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The numbers are in for the 2012 capital and operating budgets.
“Property tax in total has in-creased by 3.5 per cent over the actual of this current year (2011),” said Mel Tiede, director of corpo-rate services for the town.
The increase to property taxes is partially due to the town need-ing to borrow funds for the con-struction of the Wildflower reser-voir project.
The capital budget is just over $10 million, of which $9 mil-lion is for the construction of the Wildflower reservoir. It is funded by provincial grants at 33 per cent, reserves at 35 per cent, long-term debt borrowing at 31 per cent, and one per cent from other sources.
“With the borrowing of the $3.2 Million, the town will be at ap-proximately 67 per cent of its borrowing capacity as we now measure it. It’s intended that the borrowing bylaw will come for-ward early in the New Year, with borrowing occurring in June of 2012,” said Tiede.
“The interest and repayment for the reservoir borrowing adds ap-proximately 2.2 per cent to the taxes for the first year of borrow-ing.”
Councillor Rocky Blokland was not in favor of going forward with the reservoir at $9 million at this time.
“As much as I don’t want to get into a $9 million project at this time, I feel it would be irresponsi-ble on my part to not ensure that this town of 12,000, to 13,000 people has adequate fire protec-tion and water for health purpos-es,” said Councillor Bob Sobol.
Councillor Fule said it’s a ne-cessity and it’s unfortunate this comes at the same time as the utility rates have gone up.
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Jason Hale met with citizens at MacDonald’s Clothing on Dec. 8 to discuss the highway realignment, and how he can help if elected. Residents from both the town and the coun-ty are concerned about the latest proposal from the Alberta government.
Hale is the Strathmore Brooks candidate for the upcoming election. He said the Wildrose party policy is, the MLA’s an-swer to the constituents and bring their concerns to Edmon-ton, not the party concerns. This will allow Wildrose MLA’s a chance to really speak on behalf of their constituents without fear.
“That’s kind of been my campaign platform since I decided to run, is that nobody has a voice in this area anymore. I’m just a regular guy, I have no political aspirations other than standing up for the constituents in this area,” said Hale to the group.
“If I’m elected, or when I’m elected, and if that’s what the people in Strathmore want then I… will go to bat for you and speak against (the realignment) and do what I can to bring your opinions and concerns to the province.”
Hale said the information he has states plan approval by the province is the final step.
“So the province, so we as a constituency will have a final say if this will go through or not,” said Hale.
“The biggest thing about this though, for me, I’m not against taking the lights out. I don’t see a problem with taking the lights out and making it free flow highway or whatever they want to do, I don’t think that’s a problem,” said Don Knight.
“I think it’s inevitable that they are going to want the lights out, which is fine, but they don’t have to destroy valuable
farmland or destroy farms to do it. They could do it without disrupting or disturbing hardly anybody, they’re going to go to the same traffic corridor.”
Hal Lust said he has heard a rumour that if approval is not given for the new route then the government will go back to their previous proposal. The precious proposal goes from Cheadle, cross country to Gleichen which he said is more of a disaster.
“What we have to do is get together, as many of us, and sit down with the town and the county, find out if they’re with us or against us. Then we have to go to Edmonton and meet with first of all the minister of highways, explain it to him and then if we have to, go to Premier Redford,” said Lust.
Mark Geisbrecht said if people can’t see it they won’t buy it and by moving the highway it will definitely affect the busi-nesses and erode the tax base, both of which are concerns for business owners along the highway.
Concerns were still high at the end of the meeting, but the consensus seemed to be that something must be done and everyone needs to band together. Lust said he feels a change of government might be what it will take and that he thinks Hale may be the man to speak their concerns to the province.
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Jason Hale, the Strathmore Brooks Wildrose mLA candidate was in Strath-more on Dec. 8 to hear residents concerns about the highway realignment. Bev Heckle-Stevenson, left, Jason Hale and mark Geisbrecht.
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Sunday school students at the Alli-ance Church showed off a new talent at their concert on Dec. 11. The stu-dents, using American Sign Language (ASL), signed the words to Silent Night while singing along.
Dee-Ann Wagner-Mercer, whose daughter Kayla-Ann is in the children’s ministry, taught the children to sign the song.
Wagner-Mercer has Neurofibromato-sis 2, NF2, and one part of her condi-tion is that she is deaf. For her to have a chance to share her language with others is something she has always en-joyed.
“I’m still learning myself and am not qualified to teach but has never stopped me from sharing ASL. ASL is a second language and a fantastic skill to be interested in. I believe schools should teach basic ASL to all to be
honest. Even before I was deaf I had thought this, you never know when it may come in handy,” said Wagner-Mercer.
“Exposing children to a new thing is always a plus, many wouldn’t have the chance otherwise. I’ve always wanted to share ASL since I went deaf. I’ve been struggling with finding a place to fit into and interact with people. Deaf-ness has been difficult at most, and I feel very isolated. I used to be very so-cial and miss and long for it.”
Wagner-Mercer was not always deaf, and after spending many years as a hearing social person, to wake up one morning without her hearing has been tough.
“Many people are afraid to approach me, because of my appearance and my obvious deafness. So bringing the chance for people to interact with me and see I’m not as scary as I look has helped me fit into the community some. I now feel I may just have a place in
this hearing world after all, being late deaf in a hearing world can be a very lonely place,” said Wagner-Mercer.
“She’s been fantastic to work with. She could become a very big part of our church I think,” said Jenifer Miller, who leads the children’s music at the Alliance church.
“It’s been a really wonderful expe-rience with her and seeing how the kids interact with her, it’s amazing. I would love to see more people coming in who maybe can’t hear who would watch our concerts because the kids can do something for them that they couldn’t do before.”
The concert on the 11th was only the first as both Miller and Wagner-Mercer said they would like to pair up again.
“It brought a lot of joy to my heart to help out, and show the children a new way to communicate. They all did such an amazing job, and every one of them touched my heart,” said Wagner-Mercer.
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isabella Smith, 3, told Santa and mrs. Claus what she wanted for Christmas during Ribbitz Christ-mas open house on Dec. 10. There were crafts for the kids, and sales for parents to take advan-tage of. Ribbitz staff were also collecting items from people for the Christmas Hamper Society.
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Santa and mrs. Claus were at the Strathmore Veterinary Clinic as a part of their open house on Dec. 10. People had a chance to get photos with their pets, while sup-porting local charities such as the Christmas Hamper Society and the Happy Cat Sanctuary. Be-tween 150 to 200 pounds of food was collected, and a total of $110 will be donated to the Happy Cat Sanctuary.
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Rocky’s Bakery and Hidden Se-
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mas spirit Dec. 11 with the launch
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port shopping locally.
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On Saturday, Dec. 3, the Strathmore
Children’s Choir began the holiday sea-
son by performing at the Kingsland
Farmers’ market in Calgary. The talented
group sang a variety of songs, under the
lead of Choral Director Loralee Laycock,
entertaining the festive crowd. The
choir’s next performance will be at Hope
Community Church on Dec. 16 for their
annual Christmas concert. Tickets are
available at the door.
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The Hope Community Covenant Church held their Christmas market this past weekend, from Dec. 9 to 11. The space was filled with a vari-ety of home made baked goods and crafts. The goal for Hope Church was to raise $1,000 for the Hope Plays-kool and to also raise money for the School Fuel program. The church reached their goal of $1,000, which will purchase a sand table and sand. it will also be used towards buying learning material for the playschool program called Writing without Tears. $200 was raised for the School Fuel program.
Students at Wheatland elementary School spent Dec. 5 - 8 gathering food to donate to the Christmas Ham-per Society. Representatives from the food bank col-lected the food on Dec. 13, which filled more than three trucks. The school collected approximately 3,200 items during the four-day food drive, all of which will go to help those in need. Front: Kiara Allan, left, Cayley Allan, Riley Stovka. Back: Nolan Sander, left, Julien Honrsby-irvine.shannon LeClair Photo
Strathmore High School held their winter concert Dec. 13.
Featuring the SHS Choir and the SHS Band directed by Karly
Zinken and accompanied by Burton Harker and Wendy Chun
on the piano. This years theme centered around dark (sad-
ness) and light (happiness). Jenna mohamed led the SHS
choir in with a narration intro for their performance of Little
Shop of Horrors. Wendi Tashlikowich PhotoPhoto courtesy of Ninette Maga
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If you are on the TIPP please note the January 2012 Tax Installment
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ARe You A HigH WAteR useR?According to Environment Canada, the average Canadian uses 335 litres of water per day,
this equates to 10m³ (2,200 gal) per person per month.According to our most recent billing cycle, 50% of the households in Strathmore are using 30m³ (6,600 gal) or less per billing cycle (2 month period) and 79% of the households used 50m³ (11,000 gal) or less. If you
are using more than that, contact our utility department to find out what steps you can take to reduce your consumption.
Have you wondered where all that water goes?The Loo:• 1 regular toilet, 4 flushes a day = 2.2m³ (484 gal) per month• 1 low flush toilet, 4 flushes a day = 1.6m³ (352 gal) per month• Ultra-Low flush 6L toilet, 4 flushes a day=0.7m³ (154 gal) per month
Rub-a-dub-dub:• A 5 minute shower every day = 3m³ (660 gal)per month• A bath everyday = 3.75 m³ (825 gal) per month• Washing hands and brushing teeth = 1.8m³ (396 gal) per month
Washing Machines:• 3 loads of laundry a week with top loading machine = 2.7m³ (594 gal)per month• A high efficiency machine can use half the water of a top loader and some new ones are even less.• Running the dishwasher 3 times per week =0.5m³ (110 gal)per month• Hand washing dishes is only slightly less.
The green, green, grass of home:• Average outdoor watering hose =35 liters (7.7 gal) per minute.• Watering 1 hour 1 day per week = 8.4 m³ (1,848 gal) per month• A pressurized underground sprinkler system will use exponentially more and is calculated based on the number of sprinkler heads.
Leaks:• A leaky faucet dripping 1 drop per second will use 10m³ (2,200 gal) per year.• A leaky toilet will use up to 200m³ (43,994 gal) per year, these leaks are often silent.
All of these facts are from the Environment Canada Website and can be found at www.ec.gc.ca.
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With the anticipated construction in 2012 of the Wildflower Reservoir and Pump
station in Wildflower Ranch, Strathmore’s western most subdivision, the Town of
Strathmore along with our design partner Associated Engineering, would like to
invite local area residents as well as the general public to a public open house to view preliminary design drawings and to provide comments and feedback on the
intended design of the site.
The Public Open House will take place Thursday, January 5th, 2012 in Council Chambers in the Main Administrative
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If one was to ask students, graduates and teachers from Strathmore High School about Bruce Thompson, only good memories would come to mind. Every recollection of Bruce, the SHS bus driver of nearly a decade, shares the common remembrance of an in-credibly giving, kind and reliable man.
Bruce Thompson battled in the horrendous fight against cancer and passed away at the Tom Baker Can-cer Centre, Nov. 17 at the age of 78. Friends and family celebrated his life on Bruce’s birthday, Nov. 24 at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Strath-more Branch #10. In Bruce’s honour, teachers from SHS rode together to the funeral in a yellow school bus.
“Bruce was a very good Legion mem-ber and the service on Friday was very fitting. It really was who Bruce was, and the family and Legion did a won-derful job; the memorial was excellent. It was a really good tribute to Bruce,” said Kyle Larson, SHS associate princi-pal and Boys Junior Varsity and Senior basketball coach.
Both Larson and Thompson began working for the school around 2000, and over the years became quite close and good friends. Unlike a route driv-er, Thompson mainly drove the bus for the school’s extracurricular needs, in-cluding many JV games and field trips.
Recent SHS graduate Denver Roy de-scribed Bruce to be “more reliable than the coaches,” and in particular, remem-bered a JV basketball game where the coaches had been late and the team was in desperate need to find someone who could sit in as coach, or else the team would have to forfeit the game.
“I went back out to the bus where Bruce was and asked if he would sit in, and old Bruce comes in and he starts telling us what to do and how to play basketball when he’s never seen us play the game before. I asked Bruce if he would sit down and watch and he listened, we won the game and coach showed up at half time. It was awe-some,” said Roy.
Roy remembered Bruce to be a very sociable man and someone that always showed an interest in how the kids were doing. It was never out of place for the kids to go and talk to the bus driver, and Bruce would often join in on team suppers.
Both Roy and Larson remembered Thompson for his incredible patience with the kids and how he was so, “ac-commodating and understanding of youth,” as Larson explained.
Crowther memorial held their final shopping cart collection day on Tuesday, Dec. 13, organized by Terry motley the school set out to surpass last years record donations. To encourage the students to bring in more donations one of the Grade 7 Teachers mr. Huntley promised the Grade 7’s that the winning class will receive a catered party put on by himself, each food donation was given a point value. it was a tight race between the Grade 9’s and the 7’s until the final count. The Grade 7’s won by almost 1,000 points and the school itself raised more than 1,500 food donations. Leader-ship students Kali Smith, Josh Bishop, Shane Fraser and James Farmer were on final count duty. Wendi Tashlikowich Photo
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“You know kids are kids, they’re rowdy, and that never seemed to bother Bruce, he accepted the kids for who the kids were and he was nev-er judgemental,” said Larson.
Along with his kind spirit, Larson could not emphasize enough how reliable Bruce was; there was never a question of the bus not being up to date, from paperwork to tires.
“He didn’t just drive the bus. 100% you could count on him, if he told you he could drive, you never worried if he could be there, he main-tained the bus, he looked after it and made sure it was 100% ready to go all the time. He was more than just a driver for sure,” said Larson.
Bruce Thompson will be greatly missed by the large number of people he has impacted and will be remembered for the kind and gen-erous man he was.
SHS “couldn’t have found a nicer man,” said Larson.
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December 16, 2011 • Strathmore TimeS • Page 7
The UFA Bisons hosted their 11th annual Christ-mas Shopping with the Bisons on Dec. 11 at Strathmore’s Calgary Co-op. Players from the triple-A midget team hosted 26 kids during the popular event to select and wrap presents.
Mario Prusina Photos
Mario PrusinaTimes Editor
The UFA Bisons scored a major win this weekend, and it had nothing to do with their on-ice product.
The local triple-A midget team hosted the 11th annu-al Christmas Shopping with the Bisons Dec. 11 at Strath-more’s Calgary Co-op.
The team helped children of single-parent homes se-lect gifts for their loved ones and assisted in wrapping the presents.
“It’s a two part thing; one, the giving back to the com-munity and two, it’s all part of the learning (curve) for the players,” said UFA Bisons General Manager Neil Glion-na. “We hear this back from WHL scouts, scouts from the university in the States – they appreciate the fact that we teach the players not just on ice, but off the ice as well.
“I still have players that have graduated (from our program) five years ago that when I see them, they still bring it up ‘do you still do the Christmas Shopping? That was awesome.’
“They remember it and that’s all part of the pro-gram.”
According to Bisons head coach Jeremy Friesen, it’s a thrill for the team to be in-volved in such a great event.
“This is great. It’s a chance to give back to the commu-nity … and it’s a great op-portunity for our kids too,” said Friesen. “It’s kind of a humbling experience – I think (our kids) are pretty grateful for what they have and where they are at. “Any-time they can share some of
that experience with some-body half their age, that’s a great opportunity.
“(If these guys move on to junior) it is not an ask, it’s a requirement that is demand-ed. We try and instill that in our guys … when you repre-sent the program, you have responsibility to take time out of your day to give back to the community and do your part.”
According to Glionna, when the team first put this event together, the initial thought was to approach businesses in the community to jump on board. However, once they made contact with Co-op, the local grocery store took the bison by the horns.
“I have to be honest with you, this is a wonderful event – we’re really happy to have the opportunity to be involved with it,” said Jay Phypers, Centre Manager for Strathmore’s Calgary Co-op. “It is really well received, our staff really enjoy doing it, it is well received in the community and the kid’s fac-es smiling – you can’t beat that.
“Half of the time, the smiles on the player’s faces is bigger than the kid’s fac-es – really it’s a win-win for everybody. We like to be in-volved in the community.”
While all the players are elite midget level competi-tors, the same can’t be said for their gift-wrapping abili-ties.
“Funny enough, our goal-tender is the only one so far to drop a present and break it,” laughed Friesen. “It’s fun-ny how that works. It has been entertaining for sure.”
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Prairie Merchant Corporation (PMC) representatives were at the Dec. 7 coun-cil meeting to request a site-specific amendment to the land use bylaw, al-lowing them to build homes at a mini-mum width of 36 feet. Kristi Buender, with PMC, said it will resolve potential turning conflicts and helps achieve the 8 to 10 units per acre density proposed by the Calgary metropolitan plan. She said the proposal will still have single-family use, but will be more flexible.
PMC didn’t make an application to amend the bylaw in its entirety but Buender said that it is something they want to try in this site and see how it goes.
She said PMC wants to ensure the re-sults are there and if it is found to be successful and council is happy they may come back later to implement it in the entire project plan. Thirty-six foot wide lots could support a 22-foot wide house with a seven-foot side yard, or a 26-foot wide home on a 36-foot wide lot, with the required five-yard setback.
“36 feet, we went from 50 to 46 to 39 and 36. I can show a picture that I have that I took in Burnaby, the lot width is 15 feet,” said Councillor Earl Best.
“Are we going there, are we headed that way, because I’m not I’ll tell you now. You said we want to work within the bylaw but we want to change it for us, that’s what you’re saying.”
Councillor Bob Sobol said he knows it is only four feet but he doesn’t feel the case has been made and is worried to go into a 36-foot lot and set the prec-edent for future development.
“I think if we do move a 36 feet lot width it does set a precedence. There will be other developers coming for-ward to bring these site exceptions com-ing to us regularly, so I’m not comfort-able with this,” said Councillor Pat Fule.
Councillor Dave Hamilton and Mayor Steve Grajczyk were the only two who seemed in favour of the proposal.
“I’m in favour of dropping it down to 36 feet, simply because all the other communities, and if we want to com-pete in this world we’re going to have to compete with other communities,” said Grajczyk.
“We had 20 new starts and that is an indication of why we only had 20 new starts, a part of it, I’m not blaming it all on that.”
Council shuts down proposal for 36-foot lots
The Strathmore Palliative Care Unit held it’s 18th annual lighting ceremony at both the hospital and Sagewood for the Tree of Hope on Dec. 10. At Sagewood Ken Larsen welcomed everyone and was the mC for the event. Carlene Last spoke briefly about palliative care and how it helped her mother once they realized her cancer had become terminal. Pastor Dawn Nelson spoke a gathering prayer, a dedication prayer and gave a sending blessing. Lynn Van Bussel and the choir from the Sacred Heart Catholic Church sang carols for the crowd. The trees are decorated in blue and pink, both colours signifying different things. Pink signifies a Christmas greeting and blue is considered a memoriam for a lost friend or family member. Donations raised for palliative care are used to purchase much-needed items to make things more comfortable for the people spending their final days there. Ken Larsen, left, Carlene Last and Pastor Dawn
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Hamilton is excited about the pos-sibility of having another senior hous-ing facility and said he feels the smaller lots will make homes more affordable for people coming in, while adding to the community which is why the lands were annexed in the first place.
One of the additions to the bylaw was to section 120, which allowed ex-tended medical treatment services and seniors housing to be listed as discre-tionary uses for a an R2 area located in the southwest corner of a portion of the northwest corner.
Council approved the bylaw and gave it third reading, however the site-spe-cific exception for the 36-foot lots was removed from the bylaw.
Pool temPeratures too cool Carol Curry was at council on Dec. 7
to speak on behalf of the participants in the water aerobics classes at the pool and their concerns about the pool tem-perature
“When the pool was emptied in the fall and then it was filled again after its cleaning process we all felt that the pool wasn’t as warm as it had been,” said Curry.
Curry said they expressed their con-cerns about the coolness of the pool and some of the facilities to the pool manager Natasha Barron. Members of the water aerobics class had hoped something could be worked out. Curry and the others did not feel their con-cerns had been addressed, and there-fore opted to present them to council.
“The average temperature that we’ve got is 28 degrees and we’ve also got some medical suggestions saying that the higher temperature you do go, es-pecially for seniors, the more danger-ous it is,” said Councillor Bob Sobol.
Lloyd Schoepp, president of the Strathmore Silversharks swim team, spoke on behalf of the swim team and why they have a necessity for cooler water temperatures.
Council accepted the comments made by Curry and the Schoepp and said they will try to set up a meeting for all par-ties involved to try to find a solution.
citizen of the month Dave Hamilton nominated Strathmore
Motor Products owner Hal Lust as his choice for Citizen of the Month. Hamil-ton said Lust and his business support a number of different organizations in town and mentioned Lust’s efforts in re-gards to the highway realignment.
town wins four blooms Communities in Bloom member Rob-
ert Breitwieser presented council with the plaque stating the town is the re-cipient of four blooms this year. Breit-wieser said the town had missed out on the top honour of five blooms by only a point and a half, and gave council sug-gestions things the town as a municipal-ity could improve on in 2012.
family Day The 2011 Family Day celebrations
were a success. Though they were held to celebrate Strathmore’s centennial, Councillor Bob Sobol has found a com-mittee willing to organize activities fro the upcoming Family Day.
youth councilSobol has also put his name in to
be the council representative with the Strathmore Youth Council.
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To the EditorAttn: Residents in the Town of Strathmore and
County of WheatlandPlease find attached a map which outlines the
proposed changes to the #1 highway as it passes through Strathmore. This preliminary plan was un-veiled at a recent open house in town, hosted by the Provincial Department of Highways (D.O.H.). As you can see from the map, the new plan diverts traf-fic around Strathmore.
The D.O.H. claims the highway must be diverted around town because there isn’t enough room at present to accommodate four lanes each way. Four lanes – each way, why on earth do we need four lanes each way?
In an effort to upgrade the #1 highway to U.S. style freeway standards, the D.O.H. wants to remove all traffic lights now on the highway as it passes through town. The D.O.H. has, for the past eighteen months or so, held a series of open houses in town on the highway issue and have accomplished noth-ing as they continue to flip-flop from plan A to plan B, etc. All of this at an enormous taxpayer expense!!
Here are some hard economic benefits we enjoy in Strathmore and the county of Wheatland because the highway is at its present location. There are cur-rently seven-ty seven ser-vice based businesses o p e r a t i n g on the #1 highway and they employ a p p r o x i -mately 1,500 people on a full time/part time basis. These jobs repre-sent nearly fifty percent of our local work force and pump an estimated $2.8M in our lo-cal economy each month. It must also be noted that most of these jobs are filled by our young people and we all know how difficult it is for young people to find work in these slow economic times. Our local prosperity is no different than prosperity anywhere else – it depends on jobs, jobs, and more jobs.
If we allow the #1 highway to be relocated the im-pact on our service based economy could be severe.
Council seems to be split on the highway relocation issue and are devoting some of their time to actively searching for light industry to locate here. This is admirable on their part; but I think they should also spend more time protecting what we have now by opposing this threatening relocation. As they say - “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”.
In my opinion council, in good conscience, should unanimously support those who supported them in the last election by taking a leading role with lo-cal groups such as the Chamber of Commerce, local business groups and investors to stop this reloca-tion. Come on boys .. let’s pitch in and support these local jobs!
Some businesses on the highway are finding it dif-ficult to operate profitably in these times and all one has to do is drive by these areas to see the increas-ing number of retail stores that are empty. Remem-ber, we have no light industry here as is the case in Airdrie for example and light industry might find it difficult to locate here if our local service based economy is shrinking.
As mentioned before, we are a largely service based local economy that employs roughly fifty percent of our total work force. You can bet your bottom dollar that if the relocation of a highway threatened fifty
percent of the work force in Edmonton or Calgary, the cries would be heard from one end of the country to the other; but because we are in ru-ral Alberta, the D.O.H. seems to be indifferent to our concerns. This is a far cry from the
Provincial Finance Minister who, while addressing a news conference in Edmonton last week, said “the new Redford government is very sensitive to the needs of rural Albertans”.
The D.O.H. will not meet with local groups; i.e. the Chamber of Commerce, Investors & Business Owners on the highway to discuss alternatives. They will meet only with town and county councils.
If the highway is moved we will lose much of the
Proposed highway to hurt towntraffic that now goes through the center of town. If we lose that traffic, we will lose many jobs that are now filled by mostly young people. It doesn’t take rocket science to figure this out!!!! The unprecedented growth and accompanying prosperity that we have enjoyed as a rural community this past 10 years or so will, in large part, disappear.
We need your help. If you are opposed to his relocation we would like to hear from you – We need your support! Call Hal Lust @ 403-934-3334 or e-mail [email protected]
A group of us who are opposed to this highway relocation are going to meet with the mayor & council in council chambers on Jan. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Plan to attend!
Regards,Hal Lust
StrathmoreA Concerned Citizen
Pat FuleFule for Thought
Marriage is a constant game of give and take, of compromise, and like many men, I once had my own closet in our bedroom.
We have two decent sized one … a ‘his and hers,’ you might say. Slowly, over the past 14 years at our house, my closet space has dwindled.
First, my space went from top and bottom racks down to just the bottom. The explanation I got, was “you don’t need all that space for your clothes.”
I should have caught on then, because that sen-tence was contrary to her later ones like, “I don’t have anything to wear!”
Hmmmmm … if you don’t have anything to wear, why am I down to the bottom rack of the closet? Anyway, I’m now down to a small section of the lower rack in my old closet. It’s about two feet wide, kind of like a condo in Vancouver!
I jammed some shirts there and have moved most of my things to my son’s now empty closet.
That’s okay though, it’s like I’ve gone back to my Hungarian roots in ‘the old country’ … I’m like a gypsy … my clothes are stored everywhere.
I did have to move out for awhile though … I developed sleep apnoea. I’m ‘huskier’ than I was in our early marriage years, and slowly developed a sleeping problem (anyone would have a sleeping problem when your wife is holding a pillow over your snoring face!).
Now I have a sleep mask to stop the snoring, and to get more oxygen to my starved brain. It’s a neat mask … like a jet pilot’s! I thought it would be great for us … we could play ‘jet pilot and flight attendant’ … or something … anyway … I’m now out of our room for awhile … but I do have a big-ger closet!
(“Fule for Thought” is a slice of life humourous column that will appear in the Strathmore Times, written by long-time resident, town councillor, high school teacher, coach, husband and father of two – Pat Fule. If you would like to get in touch with Pat, you can send him an e-mail at [email protected])
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Dear Editor, I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have beenaffectedby theskepticismofaskepticalage.Theydonotbelieve except they see. They think that nothing can bewhichisnotcomprehensiblebytheirlittleminds.Allminds,Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. Inthisgreatuniverseofours,manisamereinsect,anant,inhis intellect as compared with the boundless world abouthim, as measured by the intelligence capable of graspingthewholeoftruthandknowledge.Yes,Virginia,thereisaSantaClaus.Heexistsascertainlyas loveandgenerosityanddevotionexist,andyouknowthattheyaboundandgiveto your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How drearywouldbetheworldiftherewerenoSantaClaus!ItwouldbeasdrearyasiftherewerenoVirginias.Therewouldbenochildlikefaiththen,nopoetry,noromancetomaketolerablethis existence. We should have no enjoyment, except insense and sight. The external light with which childhoodfillstheworldwouldbeextinguished.NotbelieveinSantaClaus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You mightgetyourpapatohirementowatch inall thechimneysonChristmasevetocatchSantaClaus,butevenifyoudidnotsee Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove?Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign there is noSantaClaus.Themostrealthingsintheworldarethosethatneitherchildrennormencansee.Didyoueverseefairiesdancingonthelawn?Ofcoursenot,butthat’snoproofthattheyarenotthere.Nobodycanconceiveorimagineallthewondersthereareunseenandunseeableintheworld.Youtearapart thebaby’s rattleandseewhatmakes thenoiseinside,butthereisaveilcoveringtheunseenworldwhichnot the strongest man, nor even the united strength of allthestrongestmenthateverlivedcouldtearapart.Onlyfaith,poetry,love,romance,canpushasidethatcurtainandviewandpicturethesupernaturalbeautyandglorybeyond.Isitall real?Ah,Virginia, inall thisworld there isnothingelserealandabiding.NoSantaClaus!ThankGod!Helivesandlives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10times10,000yearsformnowhewillcontinuetomakegladtheheartofchildhood.
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Shannon LeCLair Times Reporter
Members of the Okotoks Fire Depart-ment (OFD) came to Strathmore on Dec. 6 to present the Strathmore Rural Fire Department (SFRD) with a cheque for $500 in honour of Nathan Haase.
Haase, an employee of Enmax and a volunteer firefighter with the SFRD, was electrocuted in late August while work-ing on power lines in southwest Calgary.
“It was for one of our fallen broth-ers Nathan Haase. It’s something we could all relate to, he was a volunteer firefighter and he worked a side job too like most of our members do, so it was a cause that was kind of close to our hearts,” said Cam Peek-philpott, Presi-dent of the Okotoks Firefighters Asso-ciation.
“One of our members, his name is Steve Bailie, he works at Enmax in Cal-gary so he worked with Nathan on occa-sion. He was the one that brought it up to us originally after we had all heard it from the news and media. He seemed to know a little bit more about it and it was a cause that was really close to him.”
“It was quite touching actually,’ said Ninette Maga, deputy chief with the SFRD.
“Basically from our side what hap-pened is the family of Nathan desig-nated the Strathmore Rural Fire Fight-ers Association as where they would like the money to go if anybody wanted to contribute at the memorial service. Since then it’s kind of skyrocketed.”
One woman, an advocate with Strath-more Victim Services, recently lost her husband. Her son was a firefighter with Haase and she requested that half of any funds collected for her be donated to the Nathan Haase fund.
Trevor Dalstra, President of the SFRD firefighters association wants to thank the community for their support, and let people know the funds collected are being put to good use.
“What we’ve done is one of our bush buggies is reaching its life span and we had an opportunity to purchase a truck so we did that with some of the funds from Nathan’s memorial,” said Dalstra.
“We also are working on establishing a scholarship through a school.”
Dalstra said the community has given until it hurt, something he and everyone who knew Haase are grateful for.
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Support still coming in for a fallen brother
members of the Okotoks Fire Department (OFD) presented the Strathmore Rural Fire Department with a cheque in honour of fallen member Na-than Haase. OFD Firefighter Steve Bailie, left, OFD Firefighter & Union President John Cun-ningham, OFD Firefighters Association President Cam Peek-Philpott, SRFD Captain & Firefighters Association President Trevor Dalstra, and SRFD Acting Captain & Firefighters Association Vice-President Trevor Young.
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Strathmore Rural Fire Department
December 16, 2011 • Strathmore TimeS • Page 11
The Old Rosebud Fire hallSharon McLeayTimes Contributor
Interesting discussions occurred over the sale of the old Rosebud Fire Hall. The old hall and quonset sit on two lots owned by the County of Wheatland, but the building belongs to the Rosebud Fire Association.
A badly needed new fire hall was built in 2011, by borrowing $150,000 from the county at a low interest rate, with expectations that the loan be re-paid over 10 years. The proceeds from the sale of the old hall go towards the loan. The arrangement seemed straightforward, until the question of whether community interests could utilize the building without selling the hall.
LaVerne Ericksen proposed to council that local artisans and possi-bly a farmers market would be a good use for the building. He wondered if grants, community development funds or some other funding could be allocated to the Fire Association, in exchange for the community`s use of the buildings.
“We would like to see this happen, but not if it adversely affects the Fire Department in any way,” said Erick-son.
Councillor Glen Koester said the Rosebud Enhancement association could be among the other applicants for development funds.
The sale of county property falls under the Municipal Government Act and fair market value for the property would be required. When the county posts the property for sale, interested parties put in their tender and a set process takes place to determine the
buyer. ``Rosebud is unique, we would
hate to see the building to go to pri-vate owners, “said Councillor Don Vander Velde.
“We would like to see the build-ing used by someone within the com-munity,” said Rod Hymas, Rosebud Fire Association board member,`` but because the Fire Association is required to make payments on their loan, there is no possibility for them to allow community organizations to utilize the building for free.``
Letters from three residents advo-cated the sale of the building.
Councillor Brenda Knight suggest-ed rather than selling, that the Fire Association lease out the buildings and use those funds as an ongoing extra source of income.
It was questioned whether council could allow the fire department to defer loan payments and only pay the interest on the loan, for a two-year period. This would allow community interests to lease the site and test if the arrangement would be financially acceptable. The sale of the buildings would again come up for review at the end of a two-year test period.
“If council will defer the payments and whoever leases the property comes up with the interest payments on the loan, covers the insurance costs and maintenance of the build-ings, we may be open to the idea,” said Hymas.
Council encouraged the interested parties to consider the points brought under discussion at the meeting, com-municate with each other concerning the issue, and bring the results back to council for consideration.
Awarded for healthy initiativesRobert Brietwieser, second from the left, attended the awards banquet in Okotoks on behalf of Healthy eating, Active Living (HeAL). As a result of some of the things HeAL has been doing with teenagers and youth, the Choosewell organization has recognized and honoured the Strathmore HeAL group. HeAL was awarded the High Achiever in reducing barriers for tweens and teens award. Brietwieser accepted the award on behalf of the town, and on Dec. 7 he presented it to town council. Photo courtesy of Robert Brietwieser
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Addressing the problems associated with urbanization and water drainage and qualitySharon McLeayTimes Contributor
Erwin Braun P.L.(Eng), appealed to council to consider some of the stresses that increased urbanization is placing on the County’s water re-sources.
“Drainage is a huge issue,” said Braun.
Changes in the topography occur-ring after the building of new roads, housing projects and resource de-velopment projects is using the WID canal system for drainage relief and overflow.
The canals were not supposed to act as a conduit or dam.
He said other irrigation districts were experiencing similar problems and that “we are not in this alone.”
He requested that a county coun-
cillor, public works officer, CAO and possibly other municipal officials meet with Alberta WaterSMART to brainstorm about solutions to this is-sue. WaterSMART is a not for profit society dedicated to the improve-ment of water management aware-ness, technologies and practices in Alberta.
Braun and Gerry Van Oostwaard, County Public Works Manager, gave an example of a situation where a WID culvert was removed and the ca-nal area backfilled but the result left drainage problems for a landowner.
While both the county and WID try their best to solve these problems for the landowner, sometimes the drainage cannot be remedied. Braun would like to come up with innova-tive ways to deal with water quality and drainage problems.
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The valley was alive with the sound of Christmas carols as four choral groups performed Dec. 11 at the annual Rosebud Christmas Con-cert.
The music-loving capacity crowd at the Rosebud Church was treated to “Carols from the British Isles”, fea-turing a variety of pieces from vari-ous periods in British history.
The evening began with a prelude performed by Connie Canfield on the piano.
The Rosebud Chorale continued with the 12th century’s “The Wex-ford Carol” featuring Alysa Glenn as soloist. “Watt’s Cradle Hymn,” “Glouchestershire Wassail” and fi-nally “Adam Lay Abounden,” featur-ing the women of the Rosebud Cho-rale, rounded out their contribution to the evening.
Rosa Cantorum then performed Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of
Carols.” Although written in 1942 while Britten was travelling from the United States to England, Britten chose to write the lyrics in Middle English, giving the eleven move-ment piece a unique flavour.
Next up was the Rosebud Master-works Choir singing “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and “Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wing” for an offertory. They also performed “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” which showcased the talents of baritone Kjel Erickson, and Keith Hamm on the viola.
The Rosebud Younger Company changed the pace of the evening with “Alice’s Christmas Camel.” Written by Marie Russell, this collection of songs, drama and dance performed by the evening’s younger stars, told the brief saga of a has-been rock star who gains a deeper understanding of gift giving at Christmas.
A mass choir, made up of the sing-ers of all four choirs, concluded the evening with “Tell Me This” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”.
December 16, 2011 • Strathmore TimeS • Page 13
British carols bring Christmas spirit to Rosebud
members of the Rosebud Church were treated to carols from the British isles on Dec. 11. Top: Group masterworks Choir singing - God Rest Ye merry Gentlemen. Left: Alice’s Camel pro-duction.
Manny Everett Photos
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The Strathmore Children’s Choir will be holding their ‘Tunes for a Toonie’ concert on Dec. 16.
“We named it ‘Tunes for a Toonie’ because anybody who bought the tickets through a choir member would get them for $2, but anybody who buys their tickets at the door actually pays $4 a person,” said Loralee Lay-cock, Director of the Strathmore Chil-dren’s Choir.
“So they’re not actually tunes for a toonie but they were originally.”
The concert begins at 7 p.m. and Laycock says it won’t be a very long concert. The choral students only be-gan rehearsing in October, and will be singing the songs in their reper-toire that they have learned since then.
“Bravo choir will sing first, followed by Encore choir, they also sing a few songs combined at the end of the con-cert,” sad Laycock.
“We would love to have as many people from the community (attend) as we can.”
Every year the Children’s Choir hosts a Christmas concert and though it is usually at the United Church, this year the increased numbers in the two choirs has created a need for a bigger performing space. Laycock said this is why there is a charge for tickets this year.
Once the Christmas concert is done the Children’s Choir will still be busy rehearsing.
“After Christmas we start preparing
for the Drumheller Music Festival in March, we will be doing a concert at the end of March as well in a venue yet to be determined,” said Laycock.
“That concert will consist of the songs we prepared for the festival plus any songs we’ve already finished.”
The concert begins at 7 p.m. on Dec. 16, and will be held at the Hope Covenant Church.
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Families across the globe cherish their Christ-mas traditions. Customs may be unique to every family, but many countries boast their own unique traditions as well.
* Australia: Many Australians celebrate Christ-mas by coming together at night to sing carols outside. That’s not as chilly as it might sound, as Christmas in Australia actually falls during sum-mer vacation. In fact, many of the country’s most popular Christmas traditions occur outside.
* England: Contrary to Australia, England’s weather around Christmastime is much colder. Many of England’s traditions resemble those pop-ular in North America, including wrapping gifts, hanging stockings over the fireplace and gather-ing around the Christmas tree. Kids inEngland write a letter with their wishes to Father Christ-mas, but unlike mailing those letters like many North American children do, English children toss their letters into a fire so their Christmas wishes can go up the chimney.
* France: Christmas celebrations in France begin several weeks before December 25, but Christmas Eve is most special to many natives of France. On Christmas Eve, church bells ring as people sing noels, or carols. The following day, a feast is enjoyed upon returning home from
church.* Germany: In Germany, the weather is cold
during the Christmas season, and in the weeks leading up to Christmas families bake sweet bread, cakes with candied fruits and spicy cook-ies. Advent wreaths are popular in Germany and are purchased four Sundays before Christmas begins. The wreaths have places for four candles, and families light a candle on the wreath each Sunday.
* Mexico: Families in Mexico celebrate Christ-mas by decorating their homes with lilies or ev-ergreens. Because the weather is warm, many families also cut designs into brown paper bags before inserting a candle and then setting the de-signs, called farolitos, along the sidewalk, on win-dowsills, on rooftops, and along outdoor walls. Many communities in the southwestern United States have adopted this tradition, which they of-ten refer to as luminaria.
* Sweden: Christmas celebrations in Sweden begin on December 13, the day the country cele-brates St. Lucia’s Day. Celebrations for St. Lucia, the patron saint of light, are intricate and involve the whole family. A couple of days before Christ-mas is when many families select their Christmas tree.
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Many Christmas tradi-tions are older than some celebrants might think. The tradition of lighting up a Christmas tree, for example, dates back to the days before Christ-mas lights.
Before electric-pow-ered twinkle lights were invented and even before electricity was discov-ered, people used ac-tual candles to adorn the Christmas tree.
As one can imagine, having an open flame next to a dried-out tree made for some fast fires. That’s why it was cus-tomary to keep a bucket of water next to the tree as well.
As if fire wasn’t enough,
the tinsel used to deco-rate trees was made from strips of silver and even lead -- something that is now known to be a health hazard to adults and chil-dren alike.
Although we’ve come a long way from candles and lead, trees that are overly dry paired with lights that have frayed wires can just as easily lead to fires. Plus, plastic tinsel can be a choking hazard for children and pets.
One Christmas staple that has lost its status as a safety hazard is the-poinsettia plant. Poinset-tias are a tropical plant that have become a fix-ture during the Christmas
season. It has long been thought that poinsettias are poisonous to people and animals. While there is some toxicity to the plant, it would require the ingestion of hundreds of leaves to get a toxic dose of a plant’s poison. Inges-tion may simply cause a case of vomiting or diar-rhea instead. But poin-settia leaves are said to have an unpleasant taste, so one bite and most children and animals will probably turn away.
Perhaps one of the biggest hazards come Christmas -- both then and now -- is not having enough turkey or eggnog to go around for holiday guests!
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The thick, spiced drink we know as egg-nog has become synonymous with the holidays. It is so linked with the Christmas season that a person may be hard-pressed to find it sold in the supermarket any other time of the year. But eggnog wasn’t always the holiday beverage it has become.
Eggnog is believed to have originated in 17th century Europe, primarily as a drink for the elite, since the ingredients in the beverage were hard to come by and thusly relegated to the very rich.
There are different theories on the origins of the word eggnog itself. Some believe it has gotten its name from the Old English word “nog,” which meant “strong beer.” The “egg” refers to one of the ingredients in the beverage, fresh eggs. Others sur-mise that it comes from the word “noggin,” which was a vessel for serving drinks in tav-erns. The drink was called “egg in a nog-gin,” which was shortened to “eggnog.” Still, there are others who say its name is derived from the term “grog,” which was another term for booze. “Egg n’ grog” was eventually abbreviated to “eggnog.”
Although there is little certainty to the origins of the name, the recipe for egg-nog has essentially remained unchanged throughout the centuries. It consists of beaten eggs, cream or milk and sugar
mixed with some sort of alcoholic spirit. The Old English were believed to mix it with wine, though once the drink was brought to the New World, colonists substituted rum for the wine. Rum was readily available through tradesman running between the Americas and the Caribbean and there-fore less expensive than another spirit. As America grew and eggnog was enjoyed in different parts of the country, the rum was replaced with regional spirits, including bourbon or grain alcohol. Other ingredients were also added to give it a customized flavor. However, the use of nutmeg, cin-namon and cloves has become traditional flavors for the holiday brew.
Although eggnog is widely enjoyed throughout the holiday season, in the past it was served at special events and social occasions. As a warmed beverage it can easily chase away winter’s chill. This is how it may have come to be enjoyed primarily during the holidays.
Love it or hate it, eggnog is a drink that can evoke strong feelings of the holidays within minutes. There are variations of egg-nog sold commercially, but many people swear by homemade versions for their taste and authenticity. Try your own home-made eggnog with this recipe, courtesy of Cooks.com.
Origins of a holiday staple
Candy canes are very popular holiday treats and are often used to decorate Christmas trees. That hooked shape certainly makes them whimsical and able to hang on tree boughs.
But candy canes weren’t always the curved and colorful treats they are to-day. In the 1700s, candy canes were nothing more than straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorate Christ-mas trees.
A choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral decided that having the ends bent to depict a shepherd’s crook and passing
them out during church services would help keep children quiet.
It was not until roughly the 20th cen-tury that candy canes acquired their red stripes.
Some surmise that the candy cane is shaped like a shepherd’s crook to rep-resent Jesus Christ, who tended to his flock of supporters.
Others say that it’s a “J” for Jesus. Regardless of their shape, hundreds of thousands of candy canes are now manufactured and shipped for the holi-day season each year.
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during the month of december stu-dents and staff of Sacred Heart acad-emy celebrate the season of advent. throughout the school, numerous preparations can be seen for the com-ing of Jesus’ birth.
“i prepare for the coming of Jesus by thinking about what each week of advent represents and trying to act in hope, peace, joy and love,” remarked ms. Sinclair, who is a grade 5 teacher at SHa.
the students and staff demonstrate the virtues of advent by helping people in need around the world as well as in the community. Some of SHa’s local good work projects include collect-ing food, mittens and coats for chari-ties in the Strathmore area. they also support operation christmas child by making and collecting shoe boxes
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“at SHa we prepare for Jesus’ birth by lighting the candles on our advent wreaths and putting ornaments on the Jess tree,” exclaimed charli, who is a grade 2 student.
you will know it’s advent at SHa by the nativity scenes and classroom prayer tables draped in purple adorn-ing advent wreaths. walking through the school you can see and hear cel-
ebrations taking place. Kindergarten to grade 3 use the Jes-
se tree to reflect on Bible stories and the history of Jesus’ family. grades 4-6 gather weekly to sing and worship the coming of god’s Son, emmanuel.
2011 years ago a baby was born in Bethlehem. Sacred Heart academy knows Jesus is the reason for the season. they invite everyone to take some time before dec. 25, to reflect on the true meaning of christmas. merry christmas to all!
the burning of a yule log has been a christmas tradition in many european countries for centuries. it is believed to have originated at pagan winter sol-stice festivals or yule festivals among germanic people. eventually it turned into a christmas tradition -- one where a piece of wood is burned in the hearth, oftentimes overnight until christmas ar-rives.
even now, people who have fireplac-es in their homes often participate in the yule log tradition. But for the many others who don’t have a fireplace, an enterprising television ex-ecutive devised a solution back in 1966. fred m. thrower, President and ceo of wPiX, inc., a local television station in new york, was in-
spired by a commercial showing Santa claus in front of a roaring fire. He came up with the concept of airing a continu-ous loop of a yule log burning so that viewers without fireplaces could enjoy the magic of the yule log with seasonal music playing in accompaniment to the mesmerizing flames. the original piece of film was a loop of only 17 sec-onds of film and individuals could tell it was artificial by its jerky appearance.
eventually the yule log was refilmed. annual airing of the yule log took place up until the 1990s. But fans of the holiday staple protested and, after 11 years of being off the air, the yule log returned in 2001, a few months after the September11th attacks. television executives cited that people wanted “comfort food television” and restored the yule log.
the yule log is now broadcast through many wPiXaffiliates, and many other
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Much of what makes the holiday sea-son so special is the traditions that people hold dear. While families have traditions that stretch back decades, there is plenty of opportunity to embrace new means of celebration to breathe new life into Christ-mas, Chanukkah or the season’s other holidays.
Chances are you’re already hanging stockings or going caroling this year. You can add some of these and modify as they fit for your family.
1. Feed the wildlife. During the cold days of winter, birds and small animals that don’t hibernate may find it difficult to forage for food. By trimming an outdoor pine tree in edible snacks you’ll have a beautiful tree and one that benefits the wildlife as well. String peanuts and other nuts for the squirrels. Make little orna-ments out of suet and string for the birds. Be sure to choose a tree that is far enough away from the home, so you don’t have too many scavengers hunting and peck-ing around the house.
2. Create a photo Advent calendar. Make your own Advent calendar that has small doors that open up to photos of dif-ferent family members. Or use a collection of children’s pictures that showcase how
8 ways to create new holiday traditionsthey’ve changed as they’ve grown older.
3. “Adopt” a child for holiday gifts. Each year you can bring a smile to a child in need by purchasing a present for an un-derprivileged kid. Some post offices spon-sor “Letters from Santa” events where participants can respond to one of the thousands of letters mailed to The North Pole. Or work with a local charity that or-ganizes events to bring gifts to children in hospitals or in foster care.
4. Holiday story countdown. Every night in December watch a movie or read a story that tells an uplifting holiday tale. Use this as a method of counting down until Christmas. On the night prior, read-ing “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” should suffice.
5. Remember someone who has passed on.The holiday season is one made beautiful by lit candles and twin-kling lights. Remember a loved one or a friend who has passed away by lighting a remembrance candle in his or her honor.
6. Have a holiday sing-a-long. Sure it may be tradition to go around the neigh-borhood singing carols, but it’s just as fun indoors. Have a singing party where guests are given lyrics to popular tunes they can sing around the piano or kara-oke machine.
7. Bring some joy to a public servant. Police officers, firefighters, military per-sonnel ... many of these workers do not get off for the holidays. There are a cer-tain number of public servants who must remain on call in the event of an emer-gency. Treat these people to something enjoyable when they may be missing their own festivities. Cook or cater a meal for a fire house, deliver cookies to the police station or put together care packages for people living on a military base.
8. Banish the holiday blues. When the holidays are set to go for another year, many people find they become a little down. After all, a home that was once filled with merry trinkets may now go back to the bare essentials. Create a tradition where everyone in the family receives one more gift -- a personalized ornament that can be packed away for use next year -- that’s given in January before the decora-tions are packed away. It’s another oppor-tunity to open a present, and it symbolizes looking forward to the joy of next year.
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‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the store; Parents seek the hottest toy, while sales clerks shout, “No more!”
Few holiday seasons have come and gone without a must-have toy causing pandemonium among shoppers. In the months leading up to Christmas, one toy always seems to grab kids’ attention and become a must-have item. These could be quirky digital-voiced animals or video game consoles.
Naturally, children put these gifts on their letters to Santa or wish lists. But as the days wind down to Christmas, manu-facturers often cannot meet the demand for the season’s most popular item. It’s then left to parents to find the toys and gadgets by whatever means necessary.
Certain toys throughout history have caused a frenzy that results in desperate parents scouring wiped-out toy stores or making black-market deals to land them-selves a hot toy. Here is a list of them, courtesy of MSNBC.
* Shirley Temple Doll (1934): Shirley Temple was the inspiration behind the first recorded toy to cause a shopping frenzy. The demand for the doll elevated after the actress’ breakout film, “Bright Eyes,” was released three days before Christmas.
* G.I. Joe (1964): Hasbro came up with the male action figure after watching Bar-bie dolls become such a popular toy for tots. The action figures were an instant hit, garnering over $16 million in 1964 alone.
* “Star Wars” Action Figures (1977): No one expected George Lucas’ franchise to become such a smash hit. The mer-chandising company associated with the project didn’t have time to make associ-ated toys beyond a few board games and coloring books once “Star Wars” fever took hold. Therefore, “Early Bird Certifi-cate” vouchers were sold and the action figures were shipped out a few months
later. These action figures can still thrill, with eBay auctions bringing in $1,200 and up for figures that once retailed for just a few dollars.
* Cabbage Patch Kids (1983): What little girl in the mid-1980s didn’t want a chub-by-faced Cabbage Patch Kid to adopt as her very own? The demand for this fad doll became so heated that adults fought over them and price gouging ensued.
* Teddy Ruxpin (1985): If kids weren’t seeking a Cabbage Patch doll, they may have been hoping to find a Teddy Ruxpin doll under their tree. Teddy Ruxpin was an animatronic bear who interacted with the child and told stories. It was based on the animated figures kids would see at theme parks or at their local play areas. Short-ages around the holidays played into fren-zied behavior. The doll was expensive for its day, coming in at around $68.
* Tickle Me Elmo (1996): “Sesame Street” fans fell right into the hype offered by Tyco Toys and Children’s Television Workshop. Stampedes occurred in toy stores, people were injured and reports of extreme price gouging ensued, all in an effort for people to get their hands on the giggling, red furball.
* Furby (1998): This creature reminis-cent of the popular 1980s film “Gremlins” came out of the box speaking its own language and slowly learned English over time. The animated pet/friend became the must-have toy of the year, but production numbers were scant in comparison to de-mand.
* Nintendo Wii (2006): Video game aficionados were wowed by the motion-sensing game controllers of this new sys-tem. This helped push the Wii to the top spot for video game consoles for that year and created a demand that led to limits on units purchased, diminished inventory, and even vouchers or wrist bands being offered by stores to get your hands on the Wii.
Toys through history that caused a ‘feeding’ frenzy
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MLS c3479672
ranch estates
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Backs onto Nature ParkWalking Distance to Downtown
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$199,900Stunning dream home
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Front and rear decksEVERYTHING HAS BEEN REDONE!
Call Ron Kaechele 403-934-1097MLS c3466341
MLS c3475147
caLL robert & taMara
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Attached Double Garage
Beautiful Brick Bungalow$309,900
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C3449948
caLL Lorna
2 Bdrm and 2 BathWrap and DeckDouble Garage
overlooking lake
$239,000
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8.5 Acre Parcel and Home $799,900! Fully developed 4 bedroom,vaulted ceilings,
hardwood flooring. Huge Kithchen!! Walk-out basement with media room!! Oversized
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5.8 acres. Large ranch style bungalow
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$409,900
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FireplaceViews of Golf Course
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MLS c3482285
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caLL debbie $259,900
MLS c3497558
-Totally renovated inside and out -5 large bedrooms, 3 full baths -large formal dinning
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more call listing Agent
perfect christmas gift for the family
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MLS c3498833
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"We love Living in Lambert...we can walk to Downtown, the park and the Library...
we feel safe here"- Fred and doreen
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caLL robert & taMara
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-double detached garage-city transit and easy
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$328,500!
looking to move to calgary
MLS c3499374
Great 3 bdrm bungalow in good condition with original hardwood! Fully developed, newer roof and furnace, hot
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MLS c3493418
country charm $359,900
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MLS c3500336
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MLS c3500475
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proud with his management skills. In 2009 Grasswold Farms celebrated 100 years of continuous production by the original family on the same piece of land.
The move suited Bob very well. As a Director of the Calgary Stampede and President of both the Alberta and Canadian Shorthorn Asso-ciations, he was required to attend fre-quent meetings in Calgary.
At the same time, Deen was secre-tary for the Alberta Shorthorn Associa-tion. In 1980, The Calgary Stampede hosted the World Shorthorn Congress, which was a very busy time for both of them. They have lived very busy lives, and been well respected volunteers with many organisations. For example – apart from the above mentioned in-volvements Bob has served with the Rosebud Lions Club, Rosebud Home and School Association, Rosebud Seed Plant and 17 years as County Reclama-
tion Officer. Deen was president of the ill fated
Western Heritage Center in Cochrane in the early 1990’s, was Girl guide
leader in Rose-bud and district commissioner for our area, served on several youth committees at the Calgary Stam-pede encompass-ing 27 years, and
has been a member of UCW – United Church Women, since she lived in Rosebud.
She has just retired as chair of the Planning Committee for UCW in Strath-more. This included the Strathmore United Church Thrift Sale, held annu-ally in April and October, where she is a tireless worker.
Since moving here in 1989, they both advised that the population of farming communities is decreasing, due to the creation of much larger farms but still believe that small towns are the best place to raise you kids.
John GodsmanTimes Contributor
Bob and Deen have been very in-volved with agriculture throughout their lives. Their farms in both Rose-bud and Strathmore are mainly mixed farms, with the cattle element raising purebred Shorthorns for show and sale. Bob had been born in Calgary in 1933, but his family lived at Rosebud, and he has lived on a farm all of his life. This was the farm his grandfather built in the early 1900’s after moving there from Nebraska in 1909, by train to Strathmore.
As an early settler, his grandfather had to break land and build barns and a house before he could move his fam-ily to join him four years later. By the time he moved his family in 1913, they were able to travel by train to Rocky-ford.
Deen was christened Nadine, but this was shortened to Deen at an early age, and she has been known as Deen most of her life. She was born in Saskatoon, but moved to Ontario at an early age.
Following her graduation from Ryer-son College in Toronto, she returned to the west, taking up residence and employment in Calgary. Her employer was Carl Nickle, owner of the Western Oil Examiner.
Bob and Deen met at Penley’s dance hall in Calgary in 1953. They were married two years later. They have two daughters, one son, and five grandchil-dren.
In 1989, they moved just west of Strathmore thus allowing son Rod and wife Jackie the freedom to raise their lovely daughter Kirbi without grandpa-rental interference. Rod took over the day to day management of the Rose-bud farm and has done his parents
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will be holding auditions for their Winter Va-riety Show. Singers, actors, jugglers, musicians, all ages and family friendly acts are welcome
to audition. Auditions will be held on Thursday January 12th and Saturday January 14th. To
book an audition call Tanya @ 403-934-9756 or Angela @ 403-901-0182 or send us an email at strathmoreplayers @hotmail.com
Royal Canadian Legion For information regarding hall rentals, darts and crib, please call 403.934.5119
MOPS (Mother’s Of Preschoolers) meet 1st and 3rd Thursdays 9:30am – 11:30am at the Strathmore Alliance Church. Babysitting available for ages 0 - 6. For more information call Jennifer at 403-934-5799 or visit www.mops.org
Strathmore Parent and Tot Playgroup, meets every Tuesday at 9:30 - 11:30 am. in the Strathmore United Church Basement. For more information call Tammy at 403-983-7284 or Ali at 403-934-2089. $1 per child
Strathmore District Health Services Auxiliary Meetings are held the fourth Monday of the month @ 1:30 pm, (excluding July & August). Lower level Conference Room at the Strathmore Hospital. New members welcome. For more info please call 403-934-4436
Strathmore & District Chamber of Commerce meets the third Monday of the month @ 7:00 p.m. All members welcome. Check web page for meeting location. For more information call 403-901-3175 or www.strathmoredistrictchamber.com.
Come Fly With Us 903 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Sqn. Meet Wednes-days at 6:30pm at the blue building and Quonset on the Ag grounds. Boys & Girls welcome between 12 & 19 years. Call Joanna Howard at 403-983-5796 for more information.
HIV Edmonton providing support, education and advocacy for those infected with, affected by or at risk of HIV and AIDS for 25 years. Go to www.hivedmonton.com or call toll free 1.877.388.5742.
TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly Want to Lose Those Unwanted Pounds?? Need support to reach your goal? We are here for you! We meet every Thursday at 6:30 pm @the Anglican Church. Contact Melissa @ 403-901-1566 or Lynne @ 403-934-4359 to join our journey to a fitter you.
The Hope Bridges Society Board meetings held the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. Please call Marvin Hilton 403-901-8872 for information.
Strathmore Musical Arts Society, If you love music and musicians and have a special soft spot for the Blues, you would enjoy being part of this group. Call 403-934-4196 or 403-680-7721 to get on our phone or email list and be notifies about meetings and upcoming events.
Strathmore Elks Lodge #491 meets 3rd Tuesday at the Strathmore Curling Club 6:30 pm. Steak Supper at 7 pm. New Members welcome. Call Greg 403-888-6155.
Meals on Wheels is available in Strathmore. For information or to obtain this service please contact Wheatland FCSS at 403-934-5335.
Strathmore FASD Parent Support Group at the Strathmore United Church. For more info call Pam @652-4776.
Strathmore Caregiver Support Group This is an opportunity for caregivers to find support and benefit from interaction with others in a similar situation. For more information or to register call Amy Yaneza at 403-361-7176.
Sunday School for All Ages: Lord of All Lutheran Church offers Christian Education opportunities for ages 3 years to adult, on Sunday Mornings. All are Welcome! For more information please call Margo Sevick 403-901-2044 or call the Church Office at 403-934-2374.
Wheatland Conservation & Wildlife Association (Your local fish & game club). Meetings – 2nd Thursday every month, 7:30pm at the Clubhouse. Call Larry at 403-934-4388 for more information.
Wheatland Rural Crime Watch. Meetings are the 3rd Thursday of each Month. Featuring guest speakers. For more information call 403-934-4055.
Strathmore Lions Club meets the first and third Thursday at the Strathmore Civic Centre at 6:45 pm.
Strathmore Country Gardens Club Meetings at least once per month. Tours, guest speakers, workshops and much more included in a membership. $20 single, $30 family. For more information visit www.strathmorecountrygardensclub.webs.com or phone Linda Pekrul 403-901-0017.
Strathmore Masonic Lodge #53 meets the first Monday of each Month at 7:30 p.m. Call Glen at 403-901-6038. Website: www.strathmore53.com
Strathmore Homeschool Familes. Any Strathmore and Area familes that are homeschooling are invited to join our Yahoo Group. groups.yahoo.com/group/strathmorehsfams
Adult Competitive Drop In VolleyballWednesdays 7-9 Crowther Memorial Junior High$2.00 per drop inBegins Wednesday September 21, 2011
Free Tree for all New Born Babies Attention all infants – remind your parents to register your birth so a tree can be planted commemorating your birth in the Chinook Credit Union Birth Forest in Strathmore. Registration Forms are available at the Town office, Chinook Credit Union and Health Unit. (A Communities in Bloom Project)
Healing Rooms, open for prayer Mondays from 7 to 9 pm. at the Harvest Healing Centre at 115A-3rd. Avenue in Strathmore. Everyone is Welcome.
Strathmore Full Gospel Church We’re a Pentecostal Bible based family church that has something for all ages. Call 934-2225 or visit www.strathmorefullgospel.com
Blackfoot Crossing’s new winter hours are Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm. Call 403-734-4383 for more information.
Chestermere and area Children (& Families) with Type 1 Diabetes. Our Goal is to create a group of mature, responsible members where we open our own homes as Safe Places for Diabetic Children to go to if ever in Diabetic Distress. Join the Facebook group for more information.
Parent Link has reopened as Hand-In-Hand Parent Link Centre! Call 403-983-0076 for Program information or drop by the office in Country Lane Mall for a Program Calendar.
The Community Crisis Society, operating Wheatland Shelteris currently seeking volunteer applicants to serve on the board. Interest individuals may contact Gerry at (403) 934-6634, Monday -Thursday, or e-mail: [email protected].
Wheatland Business Women Meet the second Tuesday of the month @ 8:00 am at Days Inn & Suites. New members welcome http://businesswomen.ca and follow us on Facebook. Call 403-324-6641.
Strathmore & District Agricultural Society Darcy Ledene - General ManagerStrathmore & District Agricultural [email protected] 403.934.5811 Office 403.999.7646 Cell 403.901.0299 Fax Facebook: Strathmore StampedeTwitter: Strathmore Rodeo
Strathmore Regional Victim Services Society (SRVSS) SRVSS is looking for men and women interested in becoming front line victim advocates to provide support, information and referrals to victims of crime or tragedy. We need individuals interested in a chal-lenging and rewarding volunteer experience who are caring and non-judgmental with a sincere interest in helping victims move past their immediate trauma.We provide extensive training in many areas, includ-ing sexual assaults, domestic violence, suicide, court preparation, and sudden death. If you are interested in volunteering your time please contact Lesley Hering at the Strathmore RCMP Detachment at (403) 934-6552.
RCCG Peculiar People Assembly, StrathmoreIf you’re feeling lost in an increasingly secular world, may we suggest that you find your way to our church at 237, 1st Ave this Sunday by 8.30am. Call 403-667-7832.
Strathmore Baptist Church Meeting Sundays @ 11am and Thursdays @ 7pm, Call Pastor David Blankenship for info 403-390-4431.
Happy Gang 55 plus Seniors Meetings; 2nd Tuesday every month @ 1:15pm.Potluck Supper; fourth Tuesday every month at 5:30pmEveryone welcome!Hall Rental; $80. Call Shirley @ 403-934-9927.All other inquiries call Eric @ 403-901-1596.
RemembeRing ouR past
Bob & Deen Hymas
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Gold Key insurance Ltd held an open house on Dec. 12 to celebrate 20 years as a busi-ness in Strathmore. The open house was also to raise funds for the Strathmore Regional Victim Services. There was a silent auction, and plenty of cake and snacks for people to enjoy. The auction will end on Thursday and as of Dec. 13 al-most $1,000 had been raised. Jayson marshall, left, Shirley marshall, Kingsley marshall and Julia marshall.
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Damien anDersonTimes Jr. Reporter
Despite being performed in winter, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was able to intrigue the audience with confused lovers and mischievous scheming throughout the entirety of the play.
Cass Foster’s version of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was performed at the Strath-more High School theatre this past week.
Mrs. Richardson’s Drama 20/30 class was a huge hit among the audi-ence, who clutched themselves from laughing too hard with Nick Bottom’s character, played by Seth Balance.
Matt Rederburg, who played Puck, said “aspects of the physical charac-terization came from myself trying to emulate small things I had seen Kate Van Kruyssen, (a previous drama stu-dent) do.”
Matt’s character was a major source of entertainment during the play, from making silly mistakes that caused a lot of confusion to moving quirkily and fluidly across the stage.
The set of the play was created by a few of the school’s art students and was exceptional. The overall look of the stage was marvelous.
Dreams a success
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Golden Hills School Division is moving ahead with the next phase in the process to consider options for the East Wheatland area. A working group will be formed to assist in de-veloping concrete and feasible solu-tions that capture as much communi-ty support as possible. The feedback from the recent community meetings will help to provide ideas and direc-
GHSD is moving ahead with Phase Two for East Wheatland Schools
tion for further consideration to be explored in this next phase of the process.
Part of the feedback and comments GHSD received during the commu-nity meetings involved ideas on who should make up this working group. From that feedback, they have pulled together the following criteria:
• We are looking for some new members for this group and are en-couraging people who may not have been as involved previously to put their name forward.
• As any potential solutions must have the support of as many parents with school age or preschool children as possible. We are hoping for very strong representation from this group.
• There are parents who live in the East Wheatland area whose chil-dren do not attend schools there - we would like to have some representa-tion from this group as well.
• Representation from the broader community would also be appreci-ated.
GHSD is looking for at least 3 or 4 representatives from each community. From the names submitted, a work-ing group will be selected. Meetings with this group may begin as early as next week. Interested individuals are asked to please contact the office of their local school by Monday, Decem-ber 12th.
Celebrating 20 years
At 1:40 a.m. on March 22 a fire raged through a home at the corner of Briar-wood Road and Briarwood Crescent in Strathmore. Four neighbouring homes were evacuated for the safety of the occupants due to the severity of the fire and wind direction. The occupants of the residence where the fire started were not home at the time. A second residence next to the first, was damaged by the fire.
Home Games Sunday, December 18 • 7:30 pm vs Banff Academy Bears
Strathmore Family Centre - Gold ArenaSat., Jan. 7 • 8:00 pm vs Airdrie; Sat., Jan. 21 • 8:00 pm vs Medicine Hat; Sun., Jan. 22 • 7:30 pm vs High River
AWAY GAMES: Friday, Dec. 16 • 8:30 pm High River; Saturday, Dec. 17 • 8:30 pm Coaldale; Friday, Jan. 6 • 8:00 pm Banff
Christmas Cheer Raffle Draw Sunday, December 18
Shannon LeCLair Times Reporter
This past weekend both the Holy Cross Collegiate Hawks and the Strath-more High School Spartans held their first senior boys basketball tournament of the year. The Spartans/Hawks invita-tional saw 12 teams come to compete.
“We won our pool which gave us an opportunity to play in the semi-finals and then in the bronze medal game. Unfortunately we came up short in both the semi-finals and bronze medal games, but not due to lack of effort,” said Christopher Hall, coach for the Spartans.
“Our game against Vauxhall in the semi-finals was by far our toughest and yet at the same time our best game of the season. We were matched up against a guard who came in averaging close to 30 points a game, and we were able to limit him to eight points due to a remarkable defensive effort on behalf the boys. We came up just shy of mak-ing a finals appearance as a result of their collective effort.”
Hall said he believes this tourna-ment has taught the boys a tremen-dous amount about what it will take for them to beat some of the better teams in both their league and zone.
Despite a late injury to one of the team’s top players on Dec. 10, the
Hawks fared well in the tournament as well.
Daniel O’Leary was injured in Sat-urday’s semi-final game against Drum-heller, when he separated his shoulder. For at least the next month O’Leary will be on the bench, and is scheduled to see a specialist to determine if he is able to hit the court again in January.
“It went pretty well, we went 3-1 and we came third in our tournament out of 12. We beat Strathmore High for third place, they got fourth,” said Hawks coach Michael Annicchiarico.
“This was really their first tourna-ment against senior competition which is one of the reasons why I’m pretty pleased with the result, they kind of rose to the occasion so to speak.
“I think we can improve on just be-ing ready to play. I think we sometimes start our games a little slowly, we some-times have some slow first quarters.”
Annicchiarico said he also thinks the team can work on their offense and swing the ball around more. He said they often get into too many individu-als trying to do it themselves and not looking for the open guy.
The Spartans played again in Okotoks on Dec. 14. Results were unavailable as of press time.
The Hawks have a four-team tourna-ment in Acme this weekend, and their next home game will be Dec. 21.
Spartans, Hawks face off in first tourney
Holy Cross Collegiate Hawks and Strathmore High School Spartans co-hosted a bas-ketball tournament this past weekend, Dec. 8 to 10. The Hawks played St. Josephs Crusaders from Brooks last Friday night and it was a very competitive game. The coach for the Crusaders is the father of the Hawks coach, which made for an even more ex-citing game. Top: Strathmore Spartans versus Kate An-drews Pride from Taber. Bot-tom: Holy Cross Collegiate Hawks against Drumheller in the semi-finals.
Wendi Tashlikowich and Shannon LeClair Photos
Mario PruSina Times Editor
One bad period of hockey is all that separated the UFA Bisons from four points this past weekend.
Instead, in an otherwise success-ful pair of games, the Bisons walked away with just two points after de-feating the Gregg Distributors 8-2 on Dec. 11 at the Strathmore Family Centre, and losing 4-2 to the Leduc Oil Kings the following day 4-2.
The Bisons played one of their worst periods of hockey on home ice this season against the Kings, before controlling the second and third pe-riods of the game - but it was too little, too late.
According to Bisons head coach Jeremy Friesen, ‘there is no question at all’ that one bad period cost the Bisons a sweep.
“It was a complete lack of atten-tion to detail, there was no work eth-ic – power play, penalty kill, nothing seemed to be working there,” said Friesen of the first period. “I really like the way we responded in the sec-ond and third – I think we showed ourselves and we showed them that when we stay five-on-five, we can dictate the way things will go.
“(But) when you come out and you’re not really prepared … that is going to be the result. You have to tip your hat to Leduc, they are a heck of a hockey team.”
After giving up three goals in the first 20 minutes, the Bisons outscored the Kings 2-1 in the final 40.
Tyler Wong, who scored both goals for the herd, saw a lot of positives after the brutal first period.
“The last two periods, we dominat-ed them,” said Wong. “I think we out-shot them pretty good and we out-chanced them, but their goalie stood on his head.
“If we played the first period like we did the final two periods, we would have won the game.”
The Bisons opened the weekend with an 8-2 thrashing of the Gregg Distributors Canadians on Dec. 10 at the Strathmore Family Centre.
Markson Bechtold led the way for the Bisons with two goals and an assist, while Aaron Macklin regis-tered a goal and two helpers. Con-
ner Bleackley potted a pair of goals and Parker Evans-Campbell collected three assists.
Tyler Wong and Chander Irvin pot-ted a goal and an assist each, while Alex Bechtold also tallied for the Bi-sons.
“Things went really well – we changed things up on the power play and we went six for 10,” beamed Fri-esen. “Anytime your (power play) is at 60 per cent, you’re going to be suc-cessful. It started with our goaltend-ing – Wilson Sproule was absolutely fantastic in the first period when we had to kill a lengthy five on three. He made four or five exceptional, out-standing saves. We’re not sure how (he stopped them).
“Almost immediately after that, we came back and got a quick power play goal. We killed off another ex-tended five on three near the end of the first period and we went back down and scored again.
“That kind of changed the whole momentum and pace of the game. We didn’t let up and that is one thing I’ve liked about our team the last couple of games.”
According to Friesen, it is nice to score eight goals in a game, but he was more proud of his team only al-lowing two goals against, something the coaching staff has been preach-ing.
Another thing the team has worked on is their power play, which may have cost them a few games earlier in the year. However, Friesen was pleased with the adjustment the Bi-sons made on the man advantage.
“We made some changes – we dropped some forwards back on the point and we are a lot more patient with the puck and that is creating a lot more time and space,” said the coach. “We’re dragging their players out and that is exposing seams down low. We have a net presence – there is always someone in front.”
The Bisons are now gearing up for three games in three nights this com-ing weekend. The team will host the Red Deer Rebels on Dec. 16 (8 p.m.) at the Strathmore Family Centre be-fore travelling to Edmonton for a pair of games versus the Gregg Distribu-tors and the K of C Pat the following two days.
Bisons leave points on the table
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sportsOne bad period of hock-ey cost the UFA Bisons a win when they hosted the Leduc Oil Kings Dec. 11 at the Strathmore Family Centre. The herd got out of the gate slow, trailing 3-0 after the first period en route to a 4-2 loss.
Mario Prusina Photo
Diane BerrethStrathmore Silver Sharks Swim Club
From humble beginnings in the ear-ly 1990’s the “Sharks” Club has grown to over 80 swimmers. The SSSC com-petes with swim clubs throughout Al-berta. Under the leadership of Shan-dell Laycraft, and current head coach, Jenny Mertz, the club has achieved some respectable results. Jen Mertz, who assumed the role of head coach this year, began her swimming career in Vernon with the Vernon Kokanee Swim Club where she won the West-ern Nationals, in the 800 metre free-style event. Eventually Jen swam with the Lethbridge Varsity Swim Club where she met her husband and fel-low swimmer Kevin Mertz (Kevin is also a SSSC coach). Jen, along with all the Silver Sharks coaches, are NCCP certified.
Most recently the Silver Sharks com-peted at the Calgary Winter Club Win-ter Cup and many of the swimmers placed in the Top 4 in their respective age category. Most impressive, were the results of Liam Schoepp whose Winter Cup results placed him as the fifth fastest swimmer in all of Alberta in the 200 metre butterfly event!
Other swimmers who placed in the Top 4 at the event were as follows: Ashley Berreth (fourth in 50 metre freestyle, fourth in 100 metre back-stroke), Brooke McMurray-Polsom (fourth in 50 metre breaststroke), Chelanne Wolff (second in 100 metre breaststroke, fourth in 50 metre breast-stroke), Hayley-Rose Millard (fourth in 50 metre breaststroke), Kathryn Piesas (third and fourth in 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke), Kenne-dy Barth (third in 50 metre freestyle, fourth in 50 metre breaststroke), Liam Schoepp (first in 50 metre backstroke,
first in 50 metre butterfly, second in 50 metre freestyle, first in 100 metre butterfly, first in 200 metre butterfly), Madison Laycraft (fourth in 100 metre breaststroke), Marina Laycraft (sec-ond in 50 metre freestyle, third in 200 metre freestyle, second in 50 metre backstroke, third in 100 metre back-stroke, fourth in 200 metre breast-stroke), Olivia Smail (third in 50 me-tre backstroke), Tamara Adamschek (first in 50 metre freestyle, first in 50 metre breaststroke, first in 100 metre breaststroke, first in 200 metre breast-stroke, first in 50 metre butterfly), Ty-ler Magwood (third in 200 metre free-style, fourth in 50 metre breaststroke) and finally Yoshi Blunderfield (second in 200 metre freestyle, second in 50 metre backstroke, fourth in 50 metre butterfly). The club also competed in the 100 metre and 200 metre med-ley events where several swimmers placed in the Top 3 (Kathryn Piesas - third in the 100, Liam Schoepp - first in the 200, Logan Schoepp - second in the 100, Marina Laycraft - second in the 200, Tamara Adamschek - third in the 200, and Yoshi Blunderfield - sec-ond in the 200).
Our club also competed with all the Swim Alberta clubs in the province in a 50 metre kick competition and one of our swimmers was first in her age group in the province. Megan Mertz - first, Rayanne Laycock - fifth and Ma-rina Laycraft - fifth.
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The Wheatland Warriors suffered their second consecutive loss when they hosted the Airdire Lightning Dec. 11 at the Strathmore Family Cen-tre. Despite losing 5-1, the Warriors still boast an impressive 13-4-3 record.
Mario Prusina Photo
Mel BoscheeIce Cats Ringette
It was a stormy drive out to Co-chrane on Sunday, but despite the weather, the Ice Cats were at the rink to show their expertise. The Ice Cats dominated the beginning of the game but Cochrane was not letting them have the game so easily.
It was some great action at both ends of the ice, but when the buzzer sounded after the first period, the Ice Cats were ahead 5-4. After a quick pep talk by the coaches, the second period was upon them. The Ice Cats were cir-culating the ring around to open team mates.
You could see the Cochrane team
was wearing our Ice Cats thin, and they were getting tired, but managed to pull a win out with a final score of 7-5.
Tessa Davidson was solid between the pipes and had the assistance of Megan Brooks, Payton Jensen, Mack-enzie Duggan, Laura Sader, Reagan Bogusky, Makayla Grant, Hannah Ar-senault, and Shelby Lane; the strong defensive and forwards coordinators.
Goals were scored by Mackenzie Hansen, Cayley Boschee, Justine Lar-son, Ainsley Olson. Next weekend takes the Ice Cats to Rockyford for a mini-tournament with the other Strathmore Ringette team and two teams from Calgary. Should be full of excitement and barrels of fun.
Ice Cats put another in the win column
The senior swimmers with the Strathmore Silver Sharks are enjoying a successful season in the water. Photo courtesy of Diane Berreth
Check out exciting Triple-A Midget action prior to the Mac’s Tournament!
Russia Severstal / Locomotiv
vsUFA Bisons
Friday, December 23 • 6:30 pmStrathmore Family Centre Admission only $5!
All proceeds go toward the Ron Ebbeson Scholarship Fund!
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The UFA Bisons will also host the
Czech Republic team KLH Chomutov
Wednesday, December 21 6:30 pm
at the Ron Ebeson Arena in Airdrie 200 E. Lake Cres N.E.
Mario PrusinaTimes Editor
Despite dropping two games in a row, the Wheatland Warriors are still the top team in the North Division of the SCAHL.
The local double-A bantam team, which lost 3-1 to the Bow Valley Tim-berwolves on Dec. 10 and 5-1 to the Airdrie Lightning on Dec. 11 at the Strathmore Family Centre, are still the top team in the division with an im-pressive 13-4-3 record.
The Warriors will look to get back to their winning ways this coming week-end when they travel to Lethbridge to face the Raiders on Dec. 17 (2:30 p.m.). They will close out 2011 when they travel to Taber on Dec. 23, be-fore returning after the holiday break to host Medicine Hat Jan. 6 in Hussar.Braves streak hits four
The Wheatland Braves improved to 12-2-3 on the season after edging the Bow Valley Timberwolves 2-1 in Co-chrane Dec. 11.
Issac Benoit and Riley Romashenko each scored for the Braves, who ex-tended their winning streak to four games.
The local peewee double-A team is now gearing up for three games in three days starting on Dec. 16, when they host the Cranbrook Ice in Hussar (7:30 p.m.).
The Braves will then travel to Red Deer the following day to take on the Parkland, before returning home to host the Lacombe Rockets Dec. 18 (1:30 p.m.) at the Strathmore Family Centre.
Warriors drop two in a row
Local club produces fifth fastest swimmer in Alberta in 200 metre butterfly
The Crowther memorial Ju-nior High School Boys Vol-leyball team won a bronze medal at the Zone Champi-onship in Okotoks recently. Shown here are; Brenden Roberts (back row, l-r), Ca-leb Funk, Tyis Yellowhorn, Alec Biletsky, matt San-dum substitute coach mr. Huntley (for mr Travis er-icksteen), mackenzie Bain (front, l-r), eric Schiiler, Tay-lor Desjardins, Dion mon-cayo and matt Cool.
Photo courtesy of Gwen Moncayo
Bronze medal winners!
The Braves will play their last game before the Christmas holiday on Dec. 23 in Medicine Hat.Chiefs reBound after loss
After losing 6-1 to the Calgary CRAA Gold earlier in the week, the Wheat-land Chiefs earned a 3-3 draw on the road versus the Sylvan Lake Lakers on Dec. 11.
Prior to the loss, the local double-A midget team reeled off six straight wins, before suffering their fourth loss of the season.
Despite the hiccup, the Chiefs are 13-4-1 on the season and will wrap up 2011 with three more games, start-ing Dec. 17 (7:30 p.m.) when they host the Calgary CBHA Rangers at the Strathmore Family Centre.
From there, the Chiefs will hit the road to face Bow Valley (Dec. 18) and the Calgary CRAA Blue (Dec. 21).
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ding
ele
ctric
)/ 20
11 F
usio
n S,
201
1 M
usta
ng 2
dr C
oupe
V6
Valu
e Le
ader
, 201
1 Fl
ex S
E, 2
011
F-15
0 5.
0L R
egul
ar C
ab X
L 4x
2 Va
lue
Lead
er, 2
012
Edge
(exc
ludi
ng S
E)/ 2
012
Mus
tang
V6
Valu
e Le
ader
/ 201
1 Ra
nger
Sup
er C
ab X
L an
d Re
gula
r Cab
FEL
, 201
2 Fo
cus
(exc
ludi
ng S
), 20
12 S
uper
Duty
Cha
ssis
Cabs
/ 201
1 Fi
esta
(exc
ludi
ng S
), 20
11 Tr
ansit
Con
nect
/ 201
2 Fu
sion
(exc
ludi
ng S
), 20
11 Ta
urus
SE,
201
1 Ed
ge A
WD
(exc
ludi
ng S
E)/ 2
012
Flex
(exc
ludi
ng S
E), 2
012
Esca
pe (e
xclu
ding
I4 M
anua
l & V
6)/ 2
011
Focu
s (e
xclu
ding
S),
2011
Fus
ion
(exc
ludi
ng S
), 20
12 E
scap
e V6
, 201
1 an
d 20
12 M
usta
ng V
6 (e
xclu
ding
Val
ue le
ader
), 20
11 E
dge
FWD
(Exc
ludi
ng S
E)/ 2
011
Esca
pe (e
xclu
ding
I4 M
anua
l & V
6), 2
011
Supe
rDut
y Ch
assis
Cab
s, 2
012
Mus
tang
GT,
2012
Taur
us (e
xclu
ding
SE)
, 20
12 E
xped
ition
/ 201
1 Es
cape
V6,
201
1 M
usta
ng G
T, 20
11 F
lex
(exc
ludi
ng S
E)/ 2
012
F-15
0 Re
gula
r Cab
(exc
ludi
ng X
L 4x
2), 2
012
F-25
0 to
F-4
50 G
as e
ngin
e (e
xclu
ding
Cha
ssis
Cab)
/ 201
1 Ta
urus
(exc
ludi
ng S
E)/ 2
011
Rang
er S
uper
Cab
(exc
ludi
ng X
L), 2
012
F-15
0 Su
per C
ab a
nd S
uper
Cre
w/ 2
011
Expe
ditio
n, 2
011
F-15
0 Re
gula
r Cab
non
5.0
L (e
xclu
ding
XL
4x2)
/ 201
2 F-
250
to F
-450
die
sel (
exclu
ding
cha
ssis
cabs
)/ 20
11 F
-150
5.0
L (e
xclu
ding
XL
4x2)
, 201
1 F-
150
Supe
r Cab
and
Sup
er C
rew
non
5.0
L/ 2
011
F-25
0 to
F-4
50 g
as e
ngin
e (e
xclu
ding
cha
ssis
cabs
)/ 20
11 F
-150
Sup
er
Cab
and
Supe
r Cre
w 5
.0L/
201
1 F-
250
to F
-450
Die
sel e
ngin
e (e
xclu
ding
cha
ssis
cabs
) - a
ll Ra
ptor
, GT5
00, B
OSS3
02, a
nd M
ediu
m Tr
uck
mod
els
exclu
ded.
Thi
s of
fer c
an b
e us
ed in
con
junc
tion
with
mos
t ret
ail c
onsu
mer
offe
rs m
ade
avai
labl
e by
For
d of
Can
ada
at e
ither
the
time
of fa
ctor
y or
der o
r del
ivery
, but
not
bot
h. M
anuf
actu
rer R
ebat
es a
re n
ot c
ombi
nabl
e w
ith a
ny fl
eet c
onsu
mer
ince
ntive
s. **
From
Dec
. 16,
201
1 to
Dec
. 30,
201
1, re
ceive
0%
APR
pur
chas
e fi n
ancin
g on
new
[201
2 Fi
esta
(exc
ludi
ng S
), 20
11 F
ocus
(exc
ludi
ng S
), 20
11 F
usio
n (e
xclu
ding
S),
2011
Mus
tang
(exc
ludi
ng
Valu
e Le
ader
, GT5
00 a
nd B
oss
302)
, 201
1 Ta
urus
(exc
ludi
ng S
E), 2
011
and
2012
Edg
e (e
xclu
ding
SE)
, 201
1 Fl
ex (e
xclu
ding
SE)
, 201
1 Es
cape
(exc
ludi
ng I4
man
ual),
201
1 Ex
pedi
tion]
/ [ 2
012
Expe
ditio
n]/ [
201
2 Fo
cus
(exc
ludi
ng S
), 20
11 F
iest
a (e
xclu
ding
S),
2011
Ran
ger S
uper
cab
(exc
ludi
ng X
L), 2
011
and
2012
F-1
50 (e
xclu
ding
regu
lar c
ab X
L 4x
2 an
d Ra
ptor
), 20
11 a
nd 2
012
F-25
0 to
F-4
50 (e
xclu
ding
cha
ssis
cabs
), 20
12 F
usio
n (e
xclu
ding
S),
2012
Mus
tang
(exc
ludi
ng V
alue
Lea
der,
GT50
0 an
d BO
SS 3
02),
2012
Taur
us (e
xclu
ding
SE)
, 201
2 Fl
ex (e
xclu
ding
SE)
, 201
2 Es
cape
(exc
ludi
ng
I4 M
anua
l)] m
odel
s fo
r a m
axim
um o
f [36
]/ [4
8]/ [
60] m
onth
s to
qua
lifi ed
reta
il cu
stom
ers,
on
appr
oved
cre
dit (
OAC)
from
For
d Cr
edit.
Not
all
buye
rs w
ill qu
alify
for t
he lo
wes
t int
eres
t rat
e. E
xam
ple:
$30
,000
pur
chas
e fi n
ance
d at
0%
APR
for 6
0 m
onth
s, m
onth
ly pa
ymen
t is
$500
, cos
t of b
orro
win
g is
$0 o
r APR
of 0
% a
nd to
tal t
o be
repa
id is
$30
,000
. Dow
n pa
ymen
t on
purc
hase
fi na
ncin
g of
fers
may
be
requ
ired
base
d on
app
rove
d cr
edit
from
For
d Cr
edit.
Taxe
s pa
yabl
e on
full
amou
nt o
f pur
chas
e pr
ice. †
Pur
chas
e a
new
201
1 [R
ange
r Sup
er C
ab S
port
4x2/
F-1
50 S
uper
Cab
XLT
5.0
L 4x
4/
F-25
0 Su
per D
uty
Supe
r Cab
XLT
4x4
Wes
tern
Edi
tion
(with
Pow
er S
eats
)] fo
r [$1
4,99
9/ $
27,9
99/ $
37,9
99] a
fter T
otal
Man
ufac
ture
r Reb
ate
of [$
6,00
0/ $
8,50
0/ $
8,00
0] d
educ
ted.
Taxe
s pa
yabl
e on
full
amou
nt o
f pur
chas
e pr
ice a
fter M
anuf
actu
rer R
ebat
e ha
s be
en d
educ
ted.
Offe
rs in
clude
frei
ght a
nd a
ir ta
x (w
here
app
licab
le) [
$1,4
50/ $
1,55
0/ $
1,55
0], b
ut e
xclu
de li
cens
e, fu
el fi
ll ch
arge
, ins
uran
ce, d
eale
r PDI
, reg
istra
tion,
PPS
A, a
dmin
istra
tion
fees
(may
var
y by
dea
ler),
any
env
ironm
enta
l cha
rges
or f
ees,
and
all
appl
icabl
e ta
xes.
Del
ivery
Allo
wan
ces
can
be u
sed
in c
onju
nctio
n w
ith m
ost
reta
il co
nsum
er o
ffers
mad
e av
aila
ble
by F
ord
of C
anad
a at
eith
er th
e tim
e of
fact
ory
orde
r or d
elive
ry, b
ut n
ot b
oth.
Del
ivery
Allo
wan
ces
are
not c
ombi
nabl
e w
ith a
ny fl
eet c
onsu
mer
ince
ntive
s. ^
^Es
timat
ed fu
el c
onsu
mpt
ion
ratin
gs fo
r the
mod
els
show
n: 2
011
F-15
0 Su
per C
ab 5
.0L
XLT
4x4
[15.
0L/1
00km
(19
MPG
) city
and
10.
5L/1
00km
(27
MPG
) hw
y], 2
011
Rang
er S
port
Supe
r Cab
4x2
Man
ual [
13.5
L/10
0km
(21
MPG
) city
and
9.8
L/10
0km
(29
MPG
) hw
y]. F
uel c
onsu
mpt
ion
ratin
gs b
ased
on
Tran
spor
t Can
ada
appr
oved
test
met
hods
. Act
ual f
uel c
onsu
mpt
ion
will
vary
bas
ed o
n ro
ad
cond
ition
s, v
ehicl
e lo
adin
g, v
ehicl
e eq
uipm
ent,
and
drivi
ng h
abits
. ◆ S
ome
mob
ile p
hone
s an
d so
me
digi
tal m
edia
pla
yers
may
not
be
fully
com
patib
le –
che
ck w
ww.
sync
myr
ide.
com
for a
list
ing
of m
obile
pho
nes,
med
ia p
laye
rs, a
nd fe
atur
es s
uppo
rted.
Driv
ing
whi
le d
istra
cted
can
resu
lt in
loss
of v
ehicl
e co
ntro
l, ac
ciden
t and
inju
ry. F
ord
reco
mm
ends
that
driv
ers
use
caut
ion
whe
n us
ing
mob
ile p
hone
s, e
ven
with
voi
ce c
omm
ands
. Onl
y us
e m
obile
pho
nes
and
othe
r dev
ices,
eve
n w
ith v
oice
com
man
ds, n
ot e
ssen
tial t
o dr
iving
whe
n it
is sa
fe to
do
so. ▼
Offe
r onl
y va
lid fr
om D
ecem
ber 1
, 201
1 to
Ja
nuar
y 31
, 201
2 (th
e “O
ffer P
erio
d”) t
o re
siden
t Can
adia
ns w
ith a
Cos
tco
mem
bers
hip
on o
r bef
ore
Nove
mbe
r 30,
201
1. U
se th
is $1
,000
CDN
Cost
co m
embe
r offe
r tow
ards
the
purc
hase
or l
ease
of a
new
201
1/20
12 F
ord/
Linc
oln
vehi
cle (e
xclu
ding
Fie
sta,
Foc
us, R
ange
r Rap
tor,
GT50
0, M
usta
ng B
oss
302,
Tran
sit C
onne
ct E
V &
Med
ium
Truc
k) (e
ach
an “E
ligib
le V
ehicl
e”).
The
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
mus
t be
deliv
ered
and
/or f
acto
ry-o
rder
ed fr
om y
our p
artic
ipat
ing
Ford
/Lin
coln
dea
ler w
ithin
the
Offe
r Per
iod.
Offe
r is
only
valid
at p
artic
ipat
ing
deal
ers,
is s
ubje
ct to
veh
icle
avai
labi
lity,
and
may
be
canc
elle
d or
cha
nged
at a
ny ti
me
with
out n
otice
. Onl
y on
e (1
) offe
r may
be
appl
ied
tow
ards
the
purc
hase
or l
ease
of o
ne (1
) Elig
ible
Veh
icle
, up
to a
max
imum
of t
wo
(2) s
epar
ate
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
sale
s pe
r Cos
tco
Mem
bers
hip
Num
ber.
Offe
r is
trans
fera
ble
to p
erso
ns d
omici
led
with
an
elig
ible
Cos
tco
mem
ber.
This
offe
r can
be
used
in c
onju
nctio
n w
ith m
ost r
etai
l con
sum
er o
ffers
mad
e av
aila
ble
by F
ord
Mot
or C
ompa
ny o
f Can
ada
at e
ither
the
time
of fa
ctor
y or
der (
if or
dere
d w
ithin
the
Offe
r Per
iod)
or d
elive
ry, b
ut n
ot b
oth.
Offe
r is
not c
ombi
nabl
e w
ith a
ny C
PA/G
PC o
r Dai
ly Re
ntal
ince
ntive
s, th
e Co
mm
ercia
l Up
fi t P
rogr
am o
r the
Com
mer
cial F
leet
Ince
ntive
Pro
gram
(CFI
P). A
pplic
able
taxe
s ca
lcula
ted
befo
re $
1,00
0CDN
offe
r is
dedu
cted
. Dea
ler m
ay s
ell o
r lea
se fo
r les
s. L
imite
d tim
e of
fer,
see
deal
er fo
r det
ails
or c
all t
he F
ord
Cust
omer
Rel
atio
nshi
p Ce
ntre
at 1
-800
-565
-367
3. ■
© 2
011
Siriu
s Ca
nada
Inc.
“SIR
IUS”
, the
SIR
IUS
dog
logo
, cha
nnel
nam
es a
nd lo
gos
are
trade
mar
ks o
f SIR
IUS
XM R
adio
Inc.
and
are
use
d un
der l
icenc
e. ‡
Prog
ram
in e
ffect
from
Oct
ober
1, 2
011
to J
anua
ry 3
, 201
2 (th
e “P
rogr
am P
erio
d”) T
o qu
alify
, cus
tom
er m
ust t
urn
in a
200
5 m
odel
yea
r or o
lder
veh
icle
that
is in
ru
nnin
g co
nditi
on (a
ble
to s
tart
and
mov
e an
d w
ithou
t miss
ing
parts
) and
has
bee
n pr
oper
ly re
gist
ered
/pla
ted
or in
sure
d fo
r the
last
3 m
onth
s (th
e “C
riter
ia”).
Elig
ible
cus
tom
ers
will
rece
ive [$
500]
/ [$1
,000
]/ [$
2,50
0]/ [
$3,0
00] t
owar
ds th
e pu
rcha
se o
r lea
se o
f a n
ew 2
011/
2012
For
d [F
iest
a (e
xclu
ding
S),
Focu
s (e
xclu
ding
S)]/
[Fus
ion
(exc
ludi
ng S
), Ta
urus
(exc
ludi
ng S
E), M
usta
ng (e
xclu
ding
Val
ue L
eade
r), E
scap
e (e
xclu
ding
XLT
I4 M
anua
l), Tr
ansit
Con
nect
(exc
ludi
ng E
V), R
ange
r (ex
cludi
ng R
egul
ar C
ab 4
x2 X
L), E
dge
(exc
ludi
ng S
E), F
lex
(exc
ludi
ng S
E), E
xplo
rer (
exclu
ding
bas
e)]/
[F-1
50 (e
xclu
d-in
g Re
gula
r Cab
4x2
XL)
, Exp
editi
on, E
-Ser
ies]
/ [F2
50-5
50] –
all
Rapt
or, G
T500
, BOS
S302
, and
Med
ium
Truc
k m
odel
s ex
clude
d (e
ach
an “E
ligib
le V
ehicl
e”).
Taxe
s pa
yabl
e be
fore
Reb
ate
amou
nt is
ded
ucte
d. To
qua
lify:
(i) c
usto
mer
mus
t, at
the
time
of th
e El
igib
le V
ehicl
e sa
le, p
rovid
e th
e De
aler
with
(a)s
uffi c
ient
pro
of o
f Crit
eria
, and
(b) s
igne
d or
igin
al o
wne
rshi
p tra
nsfe
rring
cus
tom
er v
ehicl
e to
the
Auth
orize
d Re
cycle
r; an
d (ii)
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
mus
t be
purc
hase
d, le
ased
, or f
acto
ry o
rder
ed d
urin
g th
e Pr
ogra
m P
erio
d. O
ffer o
nly
avai
labl
e to
resid
ents
of C
anad
a an
d pa
yabl
e in
Can
adia
n do
llars
. Offe
r is
trans
fera
ble
to p
erso
ns d
omici
led
with
the
owne
r of t
he re
cycle
d ve
hicle
. Offe
r can
be
used
in c
onju
nctio
n w
ith m
ost r
etai
l con
sum
er o
ffers
mad
e av
aila
ble
by F
ord
at e
ither
the
time
of fa
ctor
y or
der o
r del
ivery
, but
not
bot
h. O
ffer n
ot a
vaila
ble
on a
ny v
ehicl
e re
ceivi
ng C
PA, G
PC, o
r Dai
ly Re
ntal
Reb
ates
and
the
Com
mer
cial F
leet
Reb
ate
Prog
ram
(CFI
P). L
imite
d tim
e of
fer,
see
deal
er fo
r det
ails
or c
all t
he F
ord
Cust
omer
Rel
atio
nshi
p Ce
ntre
at 1
-800
-565
-367
3. ©
2011
For
d M
otor
Com
pany
of C
anad
a, L
imite
d. A
ll rig
hts
rese
rved
.
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Mario Prusina Times Editor
The Wheatland Kings are in the midst of the five-game losing streak and desperately trying to hold down fourth place in the Heritage Junior B South Division.
The local Junior-B team suffered a pair of losses this past weekend, drop-ping their record to 9-12-1-2 on the season, and only have one win in their last eight games.
The Kings dropped a 7-6 decision on the road Dec. 9 to the Medicine Hat Cubs, before losing 8-2 to the Okotoks Bisons on Dec. 10 at the Strathmore Family Centre.
“You think you have it turned around and then one more thing gets away on you,” said Kings head coach Doug Murphy. “(Right now) our de-fence hasn’t been playing well. For example, in Medicine Hat, when you score six goals and you have the type of goaltending we’ve got, you should be coming away with a win. We’re not holding leads like we should be.
“Against Okotoks we ended up get-
ting dragged into the foolishness they brought and we didn’t play well de-fensively in our own end.”
Despite the season-long losing streak, the Kings remain tied with the Cubs for the final playoff spot with 21 points each. They also have a game in-hand over their divisional rivals.
The Kings will now close out 2011 with three games in three nights, be-ginning with a trip to High River on Dec. 16. After that, the team will trav-el to Coaldale the following day, be-fore returning home to host the Banff Academy Bears on Dec. 18 (7:30 p.m.) at the Strathmore Family Centre.
“We have to get some separation, particularly from Medicine Hat,” said the coach. “High River has got some guys back from junior-A and they’re on a tear here, so we have to get on our horse and get going or we’re going to find ourselves battling for a playoff spot or on the outside looking in.”
After the Christmas and New Year break, the Kings have 11 regular sea-son games remaining, including 9 in January. The first game of 2012 is Jan. 6 in Banff.
Kings slide hits five
The Wheatland Kings losing streak was extended to five games when they lost 8-2 to the Okotoks Bisons Dec. 10 at the Strathmore Family Centre. The Kings have only one win in their last eight games.
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After winning the round robin with a 2-0-1 record, the Strathmore Storm midget-A team went on to claim the Rocky mountain House tour-nament Dec. 9-11. The Storm defeated Shaw meadows in the final to win their first trophy of the season. Lucas Jones, left, Chris Reed and Blake Bishop accept the trophy for the team.
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Strathmore Civic CentreCocktails 5 pm Supper 6 pm
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For tickets call:Barb Narajiwsky 403-934-5481Lorraine Leskiw 403-934-2065
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Nightingale Pot Luck & Christmas
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December 17Supper 6 pm
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Christmas is JesusStrathmore Interchurch
Choir & OrchestraFriday, December 16 • 8 pm
Saturday, December 17 • 8 pmSunday, December 18 • 3 pm
FREE AdmissionStrathmore Alliance Church is located at the corner of Wehatland Trail & First Avenue.
(Contrubutions to the Food Bank gratefully accepted!)
A Musical created by Mike Speck
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Wednesday, Dec. 21 • 7 pmSchool gym
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Thank You
A big thank you to all who attended my shower in Standard on November 25 and to all
those who sent along gifts. A special thank you to the shower committee who did such an amazing
job! It’s great to be part of such a generous community. A donation
has been made to the Standard Hall
Building Fund in lieu of thank you cards.Erin Gregory and
Aaron Sacher
THANK YOU!Christmas time is a time for
remembering those who make life special!
We extend our heartfelt thank you to our family and friends for your many gestures of support
during this past year. The beautiful flowers and gifts and cards, your hospital visits, prayers and phone calls, the food brought to the house, the drives to Calgary and more. We are fortunate to belong to
such a caring community, and your thoughtfulness and encouragement mean so very much to us.
Merry Christmas and best wishes to you all for a happy New Year!
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pets pets neeD a Christmas iDea? StRatHmoRe muSical aRtS is Presenting John Wort Hannam, march 24/12 dinner and Show $50.00/person. teacher turned singer/song writer Won 2010 canadian music Folk award For contemporary album of the year “Queen’s Hotel”, For information call linda 403-680-7721. tick-ets available @ PJ’s appli-ance, music centre canada assist Business and Pro Water.
ObituariesNAIL, Donald
it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our devoted father, grandfather
and great grandfather at the age of 88 years. He is survived by his daughter lori lou Begarek (don) and son greg (Heather); five grandchildren, Russell (Wendy), cristy (curtis), lacy (greg), Kylie (dane) and gage; seven great grandsons, Jayden, ashton, Jayse, tanner, Kody, chase, and dane Jr. He was predeceased by his loving wife lois, parents and parents-in-law, brothers clifford and Harold, and sisters lola Smith and maxie Watson. dad was born on november 15, 1923 to parents Floyd and leah nail. He served in the Royal canadian air Force for four years and then became part owner in the cluny bar. dad and mom were married on november 21, 1951 and bought a farm northeast of Hussar and farmed there for 26 years. in 1977 they moved to Kelowna, then to Fintry, B.c. where they enjoyed retirement together. in 1996 they moved back to Strathmore, where they really retired, and enjoyed being close to their old friends and making new ones. a memorial service was held on tuesday, december 13, 2011 at the Royal canadian legion Hall, Strathmore Branch, at 2:00 p.m. to send condolences, please visit www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca. WHeatland FuneRal Home ltd. (Strathmore) in care of arrangements. 403-934-5666.
SNoxeLL, Leona1925-2011
leona Snoxell passed away suddenly, but peacefully, with
her family by her side, at the Strathmore Hospital on Sunday, december 11, 2011 at the age of 86 years. leona leaves behind her loving family: daughters, marlee Braithwaite of Bowden, elaine (Will) voth of Pincher creek, and son, Roger (lori) Snoxell of lyalta; six grandchildren lon (colleen) Braithwaite of innisfail, leigh (Ryan) Feist of dawson creek, lisa voth of vancouver, Joanna (Kevin) voth of Singapore, and Jen and Jon Snoxell of calgary; five great-grandchildren, Samantha, tyson, layton, and mandi Feist, and chloe Braithwaite. leona was predeceased by Keith, her beloved husband of 41 years, on march 14, 1989, by her parents, Frances and Frank golembiosky, her sister, three brothers, and most recently her precious great-grandbaby, Jillian Braithwaite, in 2010. leona was born on February 19, 1925, in Ruzdiviana, Poland. Her family immigrated to canada in 1931, farming near grantham/vauxhall, aB. after completing high school and normal School (calgary), leona taught in one-room country schools for four years before her marriage to Keith on January 24, 1948. they farmed together on the original Snoxell homestead in the lyalta district for almost 40 years. after Keith’s passing, Jen and Jon, the grandchildren next door, gave leona much enjoyment over the next 12 years. in 2000, leona moved into a new condo, the courtyard, in Strathmore. She found fulfillment in showing kindness to others by sending special cards or flowers. a Funeral Service will be held on Friday, december 16, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in the Strathmore united church (410 - 4 Street, Strathmore, alberta). interment to follow at the mountain view memorial gardens. donations may be made to the charity of your choice. to email expressions of sympathy: [email protected] subject heading: leona Snoxell. arrangements entrusted to mountain view memorial gardens, Funeral Home and crematorium, 1605 - 100 Street Se ~ garden Road Se, calgary, aB tel: (403) 272-5555 www.mountainviewmemorial.ca.
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Custom feedlot & farming operation looking
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Valid driver’s licence and a good attitude a must. High school
diploma an asset.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYOwen Oil Tools by Standard is
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please fax resumes: 403-644-3906 or email: [email protected]
inquires please phone 403-644-3901
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
STANDARD CO-OP GENERAL MANAGER
The Standard Co-op Board is looking for a mature individual with an innovative and proactive approach to managing a small
community, member-owned, retail grocery/hardware business.
- Managerial experience is preferred. - Retail experience in Grocery &
Hardware an asset.- Computer skills and bookkeeping
experience an asset.- Candidate must possess good people and organizational skills to maintain a
multi-staff store.
Starting salary dependent on qualifications and experience.
Benefits package available.Application Closing Date: January 3, 2012
For more information, contact Dale Beingessner, President
Phone: 403-644-3878Cell: 403-901-4493
Email resumes to: [email protected]: 403-644-3981
Mail: Box 132, Standard, AB T0J 3G0
Full & Part Time help required for
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Town of STraThmore Where Quality of Life is A Way of Life
PART TIME HANDI-BUS DRIVER
Competition #TOS 2011-35An employment opportunity exists for a part-time Handi-bus Driver at the Town of Strathmore. If you enjoy working with seniors and physically disabled individuals and would like to make a dif-ference in the lives of some very special people this could be the opportunity you are looking for!
Job Requirements:
• Class 1, 2 or 4 Alberta Driver’s License. • Ability to assist passengers with loading and unloading.• Must be physically fit – requirement to lift heavy items – i.e. wheelchairs, walkers, oxygen bottles, etc.• Operation of vehicles and wheel chair equipment in a safe and courteous manner• Previous professional driving experience would be an asset.• First aid/CPR certificate• Clean drivers abstract and criminal record check
The position is part-time with a maximum of 29 hours per week; shifts will vary and applicants must be flexible enough to work weekdays, eve-nings and weekends.
Rate of Pay: $15.67 – $18.11 per hour plus 4% vacation pay.
Those interested in applying should submit a complete resume to: Linda Nelson, Deputy C.A.O. Town of Strathmore 680 Westchester Road Strathmore, AB T1P 1J1 Email: [email protected]
(When emailing please quote the competition number in subject line.)
Closing date for applications is Dec. 23, 2011.
Tunes for a Toonie Christmas SpectacularHope Community Covenant Church
7:00pm, Friday, December 16th, 2011Doors will open at 6:30pm
Light refreshments will be served following the concert
Tickets will be available at the door for $4 per person or $10 per family
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With all the Trimmings! Games & Caroling
On Christmas DaySunday, December 25 • 4 pm
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HIRING - F.T. Kitchen Helper at the Roadhouse Restau-rant - $11.30/hr experience preferred, but will train. F.T. Cook $13.56/hr 3-5 years experience required. Mail resume to: 510 Hwy #1 Strathmore AB T1P1M6.
TIRe TeCHNICIAN WANTed. experience preferred but willing to train the right person. MUST have Valid drivers License. drop off Resume in person to the Fountain Tire in Strathmore Or Fax it ATTN: Bob Vert to 403-934-6271.
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TOddLe INN dAYCARe, va-cancies available for Child Care Worker. duties include supervising children and program planning as well as light cleaning duties. Job re-quirements; criminal record check, 1st aid and must hold a childcare professional cer-tificate. drop off resumes at the day care, 309, 2nd Ave. Strathmore.
NOW HIRING - F.T. at the Strathmore Station - Kitch-en Helpers 11.30/hr expe-rience preferred, but will train. F.T. Cook $13.56/hr 3-5 years experience re-quired. Mail resume to 380 Ridge Road, Strathmore, AB T1P 1B5 or Fax 403-934-9390 or email: [email protected].
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UnIQUe opportUnItY! shared accommoda-tions, master bedroom with ensuite, near schools & hospital, with beautiful backyard, back-ing onto gray’s park. available immediately and rent is flexible if nec-essary. mature adults only. Call 403-901-9295 for all the details.
shared accomwantedWanted: an acreage or farm/ranch on a lease/rent to own basis. We have a small down payment & will be able to pay a really decent monthly payment. facility must have a decent house/modular home. barn, shop & corrals would be nice but we are willing to build. We would like to have at least 10 acres. must be with in 40 kms of strathmore. please call 403-618-1866.
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403.901.5472 . [email protected]
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photo / video
Mobile RepaiRs & FabRication
mobile repairs
Handy Kinda Guy• Painting • Plumbing • Small Renovations • Decks & Fences• Bathrooms • Flooring • General Maintenance• Basement Renovations
Call BoB 403-861-7822
general contractors
Iop row ltd.Specializing in Insurance Claims
Your Complete Exterior Finishing CompanyExperts in Vinyl Siding, Soffit and Fascia
Continuous Eavestroughing • Windows & ReroofsAluminum and Smart Board Batons
Cell: 403-968-9211 • Work: 403-934-4334Fax: 403-934-4422 • Email: [email protected]
For a FREE QuotE Call tom
general contractors
Facial Waxing & Ear Piercing
Clips N’ Cuts
call today!
Rodeo alley (Main Street)
haiRStyliSt & BaRBeR
Brenda Gauthier 403-934-3940 “Same Great Service, Different Location”
faMily Salon
hair salon
302 Canal Blvd., Strathmore403-901-0522www.cwss.ca
24-7 Site Access• Secure Gate Access & Video Surveillance
• All Units Individually Alarmed• Various Unit Sizes
• Heated Units Available
storage
Daisy Does Recycling
Curbside Pick Up in Strathmore, Standard, Rockyford & Namaka
Jamie Walker
- Owner
recycling
Call for free estimatesReasonable Rates and
Friendly ServiceCorral CleaningFences and DecksLandscapingBobcat Service/Tree & Post HolesHaul away Junk/GarbageGravel/Loam DeliveryConcrete WorkSnow Plowing
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For Top Dog Service Call or Email:403-701-9582
Summer projects not done?Junk piling up?
Time is of the essence?
general contractors
Massage WellnessRelaxation & Therapeutic MassageCranioSacral TherapyHot Jade Stone Therapy
RMT now available atLangdon Medical Centre403-936-5990
health & wellness
All Genres
DJ ServiceS• Custom Play Lists• Raves, Weddings, Parties, Wakes, etc.• Reasonable Prices• Corporate Discounts
403.901.1449email [email protected]
Suzanne Adamson Brian Murphy
music
Professional Directory
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