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Historic Holden Paragon Theatre slated for demolition Jana Semeniuk Staff Reporter
The village of Holden’s 70-year-old historic Paragon Theatre will be scheduled for demolition due to extensive damages sustained during flooding last year. The difficult decision was made by the Beaver County council at their Feb. 21 council meeting. The Beaver County website stated an engineering firm was hired to explore repair options for the building and set the repair bill at between $800,000 and $1 million. “Council made the difficult decision to proceed with the demolition of the Paragon Theatre,” said the county’s website. “This decision was not made lightly, and Council is committed to exploring new avenues to support the arts and community groups affected by this loss.” Dave Maruszecka, President of the Beaverhill Players, said the theatre is a staple in the community and he is sad to hear about its demise. “I’m sad to see that (is) going to happen. The rest of the group obviously feel the same way,” he said. “It was one of a kind in the county, almost like a showpiece. There is no other like it around.” Maruszecka said the theatre was built in the early 50’s when it was used as a movie theatre for the village. According to online history, the building sat idle from the end of the 60s until the late 70s when the county took it over and spent a large amount of time and money to revive the facility enabling live performance shows in addition to showing movies. Shortly after, the management of the building was turned over to the Beaver Regional Arts Society. Meanwhile, the Beaverhill Players, a volunteer group dedicated to live performances, used the theatre and held their last performance in 1997 before disbanding due to dwindling volunteers. By 2010, however, members of the previous players regrouped and once again began performing at the theatre, taking over the management in 2016 and installing a new roll down big movie screen
The village of Holden's 70-year-old Paragon Theatre will be demolished due to extensive flood damage sustained last year.
and high-tech LED projector. Maruszecka, who has been with the Beaverhill Players since 2010, said the theatre has flooded previously and believes the damage sustained during last summer’s flood was too much for the building to bear. “The problem is that some of that flooded area was flooded before. It looks like it never really did dry out,” he said. “So basically, there's a bunch of rotten sub floor underneath there and that's what kind of drove this one to be more monumental than what it would have been otherwise.” Maruszecka said in the meantime, the group have been showing their movies at the Holden Hall. He said he is not sure what the future holds for the Beaverhill Players. “The Village of Holden have been very supportive of us. The whole ‘no theatre’ decision only came a short time ago and we haven’t really met to talk about what we might do going forward,” he said. Meanwhile, Beaver County Reeve Kevin Smook said he was also dismayed that they had no other options to save the aging theatre. He said the costs to demolish the
building will be approximately $300,00 - $400,000. “The loss of the 70-year-old building is deeply felt within the county, signifying not just the loss of a structure but also a hub of arts and culture for the Holden area. This decision was one of the toughest faced by Council, arrived at with heavy hearts after weighing the significant structural damage against the prohibitive costs of repair,” he said by email. Smook added that key members of the community provided input into their decision. “We recognize the impact this has on our community and are committed to finding ways to continue supporting arts and cultural activities in the area.” Smook said they do not have a timeline as to when they expect demolition to begin, nor do they have plans for the empty lot. “The next steps for proceeding with the demolition include working with the affected groups, adhering to the County's purchasing policy to select a contractor, and establishing a timeline for the demolition process,” he said. “The County is planning the next steps with the appropriate groups.”
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Ryley School celebrated Pink Shirt Day and the whole school, Kindergarten to Grade 9, stood for a photo in their pink clothing on Wednesday, February 28 in a stance against bullying. Originating in Nova Scotia in 2007, Pink Shirt Day began when a group of teenage boys organized a protest by wearing and distributing pink shirts at their high school in sympathy and support of a fellow student suffering from bullying. PHOTO PROVIDED
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McPherson Library puts on FCSS market supper Ryley Library Board on the lookout for new members Kari Janzen Staff Reporter
The McPherson Public Library in Ryley was February’s organization putting on the supper for Ryley’s Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) monthly market, held Thursday February 22 at the Ryley Community Hall. Library manager Kimberly Murphy said they got a good turnout, of more than 50 people. “The library has put on a meal for the market before, when it was during the day. Mickey (Wilson, FCSS Director) approached us and said that they were looking for people, so we did it again. It's one of the bigger fundraisers for us, so we decided to attempt an evening meal for the first time,” she said. The current six library board members and two work experience students were in the kitchen, preparing the meal of mushroom and sweet and sour meatballs, mashed potatoes and all the fixings. “We served the same meal last year, and it went over really well. It is kind of an easy thing to serve,” Murphy said. Other fundraisers that the library puts on include paints nights, and Murphy said they are considering holding a springtime planter event as well. Money raised from these events goes toward various library programs, which includes the winter and summer reading programs and soon, a book club. "At the end of March,
we're starting a book club. We are thinking probably Wednesdays, and we’d have it at a different location each time. We're looking to go out to different local establishments and support them too,” Murphy said. “We're looking to start some different programs as well. We're trying to reach out to the teens but it's hard to find something that grabs their attention. For adults, we're looking to start an adult board game night,” said Murphy. Murphy attended the Northern Lights Library System Library Managers council meeting last week, where they discussed what this year’s summer reading program theme will be. Ryley usually has about 40 kids sign up for the program, which runs
from July 1 to August 31. “We offer drop-in and we average about 20-25 kids that attend regularly. We've had a hard time getting funding from Canada Summer Jobs in the last little while, but through local grants we've managed to have had two students run our summer program,” Murphy said. The library board is currently looking for new members, and Murphy said even more so, because some members will be leaving. “On a library board, the least number of members you can have is five, and the most you can have is 10. We’re at six. “If anybody's interested in the board, we meet every second Monday at the library, at 6:30 p.m.,” she said.
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Tofield Council makes amendment to animal control bylaw Kari Janzen
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Tofield Council held their second meeting of the month on February 24 at the Town Office. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Claystone Waste Corey Popick attended the meeting via Zoom, to formally introduce himself in his new role at Claystone. “I am grateful for the opportunity to formally introduce myself, but as the new CEO with Claystone. Of course, everybody knows where Claystone and previously, Beaver (Municipal Solutions), has come from and the excellent reputation and opportunities that my predecessor Pierre (Breau) had created for us all. I'm looking forward to building on the momentum that he's already established by supporting our communities, like Tofield, with the sustainable waste solutions and continuing to expand on our baseline for business in Ryley with an expansion of our already existing compost facility that
we built last year, and our largest investment to date, the development of the new waste transfer station in West Edmonton. I wanted the opportunity to reiterate and remind that our mission extends beyond providing communities with the confidence of a safe, sustainable, and environmentally responsible waste solutions. We also want to create a positive impact on the communities we live in and ensure that we safeguard our environment for all our future generations to come,” Popick said. Mayor Deb Dueck congratulated Popick on his new position, and affirmed that members of council will be attending Claystone’s annual general meeting in April. “I would like to say congratulations on your role there now, and we look forward to working with you. Claystone is a welcome initiative and addition in the community, as it has been previously, and so we wish you continued success because your success is our success,” she said.
The Town’s Animal Control Bylaw has been amended, with two parts of the fees and penalties section having been removed. As found on the Town’s website, the current uploaded document at the time of writing was signed and dated as having been passed on May 23, 2023. Assistant Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Jeff Edwards explained to Council what had been amended. “The body of the bylaw itself is not changing. This had recently come before Council and I must apologize, there were questions that were asked by Council at that time and they were specific to the fees and penalties in place. The response that I had provided, because although the penalties were not identified, the specific section in the bylaw is that they would be able to be adhered to, and that was incorrect. The bylaw has been brought back to you with amendments being made to the penalties and fees section. One of which was leaving an animal unattended in a
vehicle, that has been removed, and also having an animal secured in or on a vehicle. That has been removed as well because that was not identified within the body of the bylaw itself. So those are the two sections that have been removed, those were reviewed by our peace officer and identified to us and subsequently we have worked with legal in order to help us revise and brought back to you the revision,” he said. Councillor Brenda Chehade asked Edwards to clarify whether it is
okay for an individual to leave their dog in a vehicle unattended. “There's two ways to answer that. Do I think it is okay? No, it is not. If an animal is left unattended, one of two things can be done. Either our peace officer can be contacted if they are in town, or the RCMP could be contacted as well. Is there an area specific to our bylaw that can be addressed? Section 5.17, permitting an animal to be unattended in a vehicle where circumstances present health or safety risks, was identified with being left
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Shelter receives first group of donated cell phones Kari Janzen Staff Reporter
Earlier this year the Tofield, Ryley and Area (TRA) food bank and the Tofield/Beaver County West Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) partnered together to begin a cell phone collection program in order to be donated to the Camrose Women’s Shelter. Executive Director Nora-Lee Rear says the need for extra cell phones has been continuous for their clients. “The need for communication devices has long been a necessity for our clients. The tactic of isolation was present long before cell phones and will be around as long as abuse still exists in relationships. Abusers use isolation as a form of control and to create dependence and isolation from loved ones. Isolation from loved ones increases the abuser’s power and control over the individual. This may mean that women come to our shelter or our Outreach program having no phone as they were not allowed to buy one, or had theirs stolen or destroyed. When women try to start a new life, a phone is essential to field calls from Income Support or new jobs, to look for a new place to live, to be in touch with supportive friends and family, or to feel secure in calling for emergency services,” she said. The collection program only just started recently by the food bank and Tofield FCSS, and Rear said they contacted the Shelter “through the local Interagency meeting as possible recipients of their
program.” “To our knowledge, this is the first cellphone collection program the Tofield, Ryley and Area Food Bank and Tofield FCSS have organized. We have had generous individuals donate phones to the shelter in the past, but never organized in this way,” said Rear. Any kind or condition of cell phone will be accepted. Food bank Board Chair Dawn Arnold even said she donated a flip phone. “As long as it can be charged and it works, there are no parameters. I've got an old flip phone that I'll be delivering next week and a couple of old cell phones that still work for 911. They are an emergency phone. If they want to start a quick contract, start their own plan, they're good for that, too. They are used as intermediate phones until the women can get their own,” she said in a previous interview. Rear says any phone is better than no phone, but she also gave a few suggestions of the capabilities a donated phone should have. “It's best if the phone has a good battery, the ability to access the internet (many clients choose WiFi calling apps for security and cost), comes completely wiped of all previous data, or is reset to factory settings, and has a charge cable with it,” Rear said. “We also determine if the phone is in good condition, and is usable for the foreseeable future before turning the phone over to anyone, either in shelter or outreach, who has let us know they are in need of a phone,” said
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Rear. With each donation of an old cell phone, it is helpful if the charging cord and USB wall charger accompany it. “It's always best if the charger comes with the phone. We don't have a budget (and often, neither do our clients) to purchase chargers for phones. Without a charger, they are not very useful,” Rear said. The Camrose Women’s Shelter receives clients from all over, and Rear said it is not unusual for women to seek escape away from where they reside. “We serve a large rural area with both our shelter and Outreach services. The emergency shelter accepts clients from all over. It is very common for folks to call from far away in order to escape their abusers. We've even had folks flee across the country and access our shelter services. Our Outreach services accepts clients from a very large rural area, stretching from Highway 14 to 12 (north to south) and Highway 2 to the Saskatchewan border (west to east),” she said. So far, five cell phones have been donated as part of the program, and Rear said at the time of the in-
terview that the phones were being checked for data and quality at that moment. “We are so grateful to the Tofield, Ryley and Area food bank and the Tofield/Beaver FCSS. They have incredible supports in the community and reach out with referrals to our shelter and our Outreach program on a regular basis,” she said. The program is set to run in perpetuity, so there will be no end date or donation cutoff. “There is no deadline for these. We just wish to be a collection point for these phones as they are so very necessary for many in the shelter,” said a post on the TRA food bank social media page. Phones can be dropped off at the food bank or the Tofield FCSS office.
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JOHN’S RANT NDP leadership race a snoozefest or exciting? With all the noise going on about the Alberta budget, one almost forgets there is a leadership race going on to replace Alberta’s NDP leader Rachel Notley. Now, Rachel did offer her words of wisdom following the presentation of the budget last week, but as a now lame duck leader did anybody really listen. “What the UCP delivered today amounts to massive cuts that leave Albertans behind. Instead of hiring more nurses and front-line health-care workers or building hospitals, Danielle Smith chose to fund private surgeries,” said Notley. Leadership hopeful Kathleen Ganley stated, “Danielle Smith broke her promise to cut taxes. She broke her promise to fix healthcare. “You don’t matter to the UCP. But you matter to me. “We are putting forward bold ideas every day. We’re going to cuts your costs and hike your wages. We’re going to ensure you’re not hit with a bill for an orphan-well mess you didn’t make. “We’re going to give you a voice in our party and the future of our province.” Candidate Sarah Hoffman offered up a short video essentially saying, “My response to today’s budget: the UCP is moving backwards on Health, Climate and Housing.” Leadership hopeful
Rakhi Pancholi offered up these wise words, “The UCP government’s budget is a deliberate decision to hold Albertans back. “We used to lead the country in healthcare and education. Now, because of Danielle Smith’s choices, we will continue falling behind. “More is possible. Let’s not settle for less.” I was unable to find anything on the budget from the fourth declared leadership candidate Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse. So far these four haven’t made any outstanding proclamations about how they will change Alberta for the better, but all do seem tied to the NDP mantra of spend, spend, spend. I was always taught that if you're going to spend, spend spend, you should have the finances and wherewithal to be able to spend wisely and cautiously. That’s not the NDP way. Two other names bandied about to possibly want to fill the void left by Notley’s departure are former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan. Having these two in the race would certainly add some sizzle, but as one news scribe described them - the one thing they have in common is “they both have thin skins and inflated egos.”
For Nenshi, serving 11 years as the mayor of Calgary would be the historic platform he would use to springboard into provincial politics. During his tenure, Calgary council made the largest investments in transit in the city’s history. Calgary also invested in “an enormous amount of social infrastructure.” The city also created permanent funding for community and social infrastructure. Speaking with Municipal World prior to his departure from the mayor’s chair he offered this insight for people seeking public office. “Set aside partisanship.” The goal of politics, he explained, should be about seeking to unite more than divide. In federal politics today, that has too often not been the case. It would be “a real pity,” he added, if municipal politics went that way. Nenshi was always independent. So it would be very interesting to see how he would fit into a party political system. A system where one has to share ideas and rule with consensus from party members. There would be no room for individual thought such as Nenshi has been used to wielding. As for Gil McGowan, he has said he is going to run for the leadership but hasn’t officially announced it.
That might be a trial balloon and he would be wise to give a great deal of thought to seeking the brass ring of NDP leadership. McGowan offered up his opinion of the Alberta budget. “This year, tens of thousands of these workers are in collective bargaining with the UCP Government. In many cases, the opening offers that workers have received have been described as ‘insulting’ and ‘insufficient’. “Today’s budget has done nothing to fix this. “Investment in workers that lags behind the high 13 per cent Consumer Price Index rates of the last three years is a cut. The Premier cannot spin her way out of this fact. “Furthermore, the UCP Government’s unwillingness to embrace programs that can ease the cost of living, such as the Pharmacare program introduced by the federal government, shows that the UCP are disinterested in helping Alberta workers with their household budgets. “Today’s budget showed that the UCP government isn’t on the side of Alberta workers,” he rambled on. “Instead, they’ve chosen to make reaching a fair deal for workers in bargaining nearly impossible.” Now really, is this the guy you want to be Premier of Alberta? I guess if you're a civil
servant represented by McGown’s union you would. He will offer up huge wage increases not giving a damn that these types of settlement just contribute to the inflationary spiral. For every additional wage increased, the price of goods and services has to be raised to cover the wage and benefits costs. And McGowan would certainly spend. And it would be interesting to see him in serious talks with other leaders given his penchant for offering up the single digit to those he doesn’t agree or get along with. McGowan was elected president of the Alberta Federation of Labour in 2005. He is an experienced political organizer and strategist having worked dozens of political campaigns. He worked on the provincial election campaigns of the Alberta NDP in 1997 and 2000. “I think it’s time we have a worker leader leading the workers’ party,” he has stated in his message to potential supporters. McGowan ran as a candidate in 2015 in Edmonton Centre, finishing third. Really McGowan would better serve the party remaining in the background as an organizer. So everything could be set for an exciting NDP leadership race or a real borefest. Nominations close on
March 15 so in another week we’ll know. And as the soothsayer said in Julius Caesar, “Beware the Ides of March.” I do have a favourite among the four declared candidates, but adding two renegade males to the mix would certainly spice up the contest. And neither would get my vote. JOHN MATHER
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For a long time I looked forward to leap years because we got married in one, 1968. It sort of made it a little more special, like we had two anniversaries instead of one, the second one happening every four years. But after several years of thinking we were special (well I still think we’re special, just not because of our marriage date) I discovered that the four year thing occurred only if we got married on Leap Day, February 29. Tying the knot on any other date, like on November 20, our anniversary, didn’t mean anything, Leap year-wise. I was disappointed, mostly because I had to stop bugging Hubby for
Tofield Council Continued from Page 4 school faculty to celebrate their high school graduation. This is an exciting moment for the graduates to celebrate together. “We would really appreciate it if the Town of Tofield would make a donation to help cover the costs of the arena rental. As one of the biggest graduating classes in recent school history, this would mean the world to us. We would be able to use the money to make our graduation just as great as previous years and leave something behind to help future graduates and students at Tofield School. Thank you for all you do to support the upcoming generations of our wonderful community,” wrote Gabrielle Woodruff, Tofield School Class of 2024 Student Executive Chair. Council agreed to contribute $565 towards the
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that second anniversary gift. Not that he’d actually fallen for it. If he had, what with gold and silver and all the other good stuff taken, I’d likely have been gifted less appreciated things like lumps of coal or cardboard boxes. Anyone born in a leap year has the same problem. If you were born on any date other than February 29, you don’t count. However, being a leap year baby means you get cheated, since you can only blow out the candles on your cake every four years. I guess you stay young a lot longer than the rest of us (I can hear all the plastic surgeons sobbing) and maybe all the years where February 29 doesn’t exist you can celebrate on the 28th and March first instead. Sounds like you guys get the best of that deal, your own personal Fountain of Youth. So leap years have 366 days instead of the normal 365, that day being called Leap Day. Days are not an exact 24 hours long, a fact that gives me a queasy tummy – how are we supposed to be on time for ap-
pointments? School kids everywhere could claim there is no such thing as being tardy; it’s the calendar’s fault. The scientists say that the time that accumulates over four years equals twenty-four hours but they must mean ‘or so’ since everything else seems to out of whack. Apparently those days that seem to fly by and the ones that drag along, with no end in sight, really are what they seem. Just bundles of minutes, equaling approximately twenty-four hours every few years, with scientists juggling numbers and scratching their heads under their dunce caps and answering our questions with, Hey, only time will tell.HAPPY LEAP YEAR! For a long time I looked forward to leap years because we got married in one, 1968. It sort of made it a little more special, like we had two anniversaries instead of one, the second one happening every four years. But after several years of thinking we were special (well I still think we’re special, just not because of our marriage date)
I discovered that the four year thing occurred only if we got married on Leap Day, February 29. Tying the knot on any other date, like on November 20, our anniversary, didn’t mean anything, Leap year-wise. I was disappointed, mostly because I had to stop bugging Hubby for that second anniversary gift. Not that he’d actually fallen for it. If he had, what with gold and silver and all the other good stuff taken, I’d likely have been gifted less appreciated things like lumps of coal or cardboard boxes. Anyone born in a leap year has the same problem. If you were born on any date other than February 29, you don’t count. However, being a leap year baby means you get cheated, since you can only blow out the candles on your cake every four years. I guess you stay young a lot longer than the rest of us (I can hear all the plastic surgeons sobbing) and maybe all the years where February 29 doesn’t exist you can celebrate on the 28th and March first instead. Sounds like
arena rental, and Councillor Norm Martineau suggested to Council that they recommend the class also approach Beaver County. “Being that we do have County students, it would be nice to see that both got involved with this project rather than just us,” he said. A motion was made to donate the full amount of the arena rental, with direction to encourage the Tofield School graduating class to also go to Beaver County, and was passed. Council also decided to donate the requested $275 to the Tofield Volunteer Fire Department Society who also sent a letter for a monetary donation to aid in covering the cost of the rental of the arena to host their annual Spring Ball. “The Tofield Volunteer Fire Department is a strong, proud, and dedicated group with a membership of over 28 firefighters. It provides a very strong defence in the protection of its local and surrounding communities. This year we are supporting the Tofield Ryley and
Area Food Bank with all net proceeds from the Ball going to this very worthy cause. To make sure that the Food Bank receives the greatest amount of funds, organizers are seeking generous support to cover some of the expected costs for this event. The Society is hoping that the Town of Tofield would contribute $275 to cover half the arena rental for this event. The additional rental fee is being requested from Beaver County,” Society President Krysten Hoculak wrote. Tofield Council also approved the appointment of a new Tofield Municipal Library board member. The board currently has seven members and Councillor Larry Tiedemann explained that they are trying to get closer to their maximum number of board members permitted, which is 10. “We're trying to increase the board members to try to get up to the 10 so that we have some flexibility for quorum. We have too many that are really close to not being able to attend
meetings. More members also gives us some new faces coming in, and we can teach them how to do it,” he said. Tofield Council also rescinded the residential tax incentive policy 2.23, and Edwards explained the policy will be better as a bylaw. The policy was approved at the previous council meeting on February 12. “The policy that had come forward was possibly too ambitious in the way that it been presented to Council. Meaning, that it should have been brought forward to Council as a bylaw, as opposed to a policy. Therefore, we have consulted with legal, we are looking to finalize a draft of a bylaw to come forward to Council. “I think the safe thing is to say that we can still achieve and get to the spot that we wanted, but it needs to take a different process in order for that to happen. We will look to help out finalize and drop off the council in the upcoming days,” Edwards said.
you guys get the best of that deal, your own personal Fountain of Youth. So leap years have 366 days instead of the normal 365, that day being call Leap Day. Days are not an exact 24 hours long, a fact that gives me a queasy tummy – how are we supposed to be on time for appointments? School kids everywhere could claim there is no such thing as being tardy; it’s the calendar’s fault. The scientists say that the time that accumulates over four years
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Free dust control ends for golf course; Colony will pay one mile Patricia Harcourt Two dust control issues and their payment were part of county council’s decisions at the regular meeting Feb. 21. A west end golf course has had its annual free dust control ended after five years at a cost to the county of $1,200 per year. The county has decided to stop applying free dust control on the county service road adjacent to the Tofield Golf Course. The free applications started five years ago when then reeve Jim Kallal made a motion to that effect at council. As well as the free dust control, the motion called for the service road to be graded “at the discretion of the landowner.” Council was also to give consideration for grading to the service road east of the golf course to Range Road 191 in the spring of 2020. At that time, four members of council voted in favour of the motion. Then councillor Kevin Smook (now county reeve) in Division 1 where the golf course is located voted against it. Councillors in 2019 voting in favour were: Gene Hrabec (Division 3), Barry Bruce (Division 4) and Dale Pederson (Division 5), along with Kallal in Division 2.
The golf course asked for the dust control on the basis that the county’s service road was inundating the business with tremendous amounts of dust. The golf course felt the county should provide the dust control free of charge as it was the county road creating the issue. Five years later, however, the same three councillors voted to end the free dust control upon recommendation by administration. The motion by Pederson passed unanimously at the Feb. 21 meeting, including new councillor Lionel Williams. Williams replaced Kallal in Division 2 after Kallal chose not to run in the last municipal election. In making his motion, Pederson said the last five years of applications should still be effective in keeping the dust down on the service road entrance for at least this year. General Manager of Infrastructure Dan Blackie spoke to end the free dust control, pointing out that it cost the county $1,200 for each of the last five years. The landowner will be notified of the decision, he said, and will have until April 5 to apply through the Dust Control Program for a paid application. As well, the Viking Hutterite Colony’s request to have Terra-Cem applied to a county road running to the colony entrance has been granted - with the pay-
ment of an improvement tax by the Colony. Beaver County Council agreed to authorize administration to commence the Local Improvement Tax process with the colony for a Terra-Cem project on Range Road 120 from Twp. Rd. 490 north for one mile to the colony entrance. The project will be undertaken this year, and hitches a ride with another county project taking place in the vicinity. “It’s considered long term dust control,” said Blackie, at the Feb. 21 regular meeting of council. “The colony pays 100 per cent of the product,” he said of the agreement, and the county pays for the labour and equipment. He added that “the colony wants to cost share,” noting: “The colony has seven years to pay (the improvement tax) off…I got it in writing.” The project “is just a matter of going North from (the county’s) original work site,” he said, regarding roadwork already taking place this year in that area. “Administration has provided a rough estimate based on 2023 pricing with a modest margin for inflation costs,” he states, in his report to council. “The Viking Colony has responded in writing that they would like to proceed with the project and will pay over seven years as a Local Improvement Tax,” he said.
Tofield Men’s Bonspiel A and B event winners
Last weekend the Tofield Curling Club hosted their Men’s Bonspiel. Eleven teams entered and Shauna Neufeld, Tofield Curling Club President, said it was a very successful weekend. Pictured L-R are A event winners on the Parent Team, Skip Ken Parent, Third Steve McKay, Second Kelsey Kisiloski, Lead Len Nearing.
Pictured L-R are B event winners on the Schultz Team, Skip Dave Schultz, Third Ron Cameron, Second Les Warner, Lead Mark Vasick.
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ʷˢ ˬ ˬˢ ˢ˨ ˖˔˟˟˟˟ ʵ˘˔˩ ˩˘ ˘˥ ʶˢ˨ˡ˧ˬ ˛ˢˠ˘ʲ ʲʡʡʡʡ 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 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 Ϟʧʭʣʣˣˠ ˠʟ ʶ˟ˢ˦˘˗ ˙˥ˢˠ ʤʥʭʣʣ ʠ ʤʭʣʣˣˠ ˇˢ˟˟ ʹ˥˘˘ʭ ʤʡʫʨʨʡʥʥʤʡʥʣʦʫ ˃˛ʭ ʪʫʣʡʩʩʦʡʥʣʦʫ ʿ˜ˡ˗˕˥ˢˢ˞ ˇ˥˔ˡ˦˙˘˥ ˆ˧˔˧˜ˢ ˢˡʭ ʨʤʣʣʫ ˅˚˘ ˅˗ ʥʣʤ ˃˛ʭ ʪʫʣʡʩ ʩʩʥʡʥʪʣʧ ʧ ˇ˨˘˦ ʤʣʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʦʣˣˠʮ ˇ˛˨˥˦ ʤʤʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʩʭʦʣˣˠʮ ˆ˔˧ ʤʣʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʦʣˣˠ ˇˢ˙˜˘˟˗ ˇ˥˔ˡ˦˙˘˥ ˆ˧˔˧˜ˢˡʭ ʨʤʣʦʥ ˅˚˘ ˅˗ ʤʬʤ ˃˛ʭ ʪʫʣʡʩʩʥ ʥʡʥʪʦʤ ˊ˘˗ʟ ʹ˥˜ ʙ ˆ˔˧ ʤʣʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʦʣˣˠ ˉ˜˞˜ˡ˚ ˇ˥˔ˡ˦˙˘˥ ˆ˧˔˧˜ˢˡʭ ʤʥʨʣʦ ˇ˪ˣ ˅˗ ʧʫʣ ˃˛ʭ ʪʫʣʡʪʤʫʡʪʬʨʩ ˇ˨˘˦ ʤʣʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʦʣˣˠʮ ˆ˔˧ ʤʣʭʦʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʭʦʣˣ ˣˠ ʾ˜ˡ˦˘˟˟˔ ˇ˥˔ˡ˦˙˘˥ ˆ˧˔˧˜ˢˡʭ ʧʩʧʤʫ ˅˚˘ ˅˗ ʤʤʦ ˃˛ʭ ʪʫʣʡʥʥʩʡʩʫʣʥ ˊ˘˗ ʤʤʭʣʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʣʣˣˠʮ ʹ˥˜ ʤʤʭʣʣ˔ˠ ʠ ʨʭʣʣˣˠ ˃˟˘˔˦˘ ˡˢ˧˘ʭ ʴ˟˟ ˧˥˔ˡ˦˙˘˥ ˦˧˔˧˜ˢˡ˦ ˘˫˖˘ˣ˧ ˙ˢ˥ ˧˛˘ ˅ˬ˟˘ˬ ˇ˥˔ˡ˦˙˙˘ ˇ˥ ˘˥ ˆ˧˔˧˜ˢˡ ˔˥˘ ˖˟ˢ˦˘˗ ˢˡ ˆ˧˔˧˨˧ˢ˥ˬ ˛ˢ˟˜˗˔ˬ˦ʡ
³ƺƏɀȒȇƏǼ !ȸƺɯ xƺȅƫƺȸ ٮǕ ³ƺȸɮǣƬƺɀ ³ƺƏɀȒȇƏǼ nƏƫȒɖȸƺȸ (ɖɎǣƺɀ ȅƏɵ ǣȇƬǼɖƳƺ ƫɖɎ Əȸƺ ȇȒɎ ǼǣȅǣɎƺƳ ɎȒ ƫȸɖɀǝǣȇǕً ȸȒƏƳ ȒǣǼ ȵƏɎƬǝǣȇǕً ȵƏƬǸƺȸ ȒȵƺȸƏɎȒȸً ƫȸǣƳǕƺ ȅƏǣȇɎƺȇƏȇƬƺً ƳȸƏǣȇƏǕƺ ǣȅȵȸȒɮƺȅƺȇɎً ƬɖǼɮƺȸɎ ȸƺȵǼƏƬƺȅƺȇɎً ƏȇƳ ƫƺƏɮƺȸ ƳƏȅ ȸƺȅȒɮƏǼِ ªÈ nXIX! ÁX z³ي àƏǼǣƳ !ǼƏɀɀ ( דȸǣɮƺȸɀ nǣƬƺȇɀƺ ɯǣɎǝ Əȇ ƏƬƬƺȵɎƏƫǼƺ ƳȸǣɮǣȇǕ ȸƺƬȒȸƳ áǣǼǼǣȇǕ ɎȒ ɎȸƏǣȇ ƏȇƳ ǼƺƏȸȇ ɎȒ ȒȵƺȸƏɎƺ ǼǣǕǝɎ ƏȇƳ ǝƺƏɮɵ ƳɖɎɵ ƺȷɖǣȵȅƺȇɎ ƏȇƳ ɯȒȸǸ ɯǣɎǝ Ƭȸƺɯɀ ȵȵȒȸɎɖȇǣɎɵ ɎȒ ǕƏǣȇ ɮƏǼɖƏƫǼƺ ɯȒȸǸ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ xɖɀɎ ƫƺ ɯǣǼǼǣȇǕ ɎȒ ɯȒȸǸ ǣȇ ǔǼɖƬɎɖƏɎǣȇǕ ƬǼǣȅƏɎƺɀ ٢ǝȒɎً ƬȒǼƳً ɯƺɎ٣ ƏȇƳ ƺȇɮǣȸȒȇȅƺȇɎƏǼ ƬȒȇƳǣɎǣȒȇɀِ ƫǣǼǣɎɵ ɎȒ ǼǣǔɎ דǼƫɀِ Ȓȸ ȅȒȸƺ ³ƏǔƺɎɵ ƬȒȇɀƬǣȒɖɀ ƏɎɎǣɎɖƳƺ ³ƺƏɀȒȇƏǼ ³ƺȸɮǣƬƺȅƏȇٖ0ȷɖǣȵȅƺȇɎ ȵƺȸƏɎȒȸ zƺƺƳƺƳ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ גאאȸȒƏƳ ȅƏǣȇɎƺȇƏȇƬƺ ƏȇƳ ƬȒȇɀɎȸɖƬɎǣȒȇ ɀƺƏɀȒȇِ ªÈ nXIX! ÁX z³ي àƏǼǣƳ !ǼƏɀɀ ( דȸǣɮƺȸɀ nǣƬƺȇɀƺ ɯǣɎǝ Əȇ ƏƬƬƺȵɎƏƫǼƺ ƳȸǣɮǣȇǕ ȸƺƬȒȸƳ áǣǼǼǣȇǕ ɎȒ ɎȸƏǣȇ ƏȇƳ ǼƺƏȸȇ ɎȒ ȒȵƺȸƏɎƺ ǼǣǕǝɎ ƏȇƳ ǝƺƏɮɵ ƳɖɎɵ ƺȷɖǣȵȅƺȇɎ ƏȇƳ ɯȒȸǸ ɯǣɎǝ Ƭȸƺɯɀ ȵȵȒȸɎɖȇǣɎɵ ɎȒ ǕƏǣȇ ɮƏǼɖƏƫǼƺ ɯȒȸǸ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ xɖɀɎ ƫƺ ɯǣǼǼǣȇǕ ɎȒ ɯȒȸǸ ǣȇ ǔǼɖƬɎɖƏɎǣȇǕ ƬǼǣȅƏɎƺɀ ٢ǝȒɎً ƬȒǼƳً ɯƺɎ٣ ƏȇƳ ƺȇɮǣȸȒȇȅƺȇɎƏǼ ƬȒȇƳǣɎǣȒȇɀِ ƫǣǼǣɎɵ ɎȒ ǼǣǔɎ דǼƫɀِ Ȓȸ ȅȒȸƺ ¨ȸƺɮǣȒɖɀ ƬȒȇɀɎȸɖƬɎǣȒȇ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ ǣɀ Əȇ ƏɀɀƺɎ xƺƬǝƏȇǣƬɀٖɎȸƏƳƺɀ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ ǣɀ Əȇ ƏɀɀƺɎ !ǼƏɀɀ בǣɀ Əȇ ƏɀɀƺɎ ƫǣǼǣɎɵ ɎȒ ɯȒȸǸ ɯƺǼǼ ǣȇ Ə ɎƺƏȅ ƺȇɮǣȸȒȇȅƺȇɎ ³ƺƏɀȒȇƏǼ ÁȸɖƬǸ (ȸǣɮƺȸɀ ٢ זٮהȅȒȇɎǝɀ٣ !ǼƏɀɀ X ÁȸɖƬǸ (ȸǣɮƺȸɀ ɯǣɎǝ ƺȷɖǣȵȅƺȇɎ ȒȵƺȸƏɎǣȇǕ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ גאאǕȸƏɮƺǼ ǝƏɖǼǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ƬȒȇɀɎȸɖƬɎǣȒȇ ɀƺƏɀȒȇِ ªÈ nXIX! ÁX z³ي àƏǼǣƳ !ǼƏɀɀ nǣƬƺȇɀƺ ɯǣɎǝ Ə ǔƏɮȒɖȸƏƫǼƺ ƳȸǣɮǣȇǕ ȸƺƬȒȸƳِ xǣȇǣȅɖȅ JȸƏƳƺ אȒȸ Jِ0ِ(ِ ¨ȸȒɮƺȇ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ ƏȇƳ ƏƫǣǼǣɎɵ ɎȒ ȵƺȸǔȒȸȅ ȸȒƏƳ ȅƏǣȇɎƺȇƏȇƬƺ Ȓǔ ȸȒƏƳɀً ɀǣǕȇɀً ƫȸǣƳǕƺɀً ƺɎƬًِ JƺȇƺȸƏǼ ɀƺȸɮǣƬǣȇǕ Ȓǔ ƺȷɖǣȵȅƺȇɎً ƏȇƳ ȒɎǝƺȸ ƳɖɎǣƺɀ Əɀ ƏɀɀǣǕȇƺƳ ƫɵ Ɏǝƺ ³ɖȵƺȸɮǣɀȒȸِ ¨ȸƺɮǣȒɖɀ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ ǝƏɖǼǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ɀȵȸƺƏƳǣȇǕ ǕȸƏɮƺǼ ǣɀ Əȇ ƏɀɀƺɎِ kȇȒɯǼƺƳǕƺ Ȓǔ ƺƏɮƺȸ !ȒɖȇɎɵِ ƫǣǼǣɎɵ ɎȒ ɯȒȸǸ ǣȇƳƺȵƺȇƳƺȇɎǼɵ ƏȇƳ Əɀɀɖȅƺ ȸƺɀȵȒȇɀǣƫǣǼǣɎɵ ǔȒȸ ȅƏǣȇɎƺȇƏȇƬƺ Ȓǔ ƺȷɖǣȵȅƺȇɎِ ƫǣǼǣɎɵ ɎȒ ɯȒȸǸ ƺǔǔǔƺƬɎǣɮƺǼɵ ɯǣɎǝ ȒɎǝƺȸ ƺȅȵǼȒɵƺƺɀ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ȵɖƫǼǣƬِ XȇɎƺȸƺɀɎƺƳ ƏȵȵǼǣƬƏȇɎɀ Əȸƺ ȸƺȷɖƺɀɎƺƳ ɎȒ ɀɖƫȅǣɎ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ȸƺɀɖȅƺɀ ƏȇƳ Ƴȸǣɮƺȸټɀ ƏƫɀɎȸƏƬɎɀ ɎȒ ي RɖȅƏȇ «ƺɀȒɖȸƬƺɀً ƺƏɮƺȸ !ȒɖȇɎɵً Ȓɴ « ًגɵǼƺɵً Á ג ȸ ƫɵ ƺٮȅƏǣǼ ɎȒ يƬƏȸƺƺȸɀ۬ƫƺƏɮƺȸِƏƫِƬƏ IȒȸ ȅȒȸƺ ǣȇǔȒ ɮǣɀǣɎ Ȓɖȸ ɯƺƫɀǣɎƺِ Áǝƺ !Əȸƺƺȸɀ ȵƏǕƺ ƬƏȇ ƫƺ ǔȒɖȇƳ ɖȇƳƺȸ Ɏǝƺ JȒɮƺȸȇȅƺȇɎ ȅƺȇɖِ
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
Beaver County Chronicle, March 6, 2024 - 3
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Tofield Golden Club requests Pink Shirt Day funding for expansion project Patricia Harcourt Beaver County needs more information about the Tofield Golden Club’s expansion project before deciding on a funding request from the club. The club is marking its 50th anniversary in 2025, and wants to expand the building it uses which is located across the street from the Tofield Municipal Office and Library. Aimee Boese, general manager of community services for Beaver County, outlined the club’s objective. She said the club “is seeking to expand the current building to add amenities which will attract newly retired seniors with many more opportunities for social interaction, such as pickle ball, workshops, and a stage for arts and entertainment.” While 20 per cent of the club’s membership which is open to people over the age of 50 - is from the county, “It is hoped that with increased space and opportunities that number will rise,” she said. The club wants to build a new addition to their existing space, about 55 ft. by 100 ft., with a mezzanine for crafts and administrative offices. The project’s estimated cost is $1.1 million to $1.5 million, and the club wants it started in the spring and completed a year later in time for the anniversary year. In a letter to the county, Golden Club Treasurer Jim Robichaud stated: “We have the full support of our community behind us as demonstrated in a recent member meeting where those present voted 100 per cent in favour of moving ahead.” Boese stated that the club has not asked for any specific amount financially, but hopes
that the county will match the Town of Tofield’s contributions. The town has donated the land, valued at $230,000, for a dollar. A separate contribution by the town of $40,000 was made to help with design work for the project. One design element mentioned in the letter was to convert the club’s coffee room into a “60s themed retro design,” and another was to make the area that once housed the fire station into a small engine repair and wood working shop. Said Robichaud: “Tofield Mayor Deb Dueck and town council are working with us and have passed motions for the current building and land to be sold to the Golden Club for one dollar.” Boese posed some questions for council to consider before deciding on a request amount. The county should determine if this is a one-time request only, if there are other ways to support
the membership of county seniors, and if the expansion fits into any long-term strategic plans for either the town or the county. Reeve Kevin Smook (Division 1) felt the officials from the club should come to the county’s Governance and Priorities Committee meeting, “to share their concept with us.” He added: “I see meat in the project in principle but we lack details for council to consider.” But Deputy Reeve Gene Hrabec (Division 3) worried about operational expenses going forward. He also wondered if buildings already in existence shouldn’t be utilized more rather than adding to them. “We have lots of facilities we are trying to keep running,” he said. Hrabec is the chair of the Beaver Foundation, which operates the government-run housing for seniors in the county. The foundation is having trouble filling its vacancies in two or three facil-
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ities in the county. Other factors that might affect the project include the possibility of a new community centre being built in Tofield, he said. “We need to know how many people they have talked to, other groups, etc.” said Hrabec, concerning the seniors club project. Smook agreed: “We could ask them to a future meeting.” A motion was passed to follow the recommendation for administration to gather additional information about the Tofield Golden Club expansion project, including detailed financial planning, and provide a report at a future council meeting. Boese said “there can be an opportunity to review the shared services agreement (with the club) down the road.”
CW Sears Pink Shirt Day: CW Sears School participated in Pink Shirt Day last week, wearing pink to represent anti-bullying. Pictured here are Grade 1 teacher Mrs. Kyle with two Grade 2 students.
The Tofield Mercury, Wednesday, March 6, 2024 - Page 9
Tofield School celebrates Spirit Week Kate Priestley Student Reporter
The time period of February 27 to March 1 brought Spirit Week for Tofield School. There was Tropical Tuesday, Pink Shirt Day (for anti-bullying), Throwback Day and PJ Friday. Lots of students participated in this fun-packed week as there were daily
gift card prizes, for those who took part each day. Along with Spirit Week, four grade 11 students, Madison Zemlak, Calliegh Lester, Taylor Charlesworth and Kate Priestley made cream soda floats for the students and staff, with some of the remaining money from the FCSS grant they had received earlier in the school year.
They also gave out lollipops that had a little card saying “bullying sucks.” “We wanted to give the school something that was fun as well as informational,” Zemlak stated, “everyone should have a little bit of love these days regardless of it being anti-bullying day or not.”
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Calliegh Lester, Madison Zemlak, Taylor Charlesworth and Kate Priestley delivering cream soda floats to the door of each classroom. MS. THURSTON PHOTO
Minor Hockey Report: Ferron, Lungal and Montgomery with six point games Kerry Anderson These are some of the results from Minor Hockey League games held recently. (Please note that scores and scoring is taken from the websites, and some game scores and scoring is dependent on proper league entries.) Tofield U11 Titans (223-0) won a 10-1 game at home over Viking on Saturday. Tofield was led by Chase Ferron’s 6point game (3g 3a), Jenna Lungal’s 6-point game (1g 5a), and Hunter Jackson’s 5point game (2g 3a). Other scorers were; Max Jeffrey (3a), Kehgan McCabe (2g), Shane Kyle (2g), Anthony MacNeil (1a), Cooper Olson (1a), Dominic O’Brien (1a), Quinn MacNeil (1a), and Dayne Jober (1a). Logan Barmentloo got the win in goal.
Tofield U11-5/6 Titans (22-5-1) won a home game 12-8 against Boyle on Sunday. Tofield got off to a 6-1 lead but the visitors came back to within one before the home team finished off the game with six third period goals. Asher Montgomery (5g 1a), Griffin Neufeld (4g 1a) and Finn Montgomery (3g 2a) led the way for Tofield. Assists went to; Kylie Riddell (2a), Brodie McLeod, Ayden Komarnisky, Ruby Montgomery, Annabella Klita and Easton Kallal. Hayden Thom picked up the win between the pipes. Tofield U18 Titans (234-1) were scheduled to play Lloydminster over the weekend but no scores were entered. Tofield’s Cale Helfrich scored twice in his Strathcona U15 AA War-
riors 4-0 shutout win over Canessco on Saturday.
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REMEMBER WHEN Learning how Sarah and Danny Nolan (grandchildren of Ev Nolan) were watching Joyce Lee as she put several letters through the machine which cancels the stamps. Lee then asked both Sarah and Danny to cancel the next batch of letters. This was part of the celebration marking 100 years of Canada Post in Tofield. This photo appeared in the Tofield Mercury on March 10, 1998.
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Holden Council decides to move forward with emissions report Kari Janzen Staff Reporter
During Holden Council’s February meeting at the Village Office on February 20, Council decided to move forward and partner with eMission Software in order to receive an emissions report on all municipal buildings, as well as any volunteer organization buildings. Richard Hepp, President and CEO of eMission Software attended the meeting via Zoom to describe the company and what they offer. “My company got started about three years ago, and we began energy efficiency monitoring and emissions reporting for oil and gas companies in Western Canada. About a year ago we branched off into municipalities. We have about 15 municipalities across Canada that are utilizing our software,” he said. Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Rosemary Offrey confirmed that eMissions will do a desktop analysis on the specified buildings, all for a cost of $5,000. “From what I understand, you're willing to do this report for all the buildings
within the municipality, not just the municipal buildings, but the not-for-profit buildings in the village as well, for $5,000. “That would mean that we would submit our power and gas bills to your group, and then you would do your analysis from all the buildings and then come back with a report for us,” Offrey said. Hepp agreed, and also said that “before the funding got pulled, we were able to offer a pretty substantial discount on what we're calling our corporate benchmarking report. That includes all buildings and facilities, all fleet vehicles, water management, waste management, streetlights, and traffic signals calculations for current energy efficiency and then you get the subsequent recording. Our report offers a lot of really quick wins in terms of energy efficiency, as well as sets you up for a corporate benchmarking. If you decide to go the route of voluntary carbon credits or through the Alberta offset registry, our data makes sure that you're set up for whatever you'd like to proceed with.” Continued on Page 16
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Holden Council Continued from Page 14 Councillor Milt MacGregor asked if there would be any physical inspections of the buildings, or if the analysis would only be based on the paperwork. “In this initial offering, no. This will be a desktop analysis, so it will be your paperwork, where we compare the primary use of the building to the Canadian standard for the year it was built, the use of the building, all those things, and then we provide the report. It would be more of a standardization look at it than drilling down to the individual buildings right now. “There’s certain steps beyond what we’re talking about right now, that would involve a physical inspection. For example, if we do the corporate benchmarking report and then we identify your arena is not up to the energy efficiency levels that it should be, then we can move forward with more of a granular look at that specific building, looking at thermal installations, potential for solar, retrofitting of LEDs. The nice part about doing the corporate benchmarking first, is any of the decarbonization or energy efficiency activities that are eligible going forward, we’d help you get the carbon credits for it. Through our previous work with the oil and gas industry, we can source the best deal for you. We would have to get a third-party verification to reach them, but
by then we'll have a really good idea of how much money it will generate for you and how much you'll be saving on the energy efficiency side,” Hepp said.. Councillor MacGregor asked if a remote desktop report would be worth $5,000. “In my past experience, I could do what you're going to do for an afternoon's pay. You're just going to sit down and computerize this. Is that worth our $5,000?” MacGregor asked. Offrey said that a detailed report from any company would cost much more than $5,000 for even just one building, let alone all the buildings in the village. “My intent when Richard (Hepp) approached me about this was so that we could potentially get the emissions report analysis done and go for grant applications for different buildings in the village, so that we would have more weight, more background information, more understanding, to convince the federal and the provincial government to give us grants to bring most buildings up to efficiency. Right now, none of our buildings, including the Village Office, are efficient,” she said. Mayor Tyler Beckett agreed and said a report done by an approved company is required before grant application can begin. “From my perspective, having worked in construction, you can’t apply for grants unless you have a report done by an approved company. Even though I could
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create the same report at home, my report is not valid because it's not created by an approved company. And it looks like based on the Economic Development Committee’s offering to cover $2,500, the cost will only be $2,500 to the Village itself. It could open up grants and if we’re trading credits then we could make that money back,” he said. Hepp said that his company will complete the report and also continue in relationship to the Village with working towards applying for grants if they choose to do so. “Our intent by a report that we're creating is to help you set up an entire plan and we intend to work with you as you go through that. We don't want to just provide you with one report and then that's the end of our relationship. If we look at the report that we do as a whole for you, the specific buildings that you want to dive deeper into, there's funding there for real time monitoring that integrates seamlessly into our software and there's availability to pay for third parties to evaluate exactly what you're talking about, thermal efficiencies. I presume that they wouldn’t be overly eager to approve the full $2.5 million for the Village of Holden, but there is a substantial amount of funding there to pay for capital projects and building retrofits. The issue rightly pointed out; the reports are necessary before they'll consider you. I do want to point out that we also will help you through the grant writ-
ing process,” Hepp said. Offrey said before grant application can begin, and assessment will need to be done on each building to determine what is needed, and how much it might cost. “We would submit those quotes along with the application to the government, looking for grants. Every grant depends on what we're looking for and how much money a particular grant can cover. Sometimes it's 50 per cent, sometimes 80 or 100 per cent. Certain grants can be stacked on top of each other and do the job without a whole lot of money coming from the municipality. It actually just depends on the opportunities that are out there. “With those reports, we should be able to show the government that we're doing our due diligence to find out where we're failing, and this is how we can make it better. I don't see that we would not be able to convince them to give us some money. There's no way, from the village standpoint, that we can actually bring those buildings up to speed on our own. If we can make it possible so that we can be successful, even if we only get one grant, that's $300-400,000 that we would not have had otherwise,” Offrey said. The motion was made to direct administration to move forward with the emission report for all municipal buildings, lift stations, pumps, vehicles and any nonprofit group buildings that wish to participate in this report, and was passed unanimously.
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Phone: (780) 208-2508 Office Aaron Olson - (403) 913-9644 Justin Janke - (780) 515-0888 We are now accepting Listings for this Sale. Any items prelisted by March 8th will be included in our Sales Posters, Newspaper & Radio Advertising, Web Page & Social Media. Whether you have one piece or a complete line of Machinery give Aaron a call at (403) 913-9644 or Allen at (403) 783-0556 to discuss the best option for you to realize top dollars.
Allen B. Olson Auction Service Ltd. Rimbey Office - 403-843-2747 - Toll Free - 1-855-783-0556 Hwy #16 East Office - 780-208-2508 Rimbey & Hwy #16 East, Alberta - License No. 165690 Email: abolson@telusplanet.net - Website: www.allenolsonauction.com
Property #2: SW 8-51-10 W4M being 120.8 Acres M/L with 54 Acres Seeded to Canola in 2023 & 44 Acres Seeded to Wheat in 2023 Directions: Approx. 1 Mile North of Innisfree on Hwy 870 to Twp Rd 512, East for 3 Miles to Rge Rd 105, 1/2 Mile South on Rge Rd 105 Taxes: $383.00 in 2023 Starting Bid: $320,000.00
Owner's Phone Number: 780-603-0597 Real Estate Transactions are being Handled by Morrison Realty - Kim Hughes (403) 704-3141 & Allen Olson (403) 783-0556 Real Estate Terms & Conditions: 10 % Down on Sale Day. Balance & Possession on or before May 9, 2024. If Balance is NOT RECEIVED by May 9th, 2024 the Deposit will be Forfeited as Liquidation Damages. All measurements are approximate and need to be verified by the purchaser.
Allen B. Olson Auction Service Ltd. (403) 843-2747 Rimbey Sale Site - (780) 208-2508 Hwy 16/Rge Rd 185 Sale Site License No. 165690 1 (855) 783-0556 Toll Free E-mail: abolson@telusplanet.net - Homepage: allenolsonauction.com