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Rash of car thefts in Wetaskiwin CST. HOLLY PORTERFIELD WETASKIWIN RCMP Wetaskiwin RCMP are investigating a theft of motor vehicle, and two attempted thefts of motor vehicles in the south end of Wetaskiwin over the weekend. Saturday, November 28, in the vicinity of 41 Avenue and 52 Street, Wetaskiwin, a citizen saw two suspects fleeing from his running truck outside of his residence at approximately 10 p.m. The vehicle owner had parked the vehicle earlier, turning it off, and locked the doors. It is likely that the suspects were scared off when the owner turned on some lights in the residence. The 1997 Dodge Ram had the door lock punched out, and the ignition punched as well. It was left running when the suspects fled. At approximately 11:20 p.m., the

Wetaskiwin RCMP responded to a theft of vehicle in the area of 42 Avenue and 45 Street. A turquoise 1997 Ford F150 was taken from outside of a residence. The vehicle had been locked, and no keys taken. The vehicle is still missing, and the license plate is BMP 3332. Police received a third call Sunday morning of another vehicle in the area of 37 Avenue and 54 Street in which both the key lock and ignition were damaged, but the vehicle was not taken. If you have any information on this, or any other crime please call the local RCMP at 780-312-7200, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) and www.tipsubmit.com . You do not need to provide your identity to Crime Stoppers, and if your information leads to an arrest or recovery of property you could be eligible for a cash reward.

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Pigeon Lake Watershed Association has new staff member SUBMITTED FROM PIGEON LAKE WATERSHED ASSOCIATION Please join the Pigeon Lake Watershed Association as we welcome the new project manager for the Pigeon Lake Watershed Management Plan and related PLWA on-the-ground actions. Elynne Murray, like Pigeon Lake residents, Elynne loves Pigeon Lake and knows lake water. She brings much knowledge and experience to this position. Elynne graduated top of her class from the Natural Resources Management Diploma Program from the Vancouver Island University, has a University of Alberta Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Major in Marketing and Communications), was part of the Pigeon Lake In-depth Water Studies and the LakeWatch Alberta Lake Management Society Team, was a Nature Alberta, Pigeon Lake Living by Water Homesite Consultant, worked for Golder Associates, providing environmental consulting services; and is a long-time Pigeon Lake Summer Village resident (Summer Village of Itaska). Elynne’s priority is to inspire and support as many people as possible to partake in the Healthy Lake Clean Runoff Project, and to make some easy changes to our lots and municipal drainage to employ natural filtering and approaches to clean contaminants and nutrients from the runoff into the lake. Through funding from the Federal EcoAction Grant and Land Stewardship Grant we the PLWA will work with any group of people willing to be part

Elynne Murray, new project manager for the Pigeon Lake Watershed Management Plan and related PLWA on-theground actions.

of galvanizing their communities to do their part to reduce the nutrients and pollutants going into the lake – nutrients that feed the algae and impact the water quality. Guided by the PLWMP steering committee and informed by the Clean Runoff Survey (representing at least 646 watershed residents), from now until the spring Elynne will be working to form, plan and support watershed community groups with your neighbourhood Clean Runoff campaigns (2016 and 2017); with professionals and the four families with properties at Poplar Bay, Ma-Me-O, Johnsonia and Sundance who have generously offered to have their lots be clean runoff demonstration sites; with the Alberta Low Impact Development Partnership (ALIDP) / PLWA Team to create an inspiring, illustrated clean runoff “How To” Guide and other tools; with Ma-Me-O Councillor Slater and the ALIDP / PLWMP Committee on the clean municipality drainage demonstrations; and with interested local suppliers, landscapers and yard maintenance people to know how to incorporate clean runoff practices into what their services. And more! With Elynne on the team, together, we are stepping up our efforts for Pigeon Lake, as you who participated in the survey told us, as possible, we will provide, support and showcase the efforts of individuals, communities, all levels of governments (including our Pigeon Lake reserve neighbours who are getting involved), and local suppliers to continue to get the lake off its diet of excess nutrients! Together we can make a difference!

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The new slush fund/ budget balancer

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The new carbon tax plan introduced by Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is being debated intensely. Some critics have already called it a slush fund. On paper, Notley claims it’s an effort to reign in the massive amount of pollution Alberta’s coalfired power plants generate, likely based on reports from groups such as the Pembina Institute which claims coal power plants cost $300 million in health costs annually just in Alberta. The Pembina

Institute is a left-leaning special interest group that traditionally allies itself with the same groups the current NDP government does. Realistically, estimates state the coal industry in the country generates about $5 billion, the vast majority in western Canada. As an aside, a study found a couple of years ago that SUVs in Ontario actually generate more greenhouse gas every year, for example, than the oil sands in Alberta. But Notley’s carbon tax isn’t about facts, science or realism. This is about politics, public perception and marketing strategy. Because of a number of Hollywood celebrities who love to get their faces in front of cameras and some environmental lobbyists who, regardless of facts, have their own agenda to keep, the Alberta government is making the first move toward giving the

province a “clean energy” reputation. The government gives the impression the coal tax is being brought in to eliminate filthy technology and make Alberta a better place to live and do work. That’s possible. There’re other possibilities, however. One possibility is that the carbon tax is being brought in to make American celebrities happy and cater to special interest groups like the Pembina Institute. This may help lessen or even eliminate Alberta’s “dirty energy” reputation that has actually been fostered south of the border by celebrities such as Neil Young and U.S. President Barack Obama, who called the oil sands “extraordinarily dirty.” Once the public perception has been changed, the possibility goes, then Alberta pipeline projects to the Gulf of Mexico wouldn’t face as much opposition in

the U.S. and truckloads of money will start flowing into Alberta. Hopefully, that’s exactly what happens. Critics have also pointed out the carbon tax will likely costs an average family almost $600 more a year. By the way, municipalities and corporations hit by the carbon tax won’t “absorb” it. They’ll pass it on as hikes to you, your neighbour and everyone else in Alberta. Readers love the funnies page Regular readers of the Leduc/Wetaskiwin Pipestone Flyer may have noticed some regular features aren’t appearing with as much frequency as some would like. The regular funnies page, complete with cartoons and the very popular seek-a-word, along with the community calendar, have been held back from publication on occasion in order to make room

for paid advertisements. The Pipestone Flyer understands how much love readers have for these features. The community calendar is a free service that the Pipestone Flyer offers to help non-profit and community groups, and the Pipestone Flyer plans to continue this feature, but no guarantee is made that it will or will not run. If groups want to ensure their community event is publicized, paid advertising is available. The Pipestone Flyer is currently seeking a sponsor for the funnies page, which will help it run with more regularity. Since both pages are currently printed for free by the Pipestone Flyer, the space they take up will be made available for advertisers when required. The Pipestone Flyer asks its valued readers to be patient when such decisions have to be made.

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Opinion Take your self-checkout and re-stock it

BY STU SALKELD THE PIPESTONE FLYER The price of groceries continues to climb, and I’m sure any and all of you reading this have noticed the increase at the

cash register. Especially meat. Now, some of the large corporations claim they’ve made some changes over the years to save money which, they claim, they pass along to us, the consumers. Case in point was the introduction a number of years ago of “self-checkouts,” a change which I absolutely despise. I refuse, absolutely refuse, to use self-checkouts. It’s annoying that large corporations move further and further away from customer service. We, the paying public, were told, “You can now do the check-out work

yourself, and get out of the store more quickly, all this was done for you, our valued customers, to make your lives and shopping experience better My experience, admittedly I only used them twice, was not positive. Both times I used the self-checkout “to save myself time,” and discovered each time one of the items I was attempting to purchase was not in the computer’s memory. I sat there scanning in vain as the poor computer struggled to understand what was wrong. It turned out the item was not in the computer memory, and I had to wait for a staff

member to help. Then, another time a few months ago, I watched a fellow beside me enter the self-checkout the same time I entered the regular express checkout (12 items or less for you folks who walk into the express lane with a large cart full of stuff), and I was done and out of there before he was. Now, Mr. Corporation, you can say self-checkouts were introduced to make paying customers happy. I don’t believe it, but go ahead and say it anyway. I suspect that the self-checkout was introduced to make more money for the big corpo-

rations. Business Bee writer Nick Mann had some great insights into the ubiquitous self-checkout. The pros of self-checkout include efficiency/speed of checkout, lower floor space impact and, obviously, fewer employees to pay. So 33 per cent of the pros are customer-related, 66 per cent corporation-related. However, Business Bee saw some drawbacks, one of which didn’t even occur to a law-abiding citizen like myself. Shoplifters can exploit the lack of supervision at a self-checkout to more easily steal by swapping UPC stickers etc. Never

thought of that, but it certainly is a drawback. Also, that group of customers that lack tech sense are not going to like the self-checkout. Lastly, and this is more prevalent now than ever before in our corporate society, the self-checkout is the retailers way of saying “Pay for your stuff and get out.” I would have loved to pay for it and get out. But the damn self-checkout computer wouldn’t let me. Stu Salkeld is the new editor of The Leduc/Wetaskiwin Pipestone Flyer and writes a regular column for the paper.

Babysitting is heaven

BY TREENA MIELKE BLACK PRESS I began my babysitting duties at 6:45 p.m. and I was totally happy. The child, soft and warm from his bath, wrapped his little arms around my neck and snuggled his diaper clad self deeper into my arms. It was so awesome!

I love this, I thought. I am totally at peace, one with the universe. As I held the sleeping toddler, I felt positively overwhelmed with feelings of joy, protectiveness and love. I sank slowly, very slowly into the rocking chair beside his crib, rocking the child slowly and rythmatically and raining soft kisses on his sweet little head. This truly was as good as it gets. Finally, I gently laid him in his crib, and tiptoed out of the room closing the door softly behind me. I smiled to myself as I walked into the kitchen; a secret, self-satisfied little smile. Here it was only 7 p.m. I could do the dishes, play quietly with the other two boys, and then tuck them

gently into bed, as well and have the rest of the evening left to my well deserving self. I’m not exactly sure when reality pierced my little bubble of perfection. It could have been when the baby’s two older brothers decided to be superheroes and fly off their parents’ bed while they yelled and waved make believe laser type objects. Or maybe it was when they decided to race each other down the stairs head first while lying on their bellies. As I watched their antics in horror, I experienced a feeling akin to when my own kids first got their driver’s license. I think the feeling was terror. Anyway, miraculously no one got hurt except for me

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and that was only when I dropped a corner of the couch on my toe when I was looking for a bullet from a Smurf gun. And so the night wore on and the boys continued to behave in very boyish ways and I continued to be terrified. “Are you guys tired?” I asked hopefully. “Nope,” they said in unison. “Anyway, after we are done playing, you have to do my home reading with me and then we each get a story read to us and we have snacks and then we brush out teeth and then we get into bed,” said the six-year-old. “And then we say our prayers and we have to have water. Not from the tap. We have water from the fridge.” “Okay,” I said weak-

ly. Suddenly I found myself remembering fondly Thursdays, when I have deadlines and stories and I am so busy I eat my lunch at my desk. I had no idea how easy Thursdays were. Well, we read and had snacks and the boys brushed their teeth and finally I tucked them in and listened to their prayers. With no thought at all to being neat and tidy, I kicked the jeans and T-shirts they had dropped on the floor out of the way and closed their bedroom door. Now to the dishes. I loaded the dishwasher and filled the sink with soapy water. I love this kitchen, I think. It is so nice. So modern. I begin to clean with gusto. It was then the child, the cherub in the crib,

shattered the quiet with a pathetic wail followed by another and another. I rocked him. He cried. I rocked him some more. Finally, despite his best efforts not to, he fell asleep. Once again, I placed him carefully in his crib and tiptoed out of room. This time I did not smile, only looked wearily at the clock. It was 10:30 p.m. I looked at the half cleaned kitchen and made a quick decision. It could wait until tomorrow. I climbed into bed. I babysat for three days and four nights. Was it perfect. No! Would I do it again. You bet I would. In less than a heartbeat! It was awesome! Treena Mielke is editor of The Rimbey Review and is a columnist for Black Press.

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A happy moment The Leduc Legion Ladies Auxiliary are pleased to present the Remembrance Day baby basket to Bradley and Kyla Coady whose son Luke Patrick was born on November 12 at 1:49 p.m. Submitted

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honoured. We were quite almost in disbelief that we won,” said Weizenbach. “When voting began, we saw the competition we were up against – nine other amazing organizations, who all do great work in the community. We were truly humbled and honoured to win the Benefit Brew,” she said in an earlier released press statement. Weizenbach says EALT is also pleased it’s name will be seen across the province tied to the specialty ale, especially considering it is a smaller, new organization which started in 2007. “It’s just a phenomenal way to get the word out there about us.” “The Benefit Brew project is always a favourite of ours at the brewery,” stated Dan Reid from the Phillips Brewing & Malting Co., in the press release. “Not only do we get to be creative and develop a beer we’ve never made before, but we are also able to draw attention to a huge range of charities that contribute so much to our communities. It’s so rewarding to see how the $10,000 can be used to help the winning organizations accomplish some truly great things they otherwise might not have been able to,” he added. “Thanks goes out to

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 has been asked to adopt an Area Structure Plan for Viewland Industrial Park, the subdivision and development of 20 industrial and commercial lots on the following land which is at the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 616, five miles west of Millet and 16 miles south of Nisku, as shown on the accompanying map. SW 33-47-25-W4M Before considering the adoption of the Area Structure Plan, Council will hold a public hearing at which any person claiming to be affected by the proposed Area Structure Plan may ask questions or make their views known. The hearing will be held in the Council Chambers, County Office, 1.6 kilometres west of Wetaskiwin on Highway 13, at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 10, 2015.

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TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 has received an application to amend its Land Use By-Law by rezoning part of the following land, as shown on accompanying map, from Agricultural to Recreational Districting: NE 16-47-2-W5M If the rezoning is approved, the applicant intends to bring the existing campground into compliance with the Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Land Use By-Law. A copy of the Recreational District outlining permitted and discretionary uses can be obtained from the County Office. Before proceeding further with the proposal, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected by the proposed rezoning may ask questions or make their views known. The hearing will be held in the Council Chambers, County Office, 1.6 kilometres west of Wetaskiwin on Highway 13, at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 10, 2015. Written submissions will be accepted up to the time of the hearing and should be addressed to the undersigned at the County Office. ROD HAWKEN Assistant County Administrator County of Wetaskiwin No. 10

SNOWPLOWING PROGRAM The County of Wetaskiwin is offering residents the option to purchase prepaid snowplowing flags exclusively for plowing of private driveways from the County roadway to allow the ratepayer access to their place of residence. These flags may be purchased at the County Office or other locations designated by the County administration at a cost of $50.00 per flag, including GST, which is valid for one use only. The flag must be posted at the driveway indicating a request for snowplowing. The flag will be collected by the Patrol Operator when the driveway is plowed. Residents who reside within a Hamlet, within the corporate municipal boundaries of the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 are not included in this policy. NOTE: Snowplowing of driveways will only take place when all County roads have been plowed first.

Solid Waste Transfer Station Closures 2015 Holiday Season Please be advised that the Solid Waste Transfer Stations located throughout the County will be closed on the following dates: Thursday, December 24, 2015 All Sites Closed (including Millet Transfer Station) Friday, December 25, 2015 Saturday, December 26, 2015 Monday, December 28, 2015 **Except Lakedell Transfer Station

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PLOWING SNOW ONTO COUNTY ROADS Please be advised that plowing snow from your yard into the County right of ways is not permitted. Concerns such as liability, safety and equipment damage are factors. Plowing snow into the ditches or side of road puts County employees and the safety of the traveling public at risk. In accordance with the Public Highway Development Act, Section 43(1): A person who, without justification or excuse, Obstructs or deposits any material on a highway (as defined in the Act), or interferes with, breaks, cuts or otherwise injures a highway, is guilty of an offence. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Further inquiries may be addressed to Dave Dextraze, Director of Public Works at 780-361-6230 or Rod Hawken, Assistant CAO at 780-361-6225 or by contacting the County Administration Office at 780-352-3321 or 1-800-661-4125

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Christmas smiles NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 has been asked to adopt an Area Structure Plan for the subdivision and development of 9 residential lots on the following land which is located 275 metres north at the intersection of Township Road 475 and Range Road 243, within the Pineridge Downs subdivision as shown on the accompanying map. SW 34-47-24-W4M Plan 7722311, Block 1, Lot 1 Before considering the adoption of the Area Structure Plan, Council will hold a public hearing at which any person claiming to be affected by the proposed Area Structure Plan may ask questions or make their views known. The hearing will be held in the Council Chambers, County Office, 1.6 kilometres west of Wetaskiwin on Highway 13, at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, December 10, 2015. Written submissions will be accepted up to the time of the hearing and should be addressed to the undersigned at the County Office. A copy of the proposed Plan may be purchased at the County of Wetaskiwin Administration Building or by contacting the Planning and Economic Development Department at (780) 352-3321. ROD HAWKEN Assistant County Administrator County of Wetaskiwin No. 10

The Wetaskiwin community celebrated the kick-off of the Christmas season Nov. 13 with the city parade. photo by Stu Salkeld

Wetaskiwin RCMP, emergency services see incident volumes increase County councillors hear report from local RCMP commander, EMS boss BY AMELIA NAISMITH THE PIPESTONE FLYER For Wetaskiwin RCMP, and most of province, the biggest concern when it comes to crime these days is property crime. Insp. Fran Bethell attended Wetaskiwin County council’s Nov. 3 meeting to present the Wetaskiwin RCMP’s annual review. She says while other areas such as mischief are also seeing an increase, property crime remains most troublesome. “This is a common

theme many communities have been experiencing in 2015,” said Bethell. She attributes the climbing number partially to the economic downturn and a series of heavily drug addicted individuals returning to the area. “They’re trying to support their habits.” Tactics the RCMP are using to combat the criminal activity include bait vehicles, keeping a sharp focus on prolific offenders and helicopter searches of rural areas, “Hoping that we find some stolen property on

acreages that were a concern to us,” said Bethell. In September the RCMP caught a group of eight individuals plaguing Wetaskiwin County; three were young offenders. Wetaskiwin RCMP also have an agreement with Wetaskiwin County to provide enhanced policing services for a total of 550 hours. Bethell says the enhancement program helped with the successes the RCMP have seen. “Our presence seemed to make a difference.”

Other areas of focus include counter-attack traffic check stops and drug enforcement. Bethell says while most drug dealers live right in Wetaskiwin people are migrating cross-county for product and services. Coun. Gary Dearing questioned whether or not the possible legalization of marijuana would cause additional concern. Bethell does not feel it will make a huge difference but says it is hard to tell until changes come into effect. “We’re typically targeting people

dealing in more manufactured drugs.” Wetaskiwin County emergency services Director of emergency services Mike Zajac says his department has seen an increase in calls over 2014. “This year’s not even done yet and we’re pretty much higher in every single department,” said Zajac. Service calls from January to October approximately total: 28 alarms, 36 EMS/STARS assists, 55 outside fires, 19 motor vehicle fires, 23

structure fires, 66 motor vehicle accidents, five gas odor/leaks, one water rescue, 11 mutual aids, two downed power lines and 29 others. CAO Frank Coutney says in terms of outside fires Wetaskiwin County was lucky this year, as most people seemed to respect the fire ban in place due to the drought. “We were pretty proactive getting that ban on early enough,” said Zajac. He added, without the ban the number of fires could have been “drastically” higher.

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ODORSKI Marion Odorski (Pearson) of Wetaskiwin and Lethbridge passed away on November 27, 2015. Marion is survived by her loving husband Vic, children Lisa, Jason (Jody), Janelle (Liam) and Joel (Alanna), eight rambunctious grandchildren, and her brother, Howard (Naomi) (also relatively rambunctious), sister in law, Doris Scott, and numerous nieces, nephews and dear friends. She is predeceased by her parents Ethel and Ernest Pearson, sister Bernice and brother Earl. Marion was happiest when she served. Throughout her life she represented the hands of Christ to thousands of people, feeding and fixing, listening and teaching. Whether it was picking up grandchildren from school, putting together a quick wedding dinner for 300 or driving for hours with Vic to deliver construction materials to someone’s renovation, she was always generous with her time and talents. She spent over 20 years working in the kitchen at Living Springs Bible Camp, actively participating in the development of a new property and coordinating the kitchen for a number of years. With that kitchen she leaves a continuing legacy of thousands of delicious meals served to kids encountering the God Marion followed throughout her life. We will gather to celebrate her life on Saturday December 5th at 2:00pm, at the Wetaskiwin Mission Church. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Living Springs Bible Camp, or the Wetaskiwin Mission Church Building Fund (both at RR 3, 3610 - 56th Avenue, Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 1X1).

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Firewood

1660

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Travel Packages

1900

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Health Care

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Grain, Feed Hay

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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

4090

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CROSS COUNTRY HOMES. Come view our show homes that are ready for quick possession; 20’ wides from $114,000! Visit us in Acheson. 780-470-8000; www. crosscountryhomes.com. HARVEST SALE! Save $50,000 from the replacement cost of this 20 X 76 drywalled Grandeur Showhome that has to go! A sacriÀce at $124,900. Call Terry 1-855-347-0417 or email: terry@ grandviewmodular.com.

Buildings For Sale

4150

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Pasture

3180

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Spinning to help the Wetaskiwin Museum

Money To Loan

4430

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On Saturday December 5, the Spinning Knitwits will be turning wheels starting at 9 a.m. as they begin the Back to Back Challenge as a fundraiser for the Wetaskiwin and District Heritage Museum. SUBMITTED On Saturday December 5, the Spinning Knitwits will be turning wheels starting at 9 a.m. as they begin the Back to Back Challenge as a fundraiser for the Wetaskiwin and District Heritage Museum. Our team of seven spinners and knitters will spin and knit a sweater in a day! A back to back (from the back of the sheep to the back of the man) challenge is a timed event where seven spinners/knitters make a sweater from the fleece off a sheep in a day. The first back to back was held in 1811 at Newbury in Berkshire, UK. It has since turned into a large international event used for fundraisers around the world. We are bending the international rules a bit, as we are not shearing a sheep in the museum, but we will be spinning Shetland wool roving instead. We are also allowing substitutions for breaks, but only seven will touch the wool at any one time. Otherwise, we are maintaining all other rules! We will be auctioning our finished sweater at the end of the day. In preparation for this event, the Spinning Knitwits have spun and knit four “practice” sweaters. Raffle tickets for these sweaters are available at the museum for only $5, and they will be drawn throughout the day on the 5th. There will also be a wonderful selection of smaller hand knit items available for a silent auction just in time for Christmas shopping! Our goal is to make a significant donation to the museum by the end of the day! We wanted to thank the museum with a fundraiser for their providing us with a cozy venue for our Wednesday knitting group. For over 10 years, we have enjoyed their hospitality and felt that our heritage fiber arts would be a great fit for what the museum represents. We appreciate the museum’s outstanding contribution to commemorate our community’s culture, heritage and history. For example, the preservation of the Women of Aspenland histories is a wonderful record of community contributions by local women. The beautiful textile displays are fascinating and a wonderful historic record. The event starts at 9 a.m. sharp at the Heritage Museum (5007 - 50th Ave, Wetaskiwin) and will continue until the sweater is complete, we’re hoping around 5 p.m. Don’t be sheepish, please come to cheer us on!

Thursday, December 3, 2015

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The Winfield Gait Riders recently visited the corn maze.

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Winfield 4-H Gait Riders update SUBMITTED The Winfield Gait riders would like to welcome back our returning members and welcome the three new members to our club. In October we have had our first 4-H ride with our three new members Emily Jones, Faythe Robinson, and Samantha Sawyer. We had beautiful weather and we were able to enjoy this ride outside! The election meeting has been done

so the leaders are Connie Kluczny, Lidia Stamp, Geneva Rodin and the president is Ashlyn Frandsen, vice president is Mikayla Maciborski, treasure is Karianne Frandsen, and secretary is Emily Jones. We are hosting an Achievements Day on November 20 at 6:00 p.m. in Yeoford Hall, to recognize last year members and our sponsors. We did a tire round up as a fund raiser for

Thorsby *Appt required for all dates. Call 780-789-4800 for appt.

Wetaskiwin *Appt required for Dec 3 & 17. Call 780-361-4333 for appt.

the club, we got 1,840 passenger tires, 73 medium tires and 158 off road tires with a total of 2,071 tires. Thank you to everyone that donated tires. Even though we were wet, and cold, we still enjoyed a pizza party after. Thank you Sheldon Glen for organizing this event and rounding up a record number of tires! Club reporters are Faythe Robinson and Sheraton Giesbrecht.

Beaumont *Appt required for all dates. Call 780-929-4822 for appt.

Devon *Appt required for all dates. Call 780-342-7069 for appt.

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1.75 lbs

C Cranberry almonds and honey roasted mixed nuts stand at the corners of this unique tray with a mini chocolate turtle centre.

2.56 lbs *As Shown

5995

4.26 lbs

Mouth watering, original Werther’s butter toffee is surrounded by the freshest nuts and delectable treats in this, one of our most popular trays.

3.13 lbs

Nutter’s is pleased to feature one of the most requested selections, loaded with scrumptious assortments of nuts surrounding an array of Ferrero Rocher chocolates.

2995

1.94 lbs

Hershey Kisses surrounded by delicious delectable’s such as buds, milk chocolate covered almonds and jumbo salted cashews, a Christmas tradition.

1095

0.86 lbs

1995

2.12 lbs

Honey roasted peanuts, roasted and salted mixed nuts with peanuts, Christmas rainbow trail mix … Oh My!

1.70 lbs

Dried fruits from around the world, bringing back visions of Christmas’ past.

1995

1.44 lbs

White gummy munchies and blue foiled kisses are true hints that Christmas is here!

For the chocolate lover, Nutter’s has the tray for you ... Enjoy!

Hey man, you’re a Nut…Lover… Christmas rainbow trail mix and sweet honey roasted peanuts are featured on this re-useable tray. Two taste sensations that are sure to please.

25 $ 3695

2.09 lbs *As Shown

3.33 lbs

Cranberry trail mix, peanuts and honey roasted almonds join hands around a centre of Foley’s macs and buds, heralding that Christmas is just around the corner!

2995

2.69 lbs

2295

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You asked Santa for it, and you got it! Chocolate covered almonds, nuts, trail mixes, jujubes and Christmas Kisses…a little bit of everything to please everyone.

1.75 lbs

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2995

1.76 lbs

Jumbo cashews and deluxe mixed nuts are the Christmas stars of this delicious array.

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2995

1.79 lbs

Roasted and salted macadamia nuts highlight this carousel of assorted crunchy nuts, sure to please that person who’s a little on the salty side.

2.18 lbs

2995

4295

1995

1.49 lbs

1.66 lbs

Two of Santa’s creations are full of confections, an assortment of treats for your sweet tooth and the nut lover. 1

1095

$ 4

0.940 lbs • (avg.)

2.73 lbs

Crunchy coconut and peanut brittle bring a festive sound to your get-together. Served on a beautiful nickel plated tray, it is sure to announce that Christmas is here.

The elves have been hard at work making treats for Santa to fill everyone’s stockings with joy Christmas morning!

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