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April 21, 2022 

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Easter Kids Rifle Shoot aims at safety, training 

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The Easter Bunny brought 

bullets, not eggs, to 25 boys and 

girls at the annual Trochu Rifle 

and Pistol Association’s Easter 

Kids Shoot at the Community 

Hall Mon. April 18. 

Organizer and Association 

President Ward Beeton, who 

participated in the annual event 

as a child in the 80s, said the 

entire evening, from a Ken 

MacLean safety lecture and 

demonstration, refreshments, 

and a competitive shoot with 

rifles and ammunition, were 

available at no charge. 

Divided into three age groups 

from 10 to 16, the R shooters, some 18 pt 

of whom had never fired a rifle, 

competed for bragging rights 

and medallion-bedecked 

ribbons. 

The association, active since 

1958 and Alberta’s oldest firearms 

club, operates the indoor 

range in the Trochu Community 

Center and an outdoor range 

east of town near the Tolman 

Bridge. In addition to recreation 

shooting, the association makes 

its facilities available as a safety 

training center for the public, 

RCMP and other agencies. 

Under the watchful eye of Safety Officer Gerald Smith, from the left, Tristan 

Olson, William Molendyk and Tate Pipke participate at the Mon. April 18 Easter 

Kids Shoot, organized by the Trochu Rifle and Pistol Association. 

 

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Spray Foam 

*Barns *Shops *Quonsets *Pole Sheds 

*New Construction *Houses 

Targeting 

East 

Central 

Alberta 

New principals for 2022-23 school year 

Joan Boles has been appointed to the 

position of principal of our Tri-Campus 

Schools (Acme, Carbon and Dr. Elliott) 

in the Golden Hills School Division 

effective the start of the 2022/2023 

school year. 

Boles holds a 

Bachelor of 

Education from the 

University of 

Alberta and is currently 

working 

towards completing 

her Master’s in 

Education, 

Interdisciplinary 

Boles 

Studies at the University of Calgary. 

Boles has served as an acting principal 

for Carseland School and acting 

associate principal for Drumheller 

Valley Secondary School. 

She is also a highly skilled instructional 

coach and classroom teacher 

with over 20 years of experience. 

Gus Wetter School principal 

Jordan Rhodes will be Gus Wetter’s 

principal starting in the 2022-23 school 

year. 

Rhodes comes to Clearview from 

Foothills School Division, where he 

has been most recently serving as 

principal of Westmount School in 

Okotoks. 

Rhodes has been an educator for 16 

years, of which 12 years have been as a 

school-based administrator. Rhodes 

was a teacher at a Grade 9 to 12 school, 

a high school vice principal for eight 

years, and has spent four years as principal 

at Westmount School, a 

kindergarten to grade nine school 

located in Okotoks. 

Stettler Elementary 

Kate Syson has been selected as 

principal for Stettler Elementary 

School (SES).Ms. Syson will take the 

role when Principal 

Sharon Fischer 

retires at the end of 

this year. 

Syson has been 

serving as 

vice-principal. 

“My vision for the Syson 

school is one that 

includes students first in all ways, care 

and compassion for families, rigour 

and high expectations set for our children,” 

said Kate Syson. 

Syson has been teaching for 16 years, 

of which 10 have been in Clearview and 

eight years at SES. 

INDEX 

Three Hills news ..................... 2, 3 

Castor council ............................. 3 

Delburne council ........................ 4 

Classifieds/Careers ................. 6, 7 

Hughenden school ..................... 7 

Kneehill news ...................... 8, 11 

Starland council ....................... 10 

100 Women 

Who Care 

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Stettler county council ........ 10, 12 

M7 4-H Provincial Orange winner ............... 11 Maintenance 

Boots, chickens 

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THREE HILLS 

Support to revitalize 

Three Hills street 

infrastructure 

A moody yet scenic backdrop for an abandoned homestead in the County of Paintearth 

along Lake Thelma Road, Mon. April 4. Thank you to the readers who have followed along 

on my journey as a multimedia journalist over the past four years and those that I interacted 

with frequently for news and information. It’s been a true pleasure to build such a strong 

relationship with each and every one of you. My pride for this region has only strengthened. 

Cheers to the next chapter! ECA Review/Terri Huxley 

 

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Hello folks…. 

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The Town of Three Hills announced 

a project that will revitalize the town’s 

Main Street through several infrastructure 

and aesthetic improvements 

that aim to draw both residents and 

tourists alike into the heart of the community, 

by creating a downtown space 

that highlights the pedestrian focused 

amenities of downtown. 

Amenities will include healthy 

trees lining the street, more accessible 

walkways for residents of all 

ages, additional flower planters and 

places to enjoy the active and vibrant 

downtown community through additional 

tables and chairs. 

The project site will include the 

north and south sides of Main Street, 

between 2 Ave SE and 6 Ave SE, and 

will be completed over the spring and 

summer months of 2022. 

Funding for this project will include 

a $311,147 federal investment through 

the Canada Community Revitalization 

Fund, and $103,716 from the Town of 

Three Hills, totalling a project value of 

$414,863. 

“The Town of Three Hills is overjoyed 

to receive a grant from 

PrairiesCan,” said Three Hills Mayor 

Ray Wildeman. 

Dear Editor, 

Just a note to say how much we 

appreciate your newspaper stepping to 

the plate and keeping us informed of 

the shenanigans that both our provincial 

and federal politicians are trying 

to pull on us! 

Kenney is a disgrace to the 

Conservative Party name and Trudeau 

is not too far behind as far as the 

Liberal name is concerned…..not like 

true conservatives like Lougheed or 

even Mulroney. I’m sure Trudeau Sr. 

is rolling over in his grave with the 

scandals and coverups his offspring 

has unloaded on us…. 

Getting back to your newspaper. As I 

mentioned to the publisher when I 

called last week, it is refreshing to 

have a more centralist view on politics 

rather than the right wing opinions of 

Post Media and Corus radio which is 

all we have in this province… 

I understand a person needs time to 

take a break from her work keeping 

track of the political goings on both 

here in Alberta and in Ottawa, but 

please know Ms. Schimke, your editorials 

are sorely missed! 

PS…I am sending a small donation 

to help a bit with your distribution 

costs. 

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Historical holocaust 

commemoration 

Dear Editor, 

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom 

HaShoah) takes place this year on 

April 28. This is an important and 

solemn historical commemoration that 

reminds all people to be vigilant 

against rising bigotry, hatred and 

antisemitism. 

Sadly, antisemitism is growing 

around the world, including here in 

Canada. 

Statistics over the past several years 

repeatedly state that Jewish people 

and institutions are among the most 

common targets of police-reported 

hate crimes in Canada. 

Too often, these incidents are dismissed 

as a byproduct of international 

events or otherwise downplayed or 

even denied. But this surge in hatemotivated 

crimes is a real, growing 

problem – and it needs to be 

confronted. 

A new, grassroots movement is 

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Flagstaff County Assistant CAO Brent Hoyland, left, with Shaina George, economic 

development coordinator, and Kerri Lefsrud, administrative assistant, captured the 

“Regional Collaboration and Partnership Project” award at last week’s Economic 

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Corrections 

In the County of Paintearth story 

titled ‘Land Use Bylaw changes raise 

concerns from public’ in last week’s 

edition, it was stated that letter submissions 

would be available on the 

county website but in fact are not at 

this time. The expectation is that they 

will be published later this week. 

Additionally, in the story titled 

‘Altario School celebrates Ag program 

success’, Elder Russel Joseph was misidentified 

in the caption as Elder 

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CASTOR COUNCIL 

Council hears 2022 will be final ‘cut budget’ 

Stu Salkeld 

Local Journalism Initiative reporter 

ECA Review 

Castor town council heard a report 

from their chief administrative officer 

(CAO) that efforts to trim the municipal 

budget have almost reached their 

end. The report was made at the April 

11 regular meeting of council. 

CAO Christopher Robblee, during 

the regular budget update, notified 

councillors that operational cuts to the 

budget are almost done. 

He added that, looking ahead to 

future budgets, if any more cuts are 

made they will have to come by cutting 

services. 

Also during the report Robblee noted 

every department has higher expenses 

than revenue at this point and those 

departments won’t see revenue 

increasing until later in the year. 

On the positive side, the CAO noted 

We had 

such a busy 

afternoon 

here at 

the Castor 

Golden Circle 

Community 

Hub… Crib 

for some and 

Easter crafts 

for others on 

Tues. April 5. 

ECA Review/ 

Castor & 

District FCSS 

the town’s gas system has generated a 

$27,000 profit. 

It was also noted that the county will 

forward recreation requisition at the 

end of the year. Councillors accepted 

the report as information. 

Accounts payable 

Councillors examined the regular 

listings of accounts to be paid by the 

town. Among those that were discussed 

were the U7 softball 

tournament fees, physician house renovations 

(carpet, painting, flooring and 

doors) and staff footwear, among many 

others. It was noted the physician 

house costs are split three ways 

between the town, county and 

foundation. 

Councillors discussed the town 

paying funds to new staff to purchase 

steel-toed boots; Robblee stated that it’s 

done even for staff who are probationary, 

and if they don’t pass 

probation the money is taken off the 

person’s final pay cheque. 

Tax recovery transfers 

During the cash statement report 

councillors passed a resolution related 

to the tax recovery process. 

This is the process that all municipalities 

use to recover unpaid property 

taxes: a legal process is employed to 

hold an auction for certain property 

and unpaid taxes and other debts are 

paid out of the auction proceeds, if the 

property sells. 

Robblee requested councillors pass a 

resolution approving the transfer of 

the town’s expenses related to the tax 

recovery sale to the tax rolls involved. 

They unanimously did so. 

Castor Rodeo 

Councillors read a letter of request 

from the Castor Rodeo. Organizers of 

the annual event were requesting 

funding from the town and even 

though CAO Robblee noted this is an 

annual request and is always granted, 

cash requests must come before, and 

be approved by council. 

Councillors unanimously approved 

the request. 

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Mark Kremer, Greg Julas, Melanie Krahn, and Randy Gardiner led the music team at the annual Community Three 

Hills Good Friday Service April 15. 

ECA Review/D. Nadeau 

Good Friday service 

draws hundreds 

David Nadeau 


For one short hour, we set aside 

news of war, suspicion, oppression and 

injustice. 

Just an hour, spent in the cavernous 

Three Hills School gym, to concentrate 

on the annual community Good Friday 

service. Seven pastors, one from each 

participating church, took turns 

expounding on the service theme of I 

AM—the Man on the Cross. 

Prairie Tab Congregation’s Pastor 

Glenn Flewelling, for example, said 

Satan works to prevent us from leaving 

his domain of darkness and death in 

favour of our defecting into God’s 

realm of light and life. Appropriate 

words that fit well with the morning’s 

service and the world we left outside 

for an hour. 

The freewill offering, described by 

Victory Church Pastor Terry Krahn, 

will help support Prairie College’s centennial 

celebration, scheduled for this 

July. 

Thank you! 

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Decision tabled on Fawn Meadows Estates bylaw 

Brenda Schimke 


The regular meeting of the Delburne 

village council and a public hearing 

regarding a proposed bylaw to include 

the Fawn Meadows Estates architectural 

development guidelines in the 

Land Use ByLaw, were held on April 

12. 

“The intention was that this development 

have architectural guidelines to 

ensure housing and community consistency,” 

said Coun. Ray Reckseidler 

who was on council when the idea for 

Fawn Meadows was conceived as a 

strategy to attract new residents to 

Delburne. 

A bylaw to make building permits 

contingent on these architectural 

guidelines was never enacted. Most 

people, including the village, were 

unaware of this oversight until a 

denied permit request for a garage to 

be constructed contrary to the architectural 

guidelines was challenged. 

Subsequently on appeal, it was found 

the garage did not contravene the Land 

Use ByLaw and a building permit was 

then issued. 

Four residents comprising three 

Fawn Meadow homeowners made 

written and oral presentations at the 

public hearing—two speaking in 

favour of the bylaw change, one 

speaking against. 

Those arguing for the bylaw said it 

was the intent that these development 

guidelines be enforceable. 

Coun. Jeff Bourne agreed, “the village 

council (of the day) assumed it was 

enforceable, their mistake was not 

making it a bylaw.” 

One arguing for the bylaw also said 

as it now stands people backing on the 

golf course could put up a 30-foot-high 

garage. 

The homeowner speaking against 

the bylaw amendment commented that 

inconsistencies abound in the neighbourhood—including 

different fencing 

materials and some fences 6-feet high 

rather than the 5-foot permitted, plus a 

garage that would be in contravention 

of the new bylaw. 

In response to the 30-foot-high 

garage, he stated his request for a 

permit was to build a 17-foot-high 

garage. 

“We’re attempting to make an 

honest effort to try to correct the oversight 

that resulted from (the village’s) 

lack of experience with this type of 

development, said Mayor Tim Wilson. 

“We’re trying to make the majority 

DELBURNE COUNCIL 

happy but that will leave someone 

unhappy.” 

Council wants to enact what the 

majority of current Fawn Meadows 

owners want. Do they want the 

existing architectural guidelines 

embedded in a bylaw, do they want to 

revise some of the guidelines to deal 

with existing inconsistencies? Do they 

want inconsistencies grandfathered, or 

just leave it as guidelines not the law? 

A motion was made to table Bylaw 

1177/2022 believing that all members of 

the Fawn Meadows community should 

be involved in this decision. 

Village administration will be contacting 

each owner by letter seeking 

input. The village council wants a 

long-term solution that works for the 

majority of Fawn Meadows owners so 

the bylaw can be clear for those considering 

building in Phase 3. 

Main Street Park 

Brenda Smith was in attendance to 

present to council the Futures 

Committee’s proposal for the completion 

of the Main Street Park. 

Items discussed and agreed to were 

the completion of the grade work 

around the pavilion, the installation of 

a 12-foot-wide sidewalk to the pavilion, 

an arch at the entrance to the park, 

completion of the parking area and 

some physical control measures to 

ensure vehicles aren’t able to access 

the park. 

Eavestroughs are required to complete 

the pavilion and capping the 

posts is optional. Smith will get quotes 

on both items. 

Ten picnic tables weighing 200 

pounds each have been ordered from 

Blue Imp for a total of $14,000 with 

delivery expected by the end of April. 

When the above items are completed, 

any leftover money or future 

successful grants could go towards 

more bathrooms or a canvas siding for 

the pavilion. 

Bistro property 

Frustration was expressed after 

receiving another letter from Alberta 

Environment stating “the site is not 

currently eligible for closing”, 

meaning the village must continue 

spending approximately $7,000 per 

annum to test the Bistro site for contamination 

levels. 

The village has been testing every 

year since 2006 when Alberta 

Environment gave permission for a 

restaurant and a housing unit on the 

second floor to be constructed on a 

reclaimed gas station site. Over the 

years, Alberta Environment has 

changed the parameters prolonging 

closure. The CAO will contact their 

Geo Tech firm to determine what’s 

next. 

New business 

The National Police Federation have 

asked all municipalities to join their 

Call to Action and send a letter to the 

Premier and MLAs to stop their push 

for a provincial police force. There was 

unanimous consent to send such a 

letter. 

Four proposals were received to 

undertake the village’s strategic planning 

project. Using a scoring method, 

Urban Systems was the successful 

bidder and a motion was unanimously 

carried to retain their services. 

Administrator’s report 

There were two new business 

licenses issued—Round Lake Lawn 

Care Services and Coal Trail Catering. 

The tax notification process was 

completed on March 28. There are six 

properties put on tax notification and 

one possible tax sale auction. 

Imagination Library 

Suzanne Seufert presented to 

council a literacy program that she is 

spearheading for Delburne and area. 

It’s called the Imagination Library and 

is offered through the Dollywood 

Foundation. 

Each child up to age five would 

receive a book per month, totalling 60 

books. When a child reads just one 

book a day for five years, they would 

add an additional 290,000 words to 

their vocabulary. 

Seufert estimates there are 

approximately 60 children in the area 

who would be eligible. Her goal is to 

raise enough money to get at least half 

the area’s children into the program at 

a cost of $3.55 per child per month or 

$43 per child per year. 

“It would benefit the children in our 

community so much and increase 

awareness of the library”, said Seufert. 

“Once Delburne does it, then other 

communities may step up.” 

It’s a simple and easy program to 

administer, but she needs community 

exposure to assist with fundraising. 

Council was enthusiastic about the 

program suggesting different organizations 

to contact and agreeing she 

should make an application for a community 

grant. 

“The program creates a passion for 

reading and life-time learning”, said 

Seufert, “and would show how much 

Delburne cares about families”. 

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80, enjoyed a meal at the Halkirk Hotel on Tues. April 12 and heard three fabulous 

presentations including the Gus Wetter School Archery Club, Smile Like Emily and the 

Friends of the Brownfield Library. After the votes were tallied the group presented a 

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Boots, chickens and rodeo: a Bashaw 

artist’s odyssey to help stampede cowboys 

Stu Salkeld 



A Bashaw artist has been boosted by 

artistic efforts to help rodeo cowboys, 

and it’s all due to chickens on cowboy 

boots. 

Bashaw artist Laurie Hall recently 

took part in Cowboy Kicks, a special 

fundraising event to benefit the 

Canadian Pro Rodeo Sport Medicine 

Team (CPRSMT) March 18 in Red 

Deer, which centred on purpose-built 

fibreglass cowboy boots to be auctioned 

off. Hall’s efforts raised $7,000 

for the rodeo charity. 

Cowboy Kicks was an evening of art, 

entertainment and benefit at 

Westerner Park, although the COVID 

pandemic delayed the event more than 

once. Hall stated she was flattered to 

be offered a chance to paint for the 

event. 

The auction was planned to benefit 

CPRSMT, a group that helps rodeo 

athletes with their health. 

Hall stated her interest was piqued 

when she noticed a callout for artists 

for the Cowboy Kicks event on social 

media. Hall sent the organizers a 

selection of her work that induced animals 

and cars and “...they said they 

really liked my chickens,” said Hall in 

a phone call March 31. 

Hall noted planning out images for 

the boot was one challenge, but just 

getting the huge fibreglass footwear 

home was another. “It barely fit in the 

back of my car,” she said. 

The artist said she was inspired to 

create her boot design with a chicken 

romance, and benefited from the input 

of other Bashaw artists, which she 

greatly values. But the boot definitely 

had a fowl story to tell. “I 

knew I was going to put the 

chickens on,” she said. 

The artist noted that the 

night of the auction was a bit 

nerve-wracking for her, as 

she wasn’t sure people 

would appreciate the wry 

humour of her work, but 

those worries were 

unfounded. 

After all was said and 

done Cowboy Kicks raised 

about $300,000 for the 

CPRSMT. 

She noted that art lovers 

of all kinds should mark 

down May 1 on their 

Bashaw artist Laurie Hall created a work of poultry art for the Cowboy 

Kicks event held in Red Deer Mar. 18. ECA Review/Submitted 

calendar, that’s when the 

Bashaw Art Club will hold 

their charity benefit sale. 

One Cowboy Kicks experience 

Hall said she will 

remember is the accomplishment 

of seeing her 

work sell at the auction for a 

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penalties or interest if you owe 

when you file by May 2. 

final bid of $7,000. 

Seeing the final tally of 

her boot’s price brought one 

reaction from the artist: “... 

crying my eyes out, just 

absolutely sobbing,” added 

Hall. 

For more info, contact: 

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5004 50 Ave, Stettler, AB 

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is an accredited K-12 Independent 

Christian School located in Mirror, Alberta. 

We Welcome Applications 

For the 2022-2023 School Year 

K – Gr. 12 & Homeschool Families. 

Kindergarten students must be Five (5) years of age as of 

December 31, 2022. Legal identification documentation 

(such as birth certificate) must accompany all new applications. 

For more information, or to schedule a tour 

please contact the school office at 403-788-2444 

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Living Truth Christian School students had several winning entries in the 2021 Royal Canadian 

Legion Poster & Literary Contest. Richard Pigeon from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #189 

Mirror presented several Living Truth Christian School students on Mon. April 11 with the 

following awards in the 2021 Royal Canadian Legion Poster & Literary Contest including, from 

the left, Marianne Pratt, 1st - District Level; 3rd - Command District Level Sr. Poster Black & 

White; Jake Robinson (Grade 7) 1st - District Level Intermediate Poster Black & White; Nolan 

McDowell (Grade 3) 2nd - District Level Primary Poster Black & White; Richard Pigeon from the 

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #189 Mirror; Emery Sandin (Grade 3) 1st - District Level Primary 

Poster Black & White; and 2nd - District Level Primary Poster Colour; and Jeremy Jefferies 

(Grade 8) 1st - District Level Intermediate Literary (Poem), 2nd - District Level Primary Poster 

Colour. 


Teacher Drew McDowell (left) was 

on hand to assist with displaying 

the awards won by Belle Sargent 

presented on Mon. April 11 by 

Richard Pigeon of the Royal 

Canadian Legion Branch #189 

Mirror for winning first place for 

her Color Poster Primary in the 

first three levels of competition 

resulting in her poster entry 

progressing to Ottawa for 

judging at the Dominion Level. 


Theresetta Catholic School 

Junior Kindergarten & Kindergarten 

REGISTRATION & 

INFORMATION EVENING 

for the 2022-2023 School Year 

Wednesday, April 27 

at Kindergarten Room at Theresetta School 

• Kindergarten registration from 5:00 to 5:45 and 

Jr. Kindergarten from 5:30-6:15 

Jr. Kindergarten welcomes 3 and 4 year olds. 

Please join us to learn about our learner centered 

student/ teacher ratio and 1 to 1 tech environment. 

Orientation Day for Kindergarten Fri., June 17 

Our registration and information evening will outline the Junior Kindergarten 

and Kindergarten programs for the 2021-23 School Year. 

Please bring birth certificates and Alberta Health Care cards. 

Kindergarten students must be at least 5 on or before Dec. 31, 2022. 

Bring the kids, check out the Kindergarten room, 

tour the school. 

In Kindergarten room at Theresetta School 

Every student, 

Everyday, 

NO Exceptions 

NO religious 

affiliations 

required. 

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Pep rally celebrates 

student achievements 

by Declan Lawrason 

A pep rally at Hughenden Public 

School (HPS) on Wed. March 23 was 

certainly a sight to behold. 

Between Principal Ryan Duffett’s 

impressive acrobatics, the talented 

teams and the newly won banners, the 

whole show was quite entertaining for 

everyone present. 

The rally was organized by staff to 

commemorate the various academic 

and athletic achievements of HPS students 

in and out of school. And there 

was a lot to celebrate this spring. 

The gym was decked out in balloons 

and streamers and the celebratory 

music was pumping. 

Mr. Duffett opened by acknowledging 

that the school is on Treaty 6 

Territory and began with calling the 

honour students from 2020-2021 to the 

stage. 

Cross-country running was the first 

competitive sport of the school year 

and the Wildcats team this year consisted 

of students mostly from the Jr. 

High and Elementary. 

Special acknowledgements included 

Holly Motley from fourth grade who 

finished in eighth place in the Hardisty 

cross country race, and her classmate 

Reid Walters, who finished ninth place 

in Hardisty and second place in 

Riverdale. 

Next was the Wildcat Volleyball 

teams. The Jr. Girls A team was 

acknowledged for finishing third in 

their league. 

Students who competed as members 

of area Club Volleyball teams were recognized 

as well; representing the 

Killam Spartans was Grade 12 student 

Maya Congdon, representing the 

Lloydminster U16 Rustlers were Grade 

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Stringer, representing the U15 Rustlers 

was their classmate Dante Fletcher, 

and representing the U14 Rustlers was 

Grade 8’s own Cameron Stringer. 

Two recently recognized artists of 

the school were called up: both from 

Grade 12, Emma Ledger and Anneka 

Van Hoek sold original pieces at this 

year’s Wainwright Art Show. 

The newly founded HPS French Club 

leader Mika Lacoste was heralded for 

his leadership skills in starting the 

club. 

More than 10 students across grades 

are excited to be learning a second language 

one day per week after school. 

The Achievement Tree awards for 

elementary were awarded to outstanding 

students for their work in 

school. 

This month’s awards went to Ryan 

Carson, Javier Gonzalez-Hope and Lily 

Nguyen in Grade 4; Brynn Chisan and 

John Taylor in Grade 5; and Sadie 

Hunter, Jeremy Nielsen and Bentley 

Prost in Grade 6. 

Mr. Duffett acknowledged the top 

archers the NASP archery team who 

recently participated in competition. 

The top female archer in both standard 

and 3D targets was Grade 10’s 

Alyssa Carson and the top male archer 

who got bronze in target archery and 

gold in 3D archery in the elementary 

division was Grade 6 Wildcat Aaron 

Stringer. 

The dancers of the school were next 

up, representing various dance academies 

in the area. 

Student gymnasts were also called 

up, performing some acrobatics on 

their exit from the stage. 

Mr. Duffett was inspired to participate 

in the fun, displaying some 

impressive cartwheels. 

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The HPS Senior Mixed Curling team 

was recognized for an impressive 

second place finish in Areas, and a 

fourth place finish in Zones. 

This year’s team consists of Dillan 

Dambrowsky, Alyssa Karson, Kallee 

Hope and Gabe Sortland. 

Two extracurricular hockey players 

were recognized for their outstanding 

skill and making the cut for a Triple-A 

team. Grade 11 student Hunter Motley 

and Blake Small from this year’s graduating 

class both played with the U18 

AAA Lloydminster Bobcats hockey 

franchise. 

Next up were the U9 Girls Jets 

hockey team were winners of the Ice 

Melter tournament in Camrose and 

they earned the instant respect of the 

crowd. 

Mr. Duffett then called the Sr. Boys 

basketball team to the stage and congratulated 

them on a successful 

season. 

Last but not least, all local and 

school teams that won banners this 

season were called to the stage, an 

incredible number of teams including 

the: Tier 1 U11 Hughenden Jets hockey 

team, Tier 1 boys U15 Wainwright 

hockey team, Tier 4 Boys U15 

Wainwright hockey team, Tier 3 U18 

Wainwright hockey team, Jr. Boys 

Wildcats basketball team, and the Jr. 

Girls Wildcats basketball team. 

“It was awesome to see the whole 

school gather together to celebrate our 

successes in and out of school.” said 

Mr. Morgan Beatty, Social Studies and 

Phys. Ed. teacher. 

Student,Jace Lomheim of the Grade 

9 class said, “It was a good setup by the 

teachers, very thoughtful and for the 

first time in many years it was exciting 

to part of.” 

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BREEDERS’ SECTION 

Extensive training helps Kneehill region #BePrepared 

Submitted 

The Kneehill Regional Emergency 

Management Agency (KREMA) 

hosted a five-day training exercise 

with Three Hills, Trochu, Acme, 

Carbon, Linden and Kneehill County 

teams working collaboratively to prepare 

and respond to emergencies. 

The goal of the Emergency 

Management exercise was to train 

individuals to ensure knowledgeable 

and reliable resources are available to 

respond to disasters in the region. 

Since 2017, the Kneehill region has 

seen overland flooding, the risk of a 

dangerous goods incident, a tornado 

and multiple grass fires. 

“The best thing we can do as a 

municipality is to be prepared,” said 

Debra Grosfield, Director of 

Emergency Management for Kneehill 

County. “It’s not a question of if a 

disaster will strike, but when. And 

we’ll be ready to respond.” 

Established in 2004, KREMA was 

recently granted an official 

Ministerial Order in October of 2020 

and continues to work closely and collaboratively 

with the province of 

Alberta and the Alberta Emergency 

Management Agency to improve emergency 

response. 

The regional group consists of emergency 

management personnel and 

staff from local municipalities, 

enforcement agencies, fire and first 

responders, and social services. The 

group meets regularly to plan and prepare 

in case of emergencies in the 

Kneehill region. 

In 2019, KREMA received the 

Emergency Management Preparation 

Program (EMPP) grant for $17,500 to 

conduct additional emergency management 

training from the Alberta 

Government. These community-based 

exercises optimized the funds 

available from the grant for 

training purposes. 

“We are working together 

at the municipal level to support 

our communities 

across Kneehill County, but 

our residents can take 

actions at home to prepare 

for emergencies,” said 

Grosfield. 

“One of the most important 

is an emergency kit 

with supplies on hand to be 

self-sufficient for at least 72 

hours, including water, food 

and medical supplies. 

“Depending on the 

disaster, it may take that 

long for first responders to 

assist you.” 

Residents are encouraged 

to learn about potential hazards 

by visiting 

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Aerial drone photos of King’s Seed Farm east of Three Hills. 

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King’s Seed Farm 

Ltd. a crown jewel 

in farming industry 

Seeding is well underway in the east central region. David Webb of 

King’s Seed Farm Ltd., seen left in the tractor, was busy working on the 

home quarter near Three Hills, Alta. on Mon. May 11, 2020. His and 

Lori Webb’s daughters, Ashtyn, Kelsie and Jordyn were excited to see 

their dad in action, jumping and waving as he went by for another pass. 

 

ECA Review/T.Huxley (File photo) 

Terri Huxley 


With the incoming seeding season 

approaching, there is only one name 

you need to remember when it comes 

to finding the right quality product for 

you: King’s Seed Farm Ltd. 

This family run operation has transformed 

throughout the years, starting 

from humble beginnings in the Ghost 

Pine area east of Three Hills in 1913. 

The farm was homesteaded that 

year by Fred and Maggie King. 

In the 1940s, Fred and Maggie’s son, 

Norman and his wife Evelyn started 

farming. 

They met through a beef ring, a popular 

community get-together where 

the men would butcher a steer each 

week. 

The meat from this animal would 

supply sustenance for all the neighbours 

who joined as they divided up 

what was collected from this weekly 

steer. 

Norman was the delivery man of 

this product who would visit many 

farms from the neighbours who joined 

and ended up meeting Evelyn in the 

process. 

They hadn’t met before as they 

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The farm was then carried on by 

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Norman and Evelyn’s son Harold, 

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Lori, husband David and family are 

now continuing operations of the seed 

business. 

Harold chose to focus on seed varieties 

in 1982, making this year the 40th 

anniversary of seed specialty for the 

King’s. 

“What I like best is producing new 

seed for customers to improve their 

bottom line hopefully,” said Harold. 

“That’s the main thing. By us producing 

seed for customers we are also 

producing for ourselves too so we are 

always on top of the new varieties.” 

“When guys are trying to figure out 

what to seed this year, we are trying to 

figure out what they want to buy next 

year so it’s a lot of gambling.” 

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pride, the King’s are always involved 

when they can. 

One event of the year the family 

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King’s Seed Farm is partnered with 

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STARLAND COUNTY COUNCIL 

Open to taking over Munson cemetery 

Terri Huxley 


The Village of Munson sent in a 

request to the county asking if 

Starland would be interested in 

acquiring control of the Munson 

Cemetery located along Highway 56. 

Lyle Cawiezel of the Village of 

Munson sent in an email on Fri. April 

8 sharing they are the only cemetery 

not owned or taken care of in the 

county. 

If the county chose to take over, he 

felt it would provide continuity 

throughout. 

“Also we are not capable of doing full 

burials so the county currently facilitates 

this for us,” said Cawiezel. 

Plots are $100 each which aligns 

with the county’s fees. 

Council, at the regular meeting on 

Wed. April 13, felt the village should 

transfer ownership of the land to the 

county and have them purchase a 

columbarium like the one they did for 

Rumsey. 

Council, after discussion, agreed to 

consider taking over the cemetery if 

the village agrees to purchase the 

columbarium. 

No motion was made at this time. 

Financial statements 

Jeff Faupel of Ascend LLP 

Chartered Professional Accountants 

attended the meeting virtually to 

share his findings on the county’s 2021 

audit and financial statements. 

The audit team was at the county 

office for a full three days. 

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) 

Shirley Bremer shared in her report 

that “We recognized some gains in our 

records, mainly due to adjustments 

(reductions) made for the liability costs 

booked for reclamation of our gravel 

pits and from a better tax collection 

rate from the oil and gas sectors than 

was originally suspected. 

“We still have those four delinquent 

companies, owing $2.032M, but the 

lawyers are working with two of them 

to get payment plans in place. 

“All in all, we did recognize a surplus 

and are recommending that this 

surplus be moved to a Capital General 

Contingency Fund, pending the establishment 

of our new Reserve Policies. 

“We anticipate updating and/or 

reorganizing the funds in reserves to 

“ear-tag” them for future capital projects/purchases. 

At that time, we can 

then move them into more specific 

reserves, as council so decides.” 

Council chose to approve the financial 

statements as presented by Faupel 

following his walk-through of the 

material as well as a second motion to 

transfer the $2.6M in surplus funds 

into the Restricted Capital 

Contingency Reserve to be divided out 

later as projects surface. 

“It was a clean audit and there were 

no real issues that were needed to be 

brought forward,” said Faupel. 

Fire Dept. mugs 

The Morrin Fire Department 

recently celebrated its 100th anniversary 

of service in the community. 

It was requested that the county purchase 

25 good quality travel mugs with 

engraved names of the members in 

STETTLER COUNTY COUNCIL 

RV parking fee waived 

Stu Salkeld 

Local journalism initiative reporter 


Stettler county council has agreed to 

waive the fee for temporary parking of 

a recreational vehicle (RV) on a residential 

lot. The decision was made at 

the April 13 regular meeting of 

council. 

Councillors discussed bylaw 1678-22, 

the fee schedule bylaw about which 

Director of Municipal Services 

Andrew Brysiuk noted in his report 

that councillors needed to make a decision 

on whether or not to continue 

requiring registration and fees for certain 

RV parking. 

Readers should note the registration 

system and fee schedule were developed 

to address complaints about the 

growing number of RVs being parked 

on residential lots, particularly in the 

Buffalo Lake region. 

A fee of $25 was included last year 

but waived for the entire 2021 season. 

“When temporary RV tags were 

introduced to regulate the use of RV’s 

for a period of less than 21 days, 

council implemented a fee of $25 but 

waived the fee up until Dec. 31, 2021,” 

noted Brysiuk in his report. 

“Administration is seeking direction 

on whether to continue with the fee, 

abolish it, or waive it again. 

“The $25 fee may not offset the 

increased cost of processing payment.” 

Brysiuk explained the county has a 

self-serve portal available on its website 

for RV owners to register, but the 

portal doesn’t accept payment; if 

council wanted the fee to kick in, the 

portal would require upgrading to that 

end. 

Coun. Les Stulberg stated he was in 

favour of waiving the fee again for 

2022, noting it would be difficult to process 

and he’d also field a number of 

calls over this issue. Apparently some 

county residents are concerned about 

how these rules apply to events in the 

farm community like family reunions. 

Coun. Justin Stevens agreed, stating 

he’d be in favour of a “...more targeted 

approach,” adding he felt the tags 

address a more urban problem that 

may not exist in the rural area and 

that the fee should be waived for 2022. 

Stevens stated he felt the rural community 

that hosts events like farm 

weddings should be protected from 

“unintended consequences.” 

Coun. James Nibourg agreed that 

the fee could be waived but also noted 

the tags appear to have had the desired 

effect. He noted this approach could 

help address “pop-up campgrounds” in 

his division. 

Nibourg suggested waiving the fee 

for 2022 and discussing how this program 

could be tweaked to 

accommodate the rural community. 

Reeve Larry Clarke stated the program 

was brought in for a reason, and 

questioned whether the tags would 

ever really be a problem in the rural 

community because the program is 

complaint-driven, and he felt an RV or 

two on hundreds of acres of farmland 

would not receive the complaints an 

RV or two on 1.5 acres of land would 

receive, for example. 

Coun. Ernie Gendre agreed the 

bylaw applies more to an urban lifestyle. 

He also asked if the 21 day 

restriction could be discussed, but staff 

noted the current discussion was only 

about the $25 fee. 

Councillors passed all readings necessary 

to bring the bylaw into force 

with the amendment that the $25 fee 

would be waived for 2022. 

celebration of this milestone as a 

thank-you. 

Council enquired if they wanted 

anything else for this special time. The 

chief has been in contact with county 

staff where a barbecue get-together 

was suggested. 

The Village of Morrin also supported 

the department by holding a 

catered dinner for members as well. 

Council felt this 

was appropriate 

and could be done 

at the volunteer 

appreciation barbecue 

already 

scheduled for this 

summer. 

The panel 

agreed to purchase 

the 

personalized 

travel mugs for 

each current 

member of the 

department and 

have them recognized 

at the 

annual barbecue. 

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Czar local places first in public speaking 

Tracey Dietrich presented Kira Axley (left) of Czar, Alta. with a award 

for first place in the provincial presentations portion of the public 

speaking competition held at Lacombe Memorial Centre in Lacombe, 

Alta. on Sat. April 9. 

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Cryptocurrency, micro 

power generation proposed 

Stu Salkeld 



Kneehill County councillors 

approved first reading of a re-zoning 

bylaw that would see a cryptocurrency 

mining and micro-power 

generation operation located on land 

within the rural municipality. 

The application was presented at the 

April 12 regular meeting. 

Manager of Planning and 

Development Barb Hazelton presented 

the application from Fire Technology 

Corp. 

“GVF Contracting Ltd, is the current 

landowner of the SE 28-32-26 W4 

and he has granted Fire Technology 

Corp. as an agent to apply for a micropower 

generation and cryptocurrency 

mining facility on the above noted 

lands,” stated Hazelton’s memo to 

council. 

“The proposed site is located approximately 

two kilometres southwest of 

Torrington, Alta. as the crow flies. 

The site is accessed via Range Road 

26-3 and is just over 1.5 miles south of 

Highway #27. 

“The applicants are looking to lease 

a portion of the existing Ember lease 

site located on the property. Ember 

has entered into a surface sharing 

lease with Fire Technology Corp.” 

Hazelton stated in her presentation 

that the proposed uses are included in 

Kneehill County’s light industrial 

zoning. 

“A data centre is a discretionary use 

in the light industrial 

district,” 

noted the memo. 

Councillors 

were provided 

with more information 

in letters 

from Fire 

Technology 

Corp.’s land 

agent, Lexterra 

Land. The letters 

noted Fire 

Technology 

Corp.’s cryptocurrency 

mining 

operation is proposed 

to be 9.9 

megawatts, and 

the company is a 

subsidiary of Fire 

Capital, a private 

Serving 

the east 

central 

Alberta 

region 

fund management company 

registered in Shanghai, 

China. 

It was stated Fire Capital 

already has five other cryptocurrency 

operations 

under its belt around the 

world. 

Lexterra Land stated Fire 

Technology Corp.’s proposal 

is to sit on the site of a natural 

gas facility and include 

seven to nine natural gas 

generators and seven to nine 

crypto mining containers 

plus piping, power cables 

and office equipment. 

Coun. Carrie Fobes asked 

if the land in question has 

always been zoned agriculture, 

and Hazelton 

responded yes, it’s not 

unusual in Kneehill for gas 

plants to be located on land 

zoned agriculture. 

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made the east central region 

proud as she placed first 

provincially in the 4-H 

Provincial Presentations 

portion of the public 

speaking competition held 

at the Lacombe Memorial 

Centre in Lacombe on Sat. 

April 9. 

Axley, a final-year 

member of the Czar- 

Metiskow 4-H Beef Club 

opted to focus on genomic 

testing and its value for her 

presentation as it served to 

also give educational value 

and interest to producers as 

well as herself for her own 

herd. 

KNEEHILL COUNCIL 

Fobes also asked, if 

approved, how much power 

it would require, to which 

Hazelton responded Fire 

Technology Corp. is proposing 

to install its own 

generators and more detail 

about that would probably 

come forth at the public 

hearing. 

Coun. Laura Lee Machell- 

Cunningham asked if first 

reading was approved would 

a public hearing be 

required? Both Hazelton 

and Reeve Jerry Wittstock 

answered that a public 

hearing must be held for the 

rezoning request prior to 

any more readings being 

considered. 

Councillors unanimously 

approved first reading of the 

re-zoning bylaw and set the 

public hearing for May 10. 

What made this particular 

competition even more 

interesting is that Axley 

ended up in a tie-breaker to 

determine first place. 

Second place in the presentation 

competition went 

to Jordyn R. of Two Rivers 

4-H Club and third to Abbey 

S. of the Dusty Plains 4-H 

Multi Club. 

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STETTLER COUNTY COUNCIL 


 

Reeve worried about bridge 

closures and farm community 

Stu Salkeld 



Stettler County’s Reeve Larry 

Clarke voiced concerns about the way 

bridge closures are being handled in 

the municipality. The discussion came 

about after council looked at an engineering 

report at their April 13 

regular meeting. 

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) 

Yvette Cassidy presented the bridge 

load evaluations report which had 

been prepared by Manager of 

Engineering and Facilities Brad 

Plehnert. 

The report noted it included the 

results of a more thorough level 2 

examination of five bridges in Stettler 

County with 10 tonne load limits. 

Bridge file 06681 (Twp Rd 34-4 west 

of Scollard Road) wasn’t able to be 

examined as weather problems prevented 

it. 

Bridge file 06965 (Rge Rd 17-0 north 

of Twp Rd 41-0) had deficiencies that 

compelled the inspector to recommend 

closing the bridge; it was stated the 

bridge has been closed indefinitely. 

Bridge file 07002 (Rg Rd 17-5 north of 

Sec. Hwy. #601, “Prairie Grove”) was 

recommended to have its load limit cut 

to five tonnes from 10. 

Two other bridge files, 07577 (Big 

Valley access) and 73092, were recommended 

to remain at 10 tonnes. 

Reeve Larry Clarke, attending the 

meeting through teleconference, 

stated he was concerned about the 

effect closing a bridge and cutting the 

load limit on the Prairie Grove one 

would have on the farm community; 

he wondered what the weight of a 

tractor with an air seeder and grain 

tank would weigh. 

“I just know it’s going to be an 

issue,” said the reeve. 

Clarke also asked about the county 

procedure to close a bridge. 

“I’m worried people are still going to 

go across it,” said Clarke, noting he 

was also concerned about the closure’s 

effect on school buses and county 

graders. 

Director of 

Operations Rick 

Green noted the 

bridge in question 

is a land access 

bridge and 

county staff 

placed “bridge 

closed” barricades 

on it. 

However, it 

seemed the barricades 

had been 

set aside by 

someone so 

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county staff are looking to make those 

barricades more difficult to remove. 

Green stated the Big Valley access 

bridge is on a shorter inspection 

schedule to keep a closer eye on it. He 

also noted the bridge is the property of 

the provincial government and is 

located on a provincial government 

road. 

When it came to the vote on a motion 

to accept the engineering report as 

information, Clarke said he would vote 

in favour of accepting it, but was still 

concerned about how Stettler County 

handles bridge closures. 

“It’s easy for us to just say ‘go 

around,’ but it doesn’t happen,” said 

the reeve, predicting that residents in 

every division may potentially disregard 

the restrictions. 

Green noted the next steps would be 

either to wait for provincial 


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