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Gibson Family Receives Century Farm Award Camrose MLA Jackie Lovely, along with Susan Lacombe, Programming Coordinator with Alberta Agriculture, made some special presentations last Thursday, Feb. 8, handing out or recognizing families in the Beaver County, Camrose County and Flagstaff County who had achieved a century, or more in many cases, on the family farm. The Donald Gibson family from Beaver County
had received their plaque previously, but was officially honoured with the Alberta Century Farm and Ranch Award recognizing the Donald Leonard Gibson family for 100 plus years of farming on the original Owen Gibson farmland, established in 1916, during Thursday's event in Camrose. Lacombe, who has been administering the Alberta Century Farm and Ranch Award since 2017,
explained the process she goes through documenting the award, saying, "Most people apply for the award themselves, but I have to prove it." She explained that the approval/proof process moved over to her department around 2017. "It is a real privilege for me to look into your family's genealogy - thank you for that."
Irma man rescued from grain bin Patricia Harcourt Editor
Local emergency units rescued an Irma man from a grain bin after he was covered in grain during an incident on Friday, Feb. 9. The call came to Irma Fire and Rescue at 10:04 a.m. telling the department that a man was trapped in a grain bin and needed to be extricated. The man had been covered in wheat “up to his chest and unable to move,” according to the Irma Fire and Rescue Facebook page account. Grain bin rescue equipment was needed so Wainwright Fire and Rescue and Edgerton
Emergency Services Department were both called in to provide these life saving devices. Also called in was the National Defence Fire Department, which had a ladder truck to help remove the trapped individual via the top of the bin. By 4:35 the situation had been resolved and Irma Fire and Rescue took time to update the public. “It was a long and difficult extrication and we are glad to report the patient was not injured,” stated the report, and taking time to acknowledge and thank “all our regional partners for all of your hard work. It’s amazing to see how well these departments all work together.” Another important emphasis was made following
the successful operation, and that was concerning the need for taking steps to stay safe while working on the farm. “We would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that farm safety is of utmost importance,” was the message to the public. “A situation can go sideways in a matter of seconds.” This year, Canadian Agriculture Safety Week is being held from March 10-16 with the theme “Your farm, your family, your success.” This is a three-year campaign celebrating farm safety across the country. The call is going out to encourage farmers, farm families, farm workers, and farming communities.
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Brettzky donates record $70,700 to local community groups
Chris Sutter (left), along with Todd Ritchie (right), hands Town of Viking CAO Doug Lefsrud (centre) a donation from the Brettzky Tournament.
In its eighth year, the annual Brettzky Hockey Challenge had a record breaking $70,700 raised during the weekend tournament in August of 2023. These donations were then given to 23 different local organizations. All of this hard work was done by 150 volunteers and headed by the dedicated Brettzky Committee. Next year’s tournament is already in the works for August 8-11, 2024. Above, Chris Sutter accepts a donation from Brettzky Board Chair Todd Ritchie for the Viking HandiVan Society.
Members of the Viking Golf Club accept their donation from Brettzky members Chris Sutter and Todd Ritchie.
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Red Wings Hockey were recipients of a donation from the Brettzky Hockey Challenge Tournament. Viking Skating Club were one of 23 community groups to receive a donation from the 2023 Brettzky Hockey Challenge Tournament.
Left, the Viking Travel Club accepted a donation from Chris Sutter and Todd Ritchie of the Brettzky Hockey Challenge board. The 2023 Brettzky Hockey Challenge Tournament had a record setting year in 2023, with $70,700 raised adding to the total $287,000 raised over its eight years in existence.
Viking Wellness Society accepts their donation from Chris Sutter and Todd Ritchie.
The Viking Curling Club accepts their donation from the 2023 Annual Brettzky Hockey Challenge tournament.
Riggers 2016 Minor Hockey gets their Brettzky donation.
The Viking Seniors Club recipients of a Brettzky donation.
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Viking Royal Purple update Dawn Hodgins Submitted Our little group continues to volunteer for this community. In November a group toured to Red Deer to work a casino event. We’re grateful to Chris Boadway, Holly Perley, Doreen and Norm Willey, Emily Chrystian, Karen Coulombe, and Craig Chomic for making this a success. Most of the funds received from these events stays in this community to assist children. We continue to donate hygiene items to the Food Bank with at least $100 worth of items every month.
Headed by Holly Perley we set up and decorated a Christmas tree at the library with thanks to the staff for letting us do that. We’re grateful to Jamie Hodgins, Doreen Willey, and Dawn Hodgins for helping Holly. It was a pretty tree with lots of purple balls on it. Should be a project for next Christmas, too! We held a super Christmas supper and gift exchange at our December meeting. Christine Boadway ordered two metal benches for our group to donate to the Historical Society. She presented them to Mike Lawes and hopefully they will be placed at the new
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IRMA NEWS By Marjorie Lawson
The Irma Aces won a couple of games this weekend with victories over Coronation and Delbourne. Playoffs will begin soon. Irma will host the U13 Tier 3 Provincials on the weekend of March 21-24. Sponsors and volunteers are needed to help make
this a successful event. Students will enjoy a long weekend as teachers attend their convention on Thursday and Friday. Monday is also a day off for Family Day. Remember the Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at the United Church on Tuesday, February 20 at 5 p.m. This is being held a week late to avoid conflict with the 4H Valentine’s Day supper. Irma Daycare is hosting the second annual St. Patrick’s Day Supper and Dance on Thursday, March 14 to support the daycare facility. Darcy Haun was fortunate to avoid serious injury after getting trapped in a grain bin. Irma Fire and Rescue helped with getting him out safely.
museum area on main street. They were purchased with funds that we received from the Lois and Ralph Child estates. Many groups in town received funds from this estate. It would be nice to hear what other groups have done with some of their funds. We presented service jewels to several members. Jeanne Congdon and Doreen Willey received 25-year jewels. Elehda Sevcik was presented her 10-year jewel. Jamie Hodgins got her President jewel and bar. Congratula-
tions to these ladies for so many years of service. Our group is now 74 years old and has had many volunteers working for the good of this community for all those years. Next year is a special year and we hope to celebrate this big event. Our group donated $200 to the Viking Dance club, $500 to the Viking Preschool group and $50 to purchase prizes for the Viking Family Day event colouring contest. More donations will be made when we receive our casino event funds.
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OPINION Celebrating Canada’s Agriculture Day Tuesday, Feb. 13, was Canada’s official Agriculture Day, celebrating the hardworking people who bring us the food we love and the essential contributions of agriculture to our nation’s prosperity and well being. The day is designed to serve as a way for Canadians as a whole to create a closer connection between consumers, food, and the people who produce it. Canada is a major supplier for agricultural products, exporting many of these products to other countries. Canada is the fifth-largest exporter of agricultural and agri-food products in the world. That includes beef/cattle, soybeans, pork, wheat, canola, and pulse crops. Canada’s Agriculture Day was launched in 2017, meant to engage in food and agriculture conversations, and to celebrate the essential contributions of agriculture and agricultural workers to Canada’s, Alberta’s, and Flagstaff County’s prosperity. It’s also a day to acknowledge and celebrate the connection and role that agriculture has played and continues to play in our communities. For rural communities such as ours, the connection goes so much deeper than food. Our farm families are those who populated our district, who brought their families here over a century ago, who risked everything on “a $10 bet,” and who thrived. Not only did they build strong, successful farms, but they also built the very communities we call home today, attracting other businesses and enterprises through their very presence. In Flagstaff County, we have a lot to be thankful for, not the least of which is our strong heritage built with deep agriculture roots. That’s evidenced by the sheer number of Century Farm and Ranch Awards presented to deserving family farm enterprises throughout the county. LESLIE CHOLOWSKY
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LETTER Dear Editor: I didn't think The Honourable Danielle Smith was ever going to text me again after I lost it on her for refusing to learn the lessons of our incredibly extralegal response to COVID as she moved to coerce treatment onto homeless people, as though it was addictions and not tax policy that's causing us to have a homelessness crisis... But she did this Wednesday, January 31st at 4:07 PM: "Thanks for your input on the need for trans educated docs to provide hormone and surgery care. I announced today we are moving on that advice. Premier DS" This was untrue. I was on the Honourable Danielle Smith's radio show three times and at no point did I say that we should have better education among doctors with respect to trans issues. I said that doctors had no right to discriminate on the basis of sex and orientation, that Albertan case law said that included trans status, and that their college of physicians and surgeons should apply their own rules to their own doctors... also that Hormone Replacement was a very-safe form of medicine, certainly as safe if not safer than Mifegymiso, a pill which is dispensed by pharmacists with little screening, and at public expense, to terminate pregnancy. I also appeared on her show to discuss how Lupron, as opposed to Hormone Replacement, which her announcement refuses to differentiate from Lupron, was a dangerous orphan drug given to trans adolescents because to some doctors and parents, not-looking-trans is more-important than the health of their child. At one point, a mother defending the use of this Hypothalamic Suppressor (which is a more-accurate name for Lupron than 'puberty blocker') on her daughter texted in to say that her child was fine, but merely that she couldn't walk for a period of time after she got her Lupron injection. Lupron is linked to mandibular necrosis, to liver issues, cancers, lupus, and more. It is, to my mind, to the treatment of sex dysphoria, as Remdesivir is to the treatment of COVID-19: A terrible solution that doesn't show greater efficacy than safer and cheaper drugs. But Lupron is given because then hormones won't mark someone for life in a way where they may have difficulty blending (i.e. appearing to be cis)... And ensuring trans people, trans women especially, still have difficulty blending, is the political prize for many of the people who cheered on the Premier's announcement today. The Honourable Danielle Smith, like most politicians I've met, operates from a presumption that you are stupid. The reason I know this is that I'm a policy expert, I have a one-in-eighteen-hundred IQ, and she thought I wasn't going to notice that she released a much larger policy announcement than the one she texted me about. She also thought I wasn't going to notice that the whole time, I was telling her that the problem is inability to buy HRT on an equal basis. Imagine if doctors thought it was normal that trans men wanted abortions, because they associate childbirth with femaleness, but that in the case of women it was exceptional, and they required them to go through different doctors to get the same medicine, with the same contraindications, and the same potential side-effects. That is the situation in Alberta today. That situation violates the Canada Health Act. That situation violates the Alberta Human Rights Act, and that situation violates the rules of the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons. People like me aren't surprised that government and doctors
think themselves above the law... after all, The Honourable Danielle Smith, while recognizing that transfeminine athletes are female in her announcement, also said government would work with sports governing bodies to create "Women's only" divisions. This, quite simply, is the government using public money to subsidize some people's conception of womanhood. It does so in a way that does not demonstrate good faith, given the Premier's own statements, and it does so in a fashion not-intended to spark discussion as she has asked that the discussion remain depoliticized, which is very-rich for someone whose policy choices are nakedly politicized. As always with elites, the Honourable Ms. Smith included, they know they won't be subject to the laws, including those that criminalize incitement of hatred. This impunity comes from experience: While campaigning against the vaccine passport and relying on the political support of people who believed with some justification that it violated both international and Federal Law to enforce such a measure, which disproportionately impacted Albertans of Colour, Ms. Smith also took public money to keep her business open and enforce those mandates; mandates that were an element in what she called the worst discrimination she'd ever seen in her lifetime. She knows that she'll face no sanction, including because many of the people who faced that discrimination have grudgingly gotten behind her coalition and are now emotionally-committed to same. There were good things in her announcement... given worrisome dynamics in schools with respect to sex ed that appears to problematize trans girls, especially when closeted. I support a parental opt-in to formalized sex education, unit by unit... this is a long way from the very anti-speech bill in Florida which served to criminalize casual discussions. Those same dynamics mean that those teachers who use their positions to bully and to seek social capital (and yes, they exist, I have PTSD in part thanks to many teachers like that), won't be the only adults in a teenager's life when they socially transition. Surgical recovery is expensive... But genital surgery has also been coerced in Alberta for a verylong time, by tying public accommodations and employment to having photo ID whose markers match someone's presentation. For decades, to get that marker, you had to have genital reconstruction, and those who believe that sterility is the goal of that didn't have to look far during the Notley Government when the Hoffman Health Ministry was referring to vaginoplasty as "Final Surgery." I've been saying this now for twelve years: If Danielle Smith cared about trans people, she'd be talking about HRT gatekeeping, and now she has the legal tools to end it very-quickly. Thanks to the Alberta Sovereignty Act she could move many pharmaceuticals beyond the restriction that is scheduling. After all, you can get Mifegymiso from a pharmacist, why can't you get Estrogen? This would cut down on the number of doctors' visits, and I regularly hear that our medical system is overwhelmed. But the truth is: Neither the UCP government, nor the NDP opposition, who entrenched barriers to transition when in power, seem interested in reducing the workload on doctors, by taking any of the power they have over your and my lives. They would rather you stay in crisis, desperate enough to keep supporting them as they claim to lead, and yet only follow the worst impulses to which they are exposed. VALERIE KEEFE
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WORD ON THE STREET Threats uttered from two separate vehicles, complainant followed On February 5, police received a complaint of theft of a fuel tank from a rural property southwest of Viking. A nearby abandoned property was also entered but nothing appeared to be missing from the second location. Police have no suspects at this time. On February 7, police were dispatched to a single vehicle collision on Highway 14. The driver advised he lost control of the vehicle after hitting an icy patch on the roadway. The vehicle went through a fence and struck a tree and the driver sustained minor injuries. He was transported to the Viking
Health Centre by EMS where he was treated and released. Also this day, police learned that Ronald Stewart of Viking failed to attend Vegreville Provincial Court as required and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He faces an additional charge which is pending. Early on February 8, police were dispatched to an alarm at a rural property southwest of Viking. A police member attended and cleared the property. There were no signs of damage or entry to the residence and it was deemed to be a false alarm. On February 10, police received a complaint of a
suspicious vehicle parked in Kinsella. Police spoke with the registered owner who advised the vehicle had broken down and he was making arrangements to have it towed. The complainant was updated. That afternoon, police received a complaint of a break and enter in progress at a property in the Kinsella area. This matter is still under investigation. Also that day, police received a complaint of threats being uttered. The complainant advised he had been approached by two separate vehicles and had been threatened by
both drivers. The complainant then drove to the Viking Detachment and he was followed by one of the suspects. One male was arrested at the detachment and a charge of Uttering Threats is pending and the investigation is ongoing. Later that afternoon, EMS requested assistance with a suicidal youth. Police attended the location and spoke with the youth who then went voluntarily with EMS to a health facility for assessment. On February 11, police received a report of a structure fire in Kinsella. Police attended and the fire was extinguished by the fire
Gunshots fired after RCMP respond to 911 call Patricia Harcourt Editor
RCMP members from communities north of Viking along Hwy. 16 found themselves in a volatile situation while following up on an abandoned 911 call. The incident started at 12:30 a.m. on Feb. 5 when detachments from Vermilion, Vegreville, and Kitscoty went to
investigate a call originating in Mannville. Once they arrived in the community, police heard multiple gunshots and the sound of ricocheting bullets while trying to ascertain the location of the emergency call. The shots were discovered to be coming from a particular residence in the area. Another 911 call was then received from a
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second residence and was determined to be related to the first call. The RCMP went to that second residence where a man was arrested and a .22-calibre rifle was seized. Scott Sidney Hinton, 35, of Mannville, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm, possession of a firearm while unauthorized, possession of a weapon
for a dangerous purpose and possession of an illicit substance. Hinton was remanded into custody and made his first court appearance Feb. 8 in St. Paul.
department. The structure had been abandoned for several years and no one was inside at the time of the fire. Police are continuing their investigation into this matter. Also that day, police were on patrol on Highway 26 when they
observed a silver pickup having difficulty maintaining the driving lane. A traffic stop was attempted; however, the vehicle in question fled at a high rate of speed and no pursuit was initiated in the interest of safety for other motorists on the road.
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Wenstob and Chomik honoured for Bruce Stampede work Patricia Harcourt Editor Two outstanding contributors to the Bruce Stampede Association’s annual rodeo were given a special recognition at a ceremony in Camrose on Thursday, Feb. 8. Robbie Chomik and Doug Wenstob have worked on behalf of the 110-year old Bruce Stampede for many years, and Camrose MLA Jackie Lovely made a presentation to them with the help of another volunteer who knows them well, Shaun Morton. “I’m happy to be here with Jackie to recognize these two gentlemen for their countless hours of volunteer time and their persistent dedication
to carrying on over 100 years of western tradition at the Bruce Rodeo,” says Morton at the presentation. The Bruce Stampede is known as “the biggest little rodeo in Canada,” and is one of the longest running events in the province. “Events like these take a lot of work and pre-planning,” says Morton. And the last 20 years have seen Chomik at the helm as President of the Bruce Stampede organization. Morton says Chomik was one of the youngest people running a professional rodeo at the time he accepted the role two decades ago. He marks his 20th anniversary as president this year.
Morton encouraged anyone who has not attended the Bruce Stampede to come out this July for a threeday extravaganza including, along with the professional rodeo, pancake breakfasts and steak suppers, a giant parade, horseshoe tournament, mule races and a lot of fun with an local amateur rodeo. The Bruce Stampede was established in 1914, and is touted as Canada’s oldest oneday pro rodeo. This year the CPRA prorodeo events and other Stampede activities will take place from July 26-28 at the Bruce Stampede Grounds and in the picturesque Hamlet of Bruce right across the highway from the grounds.
Two Bruce Stampede volunteers, from left, Doug Wenstob and Robbie Chomik were honoured for their persistent dedication to help make the Bruce Stampede such a successful example of western tradition in the region over the years. MLA Lovely makes the presentation with spokesperson Shaun Morton looking on.
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Meeting at Holden Lodge held to find ways of ‘keeping the doors open’ Patricia Harcourt The information session and open house at the Holden Lodge addressed high vacancy rates in local seniors facilities and other related issues. The lodge brought together officials and visitors on Tuesday, Feb. 6, to try and find ways of “keeping the doors open,” to Holden Lodge especially which has the highest vacancy rate of facilities in the county. Speakers outlined the issues followed by discussion. People who wished were given tours of the facility. Beaver Foundation oversees the operation of the government owned seniors facilities in the county. At the gathering, foundation Chair Owen Ligard introduced the foundation’s board chair Gene Hrabec and other members of the board, as well as the managers of the manors and lodges in the county in attendance. Also attending was Dan Grewal who came to listen to the concerns as manager of Housing Operations for the Ministry of Seniors, Communities and Social Services for the Government of Alberta. Camrose MLA Jackie Lovely offered her help in trying to come to terms with the vacancy issues in the lodge in Holden. With spaces for 33 people, there are currently only seven residents in the lodge . This means 26 rooms out of 33 are not being utilized. And Lovely said there must be ways to change that equation. “I’m very supportive of this community,” she said. “And I have a few ideas… Everybody here has a vested interest in helping. There’s some opportunity that could come out of it.” One suggestion was to attract film crews into rural Alberta to make their pictures, and rent out rooms at the seniors lodges where they could stay during that time. Lovely asked if that were possible, and Grewal replied: “I see no reason why not.” Lovely also believed that seniors from larger facilities in the city might want to come to a quieter lodge to live, such as Holden. “We need to have some seniors coming here,” she said, noting they could be offered an incentive to move in. “How can we keep Holden open? This is such a great place,” said Lovely, promising she would “give it a shot.” Grewal also said her ideas could be placed on the agenda for his own meetings on the provincial level. “I’m very passionate about keeping the
Beaver Foundation Chair Gene Hrabec lodge open,” said Hrabec in his keynote address, citing several options already offered to entice seniors to come and live there. They include a smoking/marijuana room and reduced rates for moving into the lodge. And he said the lodges offer a sense of financial security. “There’s so many homeless people, including seniors,” he said. “It’s tough making ends meet.” And, seniors are often alone and isolated living on their own, even though Home Care “does a wonderful job.” But “we need to bridge that gap,” he said, and also have Home Care in the lodges for seniors living there so they can stay longer in their chosen homes. A meeting with the premier the previous week was an opportunity to mention this, said Hrabec. “There’s so many things we could do,” he said. “We have the facilities out here, we just need to have them used.” But he also praised the province for helping out the foundation and its senior facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic with supplies and funding to tide them over during the crisis. “The government did do things for us,” he said, citing the help of the “previous government during Covid.” He added: “We tried to do what was best. The previous government was very good with extra funding for safety supplies to keep staff safe. “I wanted this conversation today about working together to keep the doors open,” he said, noting: “The seniors are the ones that built Alberta.” Hrabec added that foundation CAO Lisgard has told him that, “We should do what we can to thank them for that. “We need to engage more people to
come out here,” he said. Hrabec represents this area of rural Beaver County as Deputy Reeve and Division 3 councillor on county council. “I think we do have the solution on the health care side to make these facilities more accessible,” he said, citing another strategy would be to entice young people to get their education elsewhere but return here for work. But the message to the seniors is that they can come live in the lodge or other facilities in the area and enjoy themselves playing cards all day or enjoying shuffleboard. “It’s not all about money,” he said, urging the councillors and mayors from the communities to take the issue back to their councils. “We need to find solutions, and work together to keep the doors open,” he reiterated. The question and answer session raised several points. One was about family having to travel further distances if their relative lives in a facility in the county but resided elsewhere before that. Another person said that one reason the county facilities may not be attracting residents is that there aren’t enough levels of care in local facilities so people can ‘age in place.’ There is one facility for fairly healthy independent people living in lodges; but if they start to need more care they have to go to a nursing home, which can contribute to a rapid decline in an individual once they have been transferred. Viking’s Deputy Reeve Cindy Lefsrud recommended installing a level of care that lies between these two extremes so that people can remain out of the nursing homes as long as possible. Another suggested creating manors with two or three rooms for each senior to live in instead of just one small room. To that Grewal said the province had “a finite amount of resources,” noting the costs are high to tear down and rebuild a facility. “It could cost a lot,” for self contained units, especially with some wanting kitchens to be included in these places. “It’s more appealing to renovate rather than start from scratch,” he said. Another man suggested someone on a waiting list could move into the lodge while they wait to get into another facility somewhere else. He emphasized this wouldn’t be a per-
manent placement and the person would not lose their spot on the waiting list for their preferred facility. Grewal said it has been suggested already on the government side, with the idea that a 30-40 minute radius from the facility the person wants to eventually get into would be appropriate for an interim facility. He offered to take the suggestions made at the meeting to the lodge review committee, calling the last suggestion “an excellent idea.” Hrabec noted, however, that “they’re pretty tight with those lists,” of people waiting to enter a facility. “These facilities outside the corridor and Hwy. 2 need a voice,” he added. Wainwright has different levels of care available, making it more attractive for people to move there. “We need that out here,” said one woman. But Grewal said it is difficult to get people to move out in the rural areas “to give that level of service.” And Hrabec said Lefsrud was “right on about the level of service” issue. He added that Beaver Foundation doesn’t have the money for this and provincial policy dictates what can be done, such as getting in Home Care to facilities which could help residents age in place and not have to go to a higher level of care so soon. He said that “it comes down to money” with everything tied up in the provincial budgetary process in the next two months. Another woman discussed the aging in place principle for keeping people in their own homes longer, blaming “decisions made in the past that are impacting us today.” And another woman pointed out that the longer people stay in their houses, the fewer there are to move into the lodge. Hrabec said the lodge does have a doctor visiting for the residents, and the pharmacies in both Tofield and Viking deliver prescriptions. “Our board is very passionate about ensuring these facilities are well run,” he said. To that, Beaver County Reeve Kevin Smook added: “This is a perfect opportunity here,” he said. “We need to do something…The government ministries are working better together now, “and our communities need that.” “Let’s keep doing it and fill those rooms,” said Hrabec. The official meeting broke up and the lodge conducted tours of the facility.
2 - Beaver County Chronicle, February 14, 2024
ʷˢ ˬ ˬˢ ˢ˨ ˖˔˟˟ ʵ˘˔˩ ˩˘ ˘˥ ʶˢ˨ˡ˧ˬ ˛ˢˠ˘ʲʡʡʡ ʴ˥˘ ˬˢ˨ ˔ ˖ˢˠˠ˨ˡ˜˧ˬ ˖˛˔ˠˣ˜ˢˡ ˪ ˪˜˜˧˛ ˔ ˞ ˞˘ ˘˘ˡ ˜ˡ˧˘˥˘˦˧ ˜ˡ ˪˔˦˧˘ ˠ˔ˡ˔˚˘ˠ˘ˡ˧ʲ ʷˢ ˬˢ˨ ˛˔˩˘ ˩˔˟˨˔˕˟˘ ˜ˡ˦˜˜˚ ˚˛˧˦ ˢ˥ ˘˫˫ˣ ˣ˘˥˧˜˦˘ ˜ˡ ˘ˡ˩˜˥ˢˡˠ˘ˡ˧˔˟ ˔ˡ˗ ˢ˖˖˨ˣ˔˧˜ˢˡ˔˟ ˛˘˔˟˧˛ ˔ˡ˗ ˦˔˙˘˧ˬʲ ʼ˙ ˬˢ˨ ˔ˡ˦˪˘˥˘˗ ˬ˘˦ʟ ˧ˢ ˔˟˟ ˧˛˘ ˔˕ˢ˩˘ʟ ʶ˟˔ˬ˦˧ˢˡ˘ ˊ˔˦˧˘ ˛˔˦ ˇˊ˂ ˢˣ˘ˡ˜ˡ˚˦ ˢˡ ˢ˨˥ ˃˨˕˟˜˖ ʴ˗˩˜˦ˢ˥ˬ ʶˢˠˠ˜˧˧˘˘ ʛ˃ʴʶʜ ˧˛˔˧ ˠ˜˚˛˧ ˝˨˦˧ ˕˘ ˣ˘˥˙˘˖˧ ˙ˢ˥ ˬˢ˨ʔ
ȸƺ ɵȒɖ Ə ɀǸǣǼǼƺƳ ɎȸƏƳƺɀ ȵƺȸɀȒȇّ ¨Ǽɖȅƫ ƬƏȸȵƺȇɎƺȸً ƺǼƺƬɎȸǣƬǣƏȇً ɯƏɎƺȸ ǝƏɖǼƺȸً ɮƏƬ Ɏȸɖ ȒȵƺȸƏɎȒȸً ƺɎƬِّ Xǔ ɀȒً ƺƏɮƺȸ !ȒɖȇɎɵ ǣȇɮǣɎƺɀ ɵ ȒȸǕƏȇǣɿƏɎǣȒȇ ɎȒ ǴȒǣȇ Ȓɖȸ ȵȵȸȒɮƺƳ !ȒȇɎȸƏƬ nǣɀɎٍ çȒɖȸ ȒȸǕƏȇǣɿƏɎǣȒȇ ƬƏȇ ƏȵȵǼɵ ǔȒȸ ȵȸƺٮƏȵȵȸȒ ƫɵ ƬȒȅȵǼƺɎǣȇǕ Ə ɀǣȅȵǼƺ ǔǔȒ Ȓȸȅ ƏȇƳ ɀɖƫȅǣɎɎǣȇǕ ɎȒ ɖɀٍ IǣȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ǔȒȸȅ Ȓȇ Ȓɖȸ ɯƺƫɀǣɎƺ ɖȇƳƺȸ ɖɀǣȇƺɀɀ ڽ «ƺȷɖƺɀɎɀ ǔǔȒ Ȓȸ ¨ȸȒȵȒɀƏǼɀ ۭ ªɖȒɎƺɀ ٢Ȓȸ ɀƬƏȇ Ɏǝƺ ª« ƬȒƳƺ٣
ˇ˛˘ ˃ʴʶ ˦˘˥˩˘˦ ˔˦ ˔ ˖˥˨˖˜˔˟ ˟˜ˡ˞ ˕˘˧˪˘˘ˡ ʶ˟˔ˬ˦˧ˢˡ˘ ˊ˔˦˧˘ʚ˦ ʵˢ˔˥˗ ˢ˙ ʷ˜˥˘˖˧ˢ˥˦ ˔ˡ˗ ˧˛˘ ˖ˢˠˠ˨ˡ˜˧ˬʡ ʼ˧˦ ˖ˢ˥˘ ˠ˜˦˦˜ˢˡ ˜˦ ˧ˢ ˣ˥ˢ˩˜˗˘ ˩˔˟˨˔˕˟˘ ˜ˡ˦˜˚˛˧˦ ˢˡ ˖ˢˠˠ˨ˡ˜˧ˬ ˖ˢˡ˖˘˥ˡ˦ ˢ˥ ˜ˡ˧˘˥˘˦˧˦ ˥˘˟˔˧˘˗ ˧ˢ ˢ˨˥ ˥˘˚˜ˢˡ˔˟ ˪˔˦˧˘ ˙˔˖˜˟˜˧˜˘˦ ˔ˡ˗ ˦˘˥˩˜˖˘˦ʡ ˇ˛˘ ˖ˢˠˠ˜˧˧˘˘ ˖ˢˠˣ˥˜˦˘˦ ˢ˙ ˦˜˫ ʛʩʜ ˣ˨˕˟˜˖ ˠ˘ˠ˕˘˥˦ʟ ˘˔˖˛ ˦˘˥˩˜ˡ˚ ˔ ʦʠˬ˘˔˥ ˧˘˥ˠʟ ˔ˣˣˢ˜ˡ˧˘˗ ˗˜˥˘˖˧˟ˬ ˕ˬ ˧˛˘ ʵˢ˔˥˗ʟ ˔ˡ˗ ˥˘ˣ˥˘˦˘ˡ˧˔˧˜˩˘˦ ˦˘˟˘˖˧˘˗ ˕ˬ ˠ˨ˡ˜˖˜ˣ˔˟ ˦˛˔˥˘˛ˢ˟˗˘˥˦ ˩˜˔ ʶˢ˨ˡ˖˜˟ʡ ˇˢ ʴˣˣ˟ˬʭ ˆ˘ˡ˗ ˬˢ˨˥ ˖ˢ˩˘˥ ˟˘˧˧˘˥ ˔ˡ˗ ˥˘˦˨ˠ˘ ˧ˢ ˜ˡ˙ˢʳ˖˟˔ˬ˦˧ˢˡ˘˪˔˦˧˘ʡ˖ˢˠ ˕ˬ ˀ˔˥˖˛ ʦʤʟ ʥʣʥʧʡ ˇ˛˘ ʵˢ˔˥˗ ˪˜˟˟ ˕˘ ˠ˔˞˜ˡ˚ ˖ˢˠˠ˜˧˧˘˘ ˔ˣˣˢ˜ˡ˧ˠ˘ˡ˧˦ ˔˧ ˧˛˘˜˥ ʴˣ˥˜˟ ˠ˘˘˧˜ˡ˚ʡ
ʿ˔ˡ˗˙˜˟˟ ʙ ˅ˬ˟˘ˬ ˇ˥˔ˡ˦˙˘˥ ˆ˧˔˧˜ˢˡʭ ʨʣʤʤʪ ˅˚˘ ˅˗ ʤʪʦ ʛʻˊˌ ʫʨʧʜ ʵˢ˫ ʦʥʥʟ ˅ˬ˟˘ˬʟ ʴʵ ˇʣʵ ʧʴʣ ˊ˘˘˞˗˔ˬ˦ ʬʭʣʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʧʭʦʣˣˠʮ ˆ˔˧˨˥˗˔ˬ˦ ʢ ˆˇʴˇˆ ʬʭʣʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʦʭʣʣˣˠʮ ʶ˟ˢ˦˘˗ ˆ˨ˡ˗˔ˬ˦ ˁ˂ˇʸʭ ˖˨˦˧ˢˠ˘˥˦ ˠ˨˦˧ ˔˥˥˜˩˘ ˔˧ ˟˘˔˦˧ ʤʨ ˠ˜ˡ˨˧˘˦ ˣ˥˜ˢ˥ ˧ˢ ˖˟ˢ˦˜ˡ˚ʮ ʴ˗ˠ˜ˡ˜˦˧˥˔˧˜ˢˡ ˕˨˜˟˗˜ˡ˚ ˀˢˡ ˧ˢ ʹ˥˜ ʫʭʣʣ˔ˠ Ϟʧʭʣʣˣˠʟ ʶ˟ˢ˦˘˗ ˙˥ˢˠ ʤʥʭʣʣ ʠ ʤʭʣʣˣˠ ˇˢ˟˟ ʹ˥˘˘ʭ ʤʡʫʨʨʡʥʥʤʡʥʣʦʫ ˃˛ʭ ʪʫ ʫʣʡʩʩʦʡʥʣʦʫ ʿ˜ˡ˗˕˥ˢˢ˞ ˇ˥˔ˡ˦˙˘˥ ˆ˧˔˧˜ˢ ˢˡʭ ʨʤʣʣʫ ˅˚˘ ˅˗ ʥʣʤ ˃˛ʭ ʪʫʣʡʩʩʥ ʥʡʥʪʣʧ ʧ ˇ˨˘˦ ʤʣʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʦʣˣˠʮ ˇ˛˨ ˨˥˦ ʤʤʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʩʭʦʣˣˠʮ ˆ˔˧ ʤʣʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʦʣˣˠ ˇˢ˙˜˘˟˗ ˇ˥˔ˡ˦˙˘˥ ˆ˧˔˧˜ˢˡ ˡʭ ʨʤʣʦʥ ˅˚˘ ˅˗ ʤʬʤ ˃˛ʭ ʪʫʣʡʩʩʥ ʥʡʥʪʦʤ ˊ˘˗ʟ ʹ˥˜ ʙ ˆ˔˧ ʤʣʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʦʣ ʣˣˠ ˠ ˉ˜˞˜ˡ˚ ˇ˥˔ˡ˦˙˘˥ ˆ˧˔˧˜ˢˡʭ ʤʥʨʣʦ ˇ˪ˣ ˅˗ ʧʫʣ ˃˛ʭ ʪʫʣʡʪʤʫʡʪʬʨʩ ˇ˨˘˦ ʤʣʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʦʣˣˠʮ ˆ˔˧ ʤʣʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʦʣˣˠ ʾ˜ˡ˦˘˟˟˔ ˇ˥˔ˡ˦˙˘˥ ˆ˧˔˧˜ˢˡʭ ʧʩʧʤʫ ˅˚˘ ˅˗ ʤʤʦ ˃˛ʭ ʪʫʣʡʥʥʩʡʩʫʣʥ ˊ˘˗ ʤʤʭʣʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʣʣˣˠʮ ʹ˥˜ ʤʤʭʣʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʣʣˣˠ
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˃˟˘˔˦˘ ˡˢ˧˘ʭ ʴ˟˟ ˧˥˔ˡ˦˙˙˘ ˘˥ ˦˧˔˧˜ˢˡ˦ ˘˫˖˘ˣ˧ ˙˙ˢ ˢ˥ ˧˛˘ ˅ˬ˟˘ˬ ˇ˥˔ˡ˦˙˙˘ ˇ˥ ˘˥ ˆ˧˔˧˜ˢˡ ˔˥˘ ˖˟ˢ˦˘˗ ˢˡ ˆ˧˔˧˨˧ˢ˥ˬ ˛ˢ˟˜˗˔ˬ ˬ˦ ˦ʡ ƺ Ə ɮ ƺ ȸ ! Ȓ ɖ ȇ Ɏ ɵ ۴ ד ٮ א דɎ ǝ ³ Ɏ ȸ ƺ ƺ Ɏ ً Ȓ ɴ « ً ג ɵ Ǽ ƺ ɵ ً Á ג ۴ ב ו ב ٮ ב ה ה ٮ ז ו۴ ƫ ƺ Ə ɮ ƺ ȸ ِ Ə ƫ ِ Ƭ Ə
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Review panel lacks rural input Employment Opportunity Patricia Harcourt A new lodge review panel set up by the province was referenced as inadequate for rural Alberta’s needs at a meeting in Holden Feb. 6. The panel will examine seniors lodges in the province, but Beaver Foundation Chair Gene Hrabec stated it lacked input from rural Alberta. Hrabec said the panel only has one representative from the rural area, and covers communities along the province’s main corridor and along Highway 2. Sitting on the panel is the president of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta Paul McLauchlin. There are nine other members including Brandon Lunty, MLA for LeducBeaumont. Lunty co-chairs along with Arlene Adamson, president of the Alberta Seniors and Community Housing Association (ASCJA). The province has stated the panel is being formed to “find ways to make the most of existing seniors lodge spaces and help seniors age in their communities.” But Hrabec, deputy reeve of Beaver County, told the meeting at the Holden Lodge last week that the lack of rural representation is a problem. He advocated for more rural representation on the provincial review board studying these issues. “We only have one rural member on the review board,” he said. “We need people like us, like Owen (Ligard, CAO of the Beaver Foundation), and local politicians to tell them what is happening in rural areas.” Beaver County has four lodges that the foundation oversees on behalf of the province, but the vacancy problem exists in the centre and eastern parts of the county more than in the western side. In the county’s west end, Sunshine Villa in Tofield has only nine vacancies in a 46unit facility; and the Tofield Lodge has four vacancies in a 60-unit facility. But Holden Lodge in the heart of the county has 26 vacancies out of a 33-unit facility; and Vialta Lodge in Viking at the county’s east end has 27 vacancies out of a 64-unit facility. “We have facilities out here, we just need to have them used,” said Hrabec at the
meeting in Holden. With the highest vacancy rate, the foundation and other friends of the Holden Lodge are looking for ways to keep in viable. The review panel is part of the Seniors Lodge Program in Alberta, which is the oldest affordable housing program for seniors. And the lodge review panel is being formed “to improve the lodge system’s efficiency and sustainability into the future.” Jason Nixon, minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services repeated the importance of such lodges in local communities and for the residents who live there, “especially in rural Alberta.” There are 10,850 lodge units in 149 lodges in Alberta, including in Beaver County. The program provides meals, laundry, housekeeping and recreation program among its services to the residents. The review is set up to “provide an opportunity to smooth transitions between lodges and continuing care homes to ensure the needs of seniors will be met when they need to access more care,” said the announcement. But the lack of rural representation wasn’t the only issue at the recent meeting to try and save the Holden Lodge. A vote to close the lodge was held at the foundation only last fall but was defeated. Another issue related to the review panel is this stated intent to create “smooth transitions” between lodges and continuing care facilities. Viking Deputy Mayor Cindy Lefsrud attended the meeting at the Holden Lodge, and stated there needs to be more levels of care provided between these transition points. Lefsrud said there are such services in Wainwright but not in Beaver County. These different levels of service would allow seniors to “age in place” longer and not have to move to the care home as soon as they otherwise might. Hrabec cited financial issues as an impediment, plus the problem of getting more staff to move to. rural areas to perform these extra levels of care. Lefsrud said patients can decline in health faster once they are moved into a continuing care facility when they might be able to remain in a lodge with more personal care available.
Town of Viking Summer Employment Positions Public Works – Summer Maintenance Duties and Responsibilities 1. This position reports to the Town Foreman 2. Operation of various equipment (including Mowers, Water Pumps, Weed Eaters, Sprayers, Tramper) and vehicles (Including Town Pickup Truck with Trailer hauling water tank/mower) 3. Perform a variety of safe and efficient manual labour related duties 4. Maintaining the grounds & foliage of the Town & Town Cemetery 5. Small roadwork repair & maintenance (filling pot holes/painting lines) 6. Ability to work in all types of weather 7. Willingness to participate in basic safety training as required Qualifications 1. Be self-motivated and have the ability to work independently 2. Ability to operate mowers and equipment 3. Strong customer service and verbal communication skills 4. Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload efficiently 5. Valid class 5 Alberta driver’s license (drivers abstract required) 6. Must have the ability to use hand tools and lift heavy objects, if required 7. First aid certification would be an asset but not necessary 8. Ability to work flexible hours and weekends, if required
Eastview Campground Summer Employee Duties and Responsibilities 1. This position reports to the Town Foreman 2. Manage bookings for the Campground through the online calendar system 3. Answer phones calls, return messages, and respond to emails 4. Take payments 5. Cash out daily 6. Computer skills and recordkeeping 7. Cleaning Bathrooms & Showers DAILY 8. Operation of various equipment and vehicles (Mower & Weed eater) (Town Pickup Truck) 9. Perform a variety of safe and efficient manual labour related duties 10. Ability to work in all types of weather 11. Willingness to participate in basic safety training as required Qualifications 1. Be self-motivated and have the ability to work independently 2. Ability to operate mowers and equipment 3. Strong customer service and verbal communication skills 4. Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload efficiently 5. Attention to Detail for Cleanliness of Bathroom Facilities 6. Valid class 5 Alberta driver’s license (drivers abstract required) 7. Must have the ability to use hand tools and lift heavy objects, if required 8. First aid certification would be an asset but not necessary 9. Ability to work flexible hours and weekends, when larger community events are scheduled The Town of Viking thanks all applicants for your interest however only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Please complete the Application for Employment form on the website. Applications can be submitted to: Doug Lefsrud, CAO Town of Viking Box 369 Viking, Alberta T0B 4N0 780-336-3466 Email: accounting@viking.ca
Viking Museum & Anglican Church - Summer Employee Duties and Responsibilities 1. This position reports to the Viking Historical Society. 2. Operation of various equipment (including Mowers, Weed Eaters) 3. Perform a variety of safe and efficient manual labour related duties 4. Maintaining the grounds & foliage of the Museum, Anglican Church & Hall 5. Guiding Tours through the Museum & Anglican Church and Hall 6. Cataloguing Artifacts 7. Cleaning & Organizing Qualifications 1. Be self-motivated and have the ability to work independently 2. Ability to operate mowers 3. Strong customer service and verbal communication skills 4. Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload efficiently 5. Ability to work flexible hours and weekends, if required The Viking Historical Society thanks all applicants for your interest however only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
Attending the information session at the Holden Lodge were (front table) from left: Viking Deputy Mayor Cindy Lefsrud; Claystone Waste Public Advisory Committee member Rod Krips; Viking CAO Doug Lefsrud, and Division 5 Beaver County Councillor Dale Pederson.
Please complete the Application for Employment form on the Town website. Applications can be submitted to: Mike Lawes, Viking Historical Society Box 106 Viking, Alberta T0B 4N0
The Weekly Review, Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - Page 9
Police warn about auto theft and provide prevention tips Patricia Harcourt Editor
With auto theft top of mind for many people in both rural and urban settings these days, the police are offering tips to keep their vehicles from falling into the hands of thieves. But first some words of encouragement were offered with the fact that such thefts of vehicles and from vehicles actu-
ally decreased compared to the previous year. There were 544 thefts of motor vehicles as of February 2023, a drop of 12% from the 616 stolen as of the same date in 2022. Thefts of items inside vehicles dropped 20% in the same time frame, dropping from 647 in February 2022 to 517 a year later. The entire year of 2023 saw a total of 8,710 motor vehicle thefts
which was a 3% drop from the 8,946 stolen in 2022. The total of thefts from vehicles also dropped from 9,029 in 2022 to 7,824 for 2023, or a 13% decrease. But thefts are still pervasive in Alberta, as well as other areas of the country, and the following tips were provided by Alberta RCMP to try and prevent your vehicle from being one of the ones chosen to be stolen.
Remember to always keep your doors locked when not inside the vehicle, especially if it is running. Also, it’s important never to leave your keys in the vehicle, and remove all valuables from inside while putting any purchases out of sight in the trunk. RCMP also recommend the use of a steering wheel club to hinder would be thieves, and
delay their access with another hindrance. When at home, keep your vehicle in a locked garage, and never keep the garage door opener in the vehicle. Otherwise, try to park in well lit areas and consider installing a vehicle tracking system. Citizens are also encouraged to follow #JoinTheClub on the police Facebook @RCMPinAlberta and X
@RCMPAlberta for the month of February for more tips on keeping your vehicle safe. Another point worth considering is that the RCMP want all thefts to be reported to them by phone, in person or by using the RCMP app. “Reports tell us where to look, who to look for, and where the additional patrols may be required,” explains Alberta RCMP.
Viking RCMP encourages residents to register for Rave community alerts Viking RCMP encourages residents to sign up for the Rave Mobile Safety mass notification system as an additional tool to be used in crime prevention and community safety. Rave alerts provide Albertans with realtime, trusted information around public safe-
ty and crime prevention. Users register online and then select the region or regions they wish to receive alerts for, as well as the type of information they want to receive, including: • Traffic advisory notifications;
• Crime watch notifications; • Crime prevention tips; • Requests for public assistance; and • General public safety messaging. They can then decide how they would like to receive alerts, whether it be via phone call, SMS
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text message, or email. Rave enables community members to assist police and be a useful resource to their local detachment and their
respective community. By staying informed about public safety, residents and the police can work together to reduce crime and improve the
safety of their communities. For more information, or to sign up, please visit www.ruralcrimewatch.ab.ca/l/rave.
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In Quietness, In Confidence, and In Our Faith, We Remember You, Louie, Dad, Grandpa, and Great-Grandpa ~The Family ________________________ In Loving Memory of Stewart William Law A Wonderful Husband, Father, and Grandpa December 3, 1941 February 17, 2018
Never forget you, Your presence we miss, Your memory we treasure, Loving you always, Forgetting you never. 07c
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Viking Royal Purple make donations to local groups
Dawn Hodgins donates $500 to Viking Preschool director Brittany Duguay for their community fundraiser on February 24.
Dawn Hodgins presents $50 check to FCSS Director Dawn Chrystian to purchase prizes for the Family Day colouring contest.
AGRICULTURE LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER The following land is offered for sale by tender subject to restrictions on the existing Certificate of Title: MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 16 TOWNSHIP 47 SECTION 23 QUARTER NORTH EAST EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS AND THE RIGHT TO WORK THE SAME AREA: 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS Title Number: 232 18 0888 Land is comprised of 160 acres, more or less, of No. 2 soil with approximately 138 acres under cultivation and approximately 22 acres native non-agriculture land located in Beaver County. No fences. No outbuildings.
Christine Boadway presents check for $200 to Paisley Merta for the Viking Dance Club.
Christine Boadway presents two metal benches to Mike Lawes for the Historical Society. All donations made on behalf of Viking Royal Purple.
TERMS OF TENDER: (1) The purchase price submitted shall be subject to payment of GST; (2) Sale of the land is “as is – where is”. (3) Tenders are to be accompanied by a certified cheque or bank draft made payable to “Insight for Life – LAW Services, in trust” representing 10% of the tendered amount; (4) No conditional or subject to financing tenders will be accepted; (5) Decision on tenders is to be made on or before Friday March 8, 2024, at which time deposits of unsuccessful tenders will be returned via registered mail. (6) Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted and the registered owner reserves the right to reject any or all tenders. (7) Subject to (1) above, upon acceptance of a successful tender, the purchaser shall be obligated to complete the purchase, subject to normal closing adjustments, on or before close of business Thursday March 28, 2024 or sooner as agreed between the parties. The 10% deposit shall constitute a deposit towards the purchase price. If the successful tenderer fails to complete the purchase, the deposit shall be forfeited. Tenders will close at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8, 2024 Tenders are to be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “TENDER #13655” to: Insight for Life – LAW Services Attention: William N. Bohdan Zadworny Barrister & Solicitor 5131 – 50th Street, PO Box 250 Vegreville, AB T9C 1R2 Ph: 780-632-7779
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Local gymnast takes home 3 Golds and a Silver at Calgary meet Local gymnast Paisley Merta has had a busy start to her competitive season. On February 8 she took part in the Ed Vincent Invitational in Calgary Alberta hosted by Altadore Gymnastics Club. There were over 800 gymnasts in attendance from all over Alberta and N.W.T. She came home with three Golds and a Silver for her efforts. Paisley is training hard for a busy March with three big competitions to attend.
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