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Grand opening of Hanna LodgeBryan Passifiume

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Dignitaries and residents alike gathered at the new Hanna Lodge on Thursday, January 31 to officially open the new senior’s housing facility.

Attendees were amazed at both the form and function of the new 60 room facility which replaced an older lodge that many described as well past its usable life. The first residents actually moved into the building in mid-2012, but facility management decided to hold the official opening and ribbon cutting at a time better suited to accommo-date both residents and dignitaries.

The grand opening was attended by government

representatives from local municipalities, the Special Areas administration and the provin-cial government.

“We can proudly say that we have a state of the art senior’s facility in Hanna.” said Charles Girard, Hanna town councillor and board member for the Acadia Foundation, the organiza-tion that sponsors, supports and manages seniors housing in the Special Areas.

The new Hanna Lodge is the third such facility recently con-structed in the Special Areas, with Consort and Oyen officially celebrating the opening of their own lodges throughout 2012.

Girard told the nearly 300 attendees at the event that Hanna Lodge is an example of the evolving state of seniors’ housing

in Alberta, home to nearly half a million seniors. He credited coop-eration across all levels of government with the establish-ment of the home, telling the Review that without this coopera-tion the home wouldn’t have been possible.

“The home is a product of a lot of hard work and integration of the different support systems,” Girard said, stating that con-struction of the home involved the coordination of the three Special Area boards, municipal governments and the Alberta Ministry of Seniors.

The value of the Lodge, according to Girard, is keeping seniors in the communities they helped establish.

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Charlie Fielding and Florence Storch cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Hanna Lodge on Thursday, February 31.Joining them are (left) Robert Blagen, Chairman, Acadia Foundation, George VanderBurg, Associate Minister of Seniors and (far right) Rick Strankman, MLA for Drumheller-Stettler. ECA Review/B. PASSIFIUME

Resurfacer fundraising begins

Bryan PassifiumeECA Review Reporter

The Coronation Arena Board is examining fundraising options for a new ice surfacer for the arena, according to recreation director Barry Brigley.

In a report issued to council during their Monday, January 28 meeting, Brigley announced that the board is pursuing a matching grant from the provincial govern-ment to fund the purchase of the unit, which would cost around $100,000. The arena’s cur-rent resurfacer, a 20 year old Zamboni, is in need of repairs and is well past its opera-tional life.

Mayor Dawna Elliott remarked that the Wellness Society suggested a partnership to raise funds for the new resurfacer by holding a series of 50/50 draws.

Pest inspectorWhile Alberta may no longer hold claim to

its title of being ‘rat free’, the Town of Coronation is doing all it can to ensure the furry vermin stay outside of their borders.

A letter from the Province of Alberta’s Rat Inspection and Investigation branch urged towns to take a proactive role in investi-gating, preventing and eliminating rat infestations by appointing an inspector to handle rat issues in the town.

Section six of the Alberta Agricultural Pests Act states that local municipalities must take “active measures” to prevent, con-trol and destroy pests within its boundaries.

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13g“We pay a lot of lip service about keeping people in the rural areas but we don’t often put the dollars toward making that happen,” he said. “This lodge is an example of putting these dollars towards keeping people in the community.”

“Just because you’re in a rural commu-nity doesn’t mean you can’t have a facility that’s state of the art,” he added.

Lodge Manager Mary Nanninga agreed.

“A lot of our residents were neighbours in town or on their farms -- these are their friends and relatives,” she said. “They already had a community built before they arrived here. Our job is to facilitate a place where they’re happy and comfortable.”

Drumheller-Stettler MLA Rick Strankman told the Review that moving seniors to housing spots outside of their communities presents unnecessary hard-ships on both the resident and their families.

“This area is their home,” Strankman said. “It’s easier for family members to come and visit them. To move them hun-dreds of miles in some direction, it’s simply unacceptable.”

Strankman said Hanna Lodge is money well spent and is an investment not only in the community but to those who helped build Alberta.

“These people are the pioneers of our society,” he said. “For us to turn our backs on them is simply unacceptable. Not in a province like Alberta.”

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School board consultations looking like a realityBryan Passifiume

ECA Review Reporter

A long-promised series of com-munity consultations is finally looking like a reality in Clearview School District.

While firm dates have yet to be announced the school board is “well on track” to ensure these meetings happen before the end of the school year, according to school board chair Ken Checkel.

“We hope to announce the dates soon,” Checkel told the Review. “We have a number of potential dates that we’re working with.”

A firm commitment to establishing district-wide consultations came in the wake of last year’s school closure controversy which saw the board entertain a motion to consider closing Brownfield, Byemoor and Donalda Schools. The motion was with-drawn by the trustee who presented it after a vocal outcry from both the affected communi-ties and other trustees. The controversy, however, did give the school board a clear message: the community wants a say in the future of their schools.

The purpose of these consulta-tions, according to Checkel, is to give the public a clear and frank view of the board’s current situa-tion, specifically aimed at future budgets.

“Financial issues are the big concern right now,” Checkel said, stating that the current budget contains a deficit of nearly $1 mil-lion. While this year’s deficit is being offset by cash reserves,

running consistent deficit budgets is not a sustainable situation for the school board.

A real picture of what the future holds won’t be known until after the provincial budget is released in early March. Many rural school boards are lobbying the Redford government for a more equitable funding formula, including the reintroduction of rural stabiliza-tion grants. The discontinuation of

these grants in 2013 will cost rural school boards hundreds of thou-sands of dollars in provincial funding.

Regardless what news the pro-vincial budget has for the school board, Checkel says that belts are going to have to be tightened.

“No matter what happens at the provincial level, we’re still going to have to make some cuts,” Checkel said.

Checkel says that these consulta-tions will give the board ideas on where these cuts should be made.

The school board received many suggestions on how to streamline spending during last year’s school closure delegations. Checkel is hoping that the community will continue to offer insight on how to deal with future spending decisions.

“We want to give people an idea of what their school is going to look like next year,” Checkel said. “In some cases, certain schools are running balanced budgets -- things might look good for them next year.”

Schools in less enviable posi-tions, according to Checkel, might need to prepare for cuts.

Certain innovations currently underway in the school district could be applied to other schools. An example, according to Checkel, is expanding four-day schooling in smaller feeder schools -- an inno-vation currently undertaken at Brownfield School. At that school, students spend only four days a week in the classroom instead of the standard five, albeit with extended hours. This presents a significant savings in transporta-tion costs due to the earlier starts and later dismissals, allowing buses serving Coronation school to also service students from Brownfield. This consolidation of transportation, referred to as ‘double bussing’, eliminates the cost of dedicated buses to serve Brownfield.

In addition to money, the consul-tations will also provide parents and community members a better understanding on what goes on in the school district and update them on issues such as projected enrollment numbers, staffing and curriculum.

In the end, Checkel hopes that these consultations will create an effective two-way flow of commu-nication between the school board and the community.

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Solutions to Hardisty’s water woes lie northBryan Passifiume

ECA Review Reporter

Hardisty’s best chance at finding a new water source lay north, according to the advice of local experts.

Hardisty town council received a delega-tion from Sonny Losness and Neal Larson of Losness Drilling during their regular council meeting on Tuesday, January 22. The delegation attended at the request of Hardisty Council to seek advice regarding the com-munity’s future water needs.

During the Tuesday, January 8 council meeting, a hydrology report drafted in the wake of a study of the town’s water supply suggested seeking alternate sources for the towns water. The study revealed low levels of nitrates were in well samples, a potential health hazard.

“The report’s given you two options,” said Neal Larson of Losness Drilling. “You can either go north of town or south.”

The Town of Hardisty currently draws its municipal water supply from six groundwater wells located along 49 Street. The hydrology report stated that nitrates were present in samples drawn from a well located at the north end of 49 Street near the railway yard. The source of this contamination is currently a subject of

dispute between the Province and the town, with the most likely source being a decommissioned bulk fuel station that once existed close to the well’s current location.

The report advised the town of two pos-sible locations of a new water source: underground aquifers located north and south of Hardisty.

Larson and Losness were on hand to advise the town of the benefits and draw-

backs of the two potential well sites. Losness Drilling specializes in con-struction of water wells for industrial, residential and municipal clients.

According to Larson, drilling south of the town presents specific challenges crossing roads and a large number of existing pipelines. In addi-

tion, water samples from the area have revealed traces of arsenic in the water.

Larson told council that the arsenic levels were relatively low but public fears about a poisonous metal in their water supply makes the location undesirable. Current water treatment methods employed by the Town of Hardisty are not capable of removing arsenic.

Larson suggested that the best course of action for the town is to look north.

While well sites north of town do not contain arsenic, samples show a high

amount of dissolved iron. While iron poses no health concerns, changes to the town’s water treatment system need to be made to remove the element from the water. High amounts of iron can stain bathroom fix-tures and imparts an unpleasant taste to the water. Water contained in the northern aquifer contains approximately seven times as much iron as the current water source.

Removing iron is a simple matter of installing settling tanks -- oxygen or potassium introduced to the water oxi-dizes the iron and allows it to settle at the bottom of the tank. This, according to Losness, can be installed at the well site prior to pumping the water to the munic-ipal treatment facility.

Another advantage of seeking water north of town is the relative imperme-ability of the aquifer. Hardisty’s current water table is hydraulically connected to Hardisty Lake, a popular fishing and boating attraction -- and a possible entry for contamination.

“One of the biggest concerns in the report was that you are currently on an unconfined aquifer,” Losness said. “If there’s a spill, your water supply gets con-taminated instantly.”

According to Losness, the groundwater source north of town is protected by a 150 foot layer of clay.

“If you did have a spill there, you would have a lot longer window,” Losness added.

The aquifer in question is located approximately six kilometres north of Hardisty. The area was part of the Red Deer river basin during the most recent ice age, and as a result contains a great

deal of water -- according to Losness more than enough to satisfy Hardisty’s water needs for the foreseeable future.

Transporting the water from the pro-posed well sites could be the most costly part of the venture. Currently, the Villages of Alliance and Galahad trans-port their water across similar distances from wellhead to home -- council sug-gested that advice may be solicited from those two communities regarding the logistics of transporting their water over long distances.

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Consort RCMP responded to 143 calls in JanuaryBryan Passifiume

ECA Review Reporter

The Consort RCMP detachment has released its call statistics for January 2013.

In total, the Consort RCMP responded to 143 calls for service within Special Area No. 4 in January, over twice as many calls than the month of December. The

majority of these calls were 86 pro-vincial traffic violations, up from 17 in December.

Police responded to 11 traffic col-lisions, one report of impaired driving and one abandoned motor vehicle.

Police also issued three provin-cial liquor violations, one instance of possession of marijuana under 30 grams, two citations under the

Fire Prevention Act, two applica-tions of the Mental Health Act, one case of criminal harassment, one case of assault, one instance of lit-tering, one case of criminal harassment, two cases of theft under $5000, one case of sudden death, one case of mischief and one case of mail fraud.

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Adult Learning celebrated Family Literacy Day January 27 by asking you what your family does to encourage reading and writing.

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Coronation: Christie, Kevin, Kylie and Kenzie Hewitt, Ryan, Anita, Lynn and Julie Hewitt and Kelly,

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· 61 per cent of our fami-lies make up stories with the pictures from a book.

· 86 per cent of families say they encourage their children to tell them about their drawings.

· 93 per cent play games together as a family.

· 59 per cent of families write shopping lists together.

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Reports policyThe long-talked about councillor report

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The policy was originally tabled at the Monday, January 14 meeting due to the absence of councillors.

The policy, originally proposed by Mayor Dawna Elliott, makes filing coun-cillor activity reports a condition of receiving compensation pay.

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Little village raised most moniesDiane Dammann

ECA Review Submitted

The grand opening of the multiplex cer-tainly was grand. The multiplex has been in use for a year now but there are some finishing projects to go, like bleachers and kitchen but that hasn’t deterred hockey games.

On Thursday evening, the CFCW Critters took on our Rockets. We really won the night with an collection of $14,500 in the fundraising department. The score board showed that the Critters made more goals but they used rather unorthodox methods of scoring, for example, putting all of the Rockets in the penalty box and putting several pucks on the ice at once. It was all great fun and Alliance goes down in history as the little village that raised the most money in a Critters fundraiser.

I counted 40 sponsors and 27 who made donations to the draws and 23 players on the Rockets team. The count through the door was 281 but it felt like a much larger crowd.

Robert Borth came from Killam to be a part of the second opening of an arena in Alliance. He remembers the opening of the “Torgiedome” when he was about six years old in 1948.

Tamina Miller’s son, Keegan was the

guest player on the Critter team because he sold the most tickets, over 100. Keegan scored a goal against the Rockets, the team that his Dad and brother were playing on.

The Alliance fire department was called out Thurday night to a barn fire at Dale Jones’. I understand a few animals were lost.

The volunteer firemen meet on Wednesday night at the fire hall. New members are always welcome. There are nine volunteer fire fighters now. Council Sue Thomas tells me that they are working with emergency measures on planning strategies at the meetings.

The Women’s Institute meets on Wednesday afternoon. Mayor Muriel Fankhanel will speak to us and our guest will be Constituency Convenor, Janet Neihaus of Lougheed. Lougheed and Alliance are the only villages in the county to have WI branches.

Friends of the Battle River Railway meet on Monday night at Forestburg. Alliance always has three or four repre-sentatives and that is maybe why the big April Gala will be held in Alliance.

The F.I.R.S.T. held the annual fund-raiser in Heisler on Saturday.

There has been quite a herd of deer in town all winter. On Sunday one deer got

caught in a fence, we think, and broke two legs then managed to get into Wickstrom’s yard and die there.

Next Sunday, February 10, will be pan-cake breakfast at church since Shrove Tuesday is almost upon us and Easter to follow in 40 days. Spring can’t be too far away. The ground hog saw his shadow on Saturday .

ALLIANCE

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Charity is ‘About Giving Not Receiving’

Brenda Schimke ECA Review Journalist

There’s another disturbing issue that needs to be addressed based on Dr. Jonathan Love’s damming testimony at the Health Services Preferential Access Inquiry on January 18, 2013.

Under oath Love said that a doctor at the Helios clinic told him the private clinic was set up for U of C donors. “It was a reward for the philanthropic community of the University of Calgary to jump the long queues and get preferential treatment”.

In Canada a registered Canadian foundation, including the University of Calgary, are authorized by the Income Tax Act (ITA) to issue charitable tax receipts to donors for gifts received. Donors in turn are generally permitted by the ITA to claim a credit or deduction for each gift to reduce the amount of income tax they have to pay.

But not all donations qualify as gifts for tax purposes. Donations need to be used primarily to meet the stated purpose of a foundation or charity. For example, a church that rents its facility to outsiders for weddings or funerals cannot charge an outsider an amount greater than what it charges its own members. The rule is clear -- no members or donors can receive personal benefits from belonging to or donating to a charity.

The purpose of the University of Calgary is

education and research. Their donors cannot legally get a receipt if they are getting a benefit.

Jumping a one- to three -year medical queue involving cancer would certainly qualify as a benefit. The donor has not only jumped the screening queue but gets to start the process of treatment and surgery faster. Statistics show the quicker the cancer is caught and treated, the better the chances of survival.

The Harper Government, and rightfully so, has been step-ping down on charities who inappropriately use their charitable status to flaunt the rules. Charities and their donors avoid paying taxes so it is incumbent on our Government and Revenue Canada to keep a good eye on blatant misdeeds.

Isn’t this case ironic. Those who avoid paying their fair share of taxes by donating actually get quicker access into the tax-funded health care system!

The Income Tax Act is clear -- charities issue tax receipts to individuals who are giving of their assets with no benefit in return.

If the donors to the University of Calgary have jumped the queue because of their financial donations, they have received an “infinitely priceless” benefit — life.

At the inquiry, testimony was also given that more serious patients in the queue had been pushed back because of the U of C donor-queue jumpers.

As Canadians we must ask ourselves, “am I comfortable with the financial worth of an individual trumping the critical health needs of those with smaller bank accounts?”

NANA’S BLOG

The more things change . . .Lois Perepelitz

ECA Review Columnist

A few years ago I had the very interesting job of going through 100 years’ worth of the weekly newspapers of a small town. I picked out all the articles of interest and we put them together into a history book for the 100th anniversary of that newspaper.

It was a real eye opener in many ways. Most of the time I was amazed at how far we have come in the last 100 years, and sometimes I was reminded of my Grandmother’s favourite saying of “the more things change the more they stay the same”. There were also times that I wondered if we had gone backwards.

Our legal system is one area that I wonder about. The

police do their best to get the criminals and it seems the legal system does its best to let them go.

It must be very frustrating for the police.

Punishment for crimes now seem to be pretty soft com-pared to the old days. For example, in 1920 the police raided a “house of ill repute” as they were called back in the day. This resulted in the four

women being sent to jail and the two men involved were given fines of $250.

At first glance the $250 fine might seem like a slap on the wrist, but remember that this was 1920. In 1920 $250 could equal six months wages. Think about it, one half of your yearly salary gone.

Do we have any fines that would equal six months wages now? I do

not think so.If we stick to this example

we find that although a ‘John’ will still get a fine, the bigger punishment for him is the publication of his name in

connection to this crime. This would damage his reputation and possibly his career because you never know when that little bit of information could pop up and bite you. The hope is that ‘John’ cares about his reputation and career enough to not take a chance on damaging them.

I think the threat of losing a half years salary would be just as scary. A threat like that might even sink through to an alcohol soaked brain making it think twice about driving.

Okay, maybe a fine equaling six months wages is a bit on the extreme side; but I worry that we are going too far the other way. The punishments handed out today don’t seem to stop the criminals from repeating the crimes.

I bet those two men in 1920 never wanted to visit a “house of ill repute” again.

We have cost of living increases all the time. Maybe it is time to have a cost of crime increase.

Perepelitz

PARLIAMENT

Parliament reconvenes for 2013Kevin Sorenson, M.P., Crowfoot

On Monday, January 28, the House of Commons resumed sitting fol-lowing the Christmas break.

My thanks to everyone who took the time and effort to share their opinions and suggestions with me at many events I attended and at our Crowfoot Constituency Satellite Office Days in Oyen, Hanna, Stettler and Strathmore.

One year ago, I was dispatched by our government to spend eight days in Japan. I followed an agenda the Japanese

government prepared that included many meetings with top government officials, including their Ministry of Agriculture.

I visited Japan’s Agriculture & Livestock Industries Corporation; met with the Co-Chair of Japan’s “Canada Committee”; and the President of the Japan Business Federation.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper had already toured Thailand, Japan and Korea in pursuit of increasing Canada’s business in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Charities issue

tax receipts to

individuals who are

giving of their assets

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Consort Comet Pee Wees 2012/2013 - (L-R) Back row: Mark Kelts, Graham Schetzsle, Chris Eamer. Middle row: Denver Gould, Dawson Mauck, Hayden Schetzsle, Blake Eamer. Front row: Eric Johnstone, Dean Radefeldt, Mason Myette, Mitchel Gramlich, Sage Sansreget.

Consort Comet Novice 2012/2013 - (L-R) Back row: Darren Ference, Tim Marr. Middle Row: Devon Hayworth, Raine Ference, Alex Smith, Branden Smith, Gavin Dinniss. Front row: Kadin Kurek, Aiden Eccles, Alysha Forsberg, Kelton Marr, Laine Percival.

Consort Comets Atoms 2012/2013 - (L-R) Back row: Coaches - Charles Crisp, Todd Lorenz and Brad Fawcett. Middle Row: Colby Hays, Ethan Weeks, Carter Hagan, Connor Crisp, Darrion Percival. Front row: Logan Lorenz, Edison Weeks, Brooke Fawcett, Kegan Bishell, Kurt Gramlich. Missing: Greg Nelson.

Consort Comets PreNovice 2012/2013 - (L-R) Back row: Dana Sansregret. Middle row: Nathan Bishell, Rylan Roesler, Jayde Sansregret, Wyatt Zacharias, Grainger Hutchings, Matthew Worobo, Zach Nelson. Front row: Matthew Gallaway, Adam Dinniss, Cody Bogen, Kaesyn Kroeger, Ryley Gallaway, Houston Sortland, Hunter Percival. Missing: Kash Kukurudza

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PRAIRIE VIEW

Our Premier will not risk upsetting the people that got her electedIt would seem that our Premier

has backed herself into a corner. I watched her speech on CTV

last week. She made it clear that she wasn’t about to make cut-backs that would hurt the poor and vulnerable.

However she did have a solu-tion. She was going to have a conversation with influential Albertans. Brilliant! They will come up with the answers to her

dilemma. I think she is a day late and a dollar short. That conversa-tion should have taken place before she produced the 2012 budget.

They might have informed

her that the Alberta government did not have a revenue problem, it had a spending problem.

Who ever put together last

Spring’s budget was dreaming in technicolor. She blames the price of bitumen for the budget short fall. The price was more or less the same then as it is now and the forecast price was projected to be in that ball park. So why were we presented with a fictional rev-enue projection?

Do you think it had some-thing to do with an impending election? Not only did the pre-mier present us with an unrealistic budget. She made additional promises of another six billion dollars during the election. With the help of 100,000 liberals that switched sides and the unions, surprise, surprise she won a large majority government. Now What?

She is not going to do the easy thing and raise taxes and she hasn’t indicated that she is going to do the smart thing and cut spending. So in her mind the most obvious thing to do is to have a conversation with

Albertans and discuss ideas. I wonder in this conversation

about ideas if someone might sug-gest that we don’t need to spend billions of dollars on carbon sequestration, we don’t need to spend 350 million on a new pro-vincial museum right now, we don’t need to spend 275 million to

renovate an old Federal building for plush new digs for MLA’s right now. We could take a serious look at how much the

provincial public sector is costing the province. According to some statistics that I saw the other day the average public sector wage is about 26 per cent higher than the comparable private sector wage. I maintain that there are far too many public sector workers in Alberta in the first place. Just

maybe reducing the size and wage level of the civil service might help.

On a per capita basis I think Alberta has the most expensive public sector in Canada. Alberta has had a problem with a bloated and top heavy civil service for a long time. In fact I think this has been at the root of the deficit problem for sev-eral years. The more the government has centralized services the more power has accumulated in the

ivory towers. Bureaucrats are ingenious at figuring out how to create jobs to hire more bureau-crats. The most obvious place for

the government to reduce spending is to reduce the size of the provincial bureaucracy. I’ll bet that idea won’t come up in her conversations. If truth be known, the bureaucrats run the govern-ment not the politicians.

Allison Redford is conservative in name only. The PC party of Alberta is conservative in name only. They are both philosophi-cally liberal. That is why they will not make the budget cuts that need to be made to get Alberta back on a sound finan-cial base. You can be sure that our Premier will not risk upset-ting the people that got her elected. So the hard decision that she will make will be to continue the deficit and borrow money to make up for the short fall. They will use the excuse that they didn’t see the revenue short fall coming. Give her time and Alberta will look like Ontario does now!

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Schwenk

She is not going to do

the easy thing and raise

taxes and she hasn’t

indicated that she is going

to do the smart thing and

cut spending.

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Coronation Novice 2012/2013 - (L-R) Back row: Coaches Wade Golby and Rod Scoville and Manager Carrie Scoville. Middle Row: Colby Woody, Damon Stannard, Issac Grubisic, Keaton Shipton and Keirson Kobi. Front row: Evan Golby, Sheldon Close, Cody Cooper, Trace Lundy and Brynn Scoville. Missing: William Ross-Torres.

Coronation Pre-Novice 2012/2013 - (L-R) Back row: Coaches Tim Bussing and Rod Scoville. Middle row: Hayden Shipton, Jordan Glasier, Logan Golby, Alex Vert-Fisher, Rylan Montgomery, Layton Perry, Seth Thies and Jesse Tkach. Front row: Caleb Kobi, Addison Scoville, Benson Grubisic, Easton Carfantan, Braxton Bussing, Dannika Lundy and Caleb Carfantan.

Coronation Pee Wee 2012/2013 - (L-R) Back row: Coaches Brent Close, Ed Griffiths, Ryan Zimmer, Manager Terese Gerber and Coach Tim Zimmer. Third row: Jake Van Hienen, Koby Welsh, Adam Close, Branden Schaffner, Hunter Baldwin and Nathan Bauer. Second row: Frazer Pengelly, Colby Elliott, Michael Griffiths, Brayden Duncan, Teren Gerber, Jarek Sopracolle, Robby Gilbertson, Spencer Doolaege and Carver Zimmer. Front row: Kodi Sherbo and Nick Brigley.

Coronation Atoms 2012/2013 - (L-R) Back row: Coaches Ed Griffiths and Doug Tkach. Middle row: Adam Golby, Kayden Glasier, Aiden Kobi, Jaron Scribner, Joe Brigley and Jaron Nelson. Front row: Braiden Kelts, Damien Griffiths, Brawley Scribner, Ty Waltham, Cauy Schmidt, Jace Nelson and Cole Almusa.

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Connie Campbell of the Hanna office of ConocoPhillips (left) presents a $5000 donation Barb Burgemeister of the Hanna Food Bank. The donation was made as part of ConocoPhillips’ community outreach program to assist the Food Bank in its mission to help Hanna’s less fortunate.


MLA for Vermilion-Lloydminster now Minister of Tourism, Parks and RecreationBryan Passifiume

ECA Review Reporter

An unexpected cabinet shuffle has resulted in a local MLA netting a cabinet post.

Dr. Richard Starke, MLA for Vermilion-Lloydminster, is the new Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation. Starke replaces Calgary-Currie MLA Christine Cusanelli, a first-time member of the provin-cial legislature who made headlines in 2012 when she was forced to repay nearly $11,000 in meals, airfare and expenses improperly charged to her cabinet office.

Starke, who also is a rookie in the Legislature, is excited about his promotion.

“I’m really honoured,” he

said. “I’m eager to take on some of the challenges of the post.”

As the province begins a period of fiscal frugality,

Starke is entering the cabinet at a time of increased scrutiny and accounting for every dollar spent. While not recognized as a ‘core’ portfolio in

the government, Starke feels that tourism plays an important role in the pro-vincial government.

He feels that in a time where critics are chal-lenging the province to become less economically dependent on natural resources, enhancing and promoting Alberta’s vast

tourist destinations is a responsible way to ensure Alberta’s future sustainability.

“We are blessed with nat-ural beauty with an in-place infrastructure,” he said.

Playing host to many vis-itors to Alberta over the years, Starke enjoys taking his guests to parts of Alberta that might not be as well known as Jasper or Banff.

He mentioned that while Alberta’s mountains are indeed spectacular and popular destinations, hewould like to see an emphasis on equally spec-tacular but lesser-known tourism destinations such as the Badlands, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and the Frank Slide. He also wants a greater emphasis on enhancing Alberta’s already flour-

Starke

ishing hunting and fishing industries. “These all represent huge opportunities

for our province,” he said, stressing that he also plans to highlight tourism destina-tions within his own riding.

While Starke looks forward to his new post, he hasn’t forgotten about the man-date given to him by his constituents. “Job one will be my MLA duties,” he said. “That is the job I was given back in April.”


Consort/Coronation Comets Midgets 2012/2013 - (L-R) Back row: Doug Ference, Trevor Fawcett, Brady Gould, Mitchell Wittmack, Linden Heidecker, Brett Canadine, Brendan Fawcett, Mark Wiechnik, Jim Wiechnik, Doug Canadine. Front row: Lucas Galloway, Kyle Close, Jared Ference, TJ Evans, Nicholas Gramlich, Chase Evans, Jared Schacher, Rowdie Lindsay.

Castor/Coronation Midgets 2012/2013 - (L-R) Back row: Manager, Corey Van Zandbergen, Ben Doolaege, Justin Slemp, Cole Elliott, Dylan Charpentier, Kaden Kopas, Corey Twa, Curtis Miller, Benson Van Hienen, Cody Ball, Matthew Doolaege, Head Coach Todd Pawsey, Brett Hauck and Nate Scribner, assistant coaches. Front row: Clinton Schulmeister, Dallyn Pawsey, Layne Barth, Trey Zimmer, Zeke Leuck, Tristan Van Zandbergen, Sean Thielman and Chase Cooke. Nathan Ensign in front.


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Consort Comets Bantams 2012/2013 - (L-R) Back row: Darin Eno, Jack McKinlay, Justin Drake, Isaac Latimer, Griffin Marr, James Anderson, Blaze Bailey, Josh Fawcett, Morgan Myette, Tanner Eno, Mark Galloway. Front row: Chase Kelts, Travis Clark, Bryson Evans, Logan Galloway, Cody Kroeger, Jonathan Caseley, Justin McKinlay, Colten Brigley, Keir Heidecker.


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Trades make Blue Jays a contender Bruce Penton

ECA Review Columnist

Toronto Blue Jays definitely won the winter, but winning the spring, summer and fall will be a little tougher.

The perennial also-rans in the powerful American League East rode the strong horse-trading talents of general manager Alex Anthopoulos over the winter to remake the Jays into an instant contender.

When the dust had settled from a series of astonishing trades, a Blue Jays fan takes one look at the roster and sees a pitching rotation

that compares with the best in the Bigs: Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle from the Miami Marlins, knuckleballing sensation R.A. Dickey from the New York Mets (the reigning Cy Young Award winner in the National League) and holdovers Ricky Romero and Brandon Morrow. It’s an embarrassment of mound riches, some-thing the Jays haven’t experienced since the glory days in the 1990s of Dave Stieb, Jimmy Key and Tom Henke.

Around the diamond, the Jays throw out returning sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, scrappy hitters like B.C. native Brett Lawrie and Colby Rasmus, dependable first baseman Adam Lind and veteran catcher J.P. Arencibia.

Oh, yeah: The flurry of trades Anthopoulos pulled off over the winter also netted a couple of other gems: Melky Cabrera, a free agent who would have won the NL batting title in 2012 had he not been suspended for 50 games for detection of advanced levels of testosterone in his body; and all-star shortstop Jose Reyes, who was the NL batting champion in 2011 before signing a mega deal free agent con-tract with Miami and came to the Jays as part of the trade that brought them Buehrle and Johnson.

Jays fans could hardly believe their good fortune, but the naysayers who

• Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “The Chicago Bears hired Montreal Alouettes coach Marc Trestman, who once worked with Jay Cutler to prepare him for the draft. He knew Cutler when Cutler was young and immature. Now Cutler is no longer young.”

• Norman Chad of the Washington Post: “. . . when (Lance) Armstrong says emphatically, “Absolutely not,” you know there’s an 85 per cent chance that it’s actually “Absolutely.”

• Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: “The NFL kicking off its Super Bowl Week with the Pro Bowl is like you kicking off your expen-sive gourmet meal with an appetizer of dog poo.”

• Brad Dickson again: “AJ McCarron’s girlfriend covered the Super Bowl for “Inside Edition.” Consider-ing how many people go to “Inside Edition” for their Super Bowl news, they may as well have hired Manti Te’o’s girlfriend.”

• Another one from Dickson: “Rex Ryan was involved in a minor three-car accident after he ran a red light. The Jets organization is withholding comment until it can figure out how to make Tim Tebow the scapegoat.”

• R.J. Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Temperatures in Manitoba recently dipped to -44 C with wind chill. It hasn’t felt that cold in Winnipeg since skip Jennifer Jones fired Cathy Overton-Clapham.”

• Currie again: “The women’s champion has been decided at the Australian Open. Victoria Azarenka beat Li Na eight syllables to two.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “So, golfer Tiger Woods is reportedly dating skier Lindsey Vonn? Guess he just wants a look-see at a career that goes downhill on purpose.”

SPORTShorts

claim Toronto shouldn’t count its chickens before the 2013 pennant hatches just have to listen to Las Vegas oddsmakers, whose num-bers legitimize the optimism bubbling around the Jays. Those Vegas brains have made the Jays No. 3 choice in the A.L, behind

only Los Angeles Angels (who, after signing slugger Josh Hamilton in the off-season, have the best Big Three in baseball alongside Albert Pujols and Mike Trout) and Detroit Tigers, the defending league champs.

Neither of those teams play in

the A.L. East, however, the divi-sion in which the Jays finished a poor fourth in 2012. If the season unfolds the way the powerful roster indicates it could,Anthopoulos will be the leading contender for GM of the Year.

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He secured the formal launch of free trade negotiations with Japan - the world’s third-largest economy.

It could increase our nation’s GDP between $3 and $9 billion. Canada’s bilat-eral trade last year with Japan amounted to almost $24 billion.

I was alone on this mission to Japan. The Hon. Gerry Ritz, Canada’s Agriculture Minister and the Hon. Ed Fast, Canada’s International Trade Minister were already working closely with their Japanese counterparts and other officials and made sure I was ‘tooled up’ to try and pry the door open for Alberta beef exports.

You can imagine the countless times I used the words “Alberta beef” in my con-versations with everyone I met.

I knew the stakes were high because Japan’s need for agriculture products meant that there will be a net benefit right here in our riding of Crowfoot.

The Hon. Gerry Ritz in question period that Japan has expanded access and is now accepting Canadian beef from ani-mals under 30 months of age.

This is expected to double the value of Canadian exports by some $150 million annually.

This is great news as it takes us beyond Japan’s current beef imports of animals

under 21 months of age. Japan is Canada’s third largest export

market for beef. The revised regulations came into effect February 1, 2013.

Minister Ritz was purposely ‘political’ in his answer – criticizing the Official Opposition because they oppose virtually every effort our Conservative government makes to boost trade opportunities for Canada.

This increase in Canadian beef exports

Increase in Canadian beef exports to Japanto Japan is more proof that these efforts are getting results. We look forward to taking our trading relationship with Japan and other nations to the next level to continue providing additional export opportunities for Canadian businesses.

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Sale Day Phone Number: 403-575-3772

Contact Numbers:Graham - 403-575-4001

Kirk - 403-575-5654Ian - 780-753-1515

Kurt - 403-575-5388Bob - 403-575-1108

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Mappin Simmental Bull Sale

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Thurs, Feb 28

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Place Your Bet Bull Sale

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Thurs, Mar 14

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New incentives for environmental improvements in the livestock sectorAgri-News

The recent approval of the Residual Feed Intake (RFI) carbon offset protocol by the Government of Alberta has opened up a new opportunity for farmers to get paid for making environmental improvements.

The innovative practice highlighted in this new protocol reduces greenhouse gas emissions from beef cattle through advancements in genetic selection.

This makes it possible to increase the efficiency of feed used by cattle.

“Low RFI or efficient cattle have lower maintenance requirements and consume less feed for the same level of production - such as growth, milk production or fat deposition,” says John Basarab, beef research scientist at Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s Lacombe Research Station.

“This improved efficiency of feed use translates into a carbon offset when com-pared with normal feeding practices.”

The first generation of cattle produced from animals with these genetic charac-teristics will be eligible to receive carbon offset credits of about 28 tonnes (T) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per 100 head of cattle.

This is like taking five or six cars off the road every year. The value would be close to $340 per 100 head, assuming agri-cultural carbon offset prices of about $12/T CO2e.

Extra benefits of reduced feed costs will also be gained.

Tests are currently being conducted at Olds College and Strathmore to identify the most feed efficient animals.

Buyers of offsets are companies regu-lated under Alberta’s Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (2007).

These companies can purchase carbon offsets in the Alberta Carbon Market as a way to meet their legal requirement to reduce annual greenhouse gas emission

intensities by 12 per cent. Agricultural carbon offsets are created from farm practice improvements that have a proven scientific basis for reduced greenhouse gas emissions, are above and beyond busi-ness as usual, and can be verified by independent third parties.

“Although carbon offset payments are not large at this time, they provide a way to gain extra income from management improvements that increase efficiencies of

production,” says Sheilah Nolan, climate change specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“This also helps producers and live-stock operators get familiar with types of verifiable farm records that are needed to prove the practice change happened. These records are also likely to be needed to participate in other emerging environ-mental markets.”

Initiated by Alberta Agriculture and

Rural Development, funding for this Canada-Alberta cost-shared project was provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada though the Agricultural Flexibility Fund, as part of Canada’s Economic Action Plan.

More details about other agricultural offset opportunities are available on the Agriculture Carbon Offsets website (www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/dept-docs.nsf/all/cl11618).


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• • 150150 Red and Black coming 2 year old Bulls that have been grown out slowly, primarily on forage.• • Our bulls will not be as fat as you will find at other sales.• • They are deep bodied, easy fleshing bulls with lots of capacity.

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• • 150150 Elite Commercial Heifers bred to easy calving Angus Bulls for 45 days to start calving May 1st. 100% HOME RAISED. THE RIGHT KIND.

• • These bulls and heifers have been produced in a high volume, low maintenance environment. Ole Farms is now the largest Purebred Angus operation in Alberta. We run 1600 cows and do not have time for high maintenance cattle.• • Profitability is key in our breeding decisions.Our goal is to make YOUR operation more profitable.

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Thin cows and the part weather conditions play

Agri-NewsThere is a combination

of factors challenging cattle producers this year. December was consider-ably colder than normal, and this colder weather has prompted a heavier than usual hair coat on many cattle.

While cows appear to be in good condition, pro-ducers may find, with some hands-on evaluation or condition scoring, that many may actually be thin.

“Another reason that cows seem to be in poorer condition this year, is that forage quality is down,” says Barry Yaremcio, beef specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“Protein levels in forage are down 20 to 25 per cent from a five-year average. In many areas, most of the hay was cut later than usual due to weather prob-lems and this has resulted in elevated fibre levels, resulting in less energy per pound in the hay.

“The result of this lower quality feed and colder than normal temperatures, cows are in less than optimum condition going into the calving season.”

Producers have a couple of options for bringing cows back into better

condition. Adding grain to feed rations is the first thing to consider. Depending on how thin cows are, and how soon calving will start, it may be necessary to add five to seven pounds of grain a

day to the ration. While there is a cost

associated with adding grain, the problems that arise from cows going into the calving season in poor condition are greater.

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Thin, weaker cows can experience calving problems and produce less colos-trum that is lower in quality.

When calves don’t ingest enough good quality colostrum, calves are more sus-ceptible to infections and diseases.

“Another thing that producers can do to help cows gain some of that weight back, is to bring them out of open range and provide adequate shelter and a good bed-ding pack,” says Yaremcio. “Reducing the amount of wind that they have to deal with and providing a good bedding pack can reduce the cows’ needed energy main-tenance requirements up to 25 per cent.”

Producers who have left swaths for cows to graze over the winter need to keep an eye on snow depth. Cows can graze successfully on fairly deep snow, as long as the snow doesn’t get deeper than up to the cows’ eyes when they are grazing.

“While depth of snow can be a problem, a greater problem is the varying warmer and colder weather that has resulted in a considerable amount of crusting,” says Yaremcio.

“Producers need to get out and take a look at their cows and look for tell-tale trouble signs, such as cuts on noses, muz-zles and sides of the head.

“These signs indicate that the cows are having a hard time getting through that ice crust and getting enough to eat. In this instance, it may be time to bring your cows home and start feeding them.”

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Less colostrum


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Snowpack accumulations to dateAgri-News

Most areas of the province north of the Trans-Canada Highway have seen at least near normal snowpack accumulations to date, with parts of the central Peace Region seeing snowpacks this deep less than once in 6 to 12 years.

“Since the start of winter, on about November 1, most of the province has seen relatively mild temperatures with the long deep cold spells, that typically define winter for so many of us, being generally absent,” says Ralph Wright, agro-meteorological appli-cations and modeling section head with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“Several maps were recently posted to Alberta Agriculture’s website on the AgroClimatic Information Service (ACIS) page (http://agriculture.alberta.ca/acis/), which show snowpack accu-mulations relative to long-term normal as of January 30, 2013.”

Snowpack highlights as of January 30, 2013:• for the most part, north of the Trans-Canada Highway, snow-packs are at least near normal

• across much of the central parts of the Peace Region, snowpacks are well above normal, with

large areas seeing snowpacks this deep on average less than once in 6 to 12 years

• across the Swan Hills and throughout parts of the Clear Hills, snowpacks are estimated to be near 1-in-50 year highs, and in places are upwards 1.5 meters deep (4 to 5 feet)90-day average daily mean tem-

peratures relative to long-term normal as of January 30:• most of the province has enjoyed a milder than average winter, notably absent of prolonged cold snaps that are all too typical of winters across most of Alberta

• generally, the west-half of the province has seen the warmest temperatures, relative to normal, with many areas seeing mild conditions like this on average less than once in 6 to 12 years

• over the past few months, tem-peratures have been extremely variable over very relatively short periods of time, as the battle between cold arctic air and warmer air masses rages. This is not unusual and temper-atures swings of 35°C over the course of a few days are not uncommon in Alberta’s meteo-rological record

As days (daylight hours) get longer, these are some interesting daylight facts:• central Alberta, daylight increases at the greatest rate (3½-4 minutes a day, or about 30 minutes a week) starting in February, all the way through to the first week of May

• in comparison, on January 7, daily increases in daylight are only in the order of about 2 min-utes per day (14 minutes per week)

• by June 1st, daylight increases are back down to about 2 min-utes per day (14 minutes per week)

• by the summer solstice on July 22, increase in daylight reaches 0, as this, of course, marks the point when daylight hours slowly start to decrease in the inexorable march towards winterAdditional maps can be found on

Alberta Agriculture’s website (www.agric.gov.ab.ca).

Near-real-time hourly station data can be viewed/downloaded as well. Note: Data has about a two hour lag and is displayed in MST (add one hour for daylight savings time).

Alberta Equestrian Scholarship

Agri-NewsThe Alberta Equestrian Federation

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The AEF offers scholarships to active members who exemplify the objectives, vision and mission of the AEF.

To apply for the AEF Educational Scholarship, please view the AEF Scholarship and Information Package available on the AEF website (www.alber-taequestrian.com).

Application deadline is the last Friday in April each year. Applicants will be notified by August 1. Additional financial support from Capri Insurance has enabled the AEF to offer an increased number of scholarships to AEF members annually.

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Classified Ad Rates $13.00 + tax for 25 words or less + 19¢ a word after 25 each week or 3 weeks for $36 + tax (based on 25 words or less). Reach 24,700 homes with your classified. This includes For Sale, For Rent, Card of Thanks, Coming Events, etc. Payment Necessary All Classified Ads are on a Cash Only basis and must be prepaid before running. There will be a $5.00 service charge on every classified not paid for prior to publication. We accept cash, cheque, VISA or MC. It is the responsibility of the advertiser to check ad the 1st week and call us if in error. The Review is responsible for their mistakes the 1st week only. Deadline For Ads All classified ads must be received by 5 p.m. on Mondays preceding publication. For Too Late To Classifieds ad must be received by 10 a.m. Tuesday. Ph. 578-4111. Mail to Box 70, Coronation, AB T0C 1C0.

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GADSBYHouse & Garage FOR SALE

House approx 800 sq.ft. Single detached garage.

2-50x115 ft lots. Needs some work. No water service.

Sealed bids accepted by mail to Box 80, Gadsby T0C 1K0,

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

or by personal delivery to Village Office by

2:30 pm Wed, Feb. 20.PLEASE NOTE: The Village of

Gadsby reserves theright to refuse any or all bids.

Terms are cash or certified cheque for the full amount at the

TIME OF SALE.

To view, call 403-574-3793 and leave message.

CORRECTION

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Battle River Credit Union Ltd.

Castor Branch PART-TIME MSR/TELLER

POSITION: - MSR/TellerREQUIREMENTS: Candidates for this position should possess: - Strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills - Willingness to learn quickly - Working knowledge of computer applications - An aptitude to train and work in a fast paced, changing environment - Must be bondable

Please submit resume to: Kevin Johnson, Branch Manager

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Castor, AB T0C 0X0Phone 403-882-3950 Fax 403-882-3555

PLEASE NOTE: Only those individuals invited for an interview will be contacted.

Deadline for applications: February 22, 2013.

Big Tree• Chain Saw Work• Tree Trimming,

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MOBILE HOMES$2 MILLION Inventory Blowout! 15 homes tar-geted! Prices starting from $92,500. 3 bed-room, 2 bathroom. Boss says they have to go! 148/142 East Lake Blvd., Airdrie. 1-800-461-7632/1-877-945-1272; www.unitedhom-escanada.com.

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METAL Roofing & Siding. Best prices! 36” Hi-Tensile TUFF-Rib 29ga. Galvalume $.67 sq. ft. Colours $.82 sq. ft. 40 Year Warranty. ALTA-WIDE Builders Supplies 1-888-263-8254.

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BIG building sale. “This is a clearance you don’t want to miss!” 20x20 $3,985, 25x24 $4,595, 30x36 $6,859, 35x48 $11,200, 40x52 $13,100, 47x76 $18,265. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422; www.pioneersteel.ca.

FEED & SEEDHEATED canola buy-ing Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola. Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying dam-aged or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252

LARGE round bale hay auction. 740 bales, 2nd and 3rd cut alfalfa, Monday Feb. 11 @ 1:30, Empress Alberta. Web site: www.switzer-auction.ca to get direc-tions and view poster. Contact Barry or Joanne Eremenko 403-379-3104.

CARS & TRUCKS

PETSBORDER Collie/Australian Shepherd cross pups for sale. Good working parents, 6 weeks old with 1st shots. $200, phone 403-740-6030, Castor.

BUSINESS OPPTWELL established tow-ing company in Drayton Valley. 6 trucks & roadside contracts. Will sell as whole or individually. Training available. Unlimited earning potential. Must see! Phone 780-621-1622.

WANTED -Someone to own & operate a Shoe Store in “The Village At Pigeon Lake” Some financing available to right party. Email: Terry Myers at: [email protected].

ESTABLISHED 1901 Historic Bed and Breakfast. Five guest rooms, turnkey opera-tion. Includes 2 houses on large riverside lot in Minnedosa, Manitoba. $575,000.; www.tilson-place.com; [email protected]. 204-867-2830.

LIFE changers! Distributers required for non-competition health product. www.ourwow.info then www.jusuru.com/change. 780-239-8305 or [email protected].

HELP WANTEDFARM help wanted. Cattle, calving & farm machine experience. More info call 780-753-2550, Provost.

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JOURNEYMAN HD mechanic required for oilfield construction company. Duties will include servicing, maintenance and over-haul of our equipment. The job will be pre-dominately shop work, but with a portion of your time spent in the field. A mechanic’s truck will be supplied for you. The job is based in Edson, Alberta. Call Lloyd at 780-723-5051.PYRAMID Corporation is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume to: [email protected] or fax 780-955-HIRE.NEWCART Contracting Ltd. is hiring for the upcoming turnaround season. Journeyman/Apprentice; Pipefitters; Welders; Boilermakers; Riggers. Also: Quality Control; Towers; Skilled Mechanical Labourer; Welder Helpers. Email: [email protected]. Fax 1-403-729-2396. Email all safety and trade tickets.

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Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital, Castor is looking for:

Maintenance Worker II

CF-13005-CSFebruary 14, 2013 $23.53 – 25.97/hr

in Accordance with AUPE GSS Collective Agreement

3 days/week: 08:00 – 16:15 hours plus rotational on-call schedule

Please send resumes to:

If helping people brightens your day… Your Calling is at

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Castor Home Hardwarerequires a

Full TimeYard Man

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Come Join our Team.Crop Production Services Canada is a

division of Agrium (www.Agrium.com), and one of the largest farm market retailers in North America. Our mission is to be the trusted and recognized leader In the agricultural industry, the first choice for every customer and producer.

We are currently recruiting for a Full Time Operations Support to join our team in Castor, AB. The successful candidate must have a valid drivers license - Class 1A and/or Class 3A, customer service skills and a flexible working schedule.

Interested applicants should fax their resume to (403)882-4286, email to [email protected] ordeliver in person to 5502-49 Ave

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Tornado Hydrovacs, a division of Petrofield Industries

is accepting resumes for:

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Prairie Land Regional Division #25

Two Full Time Mechanics Competition #PLRD-231

Applications are invited for two full time mechanics with primary locations in Hanna and Consort. Travel to adjoining shops will be required on an “as needed” basis. Reporting directly to the Transportation Coordinator, the successful can-didates will maintain and provide a safe, efficient and effective fleet of school buses and division vehicles as part of the PLRD transportation team. The suc-cessful candidate will be a licensed automotive or heavy duty mechanic with Commercial Vehicle Inspection Program certification or the ability to acquire. Apprentices, with minimum of second year, will be considered. Training to obtain Class 2 driver’s license and “S” Endorsement will be provided, however, prefer-ence will be given to applicants who currently hold these designations. Experience working within a school bus industry would be an asset.

This position offers a competitive salary ($59,523 to $69,634/year), an extensive benefit package, and participation in Local Authorities Pension Plan. Successful candidates will also receive vacation and sick leave entitlements.

Please send cover letter, resume, and three current work related references, by e-mail to [email protected]. Applications will also be accepted by mail or fax to:

Lenore Etherington, H.R. AdministratorPrairie Land Regional Division # 25P.O. Box 670Hanna, Alberta T0J 1P0Fax: (403)854-2803

Competition will remain open until suitable candidates are found.

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HELP WANTEDPARTS Manager. GM dealership requires Automotive Parts Manager. Must be detail oriented with leadership and organi-zational skills. Requires inventory management skills with a focus on customer satisfaction. Apply to: Alan Hunter, Hunter Motors Ltd., Athabasca. Fax 780-675-3415 or email: [email protected].

SPRUCE Point Park Association is seeing an individual for the position of: Park Manager (Seasonal May 1 - Sept. 15). The Spruce Point Park campground and mari-na facility is located on Lesser Slave Lake approximately 285 kms northwest of Edmonton, Alberta near the Hamlet of Kinuso. We are now accepting applications for the position of Park Manager, for the period of May 1 to Sept. 15. For complete package and details please call 780-775-3805 or 780-805-0801 or email: [email protected]. Position will remain open until suit-able candidate is found.

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RS Line Contr. Co. Ltd. is looking to hire an experienced office administrator for the duration of the transmission construction project currently underway in the Hardisty area.

The successful candidate must be well organized, catch on quickly with limited instruction, able to multi-task and take direction from the Project Manager and Foremen. Possess at minimum, knowledge of office functions, including intermediate experience with Excel and Microsoft word.

Superior communication skills are also required as there will be daily communication with Administrators at other project locations, as well as Head Office in Edmonton. The candidate must also be accepting of a flexible work schedule being prepared to work extended hours daily and must be available on weekends as required.

Typically the shift will be Monday through Friday with 8 hours worked/day as a minimum. The position will pay $20-22/hr to start based on skill set and experience. Overtime rates will apply. Some of the responsibilities will include:• data entry on spreadsheets to assist payroll• organizing all documents control for Project

Managers and Foremen• Completing first calls• Collect progress reports for billing purposes• Assist with Quality documents• booking hotel accommodations for employees.As well, there may be times when running parts and communications to the foremen in the field, might be required. (Must also have valid driver’s licence). Character qualities that we are looking for:Friendly, accommodating and energetic; Professional and courteous with superior phone etiquette; Dependable and hard working

**Due to the volume of resumes expected, only those that possess most of the skills and experience noted above will be contacted for an interview.

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McMan Youth, Family & Community Services Associationwww.mcman.ca

is a nonprofit organization that provides programs and resources to support and encourage individuals and families to achieve their full potential as members of their community.

At this time, McMan in Central Region is seeking a:

Full Time Family Intervention Worker for our Family Development Program in Stettler.

Duties include but will not be limited to: supervising family visits; ensuring the safety and well-being of children in care; coaching/mentoring parents; life skills training; linking families with community services; family support and advocacy; driving clients to and from designated locations. This position works a flexible schedule of days evenings and weekends.

The ideal candidate will have a Degree/Diploma in Human Services; will be committed to provide common sense, understandable and useful parenting skills; knowledge of parent/child relationships and family dynamics, and have the ability to model appropriate parenting skills. Consideration will be given to those with related education and experiences.

Wage Range: $20.67/hr to $23.44/hr, plus a comprehensive benefits package.

If you are interested in joining our team at McMan, please forward your resume to:McMan Central Region

Unit 121, 4804 - 50 Street Innisfail, AB T4G 1C2Email: [email protected] Fax: 403-227-5541

Please Quote Competition No: STLR-FIW-437

Competition will remain open until a successful candidate is found.

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RITCHIE Bros. Unreserved Auction. Edmonton, April 24 & 25. Residential Golf Community Lot Development Project in Vulcan, Alberta. Contact Dean Pollock 403-650-1996 or visit: rbauction.com/reales-tate.

I have lost my soul’s companion

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RITCHIE Bros. Unreserved Auction. Edmonton, March 7. Two Parcels of Farmland located at Grassland, Alberta. For more info contact John Kiszka, 780-689-3076 or visit: rbauction.com/realestate.

1 HOME Qtr & 18 Parcels of Farmland - Davidson, Saskatchewan. Sorgaard Ranches Ltd - 2290+/- title acres. 3 bedroom bungalow, 30 X 50 ft. garage, selling at the Saskatoon Auction March 19/13. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers: 1-800-491-4494; rbauction.com.

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