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Tap dancing showstopper: Crestomere School students Halle Carlson, Josh Rust and Shane Dyrland put their own twist on a classy tap dance number during their recent Christmas concert. For more photos from school concerts in the Rimbey area, please see pages 6 and 8. Photo by Amelia Naismith

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Rimbey FCSS board chair recognized with provincial award By Treena Mielke A volunteer who gives selflessly of her time, energy and talent has been recognized provincially. Nancy Teeuwsen-Hartford received the 2012 Family and Community Support Services Award of Merit at the Family and Community Support Services Association of Alberta’s annual conference held recently in Edmonton. Teeuwsen-Hartford is chairman of Rimbey FCSS and has served for more than 15 years as a member at large on the board. Peggy Makofka, executive director for Rimbey FCSS, said Teeuwsen-Hartford is a pillar in the organization. “She gives freely of her time as a board member and willingly does committee work on finance, policy development and board room strategies that take hours to hammer out (but result in) positive outcomes,” she said. Makofka said Teeuwsen-Hartford is a versatile,

willing volunteer who is happy to go where she is needed whether it be working on fund development projects or on the front line cooking and serving. “Nancy’s contribution to FCSS both in the community of Rimbey and provincially is that she presents the family that works hard on the family farm and is able to instill rural values through her leadership.” Makofka noted Teeuwsen-Hartford has experienced the tragedy of a life threatening illness of a child, herself and understands only too well how illness and hardships can impact a family. “Nancy’s empathy for others and her uncanny ability to think outside the normal continuum of services has made her an outstanding nominee and recipient for the award,” she said. Jeff Carlson, president of the FCSS Association, said the nomination clearly indicates the tremendous work Teeuwsen-Hartford does to strengthen the social fabric of her community. “The spirit and dedication you have brought to

County council helps out Bluffton Hall By Amelia Naismith

“There’s some potential improvements for the affected land along that outfall,” added Cutforth. “And I thought, well really, that is such flat, low wetland anyway. How much impact does this really have, and how is it the responsibility of the county?” Bluffton Hall support County council is donating $6,000 to the Bluffton Hall to deal with water drainage issues. “They had standing water that wouldn’t drain from the building,” said Cutforth. There is concern that increased humidity caused by the water could lead to mold. “When they built their addition onto the hall three years ago, they’ve had some water issues,” said Cutforth, in recommending the county’s support. In the last year the hall hosted around 40 functions, most attended by more than 200 people. These numbers affirmed to council the hall is still a well-used building in the community.

Ponoka County council has decided to purchase a Caterpillar compactor for the Bluffton landfill. At their Dec. 11 meeting, council discussed the merits of two different compactors, the Bomag compacter and the Caterpillar. County CAO Charlie Cutforth said Bomag compacters are known to run well but the service isn’t up to the counties desired standards. The quality of Caterpillar compacters is less known but Cutforth hasn’t heard of any problems. The landfill has a Bomag compactor in use; however, it’s off warranty and sitting at approximately 6,000 hours of use. “If worst comes to worst we could run this Bomag another year,” said Cutforth. The Caterpillar will cost between $507,000 and $510,000, and a Bomag would cost $550,000. Rimbey lagoon outfall request The Town of Rimbey requested support from county council for their lagoon outlet project. County council accepted the request as information but made no further decision at their Dec. 11 Tyler Jordan, DD meeting. The outfall system from the lagoon is 5.6 kilometers and runs south to the Blindman River. Based on an engineers report, the total cost to clean the outfall channel would be approximately $600,000. Cutforth showed council photos of standing water throughout the outfall path but no one believed the water was significant or out of the ordinary.

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ensuring that Rimbey FCSS is the best it can be is a wonderful example to be shared with FCSS programs across the province.” Teeuwsen-Hartford was pleased and surprised to receive the award. She enjoys volunteering and is proud of the FCSS organization. “They do a lot of really good work, right here in Rimbey.” Teeuwsen-Hartford and husband Wayne live in the western part of Ponoka County on a cattle ranch. As well as FCSS, she is also involved in the Central Alberta Raceway community initiative.

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It seems we’ve hit the off season. Christmas is past, all tied up in a yesterday’s crumpled wrapping paper ready to be recycled. The new year is still an embryo waiting to be born, a brand new blank calendar year, Treena Mielke well wishers wearing On The Other Side silly hats and frantically blowing those little paper noisemakers are optimistically preparing to usher in. But, for now there are a few days when there is no great holiday to be celebrated. In hockey and golf, they call it the shoulder season — a time when golfers go into withdrawal because of the frost warnings and hockey schedules have yet to be made up. I like this; the shoulder season between Christmas and the new year. It’s good. It’s time to breathe and forget about trying to do more stuff. It’s too late. It’s done. The deadline is past. The thing I like about this time other than I can’t possibly shop, bake or wrap another thing for the plain and simple reason that it’s too late, is, well, actually that’s it. That’s what I like. The deadline is passed. I get the word, deadline. In the newspaper world where I seem to live a lot of my life, the word deadline is our daily bread, our bottom line, in fact, our own special greeting to each other. In a newspaper office, people don’t say good morning to each other. Instead they say, “Deadline Day.” And they definitely don’t say Merry Christ-

mas. They simply look at each other and mutter the dreaded words, “early deadline.” Then off they go to their little cubicles where they mutter stuff like “I hate Christmas and I hate Christmas concerts” and then they identify with Scrooge and all that “Bah humbug” stuff and somehow feel a little better because they realize they are all prisoners in a world made of newspapers of all things. And they can’t get out! But, the deadline, as is the case in all deadlines, passes and newspaper people live to tell the tale and even, for some strange reason, do it all again. It’s something to do with the ink, I think. It’s addicting. So, this year, in spite of dire predictions the world as we know it, will end, newspaper and Christmas and their ensuing deadlines have come and gone. And looking back on the days between the

deadlines, it seems we’ve all lived through a whole lot of experiences that have, hopefully, left us a little more humble, and, perhaps even a little wiser. I, personally, am still a little short on the wiser part, but seem only to grow older with clockwork regularity. It’s been a season punctuated with the comforting familiarity of Christmas concerts and Christmas greetings that warm even 30 below weather because they come from friends and, even more importantly, from strangers about to be friends. And, it has also been a season marked forever with the unspeakable tragedy in the United States of the senseless killing of children, gunned down ruthlessly by a tortured young man. And as we move toward the unknown, unchartered territory of 2013, we can be certain that there is really nothing we can be certain of. Except, of course, deadlines. They never seem to disappear!

Guns, culture and attitudes in America Here’s an interesting statistic: the second-highest rate of gun ownership in the world is in Yemen, a largely tribal, extremely poor country. The highest is in the United States, where there are almost as many guns as people: around 300 million guns for 311 million people. But here’s another interesting statistic: in the past 25 years, the proportion of Americans who own guns has fallen from about one in three to only one in five. However, the United States, unlike Yemen, is a rich country, and the average American gun owner has four or five firearms. Moreover, he or she is utterly determined to keep them no matter what happens. What has just happened in Sandy Hook, Conn. is the seventh massacre this year in which four or more people were killed by a lone gunman. The fact that this time 20 of the victims were little girls and boys six or seven years old has caused a wave of revulsion in the United States but it is not likely to lead to new laws on gun controls. It’s not even clear that new laws would help. Half the firearms in the entire world are in the United States. The rate of murders by gunfire in the United States is almost 20 times higher than the average rate in 22 other populous, high-income countries where the frequency of other crimes is about the same. There is clearly a connection between these two facts but it is not necessarily simple cause and effect. Here’s one reason to suspect that it’s not that simple: the American rate for murders of all kinds — shooting, strangling, stabbing, poisoning, pushing people under buses, etc. — is seven times higher than it is in those other 22 rich countries. It can’t just be guns. And here’s another clue: the rate of firearms homicides in Canada, another mainly English-speaking country in North America with a similar political

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heritage, is about half the American rate — and in England itself it is only one-thirtieth as much. What else is in play here? Steven Pinker, whose book The Better Angels of Our Nature is about the long-term decline in violence of every kind in the world, is well aware that murder rates have not fallen in the United States in the past century. (Most people don’t believe that violence is in decline anywhere, let alone almost everywhere. That’s why he wrote the book.) And Pinker suggests an explanation for the American exception. In medieval Europe, where everybody from warlords to peasants was on his own when it came to defending his property, his rights and his “honour,” the murder rates were astronomically high: 110 people per 100,000 in 14th-century Oxford, for example. It was at least as high in colonial New England in the early 17th century. By the mid-20th century, the murder rate in England had fallen more than a hundredfold: in London, it was less than one person per 100,000 per year. In most Western European countries it was about the same. Whereas the US murder rate is still up around seven people per 100,000 per year. Why? Pinker quotes historian Pieter Spierenburg’s provocative suggestion that “democracy came too early” to America. In European countries, the population was gradually disarmed by the centralized state as it put an end to feudal anarchy. Only much later, after people had already learned to trust the law to defend their property and protect them from violence, did democracy come to these countries.

This is also what has happened in most other parts of the world, although in many cases it was the colonial power that disarmed the people and instituted the rule of law. But in the United States, where the democratic revolution came over two centuries ago, the people took over the state before they had been disarmed — and kept their weapons. They also kept their old attitudes. Indeed, large parts of the United States, particularly in the southeast and southwest, still have an “honour” culture in which it is accepted that a private individual may choose to defend his rights and his interests by violence rather than seeking justice through the law. The homicide rate in New England is less than three people per 100,000 per year; in Louisiana it is more than 14. None of this explains the specific phenomenon of gun massacres by deranged individuals, who are presumably present at the same rate in every country. It’s just that in the United States, it’s easier for individuals like that to get access to rapid-fire weapons. And, of course, the intense media coverage of every massacre gives many other crazies an incentive to do the same — only more of it. But only one in 300 murders in the United States happens in that kind of massacre. Most are simply due to quarrels between individuals, often members of the same family. Private acts of violence to obtain “justice,” with or without guns, are deeply entrenched in American culture, and the murder rate would stay extraordinarily high even if there were no guns. Since there are guns everywhere, of course, the murder rate is even higher. But since the popular attitudes to violence have not changed, that is not going to change either. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Rimbey Christian School Kindergarten students Ian Smith, Dezirae Durand, Jessica Dolman and Danett Steeves performed at the school’s concert held. Gillian Payson falls to the floor in a faint while students Maranda Chesney, Courtney Holtkamp, Maija Weening, Natalie Weenink and Evan Buist watch in disbelief. In the background are grades 1 and 2 students and also students from the grades 5 and 6 classes. The Rimbey Christian School students performed the play Cricket County Christmas last week. Treena Mielke Photos

Elves Krystal Goltz and Stephanie Matson spend time on the beach.

Captain Grey Beard (Johanna Lunzmann) ambushes a group of vacationing elves during the Bluffton School dress rehearsal of Pirate Christmas, Dec. 19. Photos by Amelia Naismith

Marni Giebelhaus, Megan Luchak, Cole Blackburn, Aleah Klugkist, Emma Sargeant, Karlene Riley and David Karroll perform at Rimbey Elementary School’s Christmas concert.

Peyote Bergey is the fairy godmother who teaches Jordan Kapalka about the true meaning of Christmas during Rimbey Elementary School’s Christmas concert. Treena Mielke Photos

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Santa ready to retire from Christmas duties By Treena Mielke Santa Claus, a mythical elf dressed in red and white with eight tiny reindeer, has been around for a long time — probably since Moby Dick was a minnow. For generations, children have climbed on his knee, tugged at his beard and whispered into his ear secrets no one else knows. The fact Santa is here, there and everywhere does not leave a question mark in the minds of little children, who simply accept the jolly gentleman is as much a part of the holiday season as Christmas trees and stockings hung by the chimney with care. In keeping with the Christmas tradition of Santa Claus, Art Blais of Bentley has willing donned a Santa suit every December for the last five years and turned himself into a walking, talking real live Saint Nicolas. And, even though Santa Night at Pas Ka Poo Park found him shivering under his Santa Suit and he often finds himself stressed about showing up at the various locations where he is supposed to be on time and not disappointing any of his little visitors, he loves his job. “A lot of the children still believe,” he said. “That’s what makes you feel great.” Blais volunteered for the job of Santa because he seemed a natural fit. “I had the beard and the nose and the glasses. I always try to get them to pull

my beard and some of them will,” he said with a Santa-like chuckle. The children who climb onto Santa’s knee always have a wish list and sometimes they have a few questions of their own. “The older ones always try and stump me. And that’s fun. I try to engage them in a conversation and it is really quite enjoyable. Most of them just want toys.” Blais, a member of Rimbey Lions Club, donates to the club any remuneration for being Santa. “I don’t really ask for any money, but if there is a donation I just give it to the club.” With the Christmas season drawing to a close, Blais plans to hang up his Santa suit permanently. Unfortunately, as much as he has enjoyed being Santa, family commitments need to come first. “I have too many other things going on, and it is a big commitment to be Santa. You have to make sure you don’t have a cold, and you have to be there when you said you would. And I don’t have a replacement if something should happen.” But, for this year at least, children in the area have had the opportunity to climb on Santa’s knee, pull his beard, whisper in his ear and feel confident that, at least for a few brief moments in time, magic can happen. And Santa does exist!

Alexa Linton from Rimbey Nursery School has a serious chat with Santa about Christmas wishes during his visit to the nursery school last week. Treena Mielke Photo

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Crazy sweater day: High school teacher Chris Oram and Grade 12 students Tori Boyes, Bailey Towle, Jasmine Weenink, Miranda Morton, Erica Trenson, Alannah Albach and Sydney Madu show off their crazy sweaters at the high school last week. Treena Mielke Photo

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Rimbey New Life Fellowship Sunday 10:30 a.m. Children’s Church 11:30 a.m. Midweek Service - Wednesday 7 p.m. Ladies Meeting Friday 2 p.m. Pastor Reg Darnell 403-843-3336 (Office) 403-782-2694 (Home) 5038 - 49 Ave.

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School performance plays to full house By June Norvila On Dec. 18 there was no room left at the Blindman Valley Ag Centre parking lot, or inside the hall either, as community, friends and families came to enjoy the annual Bentley School Christmas Concert. The community-style concert, with food bank donations being accepted at the door, was started four years ago. Elementary students, and some junior and senior high students, a live auction, and some gift basket draws kept the rapt audience entertained for 90 minutes. School principal Lane Moore was the master of ceremonies and gave a welcome and introduction. Rev. Adam Kilner opened the program with a winter prayer before the stage was turned over to Ms. Lada Karpova, the temporary fine arts teacher. First on the program was the ECS class with two little action songs, then the kindergarten students sang some children’s favorites adapted for Christmas. Grade 12 students Hayley Lush and Heather Lautenbach sang Mariah Carey’s song “All I Want for Christmas is You” a capella. The grades 7-9 fine arts students had been busy. They performed the play “Santa’s Courtroom” that school students Taylor Hand and Desiree Smith had written about old-time fairytale characters including Cinderella, Robin Hood, the Three Little Pigs, and more getting blamed by Santa’s elf. They followed that with Michael Bublé’s song “Grown-Up Christmas List.” Before the 10-minute intermission, the group did a staging based on the Robert Munsch kid’s book “Thomas’ Snowsuit.” The final group performance was the musical play “I Need a Little Christmas Vacation” by John Jacobson. All grades of elementary students were involved with grades 4, 5, and 6 doing the acting and everyone doing the songs. Lautenbach closed the official program with a

Three Little Pigs in “Santa’s Courtroom” play by grades 7 to 9 Fine Arts students. rendition of “Ave Maria.” Ms. Karpova, or Miss “K” as she has become accustomed to being called, was presented with a bouquet of flowers and a token of appreciation from staff and students. There was a live auction on a secret table of gifts — most of the gifts were wrapped so you didn’t know what you were bidding on, with Principal Moore assuming the part of the auctioneer. It brought $300. The evening ended with draws for the lucky winners of each classroom’s gift basket. Each classroom had a theme picked, and then had donated items to go towards their basket. The end

result was a significant value to each laundry basket full of merchandise. People purchased tickets before the concert and throughout the evening. The money raised, about$1730 between the raffle and auction table, will be used to assist families in need within the community. The school strives to give back to the community. They had already collected for the Gifts for Grandparents program and had distributed 40 gift bags to residents of Westview Apartments, the Bentley Care Centre and to Oxford Court. The rest of the donations were taken to Red Deer to Family Services of Central Alberta for distribution.

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Community responds generously to support food bank By Treena Mielke

Rachel Luce, Joel Bender, Shai Tugwell, Philip Van Velsen and Jessica Schwieger, all students at Rimbey Christian School, helped out at the Rimbey Food Bank last week preparing Christmas hampers which were given out shortly before Christmas. Treena Mielke Photo The food bank is in the basement of the Nazarene Church and its

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magic behind them… Okay, I have to admit that author Andrew Beckham had me there for a minute. In his brief introduction to The Lost Christmas Gift, he says he’s known Emerson Johansson for years, which starts this delightful story off on just the right note. From there, we’re treated to a book-within-a-book and side-byside, across the years comments about a special day shared and the incredible things that happened. I’m not going to

The Lost Christmas Gift by Andrew Beckham c.2012, Princeton Architectural Press $29.95 / $34.95 Canada 40 pages This Christmas, you’ll find lots of surprises beneath your tree. Some of them, of course, will arrive from Santa. Others will come in the mail from Grandma or a favorite aunt who lives far away. Then there are the be-ribboned packages that somehow manage to sneak under the tree, courtesy of someone special. Emerson Johansson never expected a gift, especially not something sent decades ago. But in the new book The Lost Christmas Gift by Andrew Beckham, he received a box full of memories… Two days before Christmas, a box arrived at Emerson Johansson’s house. It was wrapped in paper that was old and fragile and he was surprised to see his father’s handwriting on the outside. His dad had been dead for years. During the Second World War, Emerson’s father worked as a cartographer in France and, judging by the postmarks, Emerson knew that was where the box had come from, some 70-odd years ago. He wondered where it had been all this time. With excitement, he wondered what was inside it. When he opened the box, he found a book. Memories came flooding back. It had been a special father-son outing, the kind that boys eagerly anticipate each year. They had set out to find the perfect Christmas tree; Emerson had taken his new camera to mark to the occasion and a flask of hot coffee to keep them warm. It was a good thing, too, because the clouds rolled in about noon that day and it snowed very hard. Soon, Emerson and his father were lost and they knew they’d have to spend a cold night in a hastily-dug snow shelter. But before they could huddle down for the night, Emerson saw something in the woods: it was a small man who carried twigs, and Emerson took a picture. Then they saw another man through the trees, who left some coal. The gifts were just enough to get them through the cold night. As he looked through the book his father had made for him all those years ago, Emerson was amazed. His pictures — the ones he thought were missing — were in the book, along with drawings his father had made. Drawings made with love. Pictures with Christmas

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Christmas is often an especially difficult time for people who are having a hard time scrapping together enough money for food, much less buy presents. During this time of year when youngsters are confident Santa will show up with gifts, parents may find themselves experiencing even higher levels of stress than usual. This year many groups and organizations in the community stepped up to the plate to donate to the food bank so everyone in the area could enjoy a merry Christmas. Food bank co-ordinator Katherine Winters said the shelves at Rimbey Food Bank are full and 50 Christmas hampers have been made up for families who need a little hand up this holiday season. Winters said the people of Rimbey have been extremely generous this year with food and monetary donations. “We’ve had wonderful donations of money, food and gift items.” She said the number of food bank users has been “average” for this time of year. “It always goes up around Christmas.” She is grateful to the schools, businesses, nonprofit and sports groups who have helped out the food bank this year. “The fundraisers have been fabulous.”

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RCMP warn residents to lock up vehicles and valuables Rimbey RCMP had a steady week, taking on 40 new investigations. Highlights of the week include another domestic assault, break and enters, theft and other criminal matters. Burglars hit farm businesses Early Monday morning, Dec. 17, at approximately 4:30 a.m., culprits broke into two separate farm equipment businesses in Rimbey. The thieves stole tools, chain saws and other items. Officers from Rimbey detachment, with the assistance of the RCMP Forensic Identification Section, are investigating the matter. Domestic violence Police responded to several more situations where spouses were arguing. In one incident, a man is being sought by police for assaulting his estranged spouse. In each case, alcohol was a factor. If you are finding yourself in these types of situations, there is help. Please contact the Rimbey Victim Services Unit for more information at (403) 843-8494. Snow blindness Surprisingly, road conditions do not seem to deter some folks from driving their own car like it was stolen. In one case, an officer was driving with extra caution due to a recent snow flurry. A lady, was apparently so blinded by the snow did not notice the truck she was passing was a fully marked police vehicle. Or maybe it was because she was going 150 km/h... Either way, she did notice the red and blue lights in her rear view mirror. Once she pays off the huge ticket she received, the Alberta Government will have a significant dent in its fiscal deficit next year. Lock it or lose it A local shopper had some money and personal identification stolen after he left his vehicle unlocked and unattended when he ran into a store for a quick minute. In this cold weather, it is tempting to leave the car running while you run errands.

Please do not leave a vehicle unlocked and unattended. Don’t temp an opportunistic thief who may be watching and waiting. Never store valuables in your vehicle overnight. If you have electronics, please write down the serial number and store them in a safe place in the event you do lose something in the future. Leopard can’t change its spots Police continue to monitor chronic habitual offenders in the Rimbey area. Several more “regulars” have been arrested and charged for failing to abide by their court imposed release conditions. One individual was recently released

from jail (again) but this time she was ordered by the court to not set foot in Rimbey ... so being diligent at what we do, Rimbey RCMP notified the police force of jurisdiction immediately where the person was now residing of her location and habits. In one day, she became the focus of another investigation and more criminal charges are pending. More thefts in rural area Police are actively investigating thefts occurring in the rural area. Please lock up your fuel tanks and don’t leave keys in equipment. If you see anything suspicious, please call us immediately so we

can catch the bandits red-handed. Unless, of course, you hear hooves tapping on your roof followed by seeing a big jolly ol’ fella in your kitchen drinking a glass of milk and eating your plateful of cookies. Merry Christmas everyone! If you have any information on these or any other crimes, please call the Rimbey RCMP at (403) 843-2224 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477, #8477 on Telus Mobility or *8477 on Rogers AT&T. Crime Stoppers is a community program that does work. Do your part and call now.

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BIEBER Albert ‘Bun’ Bieber of Bluffton, Alberta passed away peacefully at the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre, Rimbey on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at the age of 86 years. Albert will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his seven siblings: Carl (Olive) Bieber of Olds; Lillian Lee of Calgary; Cecil Bieber of Camrose; Norman (Heather) Bieber of Wetaskiwin; Pearl (Eddie) Graff of Vernon, B.C.; Ed Bieber (Dena Grue) of Camrose; and Ralph Bieber of Rimbey. He will also be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by many nieces and nephews. Albert was predeceased by his parents, Albert Sr. and Tillie Bieber; and one sister, Helen. A Public Funeral Service in Celebration of Albert’s Life was held at the Rimbey United Church, Rimbey on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. with the Reverend Deborah Laing officiating. Interment followed in the West Haven Cemetery, Rimbey. If friends desire, memorial tributes in Albert’s Memory may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, #202, 5913 - 50 Ave., Red Deer, AB T4N 4C4. Condolences to the Family may also be expressed by e-mail to: special_reflections@telusplanet.net Funeral and Burial Arrangements for the Late Albert ‘Bun’ Bieber entrusted to the care of OBERHAMMER FUNERAL CHAPELS Rimbey, AB. 403-843-4445

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$40.20 + gst Call 403-309-3300 or toll free 1-877-223-3311 FOR fast results: Classified Want Ads. Phone 1-877223-3311.

52 CLASSIFIEDS’ CHRISTMAS Hours & Deadlines

Office & Phone Lines Closed

Nowhere to go this Christmas?

TUES. DEC. 25 & TUES. JAN. 1

December 25 at 2 pm Rimbey Legion

PUBLICATION DATES & DEADLINES WED. DEC. 26 Deadline is Thur. Dec. 20 @ NOON

Come early if you want to help out. Donations of time, food, table cloths, etc. greatfully accepted! For more info call: Gayle 403-843-6864 or Harold 403-843-6289

Office & Phone Lines Closed WED. DEC. 26 - Boxing Day

PONOKA

WED. JAN. 2 Deadline is Fri. Dec. 28 @ NOON

RIMBEY PUBLICATION DATES & DEADLINES

TUES. DEC. 25 Deadline is Wed. Dec. 19 @ NOON TUES. JAN. 1 Deadline is Thurs. Dec. 27 @ NOON Happy Holidays from the Classified Staff

CLASSIFIEDS

The Rimbey Review, December 25, 2012 13

Meetings

ALATEEN

Weekly meetings Tuesdays @ 8 p.m. Neighborhood Place 5115 49 Ave. Ponoka For more info. 403-783-4557 or 403-783-8371

Personals

Is someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drinking causing you problems? AL-ANON 403-346-0320 TELL it all! Tell it well! Make your ads sell for you by giving full description of goods or services offered. Include prices and terms. Phone 1-877-223-3311 for a friendly ad taker.

Personals

800

Oilfield

Employment #700 - #920 Farm Work

755

HELP wanted on farm east of Consort from May-Oct. $15/hr. starting wage. Running equipment, fencing and cattlework. Email resume to jkm196@hotmail.com

Whatever Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Selling... We Have The Paper You Need! CLASSIFIEDS 1-877-223-3311

Oilfield

800

LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets. Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 SEEKING CLASS 1 Drivers with off-road fluid hauling experience. Will relocate. Year round work. Above average wage, appealing benefit packages offered. Trophy Buck Oilfield Services, Whitecourt, Alberta. Email resume: info@trophybuck.ca. Fax 780-706-2389. WANTED - Water & Vacuum Truck Operators. Class 3 w/Q-endorsement, H2S, First Aid, PST, CSTS. Mechanically inclined. Day-rate benefits. Fax 403-934-3487. Email: accounting@ mjswaterhauling.com.

PRODUCTION TESTING PERSONNEL Restaurant/ Hotel REQâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;D RETIREMENT & SAVINGS PLAN BENEFITS

Join Our Fast Growing Team!! QUALIFIED DAY AND NIGHT SUPERVISORS

(Must be able to Provide own work truck)

Valid 1st Aid, H2S, Drivers License required!!

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995 plus GST/HST

Value Ad Network

Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association toll free 1-800-282-6903 x228 email andrea@awna.com or visit this community newspaper

810

JOURNALISTS, Graphic Artists, Marketing and more. Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekly newspapers are looking for people like you. Post your resume online. Free. Visit: www. awna.com/resumes_add.php.

FIELD OPERATORS

Squeezthee MOST out of your advertising dollars

Professionals

Please contact Murray McGeachy or Jamie Rempel by Fax: (403) 340-0886 or email mmcgeachy@ cathedralenergyservices.com jrempel@ cathedralenergyservices.com website: www. cathedralenergyservices. com Your application will be kept strictly confidential.

820

MCDONALDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Restaurants in Ponoka, Lacombe, Gasoline Alley (East and West) and Stettler are now hiring full time TEAM LEADERS (Food Service Supervisors). Starting wage is between $11.05 to $13.00 per hour, depending upon previous experience and/or equivilent education. All restaurants are 24 hours so applicants must be wlling to work flexible shifts, weekend, evenings and late nights. We offer benefits and opportunities for further advancement. Apply in person, or on line at cbay22@telus.net or fax resume to 403-783-4251.

850

Trades

CENTRAL PEACE NATURAL Gas Co-op Ltd. requires full-time Gas Utility Operator. Experience, safety tickets an asset. Clean valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licence required. Forward resume: cpngc@telusplanet.net. Fax 780-864-2044. Mail: Box 119, Spirit River, T0H 3G0.

Trades

850

AN ALBERTA CONSTRUCTION company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051. BAKOS NDT is hiring qualified CGSB Technicians in Whitecourt, Edmonton and Grande Prairie. Benefit package, signing bonus and profit sharing available. Email: admin@bakosndt.com or call 1-888-763-5575.

EXPERIENCED Technician or Apprentice

required for GM dealership in Drumheller Medical benefits, good working conditions. Must have clean driving record. Please fax or email resume to service manager. Email: bob.thomas@ westerngmdrumheller.com Fax: 403-823-7237 MECH TECH HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR LTD. mechtech.her@hotmail.com Journeyman Heavy Equipment Field Technician needed. Class 5 licence. onroad/offroad equipment exp. an asset. Position in Ft.McMurray. Call Justin 780-713-9049 Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Trades

850

MORGAN CONSTRUCTION & Environmental Ltd. Looking for experienced Heavy Equipment Operators, Foremen & Labourers for work in oilfield & heavy civil construction projects. Competitive wages, full benefits & opportunity for year round work. Email resume: careers@ mcel.ca. Fax 780-960-8930 or apply in person: 702 Acheson Road, Acheson, Alberta. Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

NOW HIRING Electricians and Instrumentation Technicians. Techmation Electric & Controls requires Journeymen and Apprentices. Get more information and apply online at www.techmationelectric.com. PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume to: hr@ pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE.

QUALIFIED ELECTRICIANS NEEDED True Power Electric Requires Residential exp. only Competitive wages & benefits. Fax resume to: 403-314-5599

Central Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Trades

850

RCI (a Division of Park Paving) has an immediate opening for a full-time year-round Recycle Crushing Foreman and Operators (excavator/ loader) in Edmonton. Send your resume via email to: employment@ parkpaving.com or via fax to 780-424-5373.

Required Expâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d Fabricator For a Ponoka Manufacturing Shop. Knowledge of ASME code bolt up, basic instrumentation and a commitment to excellence are prerequisites. Competitive wages with benefit packages available. Interested candidates please send resume to admin@westcanfab.ca Of fax to 403-775-4014 TJ LOGGING of Whitecourt, Alberta is accepting resumes for experienced Heavy Duty Operators, Buncher, Hoe, Processor Dozer, Skidder, Delimber for immediate employment. Fax resume 780-778-2428.

CALL 1-877-223-3311 CLASSIFIEDS HOT-LINE WHATEVER YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;RE SELLING... WE HAVE THE PAPER YOU NEED!

RIMBEY BUSINESS DIRECTORY SECURE INDOOR & OUTDOOR STORAGE Perfect for: â&#x20AC;˘ Affordable Rates

RVs â&#x20AC;˘ Trailers â&#x20AC;˘ Boats â&#x20AC;˘ Cars â&#x20AC;˘ Motorbikes â&#x20AC;˘ Quads/ATVs â&#x20AC;˘ Snowmobiles â&#x20AC;˘ Furniture/ Household Goods

HOMEWARD BOUND KENNELS

ASPENWORKS MECHANICAL

BOARDING & GROOMING

Plumbing Gasfitting Hot Water & Forced Air Heating Water Analysis & Treatment Systems

RR#1 Lockhart Road Rimbey, Alberta T0C 2J0

Ph: 843-7794 Cell: 704-5039 dbfranklin@telus.net

403 843 7705 403.843.7705 www.glstorage.ca Located corner of Hwy 771 and Parkland Beach Road, west side of Gull Lake

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS IN HERE

$28 + GST PER WEEK Reaching 5700 households per week

SOURCE for all your Hose and Fittings

Your

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Septic & Holding Tanks Potable Water â&#x20AC;˘ Portable Toilets Oilfield â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Residential

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Eric & Amanda De Atley â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

403.783.2727 office@deatleyvac.com www.deatleyvac.com

Serving the Rimbey, Eckville & Ponoka Areas

Outdoor Wood or Coal Boilers High Efficiency Wood Gasification Boilers Doug Madu 5034 45 Avenue Box 2040, (403) 843-2635 Rimbey, AB., TOC 2J0 Cell (403) 350-5901 email: rgcourse@gmail.com

www.sourceindustrial.ca

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS IN HERE

$28 + GST PER WEEK Reaching 5700 households per week

THIS COULD BE YOUR BUSINESS CARD

FOR AS LITTLE AS $28 PER WEEK!

Call Michele or Connie for more details

403.843-4909

14 The Rimbey Review, December 25, 2012 Trades

850

Tornado Hydrovacs, a division of Petrofield Industries is accepting resumes for: Assembly Department: Industrial Painters, Electrical Technicians; Welders (Journeyman or Apprentice); and Labourers. Our Company has an enthusiastic, fast paced working environment with advancement for motivated individuals, and an excellent benefit package. Please forward resume to hr@ petrofield.com or Fax 403 742-1905

Truckers/ Drivers

860

ROADEX SERVICES requires O/O 1 tons for our RV division and O/O Semis and drivers for our RV and general freight deck division to haul throughout North America. Paid by direct deposit, benefits and company fuel cards. Border crossing required with valid passport and clean criminal record. 1-800-867-6233; www.roadexservices.com.

Misc. Help

860

880 In Town of Rimbey

Looking for part-time help in home care for a young man with Autism. Must enjoy walking

BUSY CENTRAL AB and swimming. company reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Class Government funded. 1 drivers to pull decks. Vehicle not required. Assigned truck, exc. wages and benefits pkg. Paid Phone: extras. Family orientated. Resume and abstract fax 403.843.6981 to 403-784-2330 or call 1-877-787-2501 TR BUILDERS Mon,. - Fri,. 8 a m to 6 pm is seeking a F/T carpenter & F/T laborer for new REQUIRED FOR AN home construction near ALBERTA trucking Breton starting immed., company: One Class 1 refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and transportation Driver. Must have a mini- r e q â&#x20AC;&#x2122; d . P h o n e T y l e r mum of 5 years experience 780-696-2028 eves. pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate ALL ROUND EMPLOYEE for housekeeping, must be able to pass a tavern/store in small town drug test and be willing to friendly hotel. Full-time, relocate to Edson, Alberta. room included. Phone Scheduled days off. Call Marg 403-857-9134 in Lloyd 780-723-5051. Youngstown, Alberta.

Misc. Help

CLASSIFIEDS Misc. Services

880

1290

Painters/ Decorators

1310

Personal Services

in Ponoka, has immediate opening for

SWAMPERS

Please submit resumes to 6526 - 44 Ave Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8 Fax: 403-783-3011 or Email: hr@calnashtrucking.com REQUIRED Shop Laborer Polisher Full or Part Time Crestomere area BANDIT INDUSTRIES 403-783-4284

Employment Training

900

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT Operator School. No Simulators In-the-seat training. Real world tasks. Weekly start dates. Job board! Funding options. Apply online! iheschool.com. 1-866-399-3853. WELL-PAID/LOW STRESS Career in Massage Therapy. Get the best-quality RMT education in Alberta without giving up your day job! Visit www.mhvicarsschool.com or call 1-866-491-0574 for free career information.

1055

Butchering

JKC MEATS MEATS JKC

Licensed Mobile Mobile Butchering Licensed Butchering Custom Cutting Cutting &&Wrapping Custom Wrapping Beef,Pork Pork and Beef, andWild WildGame Game

Paul Taylor

843-4383

miles EE & & 1.5 1.5 22 miles miles N of Hoadley AB.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Ralphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Done Brushing You Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Feel Rolledâ&#x20AC;?

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial. Serving central Alberta. 403-318-4346 NEED TO ADVERTISE? Province wide classifieds. Reach over 1 million readers weekly. Only $259. + GST (based on 25 words or less). Call this newspaper NOW for details or call 1-800-282-6903 ext. 228.

Journey man painter, serving the area for 25 years

403-843-4172 Personal Services

Pet Services

1315

1170

DO YOU NEED to borrow money - Now? If you own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits will lend you money - Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that simple. 1-877-486-2161.

Phone (403) 783-7447

Misc. Services

Legal Services

1260

CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon. U.S. travel waiver. (24 hour record check). Divorce? Simple. Fast. Inexpensive. Debt recovery? Alberta collection to $25,000. Calgary 403-228-1300/ 1-800-347-2540; www.accesslegalresearch.com

1290

Misc. Services

for your septic tank service & port-a-potti rentals Home 403-843-2840 Cell 403-704-5224

1318

DATING SERVICE. Long-term/short-term relationships. Free to try! 1-877-297-9883. Live intimate conversation, Call #7878 or 1-888-534-6984. Live adult 1on1 Call 1-866-311-9640 or #5015. Meet local single ladies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+). The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to TRUE PSYCHICS! sell is with a Classified want ad. Phone 1-877-223- 4 Answers call now 24/7 Toll Free 1-877-342-3036; 3311 Mobile: # 4486; http://www.truepsychics.ca

1375

SilverBelt Septic Service

MacDonald Old Kennels Animal services for Ponoka County

Dog Shelter Boarding Dogs for adoption Dogs to surrender

EASY!

Financial

Septic Service

GET 50% OFF - Join Herbal Magic this week and get 50% off. Lose weight quickly, safely and keep it off, proven results! Call Herbal Magic today! 1-800-854-5176.

RALPHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PAINTING Business Services #1000 - #1430

1315

www.pawsandclawsanimalrescue.ca click courtesy adoptions

1290

RURAL WATER TREATMENT

)RON &ILTERS s 3OFTENERS s $ISTILLERS Tell them Danny s 2EVERSE /SMOSIS s +ONTINUOUS 3HOK #HLORINATOR Hooper sent you

0ATENTED 7HOLE (OUSE 2EVERSE /SMOSIS 3YSTEM SO005352 4IME 0AYMENT 0LAN / ! #

")' )2/. #HECK OUR WEBSITE FOR LOCAL REPS AND PHONE NUMBERS

Visit us online at www.BigIronDrilling.com

Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990

Auctions

1530

ANTIQUE/CLECTIBLES AUCTION New Years Day! World Class antiques including 1928 GM truck. 11 a.m., Tuesday, January 1 at 1235 - 1 Ave., Wainwright, Alberta. Scribner Auction 780-842-5666; www.scribnernet.com.

READERS

CALL 1-877-223-3311 CLASSIFIEDS HOT-LINE

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03 7E ALSO SELL 3OFTENERS 0URIlERS FOR 4OWN #ITY WATER

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RIMBEY BUSINESS DIRECTORY THIS COULD BE YOUR Action Autobody RIMBEYDENTALCARE BUSINESS CARD

FOR AS LITTLE AS $28 PER WEEK! Call Michele or Connie or more details

403.843-4909

DR. STEVE CALDER BS C DDS

Rimbey â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the Business of Making You Look Goodâ&#x20AC;? 3 kms North & 3 kms East of Rimbey on Hwy #53

Owner Carey Anderson

403.843.3030

Family Friendly Dentistry Box 1100 4905 50 St. Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0

Ph. (403) 843-2173 Fax: (403) 843-2607

Rimbey Implements Ltd. Janice Cameron DD Al York General Manager Cell: (403) 783-0593 5410 - 43 Street Bus: (403) 843-3700 Fax: (403) 843-3430 Rimbey, AB

Sandy McLary, CTC/ACC Certified Travel & Cruise Consultant

403-843-3475

MOBILE - to your door GLASS SERVICE

smclary@TPI.ca a

Cell:

403-704-6615 (local call) or book online @

Email: countrysidedentures@cciwireless.ca

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EARN DOLLARS FOR REFERRALS www.sandymclary.com â&#x20AC;˘ Toll T ll Free F 11-866-984-3475 86

Specializing in custom fit, natural looking dentures!

780-388-0216

Alder Flats â&#x20AC;˘ Buck Lake

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COMMUNITY Auctions

1530

Last sale at this location DEC. 19

Resuming weekly sales Wed. Jan. 16, 2012 @ 6 pm. at the Moose Hall 2 miles south of Ponoka on Hyw. 2A Items sold off the floor after Dec. 19 BIG STRAPPER AUCTIONS 4625-46 Street, Lacombe, south of Tim Horton’s. We buy for cash SALES WED. @6 pm.

The Rimbey Review, December 25, 2012 15

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola. Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252 ROUND wild Hay Bales for Sale $20.00 each no rain good condition ........SOLD!!..........

Building Supplies

1550

BIG BUILDING SALE. “This is a clearance you don’t want to miss!” 20x20 $3,985, 25x24 $4,595, 30x36 $6,859, 35x48 $11,200, 40x52 $13,100, 47x76 $18,265. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422; www.pioneersteel.ca. METAL ROOFING & SIDING. Best prices! 36” Hi-Tensile TUFF-Rib 29ga. Galvalume $.67 sq. ft. Colours $.82 sq. ft. 40 Year Warranty. ALTAWIDE Builders Supplies 1-888-263-8254 STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100, sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206; www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Travel Packages

1900

HAWAII ON THE MAINLAND, healthy low-cost living can be yours. Modern Arenal Maleku Condominiums, 24/7 secured Community, Costa Rica “friendliest country on earth”! 1-780-952-0709; www.CanTico.ca.

For Rent #3000 - #3200 Acreages/Farms ..............3010 Houses/Duplexes ............3020 Condos/Townhouses........3030 Manufactured Homes ......3040 Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050 Suites ..............................3060 Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070 Roommates Wanted ........3080 Rooms for Rent................3090 Motels/Hotels ..................3100 Offices ..............................3110 Stores/Commercial ..........3120 Industrial ..........................3130 Warehouse Space............3140 Garage Space..................3150 Storage Space ................3160 Land ................................3170 Pasture ............................3180 Mobile Lot ........................3190 Misc. for Rent ..................3200

Wanted to Rent #3250 - #3390 Acreages/Farms ..............3255 Houses/Duplexes ............3260 Suites ..............................3270 Rooms..............................3280 Manufactured Homes ......3290 Housesitting Wanted ........3300 Garage Space..................3310 Storage Space ................3320 Stores/Commercial ..........3330 Office Space ....................3340 Industrial ..........................3350 Warehouse Space............3360 Resorts & Cottages..........3370 Pasture/Land....................3380 Mobile Lot ........................3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

2 BDRMS 1/2 duplex Ponoka, single att. garage, prefer mature tenant, $800/mo. + utils., $800 d.d., no pets, n/s, avail. Jan. 1. Call Mary 403-783-6609

4 appliances, single garage.

Pasture/Land Wanted

2180

PASTURE REQUIRED for up to 50 pairs. Rimbey Area

Call Brent or Kelly

403-748-2552

Training for life First Aid Training teaches how to respond confidently when injuries occur.

AVAIL. immed. in Ponoka 2 bdrm. spacious downstairs suite in 4 plex. 4 apps., N/S, NO PETS, $675 rent & d.d., Call 403-704-1706 Vicki or Mel RIMBEY 2 bdrm. 2 levels with balcony, brand new flooring, 4 appls, inclds. heat/water, 403-843-4894

New paint, no pets, no smoking. $1000 mo. d.d. same. Avail. Jan. 1st 2013. 403-783-4993 3 BDRM. Duplex, 4 appls., rent $850 + utils. avail. Jan. 1, 403-783-3860 AVAILABLE Jan 1, 2013 / $1100 + utilities , DD $1100; 3 bdrm., 1.5 baths 4 appls., n/s, no pets,. References required 403-783-2370 PONOKA house for rent, 4 appliances, finished basement, two full bathrooms, garage, nice deck, fenced. Suitable for young couple or senior couple. N/S, N/P. $950/mo. plus utilities, D/D $950. Available immediately. Phone: 780-481-4682, 780-554-4235.

Condos/ Townhouses

3060

** FOR RENT ** WOODRIDGE 2 bdrm. apartments $725/mo. Includes heat & water. No pets. non smokers Avail. immed. Contact Sandra Lyon at First Choice Realty (Ponoka) Ltd. 403-783-8881 FURNISHED BACHELOR SUITE FOR RENT IN PONOKA TV & utils. incld. $550/mo. 403-963-0204 PONOKA 1 bdrm. apt. heat & water included, power is extra, next to firehall. Laundry on site. Rent $500+ DD avail. immed. 403-392-7450 PONOKA. immed. avail. spacious 2 bdrm. bsmt. suite, w/4 appls., newly painted, separate entrance, no pets, quiet, n/s people only, 403-704-1645 PONOKA: 2 bedroom apartment, blinds, heat, water, fridge, stove. Adult building, no children, no pets. (403)783-5434

Newly renovated 1 & 2 bedroom units in Ponoka: 3724-45 Street. 403-357-0287

Real Estate #4000 - #4190

Realtors & Services..........4010 Houses for Sale................4020 Houses Wanted ................4030 Condos/Townhouses ........4040 Acreages ..........................4050 Acreages Wanted ............4060 Farms/Land ......................4070 Farms/Land Wanted ........4080 Manufactured/ Mobile Homes ..................4090 Income Property ..............4100 Commercial Property ......4110 Industrial Property ............4120 Cottages/Resort Property ..4130 Businesses for Sale..........4140 Buildings for Sale ............4150 Lots for Sale ....................4160 Out of Town Property ......4170 Investment Opportunities ..4180 Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190

Farms/ Land

4070

3030

NEWER 3 BDRM. condo, 5 appls., close to school., $1000/mo. PONOKA 403-348-3971 or 783-0663

Manufactured Homes

Suites

* RIVERSIDE APTS. *

2+1 BEDROOM 2 bath house, Ponoka

Agricultural #2000 - #2290

3050

RIMBEY light spacious 1 bdrm. laundry storage and parking provided, incl. heat and water, $650/mo.+ d.d. 403-843-4894

ANTIQUE SALE 1st SUN. OF THE MONTH AT 1 P.M. 403-782-5693 www.bigstrapperauctions.net

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3040

RIMBEY 2 BDRM. $750/mo,+ elec/.gas Lora 403-704-5992

Manufactured Homes

4090

Mobile Home and 50ft. fenced lot For Sale in Bluffton bath & 1/2 3 bdrms new ﬂooring

$69,000 or offers

403-843-4930 GRANDVIEW MODULAR and United Homes Canada say Thank You to our 2012 customers, and look forward to serving home buyers throughout western Canada in 2013; www.grandviewmodular.com or www.unitedhomescanada.com

Public Notice #6000 Public Notices ..................6010 Special Features ..............6050

If you think an ad with a

below appraisal!!! check it out on kijiji ID# 440913568 ID# 440917484 or phone 403 345 5250

Sierra Littke and Laura Rasmussen, members of Students Against Drunk Drivers, who both attend Rimbey Junior/Senior High School were busy Dec. 15 helping out with the Rimbey Co-op Santa workshop day. The girls were being observed by a youngster who seemed fascinated with the proceedings.

LARGE HEADING grabs your attention

the REVERSE is also true CALL

Red Deer Land For Sale

Co-op hosts workshop

1-877-223-3311 309-3300 CLASSIFIEDS

Brian Golonton, petroleum manager for Rimbey Co-op, helps out in the elves workshop.

Four-year-old Dominick Boll and eightyear-old brother Jerimiah hold the Christmas presents they collected from the Santa workshop held at the Rimbey Co-op recently.

Lauren Herman, 16 and Tina Adam, 14, members of SADD, helped out at Santa’s workshop held at Rimbey Co-op. Treena Mielke Photos

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