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7 Strathmore Standard Heritage Park

8 Millarville

Farmers’ Market

10 Jason Glass Awe Chucks!

14 Neel de Wit-Wibaut Music, Art and Alberta Light

16 Jim McLennan Gone Not Fishing

26 Food

Pulled Pork & Lemon Tarts

Departments 24 Dining Guide 18 Routes Salutes LaDue Ladies Luncheon

20 Arts & Entertainment Spotlight on Talent 20 Book: 52 People 21 CD: Cadavers Dogs 22 CD: Karla Adolphe

23 Win FEIST Tickets

38 Detours

Poem by Doris Daley

Columns 28 Health

Running Tips

30 Financial Insights Clearly for You

34 Stargazing

Two SUNsational Events

36 Family

Mindmumming: Mud Cover photo taken on the Glass property, northeast of High River.

By Neville Palmer.

From Our Readers

Editor’s Editor’sNote Note

All words are pegs to hang ideas on.

- Henry Ward Beecher

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n a recent trip to visit my sister in Costa Rica I took some time to really relax. We spent a good part of every morning solving Merl Reagle’s crossword puzzles and not only did I get reconnected with my sister, but I reconnected with my love of words and puzzles.

I have always loved word games like Scrabble, wordfind, crosswords, etc., a pastime endeared to me from my mother who loves games and engaged us in many on long summer road trips.

No surprise that I’d end up having a job where words are a major part.

I particularly love the “fill in the blank” games and so when Pat submitted a sidebar on chuckwagon history for her Jason Glass article, I found myself finding words that would form a link between magazine publishing and chuckwagon racing. This is what I came up with: Back in the dusty days of old, cowboys/magazine folk lived and cooked out of the back of their chuckwagons/desks.

At the end of a long hard day on the range/office, when every man/ working woman was good and thirsty, they loaded up their wagons/laptops and raced to the saloon/Gitter’s Pub and... you guessed it... the last one there had to buy the beer.

(Some things never change!)

We are so proud to be featured in such a high quality publication with such excellent content filling its pages in every issue.

Thank you Peter for your brilliant idea for the theme of the article, and wow did you make it work! It is the truest interview Bailey and I have ever read back and after experiencing being 'mis-quoted' in the past, we cannot express how much it means to us that you kept our answers as honest and straight as we gave them.

Thank you for being such an excellent team of encouragement and brilliant work!

– Zoe Slusar and Bailey Kerluke, Black Diamond

Although there are wonderful things on the internet, like good information and crazy videos, some things are just better on paper – like magazines and crossword puzzles!

So go now, take your magazine, your book or your crossword puzzle out on the back deck and enjoy some sunshine… and don’t forget your routes.

Sandra Wiebe Publisher/Executive Editor

Routes magazine is absolutely top notch!! I always enjoy it. This last issue featuring Zoe and Bailey was SUPER!! Also, really enjoyed the article on farming and I know Wade and Jamie. Thanks for showcasing our local people who are doing AMAZING things!

– Sandy Day, High River

Thank you to Veronica and Neville for the story they did on our ranch. We were very impressed by the amazing writing of Veronica and the beautiful pictures

by Neville! It is great to feel appreciated for all of the hard work we put into our ranch, and it is great to enlighten people about the evolving cattle industry! Thank you for featuring us is your wonderful magazine and for supporting the Alberta Beef Producers!

– Laura Ball, Millarville

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As warmer days are upon us and the snow is melting away what wonderful sights have you encountered? I discovered this bizarre little collection of items laying together on the boulevard. If you find some random traces left behind by winter, share your ‘Look What I Found’ with your Routes family. Take a picture and post it to our Facebook page.

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Our sincere apologies to James Durbano (Stargazing) for the text mix up at the end of his last column. Though we strive for print perfection we sometimes fall short, making errors we always regret! If you spot an error, send us an email and point it out. This will help us track mistakes and put new processes in place to catch them. *email our copy editor pat@routesmedia.ca

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May - June 2012 Issue #16 Publisher Routes Media Inc. Executive Editor Sandra Wiebe Copy Editor Pat Fream Art Director Sharon Syverson Photographer Neville Palmer Sales and Marketing Manager Jacqueline Overmars Sales Rae Jamieson Sales and Ad Design Melissa Driver sales@routesmedia.ca Contributors Doris Daley, Lori Darroch, James Durbano, Pat Fream, Jock Mackenzie, David and Heather Meszaros, Karen Gimbel, Veronica Kloiber, Sandra Wiebe

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Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.�

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MAKING Impressions When the Strathmore Standard newspaper moved into new quarters and switched to using modern printing equipment the original Strathmore Standard building along with its original Wharfedale press, linotype and other historic printing equipment, was relocated to Heritage Park in 1970.

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Above; the Routes team connects with history at the Strathmore Standard exhibit at Heritage Park Historical Village, Calgary.

Photo by Neville Palmer In this photo: Pat Fream, Jacqueline Overmars, Sandra Wiebe, Rae Jamieson, Sharon Syverson, Melissa Driver.

he Strathmore Standard exhibit preserves the history of a typical pre-1915 prairie newspaper plant and office.

Over 500,000 visitors yearly watch the trained Trades Interpreters demonstrate the operation of the 1870 Wharfedale press, the 1910 linotype, the hand powered platen press and other historic equipment.

The Strathmore Standard newspaper has been produced in Strathmore, Alberta since 1910. When the newspaper moved into new quarters and switched to using modern printing equipment the original Strathmore Standard building was relocated to Heritage Park in 1970, along with its original Wharfedale press, linotype and other historic printing equipment. During the 1970s, retired newspaper operator Ron Newsom began operating the restored press and training young journalism students to write copy, edit and print newspapers. Ron worked year-round at the exhibit and the machinery was used to do all the printing in Heritage Park until the early 1980s.

After a redesign of the exhibit in 1991, work and staffing were limited to the summer interpretive season to reduce wear and tear on the historic equipment and to ensure its continued longevity as a working newspaper exhibit. Journeymen press operators and typesetters continue the work of keeping the exhibit alive while maintaining the antique equipment in operating condition. These men have apprenticed in the newspaper industry (a five to seven year undertaking) and

spent their careers operating and repairing printing presses and linotypes. This actual experience is vital to keeping the historic equipment operational.

With the advent of computer technology, the rapid change in printing techniques and machinery has made operating historic mechanical presses and linotypes a lost trade. Before long Heritage Park will no longer have journeymen in the Strathmore Standard with the first-hand work experience and intimate knowledge of the historic printing equipment.

The Park’s Trades Interpreters are currently working to preserve this unique aspect of Alberta’s heritage through the production of a series of training videos and manuals that demonstrate the operation, maintenance and repair of the historic printing equipment contained within the exhibit. Not only will the videos provide an important training tool for new Interpreters, they are a priceless record of the historic knowledge of journeymen Trades Interpreters. This project ensures the long-term viability of the Strathmore Standard, a historic newspaper exhibit that will remain a working, living history exhibit long into the future.

Guests can visit the Strathmore Standard at Heritage Park from May 19 until October 8.

If you are interested in becoming a Trades Interpreter at the Strathmore Standard, please visit www.heritagepark.ca

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MILLARVILLE Feature

By Sandra Wiebe

It may be one of southern Alberta’s best kept secrets, but to many it’s more than just fresh produce...

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he Millarville Racing and Agricultural Society (MRAS), has just launched its first ever half marathon and aptly titled, Millarville Run to the Farmers’ Market. Well, as I’d rather ride my bike anywhere than run a marathon, even half of one, I still suggest you ‘run’ to the market this summer.

By run I really mean pack the car with friends, kids, reusable shopping bags and baskets and set off for one of the most beautiful drives in this area to take in the sights and bites of southern Alberta’s largest outdoor market.

Carmen Ditzler, market manager since 2010, knows what it takes to be successful in the market business. “I was a vendor here for five years selling tomatoes so I have the perspective of being a community member as well as a past vendor and a market member,” says Ditzler. “We are happy to support small growers starting out, new food producers or emerging artists, where as it is much harder for those entrepreneurs to get into the larger year round markets.”

The market, hosted by the MRAS, is entering its 30th year and the second year of expanding its hours to be open until 2 pm.

“The longer market hours will make Saturdays a day for our visitors to have a leisurely drive out to Millarville, enjoy their visit including breakfast, lunch, coffee, snacks, and live music and maybe carry on to our neighbouring towns or into the foothills, ” she says.

The market’s success is rooted in a community that supports the market every week, rain or shine. “We were all about local before it was trendy,” remarks Ditzler. “There is always something new to see, taste or buy among the many long-term and part-time vendors” The Millarville Famer’s market is a great outing for a Saturday, stocking up on your weekly produce, but don’t forget to take in all that the MRAS has to offer. It is celebrating its 16th year of close-up dirt in your face rodeo, 105th year of hosting the Priddis and Millarville Fair and the 107th year of Canada Day Races (Thoroughbred horse

There is always something new to see, taste or buy.”

racing and pari-mutuel betting).

With a century of historic family fun and tradition, you won’t want to miss out on this timeless fun for the whole family.

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Millarville Racing and Agricultural Society is a not for profit organization.

Fees from vendors and parking go into the community facility and programs.

The market follows Alberta Approved Farmers’ Market guidelines with an 80/20 rule of 80 per cent of vendors must be Albertans and the remaining 20 per cent allows for BC fruit and other items that add to the market mix.

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Claresholm Farmers' Market Claresholm Arena Wednesdays 3 - 6 pm July 4 - September 12

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High River Farmers’ Market Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex Thursday 4 - 7 pm June 14 - September 20

Kingsland Farmers’ Market 7711 Macleod Trail S, Calgary Thursday - Saturday 9 am to 5 pm Sunday 9 am – 4 pm Year round

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Cover story

AWE CHUCKS!

By Pat Fream Photos by Neville Palmer

Rooting around the unconventional life of western-bred Jason Glass, one gets a clear picture of three distinct compartments in this man’s heart: his family, his horses and an inherent passion for the rip-roar’n hell-raising sport of chuckwagon racing.

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When I was a little kid I’d climb in the back of the wagon and try to grab the lines from my dad.”

-Jason Glass

here was a time when Jason Glass was outside from sunup till sundown, tending his 40-strong herd of Thoroughbred horses and training them for chuckwagon racing.

In those days he derived all his pleasure from his animals and his sport, and for a couple of decades, that’s all he needed.

Today, the fourth generation World Champion Chuckwagon Driver has expanded his purpose to make room for marriage and for his most rewarding achievements yet – a son and daughter. And while the long time cowboy bachelor welcomes the change with unabashed pride, it is clear that chuckwagon is in his blood; a staple in his character. Only now he has a new title and his home team is four-strong.

“For years I thought of nothing but the horses; I put them ahead of everything,” says Jason, who explains that this is what it took to get to where he is today – a three-time world champion. “Now I look at things differently. I still love spending time with the horses (he calls ‘the boys’), but I love being with my family too, so I try to set things up more efficiently outside so I can get back inside where my wife and kids are.”

Getting to this day in Jason’s life has a lot to do with guts, grit and fiery family roots. Born in Calgary in 1970, Jason inherited his grandmother’s get-it-done attitude and an indomitable appetite for wagon racing from his father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather.

“Ya, it’s a natural for me,” says Jason, pausing to point out faded portraits on the walls surrounded by a whole slew of elaborate bronze wagons; more exquisite art than trophy.

“My great grandfather Tom Lauder started chuckwagon racing in the Calgary Stampede in 1924. His daughter, my grandmother (Iris), married Ronnie Glass and he won the world championship four times. My dad Tom Glass was a three-time world champion.”

He grins sheepishly and implies the obvious – he pretty much has to carry on in a winning fashion.

“As far back as I can remember I was either in a wagon or on a horse,” says Jason. “When I was a little kid I’d climb in the back of the wagon and try to grab the lines from my dad.”

If there’s such thing as genetic ambition this family makes a case for it with champion drivers and outriders in every generation descending from Tom Lauder. While the sport has mostly brought gratification and triumph to this long line of tenacious horsemen, it has also claimed lives from the 50-year chuckwagon family dynasty.

Tom Lauder’s grandson, Rod Glass, was tragically killed at age 18 while driving chuckwagon in 1971. Two decades later Richard Cosgrave, married to Tom Lauder’s granddaughter, was also killed in a chuckwagon race.

Having lost two uncles to the sport, no one knows better than Jason what can go wrong in the high-speed adrenaline-charged atmosphere of chuckwagon racing. But that doesn’t seem to faze him; he accepts risk like it’s his birthright. And while tipping his hat to predecessors he clearly admires, Jason does what it takes to earn his own place on the family wall of trophies. Beginning with meticulous care of ‘the boys’.

“It’s all about the horses, you can’t win without them,” says Jason. “It’s not like race car driving where after the race you put the car away and forget about it.” For Jason, training and caring for his Thoroughbreds is a rigorous year-round commitment.

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Cover Story Above: Jason pairs his new Thoroughbreds with Skippy, his big old Clydesdale, to teach them how to pull a wagon. Skippy co-starred next to Antonio Banderas in the 1999 movie The 13th Warrior.

Below: Jason looks on as his horses enjoy their time in the Equisizer.

“Every day I go outside and feed the horses their oats individually, so I look at every inch of every one of them – make sure they’re all healthy and happy.” From September to March he spends hours with seven or eight new Thoroughbreds, immersing them in the herd and doing a variety of exercises to help them adjust to pulling a wagon.

“You can’t take a Thoroughbred off the race track and hook it to a wagon, that would stress him,” he explains. “It’s a long process to get them where they need to be. Some take two or three years, but once in a while you get one that takes to it in a couple of weeks.”

Come March, with the rodeo season just two months away, Jason ramps up the conditioning of his thirty-some other horses, already chuckwagon trained but in need of strength and endurance training to reach peak racing form. These horses get daily stints of trotting in an Equisizer, a motorized exercise pen that Jason and his cousin (chuckwagon driver and World Champion Outrider, Chad Cosgrave) constructed using some innovation and some marketmade parts. The slick equi-invention can accommodate four horses at a time and is computer generated so Jason can set the speed, direction and duration of the sessions.

“The horses love it!” He says, with giddy enthusiasm. “Turn it on and they come running; they’ll run you over trying to get in there!”

When May rolls around it’s off to the races. Jason and his wife Brienne load up their twin toddlers, Steele and Bodie, along with 16 horses (four full chuckwagon outfits) and a crew of workers and outriders. The Glass ‘checkered wagon’ team takes four big rigs down the highway hitting every major rodeo in the province.

“We love being on the road,” says Jason, explaining how his travelling accommodations have gone from truck and camper as a boy to his current bus-sized coach complete with four slides and bunk beds for the twins. “We basically go from town to town for four solid months, 10 rodeos in all, it’s a blast.”

The Calgary Stampede, with over $1 million in prize money up for grabs in chuckwagon, is the crown jewel for most drivers, especially the Glasses whose family legacy began there.

“My family has been a part of the Calgary Stampede since 1923 and I’ve been going to it for all of my 41 years. It’s the most important 10 days of the -Jason Glass year,” he says earnestly.

Potential winnings aside Jason has high praise for event organizers and volunteers. “The work that goes in to the Calgary Stampede is astounding; I think it’s absolutely amazing they’ve kept it going, and made it better every year for 100 years.”

Asked the obvious question... can a person make a living in the sport of chuckwagon? Jason explains that sponsorship is everything in this business. “I’ve been fortunate to have three or four good sized company sponsors stay with me over the years. My main sponsor – Shaw GMC is great. I’ve had them for 22 years.”

We basically go from town to town for four solid months, 10 rodeos in all, it’s a blast.”

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Above: Jason with a portrait of his legendary great grandfather Tom Lauder.

Right: Chuckwagons June 2007, High River.

CHUCKWAGON HISTORY Between winning races and having excellent sponsorship Jason says many in his family have been able to make a living at chuckwagon. But this is not the only family business Jason is heir to; the tenacious line of Lauder descendants have carved out a second unconventional career niche doing stunt work and small acting roles in movies.

“My family has been in the movie industry since 1970, my grandpa was in Buffalo Bill and the Indians,” he says. “Dad and grandpa saw people getting paid to fall off their horses and they said ‘why can’t we do that?’ So they got themselves into it.”

Jason started doing stunt work when he was 16 and has since performed in more than 150 movies, shows and commercials. His older sister (Corry Glass) is a full-time stuntwoman in Vancouver and his dad (Tom Glass) has been in more than 200 movies and has also performed stunt coordinator duties for some productions.

“Mostly I get hired for western scenes but I also do car racing, or I hang on a wire... basically anything they need.” says Jason, adding, “The movie business has been great to me and my family over the years.”

But there’s no doubt that chuckwagon is this man’s greatest passion, and his aim is to put more bronze on his walls. “You can compete at the Stampede until you’re 64, so as long as I’m healthy, I’m going to keep going for it.

Writer’s Note: Remarkably humble in spite of several noteworthy

accomplishments, Jason names a whole crew of uncles, cousins, friends and hired hands, who have contributed to his success along the way. At the top of his list of mentors he names his father, Chuckwagon champion Tom Glass, and his grandmother, Iris Glass, who passed away in 2008. “She was the matriarch of wagons, always there in the barns, at the races, a very important person to all of us,” he pauses to gather his emotions, picks up his daughter and gives her a squeeze.

Although there are many legends pertaining to the history of chuckwagon racing, all seem to be some variation of the following. Back in the dusty days of old, cowboys lived and cooked out of the back of their chuckwagons.

At the end of a long hard day on the range, when every man was good and thirsty, they loaded up their wagons and raced to the saloon and... you guessed it... the last one there had to buy the beer.

CHUCKWAGON BASICS

Each chuckwagon is pulled by four horses (an outfit), and is accompanied by two outriders. There are four wagons in each race (heat). When the horn sounds, one outrider throws the barrel (stove) in the back of the chuckwagon while the other steadies the lead horses, then both riders jump on their horses and the wagons are off. Each wagon and its outriders must cut a figure 8 pattern around their respective barrels. They then proceed to race around the track. A chuckwagon’s running time ends when the nose of its first horse crosses the finish line. Each outrider must finish within 150 feet of its wagon or the driver will be penalized. Final times are tabulated based on running times plus any penalties incurred during the race (i.e. 1 second penalty for a false start, 5 seconds for knocking over a barrel). In this sport, penalty seconds can cost drivers thousands of dollars, and in some cases, championships.

STARS AND STUNTS

Jason has worked with dozens of famous Hollywood stars, including Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, and Owen Wilson. The biggest production he’s ever worked on was the 2011 release of Mission Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol. In this movie he’s the stuntman driving the car during a race scene where Tom Cruise is hit by the car and ends up clinging to the roof, fighting with the driver through the window.

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Artist Feature

Music and Art Alberta Light

By Karen Gimbel Photo by Shelley Whitehead Art photos by Edith VanderKloot

Music and art are the activities that one can continue doing all through a long life - as long as you keep it simple.”

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When Neel de Wit-Wibaut talks about her life she recalls the friends, the music and the painting, everything else falls away. There is little talk of her Dutch heritage that includes witnessing and surviving war and liberation in the early 1940s. She does not draw attention to her career, marriage or immigration to Canada. Few are privy to her 1970s life chapter when peace, love and nature were freely and generously expressed at her remote Millarville property. For Neel, the focus today is on making art and music… as much as she can for as long as she can.

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illarville artist Neel de Wit-Wibaut has experienced a wide array of life adventures on her way to arriving in a skin she is most comfortable in. “Art and music are the only things I am suitable for,” says Neel, who at the accomplished age of 97 is set to have her first ever solo exhibition at Bluerock Gallery in Black Diamond.

Neel was one of the original viola players in the formative years (50s and 60s) of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.

She began painting after going back to school to obtain a fine arts degree at age 60.

Neel was born and raised in Amsterdam and was working as a social worker in the Netherlands when the war broke out.

She married during the war, and was in the hospital getting ready to give birth to her first child the day her town was liberated by Canadian soldiers. She and her family immigrated to Canada in 1946.

When Neel and her husband parted ways in the 60s, he got the house in the city; she got the land with the rustic cabin near Millarville. For many years now Neel has spent her weekdays in an apartment in Calgary but every weekend she escapes to her country retreat with the great Alberta foothills right outside her front door.

Many of Neel’s interests are more urban (concerts, museums), but spending weekends, year round, in her tiny remote studio deeply and essentially nourishes her soul. “My joy and pleasure is to just be here, to see the sky, and the trees waving about, what you don’t have in the city, and all for free!”

Neel’s painting is a creative process born of her skill as a musician. She loves to describe how, just as her viola bow is drawn across the strings with varying pressures to make a range of sounds, so she approaches her paintbrush with varying amounts of paint and pressures to achieve lighter or heavier lines, or different effects.

While painting is her main creative outlet, music is its own reward for Neel. She still holds to the world where playing music together, not performing, is the main event. Although she still sight reads music weekly playing in a quartet, and organizes an annual music weekend for friends to come together and play, these days she doesn’t play music for audiences.

“Music and art are the activities that one can continue doing all through a long life - as long as you keep it simple,” she says.

“My eyes never stop seeing things - I am always looking for light, shadows, and color combinations that someone else might not see.”

Although Neel de Wit-Wibaut has had annual art shows for her friends, this will be her first solo show in a commercial gallery. The retrospective show will highlight many works from the past as well as recent paintings. Her paintings include sweeping Alberta skies, seasonal light playing on local landscapes, familiar farm animals, all old friends in new light.

Neel will be at Bluerock Gallery for an artist reception from 2 - 5 pm.

Fittingly, May 5 is also Dutch Liberation Day.

Read more about Neel’s life and other stories of Dutch–Canadians during WWII in the book Hope in the Colour of Orange, compiled by Marika d’Ailly.

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Writer’s Note: Neel de Wit-Wibaut is an inspiration to all of us artists who are late-bloomers. When she talks about her art, our hearts resonate. We are in love with Alberta light. We track its movement through every hour, noticing ever-changing nuances in passing days, dawn to dusk, and season to season. We are awed by the great presence of a Chinook arch, the subtlety of moon shadow, how sunlight filters through bare trees in winter. routesmagazine.ca

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“We know now that if you don’t love what you do, change it.”

- Lynda McLennan

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he office of Jim McLennan is the fishing hole. So what sign does he put up when he wants a break? Maybe it’s Gone Finger Picking? With the debut of his CD, SixString Gumbo (2011), Jim has rekindled a passion for playing his acoustic guitar.

In the latter part of the 70s and into the early 80s, Jim was a real up and comer on the music scene. Then somewhere along the way, he gave it up to pursue the career he is best known for – that of master fly fisher, teacher and author. And in the world of fly-fishing the name McLennan is among the first on the lips and on the list.

So how does one’s route in life change? In Jim McLennan’s case, several events coincided to initiate the hanging of his version of a Gone NOT Fishing sign.

In the early 1980s, McLennan had been a presence, playing in clubs and festivals across the Prairie provinces. His talent caught the attention of many including Stefan Grossman, and it was the recording he did on Grossman’s Kicking Mule label that would bring him back to the music scene after decades of seclusion, after having built a career in fly-fishing.

As with most things in life, the return to the music scene was not instantaneous. Along the way, McLennan was introduced (or re-introduced because of his earlier time in the music scene) to people like Amos Garrett, David Wilkie, and Berna-Dean Holland.

“I think it’s wonderful that people find whatever passions they need to find in life. When it’s time, it’s time. It’s certainly well worth the wait,” Berna-Dean Holland said.

Then, just as McLennan was just beginning to re-establish himself in he music scene, he had a major setback – a heart attack. Luckily, he survived, and the crisis sparked an opportunity.

His wife Lynda said that timing has always been a gift for Jim. And so it was, after a period of recovery, Jim recorded Six String Gumbo.

Finger-style guitar playing is the passion that acts as Jim’s relax and unwind time. If you’ve attended one of his concerts and heard him play his own compositions – Sweet Tooth, Mamoo’s Dream or Prairie Rose – you’ll know that the Jim McLennan method of relaxation is high-level stuff.

These days, Lynda joins Jim on stage singing favourites from her youth (Blue Skies, Summertime, Blue Moon) and newer tunes like Fields of Gold and other slow blues numbers. “It’s taken 40 years to get here but we now know that if you don’t love what you do, change it,” says Lynda.

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As a group of fun-loving women we raise awareness and celebrate early day rodeo cowgirls, trick riders, and other performing women who made the West wilder.”

-Alison Keene O’Callaghan, Founder of LaDue Ladies Lunch.

Florence LaDue, oil on Masonite by Ruth Vickers.

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aDue Ladies Lunch is doing its part to preserve Alberta’s western heritage by paying tribute to the spirit of the cowgirl, past, present and future. Inspired and named after Florence LaDue, the society supports young female rodeo athletes who are pursuing their western dreams while excelling in school and the community. The group of around 140 members raises funds and sponsors one or more promising young cowgirl each year.

For years, Alison Keene O'Callaghan of Millarville held a lunch to mark the start of her favourite event, the Calgary Stampede (cowgirl Christmas). As the guest list (of predominately women) multiplied, Alison decided her annual lunch should have a higher purpose, so she created a sponsorship society to support and pay tribute to young women “who embody the cowgirl spirit and are

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dedicated to advocating the cowgirl way”. When it came to naming the society, Alison thought it fitting to honour Florence LaDue, World Champion Fancy Roper and wife of Guy Weadick, Wild West performer and Calgary Stampede founding partner.

2011 Sponsorship Recipients: Katy Lucas, Carstairs. The first recipient of the LaDue Ladies Lunch Scholarship, Katy has competed nationally and internationally as a roper and barrel racer and she has also served a term as the High School Rodeo Queen.

Now a university student studying broadcast journalism in Lethbridge, Katy continues her rodeo pursuits and is an ambassador for LaDue Ladies and the cowgirl way of life.

Shelby True Stewart, High River.

A Grade 10 student at Ecole Secondaire Highwood High School, Shelby received the first prize winnings of $1,000 for an essay she wrote on ‘Cowgirl Spirit’. At age 15 she competes in barrel racing, polebending and cutting.

Haxstyn Peters, Pincher Creek.

A Grade 9 student and member of the Turtle Mountain Riding Club, Haxstyn was awarded $500 from LaDue Ladies Scholarship. The young rider competes in barrel racing and polebending and also belongs to the National High School Rodeo Association.

This year’s lunch will be held at the Mustang Room in the BMO Centre on the grounds at Stampede Park on July 5. Tickets on sale at: www.ladueladieslunch.ca.

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...remember to decorate your life...

Alison A. Laycraft

B.Ed CID Interior Designer

403.818.3184 www.decordiva.ca

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Arts & Entertainment

Okotoks First Saturdays May 5 Downtown Okotoks The first Saturday of each month enjoy a mix of special activities including theatre, live music, talks, street events, food, wine tasting, special promotions and more. www.okotoks.ca [OK]

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Claymore May 11, 8:30 pm Gitter's Pub www.gitterspub.com [HR] Spring Gala Fine Art Show and Sale May 11, 3 - 8 pm May 12, 10 am - 4 pm High River United Church High River Art Society members showcase new and original artwork in a variety of mediums. www.highriverartsociety.ca [HR] Art Walk Gallery Tour May 12, 10 am - 4:30 pm Evanescence Gallery and Art Studio www.evanescencegallery.com [HR] Ron Sexsmith May 12, 8 pm ($33) Bragg Creek Centre Sexsmith is nominated for Songwriter of the Year and Adult Alternative Album of the Year for his Long Player Late Bloomer album. www.braggcreekperformingarts.com [BC]

MAY High River Newcomers 2nd Wednesday monthly, 7 pm Polo Park Community Hall Come make new friends. P: 403.602.0101 [HR] Art In The Hall May and June Okotoks Municipal Centre And What Do You Think is an exhibition of abstract and impressionist paintings by Valerie McLenahan. www.okotoksculture.ca [OK] Sean Burns May 4, 8:30 pm Gitter's Pub www.gitterspub.com [HR] Pamela Thurston: Small Matters May 4 - 26, 7 - 9 pm Evanescence Gallery and Art Studio Artist’s reception on the first Friday of each month. www.evanescencegallery.com [HR] Neel de Wit-Wibaut May 4 - 28 Bluerock Gallery A retrospective show of the past 35 years of a 97 year-old artist. Alberta light is the subject of most of her works. www.bluerockgallery.ca [DV]

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Project Green Day May 5 Black Diamond and Turner Valley Help clean up the river and many other parts of our beautiful region. www.town.blackdiamond.ab.ca or www.turnervalley.ca [DV]

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Mother’s Day Weekend May 12 - 13, 9 - 6 pm Aspen Crossing Celebrate Mother’s Day with a beautiful hanging basket (limited supply) and enjoy the brunch buffet in a 1887 Pullman dining car restaurant. www.aspencrossing.com [MS] Mother's Day Breakfast May 13, 9 and 11 am ($12.50 adults, $6.25 children) Turner Valley Royal Canadian Legion E: rcl78@telus.net [DV] Norwegian Heritage Celebration May 17, 12 - 3 pm (free) Claresholm & District Museum Celebrate Norway’s Constitution Day and the early Norwegian settlement to Claresholm, with traditional Norwegian food, music and fun! http://www.townofclaresholm.com [CH] Scott Macleod May 18, 8:30 pm Gitter's Pub www.gitterspub.com [HR] Zachary Lucky May 19, 8:30 pm Gitter's Pub www.gitterspub.com [HR] Museum of the Highwood Grand Opening May 19, 2 pm Celebrate the re-opening of the museum as it returns to its home in the former CPR train station after the 2010 fire. Tour the restored heritage building and enjoy the new exhibits and children’s play area. www.museumofthehighwood.com [HR]

My best friend died a stranger to me."

- Jayson Krause

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e was the best man at his wedding and gave the eulogy at his funeral. Yet, Krause experienced the crushing realization that he knew very little about his best friend. This stinging revelation led to a passionate year-long quest for meaningful connections.

Adventurous, courageous and revealing, Krause bravely approaches random strangers from across the world in an effort to find hidden answers and tackle the myths of social connection. 52 People takes readers to the daring place of real connection and offers compelling insights into relationships and life.

Jayson Krause is a former threetime national champion in the sport of bobsled, a coach, speaker and leadership consultant. He is the cofounder and CEO of Driven By Passion Inc., an international business designed to inspire connection.

Jayson currently lives in Okotoks with his wife and two children.

52 People was nominated for a Montaigne Medal from the Eric Hoffer Awards for Short Prose & Independent Books.

Arts & Entertainment Little Britches Rodeo and Parade May 21 High River Parade begins at 10 am downtown with rodeo commencing at 1 pm at the High River Rodeo Grounds. www.hragsociety.ca [HR] Crocus Country Fibre Arts Guild May 25 – 27 Highwood High School Theconference will highlights local fibre artists such as Holly Kingdon, doing rug hooking; Crys Harse, basket making and KC Jones doing colour theory. There will be alpaca shearing demonstrations and fleece judging and many vendors who specialize in things related to fibre (free public event).

P: 403-652-9435 [HR] Backyard Betties May 25th, 8:30pm Gitter's Pub www.gitterspub.com [HR] Okotoks Men’s Chorus May 26, 7 pm, ($15) Okotoks United Church Presenting “Men with Tunes” featuring Alberta Dance Academy and local entertainers. www.okotoksmenschorus.com [OK] Jack Semple May 26, 8 pm ($20) Carlson’s on MacLeod www.carlsonsonmacleod.com [HR] Working the Word with Amy Vaile May 26, 8 pm Gitter’s Pub Shake down whatever you thought you knew about Spoken Word. www.gitterspub.com [HR] Arnold and Edward Choi May 26, 7:30 pm ($20 - $30) High River United Church This native Albertan cellist returns for a recital of works from Bach to Britten accompanied by his brother and pianist Edward Choi. Pre-concert chat at 6:45 pm. www.highrivergiftofmusic.com [HR] The Breath of Spring May 27, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm ($65) Long Prairie loop Explore the new growth in the forest as we wander up to the viewpoint on this stunning ridge.

E: info@full-circle-adventures.com [KK] Writers in the Round May 30, 7:30 pm www.gitterspub.com [HR]

JUNE Jacob & Lily June 1, 8:30 pm Gitter's Pub www.gitterspub.com [HR] Diamond Valley Parade and Discovery Days June 1 - 2 Black Diamond and Turner Valley www.town.blackdiamond.ab.ca or www.turnervalley.ca [DV]

Sheila Schaetzle: Colours in the Trees June 1 - 23, 7 - 9 pm Evanescence Gallery and Art Studio www.evanescencegallery.com [HR]

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Black Diamond Icon June 1 - 25 Bluerock Gallery An invitational show featuring two and three-dimensional responses by local artists to the iconic black diamond located in the heart of the town. www.bluerockgallery.ca [DV]

MUSIC

Duane Steele June 2, 8:00 pm ($10 cover) Gitter's Pub www.gitterspub.com [HR] Okotoks First Saturdays June 2 Downtown Okotoks Enjoy a mix of special activities including theatre, live music, talks, street events, food, wine tasting, special promotions and more. www.okotoks.ca [OK] Travelling Mabels June 2, 8 pm ($25, $35) June 3, 2 pm East Longview Hall E: eastlongview@hotmail.com [LV] Discover Edible Plants Day Hike June 3, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm ($65) Yamnuska Mountain Learn which native plants are safe and edible here in the foothills.

E: info@full-circle-adventures.com. [KK] Celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee June 3, 1 – 3 pm (free) Museum of the Highwood Join us for an afternoon tea in honour of Queen Elizabeth’s 60th year of royal rein.

Museum staff will help you make your own fascinator. Please pre-register. www.museumofthehighwood.com [HR] Cat Jahnke June 8 Carlson’s on MacLeod www.carlsonsonmacleod.com [HR] Dice Deluxe June 8, 8:30 pm Gitter's Pub www.gitterspub.com [HR] The Vintage Chicks Sale June 8, 4 - 8 pm June 9, 9 - 4 pm ($3) Priddis Community Hall Treasure hunters take note: antiques, collectables, repurposed vintage finds, art and handmade goods including jewelry and clothing. http://thevintagechicks.blogspot.com [PS] [OK] Okotoks [HR] High River [MS] Mossleigh [LV] Longview [NT] Nanton [CH] Chareholm [KK] Kananaskis

[FM] Fort MacLeod [PS] Priddis [BC] Bragg Creek [DV] Diamond Valley [MV] Millarville [CY] Calgary [SY] Stavely

For event submissions email: entertainment@routesmedia.ca

Fast Loud Rotten Roll

By The Cadavor Dog

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he Cadavor Dog band twisted into form two years ago with the worst members of High River’s Hateful Aggresion and Buzzard. The album features Wolfspider (Dylan Barstad) on thrashing chainsaws ‘n’ vokills, Freddy Shruger (Andrew Shruger) as the bringer of bloody bass bludgeoning and Brad the Impaler (Brian Chipchase) pounding nuclear thunder. Speed Thrash Black Death was the inspiration for the Rotten Roll album and was recorded by the Steve Loree in the heavy metal capitol of the world, Crabapple Downs in Nanton.

BEWARE! DOG WILL HUNT! HUNT THE CADAVOR DOG ON SPACEBOOK. (MWAHAHA) CD artwork by the

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Spotlight

onTalent MUSIC

Jim and Lynda McLennan June 9, 8 pm Carlson’s on Macleod Jim’s fingerstyle guitar compositions and arrangements combined with Lynda’s vocal flair, music blurs the boundaries between folk, blues, swing, ragtime, jazz and pop.

Special guest, Berna-Dean Holland www.carlsonsonmacleod.com [HR]

Allen Christie June 15, 8:30 pm Gitter’s Pub www.gitterspub.com [HR]

Art Walk Gallery Tour June 9, 10 am - 4:30 pm Evanescence Gallery and Art Studio www.evanescencegallery.com [HR]

Run to the Market Half Marathon June 16, 7 am Black Diamond to Millarville Race through 21.1 km of beautiful scenic countryside to finish at southern Alberta’s largest outdoor market! Ages 16+. www.millarvillehalfmarathon.com [BD-MV]

Wild Tea Party June 10, 9 am – 4 pm ($145) The Oxley Ranch Learn which plants make tasty and healing teas at this historic ranch. Taste common tea remedies and take home a sample.

E: info@full-circle-adventures.com [SY] CD artwork

by Caleb Friesen

Graceland and Graveyards

By Karla Adolphe

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raceland and Graveyards is a healing project – a collection of songs, stories and poetry written for people who are grieving.

After witnessing heart-wrenching devastation when a close friend lost her daughter, singer songwriter Karla Adolphe was moved by the realization that music can play a vital role in grief survival. Since then, the compassionate Alberta musician has made it her mission to capture the stirring emotions of unimaginable loss and the streams of hope that filter through the forest of grief. This album is her tribute to those who have been there, and those who are still struggling in the throes of loss.

Karla is an award-winning songwriter and performer who openly shares real-life stories in each of her five recordings and during her live performances. By distributing this album as a free digital download (www.karlaadolphe.ca), it is Karla’s hope that she will be instrumental in helping to heal those who are grieving.

Karla also plays as part of the duo Jacob and Lily.

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High River Women's Connection Brunch June 13, 9 am ($13) Highwood Memorial Center Special speaker and musician monthly.

Free childcare available by reservation.

P: 403.649.0070. [HR] Western Chic Event June 15 Okotoks Art Gallery Featuring Alberta's best-known landscape artist Roland Gissing, as well as music, food, drink and a one-of-a-kind silent auction. www.okotoks.ca [OK]

Father's Day Breakfast June 16, 9 am (2nd sitting TBA) Turner Valley Royal Canadian Legion E: rcl78@telus.net [DV]

Nanton's Parade of Garage Sales June 16, 9 - 3 (free) Nanton Main Street will be closed to cars but full of sidewalk sales, garage sale tables, and maps to the many residential garage sales also held that day. Rent a table for $10.

P: 403.646.2997 [NT] Spirit of Okotoks Parade & Children’s Festival June 16 Downtown Okotoks Bring the whole family out for a full day of entertainment and activities. www.okotoks.ca [OK] Guy Weadick Days June 16 - 24 High River Rodeo Grounds www.hragsociety.ca [HR]

Train Days June 16 - 17, 9 - 6 pm Aspen Crossing Family day event with a brunch buffet in an authentic 1887 Pullman dining car, a pancake breakfast in the greenhouse, model train displays by the Rocky Mountain Model Railroad Society, kid train rides, hay rides, petting zoo and more. www.aspencrossing.com [MS] 30th Annual Millarville Farmers’ Market June 16 - October 6, 9 am - 2 pm Millarville Racetrack Millarville Market features a wonderful array of local food, farmers, artists, food artisans, musicians and volunteers. www.millarvilleracetrack.com [MV] Wild Forage and Feast June 17 and 23, 9:30 am – 3 pm ($185) Folk Tree Lodge Discover the native edible plants of southwestern Alberta and learn to cook up a tasty meal. Walk the land and identify safe wild plants that you can grow at home.

E: info@full-circle-adventures.com [BC] Sled Island June 20 - 23 Calgary Sled Island is an annual four-day independent music and arts festival in Calgary, that brings together over 300 bands and artists in more than 30 venues throughout the city. www.sledisland.com [CY] Writers in the Round June 27 7:30 pm Gitter's Pub www.gitterspub.com [HR] Matt Blais June 29, 8:30 pm Gitter's Pub www.gitterspub.com [HR]

JULY Turner Valley Sprint Triathlon July 1, 8 am Turner Valley Register for this fun family-friendly event consisting of a 500m pool swim, 20km bike west of Turner Valley and 5km run on the Friendship Trail. Kids of Steel ages 13-17. www.turnervalleytriathlon.ca [DV]

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Ken Flett: Holding Cloth Art Exhibit July 6 - 28, 7 - 9 pm Evanescence Gallery and Art Studio Artist’s Reception on the first Friday of each month. www.evanescencegallery.com [HR] Golf 4 Wellness July 19 D’Arcy Ranch It’s that time again... time to help others by playing golf. With Drive for 5, we are hoping to raise $500,000 over two years.

This money will allow the Sheep River Health Trust to expand our support to youth, families, seniors care programs and to purchase medical equipment. Reserve your place for our 9th annual tournament, register early for a chance to win a limo service for the day. www.darcyranchgolf.com [OK]

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Dining Guide FINE DINING

PIZZARIAS / GRILLS 2 for 1 Pizza #3, 120 Centre St SE [HR] 403.652.2100

Bistro Provence 52 N Railway St [OK] 403.938.2224

Blackstone Rotisserie & Grill

Divine 42 McRae St [OK] 403.938.0000

97 Elizabeth St [OK] 403.982.9891 Granny’s Pizza 110 Main St [TV] 403.933.4000

Heartland Café 46 McRae St [OK] 403.995.4623 Little New York Bistro 108 Morrison Rd [LV] 403.558.0000 Longview Steakhouse 102 Morrison Rd [LV] 403.558.2000 The Crossing Restaurant and Lounge 601- 1 St W [HR] 403.652.7992

Grillo’s Pizzeria 102 Center Ave W [BD] 403.933.2333 Mama’s Pizza & Pasta 100 Stockton Ave [OK] 403.938.3333 My Pizza #1, 104 - 3 Ave SE [HR] 403.652.2262

CAFES / DINERS / PUBS Aspen Crossing

Gourmet on the Go 22 Elizabeth St [OK] 403.938.0058 Grand Central Bar & Grill 8 – 49 Elizabeth St [OK] 403.938.0929 Haywire Café 118 Morrison Rd [LV] 403.852.7952 Ian Tyson’s Navajo Mug 140 Morrison Rd [LV] 403.558.2272

Mainstreet Café 2122-20 St [NT] 403.646.1155

ETHNIC

Marv’s Classic Soda Shop 121 Centre Ave W [BD] 403.933.7001

Aditya Fine Indian Cuisine 27A McRae St [OK] 403.982.4646

Black Diamond Bakery 119 Centre Ave [BD] 403.933.4503

New Club Café 129 Centre St [VC] 403.485.2418

Golden National 112 Centre St SE [HR] 403.652.4364

Black Diamond Bar & Hotel 105 Center Ave W [BD] 403.933.4656

Rylie’s Cattle Barn 263, 200 Southridge Dr [OK] 403.995.7779

Ken’s Restaurant 17200-020 Ave [NT] 403.646.2922 P&H Family Restaurant 327 Macleod Tr SW [HR] 403.601.3802 Saigon Moon Vietnamese 130 Government Rd [DV] 403.933.5751 Saigon Sun Authentic Vietnamese Cuisine Suite 245, 200 Southridge Dr [OK] 403.995.8181 Spices East Indian Dining #445, 200 Southridge Dr [OK] 403.995.3320 Yokozuna Sushi Bar and Grill 249, 200 Southridge Dr [OK] 403.995.8141 [OK] Okotoks [HR] High River

Carlson’s on Macleod 129 - 3 Ave. SW Macleod Tr [HR] 403.601.8774 Chef Thomas Family Restaurant 120 Service Rd [VC] 403.485.2222 Chris’s on Fifth 133 - 5 Ave [HR] 403.603.3280 Chuckwagon Café 105 Sunset Blvd [TV] 403.933.0003 Coyote Moon Cantina 202 Main St [TV] 403.933.3363 Diamond Valley Restaurant 202 Centre Ave W [BD] 403.933.3122 Evelyn’s Memory Lane Café 118 - 4 Ave SW [HR] 403.652.1887

[LV] Longview [NT] Nanton

[VC] Vulcan [DV] Diamond Valley

Casual French Dining in Olde Towne Okotoks

Dine In | Take Out | Catering

JoJo’s Café (Kayben Farms) 32nd Street E [OK] 403.995.5509

Highway #24 [MS] 866.440.3500

Graduate Foods 1145 Centre Ave [BD] 403.933.3320

52 North Railway St. bistro-provence.ca

sw High Rive 1st r 60 4

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Alta Vita Ristorante 134 Macleod Tr SW [HR] 403.652.3793

403-938-2224

Foxes Den, Highwood Golf and Country Club 400 - 7 St NW [HR] 403.652.3644

“A charming vintage rail car with excellent food and service!”

www.whistlestopcafe.ca

Royal Café 129 Centre St [VC] 403.485.2418 South Fork 110 - 1 St W [HR] 403.652.3787 Sweet Queen 2125 - 19 St [NT] 403.646.2289 The George Traditional House 101 - 31 Southridge Dr [OK] 403.938.5000 The Stop 123 Government Road [BD] 403.933.3002 Tribal Connection Market 41 McRae St [OK] 403.995.1898 Trish’s tasty Treats 118 Centre St [VC] 403.485.2657

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Whistle Stop Café 406 - 1 St SW [HR] 403.652.7026 Wild Thyme Café 2018 - 20 Ave [NT] 403.646.2173

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Food

Sweet

BRAISED Pulled

PORK Sandwich Ingredients:

Serves: 10-15 1 6-10 lb pork shoulder (also known as the pork butt, bone in)

1 cup reduced (low or sodium-free) duck or beef stock

2 cups water ½ cup maple syrup 1 bottle of Kayben Farms’ black currant grilling glaze 1 tbsp black pepper 2 tbsp grainy mustard

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Method: • Rinse pork shoulder with cold water and place in a large roasting pan.

• Combine and whisk the stock, water, syrup, grilling glaze, and pepper, then pour over the pork.

• Cover the roasting pan with a lid or aluminum foil (if you are using foil, make sure there is some air space between the shoulder and foil).

• Place the pan in the oven at 300°F. • Cook the pork for a minimum of 6 hours, checking every 2 hours to ensure it has at least 1 inch of liquid in the pan to prevent drying out.

• To check if the pork is done take a fork and gently scrape a piece of the meat off. Taste it for desired tenderness and flavour. If it falls off the bone and tastes good it’s done.

• Use a fork to pull the fully-cooked pork off the bone and shred into small pieces.

• Mix the shredded pork with the liquid in the bottom of the roasting pan.

• Taste and adjust seasoning as desired.

• Mix in the grainy mustard.

• Serve with fresh baked buns and the wasabi slaw.

For best results use a full shoulder of pork from your local butcher; the shoulder retains moisture when cooked whole. If you are cooking for a small group, cook the whole shoulder and freeze the excess in air tight packages. Simply re-heat and add a small amount of moisture to have this delicious meal over again.

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Wasabi Slaw: Ingredients: 1

cup green cabbage

1

cup purple cabbage

3

tbsp mayonnaise

1

tbsp lemon juice

½ tsp dry mustard ¼

tsp wasabi paste

1

tbsp sugar or honey

Salt and pepper to taste

Method: • Shred or finely chop the cabbage and mix the two colours together.

• Sprinkle the lemon juice over the cabbage and let sit in the refrigerator while the dressing is being made.

• Mix the mayonnaise, mustard powder, wasabi, and sugar together with a whisk.

• Taste the mixture and adjust the seasonings to suit your crowd. Some like it spicy!

• Mix the dressing with the cabbage and serve.

Slightly different than traditional coleslaw, this slaw has a fresh spicy taste that complements the sweet pulled pork. Serve on the bun with the pork, or as a side.

White Chocolate

& Lemon Mini Tarts Makes 24 mini tarts

Crust Ingredients: ⅓ cup ground almonds 1

cup flour

Pinch of salt ½ cup unsalted butter ¼ cup icing sugar ½ tsp vanilla 2

tsp fresh squeezed lemon juice

Cardamom Ganache filling Ingredients: 6

oz white chocolate, finely chopped

¼ cup heavy cream ¼ tsp cardamom

Lemon Cream: 1 cup whipping cream 2 tbsp icing sugar 2 lemons, finely zested Whip cream in electric mixer with whisk attachment at medium speed. Add sugar half way through and add zest just before firm peaks start to form.

Photos by Neville Palmer

Method: • Using electric mixer cream butter, add sugar and beat till smooth, then beat in vanilla and lemon juice.

• Mix together almonds, flour and salt.

• Gently fold flour mixture into butter mixture, until just incorporated.

• Flatten dough into a disk shape, wrap in plastic and place in fridge to chill until firm.

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Remove dough from fridge, divide into quarters and roll out one at a time (approx. ⅛ inch thick).

• Cut into small disks and press into mini muffin tin.

• Poke bottoms with a fork and bake for 10-12 minute or until slightly browned.

• Let cool.

• Put white chocolate in medium sized bowl.

• Heat the cream in a small saucepan over low heat and bring to a simmer.

• Remove from heat and pour the cream over the chocolate.

• Immediately cover bowl with plastic wrap to keep in heat.

• Leave covered for a few minutes, then very gently whisk to

incorporate (whisking too aggressively will cause ganache to break).

• Add cardamom and mix until smooth.

• Set aside to cool.

Assembly • Spoon Cardamom Ganache into cooled tart shells.

• Let cool and set in fridge for 10 minutes while you make the lemon cream.

• Pipe or scoop whipped cream on top of tart.

• Garnish with raspberries.

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JoJo’s Café opened in 2010 and is named after Kayben Farms owners Claude and Judy’s youngest daughter Jolene.

This inspired café is a three-sister/family project: Jolene being the namesake and pastry chef, Stephanie the head chef and Alexis and her father were responsible for the building and landscaping. The café menu features fresh ingredients from their own chef’s garden, orchards and greenhouses as well as from several local producers.

JoJo’s is open from May through October for lunch and special occasion rental/catering.

For more information on the farm or directions: www.kayben.com

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Health

Before you take those first few steps, ponder the following points so you can have an injury-free running season.

Buy The Right Shoes: Get the advice of an expert at a

Tips to

Prevent

Running

INJURIES

By Dr. Lori Darroch, DC

Ah, spring. The songbirds are back, the trees are budding, and the new green grass is peaking up from winter’s thatch. The sunny days are getting warmer, releasing the streets and paths from their icy blankets and baring them once again to fair weather runners who get out in the fresh air to start running off the winter weight.

Dr. Lori Darroch is a chiropractor in Okotoks with over 20 years of experience based on an on-going interest in fitness and sports medicine for people of all ages.

store specializing in running shoes. It is helpful to bring a pair of old shoes that show wear patterns indicating any faulty foot mechanics. When you find those perfect shoes, buy a couple of pairs, as the manufacturers will probably discontinue the model after few years. And remember to replace your shoes after four to five hundred miles. Interestingly, more women than men seem to suffer injuries from wearing old shoes.

Enroll in a learn-to-run program: If you are a novice runner or haven’t been hitting the streets on a regular basis, ease yourself into a regular program with the help and support of a running group under the guidance of a running coach. The 10 per cent rule: a safe way to progress through a running program is to limit your increase of distance per run and mileage per week to 10 per cent increments, or if you’re trying to decrease the time over the same distance again use the 10 per cent rule.

Warm up, cool down, stretch and rest: Your joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons are put under stress during each run and have to be cared for. Warming up with gentle large range of motion movements and light jogging gets the blood flowing and loosens things up. A cool down allows the blood to move out of the extremities, while stretching will prevent the tight muscles from staying that way. The effects of training actually take place during times of rest so be sure to give your body time to adapt to the stresses.

Listen to your body: If you have had a previous injury, there is a 40 to 50 per cent chance you will injure that area again. Pay very close attention to those trouble spots and take immediate action if they start to give you grief. It has been shown that the number of miles you run and the type of running can predict the area you will develop problems in; marathoners get foot injuries, middle distance runners get hip and back problems, and sprinters tend to injure their hamstrings. Similarly, if you’re feeling a little under the weather, take a break from your training schedule until your energy returns. Remember, when you start again do so at an easier pace instead of hopping back in where you left off.

Running surface: Choose to run on grass, dirt, cinder tracks or treadmills. If you can, avoid cambered or slanted surfaces, concrete, sand and asphalt surfaces.

Cross training and weight training: It is becoming more evident that like other physical activities, cross training and strength training, particularly core stabilization, are proving to be essential for a total running program. Running experts show that efficiency of arm and leg motion depends on the stability of the core therefore in order to maximize your energy.

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So Little Time...

So Many Runs!

June 16: Millarville Run to the Market Half Marathon. www.millarvillehalfmarathon.com

June 23: Kananaskis 100-Mile Relay Race. www.calgaryroadrunners.com

July 1: Turner Valley Triathlon www.turnervalleytriathlon.ca

July 1: High River Canada Day Race www.calgaryroadrunners.com PROGRESSIVE FAMILY DENTISTRY

Invisalign Zoom Whitening

July 7: Okotoks Natural High Charity Triathlon.

New Patients Welcome

www.naturaltri.ca

Evening And Saturday Appointments Available

Digital X-Rays White Fillings

August 25: Bragg Creek Moose Mountain Trail Races.

Bonding & Veneers

www.calgaryroadrunners.com

Crowns/Bridges

Implants Root Canals

September 9: Canmore Rocky Mountain Half Marathon.

Conscious Sedation

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403-603-3364

201 - 103 3 Avenue SW, High River

www.signaturesmilesdentistry.ca

Dr. Vicki McMullen

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Financial Insights

Clearly For You:

The Cost of

UNPREPAREDNESS

By David and Heather Meszaros

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lenda, a 30-year-old mother of two living in Leduc, suffered a sudden severe stroke that left her a quadriplegic. Besides the trauma she and her family experienced, the financial costs were enormous. The cost of a wheelchair ($4,500) and a specialized communication device ($9,000) were just the beginning. The family then had to renovate their home and purchase a custom vehicle.

While many people have some form of disability income insurance (e.g. from their employer), few realize that this insurance provides only the income needed to pay for daily expenses not the heavy costs of a critical illness such as Glenda’s. Further, it provides an income only if an injury or sickness prevents you from working, and only for as long as you are unable to work.

In Glenda’s case her community rallied around her and organized a "Walk, Run or Wheel" fundraiser to help pay for the special tools she needed just to be able to function. While we applaud this spirit of compassion in a crisis we know that Critical Illness Insurance allows you to maintain your dignity and is a better solution in the event of a catastrophic illness.

Here are just some of the reasons why: • 50,000 Canadians suffer strokes each year.

• Cancer has increased 31 per cent since 1970.

• One in nine Canadian women will develop breast cancer during their lifetime.

• 48 per cent of home foreclosures are due to serious illness or disability.

• $800 million in RRSPs were cashed in last year because of major illnesses.

• People now live longer and often with a life-altering illness. Modern medicine can save the patient but can cause a huge financial drain on family resources.

If you are stricken with an illness covered in your Critical Illness Insurance policy, you receive a lump sum payout, tax-free (after surviving 30 days). Unlike disability income policies this insurance pays a benefit even if you are still able to work. If you don’t need it for new or unexpected expenses you may decide to invest the money for your future use. Most policies even offer a no regret clause, where if you die and have never made a claim, the entire premium paid is refunded.

Husband and wife team David and Heather Meszaros are licensed with Sun Life Financial and Sun Life Financial Investment Services (Canada) Inc. David, a Certified Financial Planner, has been with Sun Life for 19 years. Heather, a Certified Health Insurance Specialist, has been with Sun Life for six years. They will give you a clear understanding of your financial options, by educating you and keeping it simple. For more information call 403-652-3233.

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Stargazing

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Two SUNsational Events

By James Durbano

Photo by NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory

t’s always nice to have neighbours stop by for a visit, especially when they have not stopped by in a long time.

Over the next two months, a couple of the sun’s neighbours will be stopping by for a celestial visit in the sky.

Here in southern Alberta, we have a front row seat and will be able to catch all the action.

First the moon will visit the sun on May 20. It will be a two-hour visit, starting at approximately 6:05 pm. Of course, astronomers do not refer to this event as a celestial neighbourly visit, but rather a solar eclipse. Observers in southern Alberta will see only a partial solar eclipse with about twothirds of the sun obscured by the moon.

Proper safety precautions must be taken if you want to view this awe-inspiring natural phenomenon. One way to safely view a solar eclipse is to observe it while looking through #14 welder’s glass, which can be obtained from welding supply outlets. Another way is to use a pinhole viewer* to project the image onto a screen. My favourite way to view a solar eclipse is hands-free using “eclipse glasses”.

Venus will be the sun’s other visitor and is expected to arrive at about 4:05 pm on June 5. This visit, called a transit, will last just under six hours and then it will not happen again for more than a century (December 2117). Only the inner planets (those that orbit closest to the sun) Mercury and Venus can undergo a transit. A transit of Venus is so rare, it has been observed by human eyes only six times.

If you decide to observe this SUNsational event from your backyard, do it safely and perhaps invite your neighbours over to take a look because it’s always nice to have neighbours stop by for a visit. *How to make a pinhole viewer: You will need two pieces of cardboard (one should be white), some aluminum foil, scissors, tape, and a pin. Cut out a small square in the centre of one piece of cardboard then cover this square using aluminum foil secured by tape. Next, poke a small pinhole in the aluminum foil. To view the eclipse with this, hold the piece of cardboard with the pinhole up to the sun and let the sunlight shine through the pinhole so that an image of the sun is projected onto the second white piece of cardboard.

Upcoming Stargazing Events: May 20 - Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing: To be held at Emerson Lake Park, High River. Eclipse glasses available for sale.

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June 5 - Transit of Venus Viewing: To be held at the Big Sky Observatory, located adjacent to the Twin Valley Dam, about 50 kilometres southeast of High River. There will be at least seven telescopes on hand to provide visitors with an opportunity to view the sun and Venus safely.

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James Durbano is an astronomer who specializes in education and public outreach activities.

He has been keeping an eye on the sky for more than 25 years and enjoys sharing the wonders of the universe with others. He is the founder of the Big Sky Astronomical Society and operates a small business called Astronomer 4 Hire.

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Mind-Mumming:

By Veronica Kloiber

Family

To a boy there is nothing grander.

Puddles, mud and getting filthy are some of the best parts of childhood.”

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s Tennyson wrote, “In spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” A young boy however, finds something a little less fancy to fall into – mud. The months of mud do not last long, chased away by the summer sun mud soon firms up and morphs back into common dirt. Its sweetness lies in its brief but glorious time as goopy, cool, grimy fun.

To a boy there is nothing grander.

Puddles, mud and getting filthy are some of the best parts of childhood. My son’s love affair with mud began during his second year. Being a December baby, first season of mud came when he was still too young to properly enjoy it. At four months old he was still happily swaddled with Mum, carried high above the delicious ooze.

The following year, spring was long and cold with the puddles staying well into June. One dreary Saturday spent at the Millarville Market was all it took for him to fall in, literally. With almost no one else braving the day, my son spent the morning tearing up and down the wet gravel, reveling in the feeling of soggy socks. Soaked to the knees, his smile became contagious, everyone reliving their childhoods as they watched a young boy and his puddles.

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and laughter. An older Hutterite woman, her face creased from bearing witness to the joy of many childhoods past, mistakenly scolded me for trying to rescue my son’s clothing. It was soon apparent I was the instigator in this mud puddle madness and she stopped to watch as mom and boy splashed through the foamy water.

The fun ended as it almost always does.

Shrieks of joy gave way to tears and blood.

With skinned palms and clammy skin it was time to go, but I knew the call of the mud puddle would beckon once more.

This year as the crust of the earth softened, my son heard the call. At Oma and Opa’s, mud paves most of the property.

In spring there is no avoiding it and on a walk from the truck to the house one gains at least four inches in height at about 20 pounds on each leg. Here construction and landscaping rage year-round and a new bed, pristine and glistening in mucky glory, caught my son’s eye.

In he went dragging the pack of dogs with him. The dogs were controlled with a stern word but there was no curbing my boy. He slid back and forth through the perfect black sludge, tracking blobs of the stuff across pathways and pavers.

Upon seeing his pockmarked driveway, my father (Opa) shook his head and cast a glare at the dogs; filthy creatures that they are. Laughing, Oma retold this tale of a boy and his puddles.

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years 100From Now

By Doris Daley

Graphic Illustration Sharon Syverson

Born and raised in southern Alberta ranch country, Doris Daley writes cowboy poetry that celebrates the humour, history and way of life of the west.

Doris comes from a gene pool that includes ranchers, cowboys, Mounties, good cooks, sorry team ropers, Irish stowaways, bushwhackers, liars, two-steppers and saskatoon pickers.

Award-Winning Cowboy Poet Doris Daley has been an emcee and featured performer at every cowboy festival in Canada and in the United States. In 2004 she was named Best Female Cowboy Poet in North America by the Academy of Western Artists, the first time any Canadian, male or female, has won the cowboy poetry category. In 2007, 2008 and 2009 the Western Music Association named her one of the top five cowgirl poets in North America.

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100 years from now, if the world’s still in the game, May the earth recall our footprints, may the wind sing out our names.

May someone turn a page and hearken back upon this time, May someone sing a cowboy tune and someone spin a rhyme.

History buffs will study us and time will tell its tales, Our lives will be a brittle pile of cold and quaint details.

A scrap of faded photographs, a news headline or two, But life was so much more, my friend, when the century was new.

100 years from now, don’t look back and think me quaint, Don’t judge and call me sinner, don’t judge and call me saint.

We lived beneath the arch with a mix of grit and grace, Just ordinary folk in an extraordinary place.

So 100 years from now hear our ancient voices call, Know that life was good and the cowboy still rode tall.

Wild flowers filled our valleys and the coyotes were our choir, We knew some wild places that had never known the wire.

We raised stouthearted horses; we’d ride and let ’er rip, We burned beneath the summer sun and railed at winter’s grip.

We took a little courage when the crocus bloomed each spring, We loved beneath the stars and we heard the night wind sing.

We buried and we married, we danced and laughed and cried, And there were times we failed, but let the records show we tried.

And sure, I have regrets; I made more than one mistake, If I had it to do over there are trails I wouldn’t take.

But the sun rose up each day; we’d make it through another year, We’d watch the skies and count our calves and hoist a cup of cheer.

We knew drought and fire and heartache, we knew fat and we knew bone, But we were silver lining people and we never rode alone.

So, Friend, if you are reading this 100 years from now, Understand that we were pilgrims who just made it through somehow.

We’ve crossed the river home and we left but one request: 100 years from now, think back kindly on the west.

And ordinary folk, no special fate, no special claims, But 100 years from now, may the wind sing out our names.

Know the times were good and we rode the best we know.

We loved the west; we kept the faith, 100 years ago.

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