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Lightning on Saturday, June 28, struck a stack of about 90 round hay bales belonging to John MacGougan south of Coronation.

County of Paintearth, Coronation and Castor fire trucks responded to the alarm. Rain amounted to about two inches for some, while others reported small pea size hail.

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Residents lose appeal of dump expansion John MacNeil

Review Reporter Coronation-area residents have lost their appeal of a County of Paintearth development permit that allows BFI Canada to expand its Coronation landfill operation.

In a decision released last week, the three-man county appeal board gave the green light to the project, but imposed conditions and also criticized BFI for its current management of the site.

“We were totally shocked with the condition that BFI was letting things get to, as far as garbage blowing all over the place,” said Castor-area farmer Walter Pickles, who chaired a board that included Lorne Rodvang and Gordon Wakefield.

“We felt that we had two choices.

We either had to turn it down, or we

INDEX Coronation council ................... 2 Stettler county.......................... 3 Clearview school ...................... 7 Obituaries ................................ 8 Agriculture ...................... 12 - 13 Classifieds/Career............ 14 - 15 Hughenden school ................ 17 Sports........................ 16, 18 - 19

had to throw conditions on. If we turn it down, you totally lose the chance to place any conditions or make any recommendations or anything. Everything goes back to Square One. We felt it was a waste of time, if we did it that way.”

Most of the appellants who spoke at a five-hour hearing in Castor on June 16 wanted the proposal thrown out, much like the wayward dump litter they say is tarnishing their properties’ appearance and value. So they were displeased to hear BFI was granted its wish to proceed with development permit No. 1405.

“I’m already pretty disappointed, but I guess not overly surprised,” said Bill Heidecker, the man who launched the appeal and presented the greatest opposition at the hearing.

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- Bill Heidecker

“The biggest crime in all of this is the fact that the county has zero bylaws related to landfills. It’s just tucked in there under agricultural zoning.

“I suspect that may well be the reason that these guys (on the board) didn’t reject it, because if the bylaws are completely silent, there’s nothing

Ellis Bird Farm makes history

for them to point to that says, ‘Oops, you guys violated this,’ or, ‘It doesn’t fit here, so therefore we’ve got to kick it out.’ I’m sure that played into their consideration.”

In upholding the Municipal Planning Commission decision, the appeal board ruled that construction of Cell No. 10 would not commence until five conditions are met.

Among those requirements are that adjacent lands are free of litter to the satisfaction of the county and “after consultation with affected landowners/operators.”

Another stipulation is that all equipment entering adjacent lands to remove litter must be cleaned to stop the spread of field-crop diseases and weeds.

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Coronation council pitches monthly campground rate John MacNeil

Review Reporter Town of Coronation has instituted a $750 monthly rental rate for long-term users of the Coronation Dam Campground.

The town didn’t previously have a fixed rate for campers who stayed for extended periods of one month or longer.

At its June 23 meeting, council voted 4-1 in favour of the $750 cap.

The lone dissenting vote was from Coun. Keith Griffiths, who had proposed a $700 monthly rate.

“You don’t want to go too high and lose them altogether,” Griffiths said.

Coun. Shelley Cook pointed out that $750 is “still a deal,” considering it would cost campers $880 a month based on the current daily rate.

After a motion from Griffiths to go with $700 was defeated, Mayor Mark Stannard moved that the town set a $750 monthly rate.

Coun. Vicky Horkoff had expressed concern that catering to long-term users might be to the detriment of campers who want to use the campground for shorter stays.

“The intention for the campground is for campers, not long-term users,” she said.

Horkoff believes the campground should be a tourist attraction for the town, and also a place for local people to camp on a short-term basis. “… The dam campground is for tourism, not for oilfield workers,” she said.

Griffths countered that the town shouldn’t discount the value of oilfield workers and other visitors booking local accommodations.

“The money is in those guys,” he said.

“Those guys are working and paying for groceries and gas here. The more we can get here, maybe they’ll (decide to stay and) build a house.”

In making the original request for a decision, chief administrative officer Sandra Kulyk had suggested a rate of $700

a month for campers who would normally pay $880.

“The majority of our stays are long stays, but not necessarily monthly,” she said.

“The Bunkhouse RV Park charges a rate of $650 per month for long-term campers. The town would not want to undercut our local private operator, so a rate of $700 per month is recommended for stays of one month or more at the Coronation Dam Campground.”

Deputy Mayor Jackie Brigley cautioned that it wouldn’t be wise to decrease potential revenue generated from the campground.

“It’s always been full,” she said.

The campground includes 12 fully serviced sites, with power, water and sewer, along with 12 sites with power and water.

Horkoff wondered whether it would be advantageous to designate four sites for full-time stays.

“It’s not a big deal,” Stannard said. “Jim (Dafoe, the campground manager) makes room for everybody.”

Cook agreed. “I think he looks after his campers very well,” she said.

Council veers off parade route

If there’s a town float in the Coronation Rodeo parade on Saturday, July 5, it appears council won’t be directly represented.

The five councillors at the June 23 council meeting, along with town administrator Sandra Kulyk, each said they were otherwise occupied July 5 and unable to participate in the parade. Most of them cited family reasons.

The two other councillors, Liz Adams and Brett Alderdice, didn’t attend the June 23 meeting.

“The town truck would be decorated if councillors are interested … or available,” Kulyk said in polling possible parade participation.

“Sounds like we’re all (otherwise) committed,” Coun. Shelley Cook said after each councillor listed other events occupying that day.

Clearview studies ways to regain lost students Clearview School Division could attract new students to tap into more provincial funding, suggested Ken Checkel, chairperson for the division, during a round-table brainstorming session.

“One way to get funding back, other than going and begging to the province for that, is try and get students back,” Checkel said at the board’s regular meeting June 26, with about 15 members from the division’s school councils in attendance.

The session was aimed at setting top priorities to focus on for more research and possible advocacy.

The board and school councils could decide to focus on declining enrolment and decreased provincial funding, said Checkel.

Stettler alone has lost about 10 per cent of its student population in the past five years.

“Just think if we could get those students back,” he said.

Parents today have more educational options than ever for their children, whether it’s virtual school, home school or driving their children to schools in nearby divisions.

Checkel used Coronation School as an example, saying parents from Consort are driving their children to school in 600 Coronation because they think Coronation School is better.

The school in Castor also bounced back after struggling with declining enrolment.

“Castor has recovered quite a bit,” said Checkel. “We haven’t researched why that is — it’s a great school, some younger families with kids have been moving back to that school. Must be housing and jobs (there).”

Leizel Vogel, a member of a Stettler school parent council, voiced concerns over losing staff and asked if there was a way to avoid cuts.

Checkel said if that’s one of the issues the school councils want to focus on with the division, they would need to advocate with the province for program-based funding instead of its current model of student-based funding.

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The town has accepted an invitation from ATCO Electric to host an appreciation barbecue to honour Coronation volunteers.

Councillors suggested the first week of September as an appropriate time to gather with town volunteers, and Sept. 2 was later confirmed.

The event is scheduled to run

Tues., July 22 @ 7 p.m. at the Stettler Ag Society

Concession Rush seating. available Tickets: Adults-$15 The Keister Family Seniors/Students (7-16)-$10 Fiddlers are 6 & under-Free performing Tickets available at the Stettler Ag Society office. 403-742-6288 for more info before the ride.

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Climbing Zone Lots of prizes & giveaways

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July 5, 2014 11:00 am to 5:00 pm

Climbing is free, so come out to the Coronation Pro Rodeo and let’s have some fun !!!

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Kulyk said she would invite the public works department to consider representing the town in the parade.

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POLICE BEAT Glass was broken on the front-door window at the Coronation Community Fitness Centre early on June 28, police reported.

A window was also broken at the centre, and other buildings were vandalized. ECA Review/ Submitted

Graffiti was painted on the back of the former Coronation vet Clinic in the wee hours of June 28, Coronation rCMP reported this week.

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Vandals strike in Coronation, Castor Vandalism marked the beginning of summer in Coronation and Castor.

Coronation RCMP are investigating multiple “acts of mischief” in Coronation early Saturday, June 28.

“Suspect(s) broke several windows in businesses throughout town,” Const. Carl Almusa said in a news release.

“The Coronation Community Fitness Centre had the front-door glass broken, as well as a window. The Coronation library across the street was also victim to the vandalism. Two windows at the library ...

were broken during the incident.

“Ribstone Hardware ... reported that their front window to the business was damaged. Sometime over the weekend, the building that formerly was the Coronation Vet Clinic was vandalized with spray paint.”

The latest incidents come just a couple of weeks after reports of damage to the Castor Train Museum.

Between June 1 and 9, “a number of windows on one of the trains were damaged by unknown suspects,” said Const.

COUNTY OF STETTLER

Water for Life grant stalls water pipeline to Buffalo Lake Lisa Joy

Review Reporter Decreased funding from the province to bring drinkable water to communities has put a kink in the planned water line to the south shores of Buffalo Lake.

“The Water for Life grant may delay development,” Robert Jenkins, a Lacombe consultant for The Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties, told County of Stettler councillors at their June 25 meeting.

The Buffalo Lake South Shore Water System Plan, which would see a regional line extended by 8.75 kilometres at a cost of about $2.3 million, is needed to bring potable water to Rochon Sands, White Sands and developments in the County of Stettler.

Water for Buffalo View Estates was earmarked as an immediate need, because water is being hauled by truck for a distribution system. White Sands residents, who don’t have wells, are hauling water by truck from the Town of Stettler.

“We need an alternative approach to facilitate the development of the line for the 2015–16 time frame,” Jenkins said.

The south shore water plan considered options such as developing an integrated system over time or just extending the regional water line to a point on the south shore of Buffalo Lake that would address the immediate water supply needs.

If the three municipalities aren’t able to access Water for Life funds, Jenkins said The Shirley McClellan Regional Water Services Commission may finance the entire cost of the line and bulk water facilities, with the money being paid back to the commission in annual payments over a 25-year debenture.

Service level options range from low flow system, pressure system with fire flow or pressure system without fire flow.

But White Sands Coun. Lorne Thurston questioned the rationale of fire flow.

“Fire flow sounds great, but are we

going to put a hall there that is going to be manned?”

The presentation was the first kick at the can for the County of Stettler and the summer villages and accepted as information by the County of Stettler.

“Councils will have to have a discussion as to where they feel the next steps will be,” said Tim Fox, chief administrative officer for the county.

“The feeling I got at this point, with the cost, we want to probably wait to see if we can wait and apply through the province and commission to get the line completed,” Fox said. “The three municipalities are not in a position to proceed on their own.”

The Buffalo Lake South Shore Water System Plan presentation was helpful and assists the three municipalities in looking forward, Fox added.

“It gives us some information to look at and information to make decisions in the future.”

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‘Those people are not happy and they’re not going to be happy’ Cont’d from Pg 1 carrying city garbage from Calgary.

“The SDAB (Subdivision and Pickles is confident it’s still worthwhile Development Appeal Board) concludes for the Paintearth region. that significant conditions must be “Well, I think it’s a good business,” he imposed on the operation of the landfill in said. “It’s just that (BFI must) get their act order to mitigate the negative effects of together before they can go ahead. the landfill on neighbouring landowners They’ve got to control the garbage. It’s and operators, in particular,” the board controlled on other landfills. I don’t know said in its report, posted on the county why it can’t be controlled there. website.

“And I “The curthink it’s rent operation going to

by BFI require some Canada of the policing on landfill … is the part of negatively the county. I affecting the believe it’s peace and their enjoyment of responsineighbouring bility.” lands due to Pickles unacceptable believes the levels of noise, first job is to odour, litter, clean the site lights, mud and the adjaCounty of Paintearth’s development appeal board has upheld cent tracking, birds and a Municipal Planning Commission permit allowing bFi Canada properties — flies, and a process that to expand its Coronation landfill operations, but imposed parking on the conditions the company must meet before proceeding. could take adjacent

ECA Review/J. MacNeil weeks or even road.” months.

While the “That’s appeal board empathized with the landquite possible, (but) I have no idea,” he owners who spoke emotionally during the said. “I mean, I’ve seen those pictures (of hearing, the ruling wasn’t satisfactory for debris) and if there’s much of that, it’s those people, Pickles admitted. going to be a big cleanup job.”

“Those people are not happy and One of the conditions in the decision is they’re not going to be happy,” he said. that BFI must contact all landowners/ “It’s going to be a long healing process. I operators before going onto adjacent can’t blame them. It’s been a long time a lands. mess.

During the appeal period, Heidecker “And BFI thought they should get away with less requirements than what we suggest, but I don’t know. They’re going to have to decide what they’re going to do, I guess.”

Development Office The board’s decision is considered final and binding on all parties, and only can Notice of Decision be contested on a question of law or jurisNotice is hereby given of the following decisions in diction in accordance with the Municipal accordance with the Municipal Government Act, RSA Government Act. 2000, Chapter M-26, and Bylaw No. 2009-559 and As for the original appellants, they plan amendments thereto, of the Town of Coronation: to consider their next course of action, Permit #2014-008 - Approved Heidecker said.

“Myself and a couple of other people are Lot 7-9 Barry Lindmark considering whether we need to do someBlock 29 4610 Imperial Avenue thing else; take it to the next level. We’re Plan 8149AH pretty much going to take a bit of time and Proposed Development: Construction of Raised think about it. Unfortunately … we can’t Deck 18’ by 12’ work full-time on doing other people’s The above noted application(s) will be held fourteen jobs, which is kind of what we’ve been (14) days after publication of this notice at which time doing.” these decisions are deemed to be final unless Heidecker believes that the local landotherwise appealed. Any person wishing to appeal a owners still have a case, and they can decision may file an appeal at the Town Office 5015 poke holes in the conditions outlined in Victoria Avenue, Coronation, AB or by mail to Box 219, the decision.

Coronation, AB T0C 1C0 “There’s no reference in there about the hours of operation, there’s no reference in Date of Publication: Thursday, July 3, 2014 those conditions about the gulls, (and) Town of Coronation next to nothing about the mud,” he said.

Development Officer “There’s nothing in those conditions Sandra Kulyk that is in any way enforceable, in my mind. You can give the guys (on the board) credit for making an attempt, but the right thing should have been The Grad class of 2014 would like to thank the following to just kill it and individuals, groups and businesses for their support. make (BFI) go back to Square One. “Plus, I still have to question … how is the development permit even still valid if it was based on drawings that were completely incorrect, because it was incorporating county land.

That alone, I thought, would have been an easy out for the guys to just reject that. The Please accept our apologies if we have whole thing.” missed anyone. We really appreciate all The dump is a big business, with of your support in keeping Our Grads trucks coming to Safe on their Graduation Night.

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denied BFI access to his land, but he appears ready to relent in the name of a cleanup — and business sense.

“I guess I’m kind of in a Catch-22,” he said. “If I don’t let them on, I’m going to have even bigger problems come time to harvest — on the cropland, especially.

“If they don’t get at it soon, and I’ve been in discussions with them over the last few days about making arrangements to get a crew out there, because it’s going to screw up harvest, all that damn garbage.”

In its final condition, the board “encourages” BFI to hold regular community meetings to ensure that all concerns of adjacent landowners/operators are being adequately addressed.

“Well, how can a recommendation be a condition?” Heidecker asked. “And secondly, why should neighbours be forced to spend their free time …. to encourage a

company to do what’s the right thing in the first place.

“It’s pointless. Neighbours have spoken to them different times, for different matters, each individual. I don’t see how getting together is going to get any better of a reaction. It’s doomed from the start, as far as I’m concerned.

“I don’t feel for those guys (sitting on the appeal board), because I truly don’t think they had much to work with, as far as bylaws to back them.”

BFI admitted during the hearing that it must do a better job of containing and cleaning up litter, and communicating with the area residents directly impacted.

Representatives from the international company weren’t immediately available for comment on the Canada Day long weekend.

County of Paintearth No. 18

CHANGE Effective July 1, 2014

All FIRE PERMITS for County of Paintearth residents will be administered out of the County Administration Office.

To obtain a Fire Permit, please contact the County Administration Office to book an appointment. 403-882-3211 Monday – Friday 8:30 – 4:30 Municipal District of Provost No. 52 The M.D. of Provost No. 52 is currently accepting bids on the following:

1987 Regent 16’ X 78’ Mobile Home With 8’ X 10’ Addition

The home in question, currently located at Shorncliffe Lake, will be sold on the following conditions: 1. Payment must be made by the successful proponent within thirty (30) days.

2. The unit must be moved from its present location within six (6) months by the successful proponent.

Tenders of the above unit are to be submitted in a sealed envelope, clearly marked “ Shorncliffe Lake Trailer Tender” addressed to: Tyler Lawrason, Administrator M.D. Administration Office, Box 300; 4504 – 53rd Avenue, Provost, Alberta T0B 3S0 Tenders are to be submitted not later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, July 9th, 2014.

No faxes accepted for tenders. Faxed amendments will be accepted as long as the original tender is not disclosed. The M.D. reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted or any part thereof and the highest bid will not necessarily be accepted.

Please include G.S.T. in the quote.

A decision will be made at the next regular meeting of Council following the tender opening.

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Soon, because later is too late Brenda Schimke

ECA Review Journalist Temporary foreign worker programs are complicated beasts with a history well worth understanding. It’s not just about a host country temporarily needing foreign workers. It’s also a backdoor immigration opportunity. The sacrifice temporary workers make to leave their families is the hope that one day they and their family will have the opportunity to reunite in Canada.

History shows that temporary foreign worker programs always end up going against the original intentions of employers and government — here when we need them, gone when we don’t! Look at any country, whether it’s the U.S. with its unofficial, illegal immigrant program or European nations who have relied heavily on guest worker programs, foreign worker programs always lead to family reunification.

France is a great example. During the 1970s, to sustain economic growth, thousands of Africans (primarily Muslim) were brought in under their guest worker program.

France was not having any of this backdoor immigration stuff and went out of their way to keep these workers mindful that no citizenship would ever be available. For a time even the children born in France to temporary workers were not given French citizenship.

Zip ahead 35 years and those guest workers haven’t gone home. Now millions strong and making up 10 per cent of the population, these marginalized people, poorly educated, unemployed and living in urban ghettos are using violence to show their frustration. In turn, the French feel out-numbered, out-maneuvered and in the minority, which inevitably leads to the rise of far-right wing parties—a common reaction when the majority feels threatened.

These political parties are antiMuslim and anti-immigration and have the same DNA as Adolf Hitler — it’s just the Muslims have replaced the Jews.

The U.S. is another good example.

Many first-wave illegal immigrants were brought in by the rich and powerful to do their menial tasks on the cheap. Again family unification followed. Because the U.S. has stuck to their unilingual agenda and non-recognition of illegal immigrants, the

Mexican millions today are a large and powerful marginalized group of people. Cities can’t afford to ignore them and have tried different methods to move them from the shadows into productive, albeit non-citizen participants. New York City created a municipal identification card program that includes illegal immigrants. Now 500,000 illegal immigrants in New York have the ability to open bank accounts, sign apartment leases and access our services where photo ID is required.

The point being made here is that a foreign worker program is much more than filling current job vacancies. That’s why temporary foreign worker programs are so dangerous to use as an economic tool.

Marginalizing any group of people always leads to troubles down the road.

If Canada truly needs foreign workers, they should be brought over as fully participating permanent residents. They should have the same pay and benefits as anyone else and should be able to switch jobs if treated poorly.

We need to challenge businesses, as Jason Kenney Minister of Employment is currently doing. Do we really have a labour shortage especially when our youth unemployment rate is in the double digits? Does our Employment Insurance Program need to be changed? Should service industry jobs pay more to attract and retain employees? Is it time for consumers to spend more of their disposable income on childcare, senior’s care, Big Macs? Should some businesses fail if they can’t compete without cheap foreign labour? That’s how the marketplace works when not skewed by government programs.

Finally, we need to seriously ask the question. Is it really sensible or wise to develop our oil sands at such a ridiculously fast pace that our workers, our infrastructure, our service industry, our environment and our government programs are stressed to the max?

Would not slower and moderate development benefit everyone and save government and its people from many present and future economic and societal headaches?

Granted, it’s a difficult conversation because we all have competing interests, but for the health and well-being of our Canada and Alberta of the future, it is an important conversation that needs to happen soon, because later is too late!

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‘Always someone ready to jump on Christian politicians’ Dear Editor, In reply to a couple of commentaries in the June 26 edition of the East Central Alberta (ECA) Review, I would like to make the following point.

Brenda Schimke ends her opinion piece regarding Ric McIver by saying “religious beliefs have absolutes that don’t always make good bedfellows with politics.”

I also read Pat Rutledge’s letter titled “The rest of the iceberg is sustainability,” which I thought he did an excellent job of expounding on Herman Schwenk’s previous letter.

VIEWPOINT

Scrap GST and HST on digital downloads The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on the Harper government to end the practice of forcing Canadian providers to charge GST and HST on digitally downloaded movies, TV shows and music.

The recommendation is contained in the CTF’s submission to the federal finance department’s consultation panel, set-up in the February 2014 budget to look into cross-border taxation issues.

A study last year showed that 21 per cent of Canadian households subscribe to Netflix, the popular U.S. online service that allows unlimited viewing of its library of movies and TV shows, for $8.99 a month. Canadians can also download a wide variety of digital entertainment from U.S. services such as Apple’s iTunes, or Amazon.com, without GST or HST. But if Canadians download the same movies, music or TV shows from a Canadian provider, they pay the full GST or HST on the purchase.

“All digital entertainment should be available tax-free to Canadians,” said

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“Our tax system shouldn’t put Canadian companies at a disadvantage.

“What if Canadian Tire had to charge GST or HST but not Wal-Mart or Costco?” said Thomas. “Canadian Tire would go out of business. That’s exactly what’s going to happen to Canada’s phone and cable companies if we don’t fix this. Who is going to buy a movie from a Canadian video-on-demand service if it costs 13 per cent more because of GST and HST?” Thomas dismissed the idea of trying to get offshore digital entertainment providers to collect Canadian tax as “pie-in-the-sky fantasy.”

“Savvy Canadian consumers use every trick in the book to dodge Canadian taxes on entertainment,” said Thomas. “It’s time the government stopped turning Canadians into taxdodgers. There should be a level playing field for Canadian businesses trying to compete with Netflix.”

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Clearview school board seeks partnerships for Stettler fieldhouse, gym Lisa Joy

Review reporter Clearview School Division is pursuing a joint partnership with the Town of Stettler, County of Stettler and East Central Alberta Catholic Schools to build and manage a shared fieldhouse with a gym.

Trustee Dave Goodwin, at the board’s regular meeting June 26, said that it’s critical to get the co-operation of other local governments from the Town of Stettler, County of Stettler and board of East Central Alberta Catholic Schools.

“The biggest factor is getting co-operation of all partners.”

The quest for a partnership for shared facilities is the result of the board meeting with the province to modernize the Stettler Middle School, which the division identified as being its top capital priority.

In 2012, the board, along with the Alberta government, did a Value Analysis on Stettler Middle School. It revealed a need for the division to seek partners.

“Without some form of community partnership, the middle school won’t be modernized or it will be without a gym,” said board chairperson Ken Checkel.

From the value analysis, Clearview staff determined priorities were a new gym, cost efficient/effective design, creation of a learning commons, design space to encourage collaboration among the three schools and upgrade internal finishes.

But the provincial government staff came up with their own priorities, such as cost effective/efficient design, modernize controls, HVAC systems for entire building, flexible adaptable space for technology, design of space to encourage collaboration among the three schools and creation of a learning commons.

“They figured the priority was not a gym and we figured our priority was a gym,” said trustee Cheri Neitz.

In the coming months, the board plans to meet with councils for the Town of Stettler, County of Stettler and board for

East Central Alberta Catholic Schools asking for their support and appointing representatives for a community steering committee.

They will also meet with the local MLA, MP and provincial government staff, as well as seeking a meeting with the education minister. A budget for a consultant will need to be identified. After a consultant is hired, there would be consultations with stakeholders and a plan for the facility drafted.

The timeline for the process is expected to be September 2014 to June 2015. The modernization of the middle school is expected to cost about $13.4 million, with a new or expanded gym costing about $3 million. The board approved a revised capital plan in May for a new or expanded gym.

Costs of the entire process won’t be determined until the range of what work needed is detailed, possibly by the steering committee.

Yard service debate continues Clearview School Division voted unanimously in favour of getting administration to direct mail out a yardservice survey to homes where there are students who have children eligible to ride the bus.

The board is in process of revamping its policy. Currently, it provides yard service for 252 families, of which 132 are eligible and 120 families aren’t. Of the approximate 196 kilometres buses travel for yard service, 82 kilometres a day are for the 120 families that don’t meet the division’s criteria. Yard service costs the division about $42,000 annually and the division doesn’t receive funding for picking students up in their yards. Yard services increases ride time for students by about three to five minutes per yard, adding up to about an extra 756 to 1,260 minutes per route each way.

Yard service standards will be discussed more at the board’s Sept. 25 meeting.

Rural education policy needed Cont’d from Pg 2 “You’re asking the provincial government to change their philosophy on how they fund us,” he said. “The way the province funds us, it is inevitable that when we lose students, we will lose staff. Their philosophy is they want to put money where students are.”

Trustee Cheri Neitz said a rural education policy is needed.

“Several have been written throughout the years, but the government has never implemented it,” she said. “That’s a good thing to advocate for.”

Another new reality is mental health of staff.

“Why should we as a school system be worried about health?” asked Checkel.

“That is Alberta Health Services and not education.”

But he added that staff health costs have increased astronomically.

“Mental illness was the fastest-growing issue or disability,” Checkel said. “Mental illness had the most paid claims over the years. It took over cardiovascular as most expensive category. Depression is ranked as the top disease for cost and claims.”

Trustee Karen Holloway said some things don’t cost a lot and there are things teachers can do to help their own health.

“If you have healthy staff, they can help students,” she said. “Everything is interconnected.”

Holloway added that student health, such as healthy food, exercise and a positive environment, is critical to student success.

“The multitude of studies out there tell you the things that makes the most difference in students is their health.”

Other issues raised included lobbying for small division-by-necessity funding and increased school-of-choice fees.

Additional priorities were early childhood mapping, advocating for full funding for kindergarten and junior kindergarten, student health, as well as competing with other divisions for students.

“We’re going to have to figure out where they’re going, go back to some of these and make a big effort,” said Checkel. “If we do, it’s going to be a significant amount of work and take some time.”

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Marquart ‘couldn’t resist call of the farm’ Edward (Ed) Marquart was born Feb. the other for himself, which are still occu10, 1929, in the Castor Hospital. He was the pied today. He couldn’t resist the call of eldest son of Adolph and Olga Marquart. the farm at harvest time, buying a small He passed away in the early hours of June combine and heading out to help his 21, 2014. brothers. He enjoyed this immensely.

Ed grew up on the farm and attended On Oct. 10, 1981, Ed married Olga Rosetta school. He finished his schooling (Stuber) and instantly became a husband, at age 14 to help on the family father and grandpa. The quiet farm. He later returned to house became filled with Rosetta to play ball, where he laughter and fun. He opened his was an essential part of the heart to his newly acquired team. family, from the youngest to the He enjoyed accompanying his oldest. brother Ray and Bev on their Ed loved boating, water skiing travels. He celebrated his and fishing. After acquiring a birthday once in Hawaii, and motor home, many trips were also travelled to Las Vegas, as made to the northern lakes, well as numerous trips to B.C. where he kept his tradition of Marquart On one of his lone trips to B.C., early to bed and early to rise.

Ed decided to pick berries, disWhen the grandchildren were covering that was harder to do than old enough, grandpa and grandma would anticipated. These berries tasted excepload up the motor home with kids, tents, tionally good after all his hard efforts. etc. His carpentry skills came into effect, While working on the farm, he became building extra boxes and tables for the interested in carpentry, which he did in weeklong stay. There are many fond memhis spare time. ories of building sand castles with In 1964, he established Marquart grandpa’s encouragement and ball games Construction, building numerous homes with grandpa as umpire. in Castor and area, as well as the auction Ed was a member of the Golden Circle market in Coronation. When his parents Club for many years, where he enjoyed retired from farming, he built two homes many activities, including floor curling, side by side in Castor, one for his parents; up until last year. He was a faithful

member of the Lutheran church, where he was baptized, confirmed and married. He was one of the three licensed carpenters that built the present-day Lutheran church. Ed and Dallas spent many pleasurable hours in the shop, working on small projects, growing to larger projects as Dallas grew older and learned the tools of the trade.

Ed and Olga moved to the Paintearth Lodge in 2008. Ed drove uptown daily to get the mail and visit with the neighbours.

He enjoyed country drives to see how farming was going. In the later years, the blue half-ton became a mainstay on main street in front of the post office, where Ed enjoyed after dinner snacks and watching the daily activities of a small town.

Ed was predeceased by his parents Adolph and Olga Marquart. He is survived by his loving wife Olga, sons Garry Nelner, Larry (Lyla) Nelner and Lonny (Cindy) Nelner, and daughter Laurie Little.

He’s also survived by brothers Richard (Erma) Marquart, Raymond (Bev) Marquart; grandchildren Rory (Antra) Stabler, Blaine (Heather) Nelner, Cam (Monica) Nelner, Darren Nelner, Tim (Elizabeth) Nelner, Tracy Nelner, Donna (Marty) Rowland, Heather (Scott) Rowland, Tara Little (Jeremy Turcotte), Dallas Little; eight great grandchildren

and numerous nieces and nephews.

On Thursday, June 26, 2014 Ed Marquart was laid to rest at a private family interment in the Castor Cemetery with Darcy Marquart, Kelly Marquart, Darren Nelner, Rory Stabler, Marty Rowland and Blaine Nelner serving as pallbearers. Following the interment service, funeral services were held at the Castor Community Hall with Pastor Jim Culham officiating.

Loving tributes were presented with a eulogy given by Tim Nelner and family memories shared by Laurie Little, Dallas Little, Tara Little, Heather Rowland and Tracy Nelner.

Gifts of music were presented by Cathy Schaffner as pianist and Rosa Weber as vocalist for a special solo and the congregational hymns.

Following the service, a time of memories and luncheon prepared and served by Ann Michielsen Catering, was shared by family and friends. Donations may be made in Ed’s name to Alberta Cancer Foundation or a charity of your choice c/o Parkview Funeral Chapels, Box 186, Castor, Alberta T0C 0X0, who were entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements. To send or view condolences to Ed’s family, please visit www. parkviewfuneralchapels.com

Laura Therese Allen, known as Therese, passed away suddenly on June 20, 2014, at her residence at the Paintearth Lodge in Castor, AB, at the age of 70.

Therese was born on Aug. 29, 1943, in Castor. She was the third child of five and the second daughter of Alphonse and Marguerite Dion. She grew up on a farm in the Bulwark area until the age of six years, when the family moved into Castor.

Therese attended Theresetta Catholic School and was a part of the girl guides. To maintain her French speaking, she went to Auntie Laura Fetaz’s house every day after school for a year and was only allowed to speak French. Her reward for her hard work was a doll that she always treasured.

On Sept. 2, 1961, Therese married Clarence Allen. To this union, four children were born, Laverne, Teny, Roberta and Lorne. As a stay-at-home mother, she enjoyed watching her children grow. She kept busy watching baseball and hockey, as well as going to many air cadet events.

As well as raising her own children, Therese had a hand in raising several

the Paintearth Lodge, where she lived until her passing.

Therese was predeceased by her partner Ted Gabert, her parents Alphonse and Marguerite Dion, her brother Paul Dion and grandson Peter Smith.

She leaves to mourn her loving children: Laverne Allen, Teny (Darrell) Lang, Roberta (Wayne) Smith, Lorne (Annette) Allen, as well as seven grandchildren: Courtney (Justin) Patterson, Evan McCarvill, Michael Smith, Clinton (Lundie) Allen, Brandon Allen, Jordan Stonehouse and Jaxon Allen.

Also mourning her loss are two brothers, Maurice (Bernie) Dion and Lucien (Gloria) Dion, and one sister, Jeanette (Allan) Marshall, as well as many nieces, nephews and a host of friends.

A celebration of Therese’s life and a luncheon was held at the Lighthouse Church in Castor, on Saturday, June 28, from noon to 4 p.m. Therese was laid to rest with her

parents at Notre Dame deSavoie Cemetery in Halkirk, AB. Memorial donations may be made to Paintearth Lodge or to Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital Foundation. Condolences may be viewed and sent to the family at parkviewfuneralchapels.com Parkview Funeral Chapels and Crematorium (403-882-3141) was entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements.

Allen ‘a woman of many talents’ children in Castor. Her house was full of children that she babysat, often from a young age until they no longer needed to be babysat. Her house was a meeting place for friends to have coffee and for all family gatherings.

In 1971, she met what would be her life partner, Ted Gabert.

Together they spent many hours camping at Big Knife Park and later became residents at Willow Grove Campground at Bashaw.

She was a woman of many talents. She was an avid sewer, loved to crochet, knit and in her spare time could be found driving truck Allen for the corral cleaners.

Her family meant everything to her. She could often be found with her grandchildren, feeding the ducks or at an ice cream stand. She spent hours at the swimming pool ensuring that her grandchildren passed their swimming lessons.

In the winter, her time was spent at many hockey arenas in the stands, cheering on Clinton and Brandon.

After losing her partner, she moved to

Brost ‘lived the cowboy way’ Harvey Hilbert Brost, son of William (Bill) and Magdalena (Lena) Brost, passed away on June 25, 2014, at the age of 83 years.

Harvey was born March 20, 1931, on Section 30-22-26W3, which is at Leader, Sask. He was the oldest of three, with sister Shirley and brother Raymond.

He grew up in Leader and times were tough during the 30s. A story told Brost from his youth recalls how he thought he should be working, and when his teacher disagreed with him, he punched him out, was expelled and went working at the end of Grade 8. He would have been around 14. He worked for farmers and ranchers around the area and was quite a hand with horses, which he loved; he even rodeoed a bit.

Harvey met a local girl, Ruth Ebel, and on Nov. 5, 1950, tied the knot. During the following years,

they were blessed with eight children — Garry, Dwayne, Linda, Arlene, Jason, Norine, Tracey and Kevin.

They had a strong bond and survived some tough times together. They came through their house burning down, tough financial times, and their son Dwayne being killed in a car accident. They lived and loved together until 1984, when Ruth got cancer and passed away.

Harvey continued on and had many special friends to spend time with in the next chapter of life. He had many health issues, but he was a tough cookie and carried on bravely until the last few years when his health sharply declined.

He leaves to mourn his passing — Garry (Barb), Linda (Darcy Lockhart), Arlene, Jason (Sandy), Norine (Byron Wall), Tracey Muhlbach, and Kevin (Tracy); also 12 grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren, his sister Shirley and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends.

Harvey was predeceased by his wife Ruth (1984), his son Dwayne (1971), father Bill (1985), mother Lena (2004), granddaughters Breanna Muhlbach (2000) and Danielle Lockhart (2002), brother Raymond (1949), and brother-inlaw George Mastel (2012).

All his life, Harvey loved and lived the cowboy way. He loved his family and his animals and worked hard. As his journey ended, we hope he has found the peace of the open range and is at rest finally.

A celebration of Harvey’s life will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at 2 p.m. in the Heartland Chapel of Stettler Funeral Home.

Those who wish may remember Harvey with a gift to Paragon Place in Stettler or a charity of their choice, c/o Stettler Funeral Home and Crematorium, Box 1780, Stettler, AB, T0C 2L0, 403-742-3422, who have been entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements. To send or view condolences to Harvey’s family, visit stettlerfuneralhome.com.

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Ellis Bird Farm makes history Lisa Joy

Review Reporter Ellis Bird Farm and York University’s Dr. Kevin Fraser made science history in June after they deployed 20 geolocators on Mountain Bluebirds in the Lousana area.

“The purpose of the Mountain Bluebird project is to track them between their breeding grounds in central Alberta and their overwintering areas in the southern U.S. and Northern Mexico,” said Myrna Pearman, site service manager at Ellis Bird Farm.

Pearman said that in spite of conservation efforts, Mountain Dr. Fraser Bluebird populations have shown significant declines regionally.

“The bluebird population has declined by 75 per cent in the Ellis Bird Farm Management Area (a 100-square-mile area surrounding the farm) since a population high was recorded in the early 1990s,” she said. “There are pockets of high bluebird populations, including around Lousana, which is why this area was chosen for the 2014 deployment.”

Pearman said a number of factors

have contributed to the decline, including a devastating spring storm in 2008. But more data needs to be collected, such as post-fledging movements, migratory routes and overwintering routes.

“Ideally, this information will lead to a better understanding of the threats and perhaps assist with mitigation measures,” said Pearman.

Ellis Bird Farm teamed up with Dr. Fraser two years ago to track 22 Purple Martins with geolocators to help understand migration patterns. In 2013, an additional 29 geolocators were deployed from Ellis.

The geolocators have shown that a male Purple Martin, named Marco Polo, has returned to Ellis two years in a row.

The first Purple Martin to return was identified May 15, 2013, a female. The data from her geolocator was sent to Dr. Fraser, which revealed the incredible journey of the first northern nesting martin to be tracked.

Pearman said the bird, which they named Amelia, travelled more than 21,000 kilometres on her round-trip journey between Brazil

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“What is most remarkable is her return to the farm,” said

Pearman. “She left Brazil on April 24 and rocketed back to Ellis Bird Farm in only 21 days, averaging 600 kilometres per day.”

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farm in the 60s and 70s. Their numbers decreased gradually and then a spring storm in 1982 killed the remaining Purple Martins. But they started to return to the farm in 1999 after new birdhouses were erected through the Purple Martin Conservancy Association.

Flowers bloom for east-central resident Pat Reiter

Review correspondent Longtime east-central Alberta gardener Nelda Lyczewski attended the annual Alberta Horticultural Association Conference hosted by the Grande Prairie Garden Club on June 20 and 21.

She’s the vice-president of the provincial association, which was founded in 1951 and is an umbrella organization with horticultural club, agricultural society, individual and commercial members across Alberta.

The two-day conference included tours to Beaverlodge Research Farm, a city tour of Grande Prairie and talented speakers, with topics ranging from using edible and medicinal wildflowers, trends in city landscaping, heritage seeds and roses in Alberta.

As a teenager, Lyczewski had an older friend who raised gladiolas and helped develop Lyczewski’s growing efforts.

Farming and gardening with her husband Fred on his dad’s original homestead, they raised their family while Nelda worked in home-care for 28 years. After retiring, she pursued her gardening interests, just recently downsizing her gladiola collection to 50 from 500 varieties.

Lyczewski still grows 150 lily varieties.

At the annual Alberta Horticultural Association convention in June, vicepresident nelda lyczewski enjoyed tours, speakers and silent-auction items.

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Sustainability means many things to many different people and organizations, says Cameron Bruett. To a social non-government organization (NGO), it’s about labour rights. To an environmental activist group, it’s about the carbon footprint of livestock. To the producer at the base of the food chain, it’s an often confusing and threatening term meaning more pressures, scrutiny and risks to economic viability.

But what is true sustainability, really? Is it something producers and their industries should be afraid of? How can the issue be managed to be more about opportunities and less about challenges?

A wealth of insight was provided by Bruett at the 2014 Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA) Future Fare event. As the Chief Sustainability Officer for JBS USA and president of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, he brought an authoritative and often frank, noholds barred take on the fast-shifting landscape around this issue. Here’s a small sampling:

Six things to know

1. Glass half full.

Sustainability is a term increasingly used in the marketplace with consumers, advocacy groups and activists. Many in animal agriculture have seen it as a threat – driving higher expectations that threaten economic viability. But the rise of sustainability as model for the future should not be feared, says Bruett. “Actually, it’s a brilliant opportunity. Including for Alberta, for Canada and for producers.”

2. Real sustainability includes economics. The key is having the right definition, he says. True sustainability deals with three pillars – economic, environmental and social – in a model of balance and continual improvement. “It is the balance of three pillars where the true sweet spot of sustainability lies,” says Bruett.

Critics of modern agriculture tend to leave out the economic

part, which is a big mistake, he says. “Sustainability needs to be economically viable or we are not going to make progress. It needs to work for everyone in the supply chain or it won’t work. We need to be cautious in the way we adopt sustainability into our supply chain, to make sure that we’re not increasing costs without a commensurate return on investment for those asked to make changes.

We also need to make sure we’re not incurring unnecessary costs onto the system.”

3. Niche systems will not do the job. Niche systems such as organic, grass-fed and natural beef are often promoted incorrectly as higher sustainability models, he says. “Sustainability in its simplest terms is producing more with less.

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“We hear if beef is going to be sustainable, it can only be grass fed. Some people may dislike concentrated animal feeding operations, but the reality is with these systems you actually reduce your GHGs and your carbon footprint by having those animals be more efficient and productive.

“Not to say that grass-fed can’t be sustainable. Not to say that we don’t need grass-fed systems to help meet the challenges of tomorrow. But we have to be careful when we’re defining sustainability and equating it with niche systems.”

4. Success requires scale and innovation. The big challenge is how to feed a rising global population, with almost 10 billion, increasingly affluent with an appetite for animal products, expected by 2050, says Bruett. “It’s pretty simple demand is growing, the world is not. We need modern systems, technology and innovation to meet the challenge.”

The backlash against technology in animal agriculture is perhaps most perplexing, he says.

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Agri-News Designing or developing a feeding management program requires a 365- day focus and includes pasture and winterfeeding management.

“Getting the cow ready for winter is the first step,” says Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist, Alberta Ag-Info Centre, Stettler. “Nutritional requirements of a cow or calf change over time.

“The cow in mid-pregnancy requires less protein and energy compared to a cow after calving.”

If cows are thin or thinner than what is wanted, wean the calves 20 to 45 days earlier than normal. The digestive system of a calf is fully functional at 150 days of age.

Feed the calf good quality hay and grain/ protein supplement mix to maintain calf growth rates.

“A weaned cow has a 25 per cent lower nutrient requirement compared to a lactating cow,” says Yaremcio. “Leave the weaned cow on good pasture to put on weight and improve body condition prior to the onset of colder temperatures. One body condition score change is roughly 200 pounds of weight. A cow that is in body condition score 3 going into winter (compared to body condition score 2) requires 1,400 pounds less hay to meet energy requirements. At four cents a pound, that’s a $56 reduction in winter feed cost.”

Improved body condition also improves

reproductive efficiency. “Cows in good body condition cycle sooner after calving and have a higher first service conception rate compared to thin cows,” says Yaremcio.

“The goal is to have 70 to 75 per cent of the calves born in the first cycle or 21 days of the calving season. A calf born 21 days earlier than another animal and maintains a

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cycle later in the calving  Afternoon session will be north for successful grazing. season. If a 650 lb. weaned calf for successful grazing. is worth $2 per pound, the in the Neutral Hills of Consort cash value of the calf born ear$40 per person (includes lunch) lier in the season is $84 higher than the younger lighter calf.”

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by Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, North In my own upbringing, I can distinctly Dakota State University Extension Service remember the day Dad decided to go get As the Dickinson Research Extension the lost baby pig. Dad allowed the sows to Center winds up May calving, the year nest in the pasture. For some reason, one has been good. piglet was misplaced, so Dad decided he May calving involves pastures, grass should go get it. Those who know sows and space. Because feed is not delivered in realize that they take motherhood very a bunk, the cow decides where she wants seriously. Once Dad grabbed that lone pig, to be in the pasture and sets in motion a one squeal later, the race was on and a series of thoughts that anchor that desigdozen or so sows had Dad in their sights. nated space.

He made it to the fence, but those sows As the cow lolls around this self-defined were serious because they were mothers, area, she eats as she wishes and gets a and mothers always mean business. drink once in a while Back to the but always comes ranch, the center back to the same has struggled to spot. figure out how to Cows are on high alert Eventually she work and manage calves and plants the cattle during this after calving, so this calf. Planting seems planting phase. to be something our planting behaviour impacts Yes, the calves agronomy friends eventually come speak of, but planting and then start how and when groups of for the cow is very moving with the cattle can be moved or at serious and certainly herd, but to move should be respected. the herd prior to least easily moved.

If in doubt, think that is not easy. twice before walking The cow knows through the calving where she wants to pasture. Following calving, the cow will be, and so does the calf. Despite the huge expand her territory to keep eating, but odds, these calves will make every she knows where her calf is. As you walk attempt to return to where momma said the pasture, watch the cows. You can tell they should stay. The cows will move but immediately if you inadvertently cross the always will want to go back to where they line between the cow and her calf. In fact, planted the calf. that can be a very dangerous thing to do.

Switch pastures and, the next day, the In the cow’s eye, you become a predator. calves are back to the calving pasture and If she is very protective, she may try to the cows are calling them with that disremove you. The point is that cows are on tinctive bellow. It is confusing to the cows high alert after calving, so this planting and calves and frustrating for those behaviour impacts how and when groups working the cattle. of cattle can be moved or at least easily With that in mind, things need to moved. change. A better plan is needed for next In our human ways, we assume we can year when the cows are moved to native do anything, so we simply do it. Perhaps grass the first part of June. To accomplish when confining livestock, we may forget that goal, the center needs to do what is that it could overpower some natural encouraged of every operation: Stop and instincts. These are the instincts meant reflect. How better could the cows and for survival. Although the survival calves be moved? What would be less chalinstincts were not needed while the cattle lenging? How, during these busy times, were confined, they are still there and can the center improve the ranch process become fully functional when needed. and flow?

Reflecting on nature, this process is Cattle work tends to be historically very evident. How often does one actually driven. If it worked last year, it will work see newborn deer, antelope or kittens? this year. In fact, change often is omitted Rabbits can run all over the place, but you to keep the old ways. At least for now, the won’t find the nest easily. The same is true center has changed, so cattle management about ducks, pheasants, grouse or the needs to change with it. many upland game birds.

The point today is that, as many proIt also is difficult to find the nest of the ducers know, we need to learn to better pesky hen that keeps getting out of the understand a cow’s complete package, chicken coop. One knows she has a nest, which includes motherhood. From that but where? perspective, sit back and review the operaOur domestic livestock are no different. tion to see how, with limited labor, one can If given the opportunity, sows build elabo- be in sync with those often hidden but real rate nests for farrowing, and catching a behavioural traits of the cow. mare foaling is a rare opportunity. These Moving forward, a better approach is a mothers are responding to their deeply producer working with cows rather than a embedded instincts to protect their young producer versus cows. at all costs.

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Darryl Dunlop informed the group gathered at the Spondin Community Centre on Monday, June 30, of the seven steps to safety with electricity, as well as demonstrated several things that can cause harm. Dunlop and three other AtCo employees, provided a hamburger barbecue before the presentation.

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Garstad back home for rodeo hall of fame induction John MacNeil

school with, and I know them and they support the rodeo business.

“If they can use that (plaque) presentation as part of their program, that helps them.”

Garstad is the parade marshal for the Coronation downtown rodeo parade, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and commemorates “a century of oil in Alberta.”

Garstad and his wife, Linda, plan to attend Saturday’s 1 p.m. rodeo performance. Their sons, Ned from Saskatoon and Nate from Lethbridge, are also

expected.

Family ties run deep in Garstad’s family. His eight siblings include twin Even a humble rodeo senior allows himbrother Mark, who also participated in self a little praise when he earns induction rodeo, and late brother Gid, a legendary into the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame Fame. member who was 49 when he died of leuDave Garstad, a retired Big Valley bullkemia in 1995. rider who turned 71 on June 30, reaches Dave Garstad’s rodeo era lasted about 20 another milestone this weekend when he years. He was a drilling foreman in the oil joins the hallowed hall July 5 during his business for 40 years. hometown Coronation pro rodeo.

“I lost an eye in November of 1980 at our “I’m kind of glad for it, because it’s national finals in Canada,” Garstad said. something that commemorates you, you “Our kids (now 37 and 39) were 3 and 5 (at might say,” said Garstad, the the time), so you’ve got to Canadian champion in Canada’s make some money. It took centennial year, 1967, and a fivefour to six months to adjust to time national runner-up. being monocular, but then I “It’s sure not something I would went back into the oil turn down.” business.

At the same time, Garstad “If you had a bad summer joked about getting the call to the or a bad fall, I wouldn’t hall in 2014, more than three borrow money to rodeo, I’d decades after his retirement from borrow money to get home. I rodeo competition in 1980. can remember, I hadn’t won “I guess, if I wanted to be cynmuch at the winter rodeos, ical, I’d say, ‘Well, it finally and at Phoenix, the damn bull happened,’ ” he said. “But if you ran off. So I borrowed $100 to take a look at the other people get home, and the next three that are going into the hall this weeks, I won about $15,000. So year, many of them are older.” you pay it all back, because The induction class of 2014 you’re going again. includes contestants Darrell “But if I had to work (outCholach, Lee Laskosky and Viola side of rodeo), the oil business Thomas, builder Neil McKinnon never asked for a resume. and bareback horse Chester Skoal They just wanted a strong Bandit. back and no back talk.”

Each receives hall honours at As is the case today, able select Alberta rodeos this year, men filled the roughstock with Garstad returning to his card back in Garstad’s day.

Coronation roots for the induc“Riding-event people, their tion ceremony during the so-called sphere in the rodeo Saturday performance on the business was around 10 to 20 final day of the two-day rodeo. years, when I rodeoed,” he Ed Rye was sold on Camrose Chrysler “Well, I grew up about 15 miles said. long before he began working as a sales northeast of Coronation and I “But today, if somebody representative for the company.

In 2003 he bought a car from Mike went to school in Veteran,” he stays around four or five Rodin, who is now the dealer principal. said. “You can go where there’s years, he’s exceptional. Like It was a 300M and the best car he’s ever owned. “Never a beat,”rides says Ed.a bull at the omak (wash.) Stampede Coronation-born Davemissed Garstad maybe more publicity and all that the boy Scott Schiffner from “and still going strong.”

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“I remember a stock contractor in Saskatchewan said, ‘When are you going to grow up and go home and get a job?’ I said, ‘When you quit paying me.’

“We never complained about our schedule. It was there and if you wanted to participate, you got there.”

Garstad, who was also active in bareback riding, found a lifelong rodeo companion in wife Linda, whose father — Jiggs Boice of Lacombe — rode broncs in the 1930s and 40s.

Dave and Linda Garstad still share a mutual love of rodeo. Just last week, they attended multiple performances at the Ponoka Stampede.

Garstad, however, can understand why his sons didn’t necessarily develop the same affection for rodeo life.

“When our kids came along and stuff, there’s things you’re responsible for, so we kept going (on the rodeo circuit),” he said.

“But one thing it did, the kids did not want to rodeo. They got hauled all over the country. When they were little, they slept on the back seat and on the floor (of the vehicle). You haul a kid, travelling that much, they don’t care for that. And I don’t blame them.”

Garstad believes the vibrant high school circuit in existence today in Canada and the U.S. gives youth a positive exposure to rodeo at an earlier age.

“When I started (to rodeo) in 1963, they were first initiating high school rodeo in the U.S. ,” he said. “And it really helped. It brings those guys along. You might say they start having an attitude to win, sooner.”

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Also, Jennifer Heather is moving to Allan Johnson School in Hardisty next year.

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Purdie on trail to national high school rodeo John MacNeil

Review Reporter Trey Purdie was in his element at the Delburne indoor rodeo.

Less than a week after qualifying for the National High School Rodeo Association Finals, set for this month in Wyoming, the 16-year-old Purdie was a busy boy back home in Delburne.

“Yeah, I was sheep ridin’ here back when I was little,” he said. “It’s been a few years here.

“I’ve played hockey here since I was in Dynamite. I’ve been going to school here for a few years. And I’ve rodeoed here.”

It was fitting, then, that Purdie appeared in multiple events at the Delburne rodeo.

“A lot of action going on,” he said. “A lot of stuff happening. It keeps you busy.”

Purdie teamed up with Kelly Strandquist to win the team-roping event June 20.

Earlier on opening night, he ran into tough luck in the steer-wrestling competition.

“I kind of got off a jump early and my steer was a little wide and my horse was doing what he was supposed to do, leaving me,” said Purdie, shaking his head after his no-go. “Everything got too wide and missed ’em. It happens. It’s the way it is.”

He went on to post a solid team-roping victory, competing against older competitors in the open event.

“Yeah, this is more competitive, more money up, more chances to win big,” said Purdie, who just finished his Grade 10 year in Delburne.

Purdie, whose family lives 20 minutes west of Delburne, has mostly participated on the high school circuit this spring. And it’s been well worth it for the District 2 cowboy, qualifying for the coveted U.S./

Canada nationals, which run July 13 to 19 at Rock Springs, Wy. “I had an all-right weekend,” Purdie said of the Alberta High School Rodeo Association championships in mid-June at Ponoka. “I team-roped, calf-roped and steer-wrestled and made it to nationals in steer-wrestling.

“I was going in (to the finals) first and I ended up third.”

With the top four competitors in each event qualifying for the nationals, Alberta is sending a 32-member team to Wyoming.

Among the qualifiers are bull-riders Shane Peters of Delburne and Tyrell Ward of Three Hills, Big Valley natives Allie Hiemstra (goat-tying) and Hope Skocdopole (poles) and Halkirk’s versatile Madelyn Schauer, the Alberta rookie of the year.

Also bound for the nationals is one of Purdie’s good friends, Brayden Lelek, a Duchess cowboy with east-central Alberta roots.

“He’s riding my horse down there,” Purdie said of Lelek. “I’m taking Ken Leman’s horse, Smoke Em. He’s had a lot of money won on him.”

On the way home from Wyoming, Purdie plans to stop in Nanton, the small Alberta town that hosts the Canadian high school and junior high finals from July 24 to 26. He’ll also compete in steerwrestling at that event.

Although his address in rodeo programs is often listed as Red Deer, Purdie’s family lives 20 minutes west of Delburne.

“I used to go to school in Red Deer, but it works better in Delburne now,” said Purdie, who has been a Delburne student since his Grade 7 year.

“I quit hockey back four years ago so I could rodeo more.”

He twice went to the junior high national finals in Gallup, New Mexico

— in grades 7 and 8 — in tie-down roping, team roping and chutedogging.

His rodeo education continues into the summer as he readies for his first trip to the national finals at the high school level.

“I’ve got to prepare for nationals,” said Purdie, who turns 17 in September. “I’ve got to get ready. You’ve got to practise to get mentally focused and physically focused.

“I go to guys in Ponoka and guys out east (for training).

“Go to practise with the pro guys so I

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can learn new things and get better.”

Purdie’s learning began on the home front.

“My dad (Trevor) used to steer-wrestle pro, and my mom (Roberta), when she married dad, she got more into (rodeo).”

His 18-year-old brother Lane, who just graduated from high school in Delburne, also competes in team roping on the Foothills Cowboys Association circuit.

Their sister, Jessica, 21, attends Olds College. “She hasn’t rodeoed in a few years,” Trey said.

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