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Lemonade anyone? Eighty-six students from Coronation and Brownfield participated in a ‘Lemonade Stand’ workshop on Wed., Apr. 20 at the Coronation Community Centre. Students had to put their innovative and entrepreneurial spirit to work for a lemonade stand by covering off purchasing product and space for their stand, paying taxes, promoting the lemonade and profit at the end of the day. From the left seated, Adam Close, Kodi Sherbo, Michael Griffiths, Jordan Stone and Cody Severin (standing) work together as a team on the project.

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Hanna fighting Grants in Lieu of Taxes Dena Clark

ECA Review reporter Council authorized Hanna Mayor Chris Warwick to write a letter to the Premier of Alberta and the Ministers of Municipal Affairs and Seniors expressing disappointment with the decision to eliminate the Grant in Lieu of Taxes Program for government owned social housing, because of the financial burden that has been downloaded on the municipality at their regular council meeting on Tues., Apr. 12.

According to CAO Kim Neill’s report to council, as part of the 2015 Alberta government budget tabled by the Progressive Conservative government prior to the May 2015 provincial election, a decision was made to eliminate this municipal grant.

Neill went on to report that the Town of Hanna received $60,269 through this program in 2014 and based on increased assessment of the affected properties, would have received revenue of $64,031 in 2015.

While it is understood that there are difficult economic times in Alberta, Neill stated, it was disappointing to find this cost down loaded to the municipal governments.

The other disconcerting issue was the way this decision was communicated, Neill continued. At no time during the lead up to the budget was there any communication or consultations with the municipalities or their respective associations that this was being considered; nor during the release of the budget was there any communication or mention of this decision and its impact on municipalities.

Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) lobbied extensively to the provincial government in 2015 in the hopes that this funding could be re-instated for the 2015-16 provincial budget or possibly the 2016-17 provincial budget.

According to Neill, at the recent

AUMA Mayor Caucus in Edmonton on March 9 and 10, 2016 the Minister of Municipal Affairs was asked if the government was reconsidering this position in lieu of the upcoming provincial budget.

The response from the Minister was that it was not being reconsidered and funding was not included in upcoming 2016-17 provincial budget.

AUMA has asked municipalities to continue to express their disappointment with this decision and to continue to advocate and lobby the Province for the re-instatement of this funding.

Neill stated that currently the Town of Hanna’s 2016 operating budget does not reflect this funding but if it was reinstated it would provide the town with approximately $60,000 that would be very beneficial to the town’s bottom line.

ECA Review reporter The Town of Stettler received a ‘clean audit opinion’ from Justin Tanner, Auditor from Gitzel Krejci Dand Peterson who, along with the town’s office administrator Laurie Tait, reviewed financial statements for 2015 with council at the Apr. 19 meeting.

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At the May 12, 2015 council meeting, a resolution was passed to approve the proposal from Rocky Mountain Phoenix for the supply of one Rosenbauer Top Mount Enclosed Smart Cab Pumper with a mid-ship pump at their tendered price of $505,413.

This pumper was funded by an Alberta Community Partnership Program grant in the amount of $350,000 with Special Areas contributing $77,706.50 and Town of Hanna contributing of $77,706.50.

The pumper for the Hanna Fire Department is expected to arrive and be in operation in July of 2016.

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The town ended the year with nearly $9.8 million in total financial assets and $9.7 million is total liabilities. Nonfinancial assets (tangible capital assets) were $108.7 million.

Accumulated surplus included restricted and non-restricted surpluses of approximately $7 million as well as equity in tangible capital assets

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The Village of Empress has approached the Town of Hanna with an offer to purchase the surplus 1986 Ford F800 pumper truck for $7,000.

The Village indicated this unit would provide the Village fire department with the opportunity to have a fire apparatus with the capability of storing all of the hose required to defend an operating fire.

Currently the Village fire fleet does not have that capability and use an old van to store and haul the hoses.

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Jeff Faupel of Endeavor Chartered Accountants reported to Hanna council that the 2015 audited financial statements were “clean and in accordance with applicable accounting standards,� during their regular meeting on Tues., Apr. 12.

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the town’s current 1986 Ford F800 pumper truck will be surplus to the Town of Hanna.

On April 12, Council approved the sale of the Town of Hanna’s 1986 Ford F800 pumper truck to the Village of Empress in the amount of $7,000 plus GST subject to conditions such as; transfer will not take place until the new pumper truck has arrived in Hanna and is put into operation, the truck is sold in an as is condition with no warranties or guarantees of condition and the funds from the sale of the truck are to outfit the new pumper truck with all of the required loose

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Good finances, bad communication and ugly accusations in Morrin Debra Johnston

ECA Review reporter Following up on concerns from ratepayers at last month’s council meeting regarding Morrin’s photocopy policy, council put in place a photocopy bylaw to replace the policy that had set fees starting at $56 for the first page.

Because no part of the bylaw was read aloud at first reading, the public was left to wonder exactly what was in the bylaw as the councillors read the document silently then discussed the bylaw, which for the most part, was inaudible to the public in attendance at the Apr. 20 meeting.

Councillors then each chose a reading, that is first, second or third, agreed to all agree and passed the bylaw.

According to an email from Jerry Ward of Municipal Affairs, although the entire bylaw does not need to be read aloud, the bylaw title and number must be read out at each reading.

“It is a best practice that when a motion is made, it is read aloud, so that everyone (council, administration and the public) has a clear understanding of what is being voted on and a vote taken so that the results are clearly indicated,” stated Ward in his email.

At the end of the meeting prior to council going in camera, this reporter indicated to council the requirement of the MGA to which CAO Annette Plachner responded, “Oh it doesn’t matter”.

Attempts to reach Plachner for comment by phone following the meeting failed and she did not respond to a telephone message prior to press time.

According to Ward, while municipalities have the right to pass a procedural bylaw, which governs how their meetings are conducted, “it does not replace the requirements for all municipalities provided in the MGA.” Resident Howard Helton appeared before council once again to reiterate his stance that Morrin councillors and CAO are not following MGA procedures.

At last month’s meeting, Helton requested that council investigate the procedures for going in-camera, stating that in-camera discussions must have a subject line included on the agenda which only allows for personnel, legal and land items. Morrin agendas only include the heading ‘in-camera’.

At that time, Mayor Suzzane Lecher stated to Helton that she would contact Municipal Affairs herself to look into the requirement and get back to Helton. As of press time, Helton had not heard anything back from the mayor, nor was the issue addressed at the Apr. 20 meeting.

In his email response to the question of in-camera issues Ward stated, “The agenda is the outline of the council meeting, so if council is going to go incamera, it should be indicated on the agenda and indicate the section of the FOIP Act [Freedom of Information and Protection Act] that allows them to go in-camera for that subject.

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Helton’s address to council also outlined concerns from ratepayers including: village personnel and equipment being used for personal use by council and administration, council showing favouritism towards ratepayers in the application of the RV Parking Bylaw and the CAO

babysitting her grandson in the village office during business hours.

Plachner had some accusations of her own for Helton regarding his time spent as a councillor.

“When you were on council, if you remember correctly, on two different occasions you wanted to hire your friend from Three Hills to do contract work for the village for lighting for the shop and office and you stayed on that for three months and it was one thousand and some dollars more quote than the quotes from Drumheller.”

Helton responded that they were not friends and that his issue was with how the quotes were presented.

One quote was more detailed and items within the quotes were not the same, “The two quotes were not laid out equally. We were not quoted the same thing by each one in the detail. I pointed out, he’s not my friend but I knew that they were very capable [of doing the work].”

According to Helton, Deputy Mayor Dave MacLeod requested that council obtain a third quote from a different contractor after the initial two quotes had already been reviewed and made public. In a followup phone call, Helton stated that he had resigned from council prior to the contract being awarded but knew the work did not go to either of the initial two contractors.

Faupel, who was present

through the debate between Helton and council, offered some observations.

“We want to see the village move on. We need open communication amongst everybody. It’s really important for the continuation of the village itself to have harmony amongst the ratepayers and administration. This is very important to have this, where concerns are addressed and you are able to bring them forward and they can be dealt with.”

“As for adherence to the Municipal Government Act it’s utmost, it’s the most important thing. If there is non adherence to the Municipal Government Act, that must be dealt with,” stated Faupel.

Dealing with and finding solutions to problems is important indicated Faupel, “I’m seeing some communication breakdown and we have to deal with this on an ongoing basis otherwise it’s just going to fester and it’s just going to get worse. You do not want to lose your village. You do not want to lose your autonomy. It’s so important, it’s very, very important.”

Clean audit

Morrin received a clean audit report from auditor Monica Faupel of Endeavor Chartered Accountants at the Apr. 20 regular council meeting.

The 2015 numbers showed financial assets of $1.74 million, liabilities of $984,770, non-financial assets

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Sales tax decision lies with the people, not the cash-hungry government

by Paige MacPherson, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Alberta Director Alberta’s NDP government is now flirting with the idea of a sales tax.

Finance Minister Joe Ceci has said that while a sales tax isn’t on the agenda, if Albertans want one, his government wants to hear about it.

First, a provincial sales tax bringing in enough revenue to meet the true deficit would have to be an insane 14 per cent. Second, there would basically be no $10.4-billion operational deficit if the Alberta government spent the same as B.C. But setting those inconvenient facts aside, most importantly, any sales tax would have to be approved by Albertans.

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Alberta’s Taxpayer Protection Act requires that before a provincial sales tax is imposed, the issue must first be put to a referendum, allowing Albertans to vote.

But just as fish gotta swim and birds gotta fly, politicians gotta break promises.

Once upon a time, Manitoba had similar a law, ensuring Manitobans got to vote before a sales tax hike was forced onto them.

NDP Premier Greg Selinger gutted the legislation, introducing a bill to waive the requirement of a vote on the tax hike. In fact, Selinger hiked the sales tax to eight per cent before his bill was even passed.

This shocking disregard for taxpayers didn’t come without a political price.

“The New Democrats under Selinger have been trailing in the polls since really the last three years,” said CBC polls analyst Eric Grenier last week.

“When they came in and made a change to the PST … going against what they had promised in the previous election campaign. They really haven’t been able to recover from that.”

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to impose a sales tax during the election. “We can preserve the Alberta Advantage with no sales tax,” nowPremier Notley said.

Yet the Alberta government has already shown a willingness to wipe out legislation in place to hold them accountable to taxpayers. Minister Ceci recently said he plans to retract his own legislation capping the province’s debt-to-GDP ratio at 15 per cent, giving himself more “wiggle room.”

Dangling the idea of a sales tax, coaxing tax-happy groups to launch campaigns throwing taxpayers under the bus, is all about allowing government to continue to plug their ears and stomp their feet when told they very clearly have a spending problem.

The B.C. government spends 24 per cent less – $2,370 per person – than the Alberta government, while still delivering quality services. Even by a very conservative estimate, Alberta could save over $10 billion just by spending at B.C. levels.

The big spending difference between the two provinces is compensation for government employees, a cost our government refuses to reduce. In fact, government employee compensation increased by a quarter-billion dollars in the budget.

The province hired 3,260 new employees.

Meanwhile, over 100,000 people have been laid off in the oil patch. Alberta’s debt is rolling in at $333 per second.

University of Calgary School of Public Policy professor Ron Kneebone tweeted, “Did [the] PCs really leave the [New Democrats] with such a lean machine that a five per cent cut – rather than a 3.5 per cent increase – to spending was not possible?”

The PCs ran no tight ship.

The government insists it isn’t a spending problem; it’s a revenue problem. And so, we have a multi-billion dollar carbon tax coming January 2017.

But that’s not enough. They’re now inching closer to a sales tax too, holding the hammer over the final nail in the coffin of the Alberta Advantage.

With the government doing absolutely no belt-tightening of its own, how much more money will they force Albertans to cough up?

Dear Alberta taxpayers: don’t let the government pull a fast one on you like the Manitoba NDP. Albertans have a right to vote on the sales tax and show this pricey idea the door.

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Growing government

by Herman Schwenk Did you ever wonder what makes governments grow to the point where they can’t afford themselves?

Actually it is quite simple. Every time a government comes up with a new idea for a program that they are sure the voting public needs it requires more bureaucrats to develop and design the program and then you need more bureaucrats to administrate the program. If you watched the federal and or provincial budgets you will have noticed that both governments introduced new programs “that they think will be of benefit to the voting public.”

The Federal Schwenk Government introduced a new childcare program in their last budget that is supposed to assist the needy. This will require an army of bureaucrats to determine who are the needy. The conservatives had a childcare program that was universal for all families but the Liberals cancelled that one because, in their view, that program was helping the rich. Trudeau said he did not need childcare assistance.

It is funny how shortly after becoming prime minister he had two nannies paid for by the government to take care of his children. The conservative program by being universal had less government over site and therefore less bureaucracy to administer it.

Another federal program change was unemployment insurance. They decided that unemployed workers in Edmonton did not need assistance for as long a period as the rest of Alberta because the unemployment rate was lower there. It will probably take more bureaucrats to make sure the right people get paid the right amount.

The Alberta government already had a problem with a top heavy over paid bureaucracy. As near as I can figure the new programs that the Notley government will be adding as a

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result of their budget will require a significant increase in the bureaucracy. The two major ones that I noted were the carbon tax and rebate program as well as their childcare benefit program.

Implementing the Carbon Tax and rebating it to 60 per cent of families will require a considerable increase in the bureaucracy.

It is not clear to me who will be paying the tax.

It is quite possible that when the tax gets down to the consumer we will all be on the hook to pay for three levels of the tax. The oil producer may be charged the tax and then the refinery or wholesaler and the consumer will certainly be paying it at the pump, the heating bill and everything we buy. If the first two entities are charged the tax they will have no choice but to pass it on.

A problem that I have mentioned is rebating the tax. How will they decide how much rebate you are entitled to? It will take an army of bureaucrats to figure that out. Every time a government comes up with a program where people receive a benefit, the administration gets complicated requiring an army of bureaucrats to deliver the program.

Before the NDP government was elected we already had a bureaucracy that was top heavy created when the Alberta PC party got talked into centralizing the health care system. That required an army of managers managing managers to make it work.

The reason that the PC party was running deficits before the ND’s became government is because they allowed the bureaucracy to grow out of control. As well they are the highest paid public service in Canada costing us 20 per cent more than the next highest province.

The problem will get much worse after Notley gets her programs implemented. There is no way that a budget can be balanced in Alberta until some future government has the courage to shrink the size of government.

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LEGISLATURE

Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead

by Rick Strankman MLA, Drumheller Stettler One of the most famous sea battles of the U.S. Civil war was the Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864. During that battle, Federal fleet commander Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, issued one of the most famous orders in military history. Farragut’s order that is still used today in modern vocabulary, “Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!” is used to describe a lack of consideration of consequences when rash decisions are made.

Farragut’s decision was considered rash and careless because he had just witnessed one of his ironclad ships unsuccessfully navigate the same minefield he had issued an order to head into at full speed. Farragut’s order in modern vocabulary refers to a careless and haphazard approach to a potentially dangerous situation.

Navigating the Alberta Legislature often times comes with its own hazards, not to life and limb, but to freedom, liberty and democracy. The Assembly is the forum where ideas are

presented, challenged, questioned, supported, rejected, and then resurrected and debated all over again.

The objections to the these financially aggressive ideological climate policies from Official Opposition members have for the most part fallen on the deaf ears of the government.

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That [environmental] responsibility cannot trump the economic responsibility that fuels the very existence of the province.

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With the benefit of having data from governments that decided to aggressively move away from coal based energy productions, the Alberta Government has adapted a “damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead’ approach

regardless of the minefield of economic towards the minefield is being driven consequences that lay ahead. The by a need to gain what the Premier acceleration of the government’s clirefers to as a “social license.” Guelph mate policy is simply not compatible University Economics Professor Ross with Alberta’s economic McKitrick, research chair in well-being. energy, ecology and prosThis is not to say that enviperity at the Frontier Centre ronmental issues are not for Public Policy, recently important, in fact they are wrote “that well-intentioned one of our most important people have come to think responsibilities as more is needed, namely Legislators. That responsiapproval from the selfbility cannot trump the appointed activists at the economic responsibility that Social License Bureau. And fuels the very existence of thus has begun one of the the province. costliest fool’s errands of Strankman It would be completely modern times.”¹ irresponsible and potentially The Premier has given the dangerous to ignore the role provinorder to chase an ideological license cial economic well-being plays in through waters lined with mines that funding many of the proposed green have already blown holes in the sides alternative energy projects. of Ontario’s economy, the scope of The fact that many of these alterna- which is still unclear. As Ontario takes tives at this point require subsidies on water and its economy lists under creates a circle of responsibility that the weight of careless ideological decistarts and ends with the funding only sions, Alberta’s government sails on by made possible by the stability of our with the cry of “Damn the torpedoes, economy. full steam ahead!” coming from the The Alberta government’s rush Premier and her government.

PARLIAMENTARY REPORT

Liberals failing Alberta skilled workers recourse for provinces to take

by Hon. Kevin Sorenson, M.P., Air Canada to court should it Battle River-Crowfoot outsource abroad its mainteIn Ottawa, we are watching nance jobs, which could lead to the Liberal government do a loss of Canadian jobs. everything they can to Instead of helping ignore the unemployBombardier ment crisis in our directly, the province.

Liberals are using Instead, the Liberals Air Canada to indihave chosen to focus on a rectly help Bombardier bail-out, Bombardier. Yet, with few job creating they are risking Air prospects in their Bill Canada jobs in the C-10, An Act to amend process. the Air Canada Public We were disapSorenson Participation Act. pointed with scope Bill C-10 clears the way of the Employment for Air Canada to purchase Insurance changes for oil-patch Bombardier jets, and thereby workers losing their jobs. relieve some of the pressure on Budget 2016 does not bring the Liberal government to subforward measures that will help sidize Bombardier. with any job creation plans for This bill also removes legal the skilled labourers in the

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energy sector. Over 100,000 people are out of work in Alberta right now.

The Liberals have made the regulatory environment worse for the energy sector. In fact, they have been quite adamant that they will change the regulatory system making it difficult for investors looking at reviving old energy projects or launching new ones.

Their carbon tax will further burden investment in the oilpatch. We also know that the Liberal cabinet will not necessarily approve major energy infrastructure project (i.e. the Energy East pipeline) even if they successfully get through the review process.

The Liberals have not talked about retaining skilled labour.

In western Canada, one of our

Music is medicine for the soul

by Lois Perepelitz I love music. I can’t play a musical instrument of any kind, and couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket, but I love music.

I am a child of the sixties so that is my favourite kind of music but I like music of all kinds.

My mother even got us listening to classical music when we were teenagers.

She had the bright idea that a good way to get us out of bed on the weekends would be to play her classical music very loud.

That worked for a few weekends until we discovered that classical music was not so bad after all and we would just lay there and enjoy it.

Next she tried opera music and that worked for me, as I never could like that stuff so I would get out of bed quickly.

Music is good for you.

Studies have proven this fact. Music has even been found to make cows give more milk, it can calm angry animals and all sorts of things.

One study even showed that listening to the music of our youth will allow us to live longer. If that is true then I will live for a long, long time.

My granddaughter showed me how to put all of my old music onto my phone so now I can pop it onto the base and listen to it everyday while I do housework.

My dog is not too sure about this as it seems to make his human do some silly things.

He is okay with it in the house but in the confined space of a vehicle it can get him very worried, especially when ‘the song’ comes on the radio.

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key determinants to economic growth is the retention and attraction of skilled labour.

It does not matter what industry we talk about. The skilled labour accumulated in the oil patch is fleeing.

The Liberals are silent on how this will impact other companies in the west.

We need to work to ensure that people in Alberta stay in Alberta. We don’t want investors to find that the people with expertise in our world-class infrastructure

of talent – are moving away.

Bombardier, since its creation, has been ‘bailed out’

by Canadian taxpayers at important junctures.

The record shows clearly that Alberta has been the source of many of those tax dollars over the years. It is ironic and sad that the Liberals are not now using taxes Bombardier pays on its profits to send westward to help Alberta better deal with tough times.

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you just have to turn up full blast so that you can sing full blast. Yeah, that one gets him very worried and I seem to have a lot of those songs.

Music can lift my spirits and make Orientation Day for Kindergarten Friday, June 17 me happy when I am sad. It can also Proudly a “Leader in Me” school since 2012 (Based on The 7 Habits for Highly Effective People) give me energy or calm me down when All religious denominations welcome. that is needed.

For more information please contact Roger Fetaz- 403 882 3309 I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t have music in my life.

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Coronation School talented people who can make Come Meet the Assessor! music because The County Designated Assessor, they can have Terry Willoughby, will be at the music all of the time. I am also County of Paintearth No. 18 office Drop In Registration very grateful that on May 4, 2016 from 3:00 p.m. to Mon., May 9th 4-6 p.m. they share their 7:00 p.m. If you have questions Orientation for Students talents with the or concerns regarding your Tues., May 17th 1-2 p.m. rest of the world.

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Mary Jean Oliver (nee Ringdahl) passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side Mar. 25, 2016.

Mary Jean was born Dec. 8, 1956 to Jack and Doris Ringdahl of Sunnynook, Ab. She started her formal education at the one room school at Square Deal for grades 1 and 2 and then went to Cessford School for grades 3-12.

After her graduation in 1974, Mary Jean had to wait a year until she turned 18 to enroll in nurse’s training. She was accepted into Lethbridge Community College’s registered nursing program in 1975 and graduated with honours in addition to receiving the award for best patient care in 1977.

Mary Jean worked various places in Alberta and Manitoba, touching many lives with her compassion and nursing skills.

She acted as a mentor to many nurses and was a wealth of knowledge and a wonderful support to patients, families and staff.

In 2000 Mary Jean took on another

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role as an Emergency Medical Responder for the Miniota Volunteer Fire Department, wearing her pager and serving the community with pride.

In 1986 Brian and Mary Jean welcomed daughter Stacy and in 1990 the family was complete with the arrival of son Travis.

In 2013 the family expanded when daughter Stacy married Jared Bauereiss; and then again in 2015 when Mary Jean got promoted from mother to grandmother with the arrival of grandson, Callan.

Mary Jean is survived by husband Brian, daughter Stacy (Jared), son Travis, grandson Callan, mother Doris Ringdahl, brother Ross Ringdahl, sister Judy (Kevin) Swanson and Aunt Florence Haynes along with numerous nieces and nephews.

Mary Jean was predeceased by her father Jack Ringdahl, uncles Earl, Ralph and Carl Ringdahl, Aunt Muriel Henning and Uncle Gordon Haynes.

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Hi there! My name is Dr. Lisa Lopez and I am happy to announce that I now own and operate Heartland Hearing Clinic in Stettler. I have been an Audiologist for almost 20 years and have worked in a variety of different settings throughout my career ranging from clinical to manufacturing. I am also faculty at Grant MacEwan University for the past ten years where I teach Hearing Instrument Specialist courses (Hearing Instrument Practitioner Program). I have a doctorate in Audiology from Central Michigan University and am currently completing Advanced Studies in Vestibular Disorders and Sciences (to help dizzy patients!) at Salus University in PA. I love Audiology and I love fitting hearing aids. It is my passion. Throughout my career in manufacturing, my job was to assist clinicians across Canada with difficult-to-fit patients. I was called in for the “tough” cases and truly enjoyed the rewards that followed from this position. I opened my own clinics in Calgary, which I owned and operated for almost a decade. Approximately two years ago, I sold the clinics to pursue a quieter lifestyle!

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Secretaries, administrative assistants, per­sonal assistants, and associates work in a constantly evolving profession. These days, ma­nagement skills are in demand on top of other, more conventional tasks, as administrative assistants no longer just juggle file folders; nowadays, they are taking charge of them! Ad­min assistants have an increasingly important role to play-they manage, they coordinate, and they stay on top of all the details.

Some tasks require great skill, such as strategic information re­search, maintaining databases, supervising adminis­trative support staff, and formatting and correcting documents.

In addition, assistants must have in-depth knowledge of all the new technologies and workplace tools, including the In­ter­net, software, smart de­vices, and so­cial network management.

Thank you Sandi, your continuing dedication and commitment sets an excellent example for all of us! Your hard work and great attitude are always appreciated.

It goes with­out saying that resourcefulness is mandatory.

Admin assistants have to be very versatile these days, as their tasks vary from one day to the next and from one job to the next. To fulfil all these requirements, they must have many of the following aptitudes and qualities: organizational skills, initiative, meticulousness, mastery of the language, ability to adapt, and comfort with computers and information systems.

During Administrative Professionals Week, why not highlight the professionalism of administrative support staff by showing your appreciation in some concrete way.

For more information about Administrative Pro­fessionals Week, consult the website of the International Association of Administrative Professionals at www. iaap-centralcanada.org

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‘I have not seen a petition’, Alix mayor Lisa Joy

ECA Review reporter An Alix resident told council the village should wait to hire a new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) because of residents’ petitions submitted to municipal affairs.

“It would seem prudent to either suspend hiring of the CAO position to a later date, or make sure the candidate for CAO is aware of what is happening and a contract with said person reflects the uncertainty of their job,” Nancy Cannon said to council at the April 20 regular council meeting.

She added that she, and other residents, don’t want to pay for the costs of breaking a contract if the person is terminated at a later date pending the outcome of the petition.

But Mayor Arlene Nelson addressed the issue saying, “I have not seen a petition, even though I asked politely to see the wording and not the names.

But if one or two petitions went to Municipal Affairs, it will be a long process to resolve.

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“We have already had prior contact with Municipal Affairs and are following their advice,” added Mayor Nelson. “As mandated by the Municipal Government Act, we are elected to run the village to the best of our ability and we will continue to do so without changing our course of action.”

In a follow-up after the meeting, Mayor Nelson said that after many deliberations council made a motion to offer the CAO position to one of the candidates who applied.

Last month, after about 15 residents attended the village meeting, a petition was started asking Municipal Affairs to launch an inquiry into the village, citing high taxes and how the villages spends tax dollars as reasons.

Malonie Grimard, in an interview Monday, said, “According to Municipal Affairs there are 400 eligible voters in Alix. We have well over 300 signatures for the inquiry petition as well as over 300 on the viability petition.”

Acting CAO Tanya Meston, in her

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report to council, said Municipal Affair’s April 12 visit to the village went well. Meston said this is something the village can request to have questions answered and gain information.

“It was a good visit,” said Meston.

Cont’d from Pg 1 They price their product, clean up their space, select two workers to guide the judges (customers), prepare a brief but impactful commercial radio or TV commercial highlighting their lemonade stand.

Most importantly they complete their budget sheet to ensure that they have enough money left over to open up for another day.

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Each of the team members received $25 cash! The judges commented that “All Natural Lemonade” team were very consistent with their product theme, from the stand, ingredients, and in their commercial.

Newmeyer reflected that the community of Coronation is in great hands with this group of fine young people.

They were absolutely delightful to work with and their lemonade stands and commercials were extremely well done!

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Bashaw and Stettler RCMP on scene of serious collision Emergency medical services, Bashaw and Stettler RCMP and STARS were on scene during a serious collision that occurred between a car and a semi tractor trailer unit on Highway 53 near Highway 56 approximately 9:20 a.m Fri., Apr. 22.

All possible contributing factors in relation to this collision are being considered and this collision remains under investigation by the Red Deer RCMP Collision Analysts. According to an Bashaw RCMP press release, further updates will be provided once available.

Also, at approximately 5 p.m. on Mon. Apr. 18, Consort RCMP responded to a single vehicle rollover south of Veteran on Highway 884.

Veteran Fire Department and EMS attended scene.

The lone male occupant was transported via STARS to Calgary with serious injuries in stable condition.

Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this incident.

The investigation is ongoing at this time.

Break, enter and theft

According to Consort RCMP, sometime during the early morning hours of Apr. 21 unknown suspect(s) broke into several vehicles and a garage located in Veteran, Ab. Some small

items were stolen and not recovered.

Death of an inmate at Drumheller

On April 19 Rodney Hirsekorn, an inmate at Drumheller Institution died at a local hospital in Drumheller.

At the time of his death, Hirsekorn, 60 years old, had been serving an indeterminate sentence since Dec. 15, 2006 for second degree murder.

The inmate’s next of kin have been notified of his death.

As in all cases involving the death of an inmate, the police and the coroner have been notified, and the Correctional Service of Canada will review the circumstances of the incident.

According to Jeff Campbell, Communications Manager for the Regional Headquarters, Prairies Division of the Correctional Services of Canada, there was no suspicious activity surrounding Hirsekorn’s death however they are still awaiting the results from the Coroner’s office for the final determination.

Theft of oilfield tubing

On April 22, Consort RCMP received a complaint of Theft Over $5,000 from an oil lease site south of Altario, Ab. It was determined that the theft took

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Approximately 495 joints of various sizes of oilfield tubing was stolen.

Unknown suspect(s) would have used multiple picker trucks to load the tubing.

Stolen vehicles

On April 22, at shortly after 5 a.m., Coronation RCMP responded to a complaint of suspicious persons and vehicles located near highway 599 by Castor.

At that time Coronation RCMP recovered two stolen vehicles and numerous items of stolen property.

Contract renewed Cont’d from Pg 2 On the operation side, total revenue ended at nearly $14.8 million and total expenditures of just over $18 million.

Animal control contract renewed

The town has renewed a five-year contract with Alberta Animal Services of Red Deer to provide bylaw enforcement and animal control services.

Beginning May 1, the monthly cost to the town will be $12,042 with a 2.5 per cent cost of living increase Jan.

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Police were able to link the stolen property to break and enters that had occurred in Castor.

As a result of the investigation, police have charged a 23 year old male, Bryce GINGELL, of Lloydminster, Sk., with five counts of Criminal Code charges, including possession of stolen property and theft under $5000 (x4).

The investigation is continuing and efforts are underway to identify others involved. Police are working to identify owners of the recovered property but encourage anyone who has had items stolen to file a report with Coronation RCMP.

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ECA Review reporter The Town of Bashaw’s financial audit shows the town is debt free and in good financial condition.

“We are in a strong financial position and in my opinion managing taxpayers’ money well,” said Bashaw Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Theresa Fuller.

CPA Scott St. Arnaud of Gitzel & Company gave a presentation to council at its regular meeting April 21.

The audit shows that wages paid last year increased by about $69,000. But he said $49,000 of that amount was a pay out of six months of wages to the previous chief administrative officer.

The audit also showed that council took out $57,000 from reserves for operations and about $34,000 of that went towards wages and $14,000 for capital assets. The town has about $34,000 in tax arrears, mainly due to slower payments due to the economic downturn, said St. Arnaud.

54 Avenue discussed

Redoing 54 Avenue will cost about $3.1 million and council is gathering more information before deciding if and when to proceed.

Coun. Bryan Gust said council needs to move forward with the project.

Council may do the project in parts.

Jason Edwards of Tagis Engineering told council, at its regular meeting

April 21, that doing it in parts would make it easier to handle financially.

To start, Town of Bashaw will spend up to $5,000 for a camera to view the 54 Avenue sewer line to see if it needs to be replaced when they fix that road.

Jason Edwards, of Tagish Engineering, told council during its regular meeting April 21 that the camera will help determine the condition of the pipes.

Coun. Rosella Peterman said finding out what condition the sewer line is in is a good starting point and will help council make an “informed decision.”

Town foreman Murray Holroyd told council, to save time and money, the public works department will flush the lines themselves before the engineer arranges for a camera to view the lines.

council. “This location would serve the purpose and continue to support the organization to provide lunch and informal meeting facilities at a nominal cost.”

She said that administration could use council chambers for a larger room but added that there is carpet in there and using the room may require additional cleaning.

CAO Fuller said the $6,500 cost for the renovations could come out of the general operating revenue and the budget adjusted to accommodate the expense or from reserve funds. She said that the town could include the renovations in its 2016 MSI Operating or Capital application but added that the amount is below the threshold for MSI Capital application.

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Town of Bashaw staff will have a larger coffee room soon after council unanimously approved $6,500 in renovations.

Chief Administrative Officer Theresa Fuller told council that the current coffee room is undersized to support staff meetings and daily coffee breaks.

She proposed that the wall in her office be moved farther to the north, thus making the coffee room larger.

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He recalls responding to the southern Alberta oods of 2013. “It was a major disaster and I had to be on the front lines. The staff at the Outlook responded by being the professionals they are and did the reporting and got the newspaper out.â€? “When I go on a call my family goes on a call,â€? adds Jason. Being a volunteer ďŹ reďŹ ghter requires strong family support and commitment. “Most often calls seem to come in during the evenings and at night. I may be watching a movie or playing soccer with my two kids and suddenly I am called away. My family has to support that and they do.â€?

Commitment is necessary. The ďŹ reďŹ ghters in Canmore train for three hours every week. Jason has also volunteered for the special operations team—ice, rope, and swift water rescue—which takes another evening each month.

He responds to about 100 calls each year—that averages one call every three days while the Canmore Department responds to over 600. The Canmore department assists in the area from Deadman Flats to the Banff Park area as well as Kananaskis and Spray Lakes.

Peter Krich, Camrose Fire Chief and President of the Alberta Fire Chiefs Association, says that Jason is just the kind of individual that makes our communities safe. Peter has been leading the recruitment program of the AFCA for the past several years. “Almost every ďŹ re

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Almost every ďŹ re department has a recruitment challenge, so we developed a program to help department has a recruitment challenge, so we developed a program to help. It has been an overwhelming success and has been adopted nationally by the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs,â€? exclaims Peter.

There are approximately 13,000 ďŹ reďŹ ghters in Alberta. Of those about 11,000 are volunteers. The remaining are fully paid full-time ďŹ reďŹ ghters usually working in the bigger cities.

There are volunteers from 16 years of age (junior ďŹ reďŹ ghters) to the renowned 94-year old Walter Thomas who began his volunteer ďŹ reďŹ ghter career in 1947 (he no longer ďŹ ghts ďŹ res but serves as

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the historian for the Fort Saskatchewan Department). “Without the 11,000 volunteers, our small and rural communities would be in severe difďŹ culty in dealing with ďŹ res.

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Paintearth County - Highways to be repaved Dena Clark

ECA Review Reporter County of Paintearth CAO Tarolyn Aaserud reported to council at their regular meeting on Tues., Apr. 19 that Alberta Transportation announced the following highway construction projects will take place within the County of Paintearth during the 2016 construction season: -Nelson Creek Culvert construction on Provincial

Highway 872 near the Town of Coronation.

Budget 2016 presented an updated provincial construction program.

The following project is new to the program: -Highway 12 paving from 1 km east of Highway 855 to Highway 36 -Highway 599 paving from 14 km east of Highway 36 to Highway 872 -Highway 36 paving from 5 km south of Highway 12 to 2 km

south of Highway 12 -Highway 12 paving from 10 km east of Highway 36 to 2 km east of the Town of Coronation.

Paintearth Lodge receives county advance

Council agreed to advance the Castor and District Housing Authority half of their requested $516,833 to replace carpeting, countertops, handwashing sinks and change some plumbing at the Paintearth Lodge.

Evening of music and laughter Submitted by Jamie Geddes The Forestburg Golden Age Club hosted an Albertan musical comedy duo, Richard and Deborah Popovich on Fri. April 15 at the Golden Age Senior Centre located in the Big Knife Villa.

The Popovich’s entertained to a packed crowd as they incorporated humour and country music in an interactive style program. Richard Popovich kept the audience on their toes as he engaged several members of the audience with his quick wit, light-hearted banter and teasing.

He also encouraged the audience to sing, clap, and howl along while they performed.

Richard Popovich showcased his talents as he sang Leroy Vandyke’s song “The Auctioneer” and Geoff

Mack’s song “I’ve Been Everywhere.”

Deborah Popovich regaled the audience with her melodic voice and her keen ability to play the straight man or rather woman to her husband’s antics.

“I am good with Richard being the comedian” said Deborah. “We love to entertain and really enjoy the audience’s responses.”

The Popovich’s met while playing in a band called The Orange Blossom Special.

The duo broke off to carve out their special niche in the entertainment market.

The Popovich’s have entertained audiences throughout Western Canada for well over 20 years. They are regular performers on the The Alberta Prairie Steam Train, a popular

tourist attraction that operates out of Stettler. The duo has done 3,000 plus shows on that train which carries over 30,000 riders annually.

The couple recently performed at a fundraiser in Hythe, Ab. to raise funds for Tim and Bethani Webb who are expecting four identical baby girls.

When asked if they had future goals or anything they had not done, the Popovich’s exclaimed simultaneously, “No!” Richard Popovich says, “We enjoy coming into the smaller communities. It is thrilling to watch the audience play along and commit to the experience, whether we play a concert, a fundraiser, a dance or perform dinner theatre. We enjoy performing and find it rewarding.”

According to Paintearth Lodge Manager Marcy Renschler, in 2013 the Castor and District Housing Authority received the Lodge Renewal Funding Initiative Grant from the Alberta Government in the amount of $165,000.

At that time, as the building had just recently been renovated, those dollars were put into a maintenance reserve with Municipal Affairs with the intent of spending it within the next three years.

In 2015, projects were identified and have been approved by Municipal Affairs due to increasing public health regulations and lodge accommodation standards.

Funding will be paid out to Castor and District Housing when the project is 30 per cent complete, then 60 per cent complete and then 90 per cent complete with the final 10 per cent3” being wide

paid out once Municipal Affairs receives the audited report.

Renschler explained that because Paintearth Lodge operates on a tight budget and is in the final stages of spending the 2015 requisition dollars, they are requesting the requisitioning municipalities forward half of the 2016 requisition dollars which will help with the flow of the projects, as the Lodge cannot put out the $165,000 and wait until the government forwards the grant.

The amounts were based on the previous 2015 budget due to the 2016 budget having not yet been approved.

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Dining & Entertainment Guide Apr. 29 - Doc Walker, 7 pm @ Consort Arena. Keith @ 403-575-0770.

Apr. 29-30 - The Vat, Red Deer. Dusty Tucker CD Release party.

403-346-5636 April 30 - Heisler Spring Fever Market, 10-4 pm. Heisler Community Hall.

April 30 - Double Header Movie Day. (Old Sew & Save bldg) in Coronation. Sharing Our Strengths.

Apr. 30 - St. George’s Parish 100th Anniversary Celebration.

Apr. 30 - Hanna Hospital Auxiliary Rummage Sale. Eileen @ 402-854- 3331.

Apr. 30 - Comedy Hypnotist: Gavin Hooper. Delia Community Centre.

Doors open at 5 pm, Dinner @ 5:30 pm, Show to follow. Call School 403-364-3777.

Apr. 30-May 1 - Red Deer Gun Show.

See pg. 12 of this paper for more info.

May 1 - St Thomas Anglican Church Pasta Supper. 4:30-7 pm St Thomas Church Hall, $12/adult, $5/child, Free/5 & under.

May 4 - Meet the Assessor, County of Paintearth. See pg. 7 of this paper for more info.

May 6 - The Vat, Red Deer. the Odds /

Rose and Smoke. See pg. 12 of this paper for more info.

May 6-7 - Blessed Sacrament Parish Annual garage sale. 906-6 Ave. Wainwright. 780-842-5834.

May 7 - Brownfield Community Library’s annual rummage sale.

10-3 pm @ Brownfield Community Hall. Bag sale @ 2 pm.

May 7 - Metis Cultural Society Annual Spring Fling. Doors open @ 4 pm.

Jubilee Hall, Big Valley. Marlene. @ 1-800-267-5844.

May 7 - The Vat, Red Deer. TBA. See pg. 12 of this paper for more info.

May 7 - 50’s Rock N Roll Dine & Dance.

Bar Harbour Camp fundraiser.

Stettler Com. Hall. Tickets $50. @ Wells Furniture.

May 9 - Coronation School Kindergarten Registration. 4-6 pm @ Coronation School. See pg 7 of this paper for more info.

May 9 - Theresetta Jr. Kindergarten & Kindergarten Registration and Info. See page 7 of this paper for more info.

May 11 - Main Street Clean-Up. 6:00 pm. Legion Hall. BBQ supper @ 6:00 pm for Volunteera at the Castor Legion.

May 13-14 - Big Valley Bustout Rodeo.

See pg. 12 of this paper for more info.

May 13-14 - The Vat, Red Deer. Band Swap 3. See pg. 12 of this paper for more info.

May 14 - Coronation Spring Market, 11-5 pm. Coronation Community Centre. Jodi. @ 403-578-8884.

May 14 - Church Mice Art Show, Stettler United Church. $2/person.

403-742-5690.

May 15 - 2nd Annual Walk to the Dam. 2 pm. Enjoy a BBQ by Donation.

Variety of Activities. S O S Sharing Our Strengths.

May 15 - Youth Choir Of Canada, 7:30 pm. Hanna Community Centre.

Doors open @ 6:30 pm. Amber. @ 403-854-2015.

May 20 - The Vat, Red Deer. Electric Revival. See pg. 12 of this paper for more info.

May 21 - The Vat, Red Deer. TBA. See pg. 12 of this paper for more info.

May 21 - Family Train Day/Show & Shine, 12-5 pm, Wainwright Rail Park. Cory @ 780-842-7951.

May 26 - Daysland School Kindergarten Orientation, 12:30-2 p.m. 780-374-3676

All Aboard Initiative wins inaugural tourism award

submitted (RABC) are financial supporters of All be the connector and inspire opportuThe All Aboard Initiative beats out Aboard with the RABC being the nities in the community, but a local five other finalists to win the inaufounding organization of the initiative. leadership group of six people has gural Cindy Amos Tourism Champion An outside consultant, Monica formed to move the initiative forward.

Award in the group category on Wed., Knight from Shosholoza, was hired to The focus of the All Aboard leaderApril 20 at the Canadian ship team is to attract Badlands Conference in outside dollars to the Drumheller. community through All Aboard is a grasstourism and demonroots initiative to theme strate that Hanna is Hanna as a Railtown Worth the Drive! that began in August All Aboard has 2013. focused on some key All Aboard is a nod to projects including the the railway history that Hanna Roundhouse, the Town is named after, Hanna Museum Ghost but relies on the commuWalks, Hanna/Parker nity’s current strengths Wedding dinner theatre, to move projects forward Main Street rejuvenation with a common vision. and working regionally As the theming has with other communities, progressed, it has including Youngstown become clear that the and Dorothy, to theme aim is to celebrate all The ‘All Aboard Initiative’ beats out five other finalists to win the inaugural their communities also. aspects of settlement in Cindy Amos Tourism Champion award in the group category on Wed. Apr. Dorothy will become the the area, including the Gateway to the Special 20 at the Canadian Badlands Conference in Drumheller. Present to receive pioneering spirit.

Areas and focus on a the award were team members, from the left, Sandra Beaudoin, Hanna ranching theme.

Cactus Corridor Roundhouse Society, Barry Morishita, president of Canadian Badlands, Youngstown is considEconomic Development Trisha Sewell, Cactus Corridor Economic Development, Sheila Taylor, Hanna ering a Youngsterstown and the Hanna Rural Alberta Business Centre Historical Society and Ken Parker, Hanna/Parker Wedding. theme to attract youth.

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May 27 - John McDermott, 7:30 pm @ The Memorial Centre, Red Deer.

403-347-8111.

May 27 - The Vat, Red Deer. TBA. See pg. 12 of this paper for more info.

May 28 - The Vat, Red Deer. Open Air. See pg. 12 of this paper for more info.

May 29 - Botha Old Time Dance Club with Barbwire @ Botha Community Hall, 1:30-5 pm.

Potluck @ 5 pm. All ages and skill levels welcome.

June 3 - The Vat, Red Deer. Without Mercy. See pg. 12 of this paper for more info.

July 22-24 - Yesteryear’s Old Time Music Jamboree, Hanna Community Centre. Info 403-854-2433.

Please send Community Events by fax to 403-578-2088 or by email to publisher@ecareview.com for FREE LISTING (dependent upon space availability). The Review cannot guarantee events as listed, please check with the venue prior to attending.

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April 2016 Fri, 20 Fri, Sat, 29, 30 Electric Revival Dusty Tucker CD Sat, 21 TBA Release Party Fri, 27 TBA May 2016 Sat, 28 Fri, 6 Open Air the Odds / Rose and June 2016 Smoke Fri, 3 Sat, 7 TBA Without Mercy Fri, Sat, 13, 14 Band Swap 3 Find Our (over 40 local musicians put their Event Postings names in a hat, then on Facebook @ drawn out to form 10 new bands for a two “We Love The Vat” night show)

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The impact of grazing early

Agri-News With the early spring, some farmers, ranchers, and acreage owners are turning out livestock four to six weeks earlier than usual.

“Some of the turn outs are due to a lack of feed, and for others it is necessary to get the cows out of the corrals,” says Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist of the Ag-Info Centre.

Under preferred conditions, pasture grasses should be allowed to develop to the three to four leaf stage before being grazed.

Allowing the plants time to grow early in the spring, prior to grazing, helps the plants to replenish nutrients required by the root system to keep the plant healthy. Grazing too early draws down root reserves and slows regrowth, eventually killing the plant.

“Pastures that were overgrazed last year will take two to four weeks longer to develop this spring because of stresses caused by grazing, dry conditions and, in some areas, high numbers of grasshoppers,” says Yaremcio.

Last year’s stresses will also reduce the number of tillers sprouting this spring, and diminish plant vigor which together will decrease yield potential this year.

Putting animals onto pastures with minimal spring growth restricts the amount of forage an animal can consume which can cause animals to lose body condition. A female animal that is losing body condition cannot produce as much milk as one that is in good condition.

This reduces growth rates of the offspring. “The impact to the breeding female is that it takes longer for the animal to cycle, and first service conception rates are impaired,” says Yaremcio.

“As a result, these animals cannot maintain a high level of reproductive efficiency.” If possible, provide supplemental feeds such as hay, greenfeed, silage, grain, or commercial pellets to reduce the demands on the pasture.

This helps to meet the nutritional requirements of the animals. In addition, ensure that mineral and trace mineral supplementation programs are continued.

Calves that are more than 45 to 50 days of age can be fed a 16 per cent protein creep ration. A “home grown” creep can be 1/3 oats, 1/3 barley, and 1/3 peas (the peas can be screenings from local seed cleaning plants to reduce the cost).

Protein is required by young animals to maintain growth rates, including the development of bone and muscle. If they are fed only an energy feed such as oats, the extra energy will create fat, and the animals will not frame out properly.

Calves under 700 pounds can be fed whole grains without a loss in efficiency. In the end, don’t underestimate the benefits of creep feed says Yaremcio: “Depending on conditions, a creep feed can result in 75 to 150 pounds of additional gain compared to calves that are not given a creep feed.”

If there is no choice but to turn animals out, use a “sacrifice pasture” to minimize the impact on total forage production in other areas. This is because for every day the cows are turned out early in the spring, fall grazing can be reduced by as much as three days.

Other alternatives include

rotational grazing or strip grazing pastures to have short duration/high intensity grazing events.

Move the animals into a new area when 50 per cent of the growth is grazed off. If possible, provide a minimum rest period of 30 days to allow the plants to recover and produce regrowth. Soil test to determine fertility available to the forages.

If growing conditions are favorable, applying fertilizer in the spring or early on in the growing season (when the rains come).

Plants that were over grazed and stressed going into last winter, and continue to be stressed throughout this year, are less likely to survive the winter. “If you treat your pastures and grasses well, with adequate rest and ample time to recharge root reserve, they will pay you back with higher cattle gains and increased pasture longevity and productivity. If you graze

too early, or before there is sufficient regrowth, you get short-term pasture and long-term losses to your pocketbook.”

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visit to the veterinarian, what a producer is looking for is the containment of health issues that may be management-related and fixable. Do not wait; consult your local veterinarian. Try hard for a less than 3 per cent calf death loss. Mother Nature may or may not help.

One is reminded that calf death loss has lots of feelings. In fact, if one does not quiver a little bit at the death of a calf, then one is in the wrong business. In all that cattle ranchers do, the joy of success is paramount and a

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Low calf death loss is the measurement of calving success. So what would one expect?

The historical North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association calving data summarized through the CHAPS (Cow Herd Appraisal Performance System) program sponsored by the NDSU Extension Service indicate that 3.7 per cent of the calves born do not make weaning.

Conversely, setting a goal of 97 per cent live calves at weaning would be a realistic anticipated outcome.

Further CHAPS data review shows 10 years ago, the benchmark was 3.4 per cent, and five years ago, the benchmark was 3.6 per cent. The most recently calculated 20-year average was 3.7 per cent, with the lowest calf death loss at three per cent and the greatest calf death loss at 5.8 per cent.

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Remembering that most calf death loss occurs prior to 2 weeks of age, the calving book certainly is needed. The calving book is a written record and should contain a notation as to what the best thought was of when and why a calf died.

The death loss number should be calculated daily, or as regularly as possible, to keep an eye out for encroaching health problems. The calculation is simple: Divide the total number of dead calves by the number of calves born.

For smaller herds, or at the beginning of the calving season, the number may be high. Let’s say of the first 10 calves born, two died. Well, the death loss is 20 per cent. But we hope the number will reduce quickly to below 3 per cent as more cows calve.

Why three per cent death loss, or the reverse, 97 per cent live calves? Well, not every calf will survive, and some deaths are not preventable. So, for peace of mind and peace within the calving crew, some death loss needs to be expected.

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Learn to tell the difference and adjust accordingly Cont’d from Pg 14 Although the herdsman did not notice immediately, he eventually realized that his son was not at his side. The herdsman retraced his steps, finding his son kneeling beside the dead calf, crying and obviously distraught over the death. The herdsman took some needed time to explain the situation: the fact that along with life, death co-exists.

We do our best, and yet some do not survive. Those who have grown up in the life-giving barns of cold, spring days understand the give and take of life and death. For those who never have been there, well, let’s just say, you can tell.

There are no assurances. Even if every potential outcome is planned, there still will be a dead calf at the end of some day.

For those who visited the recently farrowed sow, those newborn pigs that did not survive are removed; for those who lifted the cluck hen from the newly hatched, some remained in the egg; for those who beat the sun up and rushed to the barn for the morning lamb count, one was laying still in the straw; and for those who checked the cows on a cold winter night, the unseen bump on the path turns out to be a cold, stiff calf.

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The point here is not that we stop life and death but rather how we, as

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producers, appreciate the living, with a caring attitude that comforts the crying son and engages tomorrow with more optimism.

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INDUSTRIAL Property & shop Strathmore, Alberta.

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32X34 $10,328.

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This one did!

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1991 MERCEDES 300E 4 dr sedan, no rust, new tires, sunroof, runs good, original upholstery in great shape. Really nice unit for someone looking for a vintage vehicle. $3000. 780879-3737.

Equipment

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Feed & Seed

HAYTECH common alfalfa seed, bred for hybrid vigour. $3.65/ lb. 780-374-3877.

Dennis Dylke, Daysland.

FOR SALE: 1 yr old big round hay bales with no rain. 403740-6772.

FORAGE seed for sale: Organic & conventional: Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Red Clover, Smooth Brome, Meadow Brome, Crested Wheatgrass, Timothy, etc. Free delivery!

Birch Rose Acres Ltd. 306-863-2900.

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Livestock

LIGHT BIRTH weight Red and Black Angus yearling bulls for sale. $2750.

Davidson Angus, Lougheed, AB. Home: 780-3842354, Cell: 780-8887585, Blaine & Alyssa.

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Also bale feeders, calf sheds and feed bunkers. Call Lenard 1-888-998-3418 or 780-806-3694.

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Charolais, Red Angus and Red Angus/Simmental cross. 780-582-2254.

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Contact Roger Spady (780) 879-3941.

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FANTASTIC opportunity to spend the summer at the lake and make a great income. The Capt Ayre Lake Association is looking for an entrepreneur with food safety qualifications as the 2016 booth contractor. As contractor you are responsible to manage your booth business, and pay us rent in the building and equipment. All profits are your own to keep. Season is May long weekend to September long weekend. Fax resumes 780.7533155, email bookingcaptayrehall@gmail. com or call 780-2720777 for details.

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Auctions

HUGE ANTIQUES/ Collectables Auction, tools, furniture, L.B. phones, mannequins. Sat. May 21/16, Castor Community Centre, Castor AB., 10 a.m.

View before sale.

Dunkle Auction Services. Ph. (780)879-2385, (403)575-5388 or (403)740-6251.

MEIER 2 Day Classic Car & Truck Auction. Saturday & Sunday, May 7 & 8, 11 a.m. both days.

6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Consign today, call 780-4401860.

AUTO Tool Surplus Auction. Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m.

Autos, tools, trailers, surplus, benches, tents, pressure washers. Scribner Auction, 121 - 15 Ave. (Hwy 14), Wainwright, Alberta.

780-842-5666; www. scribnernet.com.

AUCTIONS: Sat., May 7/16, High Prairie Forest Products, High Prairie, Alberta.

Equipment & unused heavy truck parts.

Sat., May 14/16, Mar Val Promotions, Falher, Alberta.

Barudan embroidery machines, store fixtures & clothing. For more info visit ironhorseauctions.ca.

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MEDITATION CLASSES at the Tamina Miller Meditation Cabin in Alliance. 8 week session running Mondays May 2 June 20, 2 classes: 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Cost $210 ($157.50 for students, 65+, veterans) 780-8792207, taminamiller@ gmail.com.

SKATING ARENA and Curling Rink, Coronation, Feasibility Study presentation and open house Thurs. May 12, 6-8:30 p.m., presentation 7-7:30 p.m. at the Lions Rec Centre.

Findings and future options will be presented by the Project Steering Committee.

BIG VALLEY Garage Sales. Seniors downsizing, Fri. Apr. 29, 12-7 p.m., Sat. Apr. 30, 9-4 p.m.

Power tools, bikes, BBQ, collectibles, sports and lots of miscellaneous. 57 4 Ave. and 412 3rd St. Signs up.

2016 Women of Excellence Awards nominees announced The Red Deer & District Award recipients will be Community Foundation announced that evening.

(RDDCF) is pleased to All of the women come announce that 29 outfrom diverse backgrounds, standing women from sectors and age groups but across central Alberta are are similar in their excepnominated for the 2016 tional contribution in Women of Excellence making Central Alberta a Awards in eleven categories. better place to live, work and The Gala will be held on play.

Wed., June 1 at the Sheraton The 9th Annual Women of Red Deer and the following Excellence Awards Gala is a east central Albertans are celebration of innovation, among the nominees: leadership, achievement and Bonnie Ireland of Stettler talent as demonstrated by and Bev Toews of Olds in the women in our community.

Education and Training cat- The awards program honors egory and Jennifer Holubetz the contributions of our of Stettler in the Human nominees, who serve as role Services category. 3” wide version models for women and girls.

APRIL 30TH

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RED DEER COLLEGE STUDENTS $10 ADULTS $25

WE WOULD like to thank the community for all their support in our time of need.

Aaron McDonald, Jason and Declan Goodes.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Paintearth Lodge is now accepting

STEP applications

for employment beginning July 4 to August 26, 2016; 8 hours per day, 5 days per week at $13.30 per hour.

The Town of Castor is seeking a full time Recreation Director who is competent, motivated, and able to work as a team member to accomplish our mandate to build and maintain recreation infrastructure and programs.

Qualifications we are looking for include: • Vibrant, energetic individual.

APRIL 30TH RED DEER COLLEGE • Must possess a high school diploma or GED. STUDENTS $10 • Ideally have secondary training in the recreation field.

ADULTS $25 • Be willing to take further education as needed by the Town.

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• Computer and technology knowledgeable. albertacantwait.com • Organized and able to prioritize a workload.

• Possess foresight and the ability to be proactive.

• Solid Public Relations skills.

Work with us to build our community through recreation and sport. This position will require work in a wide variety of areas including: Recreation Administration, Budget, Finance, Facility Operation and Supervision, Program Organization and Leadership, and Public Relations.

Resumes (please include reference sources) will be received until Thursday, May 12, 2016, send them to: Marcy Renschler, Box 209, Castor, AB TOC OXO or email to paintearthlodge@wildroseinternet.ca

The Town of Castor offers a competitive wage, generous medical and dental benefits plan, and a pension plan. Hours of work average 40 hours per week, evening and weekend work will be required.

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Position title of Building & Grounds Maintenance Assistant; Duties to include general property and building maintenance. Must have excellent interpersonal relationship skills as you will be working with seniors as well as a variety of staff personnel. Must have a valid driver’s license.

Only successful or short-listed applicants will be notified.

Deadline for applications is Thursday, May 12th, 2016 Submit applications (including a current Driver’s Abstract and any relevant certificates) to: Sandi Jackson, C.A.O. Box 479, Castor, AB T0C 0X0 Fax: 403-882-2700 E-mail: sandi@townofcastor.ca We appreciate the interest of all applicants, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

2 Full – Time Positions Available Retail Sales & Receiving/Product Entry *Customer Service* *No Experience Needed*

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HELP WANTED Carpenter, apprentice or helper required Full Time, wages negotiable

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Ph. (403) 854-3585 • Fax (403) 854-4980

Hope College is accepting applications for our Fall 2016 Semester featuring programs in • Exercise and Wellness • Business • Justice • Tourism • Massage Therapy • Integrative Nutrition.

Register by June 1st for a chance to WIN a laptop compliments of Tech-Rex. Summer session business courses are also being offered.

Contact Dave Watson at 403-856-8108 or dave.watson@hopecollege.ca

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