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Submitted The Town of Provost’s water tower was built in Ontario and it is believed that it was shipped to Provost by rail where it was assembled just west of the MD of Provost building in 1952. The tank can hold 62,500 imperial gallons.

The 81 foot tower was taken down in 1995 then moved to Doug Hall’s property just south of the Case Building (Crescent Point Energy).

It’s last move was to the museum site Feb. 14, 2006.

An early color of the tower was silver but later was painted green.

The tower now sports a new coat of green paint and will stand to just over half its original height when erected.

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ECA Review reporter Stettler County Council reversed its May 2016 decision to deny tax forgiveness on the McKay Family Joint Venture lots located in Heartland Business Park after Greg Hayden presented council with a new request

at the Aug.10 regular meeting.

Hayden was looking for a 10-year agreement with the county to forgive 100 per cent of the municipal portion of the property taxes on unsold lots.

Under the agreement, once the lots are sold, full taxes would be paid.

According to Hayden, because

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forgiven was $23,179.79 of the total tax of $31,959.21.

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the lots are serviced, rezoning them back to agricultural land, which carries a lower tax rate than commercial zoning, was not an option. After the May decision, the group had considered the rezoning.

Council opted to approve 100 per cent forgiveness of the municipal portion for 2016. The amount

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Weed spraying progress very good, says Beaumont

Cont’d from Pg 1 Quinton Beaumont, Director of Agricultural Services Board, reported to council that Renu-L-Tech Environmental Services is currently spraying the ditches.

According to Beaumont, Highways 56, 12, 850 and 853 have been completed and work on 53, 21, 835 and 590 is continuing.

The county issued 22 weed notices to the province for the areas in need of spraying, according to Assistant CAO Yvette Cassidy.

“Considering how much he’s spraying, progress is very good,” stated Beaumont.

A weed notice to Alberta

Transportation effectively tells the province to uphold its own Weed Control Act to control noxious or prohibited weeds along its highways. Because wormwood is a noxious weed, the county had the authority to issue the notice.

Other municipalities are noticing the results.

“It’s very good the County of Stettler took the lead on this,” stated Deputy Mayor Les Stulberg.

Council approved a motion to bring a resolution to the Central Zone of Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) that the provincial government provide more effective 3” wide vegetation control along

provincial highways. If endorsed, the resolution will proceed to the AAMDC resolutions committee.

Lake residents want direction

Buffalo Lake residents are seeking direction from the county on two fronts: how to deal with deadfall along the lakeshore in front of their properties as well as where to store docks or boat launches during the winter.

A delegation of property owners brought their concerns to council in order to get clarification on removal of deadfall if the county can’t or won’t remove what the property owners regard as a fire and safety hazard.

Johan van der Bank, Director of Planning and Development, recommended that council get legal advice for a draft of Policy 1.33 Maintenance and Protection of Reserve Land, which lays out things like county permission to remove deadfall, indemnity insurance, fines and security deposits.

Council approved a motion to get legal advice on the draft policy.

Council also gave first reading to Bylaws 1569-16 and 1570-16. The first is to amend Land Use Bylaw 1443-10 to allow for temporary private storage of boat lifts or docks on environment reserve land and the second is to allow for specific reserve lands to be used for said storage. version Some properties,

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especially those not on the waterfront, have nowhere to store docks or lifts. Owners are seeking a way to either store them on ER or reserve land through a permitting system. The public hearing on both bylaws will be at the next county meeting.

Erosion gets emergency fix

Rob Grandfield appeared before council to make an appeal on behalf of Abbey Road residents for emergency funding to install 120 feet of rip-rap to prevent shoreline erosion.

According to Grandfield, $15,000 worth of rip-rap would prevent further erosion of the Buffalo Lake beach and flooding of treed areas that are not currently protected by the berm previously developed by residents.

Council approved funding the project from Special Recreational Funds.

Third year running for festival

The county will again be a

sponsor of the Stettler Pheasant Festival for the third year of the successful event.

Donna Morris gave an update to council about plans for this year’s festival, which already has 100 hunts sold.

“We’re please with this based on Alberta’s economy,” stated Morris of the number of hunts sold.

Council approved a platinum sponsorship of $5000.

Lock it up

Property related crimes are up across the province especially in rural areas but that comes as “no surprise” to RCMP Sgt. Phil Penny, who gave a quarterly update to council.

Economic factors have added to the rise, although Penny stated it’s beginning to taper off.

Penny attributed this to the economy stabilizing somewhat.

Items stolen from the Stettler area have shown up as far away as Cranbrook, BC.

Penny stressed the need for people to do simple things to deter theft, like locking cars and doors, and keeping records that would make identifying stolen items easier.

“Write down serial numbers. These are all basic things that people don’t do.”

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LACOMBE COUNTY

County partners with conservation group Lisa Joy

ECA Review reporter Lacombe County is partnering with Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) that lets landowners tap into funding for conservation improvements.

The project was narrowly approved during Lacombe County’s regular meeting Aug. 11 in a split vote.

Reeve Paula Law, along with Coun.

Rod McDermand and Coun. Brenda Knight were against the county partnering with ALUS. Reeve Law pointed out that ALUS is “on the uptake from a number of municipalities” and asked if this could be sustained by ALUS. She added that there are a number of programs already available that deal with wetlands.

“I’m concerned that if we go down this road the funds dry up from ALUS there will be pressure on us to con-

tinue once it’s started.”

Another issue said Reeve Law, was how do you determine who gets the money.

“How do you decide if there are lots (landowners) competing and only x amount of dollars?”

And Reeve Law said she doesn’t agree with a push to make Lacombe County producers more environmentally astute.

“I’m taking exception with that.

They (landowners) spend (a lot of money) to make sure they are environmentally astute. They don’t do it just for the bottom dollar, they also know they have to look after the land. It’s their livelihood. Their income for their kids and grandkids.”

Coun. Brenda Knight said she sees the program’s merit but the $15,000 total offered for a target of 858 acres wouldn’t go far in the farming community and asked if there would be

pressure on the county to increase the amount of acres.

“Potentially how big could this get for the county? I’m a little concerned about what it will become.”

Coun. Rod McDermand said there were only 10 counties participating and those numbers didn’t “excite” him about the program.

Coun. Barb Shepherd, Coun. Keith Stephenson, Coun. Dana Kreil and Coun. Ken Wigmore voted in favour of the county participating in ALUS. “It would encourage a producer to potentially be more environmentally conservative and sensitive,” said Coun.

Shepherd. She added ALUS gives the county’s producers another avenue to manage their lands.

Coun. Dana Kreil said Red Deer County’s participation in ALUS is a good example of the program working.

“These young farmers are getting paid in slough areas,” she added. “It’s

HANNA TOWN COUNCIL

Hanna enters into agreement with AXIA Dena Clark

much more challenging as potential ECA Review reporter profits from Hanna in the long term will not be available to support the The town of Hanna council members regional system. voted in favour of entering into a Credit Union investment Municipal Access Agreement (MAA) Council voted in favour of investing with AXIA Connect Ltd. in front of just under $650,000 with the Chinook over 25 interested community memCredit Union at the Aug. 9 meeting. bers at their last regular council Hanna received their 2016 Municipal meeting on Tues., Aug. 9.

Council, through their 2016 commu- Sustainability Initiative (MSI) capital funding allocation in the amount of nity campaign, identified that the $645,978.

Town of Hanna has both the need and However these funds were eardesire to have a fibre optic network in marked for two projects that will not the community. be initiated until the Summer of 2017: According to CAO, Kim Neill’s 1) The 3rd St. storm water outfall report to council, the MAA is an agreeproject which includes the construcment that will provide access to tion of a new storm water outlet to CN anyone requiring utility access on Reservoir, the replacement and town property (such as back alleys, upsizing of water, sanitary and storm under roadways, ecetcera). There is mains along 3rd St. West between 3rd currently no funding proposed in the Ave. West and Railway Ave. and road MAA from AXIA to the town for the restoration work for an estimated cost right to utilize these right-of ways.

As per AXIA’s request, the town pro- of $1,200,000, and 2) The construction of an addition to vided AXIA with a decision prior to the existing public works shop for an July 30, 2016 therefore Hanna will be estimated $400,000. the next AXIA fibre optic community CAO Neill explained in his report to with the grid installation being comcouncil that if the funds were to be left pleted, at AXIA’s cost, prior to the end in the general account at RBC they of the 2016 calendar year. would accumulate 0.8 per cent interest Neill went on to state in his report or approximately $5,200 over one year. that council strongly believes that After requesting rates for term fibre is the way of the future and the best technology for the installation of a deposits from the four local banking institutions the Chinook Credit Union comprehensive broadband system for came in with the best rate at 1.85 per the Town of Hanna.

However a challenge the town faces, cent for a one year term with the penalty clause to remove the funds early Neill continued, is that an installation being only 0.25 per cent, which still with this kind of comprehensive fibre provided a rate of 1.6 per cent in the system requires a 100 year contract, event the funds were required early. similar to the installation of tele-com This would earn the town around system originally installed in Hanna $12,025 over the term of the investby Alberta Government telephones. ment, an increase of $6,825 over the Therefore, Neill advised, council needs to be confident that all potential interest that would be made if the options for the installation of this fibre funds remained in the general account with RBC. grid have been fully investigated to ensure they are making the best long Library renovation update term decision and not just the fastest, The library roofing has been commost inexpensive or seemingly risk pleted according to Neill despite free option.

Another angle, Neill advised council trouble on the west end of the library addition. consider is the risk benefit ration for Approximately 1500 square feet of opting to privatize.

With Hanna being the largest urban insulation, found wet in the west end of the library portion, needed to be centre in the Special Areas it could replaced at the quoted price of $1.95/sq. play a significant role in the viability ft. of a regional broadband system for The contractor also recommended area. installing two internal drains, one Being the largest fibre profit centre, over the former council chambers and the town makes the viability of a fibre system in the other towns and villages the other over the administration roof

portion to drain low areas of the roof where standing water collects.

Swimming pool

The swimming pool will close on Aug. 28 for the season.

New pool blankets arrived in July to replace the worn blankets that have been in use since the pool opened 11 seasons ago.

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money from the outside. It enables agriculture and I want to be a part of something that enables agriculture.”

A Partnership Advisory Committee (PAC) will be created to set ALUS program’s goals, objectives and determine compensation rates for participating landowners.

The program is voluntary.

Landowners can design and construct projects that work within their agriculture operation, Lacombe County Agricultural Fieldman Dion Burlock said in his report to council.

The cost to the county over the next three years is $75,000 for in-kind work.

ALUS will contribute $60,000 to Lacombe County over the next three years as part of the project funding partnership.

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PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF LOUGHEED Water Act NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is given that the Village of Lougheed has filed an application under the provisions of the Water Act for a Licence to divert 12814.0 cubic metres of groundwater annually from a well with the production interval of 78-99 feet below ground located at 04-33-043-11-W4 for the purpose of Municipal supply.

Any person who is directly affected by the application may submit a statement of concern to: Environment and Parks Regulatory Approvals Centre Main Floor, Great West Life Building 9920 108 Street EDMONTON AS T5K 2M4 Phone: 780-427-6311 Fax: 780-422-0154 Email: esrd.waapplications@gov.ab.ca Within 30 days of providing this notice.

The written statement of concern should include the following: • The application number 001-0038078O. • Describe concerns that are relevant to matters regulated by the Water Act. • Explain how the filer of the concern will be directly affected by the activity and/or diversion of water proposed in the application.

• Provide the legal land location of the land owned or used by the filer where the concerns described or believed to be applicable.

• State the distance between the·’and owned or used by the filer and the site in the application.

• Contact information including the full name and mailing address of the filer. Please provide the phone number and/or email address for ease of contact.

Environment and Parks will review each written statement of concern, seek more information if needed and notify each filer by letter of the decision to accept or reject their written submission as a valid statement of concern.

Please quote file number: 17825 Further information regarding this project can be obtained from: Lawrence Bird Associated Environmental Consultants Inc. Phone: 250-545-3672 Fax: 250-545-3654 Statements filed regarding this application are public records which are accessible by the public and Applicant. Failure to file statements of concerns may affect the right to file a Notice of Appeal with the Environmental Appeals Board.

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Three Hills RCMP investigate fatal collision Three Hills RCMP were alerted to a suspicious Dodge Dakota in the area of Delburne on Aug. 14 at 11:30 p.m. The Dodge Dakota was driven onto a rural property where it became stuck and the driver then took a Ford F150 from the property. This Ford was later involved in a serious collision in Innisfail RCMP Detachment’s jurisdiction.

The complainant in this occurrence

was following the suspicious Dodge, and then continued following the Ford F150. The truck was followed from the Delburne area to Highway 42 and Range Road 341 where the two vehicles collided.

The Ford F150 consequently was involved in a rollover and the 32-yearold male driver (lone occupant) was seriously injured. He was transported via STARS Air

Ambulance to a hospital in Calgary where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.

The RCMP Collision Analyst attended the collision location to investigate the cause.

Southern Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit have maintained the carriage of this investigation, with the assistance of Three Hills RCMP. This matter remains under investigation

and further information will not be available.

If you have information about this investigation, please call the Three Hills RCMP at 403-443-5538 or call your local police detachment. If you want to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-2228477 (TIPS), by internet at www. tipsubmit.com, or by SMS.

Preserve, restore and repurpose - The Hanna Roundhouse

by John Kinnear Crowsnest Pass Herald These days, part of our Municipal Historic Resource Board’s focus is a lot like this article’s title and the beautiful Coleman Seniors Centre is a classic example of this tripartite approach of preserve, restore and repurpose.

So this July when I toured the amazing train roundhouse and turntable at Hanna these important tenants of saving our heritage jumped out at me in spades.

They are exactly what the executive director of the Hanna Roundhouse Society, Sandra Beaudoin has in mind for this iconic piece of railroad history.

Sandra is as driven as any passionate preserver of heritage can be about their society’s mission. She has vision and imagination and is pushing ahead along with her board with both determination and gusto on what will be a long hard battle. This is the type of insight that has surfaced all across Canada as we fight to save those special historic pieces of our industrial growth.

Roundhouses were an integral part of the development of the west and as railroads pushed into Southern and Northern Alberta, both CNR and CPR, picked divisional junction points along their routes to build these major train service centers. In Alberta, from Edson to Lethbridge to Medicine Hat and several other strategic locations, roundhouses were built to service the

Public works update Cont’d from Pg 3 Brent Olesen, Director of Public Works reported to council that the public works department has finished crack sealing the roads and are just about done the line painting.

The public works team has also been cleaning catch basins after every rainfall to ensure they are clear for the next rain.

Two operating rods on curb stops have been replaced so the home owners could replace valves in their basement and bird houses have been installed in the community garden.

Potholes are being filled when time allows and the grader has been doing maintenance in the alleys and along South Municipal Road.

The town received a shipment of six concrete angels for the cemetery.

Concrete bases hold a statue and a planter will be poured in six locations within the cemetery once the best placement for them has been determined.

The angels range from 26 to 37 inches in height.

Sewage is being hauled from the holding tank at Fox Lake Park every Friday now that the park is open for the season. The Special Areas Maintenance Shop sewer tanks continue to be hauled every three weeks as per usual.

ever increasing number of steam trains that made their way across the prairies hauling new settlers and supplies into the newly developing lands and hauling precious commodities like No. 1 Marquis wheat back east to markets.

There are precious few of these amazing structures remaining in Western Canada.

Sometimes, like at Crowsnest on the border, which was a divisional point for CPR, we find that only the cement circle of the turnaround remains. From historic images it appears there was a small (four bay) roundhouse there along with the turnaround (turntable) on the south edge of Summit Lake.

In other cases like Fort MacLeod we find a little more evidence like the roundhouse foundations for 10 bays and the actual turntable steel frame.

At Hanna, they have both the massive 10 stall roundhouse building totally intact as well as the immense heavy-duty turntable bridge in front of that huge fanshaped roundhouse.

According to that intrepid rural explorer Chris Doering, “The turntable itself is very interesting. It’s essentially a bridge resting on a centre pivot, with support wheels at each end, resting on rails embedded in the turntable pit wall.

“A simple and compact arrangement, this allowed an engine to align with a specific stall, or to be turned. To power them they utilized a turbine type

motor using steam from the power plant (or the locomotive itself), or simply an electric motor.

“At smaller facilities, the turntable was moved by the Armstrong method – meaning the train crew pushed it. Either arrangement required the locomotive to be almost perfectly balanced on the turntable.”

(Check out Chris and Connie Doering’s amazing website: Off the Beaten Path at bigdoer.com) At one time Hanna had 15 stalls, five were added later in 1919 - 1922 in the brick addition which was torn down in 2012 by the Town of Hanna for safety reasons.

Future plans of the Hanna Roundhouse Society is to rebuild this beautiful brick addition over the existing floor which remains.

Canadian Northern Railroad drafting of this roundhouse distinctly show a total of 25 stalls, with five stall sections added at a time.

Probably the largest roundhouse that I know of is the John Street Roundhouse in downtown Toronto, which was build in 1929 - 31 and at one time had an incredible 32 bays for engines. It now serves as a home to the amazing Toronto Railway Museum.

To tour the Hanna roundhouse was truly a humbling experience as the massive size and function of this industrial site was breathtaking. The rock solid post and beam construction inside gave great assurance to the buildings stability and

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SPORT Shorts

• Greg Cote in the Miami Herald: “Dolphins owner Stephen Ross held a business seminar for five Fins players interested in post-football careers. His advice to them: Become a billionaire. Makes everything so much easier.”

• Tim Boyle on Twitter (@BaseballBoyle): “The #HOF (Hall of Fame) game cancelled due to poor field conditions. The Cleveland Browns are cancelling season due to poor roster conditions.”

• Headline at TheKicker.com: “Democratic Republic of Phelps now 40th all-time in summer gold medals.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “A’s pitcher Marc Rzepczynski’s nickname is ‘Scrabble’ (his surname alone is worth 40 points).”

• Comic Torben Rolfsen, on WWE stars Lana and Rusev getting married: “Everything went great until the entire bridal party failed the drug test.”

• Greg Cote again, on the retirement of Alex Rodriguez: “So begins the five-year wait until Cooperstown first says no to steroidstainted A-Rod.” • Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “The triathlon is the second greatest test of human endurance, right after watching NBC’s nonstop coverage of beach volleyball.”

• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: In Rio, a Russian springboard diver did a back flop and scored zero points.

The Russian hit the water so hard it knocked some of the steroids right out of her.”

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Canada’s Penny an Olympic superstar

by Bruce Penton Canada’s sports editors won’t have to wait until December to send in their votes for this country’s female athlete of the year.

The penny coin might be history, but our Penny is making history.

Penelope (Penny) Oleksiak of Toronto went from a virtual unknown on the Canadian sports scene to an athlete with immediate firstname status during the first Penton week of the Summer Olympics at Rio. Tiger.

LeBron. Arnie. Now Penny.

And she’s only 16.

From Vancouver Island to Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Penny Oleksiak became an overnight sensation when she was part of a relay swim team that won Canada’s first medal at the Olympics in Rio and then proceeded to win three more, including a gold in the

100-metre freestyle, on her own. No Canadian athlete has won more medals in one Summer Olympics.

While Oleksiak and the Olympics is all about winning, there is one loser in all this. Golfer Brooke Henderson may want to send a note to Oleksiak saying a sarcastic ‘thanks’ for stealing the athlete-of-the-year award from her grasp. Until Penny’s performance at Rio, Henderson and her No. 2 world ranking in women’s golf, and her major victory at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in June, had given her a virtual lock on the award.

Henderson has 2017 through 2019 to try to win the national award, but when 2020 comes around, it will be another opportunity for Oleksiak to shine on an Olympic stage. And according to Mark Tewksbury, a

former Canadian Olympian, Oleksiak will be stronger and better in four years.

Meanwhile, major colleges in the U.S. are salivating at the thought of getting Oleksiak to attend and compete for their NCAA schools for the next four years. Some observers are suggesting, however, that Oleksiak could eschew college and turn professional. One estimate had her possibly earning a minimum of $250,000 in her first year from endorsements contracts with swimming gear companies alone. In Canada, her smiling face would also likely show up in commercials for banks and major companies such as Canadian Tire, Tim Hortons and Sport Chek.

The most likely future for Oleksiak, however, is schooling at a U.S. college, with great coaching, great competition and great preparation for 2020 in Tokyo. And a whack of additional medals to hang around her neck.

• Randy Turner of Winnipeg Free Press, on Twitter, about the Canadian women athletes’ success at Rio: “At this point, the rest of world must think Canada is a vast, barren land filled with fierce female warriors. They’re right.”

• Late-night funnyman Conan O’Brien: “The coach of Manchester United has banned all players from Playing Pokemon Go. He apparently doesn’t want any of his team distracted by a fun game where something actually happens.”

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Alberta’s economic storm

by Rick Strankman MLA, previous government, blame main Drumheller Stettler street employers, and blame anyone or The storm is not subsiding. Like anything not connected to the waves pounding a rocky shore, government.

Alberta’s bad economic news just However, scapegoating is not a longkeeps on coming. term solution. Over time According to Statistics this tactic offers diminCanada, Alberta’s unemployishing returns as folks ment rate rose to 8.6 per cent in recognize the inherently July, the highest it has been self-serving nature of these since 1994. For the first time arguments. ever, Alberta’s unemployment Of course, these type of rate is higher than Nova distractions do nothing to Scotia’s. Over the past year, we addresses the underlying have lost 104,000 full-time jobs. condition: a rapidly The continuing bad news is shrinking economy. Jobs Alberta’s government remains are being lost. Less is Strankman unwilling to abandon ideologbeing produced. Trade is ical policies in favour of proven declining. Without the solutions to get our economy moving kind of economic growth that lifts all and protect working families. people, political divide-and-conquer Solutions like keeping taxes low for tactics lead to divide-and-flounder families, promoting trade, spending results. within our means and restoring the Alberta is here.

Alberta Advantage.

Unwilling to budge from its preTypically, the first thing ideological recession agenda Alberta’s new governments do when the economy government chooses which businesses begins to weaken is look for a scapeit will support through elaborate new goat: blame the price of oil, blame the tax-and-spend corporate welfare

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• Kaseberg again: “Simone Manuel became the first African American woman to win a gold medal in Olympic swimming. ‘Ground breaking,’ said Michelle Obama.

‘Historic,’ said Oprah. ‘I want to see her birth certificate,’ said Donald Trump.”

schemes, and which sectors of the labour force it will support through socialist economic policies.

It’s bringing forward policies, like a new carbon tax and dramatic increase to the minimum wage, that are forcing small businesses to close their doors.

In the heart of the deepest recession since the 1980s, the government is only making things worse.

Across our province, Albertans are coming to the realization that we can do better than this, that we are better than this.

It’s time to set the politics of division aside. We need more production. We need more trade. We need the kind of economic policies that offer new hope and new opportunity to all Albertans, those will provide more jobs.

Some say that a rising tide floats all boats. It’s an apt metaphor, although it ignores a key truth: It wasn’t until a low economic tide that we have come to grasp the reality of the situation - we are all in the same boat.

The financial reefs are getting uncomfortably close! It’s time to change course.

Kaseberg, on men’s synchronized diving: “Two guys in spandex briefs doing choreographed diving.

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Winning the old fashioned way, earn it

The International Olympics Committee needs to take a lesson from the Canadian Football League (CFL) when it comes to dealing with cheats.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders football team was fined $15,000 two weeks ago for breaking the Canadian/ American ratio rules. Last week they were fined $60,000 and had their salary cap reduced by $26,000 for another rule violation, specifically practicing with unsigned players.

In the CFL these are big fines with significant impact on a team.

It seems the vice president of Football Operations, Chris Jones, who is both general manager and coach, made a shoddy attempt to bring his team’s dismal 2016 season to victory by cheating.

Cheating is pervasive in our society whether it’s Tom Brady’s involvement in deflating footballs to win super bowls, robocalls in politics, cheating in school, insider trading on Wall Street or cheating on taxes.

What an excellent example CFL Commissioner, Jeffrey Orridge set when he took decisive action to penalize the Roughrider organization.

He had a message, not only to the guilty party, to all teams that his job is to protect the competitive balance, the spirit of the CFL rules and the integrity of Canadian football.

The CFL is unique because of its unique rules. American coaches, such as Chris Jones, want to import National Football League (NFL) ideas, but that’s not the name of the game in the CFL. Saskatchewan may be re-thinking their decision to hire Chris Jones or at least regret giving him so much power.

Correction

In the July 28 edition of the ECA Review, “Clean up of town property, ft. pg., July 28” Peggie Ginger of Out of the Cold was reported as being present at the meeting.

It was in fact, Allison Fotheringham, co-owner of Out of the Cold, who attended the meeting.

We apologize for this error.

In an email to the ECA Review Ms. Fotheringham also stated “I do not remember saying that “I can do my job without a trap”, as catching cats is one of the main duties of Out of the Cold and using humane traps is the best way to do it. Rather, I recall saying something along the lines of I can do my job without the trap but that it will be difficult for the reason stated above.

The ECA Review has made a request to Morrin village council for permission to record the meetings to avoid these memory differences for the purpose of accurate reporting and solving the ‘who said what’ issues.

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Jones went over from the Edmonton Eskimos to Saskatchewan to gain management power and increase his salary from $350,000 to $500,000 plus incentives. Incentive bonuses are tied to wins. To date, the Roughriders have one win under their belt.

Orridge didn’t mince words. “The recent conduct, behaviour and activities of the Saskatchewan Roughriders have compromised the reputation of the CFL,” said Orridge.

Unfortunately it has also compromised the reputation of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Among fans of other teams, Saskatchewan has more often than not been the second team of choice —often referred to as Canada’s team.

Jones’ actions have brought much disrepute to the most faithful of fans — Rider Nation — and it was unnecessary. Jones is a highly motivating and successful coach. In two short years, he took the dismal Eskimos from the basement to the Grey Cup. There is no reason why he shouldn’t win more Grey Cups in the future.

Jones, upon his arrival, turned the entire Roughrider team upside down by trading their stars and bringing over many Grey Cup winning players and coaches from his former team the Eskimos.

It appears he wanted instant results and lacked the patience to meld a new team together and produce a winner the old fashioned way through hard work and honesty.

Hopefully for Rider Nation, Jones has learned that in the CFL you earn Grey Cups, you don’t cheat your way to one.

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Dear Editor, Recently I heard a very interesting philosophical thought from a relative of mine. It went this way: If someone wants control of a racial, ethnic or religious group of people, one of the ways is to convince them that they are victims.

I have mulled this over quite a bit and have come to some conclusions about the validity of the comment.

First question I had was, how would you go about such a thing? I reasoned one would have to have an event or some situation that occurred at some point in time that would cause these people to even consider they had been victimized.

Then it came to me how most cultures have suffered persecution or prejudice in the past.

Events like the slaughter of the MacDonald clan in Scotland carried out by the Campbell tribe at the behest of the British Monarchy on Feb. 13, 1692, now referred to as the Glencoe Massacre.

Or what about the terrible persecution of the Protestants who lived in France, characterized by several massacres and various forms of persecuting that were carried out for 100 years ending with the expulsion of 400,000 Huguenots in Oct. 18, 1685.

From that date until they were able to flee Europe and settle in the Americas these people roamed from place to place only to be expelled time and time again.

The Palatines and the Mennonites as well suffered the same fate principally at the hands of the Roman Catholic church.

These persecutions were unknown to me until a few years ago.

Strange that I was not taught about Glencoe, as my mother’s maiden name was MacDonald, or the plight of the Huguenots since my father’s family was among those who suffered in the 1600s and finally sought refuge and

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freedom in the United States.

So what is the secret? Why aren’t the MacDonald’s carrying placards condemning the Campbell’s or why are not the Protestants crying foul day after day about how they suffered some 400 years ago?

The answer is this: One has to be told they are a victim, and they have to hear it over and over and over again.

Leaders have to arise that constantly teach and tell the story of what happened in the past. Eventually, those who are being indoctrinated wake up one morning, look in the mirror, and say, “Yes, I am a victim”. They adjust the chip on their shoulder and begin a new life of anger and self pity.

They pull out the victim card and anytime there is an opportunity to do so until they are radicalized to the point of placing blame on any or all who have any connection with the original persecution no matter how remote that connection may be.

All of their failures or troubles are laid at the feet of those whom they blame and the victimization is complete.

Yes, I think we can agree they certainly are victims, but of whom?

Is it not those who stir up the memories, the injustices, the hurts of the past and who make their very living this way?

Now the goal has been met, they have the group or tribe under their control and they can sway them any way they wish.

Brooding and despair permeates the victim’s very being and any hope of a happy productive life is lost.

My advice to all who are caught in this terrible web is to loosely quote the Apostle Paul who certainly was speaking from experience of being beaten, ship wrecked and cast into prison, “Forgetting those things which are behind . . . I press forward”.

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Crowsnest Pass coals were considered some of the finest steam coal around and to my surprise Beaudoin indicated she thought that Crowsnest Coal was shipped to Hanna and was the preferred coal out at the roundhouse.

In fact when it came to what coal to use for the trains, the engineers always opted for it because mountain coal would burn so much longer than flat land mined coal.

However, most often coal mined locally from mines such as the Sheerness Mine just down the road from Hanna was used and abundantly available.

It is ironic, I find, that the government is moving to shut down Sheerness which will, like it did here in the Pass, have a significant impact on the community of Hanna nearby. Westmoreland Coal operates Sheerness and has contracts to 2026.

This mine has operated for 19 years without a loss time accident (as of 2014). That is nothing short of remarkable. Are we really going to go down this road?

For the Hanna Roundhouse Society there is a long complicated road ahead as the fight to preserve, restore and enhance this truly important piece of Central Alberta railway history carries on.

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Cont’d from Pg 4 When it was built in 1913, the Hanna Roundhouse required a 60,000 gallon water tank that necessitated the construction of a dam on a small meandering creek nearby.

The interior has been modified somewhat as it has served several functions since it was officially closed in 1961, including a livestock auction market.

Most of the drop pits have been filled in and the interior partitioned with a giant concrete firewall that presents a 9,500 square foot area, which they refer to as the Great Hall, which can serve as a marvelous area for large special events.

Every roundhouse had an attached machine shop/ boiler house building and Hanna was no different with a 3,700 square foot building that the Hanna Roundhouse Society envisions as an interpretive center/main entrance area with a coffee bar area and a visiting area for visitors and volunteers, with old photos to take the place of equipment until equipment is located.

Being the curious coal miner that I am, the conversation with Sandra Beaudoin eventually led to the question of coal supply way out there in the prairies.

I recall discovering in 2014 that Hillcrest Coal was shipped as far as Spokane for marketing because of its superior steam

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Zucchini can be enjoyed a thousand different ways: raw, au gratin, baked or steamed, grilled, stuffed and stirred into an omelet or even a cake. The firm, moist flesh of zucchini contains B vitamins, potassium and rutin, an antioxidant in the flavonoid fa­mily.

When shopping, choose slender, smooth and firm zucchinis.

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Composed of 95 per cent water, cucumbers are a refreshing treat during a heat wave. They’re also a real friend to those of us trying to lose a bit of weight.

Cucumber is so re­freshing raw that most people don’t realize it’s equally delicious cooked, especially when grilled on the barbecue. Try cucumber in salads, sandwiches and cold soups.

Eating it unpeeled will help you stock up on several vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.

208 Redan St Veteran - 740 sqft bungalow, very affordable little house with some nice interior updates, 1 bedroom, large bathroom, spacious living room, eat in kitchen, single detached garage, and shed. Listed @ $25,000

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4613 York Ave., Coronation, AB Beautiful 3 bedroom ranch style home, 1 full bath with jetted tub and 1 half bath, family room, open kitchen /dining and spacious living room. 18x24 detached insulated garage, fenced back yard, multiple updates. REDUCED $189,000 Listed @ $185,000

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Well maintained 1175 sq ft., The X eXtra (corner lot), 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with 2 car X attached eXtraCUSTOM WOODWORKING LTD garage, and a detached 16 x 26 garage.

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4610 Norfolk Ave, Coronation 1100 sqft 2+1 bedroom bungalow on a beautifully treed lot, 3 bathrooms all updated, open kitchen and dining room, spacious master bedroom, 5 appliances, fenced backyard, RV parking and single attached garage. Listed @ $129,900

#9 Parklane, Coronation, AB - 1996 mobile home on an owned lot in the newest mobile sub-division in Coronation. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms-master bathroom has a walk in tub, open floor plan with vaulted ceiling, 5 appliances, central A/C and large deck. This property is clean and ready to move into! Listed for $65,000

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Bast is the Egyptian goddess of sunrise and the protector of cats, women and children.

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Find the two identical cats.

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Just like fingerprints, this part of a cat’s body has a pattern of ridges that is unique to that cat.

Wiart of Castor and Jennifer Hoekstra of Botha for the juniors.

Unscramble the word to find the answer.

The number of years ago that we believe cats were first domesticated.

MILLION The approximate number of dollars spent each year in the U.S. for kitty litter.

Guess which number at left goes with each fact. Then use the code to check your guess.

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The number of muscles in each ear of a cat.

The approximate number of kittens born in the U.S. each day.

How many toy mice can you find on this page?

Standards Link: Estimation: Students estimate quantities in real-world situations.

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The cats at Dr. Stalling’s office won’t sit still to be weighed. The owners have to hold them and weigh themselves and their pets at the same time.

Subtract each owner’s weight from the total weight to find out how much each wiggly cat weighs.

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Cat (___) + Mike (180) TOTAL: 195) Standards Link: Algebra: Solve simple open sentences involving operations on whole numbers.

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Look through the newspaper to find articles about animals. How many different kinds of animals are in the news?

Make a graph to show your results.

Standards Link: Data Analysis: Organize and display data in simple bar graphs, pie charts and line graphs.

Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

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Fair Chairman, Fran Cox told the ECA Review that the Castor Fair bench show exhibits was up 140 entries this year over last for a total of 957 entries in categories that ranged from art to writing to gardening.

Cox also said there were 144 people for supper Friday night, Aug. 12 and 143 people attended the free breakfast Saturday morning, Aug. 13.

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Where to find the ultimate in flavour and freshness

Whether it’s fruits, vegetables, cheese, bread or meat, doesn’t it feel good to prepare and savour it when it’s fresh and when you know it comes from a nearby producer? And where can you find produce that’s as fresh as it could possibly be? Directly from the producers or at a farmers market. At the market, you’ll find just-picked produce, fresh and frozen meat, preser­ves, prepared dishes and all kinds of other treats.

Not only can you stock up on all sorts of delicious and nutritious foods at the farmers market, but you can support farmers in your area and help the local economy. And that’s not all; you’re also protecting the environment by doing your grocery shopping close to home. That’s be­cause the food you find at the

sellers’ stalls didn’t have to tra­vel hundreds or even thousands of kilometres be­fore ending up on the table in front of you.

This saves on fuel, but it also saves on packaging; food that co­mes from your region doesn’t have to be overpackaged in order to survive a long trip on the road. In short, public markets are as good for the planet as they are for your taste buds.

Public markets offer a more au­thentic human experience, where people are friendly and the producers themselves can answer all your questions.

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Your Agricultural Services Department is Committed to promoting sustainable agricultural production, by helping you protect your land and enhance your acreage or farmstead.

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Attention Farmers and Small Business Owners!

CRA is changing several tax rules that will impact you businesses effective on Jan/01/2017 Life insurance changes: Will impact Incorporated Farms and Small Business considering Permanent Life policies, for estate equalization or conservation needs. Plus if considering converting an existing term policy to a corporate owned permanent plan.

We suggest a review with an advisor as quickly as possible as to the tax benefits of applying in 2016!

Attention Dairy and Poultry Producers!

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Corn in the husk will keep well for several days in a cool place.

Corn on the cob is a summer must Do you love going to corn roasts? Do you wait every summer for the arrival of those roadside stalls selling bags of freshly picked corn on the cob?

Now, you can rejoice; corn season has finally arrived.

Corn is native to Central America and is a gluten-free grain; in fact, it is often mistakenly considered to be a vegetable. It’s a source of fibre and several vitamins and minerals (phosphorus, in particular), and it’s delicious seasoned with butter and salt.

It can, of course, be boiled in water, but you can also cook corn on the cob in the oven, in the microwave (in plastic wrap) or on the barbecue — with or without the husks.

Whichever method you prefer, just

don’t overcook it, or it will be mushy.

How to choose corn

Choosing good corn doesn’t mean having to peel back the husks one by one. Simply select cobs with bright green husks and make sure their kernels are large and plump by applying a bit of pressure with your fingers. If you don’t plan to eat it straight away, store the corn in a cool place, in the husk.

Corn dries out quickly if you shuck it, but tightly wrapped in its husk, it keeps well for several days.

Although corn is delicious when eaten on the cob, kernels are great to use in a variety of re­cipes — think seafood chowder, vegetable soup, salad, homemade salsa and shepherd’s pie.

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Fog Fever recently reported Alberta Beef Producers Barry Yaremcio, Beef and Forage Specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, has reported the first confirmed case of Acute Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema and Edema (Fog fever, Bovine atypical interstitial pneumonia) in west central Alberta this year.

Three animals have died and others are affected by the disease.

Acute Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema and Edema (ABPEE) is one of the more common causes of acute respiratory distress in cattle, particularly adult beef cattle, and is characterized by sudden onset, minimal coughing, and a course that ends fatally or improves dramatically within a few days.

Dr. Barry Blackley at the Veterinary College at the University of Saskatchewan

Empty container recycling program Agri-News CleanFARMS, municipalities and ag-retailers are working together to recycle all empty pesticide containers, and farmers are reminded to return the right containers to the right place.

“Smaller containers, that are less than 23 litres in size, should be returned to a municipal collection site,” says Kim Timmer, CleanFARMS. “Empty liquid fertilizer containers (less than 23 litres) are also accepted.

“All containers should be triple or pressure rinsed before they are brought in.

“The cap and booklet should be removed and disposed of through the regular waste stream.

“This ensures that the containers can be recycled properly.”

All larger bulk pesticide containers, sometimes known as drums, totes or shuttles, should be returned to an ag-retailer or point of purchase.

These containers must be empty and clean (when possible) with all closures in place.

For more information, go to http://www.cleanfarms. ca/collection_sites.html

also indicated that a number of cases were reported in Saskatchewan this summer.

Fog fever is generally caused in cattle fed lush pastures where rumen source of the amino acid L-tryptophan is converted to 3-methyindole and absorbed into the bloodstream. This amino acid can be very high in lush, rapidly growing pastures.

Treatment of affected animals is limited, and control is best shown by avoiding pastures likely to induce the disease.

Use these pastures for strip grazing cattle under 15 months of age.

Feeding livestock Rumensin prior to grazing them on suspect forage or pastures has been used to prevent the condition.

More information about this can be found in the Merck Veterinary Manual.

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The Redwater decision: a simple summary Agri-News The Alberta court recently issued a decision regarding a trustee’s ability to renounce non-producing oil and gas assets in the event of a bankruptcy.

Redwater Energy went into bankruptcy in 2015. A firm was appointed as the trustee responsible for selling assets and distributing the proceeds to cover Redwater’s debts. In this case, the trustee made a financial decision to renounce the non-producing wells.

“Selling or reclaiming the wells would’ve incurred a cost and reduced the amount

available to pay the outstanding debts. Renouncing the assets means the trustee relinquished itself of the responsibility for abandonment and reclamation,” says Jeana Les, rural engagement and communications specialist with the Farmers’ Advocate Office (FAO).

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) argued that the company could not renounce its legislated responsibilities for abandonment and reclamation. It applied for a court order to have the trustee handle the end-of-life responsibilities for the assets it had renounced.

“The court ruled that the trustee was able to legally renounce the property under the federal legislation,” explains Les. “When there is a conflict between federal and provincial legislation, federal legislation trumps provincial legislation.”

The AER is appealing the court’s decision.

More information is available in the full summary at www. farmersadvocate.gov.ab.ca under Surface Rights, Utilities, and Energy. For more information, contact the FAO through the Ag Info Centre at 310-FARM (3276) or farmers.advocate@gov. ab.ca.

Weed Seedling Guide (2nd Edition) Agri-News Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) has updated its popular Weed Seedling Guide publication.

“Early identification of grass and broad-leaved weeds saves time and money,” says Nicole Kimmel, weed specialist, AF, Edmonton. “The second edition of this convenient, pocket-size booklet helps producers and others correctly identify weed seedlings.

Proper identification allows you to take the appropriate measures to deal with weeds.”

The Weed Seedling Guide (2nd Edition) now includes a number of common winter annual weeds as well as additional weed species. “Overall, the text has been revised and updated,”

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20 A u g u s t 18'16 Coronation/Stettler, Ab.

Cont’d from Pg 7 As I stood in the center of this massive structure I could clearly hear the cheers from graduation classes posing for photos, music echoing out from a huge stage area at some gala event in the grand hall and see curious tourists like myself wandering around static displays and marveling at this special piece of railway history.

Repurposing of buildings is key to many communities survival these days. It protects the original heritage

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of the structure and ensures it will be around for future generations to understand how they came to be.

In June of 2015 the Hanna Roundhouse was designated a Provincial Heritage Resource and that August a reunion gathering of railroad retirees saw 130 former employees from as far away as Port Alberni show up.

That Port Alberni retiree came with his great grand-daughter and Beaudoin said, “He was the last

machinist that worked in the boiler room of the roundhouse, which closed in 1961.”

My last word on repurposing would be to tell you this. The main span of the bridge that the CPR train passes over on the highway just south of Pincher on its way to the Shell’s Waterton sulphur plant is in fact an old turntable from either the Lethbridge or Empress roundhouse.

Now that’s repurposing.

I watched sadly as the very last CPR

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I have also watched the moving of and participated in the wonderful restoration of the CPR station in Fernie years ago.

Industrial heritage preservation is not an easy road but if ever an industrial site deserved to be saved it is the Hanna Roundhouse.

Author’s Note: For more amazing images check out the online edition in my archives.

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