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Walking for water: Double amputee Spencer West speaks with students at Ponoka Elementary School May 9 about his 300-kilometre walk and fundraiser. Story and photo on page 16. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Town council gave its business hours bylaw a second chance, inviting public comment on proposed revisions. A second public meeting was held May 7 at the Kinsmen Community Centre. The first meeting was held Jan. 15 — after council passed first reading on the business hours bylaw Nov. 27 — to hear from speakers including RCMP Staff Sgt. Cameron Chisholm. Mayor Larry Henkelman explained the purpose was for councillors to hear what people thought about the revised bylaw proposal. “We’re ready to listen to what you have to say this evening.” Councillors passed second reading April 23 after approving amendments to the proposal. Changes include removing pawnshops from the proposal, and allowing liquor delivery under the guidelines of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC). Another amendment allows for liquor sales and liquor off-sales during the official dates of the Ponoka Stampede. Glen McArthur was the first and only person to speak in favour of the bylaw. “I am interested in the safety issues regarding drunk driving, plain and simple.” He feels restricting the liquor sales and offsales to 10 p.m. will help prevent unplanned purchases after imbibing. A person won’t have the ability to discern whether they have had too much too drink, which could be a safety risk to other motorists. “You want to drink that’s your business. I don’t care. Where I get concerned is allowing people to drink and drive or encouraging them to go out and get another bottle rather than exercising good sense, or staying home and allowing someone to bring it to them,” said McArthur. Mark Yaworski, owner of the Leland Hotel, spoke against the bylaw and took some time to make his point. He feels people actually might stay in the bar longer because liquor stores will be closed and they may be unaware of their condition after having alcohol. Continued on page 2
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“Bylaw bad for business” Continued from page 1 He also feels people will buy alcohol illegally if store hours are restricted. “That will happen here as it has in Wetaskiwin.” He suggests restricting the hours will not make the community safer, a better option is restricting the bars as well. Yaworski also questions the validity of the bylaw if during the Ponoka Stampede those limits would be lifted. However he also said the Ponoka Stampede Association needs revenue from liquor sales to host the seven-day rodeo. “The rules have to apply to everyone equally.” “Does a one-hour difference in hours of operation make a little change in safety?” Yaworski asked. Jim Hamilton, owner of Hammy’s Spirits, also spoke against the bylaw. He suggested to councillors that the AGLC already regulates how liquor sales should operate. He referred to how the City of Red Deer tried to deal with an issue of over-serving with a special committee. “If we think there’s a problem in Ponoka let’s be proactive and have a committee go look at it and find out if it is one establishment or multiple
establishments or the whole thing.” He suggests if a liquor store is selling liquor against AGLC guidelines then they should be reprimanded. The proposed bylaw would affect business in general in Ponoka. Hamilton and Yaworski conducted a survey of customers at their stores seeking input on the bylaw. They received 600 combined responses against the bylaw; 277 were residents of Ponoka, 212 were from Ponoka County, 132 were from Hobbema and 20 were from elsewhere. He feels the number of people from Hobbema and the county who are against the bylaw, who can’t vote, should be an indication of how much business could be lost from implementing the bylaw. “I really don’t think we want to discourage business in Ponoka,” added Hamilton. “Therefore it’s not doing the Ponoka image any good.” The meeting was adjourned right after Hamilton spoke. Henkelman said councillors will take information from the meeting and discuss the comments heard.
Owner of the Leland Hotel, Mark Yaworski, speaks against the business hours bylaw May 7 at the Kinsmen Community Centre during a second public meeting. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
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As of September 2014 Ponoka Elementary School’s pink building will be empty, and Wolf Creek Public Schools is searching for options. “I just hate to see it bulldozed…I just wish someone in the community would step forward and say, ‘Hey we’d love to take it off your hands’,” said Ponoka trustee Lorrie Jess. If someone were to take on the empty building it would be at their cost. As it stands, the annual utilities cost for the building is $45,000. Wolf Creek Public Schools doesn’t have a ready estimate of the cost to repair the building. “It’s a pretty solid building,” said secretary-treasurer Joe Henderson. “There’s your heating and your utilities and up keep and water. So we need to be quite upfront with how much it would cost them to take on that building,” said trustee Karen Engen. “It sounds so sweet to give (away) an empty building, to just be able to go forward. But I think we need to be honest about operating expenses, (they’ll) have to be taken on by whoever,” she added.
In the past the youth centre took on the first grade building, which, in the eyes of the board, was ideal. However, the pink building is its own situation. In the past the building was put up for tender and trustee Donna Peterson questioned whether that was still the path to take. Henderson says the building cannot be subdivided or sold. “It’s too integral to that site. It would be very difficult.” The long-term lease would only be for the building and none of the surrounding land. Superintendent Larry Jacobs wants to use the empty building and lease as leverage to garner support for a school resource officer. He’s hoping the new owners will commit to five years to support the officer, which would cost around $30,000 annually. After the five-year period it would transform into a minimal payment lease. Trustee Bob Huff believes having Jacobs explore options for building will give the board direction and could spark movement within the community. “Let’s get the word out there.”
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Reitz receives provincial award By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Only 10 recipients have been awarded the Crime Prevention Award this year and Ponoka is on the map for one. Beth Reitz, executive director for the Ponoka Youth Centre, was awarded the Alberta Justice and Solicitor General Crime Prevention Award. Reitz received the call recently from the Solicitor General’s Office saying she was nominated and won the award. She thought the call was a joke at first. “I had no idea.” She had to get the caller to repeat the announcement before she would believe them. But for Reitz the real praise goes to everything the Youth Centre offers. “I don’t want it to be about me, I want it to be about the programs that we started.” The Youth Justice Committee helps first time young offenders. The program offers an alternative method to restitution with a crime committed. She sees it as a second chance for young offenders to turn their lives around. “It’s much better than a slap on the wrist or a fine; it has a life lesson to it.” Reitz finds the Youth Drug Impact Project (YDIP), which was originally started in Calgary has helped her realize the issues youths are facing. “It’s been an eye-opener for us to understand how addicted to drugs kids are,” said Reitz. Co-ordinators for the drug program will be bringing it to the schools in September. The biggest challenge she sees with drug issues is creating awareness. Marijuana, cocaine and crystal meth ap-
pear to be what youths will abuse and the results of that use can lead to troubles at home, school and with friends. Despite these challenges, Reitz also sees positive experiences from the centre’s programs and she feels her duty is to help kids. “I love challenges…Seeing a young man turn away from it or express a desire to leave it behind,” said Reitz. Her biggest wish from receiving the award is to see a greater awareness for the Youth Centre and the programs they offer. “All of our teen programs here are life and skill-based.” RCMP Staff Sgt. Cameron Chisholm headed Reitz’s nomination. In his letter to the solicitor general, Chisholm states the Youth Centre is one of the only places in Ponoka youths can entertain themselves. “During my 28 years of service with the RCMP at nine different communities across Canada, I have met very few individuals who have made an extraordinary contribution towards addressing and preventing youth crime within a community such as what Ms.Reitz has done,” Chisholm added. He credits her initiative with the YDIP for helping the RCMP deal with a gap in crime prevention programs in the community. Because of involvement from police with the YDIP, officers have been able to get a better understanding of the issues with youth drug activity. Chisholm accepted the award on behalf of Reitz, who was away, during the May 10 ceremony in Edmonton.
Education minister forces contract Alberta Education Minister Jeff Johnson will force rogue school divisions and teachers’ locals to accept the four-year framework agreement. On May 13 Johnson introduced Bill 26, the Assurance for Students Act. If passed, the bill would ensure the remaining boards and two ATA locals accept the agreement. After over two and a half years of negotiation, an agreement between the government and the ATA was reached on March 15. Boards and ATA locals have spent the last two months ratifying this agreement at the local level. “Albertans want us to continue to transform the education system to meet Inspiring Education’s vision for a new generation of learners,” said Johnson. “That can only happen in a stable labour environment. For this reason, we have drafted legislation that will implement the ATA deal in every school jurisdiction and for every ATA local.”
• Danny Jones • YO U M AY Q UA L I F Y F O R DENTURES THROUGH THE SENIOR BENEFITS PROGRAM.
The four-year deal reached by government and the ATA would see compensation for 40,000 Alberta teachers frozen for three years — one of which has already passed since the end of the previous agreement. That will be followed by an increase of two per cent in 2015-16 and a one-time lump sum payment — to be funded by government — in that same year. Following a May 12 special meeting of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman (STAR) Catholic School Division board attended by Johnson, Continued on page 17
Beth Reitz, executive director for the Ponoka Youth Centre, is one of 10 recipients for the Alberta Solicitor General’s 2013 Crime Prevention Award. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
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Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship CHURCH DIRECTORY Associated Gospel Churches of Canada
CHURCH OF THE OPEN BIBLE Pastor Jerry Preheim • Pastor Matt Seely 3704 - 42 St. Ponoka 403-783-6500 Worship Service 11:00 a.m. • churchoftheopenbible@telus.net
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKA Sr. Pastor Paul Spate 5109 - 57 Ave. Ponoka www.fbcponoka.org 403-783-5533 Bible Discovery Hour 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST REFORMED CHURCH Currently meeting at Ponoka Christian School 6300-50 St. Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Everyone Welcome! www.baptistreformedponoka.org
PARKLAND REFORMED CHURCH South on 2A, West on Spruce Road 403-783-1888 Worship Service 10:00 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Rev. Mitch Ramkissoon www.parklandurc.org
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PONOKA ALLIANCE CHURCH 4215 - 46 St. Pastor Norm Dibben 403-783-3958 Sunday Service 11:00 a.m. The Christian & Missionary Alliance
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Pastor W. Delleman Worship Service 10:30 a.m. ½ mile south of Centennial Centre for Mental Health & Brain Injury
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ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH Fr. Chris Gnanaprakasam, S.A.C. Mass Times: 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 9:00 a.m. Sunday
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TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 5501 - 54 Ave. Ponoka 403-783-4141 Sunday Service: 10:30am Sunday School: 10:30am Pastor Tim Graff • trinityponoka.ca
ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Pastor Fred Knip 9 miles east on Hwy 53 (403) 782-9877 Jr. Church during service for children Sunday Service 10:30 am
Looking for joy in all the wrong places Men have pursued a mistake; manhood a joy in every avenue struggle; old age a reimaginable. Some have gret.” successfully found it • Not in Military while others have not. Glory — Alexander Perhaps it would the Great conquered be easier to describe the known world in his where joy cannot be day. Having done so, he found: wept in his tent, before • Not in Unbelief — he said, “There are no Voltaire was an infidel more worlds to conPastor Matt Sealy of the most pronounced quer.” Church of the Open Bible type. He wrote: “I wish Joy is not someI had never been born.” thing that we can • Not in Pleasure — produce directly. Joy Lord Byron lived a life of pleasure is the byproduct of something else. if anyone did. He wrote: “The worm, Where then is real joy found? The the canker, and grief are mine alone.” answer is simple, in Christ alone. 1 • Not in Money — Jay Gould, the John 1:3-4 says: “That which we American millionaire, had plenty of have seen and heard we proclaim that. When dying, he said: “I sup- also to you, so that you too may have pose I am the most miserable man fellowship with us; and indeed our on earth.” fellowship is with the Father and • Not in Position and Fame — Lord with his Son Jesus Christ. And we Beaconsfield enjoyed more than his are writing these things so that our share of both. He wrote: “Youth is joy may be complete.” John here is teaching us that joy comes out of fellowship with PONOKA RISING God. No joy means there is no fellowship. SUN CLUBHOUSE The only way to experience true joy is to be
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in right relationship and fellowship with Jesus. As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: “It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy which is a thousand times better than any pleasure of our sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They are masters of their souls. They have overcome the world. These people are the Christians—and I am one of them.” So where are you looking to find joy? In all the wrong places? Look to Jesus and you will know joy.
Correction: Ponoka News would like to make one correction and addition to the Purina Walk for Guide Dogs article published in the May 8 edition on page 7. Entry forms for the walk can be picked up at the Ponoka News office. Also, nine people in Alberta are waiting for guide dogs. We apologize for the error.
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Reflections of Ponoka Legion marks 85 years of support to veterans, Ponoka By Mike Rainone and Dorothy Houghton For decades, hundreds of men and women, sons and daughters from our community and surrounding districts have bravely and unselfishly served our nation as members of the Canadian Armed Forces and overseas during war and peacekeeping efforts. So many of these individuals would pay the supreme sacrifice as well as suffering grave injuries and injustices, while others thankfully returned to their homes and families to carry on with the rest of their lives in this always friendly and supportive community. In honour of our returning soldiers and their families, a group of residents would make application to form a Legion branch in Ponoka and would be finally chartered on May 4, 1928. The following members signing that official charter included: A. Beaumont, J.M Buchanan, A. Cole, W.R. Eastwood, L. Jones, R.J. Lewis, J.C. Matherson, W.C. Murray, P. MacDonald, S.A. McPherson, H.P.W. Napier, J.A. Richmond, S.C. Robson and Hector Skinner. The first meeting place was at the busy auditorium located above the old Town Hall on the corner of 50th Avenue and 51st Street. The active Legion branch met in various locations for the next few years, including the St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Peter MacDonald’s office adjoining the Community Rest Room, the County Office and the Elks
Club Room on Chipman Avenue. A milestone in the colorful 85year history of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #66 Ponoka came in 1946 when they obtained a building from Merle Gee. The structure was carefully moved into town, placed on a basement on 53rd Avenue and became the first official home of the branch. Through a great deal of hard work and dedication the building would experience many additions and renovations over the years. Membership grew to more than 250 through the Fifties and Sixties, with honorary and associate members encouraged to join, all of whom became active in support of veterans and the community. The original Ponoka Legion branch colors were unique and hastily handmade by a member of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary in 1939, then were initially paraded for the first time at the provincial convention in Edmonton. In the 1980s exciting new proposals arose to progress with the plans for a new branch to serve the growing community. Finally in 1989 the sod was turned to proceed with construction at the present building along Highway 2A, which was officially opened with a gala ceremony in 1990! This bright, spacious and friendly clubroom has continued to be a busy and active home and centre for the Royal Canadian Legion Branch over the years. As well as the annual yearly observance of Remembrance Day,
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The first Royal Canadian Legion Branch #66 Ponoka building (top photo) was hauled into town and established at 53th Avenue in 1946, then through progress, team work, promotion and community support, the present clubrooms and auditorium on Highway 2A south was completed in 1990
Vimy Night and other celebrations, the Ponoka Legion features many year-round social activities for youths and adults such as darts, crib, whist, bridge, pool and shuffleboard. The Legion also played host to many social events, poker rallies, auctions, dances, concerts, provincial competitions and much more in the auditorium, with visitors always welcome. The initial Legion cenotaph, which was located beside the Ponoka Seniors’ Drop in Centre was officially dedicated and unveiled by Comrade Elmer Scott of Veteran Affairs on June 22, 1961. It was later relocated to its present location. Many members of the Legion and the community have gathered each year since the early 1930s at the Cross of Sacrifice in the Forest Home CemPhoto submitted etery to honour fallen Since the inception of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #66 in 1928, hundreds of members soldiers well as for the have dedicated their efforts to support our veterans of then and now, as well as assisting in annual Decoration Day many projects and causes in and around the community. to remember our vetThis 1940-45 group of veteran volunteer reserves and Legionionares include back row: Bill erans who have passed away. Here are some of Bowden, George Wilson, F. Mayled, Bobby Matthews, and Tam Watt; while in the middle the many fund-raising row are: F. Westgate, G. Watt, C. Johnson, W. Mason, Tom Chandler, Bob McWilliam, A. and community projects Finch, Willard Martin, John Wolcott, R. Smith, and B. Scott. Seated in the front row are: Wilthat the Ponoka Legion liam Kitchen, S. Cartwright and Frank Young. has been involved in for
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so many years. • Right from the beginning, the Legion avidly promoted and supported special causes such as: track and field and the upgrading of the track at the PCHS, the purchase of the first Zamboni at the arena, the Ponoka Lions Bus, minor sports, boys and girls clubs, the junior hockey team, the Youth Centre, FCSS, Neighbourhood Place and the literacy group. Milestones included the formation of a colorful Legion Pipe Band under the direction of Tom Bell in 1963, the beginning of the ongoing sponsorship of the Ponoka Air Cadet Squadron #65 in 1964 and the major project of the completion of the Legion Anniversary Arms in the 1970s, which has provided vital and comfortable accommodation for seniors. • During their ambitious annual community poppy and wreath promotions in preparation for the Nov. 11 Remembrance Day ceremony, the Ponoka Legion always involves school children with their participation in a literacy and poster contest, as well as their presense at these annual activities. 85th anniversary celebration set for June 1 The 345 members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #66 will proudly host a casual afternoon celebration of their 85th anniversary of their ongoing service to veterans and community Saturday, June 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Club Room. A light lunch will be served, everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend, and those who may need a ride are urged to call 403-783-4076. Visitors are welcome to browse through the hall, visit the Wall of Fame photos and mementos that honour some 750 veterans from our town and districts who have served and continue to serve in our armed forces throughout the world, as well as relax and chat and enjoy the friendly atmosphere of your local legion. There is no doubt their future goals will include their strong and dedicated commitment to our veterans and our great community!
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Opinion Do we need cops in schools? What are FCSS, poIn the absence of public discussion, interlice and bylaw officers, agency collaboration parent school councils, and hard data proving student councils and need, town council is church groups already right to withhold fidoing to address the nancial support for the issues? What is the comschool board’s plan to munity doing to improve station a school resource parenting skills in atofficer in Ponoka public risk families? What is schools. the community’s plan to Council, if it had the George Brown develop and implement political will, could easOff the Record other intervention and ily justify its $30,000 prevention strategies? share of the estimatIf cops are needed ed $130,000 it would cost to have in schools, why not also in seniors a Mountie work more closely with lodges? These vulnerable citizens are school administration, teachers and just as likely as their grandchildren to students. The Town of Ponoka is, after be the victims of theft, violence and all, ultimately responsible for the safety sexual harassment, or to abuse drugs. of everyone within municipal boundarWhen it’s convenient, RCMP dust ies — residents, motorists, tourists and off their community policing objeceven Catholic and Christian school tives and point to their platitudinous students. Surely the benefits of crime goal to build positive relationships prevention, protection of property, and with youths by being positive role the safety of staff and students would models interacting socially with be worth the minimal tax increase. youths, building a mutually trusting, Ponoka has more than enough respectful relationship. The RCMP’s peace officers to serve its population dalliance with temperance, the ineffecso why does the Wolf Creek Public tive DARE program, is a proven waste Schools board feel it is necessary to of time and police resources. It makes buy an armed school resource officer no difference in the lives of most studedicated to interacting with its students exposed to the program so why dents at all grade levels? Surely this cannot be a kneejerk reaction to the not divert that cop to more productive thwarted Christmastime gun threat at pursuits? Police are already involved with PCHS. The teen idiot never made it to youths as sports coaches, church lay the school grounds. ministers and Big Brothers but these Is it a security issue? A commissionaire and security cameras would school resource officers should be be cheaper. Is it to recognize and specially trained cop-counsellors who diffuse student conflicts and deter vi- can achieve positive outcomes — not olence? Hire a bouncer. Is a stronger a Mountie yanked off his horse and authority figure needed to set students stuck in a classroom. Would the school on the straight and narrow? Give guid- resource position be filled with an underperforming, disgruntled or shortance counsellors firearms training. Why haven’t the other school juris- time cop? If this cop is dealing with truancy, dictions been brought under this school resource officer umbrella? Would more vandalism, bullying, drug and alcoplayers at the table not reduce the costs hol use, and cafeteria food fights, will to all? Are students in other Ponoka we not see more students processed through the courts than through detenschools not worth protecting? We want a safe and caring learning tion? School trustees are walking a fine environment for our students but do we really need to dedicate an RCMP line with a position that combines the member to enforce respect, courtesy roles of coach, counsellor and cop. It and tolerance, and to reduce bullying may be that we have to resign ourselves and vandalism? That can’t be achieved to cops in schools, but by not convincin schools today without a police pres- ing town council and the community ence? Take away the strap and replace of the need, in this case, the school board hasn’t done its homework. it with a gun?
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Anti-terrorism policy drones on John Bellinger is the last person in Washington you’d expect to criticize President Barack Obama for making too many drone strikes. It was he who drafted the (rather unconvincing) legal justification for targeted drone killings when he was legal adviser to the Secretary of State in George W. Bush’s second administration, and he still supports them. But he went ahead and criticized Obama anyway. Speaking at a conference in Washington on May 1, Bellinger said: “This government has decided that instead of detaining members of alQaeda (at Guantanamo), they are going to kill them.” Weirdly, this accusation has a certain plausibility. President Obama wants to close the US prison camp in Cuba where hundreds of suspected supporters of al-Qaeda have been held without charge, some for more almost a decade. There are still 166 prisoners at Guantanamo and Obama, having been thwarted by Congress in his first-term pledge to close the place, recently announced his intention to try again with the new Congress. Why did John Bellinger, of all people, then accuse Obama of using drones too often? The US president certainly does seem to like them: the vast majority of the 370 US drone attacks, killing an estimated 3,500 people, have been carried out on his watch. According to Bellinger, it’s because Obama knows that if he can’t send the evil-doers to Guantanamo, his only alternative is to kill them with drone strikes. So what we actually have here is an unusually subtle Republican argument: if you don’t like the drone strikes (because they kill lots of innocent people), then you should keep Guantanamo open. But subtle is not the same as valid. There are two unstated assumptions at the heart of this argument. One is that the US could just capture the people it suspects of being al-
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Qaeda supporters by conventional means and lock them away in Guantanamo. No fuss, no muss and no innocent victims. That’s ridiculous: the United States cannot arrest alleged al-Qaeda supporters in the wilds of Yemen or Afghanistan and spirit them away to Guantanamo. If it doesn’t target them with drones, then most of them will go on living. But you can’t just leave such dangerous people alive, can you? This brings us to the second unstated assumption: that if all those dangerous people had been allowed to live, then there would have been hundreds of terrorist attacks against the United States. Or at least dozens. OK then, how about a couple? Probably not even one. After all, there were no drone strikes for the first three years after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 because the technology was not yet available. Yet even then there was not one further terrorist attack on the United States. The link between drone strikes and possible terrorist attacks on the United States is purely rhetorical. Never mind. The whole argument is moot. Obama won’t get the Republican majority in the House of Representatives to go along with closing Guantanamo this time either. And he won’t stop the drone strikes because he needs to be seen by the American public to be doing something “positive” as he brings the American troops home from another needless and lost war. There is not one iota of strategic thinking in any of this. It’s all about American domestic politics, as the response to 9/11 has been from the beginning. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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Resource officer can keep students safe Dear Editor: I read with shock the Town of Ponoka declined to contribute to the funding of a resource officer at our local high school, after having a gun threat at our school this year, two high profile teenage suicides in Canada and the violence that happened at the Sandy Hook school in the United States. Town council decided in their infinite wisdom this was not a wise allocation of funds; I do agree the cost should spread to all the communities that have children attending PCHS but dismissing it as quick as was done has left me wondering how our council can sit on it, when
their heads are so far up it, unless we are going to follow in our southern neighbours’ footsteps and arm our teachers. The safety of our children, as every parent knows, is the most important thing of all, and even though my son will be graduating from high school this year, as a taxpayer I have no issues with an increase in my taxes to cover this cost. I have discussed this with other parents I know and we agree this is not something that should be dismissed so quickly. The presence of a member of the RCMP could be the deterrent of a tragedy all parents have come to fear. A Clarke
DriveABLE competency test invades patient’s privacy Dear Editor: For those of you that are not familiar with or who have not heard of DriveABLE, please take note. DriveABLE is a private for-profit company that started with the help of your tax dollars from the Alberta Heritage Trust Fund. Your private information is being forwarded to DriveABLE, which is an invasion of the Privacy Act. Alberta Transportation has stated it has no contract with DriveABLE and yet they share your private information and are targeting seniors age 75 and over. Alberta Transportation does not request that individuals complete a SIMARD MD or DriveABLE assessment for renewal of their operators license. DriveABLE is conducted in 12 hospitals within Alberta and yet Alberta Health Services has no contract with DriveABLE that will cover the cost of this test. Each test will cost you $250, is taken on a computer and takes 40 to 60 minutes to complete. If you fail the test, your drivers license will be taken away. It has been stated Red Deer Regional Hospital does the DriveABLE test and charges $250. It has also been stated by DriveABLE that AHS receives $220 from each test administered but your cheque is made payable to DriveABLE. Is there a government cover up or collusion? DriveABLE has not been proven
to be an effective tool in correctly identifying unsafe drivers. Doctors are supporting this program by using the SIMARD MD test that can be administered by your physician’s office. If you fail the SIMARD MD test you will most likely be sent to DriveABLE. Physicians are sending patients to DriveABLE without even knowing anything about the DriveABLE assessment. This was stated by a physician. Did you know SIMARD MD was created by Bonnie Dobbs and that DriveABLE was created by Allen Dobbs, a husband and wife team who claim to have the solution in getting cognitive impaired drivers off the road. This whole set of tests, the process, the age group targeted, your personal and private information being shared without your consent, along with the Alberta Government’s involvement is indeed corruption at its finest. You have the right to refuse the SIMARD MD as well as the DriveABLE assessment. You can take a road test instead. If you or anyone you know has been affected by DriveABLE or SIMARD MD, please contact your MLA and let them know that this corruption must be stopped. James Nakoneshny Voice for Seniors voiceforseniors@gmail.com
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NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 38 STREET MEETING May 21, 2013 @ 7:00 p.m. Ponoka Town Office – Council Chambers Town Council invites residents of 38th Street and members of the public to this meeting to address outstanding issues and concerns related to the 38th Street local improvement.
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Hudson’s Green Nature & Activity Centre Update Meeting An update meeting is scheduled for May 15th at 6:30 pm at Hudson’s Green. All residents are invited to attend!
2013 Tax Notices Property Tax Notices were recently mailed. The Town of Ponoka has changed software programs, and the new program handles the notice differently. Only one owner printed on the Tax Notice, this will be corrected for next year. If you are signed up for the Monthly Tax Plan, a letter has been mailed advising of your new monthly payment effective June 1. Please disregard outstanding balance; your monthly tax plan amount will satisfy balance by December 2013. We thank you for your patience.
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Calling ALL Those Involved With the Arts Community Arts Groups, in conjunction with Family and Community Support Services and the Town of Ponoka are working to create a network for the arts in and around Ponoka. We want artists and professionals in all areas including, but not limited to, performing, visual, culinary, and artisans etc. The purpose of the network is to improve communication within this sector of Ponoka’s talent and provide opportunities for groups to work together on projects should they choose. Please join our network by contacting sarah.olson@ponoka.org or phoning (403) 783-0116.
EVENTS AND RECREATION Spring Clean-up The Annual Town of Ponoka Spring Clean Up Week is scheduled to begin May 22 and will continue until completed. Pick up is restricted to compostable materials (e.g. Landscaping waste such as leaves & grass clippings) and small amounts of tree branches that are no longer than 3 feet. Materials not picked up include: sod, rocks, contstruction material, wood, dirt, household waste and pet excrement. Preference is to have all materials in a pile and not bagged. Make sure your yard waste is set out adjacent to your normal household garbage pickup location. If yard collection is not completed that week, it will continue the following week. The Town will only make one trip per street/ avenue.
AQUAPLEX UPDATES: • Town Toonie Swim Fridays 3:30 - 5:00 pm. It’s a great way to end your week!! • Summer Swim Lesson schedule and registration will be available May 11th. • PD Day Swim - May 17th 1 – 3 pm
High Tea at Fort Ostell Museum Saturday, May 18, 2013; 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Cost $5.00. Come celebrate the Season Opening with us!
COUNCIL UPDATES & BYLAW INFO Temporary Tent Structures As festival season gets into full swing, we remind festival organizers, event planners and equipment rental companies that under the mandate of Alberta Municipal Affairs; stages, tents and other festival-type structures are considered buildings as defined by the Alberta Building Code 2006, and as such, building permits are required. This is in the interest of public safety. Please contact the Town office at 403-783-0119 for further assistance.
Next Town Council Meeting May 28, 2013 at 7 pm. Visit our website @ www.ponoka.ca for copy of the agenda.
Water Conservation During the months of April through October inclusive, watering of lawns, gardens and flower beds will be permitted at premises (commercial and residential) as follows: • Odd numbered premises on odd days of the month; • Even numbered premises on even days of the month; • No watering during the hours of 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
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MLA Fox’s voice is heard by ruling party Dear Editor: It’s not every day the Wildrose Official Opposition can congratulate the government for a job well done. With the passing of the Condominium Property Act, I applaud this government for listening to the calls of the Albertans and Wildrose Official Opposition to take action to protect condominium owners from unaffordable special assessments. These new changes eliminate costly, one-time special assessments condo boards would collect for repairs in favour of smaller, monthly fees for residents of bareland condos — townhouses, duplexes, villas and single-family dwelling developments. I first pressured the government to take action in March when I called for immediate changes to the Condominium Property Act to prevent sudden and unaffordable special assessments being levied against residents of townhouse-style condo developments. The previous legislation allowed for an unfair distinction to be made between the two types of condos and it
resulted in tremendous financial hardship for some Albertans. A recent court ruling affirmed “common property” in bareland condominium developments refers only to roads, sewers and landscaping. Other “managed property” — walls, roofs, foundations, driveways, decks, doors and windows — could not be funded out of reserve funds and had to be paid for out of special assessments. When passed the changes to the act now mean bareland condos can again use reserve funds to pay for condo for maintenance and improvements for managed property. Many Alberta condo owners are young, first-time homeowners or seniors on fixed incomes who simply can’t afford large, one-time levies. I’m happy to see the government has heeded my call to take action and protect these consumers. This simple change in legislation will help make life more affordable for Alberta homeowners. Rod Fox, MLA Lacombe – Ponoka, Wildrose Service Alberta Critic
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Accepting students’ sexual orientation By Amelia Naismith Superintendant Larry Jacobs and Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) are creating a Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity administration procedure for the division. Jacobs says it’s something happening not only in WCPS but across the province, and the procedure isn’t just a school idea but something whole communities are supporting. “We have to be very accepting of students’ sexual orientation…Especially from schools,” said Jacobs. He feels schools should be a bully- and abusefree environment and wants the procedure to consider those behaviors. “These people have the right to their sexual orientation,” said Jacobs. He believes students’ sexuality must not only be tolerated but also openly supported. Late last year outrage and controversy surrounded Pembina Hills Regional School Division trustee Dale Schaffrick after he made remarks at Alberta School
Board Association’s fall meeting that gay students should be less open about their sexuality. He later apologized for his comments. “I think there’s an urgency throughout society,” said Jacobs. He knows cyber bullying and social media have made it easier for bullies to harass others from a more protected and anonymous environment. Jacobs referred to British Columbia teen Amanda Todd who committed suicide late last year after being sexually harassed, bullied and abused for many years. He says kids will bully each other and sexual orientation is an easy opening. This is what he wants to protect the students from. “I look around to see how other people are building it (the procedure).” Jacobs is also looking to the minister of education and his own board’s feelings on the matter. He hopes to have the policy created by June in time for the new school year but it may take until the fall to be completed.
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Hobbema man charged in Crier murder investigation By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye RCMP have charged 26-year-old Clifford Soosay of Hobbema with first degree murder in connection to the death of Winston Crier, also of Hobbema. Crier was found dead on the Montana First Nation May 6 and police deemed his death suspicious. Since then the Wetaskiwin/Hobbema general investigative section, southern Alberta major crimes unit, forensic identification section, special tactical operations, police dog services, and the Red Deer collision reconstruction unit all helped with the investigation. “We would like to thank the community for the tremendous support they have offered,” said Inspector Charles Wood. “That we were able to solve this case so quickly is a direct result of the community’s willingness to work alongside the RCMP.” Soosay has been remanded into custody and was to make his first court appearance May 14 at 9:30 a.m. in Wetaskiwin provincial court. Firearms seized after arrest Police responded to a call May 9 at 5:15 p.m. of a 34-year-old man who was acting in a suspicious manner south of Crestomere at Range Road 275 and Township Road 414. Police state the man is going through a separation from his wife and Collision on 53: Emergency crews were called to a rollover collision May 13 east of Ponoka on Highway 53. A pickup had allegedly sent a text message to her with his truck and a minivan collided but it is believed there were only minor injuries. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye last will and testament. He then proceeded to take his firearm outside into sometime between April 29 and May 12. The for target practice but his family was concerned home is on the 5200 block of 49 Avenue and found for his safety. The man co-operated with the to have the back door kicked in. However, nothing RCMP and did not cause any issues as they seized was stolen and there are no suspects. his firearms. He claimed he was going to let off If you have information on any crime call some steam by doing target practice but the targets Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472 or Crime Stopwere recently removed. pers at 1-800-222-8477. He was arrested under the Mental Health Act and taken to the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre for assessment. He was then committed to the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury. Thief locked in storage room A would-be thief was locked in a storage room of a restaurant after an employee heard some noise coming from the room May 11 at 6:30 a.m. 403-783-3311 The employee saw an older man attempting to take empty bottles from the restaurant when they editorial@ponokanews.com locked him in. Police have charged a 56-year-old man with break and enter and attempted theft. He has been remanded in custody. Flashing lights taken Ponoka Mounties observed four men climbing lamp posts Saturday, May 25 ~ 10 am - 6 pm along 52 Street at 51 Avenue May 11 at 4 Sunday, May 26 ~ 10 am - 4 pm a.m. Police gave them a at verbal warning to stop their behaviour. They were found later attempting to 5015 - 46 Avenue take the flashing lights off of the stop signs. One man fled police and one was lodged in All new paintings by * DOOR PRIZES * cells for the night. A Club Members 21-year-old man faces * REFRESHMENTS * possible charges and * SILENT AUCTION* Sunday, May 26th North Trail GUEST making restitution to CASH DONATION AT THE DOOR the Town of Ponoka, EXHIBITORS Register 10am - 11am and a 19-year-old man Soapstone Sculptures by 5405 - 49 St. Ponoka was charged with pubFEATURE ARTIST Charlie Donald For information call: lic intoxication. Marilynne Magistad Ponoka Potters Guild Break and enter to empty home Contacts: Police were called Art Show Convenor, Lyla Langford - 403.783.1887 to investigate an empty Art Classes, Marg Boruk - 403.783.3430 Pledge sheets available at Ponoka News home that was broken
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“They had the support of local businesses,” said ZAP! general manager Daniel Allers. By 2009 the small homestead orphanage was in danger of closing because the local support disappointed. On a trip to Kilimanjaro, Daniel Zepick, Debbie’s son, met the Mwafutes and heard their plight. After he returned home he told his mother about the orphanage’s need for support. “When he came back home he said ‘Mom we have to do something’,” said Zepick. Zepick was already involved with fundraising concerts through A Better World, an organization out of Lacombe. “I knew you could raise funds through music.” The Central Alberta Homeschool Choir, in conjunction with Rosedale Valley Orchestra, began holding concerts for the project. However, after many of the singers surpassed school age they pushed for another avenue to be involved. Zepick began directing musicals so those wanting to could remain involved. ZAP! became the final supporter of the orphanage. “It’s really unique. It’s primarily just teenager involved, and people their early 20s. They have a vision for a better future,” said Allers. Last year Zepick was able to travel to the site of the orphanage and meet the Mwafutes. “To meet the mom, we really clicked . . . It was a really emotional experience.” She was also able to meet the boys taken in by the couple; they now call her Grandma. The structure of the orphanage is up and teams are working on finishing the inside. “You can actually see the physical layout of the building. It’s in a beautiful , beautiful spot. It’s in a farming area. It’s surrounded by mango trees,” said Zepick. Three years ago the project goal was to cover the Mwafutes’ costs for a year, said Allers. “The dream was to build them a new orphanage. One year later, six areas of land went up for sale; the new goal was to purchase the land for the orphanage. Another year passed and the deed was finalized. Allers says once the building is finished they want it to be able to house 100 boys and have the entire operation self sufficient, rather than having missionary volunteers run it. “You’re actually taking away jobs from the locals,” said Allers, referring to missionary teams. ZAP! has donated more then $80,000 over the last few years. “I don’t really pay attention to that,” said Zepick. “We just keep chugging along. People are incredibly generous.’ This year’s fundraiser play is Jitterbug Juliet; a musical comedy set in the 1940s. “It’s basically a modern telling of the classic Romeo and Juliet. Only less tragedy more comedy,” said Allers. Although it’s a Shakespearean play, Allers says the performance is family-friendly. You could bring your three-year-old to it and they’d love it and laugh. There’s some physical comedy.” Play times for Jitterbug Juliet are: May 17, 18, 24 and 25. Each performance is at 7 p.m. and takes place at Asker Church. There is a 1:30 p.m. matinee May 18. The church is east of Ponoka on Highway 53, then north on Asker Road, (just past Mecca Glen School).
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Characters Ron Montague (Daniel Allers) and Juliet Capulet (Miriam Wing) try and bring together two groups in ZAP’s production of Jitterbug Juliet during a dress rehearsal May 11. More photos on page 11. Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
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PES students learn safety tips through interactive play By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye ATCO Gas and ATCO Electric have found a way to educate elementary school students with a fun and interactive play. Dubbed the Power Game with the Blue Flame, the main characters are none other than the Blue Flame (Evan Hall), hero and game show host to Carmen Monoxide (Mari Chartier), a villain and byproduct of gas, and Rocket Socket (Rebecca Merkley), another villain who explains the dangers of electricity. The play was held May 10 at Ponoka Elementary School and combined music and theatre to show kids how to be safe around electricity and gas. Blue Flame asked questions of the two villains who answered his questions as they competed against students. The questions and answers helped kids later in the play when Blue Flame would determine if they
were able to understand the presentation. Eventually students defeated the evil villains with their newfound knowledge of gas and electricity. Hall, who played the main hero, enjoys getting kids involved in the play. “The challenge is figuring out what the kids want and need.” The actors rehearsed throughout April and Hall enjoys being able to bring the dialogue to a live audience and feed off of the interaction with students. Carmen Monoxide villain, Chartier, was pleased with students’ involvement. “They get so into it…It’s awesome when the kids have questions about the safety issues.” The play was introduced in 2007 and the production has completed seven four-week tours around the province with two performances per day. The play is offered free to the schools
The Blue Flame (Evan Hall) uses Rocket Socket (Rebecca Merkley) to explain the dangers of electricity during ATCO Energy Theatre’s production of the Power Game with the Blue Flame May 10 at Ponoka Elementary School. Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
“Safety of the public, our customers and our employees is a core value at ATCO and ATCO Energy Theatre is a tangible part of that commitment,” said Bill Stephens, president of ATCO Gas in a press release. “The program reinforces information presented in safety education programs already offered to schools by both ATCO Gas and ATCO Electric, as well as science information
related to the Alberta school curriculum.” Wetaskiwin and Ponoka supervisor Mike Primus feels students will be able to take the message from the play to their parents. “By educating the children, they bring that home.” The play also helps re-inforce some the importance of being aware of the possible dangers of electricity and gas.
Carmen Monoxide (Mari Chartier) and Rocket Socket (Rebecca Merkley) compete for points during the play.
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* Mari Chartier (Carmen Monoxide) points to students in celebration of winning a point.
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McHappy Day raises millions of dollars across Canada By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Business doubles at McDonald’s restaurant in Ponoka during McHappy Day, the company’s annual fundraiser. On May 8 a dollar from every Big Mac, Happy Meal and McCafe drink went to a charity of choice for owner/operators across the country, said Ponoka owner Tony Hoffman. “It’s a big day where we get to involve lots of people from the community.” “We’ll serve thousands today,” he said. Hoffman invited the community to help out during the fundraiser by passing out meals at the drive thru or in the café by passing out drinks as well. This year Ponoka’s McDonald’s donated all their funds to the Ronald McDonald House in Red Deer. “It’s a real opportunity to for us to give back to the community on a grand spectrum,” Tiffany Toma gets a drink from a volunteer during McHappy Day. McHoffman added. Donalds raised more than $4 million across the country. This is the 14th year Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Hoffman’s store has taken part in the fundraiser and he looks forward to the experience. “We of that service. love it. We get to meet our neighbours in the comThis year McHappy Day raised more than $4 munity.” million across Canada. “That’s a lot of $1 donaThere are some people who just to be a part of tions for sure,” said Mathieson. McHappy Day, said Larry Mathieson, executive director of Ronald McDonald House in southern and central Alberta. On a corporate level the fundraiser is like a second Christmas when the company can help drive funds to a positive cause. “It generates a lot of needed operating funds for the house.” Mathiseon feels central Alberta understands the need of the Ronald McDonald House in Red Deer since the area raised $27,000, compared to Calgary and southern Alberta, which raised almost $20,000. “Central Alberta has really held their own given their population base,” he added. The house provides a “home away from home” for families who are treating children and approximately 60 to 65 per cent of families at the Red Deer home are there for the neonatal intensive care unit and the rest use the home for other health needs. The house charges $12 a night for a family but the actual cost to run a room for one night is closer to $200 and more than $1 million a year to operate, said Mathieson. So the group is constantly fundraising to pay for programs and staffing needs. “This type of Subway Fresh funding actually helps us bridge that gap.” Try Our Ronald McDonald House also provides day services for those who need a shower or need to do some laundry while staying at the hospital. Many families have already made use
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but also his mental stamina. Both Meers and Johnson suffered from altitude sickness and this was the one time West found himself wishing for legs. “The whole goal of our climb was to prove that anybody can make a difference.” His parents were told he would never be able to function normally in society but West has been able to take part in many school activities. He suggests people don’t have to climb a mountain but some can make a difference locally. Albertans have shown an overwhelming amount of support to their campaign, explained West. Motorists have stopped West and his crew to donate funds to their cause. “We had a little kid riding a bike, chase after the Winnebago to give us $5,” he said. “It’s been beautifully overwhelming.” Schools they have visited have conducted their own water walks for the campaign as well. Dominic Mencini, Grade 5, was impressed with West and the We Walk 4Water fundraiser. “It’s really cool he’s coming here just to have someone inspirational.” Another Grade 5 student, Madison Hansen, looked forward to meeting West. “He must be really strong because he lost his legs and he’s still walking and raising money.” Julie Thomas, public relations manager for Free the Children said the work can be tiring but West’s walks are inspiring. “Spenser walks and wheels 25 to 30 kilometres a day. We can’t complain.” Students were asked to save their change over the course of a few days for West’s campaign and they raised more than $900 for We Walk 4Water.
Walking for 300 kilometres is no easy feat but doing that without legs is an even bigger challenge. Spenser West, 31, is a motivational speaker for Me to We who lost his legs to sacral agenesis, a congenital disorder that causes abnormal fetal development of the lower spine. He had surgery at the age of two and removed his legs up to his knees in the hopes he could use prosthetics but when that failed his legs were removed just below his hips at the age of five. West, along with an entourage, came to Ponoka Elementary School (PES) May 9 to speak about We Walk 4Water, a campaign with Free the Children to raise enough water for 100,000 people. From May 6 to 16 Spencer is to walk from Edmonton to Calgary making stops along the way to speak about his campaign. West has also walked with his two best friends, David Johnson and Alex Meers, to raise more than $500,000 in a climb up Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya. He credits his parents for helping him want to help others despite his condition. “Volunteering was sort of instilled in taking care of others from the beginning.” “My generation and the generation after me, we’re being labelled ethical enthusiasts. We’re no longer looking for a job that pays well but we’re looking for a job that pays well and makes the world a better place,” added West. “Having material possessions wasn’t fulfilling to me. I wanted to give back in some way.” The climb up Mount Kilimanjaro challenged not only his physical ability
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government. The Crown may also pay into the fund. • The proposed legislation would enable government to create an information disclosure mechanism that would result in the public knowing how much money is being invested into consultation activities in the province. • Bill 22 would also require an annual report summarizing the operation of the fund, including audited financial statements. “We are calling for the PC government to immediately rescind this bill and conduct meaningful consultations with First Nations,” said NDP Aboriginal Relations critic Deron Bilous. “Notification is not consultation. The more that this PC government insists that this is the case, the more strained the relationship becomes with First Nations. This PC government’s handling of Bill 22 is paternalistic and will further damage a crucial relationship that depends upon the honour of the Crown. “Only by rescinding Bill 22 and engaging in meaningful consultation can the government fulfill their obligations to First Nations.”
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Canadian wheat yield expected to rise STAR schools On May 10 we got the USDA’s May world agricultural supply and demand estimates, which showed corn and soybean production and ending stocks increasing (read: a bearish report). U.S. producers are expected to harvest Brennan Taylor more than 14.14 billion FarmLead Breakfast Brief bushels of corn (359.2 million tonnes), a vast improvement from the 10.78 billion (273.83 million tonnes) produced in last year’s drought-filled harvest. The U.S. is expected to reclaim its title as top soybean producer (in competition with Brazil) with 2013 output estimated at 92.26 million tonnes. Globally, wheat production is expected to rise almost seven per cent to over 701 million tonnes with higher production coming mainly from the Aussies, us Canucks, and especially those from the former Soviet Union. At the end of the day, there’s no doubt more grain will be available around the world next year as long as weather is consistent with the historical averages. (Is that possible?). Ending corn stocks in 2013/14 of just over two billion bushels would be the largest carryout in nine years, sharply contrasting the carryout for this year of 759 million bushels, the tightest since 1997. How does this affect the case against substituting wheat for corn at higher corn prices? The USDA is estimating corn feed and ethanol usage will increase by 16 per cent in 2013/14.
This obviously does not match the increase in supply, and even with potential higher exports, lower prices are ultimately implied. Despite the increased amount of corn available for feed, U.S. hay stocks totalled only 14.2 million tonnes, down 34 per cent from last year and the lowest May 1 stocks level ever. This is something to watch for when it comes to meat production. As for the oilseeds, global production is expected to increase 4.7 per cent to 491.34 million tonnes in the 2013/14 marketing year. The majority of this increased production comes out of South America with Brazil leading the way at 85 million tonnes (they are currently estimated for 83.5 million tonnes for the 2012/13 marketing year). While the increase is substantial, China is expected to take the majority of this extra production as the USDA is forecasting the Asian supernation’s soybean imports to be 59 million tonnes in 2012/13 (slightly lower from previous estimates) before jumping to 69 million tonnes next year. On the cereals side of things, American wheat production will decline year over year slightly as frost damage took away some of the hard red winter wheat crop. Nonetheless, this should be more than made up by
those nations out of the Black Sea region where it’s expected that production will increase by 30 million tonnes year-over-year to 108 million tonnes. Keep in mind that the USDA is at the top end of major research entities when it comes to global wheat production though — the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization is expecting a 695 million tonne crop while the international Grain Council is even more bearish at 680 million tonnes. Ultimately, with good growing conditions and the weather playing fair ball, the upside potential for grain prices is small and it’s important to manage that price risk (up or down) appropriately. Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, Sask., where his family started farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead. com, a risk-free, transparent online grain marketplace. His weekly column is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief. He can be reached via email (b.turner@farmlead.com) or phone (1-855-332-7653).
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Continued from page 3 trustees revisited their May 8 decision to reject the proposed Alberta Education and the Alberta Teacher’s Association (ATA) framework agreement. The vote resulted in a decision to accept the agreement by a narrow 5-4 margin. “This is not a question of our trustees having had a ‘change of heart’ over this issue,” says STAR board chair Sandra Bannard. “Minister Johnson was clear on his expectation that all local boards will ratify this agreement by his May 13 deadline. Despite the fact that we still have concerns with many elements of this agreement, we are well aware of the potential of negative funding impacts, dissolution or amalgamation for boards that do not accept it. We’re not willing to risk the negative impacts those actions could have on our students.” Johnson conducted 11th hour meetings with boards across the province who have either rejected the proposed agreement or remain undecided and government representatives had remained unclear on the details of potential consequences for any boards who do not sign off on it. “There’s no question that we still have concerns with elements of this agreement,” says STAR superintendent Jamie McNamara. “Minister Johnson was clear in his comments to us that he agrees that the current system is broken and he’s seeking local recommendations on how to fix those problems. In the meantime, this agreement will provide the labour peace we need, to not only provide stability in our schools for students, but also to give time to consider the best possible options to manage negotiations for the future.” Earlier last week STAR officials said the board believed the agreement was developed through a fundamentally-flawed process in which local voices were not heard and left many questions unanswered.
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Youths help beautify streets of Ponoka added. By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Mayor Larry Henkelman praised The streets of the Ponoka were the students for the hard work. “What cleaner after hundreds of youths conducted some much needed garbage a great picture you all make for the Town of Ponoka…You set a great expick up May 10. The first efforts of the Ponoka ample for our community spirit.” Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins Green Team culminated in stualso praised the students for their efdents from Ponoka Composite High forts. “Keep up the good work for the School (PCHS), St. Augustine Cathenvironment and for generations to olic School and Diamond Willow Middle School converging on Cen- come.” He feels an event such as Schools tennial Park after collecting garbage Can will bring more awareness to throughout the town. From May 6 to 11 the team co- issues. “Obviously environmental ordinated groups to have a project consciousness is prevalent in all sofor one of those days. May 10 was cieties today.” Each day of the week organizaSchools Can Day and organizers tions and homeowners were asked to worked with the schools to ensure do their part in the being environmenbring youths out in the community, tally friendly from starting a “green” said co-ordinator Maurice Mazurat. His main goal is to highlight project to conducting cleanup in their environmental issues. “(The) first areas. priority is to raise awareness for what St. Augustine Catholic School stuthe community can do for the envidents Cole Howlett-McAuley and ronment.” “Government can pass as many Liam Wilkins help with garbage laws as they want but as long as the cleanup along Highway 53 near people don’t back it up, it doesn’t their school May 10. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye mean anything,” added Mazurat. The Ponoka Green Jane Wierzba Team was formed last 403-358-8770 fall and is a committee real estate central alberta Buying or Selling, under Ponoka Pride. 6000 • 48 Ave, Ponoka call Jane! Mazura hopes to see a website developed soon New This Week with a monthly newsletter and updates once 5.91 Acres! the group is more organized. They also intend to focus on different aspects of the environment each month. For May the team is looking at gardening; natural - 1624 sq ft bungalow - Huge, private, landscaped pesticides and compost- 5 bdrms & 3 baths yard ing will be discussed. - Extensive upgrades - Minutes from town and the throughout perfect family home Almita Piling pro- Att. heated double garage vided trucks and staff to $ & det. oversized garage 489,900 help out with the clean up and provided the Plenty of Potential hotdogs and hamburgers to the students after garbage collection. Ken Stebner, director of special projects, was proud to be a sponsor of the event. “I think it’s just great that we can come together as a community and for Maurice to Attention handy men, landlords, & 1st time buyers!! lead the pack…It’s great - Solid older home w/ to see the kids out.” $ 2 bdrms & 2 baths 118,900 Kendra Emes, Grade 10 student at PCHS enMove Right In joyed being out and about in Ponoka. “I think it’s a fun day for everyone because we’re helping the community.” She also enjoyed seeing students from - 1.5 storey w/ loft - Great location close to downtown - Extensive reno’s in this other schools. - Quick Possession Available! character home with “You get to interact attention to detail with everyone because - Oak kitchen $ 229,000 - Huge double lot there’s a whole bunch of schools here,” Emes
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Kick off summer safely this May long weekend By respecting the land and obeying the law, Albertans can help make the May long weekend — the traditional kick-off to summer — enjoyable for all. Officers from the Government of Alberta will be out in force this long weekend, patrolling Alberta’s roadways, water bodies, parks, and public land. Together with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, they will also conduct Check Stops and off-highway vehicle compliance checks and inform the public about safe recreation practices, laws and regulations. Rules vary by area: know before you go Know before you go with 511 Alberta Official Road Reports. As you head out on the long weekend,
get the latest road conditions and updates on road construction, before you go. Call 5-1-1, visit 511.alberta.ca or follow @511Alberta on Twitter. Albertans planning to spend the weekend camping at one of the province’s provincial parks are encouraged to check out one of the many first-comefirst served spots listed at AlbertaParks.ca. Campers can also check which parks have liquor or fire bans in place across the province. The Bighorn Dam trail is currently closed to offhighway vehicles, and the Fall Creek/South Ram River area will close to all motorized vehicle traffic on May 15. These are temporary closures to prevent
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Fire has no friends
Parking: Avoid parking Many of us will cars, trucks or recreationdeclare we love to al vehicles on dry grass or curl up in front of a brush. Exhaust systems roaring fire on a cold on vehicles can reach a night, while others temperature of more than have so many fond 1,000 degrees F and it memories of the great takes about 500 degrees F smells and traditions to start a brush fire in the of hanging out around summer. the campfire with Mike Rainone Work equipment: Use family and friends. On Hammertime an official spark arrester the other hand, and in on all internal combustion most cases, fire is not engine-powered equipsomething to which we want to become to close and per- ment. This muffler helps to ensure that sonal, because it can quickly become sparks generated by off-road vehicles, a totally out of control and deadly de- chainsaws, and other power equipment don’t start wildfires. mon. Educate our children: Parents For all of us, there is no doubt fire safety should always be a 24-7 should stress the importance to their year-round issue in our homes, at our children of not playing with fire, esworkplace or at play. Fire is always pecially in grassy or bush areas, as looking for a place to start but can well as expressing the devastating most often be a friendly amenity to any consequences. All of us must always number of social and family activities, respect, support, and appreciate the as long as it is kept under strict con- 24-7 efforts of our emergency oftrol and always respected. This time of ficials, who enforce those vital fire the year, especially with the dry con- safety rules and prevention programs, ditions, strong winds and presence of as well as putting their lives on the line electrical storms, the threat of sudden when they have to get our and fight grass, brush or forest fires is extreme- one that got away. ly high and volatile in all areas of our BBQ: Always maintain a 10-foot province. These conditions have pro- area that is free of brush and shrubduced many fires over the years, with bery around grills and propane tanks. thousands of acres being ravaged, as A non-flammable screen should be well as the devastating loss of homes, placed over the grill, which should buildings, livestock, wildlife, and of never be left unattended. When the course human lives. Likely the most meal is done place the hot ashes in devastating year for wildfire damage a bucket and soak them in water unwas in 2011, when the Slave Lake fire til they are completely cooled. All alone resulted in over $700 million in campfires should be enclosed and be located not to close to grass, brush, or damages. Getting down to common sense overhanging branches. It is also vital for each and every one of us, the very to have a certified fire extinguisher best way to fight a grass or bush fire is close by at all times in all locations. to prevent it from starting, and here are If a fire starts: Call 9-1-1 immediately and tell the dispatcher the address of some of the most vital ways. Cigarettes: Don’t throw cigarette or the property on which the fire is burncigar butts on the ground or out of a ing. Please remember that the people vehicle anywhere. Dispose of them who don’t follow the provincial fire correctly and make sure they are com- prevention rules and bans could possibly be issued a ticket, or may even be pletely extinguished. Burning: Do not burn trash, leaves, or billed for fire suppression costs, dambrush outdoors. The use of fireworks ages, and injuries. in forestlands or grassy areas is strictly Smoky the Bear: Invites all of us to have a fun and safe spring and sumprohibited. Safety Zone: Create a 30-foot safety mer in our pristine Alberta outdoors zone surrounding your home or build- but please think first before we light ings. Always clear away brush, grass, a match or lighter, toss out a cigarette, and leaves away from all structures, or perform some other thoughtless act especially if you are living in a wood- that just might result in a raging, danland area. For homes or structures that gerous, and out-of-control fire in just a sit on a steep slope, the safety zone few seconds. Thanks for always respecting the should be increased accordingly. Firewood: Stack all firewood at least safety and well being of others and 20 feet away from your home and have a great week, all of you! placing all wood in a shelter (storage shed, Maturity Music shop, or other) will also is pleased to invite you to a free multi-media presentation entitled better protect a home Building Your Brain Through Music from fire danger. Through both listening to music, and learning to play a musical instrument, you can: Yard maintenance: • Improve your memory Rake leaves, cut off • Sharpen your aural skills dead limbs and cut grass • reduce stress • lift your mood regularly. Cut tree limbs • slow down the aging process of your brain within 15 feet of the When? Thursday May 16th 7:00PM ground and always reWhere? Ponoka United Church move dead branches that For more information call: (403) 913-4290 extend over the roof.
Mother’s Day tea: Although you can’t see them, Doris Nielsen, Viola Jansen, Dorothy Engman and Arlette Ruggles enjoy tea or coffee and cake at the United Church Mother’s Day tea and bake sale May 11. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
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Pain & Gain
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Diamond Willow presents:
Wednesday, May 15, 201 2013
Die Cinderella Die
Drizella (Regan Corkey) gloats over a sleeping Cinderella.
Anastasia (Hannah Louis) runs to her kind stepmother by a manipulating Cinderella.
May Long Weekend
“FAMILY CAMPING ONLY” • NO tents allowed • NO campers under the age of 25 (unless accompanied by an adult) • NO EXCEPTIONS We appreciate your co-operation and hope to provide a safe and fun weekend for all.
FEES: • Groups: $22.00 per Unit or $100.00 minimum • Non-Serviced Sites: $20.00 per day • Serviced Sites: $22.00 per day Johnson’s Beach Campground is located on Red Deer Lake. From Ponoka, it’s 33km east on Highway 53 and 6km north on Rg Rd 221. From Bashaw, it’s 7km north on Highway 21, 8km west on Highway 53 and 6km north on Rg Rd 221.
Ponoka Drop-In Activities 5015 – 46 Avenue
Gospel music presented by “The Tapleys” gospel music family band will be held May 19th starting at 7:00 pm. Cost is $5.00/person. Come on out and hear southern, country and bluegrass gospel music. Bring a friend. The next general meeting and pot luck dinner will be held on May 31st starting at 5:30 pm. Activities Monday Billiards 9:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Monday Bridge 1:15 p.m. Not Available Monday Whist 1:30 p.m. - Eric Ostergaard, Hilda Fielberg Tuesday and Thursday Exercise class 9:30 a.m. - fun exercise Tuesday Shuffleboard 7:00 p.m. Not Active Wednesday Sewing Guild 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday Cribbage 1:30 p.m. - Pauline Stevens, Fred Broska Wednesday Duplicate Bridge 7:00 p.m. – Marge, Rick Wednesday Floor Curling 1:30 p.m. Completed for this season Thursday Weaving 1:00 p.m. Thursday Partner Bridge 1:15 p.m. - Jerry Reynolds, Albert Fierlbeck, George Stewart. Friday “500” 1:00 p.m. - Herb Vandersteen, George Stewart To rent our facility contact Dorothy @ (403) 783-3027 or George at 1-403-783- 3514 or leave a message @ (403) 783-5012
Cinderella (Tess Pearman) accepts Prince Charming (Ashlee Pollard) based on the size and wealth of the ring he presents in Diamond Willow Middle School’s twisted telling of Cinderella called Die Cinderella Die. In the play Cinderella is a mean diva while her family is kind and respectful. Photos by Amelia Naismith
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Chris the palace messenger (Connor Hoffmann) is terrified of screams coming from inside Cinderella’s house.
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Farm and Ranch 4-H ranchers celebrate 100 years in joint club effort By Amelia Naismith Ponoka’s three 4-H clubs celebrated the centennial landmark with a friendly, joint show and sale filled with enough pride and sentiment to carry on the organizations strong history. “It does carry a lot of significance, It’s just hard to believe a foundation or organization that’s been around for 100 years,” said Laverne Holt-Klimec, a member of the beef committee. This year Ponoka’s three clubs — West Ponoka, East Ponoka and Central Ponoka — didn’t compete against each other for best stall. They did however run interclub classes to show off the hard work and efforts of each member. “The kids at 4-H, they work so hard and they come together. They end up having fun,” said HoltKlimec. Because the clubs came together as they did the market steer classes were judged in a new fashion this year; the animals were separated by weight rather than by than club boundaries. Holt-Klimec says the new system allowed similar steers to be kept together and the animals could be judged at club level and in interclub. She feels two sets of eyes gives each youth and their animal a second chance. This year’s grand champion steer was only third at club level but won first overall.
Holt-Klimec felt each animal was commendable in its own right. “You can tell the kids worked hard this year because we had a higher number of steers right finished by the sale.” The price of steers was also up this year, but the number of calf entries was down. Holt-Klimec says the buyer turnout was good. “4-H needs them, we need the buyers to be there. Simon Stalder sold the grand champion steer, weighing 1,373, to Dennis McCauley for $2.75/lb and Tyson Matejka sold the reserve grand champion weighing 1,375, sold to Integra Tire for $2.70/lb. With sales up Holt-Klimec said the youths would be able to pocket small amounts of the money they made. “Most of them have it earmarked for education.” To raise money for the Ponoka Food Bank the clubs’ fundraiser this year was Fuzzy the steer. The clubs were close to selling out their raffle tickets for the steer, raising approximately $7,500, which Encana matches. The last few years, and 2006, have been benchmark years for the clubs for fundraising. Holt-Klimec says more than $10,000 was raised each year for the charity of that year. “It’s always great when you get that much support.”
Emily Garter waits with her steer Bubbles for a grand champion, market class. Photos by Amelia Naismith
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Anton Hodenfield participates in the opening class with his yearling heifer.
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Strong showing for yearlings at annual 4-H Show & Sale By Amelia Naismith Ponoka’s centennial 4-H Show and Sale got off on the right hoof with a class of yearling heifers the 4-Hers could be proud of. “This last champion class is a testament to the good stock here,” said judge Garner Deobald. He feels the yearlings shown at the event had the capacity, build and traits to be competitive in any show. “I think they can be very proud of the cattle they have.” The top yearlings had the feminine traits Deobald was looking for but also carried an appealing thickness and robustness. “At this age you can have too much as well,” he explained. Deobald felt the grand champion and reserve champion
heifers were model animals for their age. Deobald knew, based on the first couple of yearling classes he judged, the rest of the stock shown would be of the same prime caliber, an opinion judge Brenda Schoepp validated. “I’d just like to acknowledge the degree of finesse and showmanship,” she said. The judges were not the only ones in attendance impressed with the quality of the animals at the show. Dennis McCauley and his wife Barb purchased the grand champion steer from first time champion Simon Stalder. “I’ve bought Simon’s steer three years in a row,” McCauley announced proudly, already thinking about eating what he referred to as first class meat. “The beef is amazing,” his wife added.
Nadia Simon’s yearling heifer is judged by Garner Deobald during the opening class of Ponoka’s centennial 4-H Show and Sale.
Kaitlin Malterer (right) and Jesse Stretch (left) show their steers in a weight-segregated market class. Photos by Amelia Naismith
PONOKA COUNTY DUST CONTROL PROGRAM 2013
33rd Annual Summer Machinery Consignment Auction June 14, 2013 Rimbey, Alberta
Ponoka 4-H Show and Sale results: Grand Champion Steer: Simon Stalder Reserve Champion Steer Tyson Matejka Grand Champion Heifer: Virginia Harvey Reserve Champion Heifer: Lisa Winter Grand Champion Cow/Calf: Virginia Harvey Reserve Champion Cow/Calf: Simon Stalder Senior Judging Grand Champion: Matt Klimec Intermediate Judging Grand Champion: Patrice Stalder Junior Judging Grand Champion: Kelli-Rai Sieben Grand Champion Senior Showmanship: Tyson Matejka Grand Champion Intermediate Showmanship: Emily Gartner Grand Championship Junior Showmanship: Kelli-Rai Sieben Grand Champion Senior Grooming: Lisa Subway Fresh Winter Grand Champion Try Our Intermediate Grooming: Emily Gartner Grand Champion Junior Grooming: Kelli-Rai Sieben Top Rate of Gain: Brandon Shaw
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County residents requiring dust control on roads adjacent to their property can select either Magnesium Chloride, Calcium Chloride or Oil to be applied to the road surface.
VJV MARKET REPORT MARKET REPORT MAY 8, 2013
On Wednesday, May 8, 2013- 3209 head of cattle went through our rings - TOTAL- 3209
This season there will be no subsidy available. The landowner will be responsible for the full amount. The County will supply the grader to do the work and any water or gravel that is necessary to make the application work. Magnesium Chloride & Calcium Chloride will cost $1.30 per foot (plus GST). Minimum of 300’ required. Oil is $5.00 per foot (plus GST). Minimum of 300’ required. If you are interested in this service, arrangements for stakes to be picked up and payment for the application can be made at the time of the request with Lorna at the Ponoka County Office. You will not be put on the list until payment has been made. For further information Phone: 403-783-3333 Ponoka County | 4205-Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB T4J IV9
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Selling equipment to all four Western provinces and the Northern USA. Listings are now being accepted for the Summer Machinery Consignment Auction. All items must be listed by Tuesday, May 14, 2013 to be included on our Sales Posters, Newspaper, Radio Advertising, Web Page and extensive mailing lists. For more information or to consign call:
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D1 - D2 cows D3 - D4 cows Holstein cows Heiferettes Bologna Bulls Feeder bulls
74.00-84.00 64.00-72.00 50.00-71.00 70.00-90.00 80.00-100.00 85.00-102.00
Good Bred Cows 1100.00-1550.00 Older Bred Cows Good Bred Heifers: 1050.00-1200.00 Cow/calf pairs (younger) 1000.00-1650.00 Cow/Calf pairs (older) 900.00-1200.00
STOCKERS AND FEEDERS Good Feeder Steers 1000 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 900 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 800 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 700 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 600 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 500 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 400 lbs Plus: Good Feeder Steers 300 lbs Plus: Replacement hfrs
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Dairy Steers MILK COWS Baby Calves Dairy Type: Baby Calves Beef Type:
84.00-90.00 NONE 95.00-170.00 180.00-260.00
Hay: Sq Bales Straw: Sq. Bales Greenfeed: Sq. Bales.
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Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers Heifers
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WEDNESDAY - MAY 22 MACHINERY & VEHICLE SALE Vold Jones & Vold Auction Co. Ltd. | Foothills Livestock Auction | Dawson Creek Auction Vold Jones & Vold Co. Ltd. © 2006 4410-Hwy 2A, Ponoka Alberta, Canada, T4J 1J8
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4-H youths learn the importance of animal care By Amelia Naismith As Ponoka’s 4-Hers work their way up through the club’s levels they begin to nurture the passion and skills that come with being an agricultural leader of tomorrow. With that comes the rewards of higher titles. Emily Gartner of the Central Ponoka 4-H Club has been with the organization for five years, since she was nine years old. “My siblings were in it and I wanted to try it.” Many club members across North America find several factors of 4-H appealing, encouraging them to remain until they graduate from the program. Gartner is no exception to the enticing world. When Gartner began, she knew she’d be working with animals, which remains her favorite part. The prizes and money are also highlights. “I like it better than school,” said Gartner. This year Gartner entered the centennial show with Bubbles, her steer. They placed second at the club level in the weight gain class and were grand champion of their level for both grooming and showmanship. In 2010 Gartner took home her first banner for grand champion heifer.
“I worked really hard for that.” This year’s overall grand champion is Vector, and Simon Stalder is ecstatic to be taking home the title for the first time in the six years he’s been in 4-H. “It feels great to have one of the best animals” said Stalder, who comes from the West Ponoka club. The biggest draws for him are being able to work with the animals every morning and night, as well meeting new people. For the last three year’s Stalder’s steers have been purchased by the same couple, Dennis and Barb McCauley, who couldn’t stop raving about the top quality meat he was raising. “He appreciates what I put into my animal,” said Stalder.
Samantha Stretch helps Dylan Giles control a large white steer. Photos by Amelia Naismith
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Julianna Harvey grooms her cow/calf project during the centennial 4-H Show and Sale.
CONSIGNMENT MACHINERY & VEHICLE AUCTION Wednesday, May 22 @ 12 NOON
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A Baseball Story great for little and big leaguers
Terri Schlichenmeyer The Bookworm
A Baseball Story by Richard Torrey c.2012, Kane Miller $10.99/$12.95 Canada 36 pages Warm weather is calling you but that’s not all. Now’s the time for ice cream trucks, swimming lessons, and riding your bike around. Best of all, now’s the season for baseball — which is something you’ve been looking forward to for months! And you’re not alone, as you’ll see in A Baseball Story by Richard Torrey. Other kids in the neighborhood listen for the jingly sound of the ice cream truck, but who has time for that? It’s baseball season, and you’ve got to get ready to play.
Before the game starts, you’ll need to suit up because all the players wear identical hats and jerseys, which tells everybody that you’re a team. You’ll also put on bumpy shoes called cleats, so you can run like the wind. Once you’re dressed, take a look at yourself in a mirror. You look like a real baseball player. But no real baseball player is without his glove, so don’t forget that. Mmmmm, baseball gloves smell soooo good. All good baseball teams have a coach. Before the game, your coach might remind you that baseball players always have to be ready, so you practice
throwing and catching with your teammates. You’ll have to be ready on the field, too, in case you’ll need to catch a ball and get an out. When it’s your turn to bat, you’ll wear a special helmet so you don’t get hurt. Everybody will be watching while you’re batting — even Mom and Dad but if they wave at you, don’t wave back. Baseball players don’t wave; they need to be ready to run as soon as they get a hit. Getting a hit is almost like having a birthday. And when the game is over, you’ll shake hands with the other team. Win or lose, you’ll tell them, “Good game!” because sportsmanship is important and so is having fun. Yep, baseball players have to be ready for that — and a whole lot more. So you’ve got a future Hall of Famer in the house? Your little one truly lives for the words “Play Ball?” Then you’ve absolutely got to have A Baseball Story sitting at home base. This time of year, of course, there could be a hundred books about our favorite summer pastime on the shelves but author Richard Torrey adds something really unusual to his baseball book. One part of the story here consists of a good narrative that practically begs to be read aloud. The other part of the story is made up of conversation bubbles, so kids can follow along with the things that are said to and by its young hero. It’s almost two tales in one, and I thought that was enormously fun. Older Little Leaguers may get a quick kick out of this book but I really think it’s meant for their younger brothers and sisters. So if your four- to seven-year-old loves to go batty this time of year, A Baseball Story will be outta the park.
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he Ponoka Pool Sharks Swim Club has wrapped up their short course season. All 36 swimmers celebrated a successful season with a fun meet and awards ceremony on April 27th, recognizing each swimmers accomplishments throughout the 2012-2013 swim season with certificates, trophy awards and the Shark Tank Cup presentation. Award winners: Most Improved Male & Female - Ben Kroening & Caydence Goodrunning Most Potential Male & Female - Isaac Froese & Makayla Sheppard Top Performance Male & Female - Brigham Day & Mckenna Christensen Sportsmanship Award- Hyrum Day Leadership Award - Joseph Day All Shark Award - Nicole Pecharsky Shark Tank Cup Winner: London - Blake Shimp, Emily Lehr, Joseph Day, Jordan Crawford, Makayla Sheppard, Faith Hair & Jo Wildcat With the many successes our club has achieved throughout this 20122013 swim season a special recognition to 11 of our swimmers who qualified for Age Group and Senior Provincials this season. A few highlights from competitions throughout the season included many personal best times by all swimmers. First time provincial qualifiers Isaac Froese and Joseph Day. Emily Lehr with a meet record in the 50 back event at the Fast Eddies in Edmonton. Nicole Pecharsky with a Senior Provincial B-final swim in the 50 back. Brigham Day with 5 gold & 1 Bronze at Age Group Regional Trials. McKenna Christensen who achieved her Age Group Canadian National Time in the 50 Breast event at Alberta Age Group Championships. The PPS coaching staff of Head Coach Bobbie-Jo Christensen, Assistant Coach Jon Davies, and Junior Coaches Jaylen Christensen & Blake Shimp are very pleased with all the sharks progress and success throughout this season.
Standing - Coaches Jon Davies & Bobbie-Jo Christensen Seated on block- Emily Lehr & Mckenna Christensen First row - Joseph Day, Isaac Froses, Hyrum Day, Lauren Wine, Jaylen Christensen In water- Nicole Pecharsky, Blake Shimp, Lanny Wildcat, Brigham Day
We would like to take the opportunity to thank all the swimmers, parents, families, and community organizations for their continued support and commitment to our clubs success in the constant pursuit of excellence in the sport competitive swimming. A very special thankyou goes out to our assistant coach Jon Davies who bids us farewell this season as he will be furthering his education in Edmonton in the fall. We can’t begin to thank him enough for the years of dedication and commitment to our club over the past 6 years. He has been an instrumental part of our coaching staff and we will miss him greatly, we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours!
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Enrolment is up for Ponoka Minor Baseball (PMB) and president Mandy Hansen hopes to keep the momentum going with some simple strategies. Last year the club had a float in the Ponoka Stampede parade and passed out pamphlets, players also received their own shirts. “If our numbers stay up and keep coming we’re going to have five teams.” The challenge she faces is managing teams’ practice schedules. Hansen is considering what to do in the future as well since the club had 24 learn-toplay registrations. “I know our learn-to-play was just awesome,” she explained. “That’s two teams.” With a registration of only $40, Hansen feels PMB offers a reasonable price for parents and uniforms are all supplied by the club. Despite the growth PMB did lose their midget team due to low registration of older players but Hansen is not too worried as there are more younger players than in previous years. “We have two teams of mites this year, that’s up from last year,” she said. Hansen is also grateful to the Town of Ponoka for bringing porta-potties to the ball diamonds and for working closely with the club to meet their needs. Some of the teams are training
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New categories of triathlon By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Youths who have a hankering to test their grit against others of their age will have the perfect opportunity this year; once again Ponoka youths will be able to try out their stamina in Ponoka’s Tri-services Youth Triathlon June 16. Two more categories have been added, said RCMP Staff Sgt. Cameron Chisholm. “”We’ve opened it up to adults and we also have teams this year.” Race lengths differ per age category but Chisholm has seen six-year-old competitors at this triathlon. All youths can enter for free. “Anyone who competes as a youth we have random prizes that we give out as well.” For Chisholm the best part of the competition is seeing competitors complete the race. “The excitement at the start and the satisfaction that I see on their completion.” Adding two more categories came after some requests from residents. “We realized there was a demand for an adult division, so start training,” Chisholm advised. He wants to make this an inclusive event but says the main focus is bringing youths out to compete. He feels sports and exercise offer a healthy lifestyle to younger people and the competition helps focus their energy on a positive experience. He enjoys seeing younger kids compete too. “Before it starts there’s an excitement in the air,” added Chisholm. “The pre-competition atmosphere is exhilarating.” Age categories for the triathlon are: six to seven years, eight to nine years, 10 to 11 years, 12 to 13 years, 14 to 15 years and 16 to 18 years. There are limited spots available for teams with two to three people aged 16 and up and adults are over 18. He also praised the efforts of the Rotary Club of Ponoka and Scotty MacGregor, Ponoka Composite High School physical education instructor, for their efforts in driving interest in the event. Contact Chisholm at 403783-4472 for more information.
Federal funds for splash park: Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins announced May 10 the federal government granted $13,500 for the Ponoka splash park to pay for the last of the landscaping. Mayor Larry Henkelman thanked Calkins and the Ponoka Kinettes, Kinsmen and Lions Club for their dedication bringing the park to Ponoka. “Thank you for being so persistent,” said Henkelman. “We’re just so happy that we have strong organizations in our community that put up a good fight…And put in a lot of hard work.” Mayor Larry Henkelman, Leah Cline and MP Blaine Calkins pose under one of the splash park fixtures. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye
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William Charles “Bill” Crandall Bill Crandall was born on May 9, 1917 in Ponoka, Alberta and passed away on April 30, 2013 in Golden, B.C., nine days before his 96th birthday. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; his daughter, Charlene Olbort; and his son, Duane (Norma), all of Golden. He also leaves eight grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, one brother-in-law, two sisters-in-law, and many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his parents, Charlie and Mabel Crandall; all of his siblings, sisters Dorothy Tomlinson and Alma Noble and their spouses; brothers Roger, Leonard and Clifford Crandall and their spouses; one great-grandchild, three nieces, and one nephew. Bill was the fifth child in a family of six siblings who lost their father very early in life. Bill was only three years old. The depression of the 1930’s added to the family challenges in an era when there was little public assistance for a young widow with a large family. In 1928 his mother left Alberta and took her family to Walla Walla, Washington in the hope that they would be able to earn a living picking fruit. When that was not very successful they moved again in 1929, the beginning of the Great Depression, this time to Bellingham, again in search of better work opportunities. Bill was twelve years old when they moved to Bellingham and he stayed there until 1932 when he turned fifteen. At that young age he made what turned out to be a pivotal decision in his life when he returned to Alberta to work for his uncle Marcus. In addition to providing employment, Marcus and his family also welcomed Bill into their home. Marcus’s family seemed more like brothers and sisters than cousins to Bill. Marcus also helped Bill get his start in farming. He started farming on rented land and went on to a life of farming and home construction in Ponoka, logging and sawmilling in Invermere and Golden, and land development in Golden. Wedding bells rang for Bill and Barbara (Ogilvie) in 1941 and they joyfully celebrated seventy- one wedding anniversaries. Bill was a long-standing member of the Seventh-day Adventist church and a charter member of the Golden church. Music was a very special part of Bill’s family of siblings and he played the banjo most of his life, adding the violin in recent years. His brothers and sisters all had musical talents and Bill benefited from their abilities and experience. During the 1960’s and ‘70’s Bill and Barb developed friendships with many cherished friends in Invermere, and a highlight of their visiting was often playing and singing together. In Golden over the last twenty-five years or so he participated in the Golden Seniors Orchestra. He played with the group as recently as March 21st at Durand Manor in Golden. Funeral services for Bill were held at the Golden Seniors Centre on May 6, 2013 at 1:30 pm. Pastor Frank Johnson officiated and Hindman-Bowers Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
In Memoriam
Thank you to Dr. Halse and Dr. Chan and the nurses for the excellent care I received in the hospital. Also, family and friends for visits, flowers, cards and prayers. ~Marjie Kinley
MacTavish Thank you to all my friends and family for all the thoughtfulness and wishes for my 90th Birthday.
It was greatly appreciated. ~Alice MacTavish
Celebrations JOIN
HERB PERRY in celebration of his
80th BIRTHDAY Coffee/Tea & Squares to be served from 1:00-4:00 pm Saturday, May 18th, 2013 at his farm site, watch for signs 6 miles East of Ponoka on Hwy 53, go North on Range Road 244 - 1 1/2 miles - building site on west side of road. No gifts please.
Card Of Thanks
Forever loved and remembered, Bill, Lore, Darcy & your grandchildren Melissa, Shelby, Carlen, Baily, Chelsea, Holly & Lyla
Gary McDougall
Reached a Milestone? Celebrate it! Cherish it! Share it!
1944 - 2012 Together in the same old way Would be my dearest wish today. ~Your loving wife, Dianna and family
Our sincere thank you to everyone who came to our 50th Anniversary. A big thanks for all the cards, gifts, and cake. Our old friends from Sylvan Heights, the teachers, ball players, hockey people and our everyday friends, we love you. You touched our lives. Mabel & Sam
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Card Of Thanks
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Edward Brian Krossa We would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to all of our family and friends for their support following the loss of Ed. Thank you for the cards, phone calls, visits, gifts of flowers and food and donations to the Horizon Centre and Wetaskiwin & District Association for Community Service. Thanks to Chaplin Rick Williams for a comforting service, Bob Ronnie and staff for a wonderful lunch and to the Ponoka Stampede Association for the Stagecoach Saloon (Ed loved the rodeo). Thanks also, to Marlon Wombold and his staff for all their assistance at this difficult time. Special thanks to Dr. Tam for Ed’s care over the years. Thank you to Dr. York for his care during Ed’s recent illness, and to the staff at the Wetaskiwin Hospital & Care Centre. To Ed’s friends and caregiver’s at Residence 2 in Wetaskiwin. Thank you doesn’t seem to be enough. For the extra time and rearranging of schedules and time spent with Ed in the hospital and at home. We thank you very much. ~ Gwladys, Ken & Marjorie and Family
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COMMUNITY BRIDAL SHOWER Jennifer Orom bride elect of Tannor Diegel on Sunday May 26, 2 pm. at Schultz Community Hall. Ladies please bring lunch.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Monday night meetings at the Anglican Church Ponoka 8:30 p.m. Phone 403-783-0719 for info. THURSDAY AA Meetings at 8:30 p.m. in the Catholic Church basement. 52 Street & 52 Ave. Ponoka. Open meetings first Thursday of the month, Everyone Welcome. 403-783-4347 or 403-783-2493
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CHAIN LAKES GAS CO-OP LTD. requires a PART TIME OFFICE EMPLOYEE must have computer and bookkeeping skills. Please send resumes to: chainlakes@platinum.ca 403-784-3343 403-784-3111-fax Attn: General Manager
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is at the forefront of reclamation & remediation in the oil & gas industry. We are currently recruiting for: LABOURERS & JR. OPERATORS Requirements: - Valid driver’s license - H2S Alive - Standard First Aid - WHMIS and/or CSTS/PST - Pre-Access A&D Testing Please E-mail or fax your resume to: hr@tr3energy.com Fax:403-294-9323 www.tr3energy.com
Oilfield
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER. This position will involve the design and product development of Coil Tubing Pressure Control Equipment.
Duties will include: * Design of equipment using 3D CAD * Shop Testing of Prototypes * Support to manufacturing for existing products Job qualifications: * Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering * Eligibility for registration with APEGA * Strong mechanical aptitude and interest in working with equipment * Solidworks experience an asset * Creativity and attention to detail required. * 3 - 5 yrs. exp. preferred. Company paid benefit plan and RRSP. Please send resumes to: resume@ nexusengineering.ca TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE LPN Maskwacis Health Services (MHS), Home Care Department, is accepting resumes for Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). This is a temporary (.6) position from May 2013 - October 25, 2013. If you meet these requirements we encourage you to apply: QUALIFICATIONS • Professional standards of practice including certification requirements for Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta • 1 year experience in Acute Care an asset • A demonstrated interest in Home Care Program delivery & Education • Knowledge of computer software and applications (please list) • Knowledge of the 4 Nations Community an asset • Cree language an asset • Willing to take additional training to meet program requirements • Must have a valid class 5 drivers license SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS REQUIRED • Diplomas & Certificates • Criminal Records Check • Child Intervention Check • Current First Aide & CPR certification • Copy of Valid Driver’s License • Current Driver’s Abstract (TYPICAL) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Provide nursing care within the scope of practice for LPN for clients of the 4 Nations community • Assess, plan and implement care using evidence and best practice guidelines to First Nations clients in their home and community • Act as an advocate promoting healthy lifestyle choices for clients, caregivers and family members • Provide current & accurate information to clients & family as to allow for informed choices in determining health needs and services • Performs assessments with clients and makes appropriate referrals to internal & external agencies • Conduct home visits • Assist with clinics, workshops and other initiative as required • Liason with internal and external departments and/or agencies to develop good working relations to ensure the highest quality of service delivery to the clients of the 4 Nations community & to eliminate duplication of services • Complete reporting as required in accordance with reporting guidelines i.e. e-SDRT Salary: Based on education & years of experience CLOSING DATE: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 4:00 pm Please forward your Resume with supporting documents to: PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT Maskwacis Health Services, Box 100, Hobbema, AB T0C 1N0 Email: l.ward@maskwacishealth.ca Phone: 780-585-3830 ext. 444 | Fax: 780-585-2203 We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Incomplete submissions will be screened out.
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a leader in the architectural openings industry is seeking to fill the position of
COUNTER SALESPERSON.
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Call: 250-215-3179 or Email: haningtonpainting@telus.net
REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY experienced Sand Blaster, oilfield painters and general laborers. Must have safety tickets and clean driving record. Please fax resume and docs to (403) 748-3036 or email to tayriver1@hotmail.com
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AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS. Licensed, 4th year & 3rd year Technicians required. Signing/moving allowance, full company benefits, very aggressive bonus/pay plan. Ford experience preferred, but not required. Denham Ford, Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Email resume: Attention: Dean Brackenbury; dbrackenbury @denhamford.com BLUE GRASS SOD FARMS requires full-time Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanic with experience managing people, parts and equipment. Competitive wage with benefits; debbie.lefeuvre @bg-rd.com or fax 403-342-7488. F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo. Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY
INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. No Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks. Weekly start dates. Job board! Funding options. Sign up online! iheschool.com. 1-866-399-3853. LEVEL 2 WATER and Waste Water Operator required for Elinor Lake Resort. Call 780-623-3993.
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MILLWRIGHT AND ELECTRICIAN required at Edson Forest Products a division of West Fraser in Edson, Alberta. $37.67/hour with full benefits. Trade certification required. Fax 780-723-3783 or email: esuter @sundanceforestindustries.ca
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WANTED TORNADO Hydrovacs, a division of Petrofield Industries is accepting resumes for: Assembly Department: Industrial Painters, Electrical Technicians; 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 403 742-5544 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds
Class 1 Driver for regional work. Super bee experience an asset. Call Lyle 403-785-6165
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CLASS 1 drivers req’d for flat deck work. Steady year round work. Benefits, exc. wages and safety bonuses. Successful candidates must be hard working, must know your load securement and love driving as you will be traveling throughout BC, AB, SK & MB. Please fax resumes and drivers abstract to 1-855-784-2330
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HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC To Work in Bashaw AB Shop, this position is responsible for the Mechanical Maintenance, repairs, servicing, inspections and rigging up of A&Bs on highway trailer and truck fleet. The Majority of this position’s duties will be involved with trailer repairs. Start Date: ASAP Compensation: Competitive wage, full benefits Qualifications: Alberta on Highway Heavy Duty Equipment Technician. Journeyman Certificate Condition of Employment: Valid Drivers License
Fax resume: 780-372-4238 Email: hr@abpipeliners.com
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Truckers/ Drivers
QUALIFICATIONS • Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy • Registered member of the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT) • Maintain Accountability & Confidentiality • Proficient in Microsoft Office programs; including Word (Keyboarding 70 wpm), Access & Excel essential • Excellent communication & problem solving skills • Excellent organizational skills • Ability to work well on own and in a team • Knowledge of the 4 Nations Community an asset • Cree language an asset SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS REQUIRED • Diplomas & Certificates • Criminal Records Check • Child Intervention Check • Copy of Valid Driver’s License • Driver’s Abstract (TYPICAL) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Evaluate client’s level of functioning in areas of self-care, work, study, volunteerism and leisure • Develop intervention programs • Monitoring client progress, evaluating outcomes and changing program needs • Make recommendations, as an independent consultant or in conjunction with multidisciplinary team of professionals, regarding client discharge, home or school management, transfer to alternate program, integration into the community or return to work Salary: Based on education & years of experience CLOSING DATE: 4:00 p.m., Friday, May 31, 2013 Please forward your Resume with supporting documents to: PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT Maskwacis Health Services Box 100, Hobbema, AB T0C 1N0 Email: l.ward@maskwacishealth.ca Phone: 780-585-3830 ext. 444 | Fax: 780-585-2203 We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Incomplete submissions will be screened out.
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DISPATCHER
Responsibilities include coordinating equipment and personnel for rig moves and service work. Computer skills and knowledge of the trucking industry, drilling rigs and oilfield equipment, transportation rules and regulations would be an asset. Will train right candidate. COMPETITIVE WAGES & BENEFIT PACKAGE INCLUDED
Submit resume to: Calnash Trucking Ltd. 6526 - 44 Avenue, Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8 Fax: 403.783.3011 Email: hr@calnashtrucking.com Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please
Arnett & Burgess is now accepting applications for the following:
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST Maskwacis Health Services (MHS), Home Care Department, has a permanent full-time position available for an Occupational Therapist. If you meet these requirements we encourage you to apply:
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CLASS 1 TRUCK DRIVER
Clean abstract. Must have experience moving heavy equipment that is related to pipeline construction. Benefits available. Please fax resumes to 780-372-4238 Or email to: hr@abpipeliners.com
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MIDWEST PROPANE is currently seeking
Gasfitter
Bosco Homes, a non-profit, charitable society dedicated to providing quality human services to individuals, families and communities, operates programs in the greater Edmonton area, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka, (Alberta) and Yellowknife (NT) areas. Currently, we are recruiting for strong, enthusiastic and principled individuals for
WETASKIWIN & PONOKA, AB - Full-time Child Youth Care Workers – Front Line – Relief Child Youth Care Workers We provide ongoing group care treatment services and educational programs to emotionally and behaviorally troubled children and adolescents, including those with FASD and addictions. Our clients, who range from 6 to 18 years of age, live in a residential, therapeutic setting. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for working with these at-risk youth, becoming their role model and teaching them life skills through various activities. Successful candidates must also be willing to collaborate with other members of the professional team to develop plans that will assist our clients to once again become valued members of society. If you have a diploma/degree in Child Youth Care or equivalent (mandatory), good verbal and written communication skills, a valid driver’s license and vehicle, are willing to work shifts, including weekends and evenings, apply now to become a member of our team.
Class 3 Drivers license and all relevant
Salary Range—Full-Time is $39,038.00 - $59,909.00 annually. We also provide full-time employees with a 100% employer paid health benefits package (which includes vision, dental and prescription drug coverage, massage therapy, etc.) a 100% employer paid RRSP equaling 3% of annual salary, and a flexible schedule.
Oilfield Safety Certificates required.
We also offer free courses and workshops in-house for all of our employees.
To operate in central Alberta.
Please apply with resume to:
Midwest Propane Rimbey, AB. Call: 403 843-8430, Fax: 403 843-8460 or by email to: ken@midwestpropane.ca
Salary—Relief - $19.01/hr. (includes vacation pay) Please send your resume to: Bosco Homes: Attn: Human Resources 6770 – 129 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5C 1V7 Fax: 780-440-0760, email: employment@boscohomes.ca Apply online: http://www.boscohomes.ca Please quote competition number: WET0513 A Registered Charitable Organization - Revenue Canada Taxation No. 12891-2359-RR0001
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AG EQUIPMENT Darcy Zimmer - Sales North of Hwy 53 Phone: 403-588-8420 Ferdinand Harkema - Sales South of Hwy 53 Cell: 403-785-7149 Rick Cline - Store/Sales Manager Cell: 403-588-1957
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BOBCAT SERVICE • Snow Removal • Driveways & Parking Lots • Post-Hole Augering - 6, 9, 12, 15 • Corral Cleaning • Grading & Construction Call 403-783-2764 403-588-0599 CallJim JimAshbough Ashbough 783-2764ororCell: Cell: 588-0599 Jack Surbey 403-783-5283 Cell: 403-588-0597 Jack Surbey 783-5283orCell: 588-0597
BOTTLE DEPOT
Rimbey Implements Ltd.
PONOKA BOTTLE DEPOT Open Monday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
Al York
Closed Sundays & Holidays
General Manager
We Now Recycle Milk Cartons for Deposit
Cell: (403) 783-0593
3, 5520 Hwy 2A (Across from Husky)
Bus: (403) 843-3700
Rimbey, AB
Fax: (403) 843-3430
403-783-6875
ANIMAL SERVICES
CONSTRUCTION
In it for the long-haul? So are we. AUTO SALES
BUYERS
CN is a railroad with a great legacy and a very bright future. As an industry leader, we offer our employees secure, rewarding careers.
SALES & SERVICE
In fact, we’re looking to fill several Train Operator (Conductor) positions across13052TC0 Alberta, including in High Level, Roma Junction, Lac La Biche, McLennan, and Edmonton.
RANDY MOHL 403-783-8008 Phone 783-8008
BUY - SELL - CONSIGN 5704 - Hwy 2A North, Ponoka, AB T4J 1M1
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Join our proud team of railroaders and enjoy full training, a competitive wage and outstanding benefits. In 2012, Canadian Conductors earned an average salary of $85,000. To learn how to become a CN Conductor, join us at our next career fair! You will learn more about this challenging and rewarding job. This is also your chance to have an interview on the spot!
Motorcycles & ATV’s Tues - Fri: 8:30 am-5:30 pm Saturday: 9 am-3 pm
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DENTISTRY
RIMBEYDENTALCARE DR. STEVE CALDER BS C DDS
Family Friendly Dentistry Box 1100 4905 50 St. Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0
Ph. (403) 843-2173 Fax: (403) 843-2607
DENTAL CARE BIRCHLAND DENTAL CLINIC PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY
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Employment Training
900
HOW DO YOU calculate the value of a house? Determine property taxes? Develop these skills and more with the Appraisal and Assessment major at Lakeland College in Lloydminster, Alberta. Career opportunities include property manager, assessor, realtor, appraiser, lender, or working for a development firm. Recent grads reported an average starting salary of $60,000 a year. Phone 1-800-661-6490 ext. 5429 or visit: www. lakelandcollege.ca/realestate
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Cat Work
1065
Peteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Backhoe Service General backhoe work Call 403-783-7569 (cell)
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 or 1-800-347-2540; www. accesslegalresearch.com
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Purpose: Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Head Start Coordinator shall provide First Nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Children of Pigeon Lake with appropriate curriculum, resource materials and activities to foster spiritual, emotional, social, intellectual and physical development. QUALIFICATIONS â&#x20AC;˘ College or University CertiďŹ cation in Early Childhood Education (Level 3), Human Development, Social Work â&#x20AC;˘ Previous experience in administrative and supervisory duties â&#x20AC;˘ First Aid and Infant & Child CPR CertiďŹ cation â&#x20AC;˘ 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 yrs experience in childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programming â&#x20AC;˘ Reliable, punctual and ability to take and follow directions â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to develop and manage budgets â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to plan and initiate programs â&#x20AC;˘ EďŹ&#x20AC;ective organizational skills, oral & written communication skills, listening & observation skills â&#x20AC;˘ Diploma or certiďŹ cate in computer technology or oďŹ&#x192;ce procedures or equivalent work experience â&#x20AC;˘ ProďŹ cient in Microsoft OďŹ&#x192;ce programs; including Word (Keyboarding 70 wpm), Access & Excel essential â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge of the 4 Nations Community and its resources â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to speak ďŹ&#x201A;uent Cree language, Knowledge of culture & traditions â&#x20AC;˘ Valid class (5) drivers license; class (4) an asset SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: â&#x20AC;˘ Diplomas & CertiďŹ cates â&#x20AC;˘ Criminal Records Check â&#x20AC;˘ Child Intervention Clearance (CWIS) â&#x20AC;˘ Copy of Valid Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License â&#x20AC;˘ Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Abstract Salary: Based on education & years of experience
Please forward your Resume with supporting documents to: PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT Maskwacis Health Services Box 100, Hobbema, AB T0C 1N0 Email: l.ward@maskwacishealth.ca Phone: 780-585-3830 ext. 444 | Fax: 780-585-2203 We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Incomplete submissions will be screened out.
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Employment Training
900
Misc. Services
1290
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403-783-4880
Heather Goodwin 403-704-3647 heathermccg@shaw.ca
Roofing
1370
R&M Roofing and Siding New & Replacement Roofs
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 $269. + GST (based on 25 words or less). Call this newspaper NOW for details or call 1-800-282-6903 ext. 228.
Personal Services
Over 20 Years Combined Experience Insured Kirk Morgan 780-335-ROOF(7663)
Welding
1410
780-335-ROOF(7663)
Welding
1410
1315
Unplanned pregnancy may be difďŹ cult to face. We care. For conďŹ dential help call 403-343-1611 (24 hrs.) 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+).
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Well Drilling
1400
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1370
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Website: www.harbinwelding.com E-mail: bharbin@telus.net
Well Drilling
1400
Well Drilling
1400
RURAL WATER TREATMENT (Province Wide)
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Ph: 403-782-7722 Fax: 403-782-7499
Misc. Services
Repair of any cooling or refrigeration system as well as large household appliances.
Maskwacis Health Services (MHS), Pigeon Lake Headstart, has a Term Position September 2013 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; June 2014 (4 days / week @ 7 hrs / day) available for a Head Start Program Coordinator. If you meet these requirements we encourage you to apply.
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Misc. Services
ARE YOU APPLYING for or have you been denied Canada Pension Plan disability benefits? Do not proceed alone. Call Allison Schmidt 1-877-793-3222; www.dcac.ca.
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EYE CARE
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1260
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Drs. Heimdahl & ZoBell
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HEATING & EAVESTROUGHING
Commercial - Residential Installations - Repair 24hr Emergency Service 3912 - 66 St Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8 www.wcmltd.ca
Ph: 403.783.3501 Fax: 403.783.3531 wcmltd@telus.net
ROOFING & SIDING
Phone/Fax
403-782-4771 Cellular
403-350-6571
Sterling Smith
Reaching 6000 households weekly
For just
$30 per week
Personal Services
1315
THE CROSS IS THE WAY TO REDUCE CRIME. Christian Family Centre. Toll free 1-866-381-2231. Local 780-682-2577; christianfamilycentre @hotmail.com
Pet Services
1318
CLINKERS KENNELS * Quality Boarding for your dogs & cats *Proof of vaccinations and advance bookings required HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 6 pm; Fri. 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 7 pm; Sat. 9 a.m. - 12 noon; Sun. 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. & 4 - 7 p.m.
403-783-6272
www.clinkerskennels.ca
Rental Misc
1350
Need RV or Self Storage? 8’ X 10’ mini storage units available for rent. Also RV storage. Secure compound. Call Keith at
this space could be yours!
First Call Towing
403-783-3311
783-3636
VETERINARY SERVICES
Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990 Southwest Industrial Park 4102-64 St., Ponoka 403-783-5200 8 a.m. - 5 p.m Mon. to Sat. • Open late Thursday 24-hour Emergency Call Dr. Bill Frischke • Dr. Kelly Loree • Dr. Leighton Coma Dr. Trevor Hook • Dr. Emily Ames
PAINTING (1997) Residential & Commercial • Interior & Exterior • Wallpaper hanging • Free Estimates
Serving Ponoka & Central Alberta for the past 35 years. Jerry Witvoet Jr. Ponoka, AB (403) 783-6335 Cell: (403) 783-1523
Reaching 6000 households weekly
For just
$30 per week this space could be yours!
403-783-3311
Auctions
1530
BIG STRAPPER AUCTIONS SALES EVERY WED. @ 6 pm. Moose Hall 2 miles south of Ponoka on 2A ANTIQUE SALE 1st SUN. OF THE MONTH AT 1 P.M. 403-782-5693 Check website for full listing www.bigstrapperauctions.net
MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, June 1, 11 a.m., 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Over 150 guns - handguns, rifles, shotguns, miscellaneous. Call to consign 780-440-1860
Yard Care
1430
Auctions
1530
Garden Supplies
BUD HAYNES GUN AUCTION. Sat., June 1, 9 a.m., Red Deer. Reinhold Stolle Collection, Marien Caron’s Mountie collection, over 600 lots & 200 12-6 prohibs. Phone 403-347-5855; www.budhaynesauctions.com
GORGEOUS SPRUCE TREES. 4 - 6 ft., $45, machine planted, fertilized, mulched. Minimum order 20. Delivery charge: $75 - $100. Quality guaranteed. Crystal Springs 403-820-0961
SMALL MARKET FRANCHISE = Big Market Potential! Low cost, full training/ support, exclusive territory and respected national brand makes Crackmasters Windshield Repair & Replacement the perfect business for small markets. Call Mike 1-888-349-2729
WHITE SPRUCE TREES for sale. 4 - 6 foot $35 each. 6 - 8 foot $45 each. Delivered and planted. Delivery extra. 403-305-8201.
Building Supplies
1550
LOOKING FOR A SHOP? Post Frame Buildings. AFAB Industries has experience, expertise, reliability and great construction practices For a free quote, contact Ryan Smith 403-818-0797 or email: ryan.afab@gmail.com METAL ROOFING & SIDING. Best prices! 36” Hi-Tensile TUFF-Rib 29ga. Galvalume $.67 sq. ft. Colours $.82 sq. ft. 40 Year Warranty. ALTA-WIDE Builders Supplies 1-888-263-8254. STEEL BUILDING - Blowout Clearance Sale! 20x22 $4,188. 25x26 $4,799. 30x34 $6, 860. 32x44 $8,795. 40x50 $12,760. 47x74 $17,888. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422; www.pioneersteel.ca STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS 0% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100, sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206; www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
Firewood
1660
LOGS
Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346
Garden Supplies
1680
COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE: $1.49/each for a box of 270 ($402.30). Also full range of trees, shrubs, cherries & berries. Free shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or treetime.ca.
Yard Care
1430
PONOKA
TURF & TILL Division of 1127730 Alberta Ltd
Aerate - Rototill Power Rake & Vacuum
403-963-4009 Brian Hebert
Health & Beauty
1700
ULTRAMATIC SUPER SINGLE BED Head/foot move up & down, massage & wireless remote. Has a reversible soft/firm pillowtop mattress. 6 yrs. old, in great cond. Metal headboard & bed safety rails incl. $600. 403-783-6540
Household Furnishings
1720
Ponoka New & Used Antiques & Collectables
EVERYTHING YOU NEED AND MORE!
www.ponokanewused.ca 5306 - 50 St | Ponoka, AB Ph:403-783-5655 Fax: 403-783-5787 ponokanewused@shaw.ca
Misc. for Sale
1760
SAWMILLS from only $3997. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD; www.NorwoodSawmills.com /400OT. 1-800-566-6899 ext. 400OT
Travel Packages
1900
ONE DAY POLAR BEAR TOURS - Calgary and Edmonton departures this fall. Jet to Churchill and experience 6 hours on a polar bear safari. 1-866-460-1415; www. classiccanadiantours.com
Wanted To Buy
1930
TAMARACK
Lil Mule Logging Inc. is now buying standing Tamarack. Minimum 10 acres. 403-318-4346
NEWSPAPER ROLL ENDS 50¢ PER POUND
Great For covering Tables, Art Work, Clean Packing Paper, Painting, Playschool, Banners, and Lots More.
VARIETY OF SIZES
Farm Equipment
PLUMBING
1680 Agricultural #2000 - #2290 Livestock
2100
Purebred Hereford Bulls Polled and horned Semen tested Leighton Farms Ph: 403-783-6902 Cell: 403-963-1511
Red Poll Bulls Yearlings & Two year olds Semen tested
403-783-5951 BAR-DALE LIMOUSIN, ERSKINE, AB. 40, two year old virgin bulls for sale at the farm. Fully guaranteed. Call Carole Barclay at 403-742-4825, Terry 403-740-5037 Ricky 403-740-5711. email bardale@xplornet.com
SHANDALL PLUMBING LTD. JAMES AVERY “Reasonable rates on all your plumbing needs” Gas Fitting - Home Renovations - Drain Cleaning -24 HOUR SERVICE5306 - 60 ST, PONOKA, AB T4J 1K7 PH: (403) 783-6372 • FAX (403) 783-6345
PLUMBING
PONOKA PLUMBING & HEATING We now carry a complete line of Ritchie Stockwater parts Hours of Business: Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 5 pm
5110 -50 Street Box 4414 Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1R7
JESSE ZINTER Office - 403-783-5489
This space could be yours for $
BLACK ANGUS YEARLING BULLS
30
Quiet disposition, quality genetics and semen tested Vaccinated.. Also 2 yr. old avail. George Lane 403-885-5732 or Ross Lane 403-860-2973
PER WEEK
Call 403-783-3311
BREEDING heifers, 40 hand picked reputation breeding heifers, complete drug program, black & red Simmental X Angus chosen from 300 cow herd. 403-783-8756 Ponoka, AB
PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS
BULLS FOR SALE RED & BLACK ANGUS HEREFORD Yearlings & 2 Year Olds Semen Tested
LittleJONS’ Hand Wash Stations Handicap Units Trailer Units New Solar Powered Units with Running Water
MATEJKA FARMS Mark†403-783-6389 Ponoka, AB KLIMEC FARMS (22) 2 year old registered Black Angus bulls. Semen tested. Phone 403-783-0229 LIMOUSIN Bulls Polled Red and black two year olds and yearlings. Semen tested. Combest Limousin Farm. (403)742-5211 PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year olds. Semen tested and delivered. Vicwin farms 403-784-3517, 403-318-7363. SIMMERON SIMMENTALS, Fullblood Full Fleckvieh Bulls, yearlings and 2 year olds, polled and horned, A.I. blood lines, very quiet, muscled. 780-913-7963
Pasture/Land Wanted
2180
Serving Central Today! Alberta Book On-Line
403.783.8322
www.littlejons.ca
Reaching 6000 households weekly for just
$
30
PER WEEK
This space could be yours!
403-783-3311 TREE SALES & SERVICE
SUPERVISED PASTURE WANTED for 100-300 Yearlings. 780-608-0159
2010
FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 510 John Deere 40 H.P. tractor 3 point hitch 2002 Dodge 4X4 truck 2002 Ford 150 4X4 truck plus other equipment Located across from Inland Concrete
Ponoka- located 1.5 Miles North of High School Phone (403) 783-5072 Cell: (403) 704-5384 www.brtrees.com
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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.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
2200
Seed Grain
SEED BARLEY FOR SALE High germination, high yielding. Suitable for feed or silage. New digital scale & seed treating available. Larry Trautman 843-2733 Mark Trautman 843-3474
ROUND hay bales. Cheap Free delivery. Self unloading. No Sunday calls Please. 403-843-6380
Seed Grain
For Rent #3000 - #3200
2200
CERTIFIED MORGAN OAT SEED 99% germ. Call Echo Ridge Seeds 403-883-2503
3020
3020
GREIG HOLDINGS INC. PROPERTIES FOR RENT RESIDENTIAL
2 bdrm apartment in Lancaster c/w fridge, stove. $700/mo plus power. Available May 1, 2013 2 bdrm apartment above Commercial Bldg. c/w fridge, stove. $650 /mo plus power. Available May 1, 2013
3050
FOR RENT IN PONOKA 3 BEDROOM in very quiet 4-PLEX. Close to downtown. 4 appliances 403-783-5493 PONOKA 3 Bedroom 4-Plex Newly reno’d, 4 appliances. 1.5 baths. $1000 incl. water & sewer + d.d. 403-783-3168
CLASSIFIEDS Sell it Best! To place your ad phone 1-877223-3311
Suites Houses/ Duplexes
RIMBEY 4 bdrm. house newly reno’d, 2 bath, 5 CERTIFIED seed for sale: appls, big den, laundry Busby barley, Sundre room, deck, carport, big barley, Jordan oats, Guar- yard, n/s, pets negotiable, anteed, fully tested. Greg avail. immed, rent $950 + Jones, Magic Seed Farm a l l u t i l s , D D 403-704-6277 or $1000 403-843-3684 403-783-6495
Houses/ Duplexes
4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes
3060
Houses For Sale
PONOKA 2 bdrm. suite, n/s, no pets, quiet adult building, $690/mo, $690 SD 403-783-5434
* RIVERSIDE APTS. * Newly renovated 1 & 2 bedroom units in Ponoka: 3724-45 Street. 403-357-0287
Condos/ Townhouses
4040
4020
BLACKAFALDS Bi-level,
Real Estate #4000 - #4190 Houses For Sale
4020
A comfortable home for someone with 2 children, or property for a new house or duplex. Call Todd Reid 403-597-0797. 5115-47 Avenue, Ponoka
Acreages One bedroom suite for rent in downtown Ponoka N/S, N/P Available June 1 403-783-5025
4020
Houses For Sale
B
2 Birds w/1 Stone SYLVAN LAKE 1. Executive home five bdrms., three baths, $554,900. (see photo) 2. Modern condo, two bdrms, two baths. $265,000. Call 403-887-2414 for details.
4050
EAUTIFULLY decorated 1533 sq. ft. bungalow on 5.19 acres. Vaulted ceiling, open floor plan, 3 bedroom/2 bath. Huge east and west decks. Ideally set up for horses with electric waterer, stalls/tack room and outdoor sheds. $397,000. Visit home at www.yourcentralalbertarealtor.com. Call Garry Raabis Royal Lepage Patrician 403-340-6789
2 year old, 3 bdrms., 2 baths, landscaped w/large trees, laminate & carpet & lino on dev. main flr. Large deck, fenced yard. Incld’s 4 kitchen appls. Will consider trade for farm. 403-600-2225
4090
NEW & PREOWNED Modular homes for immediate delivery! Take advantage of our Moduline Showhome sell off and receive a $1500 gift card. Offer ends May 31! www.craigshomesales.com or call 1-855-380-2266 UNITED HOMES CANADA offers widest range of quality home styles from Triple M Housing! RTM, modular starting at $108,000. 1-800-461-7632; www. unitedhomescanada.com. 148 East Lake Blvd., Airdrie WHOLESALE PRICES - Dare to compare! Last three 2011, SRI 20’ X 76’. Must go this month! You will never buy this quality for less! Call/email for details! www.dynamicmodular.ca. 1-877-341-4422
4130
Cottages/Resort Property
ELINOR LAKE RESORT. 2.5 hours NE Edmonton. Spring Sale, fully serviced lake lots reduced by 15% May 17-31, 2013. Suitable for cabin/house, RV or investment. 1-877-623-3990; elinorlakeresort.com
Houses For Sale
4020
Financial #4400 - #4430 Investments ......................4410 Money Wanted ................4420 Money to Loan ................4430
Money To Loan
DO YOU NEED to borrow money - Now? If you own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits will lend you money - It’s that simple. 1-877-486-2161
AN EXCELLENT CHOICE WHERE YOUR AD REACHES RURAL READERS
CALL 1-877-223-3311 CLASSIFIEDS HOT-LINE
GOLF, SKI, HIKE, WATER SPORTS, etc. WHITEFISH, MT. Townhouse in Mountain Park subdivision. Over 3700 sq.ft., 4 bedrooms & 3.5 baths. Features include 22’ vaulted ceiling in Great Room with floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, hardwood floors, Dacor stainless steel appliances, in-floor radiant heat, walk-out lower level & more. Slate spa shower & large walk-in closets with built-in cabinetry. House is fully wired for surround sound, security smart home. $599,900 For more information call 403-396-5516.
DROWNING IN DEBT? Cut debts more than 50% & debt free in half the time! Avoid bankruptcy! Free consultation; www.mydebtsolution.com or toll free 1-877-556-3500. BBB rated A+ MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 loan and +. No credit refused. Fast, easy, 100% secure. 1-877-776-1660.
Transportation #5000-5300 Fifth Wheels
1216 sq. ft. home, refurbished up and down. 5 bedroom, 2 full baths, hardwood floors plus garage. $282,000.00 Call 403-783-6241
Reduced
149,900
$
Starter or Revenue Great for that Young Family!
– BARB HAY – Lifestyles Realty
Ph: 403-782-3141
4430
WHATEVER YOU’RE SELLING... WE HAVE THE PAPER YOU NEED!
• All residences are no smoking and no pets damage/security deposit same as rent unless stated otherwise.
Contact Ernie Anderson at Greig Holdings Inc. @ 403-783-8580 Bay 6, 5012 50 Street, Ponoka, Alberta
4190
BANK SAID NO? Bank on us! Equity Mortgages for purchases, debt consolidation, foreclosures, renovations. Bruised credit, self-employed, unemployed ok. Dave Fitzpatrick: www.albertalending.ca. 587-437-8437, Belmor Mortgage
Manufactured Homes
1 bdrm apartment in 5 plex c/w fridge, stove. $550/mo plus power. Available June 1, 2013
Applications and references required for all properties. Working people preferred.
Mortgages Bought/Sold
5110
FOR SALE BY OWNER. 2004 Sandpiper 32’ 5th
RAYMOND SHORES wheel. 2 slides, oak interior, GULL LAKE, 2012 Park model home, on professionally landscaped lot. Fully furnished. Too many extras to list. 403-350-5524 for details.
Out Of Town Property
4170
159 ACRES, 1288 sq.ft. bungalow, New windows, siding, shingles & fireplace. Good well, underground power, valley location with creek, garden, fruit trees, fences, corrals, steel bins, barn. Seeded to grass. Good hunting, fishing. Immed. poss. $229,000. Preeceville, Sask. 306-547-3319
skylight, central air, mint condition. Asking $16,000 o.b.o. 780-461-6166, Edmonton.
SAVE $$$$ prepay your Classified ad. 1-877-2233311.
1997 TRAVELLAIRE Prestige 265, clean, well kept, back kitchen w/sunshine ceiling, electric front jacks, back tow hitch $8000. 887-6295
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VETERINARY SERVICES
Ponoka Veterinary Clinic Dr. Murray Jacobson Dr. Clayton West Dr. Ashley Shannon
Mon. - Fri. 8 am - 5 pm Sat. 9 am - 4:30 pm
24 Hr. Emergency 403-783-4348
5502 - Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB
T4J 1M1
THIS SPACE COULD BE YOURS FOR
$30
PER WEEK.
CALL 4037833311 WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICES
Your water well solution for over 30 years • Specializing in water wells with PVC casing • Government grants in effect for farmers • New pumps & pressure system installation • Same day service - on most pump & pressure system repairs
Call Cliff today for a free estimate (403) 350-0106 WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICES
Darcy’s Drilling Services • water wells drilled & serviced • new pump & pressure system installations • all types of pump repairs • well shocking Darcy Schmidt Ph: (403) 783-2220 Fax: (403) 783-8828 Email: darcysdrillingservices@hotmail.com
WATER WELL SERVICE
ECKLUND
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Jace Harty event opens for Stampede By Amelia Naismith The 11th annual Jace Harty Memorial Bull Riding is bursting out of the gate as the opening event of the Ponoka Stampede lineup this year. For 10 years the professional bull riding event was held on its own, honouring Jace Harty and giving back to the community in his name. “This event has been very special to so many people, with tremendous support of many individuals, sponsors, volunteers and fans,” said event organizer Patrick Lentz.
Combining the memorial and the stampede has been in the works informally for the past several years. “Basically we wanted to grow the event,” said Lentz in an interview with Ponoka News. “Certainly we’ve considered it a success for the 10 years we’ve taken to get to this point.” “We had to get to that next level,” he added. “Our family was very much a part of the process in joining forces with the Ponoka Stampede, and will continue to be involved with the event as it
continues to grow,” said Carrie Harty. Lentz knows the Harty name will stay connected to the theme of giving back with the Ponoka Stampede Association fully on board. “We thought it would be something new and fun,” said president Joe Dodds. “We are very honored, proud and humbled by the support of the many sponsors, volunteers & fans over the past 10 years, and are very excited about the future of the event, and the decision of the Ponoka Stampede Assoc. to annually
kick-off the Stampede with this very special PBR event in Jace’s name,” said Harty. The association is putting up an additional $40,000 for the contestants, which matches the amount the memorial has raised for groups within the community over the last 10 years. The event starts at 6:30 on June 24, beginning with the steer riders. After the bull riding a cabaret will be held in the Stagecoach Saloon. This year’s live entertainment is a talented Ponoka boy, Jamie Woodfin.
Students triumph in Road Hockey Rumble Submitted Ponoka Outreach School’s recent annual Road Hockey Rumble marked the end of one of local sport’s most enduring dynasties. After nearly a decade of trying, the students finally, finally defeated the staff. Although the students’ much higher skill level and overall superior athleticism may have played a role, the consensus is the loss is almost entirely due to the fact sports legend and recently retired teacher, Cam Hodgson, was not playing. “We started strong,” stated principal Scott Lewis, “but, by the second period, Cam’s absence was pretty noticeable. By the time we were down five goals, I was on the phone hoping to beg him to get to the game. He didn’t pick up. I think he screens his calls.” “I received no such call,” insists Hodgson. “If I had actually been invited, I would have played. Although, I do feel it’s time that the younger generation attempts to replicate my legendary status as a road hockey phenom.” Aside from the devastating loss, it was a great experience for all. As usual, the school’s adjoining parking lot was transformed into an awesome sports battleground where the rumble really rumbled. “It was freakin’ intense!” exclaimed Candice Wilton, family-school liaison worker. “I was scared. The kids were really good and very competitive.” As it turns out, road hockey balls have quite a bit less give than one might think. This humble reporter can attest to this fact; a rather unfortunately placed blistering slapshot resulted in smashed sunglasses and a bruised eyeball (and ego). Another staffer caught a stick in the chops but such is the nature of any truly epic rumble. In any case, the students and staff had a great time together.
This close-knit school community makes a point of building a positive atmosphere through friendly relationships and any opportunity to have some fun. “Although I’ve been to many schools, the staff at Ponoka Outreach is the most understanding and the most fun,” said student Shaawna Katcheech. “The Road Hockey Rumble was just one of the many things we’ve done together here. I’m proud to be a student at the Outreach.” “It was nice to get out for a bit and play hockey with the teachers,” said Traytyn Okeymow, student. “My favourite part was scoring.” “It was good. I really liked watching the students beat the teachers,” added Kristen Saddleback, student. “The staff team tried really hard, but just weren’t good enough.” “It was my first Road Hockey Rumble,” said student Vienna Melanson,. “I’m glad we beat the staff. It was nice to get outside and enjoy the fresh air and the chance to play hockey with all the kids.” “This is my first year at Ponoka Outreach School and it’s been pretty fun,” said Jay Louis. “I helped take pictures at the Road Hockey Rumble. I thought it was a good experience.” “The success of Ponoka Outreach School is a product of our positive relationships with students,” said Shelagh Hagemann, assistant principal. “Events like the Road Hockey Rumble aren’t really so much about sports as they are about genuinely enjoying spending time with each other.” Rumours are already circulating that Cam Hodgson is in intense training for next year’s matchup. With or without Hodgson, the Outreach staff and students will be out there having another enjoyable afternoon together.
Students at the Ponoka Outreach School annual road hockey game take control and won after nearly a decade of trying. Photo submitted
Bucs take to gridiron It’s that time of Joe Brooks says year again and the the team has Central Alberta Bucgreatly improved caneers are strapping itself in key arup for another season eas. In particular, in the Alberta Foothe noted the Bucs ball League (AFL). have depth this Following their 2012 year. “We have loss to the Grande multiple players Prairie Drillers in at positions in the quarter-finals, the Bucs have high both the defense Todd Lewis hopes for their 2013 and the offense. Bucs Banter season. That was someThe Buccaneers thing we lacked play in the AFL, a last year.” senior league that gives men the The Bucs enjoyed a large turnopportunity to continue playing football or for some, to begin out of rookies in the preseason, playing. Most of the players in the many of whom are from Ponoka. Rookie running back Josh AFL have previous high school, junior, or university experience Simons played his last snap of — some even have professional football with the Ponoka Broncs experience. However, guys with high school team. He is now adlittle to no football experience are justing to playing men’s league. still welcome. “There’s definitely not as much Buccaneers fullback Corey room to run,” he noted, “but I’m Pusey joined the team in 2003 getting used to playing with the with no football experience. “The veterans harped on me a lot” he big guys. The Bucs kickoff their season said with a grin, “but were very with an exhibition game against welcoming and were willing to the St. Albert Stars, May 25 at Lagive advice.” Bucs veteran defensive back combe’s MeGlobal Athletic Park.
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