Chautauqua Friday, April 16, 2010
FREE
photo by Roxanne Miller, courtesy of Bashaw Community Theatre Group
2010 Vol. 9, No. 8
May 7, 2010 7:00 pm at Alix Arena Tickets: Alix Home Hardware & Bar Diamond
Big River Comes to Bashaw The Tony Award winning musical, Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, opens April 16 for a 2-weekend run in Bashaw, Alberta. Based on Mark Twain's beloved novel and propelled by an award winning score from Roger Miller, this jaunty journey provides a brilliantly theatrical celebration of pure Americana. Twain's timeless classic sweeps us down the mighty Mississippi as the irrepressible Huck Finn (played by Wesley Wilson) helps his friend Jim (Crux Phiri), a slave, escape to freedom at the mouth of the Ohio River. Their adventures along the way are hilarious, suspenseful and heartwarming, bringing to life your favorite characters from the novel, including the Widow Douglas (Terri Brown-Gust) and her stern sister, Miss Watson (Tasha Ramstad); the uproarious King (Ben Wilson) and Duke (Brian Miller), who may or may not be as harmless as they seem; and adding to the fun are Huck's partner in crime, Tom Sawyer (Coleman Miller), and their rowdy gang of pals; Huck's drunken father, the sinister Pap Finn (Damien Scofield); the lovely Mary Jane Wilkes (Hannah Miller) and her trusting family. Winner of seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Music and Best Book of a Musical, Big River opened on Broadway in 1985 and ran for over 1,000 performances. Big River opens on April 16th and plays Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm on April 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25. Tickets $20 each 6 – 12 years $10 Under 6 Free.
Air Quality Concerns Aired in Mirror Almost 40 people met on April 6, 2010 in Mirror to discuss concerns regarding the increased in CN activity, particularly since the bunkhouses were moved in January of 2009, and its effect on air quality and residents’ health. Though invited, a representative from CN did not attend. Residents were still able to share their concerns with Blaine Calkins (MP), Ray Prins (MLA), and Bill Knight (County Councillor). Some of the concerns expressed included: CN workers’ failure to park the engines where they are supposed to, the constant running of the diesel engines which spews diesel fumes into the air all night, the noise and vibrations caused by the all-night activity, and a lack of response from CN. Blaine, Ray, and Bill noted the various concerns made, and will follow up on the situation with the Minister and other advisory bodies. U
Earth Day April 22nd
Connecting the Communities of Alix, Bashaw, Clive, Delburne, Elnora, Haynes, Lousana, Mirror, Pine Lake, Tees & Trochu
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FROM THE EDITOR’S COMPUTER A unique new fashion trend has been unveiled just in time for spring and has been sweeping across our region at a rapid rate. It matters not your age, gender, body shape, or even income, this trend is available to all without restriction. What is this great fashion trend of which I speak? It is the wind-blown look! No need to purchase a whole new wardrobe or visit the beauty salon. Just walk outside and let Mother Nature herself give you a FREE personalized makeover custom designed just for you. What a fabulous deal! While you may think such an equalopportunity trend would lead to a uninspiring sameness, that is not the case as each person will retain their own unique style, and sport a completely new look daily. Personally, I’m waiting for the drenched look to come back into fashion! ☺
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Alix United Church has
Community Cookbooks for sale at $15/each - a great gift. Available at Alix Library, or by calling Jean 403-747-2347
When you are finished with the newspaper, please recycle it. Thanks!
The Newspaper is FREE because the Advertising is NOT!
Please support your local businesses.
Featured Artist: Shirley Flinn Friday, April 16 1 - 8 pm Saturday, April 17 11 - 5 pm Sunday, April 18 11 - 4 pm Lacombe Memorial Centre $3/person, 12 & under free Shirley Flinn, an oil artist from Lacombe, began to take an active role in refining her artistic talents in 1999, and she is now a member of many distinguished art organizations, and her pieces are seen in private collections across Canada and the United States. Shirley will give three 30-minute presentations (Fri. 5 pm, Sat. & Sun. 2 pm). Visit the Art Show’s over 60 other artists and be sure to dine at the Gourmet Café by the Palette Pleasers.
The original Alix history book, Pioneers and Progress, is available in a softcover format. $50.00 each. Makes a great gift for any occasion. 403-747-3233 or 403-747-3119 for copies.
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CAROL FLETCHER (403) 350-0881 MLA CA 291123 6 acres parcel with subdivision potential is ideal for construction, oilfield or trucking companies. Office buildings are 76x20 and 12x60 and are move in ready. Property has three shops with large overhead doors to accommodate large equipment. Shops are all have radiant heat and power ans single phase 220. Included are a Gantry crane, air compressor, and some other items are negotiable. Property has been perimeter fenced and has security systems in place. There is a drilled well and two septic tanks. Internet access and satellite are set up, and there is tons of storage space here. Great opportunity to invest in a great spot to start or grow a business. If you are willing to volunteer to help with the Ham and Beef Dinner fundraising event on April 23, 2010 please Cathy at 403-304-6413. Or if you would like to donate dessert, such as squares or cake call as well. This event is being presented as a cooperative effort of the Alix Lions Club and the Alix Community Hall Board as a fund raising event and all volunteers are welcomed and very much appreciated. Alix Trophy Club is holding their Annual Trophy Club Steak Supper on May 1, 2010 at the Alix Agricultural Grounds. All members are welcome with a special invitation extended to anyone who would like to be a member for the upcoming year. Memberships are $30.00 per family or $15.00 individual which includes the steak supper. Everyone is asked to bring their own plates/cutlery and a dessert. The evening starts at 6:00 pm with many door prizes and displays. Anyone who has items they would like to display or “show off” are welcome to bring them (fur pelts, head mounts, special interest items). Please bring your outdoor photos of animals or scenery for the Photography category. They will be voted on that night. The Alix Trophy Club is a group of outdoors people that get together once a year to promote family fishing, hunting and general outdoor enjoyment. There are trophies for bragging rights in a number of categories for both adults and children. This spring when you are out enjoying a drive around the country enjoying the weather, take a detour to the Narrows Provincial Campground to see the beautiful bench placed last fall in Memory of Dan Buelow. This bench (below) was made possible from the memorial donations made to the Alix Trophy Club from friends, family and fellow Trophy Club Members. If you have any questions or require more information about our organization please contact: Earl Docherty 403-747-2198
MLS CA 299547 Beautiful hand crafted home, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths. The open design of the large kitchen/dining area, along with bright garden doors, provides ample room for a large family and friends to enjoy a meal together. Retire to the living area and relax by the fireplace. Handcrafted stairwell leads to the 2nd floor rec room and 3 oversized bedrooms. The home is totally energy efficient, with all weather windows, blown in insulation hot water on demand and high efficiency furnace.
Life is like a buffet; you have to serve yourself. - Larry Winget
Alix Gym Coming Soon! We have been busy acquiring equipment and getting the building prepared for a Community Gym. We’d like to thank everyone for their interest and input. We should be opening in May. We just have a couple pieces of equipment left to find. We will be located beside Busy Bee in the old flower shop. For more information call Shona at 403-747-2611 or either Tyra or Delena at 403747-2924. We are also looking for volunteers and eventually instructors. Thanks again.
Music Pups
Stimulate learning through rhythm and movement. Come prepared to have fun while learning basic music competency! Join us @ Alix Community Hall for an hour of fun activity with rhyming. rhythm and song. Monday mornings for 4 sessions May 3, 10, 17, & 31 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Open to all infants, toddlers’ preschool children & parents Pre-registration required; Contact Glenna 403-747-2031 or Ramona 403-747-2154 Or register at Mom and Tots with Leah or Jacquie No fee to attend
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4928 - 50th St. 403-747-3233 Box 69 Alix, AB T0C 0B0
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LIBRARY HOURS
Librarian: Beth Richardson
TUES: WED: THURS: SAT:
9:30 - 4:30 pm 4:00 - 8:00 pm 10:30 - 4:30 pm 10:00 – 2:00 pm
ONLINE CATALOG http://alixpublic.prl.ab.ca
SuperNet and High Speed Internet We have three public access computers which can be used free of charge. LIBRARY CARD $5 - individual and $10 family. You can use your library card at virtually every public library in the province. The Lois Hole Library Legacy Program - Grow Your Library - You can help make a difference by making a legacy donation to the library. Contact the library for more info. REMINDER Anyone with a library card from Alix Public Library who resides outside of Alix corporate limits, within the County of Lacombe, is asked to please supply the library with your legal land description. Thank you for your cooperation. Board Members Wanted - We are looking for individuals interested in sitting on the Library Board. BOOK SALE ongoing all year long. Come browse through the selection.
Select Catalog. To request titles or to check your library account, you need your 14-digit barcode from your library card and a PIN (last 4 digits of your phone number). WHAT’S NEW
JUST LISTED
4835 50 St - ALIX Walk to Alix Lake Fully Dev. Bungalow Zoned commercial/ residential 3 bedrooms 2 baths 22x24 Det. Garage $153,900
Call Bonnie Meaney sutton/landmark realty (403) 885-4936
Alix FCSS
Tue., Wed. & Thurs. 8:30 - 3:30 pm. 403-747-2031. By Glenna Carlson
To keep up to date and find out what’s new at the library, go to http://alixpublic.prl.ab.ca and click on “What’s New.”
I am working on tax returns so if you are low income or a senior, set up an appointment.
Congratulations to Heather Saunders, our latest winner of a free membership in our monthly draw, sponsored by the Village of Alix Lois Hole Grant. FREE Writing Workshops are being held around Parkland Regional Library system - covering such topics as Where do story ideas come from?, Writing your memoirs, and Speaking of Dialogue. For more information, please contact the library. If you wish to receive email updates, please send an email to
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The babysitting course was a great success. If you are looking for a babysitter who is certified, let me know.
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ALIX HOME HARDWARE
747-2414 or
747-2584
Be the envy of the campground Get a Lawn Chair with Canopy and Cupholder Comes with carrying bag See our New Solar Lights Moving Dragonfly or Butterfly Choice of Bird Garden Lights
Just in…Tea Tumblers
9:30 a.m.
SUTTON LANDMARK REAL ESTATE Wayne Sommers
403-347-0751
RESIDENTAL
ALIX: recreational 13.2 acres with cabin, 1 mile from the lake. $175,000 ALIX: 6.5 acres walkout bungalow w/wrap-around deck, 3-bedroom, 2-bath $337,500 Alix: Raw acreage .91 acres $35,000 BASHAW: 2 acres 1 mile from town with 2bedroom mobile and shop. $125,000
Brew loose tea in minutes Easy to carry
ALIX: 3-Bedroom Bungalow with suite across from school. $157,000
We have great gift ideas for Mother’s Day
ALIX: Huge bungalow, huge attached garage, huge lot close to lake 5-bed 2-bath, fire place $265,000
*Memory Boxes *Wall Plaques *Lawn & Garden Décor Decorating to Renovating Home Owners helping homeowners
MEETING CREEK: treed 4.6 acres with view $99,000 COMMERCIAL
ALIX: 2,000 sq ft Commercial building best buy on 2 corner 50 ft. lots, complete with 2 bath and double attached garage. $175,000.
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VILLAGE OF ALIX COUNCIL MINUTES Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Village of Alix Council, held on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 7:00 P.M. in the Village of Alix Council Chambers. Present:
Council forward a letter to the Western Canadian Jetski Association indicating there is a $1,000.00 (one thousand) refundable damage deposit for special event organizers. CARRIED
Mayor Curt Peterson, Councillors Gordon Christensen, Rob Fehr, Jason Helfrich and Cathy Perry.
Also Present:
Lyle Wack, Chief Administrative Officer and Recording Secretary.
Call to Order:
Mayor Peterson called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.
Amendments /Deletions to Agenda: Mayor Peterson called for amendments to the agenda.
b) County of Lacombe – Fire Department Communications Resolution #099/10:
c) Alix Campground – Request for Booking Resolution #100/10:
Moved by Councillor Helfrich that the Village of Alix Council approve group bookings at the Alix Lake Campground only if all 11(eleven) sites are booked and paid for in advance, all others will be on a “first come first serve” basis. CARRIED
Committee Reports:
a) Mayor Peterson – None
Approval of Agenda: Resolution #090/10:
Moved by Councillor Christensen that the agenda be accepted as presented. CARRIED
Financial:
a) Accounts Payable – March 31, 2010
Resolution #091/10:
Moved by Councillor Perry that the Accounts Payable for March 31, 2010, cheques numbered 20100159 to 20100260 in the amount of $254,025.14 be accepted as information. CARRIED
Moved by Councillor Fehr that the Village of Alix Council table this item for further information. CARRIED
b) Deputy Mayor Christensen – Lacombe Foundation 12/21 Water Commission c) Councillor Helfrich – None d) Councillor Perry – None
b) Financial Report – February 28, 2010 e) Councillor Fehr - None Resolution #092/10:
Moved by Councillor Helfrich that the Village of Alix Council accept the Financial Report for the month ending February 28, 2010 for information. CARRIED
Minutes:
a) Regular Meeting – March 17, 2010
Resolution #093/10:
Moved by Councillor Fehr that the minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Village of Alix Council, held on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 be accepted as presented. CARRIED
Resolution #101/10:
Moved by Councillor Perry that the Village of Alix Council accept the Committee Reports for information. CARRIED
Correspondence:
a) Municipal Affairs i) Municipal Census ii) 2009 Municipal Sponsorship Grant b) Blackfalds Days Parade – June 5, 2010 c) Bashaw RCMP – Annual Performance Plan
b) Special Meeting – March 22, 2010 Resolution #094/10:
d) Alberta Finance and Enterprise – Regional Economic Development Alliances
Moved by Councillor Christensen that the minutes of the Special Meeting of the Village of Alix Council, held on Monday, March 22, 2010 be accepted as presented. CARRIED
e) Alberta Historical Resources Foundation – Heritage Awards
c) Special Meeting – March 31, 2010 Resolution #095/10:
Moved by Councillor Perry that the minutes of the Special Meeting of the Village of Alix Council, held on Monday, March 31, 2010 be accepted as presented. CARRIED
f) Alix Emergency Services Committee – March 30, 2010 Minutes Resolution #102/10:
Business Arising from the Minutes: None.
Chief Administrative Officer’s Report:
Unfinished Business:
a) Communities in Bloom – Sign and Flowerbed
Resolution #103/10:
Resolution #096/10:
Moved by Councillor Christensen that Communities in Bloom request for a waiver of a new design be denied and further that the Village of Alix will relocate the sign posts after Communities in Bloom removes the sign. CARRIED
Resolution #097/10:
Moved by Councillor Helfrich that the Village of Alix Council receive this item as information. CARRIED
New Business:
a) Western Canadian Jetski Association
Resolution #098/10:
Moved by Councilor Fehr that the Village of Alix
Moved by Councillor Christensen that the Village of Alix Council accept the Chief Administrative Officer’s Report as presented. CARRIED
Adjournment: Resolution #104/10:
b) Lacombe Regional Solid Waste Authority
Moved by Councillor Christensen that the Correspondence items (a) through (f) be accepted for information. CARRIED
Moved by Councillor Christensen that this regular meeting of the Village of Alix Council be adjourned at 8:30 P.M. CARRIED
_________________________ Mayor
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___________________________ Chief Administrative Officer
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Alix MAC School Alix Mixed Bonspiel Winners submitted by the staff of Alix MAC School submitted by Holly Buelow Band News
Free writing workshops at libraries in central Alberta! Free workshops on writing will be offered at 15 libraries in the Parkland Regional Library System this April, as part of the Write On! program. Award-winning author and editor Fran Kimmel will present the workshops. Session topics are: Writing Your Memoir, Where Do Story Ideas Come From?, Speaking of Dialogue, and Business Writing – Plain and Simple. To register, contact the library where the workshop will be held. All workshops are free of charge and open to participants from any community. More information about the program, including library contact information, is available from your local library or at: www.prl.ab.ca/ write_on Ponoka Lacombe Clive Stettler
April 17, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Where Do Story Ideas Come From? April 24, 10 am – 12 pm Writing Your Memoir April 28, 2 pm – 4 pm Speaking of Dialogue April 28, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Speaking of Dialogue
Winner of the "A" event - Dan Dumont Team sponsored by Bill Russell Sand & Gravel
Winner of the "C" event - Lyalla Ironside Team sponsored by Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Thank you to the 16 teams that participated in the Alix Mixed Bonspiel held on March 24, 25, 26, 27, 2010.
Winner of the "B" event - Charles Stone Team sponsored by Canadian Natural Resources “I was driving happily along when I saw the flash of a traffic camera. I figured that my picture had been taken for exceeding the limit even though I knew that I was not speeding. “Just to be sure, I went around the block and passed the same spot, driving even more slowly, but again the camera flashed. “Now I began to think that this was quite funny, so I drove even slower as I passed the area once more, but the traffic camera again flashed. I tried a fourth and fifth time with the same results and was now laughing as the camera flashed while I rolled past at a snail's pace. “Two weeks later, I got five tickets in the mail for driving without a seat belt.”
Also thank you to all members for the great year! Watch for upcoming information on the Leagues (Ladies, Mixed, J uniors, Mens) and Bonspiel dates for the 20102011 season. Everyone is welcome to join us in the fall!
2007 Breckenridge Park Model Trailer 12 x 40, Fully Furnished, 1 Bedroom, Full Bath, Cathedral Ceilings, Fridge, Gas Oven, Convection Microwave, R20 Skirting, 2 Decks & Stairs. Immaculate Condition, Immediate Possession, Seller Motivated, Offers Considered $47,000 OBO Must be moved
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Neighbourhood Network News The Neighbourhood Network is proud to support, inform and encourage the children and families of Alix and Mirror. We offer referral, information and a safe, confidential environment. We invite you to find out more about the services and resources available at the Neighbourhood Network. Please drop in, phone or send us a email. We are at: 403-747-3522
[email protected] In Alix at: 4905 – 50th Street (Next to the Home Hardware) Tuesday’s and Thursday’s 9 – 4:30 In Mirror at: 5019 – 50th Avenue (In the Mirror Business Centre) Wednesday’s 1 – 4:30
Submitted by Lions Club Members Our motto is: "We Serve" and we welcome any suggestions of needs in our community. We also welcome anyone who is interested in joining us in the service of others. More hands and ideas make light work and more things possible. We need you! Call Mary 403 747 3167. ____________________ The Lions Club meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, fellowship at 6:30 followed by meeting at 7:00. We welcome guests at any meeting, call Mary 747-3167.
ALIX COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS Alix Agricultural Society Wanda McKendrick 403-788-2274 Alix Chamber of Commerce Lesley Grose 403-348-9558 Alix Curling Club Candace Wilton 403-747-3812 Alix Family, Community & Support Society Patrick Lynch 403-302-7499 Alix Figure Skating Club
Alix Minor Hockey
The Accounting Clerk is responsible for general accounting duties including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Deposits, GL reconciliations, Bank Reconciliations & other duties as assigned by Assistant CAO. Other tasks include answering telephones, relief reception on front counter, assisting the public & receipting of monies. This position is permanent part-time: 21 hours a week. Benefits to commence after a 3 month probation period. Qualifications for the position include: • 1-2 year accounting certificate/diploma or equivalent experience • Experience in a financial environment • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Keen attention to detail and accuracy in updating information • Basic Excel spreadsheet skills • Excellent communication, diplomatic & organizational skills
Closing date: April 23, 2010
ON THE PROWL: Alix Lions Club!
403-747-2332 403-747-3119 403-788-3835 403-784-3444 403-788-2084 403-747-2778
Photo courtesy of Brenda Knight
Job description
Salary dependent on qualifications and experience.
Funded by the Central Alberta Child and Family Services Authority
Alix Fire Department Cody Marshall Alix Food Bank Eve Keates Alix Girl Guide Groups Gale Richardson Marie Payne Alix Lions Club Tom Aspden Alix MAC School Rod Phillips
Accounting Clerk
Send resumes via mail to: Village of Alix, Box 87, Alix, AB T0C 0B0 Fax: 403-747-3663 email:
[email protected]
You must speak straight so that your words may go as sunlight into our hearts. – Cochise, Chiricahua chief
Terry Fehr 403-747-2787 Alix/Mirror TOPS Della Mae Thull Alix Neighbourhood Network Bonnie Dubeau 403-747-3522 Alix Preschool Jill Hillman 403-747-2099 Alix Public Library Beth Richardson 403-747-3233 Alix Trophy Club Tim Docherty 403-741-6899 Alix Wagon Wheel Museum Eve Keates 403-747-3119 Alix Youth Centre Barb Schoonmaker 403-747-2559 ANTS (Alix Nature Trail Society) Arlene Nelson 403-747-2466 Carroll Club Lillian Fair 403-747-2974 Citizens on Patrol Terry Fehr 403-747-2787 Communities in Bloom Linda Walker 403-747-2125 Community Services Board Glenna Carlson 403-747-3021 1st Parlby Creek Scouts Beavers: Darren Grose 403-747-3704
Bill’s Waterwell Services Ltd. Well Drilling, Pumps & Repairs
403-747-2120
30 years experience in Central Alberta Cubs: Benjie Gray Gordon at 403-784-3199 Braden his 95th Scouts: David Rosscelebrated at 403-885-4340 at his home Group: Shelly Graybirthday 403-784-3199 Sunday, April 1st Parlby is the only ScoutonGroup for Beavers, 4th, 2010. Gordon Cubs and Scouts in the Clive, Tees, Alix and was born on Easter Mirror area. Haunted Lakes Golf ClubSunday and this milestone event was 403-747-2330 again on an Easter Haunted Lakes Pony Club Gordon Carina Forsstrom Sunday. 403-747-3013 celebrated with his 4 Parelli Natural Horsemanship Group living children BarWanda McKendrick 403-788-2274 Ripley Community Hall bara Stevens of Alix, Jessie (Neil) Trace Connie Barritt 403-747-2217 Stanton Community Hallof Calgary, Wes (Holly) Braden of Calgary and Brenda Time for Tots Knight of Ramona Gartner (Leonard) 403-747-2154 United Church Women Alix and their famiof 14 grandchilJean McDermand lies403-747-2352 dren, 12 great grandWomen’s Institute and 1 great June Churchley children 403-747-2455 great granddaughter. Only four family To be added, contact Beth at 403-352-3837. members were unThank you. able to attend.
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VILLAGE OF CLIVE COUNCIL MINUTES water and sanitary sewer. This agreement is to be registered by caveat on the title of Lot 5B. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY-
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Council of the Village of Clive, Province of Alberta, held on March 22, 2010 in the Village Office at 18:00 Hours Present:
Mayor Gillard, Councillor Henry, Councillor Les Strange, Councillor Peters and Karen Kane, CAO.
Also Present:
Lionel MacPherson
Absent:
Councillor Gray
Meeting to Order:
Mayor Gillard brought the meeting to order at 18:03 hours.
New Councillor:
Mayor Gillard welcomed new Councillor Gordon Peters, and Councillor Peters took the official oath of office.
Agenda:
Additions: (8d) (8e)
RC-10-078: Minutes: RC-10-079:
CAO Report: RC-10-080:
Business Arising: Old Business: Entered Meeting Withdrew from the Meeting:
Lacombe Regional Solid Waste Mgt. Commission: RC-10-083:
MPC and Fire Department: RC-10-084:
Moved by Mayor Gillard to approve the agenda as amended. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLYMoved by Councillor Henry to approve the minutes of the March 8, 2010 Regular Council Meeting as presented. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLYMoved by Councillor Henry to accept the CAO report for information. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY-
New Business: Parkland Community Discussion ensued on Parkland Regional Planning Services: Planning Services full cost recovery for the use of their services for Planning and Development. PCPS Membership: RC-10-086:
Municipal Property Consultants: RC-10-087:
Lionel MacPherson withdrew from the meeting.
Subdivision reports were received from Parkland Community Planning on the following parcel: Lot 5, Block 1, Plan 022 0126. Moved by Councillor Peters to recommend for the subdivision of Lot 5, Block 1, Plan 022 0126 to create two smaller residential parcels subject to the conditions listed on Parkland Community Planning Services subdivision report of March 17, 2010 File No. CLI 10102 and further that Council gives approval for the west lot (Lot 5A) to be serviced with a private well and septic system while the lot to the east (Lot 5B) must be serviced by connection to Clive’s municipal
Moved by Councillor Henry that Councillor Peters be appointed as the Village representative to the Lacombe Regional Solid Waste Management Commission. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY-
Disaster Committee: Moved by Mayor Gillard that Councillor Peters RC-10-085: be the third member of the Village of Clive’s Disaster Committee. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY-
None John and Alberta Blake entered the meeting at 18:12 hours.
John and Alberta Blake withdrew from the meeting.
Moved by Councillor Les Strange that Councillor Peters be appointed to Village of Clive Municipal Planning Commission and also be appointed as the Village of Clive representative to the Clive Fire Department and the Lacombe Regional Fire Services Association Board. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY-
Land Use Bylaw Steering Committee - Motion Regional Transportation Strategy Session
Bylaw #490-10 Assessment Review Board Services: RC-10-081: Moved by Councillor Les Strange to give Bylaw #490-10 (Assessment Review Board Bylaw) third and final reading. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLYParkland Community Planning - Proposed Subdivision: RC-10-082:
Withdrew from Meeting:
Census: RC-10-088:
Moved by Councillor Les Strange to remain as a full member of Parkland Community Planning Services. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY-
Moved by Mayor Gillard to table this item until a formal agreement is available. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLYMoved by Councillor Henry that a census not be conducted in the Village of Clive in 2010. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY-
Land Use Bylaw Steering Committee: RC-10-089: Moved by Councillor Peters that Mayor Gillard be the representative from Council on the Land Use Bylaw Steering Committee. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLYRegional Transportation Strategy Session: RC-10-090:
Financial:
Moved by Mayor Gillard that Councillor Les Strange attend the upcoming Regional Transportation Strategy session in Stettler. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY-
1. Accounts Payable
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EVENTS IN TEES
Sargent District Events
Beef Supper May 1st from 4:30 - 7:00 pm at the Tees Hall. Ages 6-60 $10, 60+ $8, under 6 free. Everyone welcome.
Our recent card party brought out a sufficient number of people who had fun and a great evening. Thanks to the ladies for provision of snacks!
Tees Rodeo July 30 - Aug. 1, 2010. Pancake Breakfast at Tees Hall, last Sunday of the month from 9:00 1:00 pm. $5. Come create with the Parlby Creek Brushkateers No experience necessary - any medium. Mondays 1 - 4 pm at the Tees Hall Annex. Instructor: Donna Marie Orr. Info: Irene 403-747-3556 or Dot 403-7842286. Tees 50+ meet Tuesday afternoons at 1:30 pm at the Tees Hall. Tees Agricultural meetings 2nd Tuesday of the month 8 pm Tees Hall. For bookings of the Tees Hall, Annex or Rodeo Grounds call Nicole Dunham 403-784-3427. 1st Parlby Creek Scouts meet Wednesday evenings from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at the Tees Hall. 1st Parlby Creek Contacts Beavers: Darren Grose 403-747-3704 Cubs: Benjie Gray at 403-784-3199 Scouts: David Ross at 403-885-4340 Group: Shelly Gray 403-784-3199 RC-10-091:
Moved by Councillor Les Strange to approve the Accounts Payable in the amount of $32,025.26 cheques number 9694 through 9721 inclusive. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY-
Board Reports:
Councillors attended and reported on the following meetings: * Councillor Henry - Lacombe Regional Solid Waste Authority * Councillor Les Strange - Lacombe Foundation * Mayor Gillard - Parkland Community Planning Services, Mayors meeting, Family and Community Support Services. * Councillor Gray - Absent * Councillor Peters - None
In Camera: Correspondence: C-10-092:
Adjournment: RC-10-093:
No Item Moved by Councillor Henry that the in-office correspondence as listed on the agenda be received and filed. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLYMoved by Mayor Gillard to adjourn the meeting at 19:37 hours. -CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY-
Taxes Source Unknown Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table At which he's fed.
By Cecilia Stirling and Marie Payne
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The Sargent Ladies are busy planning the upcoming MOTHER'S DAY TEA AND RAFFLE, scheduled for Wednesday, MAY 5, 2010, at the Sargent Hall. Bake Table is open at 1:30 p.m., and the program starts at 2:00 p.m. Our entertainment comes from Haynes. April, a Highland Dancer is going to show us how its done! Raffle tickets are still available (Marie 403 784-3444) for the draw with 1st. Prize Black Knight Inn Dinner Theatre and Room for 2, second: gift certificate, and third: a lovely handcrafted table cover. Our annual fundraiser $$ supports various charities and area schools. Your continuing support and participation is greatly appreciated. (Georgina: 403 784-3687) Don't forget our Annual Picnic and Silent Auction set for Sunday, July 4, at 2:00 p.m. More details later. Your news, or events are welcomed. Please phone Cecelia 403 7842170 or Marie 404 784-3444, to include in this section!
Haynes Happenings Satinwood School Saturday Morning Drop in Gym Time FREE Family Fun Fitness & Food. • Saturday April 24– 9:30 – 11: 30 a.m. Earth Day Scavenger Hunt Breakfast at 9:30 a.m. • Saturday May 29 - Mini golf (outdoors weather permitting) 9:30 – 11:00 Picnic lunch 11:00 – 11:30 No charge to attend! Are you a parent, grandparent or caregiver of preschool or elementary school aged children? Join us for a FREE Saturday morning of family fun, fitness and food at Satinwood School. Gym games and activities facilitated by Andre Touchette. Come prepared to have fun with your kids! For more information contact Ramona @ (403) 747-2154. Brought to you by Lacombe and District FCSS and the County of Lacombe Stimulate learning through rhythm and movement. Come prepared to have fun while learning basic music competency! Join us @ Satinwood School for an hour of fun activity with rhyming. rhythm and song. Monday mornings for 4 sessions: May 3, 10, 17, & 31, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Open to all infants, toddlers’ preschool children & parents. Pre-registration required; Contact Pam @ Satinwood School (403) 784-3586. No fee to attend Mom/Daughter Tea Friday, May 7 at 1:30 pm at Haynes Church. Mother’s Day Tea on Saturday, May 8 (for all ladies) at 10:30 am. at Haynes Church. There is no charge for the teas, but donations will gladly be accepted and all profits will go towards Maria (single mom in Costa Rica) and her family. Please RSVP no later than May 1st to Lorraine Parker 403784-3078 or Dawn Rainforth 403-782-5417. Hall Rentals - Brenda Brayford 403-784-3474.
Tax his work, Tax his pay, He works for peanuts Anyway!
Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he Tries to think.
Tax all he has Then let him know That you won't be done Till he has no dough.
Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in Which he's laid.
Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat..
Tax his car, Tax his gas, Find other ways To tax his ass.
When he screams & hollers; Then tax him some more, Tax him till He's good and sore.
When he's gone, Do not relax, It’s time to apply The inheritance tax.
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Friday, April 16 2010
Clive is Alive New Fitness Facility in Clive in the Clive Hardware Building (5906 50 St). Contact Dawn for membership information and hours of operation, at 403-506-5935. Clive Fire Dept. is looking for new members. If you would like to develop skills in this field, call the village office. Greyhound Agency is available at Clive Village Foods to meet your freight and travel needs. Clive Seniors Circle Join them on Monday afternoons at 1:30 pm for friendship, floor curling, shuffle board, pool, cards or carpet bowling. All activities are at the Meeting Room. Contact Albert Wagner for more information at 403-782-2409. Lutheran Church services will be held at 10 am. Regular Sunday School and Youth Group at 10 am. For further information contact Keith Wagner 403-782-6436. Clive Christian Fellowship for Sunday School times and information contact Pastor Rowland at 403-784-3141. Clive Baptist Church Kids’ worship (age 5 to gr. 6) at 10 am. Sunday School (Jr., Sr. high and adult) 10 am. Regular worship service at 11 am. Children’s Church (ages 2 - gr. 2) at 11 am. Youth - Friday nights at 7:00 pm. Ron Orr 403-784-3335. Clive United Church worship service at 10:00 am. Contact Shealagh McClelland 403-784-3367. Clive School Principal: Corrine Thorstainson
VILLAGE OF CLIVE Clive Village Office 403-784-3366 Mayor: Anita Gillard Deputy Mayor: Luci Henry Councilors: Dave LesStrange, Shelly Gray, and Gord Peters Website: www.clive.ca Council meetings are the 2nd & 4th Monday of each month at 6:00 pm at the Town Office. Community Sign on Hwy 12 to have an event put up call 403-7843414 Clive and District Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) Wanda Wagner, Clive FCSS Outreach Coordinator, Office phone: (403) 754-5695 e-mail:
[email protected] Neighborhood Revitalization Association (NRA). If you have any questions, or need information on this association, please call Louise at 403-784-3414. Clive Public Library Sandra Ward 403-784-3131 (Located below Village Office) Tuesday 12:30 - 7:30 pm Wednesday 10:00 - 4:30 pm Thursday 10:00 - 4:30 pm Thrift Store Tuesday afternoons 1:00 - 5:00 pm Clive/Tees Neighbourhood Place Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9:00 - 4:00 pm. Call 403-784-5696. Block Parents contact Tara Breitkreuz 403-784-2452 for more details. POP Parents of Preschoolers Playgroup facilitator Shelley Pelletier
It Pays to Advertise A lion met a tiger as they drank beside a pool Said the tiger, “Tell me why you’re always roaring like a fool?” “That’s not foolish,” said the lion with a twinkle in his eye. “They call me King of all the beasts, it pays to advertise!” A rabbit heard them talking and ran home like a streak, He thought he’d try the lion’s plan, but all he did was squeak! A fox came to investigate and had dinner in the woods – The Moral is “Never advertise unless you’ve got the goods!” - Rulon Hillam
To advertise in the Chautauqua call 403-352-3837 or email
[email protected]
Clive Ag Society meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month in the Referee Room at the Clive Arena. Denise Unwin 403-784-2270. Clive Lions Club meets 2nd and 4th Wed. of the month, 7:30 at Clive Community Hall. Clive Multi 4-H Hanne Giles 403-784-2262 Clive Community Hall Tracy Hallman 403-784-2156 Clive Meeting Room Anita Gillard 403-784-3987 Fire Department Monte Zaytsoff 403-784-3997 Clive Historical Society Louise Bell 403-784-3414 Chatelaine Club (Westling) meets 3rd Tues. @ 7:30, Westling Hall, Margaret Ronald 403-784-3621 Westling Hall Lisa Bierens 403-784-2574 1st Parlby Creek Scouts meet Wednesday evenings from 6:30 - 8:00 pm at the Tees Hall. 1st Parlby Creek Contacts Beavers: Darren Grose 403-747-3704 Cubs: Benjie Gray at 403-784-3199 Scouts: David Ross at 403-885-4340 Group: Shelly Gray 403-784-3199 Clive Curling Club Bev Krochak 403-784-3964 Clive Skating Club 403-784-2019
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The Chautauqua A11
Easter Bunny Visits Mirror
Submitted by the Valley Spotlight staff
write-up and photo courtesy of Susan Russell
Girl Guide Cookies are here! Please call Candice Kikstra at 403-7545561 if you haven’t gotten yours yet.
Pictured above are some of the kids who attended the 1st Annual Mirror Legion Easter Egg Hunt. Approximately 30 kids attended this occasion with their parents. There was also a special Guest attending (The Easter Bunny who poised for picture with the children) We had lots of eggs planted with some having numbers in them for larger prizes. We also had 4 golden and silver eggs for nicer prizes and also a draw for 2 gifts the winners being Cameron for the boys (Remote Police Car) and Breanne for the girls (Hanna Montana doll and songs). Also free Hot dogs and hot chocolate and juice was available to all parents and kids.
Clive Soccer AGM April 19 at Clive School (tentative location). If you are 16 or older and would like to make money, please consider being a referee for kids ages 11 - 14 soccer games. We will pay for the 2-day course you need to attend, and in May and June we need you to ref 2 games per week. Please contact Hanne Giles at 403-784-2262. Clive Neighbourhood Place AGM April 22 at 7:30 pm Clive Minor Hockey AGM April 22 at 7:00 at Clive Arena. Babysitting Course Friday, April 23, 9 - 5 pm at Clive Baptist Church. $40 fee includes manual and mini first aid kit. Bring a bag lunch, snacks, water bottle, doll or stuff animal for demos. Contact Wanda 403-754-5695 or 403-318-0428 to register. Clive Ag Society Steak Fry & Dance Sat., April 24, at Clive Hall. $20/person. Cocktails 6 pm, Dinner 6:30 pm, Dance 9 pm. RPMs Band.
Hopefully we will be doing this again next year for our 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt watch for posters. A Very Special Thank you to the Easter Bunny for taking time out of its schedule to attend our Easter Egg Hunt, and also to the volunteers and sponsors.
Free Writing Workshop at Clive Library Wednesday, April 28 from 2 - 4 pm on Speaking Dialogue. Call 403-784-3131 to register. FCSS Volunteer Income Tax Program available for individuals with income below $30,000, married with incomes below $35,000 (with dependents) $4,000 each. For more information, or to book an appointment, call 403-784-5695. Mother’s Day Brunch and Bake Sale Sunday May 9th, 2010, 9am to 1 pm at Clive Community Hall. Hosted by the Clive Little Red Hen Playschool parents. Join us for pancakes, strawberries, whipped cream, eggs, sausage, fruit, and homemade baking with all the trimmings. We will also be having a raffle of some donations from local persons and businesses. Call Laurel at 403-784-4448 or Amanda at 403-784-3216 for more information. Price is $7.00 per person, $25.00 for family of four, Kids under 3 are free. Clive Youth Centre Committee is looking for a Facilitator to run the centre 4 - 6 hours in the afternoon/evening during the week. For information call Wanda 403-754-5695. Closing date is April 30, 2010. Adventures-R-Us Summer Day Camps of Clive is hiring a Program Director for July & August. For more info call Wanda 403-754-5695. Alix, Mirror, Tees, Clive, Haynes, Bashaw
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Mirror Community Saturday, April 17 Spring Tea & Bake Sale at Mirror United Church at 2:00 pm. Gather up some friends and come enjoy some old country and country gospel music. Everyone welcome. Friday, April 23 “Celebrating Volunteers During Volunteer Week April 18 - 24” Volunteer Potluck Supper & Entertainment: “Laughter” with Wrinkles the Clown at 6 pm at Mirror Community Hall. There will be a Silent Auction, Door prizes & Book Sale! Everyone’s a volunteer! Come and enjoy! Sunday, May 2 Smorg Supper (come see what there is!!) at Mirror United Church, 5:00 - 6:30 pm. Adults $8, 12 & under $4, preschoolers free. Sponsored by the Mirror Library and Mirror United Church. Everyone welcome. Saturday, May 8 Mother’s Day Tea & Bake Sale at Mirror United Church at 2:00 pm. Everyone welcome. Saturday, May 15 Mirror Spring Clean Up meet at Mirror Legion at 9:00 am. BBQ lunch provided. For more information call 403-788-2356. _______________________ Mirror School Apr. 23 Apr. 28 Apr. 29 Apr. 30 May 14 May 21 May 24 June 4 June 18 June 25
Friday, April 16, 2010 Skating Rink. Youth ages 12 - 18 are welcome to drop in. ____________________
RAILWAY LIQUOR STORE
MIRROR 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Monday - Thursday: Noon - 8 pm
Homecoming & Centennial Celebration Scheduled for 2012
Friday - Saturday: Noon - 10 pm
For more information call (780) 372-3816. _______________________ FREE Public High-Speed Internet Access At Mirror Community Connections Located in the Mirror Business Centre (with ATB Financial and the Post Office) Mondays 1:00 - 4:30 pm. Wednesdays 10:00 - 4:30 pm Fridays 10:00 - 4:30pm. (Closed 12:00-1:00 pm for lunch) __________________ Old Tyme Dance at the Mirror Community Hall 2nd Saturday every OTHER month. Door and Cash Bar open at 7 pm. Dancing 8 11:30 pm, lunch to follow. $10/person (please bring lunch). Everyone welcome. For more information call Jean 403-788-3787 or Joan at 403-788-3049. ______________ Alix/Mirror TOPS at Alix United Church, Thursdays 6:45 pm. Everyone welcome. _______________ Jolly Seniors Coffee is on every weekday morning at the Friendly Inn Suppers - 2nd Wednesdays of each month @ 5:30 p.m. at the Friendly Inn.
PD/Staff Meeting Day Hot Dog Day Picture Day Swimming K-8 Staff Only, No School PD/Staff Meeting Day Victoria Day, No School Staff Only, No School Staff Only, No School Students’ last day
Floor Curling held Thursdays at 1:00 pm at the Community Hall. Pancake Breakfast - 2nd Sunday of the month. 9 - 1:00 p.m. @ the Jolly Seniors.
Registration forms for the Alix-MAC 2010-2011 school year will be going home soon. I want to congratulate both Kathy Knapp and Beth Strohschein as they will be joining the staff at Alix-MAC next fall. There will be an orientation for parents at Alix-MAC in May, with a chance to tour the school and meet teachers, and a student orientation in June. If you have any questions for Rod Phillips, call Alix-MAC school at 403-747-2778 and he will be happy to help you. In conjunction with Mirror School’s yearend, we are planning to include the community and commemorate the school’s history. This will occur in late June. We want to make sure we have a great finish for a great school. James Gascoyne Mirror Youth Program runs every Monday and Wednesday from 7 - 9 pm at the Mirror
Birthdays celebrated the 4th Wednesday of each month. ________________ Mirror Alliance Church Morning worship and Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Phone: 403788-2204. For Youth Group times and ages, contact 403-788-2204 or check www.mirroralliancechurch.com. Mirror United Church Sunday services at 9:30 am with Sunday School available for children of all ages. For information call Gale at 403-788-3835. We extend a warm welcome to anyone who may be looking for a church home. There is a time for coffee & fellowship after service. Go to www.bmunitedchurch.com. We also have a new email address:
[email protected] Mirror Seventh - Day Adventist Church (corner of 52 St & 51 Ave, north)
Hours:
Sunday: Noon - 6 pm
5207 - 50 Ave. Mirror 788-3747
News from the Friends of the Mirror Library Society By Gale Richardson Mirror Library needs a Librarian IMMEDIATELY - 10 hours per week. If interested, call Gale 403-788-3835. Friday, April 23: “Celebrating Volunteers During Volunteer Week April 18 - 24” Volunteer Potluck Supper & Entertainment: “Laughter” with Wrinkles the Clown at 6 pm at Mirror Community Hall. There will be a Silent Auction, Door prizes & Book Sale! Everyone’s a volunteer! Come and enjoy! Sunday, May 2: Smorg Supper (come see what there is!!!) at Mirror United Church, 5:00 - 6:30 pm. Adults $8, 12 & under $4, preschoolers free. Sponsored by the Mirror Library and Mirror United Church. Everyone welcome. Advance Notice: Casino dates are May 25 & 26. Board members are needed if we are to retain our Society Status! If you are interested please contact us. Saturday Sabbath time: 10:00 am. Prayer Meeting: every Tuesday at 7:00 pm at the church. All are welcome to attend. Cliff Buelow 403-788-2296. Pastor Ron Henderson 403-782-6190. ______________________ Mirror Guiding groups Sparks ages 5 & 6 (ECS/Gr. 1) Brownies ages 7 & 8 (Gr. 2 & 3) Guides ages 9-11 (Gr. 4,5,6) Pathfinders ages 12– 14 (Gr. 7,8,9) Rangers ages 15+ (Gr. 10,11, 12) We celebrate 100 years of Guiding in Canada in 2010! Join us for adventures, challenge, friendship, and fun! Meeting time is Tuesday from 3:30 - 5:00 pm. For information, or to register, please call Gale 403-788-3835. We have cookies for sale! 1st Parlby Creek Scouts meet Wednesday evenings from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at the Tees Hall. 1st Parlby Creek Contacts Beavers: Lisa Sharp at 403-885-0113 Cubs: Benjie Gray at 403-784-3199 Scouts: David Ross at 403-885-4340 Group: Carla Kenney at 403-784-3055
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Take A Deep Breath, It’s April! by Loraine Anderson It’s a good thing Easter came right at the beginning of April this year, because the rest of the month is pretty busy. We will have need of all that chocolate fortification! The calendar here at BDSS is full. We will be celebrating the annual Volunteer Appreciation week with a barbeque on April 20 here at BDSS. The party starts at 11:30am and will include a presentation to this year’s Bashaw Volunteer of the Year. To nominate your favorite volunteer, just fill out a nomination form (available in April’s Community Connections and at the office). We are sadly lacking in nominations at the moment, so please, give it some thought and made a nomination! Another major focus this month is the Accreditation visit at the Day Care. This visit involves an in depth government inspection of all aspects of day care life from how the crayons are stored to when the children play and nap. Long hours have been spent by day care staff and many volunteers to ensure that all the paper work has been completed, all safety measures met, and all required standards are kept. Although the week is designated, the actual visitation day is a guess, so it will be a “pins and needles” time. One of the many advantages to having accreditation status is enhanced government funding that will enable Generations Day Care to offer affordable fees and subsidies. April is also AGM month for BDSS and the Food Bank, so lots of reports need to be written, the past year reviewed, and plans for the future set in place. Annual General Meetings are a chance for public input into non profit organizations. It is a time to welcome new members and to thank all those who have volunteered. April 13 at 6pm Food Bank members gather for their meeting, then, at 7pm Bashaw and District Support Services hold theirs. Both meetings are at the BDSS offices on Main Street.
Youth Get Down to Business! FREE Youth Entrepreneurship Camp Mirror– Applications are now being accepted for the 14th Annual Alberta Youth Entrepreneurship Camp (AYEC). The 2010 AYEC is for youth aged 13-15 who have an interest in business. Youth will compete in an essay competition that will allow them to attend the camp for FREE, thanks to the generous support of the camps community sponsors. Sixty youth from Southern Alberta will attend the camp running August 15th to the 21st, being held once again at the Eagles Nest Ranch in Cypress Hills, Alberta. This one week entrepreneurial-based camp combines the education of business training with a summer camp atmosphere. Campers hear from guest speakers and participate in workshops to learn the components of a business plan such as marketing, advertising, cash flows and record keeping. Youth are put into business teams where they plan a business idea, meet with suppliers and bankers, build a product or a service and on the final day of camp these youthful business ventures are open for business. Campers pay back their business loans and split their profits amongst their business team. It’s not only about numbers and business plans though. These youth get to participate in a variety of summer camp experiences and recreational activities. Zipline, horseback riding, wall climbing, mountain biking, swimming or relaxing in the hot tub are just a few examples of activities the youth get involved in.
For those who would like a night on the town, The Big River Musical Theatre is playing at Bashaw United Church. Call BDSS at 780 3724074 for tickets and show times. This year, Huck Finn and Jim explore freedom, life, and love as they raft down the Mississippi River. A coproduction by Bashaw Adult Learning Council and Bashaw United Church, Big River is the 4th musical theatre to come to Bashaw. The talent pool, both on stage and in the wings is amazing. Under the direction of Lori Miller and Robin King, adults and youth alike have been gathering 3 times a week for the past 3 months. Cast members hail from Ponoka, New Norway, and Bashaw and their dedication to the project is outstanding. With sets designed by Mary Kinsella and costumes by Cindy Hunter, the United Church has been transformed into the Deep South for 4 evening performances and 2 matinees. It’s a journey not to be missed! Tickets are selling quickly, so don’t miss out.
Youth that are interested in more information or applying to the camp can contact Community Futures East Parkland at 403-788-2212. Also, youth are encouraged to visit the website at www.ayec.ca. Application forms can be picked up from Community Futures East Parkland at Mirror, Alberta or online at www.eastparkland.com. Application Deadline is May 31st so pick up yours today! The Alberta Youth Entrepreneurship Camp is made possible by the generous donations of Alberta Lotteries, Holmes Printing, Alberta Employment and Immigration and Western Economic Diversification.
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Bashaw Community Bashaw Ag Society meeting the second Monday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Ag Grounds. Contact Penny 780-372-3087 or the Ag office at 780-372-3079. Bashaw Art Club 780-372-4341. Bashaw Bottle Depot Wed, Thurs, Sat. 9:00 - 4:30 pm Bashaw Bus Society Shuttle every Tuesday and Thursday morning, 9:00 - noon. Trips to Camrose are offered on the 2nd Monday and the 4th Friday of the month. Call Marianne at 780-372-3631 for more information. Bashaw Centennial Committee Meetings 2nd Wednesday of the month at 5:45 pm at the Bashaw Tourism Building . Bashaw Community Church 11:00 am Sunday Service and 11:00 am Sunday School with Pot Blessing Lunch to follow. Bible Study Wednesday evenings at 7:30 pm. 5019 48 (Jarvis) Ave. Contact Daniel Friesen 780-3724215. Bashaw Daycare Monday - Friday 7:30 am 6 pm. 780-372-4074. Bashaw & District Chamber of Commerce Meetings are the 4th Monday of the month at 7 pm at the Tourist Booth. Phone/Fax: 780372-3932. Email:
[email protected]. Website www.townofbashaw.com/chamber. The Bashaw & District Food Bank located at Bashaw and District Support Services. Anyone in need of assistance is welcome to access this service. Please call 780-372-4074 to have a hamper arranged. Bashaw & District Preschool For more info/ to register your child, please call 780-3724074. Bashaw Elks meet 1st Wednesday of the month at 8 pm at the Bashaw Community Centre. For more info contact Leon Braseth 780-372-4437. Bashaw Historical Society meeting the first Monday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Neighborhood Place. Contact Pam at 780 3722031. Bashaw Home Support Program Routine housekeeping, meal preparation, laundry. For more information call BDSS at 780-372-4074. Bashaw Library (in the Community Centre) Open: Mon 1:30 - 4:30 pm, Tues - Fri 10 4:30 pm (closed 12:30-1:30 for lunch). Thurs Night 7-9 pm. Free internet access, books, movies, & more! Pre-School Storytime 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 10:30 -11:30 am. Stories, crafts and more. Bashaw Medical Clinic Physician: Dr. Koen Call 780-372-3740 for clinic times.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Coming Events - Bashaw 1st Friday of Month 1 pm (Mass & Eucharistic Adoration Volunteer Appreciation Week April 18 - April 24. BBQ BDSS 7:30 Office Weekend Mass:atSaturday pmon April 20, 11:30 - 1:30 pm. Everyone welcome. Please check the answering machine for change in Mass times. 780-372-3645 “Big River” Musical Theatre at Bashaw United April on 16,Mondays 17, 18, 10:30 23, 24 25. ParishChurch Office open to & 4:30 Tickets on sale at Bashaw Neighbourhood Place. CERTIFIED NATURAL HEALTH CONBashaw & District Regional Health & Wellness Foundation Annual General MeetSULTANTS - For an appointment please call ing April 19 at the Happy Gang Centre. Brenda Ball at CLR Healing Center at 780372-HEAL (4325). Certified Natural Health Spring Round Up Cattle Show April 24 at Bashaw Ag. Grounds. Registration at 9:00 Consultant, Certified Colour/Sound (tuning am. For more information, call Darren Paget 780-877-3985. forks) Therapist, Reset Practitioner/Instructor, Advanced Theta Instructor, Certified LymService of Thanksgiving and Deconsecration St. Master, Peter’s Tong Anglican Church, phologist,atReiki Ren Therapist. Wednesday, April 28 at 3:00 pm. Fellowship following the service. Donna Pearson, L.P.N., Certified Basic & Advanced Footcare by appointment only call Cancer Fundraiser BBQ & Silent Auction 780-372-2191. April 30 at Bashaw Legion 11 am Massage - 2 pm. Janet Thomas, With a $10 donation you’ll receive a hamburger, pop, coffee and selection of salads. If Therapist: for an appointment call 403-741you are unable to attend and wish to make a donation, you can do so at Bashaw Home 4940. Hardware, Bashaw Concrete and Bashaw Servus Credit Union. Funds raised will go to Kid’s with Cancer Society and the Teen Room at the Children’s Hospital. Ellice Free Methodist Church 14 km west of Bashaw on #605 Services 11:00 am SunBashaw Art Club Annual Spring Show and SalePhone: Sunday, May 2, noon - 4:30 pm at days. 780-372-2402. the Happy Gang Centre. Free admission. Refreshments and entertainment. Everyone welcome. For more information call 780-372-3562. Fire Department Meeting 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month Bashaw Centennial Homecoming August 19 - 21, 2011. Registration for the event is available online! To have upcoming events emailed to you...send an email to Ba4H Beef Club meets 1st Monday of the month
[email protected]. at 7:00 pm. Contact Karen 780-877-2598. Bashaw Adult Learning Courses For information on available courses and registraHappy Gang Seniors Centre tion, contact Jackie 780-372-3648. Crib Thursdays 1:00 pm • Introduction to Digital Photography May 1, $75 Shuffle Board & Bingo • Managing Digital Photos May 4 at 6:30 pm at Bashaw Neighbourhood Place. Fee: alternate every Wednesday at 1:30 pm $15 500 Mondays 1:00 pm • Video conferencing is now available. Access courses and workshops from around Meetings - 1st Tuesday of each month @ 1:30 Alberta. Call for more details. Legion Bingo Wednesdays at 7:30 pm. 'Purls Nite Out' (Knitting Group) Thursdays 7:30 - 9 pm at the Bashaw Library. All skill levels welcome! Majestic Theatre meeting 4th Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm. Bashaw Library Book Club meets once a month. Contact the library for more information. Meals on Wheels call 780-372-4074. This Ain’t No Sunday Morning Thursday evenings at Bashaw United please Church. Neighborhood Newcomers call PotBalucks, movie nights, book discussions shaw and District Support Services at 780and more! Everyone welcome! For more information 372-4074call 780-372-3891. Bashaw RCMP Victim Services Contact Constable Lisa Ruddell 780-372-3793. Bashaw Skating Club contact Karen 780372-2447 for more information. Bashaw Thrift Store Tuesday & Fridays. We are looking for VOLUNTEERS! Please contact Joan at 780-372-3650. Bashaw Well Child Clinics 3rd Tuesday of each month. For appointments, please call Camrose Public Health at 780-679-2980. Bashaw Youth Centre open Monday - Friday 1:00 - 9:00 pm. Phone 780-372-4048. Bethany Lifeline call 780-372-4074. Catholic Church Mass Time Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Bashaw Weekday Mass time: Tuesday – 3 pm - except 3rd Tuesday @ 7pm
Royal Purple Meeting 2nd Tuesday at 8 pm St. Peter’s Anglican Church Sunday service will be held at the Bashaw Valley Lodge at 10:00 a.m. on the 3rd Sunday of the month with the Rev. John McKay officiating. Everyone welcome. For further information call Rector’s Warden at 780-372-4468 St. Peter’s Lutheran Church (4 miles N of Bashaw on Hwy 21, 6 miles W on Hwy 53). 11:00 a.m. Sunday Service on the first and third Sundays. TOPS every Tuesday mornings at 10:45 am at the United Church. Contact: Louise Hogg at 780-372-3776. Town Council Meetings 1st & 3rd Tuesdays The Town of Bashaw has a website: http:// www.townofbashaw.com/ United Church 11:00 am Sunday Service with Sunday School. Phone: 780-372-3891.
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CARDS OF THANKS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Words cannot express our appreciation for all the kindness shown to us in our recent loss; for the food and flowers brought to the house. For the friends who came from so far to celebrate Jim’s life with us. For the cards, flowers and donations at the hall, THANK YOU. Thank you also to the pall bearers, to Harley Michael, to Shealagh McClelland, to Wilson’s Funeral Chapel for their kind help, especially Craig. To the Ladies who served the lunch and to those who helped at the hall, especially David and Gordon. Our family will “PAY IT FORWARD” when we can. Thank you again, The Robinson Family: Elsie, Douglas & Maria, Diane & Dave, Sandra & Jim, David & Laura; Grandchildren; Jenifer & Dave Kagan, Corinne & (Steven), Addison Quinn, Erin Carter, Alex and Jarin.
Kerry & Sandy Andrew and Bob & Darlene Lyle are pleased to announce the wedding of Trevor & Jen. June 12, 2010 in Bashaw.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Happy 1st Birthday Maria! May 3, 2010 love Grandad and your two awesome aunties, Katherine and Bella. COMING EVENTS
Kerry & Sandy Andrew, and their children, invite you to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary on May 1, 2010, 7 pm, Mirror Community Hall. No Gifts.
OBITUARY
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Joseph Andrew Heidt of Bashaw passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at the Bashaw Care Centre at the age of 93 years. Joseph was born on October 23, 1916 at Tramping Lake, Saskatchewan. He is survived by his children; Don (Debbie) Heidt of Bashaw, Valerie Boode of Red Deer, Arlene (Ralph) Oberg of Bashaw, Vern (Cheryl) Heidt of Three Hills and Terry (Glenda ) Heidt of Red Deer; twelve Grandchildren and nine Great-Grandchildren. Also survived by one brother Andy Heidt of Devon, and one stepbrother George (Josie) Heidt of North Battleford, Sask., four stepsisters; Barbara Hamlin of Saskatoon, Sask., Tillie Willie of Delisle, Sask., Mary Moody of Kincardine, Ont., and Betty Frehlich of Edmonton. Joseph was predeceased by his wife Magdalena and daughter Anita Haakonson, son-in-law Thomas Boode, by his parents Andrew & Odelia Heidt, two stepmothers, Magdalena (Hartman) Heidt and Josephine (Ball) Heidt, infant brother Michael Heidt & Tony Heidt, one sister Julia Jacek, brothers Frank Heidt & John Heidt, six stepbrothers and four stepsisters.
For Rent: 1-bedroom home in Bashaw. Comes with washer, dryer, fridge and stove. No yard work. No pets. Phone: 780-372-3787.
Joseph will be remembered for his passion for farming, his ability to invent almost any piece of machinery that might be needed for the task at hand. He loved the challenge of repairing something broken; restoring it to usefulness. For the Lake Bend neighbours he was readily available for welding or to trim a little off the top with his ever sharp barber scissors. His quick wit and sense of humour brought sunshine to an otherwise dull day! When his health prevented him from helping with the farm work he continued to mow the grass, weed the garden and the saskatoon patch. Many beautiful rugs were hooked during the winter months and kept his hands busy after moving to the Bashaw Lodge and Bashaw Care Centre. He will be sadly missed. Funeral Mass was held at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Bashaw Monday March 29th @ 10:30am with Father Eduardo Escober officiating. Internment followed at the Bashaw Cemetery. Memorial Donations can be made to The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish or to a charity of your choice. Arrangements Entrusted To Bashaw Funeral Home 780-372-2353 ~ A Wombold Family Funeral Home ~
For Rent in Alix: 3-bedroom mobile home with fireplace. Available March 15. $675/month + utilities. Call 403-348-6594. Lakeside Condos, Alix: 403-341-9974 • 3 bedroom, 2 full bath, 1,522 sq ft with 5 appliances. • 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 1,100 sq ft with 5 appliances. Available soon. REAL ESTATE
Delburne: Large well maintained bi-level. Built 1995. 3-car attached garage. Large country kitchen. Large fenced lot. Call Pat Christoph @ Royal Lepage Network Realty Corp. 403-357-4639. ESCAPE THE CITY!! Clean 1050 Sq. Ft. bi-level in the hamlet of Lousana. 40 minutes from downtown Red Deer, Stettler, and Three Hills. 15 minutes from Pine Lake Resort. Two bedrooms, two fourpiece baths. Oak cabinets with breakfast bar. Vaulted ceiling. Front and rear decks. Roughed-in plumbing in ready-to-finish basement c/w 9 ft. high walls and large windows. 24’ x 24’ detached garage with 9 ft. high walls, 16’ x 8’ overhead door, and 100 amp electrical service. Refrigerator, range, and dish washer included. House and garage are two years old on a large 50’ x 175’ lot. $250,000.00. Also available two adjacent 50’ x 175’ bare lots with separate titles. $20,000.00 each. Mature trees border much of property. To view please call 403-749-3283. E-mail
[email protected] FOR SALE
FOR SALE: Microwave $10, 38” x 38” dining room table (with three 1-ft leaves) & 6 chairs $300. Call Gale 403-788-3835 BUFFALO MEAT: 1/4, 1/2, whole, freezer packs, various individual cuts. Gov't inspected. MFL Ranch Bison 747-2500. MASSAGING INSOLES: a new concept in foot, knee, leg & back pain relief. 100% Pure Glycerin, no water, gel or animal products. Great for pain relief from...heel spurs, fibromyalgia, lower back pain and more. 2 year replacement warranty. CLR Healing Centre 5033 49 Ave, Bashaw 780-372-HEAL (4325). TUPPERWARE
The Perfect Fit! No Experience Necessary...Fun Guaranteed! Tupperware Party Hosting A post-secondary education has never been so important to our children. Have you taken advantage of all the government grants available to your child? I can assist you in opening up your child's RESP (Registered Education Savings Plan) account and applying for their grants. Have questions? I have answers. Stop by for a visit at the Stettler Trade Show April 9, 10 and 11th!
Earn Money and Have Fun! Own Your Own Home-Based Business Full-time Earnings ~ Part-time Hours I Can Show You How! Call Karen Barwell 403-755-9926
[email protected]
PURE ENERGY GAMMA WAY CRYSTALS, GIFTS We offer: Gamma Energy Healing, Crystals, Giftables & Card Readings ($60.00) SPRING SALE 50% OFF GIFTABLES #323 Arena Ave., Trochu Ionic Detoxification FOOT SPA: Release toxins through your feet $45.00 per session Or bring a friend pay $35.00 per session #323 ARENA AVE, TROCHU 403-442-3003 MISCELLANEOUS
WHY GAMMA ENERGY HEALING WORKS: DIS-EASE is caused by energy blocks causing pain and gamma removes PAIN in our BODIES. FIRST SESSION FREE! KERRI 403-442-3003 6 WEEK WHOLE BODY VIBRATION BODY MAKE OVER CHALLENGE Cost $60.00. 10 Minutes = An 1HR Workout in the gym. #232 Arena Ave., Trochu 403-442-3003
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Coming Events Freehold Owners AGM & Info Seminar: 9:00 a.m. Sat, April 17, 2010, Crossroads Church - 32nd St. & Hwy 2, Red Deer; Member $20 per or couple; Non-Member $30 per or couple Memberships available. Q/A’s 403245-4438 or 403-783-3433 or www.fhoa.ca Roast Beef/Ham Supper & Jim Dandy Comedy April 23rd. Sponsored by Alix Hall Board & Lions Club - Advance Tickets only ($20). Available from Hall Board and Lions Members or Alix Home Hardware. Cocktails - 5:30, Supper - 6:00 & Everything Nice “Antiques With Candice” April 24, Alix Lions Den (2 - 4 pm) Sponsored by Alix Wagon Wheel Museum. Learn about antiques while enjoying homemade goodies/refreshments. Admission - $7
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Alix-MAC School Fine Arts Gala April 27 - Features school bands and Flat Iron Jazz - 7:30 pm. Advance tickets only from school office or band members. “8th Annual” Alix Ice Breaker Bull Ridin’ Classic May 7 in Alix Arena - 7:00 pm. WPB Circuit - Dance - Advance Tickets @ Alix Home Hardware & Bar Diamond Alix WI May Market Saturday, May 15, 10 2:00 pm at Alix Community Hall. Lunch available. Call June Churchley 403-747-2455 to book a table ($10 each). United Church Walkathon Around Alix Lake - June 5 - Meet at the church at 9:00 for refreshments - Call Eve Keates @ 403-7473119 for more information. FSS Medieval Games - June 5, 6
Alix Bottle Depot Mon., Tues., Wed. 11:00 - 5:00 pm Sat. 11:00 - 4:30 pm 403-747-2794
Jam Session Live Entertainment “Old Time Country & Western” Dance
Alix Community Hall 1st & 3rd Sunday 12 - 4 pm $2.00 Admission (proceeds to Alix Community Hall) Bring your instrument, come out and dance, or just enjoy the entertainment
Everyone Welcome Contact - Henry Rediron 403-747-2534
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News From The Village Office… The Emergency Preparedness List is available at the Village office and on the Village website – www.delburne.ca This list details the essentials you should have on hand in case of an emergency. The Village would like to welcome our new F.C.S.S. worker Nora Smith, who will be job sharing the position with Leslie Raniseth. Anthony Henday Historical Society Meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Museum; new members welcome. Ray at 403-749-3813. Can Skate, Seniors & Synchronized Skating Kathy 403-749-3445 or Keri 403-749-3112. Chamber of Commerce meets at the Soda Shop. Contact Leah at 403-749-2133 Coal Trail Riders 4-H Horse Club contact Jayne at 403-749-2586 Cowboy Church 2nd & last Wednesday of month, 7:00 pm Elnora Drop In. For more info call Verna at 403-749-3186 Cumberland Hall to book the hall for your next gathering, please contact Ada & Gerry Linneberg at 403-749-2525. Delburne Ag Society meets 2nd Tuesday of the month. Contact Curtis Rusaw at 403-7492153 or Corinne Hansen at 403-749-2139. Delburne Community Hall For bookings please contact Reidun 403-749-2660 or Sandi 403-749-2790. Delburne Curling Club Smith at 403-749-3898
Contact Louise
Delburne Drop In Centre Play Crib on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. Carpet Bowling Tuesday 1:30 pm Music & Dance every 2nd, 4th & 5th Fri 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. General meetings are held the third Thursday @ 10:00 Evening Old Time Dance 1st Sat of each month at 7:30 p.m. All Welcome. Contact Bill or Betty Whittemore at 403-749-2035.
The Garth Zeigler Spray park update – the Grand opening is still Delburne Library scheduled for July 1, 2010. Six metal benches with donor’s plaques Tuesday: 10 - 1 pm, have been ordered and will be placed once the ground has thawed. 3 - 5 pm. WednesAnyone wishing to donate to this worthwhile project can do so at the day: 12 - 5 pm, Village Office. There are still picnic tables, landscaping, trees, shelters Thursday: 10 - 1 pm, etc. to be added in the future. Organizations and individuals are encour3 - 5 pm, Friday: 12 aged to sponsor any of the mentioned projects or one of their own. - 5 pm, Saturday: 10 - 1 pm. Closed Sunday and Monday ELKS Senior Bus to Red Deer travels 2nd & 4th Thursday from Elk Haven. For more info contact Bob Manning at 403-749-3792. Delburne & Districts Light Horse Association New members welcome. Cattle Penning Friday evenings start in June. Contact Darlene FCSS 403-749-3654. Schlag 403-749-3558/403-391-2731, or Peter van Elmpt (Pres) 403-749-3279/403-318-4563 Family School Wellness worker Candice Wilton - Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the school Delburne Minor Hockey Meeting 1st Thursday of the month. Call Dale 403-749-3243 or Footcare Clinic 1st Wednesday of month. Karla 403-749-2702 For appointments call the Elnora EHC at 403773-3636. Location: Elk Haven . Cost: $20 Delburne Neighborhood Place 403-7493380. Coordinator: Jayne Harrison. Hours: Great Bend Ladies Aide Meet 3rd WednesMonday to Thursday 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, day of each month. New Members Welcome. Contact Blanche Wells at 403-749-2453. Delburne Moms & Tots every Wednesday at Delburne United Church. Contact Linda at Great Bend Sewing Circle Meet 2nd 403-749-2975 or Jayne at 403-749-3380 for Wednesday of month at Great Bend Church of more information. Christ Learning Center at 2 pm. Delburne Pharmacist Services - Alix Drugs provides a full prescription service for customers. Shannon Glover is able to deliver to Delburne and area residents. Call 403-391-6775.
Harvest Gym 403-749-3838.
Delburne Playschool Tuesday's and Thursday's from 9-11:30 in St. Michael's Catholic Church (basement). Call Jane 403-749-2048 or Jayne at 403-749-3059
Junior Forest Wardens Regular meeting nights Thursdays at the Lousana Hall For more info contact Deb Jackson at 403-7492429 or Karen Fegan at 403-749-2054.
Delburne Pottery Club - inexpensive to learn, fun group, excellent instruction. Call Norma at 403-747-2926.
Karate Tuesday and Wednesday at Delburne Hall. Contact Jan 403-749-2228
Delburne Family Chiropractic Dr Dale Spielman 403-749-3800
Delburne United Church Worship service and Sunday School every Sunday at 11:15 a.m. For more info call Judy Walker 403-7493776 or Carol 403-749-3856
Delburne 4-H Beef Club New members welcome. For information call Lee-Ann at 403749-2267 or Randy at 403-749-2051.
Economic Development Group New members welcome! Come and express your ideas! Contact Karen 403-749-3606
Delburne Gospel Church Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Bible study Tues at 7:45 p.m. Kids club for 5-11 yr olds, Thur. 7-8:30. Call 403-7493176
ELKS meet 2nd Monday of the month at 8 pm sharp. Contact Roy Jamieson 403-749-2058
Healthy Communities Initiative New members welcome! Call 403-749-3380 for info.
Lab Services Every Wednesday morning from 9-12 at the Elnora Health Center. To make an appointment call 403-773-3636. Ladies Auxiliary to the Legion Meet 2nd Saturday of the month at 1:30 pm. Jeanette 403-749-3787 or Flora 403-749-2080. Newcomers to Delburne Please stop by Neighbourhood Place for a Welcome package. Overeaters Anonymous Tues. 1:00 & 7:00. Contact Marilyn 403-749-3949
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Little or a Lot STOREWIDE SALE April 13 - May 1 Avon * Jewelry * Leaning Tree * Gift bags Bradford * Candles * Toys & Stuffies * & More!
Up to 50% off (except New Stock) Main Street, Delburne 403-749-2232
UPCOMING EVENTS High School Rodeo will be held on April 17th and 18th. The Wrangler Rodeo will take place on April 24th and 25th. Both rodeos start at 9:00am in the Delburne Agri-plex. For further information phone Terrie at 403-749-2641 or Roberta at 403-505-0675. Neighbourhood Place Society Annual General Meeting will be held April 20th @ 10 am in the Delburne Village Office Boardroom. Everyone Welcome!! Board members needed! What Every Babysitter Should Know Friday, April 23, 2010 at Delburne Village Office Boardroom, 9:00am – 4:00 pm. Minimum Age: 11 years. Cost: $55.00 (subject to change if more than 8 students enroll) Upon payment & completion of course, county residents will receive 50% of cost back. Students Receive a Student Activity Book and Certificate. This is a one day course teaching the skills necessary to care for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers. It emphasizes safety, dealing with emergencies, and First Aid basics. To sign up or for more information, please call Jayne at 403-749-3380 Turnovers Gently Used Clothing Sale Saturday April 24th, 2010 8 am at the Delburne Community Hall. For more information, please call Tracy @ 403-749-3059 or Susan @ 403-346-8056 Pancake Breakfast on April 25th from 8:30-11:30 am. at Delburne Community Hall. Contact 403-749-2790 for more information. Delburne Playschool is now accepting registrations for 3 and 4 year olds for the 2010/11 school year. All registrations are due in by April 30th. Playschool Information Night will be held May 13th at the Delburne Playschool. Please call Shay @ 403-749-2266 or Leslie @ 403749-3093 for more information. Delburne Ardley Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion Strawberry Tea and Bake Sale Saturday May 1st 1 pm-3 pm at Delburne Drop In Centre. “Potting Daze” at Hilltop Greenhouses on Saturday May 1st and Sunday May 2nd. Drop In anytime between 10 am and 2pm. Registration fee is $10.00 plus the cost of your supplies. Come join us and bring your empty containers for planting . Leave in our greenhouses until picking up on May 16th. Call 403-749-2517 for more information. 2nd Annual “Movie in the Park” Thursday, August 26th, 2010. Admission is free with a donation to the Delburne Food Bank. Bring your family out for a free fun family evening! This is hosted by Delburne FCSS with many contributing sponsors.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Delburne Centralized School Phone: 403-749-3838 Apr 19-22 Apr 22 Apr 23 Apr 29 May 6 May 7 May 18 May 21 May 24 May 27 May 28
School Spirit Fundraising Raffle; Scholastic Book Fair in Library Parent/Teacher Interviews Compressed Day (no school) Parent Council Meeting 6:30 pm School Library Grad Auction 5:30 pm Compressed Day Gr. 10-12 Report Cards Compressed Day Victoria Day (no school) Parent Council Meeting 6:30 pm School Library Commencement 2010
Bell Times School Begins: 8:40am School Ends: 3:15pm
Lunch: 11:40am-12:20pm
It's that time of year again!!! The Grad Auction is just around the corner so if you are spring cleaning and need to get rid of those unwanted items please donate them to the Grad Auction taking place on Thursday, May 6th. Please call the school to arrange for drop-off or pick-up of items at 403-749-3838. Please note: We cannot take glass windows or doors, baby cribs and car seats, or large appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers… Kindergarten Orientation Meeting for Parents and New Kindergarten Students Thursday, May 13 at 7:00 pm in the School Library. Parents and their children who will be kindergarten age (five years old prior to January 1, 2011) are invited. This is an activity-based evening therefore we ask that the parents and only the child entering kindergarten attend. The children will be taking home “Welcome to Kindergarten Bags.” Children with special needs may be admitted at a younger age. Parents are encouraged to register in advance at the school office. Birth certificates and legal land descriptions are required for registration. Please phone the school if you require more information at 403-7493838. Delburne Centralized School has a counseling wiki: https://dcscounselling.pbworks.com for information on topics such as scholarships, post secondary institutions, Green Certificate etc. This will be updated regularly. Contact Tracy Ray 403-749-3838. Breakfast program We are always in need of volunteers for this worthwhile program, if you can help out please call 403-749-3380 Gearing’s School of Driving For more information or to register please call 403-227-3099, 403-357-0750 or check out our website at: www.getgearingstodrive.com. Next session in July, in Three Hills. Harvest Gym memberships: $50.00 for adults and $10 for students 14 years and older attending Delburne School. Members under 18 must be directly supervised by an adult. If you would like to buy a new membership or renew please see Robin in the Library Office from 8:00 am-4:00 pm during school days. For more info call 403-749-3838. ____________________________________ Thank you to the following clubs for helping to make our tea and bake sale a great success: Great Bend Ladies Aid, Great Bend Sewing Circle, Wood Lake Ladies, Royal Canadian Legion Ladies, Cumberland Community Centre, and the Delburne Ardley Ladies Auxillary. We were able to donate $1191.68 to the Red Cross. Thank you for your donations of bake and lunch items. Also, we would like to thank the Great Bend Sewing Circle for donating the baskets for our door prizes. _______________________________________ Delburne United Church is able to sponsor numerous campers who wish to go to Kasota East Camp at Sylvan Lake this summer. Registration forms are available at Neighbourhood Place or by calling Roberta Peters @ 403-749-2433.
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MARY ELLEN'S MUSINGS............
If you need to book the hall contact Dalora Wilton at 403-877-2004 or Lynn Williams 403-749-2212
The Last Laugh
Delburne Municipal Library (Located on Main Street, Next to Little or Lot) Tuesday - 10:00-1:00; 3:00- 5:00 Wednesday - 12:00- 5:00 Thursday - 10:00- 1:00; 3:00- 5:00 Friday 12:00- 5:00 Saturday 10:00- 1:00 Come and check out our growing collections of new books, magazines, and DVD’s. Come join our Virtual Book Club. We meet the second Wednesday of every month and discuss new and notable books. Our next meeting will be held in the Delburne School Community Engagement Site via satellite link with Cremona and Sundre libraries. Bring your kids to the library on Saturday afternoons for story time and crafts. 12:00— 1:00 pm The Delburne Library is looking for a Summer Reading Program Student. Duties would include telling stories, leading crafts, and assist in running the summer reading club. If you are over the age of 16 and interested, please drop off a resume at the library. The library will be holding card making classes on May 1st, 2010 at 10:00 am and 7:00 pm. The supplies will be available if needed. If you are interested, please sign up at the library before April 25, 2010. The cost is only $10.00. ________________________
Volunteer Appreciation Week is April 19th-23rd Neighbourhood Place/FCSS offices would like to recognize and thank the many volunteers that are the back bone of this community. Without your many contributions, the Breakfast Program, Hot Lunch Program, Wheels on Meals, Wheels to Meals, Food Bank, Christmas Bureau, Moms & Tots and many other programs would be unable to run. Thank you for your contributions to our Village!! Thank you for making a difference!!! ______________________ Delburne RCMP Satellite Office now open most Wednesdays from 10 am to 4 pm. Call the Village Office at 403-749-3606 to book an appointment.
It isn’t over until it’s over. Ever wondered what bit of genius went into the thought process to come up with such a gem? I have, and it didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me until Mother Nature took her best shot recently. Now it totally makes sense! Of course it is Alberta after all, but come on now. Is that fair play? Folks out raking and poking about in gardens and flower beds, gazing with fond images of fresh green things to be plucked from garden spots, then within a matter of hours we have thirty to forty car pileups and the snow and wind so bad you can’t see the end of your car for the whiteout! Just a wee reminder who really is in charge in the whole scope of things, after all perhaps? The few nice days we had did prompt the Silent One and me to get a bit of yard work done. We have trees hither and yon on Creamery Lane, so it’s a yearly ritual to gather pruning shears, dawn work gloves and sally forth to do some serious beautification. In reality we just cause a whole lot of other chores; gathering lopped off branches, piling and eventually hauling them off to the landfill, awh but it’s spring. In anticipation of upcoming fine spring days, we ventured to the city and haunted many of the finer garden shops in search a chain saw, one that could reach way up to the taller branches without placing life and limb in serious danger by having to stand on the picnic table or other unstable height extenders like a five gallon pail or some item just as unsafe! We came home all smiley with a cute little outfit; a small chain saw with a handle that extended and extended and extended! We would have had more trees trimmed if it hadn’t taken us so long to put the thing together. It was so well packed and strapped into its packing box it took us two days just to figure out how to get it out of the box! Then only to find out its little battery had to be charged for a full 24 hours before usage. We almost lost interest in the whole issue before we even got the thing ready for duty. But start we did, on a maple tree which had gotten totally unruly over the past year or three. First, a few modest little cuts here and there to tidy up the bottom branches so the Silent One could mow underneath the thing without dislodging his cowboy hat, then the whole thing took on a life of its own. We made the mistake of lopping off one offending low-hanging branch and a never-beforeexperienced wild daring intoxicated the both of us! Then the sky was the limit, higher and higher the little saw buzzed and cut as branches flew in every direction! All too soon the poor little tree stood there absolutely naked in our backyard with nary a branch or bud to provide one stitch of modesty. If we get reported to tree huggers anonymous we may have to do some serious public service to make amends for our ruthless trimming! We seriously hope the bit of moisture the recent squalls provided may be just enough to sprout a few green leaves to cover up the error of our ways. Hope you all had a joyous time with family and friends celebrating the resurrection of our Lord. One has to wonder if our society has totally lost the whole meaning of Easter. After all, it is way, way more than the Easter Bunny and a few color eggs! It’s the most wondrous gift we could ever hope to receive and yet, sadly, for way too many people, it was; business as usual on that holy of Holiest days. Makes you wonder what this world is coming too, doesn’t it? Mary Ellen Williams is from Delburne, Alberta where she has written a number of books including So, This is Chain Lakes and Dreamcatchers. To find out more information, contact Blue Ridge View Publishers at 403-749-2047 or email
[email protected]. A man appeared before St. Peter at the pearly gates. “Have you ever done anything of particular merit?” St. Peter asked. “Well, I can think of one thing,” the man offered. “Once, at a highway rest stop, I came upon a gang of high-testosterone bikers who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn’t listen. So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked him on the head, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. ‘Now, back off!!’ I yelled ‘Or you’ll answer to me!’” St. Peter was impressed: “When did this happen?” “Just a couple of minutes ago.”
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LOUSANA EVENTS www.communityengagementsites.ca Registration 1 week prior to event is a must! Do Your Customers Love You? -- Learn @ Lunch • How to use a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system in your business. • Facilitator: Jack Zenert (Olds College School of Business Instructor) Monday, April 26, 11:45 am - 12:45 pm. Cost: Free BOATsmart Canada Community members can write their Pleasure Craft Operator Card Exam in person at our Community Engagement Site. Take the boating course, pass the 36 question multiple choice exam and get certified for life! Saturday, May 1st from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm. Cost: $65 Telehealth Seminars: Broadcast from the Alberta Children’s Hospital and coordinated by the Southern Alberta Family & Community Resource Centre. If you enjoy reading and would like to exchange your ideas and views with other readers join our VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB! A facilitator will engage everyone with intriguing questions, as the participants in Cremona, Sundre and Delburne come together via video conference. No membership required. A collaborative program with the Delburne Municipal Library. • The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt Wednesday, May 12, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Cost: FREE • 7th Heaven by James Patterson Wednesday, June 9, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Cost: FREE Looking For A Course Not Yet Offered? There are endless possibilities… • access agricultural expertise • take an art class • keep in contact with family via email and more…. Talk to Nora and suggest possible courses for the future. For more information or to register for courses: Contact: Nora Smith at 403-749-3838
[email protected] ____________________________________________________ The preacher had a temperance sermon in full bore. “It’s the taverns where all the money goes. Who drives the biggest, newest car in town? The tavern keeper! Whose wife wears the finest clothes in town? The tavern keeper! Who sits on his front porch eating chocolates and sipping fine wine? The tavern keeper! And who pays for all this? You do!” As the congregation filed out of church, a young couple shook the pastor’s hand warmly. “Thank you so much, Reverend,” they said. “Your sermon helped us decide on our future.” “Wonderful. You have chosen to give up strong drink!” “Well, no,” said the couple. “We’re going into the tavern business.” - Author Unknown
Glennellen Community Centre Bluegrass Music every last Saturday of each month at 7:30 PM. Scrapbooking every Thursday evening at 7 PM Call Doris 403 886 4108 or Jeannine 403 886 4829 for more info.
Lousana Drop In Centre Carpet Bowling Sundays at 7 pm Floor Curling Fridays at 7 pm Contact Goldie Lee at 403-749-2369
PINE LAKE HAPPENINGS Pine Lake Singers Spring Concert Sunday Apr. 18 at 2:30 P. M. at the Pine Lake Hub. Admission $5.00. Lunch served. Phone 403 347 7198 for more information. Giant Garage Sale Sponsored by the Pine Lake 40+ Club at Pine Lake "Hub" Community Centre, Saturday, May 22, 2010, 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. Lunch and coffee for sale. Tables $15.00. For information and table rental call: Doris 403 886 4108 or Jeannine 403 886 4829 Ghost Pine 40+ Club Potluck Supper and Meeting 1st Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Pine Lake Hub. Holy Trinity Church Service Sunday mornings 11:15 a.m. Pine Lake Hub Community Centre Carpet Bowling 1st Tuesday of every month afternoon & evening, Mondays for the rest of the month. General Meeting 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Pine Lake Singers meet Wednesdays 7:30 p.m. at the Pine Lake Hub.
Elnora Motors (2005) Ltd. PH: 403-773-3622 FAX: 403-773-2236 Elnora, Alberta TOM 0Y0 elnoramotors.ca
2006 GMC 2006 GMC Crew-Cab, SLT, SLE Crew cab 96,000 km. 98,000 km $22,900.00 $21,500 2005 GMC 2007 Buick Allure 1/2 Ton 4X4 X-Cab 84,000 km 190,000 km, $14,500 $14,500.00 2006 Buick Allure 2005 Buick Allure CXL 124,000 km CX 120,000 km $13,500 $11,500 1993 Topaz 66,000 km $2,900
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Community of Elnora Ag Society meets 4th Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Baby Immunization Clinic call 403-773-3636 Bookings: Elnora Community Hall and Elnora Ag Centre, call Karen Pennock 403-773-3556. Churches: Sundays Anglican at 11:15 a.m. United at 11:30 a.m. Community Sunday School & Adult Bible Study Sundays 11:00 a.m., Elnora Drop-In Centre. Elks meet 1st Thursday at 8 p.m. Elnora Community Bus (Shop ‘til you Drop) to Red Deer every 4th Monday. Call Fran at 403-773-2122 to book your spot on the bus. Elnora Drop-In Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1st Tuesday 1st Friday 2nd & last Wed. 1st & 3rd Friday 2nd & 4th Fridays
Shuffle Board & Crokinole Cribbage Whist Carpet Bowling Boys & Girls Clubs Meeting Potluck Cowboy Church Jam sessions Tea & Visit
1:00 p.m. 7:00 pm 1:30 pm Cost is $2.00. 2:00 pm Call Mary Logan 403-773-3133 for more info. 3:30 - 8:30 pm 10:00 am noon 7:00 pm Call 403-749-2047 or 403-749-3186. Call 403-773-2265 for more info
Elnora FCSS Contact Helena Smith at 403-773-3920 Elnora 4-H Beef Club contact Helena Smith at 403-773-2249 Elnora Library: (phone: 403-773-3966) Website: http://elnoralibrary.prl.ab.ca. Email:
[email protected]. Monday & Wednesday - 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday & Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Kneehill Funeral Services Ltd. "Local Family Owned & Operated" Locations: Trochu Three Hills
403-332-2123 403-443-5111
Elnora & District Representative Lloyd Cheshire 403-773-3571
Elnora Play School will be on Wednesdays from 9:15 a.m. to 11:30 am in the basement of the Elnora United Church, led by Charmaine May from Trochu. For more info, call Debbie Wilson at 403-773-3108 Lab Hours Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:30 - noon at the Elnora Community Health Centre. Ladies Volleyball Wednesday nights at the school gym Legion meets 1st Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Museum Development Committee meets 2nd Tuesday at 10 a.m. - call Pat at 403-773-3937, Freda at 403-773-3629 or Brenda at 403-773-2141. Neighbourhood Place Contact April at 403-773-3171. Open AA/Al-anon meetings 1st Monday of each month, at Elnora Anglican Church @ 8:30 pm. Parents & Tots Playgroup Wednesday mornings at 10:30 - noon in the Anglican Church Basement. Call Tatiana Gregory 403-773-2126 for info. Royal Purple meets 2nd Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Rural Boys and Girls Clubs meet Thursdays at Elnora Drop-In from 3:30 - 8:30 p.m. If you have any ideas about how to encourage the youth of Elnora to be involved in positive activities, events or pursuits, please come and help out with your own talents. S.E.E.D.S. An Early Literacy Program at the Elnora School Library for infants up to age 6. Singing, snacks, books and crafts! From 9 - 10 a.m. Sensible Eaters meet Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m. at the Community Health Care Centre. Call 403-773-3105 for info. Skating lessons Please call Becky at 403-773-3500 for more info. Village Council meets 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 pm. Website: www.villageofelnora.com Well Baby Clinic 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at the Elnora Community Health Centre. Delburne, Lousana, Pine Lake, Elnora, Trochu
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Trochu & District
New Service in Elnora!! Community Engagement Site. Go to www.communityengagementsites.ca and see what it’s all about. Coordinator is Colleen Robb and it takes place at the Elnora School at (403) 773-3624 or E-mail Colleen at
[email protected]
April 28 & 29 Childfind ID cards are going to be completed in the Trochu School. These cards will be completed by RCMP members taking a photo and fingerprint of the student. All information will be given to the guardians. The purpose of the ID card is to be proactive and have all the pertinent information needed in the event of an emergency. The cards will be offered to students in Kindergarten to grade 3. There will be a time set in every community for parents to bring their children who are not enrolled in the school system. Further information will be sent home with each student.
TUESDAY MORNINGS Elnora & District Museum ‘receiving & recording session’ is for you to bring in items you may wish to have displayed in the Museum. Please call Pat at 403-773-3937; Freda at 403773-3629; or Brenda at 403-773-2141 so that one of them will be there to accept your items. They also will have a table at the May 8th Spring Market. April 20
Childfind ID cards are going to be completed in the Elnora School. These cards will be completed by RCMP members taking a photo and fingerprint of the student. All information will be given to the guardians. The purpose of the ID card is to be proactive and have all the pertinent information needed in the event of an emergency. The cards will be offered to students in Kindergarten to grade 3. There will be a time set in every community for parents to bring their children who are not enrolled in the school system. Further information will be sent home with each student.
April 26
Shop ‘til you Drop Day. Call Fran at 403-773-2122.
April 28
Cowboy Church at 7 p.m.
May 8
Elnora Spring Market and Mother's Day Tea 10:00 A.M. to 4 P.M. at the Elnora Ag. Centre. Crafts, plants, baking and more. The first 50 MOTHERS get a carnation. To book tables phone Gwen 403 773 2270 or Lynne 403 773 2269.
Beauty and the Beast Musical The Three Hills Arts Academy's 15th Annual Spring Musical - May 19-22 and 26-29, 2010: Evenings 7 pm, Saturday Matinees 2 pm. All performances will take place at the Three Hills Curling Rink. Tickets: General $15 Children $12 Immediate Family (5+) $60. Call 443-7011, email
[email protected] or visit www.thaas.ca for more info. Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta (East Central Region) invites you to join us for golf & dinner at Pheasantback Golf & Country Club on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 to support our financial literacy programs running in our local schools. Currently JA has 50 programs booked for the 2009-2010 school year in our immediate region! As a non-profit, we offer these programs to the schools free of charge. Thanks to the generous assistance from community volunteers, Company Program is up and running at the Trochu School. For more information, event schedule or registration call Lorie Penner (Regional Coordinator) 403-443-5643. Thank you for your support! www.jasouthalberta.org 6th Annual Kapapach (Mixed) Slow Pitch Tournament Friday July 02, 2010 ~ Monday July 05, 2010. $325 entry, SPN rules & umpires, 6 & 4 format. Contact Barry or Norah Kletke @ 403-442-2170 by June 15th. Camping available at diamonds.
May 11
Elnora & District Museum meeting at 10 a.m. at the Museum building. The meetings are every other month.
The Town website has been recently improved and has several links at: www.town.trochu.ab.ca
May 17
Elnora FCSS/NP Board Meeting
AA Meeting Wednesdays 7:00 pm 403-442-2162
May 19
Elnora Citizen Forum at the Elnora Hall from 5 - 9 pm. Supper provided. This is open to everyone to give and receive information regarding our community. Call Helena with FCSS at 403-773-3920 to book baby sitting services for this evening.
Communities In Bloom 1st Monday 7:00 pm @ Library 403-442-3173
May 28 & 29 Central Alberta Dancers 15th Annual Dance Jamboree at the Elnora Community Hall. June 6
June 20
Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion Event - "Visions Country Gospel," 2:30 p.m. at the Elnora Hall. Refreshments served. Tickets: $15.00. Also Mini Silent Auction. For information call 403 773 2270. Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast to be held on the Elnora Museum grounds. Call Pat at 403-773-3937, Brenda at 403-773-2141 or Freda at 403-773-3629 for more info.
June 21
Annual General Meeting of the Elnora FCSS/NP Board
July 17
Annual Golf for Cancer. Call Jim/Chick at 403-7733191 to register your team.
Huxley 4H Beef Club 3rd Monday 7:30 pm 403-442-2052 Huxley Community Association 1st Tuesday 7:30 pm 403-442-2678 Huxley United Church Women 2nd Thursday 7:30 pm 403-442-2340 Kneehill KidSport 2nd Tuesday 7:30 pm 403-443-0793 St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary 3rd Tuesday 7:00 pm 403-442-3130 Take Off Pounds Sensibly every Thursday at 8:45 am 403-442-2447 Torrington Lioness Club 2nd Mondays 8:00 pm 403-631-2236 Torrington Lion’s Club 1st & 3rd Monday’s 8:00 pm 403-631-2236 Torrington Tourism Action Society 3rd Monday 7:00 pm 403-6312255 Trochu Arboretum Society 4th Tuesday 403-442-2111 Trochu Catholic Women’s League 4th Wednesday 403-442-3820
August 6 & 7 Elnora Brahma Rama
Trochu Chamber of Commerce 3rd Thursday 6:30 pm 403-442-2703
August 8
Trochu & District Museum 3rd Thursday 7:30 pm 403-442-3935
Rumsey STARS Annual Trail Ride and Lynches
September 15 Marvin Goldstein and Precious Cargo at the Elnora
Trochu Elks 1st Tuesday 8:00 pm 403-442-2572
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By Graham L. Harle
from its head” which Mr. Walcott had identified as individual jellyfish and sea cucumbers. The misidentification is not surprising, says the ROM, as the animal is squashed flat in the rock. This “misidentification” was a feature in the exhibit in the Whyte Museum.
In recent years, my wife and I have not been to Banff very often, but last year (2009) we went to Banff for a three-day holiday in July.
Mr. Walcott’s third wife, Mary Vaux Walcott, produced over 400 illustrations of the wild flowers she observed during her trips to the site.
We saw some advertising for the Banff Centre’s new summer program involving young adults interested in professional dancing careers, which was introduced in 2008.
In 1925, the Smithsonian Institution published a five-volume work of Mary Walcott’s illustrations. The illustrations were exhibited at the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre from June 1 to September 8 last year.
The Burgess Shale
The dancers performed Raymonda Variations, Grosse Fuge, and Romeo and Juliet’s Pas de Deux, accompanied by four musicians playing a cello, a viola, a violin, and a piano. It was fabulous. We also saw Michael Ondaatje - the novelist (for example “The English Patient”) and poet - who was born in Sri Lanka and has lived in Canada since 1953. He was in Banff to discuss one of two films he had made years ago, “The Clinton Special,” about Theatre Passe Muraille’s “The Farm Show.”
There was also a family-orientated theatre program last year at the Kicking Horse Campground in Yoho National Park about the Burgess Shale. Charles Walcott’s great granddaughter, Erin Younger, visited Alberta and B.C. in August, 2009, and she gave presentations at the Emerald Lake Lodge in B.C., the Canmore Museum in Alberta, and the Kicking Horse River Lodge in Golden, B.C.
The we went to the Whyte Museum in Banff and discovered that they had an exhibit celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the finding of the Burgess Shale.
Ms. Younger, with Dr. Desmond Collins (a curator at the Royal Ontario Musuem and an authority on Walcott’s life history), co-guided a hike to the Burgess Shale and the Walcott Quarry on August 25, 2009.
Alberta has its dinosaurs, but just west of Banff, and across the border in British Columbia, is the Burgess Shale. The site was recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981. I have known of the Burgess Shale for years, but have not seen the site.
Ms. Younger apparently has a wealth of information and photographs, and the focus of her presentations was to be on her grandmother’s (Walcott’s daughter Helen’s) experiences when accompanying her father to the Burgess Shale site.
The Burgess Shale was discovered by palaeontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1909 in Yoho National Park, operated by Parks Canada.
Walcott’s discovery is only beginning to be recognized. And the 100th Anniversary seemed to be a low-key affair. Nevertheless, it was an important event. _____________________________________________________
The Whyte Museum, Parks Canada, and the Royal Ontario Museum hosted the Burgess Shale exhibit at the Whyte Museum, which ran from July 6 - September 7, 2009. Included in the centennial was an international science conference at the Banff Centre, put on by the Royal Ontario Museum, Canadian Geological Survey, and the Smithsonian Institution in the U.S. There was also to be a Burgess Shale fossil exhibit at Field, B.C. in the fall, created by Parks Canada. It was in 1909, on the western slop of Mt. Field, that Charles Walcott, then Secretary to the Smithsonian Institution, discovered the fossils fossilized soft-bodied marine organisms that lived in the Cambrian Sea some 505 million years ago. How did Charles find the site? Well, he was “navigating the Burgess Pass on horseback” (says the Explorer of May, 2009) on a well-used mountain trail when he discovered the fossils. He had come to Yoho National Park in search of “stone bugs” which had been excavated during the construction to the Canadian Pacific railway line. Charles Walcott returned to the site the next year with his sons and established a quarry. He returned almost every year thereafter until 1924, and collected 65,000 specimens which were shipped by rail to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Walcott’s quarry lies along a ridge on Mt. Wapta, across the Burgess Pass from Mt. Burgess. Mt. Burgess has two peaks, and the highest of these is to be named “Walcott Peak,” which is best viewed from Emerald Lakes, says the Yoho National Park brochure. Charles D. Walcott died in 1927. A second quarry was dug in 1930. The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) has a large collection of fossils from the Burgess Shale, and earlier in 2009, before we went to Banff, the summer edition of the ROM Magazine had a story about an animal called “Hurdia Victoria” that had been collected by Charles Walcott. It turns out that Mr. Walcott had misidentified it, as a team of experts from the ROM, Uppsala University in Sweden, and the British Museum, discovered that the fossil also had a “huge three-part carapace projecting
Greening Your Spring Routine Spring has something in the air. It gets us excited to get outdoors again and motivated to clean up and clean out. For most home owners it’s the time to get out in the yard and start cleaning up. Here are a few suggestions on where you can green your spring routine. • Green your Garden – Instead of kicking your household organics to the curb, use them to start a backyard compost. Save your grass clippings and layer the organic materials. It’s easier than you think. No yard? How about worm (vermi) composting? • Green your Storage Space – Clean up and donate your gently-used materials to agencies that connect with your values. Or have a Garage Sale. They’re fun and you get to chat with your neighbours. • Green Roof Water – Consider one or two rain barrels to capture the rain water that flows off the roof. Save it to water your yard plants and garden. • Green your Transportation – Try public transit once a week...you might get hooked. Or ride your bicycle for short errands instead of using your vehicle. • Green your Cleaning – Use less toxic and green products to clean the house. Clean with re-usable cotton or micro-fiber cleaning cloths instead of wasting paper towels. Create your own rags using old bath towels, T-shirts and socks. Throw them in the washing machine after each use. • Green your Carbon Use – Do you have a second refrigerator? Fridges use a lot of energy. Can you do without a second one? • Green your Airspace - Make your own air fresheners. Simmer cinnamon, orange peel and cloves on your stove for a welcoming aroma. Instead of buying expensive electric filters to remove indoor air pollutants, buy a houseplant to naturally freshen your air. Good choices are chrysanthemums, English ivy, spider plants and Boston ferns. Or open the windows! • Green your Wash – Wash your clothes in cold water and hang them outside to dry. Share your greening tips on onesimpleact.alberta.ca
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Are You Fiscally Fit? Dawne Adkins, Director of Marketing, Community Capital
Friday, April 16, 2010
Journey Down The BoomTown Trail
Grocery Shopping When I meet with people about their budgets they usually have no problem telling me how much they spend on their fixed expenses (eg. Mortgage or rent, car payments etc). One category that stumps most of us is “food.” We know we have to buy food and we know it’s expensive, but most people do not have a good idea of how much they are actually spending on groceries. One thing I do to try to regulate my food budget is to menu plan. Before the first Tuesday of each month I start with a fresh piece of paper and I write down the dates until the first Tuesday of the following month. Then I start filling in each day with what we will be having for dinner that night, taking into account who will be home, what activities we have and any special occasions. I then take another piece of paper and write down every ingredient I will need to make each of those meals. I don’t enjoy cooking nor am I particularly good at it so my menu tends to be fairly simple. I try to include using leftovers or any ingredients that I may have a lot of that I don’t want to go to waste. I take that paper and go through the fridge, cupboards and freezer and cross off everything I already have. One of the biggest wastes is re-buying things you already have; if it expires you haven’t saved any money even if you did get it on sale! This list has now become my grocery list. I take note of any coupons I have and write them on the list as well. (Keep in mind that just because you have a coupon for it doesn’t mean it’s the best deal). I take my list, my grocery bags and my calculator and off to the grocery store I go! Yes, this takes time and planning but it does eventually become a habit and it is worth doing because it takes the stress out of figuring out what to have for dinner, you don’t waste money on miscellaneous purchases that you can’t make a meal out of and there’s no waste. As I mentioned last time, planning for time off helps you save money – don’t forget to plan your meals when you have time off too. You know you have to eat so you might as well plan in advance. Community Capital is a non-profit organization based in Central Alberta that is committed to helping people make better financial decisions. Call 403-340-1323 or e-mail
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Healthy Alberta Fast Food the Healthy Way Between soccer practice, piano lessons, work, and school, it's often hard to avoid the pick-up window. You don't have to sacrifice good nutrition when ordering fast food. Read the menu and choose healthier alternatives such as sandwiches on whole-grain breads, leafy green salads with dressing served on the side, fruit salads, lower fat milk and yogurt smoothies, or grilled or roasted meat, chicken, or fish. Alternatively - do it yourself. Whip us home-made fast foods and take them to go. Examples include wrap-style sandwiches and smoothies. For tips and information on active living, healthy eating and much more, visit http://www.healthyalberta.com. Delburne, Lousana, Pine Lake, Elnora, Trochu
