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Fall fun - Six-year-old Jevan Munro and five-year-old Drake Straus, both from Sylvan Lake have fun looking for trea-sures in this pile of leaves. The boys were enjoying themselves at the fall festival at the pier, orga-nized by the Town of Sylvan Lake. Fall crafts, scarecrow building and games and activities were part of the festival.
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Lobbying continues for urgent care in Sylvan Lakeby Treena Mielke
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When Leslie Vidok lost his footing and fell on the steps between his garage and his home a few weeks ago, the pain was excruciating.
But, because it was Saturday and he didn’t want to bother his fam-ily doctor with a minor injury he suffered through the weekend without seeking medi-cal attention.
A visit to the doctor early Monday morning resulted in X-rays and imaging tests being completed. He was later sent to an orthopedic surgeon in Edmonton and treated for a rup-tured Achilles tendon and fitted for a cast.
Vidok, who ran unsuccessfully for council in the fall elec-tion, said urgent care was one of the planks of his platform.
“I always supported urgent care,” he said.” Now I have fallen through the cracks myself.”
He said he would have gone to an urgent care facility immediate-ly when he injured him-self if such a facility was available. The primary reason he did not go to the emergency depart-ment at Red Deer
Hospital is because he knows they are already overloaded with patients.
“My daughter is a nurse there,” he said. “It’s very busy.”
Vidok is one of hun-dreds of Sylvan Lake and area residents who would like to see an urgent care center in Sylvan Lake.
Residents led by a enthusiastic and deter-mined urgent care com-mittee continue to fight for such a facility, a health care need which they say is long overdue in Sylvan Lake.
Recently, it seemed Alberta Health Services, despite the public out-cry, had, once again, turned a deaf ear.
However, conflicting reports have surfaced.
Samson told coun-selors at their Sept. 24 meeting that AHS has made it clear that urgent care for Sylvan Lake was not to be included in a Central Alberta Zone Integrated Plan to be released in November.
Since that time Kerry
Bales, senior vice presi-dent of Alberta Health Services, Central Zone has said the assertion that Sylvan Lake is not being included in the short and long-term health service planning is incorrect.
“We will continue working with the Urgent Care Committee to find a solution that is
right for Sylvan lake and all of the commu-nities we serve and will have recommendations this year,” she said in a letter to the editor.
Samson said the proof as to what Sylvan Lake receives, if any-thing, will be in the Zone Integrated Plan.
“Show me the ZIP.
There is no sense in having a battle of words.”
Meanwhile Samson encourages the public to continue to write to the health minister and premier urging them to make urgent care a pri-ority.
“We will continue to lobby until we get an urgent care,” she said.
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Sylvan Lake Management Committee recognized by AUMAby Treena Mielke
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An initiative to ensure aban-doned ice fishing huts are removed from Sylvan Lake at the end of the season has netted The Sylvan Lake Management Committee municipal recognition and could catch the eye of the province.
The committee received a munic-ipal sustainability award for leader-ship at the Alberta urban Municipality Association’s annual convention, Sept. 25 in Edmonton.
The award was in recognition of the Take it Off -- Respect Sylvan Lake program, which was established to cut down on the number of ice huts abandoned on the lake at the end of the winter fishing season.
As well as mandatory removal of the ice huts, the program includes education and a voluntary ice fishing hut registration.
As well as presenting the manage-ment committee with an award, the AUMA, clearly impressed with the management plan’s initiative, passed a resolution that the province imple-ment a mandatory ice fishing hut
registration program.Chairman of the committee
Beverly Anderson said the group was honored pleased to receive the award.
“We were extremely pleased and proud. We plan to repeat the pro-gram again this year.”
Anderson said the success of the committee is due largely to the part-nership between the town, the coun-ties and the summer villages.
Charlie Guild from the Summer Village of Jarvis Bay who sits on the committee said he was thrilled the committee had been recognized.
“It’s nice to know our little com-mittee accomplished that,” he said. Ice fisherman are fabulous people, but there is always just a few that abandon their huts and it is impor-tant to deal with that.
The Sylvan Lake Management Committee is comprised of repre-sentatives from the Town of Sylvan Lake, the counties of Lacombe and Red Deer, and the summer villages of Birchcliff,Half Moon Bay, Jarvis Bay, Norglenwold and Sunbreaker Cove.
Sylvan Lake Management Committee received a municipal sustainability award for leadership at the AUMA conference held in Edmonton recently in recognition of its Take it Off –Respect Sylvan Lake program. Pictured are Dana Woodworth, Deputy Minister of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Susan Samson, Sylvan Lake Mayor, Beverly Anderson, Chairman of the Sylvan Lake Management Committee, Betty Osmond, CAO for the Town of Sylvan Lake, Angela Fulton, Alberta Environment representative and Linda Sloan, AUMA President. Photo submitted
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Roll over - Sylvan Lake firefighters assisted ambulance personnel from Sylvan Lake and Innisfail in treating four people injured as a result of a single vehicle roll over crash involving a Buick Rendevous on Township Road 374 just west of Range Road 20 shortly after 1 p.m. last Thursday. In the background RCMP Cst. Rod Johnson and Cpl. Kevin Halwa photographed the vehicle. The 21 year old male driver received a broken arm. He’s been charged with careless driving, according to Johnson. A 14 year old female sitting in the front passenger seat received a laceration to her head and was taken to hospital. The other two female passengers, 13 and 14 years old respectively, received cuts and bruises. STEVE DILLS
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An open house was held at Sylvan Lake’s newest social care facility, Sept. 21.
Rob McFadden of Forrest Services, explained they should begin taking in clients at the residential facility on 47th Avenue the following week.
“It’s a gradual process,” he said. “They come for a visit first to see how comfortable they feel.”
The facility will cater to higher needs people with mental health problems,” he said. They plan to have 15-20 staff members who will pro-vide 24-7 supervision for up to eight clients.
The 3,600 square foot duplex has been opened up on the top level to allow for people to move back and
forth. The residence contains a total of eight bedrooms.
“We’re providing a place for them, a place they can call home,” McFadden said.
Most will be moving from Centennial Centre in Ponoka, but he added they’re not restricting them-selves to just accepting people from that facility.
Besides providing a home for these individuals, McFadden said they’ll be taking them on field trips and trips into the community, to such places as the library, pool and hockey games. All will be super-vised.
The open house was held to let the community see what’s being pro-vided for the individuals with special needs. Due to privacy issues it had to be held prior to arrival of any resi-dents.
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The Community Calendar is an open bulletin board for non-profit community groups running free events open to the general public. Submissions must be received by Tuesday at 12:00 p.m. and should be kept as concise as possible. We will edit for content and length.
We strive to publish all submissions we receive, however, due to the number of items or space availability, we are not able to guarantee publication. If you need to be sure your message runs, we suggest you place your message in the Classified section.
Deliver submissions to our office at Suite 103, 5020 50A St., Sylvan Lake, fax to 1-403-887-2081 (Toll-Free 1-888-999-2081) or email to editor@sylvanlak-enews.com. Be certain to include dates, times and contact information.
Special EventsSaturday, Oct. 6 - Monster Mash movie marathon at Sylvan Lake Municipal Library from 10 am to 3 pm. Free, drop in. Featuring Monsters Inc., The Vampire’s Assistant and Ghostbusters.Tuesday, Oct. 9 - Sylvan Lake Mobile Home Renters Society to meet at Lee Garden Restaurant at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome.Saturday, Oct.13 - Pirate Day celebration at Sylvan Lake Municipal Library. Dress and talk like a pirate for a chance to earn pirate treasures. 1-2 pm. Free, registration required. Limited enrolment. Call 403-887-2130.Saturday, Oct. 13 -10th annual Women’s Wellness Retreat sponsored by Henday Association for Life Long Learning. Keynote speaker Camilla Jones, The Gift of Laughter. For info call Barb 403-887-5132 or email slwomenswellnessretreat@gmail.com.Saturday, Oct. 13 - Scotch tasting at Royal Canadian Legion, Sylvan Lake. Limit of 30 tickets, available at the Legion. Learn about the history and complexities of five different Scotches.Wednesday, Oct. 17 - Centreville Turkey Supper 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Centreville Hall located five kilome-ters south on Hwy 781, five kilometers west on TR 380 and one Kilometer south on RR21.Friday, Oct. 19 - Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast pre-sented by Sylvan Lake Ministerial Association. Watch for more info.Saturday, Oct. 20 - Sylvan Lake Alliance Church CD ‘Restless’ Release Tour for Keith Kitchen. Solo acoustic evening with Canadian singer-songwriter.Friday, Oct. 26 - Mermaid Ball hosted by Sylvan Lake Chamber of Commerce.Saturday, Oct. 27 - Central Alberta Singles dance at 8:30 pm at Penhold Hall. Music by Wise
Choice. Members and invited guests only; new members welcome. Elaine 403-341-7653 or Bob 403-304-7440.Sunday, October 28 - Spooktcular Exravaganza organized by The Town of Sylvan Lake at the com-munity centre. Halloween crafts, games, costume contest, spooky science lab.Saturday, November 3 - November Movie Marathon at Sylvan Lake Municipal Library. 10-3:30. Drop in, free refreshments.Friday, November 9 - Dickson Store Museum presents “The Poplar Grove Ladies Club”, a funny show with a lot of meaning. Dinner theatre doors open 5:30 pm. Play to follow. Dessert Theatre Saturday, November 10, doors open 12:30 p.m., play starts 1 pm. For info call 403-728-3355.For more Central Alberta events check www.albertasweet16.com
Weekly EventsMondays - Parents Connecting Parents from 10-11:30 am. Open discussion, sharing tips and coffee. Children welcome. At Community Partners Association.Mondays - Sylvan Lake Sacred Massed Choir practises from 7-9 pm at H. J. Cody School. Kerry Heisler directing. Registration $25. Welcome all singers. For info contact Dolce Moir 403-887-4037.Mondays - Toastmasters Sylvan’s Slick Speakers meet at Sylvan Lake Alliance Church, 4404 47 Ave. from 7-8:15 pm. Join Toastmasters now to become the speaker and leader you want to be. For info call Correna Rae 403-506-9643.Tuesdays - Healthy Moms and Healthy Babes at Community Partners Association from 10-11:30 am. Join us for the opportunity to nurture you and your baby’s health (up to 12 months). Free child-care for older siblings. Guest speakersWednesdays - Free family swim from noon to 1 pm. Parents and preschool children invited to interact socially while engaging in activity at Sylvan Lake Aquatic Centre. Must pre-register with Giselle prior to first swim 403-887-9989.Thursdays - Sylvan Lake seniors bus to Red Deer. Pick-up 9:15 am. Returning to Sylvan 1:30 pm. Phone Mary 403-887-4579. Thursdays - Ladies of the Patch. 10-11:30 am. Does your partner work away for extended periods of time? Join us for open discussion, sharing tips, and coffee at Community Partners Association. Children welcome.Thursdays - Drop in bowling at 10 am. Two games. For information call Joan 403-887-2201.Thursdays - Benalto Leisure Club invites you to an afternoon of games, socializing and refreshments from 1-3:30 pm. Call Mary 403-746-5237 or Tom
403-588-2620 for info.Thursdays - Bingo at Sylvan Lake Seniors Centre. Precall at 6:30 bingo starts at 7 pm.Thursdays - TOPS Sylvan Lake chapter meets at Comfort Inn, Sylvan Lake. Weigh-in 7-7:30 pm fol-lowed by meeting. All welcome. For info call Kari 403-887-7850.Friday - Preschool Playhouse from 10-11:30 am. A fun-filled age appropriate play time focusing on 3-6 year olds at Community Partners Association.Saturdays (excluding long weekends) - Toddler Co-op from 10-11:30 am at Community Partners Association. Drop-in playtime focusing on 12 months to 3 year olds. Activities include free play, craft, story time, snack. Siblings welcome.
Support ProgramsSylvan Lake Al-Anon (for families and friends of alcoholics) 8 pm Sundays, Presbyterian Church (north door), Kathy 403-887-4470 or Robyn 403-887-2961. 12/30/12Sylvan Lake AA meetings. Tuesdays 7:30 pm Lions Hall; Sundays 8 pm Presbyterian Church (north door). For more information call male 403-887-4470, 403-588-5491 or female 403-887-4297. 12/30/12Narcotics Anonymous meetings Thursday nights at 7:30 pm at Sylvan Lake Bethany Care, 4700 47th Ave. 12/30/12Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat? Overweight? Underweight? Obsessed with weight or dieting? You are not alone. No dues, no fees, no weigh-ins. Everyone is welcome. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is a 12 step recovery pro-gram. For info call Harry at 403-887-2962 or Joan at 403-748-2433. 12/30/12Are you raising your grandchildren? Come join us at our ACUSHLA meetings first Thursday of the month at Sylvan Lake Library from 1-3 pm. We meet to share and support each other. Questions, call Glenda (Sylvan Lake) 403-887-3849 or Sandy (Lacombe) 403-782-2960.
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Local artist uses mixed media in artworkby Aleisha Bosch
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Mary Grace’s love of colour splashes over from her paintings into her studio and her life.
The Sylvan Lake artist’s garage floor, which serves as her studio, is splattered with paint. Her paint-ings, some hung, some painted directly on, decorate the walls. The walls themselves are painted a bright lemon yellow, contrasted with the turquoise of the ceiling and the garage door.
Outside, bright daisies, petu-nias, and chrysanthemums grow abundantly in her garden and sit in vases on tables.
“I love colour,” said Mary Grace. “It helps us balance.”
She believes all colours carry energy, with increased energy coming from more vibrant colours.
Her colourful space was open to the public Sept. 22 and 23. Those who came were invited to
don an apron, pick up a paint-brush, and add some of their own colour inspiration to a wide stretch of fabric covering a |table. Paint and glitter were sup-plied.
Mary Grace uses mixed media in her artwork, including every-thing from broken arrows and bear fur to seashells and jewellery. She likes to use different textures, and doesn’t always have a concept in mind when she begins a new piece, opting to “throw stuff down” and let it evolve by itself.
“What’s going on in my life shows up,” said Mary Grace. “Art reflects life, definitely.”
Mary Grace has lived in Sylvan Lake for over 20 years, enjoying life by the water. She draws inspi-ration from her surroundings, nature, people, and music. She also believes in the concept of past lives, and uses her artwork as a way of exploring herself.
“Everything all connects,” said Mary Grace.
Two of her most prominent paintings, “Kaoekema” and “Aukaneechi,” were the result of “throwing stuff down” and explor-ing a past life. The first appeared as Mary Grace applied layers of paint to her canvas, when she realized he was a First Nations warrior. It took her 20 years to complete.
The second, completed in 2009, was created as a companion to the first painting after an inspi-rational vision. Mary Grace believes the woman in her vision, the subject of her painting, was herself in a past life.
Mary Grace cites Jackson Pollock, Emily Carr, and Vincent van Gogh as artists who inspire her. She said her style has become looser and freer over the years, with more texture, concepts, and subject matter.
She is thinking about organiz-ing a series of art classes for those interested, in addition to a possi-ble artists’ co-op.
Mary Grace’s paintings “Kaoekema” and “Aukaneechi” hang in a corner of her colourful garage studio. The art-ist’s work was on display for the public Sept. 22 and 23. ALEISHA BOSCH
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by Aleisha BoschSylvan Lake News
On the outside, Camp Quality looks like any other summer camp. Held at Camp Kannawin on the eastern shore of Sylvan Lake, campers stay in cabins, eat in a communal meal hall, sit around a campfire, and do activities together.
“It’s pretty much like any other camp, except we all have one thing in common, it’s that we’ve all been touched by cancer,” said Taylor, 14.
Taylor is a cancer survivor, who has been free of the disease for five years. This is her seventh year attending Camp Quality. She said the camp’s people are the main reason she keeps coming back.
“When you see people that you already know, the bond grows closer, and they know what you’ve been through, so they don’t judge you for any-thing,” said Taylor. “I can openly talk about any-thing. If I’m having a bad day or bad memories, I can just pull someone aside to talk about it.”
Taylor said the camp’s activities are different every year, and she learns something new every time she attends.
“I like being around people that know what it’s like to not always be equal to everyone else,” she said. “Luckily I have some really close friends here that I can talk about it with.”
Ian Campbell has volunteered as a companion at Camp Quality for five years. Each camper is paired with their own companion, and the two do all their activities together for the week. In an eight-bed cabin, half the beds belong to campers and the other half to their companions.
The relationship doesn’t finish when camp does. Companions keep in contact with their campers throughout the year, including meeting to do activities together.
“You basically become a family member,” said Campbell. He flies to Ontario every summer to visit a camper he was paired with while volunteer-
ing at another Camp Quality in that province. “It’s like once you do it you can’t imagine hav-
ing a summer without camp. The looks on their faces and the fact that they’re just able to forget about the disease makes the whole thing worth-while,” said Campbell, when asked why he contin-ues to return. “I think it gives them a sense of normalcy. These children and their families have been rocked by something no one should have to deal with.”
Before volunteering his first year, Campbell said he had ideas about what the camp would be like. He expected to see IV poles and medicine.
“You would think this camp would be depress-ing but it’s actually anything but,” said Campbell. “It’s made me really grow as a person and showed me what’s really important in life. It’s made me not dwell on things you can’t change and it’s made me live life to its fullest.”
One of Campbell’s biggest memories is a camp-er they ended up losing. He described him as “a 50-year-old guy in an 11-year-old body”. He was excited to attend camp, said Campbell, and had picked out everything he would wear.
“Just thinking about how he changed my life, it’s something that I’ll never forget,” said Campbell. “With the kids, each one gives a certain memory and just changes you in a certain way.”
Blake, 14, is Campbell’s camper. He has been attending Camp Quality for seven years, as has his 17-year-old brother, a cancer survivor. Like Taylor and Campbell, he said the camp’s people are the reason he keeps returning.
“How much they’ve impacted my life, and I want to help impact people’s lives now, like the campers, and just show them there’s a way out of
it,” said Blake. He said he has seen the camp
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“I just feel like he deserves to have a week off from not thinking about anything,” said Blake. “It helps him a lot, hanging out with people that care
so much about all the kids that are here, helps him to forget about it.”
Camp Quality is a non-profit organization that aims to lift the spirits and provide support to chil-dren with cancer and their families. There are seven locations across Canada.
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I was married and had a couple of kids before I came to the amazing realization that not everyone sat glued to their television screen every Saturday night watching Hockey Night in Canada.
I grew up being fed a steady diet of the Original Six. Dessert was, of course, Foster Hewitt and the Saturday night hockey game. And as winter moaned and groaned and the wind whipped up piles of white fury against the walls on those long ago Saturday nights, me and my brothers and my dad sat snug and warm in our little old house with the magic of our little old TV.
What? No Saturday night hockey game? Unthinkable.
However, when I left child-hood and innocence behind and the little black and white TV got relegated to an antique store somewhere, I learned
not everyone invited Hockey Night in Canada into their living room every Saturday night.
The NHL lockout means today’s addicted hockey fans won’t get their fix, but, in real-ity lots of people out there don’t really care.
For them, they have other issues that spell anger and dis-illusionment.
Health care! Job security. Sickness.
I pondered these questions the other day as I sat behind my steering wheel looking out my cracked windshield at a day that was deceptively beau-tiful.
How can this perfect kalei-doscope of brilliance exist when there is so much wrong with the world I thought. I arrived at my daughter’s house feeling disillusioned and sad and very, very old.
He met me at the door. My grandson — the one with hair the colour of burnished wheat and eyes so blue they rival the sky.
“Run to the top of the hill with me, grandma,” he said as a greeting.
“What?” I replied, think-ing, but not saying, “I’m old, tired and disillusioned. I can’t do that.”
He looked at me and grinned and I knew that he knew no matter how old, tired and disillusioned I felt, I would never say no to him. He knew it and I knew it so away we went across the street to the hill.
As fall, with all its glory,
swirled around us, I kicked off my shoes and my inhibitions simultaneously and ran.
I was pleased with myself that I made it to the top with-out huffing and puffing too much, but my self congratula-tions were cut short because of this earnest little voice that said, “you have three choices now grandma, you can run down, I can roll down and you can chase me, or we can both roll down.
“What?” I said, breathing hard, but once again I com-plied. “Let’s roll,” I said.
And so we did.As I rolled the sky and the
leaves and the bright sunny day got all mixed up and the faster I rolled the more mixed up they became. And, the more I rolled, and the more mixed up everything got, the more I laughed.
When I started to roll down
that hill, I was feeling tired, stressed and very, very old.
When I got to the bottom, I had dissolved into a helpless fit of giggles.
And, nothing had changed. There is still a lockout.
Sylvan Lake has no urgent care. Politicians still lie. Disease and sickness do not go away no matter how many walks people go on.
But, thanks to a little boy with hair the colour of bur-nished wheat and a smile that outshines the sun, I learned to remember what I had momen-tarily forgotten: the joy, the absolute joy of ‘just playing’. And that, despite amazing sci-entific discoveries regarding health care, laughter truly is the best medicine of all.
For that, I am, and always will be, immensely grateful.
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I have been afraid of spiders since childhood. I don’t really know when it started. I distinctly remember, at the age of five or so, putting my hand under a picnic table and into a sticky mass of cobwebs. I screamed, grabbed some napkins, and tried frantically to clean the mess off my hand. Everyone was staring at me.
A few years later, I found myself cleaning out the hot tub in my dad’s backyard, as I did every summer. The hot tub was set into a deck a short distance above the patio bricks. Chopped logs served as makeshift seats on the patio.
As usual, the hot tub was a mess of dead bugs, leaves, and dirt blown in over the fall and winter. I was using an underwater vacuum of sorts when I felt a light tickling on my arm. I ignored it, thinking it was my hair, but it persisted. Finally, I looked down.
A daddy longlegs was scurrying up my arm. I screamed, brushed it off, and fell off the deck in a panic. I hit my head on the edge of a log.
My dad, hearing the scream and fall, had come to investigate. He noticed the growing swelling on my forehead. Without bothering to explain, I told him a spider had caused the bump and ran to the bathroom to check the damage.
A huge purple bruise was bloom-ing prominently on my forehead. Blood trickled from a small cut in the middle. It looked really awful, and much worse than it actually was. I was feeling very sorry for myself
when my dad came looking for me again.
When I told him what had hap-pened, he laughed. He said my fear of the spider had caused more dam-age than the spider ever would have.
This was not what I wanted to hear. I wanted sympathy. I wanted every single spider in the house and yard to be hunted and stomped out. Instead, I went to school with my new bruise and explained that I had fallen off my deck. I only told good friends about the spider’s role in the fall.
Almost a year ago, I was moving into residence for my fourth year of university. My room had been unin-habited for four months, and was in need of a good cleaning. As I moved a desk, a spider hurried from under-neath. Predictably, I screamed. A passing girl poked her head into my room.
I pointed out the spider. Shuddering slightly, she left, and returned with a black stiletto in hand. She quickly smashed the spider, picked it up neatly with a tissue, and flushed it.
That’s how I met my neighbour that year.
The spiders here in Sylvan Lake are obnoxious. During the summer, I awoke every morning to find several
fresh webs spun on my front porch. Some spiders were so bold as to spin webs across my doorway. They were flawless and silvery in the morning sun, and almost too nice to destroy with a swing of my bag.
Recently, my roommate, Raina, warned me about a group of huge spiders that had taken up residence on our back porch. There were five or so, she said, each hovering in its own web. I’ll take her word for it.
She also showed me a picture of a spider she took Saturday on our back
porch. It was a wolf spider, she said. It was enormous, hairy, and chewing on what looked to be a wood splin-ter. Looking closer, I saw it was a moth - a big moth completely dwarfed by the spider.
The weather is getting cooler now. All the little creatures outside will try to find their way into buildings to stay warm, but they will not be wel-come in my house. If they dare to enter, I am armed with a roommate braver than myself, and best of all, a house duck who finds them tasty. Spiders, you have been warned.
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by Bruce StewartSpecial to Sylvan Lake News
Job market woes, yet another national bail-out discussion, trade figures, it’s all enough to drive the ordinary person up the wall.
Some people are tak-ing action. They’re using a manageable amount of volunteer time, a little bit of cash, and making things hap-
pen in their communi-ties.
Best of all, their ideas are quite transportable. “Steal from the best”, as they say.
In the heart of Toronto’s Beach com-munity, a small group of parents had an idea for their school.
Why not use its flat roof to mount some solar panels, generate a little power, and help the school offset the
costs of electricity? The Province of
Ontario didn’t set out to make it difficult, but it did take a lot of work to make this happen. They had to form a not-for-profit society, with rig-orous rules about who could join it. They had to get a licence as a power producer. It took four years to navigate the paperwork jungle.
But that was also enough time to raise
No decision has yet been made on urgent care centre
Dear Editor: Re: No urgent care for Sylvan
Lake (Red Deer Advocate, Sept. 26)I would like to assure the com-
munity of Sylvan Lake that the asser-tion that we are not including urgent care in our short and long-term health service planning is incorrect.
We are working with local physi-cians to track the number of after-hours patients they currently see on a daily basis, if the hours can be expanded, and how we can respond to need, which peaks in the summer and declines during fall and winter.
We continue to work with the community and local health provid-ers on how best to expand services. For example, we are considering an expansion of current community services, including Lab and Diagnostic Imaging, up to 7 days a
week. All of this is part of the Central
Zone’s 2013/14 Zone Integrated Plan, being prepared now. And for all of these reasons, no recommendation or decision has been made with respect to an urgent care centre.
Each community has different needs. We will continue working with the Urgent Care Committee to find a solution that is right for Sylvan Lake and all of the communities we serve and will have recommenda-tions this year. We are not just look-ing into the future; we’re also focus-ing on shorter-term solutions to help address some of the committee’s immediate concerns.
Kerry BalesSenior Vice President
Alberta Health Services, Central Zone
the money necessary to start the project, through little things that could be done on nights and weekends.
They now have a licence to distribute power, and Kew Beach Public School gets first call on the power gen-erated (in exchange for providing their roof for the installation).
The best part of the story? The way they’re set up, they can now grow. They plan to keep moving from school to school, slowly growing community power gen-eration. Everything is kept small enough to be done on a shoestring.
At the last meeting of the East End Sustainability Network, it sounded like it won’t take much generation to start letting the sys-tem grow off the pay-ments they receive for providing electricity to the grid.
Another project in New Zealand looks at producing a bit of local food.
Epuni Primary School has 110 stu-dents, in a valley near Wellington, the coun-try’s capital. New Zealand’s country pri-mary schools provide
school lunch to stu-dents.
At the same time, curriculum elements include learning about plants, farm cycles and the like.
A few parents got involved. A corner of the school yard was turned into a small gar-den that the children could tend. Another corner was the recipient of a number of fruit trees paid for by fund-raising.
Classes spend time weeding, pollinating, harvesting, and the like. Teachers are communi-cating the required cur-riculum elements while everyone’s working.
Meanwhile, on Wednesdays, two par-ents started soup-mak-ing in the school’s kitchen, using the veg-etables from the garden. Students take turns learning how to prepare food and cook it.
The school now grows enough to nearly feed itself, and as the project continues they anticipate having a sur-plus. The intention is not to sell it, but to give it to the families of the students.
This is an example of what New Zealanders
call asset-based com-munity development: using the skills and resources of people in a community to create new capabilities outside the cash economy. Just what you might expect from a country where the largest “corpora-tion” — a major inter-national player in dairy products, Fonterra — is not your typical organi-zation but a member-owned co-operative.
Down in South Island, where the Christchurch earth-quakes hit, an asset-based community development effort to share building skills in Lyttelton (originally aimed at building com-munity facilities) was able to swing into reconstruction and repair efforts well in advance of commercial or government solu-tions.
The Seattle area in the United States has picked up on the notion of asset-based commu-nity development as well, and communities in its region are form-ing various volunteer bodies to share skills, build, and offset high food and energy costs.
Canadians haven’t
been sitting around waiting for someone else to it do for them, either. Prince Edward Island has seen the use of crowdfunding — the two main sites are KickStarter.com and Indiegogo.com — to do a number of local proj-ects.
All across the coun-try, there are projects to share skills, do local building, offset the cost of services, feed people, and more.
In a time of econom-ic worry, knowing you’ve got options is important. Some advi-sors to students looking at university are now routinely saying “grad-uate with your degree — and with a skill”. All of this recognizes that when times are uncer-tain, it’s good to have choices.
In a country built by neighbours pulling together to help each other, turning back to those roots can make our communities thrive even if the headlines are grim.
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Mr. Eroshinsky attended the meet-ing concerning the establishment of a drive-in at Guy’s and Vi’s on the lake-shore. This matter was deferred for further study regarding traffic hazards which might be created.
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A letter from Dr. T. S. Cookson was read to the effect that he intends to open an office at Sylvan Lake in the middle of November.
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Editorial - The need for house num-bers in position on homes in town grows more apparent as time goes on.
Several years ago a town street and lot numbering system was worked out and street signs posted. Many house numbers were put up and the system proved a great convenience.
However, since then a lot of house numbers have been taken down.
If a system of house numbers is officially adopted and put into use, then house and business addresses will be included in telephone directo-ries after automatic phones are installed.
by Sharon Lightbown
Special to Sylvan Lake News
It has been three years since Dickson Store Museum pro-duced the play “Once Upon A Dickson” as part of the centennial celebration of the store.
The museum received several awards for this play and people
are still talking about it. Ever since this endeav-our, the citizens of Dickson and surround-ing areas have been asking “when are you going to do another play?”.
Dickson Store Museum Society has listened to their requests and will be producing a play enti-tled “The Poplar Grove Ladies Club” written by local playwright Laurie
Hodges Humble. It will be the major 2012 fundraiser for the museum.
The theme of the play is traditions and the decline of service clubs. It is also about community members working together and respecting one another. A small synopsis by the playwright states that “sometimes all it takes is a change in perspec-tive to preserve a cul-tural tradition”.
This play, written with a comedic flair, features many elements that we can all relate to
and it will end with a good old-fashioned Christmas Pageant.
Once again the broader community will be involved in pro-duction and develop-ment of the play. By committing to using local assets and diver-sity Dickson Store Museum will once again demonstrate a commitment to being a pivotal element in the community.
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With a focus on praying for those in leadership, planning for the fourth annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast is well under-way.
The event takes place Friday, Oct. 19 at the community centre beginning at 7:15 a.m., said organizer Steve Rowe.
Teresa Rilling is the featured speaker this year. “Life is like a box of chocolate - you never know what you’re going to get” is the topic she’s chosen to share her humour and passion while encour-aging people to become all they were created to be.
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by Sherry WiebeSpecial to Sylvan Lake News
The second annual walk-a-thon for T.O.U.C.H. Ministries was held in Sylvan Lake Sept. 22 — a beautiful sunny day and what a success.
In June, we had the privilege to set up a walk-a-thon in Osler, Sask. and also here in Sylvan Lake allowing people to receive pledges over the summer holidays.
T.O.U.C.H. Ministries is a non-profit organization, which has developed and supports an orphanage in Ogooma, Uganda, Africa. We currently have 41 children in the orphanage that was originally built for 32, so things are a little crowded. The need for more housing is so great, as there are so many more orphaned children in dire need. We have achieved many great things in Ogooma through this community’s great sponsorship.
We began with Saskatchewan’s first annual T.O.U.C.H. walk-a-thon on Sept. 8th raising $23,279.42. What was a truly AMAZING day! They had approximately 35 walkers, and the walk-a-thon was followed by a BBQ and various prizes being awarded including a first and second prize winner for the most paid pledges.
Now the friendly challenge was on to see if Alberta could beat Saskatchewan. We had a wonderful fun filled day. And through some last minute funding Alberta pulled ahead by $47.58. In total Alberta’s walk-a-thon raised $23,327.00 making this one whoop-
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We also ended our walk-a-thon with vari-
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Thank you everyone for making this such a success. Always know you are helping the orphans around the world with a home, medical and educational needs and three meals a day. They will grow up and one day make this a self-sufficient community.
Jayme’s letterI would like to send a heart felt thank you to everyone who
sponsored me for the 2012 T.O.U.C.H Ministries walk-a-thon on Saturday, Sept. 22. Because of your generous donations, T.O.U.C.H. Ministries has given me the opportunity to travel with them to Uganda in January, 2013. I feel truly blessed to get the chance to see first hand what God has planned for your donations.
This spring my husband and I sponsored a three year old girl, Helen. She was abandoned at a local police station. The police contacted the T.O.U.C.H orphanage and despite having a full dorm with 40 kids already living there, they took her in.
I am more then excited to get the chance to go see her, hold her in my arms and love her. I want her to know that she is wanted and not abandoned. With the success of this walk-a-thon, T.O.U.C.H is able to build another dorm and more children like Helen will have a home.
Once again thank you to everyone who donated to the 2012 T.O.U.C.H Ministries walk-a-thon.
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Participants in the T.O.U.C.H. Ministries walk-a-thon Sept. 22 gathered before starting on the 6 kilometre trek around Sylvan Lake. Between them they raised $23,327 towards construction of a second dormitory for the orphanage in Ogooma, Uganda. A similar event in Osler, Sask., earlier this month raised $23,279.42 for a grand total of $46,606.42.
STEVE DILLS
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The Sylvan Lake Fire Department is offering free smoke detector testing to all residents of Sylvan Lake during Fire Prevention Week. A fire spreads quickly and quietly. Testing your home’s smoke detectors on a regular basis can save lives. To schedule a smoke detector test for your home, please email fire@sylvanlake.ca or contact 403-858-7280.
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items like potted plants in and around windows can slow down your escape.
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Practice, practice, practice. If your
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types of home res and is large enough to put out a small re, but is not so heavy that it is dif cult to handle.
Helmet’s off to all volunteer firefighters in the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Constituency.
Thank You Volunteer Fire ghters!
We all appreciate your 24/7 service to our community!
innisfail.sylvanlake@assembly.ab.ca
Kerry Towle, MLAInnisfail-Sylvan Lake Constituency
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(6 per cent).
What What Would Would We DoWe Do
Without Without Them???Them???
DESTROYED - A fifth wheel holiday trailer was destroyed by fire about 6:40 p.m. last Tuesday. Sylvan Lake firefighers were quick to quell the blaze after they arrived on scene for find flames shooting from the windows and roof of the unoccupied Wildwood trailer which was parked in a farm yard just off Range Road 382 west of Highway 781. No one was home at the time of the fire. STEVE DILLS
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Fish & Chips, Seafood, Fish & Chips, Seafood, Chicken, Ribs, Salads, Chicken, Ribs, Salads,
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Loose - A tackle by H. J. Cody Lakers Josh Barrie (3) was so forceful the running Lacombe Rams player lost the ball resulting in a scramble seconds later. Assisting on the tackle were Jase Schlahs (35) and Austin Lutz (40). The Lakers defeated Lacombe 31-21 after taking a commanding 28-0 lead into the second half. Tyson Maton scored two touchdowns while singles were added by Tyler Ledwos and Shon Zenert. Morgan Drews kicked four converts and Brian Vaillancourt added a field goal. STEVE DILLS PHOTO
Winners - The H. J. Cody senior girls volleyball team returned victori-ous from the SAIT tournament in Calgary going undefeated and beating Camrose in the finals during the Sept. 22 weekend. There were 16 teams from central and southern Alberta at the tournament. The team includes, in the back row, Mr. Chatwood, Tallisa Munce, Whitney Lehman, Olivia Barnes, Cassandra Main, Alex Donaghy and Kendra Campbell; and in the front row, Kaylee Campbell, Jordanna Krentz, Dominique Meinen, Kendra Hainsworth and Harper Elwood. The team played in a tournament in Canmore this past week-end. Their next home game is Oct. 9 against Lindsay Thurber. SUBMITTED
by Rosella SnopekSpecial to Sylvan Lake News
The 2013 Alberta 55 plus Winter Games will be held in Calgary February 13 -16, 2013. Consequently the zone qualifying playoff schedule will be in full swing as of Nov. 1, 2012.
Entering any one of these events could qualify you to attend the Canada 55 plus Games in Strathcona County in 2014.
Events being offered for the Winter Games playoffs are: Alpine Skiing, Badminton, 5 pin Bowling, Duplicate Bridge, Carpet Bowling, Cross Country Skiing, Darts, Euchre, Hockey, Ice Curling, Pool-Snooker, Scrabble and Table Shuffleboard.
For more details check the website www.alberta-55plus.ca or call Rosella at
780-608-1391. Come and try out for this fabulous experience.
Zone playoffs soon for Alberta 55 plus Games
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When you make influenza immunization an annual event, you protect yourself, your family, and our community.
Influenza ImmunizationFALL INTO THE ROUTINE
Alberta’s annual influenza immunization program begins October 15.
Immunization will be offered, free of charge, to all Albertans 6 months of age and older.
For more info, including local clinic details, visit www.albertahealthservices.ca
or call Health Link Alberta at 1.866.408.5465 (LINK).
Touchdown run - Sylvan Lake Lions Dylan Keller is going for a touchdown in a game against Drumheller on Saturday. Drumheller defeated Sylvan Lake 48 – 42 in the game, although Sylvan played with a great deal of heart and enthusiasm. PHOTO BY CAROL CIRE.
Football action - After a huge run in the third quarter by #5 Brett Zenert securing the Bears with a first down on the 10rd line, #15 Darian Zager was able to push through giving the Bears the only Touch Down of the game. Unfortunately to be called back on a penalty ending the game with a 0-0 tie to the Olds Huskies. The Bears Defense was a huge factor in the game repeatedly shutting out the Huskies Offense throught the 4 quarters. HOTO SUBMITTED
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Spirited - Grade 6 student Isabelle Fothergill had her name drawn to participate in a pillow fight atop a bench. Those taking part used pillows to try to knock their opponent off the bench. The pillow fight was part of École Fox Run School’s Spirit Rally, an assembly held to welcome Grade 6 students to the school “like rock stars”. Sept. 7. ALEISHA BOSCH PHOTO
In top five - The Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart fundraising program raised $1.9 million across Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, last year while celebrating its 30th anniversary. As part of that celebration the foundation ran a special promotion and École Steffie Woima Elementary School won! This was our first year to participate and the school was the fifth top school raising an very impressive $10,148! We are so appreciative for the support from our community. Barbie VoldBowd, a teacher at Steffie Woima was joined at a presentation recently by two repre-sentatives from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. SUBMITTED
Raised - The smiles were bright and the tempera-ture warm as students from École Steffie Woima Elementary School participated in the annual Terry Fox Run last Thursday afternoon. They walked and ran along a route which took them through the trail system in Ryders Ridge subdivision and back to the school. A total of $2,166 was raised through their efforts for the Terry Fox Foundation. STEVE DILLS PHOTOS
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A province wide program exploring gaps in services, pro-grams and supports for newborns to five-year-olds is now in its second phase in Sylvan Lake.
Debbie Oostindie, Sylvan Lake and Area Early Childhood
Project Co-ordinator for the Sylvan Lake Early Childhood Coalition said the first phase of the program, which included look-ing at social compe-tence, language and thinking skills, physi-cal health and well-being, emotional maturity, communica-tion skills and general knowledge of newborn
to five-year-olds has been completed.
“The data was col-lected by using infor-mation supplied by kindergarten teachers who filled out ques-tionnaires,” said Oostindie. “This data is being collated and is expected to be ready for distribution as early as October.”
She said results will
be made public at a presentation, the date of which is yet to be finalized.
Oostindie is now in the process of com-pleting the next step of the initiative.
“I am finding out what is available and any gaps there might be for this age group in Sylvan Lake and the surrounding area. I am
busy talking to all stakeholders who play a role in the develop-ment of these chil-dren.”
Oostindie said she finds the work chal-lenging, interesting and rewarding.
“I know it’s a cli-che,” she said, “but, really, it does take a community to raise a child. And the early
years are so important. Anything we can do to strengthen that frame-work can be nothing but beneficial, now and for future genera-tions.”
Sylvan Lake is one of several communi-ties throughout Alberta taking part in the study funded through Alberta Education and United Way.
Fundings are to be
posted on www.ecmap.ca
Anyone who wishes to help with the proj-ect, either by becom-ing part of the coali-tion or helping at com-munity events may contact Oostindie at slecdproject@gmail.com
For more informa-tion about the project check out www.ecmap.ca
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Sylvan Lake Girl Guides and Boy Scouts are teaming up for a food drive Oct. 17, with hopes to make it to every residence in town, said Brownie leader Judy Scanland. Brownies are a branch of Girl Guides for girls aged seven to eight.
Scanland is looking to community youth groups and leaders for help with the drive. The drive has been a “huge
success” the past five years, said Scanland, but more volunteers are needed to continue the pattern.
For those wishing to make a donation, Scanland said all foods are needed and appre-ciated. Cash donations are also accepted.
Those looking to lend a hand can contact Scanland at (403)887-4371, and meet at the Memorial Presbyterian Church prior to the drive.
Program targeting babies and preschoolers enters second phase
Debbie Oostindie, Sylvan Lake & Area Early Childhood Project Coordinator
Volunteers neededfor food drive
Reached a Reached a Milestone?Milestone?
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MEETING. Wed. Oct. 10, 2012, 7-9 p.m.
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All board positions open.
ComingEvents 52CABINET Shop in Sylvan Lake selling stock material during Oct. 2012. Assorted drawers and door fronts,
laminate vanities and cabi-net boxes and some
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Oilfield 800CLEARWATER OILFIELD
SERVICES requires Class 1 or 3
Vacuum Truck Drivers for the Rocky Mountain House, Alberta area.
Local work. No day rating. Full benefits after 6 months.
Fax 403-844-9324.
Oilfield 800CENTRAL PEACE
NATURAL Gas Co-op Ltd. requires full-time Gas
Utility Operator.Experience, safety tickets
an asset. Clean validdriver’s licence required.
Forward resume: cpngc@telusplanet.net.
Fax 780-864-2044.Mail: Box 119, Spirit River,
T0H 3G0.
EXPERIENCED WATER and Vacuum Haulers
required. H2S, PST, First Aid. Above average day rate and cushy benefits plan. There is a $2000.
signing bonus for winter drivers. Fax 403-934-3487.
Email: reception@mjswaterhauling.com
LOOKING for Oilfield Maintenance Labourer /Swamper Must have safety tickets. No experience necessary. Will train. Fax resume to 403-746-5910 or email
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NOW LOCATEDin Drayton Valley.
BREKKAAS Vacuum & Tank Ltd. Wanted Class 1 & 3 Drivers with all valid
tickets. Top wages,excellent benefits.
Please forward resume to: Email: dv@brekkaas.com.
Phone 780-621-3953.Fax 780-621-3959.
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Oilfield 800
We are a busy and progressive snubbing / live well service company with
an awesome 15 day on and 6 day off shift rotation
and we are rapidly expanding. We need
Operator Assistants (entry level position)
and experienced OPERATORS.
We offer excellent wages, a great benefits package and an awesome working environment with many advancement opportu-
nities. Class 1 or 3 driver’s license and all oilfield
tickets are preferred, but we will train the right individuals for our
entry level positions. THIS IS A LABOUR
INTENSIVE POSITION Fax resumes to:
403-347-3075, Attn. Judy.
Professionals 810JOURNALISTS,
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Restaurant/Hotel 820
989240 AB LTD.o/a TIM HORTONSNOW HIRING for
F/T permanent position FOOD SERVICE
SUPERVISOR4 Erickson Drive,
Sylvan Lake, T4S 1P5Fax: 403-887-0134
Must be available for all shifts, including evenings,
weekends and nights.Min. 1 yr experience.
$13.00/hr.Apply in store or fax resume
HEWLETT PARK MCDONALDS
(50 Hewlett Park Landing Sylvan Lake) is seeking 20 Food Counter Attendants
available 24/7 for all shifts, starting $11.00/hour. Apply in person or atwww.worksforme.ca
Restaurant/Hotel 820
989240 AB LTD.o/a TIM HORTONS
NOW HIRING15 Permanent Full-TimeFOOD COUNTER
ATTENDANTS4 Erickson Drive,
Sylvan Lake, T4S 1P5Fax: 403-887-0134
Must be available for all shifts, including evenings,
weekends and nights.$11.00/hr.
Apply in store or fax resume
Trades 850AN ALBERTA
CONSTRUCTIONCOMPANY
is hiring Dozer andExcavator Operators.
Preference will be givento operators that are
experienced in oilfield road and lease construction.
Lodging and mealsprovided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson,
Alberta. Alcohol & drug testing required.
Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.
FOOTHILLSMECHANICAL,
Rocky Mountain House seeking second or third
year apprentice mechanic. Also tow truck driver/yard
person, Class 3 licence, air brake, driver’s abstractrequired. Top wages,
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INTERIORHEAVY EQUIPMENT
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ClassifiedsYour place to SELLYour place to BUY
It’s that time ofyear again!
To purchase cookies before or after this date please contact
Bev Witham at 403-887-4717Thank-you for your support
Sylvan LakeGirl Guides will be
selling mint cookies at various business
locations on Saturday, October 13 & Sunday, October 14
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Keeping Families Warm from head to toe coats, scarves, mittens, toques, boots...
October 1-31, 2012Drop off gently used coats
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*Fundraiser for the kitchen at the Ag Centre*
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The Wooden Shoe - Summer Village of Gull Lake
When: October 11, 2012Where: Bentley Ag. Centre
Time: 7 pmTickets: $10 each (under 4 Free)
Anniversaries
Come & Go TeaIn Honour of
Dan & Lois Mitchell50th Anniversary
Saturday, October 6, 20121 - 4 p.m.
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Great work environment, competitive wages and
benefits. Incentives and bonus plan. On the job
training. To apply please fax resume to: Eagle River
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Whitecourt, AB, T7S 1P4 or apply in person toDennis LaFreniere.
SOUTH ROCKIS HIRING FOR:
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New facility, busy oilfield economy, technical
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LAKESIDE FEEDYARDS INC. in Brooks, Albertais currently looking to fill the following full-time
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SYLVAN LAKE TAXIREQUIRES FULL
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by Scott BoyceSpecial to Sylvan Lake News
“The zodiac had been prepped, the sun was climbing the rungs of the baby blue sky and we had received word over the radio that a pod of orcas had been spotted in the area. It was my first trip out on the waters of the Salish Sea off southeastern Vancouver Island as we headed to the location where these strik-ing marine mammals had been spotted. Yes… it was going to be a brilliant day!” My initial thoughts could hardly do jus-tice to the journey I had begun.
The southern stretch of the B.C. coast hosts some of the most diverse and pro-ductive waters in the world. Of the many plants and animals that call these waters home some 25 species of whales (also called cetaceans) forage, mate, commu-nicate, play and travel across this tem-perate coastline. Whales can be classified into two groups: baleen whales, which are large filter feeders such as blue whales and humpbacks, and toothed whales, such as sperm whales and all porpoises and dolphins (including the orcas we were going to accompany throughout the day).
Arrival on site was signified by the myriad commercial whale watching and private boats in the area. My heart dropped as Jordan the zodiac operator, fellow intern Angelica, and I began scan-ning the water line around the zodiac for the elusive creatures. At the moment the first dorsal fin could be seen in the dis-tance all the cluttered thoughts that had been circling my mind fell away and I was left star struck in awe. A sense of universal oneness crept across my being and I was overtaken by the orcas’ majes-tic beauty. They were here and we were alive together.
B.C. is home to the most well studied wild orca populations in the world. Orcas, the largest members of the dol-phin family, can be classified into three main groups in B.C. waters: residents, transients, and off-shores. Each group has its own unique feeding habits, cul-tural traditions, and language. Residents are the most easily observed orcas and feed primarily on salmon. Transients, often referred to as ‘the wolves of the sea’, are the most sought after by documen-tary filmmakers because these orcas hunt marine mammals, like seals and other whale species, in small, well-calculated pods. Off-shores are the least studied of the three groups but it is believed that their diet consists almost entirely of sharks, supplemented by other large ocean fish like halibut, due to the extremely high level of tooth wear caused by the ‘sandy’ texture of shark skin.
We had located our focal group of whales that we would be studying for the next few hours. All three of us are involved with the Cetus Research & Conservation Society, a local non-profit whale research and conservation organi-zation based out of Victoria. Data was being collected on boat traffic around the whales, which will be used by Fisheries and Oceans Canada for deter-
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A toothed whale of a tale
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Continued from page 21-mining future orca protection policies. Direct observational data was also to be taken on the whales such as numbers, location, behaviours observed, etc.
The day was growing long, I had witnessed many whale spectacles including the fabled spy-hop (a behaviour where they come verti-cally out of the water head first, have an above water look around, and then submerge again in a manner which mir-rors their emergence), and it was time to con-clude my first day out with the orcas.
We began our 45 minute ride over the waves back to the mari-na and I began to reflect on everything that had happened throughout the day. The whales are a definite inspiration as my anticipation was growing for my next whale adventure … early morning the very next day.
For more informa-tion on whale conserva-tion in and around Vancouver Island, ‘Be Whale Wise’ whale watching guidelines and
to find out how you can get involved please visit the Cetus Society’s web-site at http://cetussoci-ety.org/ or to make a donation please visit http://www.indiegogo.com/CetusSociety.
Scott Boyce moved to Sylvan Lake when he was 13 and attended C. P. Blakely Elementary for half a school year before heading to H. J. Cody where he complet-ed his high school educa-tion. Shortly after, he began his first post sec-ondary education expe-rience at Red Deer College and moved on to the University of Alberta to finish a Bachelor degree in Environmental and Conservation Sciences. Since finishing his degree in 2009, Scott has gained much experi-ence working with spe-cies at risk including Sprague’s pipits in Saskatchewan, Olive Ridley sea turtles on the Pacific coast of Mexico, and most recently with orcas and other whales that inhabit the ocean waters of B.C. He cur-rently resides in Saanich on Vancouver Island but still visits family and friends in Sylvan Lake regularly.
Whale watching fascinating study...
It was a typical day out on the Straightwatch zodiac educating private boaters and collecting data in the Salish Sea off the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island for Scott Boyce and zodiac operator Jordan Tanner who relaxed between sched-uled data collection times that occur every half an hour and every two hours, depending on the kind of data they are collecting. The data includes boat traffic around the southern resident orca population and direct whale observations. This data will then be used to drive future policies that will aid in the protection of these beautiful marine mammals. REBECCA GERLINSKY
An orca doing the fabled ‘spy-hop’ behaviour. The exact reason why the whales do this behaviour is not fully understood but many speculate this is one way that the whales gain an above water view of what is happening around them. There is only an estimated 86 individuals in the southern resident orca population, which call the waters off southern Vancouver Island home for several months a year from spring to autumn to feed on salmon. This population is listed as ‘Endangered’ under Canada’s Species at Risk Act and is protected under federal law. RACHEL KOBERNICK
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MGA (2 year term)
Municipal Planning Commission (4 Vacancies) Approves and provides direction of development in the Town (1 year term)
Community Services Committee (3 Vacancies)Provides recommendations related to community opportunities and challenges
(2 year term)
Family & Community Support Services (1 Vacancy) Annually participates in FCSS budget process & distributes grant funding
(2 year term)
Sylvan Lake Municipal Library (2 Vacancies) Responsible for the effective and responsible operation of the library
(3 year term)
Senior Citizen’s Lodge Foundation (3 Vacancies) Ensures adequate accommodation, health care, public services and
recreational activities for resident senior citizens (2 year term)
Friends of Sylvan Lake Provincial Park (2 Vacancies)Support the operation, maintenance and facilities of the Sylvan Lake Provincial
Park (2 year term)
Additional information regarding the mandates of the Boards & Committees and application forms can be found on our website at www.sylvanlake.ca or by
Please forward a letter of interest with relevant information and completed application form by Wednesday, October 12, 2012 to:
Town of Sylvan Lake4926-50 Avenue
Sylvan Lake, AB T4S 1A1Attention: Mary Rose
Or via e-mail to: mrose@sylvanlake.ca
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Choice #1:
Choice #2:
Choice #3:
If the Board of your choice is not available are you willing to volunteer for a different board?
NAME:
Mailing Address:
Email Address: Phone (daytime) Phone (evening)
Do you consent to having your application published in the Council Agenda Package? Yes___ No___
Applicant must reside in the Town of Sylvan Lake.
Applicant must submit a letter of interest detailing their reasons for interest on the board and what qualities they will bring to the position. Experience and contributions in the community and understanding of the delivery of municipal services will be considered.
Return by mail, e-mail or deliver to: Town of Sylvan Lake 4926-50 Avenue
Sylvan Lake, AB T4S 1A1 Fax: 887-3660
Email: mrose@sylvanlake.ca
Application for Board, Committee and Commission Members
NAME OF BOARD(S)
APPLYING FOR:
APPLICANT INFORMATION:
REQUIREMENTS:
BOARD AND COMMITTEESEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The personal information on this form is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the purpose of appointing persons to serve as members for a Board and/or Committee of the Town of Sylvan Lake and may form part of a public document. If you have any questions about the collection, contact the FOIPP coordinator for the Town of Sylvan Lake at (403) 887-2141.
The Sylvan Lake Fire Department is offering free smoke detector testing to all residents of Sylvan Lake during Fire Prevention Week. A fire spreads quickly and quietly. Testing your home’s smoke detectors on a regular basis can save lives. To schedule a smoke detector test for your home, please email fire@sylvanlake.ca or contact 403-858-7280.
SylvanLake4926 – 50 Avenue Ph: 403-887-2141 www.sylvanlake.ca
live. work. play.
TOWN OF SYLVAN LAKE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
POSITION TITLE: Finance ManagerCOMPETITION # 020-12
SUMMARY OF FUNCTION:• Reporting to the Director of Finance• Responsible for providing strong leadership and supervision to members of the nance team ñ A/P, A/R, Utilities, Reception/Cash, Payroll, Taxes
• Responsible for the Town general ledger• Provide nancial reports to management and Council• Budget compilation and working with all depts. to ensure timeliness of budget input
• Coordination and preparing year end working papers for the annual audit
• Manage the investing of Town funds.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:• College diploma in a related eld, and/or current enroll-ment in a recognized accounting designation.
• A minimum of 5 years related supervisory and account-ing experience.
• Proven ability to build high performing teams• Experience with municipal legislation and public sector accounting principles are de nite assets as is experi-ence with Dynamics GP and WorkTech
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential
• Has the ability to work independently, remain pro-fessional at all times, and maintain a high level of con dentiality
• Strong initiative to make appropriate decisions and ensure smooth work ow process.
Please quote the competition number and submit cover letter and resumes to:
Town of Sylvan Lake4926 - 50 Avenue, Sylvan Lake, AB T4S 1A1
Attention: Human ResourcesFax: (403) 887-3660
E-mail: dscott@sylvanlake.ca
24 SYLVAN LAKE NEWS Thursday, October 4, 2012
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