February 10, 2015 Camrose Super Booster

2015 Valentine’s Super Booster

February 10, 2015

24 pages

Photo by Ron Pilger

Some of the members of the Nordlys Board of Directors preview the action of the weekend ahead at The Bailey Theatre: Front row: Carole Preston, Lowell Pahlman Middle row: Secretary Amanda Clark and treasurer Breanne Trepanier Back: Erika Heiberg

In Norwegian, Nordlys means “northern lights.” Festivals bearing the same name break up the dark days of winter with a marathon line-up of films, live music and special guests.

This tradition has been taking place in Camrose for the past few years and the 6th Annual

Nordlys Film & Arts Festival News Stories Tiras Dairies claims major awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chief Krich working hard to recruit volunteers. . . . . . . . . .

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Irish delegation receives an eyeful at Canadian Bull Congress . . . . 16 BRSD celebrates staff milestones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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is indicative of the many unique entertainment options in our community this Valentine’s weekend.

The bright lights of the historic Bailey Theatre will set the stage for unique talents in the world of Canadian film. Respected filmmakers will be in attendance. Music will be a key element of the festival.

Nordlys is operated by a passionate team of volunteers.

Join them February 13 to 15 in celebrating our community, the arts and to enjoy some really interesting and diversified entertainment.

Pack the Bailey this Valentine’s weekend!

Visit our website: www.camrosebooster.com

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Enbridge awards New Sarepta firefighters The New Sarepta District Fire Station is better equipped to respond to emergencies with its new life-saving rescue equipment, made possible with a $10,000 Safe Community grant from Enbridge.

The New Sarepta Volunteer Firefighter Association was awarded the grant during a ceremony at the fire station. The grant will go towards the purchase of a heavy-duty rescue tool used to rescue entrapped individuals, as well as the purchase of specialized rescue gloves for on-call firefighters.

New equipment “This equipment will save lives in the New Sarepta fire district and will protect our firefighters as they respond to calls,” said Roger Anger, New Sarepta district fire chief. “We are honoured to have been awarded this grant from Enbridge and we know it will have a lasting impact in our community.”

New Sa rept a f iref ighters protect and serve an area that directly impacts the 3,000 people who reside in this district, as well as those who travel the area roads.

Roughly 30 per cent of the calls responded to could benefit from these rescue tools.

“The donation is made as part of Enbridge’s Safe Community program, which provides donations to emergency services organizations that are working to make their communities safer,” said Lisa Seeley, public affairs advisor with Enbridge.

Enbridge’s Safe Community grants are awarded to emergency response organizations that protect and safeguard the communities near Enbridge’s projects and operations. Since Safe Community was established, roughly $7 million has been distributed to first responders – including emergency medical services, firefighters, police and sheriff’s departments – across North America.

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Tiras Dairies claims major awards

By Dan Jensen

Tiras Dairies, of Camrose, staked a claim as one of the top cheesemakers in Canada at the 2014 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

In a competition featuring hundreds of cheese production businesses from all across Canada (including Ontario and Quebec), Tiras received the red first place ribbon for its Saganaki cheese in the hard cheese category, and the second place blue ribbon for its Rocky Mountain Quark in the unflavoured fresh cheese category.

Tiras also placed fourth with its Vlahos Feta in the Interior Ripened Cheese category.

“We are very proud and excited about the results,” said Tiras Dairies plant manager Olga Payne.

“It shows we can compete against all the major players and artisans in the industry.”

Saganaki, a Greek style cheese that is served as an appetizer and made only by Tiras Dairies, was in competition with other well known cheeses like parmesan, grana and romano. The cheese is produced from pasteurized cow and sheep milk and is aged for over 90 days.

“It is fried in a small frying pan by itself or with olive oil, then is generally served with lemon juice and pepper, and a glass of wine,” said Payne. “It was a popular cheese at Louie’s restaurant.”

Tiras’ Rocky Mountain Quark went up against a number of cream cheeses, ghage, quark and ricotta, while its feta cheese competed against cheese like gouda, havarti and fruilano.

Available in regular, low fat and lite, Rocky Mountain Quark is a German type cheese that is very popular for breakfast on toast or for making European type cheesecakes. It can also be used as a replacement

Tiras Dairies received first place for its Saganaki cheese at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

for sour cream on baked potatoes, and for dips and spreads.

The competition was judged by esteemed and respected experts and professors in the cheese industry.

“It was the first competition we had entered but it might not be the last,” said Payne. “The rules and regulations that are set for the competitions can sometimes be very stringent and you are going up against a lot of cheese makers from Ontario and Quebec. We find that we prefer to attend at events for food service vendors where people can sample a variety of different products.”

Established in November of 2001, Tiras Dairies purchased the Rocky Mountain Quark business in 2012 after two years of manufacturing the cheese for Foothills Creamery.

Tiras Dairies obtains its milk through the Alberta Milk Board.

Nestor Corda turns a fresh batch of Saganaki cheese.

“They distribute the milk accordingly throughout the province, although to be efficient, the milk does come from the local surrounding area,” said Payne. “We are not allowed to purchase milk directly from local producers.

Most of our ingredients come from Canada, although some specialized ingredients come from Europe.”

Tiras Dairies begins the process of making feta cheese (100 per cent Canadian Milk Logo) by homogenizing and pasteurizing milk in stainless steel round bottomed vats. From there, ingredients such as bacterial cultures and coagulants are added to convert the milk into curds and whey, which are then drained into drain tables that have been previously cleaned and sanitized. The tables are lined with cheesecloth material so that the “whey” is released and the “curd” is left behind.

“The cheese drains

overnight and the resulting feta, once it is formed, has a consistency of tofu,” said Payne. “The cheese is then packaged into various sized containers and filled with a brine (salt and water). The brine is a preservative that allows the cheese to have a 12-month shelf life. The packaged cheese is then pelletized and stored in a refrigerated cooler.”

Feta originated from Greece, Turkey or Bulgaria, depending on which history one reads. Although it was traditionally made with sheep and goat milk, Canadian producers have been making it with cow’s milk at a much more competitive price. Imported feta from Greece is available to purchase at the larger deli counters at a much higher cost.

Rocky Mountain Quark is produced using traditional equipment specifically made for the production of quark cheeses. Like Tiras’

Saganaki, it is made only at Tiras Dairies.

Tiras Dairies is a federally inspected facility that is regulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

“They regulate how the plant should be run with very specific requirements that have to be followed to ensure a safe product for our consumers,” said Payne.

“Nutritional and labelling also follows under the CFIA rules and regulation.”

Tiras Dairies’ Rocky Mountain Quark cheese may be purchased on-location, at 3712-42 Avenue, at the Superstore in Camrose or at Sobeys stores in Edmonton.

The feta and Saganaki cheeses are available only on location or at ethnic stores in Edmonton.

“We don’t distribute the cheeses to restaurants,” said Payne. “They (restaurants) obtain our cheeses from Gordon Food Services.”

Randy Lat and Andrew Chamberlain stir a vat during the production of feta cheese.

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Surface Rights Federation to hold annual meeting March 6

By Dan Jensen Well-known author Andrew Nikiforuk will speak on the politics of fracking and the reality of leaking wells when the Alberta Surface Rights Federation holds its annual meeting at the Norsemen Inn, Camrose, March 6.

Farmer, land agent,

Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowner Associations (CAEPLA) negotiator and Grassroots Alberta Landowners’ Association co-founder Jim Ness will speak on “Making Change.”

The meeting will get underway with registration at 9 a.m., followed at

9:30 with the approval of minutes and appointment of a reviewer, and at 10 with the appointment of the resolutions committee and committee reports.

A presentation by farmers advocate Carol Goodfellow is scheduled for 10:45.

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Gifts from Credit Union

Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Arts Centre earns four Green Globes

By Trevor Chow-Fraser

Vision Credit Union donated the cost of purchasing uniforms for all of the softball teams in the Camrose Minor Ball league. Presenting the donation to Camrose Minor Ball Association president George Marcinkowski was Paulette Robinson, manager of marketing and communications for Vision Credit Union.

Vision Credit Union held a Puck Toss to raise funds for the Merry Christmas Fund during the inaugural Harvest Hockey Hooky game held Nov. 25 at the EnCana Arena. Presenting the proceeds of $1,000 to Camrose Neighbor Aid Center program director Jo-Anne Tweed was Vision Credit Union manager of marketing and communications Paulette Robinson.

Vision Credit Union pledged to match $2 for the Camrose Neighbor Aid Center Food Bank for every teddy bear tossed during the annual Camrose Kodiaks Teddy Bear Toss game on Friday, Dec. 12 where 1,004 teddy bears were tossed, resulting in a $2,008 donation to the food bank. Presenting the cheque to Camrose Neighbor Aid Center program director Jo-Anne Tweed was Vision Credit Union manager of marketing and communications Paulette Robinson.

The University of Alberta’s newest building is officially one of the institution’s greenest.

The Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre on Augustana Campus earned four Green Globes™, the highest level of achievement under the Green Globes™ green building certification system.

“We have reached our goal of creating a worldclass performance venue that has in addition been designed and constructed with leading-edge sustainability as a goal,” said Michael Madsen, senior project manager with the University of Alberta.

The Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre is a 550-seat theatre, planned and built as a joint initiative between the City of Camrose, Camrose County, the Government of Alberta and the University of Alberta.

Four Green Globes™ (the highest grade) are awarded to projects demonstrating national leadership and excellence in the practice of energy, water and environmental efficiency to reduce environmental impacts.

“It was important to challenge the accepted norms, in this case, that performing arts centres are difficult to make sustainable. The design build team was challenged to look beyond their usual sustainability toolkit to emerging and maturing technologies while at the same time minimizing risks,” said Madsen.

“Four Green Globes™ is an incredible achievement for any building project, let alone for this type of a facility,” said Madsen.

Leadership in environmental friendly design One maturing technology that features prominently in the LPAC’s construction is an innovative new solar panel installation. Instead of placing solar panels on the roof, the walls of the 70-foot fly tower have solar panels built into them. This

“building-integrated photovoltaic” system includes about 500 modules that generate 130 kilowatts of clean electricity – the largest array of its kind in Canada.

The Jeanne and Peteer Lougheed Performing Arts Centre is also one of the first theatres in North America to use exclusively Light Emitting Diode (LED) stage lighting. Compared to traditional incandescent lights, LEDs are more energy efficient, turn on instantly, are dimmable, can change colours on command, and are expected to last tens of thousands more hours. These qualities make them especially useful for the stage, in addition to their environmental benefits.

LEDs are also used throughout the building for interior and exterior lighting. Depending on the cost of electricity off the grid, the LED stage lighting could save $30,000 to $35,000 each year, according to Michael Versteege, manger, Energy Management Program.

Funding for these sustainability features was provided through the University of Alberta’s Envision program, which will recover its investment from cost-savings on energy-use and renewable energy production.

Altogether, Versteege anticipates that the sustainable features the university has invested in the arts centre will result in at least $50,000 per year of savings.

This initiative is one of many ways the University of Alberta is following through on their sustainability plan goal of continuing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through action on energy efficiency and conservation, as well as implementation of renewable and alternative energy.

Green from foundation to fly-tower Madsen emphasizes that even without harnessing these emerging and maturing technologies, the design-build team already

had several innovative sustainability features in the plans.

“Although the project has achieved four Green Globes™, the base design criteria we were aiming for was already three Green Globes™. This required many sustainable measures including a high-efficiency building envelope, low energy consumption, low water use and green building practices to name a few,” said Madsen.

The Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre opened with a string of community-oriented events last fall.

“Personally this project has been an exceptional experience for me,” said Madsen. “The passion and attitude that the designbuild team brought to the project and the willingness of the project partners to allow us to design and build ‘outside the box’ enabled real innovation in the design.”

Sustainability features Under floor distribution of air allows for reduced HVAC capacity as the conditioned air is delivered more directly to users.

Polished concrete floors minimize resource use and are long-lasting, requiring little maintenance.

Upgraded insulation in the building envelope makes heating and cooling more efficient. This benefit is increased further with the installation of a highefficiency chiller and boiler.

The 130 kW buildingintegrated photovoltaic solar panels produce clean electricity throughout the year.

Energy-efficient LED lighting on stage and throughout the building saves $30,000 to $35,000 per year.

Green Globes™ Green Globes™ is comparable alternative to the well-known LEED® green building certification system. It is increasingly popular as it is an efficient and cost-effective way to achieve superior performance in new buildings.

Networking is an important art that needs to be mastered The old adage of “it’s not what you know, but who you know” still holds true today.

While education, skills and experience may help you land a new job, it’s often the contacts you have that can open up doors you never dreamed possible.

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Much as a computer network

links the machines within an office, company or people around the world, so does an effective career network.

While networking is an important skill to learn, it doesn’t come as easily to some people as others who have a natural affinity for socializing. That’s why the experts offer these important tips for expanding your network and techniques.

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You may want to take a class in public speaking, body language or even writing. The more techniques you can master, the easier networking will be.

3. Talk to as many people as you can. Use opportunities (within reason) on an airplane, while waiting at the supermarket checkout or at any social events to chat with people. The more people you know (and who know about you) the larger your network will grow. You can even network online through professional organizations or clubs tied into your career field.

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Police need help with solving a crime On Monday, Jan. 26, at approximately 6:20 p.m., a male and female broke into an apartment complex on 52A Street in the 4800 block of Camrose. Once inside, the suspects entered the parking garage and stole a red 1990 Toyota Camry four door car.

Both subjects were captured on surveillance footage. To view captured images of both subjects, visit the Caught on Camera page at www.camrosepoliceservice.ca.

If you have any information about this or any other crime, please call the Camrose Police Service at 780-6724444, or, if you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). Information can also be submitted online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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CANOLA HARVEST FRYING OIL DONATION The staff at Richardson’s Pioneer Limited at Legacy Junction made their annual donation of Canola Harvest frying oil to the Camrose Minor Sports Association for use in the concession at the Edgeworth Centre.

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Thirty-five years of service

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Chief Krich working hard to recruit volunteers

By Dan Jensen

Elected of f icia ls attending the conventions of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association and the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties had the opportunity to hear of the work being done by Camrose Fire Chief Peter Krich and a sub committee of the Alberta Fire Chiefs Association to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters.

“We gave them information sheets and hand outs about the importance of volunteer firef ighters and encouraged them to talk to the members of their fire departments and look for ways they could help,” said Krich, who is chair of the committee.

“Our goal was to give them an idea of who volunteer firefighters are, what they do and what they are all about.”

The recruitment and retention of fire volunteers has been a major matter of concern for fire departments across Alberta since 2009. “ We ident i f ie d that the reason people weren’t getting involved as volunteers was a lack of support from their employers, a lack of support from their family, and a general lack of understanding of who the volunteers in the fire department are,” said Krich. “A lot of people think of the volunteer fire fighter as this macho 18 year old who wants to go out and fight fires, but in

The Alberta Fire Chiefs Association is using posters like these to make people aware of who volunteer firefighters are, what they do and what they are all about.

reality they are much more than that. Volunteer firefighters also help with fire prevention, school education programs and a wide variety of community activities. They still help fight fires but you can build a volunteer fire service by utilizing a variety of people.”

To help with the attraction of fire fighters, the committee started by creating a toolkit with form letters that could be distributed by fire departments

to assist with recruitment efforts. The next step was to develop a recognizable logo that could be placed on promotional materials, as well as well as banners, f lyers and posters. “ The idea was to market who the volunteer firefighters are and portray them as people who come from different backg rounds and have different careers,” said K rich. “Our hope was that if people saw, for example, that a vol-

unteer firef ighter was also a home builder or a teacher that someone else who was also a home builder or teacher would also think about getting involved in the same way. The message was (and still is) that f iref ighters have two lives and that we can make two lives happen.”

T he recr uitment and retention committee has received strong support from ATCO Gas and ATCO Electric, which have had plenty of opportunity to work with fire departments throughout the years.

“We have partnered with them on a lot of calls and incidents and they are good at providing community support,” said Krich. “They usually sponsor different events and different nights at these AUMA AND ADMDC conferences and this year they teamed up with us.”

T he committee’s awareness campaig n has attracted the attention of fire departments in other provinces, which have already initiated other similar efforts of their own, or had Krich speak to them about how to get something started.

“I have done presentations on this in both Saskatchewan and B.C.,” said Krich. “It is a way for the Fire Chiefs in Alberta to share their knowledge and resources.”

T he recr uitment and retention awareness campaign will

get into full gear this spring with an International Firefighters’ Day, which, in Camrose, will coincide with the Camrose Fire Department’s pancake breakfast.

“Fire departments across the province will be holding special events and open houses during the week that surrounds the day,” said Krich. “By getting the message out of who they are they might be able to turn up a few new recruits. It will be like Fire Prevention Week but the message will be more on the involvement and work of the volunteers.”

Camrose Fire Department currently has 42 trained volunteer firefighters who Krich believes are truly dedicated to the work they do.

“The members are dedicated to what they are doing and stay around for a long time,” he said. “We do have some changeover as members move away or find different jobs, but we have never had problems filling the positions. When a vacancy does come up we let our members know so they can go out and talk with the people they know.

That helps build the team because people know the new ones that are coming in.”

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The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl’s name

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As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for

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He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270.

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drawn by the men as chance directed.

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Gerry Smyth, Heather Pearson and Francis Hegarty had the chance to look at a cattle squeeze prior to the start of the Canadian Bull Congress.

Irish delegation receives an eyeful at Canadian Bull Congress

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Gerry Smyth just couldn’t stay away.

After missing the 2014 Canadian Bull Congress, the Irish feedlot owner was back at the 29th annual event looking for new ways to boost his own cattle production.

“I would have to say this is my sixth or seventh visit to the Canadian Bull Congress and about my 22nd visit to Canada since 1996,” said Smyth, who was joined by four others from Ireland’s Mullingar County. “I always look forward to coming back and seeing the big changes and improvements in the cattle industry.”

Smyth has a herd of about 350 cattle, some of which have bloodlines that can be traced to local farms like Miller-Wilson Angus. He has always been very impressed with the quality of cattle shown at the Canadian Bull Congress and the way this area’s producers do business.

“I am planning to pick up brochures and information from the producers here and sharing it with some of my colleagues when I get back home,” he said. “We have done a lot of importing of embryos and semen from this area in the past and there is no reason why we shouldn’t be

“The show we have in Ireland would like to replicate the Canadian Bull Congress School Education Program as a way to get more young people interested in agriculture.

We don’t have as many young people in the cattle business as you have here.”

doing more of the same in the future.”

Smyth is jealous of the fact that Canadian producers are getting between 25 and 30 per cent more for their cattle than producers in Ireland.

“I don’t know why that is,” he said.

Smyth feels the knowledge that he and the other Irish cattle producers gain from the Canadian Bull Congress will help them keep current customers satisfied and assist with the attraction of new ones.

“Ninety per cent of what we produce we have to export so it is important for us to maintain our standards,” he said.

“Our country agricultural exports totalled $10.5 billion in 2014 and cattle production was a major part of that.”

Smyth presented an award to one of the Canadian Bull Congress winners on behalf of the Tullamor National Livestock Show in Ireland.

“The Canadian Bull Congress and the Tullamor show have developed a strong bond, which every year is getting stronger,” he said. “The show we have in Ireland would like to replicate the Canadian Bull Congress School Education Program was a way to get more young people interested in agriculture.

We don’t have as many young people in the cattle business as you have here.

Most of our cattle producers are between the ages of 60 and 65.”

Bull Congress first The trip to the Canadian Bull Congress was the first for Francis Hegarty, who has a cattle and sheep operation in Mullingar County.

“I just had to come over and see it and how the producers do things here,” said Hegarty. “A lot of it is the same, but a lot is quite different.”

Hegarty said Canadian cattle producers have an advantage over produc-

ers in Ireland in that they don’t have to keep their cattle in sheds throughout the winter months.

“We have a few more costs because of all the rain we have in Ireland.

You can’t leave them outside like you do here because it is too wet.”

Hegarty said he is open to the possibility of someday importing Canadian embryos and semen.

“It seems to me that is a good thing because there is so much good stock.”

While he is disappointed with the low prices that Irish producers are receiving for their cattle, Hegarty believes the prices will eventually rebound and be closer to what they are in Canada.

“This business is like any other with its ups and downs,” he said.

Partnerships The Canadian Bull Congress was established to give producers an opportunity to establish partnerships, learn about the latest industry advancements and present their cattle to thousands of people over the course of two days.

“It is a show so well organized it seems effortless,” said Smyth. “Great cattle, great tours, great fun – but most of all, the greatest people we have ever met.”

The Alberta Simmental Association won the sportsmanship award at the Canadian Bull Congress Steak Challenge and Taste of Beef banquet at Jan. 23.

The Alberta Angus Association won the award for People’s Choice, while the Alberta Angus Association won the award for best beef.

The Pen of Three Bulls champion was Mader Bulls. Reserve champion honours in the category went to Rancier Farms.

Taylor Pashulka and Mackenzie Deschikoff were the 4-H Heifer Project champion and reserve champions respectively.

Tony Schmidt placed first in the 4-H Showmanship senior class.

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Annie Christianson placed first in the 4-H Showmanship junior class. Hayley Dechaine placed second.

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Dale Pederson won the Bullnanza and chose a bull entered by Dwajo Angus.

The Canadian Bull Congress Marketing Award was presented to Prospect Hill Shorthorns.

The Canadian Bull Congress will be celebrating its 30th anniversary at the Camrose Regional Exhibition Jan. 22 and 23, 2016.

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The Clearview School Board has voted to establish a new configuration of schools in Stettler in the best interest of students.

Effective September 2015 Stettler will have a K-6 Elementary School (currently the school is a K-5), a Grade 7-12 Secondary School (currently Stettler Middle School is for grades 6-8, and Wm. E. Hay is for grades 9-12), an Early Learning Program and Playschool working with Stettler Elementary School, and an Outreach School.

Botha School, outside of Stettler, is planned to become a K-6 school (currently K-5) to align with the Stettler grade configurations “Our board’s mandate is to do what is best for the students we serve,” says Cheri Neitz, Clearview Public Schools board chair. “Ultimately that has motivated our decision.”

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BRSD celebrates staff milestones Battle River School Division celebrated staff who had achieved milestones in the past year at the Best Western Plus Camrose Resort Casino.

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Retirees who were acknowledged were: back, left to right, Gord Fadum, Joan Florean, Luigi Florean, Marilyn Kuysters, Kevin Drader, Colleen Nelson, Donna Dolany, Kathy Wood, Lorne Berg, front, left to right, Brenda Deringer, Cheryl Nester, Janice Vos, Dianne Campbell, Debbie Walker, Ardelle Story and Sherry Bratrud.

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AFA’s AGM highlights water management in agriculture Farming depends on many different resources, but without a sustainable supply of water, growing crops and livestock would be impossible.

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management right, farming in Alberta can’t be as successful in the future as we have been in the past,” says AFA president Lynn Jacobson, who farms near Enchant. “We’ll continue to advocate for sound policy for water management and agriculture.”

Since 1959, Alberta Federation of Agriculture has been Alberta’s producer-funded general farm organization.

Whenever decisions are being made that affect the province’s agricultural industry, AFA provides an effective voice for Alberta’s farmers.

Each year, AFA members attend the January

AGM to propose, debate, vote on and form resolutions on issues that affect Alberta farm producers.

Resolutions direct key priorities for the organization for the year ahead.

For 2015, AFA will continue its work on improving grain transportation, encouraging governments to invest in research and innovation, farm safety, and conservation, among other priorities.

Camrose’s Humphrey Banack, who serves as AFA’s second vice president, says that it’s never been more important for producers to drive policy decisions.

“During the AGM, we gather with producers to debate and discuss top issues in agriculture, then use those policy directions to draw the future of agriculture forward,” says Banack.

Banack points to one instance where producers changed how their industry operates. At the January 2014 AFA AGM, farmers raised the problem of poor grain movement. Along with AFA, the farm organizations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan brought the issue to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, which in turn raised it with the federal ministers of

agriculture and transportation. By March 2014, these actions resulted in a mandated minimum level of service by the railways.

“Policy is as important as production,” says Banack. “Members of AFA have a direct channel to let their voice be heard. We ask any agricultural producer – whether in crop production, livestock management or value-added food production – to join us as we work for a stronger industry for all.”

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February is the only month to have fewer than 30 days, but there is no scientific reason behind that distinction, though there have been various changes to the calendar throughout the centuries, and eventually February became what it is today.

The Romans developed a 10 month calendar that began with the spring equinox in March and ended in December. There is belief that what is now February was overlooked when this calendar was created, as winter weather had little to do with the harvest in the northern hemisphere, where Rome is located. Romans essentially considered the winter a period of time with no distinctive months.

When the second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, took to the throne in 713 BC, he had plans to make the calendar more accurate by synchronizing it with the actual lunar year, which is roughly 354 days long. Thus, two new months, January and February, were added to the end of the calendar.

Both January and February had 28 days.

At the time, even numbers were considered bad luck, and these months were not looked upon favorably by the king. So he decided to make changes once more and added a day to January to make it 29 days long. February was left untouched, remaining an “unlucky” month and one devoted to honoring the dead and performing rites of purification, as the word February comes from februare, which means “to purify.” February remained the last month of the year for roughly 200 years until the calendar was reevaluated and February was reassigned as the second month, with January being the start of the new year.

BRCF grants $1,000 to City for Animal Shelter

Battle River Community Foundation director Brandon Kroeger presented a cheque for $1,000 to community peace officer Tracy Strutz and pound keeper Ferne Brown, with “Kelly,” while “Flare” waits for a cookie.

The Battle River Community Foundation has granted $1,000 to the City of Camrose for assistance with operation of the Animal Shelter.

The grant is from income from the Frank and Jean Molnar Fund and the Alice Ofrim Fund, both established to support the care and shelter of animals, and from the Community Fund which supports charitable projects generally in the Foundation service area.

The Battle River Community Foundation exists to support projects, such as this, in East Central Alberta which benefit the local communities and have a positive impact on the future.

Grants from the Battle River Community Foundation are primarily made possible through the generosity of individual donors and organizations that have created endowment funds. The principal of these endowment funds is kept intact and the income is made available annually to support local projects and organizations.

Since it was founded in 1995 the Battle River Community Foundation has granted over $2,900,000 to support important facilities and programs such as the Camrose Animal Shelter.

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Olson, Sorenson address Bull Congress

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Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Verlyn Olson praised beef producers for their entrepreneurial spirit Jan. 23.

“I know that people like you coming to something like this are on the cutting edge,” said Olson at the Canadian Bull Congress Taste of Beef banquet. “It is your great ideas and innovation that will carry this industry forward.”

Olson said the falling revenue from oil is giving the Alberta cattle industry a tremendous opportunity to build and expand.

“I was in Asia last spring and one of the most memorable experiences for me was being at the Cathay Pacific freight terminal in Hong Kong, watching Alberta beef being off-loaded there. Since that visit, Cathay Pacific has started flying directly to Calgary.”

Olson congratulated the Canadian Bull Congress and the CRE for exposing close to 600 students to farming, cattle and rural life through the school education program.

“This is something I see as one of my major mandates as the ag minister because it occurs to me that we live in an increasingly urbanized area. People are another generation removed from their rural roots and we need people to stop and think about where food comes from. An initiative like this – getting school kids around the cattle and just talking about agriculture is fantastic. I think we need more of this kind of stuff embedded in our curriculum.”

Olson noted that cattlemen can be considered the poster people for agriculture in Alberta. “People from outside (the province), when they think of Alberta and agriculture, they think of people like you.”

Crowfoot Member of Parliament Kevin Sorenson commended the cattle producers at the banquet for sticking it out and overcoming such difficulties like drought and the BSE crisis.

“It is good to see some rewards for all the hard work that you have done,” he said. “I know everyone in this room knows that it wasn’t easy.”

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Sorenson said the Canadian Bull Congress is important to the agriculture industry because it allows the sharing of greater information.

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All of those things will lead to a better line at the end of the day.”

Olson said he will be attempting to convince Premier Jim Prentice to attend the Canadian Bull Congress next January when it celebrates its 30th anniversary.

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Send a card made of recycled materials. Save paper and trees when purchasing cards by choosing those made of recycled materials, or make your own cards from materials found around the home. A handmade card may appear more heartfelt anyway.

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