The CAMROSE BOOSTER, June 7, 2022 – Page 10
UNRESERVED ONLINE AUCTION LEON AND CARROL BURKARD FARM SALE PREVIEW: JUNE 18 & 19, 2022 10AM-5PM OR BY APPOINTMENT • ROSALIND, ALBERTA
BIDDING OPENS JUNE 13 AND CLOSES JUNE 20, 2022 Equipment Information and Viewing Appointments: Leon Burkard 780-679-7793
Coming down the school year home stretch It’s been a while, but I haven’t forgotten the month of June in the years when I taught Grade 7, 8 and 9 in a County school. My expertise was English and I did indeed teach English literature, grammar, writing and spelling to all three junior high school grades. However, it being a smaller school division, I also taught whatever other subjects needed a teacher that year. One year, I had to teach Grade 7 science. At that time, the science curriculum had many units about farming. I grew up in town and took my teacher training in the big city. The students mostly lived on farms. They were clearly more knowledgeable than I was. I gave it my best shot, but was relieved the next year when I no longer had to teach Grade 7 science. And so. The month of June. In addition to the usual lesson preparation, teaching, marking, recess and lunchtime supervision responsibilities, we had to make sure the provincial curriculum requirements were fulfilled. If we were teaching a grade that wrote provincial departmental exams, we did everything in our power to prepare the students for those exams. We made sure marks were up to date, prepared final report cards and entered the relevant information in the school division’s records. June was the busiest month for teachers. ***
TRACTORS • 2012 New Holland T7.260 MFWD, 1700 hrs, 710/60R42 rears, 600/60R30 fronts, 3-pt hitch, 540/1000/Big 1000 PTO, 3 hyd, fully weighted, rear fdr controls, guidance ready, deleted, Red Seal completed Nov/21 • 2005 New Holland TJ 275 4WD, 3580 hrs, 520/85R42 duals, Big 1000 PTO, PS trans, 4 hyd plus return, Trimble EZ Steer w/ 500 display, programmed to 325 hp, Red Seal completed Mar/22 • 2016 Massey Ferguson 4710 MFWD w/ MF 931X ldr & 7’ bucket (joystick), 460 hrs, 12x12 Syncro Power Shuttle w/ reverser, 3-pt hitch, 2 hyd, 540/1000 PTO
TILLAGE & FIELD EQUIPMENT • 2017 18’ Farm King 1275 offset disc, 28”x3/8” notched blades, 10.5” spacing, stone-flex bearing hangers, bearing protectors, 11L-15FI tires, one owner, used a total of 200 acres • 41’ CCIL 807 DT cult w/ NH3 kit (1/4” OD hose), Dutch (1525) ¾” tips, 3 bar mtd harrows • 27’ John Deere 1610 DT cult, 3 bar mtd harrows • 48’ Riteway 6000 harrow/packer, 1-3/4” packers, ltd use on new harrow teeth, newer packer bearings • 12’ Cammond SFL-12 hyd land leveler / scraper • Soilmover 50 RF 5 yard hyd scraper • 54’ New Noble 910 Straw Walker oscillating harrows
COMBINE & SWATHER • 2004 Case IH 2388 w/ 2015 hdr & SwathMaster PU, 1748 sep / 2074 eng hrs, 30.5L-32 fronts, Michel’s Crop Catcher, LED lights, Hopper Topper, all new shoe bushings & bearings, 8 new PU belts (2 not installed), newer feeder chain, 300 hrs on Ext wear AFX rotor, concaves & cone • 2014 Massey Ferguson WR9735 swather w/ 25’ 5200 hdr, 395 hdr / 495 eng hrs, 2 spd, 2 Roto-Shears, center delivery, hyd tilt, swivel gauge wheels, fore & aft, PU reel, TopCon auto steer, 480/85R26 fronts, one owner
AUGERS & BINS • 2020 Farm King 13”x70’ mech swing auger, Farm King elec swing mover & winch, reverser, standard hopper • Sakundiak TL10-1200 10”x39’ auger w/ E-Kay SP mover, Kohler 31 hp EFI, elec clutch, hyd winch • Sakundiak HD8-1200 8”x39’ auger w/ E-Kay SP mover, Honda 20 hp, hyd winch • (4) Westeel / Westor 15’ hopper bins, 15’x5 ring, 3000 bu+/-, site glasses, ladders
TRUCKS • 1986 Chev 70 SA grain truck w/ 16’ steel box & hoist, 5&2 trans, V8 366 gas, 94,074 km, Brehon remote endgate, LED rear lights, roll tarp, 10:00R20 tires, one owner • 2017 Chev Silverado Z71, 4x4, reg cab, long box, 19,786 km at booking, 5.3L, auto, spray in liner, power driver’s seat, PW & PDL, rear camera, tow mirrors GRAIN WAGONS • (2) 2012 Agrimaster A600 gravity wagons, 600 bu, 20 T running gear, single tank, new 425/65-22.5 tires, roll tarp, lights, one owner • 2000 Unverferth 335 gravity wagon, 400 bu, 13 T running gear, split tank, roll tarp, 11R22.5 tires
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3-PT & MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT 10’ Kodiak HD trailer type flail mower Unused 7’ Sovema RE-2 220 3-pt hitch rototiller 9’ Allied / Farm King ldr mt snow blade, hyd angle, 20’ Brandt 3-pt hitch sprayer, 80 gal Cosmo 3-pt hitch fert. spreader 8’ Soilsaver 3-pt hitch cult, spikes & shovels King Kutter 3-pt hitch trencher / potato plow 7’ Case 10 PTO sickle mower 8’ Koenders tapered poly canola roller SA utility trailer 2 Water Master 7.75 hp floating slough pumps Slough pump hose trailer w/ elec hose reel & 5000 W generator (10 hp)
AIR DRILL • 2011 40‘ New Holland P2050 Air Drill w/ P1040 (2 comp 328 bu) TBH mech. air cart), IntelliView III display, 3 rollers
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MS Bike Tour is back By Murray Green
The MS Bike from Leduc to Camrose is set for another year, June 9 and 10. For 33 years, MS Bike Leduc to Camrose has brought thousands together as the largest MS Bike
event in Canada. Since its inception in 1990, this tour has grown from a small 100-person event, raising $56,000, to an event typically hosting nearly 2,000 riders, supported by almost 500 volunteers and raising over $2,000,000 annually.
On the first day the ride leaves from Nisku and goes to Camrose. After an overnight stay, the bikers then head to Leduc from Camrose. Register to fundraise at msbike.ca.
My absolute toughest moments as a teacher came one year when, to help with scheduling of Phys. Ed. classes, there was a class of Grade 7 boys. Over one weekend, a boy in that class was killed in a car crash. Monday morning, I wondered what I could say or do that might be useful for that class of boys–and all the students in all the grades in this small school where every student knew every other student, or at least their families. I don’t remember what I said, but to this day, I hope it was somehow appropriate. ***
Many years later, I got to have an experience that every teacher should have sometime. I received a phone call from a former student. He told me his name and wondered if I remembered him. Of course I did. The words that came out of my mouth were, “How old are you now?” He was in his early forties. He explained that he and another former student–yes, I remembered the second student too–had run into one another at a funeral. “It’s okay, the funeral wasn’t for one of your students,” the caller said. The two former classmates got to talking about former students and former teachers and where they were now. “We wondered,” said my early-40s former student, “If you would like to go out for dinner with two dashing middle-aged men.” Of course I would! It was a treat to see them. One of them, I knew, had grown up in a difficult family situation. I was so pleased to hear about the fulfilling life he’d since created for himself, his wife and children. Both men were in careers that seemed perfect for their personalities and abilities. They told me about their lives and they told me “Mrs. Hutchinson” stories–incidents of which I had no memory, but which they remembered. *** Here are two things I’ve concluded. First, if you’re born to be a teacher, you may do other things in your life, but you remember your students and you hold them in your heart. And second, if you’re a teacher, you probably have far more influence for a much longer time than you imagine. Happy June! ***
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