September 8, 2020 Country Booster by The Camrose Booster

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Some farmers took advantage of the windy, field-drying conditions to get their canola swathed.

Photos by Lori Larsen

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News Featuresâ&#x20AC;Ś Camrose Connector up and running again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2 Sharing the roadways . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Chickens make big impact on agriculture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 See page 5 for more on front cover story â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Harvesting the Gold.

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Weyga Farming Ltd. (Camrose) gets a start on combining and transporting seed as the wagon and auger unload to the grain truck.

The crisper air, golden fields and shorter days are signs that fall is in the air and harvest season is upon us. Farmers around Camrose County are gearing up equipment and heading out to the fields with hopes the weather will cooperate long enough to get the crops down, dried and off.

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Camrose and area residents will once again be able to connect to Edmonton as the Camrose Connector gets back on the road on Sept. 9 after a temporary suspension of the service due to COVID-19. The following health and safety protocols will be in place to ensure the safety of passengers and drivers. Face masks will be mandatory for the entire duration of the trip. The Government of Alberta has set up a mask distribution initiative through its transit partners as part of its relaunch strategy. The Camrose Connector will be

Rural roads By Lori Larsen

Alberta Transportation is investing $60 million towards patching and paving maintenance across the province with additional funds being allocated to the maintenance of gravel roads. Camrose MLA Jackie Lovely joined Alberta Transportation regional director Mike Damberger on a road trip of highways within the constituency to review, provincial Highways 833, 26, and 854. Continued on page 7

offering free non-medical masks during their route. For more information, visit alberta.ca/masks. Social distancing will be enforced on all vehicles, allowing a maximum of 11 people on each trip. Passengers will undergo a quick Health and Safety Screening to ensure they are not experiencing symptoms of illness and/or have not travelled outside of Canada in the past 14 days. Enhanced cleaning measures will be adhered to, including an electro-static spray of the entire interior between in each trip. The Connector will run Wednesdays, Thurs-

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Sharing the roadways By Lori Larsen

Harvest season is upon us and the likelihood of meeting a farm vehicle or equipment on country roads is inevitable. Often, the only way for our farmers to access multiple fields and farmyards is to traverse County roadways. Bearing that in mind, the RCMP would like to remind motorists to pay extra attention, be courteous and always abide by all traffic laws. “Always be alert to the possibility of slowmoving farm equipment, especially exiting/entering fields, farmyards or agribusiness lanes,” noted Camrose RCMP Constable McCloy. “Adjust your driving accordingly and always be courteous.” The RCMP offer the following tips to motorists and farm machinery and vehicle operators.

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Tips for motorists

Slow down when encountering slow-moving equipment or vehicles, and keep a safe distance in order to assess the situation. Be patient and give the farm vehicles and equipment extra room. Pass only when it is safe to do so and you have a long, clear sight of vision of oncoming traffic. Be sure to allow for extra time considering farm equipment tends to be longer and wider. Ensure that the operator of the slow-moving vehicle or equipment is aware of your presence and your intention to pass. Always signal when passing. Avoid passing prior to lanes or machinery roads where it is possible the slow-moving vehicle or equipment may be turning left. The operator of the slow-moving equipment or vehicle will let you pass when safe to do so and

there is room for them to move safely off the road. “Two of the most frequent types of farm equipment related collisions occur when farm machinery is hit while turning into a public road or are rear ended by another vehicle,” said McCloy. Farm equipment and vehicles are often quite noisy, so do not rely on your horn to warn operators. Do not feel pressured to pass even if the operator of slow-moving equipment or vehicle signals you to do so. It is always your decision to pass or not, and only when you feel it is safe. Tips for farmers

The best line of defence for all farm equipment and vehicles is to ensure they are road safe and highly visible. Have all regulat-

ed requirements for lighting (headlights, taillights, clearance lights and indicator signals) and signage including the use of a clean, clear and properly mounted slow-moving vehicle (SMV) sign. “Signs must be used on equipment travelling less than 40 km/hour,” reminded Constable McCloy. Warning flags, while not mandatory, should be used to mark the widest part of the vehicle or equipment. In low lighting situations and at night, use reflective tape and reflectors on slow-moving equipment or vehicles. In Canada, reflective material needs to be red and white strips on the rear of the equipment and yellow reflective material on the front.

When travelling on any public roadway, farm equipment and vehicle operators must adhere to all traffic safety laws and rules. This includes following rules related to speed, signalling, sharing the road with others, distracted driving and operating equipment or vehicles while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. “Remember, even though you are no longer driving a car or truck, drive sober and attempt to always keep an appropriate reactionary gap between all vehicles around you,” added McCloy. Driving defensively is important for all motorists, but is especially significant for operators of farm equipment or vehicles. Begin by ensuring all farm equipment and vehicles are road worthy and all equipment is working properly. Check all tires for air pressure, cuts, bumps, and tread wear. Always lock brake pedals together for highway travel. Sudden braking on only one wheel at a high speed could put a tractor into a dangerous skid. Equip your equipment/vehicles with rearview mirrors, advance warning triangles and fire extinguishers. Check all lights and ensure they are operating properly and are clean and visible. Know the route being travelled and make sure the roadways are safe and free of hazards such as: narrow bridges, loose gravel, bumps and potholes or deep ruts, dusty road conditions and soft shoulders. Where possible avoid hazardous or busier roadways, travelling in low light conditions (fog) and at night. While operators may think it is courteous to make room for passing

vehicles by moving onto the shoulder of the road, soft shoulders could result in a rollover. Only when safe to do so, pull over, off the road as much as possible, to allow other traffic to pass by safely. Make sure all loads are properly and legally secured and all towing requirements are met. Use safety-type hitch pins, and make sure they are securely fastened. Hitch trailed equipment to the drawbar. Match the load to the towing vehicle. Loads that exceed the braking capacity of the towing vehicle can lead to dangerous situations in the event of sudden braking. Where possible, consider the use of a pilot vehicle for larger machinery to warn oncoming traffic. Equip tractors with rollover protection structures (ROPS) and wear seatbelts. Never have extra riders on equipment. They not only pose distractions, but there may not be seatbelts available for passengers. Use trained and licensed operators for all farm equipment and vehicles. Slow down when making turns or rounding curves, and stop at all railway crossings. Farmers and ranchers play a vital role in our lives. Remember that they too want to get home safely to their families at the end of their working day. Share the roadways in a safe and courteous manner. For complete details on the laws and regulations pertaining to farm vehicles and equipment on Alberta roadways, see the Traffic Safety Act for Alberta at www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Acts/t06.pdf.

Tips from residents help RCMP hammer down on rural crime By Lori Larsen

In rural communities, residents play an important role in detecting and preventing crime, and tips passed onto RCMP members are vital in assisting in investigations that, more often than not, lead to successful arrests and charges. On Aug. 13, Bashaw RCMP were alerted to a suspicious vehicle by vigilant Ponoka County residents. Bashaw RCMP and Central Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit (CAD CRU) investigators attended the area, determined the vehicle to be stolen, and took a 35-year-old male into custody without incident. The suspect was wanted on multiple Arrest Warrants from several jurisdic-

tions and was transported to Bashaw Detachment where a Judicial Interim Release was conducted. The suspect faced 11 new charges and was remanded to appear in Red Deer Court on Aug. 31. On Aug. 19, Bashaw RCMP, with the assistance of investigators from CAD CRU and investigators from the Ponoka General Investigation Section, located a 28-year-old suspect, wanted for previously fleeing in a stolen vehicle from Bashaw and CAD CRU investigators. The suspect was located with a 26-year-old suspect at a Bashaw residence. Upon further investigation, a stolen vehicle was located, parked nearby the residence. Both suspects exited the resi-

dence to the stolen vehicle nal Code charges. Judicial detachments including and were arrested after a Interim Release Hearings Bashaw, Ponoka and Stetshort foot pursuit at which were conducted for both tler, collaboratively working time they were transport- with the 28-year-old being together, utilizing the speed to the Bashaw RCMP released on a $100 cash cialized skills of the Support Detachment, while inves- bail release order with a Units of CAD CRU, Police tigators obtained a Judi- court appearance sched- Dog Services and Air Sercially Authorized Search uled for Sept. 10 in Stettler vices to apprehend individuWarrant to search the resi- Court, and the 26-year-old als responsible for crime in dence associated with the being remanded into cus- multiple jurisdictions,” notsuspects. tody with a court appear- ed Bashaw RCMP Sergeant As a result of the inves- ance scheduled for Sept. 3 Bruce Holliday tigation and a subsequent in Red Deer Court. “The Bashaw RCMP Search Warrant, RCMP “This was an excel- are aware of the increased members located activity during our and seized methimportant harvest lease remain vigilant and amphetamine, time, but please remove keys from vehicles four stolen licence remain vigilant and plates, stolen idenremove keys from and secure your properties to prevent tification, stolen vehicles and secure incidents of theft,” said Bashaw credit cards, stolen your properties to RCMP Detachment Commander mail /documents, prevent incidents Sergeant Bruce Holliday. ammunition and a of Theft. Togethprohibited weapon er, we can make a lent example of investiga(stun gun). difference in Crime The two suspects are tors from multiple RCMP Prevention in our rural facing a total of 16 Crimicommunities.”

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Harvesting the gold By Lori Larsen

The days are getting shorter, the air is getting crisper and the fields around Camrose County are either taking on a darker hue of golden, as in wheat or barley, or have lost their golden wave, as in canola, and, for the most part, they are ready to be harvested. For winter canola, an indeterminate crop that has a certain amount of immature seeds at harvest, the crop is ripe when the pods are dry and rattle when shaken. The seeds turn a dark brown to black colour at maturity, but the stems are normally still partly green. The canola plant was bred by Canadian scientists Dr. Baldur Stefansson and Dr. Keith Downey, who selected rapeseed populations when looking for a crop that would produce a healthy, edible oil product. However, canola is not a rapeseed. The name canola was originally trademarked in Canada in 1970, and is derived from Can (Canada) and ola (oil). Known as Canada’s oil, the Canadian canola industry adds approximately $26.7 billion in economic activity to the Canadian economy. Canada is the world’s largest producer and exporter of canola. There are more than 43,000 Canadian farmers, mostly full-time family farms or business farms, that grow canola. Approximately 90 per cent of Canadian canola is exported throughout the world, which equates to approximately $11.4 billion back into the Canadian economy. According to Canada Statistics, Canadian farmers reported planting 21 million acres of canola in 2019, down 8.2 per cent from 2018. While the seeded area in 2019 was the lowest since 2016, it still represented the fourth

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Canola belongs to the family of plants called crucifers, which are easily identified by the four yellow flower petals that form the shape of a cross. Normally, canola plants grow to a height of one to two metres with the flower producing seed pods that are about five centimetres in length. Each plant normally produces 60 to 100 pods, and each seed pod contains 20 to 30 tiny, round seeds, which are one mm in diameter.

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Community names reflect first pioneers By Murray Green

after Egerton Winnet Day, who purchased 15 sections of land in the Daysland district. After hearing that the railroad was coming, he divided parcels of land to sell. Newcomers were told they had to buy Day’s land. When Daysland was incorporated in 1907, Day was the first mayor.

Most of our local hamlets and towns were named after the first pioneers. Some places reflect names from countries the people came from, or even names from Indigenous people. Alliance

The village was named after a pioneer’s hometown. Tom Edwards, sometimes known as Bob, came to the area from Alliance, Ohio. When the Canadian Northern Railway built the line from Camrose to the area, they needed a name for the stop along the tracks. It is often thought that Edwards supplied the name of his hometown to name the new area. Alliance became a village in 1918.

Donalda

The area had several names before railway tycoon Donald Mann was honoured. He already had Mannville named after him, so his niece Donalda Crosthwait’s name was used. The village was incorporated in 1912. Duhamel

Battle River crossing was known as Notikiwin sipi to native people. The post office took the name of Reverand Joseph-Thomas Duhamel, the archbishop of Ottawa.

Amisk

The village near Hardisty had help from the Cree people in naming the area. The water was known to have a healthy supply of beaver along the Battle River. The Cree word for beaver is amisk. When the village was surveyed, street names became names of other animals to carry out the theme. Amisk became a village in 1956. Armena

When the railway arrived in the community of Thodenskjold in 1911, visitors had a hard time remembering the name or how to pronounce it. The new name Armena was easier to pronounce and was still popular with local residents. Bashaw

An early entrepreneur to the area, Eugene Bashaw, was known to be a gambler. His friend won the land in a poker game and offered it to Bashaw. He had a lumber business in Alix. When he received word that the railway was coming through his land, he divided it to establish the village of Forster, a name to which he agreed. However, it was rejected because another community already had that name. Bashaw was selected instead, and it became a village in 1911 and a town in 1964.

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Camrose was called Sparling, but the name was changed due to confusion with Stirling.

was an engineer in the Wetaskiwin-Bittern Lake area. The name later reflected the original Cree name. Brownfield

This community was named after rancher Charles Dee Brownfield, who brought Texas longhorn cattle to the area and then opened a post office in 1907. Bruce

The Hamlet of Bruce was once called Hurry and was founded in 1908. A new name was added to honour A. Bruce Smith, a Montreal resident who

came west to establish a telegraph system. Cadogan

The Hamlet of Cadogan was named after the fifth Earl Cadogan, George Henry, who was a colony secretary for Britain in the late 1800s. Camrose

What is now the City of Camrose since 1955, was once called Sparling. It was changed because of the confusion between Sperling, MB and Stirling, AB. Now it is often confused with Canmore. It is thought to be named after the wild roses that grew along the Stoney Creek.

Castor

Before the railway arrived, the post office stop was named Williston. Castor may have been picked because in Latin it means beaver, and the main street was known as Beaver Street. It was named a village in 1909 and a town in 1910. Czar

The village was incorporated on Nov. 12, 1917, although it had been used since 1910. Russian names were used for streets, but the community was settled by English and Americans. Daysland

The town was named

Ferintosh

Dr. John R. McLeod and his family homesteaded in the Ferintosh area and he suggested the name of the place from which his ancestors came. He named the post office in 1910. Forestburg

Postmaster B. L. Thornton moved his office to the area and wanted to call it Highmore, but it was rejected because of its popularity. He lived in a place called Forestburg, South Dakota, so some people suggested he select the name from there. There was also a Forestburg in Ontario where some settlers came from as well. It became a village in 1919. Galahad

The community was known as Loveland in 1906, but by 1916, it was better known as Galahad. It became a village in 1918. Gwynne

When the railway arrived in 1905, the area was named after Julia Maude Schreiber (nee Gwynne), a railway tycoon’s wife. Hardisty

Bawlf

Senator Richard Charles Hardisty worked at the Hudson’s Bay Company in Edmonton as a chief factor. The railway came in 1906 and became a village the same year. Four years later, it became a town.

The railway stop was named after Nicholas Bawlf, a Winnipeg grain merchant. He started the N. Bawlf Grain Company and the Alberta Pacific Grain Company in Calgary. The community also had several grain elevators. It became a village in 1906.

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Bittern Lake

The lake was called Mokakasiu by the Cree because of the bountiful bitterns, which is a type of bird. The community was named Rosenroll until 1911 after Anthony Sigwart de Rosenroll, who

Postmaster Johan Anton Edstrom used the Swedish term “berg”, meaning hill, to come up with Edberg. It became a village in 1930.

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Donalda was named after a railway tycoon’s daughter when the iron rails came to the area.

Two water bodies in the area are called Big Hay Lake and Little Hay Lake. Big Hay Lake became a village in 1928 and was renamed Hay Lakes in 1932. Little Hay Lake was renamed New Sarepta. This is part one of a two-part story.

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Chickens make big impact on agriculture By Murray Green

September is National Chicken Month. All month long, Canadians from coast to coast will be celebrating their favourite protein and the hardworking Canadian chicken farm families that raise it. “Celebrating National Chicken Month is just one way to celebrate the great chicken that we have been providing to Canadians for decades,” said Benoît Fontaine, chair of Chicken Farmers of Canada. “Canadians care deeply about their food, about knowing where it comes from and that what they’re serving to their family and friends is of the highest quality; our farmers and their families are no different.” Canada’s chicken farmers have always been proud to provide Canadians with the highest quality chicken. The Raised by a Canadian Farmer brand is synonymous with origin and quality, and with it, farmers take pride in their role in one of Canada’s success stories. Canada’s chicken sector sustains 101,900 jobs, contributes $8 billion to Canada’s GDP, pays $1.9 billion in taxes, and purchases three million tons of feed, making it a stabilizing force in rural Canada, where farmers reinvest with confidence in their businesses and communities.

Farmers adhere to a strict mandatory On-Farm Food Safety Program, a national standard that has received federal, provincial and territorial government recognition and full recognition by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Farmers also adhere to a strict, mandatory and auditable Animal Care Program to ensure high animal care standards are being upheld on Canadian chicken farms across Canada. Farmers are also committed to sustainability through innovation, by preserving the health of the land, providing value to Canada’s economy and making affordable food for Canadians. The Canadian chicken sector has a lower carbon footprint than that of other livestock in North America, and has lowered that carbon footprint by almost 40 per cent in the last 40 years. Water consumption has been reduced by 45 per cent in the same time frame, and 62 per cent of the sector’s total energy use comes from renewable sources. Farmers are consumers, too. They take great pride in being able to bring Canada’s number one protein to tables from coast to coast, including their own. Chicken Farmers of Canada is online at www.chicken.ca.

Murray Green, Camrose Booster Some of the best decisions, such as having a National Chicken Month, have been made around the water cooler.

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Damberger indicated that one of the projects that will be beginning this fall is the widening and reconstruction of Highway 26 east of Camrose. “Our government is focused on keeping our highways safe for drivers,” said Lovely. “It was a nice opportunity to have Mike from the Department of Transportation join me for a full assessment of the Camrose Constituency roads. “Constituents regularly contact the office and I wanted to be clear with Mike and the department the specific needs our residents have expressed to my office, but also through the County office. There has been a significant amount of work done in the Constituency this summer and I look forward to more of this work being completed soon.”

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