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Over 180 people formed39 teams and dashedaround Diamond Valley onFamily Day in an attempt tobe the winners of the 3rd An-nual Scavenger Hunt. A to-tal of 117 points were up forgrabs and the winning team

was Jaedon, Kiera and Leigh Bretzlaff as they not onlyfound all the items but were also the fastest to report backto the Flare ‘N Derrick.

According to several participants finding the Antler Budwas the most difficult item. One team’s member even ad-mitted to going and making one!

A total of 24 prizes were handed out to the top teams.Sponsors of the event were the Towns of Black Diamondand Turner Valley, Chuckwagon Café, Hi-Ho Gas and Gro-cery, Turner Valley Golf and Sandul’s Pharmacy.

Following the hunt, everyone enjoyed hot dogs and hotchocolate and an afternoon of skating at the outdoor rink.

Mark your calendars for next year’s Family Day FunEvent.

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Turner Valley is going Solar…at least the water

treatment plant is.

Installing solar panels at the plant will reduce elec-

trical operating costs and the Town's carbon footprint.

Mayor Kelly Tuck announced that the project will be

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2nd & 4th Monday - Quilting 12:30 – 4:00p.m. Griffiths Senior Centre, Black Dia-mond. 403-933-4036.-------------------------------------------------------9:30am Floor Curling Valley NeighboursClub 403-933-4445.--------------------------------------------------------9:30 ~ 10:45 YOGAfor beginners and all lev-els, Millarville. Margit 403-931-3649.-------------------------------------------------------11:00am - 11:45am Chair Exercises.Griffiths Senior Centre, Black Diamond.403-933-4036.-------------------------------------------------------12:30 ~ 1:30 YOGAfor beginners and all lev-els, Priddis Community Hall, drop ins wel-come. Margit 403-931-3649.--------------------------------------------------------1:00 ~ 3:00pm Decorative Painting SheepCreekArts Council 403-938-2032.--------------------------------------------------------1:00pm Euchre Valley Neighbours Club -403-933-4445.--------------------------------------------------------1:00pm Story time for 3 to 5 year olds.Sheep River Library. 403-933-3278.--------------------------------------------------------2nd/every month 6:30pm Legion ExecutiveMeetings 403-933-4600. No July, Augustor December meetings.--------------------------------------------------------7:00 ~ 9:00pm Water Colour Boot CampSheep CreekArts Council. 403-933-4020.

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--------------------------------------------------------3rd/every month Coffee Chatter OkotoksSNAPS Orvella Small - 403-603-3232.--------------------------------------------------------9:30 ~ 11:00am Yoga in Longview. 403-558-3696.--------------------------------------------------------10:45am Book Buddies Sheep River Li-brary. 403-933-3278.--------------------------------------------------------1:00pm Knitting Club Sheep Creek ArtsCouncil 403-933-3376.--------------------------------------------------------

Valley NeighboursClub 403-933-4445.--------------------------------------------------------4pm - Board Game Club at the Sheep RiverLibrary. 403-933-3278.4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - TOPS ( Take Off PoundsSensibly) at Millarville Rancher's Hall.--------------------------------------------------------6:00 ~ 7:00pm Belly Dancing Sheep CreekArts Council 403-933-4020.--------------------------------------------------------7:00 ~ 8:00pm - Red Deer Lake CommunityCentre - Boot Camp for all levels - Patti: 403-931-2373.--------------------------------------------------------7:00- 9:00pm Adult Badminton, MillarvilleCommunity School gym. 931-3919.-------------------------------------------------------7:30 ~ 9:30pm 1st & 3rd week of month.Scrapbooking Sheep Creek Arts Council -403-933-4424.--------------------------------------------------------7:00 ~ 8:30pm YOGA Beginners and all lev-els, Priddis Community Hall, drops in wel-come. Margit 403-931-3649.--------------------------------------------------------7:30pm Last/every month. Legion Ladies

Auxiliary No meetings July, August or De-cember. 403-933-4564.--------------------------------------------------------7:30 ~ 9:30pm Last/month. Camera ClubSheep CreekArts Council 403-933-2407.

2nd Wednesday Pot Luck Luncheon - 12:00– 1:00 p.m. Griffiths Senior Centre, Black Di-amond. 403-933-4036.-------------------------------------------------------8:45 ~ 10:00am - YOGA, Beginners and alllevels, Millarville Community Hall, drop inwelcome. Margit 403 931 3649.--------------------------------------------------------9:30 ~ 12:00 a.m. Floor Curling Griffiths Me-morial Centre, Black Diamond. 403-933-4036.-------------------------------------------------------10:30am ~ 3:30pm 1st & 3rd week of month.Diamond Valley Quilt Club Sheep CreekArts Council 403-931-3989.--------------------------------------------------------1:00pm - Bridge at the Valley NeighboursClub. 403-933-4289.--------------------------------------------------------1:30 ~ 3:30pm Last of each month. Volun-teer Sewing/Quilting Bee. Baby Bags for Litfor Life Program 403-995-2660.5:30pm Buffet & Darts Drop In Everyone wel-come. Legion Turner Valley 403-933-4564.--------------------------------------------------------6:00 ~ 7:00pm Belly Dancing Sheep CreekArts Council 403-933-4020.--------------------------------------------------------6:30 ~ 7:30pm Gentle Yoga for beginnersand those that practice. Millarville RanchersHall. Margit 403-931-3649.--------------------------------------------------------7:00-9:00pm - every Wednesday Adult Bas-ketball, Millarville Community School gym.931-3919.--------------------------------------------------------7:30 ~ 9:30pm Acrylic Painting Your Way

--------------------------------------------------------9:30 ~ 11:00am Yoga in Longview. 403-558-3696.--------------------------------------------------------9:30am Beginners Yoga Class Drop ins wel-come. Sheep River Library, Turner Valley-Margit 403 931 3649.--------------------------------------------------------10:00 ~ 10:30am Around the World withDance & Play class for Moms & Tots. SheepCreekArts Council 403-933-4020.--------------------------------------------------------1:00pm 1st/every month General MeetingValley Neighbours Club 403-933-4445.--------------------------------------------------------1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Cards - Griffiths Senior Cen-tre, Black Diamond. 403-933-4036.--------------------------------------------------------1:30pm 2nd/every month Valley Neigh-bours Gardening Club. Bea 403-933-7131.--------------------------------------------------------1:30pm Chick Lit Group meets every Thurs-day at the Sheep River Library. 403-933-3278.--------------------------------------------------------2pm - Storytime at Sheep River Library.403-933-3278.--------------------------------------------------------5:00 ~ 7:30pm Fish & Chip Night / Crib at7:30pm Legion Turner Valley 403-933-4564.--------------------------------------------------------6:30 ~ 7:30pm TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sen-sibly) Valley Neighbours Club.--------------------------------------------------------7:00 ~ 8:30pm 1st/month. YouthAuxiliary Le-gion Turner Valley 403-933-3739.--------------------------------------------------------7:00 ~ 9:00pm Decorative Painting SheepCreekArts Council 403-933-4578.

1st, 2nd, 3rd/month 6:30 ~ 8:30pm GymNight Longview School - George 403-808-9948.-------------------------------------------------------2nd of the month - 7 to 9pm - join the Book toFilm Group at the Sheep River Library. 403-933-3278.--------------------------------------------------------10:30am - Storytime at Sheep River Library.403-933-3278.--------------------------------------------------------10:30am - TIPS (Treasures In Progress So-ciety) at the Sheep River Library. 403-933-3278.--------------------------------------------------------1:00pm Nickel Bingo Valley NeighboursClub 403-933-4445.-------------------------------------------------------6:30pm every/other. Bingo at the ValleyNeighbours Club, Lions Club 403-933-3232.--------------------------------------------------------5:00pm Meat Draw (cut off 6:30pm) &Chase the Ace (draw at 6:15pm) - Buffet -Wear Red - Legion Turner Valley 403-933-4564.

11:00am Regular services Longview BibleFellowship - 403-808-9948.

-----------------------------------------------Mar 19th 7:00pm Foothills Re-gional Victim Services AGM.Okotoks RCMP Detachment. 403-652-2359.-----------------------------------------------Mar 26th 6:30pm Seniors’ DinnerRoyal Canadian Legion Turner Val-ley. 403-933-4600.-----------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------Mar 6th 6:30 ~ 8:00pm OilfieldsSports Association Spring Regis-tration Night C. Ian McLarenSchool-----------------------------------------------

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-----------------------------------------------Mar 8th 6:30 ~ 8:00pm OilfieldsSports Association Spring Regis-tration Night Turner Valley School-----------------------------------------------Mar 15th 6:30 ~ 8:00pm OilfieldsSports Association Spring Regis-tration Night Oilfields High School-----------------------------------------------Mar 15th 7:00 ~ 8:00pm MillarvillePre-School Registration Night at

Ranchers’ Hall Millarville. CallShanna 403-931-2193 or Dixie403-931-3634.-----------------------------------------------

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1st & 3rd/every month 7:00 & 7:30pm LionsClub Meeting at Legion. Next meeting Sep-tember. Contact Don at 931-3587.--------------------------------------------------------2nd/every month 1:15pm Sheep River Li-brary Book Club

2nd/every month 7:30pm Millarville Horti-

cultural Club (9x per year) Sheila 403-931-3989.--------------------------------------------------------2nd/every month Foothills Search & Res-cue Meeting Oilfields General Hospital.

2nd/every month 7:00pm Legion GeneralMembership Meetings. 933-4600.

--------------------------------------------------------2nd/every month Coffee Chatter NantonSNAPS Orvella Small 603-3232.--------------------------------------------------------2nd Tuesday 1:30 to 3:00pm

Griffiths Centre, Black Diamond.403-933-4036.

1:00pm Whist & Bridge

Sheep CreekArts Council 403-933-4020.

Legion Turner Val-ley 403-933-4564.--------------------------------------------------------

Meat Draw, 50/50 & Free Pool Le-gion Turner Valley 403-933-4564.

2nd & 4th - Quilting at the Griffiths SeniorCenter. 403-933-4036.

9:00 ~ 10:00am - Red Deer Lake Commu-nity Centre - Boot Camp for all levels - Patti:403-931-2373.

11:00 - 2:00 Winter Café at Millarville RaceTrack. 403-652-6557.

11:00-2:00pm Sunday Brunch at Millarvillerace Track. 403-652-6557.

----------------------------------------------Mar. 2nd.World Day of Prayer.----------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------March 11th - Daylight SavingsTime begins----------------------------------------------Mar.25th, 3:00pm Russell BraunConcert, High River UnitedChurch. 403-652-3168.----------------------------------------------

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9:00 ~ 11:00am Breakfast

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----------------------------------------------Mar. 3rd, 1:00 ~ 4:00pm GrandOpening Event - Riverwood Es-tates, Black Diamond.----------------------------------------------Mar. 17th, 5:00 ~ 9:00pm St. Pat-rick’s Day Event. Royal CanadianLegion, Turner Valley. 403-933-4564 or 933-4600.

Mar. 24th, 9:00am ~ 4:00pm “TreeBasics for Tree Owners” CourseScott Seaman Sports Rink Club-house, Black Diamond. 403-933-5272.----------------------------------------------Mar. 24th, 12:00 ~ 4:00pm - OpenHouse at the Sheep River Libraryin celebration of their one year an-niversary in the new building. Seeall the programs offered and en-ter prize draws. 403-933-3278.----------------------------------------------

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Saturday and Sunday, March 10th& 11th Foothills Lions Club 1stAn-nual Mixed Bonspiel fundraiserfor Spray Park in Turner Valley.403-933-5385.

Friday to Sunday, March 16th to18th. High Country Minor HockeyPee Wee ‘D’Provincial Champion-ships. Oilfields Arena, Black Dia-mond.

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Foothills School Divi-s i o n i s p l e a s e d t oannounce Stacey Swansonas Vice Principal of its newWestmount School inOkotoks, effective August29th, 2012.

With 15 years of experi-ence as an educator, she iscurrently the LearningCoach at École PercyP e g l e r S c h o o l . M s .Swanson has also held

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“Stacey is an enthusias-tic, empathetic and dedi-cated educator, committedto student-centred learn-ing. She will be a great com-plement to PrincipalCynthia Glaicar and,together, they will be a tre-mendous administrativeteam for our newest school

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She holds a Bachelor ofEducation – Minor in Reme-dial Methodology from theUniversity of Victoria andhas started course work toobtain a Masters of SpecialEducation through the Uni-versity of Calgary.

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Black Diamond's new-est community, RiverwoodEstates, is thrilled to an-nounce its involvement asa sponsor of the OilfieldsCurling Academy.

The sponsorship, whichcomes in the form of teamuniforms, is the first ofmany community involve-ment initiatives of River-wood Estates.

“We want to build morethan just homes in BlackDiamond,” says JohnHuot of Riverwood EstatesInc., “we want to helpbuild the sense of commu-nity as well. The kids arereally excited about ushelping out.”

Riverwood Estates do-nated sweaters for 21 kidsaged 7 to 15 – three differ-

ent junior teams – with aprofessionally designedcustom logo for the club.

With a bonspiel inClaresholm this weekend,the players will be proudlysporting their new gearand new team logo.

“The excitement thatteam sweaters brought tothe kids was fantastic,”says club manager MikeLibbus, “it made them feelmore like one big team.We'd really like to thankRiverwood for the supportto the Oilfields junior curl-ing program.”

As Riverwood Estatesramps up for the openingof their second show homein early March, they aregetting more involved inthe community with more

sponsorships, communityevents and exciting an-nouncements to come.

“We were excited tohave the opportunity tohelp the curling club,”says Huot, “we look for-ward to following theteams throughout the yearand sponsoring the kidsfor a long time to come.”

Riverwood Estates is abrand-new family-orientedcommunity in Black Dia-mond, Alberta and fea-tures two exclusive build-ers: Sheep River Homesa n d C o m p a s s R o s eHomes. Riverwood Estatesis currently selling itsPhase I homes and are al-ready 60% sold.

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The Town of BlackDiamond is pleased andextremely excited toannounce our entry intothe Small Town SaturdayNight Contest!!!

Starting with our MayorSharlene Brown's excite-ment to proudly showcaseour community, an ener-getic and very professional2 minute video was cre-ated. Produced by twoyoung and brilliant localartists, the Town of BlackDiamond created what canonly be described as anawesome submission.

The Town partneredwith the Diamond ValleyBoys and Girls Club aspart of the contest and it ishoped that our submis-sion wins so that $5000will be donated from Travel

Alberta to them. Winningthe contest will also bringa Small Town version ofthe Big Valley Jamboree toBlack Diamond that willbe funded by TourismAlberta and is worth over$75,000 to the Town.

We can't wait for every-one to see our video whichhighlighted the Boys andGirls Club, our luckyBlack Diamond Icon, likelythe World's Biggest BlackDiamond, the Oilfield'sArena, the FriendshipTrail, our Boom Towndowntown and many ofour Town's unique busi-nesses. In the backgroundof the video you can hearour newly created “BlackDiamond song” sung bycouncillor Sharon Hart.Our video will be released

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Come aboard ... join theNorth of Broadway Guys &Dolls as they perform "

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North of BroadwayGuys & Dolls consists of16 members, all from dif-ferent backgrounds, allwith different abilities tosing and perform ... but allwith a passion of musicand the ultimate goal ofwanting to have fun andenjoy the process fromstart to finish. We're of allages ... anyone from 18 up-wards is welcome to joinus. North of Broadwayfirst started with youthsinging programs and the

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Ruskin, a Victorian eraart critic, are very truewhen applied to one of ourup-coming speakers atthe library. Doug Robert-son has demonstrated agreat love and passion forflying throughout his life,starting in his teens. AfterHigh School Doug took apilot's course in Ontarioand from there went to flyfor Lamb Air in Manitoba.He followed this by joiningPacific West Airlines,which became CanadianAirlines. He also did astint in the Air Force as aSearch and Rescue pilot.He returned to CanadianAirlines and stayed with itas it was absorbed into AirCanada now as a seniorCaptain on their interna-t ional routes. Post-retirement the lure of fly-ing drew him back fromhis ranch south of BlackDiamond to train both

cargo and charter pilots.However, once he finallyretired from the skies heturned his attention to thepassion that has beenwith him for over 20 years:restoring an original TigerMoth aeroplane. Doug'sjourney with this aircraftbegan in 1981 when it wasnothing more than a col-lection of pieces. While liv-ing in Edmonton herestored the tail sectionbut not much more wasdone until the past 3 or 4years when he had left thecommercial world of flightfor good. The time is nowfast approaching when wemay see this relic of the airgrace our skies onceagain. The restoration pro-cess is almost completeand Doug is eager to sharethe journey he has takento get this Tiger Moth backto its pristine state. Joinhim on Tuesday March6th at 7pm as he gives aphotographic presenta-tion “ ” atthe library on the joys,dilemmas and triumphs

he has experienced alongthe way.

Also in March we have anew artist exhibiting inour gallery room. ChristiTims has been practisingart from a young age. Sheworks with a variety ofmedia; preferring oil,acrylic and pastel. Hersubjects cover a widerange of topics, includingoff-road images, dance,figure studies, portraitsand more. Christi's styleis a blend of representa-t ional and personalexpression. Her works areinspired by her own pas-sions and life experience.Chr ist i grew up inPeterborough, Ontariobut has lived in Alberta forover 12 years. She has aBachelor of Fine Arts andEducation from the Uni-versity of Calgary. She cur-rently works as a highschool fine arts teacherwho specializes in visualart and photography. Sheenjoys off-roading andcamping with her hus-band, John, in her spare

time.Other happenings: Clas-

sic Movie Matinee (Tues-day, February 28th at2pm). This month you cancome and drool over ayoung James Dean in“ ”. We beginout Travel Talk series onTuesday March 13th withSharon Chambers andVivian Johnson sharingabout their unique trip toThailand and Cambodia.Book to Film continues onFriday, March 9th with ascreening of “ ”.Don't forget to check outour extensive list ofpermaculture classes thatbegin in March. All detailsare available on ourwebsite or in our brochureat the l ibrary . B igreminder: Mark March24th for our Open House.Drop in from 11:30am to3:00pm and you can beeligible to win some greatdoor prizes such as aKobo e-Reader or a Wiiamongst many others.See you then!

W h e nlove and skill

work together, expect amasterpiece.

Up, up and away!

East of Eden

I am David

Jan Burney

Sheep

River

Library

Sheep

River

Library

That Magnificent Man And

His Flying Machine At The

The Millarville Horti-cultural Club has a land-scaping grant availableto non profit organiza-tions in the MD of Foot-hills, west of the 5th me-ridian and north of High-way 540. The maximumgrant available is $750.

This could be used forhard landscaping, per-manent plant materialsand/or instal lat ioncosts. If you are inter-ested in applying for thisprogram please contactArlene Visser at:[email protected] or

Box 742, Black Dia-mond, T0L 0H0 .Thedeadline is March 31st,2012.

Also we hold meetingson the second Tuesdayof the month (Septembert h r o u g h J u n e ) a t7:30pm at the Millarville

Church house. March13th will be on orna-mental grasses and April10th will be on self wa-tering planters. We al-ways welcome new mem-bers.

Millarville Horticultural Club Gardening Grant

Longview LinkThe results of the

Longview Grand Prixare:

-Lane Perwiznuik,

- Christina Adrian,- Shelby But-

ler, - TremaineJamieson

- Jona-than Fehr,(TIE) - Shelby Butler,

(TIE) - TaylorHummel; -Ernie Fehr

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Tremaine Jamieson,- Carissa

Teichroeb, -Ron Caumartin

Congratulations to allparticipants and to theorganizers of this funevent.

The Longview YouthGroup is planning somespring activities involv-ing a “cake decoratingclass” as well as spon-soring a first aid course.For more informationand dates please contactLisa at 403-558-3932 orTrish 403-558-0002 as

soon as possible.Longview residents,

please ensure that yourdog licenses are up todate and that when walk-

ing you pick up afteryour pet. We all appreci-ate what we “don't” haveto walk in. Thanks andhave a great week.

Speed:

Design, Kids 12 and

under:

Design, Adults 13

and over:

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March 10th and 11th are thedates to keep in mind when con-sidering how YOU can help yourcommunity grow in a positiveway. The 1st Annual Lions Com-munity Mixed Bonspiel takesplace at the Oilfields Curling Cluband this could be your way ofassisting the Foothills Lions Clubin making this communityfundraiser happen. TEAMS areNEEDED, simple as that. As Lionswe try to keep the communityinformed about the areas that wecan be of assistance to your orga-nization be it through work par-

ties or funding. Now we are askingYou to help Us. Foothills Lions aremaking a challenge to you the citi-zens of Diamond Valley. We arechallenging Town Council vsTown Council, Drug store vs DrugStore, Firehall vs Firehall, Schoolvs School, Bank vs Bank etc. toenter a team, or a company tosponsor a team in the Bonspiel.The idea here is to raise money forthe Lions Family Spray Parkwhich will greatly benefit the chil-dren and families in the DiamondValley Community. The cost asso-ciated is $300.00 per team, whichincludes dinner with musicalaccompaniment. The tournament

is about having big fun, a fewlaughs, competition and a chanceto raise funds that are 100%raised within our community andgo 100% directly to the project. Sothere you have it, the gauntlet hasbeen tossed out, WILL you partici-pate and help us out for a change?Interested parties can contactBarry Crane at 403-933-5385 oremail him at:[email protected]

The next Bingos take place onMarch 2nd and 16th at 7pm at theValley Neighbours Club in TurnerValley.

The Foothills Lions Club

“Serving Our Community”

From The Lions DenCurling for a Community Spray Park

January was a busy month for4-H’ers. After the long holiday, itwas back to work. Our WinterWorkshop this year was awesome!We stamped letters into leatherplates and cut them out to makenameplates for our horse stalls.Everyone was a little tentative atfirst; scared they would hit theirfingers with the hammer! Wepunched small holes in theleather for the chain and gemsand used a Chicago screw to holda leather 4-H clover in place.Besides the letters, there werealso horseshoe and horse stampsfor decoration. Once we were donestamping, another table wasavailable to paint the leather. Weowe a big thank you to TomAdams, Martie Blatz's great-grandfather, for supplying theleather and stamping tools. Also,thank you to Jackie Rawn fororganizing and Jeff Blatz andJohn Brogden for providingexpertise.

The Calgary 4-H Region heldthe Winter Bonanza Camp atRiver's Edge on January 27th to29th. This year, Juniors andIntermediates were combinedbecause of the low number ofpeople signed up. However, whenwe got there, I found out that therewere more people than last yearand two of us had to share a bed!Luckily they let us switch rooms tobe with friends so it wouldn't betoo awkward. As always, it was anamazing weekend with lots ofgames. I made plenty of new

friends. We had a ton of fun! Toosoon came Public Speaking. Ourtop finishers were JacksonCollard and Aimee Michaelis forthe juniors, Sasha Lewis andJul ianne Uchyt i l f o r theintermediates and Brittnie Mooreand Nevada Rowe for the seniors.Good luck to all six who will berepresenting our club at AreaPublic Speaking on February25th. Thank you to AltaLink forsponsoring our public speakingevent and to Terry Allwarden,Marion Anton, Carlyle Cupid,Trudy Cutfield, Elizabeth Davisand Paddy Mu l l aney f o rvolunteering as judges.

On February 10th we had ourmonthly meeting and listened to atalk about show preparation byDiane McKay and level testing byour instructor, Cassandra Day.Willow McDonald performed aspeech on Irish dancing for us,because she had been absent atPublic Speaking. The nextmorning it was too cold for the firstriding group to ride but the othergroups went ahead. We labelledparts of the horse's body inpreparation for level testing andwere quizzed on horse colours andmarkings before the actual ridinglesson. Up next are two clinics – anon-extreme cowboy tra i lclinic/competition with SteveDunham and a goat-tying clinicwith Dusti Whiteside. Thanksagain to SEARS for sponsoringour light horse program this year.

Millarville Saddle Sores

Club Reporter: Danielle Bradish

Millarville-Stockland Beef clubheld their 4-H Public Speaking onFebruary 11th at the MillarvilleRacetrack Hall. The day went byquick with only 20 speeches andimpromptus to get through. Wewould like to thank all the judgesthat volunteered their time to lis-ten to all our speeches. The clubmembers that are moving on forSenior level are Brent Arkes andCarlie Meyer with Ben Arkes asalternate. Club Members forIn t e rmed ia t e a r e CarsonCampbell and Reil Lowry with

Josh French as alternate. Juniormembers moving on are ElizabethCampbell and Finn Blatz withHunter Egeland as alternate. Theclubs cleaver kids also didspeeches and impromptus butthey do not have another level tomove onto. The next level of publicspeaking is Areas. After Areasmembers move onto DistrictPublic Speaking which will beheld on March 10th and thosethat move on from District will begoing to Regional Public Speakingthat will be held on March 24th.Provincial Public Speaking will be

at a later date after all the Area,District and Regional PublicSpeaking is done throughout theprovince. Junior members can goto District. Intermediate memberscan go to Regional level andSenior members can go to theProvincial level. With the help ofeveryone at the Millarville Hall,our club Public Speaking is doneuntil next year. I would like towish the best of luck to our mem-bers with their Public Speakingcompetition. Our next club meet-ing will be March 14th at theMillarville Racetrack Hall.

Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef Club


Black DiamondTown of

403-933-4348 W A L K - A - B L O C KW A L K - A - B L O C KYour Customers Will Thank You

www.town.blackdiamond.ab.ca

Council CalendarMar 1st Municipal Planning Commission 7:00 pm Council Chambers

(as required)Mar 5th Committee of the Whole 7:30 pm Council ChambersMar 7th COUNCIL 7:30 pm Council ChambersMar13th Parks & Recreation 7:00 pm Council ChambersMar15th Special Events Committee 7:00 pm Council Chambers

DID YOU KNOW?· February 26th to March 3rd, 2012 has been pro-

claimed· The 2012 Hockey Alberta Peewee “D” Provincial Cham-

pionships are being hosted by the High Country MinorHockey Association at the Oilfields Regional Arena fromMarch 15th to 17th, 2012!

· It has been a whole year since the Sheep River Libraryopened its new building in Turner Valley!

· The Diamond Valley Parade will take place on June 2nd, 2012! Volun-teers always needed – call David at 403-933-4348!

FREEDOM TO READ WEEK!

Councillor’s Corner: by Councillor Sharon Hart

Thanks to all of the Businesses, Volunteers and Organizers thathelped make the 2012 Family Day Scavenger Hunt a success!

Put this event on your calendar for next year!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Volunteer positions available:

1) MEMBER AT LARGE - a resident of Black Diamond

1) BOARD VOLUNTEER - Black Diamond Commercial

Business Owner/Operator

Contact David Petrovich, EDEC, at 403-933-4348, email:[email protected] for more information.

Economic Development Committee News

* Saturday, March 24th, 9am – 4pm *

“Tree Basics for Tree Own-

ers”

Saturday, March 24th Scott Seaman

Sports Rink

To register call Les at 403-933-5272.

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Do you have trees and shrubs in your yard?Would you like to know how to properly select & plant

trees & shrubs for your yard?Would you like to know how to prune trees and shrubs

correctly?

The Town of Black Diamond & the Town of Turner Valley areworking together to provide you with training on how toplant & prune your trees & shrubs. This course

is open to residents of both towns at no charge. There will be one courseto be held in Black Diamond at the

(Change room), 611- 3rd Street S.W. – (back building). This is asix hour course which starts at 9:00 a.m. and finishes at 4:00 p.m., lunch isnot provided.Residents from either town may attend this course; registration is required asclass number is limited to 30 people.

Pruning Basics For Tree Owners

“SMILE - IT’S CONTAGIOUS!”

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TURNER VALLEY SCHOOL NEWSTURNER VALLEY SCHOOL NEWS

Family Literacy Day

One World Drumming

On January 26th we celebrated Fam-ily Literacy Day at Turner Valley School.It was a wonderful community literacybuilding event. Students dressed up astheir favourite literary character and weheld a Family Read Along throughoutthe school. Students brought books,board games, along with parents, grand-parents, siblings or a special guest toschool for a morning of coffee and cook-ies, family games and reading extrava-ganza. We had over 60% of our familiesin attendance with many studentsdressed up as storybook characters. Theenergy was fantastic! Mr Benningtonand Mrs Webb gave out prizes, booksand bookmarks to students who 'GOTCAUGHT READING' during the event.

Our week long Artist in Residenceprogramme with ' 'was a huge success. School Council gen-erously provided the funding for a drum-ming instructor to spend a week workingwith students everyday in the school. Wewrapped up the week of intensive drum-ming study with a community drum-ming celebration on Friday February3rd. Parents joined students and stafffor an enthusiastic wind-up drum circlecelebration in the gym. We are grateful toour parent volunteers for funding thiscreative and musical learning opportu-nity.

One World Drumming

Spring Theater News

~ By Mrs. Muir

Anti-Bullying Awareness Month ~ By

Shae and Justin

How came to be...

There is a definite energy in the airthese days as we prepare for this year'sSpring Theatre production of “En-chanted Sleeping Beauty”. What a tal-ented group of students we have per-forming!

Rehearsals are being held on Wednes-days right after school. We will also beworking with groups of actors duringsome lunch recesses, so studentsshould listen carefully to morningannouncements for information regard-ing practice times. In the near future, wewill also be holding our annual 'PizzaPractice' Friday when all cast memberswill meet after school and have a verylong rehearsal with a pizza break in themiddle. If you have any questions or

would like to volunteer to help out thisyear, please contact Mrs. Muir or Mrs.MacDonald at the school. We will be look-ing for costumes, so if you have any 'ballgowns' and/or outfits that 'townspeople'could wear, please send them with yourchild to school. Make sure they areclearly labelled so we can return them toyou when the production is finished.

We hope you will all mark your calen-dars and be sure to join us for some fan-tastic entertainment on March 29th and30th!

The time has come ...... Anti-Bullying

Awareness Month and ishere!

Starting February 1st to the 29ththere will be contests to be won withprizes. There will be a special Pink Shirtday celebration on February 29th.

It was a day when a boy wore a pinkshirt to school and he got bullied likecrazy, but a group of students didn'tagree with the bullying. With their cour-age they got everyone in the school towear a pink shirt the next day. Everyonedid except the bullies.

It went so well that they got moreschools involved and marked a specialday for this to happen.

This just shows you that a couple ofkids can make a big difference.

Enchanting Evening

in the Works

Pink Shirt Day

Pink Shirt Day

Enchanting Evening

in the Works


Town of Turner Valleywww.turnervalley.ca

403.933.4944 ~ 223 Main Street NE

Diamond Valley Scavenger Hunt

Family Day Annual Event

Oilfields Recycle Centre

E-Waste Round-up On Going

Thank YouThe Town of Turner Valley wishes to thank the sponsors of the

Diamond Valley Scavenger Hunt for their generous contributions

including: Hi Ho Gas and Grocery, Turner Valley Golf and Country

Club, Sandul's Pharmacy, Chuckwagon Cafe and Cattle Company.

A special thanks to all Scavenger Hunt participants and

volunteers; Barb Froud, Rob Cotton, the Pfeil Family, Brandon

Lyons, Kelly Tuck and David Petrovich; and Turner Valley Fire

Department and Public Works Staff in making this a fun and

successful event.

The Oilfields Recycle Centre is still accepting the following

equipment: CPU's (towers or desktop systems), monitors (CRT or

LCD screens), printers, laptops, all computer components and

assorted cabling and televisions

If you need more information,

contact the Recycle Centre at 403.933.3303.

The Town of Turner Valley Automated Waste

Collection Program Reminder

How the Town of Turner Valley AutomatedWaste Collection Works!

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Please place your cart at your pick-up location out front by

7:30 a.m. on your collection day.

Your collection day (Tuesday or Wednesday) will depend on

your location. For more information please call the town

shop at 403.933.5732.

Keep litter in its place, bag and tie all your household waste.

Small grocery bags should be placed into a standard

garbage bag for use with the cart program.

Be a good neighbour and bring your cart home by the end of

the collection day.

Place your cart on the street, with the wheels against the curb. If

there is no curb, place the cart just off the street or on the

shoulder.

Leave at least 1 meter/3 feet of clearance between the cart and any

obstacles such as parked cars, poles, mailboxes, etc.

The arrows on the cart lid must point to the centre of the Street.

Park it

Space It

Point It

All your waste must fit in the cart and the .

additional waste will be collected. Please take full

advantage of our Recycle Centre located at 102 Royal

Avenue NE (East side of the Fire Hall).

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Upcoming Turner Valley Council Meetings

Turner Valley Parking Survey

Start time – 6:30 p.m.

March 5 – Committee of the Whole

March 19 – Regular Council Meeting

April 2 – Committee of the Whole

April 16 – Regular Council Meeting

The Town of Turner Valley is reviewing the parking of commercial

vehicles on Main Street, between Sunset Boulevard and 8th Avenue

N.W. (Dunham Lane).

We are interested in your feedback. Should the Town regulate

parking of commercial vehicles parked on Main Street? Does this

include restricting commercial parking or implementing timed

parking or maybe you feel that it doesn't need to be changed?

We invite you to participate in the on-line survey and we look

forward to reading your responses and comments.

The survey is available on the town web site

and will remain online until Friday March 30, 2012.

www.turnervalley.ca

Turner Valley Protective Services Complaint Line

403.863.4341Town of Turner Valley Office Hours

Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Closed on Statutory Holidays

8After a night in an air-

port hotel room marginallymore sizeable than mysports car, we were ready towrestle the 10 hour flightf r o m A m s t e r d a m t oKilimanjaro en route to thelong awaited AfricanSafari.

Passing through Penta-gon style security at 8:00,8:30, 9:10 and again at10:05am for good measure,we board the great silverbird and wedge ourselvesinto seats I'm sure weredesigned for the afore-mentioned hotel.

At 10:15 engine number1 of 3 fires up with the com-forting sound GeneralElectrics are known for.

10:17 signals the start ofengine number 2.

At 10:19, I could swear Iheard my old jeep trying tofire up on a minus 40degree morning.

Click, Click, Click,Aruugh.

Again.And again.Sounding less like Gen-

eral Electric and more likeMajor Problem as each min-ute goes by.

And after about 8attempts to spark life into afairly necessary compo-nent of the aircraft, comesthe announcement fromthe flight deck.

"Uh ladies and gentle-men - it appears we have aproblem with our number 3and so we'll be going back

to the gate to see if we canget the repairs done andwill keep you updated".

At which point we see 4guys in clogs runningalongside with hammers,picks, screwdrivers and afaded copy of AerospaceMechanics For Dummies.

To make a long storyshort, the airline decides toerr on the side of caution,declare the aircraft to besomewhat less than air-worthy and request thatanother plane be sent tohaul us to destination.

Off we go back into theterminal, endure 3 morecups of kickapoo joy juicestyle Dutch coffee, 4 moresecurity checks and re-board the new aircraft.

It's now pushing 1 pm.Engine 1 is a go.Engine 2 fires up like a

banshee.The lead flight attendant

is giving 3 to 1 odds to 6 ofus on the probability ofengine 3 and loses $20when lo and behold itcomes to life.

Push back from the gateat 1:20pm while watchingbits and pieces of snow hitthe ground.

As the snow begins to fallat greater velocity than theGreek economy, the cap-tain announces that we'lltake a slight delay to de-ice.

At that point I decide tonap for a bit.

At 3:15 I emerge from thenap to marvel at howsmooth the flight is until Ilook out to see.............we're still on the ground.

I apparent ly s leptt h r o u g h t h e 2 p ma n n o u n c e m e n t t h a tAmsterdam Airport is nowCLOSED due to snow accu-mulation.

"They are attempting toclear one of the runwaysand we may be able todepart shortly" explainedthe captain at 3:20.

Note to Airline Crew:I've been sitting wedged

in an airline seat resem-bling 20 lbs of potatoes in a5 lb bag for close to 6 hours- The use of the word *at-tempt* is not particularlycomforting.

Neither is the sight ofHans and his 3 pals slidingalong the tarmac in theirclogs carrying a couple ofbrooms in the direction ofthe runway.

But to the credit ofhuman spirit vs the ele-ments, we slip the surlybonds of terra firma some15 minutes later, climbingto 30,000 ft en route toKilimanjaro.

Almost.About 30 minutes prior

to our eagerly anticipatedarrival, albeit now some 6hours later than planned,c o m e s y e t a n o t h e rannouncement from Cap-tain Kangaroo.

"Ah - Ladies and Gentle-men, we've just beenadvised that we cannotland as scheduled inKil imanjaro and wil linstead be diverting to Dar-es-Salaam where we will(and here it is again folks)ATTEMPT to s e cu r eonward transportation forthose of you destined forKilimanjaro."

Unlike say, Calgary toEdmonton where transpor-tation options are a breeze,there are essentially twoways of getting from Dar toKilimanjaro.

Unless of course you fac-tor in stranded as a 3rdoption.

A 12 to 15 hour drive onroads that resemble alunar landscape.

A 70 minute flight bringsup the preferred option.

Here's the thing.We're about to land 335

pieces of self loading freightat 4 o'clock in the morninginto an airport not gener-ally known for handling sur-prises all that well.

On landing I can see agrand collection of 8-12 pas-senger turbo props gath-ered around the terminalbuilding.

And one lonely 120 pas-senger Boeing 737.

"Are we there yet?" criesout a just awakened pas-senger?

Almost.

Follow part 2 next issue.

Adios until next time

Dave Heron

Dave Heron is the owner and

operator of: Pace Setter Travel

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612, 70 McRae Street ,

Okotoks.

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The Adventure Begins ........almost......


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Longview studentscelebrated Valentine'sDay a big way by wear-ing pink, red andwhite. Everyone ex-changed Valentine'sD a y c a r d s a n dbrought treats likecupcakes and heartshaped cookies toshare. The wholeschool gathered in thegym for a Wii JustDance Party. Stu-dents, staff and par-ents had a great timedancing, singing andlaughing.

We had a very fullprogram for Talent,Show and Share lastFriday. We had stu-dents sing, dance,play instruments, telljokes, do magic tricksand demonstrate dif-ferent athletic abili-ties. It was a great af-

ternoon of entertain-ment and we really ap-preciate the attentionand effort studentsdedicate to their spe-cial skills and talents.The Grade 1 /2 classhad a great deal of funon February 15th incelebrating the onehundredth day ofschool. Students werespotted lining the hall-way with one hundredfeet they had cut frompaper.

Basketball season iswell underway and theGrade 5 / 6 class haveparticipated in tour-naments at home,Turner Valley Schooland upcoming atEcole Percy Pegler onMarch 2nd. The teamwould like to send outa big thank you toMichelle Nelson for

helping coach thet e a m a n d M r .M u s g r o v e t h e i rteacher.

Longview Studentsare very proud of theirschool. They takepride in being an eagleand proudly wear theschool colours of blueand gold. Our stu-dents are great rolemodels and do an ex-cellent job represent-ing themselves andour school.

Students, staff andparents had a wonder-ful time at our annualWinter Carnival heldon Friday, February17th. We thought wemight have to cele-brate winter minusthe snow because ofthe unusually warmweather we have hadlately. But luckily, just

a couple of days beforethe big event, we re-ceived a significantsnowfall which putsmiles on everyone'sfaces. Students par-ticipated in fox andduck tag games, trea-sure hunts for col-oured ice blocks bur-ied in the snow, build-ing and decorating gi-ant snow castles, ballhockey and curling ac-tivities. At the end ofthe day, everyone gath-ered around with rosycheeks and cold toesto have a cup of hotchocolate and a cou-ple of biscuits. A bigthank you is extendedto Mr. Musgrove, fromall of the students, inorganizing such a funday.

Valentines and Winter Carnival

The Kindergartenclass at MCS have beenengaged in an inquirylooking at the things welearn from family andfriends. We've beeninvestigating the rolesand responsibilities infamilies, relationshipswith our friends and ourconnections to eachother. We've been usinginformation about ourfamily members as welook at numbers inmath.

We read the book,

by Hanoch Piven,a very cool artist andauthor. This book looks

at the family portrait ina very different way –u s i n g s i m i l e s t odescribe each member.Then we used Mr.Piven's collage tech-nique of using everydayobjects to create ourown works of art. Wethen wrote some similesto describe our familymember.

Raine:

Jack:

Stetson:

Elizabeth:

Shona:

Amelia:

Wyatt:

James:

Tyree:

Reese:

Danika:

Ava:

Nathan:

Alyssa:

Amber:

Bailee:r

MyDog is as Smelly as DirtySocks

My mom is asloving as a heart and assnuggly as a cat

My dad is asprickly as a hedgehogand as tall as a building

My mom is aslovey as a heart and as

lovely as a flowerMy mom is

as cute as a kitten andas lovely as a birthdayparty

My mom is assweet as a candy and assoft as a feather

My mom is assoft as a feather and assweet as hot chocolate

My mom is aslight as a feather and asranch-ish as a cowgirl

My sister is asfunny as a clown and asquiet as a mouse

My dad is asfurry as a sheep and ascowboy-ish as a cowboy

My mom is assoft as a feather and as

loving as a heartMy mom is as

soft as a feather and assweet as a flower

My mom is assweet as a feather andas sweet as a heart

My sisterEmily is a lovey as aheart and as sweet as acandy

My grandmais as lovey as a heartand as small as a snow-flake

My dad is asfunny as a clown and asnice as a candy cane

My grandma isas soft as a feathe andas sweet as a candy

Here's a sample!

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The Branch initi-ated seven new mem-bers in a ceremony atthe February generalmeeting. We welcomethem to our Branchand look forward toanother group ofequal size joining usofficially at the Marchmeeting. We are stillreceiving dues for2012 renewals andhope all members canbe paid in the near fu-ture.

Under our BuildingOfficer, Cde. LarryWilliams, Branchmembers have putmany hours of workinto a massive “re-warehousing” projectwhich has seen thecleaning, clearing outor re-ordering of mostof the storage areas inthe building. At thetime of writing, someelectrical upgrades re-main but the resultsof the work to date areoutstanding.

More work is cur-rently underway inthe Legion Hall aspart of a planned over-haul of the buildinginterior. Dart boardsare to be re-locatedand Branch Memora-bilia will be placedmore appropriately inthe hall. More paint-ing is required andthis phase of the workis planned for com-pletion within thevery near future.Thank you to all whoassisted in these longoverdue improve-ments.

Commencing imme-diately, short ordermeals will once againbe available in con-

junction with the reg-ular buffet meal. How-ever, they will only beavailable when thekitchen staff and vol-unteers have had anopportunity to makeinroads into theclean-up from the buf-fet itself.

We await a plannedp r e s e n t a t i o n b yBragg Creek resi-dents this coming Fri-day. What it com-prises is unknown atthis time and more de-tails will be availablein our next column.At the same event, wewill perform our NewYork Flag Exchangeprogramme betweenthe Longview andOkotoks Fire Depart-ments.

An Honour Guardperformed our Legiontribute at a MemorialService in Okotoks forthe late Naomi Robin-son, a WWII RCAF(WD) Veteran whopassed away re-cently. Naomi was aLife Member of thisBranch and was along-serving PastPresident of the for-mer Okotoks Ladies'Auxiliary. Our mem-bers extend their sin-cere condolences toLarry and his family.

A committee led byo u r t w o v i c e -presidents has beenformed to develop aplan for the enhance-ment of our Cenotaphand the area sur-rounding it. We willbe seeking donationswhich will allow us toapply for matchinggrants from variousGovernment and Le-

gion sources. Currentideas are wide rang-ing but other sugges-tions will be gladly re-ceived. When com-pleted, the site willpresent not only amore fitting memorialto those who sacri-ficed their lives forCanada but also a wel-coming place forthose who wish to paytheir respects.

Meanwhile, theBranch is selling tick-ets for a draw whichwill take place at19:05 on March 30th.There are four prizes:two 40 inch flatscreen TV's and twofor $500. Tickets are3 for $5 (yellow) or $2each (blue). All tick-ets are eligible for allfour draws. While onthe topic of lotteries,if you purchase tick-ets on the Legion Mil-lion Dollar Lottery,we hope that youname Branch #78 asthe recipient of yoursupport.

Mark your calen-dars for St Patrick'sDay, Saturday March17th. The entertain-ment committee hasa s p e c i a l e v e n tplanned. Followingthe success of thekids' Jel ly Beandance, this should bean equally good eventfor adults.

Serving our Veter-

ans, Seniors, Youth

and the Community

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The Town of High

River has joined

forces with Sun

C o u n t r y R a d i o ,

Routes magazine

and Outernational

Films to enter the

Travel Alberta Big

Val ley Jamboree

Small Town Satur-

day Night Contest for

the chance to win a

major concert event

for the town. Heaven

Can Wait and the

local Salvation Army

Foodbank have also

joined in to help pro-

pel High River onto

the country music

map.

The winning com-

munity will have the

opportunity to host a

mini Big Valley Jam-

boree, April 28th, fea-

turing some of Can-

ada's finest country

music entertainers.

“High River is a per-

fect choice for this

type of event,” said

Dayna Dickens, coor-

dinator for the town's

business and tour-

ism development

office. “We are recog-

nized as a commu-

nity vibrant with arts

and culture and have

a very active country

music scene.”

The contest is spe-

cifically geared for

Alberta towns with a

population less than

20,000 and must

include the involve-

ment of a local non-

profit or charity orga-

nization. Entries

must be in the form

of a two-minute video

showcasing why the

town is the best can-

didate and demon-

strat ing support

from community

m e m b e r s .

Outernational Films,

which has created

award winning coun-

try music videos, has

volunteered to pro-

duce High River's

submission and the

organizing commit-

tee encourages resi-

dents to show their

support by creating

“Vote High River”

and “High River for

Small Town Satur-

day Night” posters to

display in their win-

dows and at local

businesses.

“Heartland star

Amber Marshall and

Mantracker Terry

Grant have tossed

their hats into the

ring to help create a

video that will put us

in the winner's cir-

cle,” said Dickens.

“We are also hoping

to encourage busi-

nesses and schools

to display posters

and banners in sup-

port of the town's

entry.”

D e a d l i n e f o r

entries is March 2nd

and the top five vid-

eos will be posted on

the Big Valley Jam-

boree website where

people can vote for

their favourite and

ultimately choose

the winner. Local

m e d i a w i l l b e

announcing other

opportunities for resi-

dents to be part of

the project and the

town will be posting

updates on all its

social media feeds.

“This is such a

great opportunity for

High River to put

itself on the map as a

place where the

music scene is alive

and line dancing,'”

said Dickens. “We

hope our v ideo

makes it into the top

five and that every-

one will show their

support to help us

win.”

High River Entering Small

Town Saturday Night Contest

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The Beauty of Humanity

Movement - Camilla GibbThe Dovekeepers - Alice

Hoffman

Who Knew?

This novel is set in contem-

porary Viet Nam, but the pro-

tagonist - Old Man Hung, has

lived through decades of

political upheaval. As he

remembers friends and fam-

ily we get a glimpse into life in

Viet Nam when it was occu-

pied by the French, then with

Ho Chi Minh and the com-

munist revolution, followed

by war against (or with) the

Americans.

"Food is the cornerstone of

our social life and can spur

conversations about the

deepest and most fundamen-

tal issues." Just how Gibb

has used this connection to

make an itinerant pho chef

the central character in this

work, and used "pho" to give

us the history of Viet Nam is

so original.

I really liked this book and

the characters in it, espe-

cially Hung. As he survives

the decades by learning new

ways to feed his neighbours

the noodle laden broth - pho,

commonly eaten for break-

fast, his interaction with his

"family" gives us a wonderful

over view of Hanoi. We meet

Maggie Ly, born in Viet Nam

but raised in the USA, whose

goal is to locate someone who

knew her father. Tu, who

sees Hung as a grandfather,

Lan, Hung's neighbour in the

shanty town where he lives,

Binh, Tu's father and a host

of other characters create a

tapestry of Hanoi and Viet-

nam.

Food, politics, religion and

love are at the centre of this

novel, but food comes and

goes, political systems

change, love is lost and

gained or missed. Poetry and

art add to the humanity of

the characters as they try to

help their fellow human

beings.

This is a sensitive, beauti-

fully written book with lots of

history and well-rounded

characters. My favourite

kind of read!

In 70 C.E. nine hundred

Jews held out for over four

years against armies of

Romans, on Masada, a moun-

tain in the Judean dessert.

This fortress had been built

by Herod, had beautiful

inlaid floors in the palace,

orchards, vineyards and

huge storehouses - all full of

wine, oil and olives. It had

many cisterns - for bathing,

for laundry, for watering live-

stock and for drinking. The

largest cistern was as wide as

fifty men with outstretched

arms. Amazing!

Hoffman spent five years

researching and writing this

novel and it shows. It felt like

living history. We all know

the end of the story - over 900

Jewish defenders committed

mass suicide rather than sub-

mit to the Romans. But what

makes this book a "story" is

the way the author describes

life and events at Masada

from the point of view of five

very different women - dur-

ing the seige of the Sicarri.

These women tend the

dovecotes on Masada - espe-

cially mindful of the drop-

pings used to fertilize the

fields and orchards. Each

woman arrives from a differ-

ent place and carries her

losses and secrets with her.

This sisterhood of women

spans several decades, age-

wise. Each has endured

incredible hardship - the loss

of loved ones, homes, brutal-

ity, starvation - yet at

Masada they develop a com-

plex relationship. Each

woman has an affinity for an

element - fire, air, metal or

water and I found how their

personality and their devel-

opment linked to their ele-

ment utterly fascinating.

This book is rich in detail -

down to the food, clothing,

amulets and spells, names,

a r m o u r , c h i l d b i r t h ,

"pharmaka" or herbal reme-

dies. It is a long book and not

easy reading, but is certainly

rich in culture and history.

Practical Magic

The Ice Queen

.....and many others

Masada became important

to the British during the

'Mandate' era during WWII.

The plan was to man defen-

sive positions in order to stop

Erwin Rommels expected

drive through the region in

1942. The plan was aban-

doned following Rommels

defeat at El Alamein.

A 2000 year old seed was

discovered here in the 1960s

and has successfully germi-

nated to become a date plant,

the oldest known germina-

tion.

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From My Bookshelf.... By Lynn Willoughby

Freedom to read can

never be taken for

granted. Even in Can-

ada, a free country by

world standards, books

and magazines are

banned at the border.

Schools and libraries

are regularly asked to

remove books and mag-

azines from their

shelves. Free expres-

sion on the Internet is

under attack. Few of

these stories make

headlines, but they af-

fect the right of Canadi-

ans to decide for them-

se l ves what they

choose to read.

In my opinion, free-

dom to read should

mean access to all read-

ing material so that an

education can be com-

plete and an opinion

formed. If we are only

permitted to read what

the censors deemed fit

for us to read how can

we see the all the points

of view?

People challenge li-

braries and schools to

stop carrying books

and magazines that

they deem inappropri-

ate. Doesn't this mean

that they have had the

freedom to read these

books themselves in or-

der for them to form an

opinion? Once again

are we bowing to the mi-

norities? Why is their

opinion that a book is

offensive the only opin-

ion? We all have the

right to form our own

opinions and the only

way to do this is by be-

ing able to access the

material in the first

place.

“Fear of corrupting

the mind of the youn-

ger generation is the

loftiest of cowardice.”

This statement by

Holbrook Jackson re-

flects on parenting

skills and communica-

tion. Do you stop the

younger generation

from watching a partic-

ular show or reading a

certain book or would it

be more pro-active to

watch the show or read

the book with them and

then discuss it?

During Freedom to

Read Week many li-

braries throughout

Canada display the

banned or challenged

books as an awareness

gesture. Okotoks Li-

brary has display of

banned books com-

plete with a sign that

urges you to “Read a

Banned Book”. Other li-

braries are displaying

the Freedom to Read

poster.

Remember Huckle-

berry Finn, Of Mice and

Men and To Kill a Mock-

ingbird? Why are these

books now on the

'banned /challenged'

list – did we turn out so

bad for having read

them?

Much like the televi-

sion, which has a chan-

nel changer or an off

button – books and

magazines come with

the choice of whether

or not to buy /borrow

them. But the operative

word here is choice.

Without the Freedom

to Read we have that

choice taken away from

us.

Freedom To Read Weekgateway gazette ~ February 28th - March 12th - tell them you saw it in the gateway gazette!

February 26th to March 3rd

It has been said that thisryu was really created bythe Toda family, in the1600's as a Ninjutsu schoolof thought, centering itstechniques on the non-violent side of Ninjutsu. TheTogakure Ryu teaches thatviolence is to be avoided.This would also explain whythe school's taijutsu is simi-lar to the Togakure Ryu, asthe Toda were also Sokes ofthe Togakure Ryu.

One of the special weap-ons of the Ryu is thekamayari (hook spear). Orig-inally designed for climbingup the sides of ships, it wasalso used when fightingagainst swordsmen. TheDensho mentions a ninja bythe name Sarutobi Sasuke,w h o c a m e f r o m t h eKumogakure Ryu. Sasukeused to jump from one treeto another by using akamayari to hook onto a

branch and then swingfrom one branch to another,just like a monkey.

Another climbing deviceis the ippon sugi noburi (sin-gle cedar climbing tool).This is a metal tube 25cmlong, with three rows ofspikes on the outside and achain running through themiddle, with a metal hook ateach end.

Another specialty of thisryu is the Demon masksometimes worn by mem-bers of the ryu. The kikakuken or "demon horn strike"(head butt), could also giverise to another theory of thedemon mask, supposingthat the mask, even whennot worn, gave the idea touse the head during fight-ing.

T h e n i n j a o f t h eKumogakure Ryu worearmored sleeves when goinginto combat to help protect

them and also to use inattacking. Outdoor skillssuch as lighting fires in wetand damp weather and vari-ous other aspects of out-door survival were includedin Kumogakure Ryu train-ing. A Kumogakure Ryutaijutsu skill is to do doubleblocks and strikes.

Another KumogakureRyu taijutsu specialty is tojump while fighting.

In the Bujinkan Dojo achant/mantra, “ShikenHaramitsu Daikomyo" isused to open and close thetraining sessions. As far asthe Bujinkan is concernedit is thought that this wasf i r s t u s e d i n t h eKumogakure Ryu teach-ings. Although this sanscritchant has its roots in theVedic teachings some say itis waka (poetry) and showsboth Buddhist and Shintoattitudes.

Personal ProtectionHISTORY OF KUMOGAKURE RYU

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Spirit

Chiropractors, Dr. Greg Morris and his wife, Dr.

Natalie Carrington, have been caring for Foothills

residents since 1994, and are pleased to welcome Dr.

Mike Belding to the clinic. Dr. Mike is a chiropractic

graduate of CMCC in Toronto, and has recently studied

acupuncture through McMaster University. Both Dr.

Mike and Dr. Greg are trained in Active Release

Technique. Dr. Greg first learned ART in 1997, and has

been furthering his ART skills on a yearly basis. Dr.

Natalie first studied acupuncture in Sri Lanka in 1992,

and has continued her studies in Canada since then.

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Most of us now live in a world of repeti-tive strain. In this world, it is most effi-cient to have an individual become spe-cialized in a certain job or task. Skillssuch as typing, using a phone, usingtools, lifting, bending and carrying, oftenhave one thing in common: they are donerepetitively in certain job settings. This isthe environment where repetitive strain

injuries occur. Fortunately, Active Release Technique(ART) offers effective treatment for a repetitive strain in-jury.

When a muscle or tendon is repetitively used, it will soondevelop tension within that muscle. When a muscle hassustained muscle tension, it will have a tendency toward a

lower concentration of oxygen within thetissue due to the fact that the small capil-laries have more difficulty “squeezing”blood through the tight muscle. Yourbody's reaction to poor oxygen within a tis-sue is to lay down scar tissue. Scar tissueis like a sticky, fibrous glue which requiresno oxygen to do its job of sticking things to-gether or helping to maintain tension. Re-ally, your body has just found a way ofadapting to this need of muscle tension ina low oxygen environment by laying downscar tissue and maintaining tension, butnot increasing the need for oxygen. Thisall sounds quite clever at first, however, asmore and more scar tissue is created themuscle or tissue will become tight moreeasily and maintain this tension even atrest. Sustained tension will result in a fur-ther decrease in oxygen with additionalscar tissue formation until the individualstarts to experience symptoms.

Let's use a common example to explainhow this works. Jane has been using a key-board all her life. Initially in her first fewmonths as a journalist she had sore handsand forearms, but this eventually wentaway. Ten years into her new job she hasstarted to experience the occasional boutsof numbness in her fingers especially aftera long week of work or when she works inher garden. Fortunately these bouts goaway quickly and Jane brushesthem off as overworking. Flash for-ward a few months and Jane nowexperiences numbness when shewakes in the morning. Once againJane can get rid of the numbnessquite quickly by shaking her

hands. She continues to ignore the symptoms. A year afterthat, Jane realizes that she is now waking up in the middleof the night with numbness and tingling in her fingers.Jane goes to the doctor and the doctor diagnoses her withCarpal Tunnel Syndrome. Jane tries various treatmentsover 6 weeks but nothing seems to work, so she is bookedfor surgery. In this case, you can see that the condition re-ally took over 10 years to develop, so not only does Janeneed appropriate treatment, but she may need to treat thecondition for some time to reverse the effects of the 10 yearsof repetitive strain.

ART works by breaking up scar tissue and adhesionswithin and between the muscles, fascia, tendons andnerves, thus breaking the viscous cycle described above.Many conditions are healed or improved with Active Re-lease and include carpal tunnel syndrome, medial or lat-eral epicondylitis (tennis and golfer's elbow), rotator cuff in-juries, plantar fasciitis, groin pulls, hamstring strains andmany others. Active Release can also help in the rehabilita-tion of more acute injuries where lots of scar tissue hasformed, such as after severe strains and sprains, as well asa healed fracture. The technique involves the use of a prac-titioner's hand pressure during certain stretch proceduresto break adhesions and allow the tissue to function nor-mally. Not only does it help to reduce the pain or symp-toms, but it normalizes or improves the function, therebyreducing the chance of recurrence.

There are certain situations where Ac-tive Release may be less successful. Thefactors that may decrease success in-clude the following: the duration of the pa-tient's symptoms (the longer the serioussymptoms are left untreated); if the pa-tient must continue to perform the of-fending task; if the patient chooses not todo prescribed exercises; if the patient has a pre-existinghealth condition such as diabetes; if the patient smokesand if the patient has poor nutrition.

Active Release Technique has a great success rate withmost repetitive strain injuries. Although the techniquemay seem quite simple in the way it is performed, Active Re-lease Technique requires exceptional training and experi-ence to be performed successfully.

Dr. Greg Morris

Diamond Valley Chiro practic Clinic

403-933-3088

Dr. Greg Morris was first trained in ART in 1999.Since then, Dr. Greg has been updating his ARTskills on a yearly basis. Dr. Greg works with Dr.Natalie Carrington, and Dr. Mike Belding who hasalso recently trained in ART.

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finding a unique sense of style.This also applies to cosmeticsand accessories. Allow yourtween to choose their shampoos,soaps and oral care products.This will encourage them to takeinterest in their hygiene withoutyou having to ask.

Brushing teeth can be a strug-gle at this age. Your child may goin the bathroom for 30 secondsand declare that he or she hasbrushed. Kids should know thatgood oral care is just as impor-tant as taking a shower, espe-cially if your child has braces.Make the process a little easier

and ensure they are brushing forthe proper amount of time bykeeping a two minute timer inthe bathroom.

"Oral health is an important is-sue particularly for kids in theiradolescent years. Tooth decay isstill recognized as the most com-mon chronic disease affectingchildren," says Dr. Salzer, orth-odontist, dentist and mother of atween. "Not only can poor oral hy-giene affect the health and well-being of a child, it also plays arole in self-esteem."

Puberty is the first time ado-lescents have to deal with bodyodor. Help your tween under-

stand how to control odors by ex-plaining the difference betweendeodorant, which controls bac-teria while adding fragrance,and antiperspirant, which stopsor limits sweating. Remind yourtween that both deodorant andantiperspirant will help if theyput it on before they start sweat-ing, not after.

Changing hormones typicallybring about oilier skin, espe-cially on the nose and forehead.Teach your tween to wash theirface once or twice a day with acleanser and discourage themfrom picking, as this causes in-flammation and scarring.

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Archie's a good friend, I've known himsince I was 5 years old. We met in aFrench-Immersion Kindergarten class in alarger North Eastern Alberta town when

we were 5 years old. Born in April, Archie is a couple ofmonths older than me - something that seemed relevant atthe time. Archie always had and still always has a great smileon his face, an infectious laugh, and an easy going attitudeabout things. Everyone likes to hang out with him, and hiswife Betty (no joke, Archie married Betty). He was and still isa fine hockey player, even now in his forties, and operates agrain and cattle farm near the same town we grew up in.Archie, me and many of our friends were involved in ourchurch, spent long summers on our bikes together and hadthe same homerooms - in other words, we spent countlesshours together and know one another very well.

Early in school, Archie was like the other kids. He did fineoverall, had fun, got into some mischief every now and then,but was generally a very respectful and kind kid. Before toolong, late into Grade 1, Archie was obviously starting to havetrouble reading. He was obviously smart, maybe not thesmartest in class, but he found reading a challenge andreally didn't like reading out loud. He would have to followalong with his finger or a ruler and would get the words,slowly, ploddingly, but he would get them. There were a fewoccasions when he was taken from class for extra help, butthe trouble persisted.

Around Grade 4, Archie was still struggling, but beingpassed through the grades because he was clearly a capablekid. He struggled with reading and math, but was smartenough to do better. His struggle with school work was com-pounded by his compulsion to goof off in class - he was defi-nitely a distracted boy. In Grade 5, he started the habit ofpressing his pencil case against his forehead, rocking thehandful of pencils, pens and colors back and forth, left, thenright. Archie wanted to do well, but struggled. On a few occa-sions, he became very frustrated and acted out in class, butthis was rare.

Junior High came along and Archie experienced muchmore discomfort, and this lead to more pencil case massag-ing of the muscles in the forehead. As the reading loadincreased, so did Archie's struggle. The headaches worsenedand he fell further behind. Some of the more astute teacherswould accommodate by allowing for more project work andoral presentations, but in the end no one was able to helpArchie, though by that point it was recognized that some-thing was wrong.

In High School, a family doctor recommended Archie visitthe local optometrist to see if sight was a problem. Not sur-prisingly, Archie was severely affected by high astigmatism,

something that is difficult to “see” from the outside lookingin. Parents will not see this, nor will teachers or school psy-chologists. Astigmatism is a condition where the eye has trou-ble focusing on objects, so it keeps on trying. Eventually thestrain of constant activity creates a strong pain behind theeyes, somewhat like a migraine. Archie was so badly affected,looking at fine detail (text on pages) for any length of time wasquite literally painful and terrifying. Being a mostly politekid, he struggled through it as well as he could. He finally gotglasses in Grade 11 and everyone saw an incredible transfor-mation take place. We could not believe how well he wasdoing in his classes and how much more relaxed he seemed.

These days, I have a much better appreciation of whatArchie had to deal with and what a struggle it must havebeen. What he lived with for 10 years wasunnecessary and unfair. It affected his lifein ways he could not recover from.

There is no parent handbook, no owner'smanual for kids. The schools, for their part,assume the role of parents and as such,they are responsible for contributing to theproper care and attention of children.Schools are viewed as experts in child devel-opment by parents and parents tend to fol-low school advice when it comes to caringfor their children - especially in the earlyyears. As professional caretakers and spe-cialists in learning and development,schools are best positioned to take the leadon managing children's vision and inform-ing parents on the critical role it plays inreading and learning, and how it canseverely impact a child's life if vision is notworking well. It is for these reasons that theschools ought to be actively involved in pro-moting appropriate care of children whenthey start in the early years. This is as sim-ple as insisting that parents have childrenchecked when they start, at the beginning,before trouble sets in. In Alberta, there is nocost to parents for this, so why do we not dothis?

Dr. Boulet is a former teacher and now operatesDiamond Valley Vision Care in Black Diamondwhere he continues to work with children withlearning difficulties.

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"Complementary medicine" isa broad term to describe any ap-proach to health and medicine(including treatment and pre-vention) that's outside the realmof conventional medicine andclinical practice in our healthcare system. Complementarytherapies are used to improvewellness, prevent disease ortreat health problems.

Herbal Remedies, ChineseMedicine, yoga, massage, acu-puncture and acupressure arejust several of many comple-mentary medicines.

People who practice comple-mentary medicine believe intreating the physical, mentaland spiritual elements ofwellness rather than focusingon treating symptoms of dis-ease. Keep in mind that someforms of complementary medi-cine are supported by scientificstudies, while others are cur-rently being evaluated for theirsafety and effectiveness.

People use a number of theseComplementary medicines inconjunction with their conven-tional medicines. For example,Flax Seed, CoQ10 and Garlic arethree products used to help con-

trol cholesterol. These productsare all safe to use with pre-scribed medications.

Another example might be touse yoga and deep breathingcombined with anxiety medica-tions (for panic attacks).

The combination of conven-tional and complementary medi-cine is often called integrativemedicine. This combinationshould be used on the advice of aphysician and pharmacist, asthere are some combinations ofherbal products and traditionalmedications that can be danger-ous.

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Faith ForumFaith Forum What Kind of Soil Are You? By Gloria WessnerWhat Kind of Soil Are You?A s s p r i n g t i m e

approaches, those whomake their living off theland and those who loveto grow gardens and flow-ers are giving thought tothe kinds of seeds theywill plant and the variet-ies that will do the best.T h i s i s i m p o r t a n tdepending on the kind ofsoil they have where theseeds will be planted.Especially for farmers,the type of soil they haveon their land (along withweather patterns, pre-cipitation, etc.) deter-mines the type of crop orcrops they will plant andthe kind of harvest theyreceive.

When seeds fall on anyother ground besides thefertile, cultivated soilthey were intended to beplanted in, they do notgrow or produce thebountiful crop that wasanticipated. Otherwisethe roots do not go downdeep and will wither, asthey cannot get the mois-ture they need under thehot sun, or weeds growwith the seeds and suffo-cate them; these are

among some of the con-ditions that can happen.Here in our area we areblessed with highly pro-ductive soil that is usedto grow a wide variety ofagricultural crops.

Our hearts are like soilwaiting to be planted in.We need to be carefulwhat we allow to beplanted there. There areinnumerable destructiveforces clamouring forour attention, minds andhearts. A positive, per-sonal and loving Force iswhat we should be allow-ing to take place in ourhearts and lives. Thatforce is a very loving andpersonal God who takesa deep and permanentinterest in you. Depend-ing on where we are at inour journey towards, orwith, God will determinethe effect that His wordshave in the soil of ourhearts. Jesus spokedirectly to us about thisin a parable (story)*, andthen explained it to hisdisciples (helpers) afterhe spoke with the crowd.

(Matthew 13:1– 9, 18 – 23 NLT, paren-thesis mine)

Readers are invited towrite Gloria at:

,and I will be glad to getback to you.

Parable of the Farmer

Scattering Seed

“Later that same day

Jesus left the house

and sat beside the lake.

A large crowd soon gath-

ered around him, so he

got into a boat. Then he

sat there and taught as

the people stood on the

shore. He told many sto-

ries in the form of para-

bles, such as this one:

“Listen! A farmer

went out to plant some

seeds. As he scattered

them across his field,

some seeds fell on a

footpath, and the birds

came and ate them.

Other seeds fell on shal-

low soil with underly-

ing rock. The seeds

s p r o u t e d q u i c k l y

because the soil was

shallow. But the plants

soon wilted under the

hot sun, and since they

didn't have deep roots,

they died. Other seeds

fell among thorns that

grew up and choked out

the tender plants. Still

other seeds fell on fer-

tile soil, and they pro-

duced a crop that was

thirty, sixty, and even

a hundred times as

much as had been

planted! Anyone with

ears to hear should lis-

ten and understand.”

“Now listen to the

explanation of the para-

ble about the farmer

planting seeds: The

seed that fell on the

footpath represents

those who hear the mes-

sage about the King-

dom and don't under-

stand it. Then the evil

one

comes and

snatches away the seed

that was planted in

their hearts. The seed

on the rocky soil repre-

sents those who hear

the message and imme-

diately receive it with

joy. But since they

don't have deep roots,

they don't last long.

They fall away as soon

as they have problems

or are persecuted for

believing God's word.

The seed that fell

among the thorns rep-

resents those who hear

God's word, but all too

quickly the message is

crowded out by the wor-

ries of this life and the

lure of wealth, so no

fruit is produced. The

seed that fell on good

soil represents those

who truly hear and

understand God's word

and produce a harvest

of thirty, sixty, or even

a hundred times as

much as had been

planted!”

(the devil or Satanand his destructive

w a y s )

What kind of soil areyou? No other humanbeing, energy force,karma, positive thinkingor any other power, goodor evil, can hold a candleto what God is or whatHe can offer in a personalway to .you

* Jesus gavethe reason why he spoke inparables or stories insteadof just plainly saying whathe meant:

(Matthew13:10 - 13 NLT)

Footnote:

“His disciples

came and asked him, 'Why

do you use parables when

you talk to the people?'

He replied, 'You are per-

mitted to understand the

secrets of the Kingdom of

Heaven, but others are

not. To those who listen to

my teaching, more under-

standing will be given, and

they will have an abun-

dance of knowledge. But

for those who are not lis-

tening, even what little

understanding they have

will be taken away from

them. That is why I use

these parables, For they

look, but they don't really

see. They hear, but they

don't really listen or

understand.”

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Did you know…… that fewer and fewer children are walking or biking toschool? Anybody remember the story from grandparents stating that they“walked 10 miles to school, uphill both ways”? Whatever happened to theconcept of walking to school? Why are so many parents “driving and drop-ping” their kids at school? It's time to reverse that trend and get kids walkingto school again. By walking to school, children are getting valuable exer-cise and learning to be independent. It is also teaching them early not torely on the car all the time. And by increasing the amount of children walk-ing or biking to school, the environmentaround the school becomes much safer aswell. Children become more visible becausethere are less parked and idling cars lining thestreet, as well as less traffic in general. Withspring just around the corner, why not try walk-ing with your child to school and see the bene-fits that will follow. A great time to spend a lit-tle time with your children while getting a littlephysical activity in too!

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17

Over the past 10

years, Alberta's forest

industry has endured

an economic roller-

coaster. In 2003, the in-

dustry generated $9.5

billion for the economy.

In 2009, output was

$8.3 billion.

Although the indus-

try has changed consid-

erably in light of these challenges, it remains a ma-

jor economic player in Alberta. To put things into

perspective, $8.3 billion is still more than the en-

tire GDP of Prince Edward Island. In part three of

our series on the forest industry in southwestern

Alberta, we take a close look at the economics of

the industry and its impact on our communities.

Forestry has always been an important contrib-

utor to southwestern Alberta. Commercial for-

estry activity in the area goes back to the early

1900's. Many areas that serve as prime wildlife

habitat and recreation areas today are lands that

the forest industry has harvested and reforested.

The forest industry is not just a major employer

in our region. It's also a significant part of Al-

berta's economy. “Forestry brings many benefits

and a great deal of stability to our province,” said

Livingstone-Macleod MLA Evan Berger. “It is a big

part of the province both economically and so-

cially.”

Truper McBride, Mayor of Cochrane, echoed

Berger's comments. “We depend on having a

strong business community here in Cochrane so

that our municipality can provide vital services

like streets, garbage collection and recreation cen-

tres to our residents. The forest industry is not

only an important employer, it's also a critical part

of our revenue stream.”

From an economic standpoint, the forest indus-

try is not unlike our natural environment. The bal-

ance is very delicate. Small changes can have dra-

matic effects.

“There are a host of factors that determine

whether we are economically viable,” explained

Barry Mjolsness, CEO of Spray Lake Sawmills in

Cochrane. “The price of our product is important,

but so is the cost of en-

ergy and transporta-

tion, our ability to ac-

cess timber and the

availability of skilled la-

bour. Add a little cost

here, take away some

timber there and you really change the econom-

ics.”

There is a lot riding on the future of the industry

in southwestern Alberta. In addition to the 3700

people who are directly employed by forestry com-

panies, 4800 people work in industries that sup-

port forestry including logging, silviculture and

equipment sales.

“Every day when I go to work, I know that there

are many families in the community that depend

on our industry,” said Mjolsness. “That's why we

are going to fight very hard to overcome any chal-

lenges that are thrown at us by the economy or

mother nature. The last 5 or 6 years have been dif-

ficult ones for the industry, but we have proven re-

silient.”

The industry hasn't taken the challenges of a

slumping economy lying down – innovative pro-

grams to diversify markets, get the most of out of

every piece of wood and use energy efficiently have

helped the industry to stay competitive.

“We're certainly not out of the woods yet,” said

Mjolsness. “But, prices for many of our products

have stabilized and this has given us reason for

cautious optimism as we look to the future.”

Recruitment and retention of labour is an issue

that will be very important to the future of the in-

dustry. “Our company's

success depends on our

ability to innovate, and

to do that, we need the

best and brightest

minds working here,” ex-

plained Gord Lehn,

Woodlands Manager at

Spray Lake. “One of our jobs is to make our com-

pany a great place to work and tell prospective em-

ployees what we offer.”

To support recruitment and retention efforts,

the Alberta Forest Products Association launched

the Work Wild program in January 2011. The pro-

gram targets youth in high schools. Work Wild's

message is simple – there are a broad range of ca-

reer choices in the forest industry that provide

great lifestyles and allow rural youth to remain in

their communities. The program uses a variety of

techniques including school visits, an innovative

website and an advertising campaign that is

youth-friendly.

“We are very excited about this program and the

future,” said Lehn. “It's going to help keep our com-

pany and our community strong for many years to

come. And that's what our industry is about, keep-

ing communities strong.”

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26,000 small business

owners call for public sector

pension fairness

In one of the fastest grow-

i n g c a m p a i g n s e v e r

launched by the Canadian

Federation of Independent

Business (CFIB), over

26,000 small- and medium-

sized businesses (SMEs)

have signed petitions calling

for fairness in Canada's pub-

lic sector pension system.

On February 13th CFIB de-

livered these “action alerts”

to MPs in Ottawa.

“Canada's public sector

retirement system is in ter-

rible shape and action is

needed now to fix it,” said

Dan Kelly, CFIB's senior

vice-president in Ottawa.

“In recent meetings with

Prime Minister Harper, Fi-

nance Minister Flaherty

and Treasury Board Presi-

dent Clement, CFIB has

asked government to work

quickly to ensure that pub-

lic sector pensions – start-

ing with MP pensions – are

both sustainable and fair to

taxpayers. Right now, pub-

lic sector pensions fail both

tests.”

: Esti-

mates of the size of the main

federal public sector pen-

sion liability range from

$150 to $230 billion. This

does not include MPs,

judges, Canada Post or

other Crown Corporations.

“Bills for underfunded pen-

sions are coming due in Eu-

rope and the US, requiring

tax hikes and cuts in bene-

fits to current and future re-

tirees,” Kelly noted. “Can-

ada can and should do

better.”

: In Ottawa, civil

servants have access to one

of the best pension plans in

the country, but contribute

just over one-third of the

pensions costs with taxpay-

ers picking up the rest. In ad-

dition, civil servants can re-

tire on a full pension at a

much younger age than tax-

payers. Government poli-

cies actually encourage civil

servants to retire early by

topping up pensions to

cover off the CPP/QPP pen-

alty that other Canadians

would incur if they retired

before 65.

“CFIB is not calling on gov-

ernments to remove any pen-

sion benefits that have al-

ready been earned by retir-

ees or active civil servants,”

Kelly said, “but we are ask-

ing government to ensure

all of its employees pay half

of their pensions and be-

come eligible to retire at the

same age as the taxpayers

who pay their salaries. MPs

too have an important lead-

ership role in reducing the

generosity of their own

“platinum” pension plan to

give them the legitimacy to

address the much larger is-

sue of public sector pen-

sions,” Kelly added.

CFIB urges government

to fix public sector pensions

before considering any

changes to retirement pro-

grams for taxpayers. “To

ask taxpayers to wait until

67 to collect Old Age Secu-

rity (OAS) while government

employees can retire at 55 is

just not right,” Kelly said.

“Governments need to ad-

dress political and civil ser-

vice pension schemes before

any changes to OAS or

CPP/QPP are contem-

plated,” Kelly concluded.

Sustainability

Fairness

As Canada's largest associ-

ation of small- and medium-

sized businesses, CFIB is Pow-

ered by Entrepreneurs™. Es-

tablished in 1971, CFIB takes

direction from more than

108,000 members in every

sector nationwide, giving inde-

pendent business a strong

and influential voice at all lev-

els of government and helping

to grow the economy.

Fix Public Sector

Pensions Before OASThis is the time of year when

we are looking at seed and

plant catalogues and dream-

ing about what will be new in

our gardens next summer. I

would like to see more hum-

mingbirds in my garden. I've

never put out bird feeders of

any kind so attracting hum-

mers will be a new thing for

me.

When the caragana on the

side of my house is blooming, I

see a few hummingbirds flit-

ting from the big spruce to the

yellow flowers so I know there

are some around. How do I

entice them into the back yard

so I can enjoy them close to

the deck?

Brent Johner (Nature's Cor-

ner), a writer based in Cal-

gary, has lots of info about

attracting hummingbirds. He

says it might take years for the

birds to put your place on

their map. They come north to

breed with the males showing

up ahead of the females in

early to mid May. First comes

the Rufous, then the Calliope

and then the Ruby-Throated.

They stake out territory with

dense vegetation nearby and

wait for the females to choose

them and their territories for

nesting.

The hummingbirds need to

feed heavily towards the mid-

dle of August to get ready for

the long trip south.

Johner sets out his feeders

in early May and again in mid

August to fit in with the travel-

ling schedules of the hum-

mingbirds. He uses fake red

flowers to attract them to his

feeders in the spring and then

relies on garden flowers to

attract them later in the sea-

son.

The feeders have to be kept

clean with the nectar changed

daily if it is hot and every 2nd

or 3rd day if it is cool. If the nec-

tar gets cloudy, it needs to be

changed right away. Bacteria

and fungus can cause disease

in the birds. Only use nectar

that is made up out of 4 parts

sterilized (boiled) water and 1

part white sugar – no dyes, no

artificial sweeteners, no honey

or molasses.

Johner also mentions that

the feeders need to be pro-

tected from ants and wasps

and, of course, be set up so

that cats can't get at the birds.

So, if you have natural

areas close by, the chances of

attracting hummingbirds are

good. There are lots of garden

flowers that will attract hum-

mers even without the use of a

feeder. Johner recommends

Bee Balm, Coral Bells,

Weigela, Delphinium, Monk's

Hood, Columbine, Scarlet

Trumpet Honeysuckle, Lilac

and Red Maltese Cross. Lois

Hole also recommended

Beardtongue, Campion, Day

Lily, Foxglove, Hollyhock, Lil-

ies, Garden Phlox and Pinks.

These are all great plants to

have in the garden whether or

not your plan is to attract hum-

mingbirds.

Have a gardening question

or a problem? Send it along to

the Gazette [email protected]

and Karen will answer it in her

column.

The Valley Neighbours Gar-

den Club meets on the second

Thursday of each month at

Valley Neighbours on Sunset

Boulevard in Turner Valley.

The club welcomes new mem-

bers. For information call Bea

at 403–933–7131. The Horti-

cultural Club meets every sec-

ond Tuesday of the month at

7:30pm. For information call

Sheila at 403–931-3989

Gardens GaloreGardens Galore By Karen Brewka

Bring on the Hummers

I love getting quick and easy

hints from family and friends,

they make my day brighter

and happier. I also enjoy pass-

ing them on, so here are some

more life easing tricks.

This is a terrific idea, it

helps to control the size and is

a smart time saver. When

making multi omelets for the

family, beat the amount of

eggs you'll need for the serv-

ings, butter up a muffin tin

and pour the egg mixture in

the individual pots, add

cheese, bacon, ham, peppers

or any other ingredient you

wish. The muffin omelets can

be customized for each per-

son. Put the muffin tin on a

cookie sheet for balance and

bake for about 20-25 minutes

in a medium oven or until the

eggs have set in the center.

Any unused portions can be

frozen and kept up to a week,

just pop them in the micro-

wave, cover and heat for one

to two minutes.

Fast and healthy snack for

kids: sandwich peanut butter

between two thin slices of ap-

ple or cut a celery stalk into

one inch chunks and fill the

hollow with peanut butter or

spreadable cheese.

No paper plates? Serve

snacks to children in coffee fil-

ters. Also great for serving hot

dogs, just wrap it around.

Use a coffee filter in the serv-

ing bowl under chips, cheese

treats or other snack foods to

soak up extra fat.

If you've dropped an earring

or contact lens it's more easily

found by attaching a panty

hose with an elastic to the vac-

uum cleaner hose the item

will be sucked into the stock-

ing and can be recovered

quickly.

A scratch on wood furniture

can be covered up by rubbing

the meat of a walnut on it.

Well, that's all we have

space for today, hope some of

these little tricks make life eas-

ier.

Household HintsHousehold HintsQuick and Easy By RosemaryQuick and Easy


19

That…

That…

That…

The House of Com-

mons passed the Ending

the Long Gun Registry

Act and sent it to the Sen-

ate in a 159-130 vote.

O u r G o v e r n m e n t

received a strong man-

date to end the wasteful

and ineffective long-

gun registry once and

for al, and that is exactly

what we are doing. This

vote marks a leap for-

ward towards fulfilling

our promise to scrap the

wasteful and ineffective

long-gun registry. We

are delighted to be

closer than ever to doing

away with a $2 billion

b o o n d o g g l e t h a t

c r i m i n a l i z e s l a w -

abiding Canadians. For

more information:

http://www.publicsafet

y.gc.ca/media/nr/2012/

n r 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 5 -

eng.aspx?rss=true

Following the

Beyond the Border

announcement made by

Prime Minister Stephen

Harper and U.S. Presi-

dent Obama in Decem-

ber, Minister of Trans-

port , Denis Lebel,

announced that it will be

easier for Canadian air

travellers at Canada's

eight largest airports

(Halifax, Montreal,

Ottawa, Toronto, Win-

nipeg, Calgary, Edmon-

ton and Vancouver) to

travel to the U.S. with

newly opened NEXUS

lanes. The Government

is focused on creating

jobs and economic

growth, and good news

for consumers is good

news for our economy.

Canadians will be able

to use their NEXUS

ca rd s t o exped i t e

screening at airports

when travelling to the

U.S. Just as we use

NEXUS passes at our

borders to enter the U.S.

via automobile, the

same option is now

available at our airports.

Border initiatives, like

the one implemented on

February 15th, create

jobs and growth in Can-

ada by improving the

traffic flow between our

two countries. For more

information:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng

/mediaroom/releases-

2012-h010e-6638.htm

The Govern-

ment introduced the Pro-

tecting Canada's Immi-

gration SystemAct. Can-

ada has the most fair and

generous immigration

system in the world;

however, Canadians

have no tolerance for

those who abuse our gen-

erosity and who take

unfair advantage of our

country. Our govern-

ment is committed to

strengthening the integ-

rity of Canada's immi-

gration system. Protect-

ing Canada's Immigra-

tion SystemAct is the lat-

est step taken by our gov-

ernment to ensure that

our immigration system

is no longer being

abused by foreign crimi-

nals, bogus refugee

claimants and human

smugglers. ThisAct will

make Canada's refugee

system faster and fairer.

It will put a stop to for-

eign criminals, human

smugglers and bogus ref-

ugees abusing Canada's

generous immigration

system and receiving

lucrative taxpayer-

funded health and social

benefits. At the same

time, this bill will pro-

vide protection more

quickly to those who are

truly in need. Canadians

have given us a strong

mandate to protect Can-

ada's immigration sys-

tem. We are acting on

that mandate. For more

information:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/en

glish/deparment/media/

releases/2012/2012-02-

16.asp

For further informa-

tion, please contact: The

office of Ted Menzies at

(613) 995-8471 or visit:

www.tedmenzies.ca

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Aries (March20-April 19)

Taurus (April 19-May20)

Gemini (May20-June21)

Cancer (June21-July 22)

Leo (July 22-Aug. 23)

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22)

Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23)

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22)

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22)

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)

Pisces (Feb. 19-March20

You seem to be in a reflective mood,

looking back for a change rather than

looking ahead. I think this is a good idea.

You're embarking on an important review

of your recent relationships, and for that

matter, all of your tendencies in

relationships. That calls for some ongoing

awareness and introspection. One thing on

your agenda is making peace with your

inherently rebellious nature. While the

world needs people who are capable of

shaking up the status quo (and you're

certainly one of them), this won't work so

well as a policy in your personal

relationships. One key to happiness in this

aspect of your life is choosing people

against whom you don't have to rebel. It's

true that it can be challenging to find a

balance between too much structure and

not enough; you do need grounding and

commitment, but lately your tendency has

been to get into situations that crowd your

space and your freedom. As the next few

years go on, this is going to become more

of an issue, so I strongly suggest you

identify people who authentically honor

freedom and creativity. For you, that

means choosing substance over form.

Venus is now in Aries, and this may be

taking you on a quest for your lost self. Your

whole life may feel like a recovery mission

that has you venturing into strange or

unfamiliar territory. I suggest you stay in

these regions of yourself until you gain

some familiarity with the environment

you're uncovering. You might have a

tendency to want to move on and have

things get back to normal, but normal is not

what you really want, as far as I can see, or

what will really serve you. In fact becoming

friendly with what you might otherwise

decide is downright strange would be more

the way to go. It's time to throw away all of

your prior notions of 'normal' and 'proper'

and habitual in place of a recognition of

what is so. Be mindful of your rituals and do

things differently every chance you get.

Experiment with your methods of working,

relating and most of all the way you take

risks (or struggle to do so). You're going to

learn a lot if you do, and the information will

help you make some crucial decisions

shortly after your birthday.

Your current focus on your professional life

is about to intensify -- and you're about to

see whether your hard work has finally

yielded any actual results. I have two

suggestions. One is that you not only act

and dress the part of success, but stand

fully in the character of success. This is not

merely about changing your affect; it's

about an internal shift where you orient on

your goals. That said, there is a certain

element of stagecraft that will come into

play over the next week or so, where

appearances will count for more than they

usually do. You will be in a spotlight of

some kind, and it's essential that you work

with this factor. It will count in both your

visual appearance, the way you present

yourself in spoken words and in writing,

and most significantly the vibe that you put

forward. Certain aspects indicate that you

might be inclined to bend the truth or

present two sides of a story; this is not

the time to play any games at all with

your integrity. Be

clear and make sure there

are at least two people close to you with

whomyou can reality check.

With the Sun about to enter your

sympathetic water sign Pisces on Sunday,

there is some relief on the way, though till

then I suggest you keep your focus on

partnership issues, particularly where a

group or organization is concerned. You

may have figured out that there are too

many people in your life for your comfort,

and too many of them have access to you

and your resources. You cannot just walk

away but you can get clear in every

situation where there is a need to be clear.

Once the Sun changes signs, that's your

clue to spend some time away from the

reservation and see what's going on

somewhere else. This will provide a

change of scenery and put you into contact

with people more in harmony with your

nature. One advantage I've discovered

about getting near the ocean is that it's

possible to see out to the horizon. You can

look at the water and in a glance, know the

conditions of the atmosphere. Whether

you do this metaphorically or physically

amounts to the samebasic thing.

Over the next few days, the Sun is going to

work its way out of Aquarius and into

Pisces. Before it does that, it will make a

trine (flowing 120-degree aspect) to

Saturn. This is the story of working out a

relationship issue, though you're the likely

partner to comeupwith the idea, and itmay

be the solution to a problem that nobody

has noticed yet. Even if it seems to arrive at

one 'last minute' or another, it's not too late,

as long as you notice what there is to notice

and put the information to work as soon as

you know about it. There is a risk that you'll

tell yourself this will be worth something

tomorrow, and you'll take care of it then.

But what you're about to get is specific

information for a precise purpose and time.

From there you can move onto subtler

matters of emotions and what it means to

connect with others. Once the Sun

changes signs on Sunday, the premium on

clarity and honesty with yourself goes up.

The Sun conjunct Neptune suggests you

may be trying to deny or idealize

something. Balance that out with some

realism.

There's quite a bit of activity in your

opposite sign Pisces, and with the Sun on

the way that means there will be even more

energy (and people) in your environment. I

am sure that plenty of the opportunities

seem appealing and some seem really

intriguing. There's just one little problem: if

you're in one of those moods where you

don't know what you want, then all the

options and opportunities can seem

meaningless -- and heck you might not

even notice that they exist. Thing is, most

of what you have open to you now is open

to you now, not another day. So I suggest

you have a talk with yourself and either

decide what you want, or what you're

willing to experiment with. Part of how you

can find out what you want is trying

something, or someone, new. Despite

whatever you may be feeling, or whatever

frustrations you may be feeling associated

with resolving a past issue, there are

people around you who have some of what

you want -- and if they're not there yet they

are very likely to showup soon.

You've been through a tense few weeks,

and you may not be feeling any more

confident or like things are heading in any

better of a direction. I promise you,

however, that you will be able to pull back

from the edge and that you're not being

pushed into anything you cannot handle.

And events over the next few days will do a

lot to reassure you that you're not as close

to the edge as you thought. You'll feel more

assured once you know that, and you'll

also feel less alone. There have been

several moments the past week where you

felt like you didn't quite belong on the

planet, but now even in the midst of similar

circumstances, you seem to be aligning

more closely with a source of nourishment.

Also I would remind you -- and you soon

may discover -- that you're not alone in any

way. But this will be more obvious over the

next few days, as the Sun finishes its run

through Aquarius and opens a few doors

for you. One thing to keep in mind is that

not only is there no rush; you're in an

important time of completions. Take those

one at a time.

Your life has presented you with many

ideas and possibilities lately, though often

falling short of the best possibilities actually

materializing. That said, your imagination

has been venturing into some daring

territory and you seem to allow yourself to

consider some of the saucier possibilities,

at least in theory. As the Sun enters your

fellow water sign Pisces over the weekend,

you'll either have opportunities to go

beyond merely thinking or imagining, or

you'll feel more compelled to actually

experiment. You've yet to discover whether

what you feel in potential and what you can

actually manifest will have much in

common. There's always a difference --

we're talking about two different realms,

one of which is a lot more dense than the

other, and where there are actual

consequences of action. Just as with your

imagination, it's a good idea to open up to

what you're not expecting. That's the one

significant contact point between 'fantasy'

and reality.

You don't need anyone else's approval to

make a decision. You may not recognize

that you're even seeking that approval. It

may come in the form of 'thinking like

someone else' or imagining what they

would do. I suggest that you think like

yourself, align with your own desires and

needs, and make the decision that's right

for you. There's a good chance that

someone you know won't agree with you,

but what difference does that make? That

person doesn't have to live your life. As

soon as you focus on your own intentions,

and get centered about what is right for

you, you'll see how little the feelings of

others matter. That said, if you can discern

emotions from facts (both yours and

anyone else's), you might gain some clarity

based on the actual data you become

aware of. It will be an excellent exercise for

you to stick strictly to the observable,

verifiable facts. This won't interfere with

your intuition -- it will only strengthen it.

The job of any leader is to get people

working together. Humans are motivated

by making money and going to war, so you

might say that the job of any humane

leader is to find motivations that are neither

destructive nor based on greed. That's

another way of saying honoring life and

what we do with it for its inherent value,

which you have a gift for noticing and

expressing at the moment. State the

obvious both when writing and speaking.

Get feedback and make sure people are

onto what you're talking about. It seems

inevitable that you'll be involved in some

unusual depth or amount of written

communication, and I suggest you begin

any project by defining a clear strategy.

The kind of writing you're doing now is not

about being inspired, though that would

help. This is writing that has to work, like a

sheepdog or plumber has to work. I'm not

suggesting that you not use elegance or

beauty, but rather that you set goals for

your projects, so that you give yourself

guidance and you have a way to measure

whether your efforts are getting results.

Yours is the sign of groups, but you're

equa l l y i nves ted in one - to -one

relationships. Recent developments in an

intimate situation are suggesting that it's

time to get out and be among people. You

may have a tendency in the opposite

direction: to withdraw, close up and avoid

groups. However, I think you'll find that

once you get into a wider space and meet

some new people you will feel like your old

self or perhaps some new self you've never

quite met before. Meanwhile, self-esteem

questions persist. I suggest that you not

view this as a crisis, but rather as an

opportunity for growth. If you're

experiencing doubt in any form, one logical

answer to that is to seek some information

that might confirm or deny whatever issue

you feel up against. However, the planets

strongly suggest you look for the source of

the doubt itself, remembering that it may

have no basis in reality. The truth is, you're

a more sensitive person than you let on,

and your sensitivity is running at an all-time

high. So, proceed gently and the truth will

come to you.

Many factors have contributed to your

having an unusually confident grip on your

life, one of which has been a measure of

self-reliance.Another has been an intuitive

sense of belonging and purpose. Both of

these point to the kind of autonomy that will

be the thing to focus on as the next four

weeks progress. The Sun enters your sign

over the weekend, beginning with a

conjunction to Neptune, also newly arrived

in Pisces. Your charts indicate a powerful

empathy with people around you, and you

have their attention in more ways than you

recognize. But attention is not what you

want -- focus, collaboration and a state of

harmony are. Remember that your mission

comes first and what others need comes

second. I suggest you favor those who

make themselves available and are willing

to contribute positive energy and let

everyone else do their thing. You are

beginning what could be one of the most

confident and creative years of your life,

but the condition is living from the center of

yourself and at the center of yourworld.

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Halfway through February

and 2.5 months into owning my

new blue car… it feels pretty

good. Somehow, it has helped

me feel my successes and

accomplishments. I'm working

on letting go of my past and not

allowing it to muddy what I've

always assumed my life will be

like in the future. Now I'm going

for my BFA, working towards

becoming an official mentor for

young artists looking to get into

art school, being more in-tune

with galleries outside my com-

fort zones. It's funny, you think

you've figured out what you

want in your life and then you

suddenly realize you could have

more.

We teach our kids to

make a wish after blowing out

their birthday candles - but they

are not to tell anyone this since

this makes the wish disappear.

How crazy is that? I mean, don't

we want to know our kids'

wishes? I mean sure, it could be

a wish for a new toy, but it could

also be a wish for mom and dad

to be happier or maybe for them

to feel good all the time. Don't we

want to encourage love and hon-

esty in families? Quantum phys-

icists have actually found ways

to prove that thoughts can in

fact create physical manifesta-

tions? Most interestingly, if we

collectively focus on one

thought, the power of that

thought or wish truthfully mag-

nifies with each person's

'thought energy'. Going back to

the birthday wish: If we allow

our children to share their

wishes with us, wouldn't that be

a collective wish? And thus

become grown-ups who encour-

age dreams to come true? Artists

are often dismissed as dream-

ers, idealists, eccentrics… but

have you noticed how the cre-

ative people in your life often

become the problem solvers? In

December, I wished for free

mochas from Starbucks… and

instead of the usual one free

birthday drink voucher… I actu-

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start encouraging more wishes

and dreams to come true,

whether big or small, and the

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