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News Features… Rosalind Grain opens producer car loading facility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Prairie Fun Days showcases treasures of Camrose County. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 County Protective Services to patrol rural villages . . . . . 12
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Machinery Days
Lloyd Johnson (left) and Kayden Prevost are looking forward to taking part in the museum’s upcoming Machinery Days
Saturday, Sept. 26 from noon to 5 pm
For all machinery enthusiasts and those who want to experience or revisit the past, the Camrose and District Centennial Museum will be hosting its annual Machinery Days, Saturday, Sept. 26, from 12 noon to 5 pm. This has proven to be one of the museum’s most popular events of the year. On display will be a wide variety of agricultural equipment from decades ago, as well as numerous antique cars and trucks. All machinery that runs will be in operaton, so visitors can experience the sights and the sounds of days gone by. The museum will also once again showcase their ever popular threshing demonstration using a full size vintage steam engine. Additional attractions/demonstrations will include an interactive rope making demonstration, so visitors can try their hand at cranking rope, as well as butter churning and a working old time wringer washer. The museum will also have some vintage clothing available for visitors to wear during the activities if they so wish. Patrons are asked to come to the museum a few days before the event to pick out the ideal outfit.
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Rosalind Grain opens producer car loading facility By Dan Jensen Rosalind Grain celebrated the opening of its new producer car loading facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony Aug. 6. "We had farmers loading railway grain cars with augers and thought that a facility like this would make things a lot easier," said Rosalind Grain president Kevin Davis. "Now they can haul their grain in and have it ready to go when the cars arrive." Since opening for business on Jan. 30 of this year the facility has loaded more than 380 cars. "The train runs through here twice a week and we typically have 10 to 15 cars per run," said Davis. "We have enough storage capacity for 22 cars." The facility cuts the expenses of farmers by reducing the distance they have to haul their grain, and provides them with access to a large domestic market. "A lot of the product that we ship isn't going directly to the coast, it is going to feed mills in central B.C. and places like Abbortsford where they don't want or need great bit car lots," said Davis. Rosalind Grain vicepresident Ward Kvemshagen said the shipping numbers are not huge but they are consistent. "We have had a number of producers tell us they can't
Cutting a ribbon to open the producer car loading facility at Rosalind were, left to right, Jim McTavish, mayor of Rosalind, Ken Eshpeter, chair of Battle River Railway, Lorne Enright, director of Rosalind Grain, Ward Kvemshagen, vice-president of Rosalind Grain, Kevin Davis, president of Rosalind Grain, Reg Yuha, director of Rosalind Grain, Billy Hofer, director of Rosalind Grain, Adam Enright, secretary of Rosalind Grain and Kenneth Hofer, director.
haul and will bring their grain here if we have the allocation." Rosalind Grain secretary Adam Enright said the prices the farmers receive shipping through the Rosalind facility are very competitive with what
Pruning ban for Dutch Elm Disease remains in effect until Sept. 30 Agri-News
To help keep Alberta Dutch elm disease (DED) free, the Society to Prevent Dutch Elm Disease (STOPDED) encourages everyone to pay attention to the provincial elm pruning ban between April 1 and Sept. 30. To help eliminate beetle habitat, it is important to properly prune all dead wood out of your elms and dispose of all pruned elm wood and elm firewood by burning, burying or chipping by March 31. Stored elm wood can harbor the elm bark beetles that can carry DED. “Elm bark beetles, responsible for spreading the deadly DED fungus, feed on healthy elms and breed in dead and dying elm trees,” said Janet Feddes-Calpas, STOPDED executive director. “If elm trees are pruned during the pruning ban period, these beetles which are active at this time can be attracted to the scent of the fresh wound and possibly infect an otherwise healthy elm with DED. Once an elm tree is infected with DED it will die within that year.” Having your tree pruned properly is important. Many trees are killed or ruined annually from improper pruning. Pruning like any other skill requires knowledge and should be done by a professional certified arborist who can determine what type of pruning is necessary to maintain or improve the health, appearance and safety of your trees. Topping or removing an excessive amount of live wood is not recommended on any variety of trees and will weaken the tree’s structure. For more information on, certified ISA arborists and DED, click the linked websites.
they are able to find elsewhere. "I know the prices for the wheat are better. The Rosalind producer car loading facility is one of several along a Camrose to Alliance short line operated by Battle River Railway, a community based
co-operative committed to creating a viable alternative to the traditional grain handling industry. In a Battle River Railway survey, farmers reported a 72 per cent reduction in hauling distance, reduced fuel consumption, reduced
maintenance on trucks and lower labour costs when they hauled to a BRR siding. Rosalind Grain is owned by 11 area shareholders. The company hired Brent Kuntz as a full-time employee in April.
Sedgewick a provincial hot spot when it comes to lightning strikes By Dan Jensen
You could be taking a risk if you venture outside in the Sedgewick area during an electrical storm. Environment and Sustainable Resource Development-collected data shows that Sedgewick had the third highest number of lightning strikes per square km (1.96) in the FortisAlberta service area in 2014 and 5,856 in total. Camrose was seventh in the service area with 1.76 strikes per square kilometre and 7,561 strikes in total, while the Wainwright was 10th with 1.56 strikes per square kilometre and 7,085 strikes in total. Bassano had the highest number of strikes in the service area at 3.32 per square kilometre, followed by Airdrie at 2.19 strikes per square kilometre. Environment and Sustainable Resource Development monitors lightning strikes throughout Alberta using small metal pole mounted devices and computer software. The data is sent to FortisAlberta and other utilities in Alberta in real time.
Power outages FortisAlberta has storm tracking technology to monitor weather patterns and predict where trouble can occur, and builds lightning protection equipment, called arrestors, into its distribution system to help minimize outages. The typical lightning arrestor has a high-voltage terminal and a ground terminal with a resistor and spark gap installed between the two terminals. The resistor prevents the high voltage terminal from shorting to the ground terminal under normal system operation. When a lightning surge travels along the power line to the arrestor, the current from the surge is diverted through the arrestor, crossing the spark gap to ground, thereby bypassing equipment such as transformers. “Our goal is to reduce the number and length of power outages our customers experience as a result of lightning strikes,” said FortisAlberta communications specialist Blair Debaar. “The potential for outages and associated damage to our equipment depends on the strength of the lightning strike.”
Lightning safety tips You can protecting yourself and your property during a lightning storm by disconnecting electronics and electrical appliances such as radios and television sets, remaining indoors, keeping away from doors, windows, fireplaces or anything else that will conduct electricity such as radiators, stoves, sinks and metal pipes and only using battery-powered appliances. If caught outside in a storm, take shelter when you can count 30 seconds or less between lightning and thunder. Stay away from objects that conduct electricity, like water, tractors, golf clubs and carts, motorcycles, lawn mowers and bicycles. Avoid being the highest point in an open area, crouch down and cover your ears, and stay away from tall objects like trees, hilltops and poles. Lightning flashes occur in Canada about 2.34 million times a year, including about once every three seconds during the summer months. Rubber tires do not protect you from lightning: it is the metal body of the car that will redirect the bolt around you down to the ground via the car.
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Alberta’s cattle herd needs help Agri-News
An Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) analyst says that expansion of Alberta’s cattle herd needs a little help from Mother Nature. “On the beef cattle side, prices remain near record highs,” said Jason Wood, provincial livestock market analyst, AF, Edmonton. “On the export front, year to date feeders are down one per cent, slaughter fed cattle are down 49.5 per cent, and slaughter cows are down 28 per cent to the United States. We’re still seeing a strong pull for feeders to the U.S. partly because of the large expansion effort that continues in the U.S. beef herd.” Wood said Statistics Canada will be releasing its cattle inventory report in the next couple of weeks. “There is some talk that heifers are being held back in Alberta and we’re seeing that exports are down for cows. Prices are expected to remain steady at near-record highs. The pieces are all in place for expansion, and if we can get the change in weather we’re looking for, we could see the cattle herd start to expand in 2016.”
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Strategies to prevent the spread of Fusarium Agri-News
An Alberta Agriculture and Forestry specialist says there are steps growers can take today to help prevent the spread of Fusarium head blight (FHB) in next year’s crop. “Fusarium head blight is an aggressive fungal disease of cereal crops that affects kernel development and is well established in southern Alberta with trace amounts found in the central and northern regions of the province,” said Neil Whatley, crop specialist, AF, Stettler. While caused by one or more species, Fusarium graminearum (Fg) is considered the most important FHB species due to its aggressiveness and production of a toxin called deoxynivalenol or DON. DON affects livestock feed, the baking and milling quality of wheat and the malting and brewing qualities of malt barley.
The Canadian Grain Commission allows very little fusarium damaged kernel (FDK) tolerances in top grades. Whatley says farmers need to use a combination of disease prevention strategies throughout the growing season. ”The first step to trying to limit FHB is knowing whether the disease is present in a field by searching for and observing disease symptoms. Additionally, learning whether Fg is the dominant FHB species under observation and becoming aware of its prevalence and severity contributes to this first step toward potentially reducing its impact.” FHB symptoms become visible in a maturing cereal crop during heading stage, typically during the last part of July or early August. The most apparent Fg disease symptom is premature bleaching of one or more infected spike-
lets in the cereal plant’s head, which visibly stands out on green heads. Spore growth appears as an orange or salmon coloured fungal growth at the base and edges of the glumes on these blighted head parts. Whatley says that diseased spikelets can contain visibly affected kernels. “In grading terms, visibly affected wheat seeds are called fusarium damaged kernels (FDK), whereas in barley, it is called fusarium mould. FDKs in wheat are shrunken and typically chalky white, while fusarium mould on barley appears as an orange or black encrustation of the seed surface. Symptoms in barley may be confused with hail damage, kernel smudge, or infection by leaf diseases such as net blotch or spot blotch.” Infection timing determines the severity of kernel damage. While infection occurring at early flower-
ing can lead to complete abortion of kernels, FDKs generally result from infection later in the flowering stage. Infections well after flowering and up to the soft dough stage of kernel development may not show visible symptoms, however kernels can contain the fungus and more importantly the mycotoxin it produces. Whatley recommends that if any symptoms are observed, to send the affected cereal head samples to a lab to determine whether the Fusarium species is indeed Fusarium graminearum and to determine Fg prevalence. “Routine testing of harvested grain and seed intended for planting is another way of assessing the presence and extent of Fg, especially if harvested grain is downgraded due to the presence of FDK. Several private seed company labs offer testing services for Fg in cereal seed/grain,” he said.
“Realizing whether a specific field is a candidate to apply an Fg control strategy is contingent upon the knowledge gained by observing disease symptoms at the heading stage of cereal crops during previous growing seasons. Determining the FHB species and disease severity are the first steps to determining whether a control strategy is necessary,” he says. Ultimately, Whatley says, determining the need for a fungicide application in an area where Fg is established will largely depend on the occurrence of moderate temperatures and suitable moisture just prior to and during the early stages of flowering. “Once symptoms are present it is too late to apply a fungicide, but you can still use this information to plan for subsequent growing seasons.”
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Prairie Fun Day showcases County treasures
Photos by Janine Carroll Camrose County showed off its many attractions during the annual Prairie Fun Days Aug. 22 and 22. Photos clockwise from top left: Terry Banack, caregiver at St. Stanislaus Church, near Round Hill, shares information about the beginnings of the congregation; John Mason, from Penhold, made friends with a goose at JoJo's Maze Craze; Henriette and Harold Hauser enjoyed corn at Alberta's Littlest Airport; a wealth of treasured community artifacts were on display at Kingman Museum; visitors make their way into Hampton School, one of the few one-room rural schoolhouses in the province still sitting on its original site; model aircraft were on display at Alberta’s Littlest Airport; Kevin Brown, from the Norsemen Inn, served craft beer at JoJo's Maze Craze; Hazel Cail surveys an impressive scene at St. Stanislaus Church, near Round Hill.
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Lakeland College completes EFP Agri-News
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Photo by Janine Carroll A statue of a theatre performer stands outside Bashaw’s Majestic Theatre, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The Majestic Theatre was one of the stops on Prairie Fun Days Aug. 23.
Lakeland College is the first post-secondary institution in Alberta to complete an Environmental Farm Plan (EFP). T he students in Lakeland’s agricultural sciences programs who learn on the Student Managed Farm (SMF) at the Vermilion campus are now using the Alberta Environmental Farm Plan (AEFP) online webbook to self-assess their farming practices. “We are proud to be demonstrating environmental stewardship on our college farm and to have our students working through the EFP,” said Josie Van Lent, dean of the School of Agricultural Sciences at Lakeland College. Throughout the winter 2015 semester (January to April), about 50 second-year students in a number of agricultur-
al disciplines including animal science technology and crop technology worked together to complete the EFP. The experience enabled the students to see what best management practices were in place on their farm and where they could make improvements to avoid potential environmental risks. Lakeland students had completed EFP exercises in the past; however, this was the first time they completed and submitted an EFP specific to the SMF. The SMF has five different units – crops, commercial beef, purebred beef, dairy, and sheep units. Animal science students collaborated with students in the crop technology program to complete the EFP. “Lakeland has demonstrated their commitment to environmental stewardship and
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Prairie Fun Days' southern route highlights
Photos by Janine Carroll The southern leg of Prairie Fun Days featured exceptional entertainment, exquisite food and drink, and rare behind-the scenes tours of modern farms and historical buildings. Photos clockwise from top left: covered wagon were offered at the Meeting Creek Railway Station and Elevator; Odean Trautman portrayed Father Beillevaire and Sue Niven an early pioneer woman outside St. Thomas Church at Old Duhamel; Colleen Labelle, owner of McSliquors, served wine at Ferintosh Manor Bed and Breakfast; a guitar player provided music at Fridhem Baptist Church, which held an ecumenical service; men gather around an old steam tractor; Prairie Fun Days bus tour participants have a conversation at the Majestic Theatre in Bashaw; Bernadette Holowach, from Edmonton, stands behind bars at the Bashaw Fire Hall Museum. Below: Mason Terry with information describing the wildflowers at Fridhem Baptist Church.
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RCMP busy with accident calls August 24
RCMP attended the scene of a single vehicle MVC at the junction of Hwy 13 and 21. Two people were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. A report was received from the Tea House in Kingman of a break and enter. Approximately $400 was stolen. RCMP reviewed security options with the involved parties. August 29
Police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the ditch on Hwy 833 near TWP 492. The vehicle was found with all tires missing and the inside “gutted.” The Ford F-350 had been reported stolen out of Edmonton early in the month. August 30
RCMP responded to a three vehicle MVC at the junction of Hwy 13 and Hwy 56 involving a Ford Escape and two motorbikes. A driver of one of the motorbikes was taken to hospital. This matter is still under investigation. RCMP have received multiple complaints about speeders in the construction zone at Hwy 21 and Hwy 13. Please obey all traffic signs and posted speed limits. If caught speeding in a construction zone all fines are doubled. RCMP also responded to three false alarm calls, six 911 hang ups, five dangerous driving complaints and four animal related collisions. Students have returned to classes across the province to start the new school year. The Alberta RCMP would like to remind students, parents and drivers of a few safety tips which will make the return to school a safe one for everyone. Drivers
School buses are once again on the roads, making frequent stops to pick up and drop off students. Alternating flashing amber lights indicate that a school bus is slowing down. When a school bus activates its alternately flashing red lights, it is signaling that it is going to stop. Drivers must stop too. It is illegal to pass a stopped school bus as long as its red lights remain activated. Drivers should watch for students at crosswalks and obey the signals of crossing guards and traffic control devices. Be aware that neighbourhood streets near schools and school zones are busier with both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Be careful when driving in these areas and “expect the unexpected.” Driver distraction accounts for 20 to 30 per cent of all collisions. Put away electronic devices, beverages and food while driving. Avoid distracted driving and focus on the road and traffic.
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County Protective Services to patrol rural villages By Murray Green
Camrose County protective services will be patrolling more streets of towns and villages this fall. The Town of Bashaw and the Village of Bawlf followed the lead of Edberg and Ferintosh in making an enforcement request for policing at a regular council meeting on Aug. 25. After meeting with protective services manager Mike Kuzio, the town and villages requested additional patrols and to bring the proposal to County council for approval. “I recommend that Camrose County council authorize protective services to enter into a fee for service contract authorizing officers to enforce provincial statutes and bylaws within the Town of Bashaw,” said Kuzio in his presentation. Councillor Jack Lyle made
the motion to enter into a contract for one year. County officers will conduct patrols and investigate complaints within the Town of Bashaw. The fee for service has been set at $95 per hour. Officers will start with four (one hour each) patrols per month from March to October and two (one hour each) patrols from November to February. The Town of Bashaw requested a schedule in advance of the dates and times the County officers will be patrolling. The protective services manager will be creating the schedule. During these patrols, officers will be stopping by the Town of Bashaw office to pick up any complaints that may be outstanding to begin investigating. The officers will also be conducting traffic enforcement when not investigating complaints, with 100 per cent of
the fine revenue staying with the town. “It will be the responsibility of Bashaw to contract their own animal control, as County officers do not pick up dogs, nor deal with cat issues. However, County officers will investigate other dog issues under the Town of Bashaw’s dog control bylaw, such as ensuring a dog’s welfare is taken care of and dangerous dogs,” explained Kuzio. Councillor Greg Gillespie questioned whether the extra patrols would take away from other County duties. “It is very hard to tell right now. We would have to see how this process works and evaluate it next fall,” said Kuzio. Councillor Lyle also expressed concerns if this would lead to an additional officer if other villages came on board requesting more patrols. “Last year when we asked
if villages wanted the service they said no, no, no,” said councillor Ken Krause. “Now they are saying yes, yes, yes.” Protective Services also added the Village of Bawlf into the schedule of patrols. The Village of Bawlf council already made a motion to permit County officers to enforce within their boundaries. At this time, the discussion is to have the County officers conduct six hours of patrols during the months of September and October and three hours of patrols during November and December in 2015. Councillor Brian Willoughby made the motion to enter into a contract with a review after the Village of Bawlf has had 2016 budget meetings and decide how many hours they would like the service.
At the beginning of the new year, the Village of Bawlf will then advise protective services of the new required patrol hours for 2016, based on the Village of Bawlf’s new budget. “The Village of Bawlf is also requesting they have a schedule in advance from the protective services manager. All complaints originating within the Village of Bawlf must be approved first through the village office, who then will email all complaints which need investigating to protective services,” said Kuzio. The officers will also conduct traffic enforcement when not investigating complaints, with 100 per cent of the fine revenue going to the village. “It will be the responsibility of the Village of Bawlf to contract their own animal control as well,” said Kuzio.
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Footgolf catching on at Rosebush Lodge By Dan Jensen
A new family sport is starting to attract some interest. Under 14 soccer players from Camrose marked the end of their season by enjoying a round of footgolf at Rosebush Lodge, a bed and breakfast operation just southeast of Edberg, July 14. As the name implies, footgolf is a combination of soccer (known as football in most of the world) and golf. Players “tee off” by blasting a soccer ball as far as they can with the goal of getting it in a hole at the end of a long fairway in the fewest possible number of strokes. The footgolf course at Rosebush Lodge has mostly par five holes averaging between 100 and 145 yards. “The boys that we have out here tonight are making par on a few of the holes,” said Rosebush Lodge owner Dale Falk. “They are good kickers and they are doing pretty well.” The game is played on a former pitch and putt golf course that was developed next to the lodge by the former owners. “My wife Valorie and I decided to turn it into a footgolf course because there were already so many good places for regular golf in the area,” said Falk. We felt it would appeal to a lot of younger soccer players once they finished their
Under 14 soccer players from Camrose marked the end of their season at Rosebush Lodge by enjoying a game of footgolf, a cross between golf and soccer. Rosebush Lodge is owned by Dale and Valorie Falk and Steven and Mary-Anne Falk. regular season, as well as their parents and grandparents.” Footgolf is a growing sport, with courses sprouting up all over Europe and Canada. As long as you can get out, kick a ball and walk a course you can play. “When I was doing my research I found that there were a lot of places in Europe adding footgolf to their courses,” said Falk.
“There are also courses in Edmonton and Calgary.” The course doesn’t require as much maintenance as regular golf courses, although Falk does a good job of keeping the fairways and the greens mowed,, and letting the grass grow longer in the “rough’ areas in order to present some additional challenges and force players to kick the ball straight.
While the course hasn’t been extremely busy yet, Falk is confident that more and more people will start playing once they see what the sport is all about. “We gave out cards to the members of the soccer association at the end of the year for a free round of footgolf, so they are just starting to come out now to try it,” he said, “We also have some camping in the
back so families can come out and camp overnight and then play.” The course is set up as self pay so players can come out at any time they wish. “They can just come out, put some money in the box and play a round, even if nobody is around,” said Falk. “We have set it up so everything is casual.”
Settlers viewed countryside from a spot on Pretty Hill Recollections of Elmer Olson and Ruth (Pederson) Jasman From Footprints along the Stoney, a history of Armena and Baldenstein areas
Armena and area celebrated 100 years at the Armena Recreation Grounds on Saturday, July 11. During the period before and after 1900 many settlers viewed the surrounding countryside from a permanent spot called “Pretty Hill,” located six miles northwest of Camrose, then NWT. Here they speculated on how to wrestle the wilderness into a community for their homes and families. Among the early settlers in the periphery of Pretty Hill were: Olaf Pedersons, Erick Lysengs, J.B. Ericksons, August Thunbergs, Alfred Andersons and the Elling, John and Ole Olsons. The “flatlanders” had a limited view because of the tall trees, so we welcomed every opportunity to visit our cousins at Pretty Hill. Our wagon
trail led us right up to the top of the hill where we could look out on a bigger world of beauty and splendor and we could recognize each home in the enriched area. We were intrigued by the stories told by our parents that we were indeed standing on historical ground where Indians had previously fought battles, died and were buried. During the 1870s there were two camps of Cree Indians, one large group on Pretty Hill and a smaller camp at Lake Demay. A smallpox epidemic had spread through central Alberta and many camps were completely wiped out. A very old Cree Indian by the name of Pe-o-kis was one of only two survivors from a camp near Red Deer. He had heard of this camp on Pretty Hill being stricken by the disease, so as soon as he recovered he came to visit them and found only a few still living. The camp at Lake Demay had nearly all perished.
I remember seeing Pe-oKis on many occasions. He lived in Camrose where he passed away in 1936. As a young boy I recollect some things about Pretty Hill. There were two rounded peaks at first, but as time went by they were levelled off by years of cultivation. I recall seeing a buffalo wallow there. The families mentioned earlier in this story were members of the established Lutheran Churches of Scandia and Fridhem. It was a long distance to drive, with horses and wagons or buggies being the only mode of transportation. As a result our parents organized a Sunday School to be taught in the various homes. The teachers were Mary (Lyseng) Pederson, Amelia (Tandberg) Olson, and Ida and Gina Moe. Later on, Norwegian Parochial School was taught in the homes. The terms lasted three weeks. The first school term was taught at the Elling
Olson home with Anne Hendrickson (Anderson) as the teacher. Nellie Lyseng (Norvik) instructed the second term held at Ole Olsons and the third term at John Olsons with Mary Henrickson (Rustand) teaching. Most of the children stayed at these homes while school lasted. I often think of the patience our parents had and of the Christian guidelines that were installed in each of us children. Besides our studies we had recess and evenings for relaxation. We had fun in hay lofts, and coasting down snowy slopes with sleighs and even grain shovels. At our house we made a scaffold being we had no hills nearby. Ella Hendrickson (Sylyski) was challenged to slide down on a grain scoop. She survived, but admitted it was a pretty bumpy ride. Picnics and ball games were often held at the Pretty Hill ball diamond. Among several local ball players were Cliff Wilson
and Carl E. Lyseng. Olaf Pederson built a bandstand in the grove near his home and the Community Band performed for many of the district gatherings held there. These were special times! Many of us still remember the picnic feasts with genuine honest to goodness lemonade and delicious home-made ice cream. There was never a shortage of volunteers to squeeze lemons or to crank the ice cream freezer. The tables actually groaned under the weight of an abundance of appetizing food. One of the more important occasions was a fundraising event for the newly organized Camrose Lutheran Church (1901). Ball games, races and various contests were enjoyed, making it into a County Fair atmosphere. Music lovers were delighted to listen to the local band selections. The historical site of Pretty Hill will always bring back many happy memories.
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MICHAEL KELEMEN 5704-48 Avenue, Camrose Phone 780-672-9251 Phone 780-672-2273
• Is owned by its members. • Stocks a full range of quality products, including our popular Country Morning meats and Harmonie and Co-op brand items.
4717-38 Street, Camrose Phone 780-672-4463
Add a flag to your farmyard We sell top quality, long-lasting flags – from Canadian and provincial flags to flags from countries around the world. Choose from many sizes to suit your specific needs. 4925-48 Street, Camrose Phone 780-672-3142
The COUNTRY BOOSTER, September 8, 2015 – Page 16
Camrose Chrysler
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ON ALL NEW TRUCKS Ram 1500, 2500 and 3500
Up to 72 months.
FREE HOCKEY HELMET! Test Drive any new Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep or Ram at Camrose Chrysler and receive a gift certificate for one “Right Fit” hockey helmet. Available until Sept. 30.
Redeemable value of the helmet Gift Certificate is a maximum of $60. Perfect for initiation, novice or atom players.
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