Vegreville News Advertiser - March 13, 2019

VOL. 72 NO. 11

72 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY

WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2019

Saint Mary’s Boys Move Up to Provincials

Amy Yeremcio Saint Mary’s Catholic High School The Sr. Boys Basketball team is headed to provincials this weekend in Stirling, Alberta. After a great season, including two gold medals, 2 silver medals, and a consolation win, the Saints were provincially

ranked in the top 10 at 1A for the entire season and headed into the zone tournament with the #1 seed.

On Saturday morning, the Saints defeated St. Jerome’s from Vermilion in the semi-final game and went on to

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Vipers Hockey

Enviro Farm Planning Sessions

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RCMP files from March 4 - 10 Arthur Beaudette News Advertiser March 4

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09:00 – Report of a “couch on fire” on the front lawn of a residence in Vegreville.

Fire and RCMP attended and the fire was extinguished.

10:25 – RCMP Crime Reduction Unit was in Vegreville and one of the members observed a male who was known to be wanted on warrants. They arrested him without incident and found illicit drugs and paraphernalia on the male. The subject is being held for court on his warrants.

17:42 – Request to keep the peace. A male requested an escort home to ensure there was no violence with his spouse with whom there is an ongoing domestic issue.

23:30 – Traffic stop conducted. The driver was found to be driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle with an unauthorized plate. He also had open liquor in the vehicle. The driver was arrested, and breath samples were provided. The driver was charged impaired with impaired driving and the vehicle was seized for 60 days.

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02:18 – Call to report a suspicious vehicle North of Hwy 631 near hwy 857. The complainant stated that there was someone parked with an SUV on the road with the lights off. A male was walking around with a flashlight. Members attended but were unable to locate the vehicle.

04:05 – Dispatch to respond to an unconscious person at a local ATM. Members attended and met EMS who transported the subject to the hospital for evaluation. Meth was found on the subject.

10:29 – Report of a male who entered a business and asked the cashier for change multiple times with different denominations and amounts. This resulted in the cashier returning to the male too much change. Surveillance is under review and the matter is under investigation. *** this was a deliberate attempt at confusing the cashier and is common scam known as “quick change”.

12:00 – Multiple warrants issued for failure to appear in court.

13:54 – Members responded to a call regarding an animal that was possibly injured on the side of the highway.

Members were unable to locate the golden retriever.

14:21 – Report of someone tampering with a vehicle. The complainant stated that they found a jerry can, hose and gloves beside her truck. She also found the canopy of the truck opened. Still

under investigation.

15:37 - Report of an erratic driver.

Members intercepted the vehicle and conducted roadside tests which the driver passed. The driver did admit to being fatigued. It was determined that the vehicle was unregistered. The driver was issued a 24-hour suspension and the vehicle was towed.

March 6

10:50 – Multiple calls by members of “Project Lockup” to residents and businesses to discuss security and other measures to deter further incidents.

20:20 – Complainant attended the detachment to report that he was in a fight with another male. Members spoke with the complainant and attended the residence. The subject of the complaint was at the residence, packing his belongings to leave. No further action was requested.

23:54 – Complainant called to report he had received a number of texts from his daughter about someone outside her apartment causing problems. Members attended and found a subject outside of the apartment throwing rocks at the windows to try to get someone’s attention.

Members provided a ride for the subject to a friend’s house and they were advised not to return.

March 7

13:14 – Attempted break and enter to a residence. The complainant stated that he came home to find large tire tracks in the snow but they couldn’t gain access to the garage. Nothing was stolen. Still under investigation.

18:16 – Call to report a possible unsafe load on a semi trailer. Members intercepted the semi and stopped it. The driver attended to the complaint and resecured the part of the load that was a concern.

March 8

10:55 – Report of a possible scam. The complainant received a call from someone calling themselves “James Campbell” who stated that they were from STARS Lottery and that they had won $95,000 and 2 gift baskets. They were instructed to go to the post office. The complainant asked for a number to call them back and “James Campbell” became rude. The complainant hung up without providing any information to the caller and was reporting for information purposes.

12:06 – Caller reported that they observed a white Ford F150 with a driver who appeared to be smoking marijuana.

Members located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. There was no odour of marijuana or any signs of impairment.

17:15 – Members responded to a single

vehicle rollover on Hwy 16. The driver was uninjured and members assisted while he arranged a tow and then provided a ride to the driver.

17:37 – Members responded to a 3 vehicle collision with a rollover. EMS was on scene and it was determined that there was property damage only and no injuries. Still under investigation.

18:53 – Traffic stop conducted. It was determined that the driver had not updated his address or name within 14 days of changes taking effect. A voluntary penalty of $155 was issued.

March 9

00:24 – Call to respond to a bar fight outside a local drinking establishment.

Members attended and found 4 parties involved. There were no injuries and no charges were wanted. All parties went on their way.

01:00 – Report of a white Jetta with a possible impaired driver out of Sherwood Park. Members located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. They detected the odour of liquor and demanded a breath sample. The driver refused to provide a breath sample. He was arrested for refusing to provide a breath sample.

Tickets were issued and the vehicle was towed. Criminal charges are pending for the refusal. It was determined that the passenger in the vehicle provided a false name. Members determined the passenger’s identity and it was found that they had outstanding warrants on which they were arrested.

All matters are before the courts.

13:29 - Report of a semi driving all over the road originating out of Fort Saskatchewan.

Members located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop after observing his driving behavior. It was determined that the driver was sober and there were no other issues. The swerving may have been due to weather conditions.

March 10

11:31 – Traffic stop conducted for a passenger not wearing a seatbelt. A ticket was issued for a $155 voluntary payment.

11:34 – Multiple speeding and seatbelt tickets issued in the area.

13:13 – Traffic stop conducted on a vehicle traveling 121kmph in a 100 kmph zone. During the stop the odour of marijuana was detected. In addition to the speeding ticket, the driver was issued a 24-hour suspension.

During the week there were 57 calls for service made in total including: 4 false alarms, 1 false 911 and 2 animal strikes.

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Fun in the Sun and Snow

Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser After being postponed during the recent cold snap, the 2019 Mannville Snowmobile Rally was back on track with still-decent numbers on Saturday, March 9.

Registration opened at 9:00 a.m. to the crowds of eager adventurers greeted by event volunteers and organisers at the Mannville Recreation Centre. The snowmobilers signed waivers, and then were supplied all the information they would need to follow the 95-km course to Chailey Hall and back.

Upon arriving at Chailey, an old landmark school northwest of Mannville, the happy adventurers stuck around for some hot dogs, hot chocolate, or water with both new and old friends before making their way around the homeward

half of the course.

While some who attended came alone, preferring to just enjoy the long day’s trek through nature, others travelled together in groups of friends or families. Event co-organiser with the Mannville Agricultural Society, Tim Konieczny said earlier on in the day that they were pleased with the turnout.

“We have folks here from Edmonton, and some from Lloydminster, who are joining our local crowd.”

And while they had to wait awhile, most of those who attended said they were actually glad the event had been postponed.

“It’s a beautiful day,” said one attendee, “The sun is shining and there’s still snow on the ground. What more could we ask for?”

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How Ottawa Values the West Arthur Beaudette News Advertiser – Opinion “9000 jobs”. This must be in BOLD CAPS on the top of the Liberal talking points over the past few weeks. It has become a bit of a broken record.

Among others, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former principal secretary Gerald Butts have stated a number of times the devastation of what could come. “When 9,000 people’s jobs are at stake, it is a public policy problem,” Gerald Butts stated.

How heroic that they would be willing to have their own integrity called into question over 9000 jobs.

Luckily they did not have to do this over the dairy industry or steel when they were in jeopardy. It’s also good fortune that Bombardier only needed a $372 million loan package in 2017 and not some shady backroom activity.

Unfortunately for the federal Liberals (and the “devoted”), outside of their own echo chambers, most do not sees things the same way. Granted,

should SNC Lavalin be banned from government contracts for 10 years, the company will take a hit. But you would be foolish to think that talented men and women who work there would not find other opportunities. Bridges and buildings still need to be built and if Canadian governments were smart, they would lean towards using Canadian firms even WITHOUT bribes.

Think back to February of 1959 50 years ago when led by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the Conservatives canceled the Avro Arrow program.

Considered by many to be the pinnacle of aviation at the time, the Arrow developed by A.V. Roe Canada in Malton, Ontario pioneered many features ahead of its time. The cost when scrapped? 14,000 workers.

Many of those people moved on to NASA and moved on to the American

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Who’s Guarding the Hen House?

Part 2 (An inconvenient truth)

I apologize for the poor introduction to this subject in last weeks issue of this production, it was hastily compiled and under pressure of publication deadlines. I am repeating in summary salient points from last weeks issues because they are fundamental to the readers understanding and familiarity with basic principles of Natural Science in the debate of being taxed for Carbon generated in daily living.

- Canada’s landmass, 9,992,330 square km is third largest in the world after Russia and China.

- Approximately half of Canada’s land mass is comprised of 1) Boreal forest, 2) forested land below the Boreal forest.

- Canada has the lowest population density per square km in the world equivalent to a) less than 3 persons per square km of land, and b) less than 14 persons per square km of forest.

- According to the science of Photosynthesis, our vast forests consume Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and give back Oxygen (O2) to the atmosphere. Canada’s vast forest reserves are a mega-carbon sink for Canada and the world.

Trees cannot survive without carbon, humankind and animals cannot live without oxygen. This is the Creator’s

Hen House - CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Name: Izzy Wilson Likes: my little brother, trains Dislikes: purple ribbons, spiders

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Vegreville Barber Shop Draw Winner of a $300 visa gift card.

Having struggled that day to find one anywhere, Assaf gave the winner $300 cash instead.

Winner Ostap Toroshanko didn’t mind; he said that he was just happy to keep a lucky week rolling after being on the winning end of more than one local rewards system. “I won a free coffee at Tim Hortons the other day, and picked that up on my way here!”

Othman Assaf says that he looks forward to seeing who will win the next draw, which is so far still a surprise.

Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser Following recent discount and rewards programs put into place by owner/barber Othman Assaf at the Vegreville Barber Shop, another draw was held, this time for the prize

henhouse - CONTINUED from PAGE 4 wonderful formula for mutual survival of all living creatures on Planet Earth.

An Inconvenient Truth (In more ways than one).

The philosophy of man-made climate change had its origins in the old world, Geneva, Brussels, Paris etc. where International Conferences dealing with post-war human-related issues of health, food, rebuilding etc., through most of the 20th century and continuing to the present.

The first World Climate Change Conference was held in 1979, undoubtedly due to serious human privations in areas of arid climate conditions, below 35 degrees latitude in the Euro hemisphere.

The present United Nations Climate Change Conference had its first meeting in 1995 and continues annually to the present.

Numerous non-governmental Climate Change Conferences representing every branch of science, medicine, and industry have been held in the U.S.A. Their claim that Climate Change was never a crisis, earned them the title of

Climate Deniers.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore became the Climate Change “Poster Hero” with his slide and documentary presentations, eventually an award-winning film, “An Inconvenient Truth”.

Aggressively promoted in all parts of the world, it was well received with an award.

The power of deep-pocketed foundations who are believed to have financed the production and are behind the wellorganized protests which have effectively stalled Canada’s pipeline projects.

Canada’s P.M. Jean Chretien committed Canada to a carbon reduction agreement at the Kyota Accord in 1995.

Canada’s P.M. Justin Trudeau committed Canada to reducing C.G. emissions 30% below 2005 level by 2030 in the Paris Agreement in 2015.

Article 6 of the Paris Agreement lays out rules in language so obscure as to overlook the intent of its meaning or purpose.

In short, it means countries who exceed committed targets of G.G. emissions ie CO2, are authorized to buy credits from countries whose emissions levels are

below committed emissions targets.

Canada’s vast forest carbon sinks are not recognized as an offset to carbon CO2 production.

An inconvenient truth.

- W.B. Iwankow (Senior Citizen)

Thank you for the update and Part 2.

At risk of tainting your information, I wonder if our crop land and wetlands are also considered part of Canada’s carbon sink. On a related note there have been some amazing advancements in carbon capture recently which, regardless of one’s stance are worth reading about. -- AB

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from the pages of the vegreville observer

Compiled by Dan Beaudette

90 Years Ago – March 13, 1929

Fred B. Dolinski, proprietor of the Mundare Hotel, celebrated the tenth anniversary of his ownership of the hotel on Friday, March 1st. he having taken over the house on that date in 1919. During the ten years, Mr. Dolinski devoted himself to raising the standard of the hotel and has been eminently successful, the house being well furnished, kept in the best of order and cleanliness and conducted with a view to the comfort and convenience of his guests.

The building program is in full swing in Two Hills. Messrs.

Dowhaniuk & Kolisniak are erecting a warehouse. Peter Hrynyk is shingling his barn, Mr. Malofy had commenced to suvey his lot and in a few cays we’ll see a brand new butcher shop. W. Chrapko is hauling out lumber for a new residence on his farm.

Several weeks ago John Skoreyko’s general store was burned to the ground in Hairy Hill. It was impossible t save anything in spite of the help given by the townsmen. The loss amounts to about $1400 partly covered by insurance. John certainly had tough luck as he only bought the store about a month before the fire.

75 Years Ago – March 15, 1944

There will be general regret throughout the whole community that Dr. John Yak has found it necessary to relinquish his medical practice, owing to continued ill health. Dr. Yak was in practice in Vegreville for many years and gained a wide reputation as a skillful and competent physician and surgeon.

Fairly late on Thursday afternoon of last week, the council of the Municipal District of Eagle, No. 515, finally came to the question of the location of the municipal offices. A long debate had taken place on the matter. It was realized well enough that as a matter of geographical location, that is, the establishment of the offices at the most central point, Two Hills filled the bill.

WO W. Chilibecki, son of Mrs. A. Chilibecki of Vegreville, has received promotion overseas to the rank of Flight-Sergt. He went overseas in April, 1943.

Recent enlistments in the Army at Calgary include Toss Wilford Quinn and James Richard Rennie, both of Vegreville.

Pte. David McNeill was wounded in Italy and is now in England where his wife and baby are living.

50 Years Ago – March 13, 1969

Mr. and Mrs. M. Irvine and two children were badly shaken up and bruised when the truck they were driving was struck by the eastbound evening rail liner last Wednesday. Immediately after the accident the rail liner picked up the injured persons and backed into Vegreville where they were removed by ambulance to the hospital. It was learned by the Observer that the injuries sustained were not of a serious nature.

Miss Devra Drysdale arrived home on Tuesday afternoon after winning the Miss Honey Queen of Canada contest in Ottawa, March 7th. Miss Drysdale was accompanied to the capital by her home economics teacher, Miss Phyllis Michiporik. Earlier she was named Miss Honey Queen of Alberta in the provincial competitions. Of course her classmates at the A.L. Horton School are most pleased and excited with the accomplishments and at present a small parade is planned for Vegreville’s Main Street.

The United Church, a family landmark of the Vegreville downtown area, will soon be gone. The Alberta Telephones have purchased the building and site and the congregation will be vacating the church at the end of the year. From humble beginnings in 1905, the old church has played an important role in the development of the town and in the lives of those who have worshipped and studied within it’s walls.

25 Years Ago – March 15, 1994

There’s a baby boom going on at the Firmaniuk farm near Mundare. Vic and Amelia Firmaniuk themselves aren’t having more children. But their ram and two ewes have been prolific reproducers this year. February 23, one of the ewes had triplets and a week later, the other ewe gave birth to quadruplets, a rare occurrence for Suffolk ewes. How rare? According to Wray Whitmore from Alberta Agriculture, the chance of having quadruplets is roughly one set every 200-500 births for Suffolk sheep, the variety on the Firmaniuk farm.

This February, the 4-H Club participated in their annual public speaking competition, held Sunday, February 27. The winners in the seniors category are Sandra Pysklywyc, first with her speech “How To”. The second place winner was Corinne Tuck, with her speech “Cartoons can kill you.” Jaryn Semotiok came in third with her speech “Reaching for a dream.”

Vegreville Association for Living in Dignity has received $5,000 from the Shell Environmental Fund. According to Holly Goodman, of VALID’s Recycling Program, the funds will be used to obtain an additional trailer unit to increase the present Recycling Program’s potential.

Letters Welcomed

One role of the Vegreville News Advertiser is to promote dialogue on various issues of concern to area residents. We accomplish this by welcoming Letters to the Editor and allowing various issues to be debated through our pages. All letters must contain the writer’s name, address and phone number. Anonymous letters will not be printed, however the writer’s name may be withheld from publication in special circumstances deemed appropriate by the Publisher.

The Vegreville News Advertiser reserves the right to edit letters for length, clarity, spelling and grammar, taste or for reasons of potential libel. The Vegreville News Advertiser reserves the right to withhold letters from publication.

Alberta’s Economic Strategy Has Been About Corporate Welfare, Not Competitiveness Franco Terrazzano Canadian Taxpayers Association The government’s economic strategy under the New Democrats has been a simple one: increase taxes on Albertans and then line the pockets of select businesses.

More than three years ago, the government’s own civil service experts raised serious warnings about spending hundreds of millions of dollars on corporate welfare in a leaked briefing note, obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

“Given the current challenging fiscal situation and the lack of economic merit to support the program, there are significant risks and costs associated with this proposal,” states the briefing note written for Finance Minister Joe Ceci, dated Nov. 18, 2015.

“It would be questionable to introduce subsidies to the petrochemical industry at this point.

There is no guarantee that the incentive program will actually lead to additional investment and could benefit projects that would have gone ahead regardless of the incentives.

“The proposed program could induce other companies or industries to demand tailored support programs from Government in the future.”

From a lack of economic merit, to financial challenges and the risk of encouraging more businesses to seek handouts, the leaked briefing note outlined multiple reasons why the government should not subsidize the petrochemical industry.

Nevertheless, the government ignored the advice and has since announced $1.1 billion worth of royalty credits through the Petrochemical Diversification Program.

Another $1 billion has been earmarked for bitumen upgraders.

While it may sound appealing to “refine it where you mine it,” there are economic reasons that explain why businesses have been unwilling to risk their own money building facilities. These reasons include distance to large markets and waterways, the fact that Canadians already export more refined products than we import, current refineries aren’t at full capacity and it can be an expensive but-no-so lucrative undertaking.

This corporate welfare seems destined to became part of a disastrous pattern. If we can take one lesson from history and economics, it’s this: relying on government to pick business winners and losers doesn’t work. Alberta has provided too many examples.

Government-supported projects have run into serious problems. The North West Upgrader has placed significant risk on taxpayers. The Lloydminster Bi-Provincial Upgrader cost Albertans hundreds of millions of dollars.

In reference to the Lloydminster debacle, thenpremier Ralph Klein remarked, “I guess the one saving grace is that we were probably all stupid together.”

Both projects fit the general rule that taxpayers get burned when governments disguise corporate welfare under the pretence of economic development.

Long-term experience teaches the same lesson.

Between 1973 and 1993, the Lougheed-Getty economic diversification projects cost taxpayers over $2 billion.

And we can’t talk about corporate welfare without mentioning the Alberta government’s recent “historic rail deal” to lease 4,400 cars for $3.7 bil-

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Vegreville RCMP Seek Public Assistance Quick Change Scam

Cpl. Leigh Drinkwater / Cst. Daniel Bentley Media Contact – Vegreville RCMP Vegreville, Alta - On March 2, 2019 in Vegreville, a white male wearing a silver and black toque and dark jacket went to Tim Horton’s and performed a quick-change scam. The scam involves purchasing a small item, and paying with a large denomination. As the cashier is arranging the change for the purchase, the scammer begins to confuse the employee by asking to change the bills of a smaller denominations for larger ones. During the confusion, the cashier hands over too much change in

the amount of $100.00. The scam is to earn easy money at an amount that isn’t realized until the till is balanced at the end of the day.

The amounts are small enough that efforts by businesses not made to determine what happened that day to account for the error making it a low risk confidence trick and under reported.

The male captured on surveillance in Vegreville on March 2 was also caught on surveillance in Camrose at the Co-op gas bar on January 19, 2019. The male is proficient in this scam and likely to have caught other businesses with the same routine around the province.

Prior to entering Tim Horton’s in Vegreville, he parked his vehicle away from surveillance cameras in the shopping area and walking the extra distance. He was only seen buying a coffee and sandwich before going back to his vehicle and leaving again. There is no doubt that the only reason to not use the Tim Horton’s parking lot, or those others

close to it, was to avoid detection.

The male’s vehicle is believed to be a late 1990’s Buick Park Avenue silver or light brown in colour. The images obtained haven’t been clear enough to be able to get an image of the licence plate.

Police are appealing to the public in an effort to identify the male driving a vehicle as described and appealing for other businesses who have found that they are down cash inexplicably to check their surveillance in case they have been caught out by the same male using the same trick.

If anybody recognizes the subject of the images, please contact the Vegreville RCMP Detachment at 780632-2223 or an anonymous tip can be made by calling Crimestoppers on 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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Vermilion RCMP Recover Stolen Items Cpl. Mike Dunsmore Media Contact – Vermilion RCMP

Vermilion, AB - On March 7, 2019 Vermilion RCMP responded to a report of suspicious activity in the industrial area of Vermilion. On arrival the suspects were gone and police recovered a duffle bag with what is believed to be stolen property inside. Located was a black duffle bag with several brand new, industrial grade tow/lifting straps inside.

Please contact the Vermilion RCMP to identify this property.

Rightful owners should be able to provide a description of the colour and brand name of these items.

The investigation is ongoing and police are asking if you have information about this incident to please call the Vermilion RCMP at 780853-4441 or call your local police. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.

P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.

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Holden 4-H Beef Club Hosts Annual Pancake Supper Quinten Albrecht Holden 4-H Beef Club Reporter On March 5, 2019 the Holden 4-H Beef Club hosted a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at the Holden Hall. Over 240 people enjoyed the meal of pancakes, eggs and sausages prepared by the club members and their parents.

The meal and evening of visiting was enjoyed by all! The club is grateful for the support from the many sponsors who help to purchase the groceries and pay for the hall rental. We are also very appreciative of the many people who attend the supper and support our club.

Innisfree Minburn 4-H Beef Club March Report Camille Kassian Innisfree Minburn 4-H Beef – Club Reporter The Innisfree Minburn 4-H Beef Club held our March meeting on March 6, in Minburn. Some members of our club attended district public speaking in Mannville, Tyson Rudolf placed first in Senior speeches and Camille Kassian placed second in Intermediate speeches. Good luck to Tyson who will be moving onto Regional Public Speaking on March 16, in Vegreville. We had our

field trip to The Lakeland Dairy Learning Center on March 7. We learned and saw a lot about the dairy program. We especially liked the robotic feeding and milking machines. We would like to thank Dawson, the dairy barn manager, for taking us on a tour around the barn. We would also like to thank Curtis Anderson for the very generous donation to our club for helping set up, and clean up after the Courage Canada Trail Ride. Our next meeting will be in Innisfree on April 3 at 7pm.

Holden 4-H Beef Members Attend Western Canadian Judging Competition Quinten Albrecht Holden 4-H Beef On March 8th, 2019 Zane Gunderson, Katie Hrabec, Kate and Quinten Albrecht attended the Western Canadian Judging competition at Lakeland College in Vermilion. The judging started at 9 a.m. And continued until noon. There were ten classes which included beef bulls, beef heifers, dairy heifers, silage, hay, stock dogs and ducks just to name a few.

The judges gave their placings and reasons at 12:30.

The banquet and results started at 1:30.

The Holden team placed 3rd. There were 14 teams and a total of 48 members competing. We are learning a lot about com-

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Enviro Farm Planning Sessions to Serve Two Hills County Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser Over the past few weeks, Two Hills County has offered sessions for local farmers who are looking for ways to make their farm more environmentally safe through the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) program.

Described on the County website as a “voluntary, whole farm, self-assessment tool that helps producers identify their environmental risks and develop plans to mitigate identified risks,” the EFP program, though previously available in binder format, is easily accessible on any computer.

In the first session alone, Watson walks the landowner through their farm’s details, such as total acres, how much land is devoted to certain tasks, and then moving on to wells and water sources. In that section alone, those in attendance had to do a little reading, then answer some brief questions about their own wells/ water in order for the system to help identify any potential risks. Some of these would be lack of consistent water treatment or monitoring, having a well too close to the pasture, or having old wells that weren’t filled in properly. When the attendee eventually reaches the end of the subject, each “risk” will be flagged, and they can write their own plan of action to resolve the risk.

Watson explained that a plan of action can be as simple as the situation calls for. “(As moderator) I will approve pretty much any kind of affirmative action people put down. Even if you’re already doing everything to manage the risk, continuing to follow all those steps can be the plan of action.”

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County of Two Hills Municipal Conservation Coordinator, Jessica Watson, has taken it on to explain and present the material to course-takers. With only one farm starting their course at the March 5 session and one returning to continue working on their plan, it would have been reasonable to think the EFP program was short on popularity in the Two Hills area. Watson, however, said that this is not the case.

“We’re just offering these sessions to help people get started, but I’ve also been available to go out to some farms and help as well. The program has been great for helping farmers become more conscious of risks they may not have known before so that they can move forward.”

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Value of the West - CONTINUED from PAGE 4 or British aerospace industries. The brain drain didn’t kill aerospace in Canada and the folks at SNC Lavalin would survive as well which is good news.

Unfortunately, if you look west, it is clear that Ottawa doesn’t put the same value on jobs. While they spin grand tales of demise over a corrupt company and their 9000 jobs, it seems that the 100,000+ jobs in the energy sector are of little concern. Shouldn’t THIS be a public policy problem??

When oil hit bottom, former premier of Saskatchewan Brad Wall brought an idea from two Saskatchewan entrepre-

neurs to Ottawa. A proposed $156 million investment from the federal government would put westerners to work cleaning up abandoned wells.

This program could have been extended to Alberta and other provinces that needed it. One would think that with the push for green energy, cleaning up old wells would garner a serious look.

Unfortunately, despite all the carbon tax and transfer payments going to Ottawa, $156 million and the estimated 1200 jobs were not worth the trouble.

Add to this Bills C-69 (pipelines) and C-48 (oiltanker ban) and it’s clear what our value is. Why wouldn’t the PM or the PMO exert some pressure on Environment Minister Catherine McKenna or Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi to ensure oil industry jobs were not buried under never-ending piles of paper.

Math is hard, but clearly, the west is about 1/10 as valuable as the east to the Liberals. Maybe it’s time for the PM to let Wilson-Raybould speak

without conditions so Canadians can get the full truth. Of course, the PM would say that I and others “experience things differently”.

That’s another favorite line.

In an interesting addition to the list of SNC Lavalin news, CBC reporter Joanne Chianello has reported on another event. City officials in Ottawa are refusing to answer questions to their own council regarding a $4.66 billion light rail expansion. When asked if SNC scored the required minimum 70% in the technical evaluation, the city’s lawyer stated: “we’re not saying and -- to be frank -- it’s none of your business.” Lawyer Geoffrey Gilbert, who is also paid by tax money, stated “Council is not supposed to verify whether … proponents met the technical score, it’s council’s job to take all the recommendations on the preferred proponent, assess that and make their decision.” Stay tuned.

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corporate welfare - CONTINUED from PAGE 6 lion. Even if we didn’t consider the massive price tag and the fiscal mess the province is already in, this is a clear example of government risking taxpayer money on what should be a purely business venture.

“There’s no reason why private sector companies couldn’t have done this on their own — and, in fact, they have been doing it on their own,” said Robert Cooper of Acumen Capital Partners.

“What the government has basically done is bolster CN and CP’s oil-by-rail profits for the next three years.”

In what has been a reverse Robin Hood scenario, the provincial government has hammered Albertans with higher taxes along with growing debt and is handing out the proceeds to select businesses.

Here’s the most frustrating part: governments know better. They know previous governments have blown billions in taxpayers’ money on bad business bets. This NDP government knew its tax-and-subsidize strategy was bad because its own economic experts provided detailed warnings more than three years ago. Taxpayers deserve a concrete commitment from politicians that the corporate welfare will end now.

This column was originally published in the Calgary Herald on March 2, 2019.

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Meeting Doc Lori Thickson one, but anyways...!!!

Life’s Little Moments The next morning, I was lying in bed and K was I had to take my daughter into Edmonton last in her bassinet beside me. I was watching TV and week for a Dr.’s appointment. After touring she was sleeping, curled into a tiny little ball. Next through our old neighbourhood (there’s a story thing I know, in walks this guy. He’s wearing jeans about that too), memories were swimming through and a t-shirt. He has an ID tag around his neck but my mind. One of them was how we met my daughI couldn’t see it/make it out. ter’s Dr. in the first place… a No introductions or smalltotal fluke which lead to a talk. He proceeds to open lifetime friendship. the incubator and take K out.

When I was pregnant with I’m actually stunned speechher, back in 2003, several less, which doesn’t happen people I worked with at the often. He takes her by the time told me “You have to ankle and holds her up, take the baby to see Dr. M. upside down! Now, I’m He’s the best.” I heard several Momma Bear in action! versions of this throughout “Excuse me,” I say, not so my pregnancy. I called his nicely. “You mind telling me office when I was about 4 who in H*** you are?!” He months along, thinking I just smiled at me and kept on could get a head-start. I was talking to her, examining her disappointed. They nicely quite thoroughly. I’m losing informed me they weren’t it! “Hey you so and so, put my taking any new patients but I kid down!” He starts to laugh. was welcomed to try again in Seriously! the future. Things change.

I’m totally flustered by this “Ok,” I thought. “I’ll just wait point and likely would have a month/so and try again”. I attacked if I’d been able. He Not Dr. M, but a reasonable facsimile did this for the rest of my sees I’m getting riled and pregnancy. No luck. Same likely figured it had gone on kind words, but no dice. long enough.

When the time came, we had registered to have He decided to introduce himself. “Hi, I’m Dr. her at the Royal Alex. This Dr. was out of the U M.” of A. Never expected to see him or hear about My mouth fell open and all I could do was stare. him again. She was born at 4:30 in the afternoon, “Are you serious?” I asked him. healthy and happy. No problems. I was ready to “Yep,” he answered. go home that night but they wouldn’t let me. I I started to laugh and couldn’t stop. He thought decided to get the last peaceful night’s sleep I I was a lunatic. I finally explained I’d been trying would likely ever have. I sure was right on that to get in to see him since I was pregnant but

couldn’t. Seeing him now was a total mind blower!

He just laughed and said “Call my office in the morning and tell them I want to see her. I saw her here and want to follow-up. She’s in.”

Turns out, he was covering the holidays for a friend of his, that’s why he was at a different hospital when K was born, on New Year’s Eve. A total fluke! 15 years later, we still laugh about that every once in a while. He’ll ask me sometimes “Am I still a “so and so”?” and my answer is “You know it!

Don’t ever change!” I trust this man with my most precious thing, and always will. We’ve had our differences, but there is no one better. He is truly the best.

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Saint Mary’s Archery Moves on to Provincials Amy Yaremcio Saint Mary’s Catholic High School Vegreville’s St Mary’s Archery Team is off to NASP Provincials in Edmonton after a successful tournament in Ardrossan this past weekend. Team members Kansas Moxness, Keaton Heisler, Isaac Potts, Britt McAmmond, and Alexis Salsbury will represent St Mary’s at Provincials, and they bring support and well-wishes from the school with them.

play Glendon in the final that evening.

After a close game in the first half, the Saints came out strong in the second half and took control of the game to capture gold.

The team said that the whole season would be next to impossible without the constant support of their parents throughout the entire season, as well as all of those who were able to cheer for them on Saturday.

The provincial championship will be live-streamed through the ASAA website for those who would like to tune in and cheer them on!

Mundare Vipers Initiation Hockey Tournament

Trevor Zacharkiw Mundare Vipers Initiation Hockey Club The Mundare Vipers Initiation Hockey Team hosted its annual tournament this past weekend.

Six teams from around the area, including Mundare, Vegreville, Holden, Lamont, Sherwood Park, and Tofield, took part with players ranging from 4 to 6 years old.

Initiation is the stepping stone in introducing hockey. For many, it is their first time playing and it is Amazing to see how they progress from the beginning of the year to now.

Overwhelming support from 40 local personal and business donations were made to help make it a memorable experi-

ence for the kids.

Each player received a Welcome goodie bag and a mini stick and puck at the end of the tournament.

There were over 35 raffle items, totaling in value over $6000.00 for all those attending to have a chance at winning.

The Mundare Vipers Hockey tournament would not have been possible without all the Sponsors, Teams, and Parents for attending and making the 2019 Tournament a successful event for the children. All funds raised at the tournament stay in the club helping to promote hockey and offset costs so every Child has the opportunity and encouragement to play on a Team.

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High School Curling Raises the Game at Zones Vanessa Pyle Student Reporter – VCHS Cougars Curling The Vegreville Composite High School Curling teams of 2018/2019 concluded their curling season with some astonishing plays at the Northeastern Zones bonspiel in St Paul, February 20-21. Each team demonstrated impressive skill and strategy during each of their close on edge games.

Coach Warawa’s pride was hardly contained as his two Senior High teams played with smiles and great sportsmanship on the ice. “Our teams this year were very green, they had little to no experience curling. When they qualified for zones, I was ecstatic! Then when both teams held their own, had multiple games that came down to last rock, and even qualified for a tiebreaker, my heart filled with joy. To see the passion for curling grow with every rock thrown and swept, I was a proud Cougar! I am definitely looking forward to the growth of this program!”

Though the Sr. Girls went home without a win, all girls had fun and gained some strategic experience for next year. The mixed team made a few steady wins and battled until their tie-breaker game, where they lost by one point. Both the boys and girls on the team thoroughly enjoyed their time participating in Zones and can hardly wait until next year.

The teams have a couple more weeks on the ice before the end of the season and plan to use this time to mentor some of the junior high curlers.

Saint Mary’s Girls Basketball goes to Provincials Mark Kobelsky Coach – Saint Mary’s Catholic High School This past weekend in Glendon, the senior girl’s basketball team from St. Mary’s earned the right to advance to Provincials. In the zone tournament on Friday, the Saints defeated Saddle Lake by 17 points to advance to the semi-finals.

The girls then were victorious over Marwayne by a score of 57-39 to advance to the championship game. After a slow start, the Saints fought their way back to be only down by 4 points with only 3 minutes left in the game. But, they ran

out of time only to lose by 8 points to Paradise Valley and capture silver. However, since Paradise Valley is hosting provincials, the Saints also get to go as the northeast zone rep.

As always, the team was encouraged by the cheers and support of their parents and friends.

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Yolande Williams Brosseau Crib Tournament Our March tournament was had with 24 teams. The results were paid out as follows: $140 - Trevor & Sylvie Hnatiuk $120 - Sterrin & John Kereliuk $100 - Debbie & Larry Minailo $80 - Peter Bateyko & Ron Saskiw $60 - Lloyd August & Jerry Rudy

Conciliation prize winners were Wanita Bassaris & Harvey Stark 19 Pot winners were P. Bateyko, Stan Olszowka & Trevor Hiar.

Raffle winners were Harvey Stark X 2, Harry Humeniuk & Bob Loranger. The Free Pass was won by Alice Reszel.

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Landfill Seasonal Labourer The Municipal Services Department of the Town of Vegreville has an opening for a Seasonal Labourer. This employee works under the supervision of the Landfill Operator. An employee in this classification will primarily assist in the operation of the Vegreville Sanitary Landfill.

This includes office duties as well as outside work as assigned. This employee may also be responsible for operating some medium-type mobile equipment. Primarily, the employee will be responsible for the Landfill daily operations, including, but not limited to; grounds maintenance, scaling and spot checking loads, collection of waste management fees, invoicing, daily cash and credit balancing and closing, direct dealing with customers ensuring loads are sorted and disposed of in the correct areas, and completing daily reports and logs.

Qualifications: ŸMinimum of Grade 12 and one year direct experience in operation of medium-type mobile equipment. ŸCapable of working with minimum supervision. ŸCapable of maintaining a professional relationship with employer(s), fellow employees, and the general public. ŸPhysically capable of performing assigned duties. (Medical may be required) ŸPossess and retain a valid Class 5 Alberta Operator's License. ŸHave a good working knowledge of Safety Standards and Practices and the ability and desire to implement them. ŸFirst Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation are considered to be assets in this position.

Wage: $41,160 ($19.79/hour) – $50,985 ($24.52/hour) A full job description can be requested by emailing jcherkas@vegreville.com Submit Resumes by 12:00 pm, March 22, 2019 to the attention of: Tony Tymchyshyn, Municipal Services Manager 5417 – Birch Avenue Box 640 Vegreville, AB T9C 1R7 Ph:780-632-3439 Fax: 780-632-4274 Email: ttymchyshyn@vegreville.com Thank you to all that apply. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Tributes MEMORIAM

MEMORIAM

MEMORIAM

OBITUARY

To a special Brother, Brother in law, Uncle, Great Uncle MELENKA, Victor Who passed away March 10, 1997

OLYNYK, Lorraine Who left us March 12, 2012 In loving memory of our dear daughter To hear your voice and see your smile To sit with you and talk awhile To be together in the same old way Would be our greatest wish today So please God take a message To our precious daughter up above Tell her we miss her terribly And give her all our love Always remembered and dearly missed by Mom & Dad

STAFFORD, Alfred (Al) May 5, 1936 - March 19, 2017 We’re missing you a little more Each time we hear your name.

We’ve cried so many tears Yet our hearts are broken just the same.

We miss our times together Things in common we could share, But nothing fills the emptiness Now you’re no longer there.

We’ve so many precious memories To last our whole life through, Each one of them a reminder Of how much we’re missing you.

Forever loved and deeply missed.

Lori Dea and Darcy, Lorne and Lori, Todd and Mayumi and families.

STACHOW, HELEN ELSIE January 14, 1918 – March 8, 2019 On Friday, March 8, 2019, Helen Elsie Stachow of Vegreville, Alberta passed away at the age of 101 years.

Helen is survived by her children: Lillian (Robert) McKenzie, Marlene (Thomas) Rannie, Joyce (Peter) Siminiuk, Frank (Zinnia) Stachow, Debbie (Gary) Kuchik, Michelle (Steve) Iftody; nineteen grandchildren; twenty five great grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren; brother Eugene Lemiski; sister Elizabeth Rawluk. Helen was predeceased by her husband Frank; parents Victor and Mary Lemiski; brother Edward Lemiski and sister Victoria Kucher.

A Divine Liturgy of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, March 18, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Vegreville with Basilian Fathers officiating. Interment to follow in Riverside Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the “Alberta Cancer Foundation”.

To send condolences please visit www.autumnrosefuneralhome.com AUTUMN ROSE FUNERAL HOME LTD. Vegreville, 780-603-5800

To a special Brother, Brother in law, Uncle, Great Uncle MELENKA, William Who passed away March 28, 2016

To a special Sister, Sister in law, Aunt, Great Aunt Laura (nee MELENKA) MELNYK Who passed away April 13, 2016 And a special Father, Father in law, Grandfather, Great Grandfather and Great Great Grandfather MELENKA, Alex Who passed away April 29, 1991 It broke our hearts to lose you, You all left us with special memories Your love is still our guide.

Lovingly remembered and sadly missed.

Until we meet again The Melenka Family

OLYNYK, Lorraine In loving memory of our Dear sister and aunt who passed away on March 12, 2012 In our hearts your memory lingers Sweetly tender, fond and true There is not a day dear Lorraine That we don’t think of you Your gentle face and patient smile With sadness we recall You had a kindly word for each And you left us beloved by all We miss you always, our hearts are sore As time goes by, we miss you more Though absent you are very near Still loved, still missed and very dear Always in our hearts, forever in Our Prayers with all our love, Virg & Bill Carlee & Gerren Megan & Mark

LUCHAK, Peter May 8, 1920 - March 15, 2015 They say memories are golden Well maybe this is true.

We never wanted memories, We only wanted you.

A million times we needed you, A million times we cried.

If love alone could have saved you, You never would have died.

In life we loved you dearly, In death we love you still.

Inside our hearts you hold a place No one could ever fill.

If tears could build a stairway And heartache make a lane, We’d walk the path to Heaven And bring you back again.

Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same.

But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again.

In Loving Memory, Del & Ken, Martha & Alan, Ray & Vivian, Kyle & Jo-Anne, Kevin

OBITUARY FESCHUK, Mike In loving memory our Dad, Gido & GreatGido who passed away March 15, 2012 We think back to times long gone when you would be the strength that our life was built upon.

You were always our protector our advisor and our guide, and life could never be the same without you to walk beside.

You may have thought we didn’t see, or that we hadn’t heard, life lessons that you taught to us, but we got every word.

Perhaps you thought we missed it all, and that we’d grow apart, but Dad, we picked up everything, it is forever written on our heart.

We’ve grown up with your values, and we’re very glad we did.

So, Dad, as we pay this visit to your resting place today, we’d like to thank you for the caring that we never could repay.

Forever loved and deeply missed.

Barry, Barbara and Bernie and their families

ORLESKY, Alec In memory of our brother, uncle, greatuncle Alec Orlesky who passed away on March 13, 2003.

He put His arms around you, And lifted you to rest.

God’s garden must be beautiful, He always takes the best He knew that you were suffering, He knew you were in pain, He knew that you would never Get well on Earth again.

He saw the road was getting rough, And the hills were hard to climb, So He closed your weary eyelids, And whispered “Peace be Thine.”

It broke our hearts to lose you.

But you didn’t go alone, For part of us went with you, The day God called you home.

Forever missed by: William, Nick and Sandra Fasek Todd, Linda, Jasmine and Diesel Fenske

KRAWCHUK, Elsie June 20, 1946 – March 8, 2019 On Friday, March 8, 2019, Elsie Krawchuk of Vegreville, Alberta passed away at the age of 72 years. Elsie is survived by close family and friends. She was predeceased by her parents William and Olga Krawchuk.

A Parastas Service will be held on Friday, March 15, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Autumn Rose Funeral Home in Vegreville with Fr. Don Bodnar officiating. Interment to follow in Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church Cemetery - Plain Lake. Memorial donations may be made to the SPCA. To send condolences please visit www.autumnrosefuneralhome.com AUTUMN ROSE FUNERAL HOME LTD. Vegreville, 780-603-5800

BODNAREK, Doris April 12, 1940 – March 7, 2019 On Thursday, March 7, 2019, Doris Bodnarek of Lamont, Alberta passed away at the age of 78 years.

Doris is survived by her loving family, six children: Jane Esler, Sheila (Chris) Lupul, Sharyn (Nick) Danyluk, Stacey Bodnarek, Barry (Jean) Bodnarek and Ryan (Sara) Bodnarek; fifteen grandchildren Michelle (Curtis), Tamara (Sheldon), Taralyn (Kody), Danielle (Chris), Kaitlyn (Coltin), Dawson, Madalynne, Dorian, Olivia, Trent, Kienna, Kaige, Courtney, Raevon and Dante; three great grandchildren Barrett, Lukas and Mila; siblings Merle (Lorraine) Berry, Carolyn Perepalkin, Kendall (LoriAnn) Berry; sister in law Marjorie (Roy) Hnidan. Doris was predeceased by her husband Robert; son Roger; parents Bert and Stella Berry; parents in law John and Dorothy Bodnarek.

A Celebration of Life for Doris was held on Monday, March 11, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Autumn Rose Funeral Home in Vegreville with Pastor Jeremy Dekker officiating. Memorial donations may be made to the Lamont Health Care Centre.

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CARD OF THANKS

URICHUK The Urichuk family would like to thank the doctors, nurses and staff at both the University of Alberta and Two Hills Hospital for the care they provided Marian during her stay in both hospitals. Thank you to Father Peter for the funeral and gravesite service.

To Dawn, Caroline and their staff at Baba’s Best Catering for the wonderful lunch provided after the service. To Gordon, Patricia and Victoria at Autumn Rose Funeral Home for all your help and guidance in planning and for taking care of all the arrangements for the funeral for Marian. Thank you to the pallbearers, to everyone for the flowers, cards, food, and donations in Marian’s memory and the thoughts and prayers from those who could not attend the funeral. And a big thank you to everyone who came to the funeral. Our family really appreciates the support you have shown us during this difficult time.

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Haying in the 30s Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser In 1999, the Haying in the 30s trail ride was started in Mallaig, Alberta, by one man, Edgar Corbiere, with a desire to assist people who were diagnosed with cancer in his local area, the Lakeland Region, and beyond.

That one idea has had a ripple effect since then, touching the lives of cancer patients by aiding with travel and living expenses while they undergo treatments.

It’s a cause that many need, most are familiar with and nearly everyone has heard of. As was put by Mae Adamyk, emcee of the 14th-annual Haying in the 30s Auction Fundraiser on March 9… “Everyone’s lives, whether they acknowledge it or not, have been touched by cancer…and it’s wonderful to see a community do what they can to help.”

The 14th-annual Auction Fundraiser in St. Micheal was brought forward to

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The evening kicked off with some time for guests to check out the silent auction items on tables all throughout the hall and find their seats. People shuffled their way around, adding chairs to tables in an effort to gain enough seats for the whole family by the end.

A moment of silence was shared by all as they remembered those who had lost their fight with cancer and those who had recently passed away.

Then proceeded dinner, with a variety of dishes; most notable 3,000 pierogies made by the kitchen volunteers to feed the crowds of people. The opportunity to eat first and second was auctioned off for $100 each.

Before the auction began, several donations were made, starting with the presentation of a $1,000 cheque by Stella Stevens on behalf of CFCW radio listeners.

Other donations were made by local organizations and individuals who wanted to go the extra mile to support the event beyond bidding on the donated items.

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Introducing Malcolm Stinson, Freedom Party of Alberta Candidate Malcolm Stinson Freedom Party of Alberta – Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville I can trace my family roots in Canada before Confederation. My grandmother was born in Ponoka the year Alberta became a province.

I also have a strong cultural connection to the farm country around Willingdon that goes back generations.

I have been a business owner and entrepreneur since I studied engineering at the U of A. The businesses are in construction, manufacturing, and oil field supply.

I currently sit on the board of directors of the Libertarian Party of Canada and the Freedom Party of Alberta.

I have raised two daughters. And as a father, I want nothing more than to see that my own kids, as well as the children of all Albertans, have the same opportunities to prosper that my generation had.

My ancestors worked hard to build Alberta into the freedom-loving province that it is.

Four years ago the voters of Alberta were angry. And the area stretching from Ft Saskatchewan to Two Hills, and beyond, was no exception.

The government of the day was tired and arrogant, and for this, they paid the ultimate price. Now they are poised to regain power. But it is quite obvious they have not learned the hard lessons.

The NDP will in no way provide the strong opposition that the UCP needs.

I will make it my mission to hold Jason Kenney’s feet to the fire.

The Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta is the only party that can both say, and act, on this. We have the experience and passion. I’m proud to work alongside professionals, academics, and dedicated Albertans from all

walks of life I personally helped to create the party constitution, principals and policies. Our party was designed to ensure the leader, and the MLAs, are accountable to all of Alberta.

The FCP stands for fiscal responsibility to the extent no party in Alberta ever has before. Debt reduction is a major goal.

The rural crime issue stands tall in this riding. The party position is that everyone has the right to defend their family and property.

We also know that reducing job-killing red tape and bureaucracy is the best way to help Alberta prosper once more.

The major tenant of the party is freedom. And with freedom comes responsibility and equality. These are the values that all of Alberta shares.

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Vegreville’s Got Talent

Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser Vegrevillians with proficiency for dance, acrobatics, poetry composition, reader’s theatre, cooking, and more competed to be chosen as the communitychoice top talent at the VegMin Society’s thirdannual Vegreville’s Got Talent on March 7th.

For the first time this year, there was also the addition of visual arts category, which featured paintings

and crafts in junior and senior categories.

From the time voting opened, community members were invited to “Buy a vote,” for their favourite performer, chef, or artist. Each vote bought could be placed in the ballot jar of any contestant – voting as many times as they wanted throughout the evening to give their chosen winner a boost… when asked about the structure of the competition, VegMin Society president Holly Cependa just laughs. “It’s

the only election where you are allowed – and encouraged – to buy votes.”

This year’s contestants in the Youth Kitchen category were Reegan Dubuc and Faith Browning. The winner was Reegan Dubuc, with “Dubuc’s Delicious Dish.”

In the visual arts group, a wide range of mediums,

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Alberta Floor Curling Bonspiel

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent The Senior Citizen Sunshine Club of Vegreville rocked with 20 teams of curlers from local areas and from the south region of Alberta for the March 6’s Alberta Floor Curling Bonspiel.

Organizer for the Bonspiel, Nellie Labatiuk said the event went really well.

Everyone was on time and did quite well at curling. There was a lot of food and everything available that the curlers needed. This was an opportunity for curlers to get together and to get to know the people from other parts of Alberta.

Nellie mentioned that one of the highlights was almost the entire Conrad’s family participated.

Presenter, Nellie Labatiuk gives the First Place Winners their prize: Skip Joe Shular, Third Agnes Kolmas, Second Steve Serna and Lead Elsie Anoruchow.

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After the event, the winners who received cash prizes were announced: Nellie Labatiuk presented the First Place Winners with their prize: Skip was Joe Shular, Third was Agnes Kolmas, Second was Steve Serna and Lead was Elsie Anoruchow.

Victoria Paranych presented the Second Place Winners with their prize: Skip was Roy Dejong, Third was Marion Dejong, Second was Marrien Chudyk, and Lead was Lois Zyla.

Marilyn Kurash presented Third Place Winners with their prize: Skip was Jim Clifford, Third was Ollie Marusiak, Second was Ted A, Lead was Pat Chobater.

John Garred presented Fourth Place Winners with their prize: Skip was Dale Conrad, Third was Gordon Conrad, Second was Joan Hutton, and Lead was Helen Conrad.

Local curlers and curlers from the south region of Alberta curl.

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Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent People who participate in curling have so many fun times together. So, on March 9, Heather Curling Club threw their rocks towards a great time for around 300 people when they presented Giggles Comedy Night Spaghetti Supper and Dance featuring Calgary Comedian, Cory Mack.

The evening opened with a delightful supper catered by Holy Trinity, Bill Trabysh, Riley Cavey, Rhea Trabysh, Mark Trabysh enjoy along with a silent auction the spaghetti supper together. (Rosanne Fortier/photo) and 50/50 draw.

Following this, Emcee, Mark Trabysh welcomed Comedian, Cory Mack to the stage. Cory grew up in Dodsland, Saskatchewan. She has been performing comedy for 30 years now. Cory decided to pursue comedy because she was a middle child and she really enjoys the connection to people this type of work brings. “There is nothing more magical than watching everyone get into a bubble, have a good time together, and have an experience that will never be repeated.” Cory said. ‘I grew up in a small town, and there is nothing better to experience together than a comedian act. When you lived in a small community, the connection is forever. People work so hard together to open a store, or whatever venture they undertake that it is special to come together and just have fun, and share the experience of living in a smaller community,” Cory said.

Cory is also a playwright and writer as she wrote plays for shows and she writes comedy. Cory explained that her plays are not based on comedy instead they are about small town folks from Saskatchewan.

Cory also has credentials in Early Childhood Education, and a BFA in Drama from University of Calgary. Cory is the Founder and Producer of YY Comedy Festival in Calgary, and she has been on radio shows and has many other achievements to her name.

Some of Cory’s jokes were about being married, being a mom, and being a daughter to elderly parents. When she started comedy, she was a single person so her jokes evolved from this state of life to being a married person.

After this, there was a dance with music played by Jonathan Zabrick from Dusk ‘til Dawn DJ Services.

President of Heather Curling Club, Anita Kuffet said this is their biggest fundraiser for the club which they do every year. It’s held to get people involved in the community and to let them know the curling club is out there, as well as, to let them have a relaxing evening, let laugh, and have fun.

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Introducing the Adjudicators of Wendy Brook 2019 Debbie Fedoruk Wendy Brook Music Festival The 40th Wendy Brook Music Festival is coming up this week, from March 11 – 19, 2019. Our theme is “Flashback to the 70’s: Celebrating 40 years.” It is open to the public, and everyone is invited to come and listen to the talent we have in Vegreville and the surrounding area. Performers will be adjudicated by professionals in the field, and they adjudicate in the areas of piano, strings, band/ instruments, vocal, speech arts and Ukrainian performances.

Jennifer Spencer is our speech arts adjudicator.

She is an Edmonton based actor, director, playwright and voice/text coach. She is the adaptor and director of the wildly successful Maggie- Now Cycle of Plays. She is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada and the Theatre Arts Program of MacEwan University.

A multiple Sterling nominee for her work as a director, playwright and actor, Jennifer is also a member of the faculty of the Theatre Arts Program in the Theatre Department of MacEwan University where she has taught Voice and Speech, Scene Study, Scene Study for Musical Theatre and Acting Skills as well as directed many of their Mainstage Productions such as Pericles, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Trojan Women, The Malcontent, an all-female production of Macbeth, The Mating Season, which she adapted from the P.G. Wodehouse Novel of the same name, and Thebans: Oepdipus Jokasta Antigone by Liz Lochead. She also teaches at the Foote Theatre School at the Citadel Theatre.

Jennifer’s most recent credits include playing Medea in Tom Paulin’s Medea at The Serca Festival of Irish Theatre and The Thousand Faces Festival of Mythic Theatre. She also wrote and directed Finn McCool and the Salmon of Wisdom and Other Ticklish Tales which played to sold-out houses at The Thousand Faces Festival of Mythic Theatre in 2016. In the summer of 2017, she flexed her massive comedy muscles playing Holly in The Myth of the Ostrich for Praise Doris Productions. She also directed Anthem of Life a Traditional Zulu Creation story adapted by Tololwa Molele which integrated Classical East Indian Dance and Music, for The 1000 Faces Festival of Mythic Theatre.

Sheryl Bowhay is the band/instruments adjudicator. She specializes in instrumental music education and has taught bands, orchestras, and choirs at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels in Alberta and Ontario.

She holds a Bachelor of Music in Music

Education from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Graduate Diploma in Conducting from the University of Calgary.

Ms. Bowhay has been acknowledged for her leadership in teaching and the arts. She is the recipient of the Rocky View School Division Fine Arts Award of Merit, was a finalist in the Alberta Teaching in Excellence Awards, and has been named to the Chestermere School Hall of Fame as a Builder in Fine Arts. The Ontario Band Association honored her with an Honorary Lifetime Membership. Sheryl has co-presented sessions at the Ontario Music Educators Association Conference and most recently facilitated a session at the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention in San Antonio, Texas. She is a contributor to the highly regarded series of music texts, Teaching Music through Performance in Band, published by GIA in Chicago.

Ms. Bowhay actively participates on committees and boards at the local, provincial and international level. Sheryl served various roles on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Band Association, including President. She is the founding President of the Ontario Band Association and is a Past President of the International Music Fraternity Phi Beta Mu. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Winspear Centre for Music. Ms. Bowhay is active as an adjudicator, guest conductor, and clinician.

Zuzana Šimurdová is our piano adjudicator. She is a CzechCanadian pianist fascinated by classical and contemporary music. She has given solo and chamber concerts across Europe, the US, Canada, China, and South Korea. A graduate from the Université de Montréal and Concordia University (Canada), the Janáček Conservatory, Ostrava and the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Brno (Czech Republic), she continued her studies under the guidance of Professor Renna Kellaway at the Royal Northern College of Music (UK). Šimurdová began her international career as a laureate of the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursarie Awards in Paris followed by First prize at the International Music Competition Anglo-Czechoslovak Trust in London and the Janáček First Prize at the International Piano Masterclasses Competition ‘Prague-Vienna-Budapest’. Among recent highlights is her Carnegie Hall debut as a winner of the Chopin Award at the IBLA Grand Prize International Competition and her debut performances in South Korea and China as part of the ZUMI (Warszynski-Šimurdová) Piano Duo, formed together with her husband, Dr. Mikolaj Warszynski. She recorded her first CD “Préludes à un pays vrai”, with works by the contemporary Québécois composer, Jean Chatillon, for which she was awarded the Orpheus Prize from the Delian Composers Association in the United States, and became a Laureate of Vivacité Montréal. Zuzana Šimurdová has been invited to perform at various summer festivals across Europe. She has also been a featured artist on radio broadcasts in the Czech Republic and Canada, and made TV appearances on France 2, ČT2 and OMNI TV Toronto.

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Senior Citizen Sunshine Club of Vegreville AGM Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent The Senior Citizen Sunshine Club of Vegreville’s vision statement is this club is a welcoming, involved and valued community member meeting a variety of seniors’ needs and interests in a safe, accessible, and fun atmosphere. Their mission statement is the club is a registered charity offering an enjoyable gathering place for seniors, families, and friends through a variety of activities in a welcoming atmosphere.

These statements and the annual election of officers with compliance with the

working on a Strategic Planning Committee where they will try to get more community involvement. They will have people buy into the place where they will have different groups come in and say what would make the place more accessible because it is accessibility and transparency that they want to have for people.

He mentioned that they need more members to volunteer.

With the entertainment’s activities, they have tried a lot of different things; some of them worked and some haven’t but that is what it is all about, it is a work in progress. There will be several upcoming concerts, dances, and other events coming up in the near future.

From this, one member commented that the club’s Sunday’s afternoon dances were very good; they just need more participation at them.

Hlady went on to mention the renovations the centre will need in the future.

Each of the Committee’s Chairs then presented their report which was an update on what the committee is doing and how they are progressing with it.

Treasurer for Sunshine Club Don Harfield then spoke on the new business and the Strategic Plan Summary which has the guiding principles of honesty, respect, openness, and harmony. The plan was developed on the three highest priority focus areas which were club promotion, welcoming people by being friendly, and broadening their type of activities. There are additional focus areas they will develop their coming year. They had a lot of success with this Strategic Plan and there was a recommendation to have a Community Open House which is schedule for April

(Right-to-left) Treasurer, Don Harfield, President, Dwayne Hlady, and Vice-President, Marlene Roth speak at the AGM. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Alberta Societies Act were addressed at the Senior Citizen Sunshine Club of Vegreville Annual General Meeting (AGM) on February 27.

This AGM reflected on the many positive changes the centre has made within the past year.

The meeting was chaired by President of the Club, Dwayne Hlady.

Marilyn Kurash opened the meeting by leading members and the invited guest in singing Canada’s National Anthem, ‘O Canada’.

After this, Hlady requested for everyone to observe a moment of silence to honor and remember the club’s departed members.

Later, Hlady presented his President’s Report where he said it was a pleasure to have this position for this past year. With this new board, they have developed a lot of committees which included the Bylaws Committee, Facilities Committee, Catering Committee, Entertainment Committee, Education Committee, and Member Activities. This helps to get more members’ involvement, where some of them are members-at-large, instead of just elected board members. They are also

A few of the members and guests read the outline of the Senior Citizen Sunshine Club of Vegreville AGM a few minutes before the meeting began.

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16 where they will be inviting 80 members of the community who will be targeted for their input and there will be 20 members of the Sunshine Club there also. The whole purpose of this will be to get ideas and collaboration to see the centre go forward for the next five years for their strategic direction.

Hlady continued to mention that they are trying to increase their membership because when they go for grants or anything like that, they have to show statistics on how many members they have.

Following this, was the nomination and election for the board where it was stated that the following incumbents are continuing their positions: President – Dwayne Hlady (Expires Feb 2021), Treasurer – Don Harfield (Expires Feb 2021), Director – Bob Carter (Expires Feb 2020), Director – Mary Ryan (Expires Feb 2020), Director – Eunice Henderson (Expires Feb 2020), Director – Carol Larrivee (Expires Feb 2020), Director – Georgina Star (Expires Feb 2020).

It was mentioned that the following position has been vacant this past year: Secretary – Jocelan Wagner resigned in March 2018.

The following Board members concluded their recent term on the Board: VicePresident – Marlene Roth, Director – Janet Duckett, Director – John Garred, Director – Victoria Paranych, Director – Anne Soldan, and Director – Ted Wilson.

The following members were nominated by the Nomination Committee for these positions: Vice - President – Marlene Roth, Secretary – Elaine Kucher, Director – Annie Arnott, Director – Olga Gegolick, Director – Robert Hoyteniuk, Director – Stacy Mynzak, Director – Anna Tomyn, Director – Ted Wilson, and Director – Anne Soldan.

The election results were Vice-President – Marlene Roth (by acclamation), Secretary – Elaine Kucher (by acclamation), Director – Annie Arnott, Director – Robert Hoyteniuk, Director - Stacy Mynzak, Director – Anne Soldan, and Director – Anna Tomyn.

The next Membership meeting will be the Mid-Year Meeting on September 25, 2019.

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Vegreville’s Human Library Empowers Women Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent Women are truly wonderful! To recognize women and all the valuable contribution they make in all areas of life for International Women’s Day on March 8, Vegreville Centennial Library presented Vegreville’s Human Library.

The March 8th’s Human Library was an event where women who contribute to the community and internationally tell stories from their lives through oral storytelling.

The featured women were Rev. Carolyn Woodall who is the Minister of Vegreville United Church. She spoke about in her first year of theological studies, how she won a two-week trip to Jamaica which helped her experience and understand better what life was like for people in other countries. This expanded her theological understanding, and her views about God always being with us and the wonderful world He created. Rev. Carolyn explained that she had a chance to know what it was like to be a visible minority in a country and how

Rev. Carolyn Woodall who is the Minister of Vegreville United Church speaks to a citizen about her experiences while traveling.

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Viola Braun-Fox speaks to a participant about her career in music. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

people in Jamaica led quite different lifestyles from us; the communities had dirt roads and sometimes, they were chickens running around on the road.

Lieutenant and Public Education Specialist for Vegreville Fire Department, Sherry Haque spoke about what it is like to be a firefighter, was this is her passion, and how they are trained, as well as, what motivates her.

Town Councilor for Vegreville, Taneen Rudyk spoke about her Town Councilor for Vegreville, Taneen Rudyk speaks life as a mother, wife, friend, and to a citizen about her life and work as a town town councilor. Rudyk said she councilor. (Rosanne Fortier/photo) really enjoys teamwork and utilizing everyone’s talents to get good results. Rudyk explained some of the work she did for the town and experiences she had speaking and advocating for the town at different levels of government and places.

Music teacher, Viola Braun-Fox spoke about her background, passions in life, career in music, family, community, and political involvement. Viola even had a chance to speak about music therLieutenant and Public Education Specialist for Vegreville Fire Department, Sherry Haque speaks to apy with a participant and how she considered pursuing this but a participant on being a firefighter.

(Rosanne Fortier/photo) never did.

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The Good Life of Geneva Chaikowsky Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent Geneva Chaikowsky is a senior who always wears a smile. She was born on March 25, 1925, in Innisfree.

Geneva grew-up on a farm in the Myrnam District. She had three brothers and three sisters. Her parents were good people but they were very poor.

Geneva remembered living in a tworoom house where her aunt and uncle lived in one room.

It didn’t bother Geneva that they were poor and didn’t have a telephone or television because they had wooden toys and plenty of food from the garden they had. Her childhood was pleasant because she remembered how much fun it was to play with the toys and playing a lot, as well as, inventing their own games. She really enjoyed growing up on the farm and the freedom which went along with it.

Geneva’s earliest memory was when she was two years old and had a pacifier Geneva enjoyed her life and met all her challenges by being optimistic and having faith in God. (Rosanne Fortier/photo) in her mouth and her aunt took it away from her. A fonder memory was when completed her grade nine because that is how far she was three years old and her mother was hold- most people went in those days. She said after they ing Geneva and Geneva had her hands in a praying closed the school, they turned it into the Pathfinder motion and a picture was taken. This picture was Hall where they held celebrations and made perothen put in a book in Innisfree. gies.

Geneva said she really enjoyed school because When Geneva was 15 years old and she finished she enjoyed learning and did well at school. She school, she went to Edmonton to work in the had the same woman teacher from grade one to kitchen at the Old General Hospital. Geneva nine and plenty of friends. She had to walk four recalled those times fondly as she enjoyed living in miles each way to a school in Derwent. Geneva the city. There were so many things to do and

places to see. After this, she babysat for the teacher from Derwent’s kids.

Geneva met her husband, Mike when she was working at Derwent’s Confectionary. They were very shy with each other at first. She remembers how she used to serve him kubasa and coffee. He was a carpenter and was building the hall. Geneva remembered how they soon fell totally in love with each other. They went to movies and dances, and just had a lot of fun during their courtship years. Later, she worked at a hotel in Vermilion, and Mike used to pick her up to take her out from there.

Geneva worked steady for a total of 35 years at a few different places.

After she got married she lived 27 years on a farm north of Derwent. Her husband was a nice and friendly man who had a good sense of humor. Geneva admitted that she never had any problems with him because they always worked together; he always helped her with the garden and everything.

They had two daughters and a son. Geneva really enjoyed being a mother. She did a lot of fun activities with her kids.

Geneva said her kids turned out well, they all have good jobs and are good workers. She never had any problems with her kids.

Today, Geneva feels very heartbroken as her husband and all her brothers and sisters except for one sister have passed away. One younger sister she has left lives in Winnipeg and is 92 years old. But Geneva said she has to tries to cope with this because she doesn’t have a choice over it. She is also thankful; her oldest sister lived to be 101 years.

Geneva resides at Homestead Lodge which she said she really likes living there because it is a good home. Geneva has health issues which cause her a lot of pain but she tries to use natural methods to cope with the pain. Then she broke her wrist when she fell down. Geneva also credits her faith with helping her deal with the pain. She attends all the church services they have at the lodge.

Lavoy Community Dinner Serves up the Start of Lent Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser In the liturgical tradition of Christianity, Shrove Tuesday stands out as an evening to celebrate before making a personal sacrifice of some kind – commonly sweets or coffee – and giving to the community in an extra way for the 40 days before Easter Sunday.

At the Lavoy Community Hall, they kept up the tradition with a feast of pancakes, sausages, ham, and eggs, with all the fixings and an enormous spread at the dessert table.

Everything was planned ahead of time by the hands who prepare many of Lavoy’s widely-attended dinners, in order to help them fundraise for the day-to-day cost of keeping the hall running.

“Having this hall does a lot for our community,” said Co-Organizer Connie Baxandal “People will have funerals, family reunions… all kinds of events here. So we like to do what we can as a community to keep it open.

Once guests paid a small admission fee at the door, they were able to go back for seconds, and thirds (or fourths if they so chose,) until the event closed down at 7… savouring the sugary meal as something to look forward to when Easter comes.

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from crochet to glasswork to wax painting, the eventual winners who stood out to the crowd were Kiera Comeau in the Youth Art category and Deserrie Ruptash in the Adult Art category.

Out of the (number of competitors), winners on the stage were, Ashley Zwarich in the Youth Solo/Duet Stage category, the Vegreville United Church Handbell Choir in Youth Group Stage, the Red Jade Martial Arts adult demo group in Adult Solo/ Duet Stage, and the Vegreville Reader’s Theatre in Adult Group Stage.

The VegMin Learning Society serves nearly 1 in 5 adults in Vegreville and were happy to provide a fun evening in Vegreville, to help fundraise in order to continue to make more courses available.

Vegmin 50/50 Winner

Holly Cependa Executive Director – VegMin Learning Society A very happy Grant Killeen was the lucky 50-50 winner of Thursday night’s ‘Love of Learning’ draw at Vegreville’s Got Talent. He stopped by today to pick up the winners of $1,350.00. He was extremely happy as this is the first time he has ever won anything.

VegMin Learning Society is very appreciative of all the community support for this fundraiser as the staff and board work extremely hard in order to cover all the overhead costs of providing affordable, quality programming to the residents in our area.

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A Feast to Prepare Hearts for Lent Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent Good events which help people observe special occasion always travel well throughout the years. Vegreville United Church 21st Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on March 5 was one of these events as it offered a traditional pancake feast which flipped over with food, fellowship and fun.

This occasion marked March 5 which was Shrove Tuesday (also known as Mardi Gras) which is French for Fat Tuesday. This is the day before Ash Wednesday and Lent. In Christian

Vivian and Dave Soldan enjoy the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Buffet.

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Susan Stecyk and Lorraine Gresiuk said they abstain from meat and dances during Lent. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

traditions, the 40 days before Easter are known as Lent, and they mark the time that Jesus spent fasting in the desert.

Hence, it is traditional to use up eggs, butter and stocks of fat as some Christians try to abstain from eating rich food during Lent.

Annette and Jim Schieck. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

June Woloshniuk and Betty Ruzyckl. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

However, people can observe Lent many different ways. Vivian and David Soldan said they try to have meatless Friday’s during Lent.

Joyce Ziegler said she always tries to be kind to people but she tries to be extra kind during Lent.

Susan Stecyk and Lorraine Gresiuk said they abstain from meat and dances during Lent. For extras, they try not to eat sweets. Also, they said some people abstain from drinking alcohol during Lent. They don’t normally drink alcohol so, they said it was easy for them to

do this.

Annette Schieck said last year, she did a minimialize challenge where she tried to give away stuff everyday. She wouldn’t mind to continue with this project this year.

Town Council Highlights for March 11, 2019 Correspondence received and filed

Rachel Farr Communication Coordinator – Town of Vegreville • Correspondence from Hon. Shaye Anderson, Minister of Municipal Affairs, announcing extension of time period to March 31, 2022 for the Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI). Town Council will enter into Amending Memorandum of Agreement.

• Correspondence from Mr. Ed Stelmach, Board Chair, Covenant Health. It is with great pride that he shared that Covenant Health has been named one of Alberta’s Top 75 Employers for 2019. The Alberta’s Top 75 Employers awards recognizes organizations that are leading employers in Alberta. (This award is as seen in last week’s News Advertiser.”

Next Council Meeting is March 25, 2019 at 7 pm