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INDEX<br />
Guest editorial .................. 2<br />
PrairieView ........................ 2<br />
PLRD ................................. 4<br />
Youngstown news ............. 4<br />
Coronation news ............... 5<br />
Classified/Careers .............. 6<br />
Sudoku .............................. 6<br />
Obituary ............................ 7<br />
Big Valley news ................. 8<br />
Clive Mayor<br />
seeks<br />
solutions to<br />
battle<br />
crime<br />
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Services<br />
Directory<br />
FLYERS<br />
AG Foods, Coronation<br />
Food Fair, Castor<br />
Sobeys<br />
IGA<br />
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Targeting<br />
East<br />
Central<br />
Alberta<br />
stettler<br />
Operating<br />
budget<br />
with tax<br />
increase<br />
Lisa Joy<br />
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The Town of<br />
Stettler passed its $18<br />
million <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> interim<br />
operating budget and<br />
it means residents<br />
will pay two per cent<br />
more in property<br />
taxes in the New<br />
Year.<br />
The increase,<br />
approved during<br />
council’s regular<br />
meeting Dec. 19,<br />
translates into about<br />
$35.33 more a year<br />
for an average home<br />
assessed at $265,140.<br />
“The two per cent<br />
increase identified in<br />
the <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> interim<br />
operating budget is<br />
more of a for<strong>eca</strong>st<br />
that council considers,”<br />
said<br />
Assistant Chief<br />
Administrative<br />
officer (CAO) Steven<br />
Gerltiz.<br />
“The interim<br />
budget is not used to<br />
set definitive property<br />
tax rates, rather<br />
it is used as the<br />
authority to set<br />
utility rates for<br />
upcoming year and<br />
to provide services<br />
and programs until<br />
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the <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> budget can<br />
be passed,” he added.<br />
Utility rates will<br />
increase in <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> by<br />
1.41 per cent, with a<br />
$0.25 increase to<br />
sewer and garbage<br />
rates and a $0.<strong>01</strong><br />
increase to the water<br />
rate, said Assistant<br />
CAO Gerlitz.<br />
This means the<br />
same homeowner<br />
(based on 17 cubic<br />
meters of water/<br />
month) will see an<br />
increase of $43.37 per<br />
year.<br />
The $18 million<br />
operating budget<br />
includes $17 million<br />
in expenditures<br />
leaving about a $1<br />
million surplus,<br />
which will be rolled<br />
into the <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> capital<br />
budget.<br />
“Every year<br />
council must balance<br />
what is required to<br />
maintain our current<br />
infrastructure and<br />
our high quality of<br />
services to our residents<br />
with growth, or<br />
lack of growth and<br />
current economic<br />
conditions,” said<br />
Assistant CAO<br />
Gertlitz.<br />
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Fireplace ban<br />
endangers lives<br />
during an emergency<br />
by Peter Shawn Taylor, contributor<br />
Troy Media<br />
Canadians for Affordable Energy<br />
Oh the weather outside is frightful,<br />
But the fire is so delightful.<br />
Since we’ve no place to go,<br />
Let it snow, let it snow, let it - ZAP!<br />
The power has suddenly gone out.<br />
Are you ready for such an emergency?<br />
According to the federal government’s<br />
Get Prepared website, “you<br />
need to be able to take care of your<br />
family for at least 72 hours” if the grid<br />
goes down and official help is unavailable.<br />
Could you survive at home alone<br />
without electricity, gas, cell service<br />
and water for three days?<br />
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An exemption during<br />
a power outage is of no<br />
value if your fireplace or<br />
wood stove has already<br />
been removed or<br />
rendered inoperable, as<br />
required by law.<br />
Stockpiling water, non-perishable<br />
food, batteries, medications and a firstaid<br />
kit are all necessities, of course.<br />
But what if there’s a blizzard − how<br />
will you stay warm? Then your only<br />
option, says Ottawa, is to use a “nonelectric<br />
stove or heater, or a<br />
wood-burning fireplace.”<br />
How strange, then, that some of<br />
Canada’s biggest cities are doing<br />
everything in their power to remove<br />
this option.<br />
By planning to ban fireplaces and<br />
wood stoves, Montreal and Vancouver<br />
are denying citizens the means to keep<br />
warm during a catastrophic ice storm<br />
or similar emergency. It’s apparently<br />
more important to protect the environment<br />
than it is to allow humans the<br />
tools to save themselves in a crisis.<br />
In Montreal, beginning in October<br />
<strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong>, no traditional fireplace or wood<br />
stove “may be used or left to be used”<br />
by any resident, according to a new<br />
city bylaw. Only rigorously certified<br />
devices − properly registered with the<br />
authorities, of course − will be<br />
permitted.<br />
Similarly, Vancouver is in the midst<br />
of a public consultation regarding its<br />
proposed ban on fireplaces and wood<br />
stoves. If approved, Vancouver residents<br />
would be required to register all<br />
wood-burning devices by 2022 and, as<br />
in Montreal, traditional-style fireplaces<br />
and stoves would be ineligible<br />
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for registration. In 2025, it would<br />
become illegal to use any unregistered<br />
wood-burning system for warmth,<br />
cooking or aesthetics.<br />
Both pending bylaws claim to make<br />
exceptions for lengthy power outages,<br />
but the broader implication of these<br />
policies is clear. They will remove<br />
from existence the vast majority of<br />
legacy fireplaces and wood stoves and,<br />
given a hefty application of red tape,<br />
strongly discourage all new installations.<br />
The Vancouver proposal<br />
actually contemplates an annual fireplace<br />
registration renewal process,<br />
like a driver’s licence.<br />
And it’s a trend that may be<br />
spreading. The Canadian Council of<br />
Ministers of the Environment has distributed<br />
a draft bylaw that can be used<br />
by municipalities looking to ban fireplaces<br />
or wood stoves.<br />
What does all this mean?<br />
The next time a devastating winter<br />
storm hits Montreal or something similar<br />
is visited upon Vancouver, many<br />
homeowners won’t be able to heat their<br />
houses off-grid. In cases where official<br />
help is unavailable or misdirected,<br />
families will thus be deprived of this<br />
means of fending for themselves - this<br />
despite the explicit recommendation of<br />
Ottawa’s emergency preparedness<br />
program.<br />
And an exemption during a power<br />
outage is of no value if your fireplace<br />
or wood stove has already been<br />
removed or rendered inoperable, as<br />
required by law.<br />
The usefulness of fireplaces in an<br />
emergency remains real, even in big,<br />
modern cities. “My own house was<br />
without power for most of three days,”<br />
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said<br />
in January 2<strong>01</strong>4 following a dramatic<br />
ice storm in Toronto, “but we have a<br />
working fireplace and could still cook<br />
on our gas stove.” By relying on heritage<br />
technology, Wynne was able to eat<br />
and her pipes didn’t freeze.<br />
(Vancouver, by the way, is also planning<br />
to eliminate gas stoves and<br />
furnaces.)<br />
Bans on fireplaces and wood stoves<br />
are driven by concerns over global<br />
warming, and the notion that heat<br />
from wood is inefficient and dirty.<br />
While it’s true that burning wood or<br />
other biomass such as plant matter can<br />
release a range of pollutants, “biomass<br />
is generally considered carbon neutral<br />
b<strong>eca</strong>use the carbon dioxide (CO2)<br />
released from either burning or<br />
decomposing biomass approximately<br />
equals the CO2 that trees and plants<br />
take in from the atmosphere during<br />
their lives,” says the National Energy<br />
Board’s <strong>review</strong> of various energy<br />
sources.<br />
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by Herman Schwenk<br />
We are at the beginning of a new<br />
year <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong>. It has been customary to<br />
make New Years resolutions to correct<br />
some bad habits at this time of year.<br />
I have always felt that these resolutions<br />
were mostly a waste of time<br />
b<strong>eca</strong>use very few people stick with<br />
them for very long. However what I<br />
have decided to do is make a wish list<br />
for <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong>.<br />
It probably won’t accomplish any<br />
more than New Years resolutions but it<br />
will document some objectives that the<br />
powers that be should consider.<br />
Let’s start with Justin Trudeau. I<br />
wish he would go and see a speech<br />
therapist. I really get sick and tired of<br />
him going ah, ah, ah, ah, every time<br />
that he speaks.<br />
Instead of spending Christmas with<br />
his billon air friends that cost the government<br />
[think taxpayers] over two<br />
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. I<br />
wish he would spend a week with a<br />
middle class family. Maybe he would<br />
discover that all the new taxes that he<br />
has imposed on them [about $860 a<br />
year so far] is creating a real hardship.<br />
When he was elected he said he<br />
would HELP the middle class.<br />
“<br />
Bloated<br />
bureaucracy that is<br />
the problem not the<br />
front line workers<br />
He might also understand that small<br />
business is not really using income<br />
sprinkling as a loop hole but that it is<br />
survival strategy in a business with<br />
very tight margins especially after his<br />
taxes.<br />
Another suggestion for a Christmas<br />
vacation would be for him and his<br />
family to spend a week in an indigenous<br />
community in either northern<br />
Manitoba or Ontario.<br />
He might learn that that it takes<br />
more than culture to maintain a viable<br />
and sustainable community. They<br />
need a reliable economic base.<br />
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Wish list for <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong><br />
Throwing gobs of taxpayer money at<br />
these communities will not solve the<br />
problem.<br />
Last but not least I wish he would<br />
quit apologizing. Every time he apologizes<br />
for some thing that a previous<br />
government did like the Omar Kadar<br />
case or the residential schools, it costs<br />
us millions of dollars. As my wife has<br />
said many times, you cannot un-ring a<br />
bell. Those apologies will not change<br />
anything.<br />
I wish Rachel Notley would learn<br />
where to cut back expenses to balance<br />
her budget. She thinks the only place<br />
where you can cut back is to trim front<br />
line workers.<br />
It is her bloated bureaucracy that is<br />
the problem not the front line workers.<br />
Since becoming premier she has added<br />
over 40,000 jobs to the public sector<br />
work force.<br />
I wish she would study the real science<br />
on climate change. All her carbon<br />
tax will achieve is to increase the cost<br />
of everything for the residence of<br />
Alberta and it is increasing the cost of<br />
doing business for every business, big<br />
or small in the province.<br />
I wish I could believe her when she<br />
publically endorses pipelines. She says<br />
we need export pipelines and we do but<br />
almost every policy her government<br />
has implemented since she b<strong>eca</strong>me<br />
premier has been to curtail the production<br />
of oil one way or another, the<br />
carbon tax being one.<br />
I wish that the media and the climate<br />
change environmental advocates<br />
would become honest and admit that<br />
C02 emissions do not contribute to<br />
global warming.<br />
Last week’s ECA Review had a<br />
column submitted by “The Friends of<br />
Science” that clearly stated the sun is<br />
the driver of climate change not C02.<br />
It has been proven that we need<br />
more carbon in the atmosphere not<br />
less. More carbon will increase agriculture<br />
and food production to feed an<br />
increasing world population.<br />
Finally I wish [you will hate me for<br />
this] the weather would stay real cold<br />
for the rest of the winter. Maybe the<br />
climate change zealots will learn that<br />
global cooling is also climate change!<br />
Have a happy new year everyone.<br />
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Clive Mayor seeks solutions to battle crime<br />
Lisa Joy<br />
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Violent crime has become a serious<br />
problem for rural communities and<br />
Red Deer-Lacombe Conservative MP<br />
Blaine Calkins wants citizens’ help to<br />
address the issue.<br />
MP Calkins, along with his colleagues<br />
MP Earl Dreeshen and MP<br />
Jim Eglinski, recently launched a<br />
Rural Crime Taskforce to work with<br />
communities and law enforcement.<br />
“In some parts of my riding crime is<br />
up 100 to 200 per cent,” said MP<br />
Calkins in a message to his constituents.<br />
“I’m talking property crime and<br />
violent crime. All crime is bad but the<br />
amount of rural crime happening<br />
lately is unprecedented.”<br />
MP Calkins said over the last few<br />
months he’s received a lot of emails,<br />
phone calls and visits from constituents<br />
about the rise in crime.<br />
Three public meetings, hosted by<br />
Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins,<br />
are set for January at Alix, Lacombe<br />
County and Bluffton.<br />
A closed door meeting for community<br />
leaders is planned for Jan. 9 in<br />
Blackfalds and Clive Mayor Luci<br />
Henry will attend.<br />
“I am hopeful that we will be able to<br />
come up with constructive solutions to<br />
address the crimes that are plaguing<br />
our communities,” said Mayor Henry.<br />
“I think we will see that there will be<br />
an increased need for mental health<br />
and social services funding among<br />
increased RCMP and police services.”<br />
Village of Clive Coun. Susan Russell<br />
hopes to use information from the<br />
meetings to form a Citizens on Patrol<br />
for Clive.<br />
“We are at a stand still right now<br />
with volunteers and finding the time to<br />
meet but there is a huge community<br />
interest,” said Coun. Russell.<br />
“Our residents have the right to feel<br />
safe and I believe this crime meeting<br />
will bring facts about the crime rate<br />
and will equip everyone with useful<br />
information on how to ensure we are<br />
safe and how to keep criminals from<br />
targeting us.”<br />
Blackfalds RCMP Detachment,<br />
which also polices Clive, is involved in<br />
the meetings.<br />
“We have been focusing on the rural<br />
crime issues and have been working<br />
very effectively with Red Deer and surrounding<br />
detachments on various<br />
projects,” said Blackfalds RCMP<br />
Detachment Commander S/Sgt. Ken<br />
Morrison.<br />
“As a detachment, we have been<br />
actively engaged with our community<br />
leaders and partner agencies in<br />
spreading the word throughout the<br />
rural areas.”<br />
S/Sgt Morrison said that Blackfalds<br />
RCMP detachment will have two new<br />
positions in <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong>, which will be paid for<br />
by Red Deer County and Lacombe<br />
County. They will be plainclothes units<br />
focused on prolific crime in rural<br />
areas and will work with surrounding<br />
detachments.<br />
Citizens can help by becoming<br />
actively involved in programs such as<br />
Citizens on Patrol (COP), Rural Crime<br />
Watch and reporting all suspicious<br />
activity, said S/Sgt. Morrison.<br />
“Over the past year there have been<br />
efforts in communities to get COP<br />
operating, however, there have been<br />
few volunteers,” he said. “We need to<br />
work together as a community to<br />
combat crime. The police can not do it<br />
on their own.<br />
“Rural Crime Watch will be starting<br />
up patrols in the New Year. We are<br />
very excited about this and how it will<br />
work to be the eyes and ears out in the<br />
rural areas.”<br />
Professional Directory<br />
A necessary backup<br />
Cont’d from Pg 2<br />
In other words, there’s no<br />
difference between burning<br />
a tree and letting it rot on<br />
the forest floor. This is why<br />
biomass can be considered<br />
an environmentallyfriendly,<br />
cost-effective and<br />
renewable energy source.<br />
Further, the emissions<br />
released by wood stoves and<br />
fireplaces stay in the atmosphere<br />
for a very short time.<br />
Whereas CO2 can linger for<br />
d<strong>eca</strong>des or longer, the particulates<br />
released by a<br />
burning log disappear in<br />
days or weeks. And while<br />
this is still an issue, a balanced<br />
assessment of all<br />
available facts suggests an<br />
outright ban is the wrong<br />
policy solution.<br />
Given the proven usefulness<br />
of wood heat in<br />
emergencies, it would be<br />
better to declare<br />
no-burn days<br />
when air pollution<br />
is a factor, as<br />
is already the<br />
case in some<br />
North American<br />
jurisdictions, and<br />
let fireplaces and<br />
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wood stoves remain as a<br />
necessary backup in big<br />
cities.<br />
For most of Canada’s history,<br />
wood has been an<br />
important, affordable and<br />
practical source of heat and<br />
fuel. This remains true in<br />
many rural parts of the<br />
country. And in urban<br />
Canada, wood heat can still<br />
be very useful in a crisis.<br />
Canadians shouldn’t be<br />
denied the right to help<br />
themselves in an emergency.<br />
Or, for that matter,<br />
the right to a pleasant<br />
source of warmth and ambiance<br />
any time the mood<br />
might strike them.<br />
Peter Shawn Taylor is a<br />
journalist, policy research<br />
analyst and contributing<br />
writer to Canadians for<br />
Affordable Energy.<br />
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- To Be Moved Bill’s Waterwell Castor<br />
A variety<br />
Services Sheet Metal<br />
Well Drilling<br />
of sizes<br />
12345<br />
Ltd.<br />
Plumbing<br />
Pumps & Repairs<br />
and styles<br />
Heating & A/C<br />
Well 4<strong>03</strong>-747-2120<br />
Drilling<br />
available<br />
drillerbill@xplornet.com<br />
Pumps & Repairs<br />
Please call<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-279-6395<br />
or visit www.mccannsbldgmovers.com<br />
49<strong>01</strong>-50 St Castor AB<br />
Craig Caseley<br />
Central Alberta Family Funeral Services Ltd.<br />
Diane Zinger<br />
3” wide version<br />
WANTED<br />
DEAD OR ALIVE<br />
Canadian Prairie Pickers<br />
are once again touring the area buying<br />
Silver & Gold Coins<br />
We pay top prices for all Canadian and USA coins. We purchase rolls, bags,<br />
boxes and jars of coins. The Pickers also paying cash for coin collections, Royal<br />
Canadian Mint Sets and World Coins. This year we are also purchasing old,<br />
broken or unused gold jewelry.<br />
To arrange for a free, discrete in-home visit<br />
call Kellie at 778-257-8647<br />
Silver & Gold Coins<br />
We pay top prices for all Canadian and USA coins. We purchase rolls, bags, boxes and jars of<br />
coins. The Pickers also paying cash for coin collections, Royal Canadian Mint Sets and World<br />
Coins. This year we are also purchasing old, broken or unused gold jewelry.<br />
To arrange for a free, discrete in-home visit<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-747-2120<br />
drillerbill@xplornet.com<br />
Bale<br />
Hauling<br />
David<br />
Unruh<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-323-6787(c)<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-742-4673(h)<br />
Wecker<br />
PLUMBING & HEATING LTD.<br />
• Plumbing<br />
• Gas Fitting<br />
• Air Conditioning<br />
• Sheet Metal<br />
• Commercial<br />
Refrigeration<br />
Serving the Big Country<br />
(4<strong>03</strong>) 854-4774<br />
Centre Street<br />
Hanna, AB<br />
410 2nd Avenue West,<br />
Hanna, AB<br />
JEFF M.FAUPEL,<br />
B. Mgmt., C.A.<br />
MONICA N. FAUPEL,<br />
B. Mgmt., C.A.<br />
Three Hills - Tues.<br />
Coronation - Wed.<br />
Oyen -Thurs. (by<br />
Appointment)<br />
800-267-56<strong>01</strong><br />
E.Roger Spady<br />
Professional<br />
Corporation<br />
Barrister & Solicitor<br />
Coronation Mall<br />
Coronation, AB<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-578-3131<br />
Office Hours:<br />
Tuesday to Friday<br />
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
Kendra Walgenbach, CPA, CA<br />
Chris Annand, CPA, CA<br />
Naomi Roth, CPA, CGA<br />
Guy Chapman, CPA, CA, CFP<br />
Krystal Stoutenberg, CPA, CA<br />
Big Country<br />
Construction<br />
& Building<br />
Supplies Ltd.<br />
• Custom New Homes<br />
•All Farm Buildings<br />
• Renovations<br />
• Windows and Doors<br />
• Overhead Doors &<br />
Service<br />
• Retail Sales<br />
Quality Customer Care<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-854-3585<br />
S. Barnes<br />
Trucking<br />
For Livestock<br />
Hauling Call<br />
Stan Barnes<br />
Res 4<strong>03</strong> 578 3265<br />
Cell 4<strong>03</strong> 575 5264<br />
CORONATION<br />
VISION CLINIC<br />
Dr. Ward ZoBell<br />
Tues & Thurs 10 - 4<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-578-3221<br />
HANNA<br />
VISION CENTRE<br />
Eye Health, Glasses<br />
Contacts<br />
Dr. Dennis A. Heimdahl<br />
Dr. Ward ZoBell<br />
Tues, Wed 9-5<br />
Thurs, Fri 9-4<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-854-30<strong>03</strong><br />
DENTIST<br />
Dr.McIver<br />
In Coronation<br />
MONDAYS<br />
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.<br />
Call Anytime<br />
for Appointments<br />
578-3811<br />
Located in Coronation Mall<br />
4702 51 Ave, Stettler, AB<br />
Phone 4<strong>03</strong>-742-3438<br />
chapmanandco.ca<br />
Business Directory<br />
4<strong>03</strong> 882 3388<br />
24 Hour On-Call Service:<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-740-2535<br />
Service Wise -<br />
We Specialize<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-742-5237<br />
Stettler, AB<br />
AUTO BODY REPAIR LTD.<br />
Quality Collision Repair<br />
and Professional Service…<br />
Guaranteed!<br />
Find out more about us at:<br />
www.brennanautobody.com<br />
Phone: 4<strong>03</strong>-742-3555<br />
4109 - 48 Avenue, Stettler
End of Season<br />
Merchandise<br />
4 J a n u a r y 4 ' 1 8 H a n n a / C o r o n a t i o n / S t e t t l e r , A b . E C A r e v i e w<br />
Massage Therapy<br />
Chad Brummund, RMT, CAT(C), BA<br />
Chiropractic<br />
Dr. Craig Larson, DC<br />
Dr. Carissa Kimpinski, DC<br />
Exercise Services<br />
Patrick May, Exercise Physiologist,<br />
Personal Trainer<br />
Orchid Embers Spa<br />
Cyndy Harris, Certified Esthetician<br />
Dr. Craig Larson<br />
Chiropractic Clinics<br />
Hanna, Ab<br />
(Castor & Consort)<br />
(4<strong>03</strong>) 854-2110<br />
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Never shock chlorinate again!! with Big Iron’s<br />
Tell them Danny<br />
Hooper sent you Patented 12345 “Kontinuous Shok” Chlorinator<br />
Need<br />
WATER WELL<br />
but short<br />
a of cash??<br />
• 10 Year Time Payment Plan O.A.C. • No Down Payment for Wells and Water Treatment<br />
Check status of 3 government grants/assistance worth up to $ 5000 or more EACH<br />
Youngstown Fire Department firefighters, Jason Fildey, James Laughlin<br />
and Dustin Dyck came to the Youngstown Kindergarten on Fri. Dec. 22<br />
in full dress and lights ablaze to show the playschool and kindergarten<br />
children, from the left, Robbie Hok, Nicco Friesen, Ryley and Chase<br />
Bignell, Rodney Laughlin, Calvin Laughlin and Deegan Dyck, the trucks<br />
and treated them to Christmas chocolates and juice boxes. They also<br />
presented the non profit organization with a $1,500 donation.<br />
PLRD<br />
Audited financial statements in order<br />
The 2<strong>01</strong>6-2<strong>01</strong>7 Audited Financial<br />
Statements confirmed that Prairie<br />
Land Regional Devision (PLRD) operates<br />
an open and transparent system,<br />
according to a press release from<br />
PLRD, with appropriate checks and<br />
balances, and transparent public<br />
reporting and financial management<br />
processes.<br />
The full report can be accessed on<br />
the PLRD Website at http://www.plrd.<br />
ab.ca/documents/general/2<strong>01</strong>7%20<br />
Audited%20Financial%20Statement.<br />
pdf<br />
The 2<strong>01</strong>7-<strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> fall budget update was<br />
presented with a projected operating<br />
deficit of $486,848<br />
as compared to<br />
the spring budget<br />
deficit of $233,111.<br />
The change<br />
results from a<br />
significant enrolment<br />
decline and<br />
use of school<br />
reserves.<br />
The Board<br />
adopted the 2<strong>01</strong>5<br />
– <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> PLRD<br />
Combined Three-<br />
Year Education Plan and Annual<br />
Education Results Report (AERR).<br />
This year the plan focuses on student<br />
achievement, health and wellness,<br />
division and school culture, and<br />
instructional leadership.<br />
Maximizing learning for every<br />
learner in inclusive classroom environments<br />
and improved results on<br />
diploma examinations at the standard<br />
of excellence are two key focuses.<br />
PLRD’s results can be accessed at<br />
http://www.plrd.ab.ca/documents/<br />
general/PLRD%20Combined%20<br />
Three%20Year%20Education%20<br />
Plan%20and%20AERR%20<br />
1-800-BIG IRON (244-4766)<br />
www.1800bigiron.com<br />
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The deputy superintendent presented<br />
the 2<strong>01</strong>6-2<strong>01</strong>7 achievement test<br />
and diploma exam results. PLRD<br />
should be proud of the great results<br />
and acknowlegement goes out to all<br />
school staff and students for a job well<br />
done.<br />
Castor Little Theatre<br />
presents:<br />
A Farce Directed by Rob Nichols with Andrea Griebel<br />
at the Castor Community Hall<br />
Teen Night: Tues Feb 20 @ 6:00 pm $15<br />
General Performance: Tues Feb 27 @ 7:00 pm $15<br />
Dinner Theatre: Fri & Sat Feb 23 & 24 @ 6:30 pm<br />
Tickets $40 Fri & Sat Mar 2 & 3 @ 6:30 pm<br />
Brunch: Sun Feb 18 @ 12:00 pm<br />
Tickets $40 Feb 25 @ 12:30 pm<br />
Tickets on sale:<br />
Tues Jan 16 @ 7pm at Castor Community Hall<br />
Contact Don Sisson for tickets sales 4<strong>03</strong>-323-<strong>03</strong>59<br />
Check us out on Instagram and Facebook<br />
BOXING WEEK<br />
SALE<br />
Continues<br />
Married<br />
Missed Out? You<br />
in<br />
Have<br />
2<strong>01</strong>7<br />
a 2 nd Chance!<br />
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Wedding Album Published in the January 18, <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong><br />
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WATER WELL Newly Weds a Names:<br />
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Date Check of status Wedding: of 3 government grants/assistance worth up to $ 5000 or more EACH<br />
Location of Wedding:<br />
Currently Residing:<br />
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Please email, mail or drop off your photo:<br />
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East Central Alberta Review, Box 70, Coronation, AB, T0C 1C0<br />
4921 Victoria Ave., Coronation, AB<br />
To ensure good reproduction, good quality colour or<br />
black & white photos only.<br />
• Close-ups will work the best.<br />
• Be sure to write your name on the back of your photo.<br />
• Photo will be returned if you include a self-addressed envelope<br />
OR indicate that you will pick up photo after January 19<br />
GIFT<br />
CARDS<br />
AVAILABLE!<br />
YOUR<br />
UNDERGARMENT<br />
SPECIALISTS<br />
AND SWIMWEAR<br />
BOUTIQUE<br />
Shop Before January 14<br />
Select Bras<br />
starting at just<br />
FOR THE GIRLS<br />
ROBES, PJs<br />
& NIGHTIES,<br />
SOCKS &<br />
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BATH &<br />
BODY ITEMS<br />
FOR THE<br />
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%<br />
SOCKS &<br />
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PJs, MUSCLE<br />
STOCKING<br />
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Merchandise<br />
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780-672-27<strong>01</strong><br />
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November 24 from 10 a.m. to midnight
E C A r e v i e w H A N N A / C o r o N A t i o n / S t e t t l e r , A b J A N u a r y 4 ' 1 8 5<br />
Sun Dogs or parahelia,<br />
are bright spots in the sky<br />
caused by the refraction of<br />
sunlight off tiny ice crystals<br />
in the atmosphere. It was<br />
minus 32 Celcius at 9:40<br />
a.m. on Dec. 29 when this<br />
picture was taken in the<br />
locality of Federal, west of<br />
Coronation, Ab.<br />
ECA Review/ L. Bye<br />
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Seven teams participated in the annual Coronation Volleyball tournament held on<br />
Sat., Dec. 30 at the Coronation School Gym. Teams consisted of players from Stettler,<br />
Castor, Coronation, Veteran and Brownfield. Eric Johnstone hitting with Adam Close<br />
and Koryn Duncan playing defense while Jordan Schroeder and J.J. Thacker block the<br />
ball with Brandy Buxton and Jess Plehnert playing defense. Jaron Bye hosts the annual<br />
tournament which started back in 2002. <br />
ECA Review/L. Bye<br />
Did<br />
you get<br />
Married<br />
in 2<strong>01</strong>7 ?<br />
There is still<br />
time to have<br />
your photo run<br />
for FREE<br />
in our<br />
Wedding Album.<br />
See page 4<br />
for information<br />
Congratulations goes to…..<br />
Aurora Berger!<br />
Aurora did some shopping locally and has won<br />
the Grand Prize package valued at $1,000!<br />
Additional congratulations goes to Anna Valentino our<br />
Mystery Shopper Winner who asked Co-op Liqour Store<br />
customers to participate! Anna wins $100 in<br />
Gift Cards from participating businesses.<br />
Thank you to all who participated during the<br />
Cash Card Promotion and shopped local!<br />
Watch for our Mystery shoppers to continue the<br />
rewards in January. Make a purchase at a participating<br />
business and you could win a $25 gift card.<br />
Shop Local, Shop Stettler… and WIN!<br />
Visit www.stettlerboardoftrade.com for a list of participating businesses.<br />
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Two per cent increase<br />
Cont’d from Pg 1<br />
Council will consider its <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> capital<br />
budget on Jan. 30. The <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> operating<br />
budget, with tax rates, will be adopted<br />
in May <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong>.<br />
“Each year (<strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong>-20) council will<br />
consider approximately $2.6 million in<br />
their capital budget,” said Assistant<br />
CAO Gerlitz. “This also includes $1.7<br />
million that the town receives from<br />
provincial and federal government<br />
grants.”<br />
The <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> interim operating is part of<br />
the town’s three-year interim operating<br />
budget for<strong>eca</strong>st that projects a<br />
two per cent increase in rates for<br />
<strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong>-20.<br />
Dog, cat license fees<br />
Council approved Town of Stettler<br />
staff recommendation to keep the dog<br />
and cat license fees at 2<strong>01</strong>7 rates.<br />
Altered dog or cat - $25; unaltered dog<br />
or cat - $50; replacement tag - $10; and a<br />
Kawasaki KLX<br />
Giveaway<br />
$10 discount for those who pay by Jan.<br />
31, <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong>.<br />
WILD FURS<br />
Coyote, Fox, Shed Antlers<br />
Coming to Hanna AB<br />
Hanna Building Supply Yard<br />
at 1 pm<br />
Sat., Jan 20 and Sat., Feb 24<br />
Contact Kim 780 755 3860<br />
cell 780 842 7153<br />
Purchase any Kawasaki<br />
side x side, atv, jet ski or motorcycle<br />
between Dec. 1, 2<strong>01</strong>7 & Feb. 28, <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong><br />
to be entered in the draw TO WIN<br />
a <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> KLX 110!<br />
Full Service<br />
Special<br />
$99 99<br />
for atvs &<br />
side x sides<br />
4304 - 44 Ave.<br />
Stettler, AB
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1C0.<br />
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Distributors. 40 year<br />
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Canadian<br />
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available at your convenience.<br />
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4<strong>03</strong>-742-4405/<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-740-6370<br />
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Accounting<br />
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Lois Rodvang<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-578-3295<br />
Monthly accounting for<br />
farms and small businesses<br />
QuickBooks, Sage 50 (Simply),<br />
AgExpert<br />
Wanted:<br />
COYOTES<br />
Canadian Coyote Company Ltd<br />
Paying market value for<br />
whole frozen coyotes.<br />
Can pick up collections.<br />
(4<strong>03</strong>) 654 7160<br />
2<strong>01</strong>7<br />
BABY<br />
REGISTER…<br />
…to be published in the January 11 issue. Send information along with baby’s photo.<br />
Please write your baby’s name on the back of the photo if mailing or dropping off.<br />
Parents’ Names:<br />
City/Town:<br />
Postal Code:<br />
Baby’s Name:<br />
“Bikes To Big Rigs”<br />
SEDGEWICK, AB<br />
780-384-3080<br />
Feed & Seed<br />
BALES/Feed for<br />
Sale. (100/bu/acre<br />
crop) Oat silage<br />
bales $40/bale.<br />
Alfalfa/grass mix<br />
Haylage 1st and 2nd<br />
cut $50/bale. Bales<br />
are individually<br />
wrapped, @ 1400/lb<br />
average, Halkirk<br />
area. Delivery available.<br />
BIGKNIFE<br />
FARMS. 4<strong>03</strong>-574-<br />
3958.<br />
HEATED Canola<br />
buying Green,<br />
Heated or<br />
Springthrashed<br />
Canola. Buying: oats,<br />
barley, wheat & peas<br />
for feed. Buying<br />
damaged or offgrade<br />
grain. “On Farm<br />
Pickup” Westcan<br />
Feed & Grain, 1-877-<br />
250-5252.<br />
Business<br />
Opportunities<br />
HIP or knee replacement?<br />
Restrictions in<br />
walking/dressing?<br />
$2,500 yearly tax<br />
credit. $40,000 lump<br />
sum cheque.<br />
Disability Tax Credit.<br />
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Help Wanted<br />
CRAIGMYLE Oilfield<br />
Services Ltd. has a<br />
position available for<br />
Oilfield workers<br />
(skilled and unskilled)<br />
Current oilfield safety<br />
tickets an asset.<br />
Valid driver’s license<br />
MANDATORY.<br />
Please send<br />
resumes to: admin@<br />
craigoil.ca or fax:<br />
4<strong>03</strong>-665-2354. No<br />
phone calls.<br />
Ph:<br />
TEMPORARY Full<br />
Time Director to<br />
cover maternity leave<br />
at Busy Beaver<br />
Daycare, Castor AB.<br />
February <strong>2<strong>01</strong>8</strong> to<br />
April 2<strong>01</strong>9.<br />
Requirements: Child<br />
development supervisor<br />
(Level 3),<br />
Criminal record<br />
check with vulnerable<br />
sector, Intervention<br />
record check, and<br />
First Aid. Office and<br />
Manager experience<br />
preferred. Hours of<br />
operation are 6:30<br />
am to 6 pm, rotating<br />
shifts and approximately<br />
37.5 hours<br />
per week. Please<br />
bring resumes to<br />
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Enjoyed all aspects of his farming lifestyle<br />
Rayford James Johnston<br />
1926 ~ 2<strong>01</strong>7<br />
Rayford was born on March 9, 1926<br />
at the Municipal Hospital in Hanna,<br />
Ab. He was the second of four children<br />
born to Fred and Blanche Johnston.<br />
Rayford’s parents lived in the<br />
Garden Plain district for four years<br />
and that’s where they began their<br />
family. They had two sons<br />
and two daughters: Fred Jr.,<br />
Rayford, Eileen and then<br />
Edna.<br />
In the spring of 1930 the<br />
family moved south to the<br />
Alps District. On the day<br />
they moved, it rained cats<br />
and dogs, according to<br />
Rayford.<br />
Rayford’s schooling<br />
began in March 1932 a few<br />
Johnston<br />
days after his sixth birthday.<br />
He took all his schooling at Alps School<br />
to which there were good days and bad,<br />
as Rayford was quite the prankster in<br />
his younger years.<br />
The hours before and after school<br />
were no picnic either, with lots of<br />
chores to do. The one he dreaded most<br />
was churning the milk. He was also<br />
assigned the job of getting in the<br />
horses in the morning, giving them a<br />
feed of oats and harnessing<br />
them before school.<br />
Their horse, Brownie took all four of<br />
them to school from 1931 until the day<br />
the last of them quit in 1945. Rayford<br />
grew up working with his Dad and<br />
brother on the family farm. They<br />
farmed with only their horses up until<br />
1939, where they then acquired an old<br />
cross mounted Case tractor which was<br />
their initiation to power farming.<br />
As Rayford got older he did a lot of<br />
stooking hay for his Dad and for the<br />
neighbours. When Rayford was 14<br />
years of age he was given a bundle<br />
team to help thresh along with his<br />
Dad’s outfits.<br />
Other than working on the farm, he<br />
also did farm work for neighbours. In<br />
1944 his sister Edna sadly passed, she<br />
was just in her early teens.<br />
As a young man Rayford loved<br />
playing hockey, baseball and life in the<br />
country. Among his treasured vehicles,<br />
he loved driving his 1946 Ford<br />
truck and also enjoyed going to<br />
country dances.<br />
At one dance he<br />
attended in<br />
Spondin, he met<br />
Mavis Durand for<br />
the first time.<br />
On Nov. 23,1955<br />
Rayford married<br />
Mavis Durand<br />
who lived east of<br />
Spondin. They<br />
moved his folk’s<br />
first house from<br />
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parent’s yard.<br />
Rayford and Mavis purchased the<br />
James MacDonald Taylor place from<br />
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there in the spring of 1961. In the<br />
Hanna North book his family story<br />
was submitted to which the end of it<br />
said in his words, “After living here 51<br />
years I guess I am getting to be<br />
an old timer myself. Life has<br />
been good to me and I’ve<br />
enjoyed it”, and he still echoed<br />
that sentiment at 91.<br />
Rayford had a busy life<br />
working on the farm and<br />
enjoyed socializing with his<br />
many relatives, friends and<br />
neighbours. The highlight of<br />
those years was certainly the<br />
addition of two children to the<br />
family. He along with Mavis<br />
raised their daughter, Shelley and<br />
their son Lee.<br />
Next came the marriage of Lee to<br />
Shawna (Irwin) and Shelley to Bryan<br />
Lee and the births of their four wonderful<br />
grandchildren. He took great<br />
joy in his grandsons, Dylan and Tyler<br />
(Lee and Shawna) and Brandon and<br />
Christopher (Shelley and Bryan).<br />
Seeing them always brightened his<br />
day.<br />
He was a devoted husband, a great<br />
Dad in the eyes of his wife and children<br />
and was proud to be a Grandpa<br />
too. Sadly, on Oct. 19, 2004 his beloved<br />
wife Mavis Johnston passed away.<br />
They had been married for almost 49<br />
years.<br />
Rayford followed in his Dad’s footsteps<br />
in farming and in many other<br />
aspects. He was actively involved in<br />
many projects and organizations for<br />
the betterment of the community such<br />
as the UFA and Garden Plain<br />
Community Club. When Sullivan Lake<br />
Rural Electrical Association formed in<br />
1952, Rayford’s Dad b<strong>eca</strong>me the first<br />
secretary-treasurer to which Rayford<br />
later was also a part of. He was also a<br />
member of Hanna Co-op, Alberta<br />
Wheat Pool, Rural Crime Watch and<br />
served on the Hanna Hospital board<br />
for many years.<br />
Rayford enjoyed all aspects of<br />
farming and truly loved the lifestyle.<br />
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Rayford also enjoying reading and<br />
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Wilf Carter and Hank Snow were some<br />
of the favourite musical artists he<br />
loved listening to. He was a strong yet<br />
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until the end. He lived on his<br />
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Rayford James Johnston suddenly<br />
passed away on Dec. 8, 2<strong>01</strong>7 at the<br />
Hanna Hospital. He will be sadly<br />
missed but never forgotten by his<br />
daughter Shelley, his son Lee (Shawna)<br />
and forever treasured by grandsons<br />
Dylan, Tyler, Brandon and<br />
Christopher.<br />
He will also be<br />
fondly remembered<br />
and greatly<br />
missed by his<br />
sister Eileen<br />
Heggen. His<br />
sister and<br />
brother-in-laws<br />
Cathie (Bill)<br />
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by his<br />
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