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Clive council wants more information before granting Clive Seniors Circle’s request for more funding.

At the Feb. 9 meeting council unanimously agreed they wanted a representative from the seniors group to come to council to discuss the issue.

Last November the group asked council to increase its annual funding from $500 to $1,200 to help pay costs for its meeting room rental at the Ag Society Complex.

Seniors Circle president Allan Street told council, in a Nov. 17 letter, that they need more money because the Ag Society is increasing its yearly room rental.

Council discussed the issue last fall and asked administration for more information before making a decision.

Carla Kenney, chief administrative officer (CAO)for the village, told council Feb. 9 that she looked at what surrounding municipalities did.

Tees senior group, which has about 25 members, rents space from the Tees Ag Society for $250 a year, make an annual donation of $500 to the Tees Ag Society for the rodeo, charge $5 per person for annual dues and $1 per person weekly, and hold a 50/50 draw to raise money.

Mirror Jolly Seniors has 40 members and leases the Mirror Friendly Inn from Lacombe County for $1 a year but are

responsible for all operating costs and upgrades to the facility. They also receive $3,000 a year from Lacombe County, charge $10 per person annually and have a collection jar for coffee and pool players.

The Alix and District Drop In Centre has 36 members and they own and operate their own facility, which was donated to the group by a past member for $1. For funding the group charges $5 per person annually, and $1 for pool or golf games and $1 for coffee and cookies.

They also hold two pancake breakfasts per month, hold a casino and got a Horizon Senior’s Grant to fund their centre project.

The Village of Clive, besides giving the seniors group $500 a year, also pays for its insurance, which costs $1,200 a year.

Coun. Luci Henry pointed out that the village has doubled its contribution to the Ag Society and now they want to “penalize seniors” with the rent increase, adding “that’s not fair.”

She said the additional $700 this year would have to come out of the money allocated for Community Group Support and sets a precedent.

Mayor Gillard said that the Ag Society wants more money from the Clive seniors and the village is not negotiators between the two groups. She added it may help to have a representative from the seniors centre talk to council at their next meeting.

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Beth Causley

Review Reporter Suicide amongst our young people has been in the news a lot as of late. Being a young person is hard and for many are filled with dark days.

Robb Nash is someone who is trying to help young people deal with those issues.

He is becoming nationally known for sharing his incredible story with students across Canada, inspiring them to live lives of purpose.

Nash came to our students to tell them that everyone has dark days. The singer, musician and speaker gave free concerts in Coronation and Consort on Feb. 12, with various schools from the areas attended his concerts.

Nash not only talks about mental health and the struggles that people often go through but also plays guitar and sings songs talking about the issues surrounding mental illness.

“It was hard to hold back tears during some of his songs,” said Damyen Rocque a grade 10 student at Coronation School, “they are pretty moving.”

At 17 years-old Nash was in a serious car accident and was pronounced dead at the scene. By the time the ambulance had arrived to take his body to the hospital, Robb’s pulse had miraculously returned but he was left in a coma.

When he woke from the coma it was tough, he had a lot of dark thoughts and despite significant physical and emotional scars, Nash was left with a new outlook on life. He wondered if there were others who had gone through something big and were feeling the same way.

With song and personal stories Nash deals with issues affecting students including bullying, drug and alcohol addiction, depression and suicide. He positively influences them to stay hopeful and to recognize their strengths. Overall his message is about hope when you need it most.

January for Bell’s Let’s Talk campaign, which he was a spokesperson for, he said that he was told by police that people usually write their suicide notes two to three months before they actually commit the act.

To date he has received over 270 notes.

That’s 270 kids lives he’s saved, not counting the others who never gave him their notes but have been steered away from that path by his words and music.

“When kids write those notes what they are really saying is ‘I feel insignificant’.

Being significant is important, it means we are impacting people around us,” he said in an interview after the Coronation school performance.

When asked what the one thing he hopes kids take away from the show he said, “That’s tough, everyone takes something different away from it.” He went on to say, “We all are going to have tough days but we have the strength to get through them.”

Nash is originally from a small town in Manitoba where there were no resources for people with mental health issues.

“It’s important to me to reach out to smaller communities. I said a long time ago that I didn’t want to play in only the big cities.”

Shelby Dabbs eagerly awaits her turn to talk personally with performer, robb nash and maybe snap a selfie with the growing star like brittany bowthorpe did. nash stayed after his concert was done to talk with the students at the Coronation school on Feb. 12.

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Nash has been so effective in his performances that he has had people handing him suicide notes after the concert and many young people have said that he has saved their lives.

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HANNA COUNCIL

Hanna museum moves into 21st century Beth Causley

Review Reporter With the purchase of two computers, the building of a website and a Facebook page which tracks in over 10 countries and some posts reaching over 2000 people Sheila Taylor, President of the Hanna Historical Society told council at their meeting on Feb. 10 “We are now in the 21st century,” Taylor went on to say that they are trying to digitize the Hanna Herald and are starting to organize and digitize their collection of artifacts so that they will be accessible to all people.

Volunteers are especially important to the Museum who in the past year really helped with just about everything.

“This museum belongs to the Town of Hanna,” Taylor said. “There are lots of ways for people to help and we will have people do work that they want to do. If you want to volunteer one day and sit on the porch and greet people, cut the grass or work on a tractor, we’d love the help.”

The annual meeting is in April and it’s a great place to learn about the Museum and jobs that need to be done.

Hanna Primary School

CEO Kim Neill discussed two letters that were sent to the Minister of Infrastructure, one was from the Roadhouse Society and one was from the Historical Society.

One of the letters was asking for the building to be turned over to a historical organization and the second one asking that more time be given before the demolition of the building for potential interested parties

to contact Prairieland School Division (PSD). Neill reiterated that if someone is still interested in the building then they should come forward to council and express that.

His comment to the two organizations who are asking for the school situation to be looked at differently is “to be careful what you wish for. It would be very easy for the province to say ‘sure we don’t have to spend this money on this [demolition of] building, we’ll give it to someone’.” It is Prairielands School Division’s building, he reminded council and the final decision is up to them.

“I do have some concern with the building being turned over to our local groups,” said Neill. The Historical Society has a lot to do with the museum to keep it moving forward and the Roadhouse has significant challenges and significant resources are required. I would hate for the School to be given to a group who right now doesn’t have the resources or the ability to deal with it.

Ultimately we know that if a group has challenges with a project than they are quite often looking at our door for financial support. He went onto say that history is important and everyone wants to keep historical resources around but that they have a lot on the go right now.

Neille cautioned council that if they do decide to get involved it is important that they see a business plan on how the interested party plans to incorporate the school into their plans and how they plan to deal with it financially.

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CASTOR COUNCIL

Being positive Beth Causley

Review Reporter It took a year for the Federal government to get back to them but they finally got a response.

A year ago Castor town council wrote letters to MLAs, MPs and others that they thought might listen in regards to Canada Post’s news of cutbacks. Castor town council wanted their voice heard to tell the government just how important post offices are to rural communities.

The letter they received back was from the Federal Minister of Transportation and was discussed at the meeting on Feb. 9.

It highlights that people are not using mail much anymore due to technology. In the letter they explain their Five-Point Action Plan to return Canada Post to financial self-sustainability by 2019.

“We just wanted to be proactive and have a voice, not just for our town but for all rural communities,” said Chief Administration Officer (CAO) Sandi Jackson in a follow-up telephone interview.

Tree Program update

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illustrations of an American Elm and a Linden tree that will be placed on the boulevards this year.

Two boulevards will be replanted, up to 40 stumps removed and another two blocks of trees removed this year as per Castor Town’s tree program.

The trees will cost $145 per tree and there will be 15 trees planted.

The stumps from the trees that had been cut last year will be removed at a cost of approximately $4500.

Division) has been very upfront with me saying they don’t want to leave the community with a bad legacy. They don’t want to give the school to an organization that in three years down the road the organization doesn’t have the ability to deal with building or more, if the [organization] decide not to pay taxes and let it go and then our hands get mixed up in it.”

If these organizations can come up with a solid plan to operate it, maintain it and do something with it, council would be supportive of that and would do what they could to support.

Mayor Warwick said that Prairieland had done an engineering study on the school and that they would be willing to

Medical properties

CEO Neill reported that they had received the Hanna Medical Properties budget and requisition and it is up $23,000 from last year’s requisition.

As the council talks about spring budget adjustments they will have to incorporate that in.

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Council releases funds

Council unanimously agreed to release $2,000 in funds to the Clive Resource Centre. The money comes out of village funds.

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Carla Kenney, in her chief administrative (CAO) report to council, said they received complaints of icy sidewalks and asked for assistance from

Jimmy Rankin was the fourth performance included in the Coronation Royal Performing Arts fall/winter series. Rankin performed at the Coronation Community Centre on Friday, Feb. 13.

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council that the original budget was much higher than that.”It makes you shudder,” she said. They had cut a lot of things out but the amount was still high.

Councillor Watts said that perhaps it’s time that our doctors pay a little more for their rent but there is a big fear that doctors might leave.

She also said that there is a lot of discussion around that in the community and that it is an ongoing concern.

Council releases funds Cont’d from Pg 1 Council tabled voting on the request until after a representative from the seniors group comes to council.

county bylaw. The officer reported that he didn’t see any properties in Clive that needed enforcement and sidewalks were in satisfactory winter condition.

Kenney said the new Case grader has arrived and is working smoothly. But since it doesn’t have a gate residents will have windrows in their driveways and there will be a delay before public works comes with the skid steer to clear the driveways.

“Patience is requested,” said Kenney.

Public works is looking into options for a gate attachment.

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The Foreman, Gas Supervisor, and Jackson met with representatives from the County of Paintearth to discuss the responsibility in maintenance in regards to the water line that runs to the County shop.

It was agreed that the Town would be responsible for the 4” and the 2” lines and the County would maintain the service lines to the buildings.

The County offered to assist in repairing the hydrant in the shop yard and to help whenever possible with a water leak or repair.

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Public hearing set for Rochon Sands bylaws Debra Johnston

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Stettler County council has set Mar. 11 for a public hearing regarding bylaws dealing with properties along the Buffalo Lake waterfront at their regular Feb. 11 meeting..

Council is grappling with private properties in the Rochon Sands area that have encroached on municipal reserve land along the Buffalo Lake shoreline by building docks, sheds and other structures on land.

The bylaw authorizes the county to take portions of the municipal reserve that runs in front of private properties and sell it to the affected landowners then redesignate the remaining reserve as environmental rather than municipal.

Residents of the properties believe the change will be detrimental to their properties, according to two property owners who attended the council meeting.

Part of their concern was whether the new designation would limit their ability to maintain the shorefront in front of their properties.

Director of Engineering, Rick Green presented council with a number of proposals regarding the construction of a new county facility on recently purchased land.

Some preliminary geotechnical work

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renovations to double the capacity of the plant according to Coun. Dave Grover.

The issue of access to the plant is still ongoing, according to Grover.

Access to the plant changed when the

needs to be completed on the land prior to selecting a building site explained Green.

Two companies, Parkland Geotechnical and AMEC Foster Wheeler made proposals to the county to complete the work.

Council accepted the $12,100 proposal submitted by Parkland.

Green also recommended to council that a request for proposals be advertised to receive submissions for construction of the new building.

From the initial submissions, a short list of contractors will then submit detailed plans.

A divided council discussed at length the time line for the submissions and public input.

Council agreed there needs to be extensive public input on the new building, but could not agree on whether that input should come before or after a design is chosen.

Green advised that council really needed something to be able to show to the public as far as draft plans. He suggested a decision date of May or June would be the most feasible.

Coun. Dave Grover proposed town hall meetings in all wards to allow for public input and requested that administration prepare a schedule to bring back to council.

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Busy spring schedule for Kneehill County councillors Debra Johnstone

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In an effort to get more ratepayer feedback at their Feb. 10 meeting Kneehill County council plans to present drafts of both the Strategic Plan and Road Plan at a public hearing scheduled for April 23.

Council will discuss the road plan following the Mar. 10 meeting in order to solidify a plan to present to the public.

Kneehill ratepayers will have a new

option for meeting with the reeve.

Council approved a recommendation for a trial run of one on one meetings with the reeve set for Mar. 23 and Mar. 30 from 9-11:00 AM. Ratepayers or a small group under three may request a face to face 30 minute meeting with Reeve Bob Long. They also have the option to request their councillor attend. The initiative is part of the county’s communication strategy.

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DELBURNE TOWN COUNCIL

MLA makes rounds Debra Johnstone

Review Reporter

Delburne Village council had a visit from MLA Kerry Towle at their Feb. 10 meeting as part of her rounds visiting the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake constituency.

Last November Towle left the Wildrose Party to cross the floor and join the Progressive Conservatives.

“It wasn’t an easy decision and I didn’t want to leave,” stated Towle.

However, she felt that she could do more for her constituency as part of government rather than in opposition.

“Regardless of political leanings, you are our MLA,” stated Mayor Ray Reckseidler.

Council had several questions for Towle regarding municipal level funding and whether cuts could be expected.

While reduced spending and some cuts will be necessary, Towle assured council that the $29 million infrastructure budget would not be cut.

Projects will continue as planned but will be funded by borrowing.

Towle explained the province has a 10 year capital plan to borrow over five years, and repay that over the following five years.

She also stated that Premier Prentice is not looking at a sales tax, nor will there be a review of the oil royalty structure, as

happened under Ed Stelmach The 2007 royalty review saw an exodus of the oil and gas industry from the province that Towle acknowledges still hasn’t completely returned.

Thinking outside the box to find ways to allow seniors to stay in their homes and still receive care is a top priority for Towle.

“We need to get out of that mentality that home care is only medical need,” explained Towle, saying that soft care support, including help with meals or cleaning, is necessary for senior home care.

Towle believes there is a strong emphasis on moving away from building more seniors lodges, to finding ways to allow seniors to remain in their homes.

Home care is less expensive than lodges and allows seniors to remain in their communities.

“If we continue to make our seniors leave their homes, those communities die,” said Towle.

Towle is hopeful that Alberta can move out of the traditional way of providing health services through Alberta Health Services. She believes that by opening up the system to other employers, health professionals will have greater options to provide services through a variety of avenues.

Linden will host Discovery Nights on Mar. 3, 5 and 10 respectively. Councillors agreed that while attendance at the event was an opportunity to meet with ratepayers, prior attendance did not seem to generate much engagement.

Council agreed they should continue to attend but possibly share a table with the county peace officers.

The Town of Trochu is on its own to demolish an old school that sits on the site of the proposed Seniors Centre.

Trochu made a request to Kneehill

County for assistance of equipment and personnel to tear down the building to make the site ‘shovel ready’, a preferred condition for the grant the town has applied for to build the centre.

Council indicated that it has already committed to accepting the demolition waste to the county landfill at no cost.

“Historically, our intent was not to compete with local business,” stated Reeve Long, suggesting that local companies were better equipped to handle the demolition.

RCMP

Breaking and entering Coronation RCMP arrested and charged a suspect responsible for breaking into a motel in Coronation on the night of Jan. 26, 2015.

The suspect stole a variety of confectionary items from inside the motel.

27 year-old Marc Elliot Schmidt of Coronation has been charged with one count of breaking and entering, one count of theft under $5000 and three counts of breaching probation. Schmidt will be appearing in Coronation Provincial Court on April 10, 2015.

Arrest

Coronation RCMP have arrested a suspect responsible for a break-in to a grocery store in Castor on Jan. 14, 2015.

After a thorough investigation, police have arrested a 17 year-old female who is believed to have broken into the grocery store and stole an undisclosed amount of cigarettes and cash.

The youth will be appearing in Coronation Provincial Court on April 10, 2015. The youth cannot be identified in accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Fatal collision

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attended to a two vehicle collision involving a passenger car and a semi truck and trailer, on Highway 14 approximately three kms east of Kinsella, AB on Feb. 13 at 9 a.m.

A 2003 Toyota Corolla was travelling westbound and the semi was eastbound.

The Toyota Corolla appears to have lost control and crossed into the eastbound lane colliding with the semi truck.

A 31 year old female from Wainwright AB, was the lone occupant of the Corolla and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The 40 year old semi driver from Edmonton, was not injured in the collision.

The family of the deceased have been notified but have requested that the name of the deceased not be released at this time.

Highway 14 was closed and traffic was diverted while the RCMP Collision Analyst was on the scene and assisting with the investigation.

The RCMP is also asking for the public’s assistance in locating a second semi truck with a grain trailer, that may have information about the collision.

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The person suffering from depression worries that no one will understand, that they will be called crazy, or lazy. They feel they are the only ones who have ever felt this way.

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Regulations critical for all industries Brenda Schimke

increased transport of dangerous goods, tank cars that puncture easily and insufficient adherence to safety measures by railway company senior With BSE back in the news, it’s a good time to make the case for regula- management.

American railway tycoon, Hunter tions and enforcement again. Today the beef industry is not facing another Harrison, can and does turn magnificent profits wherever he goes. Hired multi-billion dollar debacle and it’s because governments passed rigorous in 2003 by CN at their new CEO, Harrison turned the company into a regulations, tracking and testing requirements and inspections post the money-making machine and shareholders and executives benefited 2003 BSE crisis. Sure cattle prices greatly. But his modus operandi is may take a little dip with the latest always the same, turn quick and masreporting of one BSE-infected cow in Alberta, but the consequences will be sive profits by axing jobs. He takes out very little. Now that the international middle managers, but especially likes slashing jobs relating to safety, mainmarket place can place trust in our regulation protocol they will be much tenance, operations and environmental compliance. less inclined to slam their borders Today, Harrison is in charge of CP closed to our beef. and since his arrival massive firings have occurred, profits are soaring and derailments are stacking up.

We are not being had Canadians have been systematiby union workers, we’re cally indoctrinated to believe that multi-national corporations do not being had by our own need regulations or enforcement governments who are in because if big corporate is doing well, we’re all doing well. Poppycock! The bed with the likes of beef industry should be our example Hunter Harrison. of the importance of regulations.

Who do you think Harrison is taking care of, himself or you the grain grower? A review by the This takes us to the current situaCanadian Centre for Policy tion with CP Rail. CP is in the news Alternative found the top-earning because 3,000 of its workers went out on strike seeking safer working condi- executive in Canada was none other than the head of the Canadian Pacific tions. They were immediately threatened by the federal government Railway, Hunter Harrison, who was paid $49.1 million in salary, stock with back-to-work legislation. options and bonuses in 2012. That Of course, it doesn’t hurt the means at 8:00 a.m. on January 1, Harper government to use this as a union bashing moment. They need all Harrison has earned the equivalent of an average Canadian worker’s annual the deflection they can get after salary, or if you earn $100,000 he has railway companies virtually ignored grain growers this season in favour of surpassed your annual salary by 6 the much more profitable oil transpor- p.m. on January 1.

Stop believing the big lie sold to us tation contracts. by multi-national corporations, govToday in Canada we seem to have ernments (both Liberal and constant train derailments often Conservative) and the Fraser involving highly toxic chemicals. We Institute. We are not being had by can have one engineer, without sufficient rest, manning a train of 300 plus union workers, we’re being had by our own governments who are in bed with cars running right next to homes the likes of Hunter Harrison. through thousands of communities Self-regulation and/or no regulaacross the country. We can blow up an tions serve only the Hunter Harrison’s entire town in Quebec and kill 47 of the world. Remember back in 2003, people yet our government still the majority of financial assistance defends the right for the railway provided by Alberta government to industry to self-regulate. beef producers went straight into the The Transportation Safety Board pockets of multi-national packing (TSB) of Canada says it remains concerned about the federal government’s plant corporations and their executive team bonuses. lack of legislative oversight for rail Regulations and enforcement are safety. Both the TSB and the Auditor critical for all industries working in a General have found significant flaws democracy because they protect and in the safety management plans of serve the true economic engines of railway companies. They are conour economy--hard working cerned about deteriorating rail Canadians and their families. infrastructure, poor maintenance,

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by Herman Schwenk At the risk of sounding like a stuck record this is going to be another column concerning the status of our PC Provincial Government.

A comment on the news Saturday evening Jan. 31 caught my attention. Premier Jim Prentice made a comment to a journalist that Alberta had a seven billion dollar revenue shortfall. Now doesn’t that sound a lot more benign than to say that they have a seven billion dollar deficit?

These politicians are getting clever with the way they use descriptive words.

The best example of this is Premier Kathleen Winne of Ontario. She does not talk about increasing taxes to cover up the 12 billion dollar hole in her provincial deficit. She talks about developing revenue tools! That makes it sound so much better than to admit that they are going to increase taxes.

Of course you never hear liberals talk about bringing about a decrease in program spending to solve the deficit problem. Dalton McGinty and Kathleen Winne created a Schwenk financial disaster for Ontario with their Green Energy Act. By subsidizing wind energy they have almost doubled the cost of electricity. A major input cost for manufacturing is electricity. This has caused much of Ontario’s manufacturing to shut down or leave the province. That in turn has caused a substantial decrease in government revenue.

An increase in taxes [revenue tools] invariably results in a decrease in revenue because it is a dis-incentive for business development. Progressives can never get that through their head.

Premier Prentice claims to be a conservative, however he has been throwing a number of trial balloons around lately about increasing taxes of one kind or another. When it comes to the idea of decreasing program spending not so much. He has toyed with the idea of wage freezes and wage rollbacks but decreasing the size of the bloated bureaucracy, especially in health care, no damn way.

Progressives just do not believe in decreasing the size of government.

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A real conservative tries to decrease the size of government. Jim Prentice and his tax increase rhetoric have shown that he is not a real conservative. Danielle Smith would have you believe otherwise.

Doug Horner, the previous provincial treasurer split the financial statement into two parts to make it appear like there really isn’t a deficit. He just talked about the operating budget in terms of government revenue and expenses.

The other part of the financial statement is the capital or the infrastructure budget. He claimed that borrowing for capital projects is not really deficit financing.

In Alberta that is where the real deficit or revenue shortfall is. Alberta has the highest government expenditure per person in Canada on government programs at $11,000 per person. Their expenditures have been increasing by more than 10 per cent a year. For example health care costs have increased from nine billion dollars per year to 17 billion dollars per year in the last seven or eight years.

It kind of looks like the Premier is thinking of having an election this spring before the financial situation gets worse. I also think he is afraid of dealing with a strong opposition.

He raided the Wildrose caucus just before Christmas by convincing the leader and over 2/3rd’s of the caucus to join the PC’s.

Now he is toying with the idea of having a snap election while the Wildrose and Liberal parties are in the process of selecting new leaders.

This would be blatant opportunism and demonstrates a total disregard for democracy. He seems to think that if he has an election now with what he perceives as the opposition in total disarray, he can get an easy election win.

I am not sure that the voters in this province are that stupid, the strategy does have the potential to backfire. This party has been in power for too long, it is obvious that they take the electorate for granted. To get back on the right track we do need a change in government.

Anyhow if Prentice would cut program spending by 10 per cent he wouldn’t have a revenue shortfall.

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Producers shouldn’t be alarmed by premium cost

Agri-News Calf Price Insurance is now being offered for 2015 and producers shouldn’t be alarmed by the premium cost.

“Cattle Price Insurance for the 2015 calf crop may initially appear to be more expensive than last year, but it is actually a better value,” says Bruce Viney, risk management specialist, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“Producers who are considering price insurance may be somewhat surprised by what appears to be very high premiums for the top coverage levels. However, these new higher premiums for the top coverage levels are simply a reflection of the increased price risk faced by producers in this new higher-price and uncertain marketplace.”

In this new environment, many longtime producers can feel or sense an increased level of risk, says Viney. “This risk perception is in fact quite true and can be calculated mathematically from

actual price data. The resulting risk measurement is referred to as ‘volatility.’ For the mathematically inclined, volatility is calculated as ‘the standard deviation of the percent change in the price around its mean.’ The key point here is that the volatility is based on sound logic, and is not just a number that someone pulls out of the air.”

The changes in premium levels from last year may initially appear to be biased to the high side but they are actually calculated by a proven mathematical formula called the Black-Scholes option pricing model. “In this calculation, premiums can change very rapidly or exponentially which implies that a doubling of the volatility or risk will result in a greater than doubling of the premiums as a percent of coverage. For example, the top coverage offered on February 3, 2015, was $2.50 per cwt which cost about $48.12 for one 600 lb. calf. Given that the insured value of the calf is $1,500, the premiums are about 3.2%

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Agri-News Improving the feed efficiency of a beef cattle herd can mean big savings for producers. One way to achieve this goal is to select breeding bulls that are naturally feed-efficient, since 80 to 90 per cent of the genetic improvement in a herd comes through the sires.

“With this being bull buying season, I think producers should give a little extra look at the residual feed intake (RFI) number,” says Susan Markus, beef research scientist, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Stettler.

“Producers need to know it’s an economically important trait that can be measured, as well as how to tell if a bull producer is offering RFI tested animals.”

When reviewing a bull sale catalogue, look at the expected progeny differences (EPD) for each bull, says Markus. “EPD’s are our best tool to get an estimate on the potential genetic performance of a bull, especially for hard to measure traits like feed efficiency and carcass traits. Don’t forget to compare the bull’s numbers with his breed average numbers because the breed average will change every year.

Although you always need to look at all the traits of a bull you are considering buying, if you see the letters RFI under the EPD’s, that’s a measure of the animal’s residual feed intake or feed efficiency, with a negative number being preferred over positive numbers.”

Having a bull with a negative RFI can really make a huge difference over a long period of time.

“If you have a bull brought into your herd with this negative RFI value, and keep replacement heifers off him, you can improve the feed efficiency of his

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There can be up to a ten cent per day feed cost difference between a feed efficient and non-feed efficient animal. And calves who are the offspring of the feed efficient cows will show improved feed to gain ratios in a feedlot as well.”

Increasingly, breed associations want to measure cattle for feed efficiency and develop RFI EPD’s or indexes that include feed efficiency. “They want to know which pedigrees are more feed-efficient so they can make sure they are balanced with other traits to get the best genetics.”

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of the coverage.”

A lower coverage level of $2.32 per cwt was also offered on February 3rd at a cost of $2.96 per cwt. or 1.3% of coverage value.

This lower coverage level worked out to $17.76 for the 600 calf and gave $1392 per head in coverage. “It essentially cost an extra $30 per head to buy an extra $108 per head in coverage when moving up to the top level,” says Viney. “Is this worth it to your operation? For some it may be worth it and for others it may not.”

He says it is also interesting that one year ago on February 4, 2014, the top coverage offered to producers was $1.88 per cwt and cost $3.04per cwt or $18.24 per head. “This provided $1,128 per head in coverage for a 600 pound calf. This year, that same $18 buys you an extra $264 per

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head in coverage. So comparing absolute price levels, a dollar spent on insurance this year gives better protective value than last year.”

With the new higher price levels, Viney says producers are encouraged to evaluate all of the coverage levels being offered and determine the best level for their own risk tolerance. “Regular monitoring of CPIP coverage is also a good strategy since daily changes in exchange rates, futures markets and feed prices all contribute to calf price risk, volatility and ultimately to the insurance being offered.”

For further information on calf price insurance, Alberta producers can contact their local AFSC offices or call the help desk toll free at 1-877-899-AFSC (2372).

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Munson project wins $50,000 from UFA Submitted Munson has won the second $50,000 from UFA’s Get ‘n’ Give contest to support community projects across Alberta.

Munson’s winning application is for a new community hall to replace the rapidly deteriorating original one built in 1919.

The $50,000 helps Munson reach their fundraising target and allows them to break ground in the spring of 2015. The community centre will continue to provide a place for all residents of the growing town and surrounding area to come together.

“The Munson and Area Community Association showed a big community effort and the hall will have a large impact on their community,” said Byron Peters.

“It will help them to start work on their project and put the shovels in the ground.”

Becky Kowalchuk got the call and was very excited to get the news.

“I am just thrilled beyond imagination.

The opportunity UFA has given us is just amazing. UFA has realized what this kind of money means to the community—it is exactly what our project needed.”

The Get ‘n’ Give contest invites rural communities to profile local projects that will make a major impact in their area.

Community groups send in innovative pitches, including locally made videos that convey the heart of their projects.

Winning community projects are chosen by the previous winner in the pay-it-forward contest. During the second edition of the Get ‘n’ Give initiative, five winning projects will get an equal share of the $250,000 that will be invested in communities.

Cornie Teichroeb,

UFA Director, attended the event in La Crete and summed up what the prize meant to the community, “$50,000 is huge for a community like this, not only the dollar value but also how it brings up everyone’s spirits and really connects people. They’re finally being rewarded for all those countless volunteer hours.”

The $50,000 will be presented to Munson at a community event in late-January. At this event, Munson will also announce the third winner of $50,000.

The second edition of Get ‘n’ Give began in September and runs until April 2015.

The next round of entries closes Jan. 11 and the finalists will be announced Jan. 23.

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By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, North Dakota State University Extension Service Alfalfa is an excellent choice to feed as a supplement to beef cows that are later in their pregnancy. Seldom do we think of hay as being a supplement, but the right high-quality forage, such as alfalfa, certainly can be fed as a supplement to the lower-quality forages generally available for the main ration of a beef cow.

The benefit of a balanced ration through appropriate supplementation certainly is positive to the management of beef cows. Of course, the previous year’s forage production is today’s feed menu.

We feed what we produced during the last growing season.

A good indication of last year’s forage success is the number of trucks seen hauling hay. In all honesty, I have not seen very many loads of hay on the highways I have been traveling, so apparently last year’s forage production was adequate to meet the needs of the herd. There are still parts of the country that are very dry, but we all know the wet/dry cycle never ends.

When one sees a load of hay traveling down the highway, one cannot help but ponder its destination. If the load is good hay, one even considers the wish that the load was going to one’s own ranch, particularly if the load is a second or third cutting of alfalfa. Although often times a dessert for older beef cows, alfalfa certainly is a treasured forage for those that raise the four legged critters.

The dairy business often is surrounded by alfalfa production opportunities.

However, I certainly have not forgotten my sheep background and the value alfalfa has for ewes. Starting early in my graduate career, the late Dr. Whiteman fed sheep for years with very few problems.

“It was the alfalfa” he always would say.

Having a rather strong sheep background and having taught many producers how to raise sheep, I adopted the same principle. If in doubt, give the ewe a cake of alfalfa. That cake, in terms of a herd, would be a pound per head prior to lambing. The old saying that a sick sheep is a dead sheep never held true when the ration was right and that cake of alfalfa was available.

You might be asking why in the world beef producers would need to know something about feeding sheep. Well, grandpa always said that the sheep get the hay first, cows second and horses third. In fact, the truth be had, we generally couldn’t find the horses. They were camped somewhere enjoying winter because they had ample roughage, so the pickings were good.

Now back to the cattle pens. Cows need to be fed and Dr. Whiteman’s sheep philosophies do have a point. In a roundabout way, the wellbeing of ruminates (cows, sheep and the many other four- stomached, four-legged and four-hoofed animals) comes down to having a mix of roughages available.

During the summer months, abundant green grass usually is available and some of that green grass is preserved for use during the winter months. The key to

having good nutrition is the word “green.”

As cattle are confined and the availability of forage becomes either physically restrictive or cost prohibitive, the green tends to disappear out of the ration.

More and more feed is delivered but it is brown, which is the color of mature, older forage. The feed also could be gold, which is the color of straw and many other grain supplements.

All rations need to be balanced, so it is important that the correct supplements are added under the advice of a good nutritionist. Adding some alfalfa hay to a low-quality feed base will make supplementing the ration easier.

The price often seems high but one is not going to do an all-you-can-eat buffet of alfalfa. For a ewe, a pound of alfalfa a day helps and the same is true for a cow. Five to seven pounds of alfalfa would be a great starting point for any nutritionist to start calculating a ration. Unfortunately, the alfalfa is not always available. However, the feed dealer may have some alfalfabased supplements or cubes that would help.

The point is simple: The world is better off with a mix of things and so are the cows. Having some variety helps to cover

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evidence of well-preserved green plants, look for a supplement. The next time you see a load of alfalfa going down the road by truck, don’t be so quick to dismiss the hay as dairy feed. You also might want to think twice and have some delivered to your place.

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By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, North Dakota State University Extension Service Although the feel of spring actually is not in the air, the ending of winter is starting to be noticed. The air occasionally has some warmth, and those springlike snows are popping up here and there.

What really is important is that the anticipation of spring brings the anticipation of new life. Along with new life comes that feeling of renewed energy and the desire to restart and keep everything going for another year. Life is good. It may not be easy, but it is good.

At this time of year, the cows are calving or very pregnant, so the feeling of contentment is very prevalent within the cow herd. If one never has experienced the pleasure of walking among a herd of very pregnant cows, ewes or other ruminants, there is a palpable feeling of contentment, a pleasurable waiting moment.

This is where that sixth sense of true animal husbandry is at its best. One knows the cows and the cows know you.

Some would argue that a cow is pregnant or not, so simply open the gate to the proper pen. However, there are very obvious levels of pregnancy, at least from a male perspective.

Early on, at least to the naked male eye, it is difficult to visually determine which cow is pregnant. In fact, even those who excel at palpation must admit that occasionally a pregnant cow slips by. For those who depend on more visual methods, such as ultrasound, a very spry calf could be hiding out in the vast outreaches of an extended uterus to try to avoid detection.

As time moves on and the cows approach their due date, the third trimester starts to have a very large impact on the cow. Depending on several factors, most cows handle pregnancy well. Access to the proper feed, good water and a reasonable space that has wind protection will keep a cow content.

Then there are those more difficult moments when a cow is not content because something is wrong. In a recent conversation with the ranch manager at the Dickinson Research Extension Center, he noted that two cows had slipped their calves.

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Re-evaluate your nutrition plans Cont’d from Pg 10 At first, not much notice is made, but as one gets closer, the lump of material soon takes on the image of a premature calf that is frozen to the ground with no mother in sight. The cow simply left, leaving behind a hairless, alien-looking thing that one knows was a developing calf.

However, life goes on and the area is cleaned up to the extent possible.

Unfortunately, the cow will show up open in the spring and be sold. However, for now, she will slip back into the herd to be hidden by all the other increasingly pregnant cows that are chewing their morning cud contently.

Some would say the cow should be sorted off and separated, while some never have tried to find a cow that has walked away from a calf and dissolved into the mass called a cow herd. The identification of a recently calved cow is nearly impossible.

Of course, if the cow was sick, running a fever and off feed, she may stand out, but for the most part, the occasional aborted or even early calves simply are dropped and left. Perhaps the cow looked back but there is no guarantee.

In reality, there really isn’t much we can do because cows sometimes abort.

However, keeping the abortion rate low is critical.

For those producers who use the North Dakota State University Extension Service’s CHAPS management program, the precalving death loss (abortions) is at 0.68 percent. The number is kept low by having excellent prebreeding vaccination programs, good health protocols within the herd, and quickly removing and cleaning up aborted calves and membranes.

However, cows still abort. The causes generally are environmental or the calf was deformed for some unknown reason.

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the herd veterinarian is critical for monitoring potential causes and herd follow-up care.

Prevention also includes handling the cows carefully by moving them only when needed, vaccinating for scours with care, not rushing anything and really trying to stay on top of ice or other environmental issues, such as hills and steep slopes that may cause a cow to slip. The prognosis for a cow down on the ice is dismal at best, and putting cows in hip slings is challenging.

Again, last but not least is nutrition.

Now is a good time to re-evaluate your nutritional plans with your nutritionist.

The calf competes directly for space in the cow, so feed quality is important.

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Agri-News “As of February 10, 2015, the moisture situation across most of the agricultural areas of province is generally promising, with the below normal snow packs found south of the TransCanada Highway being offset by above normal soil moisture levels,” says Ralph Wright, manager, agro-meteorological applications and modelling section, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Edmonton.

“North of the TransCanada Highway snow packs are generally near normal overlying soil moisture reserves that are below normal. One notable exception remains in the extreme northern Peace County, where soil moisture reserves and snow packs are below normal for this time of year. This follows several years of below normal precipitation. Hopefully, with the coming of spring, this area will experience a long awaited turnaround and see at least near normal precipitation patterns.” The full report is available at www1.agric.gov.ab.ca

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(NC) Across the country, average home prices showed modest to healthy yearover-year gains in most markets in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to the Royal LePage House Price Survey and Market Survey Forecast released Jan. 14, 2015.

“For our 2015 forecast, we could not ignore the potential impact of the steep decline in the price of oil on housing markets across Canada,” says Soper, president and chief executive of Royal LePage. “In the immediate term we anticipate that the natural slowing of home price appreciation we called for in the third quarter of 2014 will be delayed in Central Canada and accelerated in the West by recent developments in the energy sector.”

For the first half of 2015, Royal LePage expects a confluence of factors and the lower cost of oil to support continued positive price momentum in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), which should experience the highest major market price increases. Ontario’s strengthened export economy buttressed by a flourishing U.S. economy and lower Canadian dollar, plus the improved labour market trends as well as the unsatisfied demand from countless homebuyers who lost out in 2014 GTA bidding wars, are expected to carry the all-important 2015 spring market.

Meanwhile in Atlantic Canada, buyers should continue to have the upper hand, with home prices across the region forecast to rise below the general rate of inflation.

“In contrast to many parts of Central Canada, we expect increased opportunity for homebuyers in Western Canada, but that opening is unlikely to last. Over the longer term, we foresee a return to regional home price appreciation that is above both the historical average and national trends in general, when energy markets recover,” adds Soper. “In the interim, slowed growth in the price of homes will be a welcome sign for many

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• Determine the total amount you wish to claim. In any one year, you may claim: - Donations made by December 31 of the applicable tax year.

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• Keep your official donation receipts, supporting documents, and proof of payment for five years in case the CRA asks to see them.

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by Leon Benoit, MP Vegreville-Wainwright There is an increasing amount of blatantly false information being spread by Opposition Members of Parliament about our Government’s record for our Veterans. The reality is that our Government has invested unprecedented amounts into benefits and services, while addressing the modern day needs of our Veterans as they change and evolve.

Our Government has spent almost $30 billion towards delivering Veterans benefits, programs and supports. That’s an increase of $5 billion since we took office in 2006. We’ve also trained staff in almost

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by Rick Strankman MLA,

Drumheller Stettler Last week I sat through a meeting of the Member Services’ Committee at the Alberta Legislature. I am the sole member of the Official Opposition on this committee. Mostly it’s made up of government MLAs. The Member Services’ Committee decides how much MLAs are going to get paid and what kind of perks, benefits, and feather pillows they are eligible to receive.

For example, a couple of years ago when oil was $100 a barrel and the provincial deficit was much less than it is now, the committee decided that Cabinet Ministers should have a 30 per cent pay hike, and that MLAs should get an 8 per cent across-the-board increase. (These hikes, which came on top of an already generous salary, were not tied to government performance, nor to a balanced budget.)

At last week’s meeting, I watched the MLAs on this committee delicately propose a 5 per cent pay reduction.

Judging by the faces in the room, you’d have thought we were talking about cutting off our own toes.

Personally, I preferred not to dance around the issue, so I suggested that in light of Alberta’s massive structural deficit, a mere 5 per cent rollback would be of little real substance. Instead, I proposed that the entire 8 per cent pay hike that had been given to Cabinet Ministers and MLAs be rolled back.

Jason Hale, the brand new PC MLA from Strathmore was there. He didn’t say a word. His boss, government whip George Vanderberg, looked like he was going to choke. As reported in the press, Vanderberg immediately accused me of “politicizing” the MLA pay issue, saying that I was engaging in “bottom of the barrel politics.”

Actually, George got it backwards. By calling for a rollback to earlier unjustified MLA pay hikes I wasn’t engaging in “bottom of the barrel politics.” I was engaging in “top of the pyramid” politics.

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Some years ago, former Premier Ralph Klein was confronted with a deficit mon-

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In response, he talked about “thinking differently.” It is said that he especially drove that message into the heads of government MLAs. Then, to give credibility to the spending cuts that he knew he would be asking others to take, Klein stepped out of a PC caucus meeting one day to address the media. He said: “I’m cancelling the MLA pensions from here forward. All of them. Nobody’s getting [anything]. Full stop.”

The fact is that leaders don’t gain respect because they say the right words or engage in favour-seeking charades.

They gain respect by leading from the front—by setting examples that are genuine and meaningful, rather than superficial and shallow.

For years, oil prices were at or near historic highs, yet Alberta’s government repeatedly presented taxpayers with huge deficits, while draining away billions in savings.

Now that the crunch has arrived, the idea that the total consequence to the men and women who are most responsible for the fiscal mess, should be a 5 per cent pay reduction on the heels of an undeserved 30 per cent hike for Cabinet Ministers, and 8 per cent for MLAs, is hardly what most people would refer to as an act of courageous leadership.

Our Government has worked hard to create job opportunities for Veterans.

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We are also working on getting legislation passed to put our men and women in uniform to the front of the line for federal public sector jobs through the Veterans Hiring Act. We have also improved Veterans’ health services. We’ve more than doubled the number of counseling sessions available for Veterans and their families, created an online caregiver tool to help those who are dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and are hiring more peer support counselors. This is in addition to the recent announcement that will bolster frontline

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Our Government stands tall on our record, but we’re not afraid to identify and address the gaps that may still exist. The Opposition should stop playing politics with these important issues and stop voting against virtually every measure we have put forth to improve Veterans’ quality of life.

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PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC SALE OF LAND Notice is hereby given that, under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, the County of Paintearth No. 18 will offer for sale, by public auction as a sealed bid, in the County of Paintearth Administration Office building, #1 Crowfoot Crossing, Twp. Road 374 and Hwy 12, on Friday, February 27, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., the following lands: Lot Block 22-23 2 24-27 2

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Dated at Castor, Alberta, December 2, 2014.

Tarolyn Peach, Chief Administrative Officer.

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COOKS REQUIRED FULL TIME PERMANENT HEAD COOK POSITION WILLOW CREEK LODGE • 5+years experience managing a team in a food services environment including a commercial kitchen • Preference for Journeyman Red Seal Chef qualifications • Demonstrated knowledge of quantity cooking and purchasing • Development of nutritious menu planning coordinated with eye appeal in the presentation of meals • We are looking for someone with analytic, organization, and communication skills and with experience in managing a team of workers.

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• Wages and benefits according to our Collective Agreement with CUPE. • This is a rewarding position with the opportunity to help the seniors in our communities and is available at short notice.

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Inter Pipeline is a major petroleum transportation, storage and natural gas liquids extraction business that ranks among the largest energy infrastructure companies in Canada. We are proud to be on Alberta Venture’s Fast Growth 50 list, featuring the fastest growing businesses in Alberta. For more information about us and our positions, please visit our website at www.interpipeline.com. We are constantly seeking high-calibre people who bring excellence, talent and enthusiasm to our growing operations. We offer a dynamic work environment that fosters an entrepreneurial spirit and encourages our employees to grow their skills and expertise We are currently looking to fill the position of Operations Technician in Coronation, AB. The Operations Technician is responsible for the safe, accurate and efficient movement of petroleum products within the crude oil pipeline systems. Operational tasks include: equipment integrity checks, product quality control verification and measurement accuracy with month-end cutoff and custody transfer ticketing.

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• Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe. com: “So on the highways in the greater Seattle area, will all ‘No passing lanes’ be renamed in honour of Pete Carroll?”

• Hough again: “Hear that Pete Carroll was supposed to throw out the first pitch at a Mariners game. But fans are asking Seattle management if Marshawn Lynch can just run the ball in instead.”

• Bob Molinaro of the Hampton Road Virginian-Pilot, on the lack of criticism directed at Seahawks QB Russell Wilson over his lastminute intercepted pass: “If Tony Romo had turned the ball over at the goal line like that in the Super Bowl, he’d be assuming a false identity and moving to Latvia.”

• Brad Dickson of the Omaha WorldHerald: “An Ohio inmate has asked to be paroled so he can watch LeBron James lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first NBA title. If he’s not paroled, he has successfully laid the groundwork for an insanity plea.”

• Comedy writer Tim Hunter, after Sports Illustrated laid off all of its staff photographers: “This year’s Swimsuit Issue could be entirely selfies.”

• Aaron Nemo on Twitter: “I made a New England Patriots-themed seven-layer dip. The bottom layer is the truth but I highly doubt anyone gets to the bottom of it.”

• Norman Chad of the Washington Post, on Twitter, reviewing the Super Bowl: “You heard it here first — within five years, someone will throw a challenge flag on the coin toss.”

• Chad again: “Chris Matthews was working at Foot Locker when the Seahawks called him. He brought his own shoes.”

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Aiming to be Kraft Hockeyville We Canadians are enthusiastic about hockey. The love of the game brings us together as a community at our local arenas to play and cheer on our family members, friends and neighbours. But some of our arenas need help with upgrades and equipment and Kraft Hockeyville is holding a competition to make help like that a reality.

Nominations took place from Jan. 1 to Feb. 8 of this year on their website http:// www.khv2015.ca/en/. To nominate an arena Kraft Hockeyville asked people to tell them three things about their community and arena: 1. The community’s passion and spirit for hockey.

2. How winning would impact the community.

3. Why our community should be the next Kraft Hockeyville.

The deadline for nominations was Feb. 8. and 1037 nominations were made. Seventy of them were in Alberta with Castor, Coronation, Drumhellar, Trochu and Deila arenas being included, along with arenas in big cities like Calgary and Medicine Hat. Any

community within Canada that has a hockey arena, a love for hockey and needs help raising money to reach their goal was eligible to be nominated.

The Top 10 Communities will be announced on March 14, five from the East (from P.E.I, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec or Ontario) and five from the West (from Nunavut, N.W.T., B.C.,

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba).

As of March 21, legal residents of Canada, 13 years of age and older, can begin voting for their favourite Top 10 entry. The two communities (one per

region) that receive the most votes during the first voting period will be determined as the Top Two Finalists for a chance to win the Grand Prize, hosting an NHL preseason game and $100,000 in arena upgrades.

The winner will be announced during Hockey Night in Canada on April 4.

The second place winner will also win $100,000 and the remaining eight finalists will win $25,000 to put toward upgrades for their arena.

Sherry Tkach of Coronation was one of the people who nominated the Coronation arena which has been in operation since 1960.

“The arena is the heart of the community,” Tkach said in a telephone interview. “Our arena isn’t just used for hockey, it’s used for Bull-O-rama and homecoming and other activities. It’s a place people in the community of all generations share.”

Make sure you spread the word about your community arena to get as many votes as possible. Go to the Kraft website, select your province of choice, then your arena.

There you will have an option to share it on Facebook or Tweet about it.

SLAP SHOTS

The ‘B’ in Bevell also stands for ‘Bonehead’ Put Darrell Bevell’s name near the top of the Dumb Coaches of All Time list. Oh, get it over with — put him at the very top.

Super Bowl 49 (get used to those numbers, for the National Football League is deviating from its use of Roman numerals for next year’s Super Bowl 50 — who wants to be associated with Super Bowl L? — will go down in history for ending with one of the Penton most bone-headed coaching calls ever.

The call by Bevell, Seattle’s offensive co-ordinator, to throw a pass from the one-yard line in the final minute, with his team down by four, instead of handing off to Marshawn Lynch, will cost Bevell immensely. Any chance of him becoming a head coach someday, observers predict, sailed out the window with that one play call.

Give the ball to Lynch, said the universe, and the subsequent oneyard plunge for Seattle glory would have been as automatic as the Super Bowl winning the TV ratings war.

But Bevell called a pass, a short slant on second down. New England rookie Malcolm Butler intercepted it — yes, the Butler did it — and the Patriots were suddenly, and improbably, Super Bowl winners.

And oh, how Bevell was castigated for his call. Worst call ever.

Has to be fired. What was he thinking?

Seattle head coach Pete Carroll bravely and admirably took the hit for Bevell, claiming responsibility for the call.

But how would things have changed had the play worked? If

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Butler had been beaten on the quick slant, as expected, and the TD had given Seattle its second straight title? Bevell would have been lionized in Seattle. Brilliant call! Caught the Patriots off-guard!

Super surprised them! Patriots were expecting a run and the brilliant offensive minds of Carroll and Bevell confounded them with a quick slant. Send those two to the Hall of Fame immediately!

But no, hindsight being 20-20, it was the worst call ever. Bevell is a goat, not a god. He’s an idiot, not an intellectual. Can him, don’t canonize him.

One call of 20,000 Bevell has made in his career turned him from a potential hero to a zero.

Even when he moves into a nursing home, Bevell is likely to hear catcalls for ‘Give the ball to Lynch’. It was one moment in time.

It could have turned out great. Oh, what Bevell would give for a do-over!

SPORT Shorts

• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “My sports and entertainment heroes were, roughly in order, Bill Cosby, O.J. Simpson, Bruce Jenner, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Charlie Sheen and Brian Williams.

I am starting to think I might be the problem.”

• Tim Hunter again, on a survey claiming that 14 per cent of Baby Boomers are being treated for depression: “Most of those, Seahawks fans.

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “I refuse to join the lineup of people piling on embattled Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. I’ll stop a yard short.”

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Draw a heart around the healthy snacks.

Draw an X through the unhealthy ones.

February is Heart Month and Dental Health Month. Use the tips on today’s page to exercise your heart and be sweet to your teeth!

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Your heart is a muscle. And, like all of your muscles, it works best when you exercise, rest, drink water and eat healthy. Love your heart, and your heart will love you!

Do you feel with your heart?

Are you making pictures of hearts and giving little heart-shaped candies to friends for Valentine’s Day? When you make a promise you really, really mean, do you “cross your heart”? Or, do you listen to songs about broken hearts?

We see and hear about hearts everywhere.

Long ago, people thought our feelings came from our hearts. Maybe because strong feelings can make our hearts beat faster. Now we know feelings come from the brain, not the heart.

Standards Link: Health: Recognize the fitness benefits from various types of foods.

My Funny Valentine

Make a Valentine Puzzle for your special Valentine.

Cut a heart shape out of some pink or red paper.

Write a message on your heart. Then cut the heart into four or five puzzle pieces. Put all the pieces in an envelope and give it to your Valentine!

Standards Link: History/Social Science: Understand the purposes of and events honored in holidays.

Broken Heart Puzzle

Cut out these shapes. Can you put them together to make a heart? What does the Valentine message say?

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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Natalie Schilling (#34) from the Halkirk Hawkes watches Mikenna Schauer’s (#14) barely miss the basket. From the left, Sydney Elliott , Rayanna Ramsay (#7) and Sydney Kubinchak from the Coronation Angels junior basketball team along with Devon Johnson (#11) from the Halkirk Hawks team race up the court at Feb. 11 after school game. The game was won by the Hawkes 30-18.

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CLEARVIEW SCHOOLS

Grade 6 PATs back on schedule Debra Johnston

Review Reporter

The next phase of the school transition is in the works for Clearview.

The board is hoping to avoid an actual school closure but rather amalgamate two of the three Stettler schools under one administrative banner.

A committee will be formed to look at name changes for the amalgamated school.

Trustees were divided on a proposed new motto for the school division presented by Superintendent Peter Barron, “Learning Together and Thriving Together”.

Trustees Yvette Cassidy and John Schofer were clearly in favour of the old motto, “Success is measured one child at a time”, while Trustees Karen Holloway and Staci Gerlitz were not sold on the new motto.

Dave Goodwin requested that the matter be tabled to a future meeting for more discussion.

Clearview School Board expressed concern with the province’s recent decision to reinstate provincial achievement tests (PATs) for Grade 6 students at their regular meeting Feb. 10 rather than transition to the Student Learning Assessments (SLAs) which were planned for the fall of 2015.

PATs are administered to Grades 3, 6 and 9 and are standardized tests that gauge a student’s achievement relative to provincial expectations. SLAs are computer based tests that assess each student’s individual learning needs.

Former premier Alison Redford promised the elimination of PATs and the government announced in early 2013 that they would be replaced with SLAs. The first SLA pilot for Grade 3 started in Sept. 2014. The government has decided it needs an additional year for the pilot program to ensure the effectiveness of SLAs. The board’s concern with the sudden change is Wednesday - Crazy Crib tourney the repercussion Thursday - Wild Wing Night on Grade 6 schedules. The time Friday - Texas Hold’em - 50/50 students would Silent Auction cans have normally dedSaturday - at Midnight - Vegas Trip Draw icated to preparing for PATs was (all curlers must be present) and DJ scheduled for other May wrap up Saturday night things. “It’s not depending on number of teams entered! something we can Must be 18 years of age - 32 team limit do anything about. It’s done,” Entry Deadline, Feb. 26 stated Trustee phone entries to Jarrod Kuhn 403-972-2277 or text him at 403-664-7087 Dave Goodwin.

Every day a terrible troublemaker hides in your teeth, waiting to carve holes in them – PLAQUE! (Say it like plak, rhymes with tack.) You must remove it everyday, or else it will cause your teeth to decay.

How do you get rid of it? Use the secret code to to find the names of the Mighty Plaque Fighters and you will learn how to keep your smile dazzling!

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Standards Link: Health: Understand good personal hygiene practices that include caring for teeth.

Jill and Phil are pals. They like many of the same things. How many ways can you find that Jill and Phil are the same?

Look through the newspaper for ads and/or articles that encourage you to eat or drink things that are bad for your teeth. Can you find anything in the newspaper that encourages eating and drinking things that are good for your teeth?

Standards Link: Recognizing similarities and patterns in objects.

Standards Link: Health: Recognize foods that promote good health.

SWEET HEART EXERCISE VALENTINE PLAQUE CANDIES PICTURES SECRET PAPER DAZZLING SNACKS CARING TEETH SMILE PALS

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

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Have a Heart!

Look through the newspaper for an example of someone who was “heartless” or totally lacking compassion or caring. Is there a way they can make up for their behavior?

Standards Link: Social Science: Recognize behaviors that demonstrate good character.

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