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A heavy snowfall struck the Stettler region Saturday and Sunday. Jon Campbell (left) of Stettler sweeps snow off his car, while town crews were busy Sunday morning clearing snow from the streets. More than 25 centimetres of snow was recorded in the Stettler region on the weekend, and even more fell in the Red Deer area.

This time, it’s the real deal Season’s first major snowfall blankets Stettler region R ICHARD F ROESE Independent reporter Winter walloped the Stettler region last weekend, with the season’s first major snowfall keeping many people without electricity and off the roadways last Saturday night and Sunday. As predicted, just under 25 centimetres of snow fell in Stettler and throughout central Alberta, just one week after the first official snowfall in the region. According to weather statistics, heavy, wet snow and wind knocked out power and made roadways slick for drivers, some of whom reported two-and-a-half drives from Red Deer on Saturday night for what’s normally a one-hour commute. “The weekend winter snowstorm caused widespread power outages in rural areas around Stettler last Sunday afternoon,” said Bryon Schwartz, the customer service supervisor for ATCO in the Stettler district. Electricity went out for about 1,200 customers north

and east of Stettler in Botha, Gadsby, Red Willow, Donalda and Spruce Coulee at about 3 p.m. and was restored to most areas within two hours, he said. Castor had minimal electricity problems, with just nine rural customers reported to be without power for about two hours. Castor, however, was the hardest-hit region for students, as icy roads and blowing snow prevented school buses from regular runs Monday. “We had 18 bus routes cancelled in Castor, Coronation, Halkirk and Brownfield, and just six bus routes affected for Stettler, mostly in the Donalda area,” said Maryann Wingie, transportation supervisor for Clearview School Division. Roadways in the Stettler area were relatively quiet, with slick and snowy surfaces keeping people home. The downtown seemed like a business day, only because storeowners were busy cleaning their properties. “We were very fortunate here that we didn’t get a lot of (accident) calls,” said Stettler RCMP detachment

Sgt. Duncan Babchuk. A couple of vehicles were reported in the ditch, along with two fender-benders Sunday and three on Monday, he said. “We also had a couple of reports of motorists driving carelessly in town on Sunday,” Babchuk said. “We had less snow than in Red Deer and central areas.” No significant snowfall or storms are projected for the next two weeks, but cold temperatures that dipped to minus-17 C kept the heavy snowfall intact. The Weather Network calls for 70 per cent chance of scattered flurries this Friday, 40 per cent chance of a few flurries next Thursday and 90 per cent possibility of light snow next Friday. With colder weather, ATCO Electric reminds customers to always be prepared for power outages. “People should always have a safety kit, with blankets and water and a flashlight,” Schwartz said. “Crews will be out working quickly and safely to restore power to the affected customers.”

Town sets ‘forum for healthy debate,’ says mayor R ICHARD F ROESE Independent reporter With three new councillors on board, the Town of Stettler council staged an organizational meeting last Friday to become the 39th council in the town’s history. The historic town was incorporated in 1905. At last Friday’s ceremony, Stettler Mayor Dick Richards welcomed youthful newcomers Karen Sernecky, Sean Nolls and Will Brown, along with returning councillors Darcy Bachman, Al Campbell and Malcolm Fischer. “We do public service for the love of the community,” said Richards, who has served as mayor for four years and on council for 13 years. With a new four-year term scheduled, the mayor said he’s eager to move the community forward. “We have a strong team to lead the town for the next four years and we want to create a forum for healthy debate,” Richards said. “We have built strong ties with the county, villages and school board, and it’s imperative that we foster those relationships.” For the position of deputy mayor, councillors were appointed to eight-month terms in order

of standings in the election, starting with Fischer, followed by Campbell, Brown, Sernecky, Nolls and Bachman. Appointments Council members and others were appointed to committees and boards: Heartland Beautification committee — Brown and Sernecky, members at large Rob Spencer, Sue Anne Hennessey, Grace Fix, Marilyn Crowshuman, John Leard, Graham Scott and Jacqui Newton, parks director Lee Penner and CAO Rob Stoutenberg. Canadian Badlands — Campbell and board of trade executive director Aubrey Brown. Central Alberta Economic Partnership — Nolls (alternate Campbell) and Aubrey Brown. Citizens Recognition committee —Brown and member at large John Grant and one vacancy. Community Police advisory committee — Sernecky and members at large Andrea Hatch, Chuck Orlick and Fred Abbott. County of Stettler Housing Authority — Nolls (Brown), member at large Carol Nixon. Stettler and District Family and Community Support Services —Brown and Bachman, member at large Gelaisa Long. Inter-municipal development plan — Richards, CAO and planning and development officer Leann Graham. Municipal Emergency

RICHARD FROESE/Independent reporter

The Town of Stettler council for 2013-17 was sworn in last week. In the front row (from left) are Coun. Al Campbell, assistant chief administrative officer Greg Switenky, Mayor Dick Richards, chief administrative officer Rob Stoutenberg and Coun. Karen Sernecky. In the back row are Coun. Darcy Bachman, Coun. Malcolm Fischer, Coun. Will Brown and Coun. Sean Nolls. Management Agency — all council, CAO and regional disaster services director John Bishop. Parkland Regional Library — Bachman (Campbell). Performing Arts Centre — Brown (Bachman). Physician recruitment — Brown (Bachman). Red Deer River municipal users group — Campbell (Fischer). The Red Deer Watershed Alliance — Campbell

(Fischer). Regional collaboration grant steering committee for stormwater project with County of Stettler —Bachman and Campbell. Stettler Regional Fire Authority —Nolls and Fischer (Sernecky) and CAO. Stettler District Ambulance Association —Sernecky and Brown. Stettler Development Authority —Brown, Campbell, Nolls, Bachman and Fischer.

Stettler Health Services Foundation —Sernecky. Stettler Municipal Library board — Bachman (Campbell), librarian Mary Zazewlenchuk, members at large Gail Peterson, Kathy Faltin, Tanille Timmins and Vicki Leuck. Stettler Regional Board of Trade and Community Development — Richards and Nolls (Sernecky) and CAO. Stettler Subdivision Authority — all council.

Stettler Subdivision and Development Appeal Board —members at large John Grant, Doug Delker, Dave Dennis, Norm Dennis (Sally Hurley). Stettler Town and Country Museum — Nolls (Campbell) and member at large Jim Ainsworth. Stettler Waste Management Authority — Nolls and Fischer and CAO. Union negotiations — Brown, Campbell and Bachman and CAO.

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Stettler Mayor Dick Richards signs a proclamation declaring November as Family Violence Awareness Month. With him are Stettler Family Violence Prevention Committee of Association of Communities Against Violence treasurer Noreen Woolsey (left) and Judy Leflar, and (back row, from left) Stettler RCMP Const. William Lewadniuk, Bernadette Schofer, Penny Dahl, Devon McMann and president Lance Penny.

Red Rose campaign symbolic in ﬁght against family violence R ICHARD F ROESE Independent reporter Red roses are sprouting up around Stettler as a reminder this month of victims of abuse during Family Violence Awareness Month. Stettler Mayor Dick Richards declared Family Violence Awareness Month last Friday with the Stettler and Family Violence Prevention Committee of the Association of Communities Against Violence. “Referrals from the justice system are on the rise, and disclosure of domestic violence is more common today than in the past,” said Lance Penny, who chairs the committee and serves as president of an association that serves a wide region, south to Drumheller, north to Vegreville and east along Highway 21 to the Saskatchewan border. For the second successive year, the local committee launched the Red Rose campaign. “Over the month, the rose will slowly die, representing those victims of violence,” Penny said. “This is one way to commemorate those individuals, increase public awareness

and help prevent violence before it starts.” Committee members and volunteers from Stettler Outreach School have invited businesses and offices to display a long-stemmed rose in a prominent place during November, with a card that states this is “In memory of the women, children and men in Alberta who have died as victims of domestic violence.” For families in Stettler, help isn’t necessarily far away. “The conspiracy of silence in homes around family violence is gradually breaking down and family members who are subjected to abuse are more frequently speaking out and getting help,” Penny said. Separate sessions for men and women in such situations offered under the “Shaping Tomorrow” banner for 14 weeks in spring and fall terms provide direction and support to help curb family violence. “Provincial court judges and probation officers are starting to make it part of a person’s plan to attend these sessions, and hopefully as a result, the person will learn ways to control their behaviour and actions to accept responsibility for

the decisions they made,” said committee member Bernadette Schofer, who has many years experience as a social worker. She said the message is clear that it’s critical to build stronger families. “Our message is that all individuals have a responsibility to stand up and speak out against family violence,” Schofer said. “Domestic violence is not about love and caring. It is about control in a relationship. “When we are silent, we allow violence to continue.” That fight against violence comes from within, she said. “We want to educate and change societal attitudes about the effects of domestic violence,” Schofer said. “Without real change, we continue to hurt our children.” She said children who witness violence carry those scars as they become adults and often repeat the cycle of violence. Roots of domestic violence vary. “They may start when one partner feels the need to control and dominate the other,” Schofer said. “Abusers learn violent

behaviour form their family, people in the community and other cultural influences as they grow up.” Stettler and District Family Violence Prevention committee works collaboratively with communities and local agencies to mobilize support and awareness and provide help to both victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. “We want to provide help and solutions to deal with this issue,” Penny said. Statistics on family violence in Alberta are staggering, with about 200,000 adults living with family violence — across all ages, income levels and ethnicities. “Even one incident of family violence is too much,” said Andrea Silverstone, co-chair of Calgary Domestic Violence Committee. “Family violence and bullying affects us all in one way or another,” Colleen Klein, wife of the late former premier Ralph Klein, said in a news release. “It does more than cause physical injuries to the victims. It also robs individuals and communities of their full potential by diminishing energy, hearts and spirits.”

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Stettler Rotary Club had its 51st annual Friendship Dinner last Friday. At back are fundraising coordinator Peter Boys and Rotary member Kathie Hankins, selling tickets to Marilyn and Harold Kenzler alongside Della Fankhanel, at the club’s major fundraiser, which netted about $7,800.

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Lest We Forget… RICHARD FROESE/Independent reporter

The County of Stettler council for 2013-17 was introduced last week. In the front row (from left) are Coun. Greggory Jackson, Reeve Wayne Nixon, chief administrative officer Tim Fox and Coun. James Main Street, Nibourg. In the back row (from left) are assistant CAO Yvette Cassidy, Coun. Les Stulberg, Coun.Stettler Ernie Gendre, Coun. Joe Gendre and Coun. Dave Grover.

Nixon remains reeve of County of Stettler RICHARD FROESE Independent reporter Wayne Nixon was re-elected reeve for the County of Stettler during its organizational meeting last Thursday. Council welcomed newcomer Ernie Gendre of the Stettler ward. He’s an older brother of incumbent councillor Joe Gendre of Erskine-Buffalo Lake. Former councillors Dave Grover of Big Valley and Les Stulberg of Byemoor-Endiang also returned to the table to join other incumbents Greggory Jackson of Botha-Gadsby and James Nibourg of South ErskineWarden. “We have three new councillors for this term, two of whom bring several years of experience with them and one who has not served on council before,” Reeve Nixon said. ”I look forward to working with this new council to strive for continued success in our county.” He also commended the candidates in the recent election. “I would like to also thank the incumbents who lost, for their involvement in public service for the last number of years,” he said. For the role of deputy reeve, the six councillors will serve eight months, starting with Joe Gendre, followed by Nibourg, Jackson, Grover, Stulberg and Ernie Gendre. While council set committees, many still require residents to serve as members at large. “We need people to participate in a multitude of committee appointments,” Nibourg said. Among the appointments to boards

and committees are: Agricultural Services Board — all council, chair Joe Gendre, vice Jackson. Municipal Planning Commission — all council, chair Nibourg, vice Stulberg. County of Stettler Assessment Review Board —J. Gendre, Stulberg, Nibourg, E. Gendre, members at large John Pearson and two vacancies. County of Stettler Subdivision and Development Appeal Board —members at large, Rob Somerville, Gord Latham, Ruth Marshall, John Pearson, Erick Oterud, Blake Chapman and one vacancy. County of Stettler Weed Control Act Appeal Board — four members at large all vacant. Disaster services —director John Bishop, deputy director Phil Holton and Terry Best. Fire guardians — fire chiefs, all councillors, CAO. Battle River Research Group — Jackson and (alternate Grover). BioGas Project — all council. Buffalo Lake Inter-municipal Development Plan steering committee and South Shores planning committee —Joe Gendre (Nixon). Buffalo Lake Management Team —Joe Gendre (Ernie Gendre). Central Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties — reeve (deputy reeve). County of Stettler disaster services committee —Reeve, Ernie Gendre, Grover, Nibourg, Jackson. County of Stettler Housing Authority —Nibourg and Grover (Jackson). County of Stettler future office and shop review —Grover, Ernie Gendre and Jackson.

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Clearview School Division has sworn in its new board for the 2013-17 term. In the front row (from left) are Karen Holloway, Staci Gerlitz, Cheri Neitz and Yvette Cassidy. In the back row are John Schofer, chairman Ken Checkel and vice-chairman Dave Goodwin.

Stettler rep new vice-chairman of school board RICHARD FROESE Independent reporter Elected to his first term on the Clearview School Division, Stettler trustee Dave Goodwin became the vice-chairman as the trustees were sworn in last week. Longtime chairman Ken Checkel of Coronation was re-elected to start his eighth year in the top seat, staving off a challenge from Yvette Cassidy. At last Wednesday’s organizational meeting, Staci Gerlitz of Stettler was also introduced as a new trustee, while John Schofer of Byemoor-Botha was welcomed back after a threeyear absence. They join incumbents Cassidy of Big Valley, Cheri Neitz of Erskine-Donalda, and Karen Holloway of Castor. “We have had a rocky time in the past couple of years, but we must move

forward,” said Checkel, who has been on the board for 15 years. “The new board looks forward to working with all our partners, from students, teachers and staff, to parents, communities and agencies.” Stating the Clearview is fortunate to have a board with local trustees, he added that “everyone” will be heard to help enhance education. “We do have two main challenges, (including) demographic changes, with families having fewer children, and provincial funding based on enrolment, and we are confident that we can overcome them,” Checkel said. Among the other appointments: Alberta School Boards Association zone 4 — Gerlitz (alternate Neitz). Public School Boards Association of Alberta — Neitz (Goodwin). School boar negotiations

committee — Gerlitz, Schofer and Checkel. Grievance committee — Gerlitz and Cassidy. Policy committee — Cassidy, Goodwin, Holloway. Stettler Community Advisory — Goodwin (Schofer). Coronation Inter-agency —Checkel (Holloway). Castor Inter-agency — Holloway (Checkel). Stettler Performing Arts Centre committee — Goodwin. Professional development committee —Schofer. Stettler field facilities committee —Gerlitz. Stettler Community Adult Learning — Goodwin (Neitz). Paintearth Adult Learning — Holloway (Checkel). Audit committee — Cassidy and Checkel. Stettler joint facilities committee —Neitz and Goodwin. Teacher workload com-

mittee — Neitz and Holloway. Student health ands wellness committee — Holloway. School councils liaisons: Big Valley — Cassidy (Schofer). Botha — Schofer (Neitz). Brownfield — Checkel (Holloway). Byemoor — Schofer (Cassidy). Colony schools — (by ward). Coronation — Checkel (Holloway). Donalda —Neitz (Schofer). Erskine — Neitz (Cassidy). Gus Wetter — Holloway (Checkel). Stettler Elementary —Gerlitz (Goodwin). Stettler Middle — Goodwin (Gerlitz). Stettler Outreach —Gerlitz (Goodwin). William E. Hay (Stettler) —Goodwin (Gerlitz).

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Keeping faith in provisions of life When I left my union job to go to Bible college, I experienced a fairly dramatic economic downturn. By the time I had earned my bachelor’s degree, I had cashed in my RHOSP (registered homeowner savings plan ... sort of a precursor to RSPs), sold off two antique vehicles, my Chevy SportVan, and liquidated every other possible asset that I could. During the course of that phase of my education, there would be the occasional testimony given in chapel where individuals would share with us all that they had “given up” to come to the halls of learning and or to serve the Lord. At risk of sounding rather critical, I used to think as they were speaking (although I always kept these thoughts to myself), “If you feel that you have ‘given up’ so much, then why don’t you go back to that which you seem to be missing.” You see, I have never felt that I have given anything up for God. When I thought about the things that I had sold off, let go of, or left behind, I sensed somehow that I had gained and was trading up, and that in some way or another, God would provide for me.

I recently heard of a man who holds a similar point of view. He was a school teacher with a promising career, but he felt called into the ministry. One of his concerns was the loss of his teacher’s pension. Nevertheless, he resigned his teaching position, and along with his wife and young family, entered the ministry in a tiny Saskatchewan town for a small stipend. The years that followed were ones of financial shortfall, coupled with the faithful provision of God. There was never very much coming in, but their needs were always met in dramatic and

exciting ways that the family still talks about. Some years later, as the man and his wife entered retirement, they received news that his wife’s sister had passed away. She had taught school all of her life. She had also remained single and having no dependents, she named him as the beneficiary of her pension. The man who had left his teaching career and pension behind … now retired with a full teacher’s pension! “Now glory be to God, who by His mighty power ... is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of — infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes. “May He be given glory forever and ever ... through Jesus Christ.” (Ephesians 3:20, 21 TLB) “The faith that never saws off a limb on which it is sitting, never learns that unattached limbs may find strange unaccountable ways of not falling.” — Dallas Willard Pastor Ross Helgeton is the senior pastor of Erskine Evangelical Free Church.

Fracking on ‘everywhere,’ except in Alberta I suspect many of us in Alberta are somewhat perplexed with the recent violent protests against the energy industry practice of fracking. It’s a well-known process in the oil/gas-producing areas of western Canada and has gone on without much incident for almost 60 years. Landowners in Alberta are familiar with the procedure, ever mindful of any possible impact on well water and groundwater supplies. But then any drilling and seismic activity is of concern to landowners. It’s different nowadays, as landowners have more information available about their rights, government regulators are more alert to landowner concerns, and energy companies (at least most of them) seem genuinely engaged in creating a positive relationship with landowners with their drilling and seismic activities. It wasn’t always so. In the past, from personal experience in the B.C. Peace River district, when the landman came knocking on your door, one’s first reaction was, “How badly will I get screwed.” But I digress.

Two kinds (sort of) of fracking occur in Alberta, the most prevalent one nowadays is deep-well fracking using horizontal drilling that is carried out at anywhere from 2,000 to 10,000 feet below the surface. To my knowledge, because of the depth, there have been virtually no incidences of fracking affecting landowner water sources. In comparison from personal experience, seismic exploration can and does affect local water supplies. The other drilling activity from which the antifracking zealots use statistics is coal-bed methane exploration. That activity (not much is done nowadays) involves shallow drilling, and some problems have occurred with contamination and surface water disturbance. It’s not the same as deep-well fracking, but anti-oil lobby groups show no shame in twisting and perverting any negative images or stats to their propaganda advantage. However, the biggest issue Alberta should have with fracking is that it is being done anywhere else,

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buck, who was starting her second year of studies in arts education with a dance major. At about 10:30 p.m., she was returning to her room on the 10th floor when the elevator inadvertently stopped, and then dropped four floors, she said. “The elevator was stuck for a couple of minutes and because they were having trouble with that elevator, I decided I would just wait for it to start working again.” Clutterbuck is a 2011 graduate of William E. Hay Composite High School in Stettler. She’s active with Danceology. She credited that background with helping her recover. “After a couple of minutes, I reached for the emergency button and then it dropped four floors,” she recounted. “I walked out and waited for the other elevator, so I

could go back to my room.” She said her knees sustained the heaviest impact, as the elevator hit the bottom. Clutterbuck said doctors believe physiotherapy isn’t required at this time in her recovery. Still painful inside, she views life positively, but slowly. “I just have to do what I can do every day and keep physically active, but I can’t carry anything heavy,” Clutterbuck said. “I’ve always been a glass-half-full girl, so I just keep that going.” Doctors predict that by January, she will reach fuller recovery and be more mobile. “A lot of times, muscles can recover and be strong, but they will never be as strong as they were before,” Clutterbuck said. While the accident occurred late on a Monday

night, she was able to visit a chiropractor the next morning and a physician on Thursday, though no MRI or CATscan were conducted to examine her body. “We’re still trying to find out the extent of injuries, because at the time of the incident, medical staff did not perform any immediate tests to determine what is all injured,” Clutterbuck said. Since arriving home, her mother said Clutterbuck has made great strides. “I see progress, but it’s slow,” Joyce Kiryk said. “With the progress she’s made, her attitude is positive.” She is also grateful for a local chiropractor who gave her decompression, which helps relieves some of the pain for a time. Meanwhile, she’s waiting for a provincial-inspection report of results of an investigation into the malfunction.

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Stettler region stages Operation Christmas Child RICHARD FROESE Independent reporter With a record 1,250 shoeboxes collected for Operation Christmas Child in the Stettler region last year, organizers stive to reach that number again during a threeweek charity collection campaign. Boxes are available at Stettler Alliance Church, the local collection depot for the project, to support children in third-world countries. “It is a great opportunity to teach our own children about the spirit of giving in such a take world,” said Christy Brennan, local campaign co-ordinator with Julie Weekes. “Our children are growing up with a sense of entitlement, while so many children in the world have nothing and are thrilled to receive this one simple gift.” Brennan kicked off the campaign with a presentation to the Stettler Elementary School and Stettler Middle School students who are getting involved with the project, working together to pack shoeboxes. “It’s not just about shoeboxes,” Brennan said to the students. “It’s also about opening doors for Samaritan’s Purse to provide other resources to these communities; safe drinking water, medical care, and food education, to name a few.” Boxes will be collected at the Alliance church during Collection Week from Nov. 18 to 23, Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m., followed by Celebration Sunday. Last year, 1,250 shoeboxes were collected from Stettler region, and communities beyond that, including Castor, Forestburg and Bashaw. Boxes can be designated for a girl or a boy, ages two to four years old, five to nine or 10 to 14.

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Operation Christmas Child local co-ordinator Christy Brennan (left) poses with Grade 1 student Cole Lange, Stettler Elementary and Stettler Middle School principal Sharon Fischer, and (back row) Samantha Adams, Grade 7, and Autumn Thompson, Grade 6. Students in both schools plan to pack charity shoeboxes Nov. 21. Look into the Classifieds to find a huge selection of pre-owned cars, trucks, SUVs, vans, motorcycles, ATVs and more!

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A box can be filled with a well-balanced variety of items of school supplies, toys and other gifts, such as stuffed animals, small musical instruments, hair clips, toy jewelry, T-shirts, socks, candy (loose, individually wrapped hard candy in a sealable bag), hygiene products and personal items. Contributors are requested to not pack toothpaste, or any chewy, crumbly, or soft candy, used items, playing cards, liquids that could leak, melt, freeze, or break and items that could scare or harm a child.

Those packing a shoebox are also urged to donate a minimum $7 for each shoebox to help cover project costs, including shipping. This year, local shoeboxes are scheduled to be distributed by Samaritan’s Purse to children in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Venezuela, Paraguay and Uruguay. For more information on Operation Christmas Child, phone Stettler Alliance Church at 403-742-1135 or visit the project website at samaritanspurse.ca.

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At the Stettler Middle School Halloween party last week, the most-realistic costume award went to Morgan Bengert, who received her award from Sam Adam. RIGHT: Staff got into the act. From left are Ms. Burkard, Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Ruddell and Mrs. Ough.

STETTLER MIDDLE SCHOOL By Rayne Teichreb and Braelyn Wipf Stettler Middle School October has been a really busy month. We have had a lot going on with our volleyball teams. We hosted a volleyball tournament on Oct. 26. Both girls’ teams and the boys’ team did very well, but the competition was tough. On the girls’ side, Theresetta came in first and Donalda came in second, while the boys had Gus Wetter come in first and second place went to Coronation. The tournament was a huge success, with all the teams playing at least five games. Great volleyball action! On Oct. 30, CARA playoffs started, with both girls’ teams playing in Byemoor and the boys playing in Donalda. Ms. Burkard’s team beat the other Stettler team and split with Byemoor, while Mr. Lee’s team split with Donalda. On Saturday, the rest of CARA playoffs took place in Stettler, with all the teams in the division fighting for top honours. The results appear next week. For Halloween, SMS students and staff sported some interesting costumes. Y-CAT put on a costume contest with prizes given in different categories. The winners are as follows: scariest costume was Jessica Sweeting, funniest was J.D. Lovell, best make-up was Alexis Schowalter, most realistic was Morgan Bengert, most

creative was a group made up of Rachael Deaver, Megan Kobi, Robyn Yaremcio and Brooke Glasier, standout in a crowd went to Holden Perry, and staff choice went to Joselyn Clements. There were some fantastic costumes! The students also got to participate in the Y-CAT trick and treat activities in the afternoon, and Girls Group made Halloween crafts with Mrs. Ough, as well. All in all, Halloween was a great time this year. Every year, SMS takes part in Operation Christmas Child, and this year is no exception. There was a presentation on Oct. 30 that all students from the middle school and elementary school took part in. The students from both schools will be working together to make up boxes of goodies for children in other countries around the world. On Nov. 20, the students from Stettler Middle School are being paired up with the students from the Stettler Elementary School to make the shoeboxes. Everyone is asked to bring in items before Monday, Nov 18. so we can fill as many boxes as we can. Hot lunch was held yesterday and everyone enjoyed Taco-in-a-Bag. On Nov. 22, we will be having pizza for hot lunch. Mrs. Damberger’s grade seven social class is doing European explorer biographies. They are to research an explorer that

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BIG VALLEY SCHOOL Big Valley School hosted its annual awards night Oct. 23 in recognition of students’ achievements in the 2012-13 school year: Best Attendance Gr. 4 - Tucker McNeill Gr. 5 - Dan Brown & Nicole Zoller Gr. 6 - Shaylyn McNeill Gr. 7 - Tianna Kirtley Gr. 8 - Hayley McNeill Gr. 9 - Ryland Stefanik Outstanding Penmanship Gr. 4 - Jacob Webster & Julie Ponto Gr. 5 - Zachary Duncan & Hannah Elines Gr. 6 - Hayden Warren & Jessie Armstrong Gr. 7 - Brad Dods & Raina Thomson Gr. 8 - Brandon Sukkau & Hayley McNeill Gr. 9 - Kyle Lawrence & Makayla Enns Most Improved Students Gr. 4 - Brooklyn Chapman Gr. 5 - Indianna Soboleski Gr. 6 - Shaylyn McNeill Gr. 7 - Soren Jensen Gr. 8 - Courtlyn Bardwell Gr. 9 - Riley Calihoo

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Outstanding Achievement in Math Gr. 4 - Tucker McNeill Gr. 5 - Zachary Duncan Gr. 6 - Hayden Warren Gr. 7 - Raina Thomson Gr. 8 - James Nyuli Gr. 9 - Ryland Stefanik Outstanding Achievement in Science Gr. 4 - Julie Ponto, Gr. 5 - Zachary Duncan Gr. 6 - Jessie Armstrong Gr. 7 - Tianna Kirtley Gr. 8 - James Nyuli Gr. 9 - Ryland Stefanik Outstanding Achievement in Social Studies Gr. 4 - Julie Ponto Gr. 5 - Zachary Duncan Gr. 6 - Jessie Armstrong Gr. 7 – Tianna Kirtley, Emily Brown Gr. 8 - James Nyuli, Courtlyn Bardwell, Shaye Skelton Gr. 9 - Ryland Stefanik Outstanding Achievement in Art Gr. 4 - Brendan Rusnak, Gr. 5 - Ainsleigh Lucki, Gr. 6 - Abigail Webster,

Upper Elementary Honours (more than 80 per cent in all core subjects) Gr. 4 - Jacob Webster, Julie Ponto, Chase Skocdopole & Tommy Butler Gr. 5 – Dan Brown, Zachary Duncan, Hannah Elines , Ainsleigh Lucki & Katherine Stillinger-Winegarden Gr. 6 - Jessie Armstrong, Hayden Warren & Abby Webster Junior High Honours (more than 80 per cent in all core subjects) Gr. 7 - Raina Thomson, Emily Brown & Tianna Kirtley Gr. 8 - Courtlyn Bardwell & James Nyuli Gr. 9 - Ryland Stefanik, Brendan Bardwell, Kyle Lawrence & Russel Steen Top Student Awards Gr. 4 - Julie Ponto, Gr. 5 - Zachary Duncan Gr. 6 - Jessie Armstrong Gr. 7 - Raina Thomson Gr. 8 - James Nyuli Gr. 9 - Ryland Stefanik Outstanding Achievement in Language Arts Gr. 4 - Julie Ponto Gr. 5 - Katherine Stillinger-Winegarden Gr. 6 - Jessie Armstrong Gr. 7 - Raina Thomson Gr. 8 - Courtlyn Bardwell

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Village of Alix

Lest we forget — November is the ideal time to remember our vets and the privilege of living in a safe country like Canada. Students in 3KR took part in the annual “Valentines for Vets” campaign. Through “Valentines for Vets,” valentines made by students and Canadians of all ages are sent to thousands of veterans living in long-term care facilities across Canada. Handcrafted valentines leave a lasting impression on our older veterans and are a great way to engage young people in the act of remembrance. The students in 3KR have also been learning about The Leader in Me Habit No. 4, which is Think Win-Win. The students learned that the veterans’ bravery and sacrifices in the war gave them freedom, so they were eager to make valentines for the veterans as a way of saying “thankyou.” The students in 3KR are also making posters for The Royal Canadian Legion annual poster contest. On Oct. 28, our Grade 2 students had the opportunity to participate in a “Show off the Plows” event that was presented by the Safer Winter Highways campaign partners, Alberta Transportation and the Alberta Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association. Our students were able to sit in the driver’s seat of the snowplows and were able to sign their name on the snowplow blade. The presentation included such things as comments from the snowplow operators as to a typical day on the job, as well as a guided tour of the snowplow’s features. On Tuesday, Oct. 29, Eric de Waal, an artist from South Africa, did a very entertaining storytelling pre-

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Presley Ternes of Mrs. Karen Rachar’s Grade 3 class holds a “Valentine for Vets” card. sentation for students. Students enjoyed the live theatre experience and were mesmerized by de Waal’s energetic and imaginative performance. His interesting use of props captivated the students. The character of Tokolosh was a favourite. Christy Brennan did a great job in putting on an inspirational “Operation Christmas Child” presentation. Both the elementary and middle school students enjoyed watching a music video together in the gym depicting less- privileged children receiving those Christmas boxes. We are proud of our students’ community involvement. This is a voluntary program. Students may bring items to school as outlined in the note that was sent home this week. Students enjoyed their Halloween parades on Thursday, Oct. 31. Thank you also to the Spencer family for donating pumpkins

for students to decorate. Students enjoyed a yummy Hot Lunch this past Friday. We thank our parent council for their involvement in this project. Remember to mark your calendars for the upcoming book fair. The Scholastic Book Fair will be located in the Stettler Elementary School Library between 6 and 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, and Thursday, Nov. 21 (during parent-teacher interviews). We wish our parents and students a restful long weekend as there is no school on Friday, Nov. 8, and Monday, Nov. 11, in celebration of Remembrance Day. In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky; The larks, still bravely singing, fly — Scarce heard amid the guns below. John McCrae Lest we forget …

NEW CAO Bonnie Cretzman The Mayor and Council would like to officially introduce Bonnie Cretzman as the Chief Administrative Officer for the Village of Alix. The previous CAO, Lyle Wack retired in August 2013. Bonnie has assumed the CAO responsibilities since then. She has been with the municipality since November 2007 in various positions. As a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Bonnie comes to the Village with over 30 years experience in the finance field and continues to add to her knowledge with Alberta Municipal Government courses. Over the years, she has held senior positions with the City of Lacombe, the City of Richmond and the Westlock School District.

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GADSBY-WESTWOODS By Paulette Heer Winter arrived with a bang on the weekend. Between eight and 10 inches of snow fell. Power outages north and south of Gadsby ranged from two- to two-and-a-half hours, while Westwoods reported six hours and 40 minutes without power. School buses in the area were able to run Monday morning. Halloween started with a costume parade at Botha school, where parents and preschoolers also participated. Lots of little ghosts and goblins were spotted in towns and in the county. Gadsby has its own prowler this fall. He and a car have been spotted in and around town, late at night and early morning. Keep your doors and windows locked. Eleanor and Frank Dahlgren headed to Delburne last Saturday for the end of year Gymkhana awards and banquet, where granddaughter Tammy Hronek received the women’s all-round award for 2013. Congratulations, Tammy. Bill and Joyce Hansel drove to Cadogan on Friday, where they stopped at grandson Ryan Botting’s shop to wish him a Happy Birthday. Then Bill and Joyce took daughter MaryLou and Stan Botting out for supper, before returning home Friday night. The monthly cash bingo at the Bank Building will be held Saturday, Nov. 16. Doors open at 7 p.m. The Loonie Pot should reach $120 that night. There was a Silent Auction in Kimberley B.C., last weekend, where Velvet Nickerson’s nephew Tristan Pagura’s No. 5 hockey jersey (Kimberley Dynamiters) sold, surprisingly (or not) to Velvet, who was thrilled to win the bid online. There were many bids right up to the last minute. Proceeds went to Breast Cancer research. Way to go, Velvet and Tristan! Congratulations to Kirby and Dustin Kennedy on the birth of their daughter Meg Eileen on Oct. 11. Proud firsttime grandparents are Greg and Margaret Cassidy. And congratulations to Luke and Celene Rajewski on the birth of their daughter Tamsen Opal on Oct. 14. Proud grandparents are Connie and Bob Rajewski. That makes 27 great-grandchildren for Charlie and Aleta Cassidy. Mark your calendar for Saturday, Dec. 7, for the annual Santa Day in Gadsby at the Bank Building. Santa will arrive at 2 p.m. There will be candy bags, sleigh rides and pictures with Santa. Free hotdogs and hot chocolate for everyone. Bring your children/grandchildren for a fun afternoon. That evening, there will be a turkey and ham bingo at the Bank Building starting at 7:30. Doors open early.

BOTHA BOOSTER By Louise Bellair Here we are into another month and winter is here, too. We all got hit hard this past weekend, so it’s probably here to stay now. Unfortunately, for some of us who don’t like winter. For others, they are really happy now they can start on their winter fun. Whatever way we look at it, I think winter has hit a lot of Alberta now. This coming Monday, Nov. 11, let’s all take a minute out of our busy schedules and remember all the veterans out there and in our history to fight for us, and make this country what it is today. There will be several places that will hold Remembrance Day services, so make sure you take one in somewhere. Also, make sure you purchase a poppy for this special occasion, and wear it proudly in remembrance of our fallen soldiers. Come out this Friday to the Botha Hall at 7:30 p.m. to dance to the music from the “Five and One Band.” There is no age limit on these dances, so everyone can join in the fun. The committee asks everyone to bring either buns/sandwiches or pastry with you to share at their luncheon. Bingo evening takes place Tuesday Nov. 12, at the Botha Senior Centre, starting at 7:15 sharp. The jackpot and the Leonie pots have not been won since before summer, so make sure you come out that evening. The Botha Committee would like to thank everyone who came out and took in its annual Xmas Craft Sale. They had a great turnout and really appreciate all who came out, even in spite of the weather. The BCC next meeting and Volunteer Night will be held next Thursday, the 14th, at 7:30 p.m. at the Botha Hall. They are always looking for new members and would love to see you that evening. If you have any questions or would love to find out more about this committee, please phone Lorraine Hankins at 403-742-1155 or e-mail jlhankins@xplornet.com. The next Botha School Council meeting will be the evening of Monday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the school.

Come on out every Wednesday at 10 a.m. to the Senior Centre for a hot refreshing cup of coffee with your neighbours and also at 1:30 p.m. to play a friendly game of Carpet Bowling. Thursday afternoons, come back to the Senior Centre again at 1:30 p.m. for a fun-filled game of Floor Curling.

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HALKIRK HERALD By Dorothy Anderson and Rose Koenraadt Village council held its organizational meeting, with the swearing in of councillors, on Oct. 23. Dale Kent returns as mayor, with Sherry Jamieson as deputy mayor. Matthew Koenraadt is the third member of the team. Kent will sit on the East Central Ambulance Authority, the Shirley McClellan water commission and the Palliser group. Jamieson represents the Village on PEPS, Paintearth waste management and the Adult Learning Council. Koenraadt sits on the local fire department, hall board and emergency management committee. Village administrator Doris Cordel also sits

on the Paintearth Lodge board. Village rep with FCSS and Castor/Halkirk community van is Rose Koenraadt. Ross Elsasser is the fire chief. Paul Dietrich and Melody Kent are village employees. Meetings are scheduled for the second Wednesday of the month. Two-hundred and twenty-plus attended the community turkey supper on Sunday, despite the dump of heavy wet snow that fell on the area. Thanks to all who donated, worked and came out to support the community. Halloween night proved to be quiet in the village, with only a few youngsters out collecting candy. School students will once again be filling Christmas shoeboxes for

distribution through Samaritan’s Purse. Boxes must be turned into the school by Nov. 18. Dave and Linda Chick returned home Thursday from a wonderful twoweek holiday in Florida. They accompanied their daughter, Chireen and Rory Shipton, and girls Sophie (6) and Leah (3) and Nanny Eileen from Edmonton. Chireen and Rory were celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary. They stopped in Orlando to visit Disney World, and then went on to Fort Myers with its beautiful beaches on the gulf of Mexico. The weather was hot, humid and everything was very green. The highlight of the holiday was a tour of the Everglades.

Anne Neilson recently returned from a holiday in the greater Vancouver area, where she visited with son, Mike and daughter, Brenda. The weather was beautiful and she had a great holiday. Stan and Dorothy Anderson are pleased to welcome great- grandbaby No. 6, a seven-pound, nine-pound baby boy Rhys Hayward, born to Stacey and Alf Beaudry on Nov. 2 in Calgary. Proud grandparents are Randy and Aileen Jackson and Grace Jackson is the other greatgrandma. COMING UP: Nov. 14 — regular bingo at the hall; Nov. 23 — Southern Gospel concert preceded by a pot-luck supper at 6 pm at the Hall; Dec 1 – Elks annual Breakfast with Santa.

RUMSEY RECORD By Patty Steen What a wonderful fall supper we had in Rumsey this past Saturday, in spite of the furious storm that blew in in the afternoon. The weatherman was definitely right last weekend! I think we have at least a foot of heavy wet snow, after the storm headed off into other territory. Donna Sengaus called me to let me know that there is will a Remembrance Day Service at the Rumsey Drop-in this Monday, Nov. 11, starting at 10:45 a.m., with a moment of Silence at 11. There will be refreshments and fellowship to follow. Everyone is welcome to attend, as this is such an important occasion to take time to remember our brave men and women who sacrificed so much for our freedom that we take for granted today. My family had the once-in-alifetime opportunity to travel to the beaches of Normandy this spring and see the German bunkers, Juno Beach and the Canadian Museum, one of the Canadian cemeteries, all the monuments, tanks, museums and cenotaphs that are found on every street corner with the Canadian flag situated prominently in the centre.

It is memorable, to say the least. What our men and women did, how hard they struggled, the obstacles they overcame and the frustration and defeat they had to swallow to keep going was more than we can understand now, I am sure. Don’t forget about them this coming Monday and take a moment wherever you are to think about what we have now and how it might have been without all that effort. Keep in mind that Ken MacFarlane is taking sign ups for the Super League and Open League curling nights and Melanie Monaco is in charge of the Ladies League for Rumsey. I believe they will be starting right away, so if you are interested there will always be room for more. The Beef Information Day was well attended by many in the community and the word back to me was that it was a good day with very informed speakers. Kent Holowath will now be drumming up ideas for a Crop Information Day in the near future, so keep that in mind and plan to attend. The Rumsey 4-H Beef Weigh Day will be coming up quickly, and this is your last chance to join with

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your steer or heifer, so give Melaine and Tracey Nelson a call at 403772-0000 or Jill and Kent Holowath at 403-368-3733. The Morrin multi-club has started, with many different clubs under its letterhead, so give Gwen Hampton a call if you want to find out more about this at 403-368-2169. As I mentioned in last week’s column, the Rumsey Library’s Community Calendar is now available for sale. This calendar features the photographs of our local area taken by local photographers and is really beautiful. Stop in and take a look at them. As my regulars know, I have been maintaining shortened hours because of the demands of my son’s football schedule, but that has come to a conclusion this past Friday, so I will be keeping the doors open a little longer each Tuesday and Wednesday, making it easier to stop in and have a visit. Thanks for your patience during this hectic season. Joke of the week: There seems to be only two reasons why parents will drive through any kind of weather. The first one is to have the child — the second is to get that child to his/ her sporting event.

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ENDIANG-BYEMOOR NEWS By Les and Rosemary Stulberg Congratulations to Ervin and Ruby Hausher on celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary last Saturday. Many family and friends gathered at the Hanna Seniors’ Circle for the afternoon social, despite the heavy snowfall warning. Ervin and Ruby farmed in the Endiang district for 44 years before retiring to Hanna. They were active community members and school bus drivers for 27 years. The couple’s two bridesmaids of 65 years ago were both able to attend — Ervin’s sister Gladys and Ruby’s sister Irene. We wish this fine couple many more happy anniversaries. Sympathy is extended to the family of Eleanore Servonnet, who passed away on Oct. 28 at the age of 82 years. The Servonnets moved to a farm northwest of Scapa more than 40 years ago. Our thoughts are with all her family in their loss. Eleanore’s funeral will be held on Friday in Castor at 1 p.m. at the Catholic church. Congratulations to Brandy Groundwater and Paul Williamson on their marriage on Oct. 31 at Cancun, Mexico. They exchanged vows in an ocean-side ceremony. We wish this young couple all the best as they start their married life together. There is another wedding of interest, for those who remember Ed and Marilyn Palmer. Ed was the last elevator agent in Byemoor

before the rail line closed. Their eldest daughter Rhea Palmer married Travis Strickland on Oct. 11 in Fort McMurray, where the newlyweds will reside. The Endmoor Thunder novice team played in a hockey tournament in Stettler on the weekend. Congratulations to Cash Buchwitz on receiving the Outstanding Effort Award in the game against Beaumont and to Nate Hutton on receiving the same award in the game against Camrose, and to Chase Robinson for the same honours in the game against Kneehill. The Thunder’s next game will be in Trochu on Saturday at 1 p.m. The peewee team held its own in the game Saturday against Killam. The game ended in a 7-7 tie. Some local folks have been busy moving lately. Cliff and Juanita Pruden have moved from their acreage south of Endiang to Castor. Chuck and Jean Schilling have relocated from their farm north of Endiang to Stettler and Bennie Kobi has left his farm at Byemoor to take up residence at Heart Haven Lodge in Stettler for the winter months. We wish everyone well in their new locations. There are a number of birthday celebrations coming up of interest to the Endmoor community. Isabel Nixon will celebrate her 90th birthday with a social at the Stettler Legion on Nov. 9 from 2 to 4 p.m. Lee Hunt will be honoured with a social on the occasion of her 80th birthday at the home of Jim and Maureen Wasdal at Endiang

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Ervin and Ruby Hausher celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary last Saturday in Hanna. on Nov. 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. Also on Nov. 10, Olwin Pearson will celebrate her 90th birthday with a social at the Stettler Legion from

2 to 4 p.m. with a program at 2:30 p.m. Remember the Tim Hus concert is coming up at the Endiang Hall on Nov. 9 at

7:30 p.m. Tickets are still available from Ruth at 403579-2522 or 403-585-8379. Ray and Stacey Gutsche of Kamloops, B.C.

were weekend visitors with Lorne and Marlene Wallace and also with Ray’s parents Herb and Helen Gutsche in Hanna.

DONALDA DIARY By Darlene Tantrum Lest we forget, this week is a special week to hounor those who have fought for our freedom. We thank you and appreciated all the veterans and armed service people for jeopardizing their life for us. The organizational meeting was held for our new council, with Bruce Gartside as mayor, Dan Knudtson as deputy mayor and Shane Fox as councillor. Congratulations to the new council. The Donalda Ag Society will hold its annual fall supper on Nov. 9 at the community hall. Supper is served from 5 to 7 p.m. Come and support your local AG Society. Kids Klub has started at the church. It’s for all kids. The program starts at 3:30 p.m. and runs until 4:45 once a month on Tuesday. The next date is Nov. 26 and the following dates: Dec. 10, Jan. 14 and 28, Feb. 11, March 4 and 18, and April 15. Mark your calendars so you don’t forget. On Sunday, Nov. 10, there will be the Pancake and Music Jam session at the Drop-In Centre, with breakfast served from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., and music to follow. On Friday, Nov. 15 at 8 p.m., the Spruce

Coulee Ladies Aid Fall Auction will take place at the Spruce Coulee Community Centre, featuring baking, crafts and more. Fish pond for the kids and a quilt raffle. Enjoy an old-fashioned fun evening in this rural community. On Thursday, Nov. 21, the Sharon Lutheran Ladies Live Auction will happen at the church at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds go to “Operations Christmas Child.” There will be lunch served after the auction. If you have anything you would like to donate to this great cause, drop it off at the museum before Thursday. Mark your calendars for the “Village Christmas in Donalda” on main street on Dec. 7 at 11 a.m., ending with a parade at 5 p.m.. followed by a live auction of decorated Christmas trees and the grand finale of fireworks. Birthday greetings go out to Karen Williams, Remy Vargas, William Whiteside, Brett Rider, Emma Gebhardt, Terri Granigan, Frank Salmon, Heather Martini, Ryan Carroll, Zachary Blouin, Dylan Swedberg, Mathew Swedberg, Tina Franklin and anyone else celebrating this week. Happy Birthday.

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Tough ﬁnish for classy quarterback Injury forces iron-man Zuk to sit out his final high school football game JOHN MACNEIL Independent editor

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On a couple of counts, Stephen Zuk didn’t want his high school football career to end the way it did last Friday. Zuk, a pillar of the Stettler Wildcats’ program for the past three years, was forced to sit out his final high school game, a 7-0 loss to the visiting Wetaskiwin Sabres. The 17-year-old quarterback injured his left hip in practice last Wednesday, just two days before the seventh-place game in the Central Alberta High School Football League. “It was pretty tough, watching the last game,” said Zuk, who needed crutches on the sidelines. “Definitely, it wasn’t easy.” The wiry Zuk has been a model of health throughout his high school career, and he hadn’t previously missed a game because of injury. But he took a tumble in practice that left him in considerable pain. “I had jumped up for a ball during a play and just fell wrong, right on my hip,” Zuk said. “So it was just kind of an accident. I just landed on it wrong — that’s all. “It wasn’t good, the front of my hip. I went to the hospital after practice Wednesday night and (doctors) said to take it easy and use some crutches.” Spectator status was unfamiliar territory for Zuk, who had been discussing his iron-man streak with fellow graduating Wildcat Nicholas Baharally just days earlier. “We were just talking about the lack of injuries I’ve had throughout my season, or my high school career,” he said. “Then, this happened. Unlucky, I guess.” The Wildcats were lucky to have Zuk on board during his high school years. He stepped up to the plate in 2011 and 2012 after injuries sidelined quarterback Morgan Loshny, and he was a constant this season in a lean year for Stettler’s program. “It was tough, with the (sparse) numbers we had and stuff, lack of commitment,” Zuk said. “But we did better than I thought we were going to. Winning our division, that was good. We come out with a positive, with that.” Another memory from this season was a night game in Stettler. Although the Wildcats had played under the lights elsewhere, they broke new ground at home with a night game made possible with temporary lighting on the high school field. “That was a fun night,” said Zuk, a competitive baseball player who has also played night games on the diamond. “I guess anytime you play under the lights, it’s cool. But it was a good night. I was surprised with how good the lights were for that game.” The Wildcats beat the Ponoka Broncs 54-14 in that mid-season game. Zuk’s athleticism served him well in his high school career. Despite his lean stature, he stood his ground against heavy-hitters. “Stephen got thrown around a little bit this year and got hit hard a couple of times, took a few good sacks, but Stephen is a tough guy, too,” said teammate Baharally. “And it’s just really unfortunate and bad luck for him that the one game out of his whole high school career that he had to miss was his last high school game ever. “But he’s done well.”

Stettler Wildcats’ quarterback Stephen Zuk (right), with fellow senior Nicholas Baharally after the team’s final game last Friday, watched his last high school football game from the sidelines, because of an injury.

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Baharally eyes junior or college football in future JOHN MACNEIL Independent editor Nicholas Baharally always seems to be sporting a smile, especially when he’s near the football field. “Oh yeah, as long as you’re playing football, I’m having a good time — winning or losing,” Baharally, 17, said Friday after his final high school football game with the Stettler Wildcats. “The last two seasons, we’ve had pretty good success, with the provincial (championship) in 2011 and having another good run in 2012. “This year wasn’t the same thing, with the commitment. We’d have 15 out of our 35 guys showing up for practice, but as frustrating as it is, for the guys that are there that really love football, you’re out there playing and that’s what really counts. It’s always the same 15. There was a good core of guys who would always come out to all the practices. It was good.” The season-long personnel challenges caught up with the Wildcats this fall, and they were bumped from championship contention before playing two consolation games, including Friday’s 7-0 loss to the Wetaskiwin Sabres in the Central Alberta High School Football League’s seventhplace game last Friday at Stettler. Afterward, the 14 Wildcat seniors reflected on the end of a high school career filled mostly with fond memories. Continued on Page B2

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Nicholas Baharally (far right) was among the Stettler seniors who played their final game Friday as the Wildcats lost 7-0 to the Wetaskiwin Sabres in consolation action. Rookie Kyle Lawrence (5) stepped in at quarterback.

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Zuk turns page in school sports Continued from Page B1 Wildcats coach Norbert Baharally said it took a painful injury to sideline the humble Zuk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was just a real unfortunate thing for him, to take away his last high school game on just a real freak accident,â&#x20AC;? said the Wildcatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 25th-year coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in a lot of pain. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way he could have played. When he walked off the field Wednesday, I knew right away, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;holy mackerel, something is wrong with him.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;It looked like an innocent enough thing, where he just landed on his back or side a little bit, but it was more than that, obviously.â&#x20AC;? Baharally watched Zukâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progression not only at the high school level, but also as part of the midget Battle River Shock program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stephen did a great job for us this year,â&#x20AC;? Baharally said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even when he played midget football in the spring, same thing. I saw the development with him as a quarterback. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got the right body type. He had a great year, I thought, throwing the ball and running our offence for us.â&#x20AC;? Although his high school football career has come to an end, Zuk still has other scholastic sports on his calendar. He plans to return to the basketball Wildcats, who begin their tryouts later this month, along with football teammates Baharally and Justin Fleischhacker. The seasons are seemingly seamless for the likes of Zuk, who played midget AA baseball the past couple of summers with the Lacombe Dodgers, along with football teammate Jordan McCallum and former Wildcat Riley Anderson. McCallum, also graduating from the football Wildcats, played his final high school football game last Friday and headed straight for the rink to tend goal with the midget A Stettler Legion Blues. As for football after high school, Zuk wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t certain what might be in store for his future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see where it goes,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not too sure right now.â&#x20AC;? Last week, in Zukâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence, Grade 10 rookie Kyle Lawrence handled the quarterback duties for the Wildcatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; final game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He did a good job,â&#x20AC;? Zuk said of Lawrence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The passes were good. He played well. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep improving as time goes on and he should be fine.â&#x20AC;? Lawrence and freshman Jeremy Kirk both have quarterback experience from their days with the Stettler Cougars bantam team. Jordan Lane, this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quarterback with the Cougars, graduates to the high school team next year.

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Wildcats regroup for 2014 JOHN MACNEIL Independent editor A rocky season for the Stettler Wildcats ended last Friday with a 7-0 loss to the Wetaskiwin Sabres in the Central Alberta High School Football Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seventh-place game. By definition, it was an inauspicious setting for the Wildcats, a contender in each of the previous two seasons, including a provincial championship in 2011. But even before the back-to-back defeats in the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consolation round the past couple of weeks, the book had already been written on the 2013 edition of the Wildcats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look good all year, even since spring camp, as far as numbers go and the commitment of kids,â&#x20AC;? Norbert Baharally said Friday after completing his 25th year as the Wildcatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; head coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We understand that kids are busy and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing other things. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just one of those sports where if you choose to be involved in football, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a full-time commitment during the season, with practice every day and we play one game a week. Every time a practice is missed, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t only affect your skills as a player. It affects the whole team, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those games where you can have 12 players on offence, and 12 different

players on defence, and you can get other players in on special teams. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really highly specialized sport that takes a lot of time to learn and develop.â&#x20AC;? Unfortunately for the Wildcats, most of the players with this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy into that commitment level. Many of them enjoyed the participation in school sports, but not necessarily the daily commitment that comes with varsity football. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a game suited for all body types and all skill levels, so we can find positions for players as long as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re committed and willing to put the time in,â&#x20AC;? Baharally said. After losing to HJ Cody Lakers in a playoff game that spelled the end of Stettlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championship hopes at the league and provincial levels, the Wildcats hung around for consolation play the past couple of weeks. Baharally still believes that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a place for such games in high school sports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think so,â&#x20AC;? he said Friday night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was just talking about that with the Wetaskiwin coaches. Last year, we had some debate around the league about how meaningful these games are, when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing for seventh and eighth place in the league. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But at the end of the day, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really about us (coaches). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the kids. And I think if you asked the kids, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yes, we want to

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play this game,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and this year it was our team (sitting in that position). For our Grade 12 guys, it was their last game and they want to play every game thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no sense taking anything away from them, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about the kids. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today, when we went out on the field, I told the players at the beginning of the game, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is about you guys having fun, and hopefully you had fun all year.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Football is not only about winning and losing. You come together as a team and help each other out.â&#x20AC;? The Wildcats tried to rally Friday in the absence of senior quarterback Stephen Zuk, who suffered an injury in practice just two days earlier. Rookie Kyle Lawrence stepped up and showed promise in relief. As they look ahead to the 2014 season, the Wildcats are also banking on the arrival of a crop of talented bantam graduates from the reputable Stettler Cougarsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; program. Zuk is among the 14 graduating Wildcats, seven of whom have been together for three high school seasons, Baharally said. The other graduates are Nicholas Baharally, Morgan Dayman, Cody Ell, Levi Fisher, Justin Fleischhacker, Darren Gendre, Ryan Gerl, Matt Gudgeon, Jacob Hamel, Matt Kirk, Jordan McCallum, Lucas Milne and Frank van Ommeren.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crazy,â&#x20AC;? said Baharally, son of longtime coach Norbert Baharally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember still our first game of my Grade 10 year, and now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played the last game of my Grade 12 year. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where it all went.â&#x20AC;? Including their minor football days, the graduating Wildcats built friendships that span almost a decade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the game, I was talking with all the seniors,â&#x20AC;? Baharally said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Me and Cody Ell, I was just saying to him, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played eight years of football together now,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been seven years together for the most of us. It hit me today now thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it all done.â&#x20AC;? Baharally has grown up around football, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s likely to remain a big part of his life. He plans to attend university and try out for a CIS team, or alternatively play junior football to prepare for the university game within a few years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just depending on where I go to school, and what their university team is like, then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll kind of make the decision,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go try out for the university team, of course, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll always be the backup of junior.â&#x20AC;? He listed reputable CIS football teams like the Calgary Dinos and the Saskatchewan Huskies as schools whose prospects also have the opportunity to play junior football in their respective cities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as the Colts in Calgary and the Hilltops in Saskatoon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ideally, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to go to school at U of C, but this was the first year in their history that they went 8-0 for an undefeated regular season,â&#x20AC;? said Baharally, five-foot-eight and about 195 pounds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone to (Dinosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) camps, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tough team to make coming out of high school, as are

all university teams. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an easy jump from high school to university, but especially when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ranked the No. 3 team in the country right now. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if I do go to U of C, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hopefully be playing for the Calgary Colts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the junior program there. We had one of our players last year from the graduating (Wildcats) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Theren Churchill â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he played junior football this year for the Edmonton Huskies and he had a pretty good season, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always an option if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to make a university team right out of high school. And even if you do make it, instead of being red-shirted on the (college) team, go play some junior football, develop more and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get you ready for university football.â&#x20AC;? Baharally was a perennial all-star with the Wildcats, and played almost every position. He even subbed at quarterback a couple of weeks ago in a consolation semifinal against the Lindsay Thurber Raiders of Red Deer. And he practised at quarterback late last week, after an injury sidelined starter Stephen Zuk, and rookie Kyle Lawrenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status was in limbo because of a concussion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But luckily, Kyle did get cleared to play and he stepped up today,â&#x20AC;? Baharally said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He played a great game. That kid has some talent in football.â&#x20AC;? Baharally was thankful he remained healthy this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overall this year, I was lucky,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Playing both ways, and all special teams, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on the field almost all game every game. You know thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot more chance of getting hurt, especially if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting tired and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not paying attention. But I was definitely lucky that I was able to stay healthy throughout the season and, for the most part, throughout all my high school career.â&#x20AC;?

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Lightning make it nine straight victories JOHN M AC N EIL Independent editor Not even a raging snowstorm and a broken-down bus could stop the surging Stettler Lightning. After a bus breakdown in Brooks that left them stranded for more than two hours Saturday, the Lightning came from behind to defeat the host Medicine Hat Cubs 5-2 that night and win their ninth straight Heritage Junior Hockey League game. The Lightning — tied with the Okotoks Bisons atop the league with matching 9-3 records — go for win No. 10 this Sunday at home against the Coaldale Copperheads in a rare 2 p.m. contest. After a supper stop in Brooks, the Lightning discovered their bus was leaking oil in the parking lot of the restaurant, so the call went out for help, said coach-GM Doug Smith. Another bus arrived from Medicine Hat to pick them up, but not until after a long wait on the team bus. “We were scrambling to find another bus, and a mechanic from Brooks was trying to get our bus fixed,” Smith said. “We finally got to Medicine Hat at about 8:20, and we were playing hockey by 8:40.” Despite the adversity, Smith reasoned that the

Lightning might have had less of a disadvantage than their hosts. “That was OK, because I think it’s probably easier on the travel team,” he said. “Because when we get there, we get there. But they (the Cubs) would be doing a lot of sitting around, wondering if we’re ever going to get there.” The Lightning trailed 2-1 going into the scoreless second period, but they netted all four goals in the final 20 minutes to post their second win over the Cubs in as many games. “Simon (Thieleman) made a couple of big saves in the first period that kept the score close and kept us in the game until we got our feet moving,” said Smith, whose Lightning opened the season with three losses. “After we scored on a power play early in the third, they ran into more penalty trouble and we were pretty much on our way. Things started to unravel for them. “We only had three lines and seven (defencemen), and we lost Connor (Doucette) to an unfortunate checking-from-behind (penalty) early in the second period. We moved Randon Rankin up to forward and he played quite well on that side. “We were down to the bare minimum, but I think it helped us keep our flow going.”

Thieleman, the league’s goaltender of the month for October, made 24 saves. The Lightning fired 26 shots at Cole Schafer. Scott Ternes scored two goals for Stettler, which connected twice on power plays. Landon Potter, Jake Schwarzenberger and Kyler O’Connor also scored for the Lightning. Smith reported that the Lightning were missing forwards Dylan Houston (shoulder injury) and Logan Davidson (hunting). Also out of the lineup, because of work commitments, were Derek Muhlbach, Cam Wright and Blake Johnson. The Lightning forged on, much as they did Sunday when they travelled home through a snowstorm. They’re hoping the comforts of home will help them this Sunday against Coaldale (7-7-2). “We’ve kind of set a mini-goal that by the time we play Okotoks next Saturday (Nov. 16 at home), we want that game to be for first-place overall,” Smith said. “We have one more game this week, against Coaldale, to make that happen. “Coaldale has always had fairly big teams through their existence in the Heritage league, so I don’t expect that to be any different. They beat Okotoks (5-4) on Saturday night, so they’ll be tough.”

JV boys show stuff against city volleyball schools CHASE ROSLAND Independent reporter The JV boys’ volleyball team from William E. Hay Composite High School warmed up for city exhibition competition with league action last week against Sylvan Lake. The host Stettler Wildcats won all four sets against the Sylvan Lake representatives from HJ Cody High School. “The guys picked it up in the final game and showed some great improvement and finished strong, keeping us undefeated in league play,” said Wildcats coach Brady Armstrong. At home last Tuesday, Stettler’s JV boys lost an exhibition match against a 4A school, the Lindsay Thurber Raiders of Red Deer. “We pushed them to five sets, but they took the series 3-2,” Armstrong said. “We played hard and the boys all had great games. The game play was at a much higher level than what we have seen in recent history. “This was a great test for our team. The boys really had to dig in and play hard.” The Wildcats faced more high-level competition on the weekend as they competed in the Lindsay Thurber junior varsity tournament Friday and Saturday. Stettler finished fifth in its five-team pool, losing four matches overall, but managing respectable results and winning one game against the host Raiders. The Wildcats’ tourney results were: 21-25, 25-13 and 14-16 versus Lindsay Thurber, 22-25 and 20-25 against Hunting Hills, 2025 and 22-25 versus W.P. Wagner, and 4-25 and 16-25 against Salisbury. Spruce Grove defeated E.P. Scarlett of Calgary in the 10-team boys’ tournament final (25-20, 20-25 and 15-9).

MINOR HOCKEY MIDGET A Red Deer 1; Stettler 0. MIDGET C Stettler 7 — Tanner McDermand 2, Cooper Smyth 2, Scott Verhoeven, Tristen Nixon, Steven McCrea (shutout by Will Roberts); Hobbema 0. PEEWEE A Stettler 4 — Daylan Kuefler 2, Isaac Lee, Beau Cooper; Rimbey 2. MIDGET GIRLS Stettler 6 — Jayden Hogg 2, Kierra Scollo 2, Kendra Rusaw, Jennifer Hallet; Lakeland Panthers 1.

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The Stettler Storm faced off against the host Bashaw Stars in peewee B action last Saturday in the North Central Minor Hockey Association. Bashaw won 4-2.

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Marie Reierson (Obermeyer) Mar. 14, 1931 to Nov. 9, 1978 Our thoughts are ever with you, Though you have passed away; And those who love you dearly, Are thinking of you today. Thirty-five years of tears and missing you so much. So many family moments without you there. May the Lord bless and keep you until the Lord reunites us someday soon in heaven. Husband Ed, Daughter Donna

Celebrations Please join us in celebrating CONNIE HAUSTEIN’S 80TH BIRTHDAY on Sunday November 17th from 1- 4 pm at the Nevis Hall. For further information please contact Marie Glover at 403-742-3871 or 740-9103.

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LAISNEZ Adeline and family wish to thank family and friends for their loving support after the loss of Charles. The thoughtfulness and kindness means a lot in our time of need. Thank you to the ambulance crew and RCMP for their quick response and to Dr. Lockhat for the years of his special care. We are grateful to Sylvie Tremblay and staff of Brennan Funeral Home, and a very special thank you to the Reverend Danatus Ihekwoaba for the lovely vigil and funeral mass. Thank you to Phillip Jarmin, Patty Steen and Veronica Weber for their gift of music, it was cherished by all. Thank you to Brenda Brinson for the beautiful lunch that we all came together and shared after the service. Thank you for all the donations, prayers, and mass cards made in Charles’s memory. We feel very blessed to live in such a giving and caring community. ~Thank you from the family.

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• AG SALES CONSULTANT Relocation packages are negotiable. RME offers competitive wages, an employee share option plan, a comprehensive beneﬁts package, and a caring and team oriented work environment. In other words, we’re dependable.

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Teachers/ Tutors

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Clearview Public Schools (Clearview School Division No. 71) requires a

PART-TIME TEACHER ASSISTANT Competition No. 5564 Applications are being accepted for a part-time Teacher Assistant position at the Stettler Elementary School in the Early Learning Program for the remainder pf the 2013-2014 school year. We are looking for an energetic and innovative individual who will thrive in a collaborative environment. The successful applicant will provide general assistance under the direction of a certi¿ed teacher. The successful candidate will be required to provide a current criminal record check and child intervention check prior to employment commencing. Candidates selected for an interview will be required to supply three references that have agreed to be contacted at the time of the interview. Interested applicants are asked to forward their resume electronically to applications@ clearview.ab.ca quoting competition number in the subject line. Applications may also be sent to Clearview Public Schools, Attn: D. Larsen, Box 1720, Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0. Faxes may be sent to (403) 742-1388. This competition will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. We appreciate all applications but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please remember to check our website at www.clearview.ab.ca for employment opportunities.

Professionals

Responsibilities include direct personal care, resolve conflict situations, implement support programs, food preparations, home management & community inclusion. Applicants must be able to work as a team member, drivers license/insurance & vehicle required. Criminal record check, First Aid/CPR are required. Training will be provided, we offer group insurance benefits & on-going training. Please forward resume to P.R.O.S Agency Box 525 Elnora AB T0M 0Y0 Fax: 403-773-0006 Email: donnaj@wispernet.ca

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WOODHILL INSTRUMENTATION requires Full-time Instrumentation Apprentice/Journeyman Fax resume to 403-742-8181 or email to admin@woodhilllinst.com or deliver to office at 4806 - 45 Ave. Close, Stettler

4605 - 41 St., Stettler

www.tkscontrols.ca

We are currently seeking applications for full time positions of:

Journeyman Electrician email resume to glenn@tkscontrols.ca For more information call

403-740-4071

“JOIN OUR TEAM”

TANKSTORE LTD. Located at Halkirk, AB

Would like to peruse your resume. If you are an experienced Structural Welder who would like a new experience to broaden your skills you are just what we are looking for, we are looking for people with a • Strong work ethic • Pride in the ¿nished product TANKSTORE has been in business since 2001 and takes great pride in being a tank supplier for the Alberta Oil and Gas Industry. • Competitive Wages • Bene¿t package • Great group of employees

of Ponoka, Lacombe, Stettler and Red Deer (Gasoline Alley East and West) are now hiring FULL TIME AND PART TIME Food Counter Attendants. Basic duties include making food and serving customers. All stores are 24 hours, except Stettler, which has extended late night hours and applicants must be willing to work flexible shifts, including evening, weekends and nights shifts. Students, stay home moms, retired persons, we offer part time flexibility to fit your lifestyle, as well as scholarship programs for students. Wages range from $10.50 to 11.00 per hour and we will train. Benefits are included and we offer opportunities for advancement. Apply in person at the store, on line at cbay22.telus.net or mail resume to 4419 Hwy 2A, Ponoka, AB, T4J 1J8

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Trades

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN. Edwards Garage GM dealership, Rocky Mountain House. Highly competitive pay plans. Sign on and/or relocation bonus based on experience. Phone 403-845-3328. Email: main @edwardsgarage.com Attention Brent. BUSY sheet metal company requires INSTALLER for residential new housing. Must have experience, own tools and valid driver’s license. Immediate position. Please fax resume to: 403-309-8302 or e-mail: info@ comfortecheating.com CAREER OPPORTUNITY, apprentice to be a licensed glass worker. Permanent full-time position, installing residential and commercial windows and doors, automotive glass, glass cutting and fabrication. Drivers license a must. Apply in person to Heartland Glass, Stettler or fax resume to 403-742-2678.

PLEASE PLEASE EMAIL EMAIL YOUR YOUR RESUME: RESUME:

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FUTURE AG INC. owns and operates 5 branches throughout Central Alberta selling and servicing CASE IH Construction and CASE IH Agriculture equipment. We are currently looking for

Agricultural Technicians and/or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics

with Ag experience for our Stettler location. This is a fast-paced environment and ideal candidate would be able to work with minimal supervision, have the ability to take initiative and consistently demonstrate exceptional customer service. FUTURE AG INC. “People You Can Count On”, is offering the opportunity to grow in your career with a thriving company. We offer an exemplary benefits package, hourly salary starting at $29.00, annual work boot reimbursement, RRSP plan, sick days, monthly bonus and continuous professional training in a positive friendly environment. If you have a great attitude and integrity, FUTURE AG is offering you an exciting career opportunity. To apply, forward your resume to: Future Ag Inc. Attn: Markus Box 1510 Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 Fax 403-742-5626 hr@futureag.ca HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE CLASS 1 OR 3 OPERATORS. Full-time and part-time positions available. Openings in several Alberta areas. Fax resume to Carillion Canada 780-449-0574 or email: mcroft@carillionalberta.ca. Positions to start Oct. 15, 2103. Please state what position and location you are interested in. HVAC Service Person required. SHEET Metal Installer required with residential and retro-fit experience. Attractive wages and benefits. Great hours. Shop person needed for full time work. e-mail: brad@ comfortecheating.com or Fax resume to: 403-309-8302

Arnett & Burgess is now accepting applications for the following:

CLASS 1 TRUCK DRIVER

860

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with class 3, air. All safety tickets required. Meal and Accommodation provided when out of town. Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

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DIRECTOR OF PETROFIELD Industries, CORPORATE SERVICES. Truckers/ the Leader in manufacturing The Town of NantonSI315885 is Drivers Tankstore B13.indd 1 08/02/13 1:25 PM Hydrovac trucks, is accepting JOURNEYMAN seeking a Director of resumes for the following AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE Corporate Services. positions: TECHNICIAN(S) Reporting to the CAO, * General Labourers in Hanna Alberta. the Director of Corporate * Industrial Painters Hanna Chrysler Ltd. offers Services is a key member * Sandblasters competitive wages from of the Town of Nanton’s * Material Handler $32/hour, negotiable Executive Team, providing * Automotive Electrical depending on experience. strategic leadership to the Technician Bright, modern shop. Corporation and working * Journeyman Welder / Full-time permanent with in the establishment of Apprentice benefits. Friendly town strategic direction and * 2nd Yr Welder with just 2 hours from major coordinated planning of Aluminum experience urban centres. More info departmental priorities and * Production Manager at: hannachrylser.ca. programs which align with Must have experience moving Fax 403-854-2845; Email: corporate goals and Visit our website at: chrysler@telusplanet.net. heavy equipment that is related to objectives. The Director of www.tornadotrucks.com Corporate Services pipeline construction. for more details. Our SHUNDA oversees the financial Company has an operations of the Town CONSTRUCTION Clean abstract. enthusiastic fast paced and is responsible for all Requires Full Time working environment, with corporate services operaCompetitive wage. Carpenters advancement possibilities tions and leadership. Carpenters Helpers for the motivated person, For more information and Benefi ts available. For local work. and offers an excellent to apply, please refer to Competitive Wages benefit package. fax www.nanton.ca. Please fax resumes & Benefits. 403-742-5544 Fax resumes & ref’s to: e-mail: hr@petrofield.com to 780-372-4238 MUNICIPAL FOREMAN 403-343-1248 or email to: WANTED for SW SK. admin@shunda.ca Or email to: Truckers/ Manage, operate, and WATER WELL DRILLING maintain RM. Apply: Drivers jobs@abpipeliners.com COMPANY IN BENTLEY http://bit.ly/1aldu0L or REQ’S EXPERIENCED jobs@grasslandsgroup.com 1-888-778-0570. WATER WELL

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Academic Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Agency, AgentInsurance Name Richards Services

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operating as

MCDONALD’S RESTAURANTS

Community Disability Support Worker to join our team in providing support to individuals with developmental disabilities within their home and community.

Restaurant/ Hotel

CAMERON BAY HOLDINGS INC.

Come join our team and make a difference in your community!

830

850

TKS CONTROLS LTD.

Service Rig Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. is seeking qualified candidates to fill Floorhand, Derrickhand and Driller positions. These positions are locally based. Applicants must have all necessary valid tickets for the position applied for. Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary & benefits package along with a steady work schedule. Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: 403-258-3197 Or mail to: Ste. 5309, 333 - 96 Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

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Hiring: 1 Full-time Position in our

Shipping Receiving Department • and Monday to Friday

Production oriented ••Monday to Friday Basic Computer • •Computer skillsand required multi-tasking skills required • Company beneﬁ t plan Please Drop Off Resume 4602-50th Street 403-742-4922

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca DAIRY equipment supplier looking for GENERAL LABORERS & EQUIPMENT INSTALLERS Competitive wages and benefits package. E-mail resume: info@prolineinc.ca ENERGETIC CUSTOMER service oriented person needed. Please apply in person with resume to The Coffee Tree, 4814-50 St., Stettler. MATURE CARETAKERS for 32 room motel in Forestburg, AB. Couple preferred. Handyman work, exp. in motels and computer knowledge 1-604-725-4448 email: jmann47@gmail.com PASSIONATE ABOUT TRAVEL? Do you want to work with a global leader that offers plenty of opportunity for growth and development? Flight Centre is hiring throughout Alberta. For more information, please visit www.flightcentre.ca/careers SEEKING A CAREER in the Community Newspaper business? Post your resume for FREE right where the publishers are looking. Visit: www.awna.com/ resumes_add.php.

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880 Reinbold Petroleum Ltd.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Is hiring: We are looking for a mature, responsible person to work Part time in the convenience store and lubricant counter. Hours will include closing the store week days and working most Saturdays. Opportunity for position to become full time for the right person. Please bring resume in person to 7007A - 50 Ave., Hwy 12 West

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880 Floor Covering Installers and Tilesetters needed

for Jensen Contract Flooring, Big Valley, AB Starting wages: $28.85/hr - Floor Covering Installers $24.75/hr - Tilesetters 40-50 hours per week Applicants should have a minimum of 3 years of work experience or have a valid trade certiﬁcation.

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EXPERIENCED CROP HAIL ADJUSTER WANTED

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Crop Hail Insurance Provider is seeking qualiﬁed adjusters who are ready to work. Per diems up to $500 based on prior experience. Will consider guaranteed days of work for top candidates . 13111AA1

If interested, applicants should submit resume, a copy of a cereal and pulse crop worksheet (showing paperwork skills) & cover letter via email to crophailadjuster@gmail.com DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS DEC. 20TH 2013 Not all applicants will be contacted

Please send qualiﬁed resumes only to jensenjobs@email.com or fax to 403-876-2554

Any questions call 403-742-2647 and ask for Fred.

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Snow on the roof can be troublesome A snow-covered landscape can be a picturesque sight. However, a roof covered in snow is something no homeowner can afford to marvel at. That’s because accumulating snow and ice very well could push a roof to its breaking point, even if the roof was sound before the winter arrived. According to studies, the water content of snow can range from three per cent for very dry snow to 33 per cent for wet, heavy snow. A roof may only be able to support 12 inches of wet, heavy snow before it is pushed to its breaking point. Snow can be quite heavy, weighing around 60 pounds per cubic foot. When heavy snow arrives, homeowners should do their best to safely clear their roofs of snow. The threat of snow causing a roof to collapse has many homeowners floundering. While having snow build up on the top of a house is dangerous, so, too is climbing up on a slippery roof to push off the snow. As winter approaches, many emergency officials urge people to clear their roofs and decks to minimize structural collapse. But how does one do it safely? Steep-pitched roofs tend to be the easiest to deal with snow and ice problems because a snow rake is usually effective. A snow rake is just what it sounds like. It is a metal device on a telescoping pole that can be extended to drag the snow off of the roof. Homeowners may need to use extension ladders to reach taller parts of the roof. A second person can remain below to steady the ladder and ensure it doesn’t tip over on a slick

surface. It is not adviseable to climb up on the roof directly and shovel the snow off. The added weight of a person may be all that’s needed to cause a roof to collapse, potentially resulting in grave injury and considerable roof damage. A snow-covered roof also can be slippery, which could result in a person falling off the roof. Anyone who does not feel secure removing snow from the roof can hire a professional service to do so. Just be sure the service is properly licensed and insured. In addition to removing the snow from the roof, here are some winter weather home care tips. • Clean the gutters to remove any debris so that gutters will not become blocked and form ice dams on the roof. In addition, keep gutters and drains free of ice and snow. • Add insulation to attic floors to prevent heat from the home escaping to the roof and causing ice dams that freeze when snow melts. In addition, make sure the attic is well ventilated so that the temperature inside will remain consistent with outdoors, further preventing snow melt. • Melted roof snow can leak into homes or pool around foundations, causing rot and other problems. Keep an eye open for any leaks. • If you live in an area prone to heavy snowfall, a metal roof may be a good investment. The slippery roof causes snow and ice to slide off. Special features at the end of a metal roof break up the snow before it reaches the ground, preventing large, heavy piles of snow from causing injury when falling to the ground. — Metro

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20 ACRE PARCEL just minutes from town. 4 bedroom/3 bath home that is totally finished from top to bottom. Perfect family acreage. $649,900.

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“Priceless Unbelievable View”. 3 bdrm, 2 bath home all located on a private & scenic ¼ section with a breathtaking view of the river valley. 36’ x 48’ barn, 16’ x 40’ shop, dbl detached garage, various outbuildings. #CA0016473. $775,000.

TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROAD. Beautifully landscaped, spacious, peaceful 4 bedroom/2 bathroom acreage just a short distance from town. Lots of kitchen cupboards, cozy fireplace, hardwood flooring, heated garage/workshop. A “Must See”. #CA0024078. $349,000.

Absolutely Indescribable. Immaculate 2 storey split. Executive home boasts dream kitchen, relaxing atrium, hot tub room, FP, 2 garages, 4 bdrms, 4 bath. All on a private ¼ section. Surface lease re. 90 acres cult. Pasture. 3 miles from Stettler. Your future home awaits you! #CA0012453.

IT’S THE REAL DEAL! Older ‘sound’ 3 bedroom acreage minutes from town. Newer shingles. Space and privacy on 4.74 acres. 36’ x 60’ steel quonset with large sliding doors. Available immediately. #CA0023194. $195,000.

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Firewood

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SPLIT FIREWOOD Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990 Aircraft ..............................1510 Antiques & Art ..................1520 Auctions ............................1530 Bicycles ............................1540 Building Supplies ..............1550 Business Machines ..........1560 Cameras & Accessories ..1570 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Items ................1580 Clothing ............................1590 Computers ........................1600 Concert & Event Tickets ..1610 Equipment - Misc. ............1620 Equipment - Heavy ..........1630 Tools ................................1640 Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market & Food Basket......................1650 Firewood ..........................1660 Lumber ............................1670 Garden Supplies ..............1680 Lawn Tractors ..................1690 Health, Dietary, Beauty ....1700 Household Appliances......1710 Household Furnishings ....1720 TVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Stereos, VCRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ........1730 Hot Tubs & Accessories ..1740 Jewellery ..........................1750 Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deals........................1755 Misc. For Sale ..................1760 Musical Instruments..........1770 Music Lessons..................1780 Piano & Organs ................1790 Office Supplies ................1800 Pets & Supplies ................1810 Pet Services ....................1820 Cats ..................................1830 Dogs ................................1840 Sports Cards ....................1850 Sporting Goods ................1860 Collectorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Items ..............1870 Swap, Barter & Trade ......1880 Travel Packages ..............1900 Wedding Supplies ............1910 Recycled Products............1920 Wanted to Buy ..................1930 Items to Give Away ..........1940

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Auctions

NRG PIPELINES LTD. 5509 Broadway Ave., Blackfalds, Alberta. Tues., Nov. 12, 10 a.m. Selling Caterpillar pipelayers, picker trucks, service, welding & PU trucks; equipment trailer, enclosed cargo trailers, tools, pipeline equipment, pipe & more. See maynards.com or montgomeryauctions.com 1-800-371-6963. UNRESERVED AUCTION. 310 - 9 Street, Wainwright, Alberta. Dispersal store & restaurant items, beers signs, antique safe and more! 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 9. Scribner Auction 780-842-5666; www.scribnernet.com

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Building Supplies

BRAND NEW 26â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 5.5â&#x20AC;? x 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4.5â&#x20AC;? future steel building. Ready to be erected. Located in Central AB. Great for farm or small acreage. Must sell. 403-485-2532 METAL ROOFING & SIDING. Very competitive prices! Largest colour selection in Western Canada. Available at over 25 Alberta Distribution Locations. 40 Year Warranty. Call 1-888-263-8254. STEEL BUILDING - The great super sale! 20x20 $4,070. 25x26 $4,879. 30x32 $6,695. 32x40 $8,374. 35x38 $9,540. 40x50 $12,900. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422; www.pioneersteel.ca STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100, sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206; www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Dried, Shedded, on Pallets Pick up in yard or UFA Bulk Fuel Delivery Available Volume Discounts. 403-876-2422 403-740-3285 Distributor for

Blaze King Stoves

THIS WEEKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EYE SPY WINNER IS Stan Eichhorn Please come into the Stettler Independent to claim your prize!

2100

Livestock

SEASONED SPLIT PINE

Call 403-323-0744

Misc. for Sale

1760

P-49 FASTEST ICE/SNOW MELTING COMPOUND. Sidewalks, driveways, etc. Melts ice 36 times faster than salt! 16 times faster than flake calcium chloride! Twice as fast as competitive chemical de-icers! Works for 36 hours. Garth 403-888-5593; economicalproducts @telus.net.

Office Supplies

1800

WHITE 20LB BOND PAPER: 8.5 X 11 10 pkgs. of 500 sheets

$48/case Shop Stettler & Save!

2190

Grain, Feed Hay

HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola. Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged or offgrade grain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On Farm Pickupâ&#x20AC;? Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.

30 BLACK/BBF, 20 red/RBS, Sim/Angus cross heifers, calving Feb. & Mar., bred to black Angus bull, 1100-1200 lbs. Contact Brian 780-608-7360

Horse/Stock Trailers

2170

HORSE and Stock trailer. Parts and repairs. Axles, brakes, drums, bearings, spring, rims, fenders, lights, and wiring. Pick up & delivery avail. HORSE SHOE TRAILER MFG. AND REPAIR. HALKIRK, ALBERTA 403-884-2173 403-430-0504

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

ROUND hay bales. Cheap Free delivery. Self unloading. No Sunday calls Please. 403-843-6380

Travel Packages

1900

THE PALMS RV RESORT; www.yumapalmsrvresort.com Rated top 2% in America. 6-5-4-3 monthly specials. Starting at $637.50 month (plus tax/electric). Toll free 1-855-PALMS RV (1-855-725-6778).

Agricultural #2000 - #2290

Farm Equipment ..............2010 Haying Equipment ............2020 Tractors ............................2030 Combines & Headers ......2040 Fertilizer Equipment..........2050 Misc. Farm Machinery ......2060 Equipment Wanted ..........2070 Farm Custom Work ..........2080 Farm Auctions ..................2090 Livestock ..........................2100 Livestock - Exotic..............2110 Sheep ..............................2120 Poultry ..............................2130 Horses ..............................2140 Horse Boarding ................2150 Riding Supplies ................2160 Horse/Stock Trailers ........2170 Pasture Wanted ................2180 Grain, Feed, Hay ..............2190 Seed Grain ......................2200 Seeding & Tillage ............2210

For Rent #3000 - #3200

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

3 BEDROOM MOBILE HOME in Stettler Available Sept. 1st. References required. 403-742-6631

Manufactured Homes

3040

IN HALKIRK 1970 Mobile Home For Rent. $500/mo. On own lot. Close to school, store, hotel. Ideal for single parent. For more info call 403-583-2380.

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No. 5. 4707 - 42 Street Stettler, AB

1070

K K Keen een Klean lean â&#x20AC;˘ Carpet Cleaning

Box 1595, 4907 - 50 Street, tree ee et, ett, Stettler A B AB info@leschert.net

403-742-6970 403-740-9782

Chapman and Co. Professional Accountants LLP Guy Chapman, CA Chris Annand, CA Kendra Walgenbach, CA Naomi Roth, CGA P.O. Box 1328 4702- 51 Ave., Stettler Tel: 403-742-3438 e-mail: gchap@gchap.ca

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Contractors

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

4912 - 51 Street P.O. Box 460, Stettler, Alberta

403-742-4431 Toll free 1-877-742-4431 e-mail: gkdpca@gkdpca.com website:

1100

-Residential -Commercial -Farm Buildings -Renovations

Buzz Andersen Serving Stettler area over 35 years

403-742-1330

1120

Drafting & Design

Small Commercial Shop Drawings As Builts rg

lbe Stah vice

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Thorogood Pinches

403-742-5520 403-882-3740 (Castor)

Automotive

1029

AUTO BODY REPAIR LTD.

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4109 - 48 Avenue, Stettler

Contact Zina: 4 Lake Road, Erskine T0C 1G0 403-742-5151 Farm Custom Work

2080

Bale Hauling & Swathing Marketing of Hay and Straw Will load own truck

David Unruh Cell 403-323-6787 Home 403-742-4673

Household, furniture, business records, etc. Various sizes. Protected by security alarm and fenced and lighted perimeter. Owner: Reg and Darlene Hunter 403-740-9283 or 403-742-3153

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10X12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; With 5x7 doors. For quads, snowmobiles, furniture, etc. Phone: (403)742-9729 DYMY Oilfield Services

Furnace Cleaning

1193

Qualified and Reputable

403-742-3418

Real Estate #4000 - #4190

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

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4020

CUSTOM LOG HOMES and Log Specialties - M&H Wood Specialties 1-888-991-5700 or email: sales@mhwood.com; www.mhwood.com. HOW can you make your phone ring and make some quick cash? Place your ad here . . . Phone 1-877-223-3311

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1196

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RAILSIDE DESIGN GALEN WIEBE

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN 5004 - 48 AVE., STETTLER

1130

FINISHING TOUCH EXTERIORS LTD. 5â&#x20AC;?Continuous Eaves â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gutter Cleanâ&#x20AC;? Leaf Protection

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Electrical

1150

Optometrist Stettler, Alberta Box 1796 Phone 403-742-2998

Physiotherapy, Acupuncture & Massage

4090

Manufactured Homes

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All types of Electrical Installation & Maintenance

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403-742-4533

DR. D.G. BECKLUND Chiropractor -Gitzel Krejci Building

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1315

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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Get rid of your Garbage with. . .

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1330

4912 - 51 Street Stettler, AB Open Mon. - Sat.

Management

403-742-3007

Bus.: 403-742-2553 Res.: 403-742-0370

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Misc. Services

Good Fences Make Good Neighbours!

1260

LANDMAN REULE LAW OFFICE Lori R. Reule LL. B.

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1310

R n S Painting

Stettler Professional Building

For All Your Painting Needs

4819 51 Street

Interior - Exterior Free Estimates

ANDERSON

403-741-5970

LAW OFFICE

Dr. Patricia Ross Dr. P.G. Wilson Dr. D.A. Heimdahl

5002 - 51 Ave., Stettler, AB

OPTOMETRISTS Ponoka, Alta. 403-783-5575 1-800-662-7168 Coronation Office 403-578-3221 Hanna Office 403-854-3003 www.4YourEyesOnly.ca

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Personal Services

Stettler Ph.

403-742-5237

1380

Snow Removal

Residential and Business Frontage

Bob Richardson 403-334-3333

1315

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1310

Custom window coverings and more

Gary G. Grant Law Office 4910 - 51 Street Stettler, AB T0C 2L0

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Chiropractor 4719 - 49 St. Stettler, Alberta One block East of Scotia Bank

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Misc. Services

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4606 - 40 St., Stettler

1210

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PERFORMANCE

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4607 - 59 St., Stettler

Health Care

1210

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Certified General Accountants

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4090

Manufactured Homes

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Prism Integrated Solutions Inc.

3060

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2050

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1290

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Money To Loan

4430

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SUV's

5040

Public Notice #6000

Public Notices ..................6010 Special Features ..............6050

6010

Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

CHARLES JOSEPH LAISNEZ

who died on October 7, 2013 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by December 19, 2013 with

Brenda Anderson at

ANDERSON LAW OFFICE

Box 190, Bay 5, 5002 51 Ave. Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0 and provide details of your claim. If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.,48,0

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5180

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6010 County of of Stettler Stettler No. County No. 66

6602 -- 44 44 Ave., Ave., Box Box 1270, 1270, 6602 Stettler, AB AB T0C Stettler, T0C2L0 2L0 Phone: 742-4441 Fax: Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 742-1277 403-742-1277

PUBLIC PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE

Land for Sale

Community Support Services ADULTS/CHILDREN ANONYMOUS Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. For more info Kira & Ian FCSS, 403-742-2339

Located in the Village of Donalda Plan 867CF, Block 15, Lot 9 & 10

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Property is being offered for sale on an “as is – where is” basis. The minimum bid has been set at $10,000.00 for the parcel.

403-742-0990

Proposals must contain: Bid amount plus G.S.T., Name, Address, Telephone Number, legal of the parcel. Please contact the County of Stettler No. 6 office if you require any further information. Closing Date: November 15, 2013 at noon. County of Stettler No. 6 reserves the right to accept/reject any or all proposals. Proposals, marked Lots for Sale (Legal of Subject Property Bidding On), are to be submitted to: TIM FOX – CAO PO Box 1270 Stettler AB T0C 2L0 1-403-742-4441 Email: tfox@stettlercounty.ca

Public Hearing Take notice that the Council of the County of Stettler No. 6 will hold a Public Hearing to hear representation concerning the proposed Bylaw: BYLAW 1511-13, providing for the closure of Road Plan441MC for the purpose of creating a title to be consolidated with Lot 5 Block 1 Plan 1224950, Lot 4 Block 1 Plan 1224950, Lot 2 Block 1 Plan 0426505 and Lot 1 Block 1 Plan 0024479 for Highway Commercial and/or Industrial purposes; and to amend Land Use Bylaw 1443-10 to reflect the new lot numbers and rezone the former road plan portions to the Direct Control District No. 4. The public may inspect a copy of the amending bylaw at the County Administration Building during regular office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Public Hearing will be held Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 1:00 P.M., or as soon thereafter as possible, in Council Chambers of the County Administration Building. Receipt of written submissions in support or opposing this bylaw must be submitted to the Development Officer, County of Stettler, Box 1270, Stettler, AB. T0C 2L0 by 4:30 on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. Dated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Cara McKenzie Development Officer

Public Hearing Take notice that the Council of the County of Stettler No. 6 will hold a Public Hearing to hear representation concerning the proposed Bylaws: BYLAW 1512-13 providing for the rezoning of Lots 1 and 2 Block 1 Plan 0829338 (within the NW 31-38-20W4M) respectively containing 16.7 acres and 10.9 acres,more or less, from the Country Residence Agricultural (CRA) District to the Agricultural (A) District. The public may inspect a copy of the amending bylaws at the County Administration Building during regular office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Public Hearing will be held Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 1:00 P.M., or as soon thereafter as possible, in Council Chambers of the County Administration Building. Receipt of written submissions in support or opposing this bylaw must be submitted to the Planning and Development Officer, County of Stettler, Box 1270, Stettler, AB. T0C 2L0 by 4:30 on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. Dated: Friday, November 1, 2013. Jacinta Donovan Planning and Development Officer

403-742-3214; 403-742-2966 or 403-742-4271

AL-ANON ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP 403-742-4263; 403-742-8122 or 403-742-4091

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP 403-742-2337

BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION 403-742-5437 during business hours

BRIGANTIA PLACE (formerly Camrose Women’s Shelter)

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CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance) Brenda 403-742-3067

COCAINE ANONYMOUS Pager toll-free (20 sec. response time) 1-403-357-6266

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP 403-742-2337 (parents who have lost a child[ren])

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

COMMENTARY

The Race to Mars shoots into spotlight G WYNNE D YER Global Affairs columnist The Curse of Mars also applies to Asian countries. About two-thirds of the attempted missions to Mars have failed, many of them even before leaving Earth orbit, and most of the rest when they tried to land. Japan’s only Mars mission failed in 1998, China’s first try failed when the Russian rocket carrying its Mars orbiter into space fell back to Earth in 2011 — and so India seized the opportunity to be the first Asian country to go to Mars. Fifteen months after the decision was announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an Independence Day speech from the Red Fort in Delhi, India’s half-tonne Mangalyaan vehicle blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on the country’s east coast on Tuesday. It is already in Earth orbit, and within two weeks it will set course for Mars. Unless the Mars Curse gets it, of course. There is something faintly ridiculous about India and China “racing” to be the first Asian country to reach Mars, but it’s no more ridiculous than the Russian-American space race of the 1960s. Besides, to be fair to the Indian Space Research Organisation, the launch window for making a relatively low-energy transition to a Mars orbit will close before the end of this month, and it won’t open again for more than two years. Once Mangalyaan gets there, if it does, it will go into orbit around Mars and carry out various scientific experiments, notably a search for methane (an indicator of the presence of life) in the Martian atmosphere. At this point, various arrogant and/or sanctimonious people will point out that the American Mars rover Curiosity has already reported finding no methane on Mars, and that India is too poor to be indulging in such foolishness anyway. The Indians will reply that NASA, the American space agency, also said that there was no evidence of water on the Moon – until the Indian lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 reported the presence of water molecules in the lunar soil in 2008. They might also mention that if the United States waited until there were no more poor Americans before sending people to the Moon, the first US mission might leave fifty years from now. Or maybe not even then. The Indian space programme operates on an amazingly small budget (about $1 billion a year), but it has put dozens of satellites in orbit that provide practical benefits for earthbound Indians: remote sensing, flood management, cyclone alerts, fishery and forest management, etc. But that’s all in near

space; the question is really whether long-range space exploration is a rational proposition. Nationalism is part of the motivation behind every country’s space programme, and while it has its comical side it does at least persuade the political authorities to provide the large sums that are needed. China is planning to land a rover on the Moon next month, and is talking about a manned landing there by 2024. That will certainly speed up India’s manned space programme. Like the old Russo-American space race, the Chinese-Indian one will accelerate the development of new technologies and techniques. It will fill some of the gap left by the loss of momentum in the older space powers, and some useful science will get done. But the biggest reason for welcoming the entry of major new players in space exploration is the one that everybody is too embarrassed to mention: the future of the human race. Well, almost everybody. Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, the private company that aims to dominate the delivery-to-orbit service once provided by NASA, actually wants to create a human colony on Mars in his own lifetime – and he’s 41 now. He is a serious player, whose large fortune (derived from his creation and subsequent sale of PayPal) is now devoted to manufacturing electric cars and building space transportation systems. Both projects are prospering, and he sees them as providing the financial and technological basis for pursuing his real goal: spreading human beings beyond this single planetary habitat while the launch window for that is still open. Musk was quite frank about that in an interview with Rory Carroll in The Guardian newspaper last July.”The lessons of history suggest that civilisations move in cycles,” he said. “You can track that back quite far — the Babylonians, the Sumerians. We’re in a very upward cycle right now, and hopefully that remains the case. But it might not. “There could be some series of events that cause that technology level to decline. Given that this is the first time in 4.5 billion years where it’s been possible for humanity to extend life beyond Earth, it seems like we’d be wise to act while the window was open and not count on the fact that it will be open a long time.” I’ll let you in on a little secret. That is a big part of the motivation (though a rarely admitted part) for half the people who work in any of the national space programmes, including India’s. They value the science, and they may even revel in the glory from time to time, but that’s what it’s really about. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist published in 45 countries.

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STETTLER READ & WRITE OFFICE 403-742-2999

T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Grace – 403-742-0681 Vivian – 403-742-3935

VICTIM SERVICE 403-741-7841 CONFUSED? GETTING THE RUN AROUND? CONTACT YOUR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL CENTRE Residents of Stettler and the surrounding area now have access to this free and confidential service. It provides information and referral on social agencies, government services, clubs and organizations, to best suit the caller’s need.

Just Dial - 403-742-1155

RICHARD FROESE/Independent reporter

NEW LOOK — Fresh signs to promote community service organizations and churches in the Stettler area went up in October to replace older structures.

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Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. *Purchase a new 2013 F-150 Super Cab XLT 4x4 with 5.0L engine/2013 F-150 Super Crew XLT 4x4 with 5.0L engine/2013 F-250 XLT Super Cab 4x4 Super Duty Western Edition package with power seats for $28,749/$31,249/$38,499 after Manufacturer Rebate of $9,250/$9,250/$8,500 is deducted. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after total Manufacturer Rebate has been deducted. Offers include freight and air tax of $1,750 but exclude optional features, administration and registration fees (administration fees may vary by dealer), fuel fill charge and all applicable taxes. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. **Until December 2, 2013, receive 4.49%/6.09% annual percentage rate (APR) purchase financing on a 2013 F-150 Super Cab XLT 4x4 with 5.0L engine/2013 F-250 XLT Super Cab 4x4 Super Duty Western Edition package with power seats for a maximum of 72 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Purchase financing monthly payment is $423/$618 (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of $195/$295 with a down payment of $2,100/$2,100 or equivalent trade-in. Cost of borrowing is $3,800/$7,087.59 or APR of 4.49%/6.09% and total to be repaid is $30,449.12/$46,056.71. Offers include a Manufacturer Rebate of $9,250/$8,500 and freight and air tax of $1,750 but exclude optional features, administration and registration fees (administration fees may vary by dealer), fuel fill charge and all applicable taxes. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after Manufacturer Rebate deducted. Bi-Weekly payments are only available using a customer initiated PC (Internet Banking) or Phone Pay system through the customer’s own bank (if offered by that financial institution). The customer is required to sign a monthly payment contract with a first payment date one month from the contract date and to ensure that the total monthly payment occurs by the payment due date. Bi-weekly payments can be made by making payments equivalent to the sum of 12 monthly payments divided by 26 bi-weekly periods every two weeks commencing on the contract date. Dealer may sell for less. 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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS WE REMEMBER

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #59 403-742-2404 WE REMEMBER • Oilfield • Shop • General • Fabrication • CWB • Q.C. Certified • B Pressure

Flight Sgt. Roy Willis

Powerline Division

RCAF

Cpl. Ted Howlett

Russell N. Capel

Harvey L. Mitchell

George A. McTaggart

Royal Canadian Signal Co - 3rd Division 5 years, 6 months Canada, England, France, Belgium, Europe, Germany, Holland & Canada

Army - 2nd Division - Corps of Signals 1940 England, France, Belgium, Holland & Germany

RCAF, Army, Navy 7 ½ years Canada, U.K. & Korea

Air Force 10 Repair Depot 1939 to 1945 Second World War

Elaine (Hall) McKay

Pte. L.J. Clarke

Gordon Duncan

Canadian Army Royal Canadian Service Corps 3 years - Canada, 2 years Continental Europe November 1953 to November 1955

Army 1943 to 1945 Sicily & Italy

Private Donald Arthur Heslop

William H. Brown

Canadian Women’s Army Corps Corporal Stationed to Ottawa 4 years

Bruce Johnston

Lawrence Black

Jim Horne

Jack Chapman

Charles C. Anderson

RCAF Aircraft electrician 3 ½ years

Army RCEME Royal Canadian 4 ½ years served in Canada, England & Holland

Trooper John Holderness Army 8th Can. Recce 14 CH 1942 to 1946

Motor Mechanic 1939 to 1945

Calgary Tank Regiment 1941 to 1945 Britain & Europe Dieppe POW - 1942 to 1945

Calgary Tank Reg. - 14th Army Tank Battalion 1941 to 1945 England & France (Dieppe) POW - 1942 to 1945

Joseph Anderson

Peter Chitrenky

Cpl. Arthur Albert Jones

Bill Schiffner

Harry Rivers

Ignace A. Miazga

Army 1941 to 1945 France, Belgium, Germany

Army Calgary Highlanders 1943 to 1947

Army Calgary Highlanders 1943 to 1944

Army Princess Pat 1943 to 1946

Infantry - Calgary Highlanders 1939 to 1945

Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry Highlanders Belgium, Holland & Germany January 1944 to January 1946

Robert John Burns

Fred William Wigley

Cyril Ball

Cpl. Charles Heck

George Garland

Cpl. Al Voz

1941 to 1945 Radio Operator 49th Battalion

RCASC 69th Tank Transport 6 years Europe Conflict

British Cavalry First World War

Army - 1940 to 1941 Air Force - 1941 to 1945 Air Force - 1947 to 1950

Specilizing in all types of Powerline Construction Shop: 403-742-2859

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3811 - 46 Avenue, Stettler, AB

403-742-4747 WE REMEMBER

• Residential

• Commercial

Buzz Andersen

403-742-1330

RCAF & CAF Royal Canadian Scottish March 17, 1952 to July 15, 1980 Regiment 1940 to 1942 NATO - Marville, France, U.N., Princess Patricia’s Canadian Ismalia & Egypt Light Infantry 1942 to 1943

Cpl. Dane Graham PPCLI - ISAF 8 years Unit #2 B Coy Afghanistan 3 tours - 2006, 2008 & 2010

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3903 - 47 Ave., Stettler

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Johnson-Connor Agencies (1987) Inc. 4921 - 50 Street, Stettler

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4602 - 50 St., Stettler

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County of Stettler No. 6 6602 - 44 Avenue

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Brennen Funeral Home (2001) Ltd. 403-742-3315 WE REMEMBER

KENNEDY

RAF 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment 1940 to 1945 Tank Commander France, Holland & Germany 1941 to 1945 POW - 1942 to 1945

OILFIELD SERVICES LTD. 403-742-5235 WE REMEMBER

Woody's Automotive 4903 - 43 Avenue

403-742-(NAPA) 6272

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Morris Turville

Lex Bickle

Trooper Jack T. Ritchie

Cpl. Ivan Jones

Newton L. Brown

Light Anti-aircraft Regiment 112th Bty 6LAA Regiment 1940 to 1945 France, Belgium, Holland & Germany

RCNVR 1942 to 1945 Pacific

14th Calgary Armoured Tank Brigade B Squadron 1941 to 1943

Queen’s Own Rifles 3rd Division 1942 to 1946 Europe

Calgary Tanks 1941 to 1946 Canada, Italy, France & Germany

R.C.A. Medical Corp 1943 to 1945 Italy & England

John Cherewko

George Harold Sharpe

Boyd Woolsey

Sgt. Roy W. Nelson

James M. Rosborough

Patrick Dempsey Chapman

RCA - AI Unit 1942 to 1946 Canada

Canadian Infantry (Loyal Edmonton Regiment) KIA - France 1918

Royal Canadian Navy 1943 to 1945 Atlantic Coast

RCASC #1 Field Amb. Corps 1941 to 1946 Canada & Europe

Navigator in Air Force Second World War

Calgary Tank 1940

Albert Chick

Archie Anderson

Vera (Powell) Anderson

Emil (Amos) Kowalsky

Private Hugh Charles

Arnold Havig

Calgary Tank Regiment - 14th Army Tank Battalion 1941 to 1945 France & Germany POW - 1942 to 1945

Army - Calgary Regiment 1941 to 1945 Dieppe POW - 1942 to 1945

RCAF Women’s Division 1944 to 1946 Canada & Britain Overseas Law Accounts Section

Army - Queen’s Own Camerons 1942 Canada, England, N. Africa, Sicily & Italy Killed in Action

Volunteered for the Airborne & The Pacific 1945 Canada

Armed Services Canada

Dr. Robert Zender

Stettler Sales & Rentals Ltd. From Start to Finish

4220 - 44 Ave.,Stettler

403-742-8999 WE REMEMBER

Stettler Registry Services 1996 Ltd. 403-742-6659

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Schnell Hardy Jones LLP 4902 - 51 St., Stettler

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JT Auto Body Ltd. 403-742-2869

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3R Management 403-742-3007 Cell: 403-352-1121

WE REMEMBER B.M. “Biff” Balcom

Sgt. William W. Olive

RCAF 1943 to 1959 Western Air Command

Army - 2nd Div. Infantry Calgary Tanks Enlisted in 1941 Dieppe (Europe)

Peter Bury

Irven Platz

Rupert Brown

Army - Edmonton Regiment Army - 3rd English Armour Fighting British Columbia Dragoons, 1939 to 1945 1938 - Reserve, 1940 - Active C Squadron, 9th Armoured Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical France, Germany, Holland Regiment in the 5th Division Engineers in U.K., Canada, Italy & Sicily & Belgium

Joe Gendre RCAF 1941 to 1945

Chapman and Co. Professional Accountants LLP

403-742-3438

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Your Local John Deere Dealer 403-742-4427 1-800-662-7162

WE REMEMBER Flight Sgt. Albert E. Wells Air Gunner - RCAF Landcaster Bomber 166 Squadron 1940 to 1945 - Second World War

Woodrow Wilson “Chuck” Grice

Beatty Smith

Herman Woodrow Riggins

Lawrence Rogers

Frank Young

Army - Loyal Edmonton Regiment RCIC 1939 to 1943 Killed in Italy

Air Force 1940 Canada

Royal Canadian Artillery 1941 U.K., Central Mediterranean area & Continental Europe

Army - Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Korea & Middle East

Royal Canadian Navy 1943 to 1945

Landman Reule Law Office 403-742-3411 WE REMEMBER

Rushton Agencies Ltd. 403-742-5177 Harold Reischman RCAF - Air Crew 1943 to 1945, 1949 to 1957 Canada (Wartime) England 1951 to 1953

Roy Lincoln

Murray Nelson Hyatt

Sgt. Edward Kastik

Bruce M. Webster

Allen Gendre

Army - 14th Army Tank Battalion - Calgary 1941 to 1945 Europe POW - 1942 to 1945

Army First Hussars Tank Corps 1942 to 1945 Europe

Canadian Army 14th Army Tank Brigade 1941 to 1945 Dieppe/European Theatre

Gunner, RCA (CA) AE 7 Anti-tank Regiment 1940 Mediterranean

1943 to 1945 Holland

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“Wanna Get Fresh”

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403-742-3555 Fred Smith Air Force Communications - Radio, etc. 1939 to 1945 England

Private Emmanuel (Mannie) Gray C.E.F. - Medical Corps 1916 to 1917

Cpl. Robert MacFarlane

Private Irvin Dyck

Alice Havig

Stanley Havig

RCAF Nipawin & Sask. Branch #120 1941 to 1945 Second World War

Canadian Army 1944 to 1945

Nurses Aid 1942 to 1945 England

Served overseas in Holland

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Savage Value Drug Mart 403-742-3367 Private Charles Harry Ford

Ray Locke

Christian Fischer

Private M. Phyllis Kastik

Walter Schuler

Gordon Jackson

Army 1914 to 1918 Overseas (France/Germany)

RCAF - 437 Squadron 1942 Canada & U.K.

Army Prince of Wales Rangers 1942 to 1946 Canada

Canadian Women’s Army Corps 1944 to 1946 Canada

Canadian Infantry Corps Royal Winnipeg Rifles 3rd Division

RCAF Trenton, ON 1940 to 1941

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METAL BUILDINGS INC. 403-742-1300 WE REMEMBER

Don’s Car Sales Lloyd Brown

Joe Smith

Verlyn Margaret (Hyatt) Tiner

Donald Stevens Hyatt

David James Easton

Saskatoon Light Infantry - 1st Division

Army - Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry 1914 to 1918 - First World War France

Canadian Women’s Army Corps 1945 to 1946 Canada

Military Police - Provost Corps 1942 to 1945 England

Army - 49 Loyal Edmonton Regiment 3 years Canada, U.K. & Mediterranean area

William James (Bill) Hoopfer RCAF Ground Maintenance 1939 to 1945

403-742-2260

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Stettler Auction Mart (1990) Ltd. 403-742-2368

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CJ Enterprises Charles David Hyatt

John Douglas Connon

Melvin F. Falkenberg

Sgt. Jack Gray

Army - 1st Battalion Canadian Light Infantry 1940 to 1944 Canada

Calgary Highlanders - Royal Canadian Infantry Corps 1939 to 1944 Europe Killed in Action

King’s Own Rifles of Canada 1942 to 1945 Canada

RCAF - Radar Technician On loan to the RAF 1939 to 1945 Overseas

Lawrence Edward (Laurie) Hoopfer Canadian Army Engineers 3rd Division 1939 to 1945

Sgt. Alfred Calow RNWM Police Overseas Cavalry, Canadian Expeditionary Forces First World War

Serving the Oilfield Industry Since 1982

Ph: 403-742-1102 4701 - 42 St., Stettler, AB

WE REMEMBER Serving the Heart of Central Alberta for 106 years

403-742-2395 WE REMEMBER

Charles Q. McKay

John Millard Brennen

Dr. W.E. Haney (Al)

Dr. A.E. Kennedy

J. Scott Kennedy

Jack Armstrong

Bombadier - 112th Bty 6LAA, Reg. RCA - CASF 21AG 1942 to 1945 France, Holland, Belgium & Germany

Calgary Tank Reserve

Naval Forces Act. Shpt. Fourth Class March 1943 to Dec. 31, 1945

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps First World War & Second World War European in First World War Canadian in Second World War

Rotary Canadian Navy Second World War 1935 to 1945 Canadian

Calgary Tanks 1939 to 1946

Tornado Combustion Technologies Inc. 4706 - 41 Street, Stettler

403-224-3333

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7201 - 50 Avenue Hwy. 12 West, Stettler

403-742-6900

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Scott Kruk Trucking Ltd. Ph: 403-742-0001 Cell: 403-740-5094 Fax: 403-742-0014

Acting Sgt. Noel Booth RAF 1941 to 1946 England & Africa

Helen Booth

Lloyd Dykstra

Sgt. Lyne (Bud) Starling

Clifford Gilbert

L. Cpl. Alfred Firmston Williams

Air Force, Army, Navy 1977 to present Stationed in Vancouver

North Nova Scotia Highlander Grane, Holland & Germany

14th Canadian Armoured Regiment The Calgary Tanks 1941 to 1945 England, Dieppe, Holland, France & Italy

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

Canadian Infantry 49th Battalion KIA: Sept. 15, 1916

WE REMEMBER STETTLER 6607 - 50 Avenue

403-742-8319 WE REMEMBER

4608 - 44 Ave. Stettler

Thomas Asa Pratt

Gordon Edward Taylor

Harold Simon

Edwin Hilker

Lorne Parkin CD CWO Ret.

William Lane

Royal Canadian Air Force Canada

#1 Recovery, #3 Light Section, Attached to First Division, 8th Army 1941 to 1945 England, Italy, Belgium & Netherlands

Royal Canadian Air Force Canada

Army Canada

RCAF 1959 to 1993 Two tours with NATO in Europe during the Cold War years

First Lethbridge Highlanders re-assigned to the 16th Canadian Scottish Vimy Ridge & Passchendaele Enlisted 1915

Pilot Officer Elmer Clarence Graham

Alfred B. Williams

403-742-3481 WE REMEMBER

Stettler

403-742-2266 WE REMEMBER

Pete Koss

Edward Knechtel

Roy Gilbert

LAC Robert Andrew Somerville

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1916 to 1918

Calgary Highlanders 11 months - 1943 Italy

Canadian Armed Forces 1943 to 1946

RCAF 1940 to 1945 Canada

Clarence Gilbert

Jim Menzies

LAC Lorne Armstrong

A.L. Dittrich

LAC Maurice Guy Ford

AWI Netta (Ford) Barritt

RCAF

RCAF Overseas Killed in Action

Wartime Ireland

R.C. Chaplain RCAF

Worked with Army Corporal in YMCA Canteen serving overseas postal depot. 1942 to 1946 Canada and England

Air Force Wireless Operator Ground 1942 to 1944 Canada

Cpl. Claire (Casey) Greenlee

William J. Graham

RCACS - 1st Division Four years Italy & Northwest Europe

RCAF with the 431 Iroquois Squadron Rear Gunner from 1942 to 1945 Overseas

David Mason McDavid

Vera Nolte (Knechtel)

Trooper Ray Gilbert

RCAF Canada

RCAF 3 years Southern Alberta

Calgary Tanks

4604 - 41 Street, Stettler

RCAF - Bomber Command 1941 to 1945 Overseas

Army - 2nd Division 17th LAA Battery 3rd LAA Regiment 1939 to 1945

403-742-3906 WE REMEMBER

Heartland Glass Ltd. 403-742-2665 WE REMEMBER Just add

403-742-5025 WE REMEMBER

403-742-8822 WE REMEMBER

Stettler Veterinary Clinic

Private & Lance Corporal Stella Jean (McDavid) Logan John Walter Fischer RCAF Army - Calgary Highlanders 1942 to 1946 U.K., Continental Europe & France

John Nolte

Charles Dittrich

1st Light A.A.Regt., RCA 4 years Italy and Belgium

RCAF

Ken Rea

Gordon Allan Pearn

John Jackson

Calgary Tank Corp 1943 Normandy

RCAF Air - Sea Rescue 1940 to 1944 Canada & Alaska

RCAF 1943 to 1946

Women’s Division 1943 to 1946 Canada

403-742-3338 WE REMEMBER REINBOLD PETROLEUM LTD. Stettler Agency

1-866-742-2647

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Jude’s Liquor Store Town Centre Mall

403-742-5455 WE REMEMBER “You can say that again!”

Heartland Hearing Ltd. 403-742-EARS (3277)

Glenn Black

Leslie McBride

Cpl. John Craig

James Henry Robinson

Cpl. Pearl Wilson

4806 - 51 Avenue, Bay B, Stettler

George H. McCord

First Canadian Armed Division RCASC - First Division 1942 to 1945 Sicily, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium & Germany

Canadian Army Machine Gun Unit 1940 to 1945 Pacific Command Canada & Alaska

Royal Canadian Engineers 1939 to 1945 Italy & Britain

Canadian Army (Active) Aug. 21, 1942 to March 8, 1946

RCAF 1942 to 1945

Canadian Armoured Corps Canadian Army 1941 to 1945

David A. Nixon

William Brigham Gray

G. Arlie Hanning

Harry Hanning

John Hanning

Howard Hanning

Leading Aircraftsman RCAF 1943 to 1945

Royal Navy-Mediterranean Fleet Corporal with East York Militia, and in Canada, living in Stettler in 1906; a member of the Legion of Frontiersman, with London headquarters. Its objective was the consolidation of the empire and its wartime defence.

RCAF 1941 to 1946 Overseas

Royal Canadian Corps of Signals 1940 to 1946 Normandy, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany

RCAF 1942 to 1944 Dieppe, Overseas

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve 1942 to 1945 Normandy Landing, Mediterranean

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Town Trophy phy & Gif Gifts 5010 - 49 Ave., Stettler

403-742-2264 WE REMEMBER G K D P

Gitzel Krejci Dand Peterson

Chartered Accountants

403-742-4431

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REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS WE REMEMBER

Gary G. Grant Law Office 4910 - 51 Street Stettler

403-742-4437 WE REMEMBER Harry Snaith

Don McDavid

Murray Douglas Rairdan

Cpl. Robert Spiece

Vern Richardson

Wilbur Moats Lee

Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Athabaskan 1948 to 1953 Korean War - 1950 to 1953

RCAF Pathfinders Flying Officer 1942 to 1945 Two tours

Gunner Raudan M.D. 1944 to 1945

14th Army Tank CorpS Squadron B 1939 to 1945 Dieppe, Italy, France, Germany & Holland

Calgary Tank Regiment 1941 to 1945 Battle of Dieppe 1942 POW - August 1942 to 1945

RCAF - Rear Gunner Escorted convoys Killed in crash

Battle River Credit Union Ltd. 4911 - 51 Street, Stettler

403-742-2331 WE REMEMBER Thorogood Pinches

Certified General Accountants 4814 - 49 Street, Stettler

403-742-5520 WE REMEMBER Arnold Berthot

Albert Leander Johnson

Lorraine (Howden) Johns

Stephen Gleave

Margaret Spensley (Middie)

Edward Raymond Slifka

RCAF - 86 Squadron RAF 408 Sqaudron Canadian 1941 Canada & England

Calgary Tank Regiment 14th Army Battalion - 1941 to 1945 England & France (Dieppe) POW - 1942 to 1945

RCAF - Canada 1944 to 1946

RCA Artillery 1942 to 1946 Canada & England

Petty Officer Served in Wrens 1942 to 1945 Canada

Army - Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Loyal Edmonton Regiment 1939 to 1945

Central Alberta Co-op Cardlock & Gas Bar www.centralab.coop

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403-742-2967 Private Elmer Matthew Gilbert RCA Service Corps 65 Tank Transport Co. 1941 to 1945 England, Holland, France & Germany

W.O. Lorne Todd

Ted Carter

RCN - 1950 to 1955 & RCAF - 1958 to 1973 Royal Canadian Air Force Naval Air Service - Telecommunications Canada & United Kingdom Navy - North Atlantic & Mediterranean 1941 to 1945 RCAF - Air Defence Command Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.)

Tom Armstrong

Mary Gwynneth Webb

Johnny Welch

RCAF

RCAF Women’s Division 1941 to 1945

Calgary Tanks Regiment Wounded at Dieppe Died & buried in Europe

WE REMEMBER

Edna Stuart Royal LePage Central John Cox

Sgt. Len Schofer

Cpl. Brian Patrick Johnson

George Joseph Slifka

Clarence Blaney

Charles Blaney

Canadian Army 14th Tank Corps 1939 to 1945 POW - 1942 to 1945

RCAF 1943 Canada

Calgary Tanks Discharged 1945 Sicily & Italy

Army - Royal Canadian Army Service Corps - 6th Division Petrol Coy - Overseas; 66 Gen. Transport Coy. 1941 to 1945

RCA - 14 Army Tank Corps 1939 Canada & Dieppe

403-742-3344

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Doug’s Tank Truck Service 403-742-6163 WE REMEMBER

Arne Johannson

Harold Havig

Dugald Stewart Campbell

Wallace Emberg

Trooper Harold Hart

RCAF - 1st Class Air Mechanic Commonwealth Air Training Plan English & Australian 1941 to 1945

Petty Officer HMCS Canada

Royal Canadian Navy 1940 to 1945

Leading Seaman North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Coast 1942 to 1945

C Squadron 1st Hussars 1943 to 1945 Europe

Ione Miller (nee Benson) Army 1943 to 1945

403-742-4982 4501 - 51 Street

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Stettler

Phone: 403-742-3215

Charles Stanyer

Jennie Stanyer

Sgt. James Neill McBride

Army

Army Nurse

Army - 3rd Regiment 1939 to 1946 France, Germany & Belgium

Flight Sgt. Percy Fredrick Baily Royal Flying Corps 1914 to 1918 - First World War Overseas

Paul Berg

Lyman Francis Slifka

British Flag Merchant Marine 1915 to 1918 Atlantic & convoys from North America to Britian

Army Calgary Highlanders 1939 to 1943 MIA - Aug. 29, 1943

WE REMEMBER

Boys Financial Services Earl A. Gibbon

Grover Elroy Loveless

Cpt. David Berezan

Sgt. Clifford Annable

Sgt. Lloyd Hart

Eric Alfred Erickson (Leif)

RCAF 1942 Canada

Royal Canadian Artillery 1940 to 1945 Canada

Canadian Army Pacific Command RCAMC CAA 1942 to 1946 Pacific

Canadian Forces 1916 to 1920 France

RCAF 1941 Canada & Overseas

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps 1939 to 1945

4910A - 51 Street Stettler

403-742-6450 WE REMEMBER

59TH STREET LIQUOR STORE 4411 - 59 St., Stettler

403-742-4540

WE REMEMBER

Leslie Richard Lovell

Francis Kinly Bates

Isabel Ritchie (Groat)

14th Army Tank Battalion Calgary Regiment July 1940 to March 1947

Calgary Highlanders 4 years France, Germany and Holland

CWAC Motor transport 2 years

Ivan Koss

Ronald Frederick Nighswander

Alvin Herman Keibel

1941 Calgary Paratroupers

Army Canadian - Calgary 1940 to 1945 - Second World War Dieppe and Normandy with Artillery, on front lines into Germany

RCAF Second World War 5 years

ELECTRIC (2006) INC. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING IF IT'S ELECTRICAL, WE DO IT

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT REMEMBRANCE DAY

REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS WE REMEMBER

Koehler Financial Group Mitch Koehler

403-742-2777 WE REMEMBER William Bussey Sr.

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First World War Canadian Expedition Force 1916 to 1917; wounded and discharged 1918

Lloyd Henry Johnstone

Paul Wayne Lagore

Royal Canadian Army Royal Canadian Army Calgary Tank Regiment B Squadron Gunner - 2nd Division February 1941 to Sept. 20, 1945 Sept. 5, 1940 to Oct. 19, 1945 POW: Aug. 19, 1942, to 1945

Harold Chapman Flying Officer (F/O) RCAF Killed in Action

Tom Cox Armed Services

Al Walker Infantry Corps 1944 to 1945

Frank Cox

Carl Hyatt

RCN

Army Basic training 1st Airborne 1944

WE REMEMBER

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Flight Lieutenant Roland MacKenzie

Gerald Fredrick Johnstone

Leonard Allan Lagore

John Duncan Bussey

Royal Canadian Army Mechanics Corps February 1942 to September 1945

Canadian Army 3rd Lt. Anti-Aircraft 2nd Division Sept. 5, 1940, to Oct. 19, 1945

July 1940 to 1946 Army Served in British Isle, Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland

RCAF Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.)

Flight Lieutenant Bruce MacKenzie

Arnold Ambrose Johnstone

Sgt. Glen Harrison

Ed Cox

Gordon A. Connor

Wilfrid Weatherill

Army Ordinance Corps

RCAF

RCAF French Croix de Guerre

Royal Canadian Army Infantry August 1942 to September 1945

RCASC - 2nd Corps Troops 1940 to 1945

Canadian Armed Services 1942 to 1945 Served England, France, Germany, Holland & Belgium

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Lloyd Bartman

Cpt. Jack MacKenzie

Milford Parcels

Alex Tickle

Jack W. Pinder

Roy S. Pinder

Warrant Officer - RAF Squadron #102 Lost in bombing raid in Stuttgart, Germany - April 15, 1943

Army Service Corps Member of the Order of British Empire (M.B.E.)

First World War Served in France First Depot Battalion Alberta

Circa 1943 Joined CFB in Calgary Stationed at Petaevawa

RCAF Gander

RCAF England

Delbert Arthur Parcels

Raymond Wilson

Arthur Patrick Hilker

Private Frank L. Wells

Trooper L. Bruce Salmon

Allan Wilson

Joined Reserve Army at age 16 - 1943

Air Force Gunner Africa and Italy Missing in Action

Army 13th Field Regiment - Artillery June 2, 1940

M.M. 49th Battalion First World War

19th Alberta Dragoons Died of illness during training Dec. 13, 1914

Air Force Mechanic 1940

Private Alexander DeNadaillac Salmon

Gordon Bartman

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Private Arthur L. Salmon

Leslie Parcels

Roy Wilson

Cpt. William Turnbull

3rd C.M.R. WIA: June 2, 1916

Joined 8th Recce May 7, 1942 Stationed in Blackpool, England Served in Germany and Holland Discharged January 1946

Calgary Highlanders Dieppe Raid

50th Regiment India, Boer War, First World War, 1918

3rd C.M.R. First World War KIA: June 2, 1916

Warrant Officer RAF Squadron #7 Shot down over Denmark April 21, 1943

Arnold Wyndham Stewart

Ralph F. Wells

Cpl. William A. Salmon

Cpl. David J. Fowler

John M. Cooper

John B. Cooper

Royal Canadian Artillery 82nd Anti-Tank Battery Lance Bombardier Gunner 1940 to 1945 Italy, Belgium & Holland

415 Squadron Postal Command Wirdessair Gunner 1941

3rd C.M.R. First World War

Second World War RCAF - #5 Service Flying Squadron 1940 to 1946

Engine Room C.P.O. January 1943 to October 1944 on HMCS Suderoy November 1944 to July 1945 on HMCS Strathroy

First life Guards in Britain March 1883 to March 1895

Ted Miko

Cecil Isaman

Murray Dermott

Douglas Chester Gilmore

Darrel Baltimore Kayla Yaschuk 5019 - 51 Ave., Stettler

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ROD SMITH CONSTRUCTION Interior & Exterior Rod Smith

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Mysie Dermott (McKay) (W.D.) RCAF LAW 317439 1943 to 1945 Canada Served in Canada so pilots could fly

Army Loyal Edmonton Regiment Alberta 19 Dragoons 5th Canadian Armoured Division 1943 to 1945 - Second World War 1944 to 1946 Canada, England, Holland Italy and Germany

Robert Walls RCAF Mobile Equipment 1941 to 1946 - Second World War 1956 to 1968 NATO England and France

RCAF bomber Squadron 429 RCAF R209350 - Ground Crew 1942 to 1945 1942 to 1945 also 1946 to 1974 In Canada 1958 to 1962 at #1 Wing Overseas - Bomber Stations England RCAF Metz, France

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REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS WE REMEMBER

Village of Donalda 403-883-2345 Donalda & District Veterans John Keefer Brennen

438 Squadron R.C.A.F. Killed in Action, Normandy 1944

Medical Corp First World War

Lieutenant Edward Patrick Johnson

Nick Wolowidnyk

Malcolm “Mac” McMillan

Cpl. Anthoné J. McGee

Army Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment 1941 to 1945 - Second World War Ortona, Italy

Served in First World War 1914 to 1918

Fall of 2005 to Spring 2006 Afghanistan Army Enlisted 1992 to present

F/L Douglas Sharpe

Daniel Clarence Daniels

Major Leonard Jack Smith CD

Trooper Herb Fox

LAC Vern Fox

168 Squadron RCAF Missing between Morocco and Azores 1944

Army 1914 to 1918 Europe

RCAC 1951 to 1966 Korea - 1953

Second World War 1942 to 1946

Second World War

William Benjamin (Ben) Redfern

Major Armand Brochu Les Fusiliers Mon-Royal KIA: March 1, 1945 at the age of 30.

Private Walter O. Schoonover Princess Patricias Calgary 1941 to 1946

Agnes Elizabeth Catherine (Jackson) Zorn

William James Jackson

H. James Ganshirt

Northumberland Fusiliers Land Line transferred to the Northumberland Royal Engineers Signal Corps in July 1915 as a driver. February 1916 - transferred to Mesopotania disembarking at Basrah in March 1917. Left Bombay, June 1919 and was discharged from military in August 1919.

Clayton Keith

Calgary Tank Res. - 14th Army Tank Battalion 1941 to 1945 England, France (Dieppe) POW - 1942 to 1945

Air Force 1940 or 1941

Ken Simon

Winnie Simon

Marion Scheerschmidt

Lord Strathcona Tanks, Calgary 1941 to 1946 Overseas

RCAF Women’s Division 1943 to 1945 Canada

Royal Canadian Artillery Platoon 4, A Company #131 1941 to 1945 - Second World War Halifax, Brandon

Air Force Second World War 1942 to 1945

William Breen Merchant Marine

F/O Harold Sharpe

Served with the A.T.S. at Kingston, England, from March 1942 to May 1943.

Hans Bauman

238 Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Forces Served overseas 1916 to 1919

Edgar Werner Zorn

Orville Strandquist

Signed up with the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1939 then transferred to South Saskatchewan Regiment where he served to end of Second World War. Re-enlisted and served in post war duties until March 27, 1946.

Second World War Signal Core

Kenneth Grant Stewart

Army - Second World War Royal Canadian Navy Loyal Edmonton Regiment V - 85944 Second World War Sicily Invasion Submarine Detector KIA: May 23, 1944 at Cassino May 22, 1943 to Buried in the Cassino War January 8, 1946 Cemetery in Italy.

William Gray Stewart Gunner with the 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment POW - Dieppe - 1941 to 1945

Lawrence Herzog Calgary Tank Regiment Dieppe raid, captured by Germans. POW - end of Second World War

Robert Andersen Calgary Tank Regiment - 14th Army Tank Battalion 1941 to 1945 France & Germany POW - 1942 to 1945

Fern Alberta (Cunningham) Rodger April 1943 to November 1945 at Rockcliffe Base, Ottawa. Western Air Command, Vancouver. Western Air Command, Patricia Bay, B.C.

Salute to the Veterans:

Pilot Officer Charles Victor Ross Wigley Trained with RCAF

In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, May 1915 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

Flew with RAF as Tail Gunner aboard Halifax Bombers; killed in action during Bombing Raid in Germany, Aug. 13, 1944, while 19 years old. His name is inscribed on Runnymede Memorial in England.

William Henry Wigley Calgary Tank Regiment Dieppe raid, captured by Germans POW - end of Second World War

“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.”

John Ackland, Cliff Albers, Fred Albers, Donald Ames, Arnt Anderson, Edward Anderson, Gordon Anderson, Stanley Anderson, Wallace Anderson, Vernon Askeland, Nels Aspedokken, Orville Bailey, Harry Barnes, Earl Batke, Roy Batke, Amy Berg, Keith Bergum, John Beugin, Alfred Bjorge, Engvold Bjorge, Olaf Bjorge, Abel Blomgren, Foch Blouin, Abel Broughton, Omar Broughton, Martin Burns, Alfred Chambers, George Chambers, Henry Chambers, Harold Chapman, Norman Christie, Kenneth Clement, Lawrence Clovis, Lester Clovis, Jack Cook, Joseph Cook, Peter Cook, Harry Dahl, Morris Dahl, Lyle Damberger, James Dempsey, Robert Dickey, Vern Dickey, Tom Eastwood, Selma Erickson, Norman Estacailie, David Ewing, George Ewing, Herbert Ewing, John Ewing, William Ewing, Jess Graham, Alton Gronlund, Donald Hagen, James Hagen, Norman Hagen, Elaine Hall, Tracy Hall, Henry Hansen, Gilbert Haugejorden, Nils Haugejorden, Bernard Haugstad, Brian Hayes, George Hearonemus, Wilfred Hearonemus, Elmer Heater, Milton Heater, Roy Heater, Albert Henke, Alfred Henrikson, Alex Hildreth, Ernie Hilker, Ronald Hillaby, Anna Hoffman, Earl Hoover, Kelly Huff, Arne Johanson, Ben Johnson, Harold Johnson, Lloyd Johnson, Casey Jones, Percy Jones, Dee Kahl, Roy Kerr, Tom Kerr, Ervin Kneeland, Howard Kneeland, Marjorie Lee, Wilbur Lee, Clem Liddell, William Liesinger, Ivar Lindstrom, Gerald Lindstrom, Nels Lingard, Lorne Magwood, Alfred Mann, E. (Scottie) Matheson, Ed Matheson, Elspeth Matheson, Cecil McBride, Rod McDonald, Flack McKay, Herbert McKay, Mysie McKay, Earl McIntyre, Robert McKeown, Arthur Mitcheson, Ole Moland, Henry Monson, Norman Monson, Chester Montgomery, William Moult, Mirrel Nelson, Karl Nilson, Richard Norby, Clarence Nordvie, Oscar Nordvie, Arne Norman, Godfrey Norman, Robert Norman, Willie Norman, Arthur Northey, Lloyd Northey, Floyd Oberg, Edward Odegard, Arne Olsen, Lawrence Olsen, Alex Ordge, Jack Ordge, Pat Ordge, Everett Paul, Nels Paulson, Ian Paterson, Ed Pearce, Sam Pearce, Dennis Peatman, George Peatman, Fred Pellowe, Clarence Pickering, Elmer Pickering, Allan Pipe, Winston Porter, Frank Pratt, Kenneth Quesseth, Ossie Quesseth, Dennis Rake, Jess Ramstad, Cliff Rasmussen, Cleeve Reynolds, Floyd Reynolds, Ralph Rudd, Donald Russell, Aluff Sahlin, Bruce Salmon, Alex Salmon, Edgar Saltvold, Fred Saltvold, Joseph Schillie, Doris Shea, Lawrence Shea, Mary Shea, Obie Shea, Pat Shea, Jack Sheppard, Leo Shoemaker, Wilber Silverson, Clarence Smith, Guy Smith, Jesse Smith, Robert Smith, William Smith, Oliver Soderstrom, Tom Solomonson, Walter Solomonson, Jack Southall, Alvin Stanvick, Carl Stolee, Peter Stolee, William Storey, Walter Strahan, Ernest Suddaby, Beth Summers, Jack Thibeau, Joseph Thibeau, Frank Todd, Harvey Todd, John Todd, Lloyd Todd, Louie Todd, Eugene Var Blarcom, Ben Vikse, Donald Vikse, Francis Vikse, Lester Vikse, Orville Vikse, Torkel Vikse, Wally Westlund, Archie Whamond Sr., Archie Whamond Jr., May Whamond, Ruth Whitehorn, Alfred Williams, Fred Williams, Earl Winters, Clarence Wood, Max Wood, Willard Wood, Charles Wright, Frank Zuehlke, Fred Zuehlke.

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Chapman left his mark in service The Stettler community hall was packed Jan. 5, 2013, as mourners paid their final respects to Jack Chapman, a man whom some people described as “larger than life.” An estimated 700 people attended the funeral of the revered Second World War veteran. Chapman died on his farm on New Year’s Day. He was 92. Chapman was a lifelong resident of the Stettler area, except for his wartime years. He and wife Madeleine farmed southeast of Stettler. “He was courageous, had strong convictions and was not known to hold back,” longtime friend Lorne Thurston said of Chapman. “He was a loyal friend.” Chapman was a prisoner of war in the Dieppe Raid at France in August 1942. He not only survived that threeyear ordeal, but his comrades also credited him with saving their lives through his “bravery, resourcefulness and charm.” At the funeral service, Thurston and his wife, Kathy, were among those who paid tribute to Chapman. Thurston spent more than 37 years with Chapman in Stettler’s Branch No. 59 of the Royal Canadian Legion. He said his proudest moment was to walk with “a true hero — Jack Chapman.” For many Stettler-area residents, Chapman and the Legion seemed synonymous. The highly visible war hero rarely missed a Legion function since returning home from the war when it ended in 1945. Not only was he involved in the local branch, but he was active nationally and travelled abroad. “He had a strong, positive influence on Veteran Affairs,” Thurston said. Chapman was a perennial favourite to speak at Remembrance Day services and to students of all ages. He was active in the poppy campaign.

The Canadian flag outside the Royal Canadian Legion in Stettler was lowered last January in memory of Jack Chapman, a Second World War veteran who died on New Year’s Day. He was described as being a storyteller — of real-life stories — and often shared his wartime experiences.

Chapman delighted in giving young students a Canadian flag on Canada Day. Thurston said Chapman

believed in helping his community and was a volunteer with rodeos, sports, the agricultural society and as a

longtime parade marshal. Thurston summed up Chapman’s strong-willed character as “a fighter,” saying he survived the war, the loss of a child and many illnesses. One of the mourners at the funeral said Chapman was a Stettler standout. “If we ever had a local hero, it was Jack,” she said. “It really was.” Ken Cherewko, past-president of the Stettler branch of the Legion, recalled Chapman’s influence on the branch. “He had the answers,” said Cherewko, who added Chapman was always available for advice and was willing to share his opinion. Cherewko said Chapman held every position in the local Legion and was the first vice-president in the national organization. “He kept Stettler updated.” Cherewko said Chapman hadn’t been active in the regular day-to-day operations of the Stettler Legion in recent years. “He left that to us younger ones. (But) he still took part in major functions, like Decoration Day at Gadsby. “We are all going to miss him.” One of Chapman’s neighbours, Ron Scheerschmidt, said Chapman died doing what he enjoyed — feeding his cattle. “I’ve known Jack all my life and he definitely didn’t want to waste away in a nursing home — he went the way he wanted.” Scheerschmidt remembered Chapman as being an early riser. “He was always up way before the birds,” said Scheerschmidt, who also recalled Chapman’s determination. “He wouldn’t let go until it was accomplished.” Among those many accomplishments were the addition of public washrooms in Stettler and renaming 50 Avenue to Veterans’ Way, Scheerschmidt said. “He was a character of his own. He was a good neighbour.” — Stettler Independent

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