October 6, 2015 Country Booster by The Camrose Booster

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Always better – always better read 12 Pages – October 6, 2015

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Harvest is in Full Swing

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A variety of merchandise and services: Farm equipment and supplies, auctions, trailers, homes, real estate, finance, home furnishings, health, and more!

News Features… County examines rural industrial proposal . . . . . . . . . 6

Dale Uglem (left) and brother Rick, of Bawlf, ready to get back to combining.

Farmers ride through recession times. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Candidates forum to be held in New Sarepta . . . . . . . . 7 Farm families recognized in Red Deer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Less than idyllic weather conditions have caused a rocky start to this year’s harvest for many central Alberta producers and, with every small stretch of suitable days, farmers have been putting in as many hours in the fields as possible. Whether it’s many miles of canola, wheat or barley from your fields, or rows of potatoes, carrots or corn from your garden, our wish for you is the same: Good weather, a bountiful harvest, safety in whatever you’re doing, and trouble-free productive days. From all of us here at The Camrose Booster and each one of our valued advertisers – all the best in the days ahead!

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Getting into the business of farming Agri-News

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) is hosting two Getting into Farming information sessions. “The sessions are aimed at those thinking about getting into a farming business and making it their primary source of income,” said Abby Verstraete, farm business analyst, AF, Edmonton. “They will provide information about farming at a pretty high level to give a solid overview for those who want to learn about opportunities in the industry.” Getting into Farming will cover a variety of topics: overview of agriculture; business planning; personal assessment; financial; land resource/education. The two dates are as follows: Oct. 20, Airdrie Agriculture Centre; Oct. 22, Leduc Agriculture and Forestry. Getting into Farming runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with registration starting at 8:30 a.m.

HARVEST IN FULL SWING

The warmer weather of last week allowed area farmers to make significant progress with their harvesting operations. Many farmers have been receiving average yields due to the dry conditions experienced this past summer.

Excellence Award for agricultural students Agri-News

Farm Management Canada and the Canadian Association of Diploma in Agriculture Programs (CADAP) are proud to announce the launch of the 2015-16 Excellence Award for Agricultural Students, designed to encourage students to improve their critical thinking, communication and leadership skills through a national competition. FMC and CADAP are collecting submissions from agricultural students across Canada and will award three winners with scholarships towards furthering their education in agriculture. The award is designed to help students develop their communication skills by having the opportunity to voice their opinion on a subject related to farm management. Students are asked to submit a multimedia presentation, a video, a Twitter chat, a blog or a Wiki, responding to the following question: What top three priorities should Canada’s agricultural industry focus on in order to be a leading agricultural body going forward? How will you, as a new graduate, positively contribute to these priorities? To take part in the competition, please apply on the FMC Website. All applications must be received no later than May 6, 2016.

New Norway 4-H Club By Shana Lee Fankhanel

What a great time we had this year. The club did many things for the beef and horse projects. It started with instruction days with Teri Larsgard and we learned so much. We had an assessment day which most of us were able to do the tasks to move up a level. Our fun events were going to Edmonton for Farmfair and swimming. Most of the members went to Bull Congress in Camrose and attended the Regional Multi Species Judging Competition. Public speaking winners for junior was Shana Lee Fankhanel placing first at club and district level, and Sofia Land placing second at club. Intermediate was Lyndsey Smith placing first at club and Kaylee Lehman placing second. Senior was Paytten Fankhanel placing first at club and district and third at regional level, and Karis Herbert placing second at club. Great job! The beef project held its club show at Bashaw Ag Grounds and even though it was a rainy day we all had a great time. Ciara Fankhanel won grand champion steer and Paytten Fankhanel won reserve champion steer. Shana Lee Fankhanel won champion heifer and supreme champion female and Emily Flint won reserve champion heifer and supreme reserve champion female. Kaylee Lehman won three-yearold cow/calf champion and Emily Flint won champion mature cow/calf. Senior showmanship was Paytten Fankhanel first and Ciara Fankhanel second. Intermediate showmanship was Emily Flint first and Kaylee Lehman second. Junior showmanship was Shana Lee Fankhanel first. Our Cleaver Kids did well with Cody Fankhanel placing first in showmanship and second with his steer and Wyatt Fankhanel placing first with his steer and second in showmanship. Every year we help in the highway cleanup and with such a nice day we did the 20 km distance and had a barbecue before the rain started. Our volunteer work was helping run the booth at the sports day and at the Willows Music Festival. Our club is happy of all the people who help in our fundraising during the year with the Davison orchards, tire and electronic recycling and community calendars. This money we use to help buy needed equipment and clinics we attend during the year. Congratulations to Paytten Fankhanel for being awarded at Selections 2015 to attend Agribition in Regina this November.

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Armena and area celebrated its 100th anniversary this past summer. The settlement of (Armena) Lundemo was named by Postmaster John Waldum, who had come from South Dakota in May, 1898. He settled here and named the spot for his post office after his home town in Norway. When he arrived here from Wetaskiwin, there were only trails to travel on. It was more than thirty miles and often those trails were flooded. Mr. Waldum carried the mail in a barrel, from Wetaskiwin, in the first years. He would bring it for anybody along the way who asked him. When he arrived at the homesteader’s shack, the contents of the barrel would be dumped out and sorted. Often times the homesteader was careless about putting the mail back in the barrel, to Waldum’s annoyance. Rarely did a man set out alone on trips; rough storms would come up frequently, especially in winter. The cold winters were a terrible handicap, as was the deep snow. One time, the temperatures went down to 62 below zero Fahrenheit. Bit by bit, the country became settled: the Throndson and Lyseng families arrived. A Post Office was started at Bittern Lake also. As did many other settlers, Mr. and Mrs. Waldum and their daughter, Julia, lived in a log house. When we first arrived in 1919 we nearly perished but “stayed with it.” We also lived in a log house on our quarter section, SE-30-48-20, for thirteen years before we built a frame house. The Waldums kept the Post Office for many years until he suffered a paralytic stroke and died a day later, in 1928. He was buried in Bethlehem Church Cemetery with a large number of friends and relatives in attendance. The Post Office was closed for only a few days and then the Kingman mail driver, Mr. Dettwiler, sorted the mail as soon as he arrived on Mondays and Fridays, as usual. An elderly gentleman, Mr. Sealand, from Kingman, came to run the office, but only stayed a month before he resigned because it was too lonesome. In 1928, the Post Office was moved to our house and we continued with it until 1949 when we sold out and moved to Edmonton. Throndson School was built about four miles south and east, and following that, Brandland School was built about three miles north of the Post Office as many families had moved into the area. A teacherage was built soon after.

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Council looks at auction site By Murray Green

Camrose County council members heard a proposal to redistrict 1.6 acres within a 12.6 acre property along Avonroy Road north of Highway 26 from agricultural property to rural industrial at a public hearing Sept. 22. Planning manager Anjah Howard suggested that council give second reading to Bylaw 1361 to redistrict Pt. Lot 1, Plan 8222471 (SE 8-47-19- W4) on Avonroy Road. “They (redistricting applicant) have a permit to run a temporary auction site as a home based business, but are limited in the number of auctions they can hold each year,” explained Howard. “This agreement was for a one year period, so that is why it is coming back to council. The owners (Iverson) would like to rezone a portion of this acreage to rural industrial to allow the auction business to expand to suit their business growth plan while complying with the Municipal Development Plan and Land Use Bylaw. “The reason they proposed the 1.6 acre parcel is they say that is the only portion of the land they use for the business and they

want to minimize the rezoning footprint to reduce the potential impacts to the community caused by a larger redistricting and reduce the potential impacts on their tax levels if the property is rezoned.” A typical logical step after rezoning a portion of land is to subdivide those lands along the redistricting boundary. Council learned that this is not the intent of the applicant, but the proposal was designed with road access to allow this. The current proposal does leave an island of industrial land surrounded by agricultural/acreage residential lands. “To provide more logical subdivision boundaries that don’t create an island the rezoning could be expanded to 10 acres to include all of the parcel except the 2.5 acre existing yard site,” said Howard. Policy 5.2 indicates commercial establishments may be allowed adjacent to provincial highways if the development has all necessary provincial government approvals, the development pays all its own capital costs, and the development yields taxes more than the continu-

Farm Management Canada (FMC) is seeking to honour individuals or groups with the 2015 Wilson Loree Award. This prestigious award was established to honour those that have made an extraordinary contribution to developing and promoting new and positive change in agricultural business management practices and expertise in Canada. FMC encourages the nomination of individuals or groups that: have made significant contributions in the area of business management regionally or nationally; have demonstrated innovation in areas such as turning research into practical management tools, adapting best practices from other sectors to agriculture, and finding new ways to deliver training, information and resources to farm managers; have served as a role model and a mentor to colleagues, partners and clients, inspiring them to achieve their full potential; have demonstrated the ability to network and develop partnerships to include others in furthering the shared goals and vision of the agriculture industry. Nominations are required no later than October 16, 2015. FMC staff and board members are not eligible for the award. The winner will be revealed during the Agricultural Excellence Conference on Thursday November 26. All are welcome to attend.

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ing costs incurred by the County. The development should not use good farm land. The development must not have any harmful effect on farming, or land values, or nearby residents. The development must not interfere with the logical and economic expansion of a nearby urban place. No written objection responses to the proposal were received. The applicant asked what the tax implications would be if the county squares off the land and more acres are switched to rural industrial. The auction is for small items, most of which are in the auction house and not outdoors. Council informed the applicant there is no way to force the landowners to return the property to farm land once they are finished with the auction business. Currently, auction businesses are only allowed on rural industrial land. Councillor Greg Gillespie moved to defer the vote to the council’s next meeting (Oct. 13) to give the county tax department time to determine how much the taxes would change with the proposed land use.

The current recession has helped Camrose county farmers attract skilled workers for the harvest and provided better prices than would be available if the dollar was higher against its US counterpart. “Our Canadian dollar falling has supported our prices because they are based on an export market,” said Canadian Federation of Agriculture vice president Humphrey Banack. “If we were to take the same price we are getting today at $10 and extrapolate that to a 90 cent dollar instead of 75, we would probably be around that $8.50 mark (for canola). So the fall in the dollar has propped up our price, but we will start to see the change in that because our fertilizer and much of our machinery is based on the US dollar. The 75 cent dollar is going to hurt us as we go to buy a new John Deere or Case piece of equipment because now we are 25 per cent short of a US dollar.” Cattle prices Banack said the drought will present challenges to farmers wishing to rebuild their beef herds. “Before the dry weather the farmers were hoping to expand their beef herds, but it looks now that we are going to see another contraction. People are selling their cows, and if they had heifers they are shipping them.” Banack is confident that the size of the herds will grow over time. “I saw numbers just this morning that the U.S. herd has expanded 2.5 per cent and the numbers of heifers being kept are up substantially,” he said. “Their herds are starting to grow and ours will catch up with good times and opportunity.” Banack noted that Canada imports 30 or 40 per cent of the beef that Canadians consume. “The price of beef is not simply driven by our cattle prices in western Canada. If the retailers feel they can find less expensive beef from Oceana they will bring it in from Oceana rather than using Canadian beef.”

GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT AWARD

Murray Green, Camrose Booster Camrose County planning and development manager Anjah Howard received her Certified Local Government Manager award from the Society of Local Government Managers of Alberta. The award was presented to her by Reeve Don Gregorwich at the Sept. 22 council meeting. She earned the distinction in May.

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Federal election forum to be held in New Sarepta Oct. 8 By Murray Green

A federal election forum hosted by students in Grade 11 Social Studies will be held at the New Sarepta Community High School on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. This is a chance for voters to meet the candidates in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding. The candidates will be allowed opening remarks before answering questions from the floor. “Opening speeches will be four minutes. There will be two undisclosed common questions for all candidates to respond within two minutes,” explained social studies teacher Kirsten Newman. “Questions from the audience will be written and given to runners to bring up to the host during a break. After responding to questions from the audience, each candidate will be allowed closing comments of one minute.” Confirmed candidates attending include NDP Katherine Swampy, Green Party Nora Abercrombie for Gary Kelly, MP Conservative Kevin Sorenson and Liberal Andy Kowalski. If other candidates officially announce they are running, they could be added to the list of potential speakers.

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The Van Petten family from Kelsey, the Blades family from Camrose, and the Sych family from Hay Lakes, were among 26 across the province honoured with Century Farm and Ranch Awards this past summer. The Alberta Century Farm and Ranch Award salutes families which have continuously owned and actively operated the same land for a minimum of 100 years. Families receive a bronze plaque measuring 14 by 10 inches that they can place on the farm gate or hang on a building to show their family’s perseverance and ability to keep farming or ranching in the face of change. The award reflects the Alberta government’s confidence in the modern farm and ranch family’s ability to continue overcoming the constant challenges to remain on the land. “Our province’s farm families are the heart of rural Alberta and the ongoing success of the agriculture sector depends greatly on their hard work and commitment,” said Oneil Carlier, minister of Agriculture and Forestry. “It is an honour to recognize families who have contributed so much to their communities and built a tremendous legacy through many generations.” The Government of Alberta has presented Century Farm and Ranch Awards to more than 1,500 families since 1993. Agriculture is the province’s largest renewable industry, with exports valued at more than $9 billion annually. There are more than 43,000 farms totalling 50.5 million acres.

Brian, Carolyn and Kerry Blades with the Alberta Century Farm and Ranch Award they received in Red Deer.

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Camrose RCMP receive complaint about driver September 21 RCMP assisted a county resident with a noise complaint involving a neighbor who held a party leading into early morning hours. Police were able to help the neighbors come to an amicable agreement while maintaining a positive future relationship. September 22 Police assisted Provost RCMP with a file involving uttering threats. Both parties are in the process of being interviewed and this file is still under investigation. September 23 Sometime during the night of Sept. 22, six batteries were stolen from Carillion’s message board on Hwy 56. The batteries are valued at about $1,300 each. September 24 RCMP is assisting two families in the County with getting appropriate help required to deal with mental health issues. September 25 A complaint was received about an erratic driver on Hwy 21. RCMP made a patrol and were able to locate the vehicle. The driver admitted to having a discussion with the passenger and was not fully concentrating on driving. Police issued a warning. September 26 An abandoned vehicle was found in the ditch, slightly damaged, in the area of RR210. A female was located in the vehicle with a cut to her head and back pains. She was later transported to the hospital. After multiple extensive searches, the male driver was not able to be located and RCMP are currently investigating his whereabouts. RCMP also responded to three false alarms, three 911 hang-ups, four calls regarding animal and five dangerous driving complaints. As harvest season is in full swing, RCMP would like to remind you not to leave your vehicle unlocked with keys in it while you are in the fields.

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The board of trustees for Clearview Public Schools has successfully completed discussions with support staff for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years. Along with teachers, support staff play a vital role in the education of students. Support staff include learning assistants, custodians, secretaries, family school liaison workers, librarians, technology system technicians, mechanics, bus drivers and maintenance workers. Over the past months, the focus of the discussions with the support staff groups was to create fairness and equity for all employees, and a solid concentration this year on increasing access to benefits for staff. All support staff saw improvements to their agreements which primarily included a two per cent increase in salaries effective September 1. Staff also saw an improvement in benefits for school-based support staff (such as learning assistants and secretaries), with approximately 20 per cent more staff now qualifying for benefits. Clearview staff’s benefit plan includes extended health, dental, vision, and a local government pension plan. During 2014-15, the board of trustees established as one of the Clearview priorities to “Hire and Inspire Qualify Staff,” which was a guideline in the review for improved access to benefits for support staff. “The staff committees and board committee worked together towards improvements for both staff and Clearview,” shared board chair Cheri Neitz. “These improvements will help us to continue to attract and keep our great staff, and ensure our students have the best supports for learning.” Increases in total compensation (salary and benefits) for support staff is estimated to be at least 5.2 per cent, primarily from more staff accessing benefits. The agreement with staff will be for a two-year period. “The updated compensation agreements continue to respect our staff and I am really thankful the board supported for more staff to access benefits,” said superintendent Peter Barron. “Staff felt they were really heard during the discussions, and these improvements will be significant for those staff that do great work for students and learning, but in the past were unable to have health benefits for themselves or their families.” Authorized Bobcat Dealer

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The Free Our Finest event to support Camrose Special Olympics raised more than $22,000. Clockwise from top: RCMP Sgt. Beth Philipp didn’t have a lot to say, MLA Bruce Hinkley was eager to serve hotdogs, the RCMP explosive disposal unit was on display, Taryn Maschke of Camrose received some help from Gloria Lindberg in the EMS bus, Flagstaff officer Rick White was taped to the wall and Cody Goeglein-Jackson of Lougheed made a new friend.

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and stems in August but does not usually cause significant damage. Blackleg is spread by infected seed or by spores splashed about by rain or carried by the wind in the growing crop. Long distance spread of the disease across the prairies is through the movement of infected seed.