaruk, Jordan Smith, Myles Niehaus, Delaney Anderson and Patrick Fisher. Front row (from left): Tyson Richards, Gavin McQuay, Connor Wyness, Clode Anderson, Selena Sharpe and Lincoln Carey. Absent: manager Lori Zitaruk.

Team sponsor:Crude Services Inc. Stettler Peewee Girls: Back row (from left): assistant c o a c h To d d D e V l o o , coach Mike Kuefl er, Robyn Yaremcio, Gracie Morbeck, Hunter Paulson, Rachel Morbeck, Maddie Kuefler, A lex Geddes, Chelsey DeVloo, assistant coach Glen Morbeck and assistant coach Jason Bridge. Front row (from left): Gia Arsenault, Rachel Deaver, Kacee Ward, Rebecca Bridge, Baillie Bish, Krysta Froese and Jessie Armstrong. Absent: manager Sherri Kuefl er.

Team sponsor:Stettler Kinsmen Stettler Peewee B: Back row (from left): assistant coach Jeff Smith, coach Mark Stahlberg, assistant coach Jeff Lee and assistant coach Kevin Smith. Middle row (from left): Daran Tulan, Brennen Metho t , I van Lomeland, Garrett Hogg, Car ter Van Esch, Brad Fulford and Austin Stahlberg. Front row (from left): Wade Smith, Riley Cornelssen, Jackson Squires, Isaac Lee, Reese Smith, Beau Cooper and Jared Lee. Absent: manager Rob Van Esch.

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Team sponsor:Guns ‘N’ GamesSource for SportsStettler Bantam B: Back row (from left): assistant coach Scott Re icher t , manager Nicole Verhoeven, Tyra Ganser, Kyle Poapst, Ry land S te fan i k , E r i k Rasmussen, Axel Bergstrom, Tristan Nixon and assistant coach Terry Bryce. Middle row ( f rom le ft ) : Sco tt Verhoeven, Ryan Mielke, Evan Reichert, Jay Nichols, Steven McCrea and Brayden MacDonell. Front row (from left): Clayton Niehaus, Dylan Woelk, Casey Wright, Tristan Bryce, Rylee Jacobson and Will Roberts. Absent: coach Tony Ganser.


Team sponsor:Royal Canadian LegionStettler Midget A: Back row (from left): Jacques du Toit, Parker Cassidy, Riley Anderson, Brogan Cassidy, Micah Croker and Logan Davidson. Middle row (from left): assistant coach Lewis Frickelton, assistant coach Darren Rider, manager Veronica Anderson, Brett Rider, Tyler Stewart, Kieran Rost, Chase McGonigal, a s s i s t a n t c o a c h N e i l McCallum and coach Matt Cassidy. Front row (from left): Devon Woelk, Justin McKenzie, Stefan du Toit and Jordan McCallum.

Team sponsor:Crude Services Inc.Stettler Midget Girls: Back row (from left): Kennidy Fisher, Morgan Van Dusen, Dani Van Dusen, Sarah Mrazek and Jayden Hogg. Middle row (from left): coach Cur tis Rusaw, manager R e n a H o g g , H a r l e e Avramenko, Ronni Burrows, Ke l s i e L i t ke , Da ko t a Schwarzenberger, Kendra Rusaw, assistant coach Trish Schwarzenberger and coach Dale Litke. Front row (from left): Sommer Bauman, Jenni fer Hal lett , Grace Chapman, Jessie Anderson, S h a y l a M c L e a n a n d Lindsey McKinnon. Absent: coach Trevor McKinnon, Sarah Imbery and Marie Bourdages.

Team sponsor:DYMY Oilfield Services Stettler Bantam C: Back row ( f rom le ft ) : Tyson McLean, Jesse Squires, Ashley Sharpe, Braden Docherty, Jaden Richards, Shane Pederson and Danny Schwarzenberger. Middle row (from left): assistant coach Jason Anderson, a s s i s ta n t c o a c h D i ck Richards, Alex Leblanc, Chase Dolliver, Even Imbery, Chase Walton, Bradley Dodds, Wayce Hellekson, ass is tant coach Jason Bridge and coach Dave McLean. Front row (from left): Adam Nixon, Makayla Peters, Brody Anderson, Sheldon Bridge and Curtis Lang.

Team sponsor:Vortex Services Stettler Midget B: Back row (from left): assistant c o a c h Je r r y B r i t t a i n , Brycen Bainbridge, Peter MacNaugh ton , Jo rdan Fisher, Levi Fisher, Braydon Whiteford, William Whiteside and Scott Woods. Middle row (from left): assistant coach Jesse Gano, Kelly Fisher, Patrick Ryan, Jarret LaRose, Zack Werbowesky, Tanner Steinwand and coach Keith Werbowesky. Front row (from left): Brandon Kent, Brian Corpateaux, Jarret Hampton, Avi Bains and Kyle Froese. Absent: assistant coach Tom Fisher and manager Katie Bainbridge.

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s (exclu

ding ST

and B

EV), Fie

sta] /

[Fusion

, Escap

e, Focu

s ST, Fo

cus BEV

, CMAX]

/ [Mu

stang,

Taurus

, Edge,

Explore

r, Flex,

F-150] /

[Exped

ition] –

all She

lby GT5

00, F-1

50 Rapt

or, Tran

sit Conn

ect, F-S

eries Su

per Du

ty, F-65

0/F-750

Lincoln

model

s exclud

ed (eac

h an “E

ligible

Vehicle

”) to cu

stome

rs who

finance

or leas

e an Elig

ible Veh

icle du

ring the

Offer P

eriod th

rough

Ford Cr

edit or

the FAL

S progr

am on

appro

ved cre

dit (OA

C) from

Ford Cr

edit Ca

nada.

For cus

tomers

makin

g mont

hly pay

ments

, the fi

rst thr

ee bi-w

eekly p

ayment

amoun

ts will b

e calcul

ated b

y multi

plying

the mo

nthly p

ayment

by 12, d

ividing

the res

ulting

amoun

t by 26,

and m

ultiply

ing the

resulti

ng am

ount by

three.

In most

cases,

the cus

tomer w

ill be re

sponsib

le for m

aking

all sch

eduled

payme

nts in a

ccorda

nce wit

h his o

r her pu

rchase

or leas

e agree

ment b

ut will r

eceive

a chequ

e from

the dea

ler for

an am

ount eq

uivalen

t to the

first th

ree bi-

weekly

payme

nts, in

cluding

tax, up

to the

Maxim

um Am

ount. T

he mean

s by wh

ich the

Offer w

ill be ex

ecuted

by dea

lers to

custom

ers wil

l vary b

ased o

n the ty

pe of pu

rchase

or leas

e agreem

ent - se

e deale

r for fu

ll deta

ils. Off

er not a

vailabl

e to cas

h purc

hase cu

stome

rs. This

offer ca

n be us

ed in co

njunct

ion wit

h most

retail

consum

er offer

s made

availab

le by Fo

rd at ei

ther th

e time

of fact

ory ord

er or de

livery, b

ut not b

oth. Th

is offer

is not c

ombin

able w

ith any

CFIP, C

PA, GP

C, or Da

ily Rent

al ince

ntives.

†Until

Februa

ry 28, 2

013, rec

eive as

low as

0% AP

R purc

hase fi

nancing

on new

2013 Fo

rd [Fus

ion (ex

cluding

Hybrid

, HEV, P

HEV)]/

[Tauru

s (exclu

ding SE

),Edg

e (exclu

ding SE

), Esca

pe (exc

luding

S)]/[F

ocus (e

xcludin

g S, ST

and BEV

), Fiest

a (exclu

ding S)

], mode

ls for a m

aximum

of [48

]/ [60]

/ [72] m

onths t

o qual

ified re

tail cus

tomers,

on app

roved c

redit (O

AC) fro

m Ford

Credit.

Not al

l buyer

s will q

ualify

for the

lowest

interest

rate. E

xample

: $30,0

00 pur

chase f

inance

d at 0%

APR fo

r 48/ 60

/ 72 mo

nths, m

onthly

payme

nt is $6

25.00/ $

500.00

/ $416.6

7, cost o

f borrow

ing is $

0 or AP

R of 0%

and to

tal to b

e repai

d is $30

,000. D

own pay

ment o

n purc

hase fi

nancing

offers

may be

require

d base

d on a

pprove

d credi

t from

Ford Cr

edit. Ta

xes pay

able on

full am

ount of

purch

ase pri

ce. ‡U

ntil Feb

ruary 2

8, 2013

, receive

$500/ $

1,000/ $

2,000/

$2,500

/ $3,50

0/ $5,0

00/ $6,

500/ $7

,000/$

7,500/$

8,000

in Manu

facture

r Rebat

es with

the pu

rchase

or leas

e of a n

ew 201

3 Focus

(exclud

ing S, S

T, BEV)

, Fiesta

, F-150 R

egular

Cab XL

4x2 (Va

lue Lea

der)/ F

ocus S,

Musta

ng V6

Coupe,

Taurus

SE, Edg

e FWD (e

xcludin

g SE), E

-Series

/ Trans

it Conne

ct (exc

luding

electri

c), F-35

0 to F-5

50 Chas

sis Cab

s / Must

ang V6

Premiu

m/ Mu

stang

GT/ F-2

50 to F-

450 gas

engine

(exclud

ing Cha

ssis Cab

s)/ F-1

50 Regu

larCab

(exclud

ing XL

4x2) no

n 5.0L /

F-150 R

egular

Cab (ex

cluding

XL 4x2

) 5.0L,

F-250 to

F-450 (

exclud

ing Cha

ssis Cab

s) Diese

l engin

e/ F-150

Super C

ab and

Super C

rew no

n 5.0L/

F-150 S

uper Ca

b and

Super C

rew 5.0

L – all

Raptor,

GT500,

BOSS3

02, Tran

sit Conn

ect EV a

nd Med

ium Tru

ck mode

ls exclu

ded. Th

is offer

can be

used in

conjun

ction w

ith mo

st reta

il consu

mer of

fers ma

de avail

able by

Ford o

f Canad

a at eit

her the

time of

factory

order o

r delive

ry, but n

ot both

. Manuf

acture

r Rebat

es are n

ot com

binabl

e with

any fle

et cons

umer i

ncentiv

es. *P

urchas

e a new

2013 Fo

cus SE

Sedan/

2013 Fu

sion SE

Sedan

with 2.

5L engi

ne/201

3 F-150

XLT Sup

er Cab

4x4 wit

h 5.0L e

ngine f

or $18,9

99/$25

,999/$

30,999.

Taxes p

ayable

on ful

l amoun

t of pu

rchase

price a

fter Ma

nufact

urer Re

bate of

$500/$

0/$8,0

00 has

been d

educted

. Offers

includ

e freigh

t and a

ir tax $1

,650/$

1,650/$

1,700 b

ut exclu

de optio

nal fea

tures,

adminis

tration

and re

gistrati

on fee

s (adm

inistrat

ion fee

s may v

ary by

dealer)

, fuel f

ill char

ge and

all app

licable

taxes.

Manufa

cturer

Rebate

s can b

e used i

n conju

nction

with m

ost ret

ail con

sumer o

ffers m

ade ava

ilable b

y Ford

of Cana

da at e

ither th

e time

of fact

ory ord

er or de

livery, b

ut not b

oth. Ma

nufact

urer Re

bates a

re not c

ombin

able w

ith any

fleet c

onsum

er ince

ntives.

††Until

Februa

ry 28, 2

013, rec

eive 0%

/2.49%

/4.99%

annua

l percen

tage ra

te (APR

) purch

ase fin

ancing

on a n

ew 201

3 Focus

SE Sed

an/201

3 Fusion

SE Sed

an wit

h 2.5L e

ngine/

2013 F-

150 XLT

Super C

ab 4x4

with 5.

0L engi

ne for a

maxim

um of

72 mont

hs to q

ualifie

d retail

custom

ers, on

appro

ved cre

dit (OA

C) from

Ford Cr

edit. N

ot all b

uyers w

ill qual

ify for

the low

est APR

payme

nt. Pur

chase f

inancin

g mont

hly pay

ment i

s $236/

$365/$

459 (th

e sum o

f twelve

(12) m

onthly

payme

nts div

ided b

y 26 per

iods gi

ves pay

ee a bi-

weekly

payme

nt of $1

09/$16

9/$212

with a

down

payme

nt of $2

,000/$

1,600/$

2,500 o

r equiva

lent tra

de-in.

Cost of

borrow

ing is $

0/$1,89

3.23/$4

,537.65

or APR

of 0%/

2.49%/

4.99%

and to

tal to b

e repai

d is $16

,999/$

26,292

.23/$33

,036.65.

Offers

include

a Manu

facture

r Rebat

e of $50

0/$0/$

8,000

and fre

ight an

d air ta

x of $1,

650/$1

,650/$

1,700 b

ut exclu

de optio

nal fea

tures,

adminis

tration

and re

gistrati

on fee

s (adm

inistrat

ion fee

s may v

ary by

dealer)

,fue

l fill ch

arge an

d all ap

plicabl

e taxes

. Taxes

payabl

e on ful

l amoun

t of pu

rchase

price a

fter Ma

nufact

urer Re

bate de

ducted

. Bi-Wee

kly pay

ments

are on

ly avail

able us

ing a c

ustom

er initia

ted PC

(Intern

et Bank

ing) or

Phone

Pay sys

tem thr

ough th

e custo

mer’s o

wn ban

k (if of

fered b

y that f

inancia

l instit

ution).

The cus

tomer is

require

d to sig

n a mo

nthly p

ayment

contrac

t with

a first

payme

nt date

one m

onth fr

om the

contrac

t date a

nd to e

nsure t

hat the

total m

onthly

payme

nt occu

rs by th

e paym

ent du

e date.

Bi-week

ly paym

ents ca

n be m

ade by

makin

g paym

ents eq

uivalen

t to the

sum of

12 mont

hly pay

ments

divide

d by 26

bi-wee

kly per

iods ev

ery tw

o week

s comm

encing

on the

contrac

t date.

Dealer

may se

ll for le

ss. Offer

s vary b

y mode

l and n

ot all co

mbina

tions w

ill appl

y. ±Unt

il Febru

ary 28,

2013, le

ase a n

ew 201

3 Focus

SE Sed

an/201

3 Fusion

SE Sed

an wit

h 2.5L e

ngine /

2013 F-

150 XLT

Super C

ab 4x4 w

ith 5.0

L engin

e and g

et 0%/

2.49%/

3.99% l

ease an

nual pe

rcentag

e rate (

LAPR) f

inancin

g for up

to 48

month

s on app

roved c

redit (

OAC) fr

om For

d Credi

t. Not a

ll buye

rs will q

ualify

for the

lowest

LAPR p

ayment

.Lea

se a veh

icle wit

h a val

ue of $1

8,999/

$25,99

9/$30,9

99 at 0

%/2.49

%/3.99

% LAPR

for up

to 48

month

s with

$1,500/

$1,450/

$2,400

down o

r equiva

lent tr

ade in,

month

ly paym

ent is $

218/$3

46/$44

1, total

lease ob

ligation

is $11,9

64/$18

.058/$

23,568

and op

tional b

uyout i

s $7,03

0/$9,6

20/$10

,540. O

ffer inc

ludes M

anufact

urer Re

bate of

$500/$

0/$8,0

00. Tax

es paya

ble on

full am

ount of

lease f

inancin

g price

after M

anufact

urer Re

bate is

deduct

ed. Off

ers incl

ude fre

ight an

d air ta

x of $1,

650/$1

,650/$

1,700 b

ut exclu

de optio

nal fea

tures,

adminis

tration

and re

gistrati

on fee

s (adm

inistrat

ion fee

s may v

ary by

dealer)

, fuel f

ill char

ge and

all app

licable

taxes.

Additi

onal pa

yment

s requi

red for

PPSA,

registr

ation, s

ecurity

deposit

, NSF fe

es (wh

ere app

licable

), exce

ss wear

and te

ar, and

late fee

s. Som

e condi

tions an

d milea

ge restr

ictions

of 80,

000 km

over 48

month

s apply.

A char

ge of 16

cents p

er km o

ver mil

eage re

strictio

ns appl

ies, plu

s applic

able ta

xes. Ma

nufact

urer Re

bates c

an be u

sed in c

onjunc

tion wit

h most

retail

consum

er offer

s made

availab

le by Fo

rd of Ca

nada at

either

the tim

e of fac

tory ord

er or de

livery,

but no

t both.

Manufa

cturer

Rebate

s are no

t comb

inable

with a

ny fleet

consum

er ince

ntives.

▼Pro

gram i

n effect

from J

anuary

15, 201

3 to Ap

ril 1, 20

13 (the

“Progr

am Per

iod”).

To qual

ify, cus

tomer m

ust tur

n in a 2

006 mo

del yea

r or old

er vehi

cle tha

t is in r

unning

conditi

on (ab

le to st

art and

move a

nd wit

hout m

issing

parts)

and ha

s been p

roperly

registe

red/pla

ted or

insured

for the

last 3 m

onths (

the “Cr

iteria”)

. Eligib

le cust

omers

will re

ceive [$

500]/[

$1,000]

/[$2,50

0]/[$3

,000] t

owards

the pu

rchase

or leas

e of a n

ew 201

2 or 201

3 Ford [

C-Max,

Fusion

Hybrid

, Fusion

Energi]

/[Fusio

n (exclu

ding SE

), Tauru

s (exclu

ding SE

), Must

ang (ex

cluding

Value L

eader),

Escape

(exclud

ing XLT

I4 Manu

al), Tra

nsit Con

nect (e

xcludin

g EV), E

dge (ex

cluding

SE), Fle

x (exclu

ding SE

), Expl

orer (e

xcludin

g base

)]/[F-1

50 (exc

luding

Regula

r Cab 4

x2 XL),

Expedi

tion, E-S

eries]/

[F250-

550] –

all Fies

ta, Foc

us, Rap

tor, GT5

00, BO

SS 302,

Transit C

onnect

EV, Med

ium Tru

ck, Val

ue Lead

er and

Lincoln

model

s exclud

ed (eac

h an “E

ligible

Vehicle

”). Tax

es paya

ble bef

ore Reb

ate am

ount is

deduct

ed. To q

ualify:

(i) cus

tomer m

ust, at

the tim

e of the

Eligible

Vehicle

sale, p

rovide

the De

aler w

ith (a)

suffici

ent pro

of of Cr

iteria, a

nd (b)

signed

origin

al own

ership t

ransfer

ring cus

tomer v

ehicle

to the A

uthoriz

ed Recy

cler; an

d (ii) E

ligible

Vehicle

must b

e purch

ased, l

eased,

or fact

ory ord

ered d

uring th

e Progr

am Per

iod. Of

fer onl

y availa

ble to

residen

ts of Ca

nada an

d paya

ble in C

anadia

n dolla

rs. Offer

is tran

sferabl

e only t

o perso

ns dom

iciled w

ith the

owner

of the

recycle

d vehicl

e. Offer

can be

used in

conjun

ction w

ith mo

st reta

il consu

mer of

fers ma

de avail

able by

Ford a

t eithe

r the ti

me of

factory

order o

r delive

ry, but n

ot both

. Offer

not ava

ilable o

n any v

ehicle

receivin

g CPA, G

PC, Com

mercia

l Conne

ction o

r Daily R

ental R

ebates

and the

Comme

rcial Fle

et Reba

te Prog

ram (CF

IP). Cu

stome

rs eligi

ble for

CFIP a

re not e

ligible

for thi

s offer.

Limited

time of

fer, see

dealer

for det

ails or

call the

Ford Cu

stome

r Relati

onship

Centre

at 1-80

0-565-

3673. *

**Estim

ated fu

el cons

umptio

n rating

s for 20

13 Focu

s 2.0L I

4 5-spe

ed manu

al tran

smissi

on: [7.8

L/100k

m (36M

PG) Cit

y, 5.5L/

100km

(51MP

G) Hwy]

/ 2013

Escape

FWD 1.

6L GTDI

I4 Eco

Boost 6

-speed

autom

atic tra

nsmissi

on:[9.1

L/100k

m (31M

PG) Cit

y, 6.0L

/100km

(47MP

G) Hwy]

/ 2013

F-150 4

X4 5.0

L V8 6-s

peed a

utoma

tic tran

smissi

on: [15

.0L/10

0km (19

MPG) C

ity, 10.

6L/100

km (27

MPG) H

wy]. Fu

el cons

umptio

n rating

s based

on Tra

nsport

Canada

appro

ved tes

t meth

ods. Ac

tual fu

el cons

umptio

n will v

ary ba

sed on

road co

ndition

s, vehi

cle loa

ding, v

ehicle

equipm

ent, an

d drivi

ng hab

its. **

When p

roperly

equipp

ed. Max

. towin

g of 11,3

00 lbs

with 3.

5L EcoB

oost 4x

2 and 4

x4 and

6.2L 2 v

alve V8

4x2 eng

ines. M

ax. pay

load o

f 3,120 l

bs with

5.0L Ti

-VCT V8

engine

. Class is

Full-Si

ze Picku

ps unde

r 8,500

lbs GV

WR vs.

2012/2

013 com

petitor

s. ‡‡Ma

x. hors

epower

of 411

and ma

x. torq

ue of 43

4 on F-

150 6.2

L V8 eng

ine. Cla

ss is Ful

l–Size

Pickups

under

8,500

lbs GV

WR vs.

2012/2

013 com

parabl

e comp

etitor e

ngines

. ©201

3 Sirius

Canada

Inc. “S

iriusXM

”, the Si

riusXM

logo, c

hannel

name

s and lo

gos are

tradem

arks of

SiriusX

M Radi

o Inc. a

nd are

used u

nder lic

ence. ©

2013 Fo

rd Moto

r Comp

any of

Canada

, Limited

. All rig

hts res

erved.

0% 72purchasefinancing for up to m

on

ths

apr $8,000in manufacturer rebates

on most new 2013 models. F-150 Super Cab or Super Crew with 5.0L engine amount shown.

or

as

low

as

up to

plus

on select new 2013 models

Your first 3 bi-weekly

payments are on us.

◆

‡†

on most new 2013 models

10.6L/100km 27MPG HWY***

15.0L/100km 19MPG CITY***

For 72 months with $2,500 down or equivalent trade.

Bi-Weekly purchase financing


Offers include $8,000 manufacturer rebate and $1,700 freight and air tax.

lease for only

or

$212††

@4.99%

$441±

@3.99%

2013 F-150 XLT SUPER CAB 4X4

or cash purchase for only

APR

APR

$30,999*

5.8L/100km 49MPG HWY***




$169††

@2.49%


Offers include $1,650 freight and air tax.

lease for only

or

$346±

@2.49%

2013 FUSION SE 2.5L


APR

APR

$25,999*

5.5L/100km 51MPG HWY***





$109††

@0%APR

APR

$18,999*


Offers include $500 manufacturer rebate and $1,650 freight and air tax.

lease for only

or

$218±

@0%

2013 FOCUS 4 DOOR SE

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