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Christmas tree effort

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The Christmas tree lighting, a

socially distanced drive-through

event, took place on Tues. Dec. 1 at 7

p.m. and was proposed by Hughenden

United Church Minister, Paul Allard.

The decorating and lighting of the

towering scotch pine tree nearest the

sidewalk in Hughenden’s Devonian

Park was completed in conjunction

with the Village of Hughenden.

It takes a lot of people giving their

time and working together to turn the

idea of a community Christmas into a

reality.

On Thurs. Nov. 26 local firefighters

came out to help United Church members

to cover the Scotch pine with 600

lights. A huge star was given by a local

resident, refurbished with paint and

rope lighting and mounted atop the

tree using a cherry picker unit whose

operator donated both his equipment

and his time to the effort.

Donations for the event were

received from private families, community

organizations, and from the

Hughenden Lions Club and United

Church volunteer Heather Nelson

placed jars out around town for silver

collection, and she also painted and

distributed rock “invitations,” which

she left on doorsteps around the

village.

Costumed elf Chili (Paul Allard)

danced to festive tunes under the

lighted tree and handed out candy

bags to families driving by.

“We intended the bags for kids only,”

said another elf, “but I think we

handed out around 30 so then we

started sending a bag home with each

family to enjoy the microwave popcorn

inside.”

The elves estimate that about 25

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vehicles drove through that

night and there were individual

spectators there to enjoy the

lights a safe distance from one

another and from Santa’s jolly

helpers.

“We hope to make this a

yearly tradition,” said Allard,

“and plan on enhancing and

expanding it with further activities

associated with the tree

lighting.”

Allard has already purchased

400 more lights for next year

making a total of 1000 lights to

decorate next year’s tree.

Coronation tree 2020. Stettler tree 2020.

Hughenden’s tree light-up included a drive-through event on Tues. Dec. 1 with festive

tunes and candy bags distributed safely by a couple of Santa’s elves.

Coronation’s ‘Petunia’ tree changes with the

seasons and as Christmas approaches, it becomes

a ‘Poinsettia’ tree.

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Stettler town council .......... 2

Coronation council ............. 3

Erskine 4-H ......................... 3

Bashaw council .................. 3

Hanna council .................... 5

Classifieds/Careers ............. 6

Theresetta School ............... 7

Elnora council ..................... 7

Stettler county council ........ 8

Kneehill county .................. 9

BigValley council ................ 9

Obituaries ...................10-12

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Delia School namesake to stay

Terri Huxley

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Prairie Land School Division

Trustees heard loud and clear of the

Delia community’s position on

renaming their local school.

On Tues. Dec. 8, Prairie Land held a

community meeting that had close to

90 people sharing their thoughts to the

board of trustees.

There was a mix of opinions and suggestions

such as leaving the name as

Delia School or changing to Delia

Community School.

Prairie Land’s trustee meeting Dec.

15 held some time for trustees and

administration to discuss what they

heard at the prior community meeting.

A motion was made by Shandele

Battle, Delia’s School Trustee and local

Delia business owner, to keep the Delia

School name the same.

The board carried this motion.

“It is a community school even if [the

word] ‘Community’ isn’t in it. It warms

my heart to see a community that is so

attached to their school,” said Dep.

Chair Marsha Tkach.

Later in the board meeting, they

reviewed a policy hoping to add in

clear direction as to future naming of

school district buildings by implementing

a naming committee.

No motion was made to implement

changes suggested by the board yet but

will be reviewed again in January with

the new suggestions from board

conversation.

What initially started this push for

inclusivity on this decision came down

to an online post.

Blair Herzog posted in the local

‘Delia & Surrounding areas info’

Facebook Group regarding the potential

renaming of Delia School to Ray

Martin Delia School or R.J. Martin

Delia School on Dec. 1.

He shared his frustrations claiming

there has been zero consultation with

the community after finding the topic

within the contents of the board

minutes.

“Such a momentous opportunity

should, at no time fall to one board

member’s personal association to Ray

Martin nor should the decision be

made by only a handful of people, most

of who are not even from the

community.

“It should have 100 per cent community

consultation and should be,

unquestionably, a community decision,”

stated Herzog.

A letter to the editor was also published

in the ECA Review last week

from Rhea Brady of Delia who also

shared concerns.

“More than a million dollars was

raised by the area to pay for extras in

the school that are not covered by government

funding.

“If the community was good enough

to be used for fundraising then it only

is fitting and fair that the community

be good enough to be consulted in the

naming of the new school,” said Brady.

Trustee Battle addressed the matter

with an open letter that was posted to

the online group Dec. 8.

She acknowledged the issue saying,

“The suggestion was completely innocent

in honouring a man who

advocated for his home community,

even though he hasn’t lived here for a

long time.

“However, in no way shape or form

would I have recommended this name

had I known how our community

would have perceived it.

“This was not done for a personal

agenda or purpose; it was about paying

homage to a man, regardless of his

political party.”

Stettler writes off utility related ‘bad debts’

Stu Salkeld

Local Journalism Initiative reporter

ECA Review

Town of Stettler council approved

writing off about $6,000 in bad debts

owed to the municipality through

unpaid utility bills. The decision was

made by council at their regular

meeting Dec. 1.

Councillors read a report submitted

by Assistant Chief Administrative

Officer (CAO) Steven Gerlitz about certain

unpaid bills owed to the town.

It’s an annual duty for staff to

present these types of reports.

In his report Gerlitz quoted Policy

VII-5 (b) Collection of and Write–off of

Bad Debt Accounts which “Requires

the assistant CAO to present a statement

of the bad debt write-offs to town

council prior to December 31 of each

year.

“Town council is required to authorize

the write-off accounts in excess of

$300. The assistant CAO is also

required to disclose the total dollar

value of bad debts under $300 that will

be written off.

“Collection activity procedures will

continue after an account has been

written off.”

“For 2020, $6,103.26 should be

expensed as bad debts in excess of

$300, which represents

13

accounts,” stated

Gerlitz in his

memo.

“As well, I have

expensed 52

accounts under

$300 totalling

$5,323.02 and

expensed nine

inactive accounts

with credit balances

totalling

$39.68.

“Based on local

2020 utility revenues

of

approximately

$3,706,172.77 the

utility write-offs

totalling $9,926.28

represents 0.27

per cent of revenues

(2019 = 0.20

per cent).”

Gerlitz reiterated

during his

presentation that

administration has the authority to

write-off amounts owing to the town of

less than $300, anything bigger than

that can only be approved by a resolution

of council.

He stated during the discussion

there are 13 unpaid accounts that owe

more than $300 to the town and added

that, considering the COVID-19 pandemic

and the utility bill deferrals that

were approved earlier this year, that

number isn’t “too bad.”

Mayor Sean

Nolls stated that

when council

approved the

utility bill deferrals

the council

was sort of

expecting more

unpaid bills, but

that doesn’t

appear to be the

case.

Gerlitz stated a

number of the

unpaid utility bill

accounts belong

to renters who

have apparently

left the Stettler

area.

Coun. Gord

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unusual situation with the pandemic,

is not critical. “This is a remarkably

low write-off,” stated Lawlor.

Councillors unanimously approved

following the staff recommendation to

write-off bad utility debts over $300,

totalling $6,103.26.

Gerlitz added that even though the

debts have been written-off, collection

efforts continue to be made.

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Erskine Beef Club enters into their 61st year with members, from the left, back row: Jaydon

Haustein, Bryson Haustein, Rayell Haustein, Connor Robertson, Kayla Robertson, Aryann

Haustein, Sydney Lepard, Hannah Van Straten, Rachel Morbeck and Chance Morbeck. Front

row: Denver Shaw, Branson Chapman, Kate Champan, Luke Henderson and Dryton Haustein.

Missing: Grady Lohr.

ECA Review/Submitted

Community service initiatives

cancelled due to virus

by Luke Henderson

Erskine 4-H Beef Club had their first

meeting on Oct. 18 of the year. It is our

61st year in operation.

We have 16 members and we have

elected Rayell Haustein for president

and Kayla Robertson as vice president.

Our secretary is Aryann Haustein.

Once again Sydney Lepard is the

treasurer.

We have quite a few club repor ters

including Branson and Kate Chapman,

Denver Shaw and Luke Henderson.

We have two historians, Aryann

Relief for Bashaw resident on payment problems

Stu Salkeld

Local Journalism Initiative

reporter

ECA Reporter

The Town of Bashaw

granted the request of a

local resident who is apparently

having trouble paying

his or her tax and utility

bills.

The decision was made at

the Dec. 10 regular meeting

of council.

Town Chief

Administrative Officer

(CAO) Theresa Fuller read

an email from a local,

unnamed resident, stating

he or she was having trouble

paying both their property

tax bill along with their

utility bill as he or she had

lost some income from what

appeared to be a home-based

business.

This resident stated they

were still trying to pay off

their tax and utility bills,

but asked if the council

would be willing to waive

the penalty fees.

Councillors discussed

how much money in penalties

the resident in question

owed, and Fuller stated he

or she owed

$388.45 in property

tax penalties

and $210.83 in

utility bill penalties,

for a total of

$599.28.

Fuller predicted

that, with

COVD-19 difficulties,

councillors

were probably

going to get more

of these requests.

Coun. Lynn

Schultz stated it’s

difficult to say no

to someone in

trouble but if the

town helps them

out council will

The Board of the Stettler Superfluity Shop

would like to thank all their

volunteers

who have worked so hard this year at the store

and from their homes. It is your commitment to

our community that has helped keep the store

operating. We wish you health, happiness and

a well deserved rest over the holidays.

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Haustein and Denver Shaw.

Our leaders are Amanda Haustein

and Sarah Chapman.

We had weight-in day on Nov. 7 at

Stettler Auction Mart.

Our club was going to do some community

service starting with helping

clean up the Festival of Lights in

Stettler, then help sort eye glasses at

Central Vision but it all was cancelled

because of the corona virus.

Some kids have been spending more

time with their animals because of

COVID-19.

get flooded with these

requests.

Fuller noted certain

accommodations council

made earlier this year to

help people in financial difficulties

because of the

pandemic, such as waiving

penalties and extending payment

deadlines, didn’t have

a huge impact on the town

budget.

Coun. Rosella Peterman

suggested an application

system where the town

could offer some relief to

those who were truly in a

tight financial spot.

Coun. Rob McDonald

stated he felt that someone

who’s making a good effort

to pay their tax and utility

bills but is still having

trouble is more deserving of

help than someone who isn’t

making any effort to pay the

bills.

Both Mayor Penny Shantz

and Coun. Darren Pearson

agreed with McDonald.

Coun. Peterman also

agreed, stating at least if

someone is in a tight spot

they take responsibility by

contacting the town.

Peterman stated such

decisions should be made on

a case-by-case basis.

Schultz stuck to his guns.

“I disagree,” said Coun.

Schultz. “I just think we’re

opening up a can of worms.”

Schultz noted the town

didn’t cause the pandemic,

there are government relief

programs available for

people suffering financially

because of the pandemic and

the town shouldn’t be

playing favourites.

Tax increase for Coronation

Terri Huxley

ECA Review

Council voted to increase tax rate by

one per cent due to a number of factors

including provincial policing costs and

future preparation.

They passed the interim budget after

a thorough review which was presented

by Chief Administrative Officer

(CAO) Quinton Flint.

Being an interim budget, these figures

are yet to be adjusted slightly

before the official budget is passed in

May.

The purpose of passing an interim

budget is to allow the town to continue

to pay bills and employees.

The provincial government mandated

that by 2021, all municipalities

will include a police costing model

scale to their budgets to help assist in

provincial and federal expenses in this

area.

For Coronation, the first year is an

increase of 10 per cent which has now

been introduced into the municipal tax

mill rate.

This 2021 year, they expect this 10

per cent increase to total $17,494.

By year four (2024), this burden will

steadily increase to 30 per cent where it

remains the same into 2025 at $52,519.

Public funding requests totalled

$119,000 but administration recommended

$83,000 of this should be

fulfilled as their limit.

Coun. McDonald asked if

there was any other way the

town could help residents.

Fuller stated payment plans

are an option, but those

plans also include late payment

penalties.

Councillors eventually

voted 4 to 1, Schultz opposed,

to waive the utility penalties

plus a $40 fee associated

with the property tax

penalties.

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supporting local this year

This included $15,000 for the arena,

$16,000 for the curling rink, $5,000 for

the handibus society, $5,000 for the

community centre, $14,000 for the

library and $9,600 for Communities in

Bloom and the golf club at $30,000 for a

new mower.

CAO Flint noted that although there

is a $75,000 deficit, the town has cut

back $300,000 to ensure taxes were not

raised high to cover the cost.

“It’s becoming unsustainable. We

have to start mitigating as much as

possible,” he said.

Based on 2020 assessment numbers,

the residential mill rate (tax rate) is

tentatively set at 17.3026 per cent which

includes the police rate increase plus a

one increase in the mill rate.

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OPINION

The opinions expressed are not necessarily

the opinions of this newspaper.

EDITORIAL

It’s just one year

Brenda Schimke

ECA Review

This year will be a unique

Christmas and New Years for those of

us following Alberta’s new COVID

restrictions, and it could be a great

Christmas.

We won’t have to do any special

cleaning nor re-shuffle the house to

accommodate a myriad of guests. I, for

one, put up my biggest and favourite

Christmas tree which dominates the

living room, making it impossible

to host any normal Christmas

entourage.

Our annual get-together

when 40 to 60 relatives descend

to feast on lutefisk and lefse

will go ‘zoom’ this year.

I sometimes wonder if

for in-laws and younger

generations this seems

like a thankful reprieve from

the annual ritual of enduring the

smells and visuals of white, wiggly

lutefisk swimming in butter—perhaps

wondering silently, ‘who in their right

mind would eat this stuff’!

Yes, we come together because we

want to catch up with our families

sharing successes and commiserating

over hardships from the year just

ended.

We want to see our grandchildren

and great nieces and nephews as they

grow and mature in their march

towards adulthood.

It could even be the last time we see

a grandparent or a great aunt or uncle

or even a younger cousin. We want to

reconnect with friends and those from

afar.

Christmas for most is extremely

important and special.

However, COVID-19 has forced us

this ‘one’ year, to not only consider our

family and friend’s needs and wants,

but to consider the stranger as well.

In the Bible, the parable of the Good

Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) tells of a

Jew robbed and beaten and in need of

help. He is aided not by one of his own

but a member of a foreign and hostile

tribe, a Samaritan.

Jesus told this parable when

teaching a critical Bible passage, ‘Thou

shalt love thy neighbour as thyself’,

the second greatest commandment

after ‘to love God with

heart, soul and mind’.

The ‘neighbour’ in

the Bible isn’t our

favourite people or

those we most identify

with, the neighbour in

this parable was the

stranger, the unknown or

even an enemy.

Christmas is the time for

Christians to celebrate the birth of

Jesus Christ. As such, it seems a

most appropriate time to regard

Christ’s stranger over our own wants

and wishes in 2020. Keeping Christmas

to only those who live in our household

is what governments have asked us to

do so that others (strangers) may live.

I most likely will spend Christmas

alone, as I did for Thanksgiving, but I

do this with a grateful heart ever

reminding myself of the Samaritan

woman and Jesus’ two greatest

commandments.

Merry Christmas to all . . . and

remember, it’s just one year.

Appears as a double planet

by Gary Boyle -

The Backyard Astronomer

As we approach the end the year one

celestial event will entice people to

look up a great conjunction of two

planets.

Over months and years, the planets

revolve around the sun at different

speeds. On occasion, two planets will

optically come close to each other in

the sky called a conjunction.

Brilliant Jupiter (887 million km.

away) and Saturn (1.6 billion km away

to the upper left) are now visible low in

the southwestern sky, will appear

extremely close on the night of

December 21 which also happens to be

the winter solstice.

A typical Jupiter-Saturn conjunction

occurs every 20 years or so but

this year, they will appear as a double

planet with a separation equal to 1/5

the width of the full moon.

This will give telescope owners a

rare treat of seeing these gas giants

and their moons in the same field of

view. This extreme close approach

plays out every 397 years.

Many are associating this to the Star

of the Magi which was the close conjunction

of the two brightest planets

namely Venus and Jupiter.

On the night of June 17, 2 BC, they

appeared to touch each which was

deemed a sign.

This is the closest astronomical

event at the time as Halley’s Comet

was seen 10 years prior in 12 BC as

recorded by the Chinese.

Till next time, clear skies.

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by Herman Schwenk

I wrote a column on the COVID-19

situation three weeks ago. Since then

the situation has become much worse

especially here in Alberta.

At the present time we have about

the same number of cases as Ontario,

but they have 3 1/2 times the population

that Alberta has which means that

our per capita rate is by far the worst of

any province in Canada.

There are more people getting sick

from this virus than at any time since

the beginning of the pandemic, as well

are getting sick and tired of this whole

issue.

However, this is NOT the time to let

our guard down, this is the time to

redouble our efforts to cooperate with

the new restrictions that have been

imposed by the authorities.

Due to the increased number of

people becoming infected, Alberta

imposed more new restrictions

December 09th to try and reduce the

infection rate.

I thought that Jason Kenney struck a

good balance when increased restrictions

were announced some time ago. fundamental problem of attitude.

Many people in Alberta did not. People seem to think that these restrictions

are infringing on their rights,

There were large demonstrations in

Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer freedoms, charter rights, you name it.

objecting that the new rules

Alberta has a significant

were too restrictive.

number of people with no

On the other hand you had

respect for the ‘rights of

Rachel Notley from the NDP

others’ and especially the

yelling that they were not

safety of the elderly in the

restrictive enough. She wanted

senior’s institutions.

the government to shut everything

down.

you would think these

The way some people act

With her you have to

restrictions have been

remember that her major

implemented permanently. I

interest is with the public service

unions. Their pay cheques Schwenk can’t put up with the incon-

just don’t see why people

are not affected by business

venience for a few months.

shutdowns.

This virus will not be with us forever.

What is so difficult about

Of course, she has never demonstrated

any respect for taxpayer money frequently washing your hands and

anyhow, so her answer would be for the using hand sanitizer, keeping your distance

from people, wearing a mask and

government to just borrow more

money to pay the private sector. only interact with no more than three

So, you can see that the government or four people in a group when you are

is caught between a rock and a hard outside your home?

place. It wouldn’t matter what the government

did here in Alberta.

that they say are effective 95 per cent of

Scientists have developed vaccines

As I see it, what we have here is a the time

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We were informed on Mon. Dec. 7

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available in December.

The problem with that vaccine is

that it has to be kept at -75 degrees

Celsius which complicates the vaccination

process.

There are other vaccines that will be

available before too long that will be

much easier to administer.

When vaccines are available the first

people to receive them will be the residents

and the frontline workers in the

senior’s institutions and hospitals.

It will be some time before enough

people are vaccinated to bring this

pandemic to an end. Until that happens

we will just have to put up with the

safety restrictions to control the virus

as best we can.

Had everyone in Alberta continued

to follow the rules in place last summer

I don’t think we would be in the mess

we have now.

It is a sad refection on our society

when people can’t discipline themselves

and have to be forced to do the

right thing.

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Terri Huxley

ECA Review

Hanna town council accepted their

interim three year operating budget

and five year capital budget for information

during their final regular

council meeting of 2020 on Tues. Dec.8.

Minutes from three special meetings

held on Nov. 18, Nov. 24 and Dec. 2 were

passed as well.

After these meetings, administration

prepared the budgets based on

council’s direction for approval.

Deficits are expected for the next

three years beginning with a $8,713

deficit in 2021, $35,112 deficit in 2022

and a $260,118 deficit in 2023.

No municipal tax increase is

expected.

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

Kim Neill explained that amendments

may be made between now and May

when the official budget is passed as

funding is ‘iffy’.

“We want to be as transparent as

possible and if there is something we

missed throughout our three meetings,

certainly anything can be

changed,” said Neill.

He added that since the pandemic

began, administration has been

through three or four iterations of budgets

to keep up with the changes

already.

“COVID could throw another

wrench into our spring plans,” said

Neill.

Closed session items

Council entered into a closed session

where they discussed a couple of different

topics.

The first was a legal matter where

council authorized the Mayor and CAO

to enter into the agreement with the

City of Red Deer for the provision of

fire dispatch services for a five year

term ending Dec. 31, 2025.

As for the land matter, council

authorized the Mayor and CAO to

accept an offer to purchase from Dumi

Holdings for the purchase of Lots 25 &

26, Block 10, Plan 6133 AW (106 & 108 -

1st Avenue West) in the amount of

$18,760 per lot, acknowledging that the

condition of the property is being purchased

“as is”.

Support for

community viability

The Province of Alberta has a

funding program called the Alberta

Community Partnership (ACP) Grant.

The objective of the inter-municipal

collaboration component is to promote

municipal viability by providing support

to

partnerships of

two or more

municipalities to

develop or

enhance regional

municipal service

delivery plans

and frameworks,

including establishing

regional

service delivery

efficiencies.

By having

regional service

delivery plans

and frameworks

in place, municipalities

lay the

foundation to

move from concept

to reality.

The plans and

frameworks will

ensure that roles

and responsibilities

have been

defined; participating

municipalities are on board with the

next step and the partnership knows

what it will take in time and resources

to get their project off the ground.

Palliser Regional Municipal

Services (PRMS) are planning to apply

for grant funding through the Alberta

Community Partnership Program

under the Intermunicipal

Collaboration component.

Hanna council passed a motion to

participate in the application.

Since the 2013 PRMS Strategic Plan

there has been a gradual shift in planning

and GIS needs of municipalities.

As such, PRMS feels this is a great

opportunity to utilize provincial

funding to complete a new strategic

plan with the assistance of an experienced

consultant.

PRMS began a strategic plan in 2020

but it fell to the wayside due to staff

turnover, statutory documents and

other projects that took precedence.

Acquiring grant funding for this

project would allow PRMS to acquire

the resources needed to complete a

strategic plan and review the funding

model while ensuring that staff can

continue to focus on serving the needs

of members.

Further, grant funding will expand

the scope of the project to explore creating

new strategies and efficiencies in

service delivery, developing a longterm

GIS strategy and looking at

completing a new communications

plan.

The Village of Acme will be the managing

partner of this grant application,

however as part of the grant application

and to strengthen the application,

PRMS is seeking support from the

other member municipalities.

County of Paintearth No. 18

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MDP – Municipal Development Plan

LUB – Land Use Bylaw

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residents and

landowners who

take the time

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3.75” wide version

survey and provide feedback based on the

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time at Theresetta leading up to the

Christmas break has flown by.

The volleyball teams wrapped up

their seasons.

The junior high boys and girls

played each other after school Nov. 23

and impressed families watching

online as well as their coaches.

The girls played an inter-squad

game Nov. 26 as well, and had a very

fun time during this event, wrapping it

up with some pizza afterwards.

The Grade 5, 6 teams coached by

Finbiner played each other after school

Dec. 9 and amazed the virtual spectators

and guest coaches with what they

learned through this fall.

The benefits of being part of a

focused and positive team were realized

by all who participated.

Theresetta has had a few thoughtful

and fun spirit days lately.

Crazy sock and mask day was very

much in the spirit of the times with

students and staff not only having a

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of winter and made sunglasses and

neon day, digging our brightest fashions

out of storage.

When some students went to online

learning we had a favourite Christmas

ornament Google Classroom event,

and pictures of these will adorn a

Christmas tree bulletin board.

Our last day before Christmas break

will be Christmas Sweater Day, which

always brings out some amusing and

outlandish fashions.

To better appreciate the fine arts,

Mrs. Howe organized another visual

arts display for our school.

This one is titled “Heaven Can Wait”.

The vivid, colourful drawings have a

pop-culture influence and many students

and staff were able to make a

connection to the lighthearted subject

matter.

Theresetta students have been

engaged with some volunteering and

Students in Grade 5 to 9 have been

writing to residents of the Long Term

Care and Paintearth Lodge in the

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approval for $50,000 Municipal

Stimulus Program (MSP) towards

sidewalk repairs, asphalt patching and

public works sit fencing council

learned at their Dec. 8 regular council

meeting.

Consultant Tamara Sloboda has

been contracted by the village to help

with a few projects including obtaining

grants.

One of the areas she helped with was

the Municipal Stimulus Program

(MSP). The consultation fee of $5,207.35

was paid to Sloboda for her services.

Council passed a motion to contract

Sloboda to undertake an Alberta

Municipal water/wastewater partnership

grant for the pumphouse project

which is costing around $2,519,077.

Internet support letter

Council passed a motion to support

Valo Networks in their pursuit of

bringing broadband to rural areas

with a letter.

The universal broadband fund rapid

response stream is a grant that can

support this endeavour to bring better,

more reliable internet to rural Canada.

Both residents and business owners

within Elnora have found the internet

to be ‘an inconvenience at best and a

deterrent to economic growth at worst’.

Skid steer trade-in

Council accepted a quote from

Brandt to trade in their current skid

steer at $5,900 for a 2021 model with

condition that a one-year-newer model

be made available annually in the

future as per their agreement.

Public Works Foreman Rod Rintoul

confirmed the village has historically

put approximately 300 hours annually

on the skid steers. At a rental rate of

$40.00/hr, the cost would be $12,000

annually.

Through Brandt, they offered a 2021

John Deere 330G skid steer at a price of

$76,900.

Bobcat, New Holland and John Deer

also applied.

Regional waste commission budget

Council accepted the Central

have been practicing

entertaining

COVID-compliant

musical numbers

in preparation for

a virtual

Christmas

concert.

Classes will

record their performances

Dec.

16, with the entertainment

being

posted on various

online platforms

and enjoyed by

Theresetta Fri.

Dec. 18.

Christmas

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learning

resuming Jan. 4

for all students.

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aside from the hot water tank

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AGRICULTURE

Stettler County writes off almost

$60,000 in unpaid oil and gas taxes

Stu Salkeld

Local Journalism Initiative reporter

ECA Review

The County of Stettler wrote off

almost $60,000 in unpaid property

taxes owed by defunct oil and gas companies

at their regular council meeting

Dec. 9.

County Chief Administrative Officer

(CAO) Yvette Cassidy and Utilities

Clerk Sharon Larsen presented a

report to councillors detailing unpaid

property taxes that added up to almost

$60,000.

Cassidy noted that under law if a

municipality writes off the debt it can

then apply for some provincial relief.

Larsen added that all of the companies

in question either no longer exist

or are in receivership. The council

agenda listed the following companies:

Canadian Oil & Gas International (15

tax rolls), Dewpoint Resources,

Quattro Exploration & Production (15

tax rolls), Richbar Energy Ltd.,

Rockbridge Energy Alberta, Scollard

Energy Ltd., Stormhold Energy Ltd.,

Terra Energy Corp. And Tuscany

Energy Ltd.

Coun. Les Stulberg asked how much

of the education requisition the county

could get

refunded.

Cassidy

answered the

county can get

reimbursed by

the provincial

government for

all of the education

tax that

county ratepayers

paid up

front and that

usually gets

recovered when

property taxes

are paid.

Coun. Dave

Grover asked if

all of the companies

in question

For

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loyalty and support,

we are deeply grateful.

Wishing you all the very merriest

holiday season and a prosperous 2019!

Cliff ’s Stock Transport

&

Coronation

Beauty Salon

403-578-3990

are out of business.

Larsen answered that none of the

companies councillors were currently

looking at were still in operation, while

some of their assets may now be in the

hands of other companies.

Councillors discussed the seniors

housing requisition, a tax placed on

properties that funds senior housing in

Stettler County.

Coun. James Nibourg asked how

much of that, which is also paid up

front by Stettler County, is lost when

property taxes aren’t collected, which

he followed up by asking $1,000?

Cassidy answered the county loses a

lot more than $1,000.

Nibourg stated he realized the

county has no choice but to write off

the bad debt, but this issue should be

brought forward at every opportunity

to Municipal Affairs and it should be

pointed out local taxpayers are subsidizing

companies that don’t pay their

property taxes.

Nibourg stated the province doesn’t

seem to know how much money the

county is losing.

“We’re bleeding here,” said Nibourg.

“If we don’t tell them, how are they

supposed to know?

“It’s not fair, for these guys who are

walking away

scot-free. We

should be punishing

the bad

guys.”

Councillors

approved writing

off the bad debts

as presented.

Councillors

also agreed to

contact

Municipal

Affairs, the

Energy Ministry,

Senior Housing

and MLA Nate

Horner to explain

the harm these

bad debts are

causing

municipalities.

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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son

is given: and the government shall be upon

his shoulder: and his name shall be called

Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God,

The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

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Your Farm & Ranch Specialist

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it’s greatest gifts are family and friends.

Merry Christmas from Brent, Mel, Dennis & families

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With our

Thanks

for your patronage,

Have a

Merry

Christmas

Nichols Trucking (1994)

403-742-3898

We wish you and yours

a very Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year.

In lieu of our Customer Appreciation Events

we have donated $1,500.00 each to the

following community organizations:

Edberg Recreation Association

Meeting Creek Recreation Association

Happy Gang Centre

Bashaw & District Support Services

- Blaine, Rod

Joanne, Jody

Merry Christmas!

Our

hearts

grow

tender

with childhood

memories and

love of kindred,

and we are better

throughout the year

for having, in spirit,

become a child again at

Christmastime.

From the entire

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Interim operating budget approved

Stu Salkeld

Local Journalism Initiative

reporter

ECA Review

Kneehill County approved

their interim operating budget

for 2021 at the Dec. 8 regular

meeting of council.

The interim budget was presented

by Director of Corporate

Services Bill McKennan.

“It’s really a procedural item

that allows departments to continue

their normal

expenditures,” said McKennan.

“Municipalities need to adopt

an interim operating budget to

continue day to day operations

until the annual operating

budget is adopted by council,”

stated McKennan in his report

to council.

“Administration is recommending

that council pass an

interim operating budget based

on approximately 50 per cent of

the approved 2020 operating

budget as detailed in Appendix

I.

“Some budgetary accounts

have been reflected at less than

50 per cent due to issues such as

non-recurring items or known

factors that would adjust the

2021 budget compared to 2020.

“The fiscal year for all municipalities

in Alberta is the

calendar year, starting Jan. 1

and ending Dec. 31.

“The approval of an interim

operating budget is required to

comply with legislation since

the 2021 annual operating

budget will not be adopted prior

to Jan. 1, 2021.”

McKennan stated during his

presentation even though the

basis of the interim budget is a

50 per cent quote of last year’s

budget, some sections, such as

Social media notices informal

Stu Salkeld

Local Journalism

Initiative reporter

ECA Review

Big Valley village council discussed

making social media

notices of their council meetings

mandatory.

The discussion was held at

their Nov. 26 regular meeting

which was held in the community

hall to meet pandemic

guidelines.

The topic came up as part of a

discussion about agenda item

Bylaw 852 – Procedural Bylaw,

which Chief Administrative

Officer (CAO) Sandra Schell

noted required some changes.

She reminded councillors the

procedural bylaw lays out how

council will conduct its

business.

Schell stated the procedural

bylaw was examined during a

recent, standard review of the

village by the provincial government’s

Ministry of

Municipal Affairs.

One item was picked out

during the review, a part of the

procedural bylaw that gave the

chair the authority to excuse

someone from a council

meeting, which isn’t an

authority that a chair can

legally use.

Mayor Clark German stated

he had an idea for the section of

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BIG VALLEY COUNCIL

the procedural bylaw which

governs notification of the

public of upcoming council

meetings.

German suggested the village

also consider adding social

media council meetings notices

to the bylaw, specifically

naming the village’s Facebook

page.

Schell noted that the village

uses posters and its website to

notify the public of council

meetings, which are relatively

easy for staff to do, but adding

Facebook to the bylaw means it

must be done every time.

“If we put (Facebook) in here,

that means we have to

do it every time,” said

Schell, and she stated

staff may not be able to

do that.

German responded it

may not be necessary to

have social media in the

bylaw, but noted many

people use social media

and it may be an effective

way of letting people

know what’s going on at

the village office.

The mayor stated he

would just like to see as

much communication

with the public as

possible.

It was decided to offer

social media notices

informally as staff time

Have a wonderful Christmas

Dan’s revenues, would share: be less because

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and an amazing New Year

much of it is tax revenue that

- Greg, Janice & family

won’t This be collected is Dan. Last until year, the fall he got a $10,927 profit shares

of 2021.

He cash also payout noted the from interim Vision. Dan has been a business

budget member wouldn’t since include he opened any Camrose Cycle in 1982. Since

new initiatives that councillors

might then, consider his business during the has regular

estate, 2021 budgeting but Vision process. has been constant. It’s good when a

shifted from dirt bikes to real

Plus, the interim operating

budget financial would be institution based on has your back, says Dan. Getting

existing a share service of the standards. profits is pretty great too.

Councillors unanimously

approved the 2021 interim operating

budget.

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allows, but not include them in

the bylaw.

German also suggested a provision

in the bylaw for offering

the public virtual access to

meetings such as online videos

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Councillors unanimously

approved the updated procedural

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& Happy New Year

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Electric Ltd.

Les Muhlbach

(403)740-2891

Office (403)876-2587

24 Hour Emergency Service

Thank you to all of those who have

helped to make 2020 a successful year.

Greg’s Automotive Repair

Hwy 12 - Castor, AB 403-882-3541

Wishing

you Happy

Holidays

and a

New Year

filled with

prosperity

and success!

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& Staff

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Wonder & Light

A Note of Thanks

To Our Customers & Friends

As another year comes to a close,

we’d like to offer a chorus of

thanks to all the individuals,

customers, neighbours and

friends who have made this

year a noteworthy one for us.

With best wishes for a merry

and bright holiday season

from all of us.

From Lane Rees & Staff

Big Country Construction &

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403-3rd Avenue. East, Hanna

403-854-3585

Here’s hoping the season

surrounds you with that

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Christmas can bring!

We thank you for filling our

year with so many great

memories, and we look

forward to serving you

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Kept busy with needlework, gardens

Our mom, Regina Marshall, was

born on the homestead by Dowling

Lake, Alta. on July 20, 1932 to parents

Christian and Christina Hintz.

Later the family moved to the

Endiang area where she lived until she

was married.

She met our father, Keith Marshall

at a box social when he bought her

lunch box.

They were married on July 26, 1953

in Castor.

To their marriage three children

were born. Kathryn was

stillborn in Castor in 1955.

Martin was born in Castor

in 1956. Elaine was born in

Camrose in 1960.

Mom and Dad started

their life together farming

by Castor. They then moved

to the Stettler area and then

on to Donalda.

The next move took them

to Red Willow where Dad

Marshall

went to work on the road

crew for six days a week while mom

was home with us kids.

While the family was living in Red

Willow, Mom would do perms and

haircuts for the ladies.

She did alterations and made clothes

to bring in extra income for the family.

In 1964 the family moved to Rimbey

and purchased their first home. While

in Rimbey, she worked for a local

caterer and ended up with Dad and

Elaine helping out as well.

From Rimbey Mom and Dad moved

to Lacombe in 1983.

This was an interesting time for her.

She took up bowling and found she

really liked it. Her team actually made

it to provincials one year.

In 2009 Mom and Dad moved to

Stettler to be closer to her brother,

Christian.

They joined the Stettler Lutheran

Church and met many friends who

helped the transition go smoothly.

They quickly became part of a coffee

crew that met regularly which helped

Always had time for kids

Hans Hermann Cluver

January 14, 1938 –

December 6, 2020

Hans Hermann Cluver was born in

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would always say that the best part of

his life happened after 1965 when he

immigrated to Canada.

He arrived in Halifax with a car, a

few hundred dollars and no English.

He also had the name of a

contact in Alberta who might

give him a job. So, he drove

across the country and started

a new life.

He worked as a hired hand

for a few years before buying

his own farm south of Fleet.

Along the way, he met the

woman he would love for the

rest of his life. He and

Cluver

Katherine met at a square

dance and were married in

1972.

The three children that she brought

into the marriage--Kathy, Rose and

Steve-- became his own.

They added another in 1973 with

Christine.

He loved them all and the grandchildren

that followed in later years, as

well as any child he ever met.

He always had time for kids and

made them all feel special, whether he

was with them for just a moment or for

their whole lifetime.

He worked hard at everything he

did, on the farm and in the community.

He spent many years as the organizer

of floor curling leagues and

bonspiels at the Fleet Community Hall

them settle in the Stettler area even

more.

In 2013 Mom and Dad moved to

Heart Haven and met up with more

long-lost friends. In 2019 mom moved

to Points West.

Mom and Dad were very active in

the Lutheran Church no matter where

they were living.

She was a long-time member of the

LWML, taught Sunday school, made

quilts and volunteered where ever

there was a need.

She enjoyed sewing, crocheting

and was known for

knitting slippers.

She made quilts and afghans

for family members as well as

gifts for special occasions.

She loved her flowers and

garden where she spent lots of

daylight hours working.

Regina is survived by son

Martin, daughter Elaine

(Tony) Piwin, granddaughters

Genevieve, Sarah Jane and

Natashia, brother-in-law Alan

(Jeannette) Marshall, sister-in-law

Virginia (Doug) Duke, many other

close family members and friends.

Mom was predeceased by her parents

Christian and Christina Hintz,

her husband Keith of 62 years,

daughter Kathryn, brothers Adolph

(Annie) Leippi, Ted (Dorothy), Samuel,

Christian, Reinhold and sister-in-law

Doris (Stan) Howe.

A funeral service for Regina

Marshall was held on Thurs., Dec. 17,

2020 with Pastor Jonathan Aicken

officiating.

Regina was laid to rest at Lake View

Cemetery, Stettler beside her beloved

husband Keith.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be

made to St. Peter Evangelical

Lutheran Church in Stettler or to the

charity of your choice c/o Stettler

Funeral Home & Crematorium, Box

1780, Stettler, Alta. T0C 2L0, 403-742-

3422, who have been entrusted with

the care and funeral arrangements.

and would gladly help other communities

with their bonspiels.

When he and Katherine sold the

farm and moved to Stettler in 2008, he

supported his new community and

helped out at the Seniors Centre and

Community Garden.

And as he had always done, he

helped the neighbours.

He shovelled snow, pulled weeds,

pruned trees, mowed lawns

and generally did what

needed doing.

He never expected any

reward or recognition—he

just loved to help others.

He always said he never

expected to have such a

good life, able to retire

early enough to travel

around the world and close

to home – to spend so many

wonderful hours at square

dances with his wife, floor curling and

playing cards with friends, visiting

family and friends near and far.

He travelled many miles over the

years and touched many lives along

the way.

He will be missed by everyone who

knew him.

Memorial donations may be made to

Stettler Emergency Fund or to a

charity of your choice.

Condolences may be sent to the

family and viewed at www.stettlerfuneralhome.com

Stettler Funeral Home

& Crematorium, P.O. Box 1780, Stettler,

Alta. T0C 2L0, 403-742-3422, entrusted

with the care and funeral

arrangements.

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To send condolences to the family,

please visit www.stettlerfuneralhome.

com.

We wish you

a safe &

Merry

Christmas

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Merry Christmas

and a very Happy New Year!

Kneehill County Council and Staff

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The Office will be closed for the holidays from noon on December 24, 2020, until January 3, 3, 2021.

Regular business hours (service via phone or email) will resume Monday, January 4, 4, 2021, at at 8:30 am.

Please note: The Kneehill County Office and Shop are currently closed for in-person services due to to COVID-19,

tentatively re-opening to the public Monday, January 11, 2021.

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OBITUARY


Adapted to the challenges

Shirley Derry

Sept. 26, 1927 – Dec. 3, 2020

Shirley Derry was born in Calgary

Sept. 26, 1927.

She was adopted by Helen and Peter

Batter of Hanna. Peter was a CN conductor

so the railroad in Hanna was a

very important part of her family’s

life.

Almost 11 years

later Helen and

Peter adopted a

little boy, Bill.

Shirley soon

learned about

taking care of a

small mischievous

brother. They had

the pleasure of

Derry

having a wonderful

sister/brother bond

throughout their

life.

Bill Batter joined

the RCMP and

married Doreen

Schmidt and they

had two boys, Brad

and Kevin.

Shirley spent her

school years in

Hanna and then

went to work at the Royal Bank.

After WWII she met Art Mohl when

he returned home from overseas service.

They were married in February

of 1947 and she went straight from

being a town girl to living on the Mohl

family farm south of Hanna.

Very quickly she was indoctrinated

into all aspects of farm work and

raising their family.

Art and Shirley had two daughters,

Diane and Marilyn and a son,

Raymond.

Life was hard on the farm but

Shirley adapted to the challenges.

They lived in a community that was

full of hard-working families that

always helped each other out and

shared many fun times at dances,

cards, picnics, snowmobiling and 4-H.

As Art’s health failed in 1976, they

moved from the farm into the Batter

house in Hanna. Unfortunately, Art

passed away soon after in 1977.

Shirley enjoyed bus tours and travelling

with friends and later met and

married Jack Derry in 1980, adding a

whole new family into her life.

They enjoyed summers at the cabin

at Buffalo Lake and travelled to

Hawaii each winter. When Jack suddenly

passed away in 1985, Shirley

was back to her coffee friends and

some more travelling.

Her life was always busy with

cooking for the family. She made

many delicious desserts, appetizers,

Christmas baking and there would

always be homemade cookies or fresh

bread out of the oven when her family

returned home.

She was talented at copper tooling,

jewellery making, resin art, knitting

and crocheting. Whatever she would

make, she always had to make three or

more for her kids and grandchildren.

She was very proud of her family

and enjoyed each visit and stories of

what they were doing.

In 2003 she moved to the Villas and

lived there until 2010. She then moved

to the Hanna Lodge and relocated to

the new Seniors Lodge when it opened

in 2012.

She had many wonderful friendships

with the other seniors and staff

and enjoyed all of the activities.

With failing health Shirley moved to

Hanna Long Term Care in 2016.

Shirley’s health improved and she

always remarked that she was blessed

to be in a good place and have very

good care.

In fact, at both the Seniors Lodge

and the Hanna Long Term Care she

enjoyed the staff like they

were a part of her family.

Besides her parents and

husbands, she was predeceased

by her brother Bill

in 2014.

She is survived by her

daughters Diane (Bob)

Paxman, Marilyn (Kim)

Sturek and her son

Raymond (Shelley) Mohl.

Also surviving are her

grandchildren, Kris (Terry)

Paxman, Kathy (Mike)

Vasseur, Justin (Natasha)

Sturek and Ashley Mohl

plus four great

grandsons, Kyle,

Kelly, Jake and

Kai.

She is also

survived by

sister-in-law

Doreen Batter,

and her sons

Brad and Kevin

and their families

as well as

Lloyd (Velma)

Derry, George

(Lorna) Derry

and their

families.

Shirley was

truly loved by all

of her friends

and family and

will be sadly

Christmas

Greetings

- and -

Best Wishes

We would like to wish

our friends, families

and clients a very

Merry Christmas.

We thank you for your

support and look

forward to serving

you in the New Year

missed.

Her positive attitude,

strength to face challenges

head on and ability to adapt

to many changes in her life

will inspire us forever.

A private family graveside

service will be held in

the future.

If one so desires, donations

may be made in

Shirley’s name to the Royal

Canadian Legion Branch #

25, Box 1407, Hanna,

Alberta, T0J 1P0.

O COME LET US

ADORE

HIM!

Merry Christmas

- Ben, Tammy & Kyle Van Haga

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- From the

Board of Directors,

Management and Staff

We wish you a

Merry Christmas

and glad tidings of

comfort & joy

Paintearth Gas Co-op Ltd

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(403) 882-3974

May the light of his love

guide you from above this

Christmas and all through

the new year.

- Jeannie Zinger

Zinger School

of Dancing

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To all the good friends for whom we so care,

we give thanks for you in our Christmas prayers.

With gratitude in our hearts, we wish you and

yours a blessed and merry Christmas.

Nate Horner, MLA

Drumheller-Stettler Constituency

587-774-0306 OFFICE

Drumheller.Stettler@assembly.ab.ca

May this holiday season bring

friends and family close

and may you be blessed

throughout the coming year.

From everyone here,

Merry Christmas and

a Very Happy New Year!

Landmark Realty AN INDEPENDENT MEMBER BROKER

Basil Nichols 403-323-0365

Wishing You a

Happy Holiday Season

and a wonderful,

prosperous New Year.

Sending out our very best wishes to all of God’s children here at home

and around the world. May your Christmas be merry and bright and your

New Year blessed with health, happiness, faith and good fortune.

Thank you for your generous support.

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OBITUARY


Always grateful for God’s blessings

Arthur Ziegler

May 8, 1930 –

December 11, 2020

Arthur was born on May

8, 1930 in Kleczew, Poland to

Ewald and Natalie Ziegler.

Arthur had an older

brother, Richard, and a

younger sister, Lilly.

His parents provided a

loving home where the children

could grow up carefree

and secure.

Christian

teaching and

prayer were

taught and the

family strictly

upheld regular

church

attendance.

At the end of

WWII, everything

changed drastically.

The family

Ziegler

had to flee in the

middle of winter and after

many hardships and

through great danger, they

arrived at Peine, Germany.

Here the family was

reunited and could start a

new life.

The city of Peine had a

Baptist Church which

offered a new spiritual

home.

At this time, Arthur committed

his life to Christ and

accepted Him as his Lord

and Saviour.

He was baptized on Easter

Sunday, 1947.

This gave new meaning

and a new direction for the

future of his life.

After finishing high

school in Germany in 1950,

Arthur and his brother

Richard immigrated to

Edmonton, Alta.

Here he joined Central

Baptist Church which provided

him with a home to

grow in faith and a home to

mature spiritually.

The friendliness of the

people of Central Baptist

Church restored

his faith in the

goodness of

mankind.

At Central, he

met Toni. She

became his wife on

June 2, 1956 and

together, they

started life as a

couple on a farm

near Stettler, Alta.

Stettler Baptist

Church became his new

spiritual home.

It was here that Art and

Toni were blessed with four

children.

Arthur was always

grateful for God’s blessings

and His guidance and protection

that he and his

family experienced over his

lifetime.

Throughout his life, with

all its joys and difficulties,

Arthur always trusted his

Lord and took both blessings

and hardships as

promises that all things are

given for a purpose and for

the best.

He loved the church and served it

diligently.

With gratitude to God, he was

thankful that his children and their

families follow God and are active in

church life.

Arthur leaves to cherish his

memory; Toni, his loving wife of 64

years; his children: Herb (Karen)

Ziegler, Ken (Ruth) Ziegler, Donna

(Gary) Horton and Carl (Roxanne)

Ziegler.

Also left to cherish his memory are

his grandchildren: Allan (Karla)

Ziegler, Russell (Laura) Ziegler,

Melody (Michael) Walters, Thomas

(Kirsten) Ziegler, Katie (Joel) Entz,

Erika (Tanner) Green, Ryan Horton,

Tyler (Kaitlynn) Horton, Carissa

(Chris) Stagg, Kayla (Kris) Stauffer,

May the warmth

and wonder of the

season surround you

and fill your world

with happiness!

Customers like you are

the reason we love what

we do, and we

thank you for

choosing us.

SEKURA & WEBB

Chartered Professional Accountants

Box 2188 Hanna, AB T0J 1P0

Phone (403) 854-4045

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Joel and Julia Ziegler.

Also seven great-grandchildren;

sister Lilly

Sprenger; numerous other

relatives and many dear

friends.

Graveside services for the

late Arthur Ziegler were

held at Lake View Cemetery,

Stettler, Alta. on Wed., Dec.

16, 2020 at 1 p.m.

Memorial donations may

be made to Mission Baptist

International Foundation

(771 Sargent Ave., Winnipeg,

Man. R3E 0B5) or to a

charity of your own choice.

Condolences may be sent

to the family and viewed at

www.stettlerfuneralhome.

com Stettler Funeral Home

& Crematorium, Box 1780,

Stettler, Alta. T0C 2L0, 403-

742-3422, entrusted with the

care and funeral

arrangements.

Merry

Christmas

As we celebrate the birth of our Savior,

we give thanks for the many blessings and

good fortune he has bestowed upon us.

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