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Rosalind Grain opens producer car loading facility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Prairie Fun Days showcases treasures of Camrose County . . . . . . . . . . . .6

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Machinery DaysSaturday, Sept. 26

from noon to 5 pm

Always better – always better read

For all machinery enthusiasts and those who want to experience or revisit the past, the Camrose and District Centennial Museum will be hosting its annual Machinery Days, Saturday, Sept. 26, from 12 noon to 5 pm. This has proven to be one of the museum’s most popular events of the year. On display will be a wide variety of agricultural equipment from decades ago, as well as numerous antique cars and trucks.

All machinery that runs will be in operaton, so visitors can experience the sights and the sounds of days gone by. The museum will also once again showcase their ever popular threshing demonstration

using a full size vintage steam engine. Additional attractions/demonstrations will include an interactive rope making demonstration, so visitors can try their hand at cranking rope, as well as butter churning and a working old time wringer washer. The museum will also have some vintage clothing available for

visitors to wear during the activities if they so wish. Patrons are asked to come to the museum a few days before the event to pick out the ideal outfit.

Lloyd Johnson (left) and Kayden Prevost are looking

forward to taking part in the museum’s upcoming

Machinery Days

Done — Murray

The COUNTRY BOOSTER, September 8, 2015 – Page 2

By Dan JensenRosalind Grain celebrat-

ed the opening of its new producer car loading facility with a ribbon cutting cer-emony Aug. 6.

"We had farmers load-ing railway grain cars with augers and thought that a facility like this would make things a lot easier," said Rosalind Grain president Kevin Davis. "Now they can haul their grain in and have it ready to go when the cars arrive."

Since opening for busi-ness on Jan. 30 of this year the facility has loaded more than 380 cars.

"The train runs through here twice a week and we typically have 10 to 15 cars per run," said Davis. "We have enough storage capac-ity for 22 cars."

The facility cuts the expenses of farmers by reducing the distance they have to haul their grain, and provides them with access to a large domestic market.

"A lot of the product that we ship isn't going directly to the coast, it is going to feed mills in central B.C. and places like Abbortsford where they don't want or need great bit car lots," said Davis.

Rosalind Grain vice-president Ward Kvemshagen said the shipping numbers are not huge but they are consistent.

"We have had a number of producers tell us they can't

haul and will bring their grain here if we have the allocation."

Rosalind Grain secre-tary Adam Enright said the prices the farmers receive shipping through the Rosalind facility are very competitive with what

they are able to find else-where. "I know the prices for the wheat are better.

The Rosalind producer car loading facility is one of several along a Camrose to Alliance short line oper-ated by Battle River Rail-way, a community based

co-operative committed to creating a viable alter-native to the traditional grain handling industry. In a Battle River Railway survey, farmers reported a 72 per cent reduction in hauling distance, reduced fuel consumption, reduced

maintenance on trucks and lower labour costs when they hauled to a BRR sid-ing.

Rosalind Grain is owned by 11 area shareholders. The company hired Brent Kuntz as a full-time employee in April.

Rosalind Grain opens producer car loading facility

Cutting a ribbon to open the producer car loading facility at Rosalind were, left to right, Jim McTavish, mayor of Rosalind, Ken Eshpeter, chair of Battle River Railway, Lorne Enright, director of Rosalind Grain, Ward Kvemshagen, vice-president of Rosalind Grain, Kevin Davis, president of Rosalind Grain, Reg Yuha, director of Rosalind Grain, Billy Hofer, director of Rosalind Grain, Adam Enright, secretary of Rosalind Grain and Kenneth Hofer, director.

By Dan JensenYou could be taking a

risk if you venture outside in the Sedgewick area dur-ing an electrical storm.

Environment and Sus-tainable Resource Develop-ment-collected data shows that Sedgewick had the third highest number of lightning strikes per square km (1.96) in the FortisAl-berta service area in 2014 and 5,856 in total.

Camrose was seventh in the service area with 1.76 strikes per square kilometre and 7,561 strikes in total, while the Wain-wright was 10th with 1.56 strikes per square kilome-tre and 7,085 strikes in total.

Bassano had the high-est number of strikes in the service area at 3.32 per square kilometre, followed by Airdrie at 2.19 strikes per square kilometre.

Environment and Sus-tainable Resource Devel-opment monitors lightning strikes throughout Alber-ta using small metal pole mounted devices and com-puter software. The data is sent to FortisAlberta and other utilities in Alberta in real time.

Power outagesFortisAlberta has storm

tracking technology to moni-tor weather patterns and predict where trouble can occur, and builds lightning protection equipment, called arrestors, into its distribu-tion system to help minimize outages. The typical light-ning arrestor has a high-volt-age terminal and a ground terminal with a resistor and spark gap installed between the two terminals. The resis-tor prevents the high voltage terminal from shorting to the ground terminal under normal system operation. When a lightning surge travels along the power line to the arrestor, the current from the surge is diverted through the arrestor, cross-ing the spark gap to ground, thereby bypassing equip-ment such as transformers.

“Our goal is to reduce the number and length of power outages our custom-ers experience as a result of lightning strikes,” said FortisAlberta communica-tions specialist Blair Debaar. “The potential for outages and associated damage to our equipment depends on the strength of the lightning strike.”

Lightning safety tipsYou can protecting your-

self and your property dur-ing a lightning storm by dis-connecting electronics and electrical appliances such as radios and television sets, remaining indoors, keeping away from doors, windows, fireplaces or anything else that will conduct electric-ity such as radiators, stoves, sinks and metal pipes and only using battery-powered appliances. If caught outside in a storm, take shelter when you can count 30 seconds or less between lightning and thunder. Stay away from objects that conduct electric-ity, like water, tractors, golf clubs and carts, motorcycles, lawn mowers and bicycles. Avoid being the highest point in an open area, crouch down and cover your ears, and stay away from tall objects like trees, hilltops and poles.

Lightning flashes occur in Canada about 2.34 million times a year, including about once every three seconds during the summer months. Rubber tires do not protect you from lightning: it is the metal body of the car that will redirect the bolt around you down to the ground via the car.

Sedgewick a provincial hot spotwhen it comes to lightning strikes

Pruning ban forDutch Elm Diseaseremains in effectuntil Sept. 30Agri-News

To help keep Alberta Dutch elm disease (DED) free, the Society to Prevent Dutch Elm Disease (STOP-DED) encourages everyone to pay attention to the pro-vincial elm pruning ban between April 1 and Sept. 30. To help eliminate beetle habitat, it is important to prop-erly prune all dead wood out of your elms and dispose of all pruned elm wood and elm firewood by burning, burying or chipping by March 31. Stored elm wood can harbor the elm bark beetles that can carry DED.

“Elm bark beetles, responsible for spreading the deadly DED fungus, feed on healthy elms and breed in dead and dying elm trees,” said Janet Feddes-Calpas, STOPDED executive director. “If elm trees are pruned during the pruning ban period, these beetles which are active at this time can be attracted to the scent of the fresh wound and possibly infect an otherwise healthy elm with DED. Once an elm tree is infected with DED it will die within that year.”

Having your tree pruned properly is important. Many trees are killed or ruined annually from improp-er pruning. Pruning like any other skill requires knowledge and should be done by a professional certi-fied arborist who can determine what type of pruning is necessary to maintain or improve the health, appear-ance and safety of your trees.

Topping or removing an excessive amount of live wood is not recommended on any variety of trees and will weaken the tree’s structure. For more information on, certified ISA arborists and DED, click the linked websites.

Done — Murray

The COUNTRY BOOSTER, September 8, 2015 – Page 3

Alberta’s cattle herd needs helpAgri-News

An Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) analyst says that expansion of Alberta’s cattle herd needs a little help from Mother Nature.

“On the beef cattle side, prices remain near record highs,” said Jason Wood, provincial livestock market analyst, AF, Edmonton. “On the export front, year to date feeders are down one per cent, slaughter fed cattle are down 49.5 per cent, and slaughter cows are down 28 per cent to the United States. We’re still seeing a strong pull for feeders to the U.S. partly because of the large expansion effort that continues in the U.S. beef herd.”

Wood said Statistics Canada will be releasing its cattle inventory report in the next couple of weeks.

“There is some talk that heifers are being held back in Alberta and we’re seeing that exports are down for cows. Prices are expected to remain steady at near-record highs. The pieces are all in place for expansion, and if we can get the change in weather we’re looking for, we could see the cattle herd start to expand in 2016.”

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Deryk was raised and still resides in the Camrose area with his wife Shariss and four children. In 2003 Deryk discovered his passion and apprenticed as an automotive technician under Brian at Norseman Pontiac. When we started in 2012, we always hoped to grow the business and eventually bring Deryk in to provide the same quality service our customers have come to expect. Thanks to you, our valued customers, we are able to welcome Deryk with his strong work ethics and conscientious approach to customer service. Come in and say ‘hi!”

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80 ACRES ON PAVEMENT NORTH OF BAWLF – older trailer home, newer 40x60x16 shop with two overhead doors and concrete fl oor. $360,000. S-80

4 ACRES BARE LAND IN DAYSLAND – Great place to build your dream home. Close to golf course and school. Asking $150,000. S-45

1/2 SECTION MIXED FARM – with beautiful 2-level home just north of Hwy 16 at Mackay, Alberta. $795,000. S-48

QUARTER OF FARMLAND – with bungalow home overlooking Tillicum Beach south of Camrose with awesome views and potential for development. S-61

60x150 INDUSTRIAL SHOP IN DAYSLAND – on 8.5± acres currently used for an earth-moving and gravel-hauling business which is available for sale by separate negotiations. S-83

QUARTER OF RECREATIONAL LAND – in Smoky Lake County with year-round off-grid cabin. $525,000. S-64

NEW LISTING – 1/2 section of good quality farmland north of Daysland. S-87

QUARTER OF PASTURE/HAY – 15 minutes east of Camrose with conservation easement agreement. This property is a great place to build your dream home with land rental income. $229,000. S-74

11 QUARTERS OF GRAINLAND – south of High Prairie, AB with 1,100 acres cultivated and more could be cleared. 1,850 sq. ft. modular home. Great farm or investment opportunity. S-76

118 +/- ACRES PASTURE LAND – with bungalow home, large heated shop and corral system. Ideally located north of Camrose near Miquelon Lake. $640,000. S-78

HIGH PRAIRIE PASTURE LAND – six quarters deeded and four quarters government lease. $850,000. S-79.

10+/- ACRES – on the south side of Daysland, suitable for acreage or highway frontage business. $150,000. S-81.

4 ACRES IN DAYSLAND – with 1400+/- sq. ft. bungalow home with newly renovated basement, large attached garage and heated insulated shop. $525,000. S-44

4 QUARTERS – with serviced yard site and some cultivated land on pavement between Sunset House and High Prairie. $480,000. S-86

NEW LISTING – 13.3+/- acres 2 miles south of Daysland with renovated home and insulated/heated horse barn. $359,000. S-89

NEW LISTING – 150+/- acres of grain and pasture land between Ryley and Holden with 40x60 machine shed, 3 dugouts. Great place to build. $280,000. S-90.

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NOW LISTING FOR 2016 FARM & LAND AUCTIONS - EARLY LISTING ADVANTAGES!!!

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SAT., SEPT. 19 - 11 A.M. - FOR DELLA DREWS - CLIVE, AB (EAST OF LACOMBE)FOR INFO. PH. 403-597-2204

LOCATION East of Lacombe ● 1966 FORD (MERCURY) 100 PICKUP; 429 Cobra Jet ($35,000 Invested) ● 1966 FORD 100; Running ● 1964 FORD 100; 4X4 ● 1964 FORD GALAXY 500; 4 Door ● 1972 VW BUS; Running ● 1992 TOPKICK; Cat Diesel; c/w TICO Picker; Deck with Hoist ● 2004 DODGE DAKOTA; 4x4 ● 2004 DODGE DIESEL; 4x4 ● PLUS MORE VEHICLES, LARGE QUANTITY OF FORD MOTORS, CARBS, PARTS, ETC

SUN. SEPT. 20 - 10 A.M. - FOR RUSSEL & JACQUIE PARKER - MILLET, AB FOR INFO. PH. RUSSEL 780-387-1118

LOCATION East of Millet ● 1983 HARLEY FLH-P; 1340 cc Shovelhead (Ex-Police Bike); under 20,000 mi ● 1984 HARLEY SPORTSTER ● Quantity of Harley Memorabilia ● 1988 CADILLAC ALLANTE ● M.H. PONY TRACTOR ● Skidoos ● Antique Farm Equipment ● Large amount of quality antiques and miscellaneous

SUN. OCT. 18 - 10 A.M. - FOR JEFF & ADRIANNE GOERTZ - ST. ALBERT, AB FOR INFO. PH. 780-920-8303

LOCATION North of St. Albert ● 1934 FORD 5 WINDOW STREET ROD; 327; Auto ● 1950 CHEV 1/2 TON; 350; Auto; 1800 miles ● 2005 CHRYSLER 300; 25,297 km; One Owner ● 2010 GMC GFX; 4x4; 24,504 km; One Owner ● 2007 BOBCAT S300; 1700 hours and Attachments; One Owner ● JD 555G TRACK LOADER; 6389 hours ● THOMAS 25GT TRACK Mini Loader; 304 hours ● 2008 MXZ 800 & SUMMIT 700 SLEDS ● HIGHLINE ENCLOSED Skidoo Trailer ● Quantity of Shop Items & Antiques

WED., OCT. 14 - WHEELWRIGHT SHOP - EQUIPMENT, TOOLS & SUPPLIES - MUNDARE THURS., OCT. 15 - FARM AUCTION FOR B&E KOZAKEWICH - ANDREW

UNRESERVED CONSIGNMENT SALES - REDWATER SAT., OCT. 24 - SHOP ITEMS, FARM & CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

SUN., OCT. 25 - 75 STATIONARy ENGINES, 3 BEAR TRAPS, COLLECTOR VEHICLES & TRACTORS, LARGE AMOUNT OF ANTIQUES

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AUCTION for GEORGE GAUDIN of Mirror, ABSATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2015 – 10:00 AMDIRECTIONS: 2 Miles South of Mirror on Hwy 21 to Narrows Rd. (Twp. Rd 40.2) then 1 Mile East to Rg Rd 22-2, ¾ Mile North

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2014 MF 4608 MFWD Tractor w/MF 921X FEL and Grapple, 3-pt. hitch, Only 200 Hr., Loaded; Two 1950 Ford 8N Tractors w/3-pt. hitch, Restored.

TRAILERS2010 Load Trail 16’ x 7000 Lb Car Trailer w/Ramps

2006 Bergan 14’ Stock Trailer.

MACHINERY and 3-PT. HITCH EQUIP.2011 Farm King 620 Rough Cut Mower, 3-pt. hitch; King Cutter 6’ Cultivator, 3-pt. hitch; IHC End Wheel DD Drill on Rubber w/Fert. Attach, 12 ‘; MH Steel Wheeled End Wheel Drill, Working; MF 62 Field Disc, 12’; Graham Holme 8’ DT Cultivator; NH 479

Haybine, 9’; Vermeer 504F Round Baler; R/R Pasture Drag, 12’; Restored Wood Farm Wagon Chassis w/Box, w/Rubber Tire Conversion; Two Farm Wagons c/w Decks; Two 300 Gal. Fuel Tanks w/Stands, Covered w/10’x9’ Skidded Building.

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2008 Kawasaki Mule 610 4WD RTV, 311 Hr.; 2009 Bush Hog Zero Turn Mower, 52” Cut,159 Hr.; 2007 Craftsman Lawn Tractor, 23 HP, 46” Cut; Pull Type Estate Sprayer.

LIVESTOCKFourteen Excellent Red Angus Cows, 5-9 Years Old, Some Registered, Purebred & Grade, Bred Red Angus; Six March 2015 Heifers, Breeding Stock Quality; Four Buff Orfi ngton Chickens, One Rooster, Three Hens.

LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT16’ Pipe Frame Skidded Round Bale Feeder; Two Wooden 16’ Calf Shelters; Two UFA Round Bale Feeders; Branding Pot; Vet Equipment and Supplies; Four Wooden Feed Troughs; Hanson 200 Lb Calf Scale, Etc.

HAY and STRAWTen 2015 Round Bales of Mixed Hay; 2015 Round Bales of Green Feed; Seven 2014 Rnd. Bales of Straw.

Also Selling SHOP TOOLS, MISC. ITEMS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and ANTIQUES

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2006 Ford F350 XLT Super Duty Diesel Crew Cab Truck w/Steel Deck and GN Ball; 20’ Angle Haul Horse Trailer w/Tack Room and Manger; 2003 ABU T/A Car Trailer, 16’; Farm Wagon Chassis; Miniature Farm Wagon Chassis; 2002 Loegering Snow Blower Skid Steer Attach; Four Post Automotive Hoist; Go-Cart w/Honda 4 HP Eng.; 1996 Honda TRX 300EX ATV, etc.

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Agri-NewsAn Alberta Agriculture

and Forestry specialist says there are steps growers can take today to help prevent the spread of Fusarium head blight (FHB) in next year’s crop.

“Fusarium head blight is an aggressive fungal dis-ease of cereal crops that affects kernel development and is well established in southern Alberta with trace amounts found in the central and northern regions of the province,” said Neil Whatley, crop specialist, AF, Stettler.

While caused by one or more species, Fusarium graminearum (Fg) is con-sidered the most impor-tant FHB species due to its aggressiveness and pro-duction of a toxin called deoxynivalenol or DON. DON affects livestock feed, the baking and mill-ing quality of wheat and the malting and brewing qualities of malt barley.

The Canadian Grain Com-mission allows very little fusarium damaged kernel (FDK) tolerances in top grades.

Whatley says farm-ers need to use a combi-nation of disease preven-tion strategies throughout the growing season. ”The first step to trying to limit FHB is knowing whether the disease is present in a field by searching for and observing disease symp-toms. Additionally, learn-ing whether Fg is the domi-nant FHB species under observation and becoming aware of its prevalence and severity contributes to this first step toward potential-ly reducing its impact.”

FHB symptoms become visible in a maturing cere-al crop during heading stage, typically during the last part of July or early August. The most appar-ent Fg disease symptom is premature bleaching of one or more infected spike-

lets in the cereal plant’s head, which visibly stands out on green heads. Spore growth appears as an orange or salmon coloured fungal growth at the base and edges of the glumes on these blighted head parts.

Whatley says that dis-eased spikelets can contain visibly affected kernels. “In grading terms, visibly affected wheat seeds are called fusarium damaged kernels (FDK), whereas in barley, it is called fusari-um mould. FDKs in wheat are shrunken and typi-cally chalky white, while fusarium mould on barley appears as an orange or black encrustation of the seed surface. Symptoms in barley may be confused with hail damage, kernel smudge, or infection by leaf diseases such as net blotch or spot blotch.”

Infection timing deter-mines the severity of kernel damage. While infection occurring at early flower-

ing can lead to complete abortion of kernels, FDKs generally result from infec-tion later in the flowering stage. Infections well after flowering and up to the soft dough stage of kernel devel-opment may not show visi-ble symptoms, however ker-nels can contain the fungus and more importantly the mycotoxin it produces.

Whatley recommends that if any symptoms are observed, to send the affected cereal head sam-ples to a lab to determine whether the Fusarium species is indeed Fusarium graminearum and to deter-mine Fg prevalence. “Rou-tine testing of harvested grain and seed intended for planting is another way of assessing the presence and extent of Fg, especially if harvested grain is down-graded due to the presence of FDK. Several private seed company labs offer testing services for Fg in cereal seed/grain,” he said.

“Realizing whether a specific field is a candi-date to apply an Fg control strategy is contingent upon the knowledge gained by observing disease symp-toms at the heading stage of cereal crops during pre-vious growing seasons. Determining the FHB spe-cies and disease severity are the first steps to deter-mining whether a control strategy is necessary,” he says.

Ultimately, What-ley says, determining the need for a fungicide application in an area where Fg is established will largely depend on the occurrence of moderate temperatures and suit-able moisture just prior to and during the early stages of flowering. “Once symptoms are present it is too late to apply a fun-gicide, but you can still use this information to plan for subsequent grow-ing seasons.”

Strategies to prevent the spread of Fusarium

Done — Murray

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Prairie Fun Day showcases County treasures

Photos by Janine CarrollCamrose County showed off its many attractions during the annual Prai-rie Fun Days Aug. 22 and 22. Photos clockwise from top left: Terry Banack, caregiver at St. Stanislaus Church, near Round Hill, shares information about the beginnings of the congregation; John Mason, from Penhold, made friends with a goose at JoJo's Maze Craze; Hen-riette and Harold Hauser enjoyed corn at Alberta's Littlest Airport; a wealth of treasured community artifacts were on display at Kingman Museum; visitors make their way into Hampton School, one of the few one-room rural school-houses in the province still sitting on its original site; model aircraft were on dis-play at Alberta’s Littlest Airport; Kevin Brown, from the Norsemen Inn, served craft beer at JoJo's Maze Craze; Hazel Cail surveys an impressive scene at St. Stanislaus Church, near Round Hill.

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“We are proud to be demonstrating environ-mental stewardship on our college farm and to have our students work-ing through the EFP,” said Josie Van Lent, dean of the School of Agricul-tural Sciences at Lake-land College.

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Lakeland students had completed EFP exer-cises in the past; how-ever, this was the first time they completed and submitted an EFP specif-ic to the SMF. The SMF has five different units – crops, commercial beef, purebred beef, dairy, and sheep units. Animal sci-ence students collaborat-ed with students in the crop technology program to complete the EFP.

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The Alberta Environ-mental Farm Plan pro-gram began in 2003 and has been delivered by the Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta since 2013 with financial support from Agriculture and For-estry and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through Growing For-ward 2.

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THEATRE PERFORMERPhoto by Janine Carroll

A statue of a theatre performer stands outside Bashaw’s Majestic Theatre, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The Majestic Theatre was one of the stops on Prairie Fun Days Aug. 23.

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Prairie Fun Days' southern route highlights

Photos by Janine CarrollThe southern leg of Prai-rie Fun Days featured exceptional entertainment, exquisite food and drink, and rare behind-the scenes tours of modern farms and historical buildings. Pho-tos clockwise from top left: covered wagon were offered at the Meeting Creek Rail-way Station and Elevator; Odean Trautman portrayed Father Beillevaire and Sue Niven an early pioneer woman outside St. Thomas Church at Old Duhamel; Colleen Labelle, owner of McSliquors, served wine at Ferintosh Manor Bed and Breakfast; a guitar player provided music at Frid-hem Baptist Church, which held an ecumenical service; men gather around an old steam tractor; Prairie Fun Days bus tour participants have a conversation at the Majestic Theatre in Bashaw; Bernadette Holowach, from Edmonton, stands behind bars at the Bashaw Fire Hall Museum. Below: Mason Ter-ry with information describ-ing the wildflowers at Frid-hem Baptist Church.

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RCMP busy withaccident calls

August 24RCMP attended the

scene of a single vehicle MVC at the junction of Hwy 13 and 21. Two people were taken to hospital with non-life threat-ening injuries.

A report was received from the Tea House in King-man of a break and enter. Approximately $400 was sto-len. RCMP reviewed security options with the involved par-ties.

August 29Police responded to a

report of a suspicious vehicle in the ditch on Hwy 833 near TWP 492. The vehicle was found with all tires missing and the inside “gutted.” The Ford F-350 had been reported stolen out of Edmonton early in the month.

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a three vehicle MVC at the junction of Hwy 13 and Hwy 56 involving a Ford Escape and two motorbikes. A driver of one of the motorbikes was taken to hospital. This mat-ter is still under investigation.

RCMP have received multiple complaints about speeders in the construction zone at Hwy 21 and Hwy 13. Please obey all traffic signs and posted speed lim-its. If caught speeding in a construction zone all fines are doubled.

RCMP also responded to three false alarm calls, six 911 hang ups, five dangerous driving complaints and four animal related collisions.

Students have returned to classes across the province to start the new school year. The Alberta RCMP would like to remind students, par-ents and drivers of a few safe-ty tips which will make the return to school a safe one for everyone.

DriversSchool buses are once

again on the roads, making frequent stops to pick up and drop off students. Alternat-ing flashing amber lights indicate that a school bus is slowing down.

When a school bus acti-vates its alternately flashing red lights, it is signaling that it is going to stop. Drivers must stop too. It is illegal to pass a stopped school bus as long as its red lights remain activated.

Drivers should watch for students at crosswalks and obey the signals of crossing guards and traffic control devices.

Be aware that neighbour-hood streets near schools and school zones are busier with both vehicular and pedestri-an traffic. Be careful when driving in these areas and “expect the unexpected.”

Driver distraction accounts for 20 to 30 per cent of all collisions. Put away elec-tronic devices, beverages and food while driving. Avoid dis-tracted driving and focus on the road and traffic.

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Don’t walk between school buses or parked cars as drivers may not see you.

Remember, if you cannot see the driver of a vehicle, chances are that the driver cannot see you.

If walking to school, walk on the sidewalk and cross roads and streets at marked crosswalks and controlled intersections.

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In the dim early morning hours or on dark evenings, wear brightly-coloured cloth-ing, a reflective arm band or clothing with reflective strips which will help you to be seen by motorists.

Be aware that parked vehicles may pull away from the curb on the street or out of a stall in a parking lot. The drivers of these vehicles may not see you if you walk between vehicles or through a parking lot.

Don’t be a distracted pedestrian. Listening to loud music on headphones or tex-ting on a smartphone while walking may make you less aware of the traffic dangers around you.

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Discourage your child from taking shortcuts through parking lots or jay-walking to and from school.

If waiting for a school bus, ensure your child is aware of the traffic hazards which may be present near the bus stop. Show them a safe place where they may wait to catch the bus.

Instruct your child never to run after a school bus in an effort to catch it as neither the bus driver nor other motorists may see them on the road.

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County Protective Services to patrol rural villagesBy Murray Green

Camrose County protec-tive services will be patrolling more streets of towns and vil-lages this fall.

The Town of Bashaw and the Village of Bawlf followed the lead of Edberg and Fer-intosh in making an enforce-ment request for policing at a regular council meeting on Aug. 25.

After meeting with pro-tective services manager Mike Kuzio, the town and villages requested additional patrols and to bring the proposal to County council for approval.

“I recommend that Cam-rose County council authorize protective services to enter into a fee for service contract authorizing officers to enforce provincial statutes and bylaws within the Town of Bashaw,” said Kuzio in his presentation.

Councillor Jack Lyle made

the motion to enter into a con-tract for one year.

County officers will con-duct patrols and investigate complaints within the Town of Bashaw. The fee for service has been set at $95 per hour.

Officers will start with four (one hour each) patrols per month from March to October and two (one hour each) patrols from November to February.

The Town of Bashaw requested a schedule in advance of the dates and times the County officers will be patrolling. The protective ser-vices manager will be creat-ing the schedule. During these patrols, officers will be stop-ping by the Town of Bashaw office to pick up any complaints that may be outstanding to begin investigating.

The officers will also be conducting traffic enforcement when not investigating com-plaints, with 100 per cent of

the fine revenue staying with the town.

“It will be the responsibil-ity of Bashaw to contract their own animal control, as County officers do not pick up dogs, nor deal with cat issues. However, County officers will investi-gate other dog issues under the Town of Bashaw’s dog control bylaw, such as ensuring a dog’s welfare is taken care of and dangerous dogs,” explained Kuzio.

Councillor Greg Gillespie questioned whether the extra patrols would take away from other County duties. “It is very hard to tell right now. We would have to see how this process works and evaluate it next fall,” said Kuzio.

Councillor Lyle also expressed concerns if this would lead to an additional officer if other villages came on board requesting more patrols.

“Last year when we asked

if villages wanted the service they said no, no, no,” said coun-cillor Ken Krause. “Now they are saying yes, yes, yes.”

Protective Services also added the Village of Bawlf into the schedule of patrols.

The Village of Bawlf coun-cil already made a motion to permit County officers to enforce within their boundar-ies.

At this time, the discus-sion is to have the County officers conduct six hours of patrols during the months of September and October and three hours of patrols during November and December in 2015.

Councillor Brian Wil-loughby made the motion to enter into a contract with a review after the Village of Bawlf has had 2016 budget meetings and decide how many hours they would like the service.

At the beginning of the new year, the Village of Bawlf will then advise protective ser-vices of the new required patrol hours for 2016, based on the Village of Bawlf’s new budget.

“The Village of Bawlf is also requesting they have a schedule in advance from the protective services manager. All complaints originating within the Village of Bawlf must be approved first through the village office, who then will email all complaints which need investigating to protec-tive services,” said Kuzio.

The officers will also con-duct traffic enforcement when not investigating complaints, with 100 per cent of the fine revenue going to the village. “It will be the responsibility of the Village of Bawlf to contract their own animal control as well,” said Kuzio.

Volunteers sought for 4-H forumAgri-News

4-H Alberta will be host-ing the Western Regional Leaders’ Forum in Edmon-ton on March 16 to 17, 2017, as part of their centennial celebrations.

“While this conference may seem a long ways away, it really isn’t,” said Fadeke Adegbuyi, 4-H communica-tions and marketing assis-tant, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Edmonton. “As such, the 4-H Alberta Centennial Celebrations Events Committee is looking for enthusiastic individuals to help plan this three-day event. 2017 will mark the first time the conference has been held outside of the Unit-ed States, and we intend to show attendees a fabulous time that will make their first trip to Canada for this conference a memorable one.”

Since 1975, 4-H Alberta has been sending 4-H Lead-ers and staff to participate in this conference which brings together 4-H leaders and staff from 13 of the West-ern United States (Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Nevada, Califor-nia, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Hawaii, Alaska) and Alberta.

“The events commit-tee is currently looking for chairs for a number of the Western Regional Leaders’ Forum’s organizing commit-tees,” said Adegbuyi. “The committee is interested in people who have, perhaps, attended a previous Western Regional Leaders’ Forum or a 4-H Alberta Leaders’ Con-ference, and who have a keen interest in getting involved in this event.”

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THRESHINGDEMONSTRATION

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Footgolf catching on at Rosebush LodgeBy Dan Jensen

A new family sport is starting to attract some interest.

Under 14 soccer play-ers from Camrose marked the end of their season by enjoying a round of footgolf at Rosebush Lodge, a bed and breakfast operation just southeast of Edberg, July 14.

As the name implies, footgolf is a combination of soccer (known as football in most of the world) and golf. Players “tee off” by blasting a soccer ball as far as they can with the goal of getting it in a hole at the end of a long fairway in the fewest possible num-ber of strokes. The footgolf course at Rosebush Lodge has mostly par five holes averaging between 100 and 145 yards.

“The boys that we have out here tonight are making par on a few of the holes,” said Rosebush Lodge owner Dale Falk. “They are good kickers and they are doing pretty well.”

The game is played on a former pitch and putt golf course that was developed next to the lodge by the former owners.

“My wife Valorie and I decided to turn it into a footgolf course because there were already so many good places for regular golf in the area,” said Falk. We felt it would appeal to a lot of younger soccer play-ers once they finished their

regular season, as well as their parents and grand-parents.”

Footgolf is a growing sport, with courses sprout-ing up all over Europe and Canada. As long as you can get out, kick a ball and walk a course you can play.

“When I was doing my research I found that there were a lot of places in Europe adding footgolf to their courses,” said Falk.

“There are also courses in Edmonton and Calgary.”

The course doesn’t require as much main-tenance as regular golf courses, although Falk does a good job of keep-ing the fairways and the greens mowed,, and letting the grass grow longer in the “rough’ areas in order to present some additional challenges and force play-ers to kick the ball straight.

While the course hasn’t been extremely busy yet, Falk is confident that more and more people will start playing once they see what the sport is all about.

“We gave out cards to the members of the soccer association at the end of the year for a free round of footgolf, so they are just starting to come out now to try it,” he said, “We also have some camping in the

back so families can come out and camp overnight and then play.”

The course is set up as self pay so players can come out at any time they wish.

“They can just come out, put some money in the box and play a round, even if nobody is around,” said Falk. “We have set it up so everything is casu-al.”

Recollections of ElmerOlson and Ruth(Pederson) JasmanFrom Footprints alongthe Stoney, a history ofArmena andBaldenstein areas

Armena and area cel-ebrated 100 years at the Armena Recreation Grounds on Saturday, July 11.

During the period before and after 1900 many settlers viewed the surrounding countryside from a permanent spot called “Pretty Hill,” locat-ed six miles northwest of Camrose, then NWT. Here they speculated on how to wrestle the wilder-ness into a community for their homes and families. Among the early settlers in the periphery of Pretty Hill were: Olaf Pedersons, Erick Lysengs, J.B. Erick-sons, August Thunbergs, Alfred Andersons and the Elling, John and Ole Olsons.

The “flatlanders” had a limited view because of the tall trees, so we welcomed every opportu-nity to visit our cousins at Pretty Hill. Our wagon

trail led us right up to the top of the hill where we could look out on a big-ger world of beauty and splendor and we could recognize each home in the enriched area.

We were intrigued by the stories told by our parents that we were indeed standing on his-torical ground where Indians had previously fought battles, died and were buried.

During the 1870s there were two camps of Cree Indians, one large group on Pretty Hill and a smaller camp at Lake Demay. A smallpox epi-demic had spread through central Alberta and many camps were completely wiped out. A very old Cree Indian by the name of Pe-o-kis was one of only two survivors from a camp near Red Deer. He had heard of this camp on Pretty Hill being stricken by the disease, so as soon as he recovered he came to visit them and found only a few still living. The camp at Lake Demay had nearly all perished.

I remember seeing Pe-o-Kis on many occasions. He lived in Camrose where he passed away in 1936.

As a young boy I rec-ollect some things about Pretty Hill. There were two rounded peaks at first, but as time went by they were levelled off by years of cultivation. I recall seeing a buffalo wallow there.

The families men-tioned earlier in this story were members of the established Lutheran Churches of Scandia and Fridhem. It was a long distance to drive, with horses and wagons or bug-gies being the only mode of transportation. As a result our parents orga-nized a Sunday School to be taught in the vari-ous homes. The teachers were Mary (Lyseng) Ped-erson, Amelia (Tandberg) Olson, and Ida and Gina Moe. Later on, Norwegian Parochial School was taught in the homes. The terms lasted three weeks. The first school term was taught at the Elling

Olson home with Anne Hendrickson (Anderson) as the teacher. Nellie Lyseng (Norvik) instruct-ed the second term held at Ole Olsons and the third term at John Olsons with Mary Henrickson (Rustand) teaching. Most of the children stayed at these homes while school lasted. I often think of the patience our parents had and of the Chris-tian guidelines that were installed in each of us children.

Besides our studies we had recess and eve-nings for relaxation. We had fun in hay lofts, and coasting down snowy slopes with sleighs and even grain shovels. At our house we made a scaf-fold being we had no hills nearby. Ella Hendrickson (Sylyski) was challenged to slide down on a grain scoop. She survived, but admitted it was a pretty bumpy ride.

Picnics and ball games were often held at the Pretty Hill ball diamond. Among several local ball players were Cliff Wilson

and Carl E. Lyseng. Olaf Pederson built a band-stand in the grove near his home and the Com-munity Band performed for many of the district gatherings held there. These were special times!

Many of us still remember the picnic feasts with genuine hon-est to goodness lemonade and delicious home-made ice cream. There was nev-er a shortage of volun-teers to squeeze lemons or to crank the ice cream freezer. The tables actu-ally groaned under the weight of an abundance of appetizing food.

One of the more important occasions was a fundraising event for the newly organized Cam-rose Lutheran Church (1901). Ball games, races and various contests were enjoyed, making it into a County Fair atmosphere. Music lovers were delight-ed to listen to the local band selections. The his-torical site of Pretty Hill will always bring back many happy memories.

Settlers viewed countryside from a spot on Pretty Hill

Under 14 soccer players from Camrose marked the end of their season at Rosebush Lodge by enjoying a game of footgolf, a cross between golf and soccer. Rosebush Lodge is owned by Dale and Valorie Falk and Steven and Mary-Anne Falk.

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