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Resource Centre clears hurdle Lisa Joy
Review Reporter Clive residents will soon have a more accessible library with the Clive Resource Centre being one step closer to reality. At its regular village council meeting Jan. 12, council voted in favour of investing $126,000 in GIC towards the $286,000 project. This means the Clive Community Resource partners can purchase the old fire hall catering building in early 2016, which will be the new home for the library, the FCSS, a coffee room and a community programs room. “We are excited and it will be a real asset to the community when it’s all done,” said Carla Kenney, chief administrative officer for the village. The Clive Community Resource Partners has already raised $142,000 towards the project. Lacombe County has committed $95,000.
“They will pay when the project is complete,” said Kenney. Currently the library is in the basement of the village office and moving its location will make it more accessible to all residents and will provide more space, said Kenney. The building will be purchased February 2016 with renovations starting soon after and completed by summer 2016. Supernet will be installed. The partnership includes the Neighborhood Revitalization Association, the Clive Public Library Board, the Neighborhood Place Board, the FCSS and the Village of Clive Council.
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The village sold a lot for $55,000, with a $5,000 deposit to M & K Homes out of Red Deer to build a home for the buyer.
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Mirror residents will have to dig a little deeper into their pockets this year after Lacombe County raised water and wastewater rates by 7.5 per cent and garbage pick up by 4.5 per cent. The increase was driven by Lacombe County staff’s review of the rates when preparing for the 2015 budget. The review showed current rates won’t sufficiently fund the 2015 operating expenses and reserve contributions - $27,590 for water reserves and $6,740 for wastewater. Tim Timmons, manager of corporate services for Lacombe County, told council, at its Jan. 8 meeting that Mirror only had a 2.5 per cent increase in 2014. “We are better tracking our staff time, the staff involved in operating the systems,” said Timmons, adding that administration wants to reach the point where the water and wastewater are operated on a full cost recovery basis. Previously, Mirror’s rates were subsidized by the county, which is why the increase now seems significant, Lacombe County Commissioner Terry Hager told council. In addition, he said Mirror’s utility rates were low because they were subsidizing the rates through taxes, causing unrealistic tax rates and low utility rates, which Alberta Municipal Affairs doesn’t allow.
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The flat fee for water has been increased to $57.71, a $7.33 increase from last year. Wastewater charges are $17.23 a household, up a $1.80 from 2014. Garbage is $17.34, up 77 cents. Even with the rate increases the Mirror water and wastewater, as well as Lakeview water systems, are expected to operate at a deficit of $21,960.
Plans for future
Lacombe County council adopted a Long Range Planning Program for 2015 – 2017. The county has identified 25,720 acres for potential residential development, 950 acres identified for potential commercial development, 2,588 acres for potential industrial development, 3,846 acres for potential commercial or industrial development and 1,642 acres for potential recreation development. In addition, there are also significant number of developments that are either approved or in process of being approved, including 1,450 residential lots proposed on 2,223 acres and about 1,660 recreational lots covering 606 acres. In addition there are 75 industrial and commercial lots on 487 acres. This includes Deer River development near Joffre, which is a 521-unit residential/ golf course development that has been given first reading. Mirror’s Area Structure Plan is almost complete and is expected to be presented to council early this year.
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Hanna Council - Elks to host national curling competition Beth Causley
Review Reporter Elks Member, Vern Thuroo told council at their regular meeting on Jan. 13, that they will be hosting the National Curling competition March 25-28. They are hoping for 32 teams this year. In 2011 when it was last held in Hanna, they raised $8500 which the Elks put back into the community. “It was based in the community so we put it back into the community.” said Thuroo. Furrow presented Mayor Chris Warwick with a cheque for $2600 to ensure that public skating at the Hanna arena is free of charge, something the Elks have been doing since 2001. “I’d like to thank the Elks,” said Warwick, “It’s organizations like yourselves that help make our community a community.”
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Eleven youth were able to participate in community programs in 2014 due to this fund. The fund provides support for disadvantaged youths to participate in recognized community programs which are not eligible for funding through KidSport Hanna so that youths can attend activities like girl guides, Kiddies Corner, Hanna Dance and Epic Summer Adventures. All funds for this are gained through donations and funding is sent directly to the organization on behalf of the youth. “To my knowledge,” said Coun. Gwen Snell, “we are the only community that has an alternate fund for non sport [activities].”
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Jason Klaus and his co-accused Joshua Frank – facing triple homicide first degree murder charges – won’t appear in court together anymore because of a security risk that arose Monday, Jan. 19. Allan Fay, defence for Jason Klaus, told the court Tuesday that Klaus may also be moved to the Edmonton Remand Centre. Klaus was brought into the courtroom in person, shackled and surrounded by three guards. At the same time, Joshua Frank appeared from the Red Deer Remand Centre via closed-circuit TV. Klaus walked into the courtroom and sat in the prisoner’s box, not looking at his deceased father, Gordon Klaus’ sister and her family sitting only feet away. Towards the end of his appearance he looked expressionless directly at his aunt. His family members didn’t give Klaus eye contact, some just sat with arms folded, looking away when Jason looked at his aunt. Klaus and Frank are charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the Dec. 8, 2013, deaths of Gordon Klaus, 61, his wife Sandra, 62, and their adult daughter Monica Klaus, 40. The Calgary Medical Examiner’s Office identified the remains of Gordon and his daughter Monica from the burned out farmhouse. Sandra’s remains were never found but police believe she was in the home at the time of the fire. Robin McIntyre, student-at-law for Roulston Chow out of Calgary, represents Frank and filed a Form A in court Tuesday, which is a request for a preliminary hearing to prove there is enough evidence against Frank to go to trial. The date for setting a preliminary hearing has been set over to Jan. 28
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CEO Kim Neill reiterated that there was a process for potential future uses of the school in October at the Community Engagement and one of the steps that came out of that was to produce a request for proposal (RFP). There was some initial interest but the interested individual has withdrawn their interest due to the condition and cost of upgrading the school. The interested individual is now looking at another property for their purposes “providing more employment opportunities for our residents” said Neill. The province will be tendering the renovation project for the new school and the demolition of the primary school is included in that. “That doesn’t mean in [a period of time] somebody has an interest in that facility that it’s a done deal and we’ll say no. There will have to be some additional negotiations. It definitely wouldn’t be a dead issue.”
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Review Reporter 2014 was a busy and productive year for Delburne’s fire department, council heard as Fire Chief Sherry Marsellus made a detailed presentation at the Jan. 13 meeting. “We concentrated a lot on training this year,” stated Marsellus. When asked by Mayor Ray Reckseidler about the number of volunteer firefighters, Marsellus responded, “We have 13. Ideally, I’d like to have 17 to 20.” Of that number, the department has a steady core of four volunteers, explained Marsellus. A recruitment drive is planned for 2015. Marsellus ran down the list of issues addressed in 2014. All fire trucks are now compliant to standards set by Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (ULC). ULC is a product safety testing, certification and inspection organization focused on public safety. As well, the department has
implemented yearly testing on all equipment to ensure everything is working. Of the water hoses pressure tested to ensure workability and safety, 61 per cent failed. Red Deer County assisted the department to replace one hose. Servicing on all small engine equipment as well as all breathing apparatus was completed. The department has instituted a nightly radio check instead of the previous weekly check to ensure communications are operational. New uniforms will replace the mishmash of apparel the department has now. Marsellus gave a run down of calls the department responded to in 2014. Of a total of 70 calls, there were 31 medical calls in the village of Delburne, 24 medicals in the county, three fires, three motor vehicle collisions, one alarm in the county, four alarms in town, a gas leak, an electrical/hazardous materials, one fire investigation and one water rescue. Dan Marsellus, Director of Emergency Management, informed council that
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Six plans for the residential subdivision project were presented to Forestburg council by Bob Hanewich from Select Engineering Consultants at their Jan. 14 meeting.. In order for the residential subdivision project to move forward, Council must choose from the six plans that were presented. Hanewich highlighted that one of the issues that is present in any of the options was the offsite service. They would have to run a fair distance to hook up to services (water and sewer). No topographic services has been done on the sight yet. Each plan included a cost of $280,000 in offsites to bring water and sewer to the new subdivision. The lift station is the only question he has due to the land being higher than the
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Local radio and television, as well as the village’s own siren would alert residents to a situation. Marsellus indicated that Red Deer County has a very good emergencypreparedness website that explains what residents should do depending on the type of emergency taking place. That information is available at http://www. rdcounty.ca/179/ Emergency-Preparedness
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the Castor initiation Players (iP) team, three to five year olds, played a fantastic intermission game during the CCC Midgets game on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 during Castor’s Minor Hockey Day. Pictured here after their tough match, from left the left are: Coach Kacee James, Ella younger, liam brown, Cole Hildreth, Evan Downey, Erica Davies and Coach Dallas Hildreth. ECA Review/S. James
The Minor Hockey Day on Jan. 17 in Castor started off with the Castor IP team facing the Forestburg IP team. A great game was played with Forestburg coming out on top. The Castor Novice team defeated the Forestburg Thunderstars and the Atom team was next, losing a heart breaker to Stettler. Castor Peewees settled for second place against Coronation and the day was topped off with a win by the CCC Midget team over the Sundre Huskies. During the intermission the IP Castor team played a fantastic game.
Delburne will host the Central Region Conference on March 25. According to CAO Karen Fegan’s written report, the focus of the conference will be an emergency management workshop with delegates attending from communities across central Alberta. The village has received a grant for $3350 to host the workshop. Marsellus stated that plans are under way to have senior staff trained in the 300 and 400 level courses from the Incident Command System or ICS. The higher levels will equip senior staff to focus on administration and coordination of resources in an emergency. Coun. Judy Hogan asked Marsellus what plans existed for where village residents should go in an emergency, considering the village is divided by train tracks. The train tracks running through the middle of the village pose a special problem for emergency responders if a train happens to be on the track and is long enough to block the two main crossing points in the village. Marsellus explained in that case it would depend on the emergency and if residents required evacuation or should shelter in place.
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ECA Review Journalist Alberta has had a spending problem since 1986 but it’s not the spending problem that many of us have come to believe. The real spending problem in Alberta is the mismanagement of the heritage trust savings fund. Set up in 1976 by Premier Peter Lougheed it was mandated that 30 per cent of all revenue gained from nonrenewable resources would be invested for the future. OPEC had come into existence in the early 70s and Alberta was set to become a big winner. During Lougheed’s remaining tenure in office, the fund reached $12.7 million. Then along came Premier Don Getty, arguably the worse premier in Alberta’s history. He was the one who chose to completely stop making any payments into the heritage trust fund. When he left office, the heritage fund had sunk below $11 billion. Subsequent premiers could have reversed this travesty, but they didn’t. They chose to be loved, fool the masses and continue to bank on oil revenues to keep taxes low and spending high. Lougheed stashed away on average $1.27 billion per year into our savings account, Klein averaged a miserly $1.9 million and Stelmach/Redford $2.5 million per year. One was putting away billions, the others millions. Today the fund sits at a paltry $17.4 billion only $5.3 billion higher than when Lougheed left office in 1985. What an embarrassment for a province that prides itself in being good financial managers. We’ve gone through so much money with so little to show for it. Four months of low oil prices and we’re financially tanking! After Lougheed, when times were good, premiers slashed oil royalties, lowered corporate and personal income taxes, introduced flat tax and let all of us get suckered into living off the whims of the OPEC oil gods. After going through multiple busts and booms, we haven’t learned a thing. When times were (are) bad and oil prices crash, all the blame was (is) squarely dumped on the civil service— they make too much money,
their pensions are too good, they take too much sick time, they’re lazy. It’s so popular for us to deflect responsibility for our fiscal greed by crucifying public servants. Instead we should be challenging the wisdom of our own wisdom in keeping in power successive Conservative governments. Civil servants, including teachers, doctors, EMTs, police and nurses have been treated poorly since the days of Ralph’s World. They have accepted five per cent wage rollbacks, successive years without a pay raise and increased workloads due to hiring freezes and workload pile-on—all to no avail. Then we, the taxpayers, politicians, Taxpayers’ Federation and the Fraser Institute are appalled that these overworked, unappreciated, abused civil servants become unmotivated and sick time goes up. That would happen to any of us who bear the burdens of being the perennial scapegoats for irresponsible politicians and citizens who believe you can get everything from the government without paying for it. If we had had reasonable tax and spend policies over the last 30 years, and continued to save 30 per cent of our non-renewable resources, we today would have $500 billion dollars in our bank account. A mere four per cent return on investment would now be contributing $20 billion dollars annually to our operating and capital budgets. And then there are people who actually believe a ND or Liberal government would be worse money managers. Surely we jest! I don’t think any government who has squandered a half a trillion dollars in 30 years and continues to place their faith in the whims and wishes of the OPEC gods has any bragging rights. Unfortunately, too many Albertans have also made a mess of their personal finances. A lost job, wage decrease or one per cent increase in interest rates will send many Albertans spiraling into bankruptcy. The slogan that should be on all of our license plates is, “please give us another oil boom and we’ll promise next time, to piss it all away AGAIN!
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by Herman Schwenk reservations are basically For several months now we dysfunctional. have heard a lot of noise on varThe reservations that have ious news casts of one kind or developed a sustainable ecoanother about the need for a nomic base are not too bad. The judicial inquiry into dead and government puts some where missing aboriginal between 10 and 20 bilwomen. On the face of lion dollars into it this sounds like a support for the aboriggood idea but I will try inal people in this to explain why I think country but much of it will just create divithis money is wasted sion and heartache for because the band the whole country. Chiefs and councils of My first problem these dysfunctional with this concept is reservations use much that those who are proof this money to line Schwenk moting the inquiry, their own pockets or namely most of the mismanage it in other national media and the Federal ways instead of improving opposition parties have an ultehousing and living conditions of rior motive for wanting the the people they are supposed to inquiry. serve. They are convinced that the As long as aboriginals are tied inquiry will come to the conclu- to living on reservations they sion that it is all the fault of the will be treated as second class present Federal Government. citizens by our society and the Never mind that during most of police. the 20th century the liberals I would guess that the were in power and were unable majority of the abuse suffered by to make any meaningful change these women are perpetrated on or improvement to the living them by their own people. There standard of the aboriginal was a good example of this people. recently in Winnipeg Manitoba I have written columns on the where two aboriginal men sexudilemma of the aboriginal ally assaulted a young people in Canada before. There aboriginal woman and threw is no easy solution to this problem or it would have been done a long time ago. We do not need an inquiry to figure out why there is a disproDear Editor: portionate number of dead and Re: Traitor Hale deserted his missing aboriginal women in people for Dictator Prentice this country. “Hello My Friends” by Jason I think the largest factor is Hale. With a friend like Hale poverty, but as I have said who needs enemies! before you can throw all the How could you do this to the money you want at the problem people who worked so hard to but that will not solve the get you elected as a candidate for problem. Wildrose and all those people As long as they insist on who voted for you (including living on a system of reservamyself) in the last election? tions they will live in poverty In a democracy it is by the because about half of the
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people, for the people. You truly are a traitor to democracy. Dictator Prentice wants to spend taxpayers dollars for an early election. Why? That is a waste of taxpayer’s dollars as the Conservative have a majority and if they follow the rules, it is to be held in 2016. Prentice is trying to con Albertans into believing that oil prices are never again going up. Turn to Don’t believe, Pg 5
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her in the river. She crawled out and they tried again to kill her. All an inquiry will achieve is to pit white people against aboriginals, the present government against everybody, label anyone who calls a spade a spade and anyone who criticizes the aboriginals for being the author of their own problem a racist. The whole exercise will cause hard feelings to no end, will be a boon for media and make it appear as if the Conservative Government was the cause of it all when, in fact, they had nothing to do with it. It has been going on for decades. We know now why it is happening. This problem is not easily solved. I think the Indian Act should be scrapped. It is the only way that the stigma of being second class citizens can be removed from these people. Until that happens you can have all the inquiries you want and throw no end of money at the problem [as liberals are wanting to do] but nothing will really change. An inquiry will just open up a can of worms. Stephen Harper and his government are wise to refuse to get into what would be a terrible mess.
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Superintendent Dr. Wes Neumeier brought to the boards attention the cost overruns on the J.C. Charyk Hanna School modernization even though they haven’t started construction yet. Alberta infrastructure is coming out to inspect the roof which was part of the initial construction and have suggested for the board to put it in their capital plan for Phase two. The roof replacement will be taken out of the plan and will focus on the internal aspects of the project. Nothing will be finalized until Alberta Infrastructure gives their feedback. Neumeier said that they are not in budget for the project at present. Tenders will be issued on Feb. 12 and a walkthrough will take place Feb. 20 for the people who want to put out tendors and tender closing on March 5 and tender approval on March 26 with construction start date of March 30. The Hanna primary school had been a consideration but the cost to upgrade it was too high.
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Steve Neilson, transportation officer spoke of issues around bus route pick ups, mainly the cost associated with picking up students in buffer zones. The transportation policy states that if there is no transportation cost involved the student can attend the school of their choice but if there is a cost then the board has to discuss it. At the time the transportation policy
Search on for grader Cont’d from Pg 1 Clive council authorized its town foreman to search for a used grader with a budget of about $80,000 to replace the existing grader. “For the usage our grader gets we can’t justify the cost of a brand new one,” said Kenney.
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Village council agreed to renew its Municipal Property Consultants contract as their assessor. Council asked the CAO to draw up a formal contract that would be in effect until 2019. The assessor charges $20.70 a parcel. “Our per parcel assessment costs are below the average,” said Kenney. “We are happy with our assessment and the price we are paying so we are staying with the same company.”
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was made it was a cost savings to pick up students in the buffer zone. Now that circumstances have changed, the bus goes off route and there is a cost associated with it. The board spoke of having the children either continue on, with a cost associated with the pick ups or to tell the students that they have to go to a school in their area. “Where we give them permission because it’s to our benefit at the time, is it fair to go back and say now everything has changed [and the student must move to another school]?” Ed Brinkmann, chairperson and trustee asked the board. He added that no stipulations were put on the original agreements. Many on the board expressed their concerns about bouncing students from school to school. “What we are talking about is a child and a child’s life and the significant impact that a change [of schools] has on a child,” said Barry Davis. None of the families or students affected have been approached by the board. Charging a fee to the families of these students who are affected by this was also discussed. There are only two instances where the busing is costing and the discussion was that if fees are going to be charged to families than everyone should be charged. “You have to be consistent, how you determine to charge fee,” Neumeier. “If you are determining a fee based on cost recovery then everyone has to pay the fee.” The board decided to honour the existing agreements. Children will continue in the schools they are in until May/ June when the Board reviews the policy. At that time they will decide whether students can stay in the schools they are in or have to move. Turn to Honour roll, Pg 9
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Review Reporter Clearview School District is studying ways to standardize bus transportation in the district with the primary focus of ensuring the best possible service for students while remaining within budget County of Stettler council heard at their Jan. 14 meeting. Board Chair Cheri Neitz, trustee John Schofer, Superintendent Peter Barron and Associate Superintendent Peter Neale attended the meeting to present information regarding changes to yard service policy. “It’s been a long standing practice for years to leave it up to the bus driver,” stated Neale regarding the traditional approach to yard service. Of the 790 families that currently receive transportation services, 292 include yard service. Of that number, 47 per cent don’t meet the current criteria for yard service. Part of the concern Clearview has is the additional time those pickups add to the total bus ride for all students. According to Neale, yard service adds an additional 16 hours per day onto bus schedules and costs $42,000 per year. Proposed changes would see less yard pickup and more end of driveway stops. Coun. James Nibourg questioned whether replacing yard service with end of driveway pick up would really save any time or money.
Nibourg argued that instead of children being ready for pickup immediately at their homes, that bus drivers would have to wait as children leave homes once they see the bus at the driveway, then make there way to the bus, which could result in longer wait times. Neale explained that in such a case, Clearview would contact the parents to encourage them to make sure the student was ready at the pick up site at the designated time. One concern expressed by council about the reduction in the delivery of yard service is the impact on safety and signage. More end of driveway pickups could result in the need for more safety road signage. According to Assistant CAO Yvette Cassidy, the county would be responsible for the additional cost of $600 to $1200 per sign. The cost of signage would far outweigh the savings from reduced yard service, explained Nibourg According to information presented in a Clearview memorandum, the study of yard service began in April 2014, with surveys and consultations with parents and staff taking place since then to determine the best options for the district. “We’ve completed two surveys with parents that have used transportation or could use transportation,” explained Neale. Neale explained the three options that will be presented to the board in February.
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Feb 27 - 28 - Veteran Quilting/Scrapbooking & Crafting weekend. Veteran Hall. (all crafts welcome) $25/person, children over 13 welcome. Must be prepaid by Feb. 20. Sheila @ 403-575-2393. Feb. 27 - 28 - The Vat, Red Deer, Ferny Turnbull, 403-346-5636. Mar. 6 - “Truly Tina” award winning tribute to Tina Turner. $39 plus GST. Camrose Resort Casino, for info, tickets or reservations 780-679-2376
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Cont’d from Pg 3 Megan Snider, Assistant Administrator told Forestburg council that Coun. Hagel (who was absent for the meeting) had indicated the plans she preferred in an email sent to Snider earlier. Hagel had chosen the plan that provided the most lots to sell and had the most lots on the golf course. Mayor Peter Miller agreed. Moffatt suggested to council that once they have a firm idea on the subdivision that they pick a couple of them and present them at a community engagement meeting. She also suggested an open mike session at the meeting where people could voice their concerns.
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The Village received one nomination for the award for the Friends of Forestburg Library who have been involved in a variety of community enhancing programs and activities. A motion was made that the Library win the award and council will present the award at a future date.
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The council ended with an in-camera session to discuss personnel issues and also a citizen request which Bob Coutts argued was not a recognized in-camera item as it was not a land, legal or per-
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by Patti Hovde Ernestine and the Hatpin, (Tim and Sheila Gibbs) entertained at the Amisk school on Jan. 8. They are a highenergy musical duo focusing on the importance of respect, health and wellness, of knowing where our food comes from and knowing that we all play a part in our communities! They had the kids up dancing and participating in activities for over an hour singing action-packed songs, being kind of silly and getting the students to participate for pretty much the whole show! The students have completed the volleyball unit. They demonstrated very good skills while playing several games of volleyball and are now heading over to the local arena to learn the skill of curling and the art of skating. On Jan. 6 Ken Drever presented the Amisk School with a $300 cheque. Drever represented the Battle River Community Foundation (BRCF), that manages an endowment fund and dis-
perses monies identified as grants. erupted a volcano and are reviewing some The Kindergarten students are doing important points about building and many snow themed activities and are designing bridges. working on their numbers up to 10 while the Grade 3 class will hear our “Winter Word” booklets when its time for Reading Buddies. Grade 1’s are exploring the winter season to discover the changes people, plants and animals experience this season. As well students will continue to record weather changes during this wintery month. Grade 2’s are completing some fun literacy activities centered around penguins and each student will be completing a research report Ernestine & the Hatpin (tim and Sheila Gibbs) performed at the Amisk on one of the 17 species of ECA Review/Submitted penguins. In Science, they School on Jan. 8.
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Stettler schools may have a different grade configuration in the future depending on feedback the Clearview board gets from consultations held with parents and staff. The Stettler Schools Exploratory Process, which began in October 2014, aims to decide if the current structure of K-5 elementary, 6-8 middle and 9-12 high schools should be replaced with either K-5 elementary and 6-12 secondary schools or K-6 elementary and 7-12 secondary schools. A full report with recommendations will be presented to the board at the January 29 regular meeting. Students who ride the bus and get picked up in their yard may see some changes in the near future. Clearview School District is
investigating whether a new standard should be set regarding yard service provided by the district. In an effort to provide the most efficient and cost effective transportation services for students, the Clearview policy committee has undertaken surveys and consultations with parents and staff to gather feedback about proposed changes. Currently, yard service is mostly left to bus drivers to determine but the board would like to see a standardized policy with the same criteria applied across the district. Minister of Education Gordon Dirks will be meeting with Board Chair Cheri Neitz and Superintendent Peter Baron as well as other representatives from other school divisions on Feb. 5 to discuss successes, directions and challenges for school districts. One topic boards hope to discuss with Dirks is the weight given to Grade 12
Cont’d from Pg 5 Honour roll is calculated differently in all schools with no consistency between schools. There are three schools in the Prairie Land Regional Division that include all the subject areas, complimentary and core classes but the other schools in the division just use core classes. One school no longer offers an honour roll. The board discussed standardizing the honour roll mandate throughout the division. Neumeier cautioned the board that school councils often get involved in the discussion about honour roll and help set what they expect out of awards in their school and how they want awards to run to reflect the values within their school. “Each community has their own set of values,” Holli Smith said, “and they know what they want to see [in their students] and it would be wrong to tell them what
we think they should be doing.” All were in favour of letting schools decide for themselves. Angie Warwick spoke of the significant differences between how schools are rewarding scholarships based on whether the students are evaluated on all subject matter or just core subjects. “There are significant differences on how we’re evaluating kids and deciding that [they] do or don’t get a scholarship.” Basing a student’s over all average on either just core or all courses shows significant differences. “It’s very distinct,” she says about the differences seen, dependant upon what academic stream the students chose. There are lots of variables,” Warwick said. Neumeier said that it would be a great discussion for the school council and for those different perspectives to be brought into the people involved.
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The County of Stettler has an exciting career opportunity for an experienced professional who will The County of Stettler has an exciting career opportunity for an experienced professional who will bring bring innovative and effective engineering skills to the position of Engineering Coordinator. innovative and effective engineering skills to the position of Engineering Coordinator.
Under the general supervision of the Director of Engineering, this working level supervisor role will be responsible for managing the Countyofinternal engineering functions includingrole butwill notbe Under the general supervision of the Director Engineering, this working level supervisor responsible for managing the/ infrastructure County internaldesign, engineering functions including but not limited to survey, limited to survey, roadway bridges, culverts/drainage, approaches, signs, roadway / infrastructure design,disturbance, bridges, culverts/drainage, signs, regulatory approvals, ground developmentapproaches, plan reviews andregulatory gravel pit approvals, management. ground disturbance, development plan reviews and gravel pit management.
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County of Stettler No. 6 The competition will close on February 11, 2015. The County appreciates all applications however Attention: Rick Green only thoseStettler, selected interview Box 1270 ABfor T0C 2L0 will be contacted. The population within the boundaries of Fax: 403.742.1277 Stettler County is approximately 11,000 people. Stettler County offers a wide range of municipal Email: rgreen@stettlercounty.ca services and quality recreational opportunities that contribute to an exceptional rural lifestyle. The competition will close on February 11, 2015. The County appreciates all applications however only those selected for interview will be contacted. The population within the boundaries of Stettler County is approximately 11,000 people. Stettler County offers a wide range of municipal services and quality
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