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Team B.C. rodeo students are Tennessee bound Mike Carter Staff Writer

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Chance Bolin of Montney rides the lightning earlier this month.

Seventeen high school-aged cowboys and cowgirls are off to compete in the world’s largest junior rodeo event in Lebanon, Tennessee next month.

The group, which will represent B.C. at the National Junior High School Rodeo next month, had their final stop before the big event in Dawson Creek over the May long weekend, where they competed in the High School Rodeo junior and senior finals Fort St. John’s Kali Atkings, a Grade 6 student from Alwin Holland Elementary, says she is beyond excited to represent her province in her rookie year on the high school rodeo circuit.

Atkings will compete in poles, breakaway and ribbon roping at nationals.

“I am really proud of my horse and my team,” she said. “Both Team B.C. and my other team: my Mom, Dad, sisters and my Nana and Poppa that helped me travel all the way to Williams Lake or to Clearview or even to the practice pen when I need to.”

Like the majority of athletes at this weekend’s contest, rodeo has been a family affair for Atkings, who started when she

was four years old.

Her mom and grandmother were big influences, as was her sister who also competed in High School rodeos in the Peace.

“I remember little rodeos as a kid,” Atkings said when asked to share her earliest rodeo memory. “Me and my friends when I was four would go and trot the pattern in barrels and we just had so much fun hanging out. i used to love going to rodeos cause I’d get to see my friends that lived hours and hours away.”

Two Dawson Creek cowboys will join Atkings in Tennessee — Zane Jones, who is in Grade 8 and Grade 7 student Auzyn Corr.

Corr won the bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding events this past weekend.

“It’s pretty exhilarating,” he said about qualifying for the National rodeo in Tennessee. It’s a good pay off for all the hard work he says he’s put in, practicing every day in his parents yard.

“I’lI usually go home (from school) and do a little homework and then I go and ride,” he said.

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Women’s Institute holds district meeting in Rycroft

By Frances Bogner The Alberta Women’s Institute District One Annual Meeting was held at St Michael’s Inn in Rycroft on April 29, 2016, with District Director Frances Bogner presiding. Diane Smith kindly agreed to be Secretary, and Joan Bogner looked after the tin can items. AWI Provincial President Faye Mayberry from Red Deer and President Elect Cathleen Thurston from Wabamun were welcomed to the meeting. One minute of silence was observed in memory of departed members Edna Whittleton, Anne Palmer, and Zella Pimm.

Faye Mayberry and Cathleen Thurston brought information from the provincial level including the Food and Farmer’s project,

and the Provincial Convention to be held in Camrose on June 9 to 11. The Round Table discussions will be held again, as that was a popular interaction with members at the last Convention. There have been a few changes to the policy regarding membership fee payments.

Frances Bogner then gave her District One Directors’ report, covering a variety of topics. She had attended several events, and had a poster board of newspaper articles and pictures on display. As a member of the Provincial Council, she is the Health and Agriculture Committees Chairman, and reported that she is very busy with reports on everything, as well as other duties required of a District Director. Because so much ma-

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terial from the provincial office is sent by email now, including a new Handicraft List, Policy Book, and AWI Structure information, Frances stated how important it is for the Branch email contact person to be sure to print everything off for Branch records.

Before coffee break, those present got some exercise writing their name with a pretend pencil sticking straight out from the belly button; and were advised that they could take a coloured candy “pill” from the pill bottle in front of them as needed. Instructions were on the label!

Congratulations were extended to Lena Williamson of the Berwyn Branch for being the District One Golden Book Award winner for 2015, and to Margaret Paulovitch of Grimshaw for being the 2016 Sophie Mills Award winner. Margaret is unable to attend the Provincial Convention, but she was most appreciative of having won the award. It will now go to the second name drawn.

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Pennies for Friendship came to $45.86. Frances explained that the money collected was for the ACWW, and read a letter of thanks from them for Alberta’s donation from 2015. Frances had a chart which showed the structure of the Women’s Institutes, and how all the different parts fit in from individual member to the world body which is the Associated Country Women of the World.

While those present enjoyed their dinner from the menu, there was discussion about Constituency’s that have only one Branch in them. A motion was made that “In District One, where there is only one Branch in a Constituency, the Branch President, or her designate, shall be the Constituency Convener.

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Warm, dry prairie spring favours a grasshopper influx

By Richard Kamchen Warm, dry Prairie spring weather has got antennas up for grasshopper activity, especially in Alberta.

A long, warm and dry fall was ideal for grasshopper egg laying, and with a relatively gentle winter and warm, dry spring, grasshoppers in Alberta have faced little adversity, according to provincial crop specialist Mark Cutts.

“We do have some areas in southern Alberta that are under a moderate to severe rating, [as well as] northeast of Edmonton,” Cutts says. “And a couple areas in the Peace area of the province are moderate to severe, with a couple spots rated as very severe.”

A warm spring that arrived ahead of schedule is resulting in early emergence.

“There is a [timing] correlation between lilacs blooming and grasshop-

pers starting to hatch, and we are seeing lilacs that are in flower already,” Cutts says.

Earlier emerging grasshoppers can do more damage to crops, which are less developed.

Producers will need to vigilantly monitor their fields for grasshopper activity. But Cutts urges against rushing to control populations, and instead wait until grasshoppers have reached the third instar of their five immature stages. At that point, the majority of eggs will have hatched.

Farmers can also help themselves by not putting their cattle out to pasture too early. Grasshoppers prefer hot, dry conditions, and the more cover on a pasture, the cooler and less favourable an environment it presents.

The other Prairie provinces are on grasshopper lookout too, but their forecasts aren’t as serious.

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Although the province experienced frost last week, if the heat returns there could be an earlier hatch, Hartley says.

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GRAIN FUTURE REPORT Grain Future Prices - as of May 27, 2016 Last 514.80s 511.80 516.80 522.00 Last 478-0s 481-4s 491-6s 508-2s Last 440-2s 459-6s 475-6s 498-4s Last 599-4s 527-2 535-6 549-2 Last 412-6s 414-2s 413-4s Last 193-0s 205-2s 215-4s Last 1086-4s 1083-0s 1067-4s Last 31.48s 31.61s 31.74s Last 402.6s 388.7s 381.1s

Change + 5.00 - 3.80 + 1.60 + 3.9 Change + 15-0 + 0-2 unch - 0-2 Change + 11-2 - 2-4 - 2-6 - 3-0 Change + 12-4 - 7-2 - 6-4 - 6-0 Change + 4-4 + 3-6 + 3-6 Change + 1-6 + 1-6 - 1-2 Change + 6-6 + 5-6 + 5-6 Change + 0.44 + 0.45 + 0.44 Change - 7.0 - 4.4 - 0.3

Open 0.00 515.60 515.40 518.10 Open 0-0 481-2 491-4 508-2 Open 0-0 462-0 478-0 501-4 Open 0-0 534-0 540-4 555-2 Open 408-0 409-6 409-0 Open 191-6 206-0 217-6 Open 1079-0 1075-0 1057-2 Open 31.00 31.08 31.19 Open 410.0 393.0 380.0

High 514.80 518.10 519.00 522.40 High 478-0 484-6 495-0 511-2 High 440-2 463-6 479-6 502-0 High 599-4 534-2 541-2 555-2 High 413-0 414-2 413-6 High 194-0 206-0 219-0 High 1090-6 1086-4 1069-6 High 31.57 31.69 31.80 High 410.4 394.8 383.4

Low 514.80 501.50 505.10 510.40 Low 478-0 478-4 489-0 505-0 Low 440-2 458-0 474-0 497-4 Low 599-4 526-6 534-6 548-2 Low 406-4 408-4 407-6 Low 191-2 203-4 215-2 Low 1071-6 1070-0 1056-0 Low 30.91 31.05 31.17 Low 400.5 387.5 378.2

Prev. Stl. 509.80 515.60 515.20 518.10 Prev. Stl. 463-0 481-2 491-6 508-4 Prev. Stl. 429-0 462-2 478-4 501-4 Prev. Stl. 587-0 534-4 542-2 555-2 Prev. Stl. 408-2 410-4 409-6 Prev. Stl. 191-2 203-4 216-6 Prev. Stl. 1079-6 1077-2 1061-6 Prev. Stl. 31.04 31.16 31.30 Prev. Stl. 409.6 393.1 381.4

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Lime is applied to soils to neutralize excess acidity Lime is applied to acid soils to neutralize excess acidity that causes reduced crop yields. The application of lime does not improve saline or solonetzic soil conditions.

There are over 1 million acres of strongly acid and 4.5 million acres of moderately acid soils farmed in Alberta. While many factors, such as the kind of crop, soil type, and climate, influence responses to lime, it can be generally stated that the application of lime should be considered on all strongly acid soils and on many moderately

acid soils to improve and maintain productivity. Where liming is an established practice, it is applied to maintain soils in the most suitable pH range for the crops and soils in the area.

Soil acidity is identified by the measurement of soil reaction (pH). The reaction is alkaline when the pH value is above 7.0; neutral at 7.0; and acid below 7.0.

In practical terms, soils between pH 6.5 and 7.5 are considered neutral. Soils in the range 5.6 to 6.0 are moderately acid and below 5.5 strongly acid. The poor

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growth of a sensitive crop such as alfalfa may indicate an acid soil condition. However, a soil test is the only reliable way of determining whether soil is acid or not.

A lime requirement test should be used to determine the rate of lime to apply.

Acid soils occur most frequently in central Alberta and in the Peace River region. The proportion of acid soil in an area or soil zone can be misleading for the individual farmer. A farm can have neutral soil even though it is in an area of predominantly acid soils. The opposite can also happen.

The effect of soil acidity on yield of crops. Soil reaction (pH) affects the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils and crop yields.

Crops also vary greatly in their tolerance to the various components of acidity. As a result, the cause of soil acidity damage to crops is often rather complex.

The effects of acidity on crops can be divided into two general

categories – direct effects and indirect effects.

Acid soils often contain soluble forms of aluminum and manganese. As soil acidity increases (pH decreases), soluble aluminum and manganese increase to toxic levels.

Aluminum toxicity restricts root growth and phosphorous uptake. Manganese toxicity causes black necrotic spots or streaks on leaves of cereals and chlorosis on leaf margins and cupping of leaves of canola and legumes.

Aluminum and manganese toxicity often reduce the yield of crops grown on acid soils. Soil acidity also has a direct effect on the survival and growth of rhizobium bacteria which fix nitrogen in association with legumes. The rhizobium bacteria associated with alfalfa and sweet-clover are especially sensitive to acidity.

The application of lime reduces soil acidity (pH increases) which reduces soluble aluminum and manganese to nontoxic

Percentage of cultivated acid soils with pH throughout Alberta. FILE Photo

levels and creates a suitable environment for rhizobium bacteria.

The application of lime to acid soils can affect biological, chemical, and physical properties of the soils. The increase in soil pH resulting from the application of lime provides a more favorable environment for soil microbiological activity

which increases the rate of release of plant nutrients, particularly nitrogen.

Reduced soil acidity following liming also increases the availability of several other plant nutrients, notably phosphorus. Only about 20 per cent of fertilizer phosphorus is taken up by a crop in the year of application.

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Back packing with your dog now that spring is here

by Dr. Emily Wilson

Now that spring is in full swing here in beautiful British Colombia, many of us enjoy the great outdoors with our canine companions. Being in the peace region of BC, we have access to many great hiking areas, Tumbler Ridge, and the Northern Rockies being a few.

Hiking with your dog is great for one on one time, exercise, and not to mention a bear warning system. I encourage you to take your dog hiking this summer, but ask you keep a few things in mind. Here are a few DO’s and DON’T’s to go by.

DO’s: 1) Make sure your dog is in good shape for hiking, and that their pads are toughened up. Going on day hikes leading up to the trip can get their feet hardened. You can also take boots for your dog to wear in the rocky areas to ensure they don’t injure their pads.

2) Take a small pharmacy kit for

your dog, things to include are: Benadryl 2-4mg/kg orally every 6-8 hours. This can be used for insect bites, bee stings, and hives to help alleviate symptoms of allergic reactions. Pain killers can be nice to take along if your dog becomes injured or sore from a long day. Painkillers are prescription drugs. If you are interested in taking some with you make an appointment with us and we would be happy to talk about it with you. Bring some polysporin ointment to apply to sores or cuts and pliers or a Leatherman, to remove quills if needed.

Lastly in your pharmacy kit, taking some light bandaging material may come in handy.

3) Collar and leash. You may be in areas that your dog can run free, but you still need to have the option of keeping them on leash. This is for their protection if they are trying to chase wildlife, and also prevents them from wandering off to visit other hikers. At night you may want to either tie your dog

up in camp, or keep them in your tent to prevent them from wandering off.

4) Va c c i n e s .

Your pet needs to be up to date on their Rabies and DAP vaccines.

5) Getting your dog to pack a backpack is a great way for them to carry their owner food. Dogs can carry about 1030% of their body weight. They need to have a well fitted pack that distributes the weight over their shoulders. Make sure that the items in the pack are sealed, when dogs get hot they may cool themselves off in a nearby pool. Also don’t trust your dog to pack anything you can’t afford to lose.

Just like getting your dog in shape for hiking, you need to get them in shape with their pack. Starting with a lighter pack and working them up to 30% of their body weight will ensure your dog can make the trip.

DON’T’s: 1) Try to prevent your dog from eliminating 100ft from water sources if possible,

as well as burry their I hope you have a us a call at the DCVC feces. This is the best great hiking season, with any questions. way to avoid contami- and feel free to give before your trip. nation.

2) Don’t expect your dog to go everywhere you go. If you are climbing in steep terrain your dog may be unable to safely follow.

3) Don’t let your dog chase wildlife, this could result in a run in with a porcupine. If this happens you need to remove the quills that you can, and bring your dog to the vet as soon as possible to ensure there are no quills stuck in the mouth and gums.

It’s important to grab Percentage of cultivated acid soils with pH throughout the quills close to the Alberta. FILE Photo base, so they don’t break off when you pull them. Quills can migrate very fast and be life threatening if not attended to.

Small Animal Services • Laser Therapy • Laser Surgery • Microchips 4) Don’t expect • Preventative Health Care you dog to be able to • Medical Services • Laboratory Services find water out on the • Diagnostic Imaging • Special Diagnostic Services • Surgical Services • Dental Services • Pet Nutrition trails. There will be • Retail Pet Supplies times when fresh water is available, howEquine & Bovine Services • Preventative Health Care • Medical Services ever you need to pack • Laboratory Services enough for your dog • Diagnostic Imaging • Surgical Services • Dental Services as well as yourself.

• Laser Therapy • Feedlot & Bovine Herd Health Services When the weather is • Reproductive Services • Endoscopy Services • Equine Embryo Transfer hot dogs are susceptible to heat stroke.

Ensuring they have enough water will help prevent this.

Dawson Creek Veterinary Clinic

Dawson Creek Veterinary Clinic

Dr. Mike Ross

Dr. Zoë Ross

With Peace River Forage Association Presents Q Fever Awareness Event

Friday, June 10, 2016 10am - 2pm

featuring Dr. Stan Houston, Dr. Ilona Houston, Dr. Christa Harder

Tower Lake Community Hall, BC Lunch provided—Please call Chris or Sandra at 250 789 6885

June 16 9am-5pm

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Lively Legumes Value Adding Tour June 17 8am-5pm Contact the clinic for tickets and more information Small Animal: 250-782-5616 Large Animal: 250-782-1080 238-116th Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC Across from the Fairgrounds

www.dcvet.ca

Dr. Christa Harder

Dr. Jenny Soucy

Dr. Emily Wilson

238 -116 Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 3C8 Across from the Fairgrounds

(250) 782-1080 Small Animals: (250) 782-5616

Large Animals:

Find us on Facebook

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Wallin Stock Farm Jennifer Wallin, Woking, AB ...................................... 780-864-8556

CHAROLAIS

Bar B Charolais George & Linda Bolin, Cecil Lake, BC ...................... 250-785-5325 Briar Ridge Stock Farm Randy & Chris Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC ............. 250-786-5048 Chad, Leah, Gene & Addison Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC...................................................... 250-784-3924 Eldon & Marilyn Cassity Wembley, AB .............................................................. 780-766-2887 Eight Way Charolais Drschiwiski Family, Groundbirch, BC ....................... 250-329-4816 JayDawn Farms Jason & Nicole McQuaig, Sexsmith, AB.................... 780-568-2647 Lazy S Charolais Roy & Erika Schweitzer, Beaverlodge, AB ................ 780-356-3611 Pro-Char Charolais David & Kristina Prokuda, Glenevis, AB ................... 780-932-1654 Rosebud Ranches Dan & Holly Schleppe, Progress, BC ......................... 250-786-5698 Spruce View Charolais Andrew & Effie Lakusta, Andrew, AB ....................... 780-365-2079 Valanjou Charolais Phillipe & Rae Lusson, Clyde, AB ............................. 780-348-5683

GELBVIEHS

Milne’s Gelbvieh Harold & Bev Milne, Fairview, AB ............................ 780-835-2645

HEREFORDS

Benwyn Herefords Bill & Doug Bentley, Progress, BC ............................ 250-843-7575 Briar Ridge Stock Farm Randy & Chris Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC ............. 250-786-5048 Chad, Leah, Gene & Addison Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC...................................................... 250-784-3924 Chittick Family Hereford Ranch Raymond & Mona Chittick, Whitecourt, AB ............. 780-778-0150 Eureka Hereford Farms Tom Basnett, Eureka River, AB .................................. 780-685-2102 Friesen Hereford Farms Chad & Anna Friesen, Grande Prairie, AB ................. 780-832-4068 Gold Stock Hereford Farms Charlie & Steven White, Beaverlodge, AB................. 780-354-3190 Gurtler Farms Garry Gurtler, North Star, AB ..................................... 780-836-2125 Hilltop Honey Ranch Brian & Dana Smith, Pouce Coupe, BC ..................... 250-786-5232 McElroy Polled Herefords John McElroy, Charlie Lake, BC ................................ 250-785-6074 PHK Herefords Philip Krahn, LaCrete, AB .......................................... 780-821-9409 Reber’s Polled Herefords Gerald & Sandy Reber, Woking, AB .......................... 780-774-2161 Serena & Kasey Reber, Woking, AB .......................... 780-774-2337 Spring Mountain Stock Farm Hotte & Villiger Families, Beaverlodge, AB .............. 780-354-2074

LIMOUSIN

Blueberry Valley Farms Limousin Michael & Rebecca McCord, Mile 86.5 Alaska Hwy, BC.......................................................... 250-772-5116 Dry Creek Ranch Gordon & Carla Harmon, Cecil Lake, BC.................. 250-781-3617 Excel Ranches Ron & Barb Miller, Cody & Amy Miller, Westlock, AB ............................ 780-349-2135 Fouillard Limousin Dan & Pam Fouillard, Thorsby, AB............................ 780-789-4055

Hansen’s Limousin Scott & Lesley Hansen, Evansburg, AB ..................... 780-727-4557 Hillview Farms Raymond & Corine Verbeek, Sturgeon County, AB ... 780-938-2173 Lakeroad Limousin Jim, Donna & Jackie Rowe, Worsley, AB .................. 780-685-2141 Pinnacle View Limousin Rob & Cheryl Swan & Erin & Eric Kishkan, Quesnel, BC ................................................................ 250-747-2618

LOWLINE

Butterkup Farms & Pinnacle Lowlines Andy & Melanie Guttner, Pink Mountain, BC ........... 250-793-4742

RED POLL

Shadow Creek Red Poll Dean & Marsha Anderson, Fort St. John, BC ............. 250-827-3293

SHORTHORNS

Tamarack Shorthorns Alvin & Deanna Johnson, Brownvale, AB ................. 780-597-3973

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Albrecht Farms Steve, Tammy & Ryan Albrecht, Spirit River, AB ..... 780-864-4259 Briar Ridge Stock Farm Randy & Chris Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC ............. 250-786-5048 Chad, Leah, Gene & Addison Haddow, Dawson Creek, BC...................................................... 250-784-3924 Cuthbertson Cattle Co. Scott & Jackie Cuthbertson, Valleyview, AB.............. 780-837-8544 Fallen Timber Farms Chet & Jamie Jans, Groundbirch, BC ......................... 250-780-2141 Flatrock Valley Simmentals Brad Geisbrecht, Cecil Lake, BC................................ 250-781-3580 GRA-TAN Farm Grant & Tanya Chittick, Mayerthorpe, AB ................. 780-786-2181 Halfway River Simmentals Eckbert & Christa Weitzel Georg & Sarah Weitzel, Charlie Lake, BC ................. 250-263-8237 Hodges Simmentals Roy & Scot Hodges, Beaverlodge, AB ....................... 780-512-4669 JayDawn Farms Jason & Nicole McQuaig, Sexsmith, AB.................... 780-568-2647 KIN-KIN Cattle Co. Gary & Faye Chittick, Mayerthorpe, AB .................... 780-786-4500 KRS Simmentals Reanne Sanford, Quesnel, BC .................................... 250-249-5332 KSL Simmentals Keagan Scorgie, Beaverlodge, AB.............................. 780-518-6572 Moonlite Farm Norbert & Janice Luken, Fairview, AB ...................... 780-835-3165 Moose Creek Simmentals Don, Joyce & Shon Smith, Gordondale, AB .............. 780-353-2284 O Double E Simmentals Ole, Elden & Einar Bakkehaug, Hythe, AB................ 780-356-2113 Rachido Ranch Randy & Donna Chittick, Mayerthorpe, AB .............. 780-786-4373 Rosefield Simmentals James & Martha Wiebe, Prespatou, BC ...................... 250-630-2621 SIBL Simmentals The Smith Families, Cherhill, AB............................... 780-785-2045 Tri-K Simmentals Keith & Kerriley Hodges, Beaverlodge, AB .............. 780-831-7999 Willow Creek Simmentals Mike & Mari Klassen & Family, Debolt, AB ............. 780-957-2814 Willowdale Simmentals Dale & Judy Smith, Valleyview, AB ........................... 780-524-2790 Wolfe Farms Tony Wolfe, Valleyview, AB ....................................... 780-524-3939

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Altona Falls Red Angus Dan & Trudy Loewen, Altona, BC ............................. 250-630-2146 Aspen Hill Red Angus George & Kelly LeBlanc, Woking, AB ...................... 780-774-2404 Bar 4A Cattle Co. Hugh Atkin & Joleen (Jo) Meservy, LaGlace AB....... 780-512-3641 Battle River Black Angus Ron Gordey, Manning, AB ......................................... 780-836-2584 Brandl Cattle Co. Byron & Gwen Brandl, Jarvie, AB ............................. 780-954-2599 Classic Livestock Freeman & Zoe Iwasiuk, High Prairie, AB................. 780-523-5077 Cinder Angus Brad Yoder & Nicolle Hoskins, Barrhead, AB ........... 780-674-5773 Clear River Red Angus Lloyd, Donna & Mackay Ross, Cleardale, AB ........... 800-667-2251 Cuthbertson Cattle Co. Scott & Jackie Cuthbertson, Valleyview, AB.............. 780-837-8544 Dwajo Angus Dwayne, Joanne & Jesse Emery, Camp Creek, AB .... 780-674-4410 Figure 8 Angus Paul & Coleen Jex-Blake, Grimshaw, AB .................. 780-597-2001 Fineline Red Angus Nick & Lorraine van Gaalen, LaGlace, AB ................ 780-568-3906 Gemvale Stock Farm Don & Sheri Murphy, Dawson Creek, BC ................. 250-759-4717 Grassy Lanes Angus Ed & Laurel Mostad, Valleyview, AB......................... 780-524-3129 Gumbo Gulch Cattle Company Dale & Steve Aylward, Dawson Creek, BC................ 250-786-5478 Heart Valley Angus Chris Tschetter, Birch Hills Colony, AB ..................... 780-864-8918 J Lazy A Ranch Jarin & Amber Carter, Sexsmith, AB .......................... 780-518-9652 Jones Land & Cattle Mark & Allison Jones, Barrhead, AB ......................... 780-674-6377 KBJ Round Farms Jim & Rita, Barry & Dette Round, Clyde, AB............ 780-348-5638 Kjos Black Angus Marty & Miriam Kjos, Fort St. John, BC ................... 250-787-0970 Lazy B Livestock Trevor Binks & Melanie Klassen, GP, AB.................. 780-539-7128 Luv-N-It Cattle Co. Jason & Trisha French, Mayerthorpe, AB .................. 780-786-9150 Mackenzie Red Angus Ken & Rebecca Mackenzie, Deadwood, AB .............. 780-836-2049 Mountain Side Angus John & Judy Mayer, Beaverlodge, AB ....................... 780-354-2726 North Point Red Angus Mark & Ginger Zahacy, High Prairie, AB .................. 780-523-5356 Rafter SJ Ranch Jack & Shannon Trask, Montney, BC ......................... 250-827-3364 Ring Creek Farms Pat & Len Friedel, Fairview, AB ................................ 780-835-4338 Rio Grande Angus Clint & Anna Collins, Rio Grande, AB....................... 780-354-3913 Roy Angus Chris & Jen Roy, Fairview, AB ................................... 780-835-0463 Sawmill Angus Clarence & Darleen Budal, Hotchkiss, AB................. 780-836-2788 Silver S Red Angus Devin & Amber Stark, Bezanson, AB ........................ 780-876-6252 Smoky River Red Angus Maynard & Curtis Boese, Sexsmith, AB .................... 780-568-4340 Spruce Lane Ranch Andrew & Vivian Miller, Bonanza, AB ...................... 780-353-3355

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DIRECT MARKETING PURCHASING BULLS, COWS & FEEDERS • Fully Licensed & Bonded Buyers • 0% selling commission • Open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm 1-1/2 miles south on Range Road 85 from Highway 43 west of Wembley

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4th PEACE COUNTRY SHEEP CONFERENCE

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SATURDAY, JUNE 11 SATURDAY 11, 2016 Rycroft Ag Building, Rycroft, Alberta

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Look, wildfires won’t stop for your farm or acreage dry conditions, especially in the spring before the grass and leaves come out. But also later in the summer as the weather dries things out.

Windy days, because the high winds increase the fire risk in addition to helping any fire that does get started move quickly through the forest or grassland.

What are you going to do should a fire/nearby fire threaten your farm or acreage?

There are three main options, but depending on the size of your farm some of them may not be realistic (the attached page has more details on each of these options): Shelter in Place – soak down the area around your yard and create a fire break around your yard and animals.

Plan to Evacuate – with sufficient time and preparation you could evacuate your family and animals to a safe area until the risk is gone.

Release your animals – If you have little or

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BULLS & HEIFERS FOR SALE Elden, Einar, and Ole Bakkehaug Box 156, Hythe, AB T0H 2C0

(780) 356-2113

Eckbert and Christa Georg and Sarah 250-263-8237 250-262-7681 Email ecweitzel@live.ca • Box 159, Charlie Lake, BC V0C 1H0

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Box 1555 Valleyview, AB T0H 3N0

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Performance Breeding Stock Polled Reds and Blacks

Box 223 Groundbirch, BC V0C 1T0

P: 250-780-2141 E: info@fallentimberfarms.com www.fallentimberfarms.com

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Have a fire extinguisher, tools and water available to use for fighting any small fires that start in your yard.

Make sure that everyone who lives/works on your farm knows what to do should a fire threaten your place.

25 km North of Valleyview on Hwy. 49

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Wildfires are a hazard that can spring up quickly and cause major devastation to your farm or acreage.

While you will not likely be able to stop a full-blown wildfire on your own; there are a few steps that you can take to minimize the risk and reduce the potential damage to your family, property and animals.

Is your property located in or next to a forested area?

Does your land have large dry grasslands nearby?

Is it practical to evacuate your animals should the need arise?

Recently in Alberta and BC wildfires have resulted in farm buildings and animals being lost from fires that started nearby and were then blown by winds onto neighbouring farms and acreages.

So watch out for high fire risk conditions;

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Canadian Angus 2015 Auction Market of the Year awarded completely locally owned since it launched 35 years ago. Staff try to get to know each customer and his or her individual business needs.

Congratulations to Manager/ Auctioneer Tyler Cronkhite, Auctioneers Brent Weiss and Jim Wilson, Auctioneer/Fieldman Gordie Cameron, Fieldmen Darvin Mason and Rocky Houff, and all of the other staff of Cowtown Livestock Exchange Inc. Your hard work and dedication to the agriculture industry does not go unnoticed. The Canadian Angus Association proudly awards you for your efforts last year and wishes you continued success in the future.

The Auction Market of the Year

Award was introduced in 2006 to recognize and honour those auction markets that work hard to promote Angus cattle. Auction

Left to right: Brian Good, Cheryl Hazenberg, Tyler Cronkhite.

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Company is coming! How large a roast do you need to buy?

For generous portions (and maybe even some yummy leftovers), buy 250 g (8 oz) per person (raw). For a roast that has bone, increase that by about 30% - so, 375 g (12 oz) per person.

What’s a serving? A Canada Food Guide serving is 75 g (a bit over 2 oz) of cooked beef (which you get from about 125 g (4 oz) raw beef.

Not enough juices for making gravy – now what? If you don’t have a lot of juices in the bottom of your pan after roasting – that’s a good thing! That means that your roast will be extra juicy when you carve it AND that the drippings you have in the pan are super concentrated with flavour. Click here and scroll down for a3rd quick lessonBull on Sale making great gravy Annual (video lesson is also available).

Cook like a pro –take the guesswork out of cooking and use a thermometer to cook an

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Oven Roast just the way you like it. Our favourite thermometer by far: a digital model that lets you monitor cooking without even opening the oven door – most models even send out a signal when your meat is cooked to the doneness you select. WOW – it’s a roasting miracle – worth every penny! Get one at your local cookware or hardware store – carried by some progressive grocers as well.

Why do you need to carve roast beef across the grain? What does that mean anyway?

To make meat more tender to eat, carve roast beef across the grain (i.e. across the muscle fibres). Cutting across the muscle fibres shortens them. The more you shorten the long muscle fibres (i.e. the thinner the slice), the more tender the meat will seem. Tip: Carving in the same direction as the butcher’s twine should be across the grain if your butcher did the cutting right.

FEMALES FOR SALE THIS FALL!!

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Wildfires can spread on the acreage as fast as on the open plain.

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Cleardale, Alberta

Lloyd & Donna 1-800-667-2251

Is it ok to cook a roast from frozen?

Yes you can! Just allow 50% more cooking time and skip the oven-sear step before starting to roast.

Roast beef ’s too rare for Aunt Minnie – now what? Don’t panic. Slip a slice or two of the rare roast beef into a pan of simmering gravy for a second or two to finish them as you like.

Standing at the meat counter – what roast do I buy? Keep in mind the type of meal you want to have. Then pick the roast to match: Premium Oven Roasts are cut from the sirloin, loin and rib. These ever-tender roasts are more of a splurge and make the perfect centre piece to any special meal. Look for: Prime Rib, Rib, Rib-Eye, Strip Loin, Tenderloin and Top Sirloin.

Oven Roasts are cut from the hip and tend to be a leaner and more frugal option than Premium Oven Roasts.

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Alberta Beef Producers weigh in on the Occupiers’ Liability Act The ABP Wildlife Committee reviewed the Occupiers’ Liability Act at a meeting last week.

At a previous session some concerns came up about the legality of having hunters, hikers or others on their land. What is our liability if someone is hurt and how can producers protect themselves against it? A law firm in Calgary was asked for a legal opinion and they prepared an assessment that provided some case law guidelines, and the level of producer responsibility.

The Occupiers’ Liability Act governs the landowners responsibility when individuals who are either invited or trespassing on their property. Generally, these visitors are given permission by the landowner to be there. If they were injured or their personal property damaged while on the property they could sue the landowner in accordance with the Act to receive compensation.

A farmer has the responsibility to inform visitors about potentially dangerous on the property. This could be a weak bridge or temperamental livestock. Injury from these could potentially allow a visitor to be awarded damages.

It is the responsibility of the landowner to ensure their property safe and well secured. If a visitor was to climb some haystacks, for example, and it collapsed causing injury, even if it had been discussed, there could be potential

for a liable confrontation.

The visitor on the property is one thing, but someone who comes on the property without permission may be a different situation. A trespassing hunter wouldn’t typically be able to sue for damages if a temperamental animal met them in the field and caused injury or death. Livestock getting through a fence onto the road causing injury would be a different situation.

What if someone were to cut the fence that let livestock out of the property? Not much in defence from any liability. The owner knows the animal is potentially dangerous, and is therefore ultimately responsible if it the property. This applies to owned, rented or leased land, as the producer has a responsibility to the public to not cause harm.

Some other legal concerns for the landowner could be an old bridge across a creek or river without a warning sign, or a tense wire across a field used to manage cattle feeding. If a trespasser were injured on either it could be considered, under the Act, to be reckless. Landowner liability could be charged and upheld in court for compensation.

Of course, there were many other areas discussed in the legal assessment for landowners dealing with this Act. Many situations or probable liability might not be considered by 10644 Spring producers to be partMountain of their- Composite responsibility. At

the end the legal advice, it was felt that it is in producers’ best interest to consider liability insurance that is suitable for their property - legal costs can add up.

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Young speakers for agriculture launches youth speaking competition The Alberta Young Speakers for Agriculture (“AYSA”) has announced its inaugural public speaking competition for Albertan youth to share their passion about the agricultural industry. The competition will be held during the Calgary Stampede and offers youth ages 11-24 an opportunity to share their views in a speech on a topic important to Albertan and Canadian agriculture.

“We’re excited to announce the launch of this exciting communications competition for Albertan youth at the Calgary Stampede,” said Eric Dalke, AYSA co-founder. “We invite youth ages 11-24 to sign up and share their passion for the agricultural industry by speaking and sharing their views on Cana-

dian agriculture.”

The competition will be held on July 13th during the Calgary Stampede and offers youth the opportunity to compete with a five to seven minute speech on topics important to the agricultural industry. Winners have the opportunity to win a cash prize of up to $1,000 and will be eligible to compete in the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition in Toronto.

Three factors will determine if the USDA revises their price projections down to align with the current market: The value of the USD. If it falls, demand is likely to increase in response to buyers’ purchasing power – and increased demand supports U.S. prices for grains and oilseeds.

The financial markets are now definitely bearish on the USD. Weather impacting production. It’s too wet in Argentina and too dry in Brazil, which has led to production concerns and higher prices for corn and soybeans.

It’s too early in the season to project any type of significant deviation from average yields.

However, given the existing volatility in markets, weather patterns developing in any globally important production region will impact markets.

Demand for grains and oilseeds The USDA projects stable ethanol production and strong demand for feed. If the feed demand doesn’t meet the USDA projection, a strong ethanol market could make up the shortfall. Demand in China, Japan and India must remain strong to sustain prices at cur-

Topics for the 2016 competition are:

farmer?

• What does the next generation of agriculture bring to the table?

• How can we improve the media’s perception of Canadian agriculture? • Old MacDonald had a farm ... But what about Mrs. MacDonald?

“Agriculture is a vital industry for Canada and Alberta and it’s important we develop future leaders to help this industry thrive,” said Dalke.

For more information visit www.albertayoungspeakers.com or email albertayoungspeakers@gmail.com.

• What is the impact of public opinion on Canadian farmers?

• How would you explain a GMO to a non-

Three factors to keep an eye on during the 2016-17 marketing year rent levels.

Finally, keep an eye on the value of the Canadian dollar, which recently broke the major resistance threshold of US $0.78. Having fallen again, the lower loonie is favourable for producers. We definitely expect the loonie to close the year under the US $0.80 level.

It’s never too early (or too late) to think about a marketing plan. Sound risk management will be key to navigate the potentially volatile environment of the 2016-17 marketing year.

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Equestrian federation works to find Fort McMurray horses

By Craig Lester As residents of the Fort McMurray, Alta. area evacuated when a massive wildfire encroached on the community, many ranchers and horse owners were forced to leave their horses behind.

The Alberta Equestrian Federation is now working with its membership to find out how many horses were left behind.

Executive director Sonia Dantu says they are taking that information and putting it to good use.

Horse rescues “We’re trying to gather (the owners’) contact information, the number of horses they have in the fire zone and where the horses last were,” Dantu says. “We are feeding that information to Alberta Agriculture and in turn, they are feeding that information into Fort McMurray bylaw services. It’s our understanding that bylaw services is checking on horses.”

Dantu says the provincial government has a plan to go in and rescue the horses once it is safe to enter the fire zone.

She says she received many offers from farmers and ranchers to house the horses once they are rescued, and while grateful, that’s not what’s needed.

Dantu says financial assistance to help

care for the rescued horses is critical.

“What we are encouraging people to do right now is make financial donations - those can be made directly into our organization,” Dantu says.

Dantu urges everyone to stay out of the fire zone and not try to rescue any horses because of safety and bio-security concerns.

Veterinarians and first aid Alberta Equestrian Federation has a webpage dedicated to information for horse owners evacuated because of the Fort McMurray wildfire, including where to find care for injured horses and how to care for minor burns any horses may have received.

The AEF is attempting to find horses left behind in Fort McMurray.

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Beatton Community 4-H report

By Gracie English Beatton 4-H Reporter Hi everyone! Beatton Community 4-H Club’s reporter Gracie here. Let’s get right into this article!

So for the first week of May we had Paige Sutherland up to give our members a few trick riding lessons. It went very wel and all the members who took part had lots of fun. Another 4-H event that took place lately was our club’s judging rally that took place May 11.

A big thank you to Trena Hebert and Josie who were generous enough to of-

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fer their property for the judging rally to take place at. So now to explain what a judging rally is. Basically a judging rally is where 4-H members judge different classes, whether its livestock or flower pots or baking, and list their reasons why on the judging card provided.

For example, I placed 1 over 3 because 1 was a healthier flower. Obviously members give a little more detail. A main judge will judge each class and then mark each member’s judging cards for that class. Members don’t need to have the same rankings as the judge they just need to have good explanations for their rankings.

Any member is able to go to the district judging rally because you don’t need to qualify to go. I think all the members had a wonderful time judging and just having fun with the rest of the club after the judging. I’d also like to mention that on May 15 four of our juniors dedicated time and effort to helping Glen Stewart with clearing a little, okay maybe more than a little, brush out at his ranch.

The members, as well as a couple parents and siblings, cleared four piles of brush for Glen! I’d just like to say well done and that you all did a very good job. Glen did a Horsemanship demo for the club last July so we helped him out in return.

Upcoming is the Regional Judging Rally end of June and the Annual 4H Achievement Days at Fall Fair Grounds July 7-9 so mark it on your calendar we have lots of neat events planned!

That’s all for this article so check back next month for more about the Beatton Community 4-H club.

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Highs, lows at inaugural side-by-side race at Dawson Creek motocross JONNY WAKEFIELD Staff Writer Part way through the first lap of the first race at the Dawson Creek motocross track Sunday, Robert Coates took a jump on his side-by-side at an odd angle, rolling his machine at least twice before coming to rest on a smashed rear wheel.

While his machine may be totalled, the Grande Prairie racer was unscathed. It was an adrenaline rush to kick off side-byside racing in the Mile Zero City—a sport organizers hope will grow in popularity.

A dozen side-by-side drivers took to the Dawson Creek motocross track May 23 for the Travis Paradowski Memorial UTV Race—an event to commemorate a

Dawson Creek racer who died of cancer at age 21.

Co-organizers Michael Hewitt and Harris Ford say side-by-side racing in the South Peace has nowhere to go but up.

“A lot of people in this area have sideby-sides, it’s basically an untapped motor sport we’re trying to get into,” Ford said.

Going forward, Ford hopes to organize

three races a year in Dawson Creek. Unlike traditional side-by-side races, the Dawson Creek race pitted drivers against each other on a more technical dirt bike track.

“Track design is more difficult, but it makes everyone more competitive because it slows everybody down,” Hewitt said.

“It’s more technical than just screaming through the desert.” reporter@dcdn.ca

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The lambs and sheep frolic all over

JONNY WAKEFIELD Staff Writer Toward the back of the sheep pen, Andy Tschetter finds a newborn lamb struggling in its first few minutes in the world.

The animal shivers in the spring wind, still covered in afterbirth and straw. Its mother stands a short distance away, tentative.

“He just needs a little extra help,” says Tschetter, gently lifting the wobbly, hour-old creature and helping it to its feet. A few minutes later the animal is standing on its own.

As shepherd at the Peace View Hutterite Colony, Tschetter helps hundreds of lambs a year into the world.

May is typically the busiest season for the Peace

Region’s handful of sheep operations, including the one at the colony north of Dawson Creek.

Tschetter, 27, has been involved in the sheep farm since 2002, when Peace View branched off from the nearby South Peace Hutterite Colony. This year, he became shepherd, and more or less runs the operation himself.

The self-professed “lamb fan” and “fibre buff” is in charge of breeding the sheep, protecting the lambs from predators and getting their valuable wool to market.

“It’s rewarding,” he said. “You pick out the top quality lambs and watch them grow and evolve. Then they lamb, which is is gratifying to see. The effort you put in, it works for you.”

Sheep farming is a small but growing part of the Peace Region’s agriculture sector.

While the Peace Region is best known for its cattle, sheep

Andy Tschetter helps an “orphan” lamb to its feet. Tschetter, s lambs born as triplets to ensure the mother doesn’t run out o are becoming increasingly popular among producers.

According to statistics from the ministry of agriculture, lamb sales generated $7.3 million in 2014, a 34 per cent increase over 2013. For comparison, B.C.’s beef cattle industry generated more than $279 million in 2014.

But sheep are versatile, allowing farmers to make use of

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shepherd at the Peace View Hutterite Colony, bottle feeds of milk. Jonny wakefield photo small or unproductive parcels of land. In 2014, the province’s 44,000 lambs were spread more or less evenly across B.C., with roughly 6,600 in the Peace Region.

The Peace View Colony has 450 ewes, in addition to chickens, pigs, ducks, geese and turkeys, Tschetter said.

Sixty ewes gave birth to around 95 lambs this May—a

bumper year aided by a mild winter.

While things calm down in the summer, raising lambs is a year-round operation.

The sheep are typically sheared before lambing season, with the wool being sold at the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Limited branch in Lethbridge, Alta.

One 300-pound “New Zealand” bag of domestic wool typically fetches around $240, with finer merino blends going for $1.20 a pound.

To make sure as many sheep as possible survive, Tschetter aims to breed “shorter, chunkier” lambs.

“The closer they are to the ground, the better they do,” he said. “Large, big-boned sheep are less desirable for us. They need too much to eat throughout the year.”

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Magazine.

He’s also “a believer in nature” and knowing when to step back.

“For example, during lambing, it’s best to leave them alone,” he said. “Sometimes you can interfere. I think it’s like the deer and the moose out there. They’ll do OK on their own.”

In the case of “orphaned” lambs, though, he has to take a more active role.

When a mother has triplets or runs short on milk, Tschetter has to take extra care to keep the animal alive. That was the case with the struggling lamb he rescued in early May. So far it, looks like the animal will pull through. This week, Tschetter said the newborn was “hopping and skipping” with the rest of the lambs. \reporter@dcdn.ca

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THE BIG BEND A tribute to

THE CATERERS

By Graeme Thomlinson This book would scarcely be complete without mention being made of the contribution of the Caterers to the growth and development of the community of Blueberry Mountain.

Margaret (Milldrum) Caterer came to Blueberry with her mother, dad, and brother in 1918. They settled on SE 15-80-8-W6, and mention is made of the George Milldrums and their helpfulness and kindness to neighbors and newcomers in a great many of the histories. In the early days when anyone went to town they brought back the mail, and Mr. Milldrum and his family sorted it in their home, where the settlers

picked it up. George Milldrum was made Postmaster in 1924, and Margaret was Assistant Postmaster. The Pist Office was just in the Milldrum home, but in later years a separate building housed the Post Office.

Jesse Caterer came to the district in 1922 and homesteaded on NE 8-80-8-W6. Jesse and his brother Reg worked out to make some money, and in 1924 put up $200 and the settlement put up another $200 to bring in a stallion, to improve the quality of the horses in the neighborhood.

Jesse and Margaret married in 1928, and their home was a focal point for meetings, get togethers, and social evenings. Jesse owned one of the first trucks in the district, and he and Dan Galbraith did most of the trucking – with the charge for hauling grain to Spirit River being 5 cents per bushel. Herb Keebler did

the driving for Jesse, and one outstanding event back in the early 40’s was when they took a truckload of settlers to the Beaverlodge Experimental Station for the day. The outing was a real event for people to get away from their farms for a day, and the trip and picnic were enjoyed by all.

In the fall of 1954, the farm of Jesse and Margaret was chosen by the Experimental Farm Service for an Illustration Station, and in 1955 work began. Different fertilizers were applied to various crops on 10-30 acre plots. Rows of new varieties of grain and grasses were grown to check their suitability for this area. Jesse also did a lot of experimenting as well.

The first two years a record was kept of everything that came from their garden, and any animals they killed for meat. All farm bills for gas, oil, hardware, etc., were also kept, and the books were collected at the end of each year. A well attended Field Day, put on by the Beaverlodge Experimental Farm was held every

year for the local people, with speakers coming from Beaverlodge. After ten years, having served its purpose, the station was closed down, but Jesse kept the weather records for another eight years.

Jesse and Margaret had a beautifully kept yard and garden, that was the showplace of Blueberry for a number of years. In 1975 they sold their farm to Dennis Pegg, and retired to Vernon, B.C.

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AGCO teams with iMaps to implement QlikView ,AGCO Corporation a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and solutions, today announced that it has teamed up with iMaps to implement QlikView, the business intelligence and visualization software. As a large global business with multiple brands and numerous international locations, AGCO was looking for a unique solution to integrate and analyze a huge amount of complex data from many different sources inside and outside the company in order to better drive business. AGCO is one of the first agricultural companies to embrace datadriven solutions to move the industry forward.

Eric Lescourret, AGCO Director, Advanced Technology Solutions & commercial strategic initiatives, North America said, “QlikView allows AGCO to integrate and unify our 20+ data sources for a complete overview and to centrally evaluate all of that critical data. We can now seamlessly build the tools we need to analyze and visualize information. AGCO can now be more proactive and predictive and make better-informed decisions, quickly.”

The QlikView solution connects all data sources in one central location and provides AGCO with a meaningful

analysis and visualization of all relevant data quickly and in real time. Multiple users and stakeholders are able to access information and benefit from new insights.

As data integration and analysis became more important, AGCO enlisted iMaps as a partner to implement QlikView.

To analyze commercial performance a special QlikView app – called Data Driven Commercial Performance (DDCP) – was developed for AGCO. “The DDCP app is enabling AGCO to better track commercial activities as well as our ability to execute our marketing and sales plan, helping us to achieve our retail and market share targets,” explained Lescourret.

From now on, AGCO’s North America business will be able to share the data efficiently across various functions and benefit from data interconnectivity and standardized key performance indicators (KPIs). Lescourret continued, “The capacity we’ve gained to benchmark our KPIs by district, account manager, dealers, and by product is amazing. After our analysis we were able to focus on critical areas, setting more realistic goals and reallocating resources and investments more efficiently.” Different functions can consume the same information in different ways based on their unique challenges and

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The data collected reflects how AGCO and its dealers efficiently manage the entire customer journey; from the time the customer is considering acquiring equipment from one of AGCO’s equipment brands to the time they need to replace it with a newer machine and the ability to support that customer along the way.

The data-driven analysis tool enables

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At six feet tall, the 16-year-old from Cecil Lake was one of only a few players over 5-11, one of just eight goalies among the 80 players at the camp.

“When I first got there, I was like ‘they’re kind of short,’” Lehmann recalled with a chuckle.

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That height is something that often helps her in net, and with taller goalies becoming commonplace in today’s fast paced game, Lehmann understands the need to take advantage of her advantage.

“Sometimes I make a save and I think to myself ‘if I had shorter legs that would have gone in,’” she said.

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The camp consisted of three games and three practices over the course of the weekend in Lake Cowichan and Lehmann said the talent level was definitely the highest she’s ever experienced. It allowed her to see what she needs to do to make it to the next level.

“More competitive, it really showed me what you have to do to be at the top,” she said.

“For example the beep test, I got 9.1 and I was pretty happy with that. But they want you to be at 11. It definitely showed me what I need to aim to be for next year.”

Lehmann was invited to the camp after a spectacular season with the Midget Female Colts, a year where she finished with six shutouts in her final seven games.

“It was pretty good, started out kind of slow, but the ending was really good,” she said.

“I went six shutouts in seven games at the very end. It was funny because, we were in semis at provincials and that was when my shutout broke and the girl who broke my shutout streak, I actually met her at the U18’s and we’re best friends now.”

And while the camp may not have had the ideal ending for Lehmann, she said some of the tips she learned will undoubtedly carry her a long way in her hockey career.

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First meeting of the Cotillion Butte Recreation Association submitted by Ruth Travis and Leslie Bouck

July 15, 1963 The first meeting for the formation of the Cotillion Butte Recreation Association was held in Mr. John Clisby’s home. It was decided to charge a $2.00 per year membership fee for adults and $1.00 for children between the ages of of twelve and twenty-one.

It was at this meeting that the name was adopted.

The executive consisted of John Clisby, president; Ruth Travis, vice-president; Edna Bjorge, secretary-treasurer.

Directors were Matt Boake, Don Elliot and Arnold Ferguson. Members paying at the meeting were: Elmer Rushfeldt, George Kellar, Mr. And Mrs. John Clisby, Mr. And Mrs. Arnold Ferguson, Mr. And Mrs. Ray Bjorge, Mr. And Mrs. Art Travis, Mr. And Mrs. Ed Diesel, Matt Boake, Don Elliot, Frank Friesen, Pete Friesen, Ray Therrien, Pat Therrien, Pete Reddakopp and Ray Marches.

September 11, 1963 One dollar was paid to the Department of Lands and Forests as application fee and yearly rent for a building.

January 17, 1964

One dollar per year for a 21-year lease was paid. A new executive was chosen. It consisted of Thelma Ferguson, president; Grace Diesel, vice-president; Don Elliot, secretary-treasurer. Board members were Ray Therrien, Ed Diesel and Arnold Ferguson.

March 5, 1964 A new president and director were needed. Ruth Travis agreed to serve as vice-president and Art Travis became the new director.

Hopes for the building of a hall and possible fund-raisers were discussed.

December 1964 Decided to go ahead with plans to build a hall.

January 8, 1965 No recreation grant was available for the association – at least until it has been in operation three years.

February 12, 1965 A box social and dance was held in the Bonanza Hall. Costs for the activity were $35.00 for a threepiece band and $10.00 for hall rental. Admission: gents, $0.50; ladies with box lunches, free; ladies without box lunches, $2.00 May 8, 1965 Arnold Ferguson was appointed school trustee for Cotillion area.

June 1965

Get-togethers held on hall grounds every second Sunday for softball. Art Travis was first coach for men’s team.

June 2, 1965 Letter received from Canadian Utilities informing the association that the power would cost approximately $1,000.00.

This, and all other stories printed under this heading, was taken from the book “Tales, Trails & Gumbo, copyright Horseshoe of the Peace Historical Society (1991). Permission to reprint was granted by Brian Fjeseth of the Horseshoe of the Peace Historical Society.

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Fairview – Fairview Livestock 5 4-H Club Achievement Day @ J. Hawker Pavilion G.P. – Alberta High School Rodeo Championship @ Evergreen Park Grimshaw – Senior’s Week Kick-Off Hythe – Baby Grands Races @ Hythe Motor Speedway Peace River - Aboriginal Gathering and Pow Wow @ Ag Grounds

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Dawson Creek – Theresa Caputo LIVE @ Encana Events Centre Grimshaw – Wild West 2: Motorcycle & Tattoo Fest @ Multiplex G.P. – Alberta High School Rodeo Championship @ Evergreen Park

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Chetwynd – 9 International Chainsaw Carving Championship Wembley – Senior’s Week Celebrations @ Community Hall

Chetwynd – 10 International Chainsaw Carving Championship Fort St. John – Big Bam June Jam @ Big Bam Ski Hill Taylor – 11th Annual Spirit of the Peace Powwow @ Ice Centre

Chetwynd – International 11 Chainsaw Carving Championship Clear River - Heavy Horse Days @ Clear River Ag Grounds Fort St. John – Big Bam June Jam @ Big Bam Ski Hill G.P. – 30th Annual GP Highland Games @ Macklin Field LaGlace – LaGlace Go & Show Day @ school, arena & fairgrounds Rolla – Sweetwater 905 Music Festival Taylor – 11th Annual Spirit of the Peace Powwow @ Ice Centre

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Cleardale – Annual 17 Cleardale Gospel Jamboree Fairview – Lion’s Club Annual Old Time Country Music Festival @ Cummings Lake Falher – Annual Honey Festival G.P. – Jet River Races Show & Shine @ Centre 2000 G.P. – Pomeroy Guitars & Wagons @ Evergreen Park Joussard – Annual North Country Fair Wanham – Wanham Plowing Match & Exhibition @ Fairgrounds

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G.P. – 30 Canada Day Kick-Off – Muskoseepi Park Peace River – Canada Day Celebrations @ Riverfront Park Rio Grande – Annual Rio Grande Rodeo

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Chetwynd – International 12 Chainsaw Carving Championship Clear River - Heavy Horse Days @ Clear River Ag Grounds G.P. – Peace Motocross Association Races Rolla – Sweetwater 905 Music Festival Taylor – 11th Annual Spirit of the Peace Powwow @ Ice Centre Teepee Creek – Mighty Peace Vintage Tractor Ploughing Demo Day Fairview – Lion’s Club Annual19 Old Time Country Music Festival @ Cummings Lake Falher – Annual Honey Festival G.P. – Pomeroy Guitars & Wagons @ Evergreen Park Joussard – Annual North Country Fair Wanham – Wanham Plowing Match & Exhibition @ Fairgrounds Wapiti Gardens – Jet Boat Races – Wapiti Gardens to O’Brien Park Wembley – Annual Mud Bog

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Dawson Creek – Grand Opening & Jamboree @ Walter Wright Pioneer Village Hythe – Hit to Pass Derby @ Hythe Motor Speedway Triangle – Pioneer Thresherman’s Demolition Derby & Mud Bog Valleyview – Annual Mud Bog @ Fairgrounds

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Books on country living and apocalyptic events entitled, “ You Can Survive.”.

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Fairview Co-Op seed Cleaning Plant is looking for proposals for salvage and cleanup of old plant.

For more information contact Ernie at 780-835-2478.

Leave message and I will return your call.

6041 Land for Sale For Sale: Worsley, Ab-8 Quarters of Deeded Land.

900 Acres under Cultivation in Grass for 10+ Years.

Could be Certified Organic.

30 X 40 Insulated Shop on Cement in Yard Site. Some Fencing + 5 Quarters of Grazing Lease with a Range Improvement Program. All Land is Adjoining! 250-402-8178 or 250402-8142.

2004 JD 6400 Like New

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Communication 2044 Equipment Photocopier-Ricoh AficioMP C300-Machine has currently 68,000 B&W copies-5300 colour copies. $4000.00. Aron Fehr @ 250-261-4198

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Raised outside, No Hormones. Please Phone: 780524-7862

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PEAT MOSS SOIL-6 miles NW of Sexsmith. $20/cubic yard loaded, Quantity Discount 780-568-3957 cell: 780-814-3082

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WANTED: Shed Antlers for creative art. Purchase by the pound. Call Terry at 780-766-2937/780-8764455

2205 Farm Implements

For Sale: 795 NH Manure Spreader,410 Bushels, Very Good Condition, $11,000.

OBO. Please Phone: 780835-3528 Manure/Hay Grapples, Universal Skid-Steer Attach. 60in for $2700. 72in for $2900. 780-354-2161 Manure Spreader, New 375 Bushel, Rancher Series, Large Flotation Tires,Vertical Beaters. 780354-2161 Wanted: 8 ft. Breaking Plow. Please phone: 250786-5463 or 250-7845081.dc03

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10 ft New Holland Disc Bind. $3,000. Phone: 780805-0298

2215 Heavy Equipment

For Sale: 2 D8K Cats, 2 Steiger Tractors, and 2 Breaking Discs. Phone: 780-618-1234

6950 Shared Accommodation 6965 Suites for Rent 6975 Wanted to Rent 7015 Business Personals 8034 Building Contractors 9025 Hay/Bales for Sale 9115 Auto Miscellaneous 9160 Trucks/Vans/Cars 9185 Boats 9220 RVs/Campers/Trailers 9225 Snowmobiles

Heavy Equipment 2215 Attachments for skidsteers,

tractors, loaders. Large selection of pallet forks, grapples, buckets, snow and dirt blades, tillers, mowers and snow blowers, etc. Phone 780-354-2161.Beaverlodge.

Misc Farm Equipment 2220 50 ft Degalman Heavy Har-

row for Sale. Please Phone: 250-782-0220 580 Allied Loader like new condition for sale. Asking $5000. (780)625-4413 For Sale: 1978 Ford 800, 391 Gas, Steel Box, Silage Endgate. $9000. Please phone: 780-841-2984 For Sale: 1978 GMC 6500 Grain Truck, 20’ Steel Box. Good Condition. $18,000.

Phone: 780-926-0983 For sale: 72in 3pt-hitch rotary brush mower 40hp rating. $1500.

Phone 780-354-2161, Beaverlodge.

For Sale: Ezee-On Front End Loader for 970 or 1070 Case Tractor. Please Phone: 780-624-8265 For Sale: Grooming Chute, Good Condition. $400.

Please Phone: 780-8050298 or 780-775-2215 For Sale: High Hog Calf Shute with Tipping Table.

Phone: 780-836-2125 For Sale: JD 8820 Combine. JD 2320 18 ft. SelfPropelled Swather.

Phone: 780-494-3421 or 780-835-1172.

For Sale: Jiffy 700 HyDump Silage Wagons. $2500. each. Please phone: 780-841-2984 For Sale Spra Coupe 3630 High Clearance Sprayer.

2041 hours/Autorate, New Rear Tires. $20,000. 780841-9020.

Frigstad 40’ cultivator w/John Blue anhydrous kit-$6,200/(OBO) parting out a Versatile 750 tractor.

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C/W Cab, AC, H, 18Spd. Power Shift, 5527 Hrs. Contact: 780-625-6767

3515 Feed & Grain

WANTED: most naturalorganic hay. Good quality.

Fair priced. For long-term.

Contact phone/fax: 250630-2524

3520 Horses & Tack

For Sale: 2 Yr Old Black Percheron Stud. Registered and DNA. $2500. OBO. Phone: 780-837-0397

3535 Livestock

1 & 2-yr-old Salers Bulls for sale at the farm. Semen tested and guarantee. Delivery available. 780-9242464/780-982-2472. Alberta Beach, AB. ATTENTION RANCHERS: Kids would like to buy your orphan calves. We will pick-up. Phone: 250788-1806 Butcher Hogs for Sale.

Raised outside, No Hormones. Please Phone: 780524-7862 FOR SALE: 2 Yr. Old Charolais Bulls. Please Phone: 250-785-5325

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Kirby chaff spreader for axial flow combine- $1,100.

(OBO). Phone: 780-3234362 Mandako 5’ hydraulic swath roller- $500.(OBO), Blanchard 10’ swath roller$800.(OBO). Phone: 780323-4362 Morand Shoulder-Holder Squeeze Shute with Palpitation Cage/Self-Catch Headgate. Side Exit/Rolling Door Tailgate/Includes Computer Weigh-Scale.

780-836-2125 South Peace Historical Society has antique agricultural pieces to GIVE AWAY. Frank @250-782-4619 Donations Appreciated.

THE CORRAL FACTORY: now selling corral panels, silage bunks/wind breaks/fenceline feeders/bale feeders, gates and Portable calving barns. Free Delivery Available. 780821-9020 Used10 ft. Snow Blade for Sale. $3,000., Skidsteer or Tractor Mount. Phone: 780354-2161 Beaverlodge Wanted 25ft Macdon swather in good shape.

(780)597-2055 Wanted: Dika 7 wheel root rake 12 feet. Please contact: 780-835-2045 or 780835-4338 Wanted: Peaceland 16 foot grassland aerator. Please contact: 780-835-2045 or 780-835-4338

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780-836-2125 STOCK DOG CLINIC. June 18th & 19th. Contact Carol Nelson 250-772-5315

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Livestock 3535 Red Angus Yearling Bulls,

Low Birth Weights, Semen Tested, Halter broke & Quiet. Phone: 250-7827875 Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 1,2&3 year olds.

Small birth weights. Vet inspected. Free Delivery.

780-836-2125.

Livestock 3535 REGISTERED RED ANGUS YEARLING & 2 YEAR OLD BULLS For Sale. Semen tested & Vet checked. SAWMILL ANGUS-Clarence Budal 780836-2788

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6030 Houses for Sale

Older house for sale/to be moved in Spirit River area. $30,000 OBO. 780-8644400, 780-518-9575

Brand new home on 12.64 Acres at top of spectacular hillside ravine with captivating sunsets views. Must see property is priced to sell! Kitchen features high quality cabinets, custom granite counter tops thru out. Built-in gas range & double Dutch ovens, stunning stainless appliances. Main floor family room with beautiful mantel & gas fire place, for those chilly evenings. 9’ traytype ceilings with roman-style pillars and half-inch-thick custom marble travertine heated flooring. Walkout basement is fully developed with a kitchenette, Gas fireplace with a custom stone mantle. A perfect area for the man cave.

For more information regarding this must see property please call 403-350-5266.

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6036 Property For Sale

155 Acres of land just off the pavement and only 10 minutes from DC. 250-7844256

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WANTED:148 John Deere Loader and bucket. Phone Clarence Potter Onoway.

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9105 Aircraft

For Sale: 1958 Piper Comanche 250, 6,136 hrs/90 gal Turbos IFR Autopilot, Slaved to GPS, 68,250 GSTN-For Full Info & Pictures go to www.fwtsltd.com. Jim: 780-356-2928

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9160 Trucks & Vans

For Sale: Dodge 400 Grain Truck- $2,200. (OBO).

Phone: 780-323-4362 For Sale: 2013 Black Diamond Avalanche, $45,000.

Taking Offers. Please Phone: 780-835-4457 1992 Barret 48’ Tandem Axle Cattle Liner, BC Safety Certified until Sept.

30, 2016. 250-467-3350

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For Sale: 20 ft. Yukon 5th Wheel Travel Trailer. Good Condition. Phone: 780766-2424

#1 Alfalfa seed for sale.

Bagged and inoculated.

Phone: 780-832-8250 SEED OATS FOR SALE. PLEASE PHONE: 403963-0454

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Small square bales, quality horse hay. Alfalfa/grass mixed. Shedded.

Near Baytree Alberta. $5./bale Phone: 780-978-3415 WANTED: most naturalorganic hay. Good quality.

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1983 Ridgewood 16 X 78 Mobile Home. $29,000.00, 3 bedroom/2 bathroom.

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Trippin’ on a Fort Mac attack for support part II Thursday May 5th was a busy day. After meeting Brian Jean the opposition leader from the Wildrose Party and Tany Yao - the MLA for Wood Buffalo, who came to thank me personally for what I was doing with the quick line and all of the other volunteers who were helping, it was back to work making sandwiches.

There were only 6 core people on the ground at this point helping the first responders: I met Jody Hudek who works for the Suncor Community Centre and Matt Coffin, a resident of Fort Mac whose home was still standing but had no power.

I also met a homeless man named Dennis.

Then there was Jeremy Hall, Will Skinner and myself - all from Grande Prairie, all part of the Canadian Motorcycle Community.

The three from Fort Mac, Jody, Matt and Dennis were doing what they could to clean up from the evacuees and sort out what was fit for human consumption and what wasn’t. Some of the firefighters had scavenged out of the centre but ended up getting sick so we didn’t want that happening again.

Jody & Matt also acted as my runners while Lynda grabbed a few hours of shut eye. Her truck was running like crap and Jeremy Hall tried to change filters for her to no avail. She headed out late on Thursday afternoon after I had a nap and she spent all day Friday at Grande Prairie Chrysler where they changed filters and did an oil change as well as replaced a headlight for her, all free of charge because of her efforts to help the first responders.

She headed back into Fort Mac late on Friday night arriving Saturday morning with another load of much needed supplies, but her truck was sicker than ever. She headed straight back to Grande Prairie where it was diagnosed that the Bully Dog in her truck had blown up. The Bully Dog is a computer. GP Chrysler ate some of the bill as the Bully Dog was not covered under extended warranty, but it still cost her over $1,500 out of pocket - a bill she could ill afford to pay.

I have put in a plea to GP Chrysler and Chrysler Canada to help her out. I sure hope they do as I could not have done what I did if she hadn’t run her truck with supplies.

Before I knew it, it was Friday morning about 2 am. A large number of RCMP officers came to my station for coffee and snacks, everyone of them grateful to have this 24 hour station which was lovingly dubbed the Mac’s store.

You see by this time we were getting all sorts of supplies.

Mark Lafountaine and his wife who own Screaming’ Eagle Oilfield Sales in Whitecourt gathered tons of Beef Jerky, Gatorade, water, foot care products, Visine, headache medications etc., and my friend Dave Perra from Perra Leather Works in St. Albert had driven those supplies in along with some Tobacco products I had sent him the money to purchase. He arrived around 11 pm Thursday night and turned around to head straight back as he had to work Friday morning.

His boss would not let him stay to help unless of course Dave wanted to lose his job.

Earlier on Thursday morning a fire crew had asked me if I could by any chance get some chewing tobacco and another crew asked about cigarettes, some about gum. All of these early first responders had literally dropped everything, grabbed their bunker gear and headed off to Fort Mac - they had very little with them save the clothes on their backs.

So Friday morning when the one crew came in around 2:30 am (about 20 hours after their asking for tobacco and gum, the gent who had asked about chewing tobacco (his crew begging me to do what I could do because someone was grumpy) sheepishly poked his head around the corner of his fire rig and said “So????”

I whipped out the tobacco and said “So???”

His whole crew was hanging out of the windows cheering “YEAH” and he yelled out “I need to marry you!”

We all had a great chuckle and I got some

mighty big hugs.

I coordinated as many of the supplies as I could with my drivers, Jeremy had also been coordinating supplies and Jody did her best along with Matt and Dennis’s help to dig through and re-stack all of the evacuee donations and we found some of the stuff the guys and gals needed in those supplies, things like blankets and clothing. Mid-day on Friday May 6th, Jeremy who has 10 years of oilfield fire fighting experience and a ton of equipment operation experience was asked to man a water truck and later a hoe.

He was running all over the place helping where he was needed, which left Will running the BBQ. Jody and Matt were perking coffee upstairs and running down carafes and supplies as fast as they could. Dennis was helping Will as much as he could.

Now there is something about Will Skinner I want to share with you before I sign off today.

Not all that long ago, last riding season, Will had been hit head on by a texting driver while riding his motorcycle. He had two broken legs, two broken arms and a broken neck. Yet all through our time together up in Fort Mac, and while I was gone to Two Hills to deliver their trophy and road signs, this man stood in the heat, in the ash, on the pavement, flipping burgers, carving roasts into steaks, boiling potatoes and providing hot meals to as many as that little BBQ and the two warming grills they scrounged could handle.

I need you to understand something - this was very early into the disaster. The city was pretty much empty of people, there were no people in town to support these firefighters and Fire command had some water and fruit, but nothing else.

If guys couldn’t come in from the fire line because they were without fuel, it meant they couldn’t get in to grab any of the meagre supplies that were available to them. Hugs were plentiful, they were about the only thing that were! If you are blessed to be riding today, please ride like everyone around you is blind and cannot see you. Belt Drive Betty.

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Agvocate profile: Rodney Reid: Nfld. sheep farm a beehive of activity

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Rodney Reid has been involved cates. I follow agvocates from in farming most of his life, but across Canada, like those I’ve met only in recent years was he able at the annual Canadian Young to achieve his goal and return to Farmers Forum conference. his roots in Bishop’s Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador.

AugustBefore 20 & 21,How 2016do you currently share the moving home he worked on a real story of agriculture? dairy farm, a job he credits with I use social media when I can inspiring him and his life partner to help spread the message and Brad Smith to start their own op- share my agriculture experiences eration. They currently run sheep with people I meet.

– future plans include beehive I proudly use the Ag More Than propagation and agri-tourism Ever shopping bags – they’re a with a petting zoo, a Little Farmer great way to talk about and proprogram and promotion of agri- mote agriculture. I purposely use culture to the upcoming genera- them for produce and meats at tions as a career choice full of op- grocery stores and markets to get portunities. the conversation started.

Rodney is very active in the Newfoundland and Labrador ag- What are some tactics that work riculture scene: he’s on the boards well? of both the Young Farmers Forum Not being afraid to talk openly and the Beekeeping Association, about agriculture sparks dialogue and represents young farmers on that supports openness and honthe NL Federation of Agriculture esty. board. He’s also a member of the People appreciate honesty. Use province’s sheep producer and of comparison helps people think, goat associations. question and learn where their food comes from and whose reWhat does the word agvocate sponsibility it is to provide safe mean to you? food. People want to know more Agvocate represents open, hon- about where their food comes est conversation about agricul- from, how safe it is, and how imture, and the importance of a uni- portant support for their farming fied message supported with facts neighbours can be. to educate and energize.

What have you learned?

Why do you agvocate?

Never let the opportunity for I agvocate to support the agri- open dialogue about agriculture culture industry, to dispel myths pass you by. Listen and respect the and to educate people positively stories of others, while keeping an while being factual about food open heart and mind. production.

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Over one million at drilling rights auction JONNY WAKEFIELD Staff Writer

Nine drilling licences, six oil and gas leases, $1.3 million.

That was the tale of the tape at B.C’s May petroleum and natural gas rights auction—the second-best showing in what has been a brutal year for an industry forced to cut back on drilling and exploration.

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fers leases and drilling rights for a set period of time to the highest bidder, usually land agents who acquire parcels on behalf of energy companies.

The latest sale was an improvement over last May, when B.C. sold just $271,000 drilling rights and land leases.

The May 2014 sale, which came before the crash in oil and gas prices that started later that year, brought it $17.2 million.

The average price per hectare, a measure of exploration demand and the land’s geologic potential, was $251, compared to $556 two years ago. Drilling licences, meanwhile, averaged $67, down from $1,947 in 2014.

B.C. has raised $3.8 million from petroleum rights auctions so far this year. By this time in 2014, the total sat at $80.3 million.

Ministry officials say weak land sales—

including an unprecedented $0 sale in February—are a measure of slow demand for oil and gas exploration, as well as the increasingly marginal nature of parcels on offer.

Progress Energy, B.C.’s largest upstream natural gas producer, announced in April that it was drastically cutting capital spending as it awaits a federal decision on the Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal near Prince Rupert. reporter@dcdn.ca

PATTERSON’S

AUCTION MART LTD.

Bonded and Licensed Livestock Dealers and Auctioneers in BC & Alberta BOX 478, DAWSON CREEK, BC V1G 4H3

Art Patterson Jack Patterson Shane Patterson Office

250.784.4307 780.518.4646 250.219.4984 250.782.6272

Late Ed Baker Hythe, AB Saturday, June 18, 2016

10:00 AM LOCAL TIME LUNCH AVAILABLE Directions: 1.5 miles east on Highway 672 (Emerson Trail) to RR105 South

TRACTORS/TRUCKS • JD 3010 tractor, PTO, Power Shift, 18.4-30, Allied 580 FEL • JD 40S Tractor, PTO, 3PH • JD 46A FEL • MF 230 Tractor, Gas, PTO, 3PH • GMC 950 Grain Truck, Box, Hoist 4 Speed ANTIQUE TRACTORS & EQUIPMENT • McCormick Farmall Super A, Culti-Vision, Offset Engine (Running Order) • McCormick-Deering Farmall A, Good Condition, Running • Minneapolis-Moline, Model U • 2-14.9-24 Tires & Rims • FarmKing Rubber Tired Wagon & Deck • 3PH 2 Bottom Plow • Sickle Mower, TBH • Sleigh/Deck • Steel Wheeled One Bottom Plow • Sulky Plow • Walking Plow, Hay Rake • Garden Seeder • Cockshutt Fanning Mill & Screens, Hand Crank • Massey Harris Grinder ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES • Claw Foot Pedestal Table • Claw Foot Pedestal Table with Lionhead • Oak Table with 2 leafs • Good Selection of Wood Chairs • Oak Sideboard with Mirror • (3) Sideboards with Mirror • Sideboard with no Mirror • Grooming Dresser with Hinged Side Mirrors

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Dresser with Hinged Mirrors Dresser with Isolated Mirror Several Drop Leaf Writing Desks Several Drop Leaf Secretary Desks Drop Leaf Party Table with Twisted Barley Legs Large Wooden Multi Drawer Cabinet Entry Hall Tree with Storage Bench Chest of Drawers Assortment of Decorative Tables Assortment of Tables in all Styles China Cabinet Derby Desk Boston, Mass.

(2) Roll Top Desks Regal Ice Box-Ham Brothers Man, Brantford Berlinger Gram-O-Phone Model 1023 American Electric Tel. Company Phone- Chicago Cigar/Cigarette Box, Coffee Grinder Violin & Case, AR Seidel Handmade Copy of Antonio Stratavarous- Made in 1988 Electric Guitar & Case JD Books, Assorted books Readers Collectable Horse Plates: Man of War, Seabiscuit, Northern Dancer, Secretariat, Tranquility. Genuine Risk, Whirlaway, Ruffian Silver Tea Pot, Silver Cream & Sugar, Spoons & Other Silver Accessories Sewing Machine Huge Record Collection Assortment of Glass Decorative Lamps

• Butter Press, Milk Pails & Bottles • Selection of Lanterns, Jugs, Crocks, Pots • 3 LB Toledo Scale Model 403 S/N 805460 • Tricycle • Barber Chair • Clocks &Watches • Wall Clocks, Mantel Clocks, Display Clocks, Pendulum Clocks, Weather Clocks, Francis Ipswich Clock, Porcelain Dial Clock, Cuckoo Clocks, Pocket Watches • Large Selection of Watch Repair Parts ANTIQUE HORSE EQUIPMENT • George IV Phaeton Carriage with Parasol, Fenders & Oil Lamps, McLaughlin Carriage • Doctors Buggie • Farm Buggie • (2) Single Driving Carts (Pacer) • Work Harness, Driving Harness • (4) Adams Saddles - Model 267, 627, 633, 620 • Riley McCormick Saddles-Model 404, 380 • Eamore Saddle-Model 17A • McKinnon Hitch - Good Condition - Double Trees, Single Trees, Neck Yokes • Leather Vise, Leather Tools • Bridles, Hame Straps, Assorted Leathers, Buckles, Snaps, Spreaders, Harness Parts • Large Assortment of Horse Books

There are many more items as Ed was a longtime collector of antique and vintage items.

For Further Info Call Larry at 250-837-4167 or Frank at 780-831-5941

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CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR SALES, EXTRA PICTURES & ADDED LOTS www.pattersonsauction.ca • DAWSON CREEK, BC • Email: pcc@neonet.bc.ca

TERMS OF SALE: CASH, CERTIFIED CHEQUE OR LETTER FROM BANK GUARANTEEING PAYMENT. ALL SALES FINAL. ALL PURCHASES PAID FOR DAY OF SALE. NO EXCEPTIONS. ALL SALES SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS

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DISPERSAL BASNETT TRUCK SERVICE Hines Creek, Alberta

Saturday, June 25th, 2016 – 10:00 a.m.

From Hines Creek: 10.5km south on Highway 64 to Township Road 830.5 and 1.2km east From Fairview: 6.6km west on Highway 64A to Highway 64, 11.3km north to Township Road 830.5 and 1.2km north For more information, please call Vern at 780-835-9172

INTERNET BIDDING

SKID STEER, TRAILER, RECREATION – 2006 Volvo MC90B Skid Steer • 30’ Tridem Gooseneck Trailer (Model P.J.) • 2001 Trail Tech Tandem Axle 4-Place Snowmobile Trailer • 2004 Yamaha Rhino 660 w/2,126kms • Club Car Golf Cart • Marlon 14’ Aluminum Boat & Trailer • Honda 75hp Boat Motor SHOP TOOLS – Lincoln Idealarc 250 Welder • Landa VHGH-2000 Pressure Washer • Lincoln Power MIG 255 • (NEW) Upright Air Compressor • (NEW) 50 Ton Press • Acetylene Welders • Battery Charger • Milwaukee Magnetic Drill • (2) Drill Presses • Chop Saws • Floor Jacks • Grinders • 4-in-1 Multiplier • Portable Ram Kit • 3-Ton Wheel Dolly • Torque Wrenches • Digital Oil Meter Gun c/w Barrel & Wagon • Slide Hammer • Porta-Press • Air Impacts • ¾” & 1” Drive Sets • Wheel Seal Wrenches • Large Quantity of Open-End Wrenches SEACANS – (1) 9’ x 45’ Seacan • (3) 8’ x 40’ Seacans TRUCK PARTS & OTHER ITEMS – Kenworth, Western Star & Peterbuilt Truck Parts • Brake Shows • Large Quantity of Driveline U-Joints • Locking Wheel Lugs • Air Pots, Center Roll Air Bag • Air Filters • 5/8” Coolant Line • Winter Fronts, Screen • (3) Unused Wabasto Heaters • Belts, Mud Flaps • Miscellaneous Electrical & Airline Parts • 1100 x 24.5 Tripple Drive Chains • 5th Wheel Tester • Hand & Air DEF Pumps • Large Quantity of Slings & Clevises • Large Quantity of Chains & Boomers • GPS Tracking Devices • Miscellaneous Oil • Bolts & Bolt Bin • Ladders, Jack Stands • 2” Yamaha Water Pump • Water Hose • 9hp Honda Pump • Sand Blasting Pod • Wet Dry Vac • Pipe Wrenches, Snipes • Lifting Straps, Steel Slings • Rhino Chrome Rims More items too numerous to mention

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PH/FAX 780-338-2864 Box 297 BERWYN, AB T0H 0E0

33290

LIST SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS • NO BUYERS FEE • LUNCH AVAILABLE

ACREAGE DAVE & HILDA McLAUGHLIN Grimshaw, Alberta

Saturday, June 18th, 2016 – 10:00 a.m.

From Grimshaw: 4 miles north and 2 miles east on Township Road 840 or 3 miles north, 2 miles east and 1 mile north on Range Road 233 For more information, please call Dave at 780-618-7748

TRACTOR & ACREAGE EQUIPMENT – John Deere 3120 DSL Tractor c/w Loader, 3 Point Hitch, Front Wheel Assist, 700 Hours • 3pth Rear Blade • 3pth 6’ Brush Mover • 3pth Snow Blade • 3pth 4-Wheeled Rake • 3pth 2-Bottom Plow • John Deere 3pth Quick-Hitch • 15’ Estate Sprayer • Quad Trailer • 2-Wheeled Yard Trailer CARPENTER TOOLS – Skil Drill Press • Mastercraft Band Saw • Power Fist Drill Press • Pioneer Mini Lathe • Lathe Tools • Rockwell Jointer • Trademaster Mitre Saw & Stand • Rigid Oscillating Belt Sander • Multi Crafter • (2) Air Framing Hammers • Laser Level Kit • Miscellaneous Hand Wood-Working Tools SHOP TOOLS & MISCELLANEOUS – Honda 1500 Generator Set • Craftsman 11/31 Snowblower • Shop Vac • Heavy Duty Grinder • Air Compressor • Small Tool Boxes & Tools • Bolt Bin • Chain & Boomers • Wrenches • Sidewalk Blocks • Firewood Racks & Wood • Ladders, Shop Lights • Air Grease Gun • ¾” Drive Set • Electric Trolling Motor • Electric Bird Feeder • Trap Shooter • 5-Ton Electric Log Splitter • Quad Sprayer • Chemical Roller Sprayer • Livestock Panels • Feed & Water Troughs • 500gal & 200gal Poly Tanks • Skiboose • Saw Horses • Scaffolding GUNS – Winchester Model 1200 12ga Pump Shotgun • Savage Model 775A Autoloading 12ga Shotgun • Spanish 3” 20ga Double Barrel Shotgun • Parker Hale .303 British Bolt Action Rifle w/Scope COINS & ANTIQUES – Assortment of Coins & Currency from the Late 1800’s • 100-Year-Old Collectible Doll • Post Drill (Original) • Leg Vise • Buffalo Skulls • Adze • Brush Hook • Ice Tongs • Beam Scale • Wooden Block & Tackle • Wood Augers • Cant Hook, Mall • Hand Saws, Axes, Hammers • Berry Pickers • Car Jack • Old Monkey Wrenches • Saw Sets & Vise • Puma Knives • Coca Cola Box, Bottles • Files & Stones • Acme Wood Heater • Wool Carders • Old Tins, Match Box • Sheep Shears • Sad Iron • Butter Knives • Late 1800’s Underwood 3D Viewer • Horner Harmonica • Sock Darner • Knox Collapsible Cup HOUSEHOLD & LAWN ORNAMENTS – 5-Piece Wall Unit • Glider Rocker & Stool • Exercise Machine • Deep Fryer • Dishes, Bowls, Pots & Pans • Upright and Chest Freezer • More Miscellaneous Household Items • Concrete Deer, Bear, Donkey • Wood Moose Ornaments • Blue, Red & White Lights • Flower Pots • Patio Sets • Picnic Tables • Johnny House (Quail Pen) • Forge, Cream Separator • Buzz Saw, Fire Pit • 1-Bottom Plow More items too numerous to mention

EASTMAN AUCTIONEERING

PH/FAX 780-338-2864 Box 297 Licensed & Bonded SERVING THE AREA SINCE 1973 • www.eastmanauctioneering.com BERWYN, AB lyle@eastmanauctioneering.com T0H 0E0 #002972

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LIST SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS • NO BUYERS FEE • LUNCH AVAILABLE

TUES., JUNE 21ST - 4:00 P.M. AFTERNOON SALE - ALEX & JOAN DUMA PH: 780-525-3972 - FROM ATHABASCA 15 MI EAST ON HWY 55 TO AMBER VALLEY ROAD THEN 3 MI NORTH

E D P RODANIUK A UCTIONS EPAUCTIONS LICENSE #303630

- www.prodaniukauctions.com PH. 780-446-9555 FAX. 780-473-5750 EMAIL - edprodaniukauctions@gmail.com

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What an Open Farm Day can do for producers outstanding in their field Open Farm Days give consumers a greater appreciation for where their food comes from – here are tips on how to host your own.

We realize there are many myths and misconceptions about our industry. You can help dispel them by hosting an Open Farm Day at your operation. It’s a oneday commitment, once a year, when you can tell the real story and make a difference. Consumers want to learn. It’s thrilling for them to be close to the action on a farming operation and hear directly from the people who produce their food.

You won’t be alone. Last year, almost every province had host farms participating in Open Farm Days, and thousands of consumers went home with a new understanding of and appreciation for Canada’s agriculture industry.

Top 10 how-to tips

Provide something for every age (including kid-friendly activities).

Post a tour schedule to help visitors know where they should be, and when.

Include your fields, gardens, barns and equipment in your tours, and don’t forget to show how you use technology in your operation.

Connect what you do on the farm back to the end-product in your talks and tours – consumers want to know what you grow, how you grow it and how it shows up on their tables.

Make an educational display visitors can browse through, and have material they can take home with them to read later.

Have product that people can take home, either a free sample or a market-garden style booth with product for sale. Include some recipes they can try out too.

Try to recruit family members

Open Farm Day allows for behind the scene access.

and friends to volunteer on Open Farm Day. It’s a good way to have extra staff on hand to help.

Think about where you want people to park. Put up some signs and partition off specific areas that can withstand vehicular traffic, even on a muddy day.

Inform visitors whether or not their dogs are welcome on your

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property, especially if you have animals who won’t tolerate the intrusion. Have a Plan B if some bring their dogs anyway.

Rent a portable toilet if you don’t want visitors using your private one, because it’s inevitable that somebody’s going to need a washroom while they’re there.

- Ag More Than Ever

GALE VANDERMARK TRUCKS

SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2016 STARTING AT 10:00 AM EQUIPMENT AT 12:00 PM

TRACTORS 1989 PETERBUILT T/A GRAIN TRUCK

COMBINES, HEADERS & SWATHER

SEEDING, TILLAGE & SPRAYERS

1486 2WD TRACTOR

AUGERS, BINS & TANKS 1480 CASE IH COMBINE

3PH ATTACHMENTS & LAWN CARE

CASE IH 4800 30FT CULTIVATOR

TRAILERS & ATV’S SHOP TOOLS

HOPPER BINS

HOUSEHOLD 2480 24FT HARMON AIR DRILL

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Martenview Farms

Szepesy Farms Ltd.

2006 John Deere 9860STS Warburg, AB – June 10

3 Quarters of Farmland & 1 Grazing Lease Hondo, AB – June 9

Bob & Connie McGill

1990 Case IH 9180 Stranraer, SK – June 13

Brent & Dianne Tower

Kevin & Monica Wenger

1313± Sq Ft Lake Front Home Edmonton Auction Site – June 14-17

J7 Farms Farm Ltd.

Jayden Stafford of Taylor takes the high road.

2003 New Holland CX860 Rolla, BC – June 21

Andy & Karen Bacso

Abbey Consignment & Benefit Auction

1997 John Deere 9200 Manning, AB – June 23

Claude & Lucille Casavant

2000 Caterpillar 470 Morinville, AB – June 27

Lloydminster Auction

2010 Case IH 9120 Lloydminster, SK – July 11

Figure 8 Angus

1 Home Quarter & 5 Parcels of Farmland Grimshaw, AB – August 3

Tom & Teresa Gordon

1979 Caterpillar D6D Valleyview, AB – August 5

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2008 Buhler Versatile 400 & 2008 Morris Contour I 47 Ft w/Eight Series 370XL Dixonville, AB – June 22

1994 Case IH 1666 Abbey, SK – June 25

Jerry Benoit

2007 John Deere 9660WTS Wainwright, AB – July 8

Grande Prairie Site Auction

4 - 2014 New Holland CR8090 Grande Prairie, AB – July 28

Barry & Janice Sather

1995 John Deere 8770 Elmworth, AB – August 4

Gordon & Sharleen Steed

1989 Case IH 1680 Peace River, AB – August 9

Brent & Dianne Tower

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Tommi-Sue Little Barrels of Groundbirch rounds a turn.

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Andy & Karen Bacso

2014 McFarlane WDL-2070-16 70 Ft

2011 & 2010 New Holland BR7090

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WEAVER

UNRESERVED AUCTIONS www.weaverauctions.com

Live Internet Bidding

T H E A U C T I O N A D VA N TA G E

EQUIPMENT & REAL ESTATE AUCTION Weaver Sale Yard • Rycroft, AB

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 • 9:00 a.m.

CONSIGN YOUR EQUIPMENT TODAY!

CALL JEFF - 780-864-7750 • MIKE - 250-719-5451 LORNE - 250-219-0871 or EVAN - 250-219-4539 NH 9384 4WD

2008 BOBCAT S175

2008 FORD F350

JD 9630 & FLEXICOIL 5000

WEAVER AUCTION JUNE 22, 2016

(10) 2 & 4WD TRACTORS:

INCLUDING (2) 2013 KENWORTH W900 T/A TRUCKS

(4) MACK T/A TANK TRUCKS & (5) WABASH T/A TANK TRAILERS (7) CREW, SERVICE TRUCKS & PICKUPS

MACK TANK TRUCKS

(2) 2008 F550 FORD CREW TRUCKS 2006 GMC 5500 PICKER TRUCK (2) 2005 FORD EXCURSIONS

(2) LOWBED & (5) GRAVEL TRAILERS 2005 TRIDEM SCISSORNECK LOWBED 2014 MIDLAND TC 3000 TRIDEM CLAM DUMP GRAVEL TRAILER

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT: (2) JOHN DEERE 950C LT CRAWLERS, BLADE, RIPPER 1989 CATERPILLAR 140G MOTOR GRADER, FRT. BLADE, SNOW WING 2005 JD 330C LC EXCAVATOR, THUMB, 8,300 HRS. 2006 JOHN DEERE 544J WHEEL LOADER, 6,368 HRS.

2013 CYCLONE TOY HAULER

PICKUPS & SUVs: (5) ROUND BALERS & (2) FORAGE HARVESTERS: TILLAGE & SEEDING EQUIPMENT SKID STEER & ATTACHMENTS: BOBCAT S175 SKIDSTEER, 6,000 HRS, BUCKET 2008 BOBCAT 435 FAST TRACK MINI EXCAVATOR BOBCAT V417 TELEHANDLER

REAL ESTATE 2012 INDUSTRIAL 5 BAY SHOP & OFFICE ON 10 ACRES, 5 KM NORTH OF BONANZA, AB ALSO SELLING: TRAVEL TRAILERS, ATVs, SEA CANS, SHOP TOOLS, TIRES, & GRAIN BINS.

AUCTIONEERS for the B.C. and ALBERTA PEACE COUNTRY

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(5) T/A TRANSPORT TRUCKS

2009 JOHN DEERE 9630 4WD TRACTOR, 530 HP, 3,445 HRS 2000 NEW HOLLAND 9384 4WD TRACTOR, 5,666 HRS 1998 JOHN DEERE 8300 MFD TRACTOR & FEL, 6,311 HRS 1983 JOHN DEERE 8650 4WD TRACTOR, DEGELMAN BLADE 1979 VERSATILE 875 4WD TRACTOR, 7,187 HRS

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