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Group brings Consort’s concerns to EdmontonBryan Passifiume

ECA Review Reporter

Better communication and a com-mitment to re-open the community’s five acute care beds prompted citi-zens of a small east central Alberta community to stage a protest on the steps of Alberta’s Legislature on Thursday, March 14.

The five acute care beds at the Consort Hospital were closed by Alberta Health Services in June 2011 due to a lack of available doctors.

At the time, AHS promised to examine re-opening the hospital once staffing levels increased.

Acute care typically encompasses inpatient care that requires a patient to be admitted to the hospital. Acute care patients are those who need a doctor’s care in their recovery from a serious illness, injury or surgery.

Patients requiring acute care are accommodated in other hospitals --- in the case of surgical patients at the hospital where the operation was performed.

Consort, following the lead of many other physician-challenged communities in rural Alberta, turned to private recruiting firms to hire new doctors.

Now, with two doctors once again operating in the town, residents are wondering when the provincial gov-ernment will re-open their hospital.

“We’d love to get those beds opened,” said Bonnie Sansregret, chair of the Consort and Disctrict Medical Centre Society.

“We’d like to have good communi-

cation with the health authority.” Sansregret was part of the delega-

tion that made the trip to Edmonton on Thursday to make their voices heard.

The group, consisting of local activists and health care workers, picketed on the steps of the Legislature calling for action from AHS after meeting with members of the Wildrose Party including opposi-tion leader Danielle Smith.

A protest was staged on the steps of the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton on Thursday, March 14, calling for Alberta Health Services to reinstate acute care services at the Consort hospital. The protestors managed to get a meeting with the Alberta Minister of Health, which took place on Wednesday, March 20. Submitted photo

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The delegates from Consort sat in the Legislature as Drumheller-Stettler MLA Rick Strankman brought their concerns up during question period.

Strankman told the legisla-ture during question period that local residents feel stone-walled by the government’s lack of communication on the issue. Fred Horne, the provin-cial Minister of Health was not present during the legislative assembly, so Strankman ques-tioned George Vanderberg, Associate minister of Seniors on the issue.

Minister Vandenburg told the legislature that the closure of the acute care beds was only a ‘temporary measure,’ and that AHS cannot commit to a clear timeline for their re-opening.

“The issue is that there’s a temporary closure,” Vandenburg told the house in response to Strankman’s ques-tion. “The citizens and the MLA [Strankman] know that very, very well.”

Vendenburg continued that he understood that a second physician had been hired in Consort, and that he ‘hopes’ it improves the situation.

“I can’t guarantee you that right now,” he said. “That’s the word of Alberta Health Services.”

Strankman responded to

Vandenburg by demanding a clear timeline for the re-opening.

“I don’t want to mislead any-body,” Vandenburg responded. “I can’t give you a clear timeline of what decision will be made, but I can guarantee you that Alberta Health Services will work with that community to make sure the reopening of that facility, when that comes about, will be well adver-tised. I do not want to promise something I can’t deliver.”

“I don’t accept that,” Strankman told the Review in response to Vandenburg’s comments. “There needs to be a definitive timeline.”

“It’s embarrassing. There’s no doubt about it,” he added.

Their actions, according to organizer Sandra Polson, seemed to have worked.

Organizers have managed to secure a meeting with the Minister of Health during the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties conference in Edmonton on Wednesday, March 20.

The meeting was facili-tated by the Alberta Special Areas Board.

Rural Alberta continues to suffer from a critical shortage of doctors. Many

small rural hospitals continue to be served by transient locum phy-sicians who fill gaps in local health coverage.

The problems in Consort began in 2010 when a local husband and wife physician team retired from practice.

A semi-permanent locum agreed to give Consort a two year commitment, a tenure that ends

next month. In the mean time, the commu-

nity managed to hire two physicians to work out of Consort

full-time, Dr. Olive Usher who started in early 2013 and second physician who is expected to begin in May.

With staffing levels back to pre-2010 levels, residents want AHS to move faster to re-open the hospital.

Patients whose medical needs advance beyond ambulatory care are transported to nearby hospi-tals, often staffed by doctors from Consort.

Strankman, Sansregret and Polson all cited an incident in February where a patient requiring acute care was trans-ported from Consort to Castor

for care during a snowstorm -- with Dr. Usher, the physician currently on call for the Castor hospital, following the ambulance in her own vehicle.

This sort of situation, according to Polson, highlights the

shortsightedness of keeping Consort hospital closed.

She says that the cost of continu-ously transporting patients needing acute care to other com-munities adds up.

“How can five beds in a hospital that’s already staffed cost more to open than what’s going on now?” Polson said.

“[AHS] were saying ‘these people in Consort have no idea how much it costs to open those beds’ -- we’ve been trying to find out, but nobody will tell us.”

Having the hospital closed, according to Sansregret, not only puts the residents of Consort at risk but puts undue strain on area hospitals.

“It taxes Provost, it taxes Oyen, it taxes all of the surrounding communities when our hospital isn’t operating at its fullest poten-tial,” she said.

“The hospital is there, the beds are there. It makes no sense to not keep it running.”

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Prairie Land weathering budget stormBryan Passifiume

ECA Review Reporter

Past cuts and careful focus have the Prairie Land School Division facing the 2013 provin-cial budget on solid ground, according to board Superintendent Wed Neumeier.

The 2013 provincial budget froze school board funding at 2012 levels and cut several grants fre-quently used by small school boards. Prairie Land, according to Neumeier, is in a better posi-tion than many other comparable boards.

Facing a loss of nearly half a million dollars with the loss off the rural stabilization grant after the 2012 budget, the school dis-trict went on a belt tightening campaign, redressing their oper-ating budget in order to compensate for the loss of the funding. According to Neumeier, the board made ‘major cuts’ in all sectors of operation from gover-nance to administration right into the schools and adjusting staffing.

This year’s budget, according to Neumeier, provides just a 0.2 per cent increase in funding. This increase, according to Neumeier, doesn’t meet the inflationary needs of the division but does place Prairie Land on equal terms of other boards within the provincial educational picture.

While funding is largely unchanged or reduced throughout most of the board’s funding framework compared to last year, Prairie Land received two large increases through the “Equity of Opportunity” grant. Under this grant, the school board received a 141 per cent ($1,484,640) increase over last year’s Low Student Density funding and a 126 per cent ($159,562) increase over last year’s Distance Funding allotment. These two increases, according to Neumeier, will compensate for the loss of the $0.06 cent per litre fuel price subsidy.

The school division’s current budget contains a $256,000 deficit. The past cuts, according to Neumeier, allows the school

board to continue operating with “careful focus on our goals and priorities that we have set for stu-dent learning and programming.” He adds that the board will con-tinue to adjust staffing levels to accommodate enrollment declines and increases.

Indeed, many rural school boards are dealing with declining enrollments.

Throughout the months leading up to the budget, Prairie Land School Division actively lob-bied the provincial government for more equitable funding for rural school boards. Currently, school boards receive the majority of their funding based on enrollment.

Smaller boards, which spread their students over vast geo-graphical areas, don’t receive all of the money they need to operate under this system.

Prairie Land School Division currently serves 1438 students spread out over nine public schools and nine Hutterite colony schools.

Library board chairperson resignationBryan Passifiume

ECA Review Reporter

Coronation Town Council received the resignation of Coronation Memorial Library chairperson Val Cornell during their Monday, March 11 council meeting.

Cornell, in a letter presented to council, cited personal reasons for her decision to resign and stated that her work with the library board was a “labour of love.”

Councillor Eugene Rovensky made a motion to accept the resignation and to issue a letter of appreciation to Cornell for her service.

School board meetingsClearview School Board Chair Ken

Checkel presented an outline of the upcoming community meetings with local school communities.

The meetings are designed to present parents and stakeholders with a financial picture of the school board and invite dis-cussion on future cost cutting measures.

“We’re running a nearly million dollar deficit on a $30 million budget,” Checkel told council. “We have to start making changes.”

The meetings coincidentally fell just after the provincial government released their 2013 budget. The budget froze all educational funding at 2012 levels and cut certain beneficial grants, including a fuel subsidy for school buses.

Enrollment forecasts have been on the decline for the past several years which means less money coming in from the province.

The school board is also in labour nego-tiations with Clearview’s teachers, who have been working without a collective agreement since last August.

According to Checkel, 70 per cent of the board’s yearly budget is devoted to wages.

Checkel remarked that Alberta’s educa-tion system has always been well funded, and that teachers enjoy good wages.

“We want our teachers to be well paid and well qual-ified,” he said. “But, when the province is short of money, tough deci-sions will have to be made.”

Each school in the district will host their own community meeting.

Byemoor’s meeting took place on Tuesday, March 7 and Donalda’s on Wednesday, March 20.

Checkel told council that the three schools in Paintearth County have always been stable, but remarked that the smaller schools might bear the brunt of any cuts.

“We’ve always had problems with smaller schools due to declining enrollments,”

he told council. “A school like Coronation is always going to survive.”

Mayor Dawna Elliott asked Checkel about his opinion about freezing school board funding while continuing to fund capital spending in the educational sector.

“I agree with the approach,” Checkel told council. “In times like this when it’s cheaper to build, they should have the advantage.”

The three schools in Paintearth County will hold their meetings in the first half of April. Gus Wetter School in Castor will hold their meeting on Wednesday, April 3. Coronation School’s meeting will be held

the next evening on Thursday, April 4 and Brownfield School will hold their meeting on Monday, April 15.

Snow removalDuring the Monday, February 11

council meeting, council discussed charging for snow removal services at the ambulance bays and fire hall.

The issue was tabled pending a response from the Town of Castor as to what their policy was. The issue was again tabled at the Monday, March 11 meeting as council have not received word from Castor’s council, who promised to discuss the issue at a future meeting.

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Education is more than marks!

Brenda SchimkeECA Review Journalist

Four times in a child’s grade school education, the government pops in to administer provincial achievement tests (PAT) –Grades 3, 6, 9 and 12. It is an exercise, according to the Government, with a two-fold purpose.

First, to determine if students are learning what they are expected to.

And second, to hold teachers, schools, and school boards account-able to parents and the public.

Standardized testing presumes a lot of things. It presumes all chil-dren come into the system equal. It presumes all children learn the same way. It presumes all children mature at the same time. It pre-sumes that multiple choice exams are a fair test of learning.

Of course, all of the above assumptions are false. The public system, which promotes integra-tion, has students from many different coun-tries, economic backgrounds and a wide variety of med-ical, physical and mental con-ditions. The age that a child can enter school varies. A child entering Grade 1 at age 6, versus almost 5, do not have the same maturity levels. A child may have excellent understanding of course material, yet be unable to pick up the tricks required to successfully write a multi-choice exam. Some children are born luckier than others. They are afforded private tutors and parents who help and encourage homework. Others live in abusive, non-functioning homes without the opportunity to even have a quiet spot to do homework. It is often agreed that boys and girls learn and mature differently.

Each student is unique; therefore, every classroom and every school is unique. Yet we are told PAT scores lead to some sort of ranking and accountability.

Teachers know what their stu-dents know. They work with the same children every day. At the end of the year, they know whether they have learned their course material or not and they know why.

They also know which ones would benefit staying back a year or which ones should be moved along. But teachers are given little authority to do their jobs properly.

Results from PATs do not fairly measure learning or provide accountability. Instead, it creates unhealthy and unnecessary com-petition between schools. It gives organizations such as the Fraser Institute the license to use these simplistic numbers, with multiple underlying variables, as “absolute truth”. It humiliates those schools and neighbourhoods where a dis-proportionately high number of students come from poor homes, immigrant homes, single-parent homes, or dysfunctional families. It discourages teachers from teaching in neighbourhoods where the greatest classroom challenges are. It changes the focus of what teachers do from creative learning to “how to write trick-laden mul-tiple choice exams”.

The United States took the standard-ized testing to its evidential “busi-ness” conclusion. They tied the level of funding to results. The better the results the more money, which in fact should have been the

exact opposite. The worst results needed more money and more resources, not less. Today American inner city schools are war zones with the weakest of the weak, least trained teachers trying to manage the chaos. Their educa-tion system ranks last amongst first world countries.

It would serve society much better if parents, especially with children in Grades 3 and 6, would refuse to subject their young chil-dren to the anguish of writing three, 1 ½ hour exams this spring.

Education is more than marks. It’s more than regurgitating knowl-edge. It’s more than learning how to write a multiple choice exam.

It’s about shaping character, cre-ating responsible citizens and changing lives.

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Voters should elect their own mayor

Bryan PassifiumeECA Review Reporter

One of the great things about munic-ipal politics is the direct hand the voters get in the governance of their community.

While provincial and federal elec-tions certainly garner more discussion at the dinner tables and water coolers of our province, the level of involve-ment the average voter gets in this political process is minimal.

While the public are certainly invited to attend legislative pro-ceedings, I would wager that few reading this would ever con-sider hopping in the car and making the trip to Edmonton to observe your local MLA in action (although I’m sure Mr. Strankman would appreciate the familiar faces in the spectators gallery.)

Having covered the municipal poli-tics ‘beat’ for much of my professional life, it’s given me an interesting insight into the diverse and fascinating (yes, fascinating) world of local politics.

When I accepted this job at the Review, one of the aspects that appealed to me was the large reach of the paper.

The large number of communities that we cover mean covering many dif-ferent councils -- an unbearable thought for many in my profession, but for me it was a challenge that I looked forward taking on.

Out of the many councils I’ve reported on in my career, the Town of Coronation is rather unique: the citi-zens do not directly elect a mayor.

Instead, the mayor is selected among the elected councillors at an annual organization meeting. The voters elect seven councillors-at-large, who decide amongst themselves who will serve as mayor.

If you continue reading in this paper, you’ll eventually come across a public notice issued by the Town of Coronation.

During the Monday, March 11 council meeting, council gave first reading of by-law 2013-611 which will

change this appoint-ment of the mayor from a yearly process to one that will span the entire four-year span between general elections (an increase from the regular three years after this October’s election, thanks to the Election Accountability Amendment Act.)

This peculiar method of appointing a mayor was enacted in the 1980s, pri-marily as a measure to ensure councillors who wish to run for mayor are not excluded from council if their attempt was unsuccessful.

Let’s be clear: a mayor is more than just the chair of council meetings and a signature on by-laws: they are the public face of the community. Not only to those who elected them, but to those outside of the community.

A mayor is a municipality’s public face, representing the municipality’s interests on both county and provincial levels.

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PM callous and insensitive Dear Editor,

Prime Minister Steven Harper’s reaction to the untimely death of Venezuelan’s pop-ular Leader Hugo Chaves is callous and insensitive to say the least.

Should one have seen Harper turning cartwheels in the halls of 24 Sussex Dr. it would be no great surprise.

Harper’s statement “I hope the people of Venezuela can now build for themselves a better, brighter future based on the princi-ples of freedom, democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights” barely con-tains his jubilance on Chavez’s death.

This from a man, who ignored the law countless times, prorogued Parliament and appointed lackey Conservative Senators whenever it suited his needs.

Chavez was elected by the people of Venezuela and in his 14 years in power used his country’s lucrative oil wealth on social programs such as state-run food markets, new public housing, free health clinics and education programs.

Instead of praising Chavez’s accomplish-ments, Harper chose to ignore them.

On the other hand, just a week previous, Harper had nothing but glowing praise for Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict), who for years harbored, protected and condoned pedophile Priests who had molested thou-sands of children in their care.

Figure that one out!Joyce Neufeld

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Government stripping critical accountability lawsThe Canadian Taxpayers Federation

(CTF) called on the provincial govern-ment to not repeal key aspects of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) and Government Accountability Act (GAA).

In Budget 2013-14, Finance Minister Doug Horner announced that the two acts would be repealed entirely and replaced with Bill 12: the Financial Management Act (FMA) in Bill 12.

The CTF also released a sum-mary of legislative changes that will occur once Bill 12 is passed, showing that Bill 12 leaves out key accountability and reporting requirements.

“Repealing the Government

“That’s all they’d be legally required to give Albertans,” said Fildebrandt.

“Alberta has always had the best, easiest to read budgets in the country, and the last thing this government should want to do is change that with Bill 12.”

Since August 2012, the CTF has pointed out that Finance Minister Doug Horner has not been in compliance with the Government Accountability Act for not providing all information legally required in his quarterly fiscal updates.

While the law currently requires the Minister of Finance to report quarterly on the “accuracy of the consolidated fiscal plan,” Bill 12 only requires the Minister

report on the “actual results of the fiscal plan.”

And as mentioned previously, Bill 12 removes the requirement to provide the vast majority of information in the fiscal plan that is currently required.

“The CTF had been investigating taking the Finance Minister to court to get him to comply with the quarterly reporting requirements under the Government Accountability Act.

But instead of complying, the Minister has simply changed the law to have it comply with the information he wants to provide,” continued Fildebrandt.

MAIL BAG

One advantage that municipal poli-tics has over the provincial and federal systems is the ability to directly elect the leader of government.

Back in my hometown, great public debate exists over Toronto mayor Rob Ford and the image he presents on behalf of the city.

While debate about his politics have been greatly covered by local media, there are concerns that his brash and unyielding style (along with his habit of reading while behind the wheel) aren’t presenting the best image pos-sible for the city.

The ability for voters to directly vote for their mayor adds a layer of accountability that a system of appointing mayors doesn’t. The risk of a councillor losing their seat on council by running for mayor is a reality many face, and adds gravity to their decision to run. You run the risk of political stagnation and, at worst, cronyism if council is allowed to choose their leader among their own ranks -- especially if this appointment moves to a four year term.

Every election, this newspaper hears the dissatisfaction of Coronation residents in their inability to vote directly for their mayor. Now is your chance to make your voice heard.

As is the case with all by-laws facing a second reading, the public is invited to offer their opinion. If you’re concerned about this issue, you’ve got until Tuesday, April 2 to make your voice heard. By-laws concerning issues that affect the appointment of mayors must be made within 180 days prior to a general election -- if this by-law doesn’t pass third reading by mid-April, it will have to wait until after the next election before being revisited.

Public involvement is a great fea-ture of municipal politics -- make sure you take advantage of it.

Adds a layer of accountabilityCont’d from Pg 5

Accountability Act will gut the most important accountability measures required by law,” said CTF Alberta Director, Derek Fildebrandt.

“This will leave taxpayers without the most basic infor-mation required to know what their gov-ernment is up to.”

Highlights of information that the Minister of Finance will no longer be required to provide in the annual pro-vincial budget include:• Consolidated net revenues and expenses (consoli-dated deficit or surplus);• Revenue sources by category;

• Expenses by category;• Breakdown of liabilities and assets;• Borrowing (debt) requirements; and• Details of capital spending by

ministry.In place of specific items that cur-

rently must be included in the governments consolidated fiscal plan, Bill 12 only requires that there be “an operational plan, a savings plan, a cap-ital plan,” and a list of the major economic assumptions.

“In theory, the government could present its entire budget on the back of a napkin with these massively reduced requirements in Bill 12.

“All the government has to provide is: economic assumptions, expected total revenues, expected spending on opera-tions and capital, and expected savings.

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taxpayers without the

most basic information

required to know what

their government is up to. - Derek Fildebrandt Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Alberta Director

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Pool repairs cost more than expectedBryan Passifiume

ECA Review Reporter

An oversight in an installation estimate means that planned upgrades at the Coronation Pool will cost the town consid-erably more than anticipated.

As part of a $217,000 grant for upgrading municipal facilities, the pool’s 30 year old boiler was slated to replaced with a brand new high efficiency unit. An estimate from a contractor, received by the town in July, put the installation charges of a new boiler and two heat exchangers at $5100.

In February, the pool site was visited by a technician evaluating the pool’s boiler room for the installation. Upon inspection, it was determined that stainless steel venting was required -- a change that increased the installation charges to $41,165.

The total cost of the high efficiency boiler and two heat exchangers is $50,000.

Coronation’s Recreation Director Barry Brigley told town council on Monday, March 11 that the news came as a surprise.

Brigley told council that he explored

other options, such as downgrading to a mid-efficiency boiler that wouldn’t require the expensive stainless steel venting. The grant, however, stipulates that all new boiler installations must be high effi-ciency units only.

The problem, according to Brigley, was that the original quote was done over the phone and not based on a site visit by the supplier. He stresses that nobody is at fault in this matter, and that it was a simple oversight.

Council voted unanimously to accept the new quote.

“If we don’t do this, we won’t have a pool this summer,” said Mayor Dawna Elliott. “We need a pool.”

She stated that the cost savings in oper-ating a high efficiency boiler would eventually pay for the extra installation costs. Brigley agreed, and informed council that supplemental grant money and corporate donations would be used to cover the overage.

“We don’t have time for another com-pany to come out,” he told council. “And even if they did, it probably isn’t going to be any cheaper.”

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Diligence is the key to protecting yourself from fraudBryan Passifiume

ECA Review Reporter

In the hands of criminal organizations, your personal information is worth more than your cash. When faced with a world-wide criminal network specializing in defrauding you out of your money, educa-tion is what prevents you from becoming a victim. This is the message that the RCMP are hoping to get out during Fraud Prevention Month.

While the message about securing per-sonal information is indeed sinking in, police are discovering that criminals are adapting their methods to find new victims.

Diligence is the key to avoid falling victim to fraud, so says Cpl. Korey Crerar of the RCMP Commercial Crimes Section in Calgary.

“If you receive a telephone call, do you recognize the voice? That’s one of the big ones,” says Cpl. Crerar.

While most on the internet are familiar with common email and phishing scams, telephone scams targeting the elderly are becoming more prevalent.

Such was the case in Consort on Monday, March 11, when a woman received a call from a person claiming to be her grandchild. The male caller advised the woman that he was in jail and requested that she immediately send him $2000 to avoid losing his driver’s licence. The ‘grandchild’ advised the victim not to contact his parents as he wanted to explain it to them himself.

This, according to Cpl. Crerar, is a common theme in these scams. While a simple call to the grandchild’s parents would cause this scam to unravel, the criminal plays on the trusting nature of the victim to keep the fraud going.

“It’s tough when the culprit poses as the

victim’s grandchild,” he says. When faced with a call such as this, Crerar suggests that victims ask questions that only the grandchild would know. He says that these frauds are built entirely on the vic-tim’s trust, and a few well-pointed questions can cause the scam to collapse.

In the Consort case, the ‘grandchild’ passed the phone to a man who identified himself as ‘Richard Steinberg’, a Calgary-based lawyer representing the accused. Steinberg advised the victim to send the money via Western Union immediately. After being told that there weren’t any Western Union outlets in Consort, the scammer directed the victim to the nearest Western Union outlet.

“The common denominator in any scam is when they start to mention wire trans-fers,” Cpl. Crerar said. “Police don’t accept wire transfers for bail money, and neither do the courts.”

Wire transfers are problematic for investigators, as it’s nearly impossible to trace where the money goes. As well, it’s often impossible for victims to recover their money once they realize they’ve been scammed.

After wiring the money to her ‘grandson’, ‘Richard Steinberg’ contacted the victim again that evening, requesting another $2000 for bail money, advising that the Quebec Provincial Police were in the process of flying the victim home. The victim refused to send more money and hung up on the scammer. Police have determined that ‘Richard Steinberg’ was an alias.

Called the “Grandfather Scam” by police, the scam has become more preva-lent over the past five years. Relying on trust, criminals often rely on information gathered through criminal networks to make the scam more credible, often using the names, locations and occupation of the

grandchildren of the target victim. “The scam is not area specific as far as

it being centralized in a major centre,” said Cpl Crerar, adding that anybody can fall victim to it, regardless of where they live.

The perpetrators of these scams, according to Crerar, often reside out of country. This makes identifying and tracking down the scammers nearly impossible.

“These are the colossal challenges we face when it comes to these types of scams,” he said.

Education, he says, is key. He says that sharing stories such as this during Fraud Prevention Month is important to prevent others from falling victim. The trust of the victim is the glue that holds the scam together. A few simple questions is often enough to cause the scammer to give up and move to another victim.

Corporal Crerar advises victims to report the incident to the police immediately.

“The biggest thing for victims to under-stand is that they are not alone,” he said. Any information that victims can give to police will be added to criminal databases that many police agencies use to track down culprits and battle these types of scams.

“Share the information. Report it to the police,” he added.

Crerar understands that many victims may feel too embarrassed or ashamed to report the incident. Police want victims to know that they aren’t alone -- they aren’t

the first people to fall for these types of scams. The scammers are professionals who are good at what they do -- even the most vigilant and careful person can fall for a good story, especially when family members appear to be in trouble.

“Protect your identification at all costs,” says Crerar. “In today’s world, your ID and information are more valuable than cash to most criminal organizations.”

Frauds are built entirely on the victim’s trust, and a few well-pointed questions can cause the scam to collapse

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Multi sire verification projectAgri-News

A bull has two qualities of value to com-mercial producers. One is the ability to impregnate cows; the other is the ability to pass genes for superior performance to his offspring.

“Natural service breeding is the pre-dominant practice for beef operations in North America,” says Jim Hansen, busi-ness development – beef, with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“But few studies have examined the variation in number of calves sired and the consistency of an individual bull’s per-formance in multiple sire breeding pastures.

“Sire contributions to ranch income as either total feeder calf value or total retained ownership value per sire is being gathered and compared on three commer-cial cow/calf ranches in southern Alberta.

“This study has been going for a couple of years now and we hope to continue it for a few more years in order to gather signifi-cant meaningful data.”

This project uses the biometric identi-fier DNA, by collecting DNA samples on the potential sires and then collected sam-ples on the calves to connect the parentage back to the potential sire.

With this genotyped population, it will enable evaluation of the sire’s contribution based on the performance of offspring under field conditions.

It will also provide information that will allow producers to determine the costs and benefits associated with the applica-tion of DNA-based technologies on commercial beef operations.

“Genetic selection for many important traits has been difficult for many commer-cial operations, due to multiple sires per breeding pasture and not being able to identify which bulls produced which calves, and the inability to follow that calf through the next phases of the value

chain,” says Hansen. “With the information system BIXS now

launched to cow-calf producers across Canada, as this research work continues, feedlots can begin submitting animal data to BIXS.

“This information system, which is now starting to provide carcass information back, has enabled us to follow these calves all the way to harvest.”

The biological cycle for cattle is long, especially when a research project requires gathering data from birth to finish, so things take some time.

However, here are few quick things that are being seen:

Sire prolificacy – offspring born to each bull varies considerably among healthy bulls that have under gone breeding soundness evaluations.

If a bull is siring no calves or only a few calves in one year, he tends to repeat that again the next year.

The data is suggesting that a small number of highly prolific sires are pro-ducing a disproportionate number of offspring and likely replacement candidates.

Consequently, these sires are likely to have a considerable impact on the genetic trend of these commercial herds into the future.

Identification of which bulls are passing on traits which cause calving difficulty.

Observation that there are some carcass trait differences among an individual sire’s offspring.

“With production records from the orig-inal herd to the feedlot, the carcass data from the packer is being reviewed to deter-mine economic value and value creation from the information and comparisons that can now be done within each herd,” says Hansen.

“As we learn more, the findings will be shared with beef producers.”

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Did you know that a poorly maintained water well can put your water supply at risk of contamination and reduce your well yield? If you are one of 450,000 Albertans who use their water well for household purposes, the key to ensuring your water supply is safe and secure is knowing how groundwater works, learning about your well and understanding how to properly maintain it.

Proper water well siting, construction, maintenance and plugging will help protect your well from biofouling and contamination, save you costly repairs, and ensure your well water yields are sustained over many years.

Find out what you can do to protect your well. Attend the FREE water well management workshop being hosted by the County of Stettler, and presented by the Working Well Program, with technical expertise provided by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

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Identifying and managing acidic soils in Albertamoderately acidic and below 5.5 is strongly acidic. Soils with a pH of 7.5 is slightly alkaline, 8.0 is moderately alkaline and above 8.5 is strongly alkaline. Soils with a pH greater than 8.5 are often sodic (high in sodium).”

Most of Alberta’s strongly acid soils occur in the Gray Wooded soil zone.

This is a result of hundreds of years of acidic organic material from the leaves of deciduous trees, needles from coniferous trees and other acidic organic material being added to the surface of soil.

Most of Alberta’s soils that have devel-oped under forest vegetation are acidic.

In southern Alberta, soils on the Milk River Ridge and in the Cypress Hills tend to be acidic as these soils, which were unaffected by the last glaciation, are much older than the rest of the soils Alberta.

“For the past decade we have been noted that the surface soil pH has been declining slightly in cultivated soils across Alberta that are direct seeded.

“This is primarily the result of acidifica-tion caused by nitrogen (N) and sulphur

(S) fertilizers over a period of years being added to soil to increase crop yields.

“Currently, it is not a problem, but it is a situation that must be monitored,” says McKenzie.

With conventional tillage, the upper six inches of soil is constantly being dis-turbed. Therefore, the acidifying effects of N and S fertilizers have been less noticeable.

The effect of strongly acid soils on crops is generally poor growth of a sensitive crop such as legume crops such as alfalfa or pulse crops such as pea.

With N fixing crops such as alfalfa or pea, the rhizobium bacteria which live in association with plant roots, do not sur-vive nearly as well in acidic soils or when soil pH declines below 5.5.

When soils are strongly acidic (pH <5.5) aluminum (Al) and manganese (Mn) tend to be more soluble and may increase to levels that can be harmful to crop growth.

“The first step in the management of acid soils is to identify the extent and severity of the problem - this can be done

by taking soil samples in various locations across a field to determine the size, extent and severity of the problem,” says McKenzie.

“While poor yields of acid sensitive crops may indicate an acid soil condition, soil tests are the only sure method of iden-tifying an acidity problem.

“An application of lime is the only way to correct strongly acidic soils. Lime is required to neutralize the acidity and raise the pH of back into the near neutral range of 6.5 to 7.

“Very careful sampling of fields is required to identify the areas with strongly and moderately acidic soils. A soil testing lab can provide a Lime Requirement Test, to determine the rates of lime required to raise the soil pH back to near neutral.”

For detailing information on soil acidity and liming see the factsheet Liming Acid Soils, which can be viewed or downloaded from Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s website: www.agriculture.alberta.ca

Agri-NewsOne of the chemical characteristics that

farmers should be aware of is their pH range of their soils.

“Acidic soils have a relatively low soil pH and soils with a high pH are basic or a measure or indicator of how acidic or basic a soil is,” says Dr. Ross McKenzie, agronomy research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“A soil pH of 7.0 is neutral, soil below a pH of 6.5 is slightly acidic, 6.0 is

Greenfeed and silage production survey results

Agri-NewsGreenfeed and silage production statis-

tics for Alberta are not available from Statistics Canada or any other source, although producers in the province harvest significant acreage of annual crops for greenfeed and silage every year.

To fill this data gap and to meet client needs, the Statistics and Data Development Branch of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development initiated a green-feed and silage production survey in 2002.

Since then, the survey has been conducted annu-ally, to develop selected statistics for the forage industry.

As in previous years, the 2011 survey was con-ducted in partnership with Agricultural Fieldmen and Agriculture Financial Services Corporation.

The survey col-lected data on greenfeed and silage acreage, yields and produc-tion at the municipality level.

The information was then used, along with input from Alberta Agriculture spe-cialists, to develop provincial estimates.

The yield and production esti-mates in this report are on a wet weight basis.

The document includes graphs of Total Harvested Tame Hay and Sum of Greenfeed and Silage Area from 2002 – 2011.

For further information on the survey results, con-tact Lukas Matejovsky, crop statistician with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, at 780-422-2887.

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Management of sodic and solonetzic soils in Alberta

Agri-NewsThe two main types of salt

affected soils found in Alberta are Saline soils and Sodic soils.

Saline soils are soils with a con-centration of soluble salts that will impair crop growth.

Soil with a higher level of exchangeable sodium (Na+) and low levels of soluble salts is com-monly referred to as a Sodic soil.

Soils with a high level of soluble salts and sodium are referred to as Saline-Sodic soils.

The common characteristics of Sodic soils include:• sodium level in soil at a high

enough concentration to cause toxicity to sensitive plants

• surface soil pH is usually high, often greater than 8.4

• soil physical structure is gener-ally very poor with a hard, cloddy structure

“Most Sodic soils in Alberta are Solonetzic,” says Dr. Ross McKenzie, PhD, P. Ag., senior research scientist – agronomy, with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“Solonetzic soils are found in both grassland or grassland-forest transition regions and have a high naturally occurring sodium content.”

Solonetzic soils are character-ized by a high level of sodium in the B soil horizon (layer of soil below the top soil or A horizon). A map of the general locations of Solonetzic soils in Alberta can be found on the Alberta Agricultue website: www.agriculture.alberta.ca.

The B horizon may also have an accumulation of clay leached down from the A horizon into the B horizon .

The presence of a sodium-enriched B soil horizon causes unique physical and chemical characteristics which cause agro-nomic problems for crop production including:• poor physical soil structure

which reduces crop emergence and root growth

• toxic levels of Na in the soil which reduces plant growth

• high soil pH“Poor soil structure

occurs when positively charged sodium ions are unable to satisfy the nega-tive charge of clay particles,” says McKenzie.

“This results in disper-sion or repelling of clay

particles when soils are wet. This process is called “deflocculation” of soil particles.

“When the soil dries, the result is a very hard, massive, cloddy soil structure.

“The poor soil structure makes cultivation or seeding operations very difficult. These soils tend to crust after precipitation events resulting in reduced crop emer-gence. The hard B soil horizon will restrict root growth and penetra-tion. Reduced crop emergence and root penetration will reduce crop growth and production.”

Sever solonetzic soils in the Brown or Dark Brown soil zones in Alberta that are in native grass-land may be best left in their native condition and used for live-stock grazing.

If reclamation of Solonetzic soils is considered refer to the factsheet (Agdex 518-8) Management of Solonetzic Soils available on Alberta Agriculture’s website (www.agriculture.alberta.ca).

For sodic soils that are not Solonetzic, but have a high level of sodium and high pH, the two options are to grow a more sodium tolerant crop or modify the soil condition with an amendment. A factsheet (Agdex 518-20) Management of Sodic Soils in Alberta is also available on Alberta Agriculture’s website.

Protection for purchasing new farm implements

The Alberta Farm Implement Act/Farm Implement Dealerships Act and Regulations are administered by the Farm Implement Act Administration of the Farmers’ Advocate Office (FAO) of Alberta.

Under this Act, anyone carrying on a business as a farm implement dealer or distributor within Alberta must hold a dealer’s and/or distributor’s license.

The licenses are issued annually and dealers and distributors must pay a license fee to the Alberta Minister of Finance and an annual levy to the Farm Implement Compensation Fund.

License fees are set under the Farm Implement Act regulations. The levy is set annually by the Farm Implement Board. The Board determines the amount based on the number of claims paid out of the compensation fund during the previous year.

This legislation provides protection to farmers when purchasing new equip-ment. Farmers may verify if a company is licensed to carry on a business as a farm implement dealer and/or distributor by contacting the FAO at 310-FARM (2376), or asking to see their current license. All dealers and distributors are asked to have their current license visible in their place of business. January 1, 2013 was the dead-line to have their new license for the 2013 year.

More information can also be found at: www.farmersadvocate.gov.ab.ca.

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403-443-2577

PENWEST SEEDS We multiply and deliver tried and true varieties and the latest variety of seed in wheat, peas and barley.Available this year:CDC Go StettlerCDC Meadow peas CDC Patrick peasAC Metcalfe AC CopelandAC Meredith

Call today to insure availability

First Annual

“Maine Difference” Bull Sale Saturday, April 6

Two Year Olds Long YearlingsTwo Year Olds Long Yearlings

1 p.m. at Dryland Cattle Trading Corp. in Veteran, AB

RDRL 279Y RDRL 564Y

RDRL 274Y RDRL 507Y

RDRL 265Y RDRL 522Y

Rick Deagle Cell: 403-575-5521

Trevor Deagle Cell: 403-575-5237

Approximately 75 Bulls sell!

Come early on sale day to view the bulls and join us for beef on a bun at noon.

Over 50 Two Year Old and Long Yearlings on offer.Check our website for a catalogue in March!

A G R I C U LT U R E

Request to Tender

Prairie Mines & Royalty Sheerness Mine Site, Hanna ABPrairie Mines & Royalty request submission of quotation for the following farming service for 2013 crop year. 300 (min) to 400 acres, calculated by Sheerness Eng. Dept.

• Disking- Pass # 1• Disking- Pass # 2• Heavy Harrow• Seeding, oats @ 2 Bu./acre & native grass @ TBA • Rolling• Rock picking

Contractor to provide oats and quote price/bushel, grass seed provided by Sheerness Mine. Contractor to provide fuel.Request price/acre for each service.

Conditions:1. Contractor must have W.C.B. coverage & 2.0 million

Liability Insurance coverage.2. Contractor must have roll over protection on all equipment

operator cabs. 3. Contractor must follow Sheerness Mine safety rules while

on site4. Work to be completed by June 15, 20135. Sealed Bids will be accepted until 12pm on April 12, 2013

Sheerness MineBox 2020, Hanna, Alberta, T0J 1P0Ph: 403-854-5200 Fx: 403-854-5204

Contact: Doug MacKinnon @ 403-854-5206or Bob Allan @ 403-854-5215

CAAP funds available in AlbertaAgri-News

The Agriculture and Food Council of Alberta (AFC) is calling for project Letters of Intent for a limited amount of Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) funding that is now available for projects requesting up to $20,000 each.

AFC will be accepting Letters of Intent until 12 noon MST on April 8, 2013, in order to place the remainder of the uncommitted CAAP funds. Funding available under CAAP is intended to help Alberta’s agriculture industry respond and adapt to emerging challenges.

“AFC is committed to attracting high quality projects in which to invest the remaining CAAP funds,” says AFC co-executive director, Bryanna Kumpula.

“At this point, we are looking for proj-ects that fit into a shorter time frame. We encourage any and all potential appli-cants who feel their project may be a good fit for CAAP funding to contact us immediately so that our project managers can assist in developing the best project application possible.”

CAAP’s objective is to facilitate the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector’s ability to seize opportunities, respond to new and emerging issues, and path-find and pilot solutions to new and ongoing issues in order to help it adapt and remain competitive.

CAAP can only fund projects that meet all of the fol-lowing criteria:• projects that

have projected benefits that exceed costs

• applied and adaptive (not basic) research

• projects that analyze or test solutions and strategies to address issues and opportunities

• projects that test or analyze innovative products, processes or technologies

• regional and multi-regional projectsThe suggested activity end date for proj-

ects is October 31, 2013, with final reports due December 31, 2013.

It is strongly recommended that poten-tial applicants contact a project manager to discuss the project prior to submitting a Letter of Intent.

Potential applicants may then be invited to submit a full project application.

For more information about the CAAP program and deadline dates, visit the CAAP website: www.agfoodcouncil.com/caap-funding.

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ANCHOR RANCH RED ANGUS&

SHILOH CATTLE COMPANYBULL SALE

ALL BULLS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING,10:00 AM SALE DAY AT ANCHOR RANCH.

VIDEO AUCTION CARBON COMMUNITY CENTRE 1:00 PMPlease Join Us In The Community Center

At Noon For Lunch

ANTHONY & SHERRY ANDREWPH: 403-572-3221 CELL: 403-820-4776www.anchorranchredangus.com

SHILOH CATTLE COMPANYPH: 403-665-2023 CELL: 403-820-1830

www.shilohcattle.com

Red Angus Bull SaleSECOND ANNUAL ON THE 2ND

50 RED ANGUSYEARLING BULLS

SALE CATALOG ANDBULL VIDEOS

ONLINE - PHONE FOR DETAILS.

TUESDAY APRIL 2, 2013CARBON, AB

VIEW BULLS PRIOR TO SALE ATANCHOR RANCH RED ANGUS AND

SHILOH CATTLE COMPANY.JUST GIVE US A CALL.

Dory, Janine Gerrard & Sons Innisfail AB

gerrardcattle@gmail.com 403 302-1016

Catalog & videos of sale bulls online at www.cattleinmotion.com

thick, deep bodied performance Charolais bulls at

Selling

30

• Free delivery & board till May• Semen tested

Yearlings

Long Yearlings• No bulls sold prior to the sale • Powerful pen of yearling bulls• Great selection of long yearling bulls born in June, July & August 2011• Charolais bulls bred and developed with longevity in mind • High quality Charolais bulls affordable for all cattlemen

Transcons Mountain View Angus Transcons Mountain View Angus CHAROLAIS & SIMMENTAL BULL SALE CHAROLAIS & SIMMENTAL BULL SALE

March 23, 2013March 23, 2013 1:00 pm Innisfail Auction Mart

KOPJAR SEED LTD.BOX 8 ROWLEY, AB. TOJ 2XO

Seed AvailableHRSW - AC Stettler - AC Carberry -

Unity VB - CDC Go Two Row Malt Barley- AC Metcalfe - CDC Copeland - CDC Meredith

Two Row Feed Barley - CDC Cowboy- CDC Austensen

Flax - Prairie Grande Peas - CDC Meadow -

CDC Saffron (available 2014)

PHONE 403-368-2409 OR 403-321-0237FAX 403-368-2410

Lindon Widespread17R

LINDON ANGUS FARMSLINDON ANGUS FARMS

Yearling Black Angus Bulls at Lacombe Bull SaleYearling Black Angus Bulls at Lacombe Bull Sale April 9 & For Sale at the Farm April 9 & For Sale at the Farm

Bulls Sired by: FV Final Answer 189X, Bar-E-L Undecided 125U & Lindon Widespread 4WSpring 2013 EPD’s will be available on Bulls and Heifers.

For more info. and selecting the bull of your choice Contact: Lindsay & Donna Penosky

Box 37, Botha, AB • (403) 742- 4337Fax (403) 742-4341 e-mail: lindona@xplornet.ca

Provost Livestock Exchange

The Livestock Market Serving Eastern Alberta and Western Saskatchewan

If you have Livestock to sell contact

Provost Livestock Exchange (780) 753-2369

E -ma i l : p l ec@p leca t t l e .comWebs i t e : w w w.p l eca t t l e .com

J e r r y H e w s o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C ( 3 0 6) 7 5 3 -7 7 8 8 D e a n L a w e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C ( 7 8 0 ) 7 5 3 - 0 8 0 3D a r c y L a k e v o l d . . . . . . . . . . . . . C ( 7 8 0 ) 7 5 3 - 8 6 6 9W a y n e B l a c k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C (4 0 3 ) 5 7 8 - 4 6 4 0J a c k L a w e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C ( 7 8 0 ) 7 5 3 -2 8 74

Regular and Presort Sale Every Friday at 9am

Special Sales:Wednesday, March 27 @ 1pm - Annual Dewald

Charolais Bull Sale in Conjunction with the Spring All Breeds Bull Sale. -15 yearling Charolais bulls - 4 two year old Charolais bulls

Lazy Haven Land & Cattle -16 coming two year old Blk & Red Angus bulls. (Majority of these bulls have low birth weights and were used on Heifers last year.) -6 coming two year old Charolais bulls.

Roadhouse Holdings -3 Red Anugus yearling Heifer bulls.

Bred Cows And Heifers - Ford Family Farm - has 100 Red & Red Baldy Heifers Bred to Black Angus Bulls to start calving April 10th, Bulls turned out June 22.

Friday, March 29 - NO SALE DUE TO EASTER HOLIDAY (Next regular sale will be on Friday March 29/13)

Tuesday, April 2 @ 5pm - Annual Spring Horse and Tack Sale, tack starts at 5pm.

All Cattle MUST have RFID tags.Feeder Cattle MUST BE pre booked for Presorts

Provost Livestock Exchange Ltd. is an Agent for Direct Livestock Marketing Services Internet Sales,

which are held every Thursday @ 10 am.

All presort sales are live broadcast with live internet

bidding from buyers across Canada. Regular Sales include

Butcher Cows and Bulls.

A G R I C U LT U R E

Create safe play areas on the farm Agri-NewsSpring is here on the farm and with it

comes increased daylight, warm weather and so much to explore outside.

Children of all ages benefit from playing outside, but before you send the troops out the door, take a moment to think about possible potential dangers that could be lurking on your farm.

“The most important factor to a child’s safety on the farm is supervision,” says Raelyn Peterson, farm safety coordinator with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“Having a responsible caregiver watch young children at all times and knowing exactly the whereabouts of older children is key to keeping future farmers safe from harm.

“An effective way to supervise young children is to designate a special play area for them. It is important that the area have clear boundaries – preferably a fenced area that physically restricts chil-dren from leaving. Toys and other fun stuff should be inside the play area so children aren’t tempted to wander away.”

Inevitably children will explore other areas of the farm as they gain more independence.

For this reason it is important to desig-nate hazardous areas as No Play Areas.

Children may not recognize or under-stand the dangers on a farm nor will they always remember the rules for each par-ticular situation.

Even as they gain more independence, children should be reminded often what is safe and be encouraged to practice a ‘check in’ system.

To clearly mark dangerous areas on the farm, use easily identifiable signage such as decals.

Decals are a great visual reminder for both adults and children.

Adults can use the decal to remind kids of the rules, and once children recognize the decal as a warning, they learn to stay away from the area or piece of machinery marked by a decal.

“Some areas you may want to mark with No Play Area decals are granaries, chem-ical storage sheds, grain augers, grain trucks, well houses, root cel-lars, medicine storage areas, dug-outs and animal corrals or pens,” says Peterson.

“Each farm is unique, so it is important for par-ents and caregivers to carefully con-sider how they want children to perceive their surroundings.

“Remember that the more children hear and see what is safe and not safe,

the more they will develop the ability to make safe choices.”

No Play Area decals are available free-of-charge from Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s farm safety program. Go to www.agriculture.alberta.ca/farm-safety for more information.

Visit the Farm Safety Program website for ways to promote farm safety on your farm or in your community.

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for Ward Nelson of Camrose, AlbertaTuesday, April 16, 2013 – 10:00 a.m.

Located: From Camrose, go 15.4 km (9 miles) east on Highway 26, then 0.7 km (1/2 mile) south on Range Road 184.This is an extremely nice line of equipment. Major pieces have been shedded. Lunch served by Gladstone Ladies Club.

TRACTORS• 1993 Versatile 976 4WD, Designation 6,

20.8x42 duals, 4723 hr., Atom Jet aux. hyd pump, standard, shedded, S/N 930583

• Case 2390 2WD, 20.8x38 duals, 3542 hr., P.S., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd., shedded, vg cond., S/N 09923021

• 12’ Leon 2-way dozer blade• IH 784 2WD c/w Allied loader/bucket, 3-pt.

hitch, 540/1000 PTO, 16.9x34 tires (very good), 4765 hr.

• EZ-STEER guidance system c/w 500 monitor

HARVEST EQUIPMENT• 2010 New Holland CR9060 SP combine,

SwathMaster 8 belt PU, 418 sep./585 eng. hr., 900/60 R 32 rubber, yield and moisture, fine cut chopper, auto header height, new roller chains after 2012 crop, no peas, shedded, exc. cond., S/N Y9G113083

• 2011 30’ NH 72C rigid header, PU reel, hyd. Fore/Aft, full fingered auger, lifters, shedded, exc. cond., S/N YBZL26214

• 2005 Case IH 2388 SP combine c/w 2015 header, SwathMaster 8 belt PU, AFX rotor, 1256 sep./1582 eng. hr., 30.5L-32 rubber, yield and moisture, hopper topper, chopper, extra pea concaves, $13,155.62 w/o Dec./12, shedded, vg cond., S/N HAJ292922

• 2005 30’ Case IH 1010 rigid header, PU reel, hyd. Fore/Aft, lifters, shedded, exc. cond., S/N CBJ023726

• Bergen 3600-HT header transport, like new• Baumle built header transport• 2010 30’ Massey Ferguson 9220 SP swather,

model 5200 header, 279 hr., Dbl. swath, elec. Fore/Aft, PU reel, gauge wheels, lifters, shedded, exc. cond., S/N 0AHS01133

• The two combines and swather sell with terms: 25% down sale day, balance by Aug. 1/13

TRUCKS and GRAIN TRAILERS• 2006 Freightliner Century TA grain truck c/w

20’ steel box and hoist (2011), Automatic Smart Shift, Detroit 515hp, 520,564 miles at booking, 3,100 miles on new tires, remote hoist and endgate control, roll tarp, Cat’s Eye

tire pressure indicators, shedded, very nice truck

• 1994 Freightliner TA highway tractor, day cab, 726,764 km at booking, N14, 18 spd. trans., wet kit, drive tires near new, Cat’s Eye tire pressure indicators, shedded, good cond.

• 1994 Lode King aluminum Super B grain trailers, open ends, newer tarps, 11R24.5 tires, Cat’s Eye tire pressure indicators

• $7,074.90 w/o done on the above tractor and trailers as of Sept./11

• 1981 IH 1724 SA grain truck c/w 15’ steel box, 131,603 km at booking, 404 eng., 5&2 trans., roll tarp, 10.00x20 rubber, shedded

• Two Michel’s hyd. hopper augers for grain trailers

SPRAYER• 2002 Willmar Eagle 8600 sprayer, 4WD, 90’,

1200 US gal. stainless steel tank, 380/90-R46 tires, 1908 hr., four E-Kay dividers, 340hp Cummins, air ride suspension, two rinse tanks, EZ STEER guidance c/w 500 monitor, auto boom height, Mid-Tech controller, triple nozzle bodies, shedded, vg cond., S/N 8600JL86109

• Four 520/85R46 Firestone radials to fit above sprayer, limited wear, to be sold separately

AIR DRILL• 51’ Flexicoil 5000 c/w front TBT FC 2320

tank and rear TBH FC 2320 tank, dbl. shoot, 4-1/2” steel packers, 12” spacing, Dutch low draft openers, both tanks and drill were rebuilt and gone through four seasons ago, c/w extra rollers. NOTE: The drill will be sold with choice of one tank. The remaining tank will be sold separately.

HEAVY HARROWS• 70’ Flexicoil 85 heavy harrows, hyd. tine adj.,

limited use, purchased new in 2005, vg to exc. cond.

AUGERS and GRAIN VAC• Buhler FarmKing 13”x70’ swing auger c/w

AG Remote electric swing mover, reverser, vg cond., purchased new in 2007

• Westfield TF 100-41, 10”x41’ auger c/w mover, 30hp Kohler, good cond., purchased new in 2008

• Westfield J208-46, 8”x46’ auger, 18hp Kohler, good cond.

• Kongskilde 700 grain vac, 1000 PTO, shedded, vg cond.

FIELD EQUIPMENT• 12’ Houle HLL-12 hyd. land leveller, hyd. lift

and tilt, limited use, exc. cond., purchased new in 2011

• 28’ Big G Tandem disc, smooth blades, older heavy disc

• Eversman 600 hyd. scraper• Rock-O-Matic 546 rock picker, 540 PTO drive,

good cond.• 60’ Flexicoil Sys. 95 Harrow/Packer• 70’ Flexicoil harrows/drawbar, newer tines

GRAIN BINS and AERATION• 2009 Grainmax 5000 hopper bin, rocket,

vents, dbl. skid, site glass, exc. cond.• Three 2007 Wheatland 1620 E hopper bins,

epoxy lined, 4119 bu +/-, level alert, manhole, poke hole, manway, dbl skids, never stored fertilizer, (one bin has side wall damage)

• Four Sakundiak 18’x6 ring hopper bins, 5600 bu+/-, dbl skids, ladder, roof vents, top/bottom manways, full bin indicators, aeration tubes, OP cables

• Four Grain Guard aeration fans, (Three 5hp, 3hp)

• Grain Guard 60,000 BTU gas aeration heater• Chigwell 12612E hopper bin, 1600 bu+/-• Westeel 14’x5 ring, 1650 bu+/-, good wood

floor• Twister 14’x4 ring, 1500 bu+/-, good wood

floor• Three round wood bins (Two - 1200 bu +/-,

1000 bu +/-)

PICK UP and TRAILERS• 2002 Ford F-250 XLT Super Duty, elec. 4x4,

ext. cab, long box, 172,411 km at booking, 5.4L, auto, A/T/C, spray-in liner

• 20’ TA 5th wheel trailer, homebuilt• 8’x5’ SA utility trailer, tilt deck, 1’ sides

RECREATION and LAWN EQUIP.• 2011 Kubota RTV 900, 4x4, diesel, 149 hr. at

booking, hyd. dump, windshield, winch, bush guard, exc. cond.

• Polaris Big Boss 500, 6x6, 4,572 km, manual dump box

• John Deere 240 lawn tractor c/w 30” rototiller and 48” mower, 18hp Kaw., good cond.

• Swisher 48” lawn sweep

MISCELLANEOUS• Chem Handler II (40 gal.) c/w banjo pump• GPI chemical pump• 1250 and 450 gal. poly water tanks• 5hp Honda slough pump, quantity hose• 20’ Brandt 3-pt. hitch sprayer, 65 gal tank,

hand gun• 6’ Ford 3-pt. hitch rotary mower• 6’ Ford 3-pt. hitch rear blade• 8’ 3-pt. hitch cult.• New Sakundiak bin sheets and wall stiffeners• 60 gal. 3 cyl. Ind. Air upright compressor• Two 500 gal. fuel tanks/stand, 300/500 gal

fuel tanks/stand, 12V fuel pump• Four 4’x8’ high steel shelving units, Oxy/

Acetylene outfit c/w bottles, HD Tow Rope, Drill Press, Banjo Pump, pressure washer, Hyd. 12T press, grinder/stand, 12V Lincoln grease gun, 20T air hyd jack, Columbia gas snowblower, 4’ work bench, bolt bin and bolts, 3/4” Drive socket set, Saws-All, quantity wrenches, four water extinguishers, Tri-Met grain tester, welding table, chop saw, floor jack, tire chains 22.5, misc scrap iron and lumber

AUCTIONEER’S NOTEWard has discontinued his farming operation. This is a very nice line of well maintained equipment. Note the low hours on most pieces.

The above listing is a guide only. All goods are sold on an “as is”, “where is” basis and any description, verbal or in advertising, of goods is set out or offered as a guide only. Doug Johnson Auction Service Ltd. accepts no responsibility for errors in description, it being the responsibility of prospective buyers to inspect the goods before the sale and satisfy themselves as to condition, age, authenticity, make or model.

This list is subject to additions and deletions. Doug Johnson Auction Service Ltd. will not be responsible for accidents, damage or loss. All sales are final. GST will apply on some items. Payment in full on sale day. Payment by cash or cheque only.

If paying by cheque and unknown to Auction Company, we require a reference letter from your bank. Arrangements must be made 48 hours prior to the sale for cell phone and absentee bidding.

For more information, contact Ward Nelson at 780-672-5429 or 780-679-2113.

View full listing and pictures at www.dougjohnsonauctionservice.com

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DOUG JOHNSON AUCTION SERVICE LTD.Camrose, AB • License #334038 • Phone 780-672-1105

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Winter feeding and downer cows

Agri-News Forage quality has been an issue this

winter because of the weather conditions experienced last summer. Feed test results have shown that protein levels are down 20 to 25 per cent in many hay and silage samples compared to the long-term average.

Delayed cutting has also increased the amount of fibre in the harvested forages, which results in reduced energy content as well. Other quality concerns also exist with the forages grown last summer.

“Test results are also indicating that potassium levels in mixed hays are almost twice as high as the long-term average,” says Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage spe-cialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“As we get closer to calving, dietary requirements for calcium and magnesium increase because of higher requirements of the calf and the production of colostrum.

“Three to four weeks prior to calving, calcium and magnesium is moving from the blood into the mammary tissue to pro-duce milk. Older cows have a more difficult time mobilizing calcium from the bone and are more prone to be downer cows.

“High milking cows are also at high risk because of the daily calcium and magnesium requirements. High potas-sium levels in the diet reduce the absorption of magnesium which can increase the number of downer cows.”

Feed test results provide a starting point to developing balanced ration.

What is recommended on paper can be quite different to what the cows actually consume.

Research conducted at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Research Station at Lacombe found that feeding hay with a bale processor on snow can result in up to 30 per cent of the calcium reported on a feed test report being lost because of feed waste.

The amount of magnesium lost can also be 25 per cent or higher. The loss of nutri-ents can result in downer cows, even when everything appears to be normal on the ration report.

“If there is a problem with a downer cow, talk to your veterinarian and have a diagnosis made when a farm call is done,” says Yaremcio.

“If the animal responds to intravenous treatment, it can be an indication that cal-cium or magnesium, or both, could be borderline or deficient in the ration. Changes to the feeding program are needed.

“If the feeds have not been tested, do so. Until the feed tests results are back, increasing the calcium and magnesium in the ration is recommended.

“For a 1400 pound cow in late-preg-nancy or early lactation, the addition of four ounces of limestone and one ounce of magnesium oxide per head/per day, to the ration will help the situation. Fine tuning can be done when the results are back.”

If possible, mix the magnesium and cal-cium into silage or a grain mix. These two products are not tasty and cows tend not to consume much free choice.

When including calcium and magne-sium into a salt or salt/mineral mix, a

flavoring agent or a product such as wheat shorts, dried molasses or dried distillers grains with solubles should be added to the mix to improve consumption.

A rough guideline is to include one of these products at 8 to 10 per cent of the total weight to improve intake.

If intakes are still low, increase the inclu-sion rates of the flavoring agent, and if the intake is too high, reduce the amount of fla-voring agent.

Not all downer cows are caused by min-eral imbalances.

If experiencing downer cows or con-cerned about this situation in your herd, be sure to consult your herd veterinarian in order to obtain a proper diagnosis, treat-ment plan, and assessment of the situation.

As well as consulting your veterinarian, if addition nutritional advice is needed, a feed company nutritionist or a provincial beef extension specialist can also be con-sulted. A team approach will yield the most favourable results.

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Classified Ad Rates $13.00 + tax for 25 words or less + 19¢ a word after 25 each week or 3 weeks for $36 + tax (based on 25 words or less). Reach 24,700 homes with your classified. This includes For Sale, For Rent, Card of Thanks, Coming Events, etc. Payment Necessary All Classified Ads are on a Cash Only basis and must be prepaid before running. There will be a $5.00 service charge on every classified not paid for prior to publication. We accept cash, cheque, VISA or MC. It is the responsibility of the advertiser to check ad the 1st week and call us if in error. The Review is responsible for their mistakes the 1st week only. Deadline For Ads All classified ads must be received by 5 p.m. on Mondays preceding publication. For Too Late To Classifieds ad must be received by 10 a.m. Tuesday. Ph. 578-4111. Mail to Box 70, Coronation, AB T0C 1C0.

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Everblack AngusBull & Female Sale

Mon., March 25 2 pmNilsson Bros., Vermilion, AB

•30 Yearling Black Angus

BullsView Catalogue online at

www.cattlemanagement.caContact Ernest Gibson,

Vermilion (780) 853-2422

It Is

Written

Sat. 11 am

CTV

BULL SALEMarch 29, 2013

1:30 at the Ranch (near Elk Point, AB) Selling Polled Hereford,

Angus & Charolais80 Yearlings & Two’s

View sale catalogue & lot videos at www.kcow.ca

or call for a catalogue

780-614-5959

Ribstone CreekAccountingSolutions

Lois RodvangCertified QuickBooks Specialist

403-578-3295Specializing in monthlyaccounting for farms and small business

Stettler Mini Storage

Household, furniture, business records, etc.

Various sizes. Protected by security alarm and fenced

and lighted perimeter.

OWNERS: Reg & Darlene Hunter

403-740-9283 or 403-742-3153

Remote CarStarters

Sales & InstallationCall for prices and

option details

G.P.L. TractorServiceGordon Long

403-575-3863

LAND FOR SALE BY TENDERAll of Section 35 - Township 37 - Range 11 W4. All native pasture and brush. Perimeter fenced but not cross-fenced. Annual surface lease revenue $3200.00. Three dugouts. Creek bed runs through it.

TERMSBids must be in writing and must pertain to the entire section. Written bids in sealed envelopes accompanied by a certified cheque or bank draft made payable to “E. Roger Spady In Trust” for 5% of the amount of the bid must be delivered before 12:00 noon on April 12, 2013 to the office of:

E. Roger SpadyBarrister & Solicitor5015 Victoria AvenueCoronation, AlbertaPO Box 328, T0C 1C0Phone 403-578-3131

The balance of the purchase price on accepted bids shall be paid to “E. Roger Spady - In Trust” on or before May 10, 2013. Property taxes and surface lease rents shall be adjusted as of May 10, 2013. Mineral rights, if any, are not included in the sale. If the successful tenderer does not complete the purchase after accep-tance of that tender, the deposit shall be forfeited.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. The owner reserves the right to reject any and all tenders. Deposits received from unsuccessful tender submissions will be returned.

For further particulars please contact Calvin Wadstein at 403-578-3325 (home) or 403-578- 7030 (cell)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS

IN THE ESTATE OF RUTH BERNICE COLBERT (also known as RUTH COLBERT; also known as

RUTH B. COLBERT), LATE OF THE TOWN OF HANNA,IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, WHO DIED 0N,

THE 14 DAY OF MARCH, A. D., 2012.

If you have a Claim against this Estate, you must file your claim by April 27, 2013,

with MESSRS. ROSS, TODD & COMPANY, Barristers & Solicitors,

P. O. Box 1330, 124 - 2 Avenue West, Hanna, Alberta, TOJ 1PO.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed

without regard to any claim you may have.

For Sale by TenderEast Central Ambulance Association

would like to offer for sale by tender the following:

1) 2002 Ford E350 Econoline Crestline Modular Ambulance. Diesel 6.0L engine,

auto transmission, 260,000 km.

Arrangements to view can be made by calling (403)882-3211, 8:30 am to

4:30 pm Monday to Friday.Send Tender offers by April 17, 2013 to:

East Central Ambulance AssociationBox 509, Castor, AB , T0C 0X0

For further information contact Lorne at (403)882-3211.

Highest bid not necessarily accepted.

REAL ESTATEKAMLOOPS B C, Lake front property, 0.42 Acre. Pinantan Lake. Water front cabin plus large lake view building lot. $169,900.00 Call Ian Lyons, 250-319-6351.

OKANAGAN real estate all properties, “Best Buys”, fastest & easiest way to check it all at no cost to you. Check out our web-site: 2percentokana-gan.com.

86 ACRES Aspen for-est and meadows. Southwest of Cardston near Police Outpost Provincial Park. Utilities to property. Asking $345,000. See www.eightysixacres.blogspot for photos. 403-345-3344.

ELINOR Lake Resort. 2.5 hours NE Edmonton. Spring Sale, fully serviced lake lots reduced by 15% May 17-31, 2013. Suitable for cabin/house, RV or invest-ment. 1-877-623-3990; elinorlakeresort.com.

MOBILE HOMESVOLUME purchase on our new Alaskan Series! 1520 sq. ft. $129,900 until March 30. Includes Arctic insulation package and stainless steel appliances. Toll free 1-855-463-0084; www.jandelhomes.com.

THINKING of selling? We need your 1990 or newer manufactured or modular home (to be moved). For free evaluation contact Terry at 1-877-347-0417 or terry@grand-viewmodular.com.

FOR RENT

FOR sale or rent. Eastside of duplex at 4909 Imperial Avenue, Coronation, Ab. $750/m plus utilities. No pets, non smoker preferred. Available April 1, 2013. Call 403-578-2189

MISCELLANEOUSSEMI loads of logs delivered to your door for firewood. Spruce, pine, poplar, tamarack. Price depends on loca-tion. Call Lil Mule Logging Inc. 403-318-4346

2150 joints of 2 3/8” Structural Redband Tubing @ $33.00/jt loaded truck in Wainwright, AB. Call 780-842-5705 for more information.

STEEL buildings/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100, sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206; www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

METAL roofing & sid-ing. Best prices! 36” Hi-Tensile TUFF-Rib 29ga. Galvalume $.67 sq. ft. Colours $.82 sq. ft. 40 Year Warranty. ALTA-WIDE Builders Supplies 1-888-263-8254.

SAWMILLS from only $3997. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD; www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT. 1-800-566-6899 ext. 400OT.

BIG building sale. “This is a clearance sale you don’t want to miss!” 20x20 $3, 985, 25x24 $4,595, 30x36 $6,859, 35x48 $11,200, 40x52 $13,100, 47x76 $18,265. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422; www.pioneersteel.ca.

DISCONNECTED phone? Phone Factory Home Phone Service. No one refused! Low monthly rate! Calling features and unlimited long distance avail-able. Call Factory today! 1-877-336-2274; www.phonefactory.ca

NEW Custom Kubota Engines. 4 cyl., 40 & 50 hp., V1903’s $5200. & V2003’s Turbo’s $5800. Originally for Thomas Skidsteers. Phone 780-222-9394.

CARS & TRUCKS

FARM MACHINERYFOR SALE: One Heston BP 25 Bale Processor; new ham-mers, new drum bear-ings. One New Holland 352 Mixer Mill used very little both shed-ded. For more informa-tion call 403-741-5744.

FEED AND SEEDHEATED canola buy-ing Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola. Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying dam-aged or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.

FOR SALE: Alfalfas, Clovers, Grasses plus Hay, Pasture, Reclamation and Lawn Mixtures. Early order discounts - Book now! No charge custom blending. Call 1-800-661-1529 or esther@hannasseeds.com.

For Sale - 280+ big round mixed hay bales $25.00/bale. South of Veteran. Call Karen @ 1 250-747-3364

LIVESTOCKSIMMERON Simmentals, Fullblood Full Fleckvieh Bulls, yearlings and 2 year olds, polled and horned, A.I. blood lines, very quiet, mus-cled. 780-913-7963.

SILVER Shadow Charolais Bulls. Easy-Calving: All herd-sires have been proven on heifers. Gainability: 205 day wts 745 - 825 lbs (without creep feed). Quiet Disposition. Excellent Hair-Coats. Will be semen tested and delivered. Off farm sales only. Coffee is always on. Ph. (780) 853-2587 Vermilion, AB

RITCHIE Bros Unreserved Auction. Oyen, Alberta, March 23 at Noon. Red & Black Angus 230 mature cows, 25 replacement heifers, 12 mature bulls. Bobby Miller: 403-358-1393 or rbauction.com.

VERMILLIONAIRES 27TH Charolais Bull Sale. April 6, 2013, 1 p.m. Nilsson Bros. Livestock Vermilion. 80 - 2 year olds 15 Yearlings, white & red factor horned & polled. All bulls tie broke, semen tested. Don Good 780-853-2220; Brian Chrisp 780-853-3315.

WANTEDVINTAGE snowmobiles wanted. Will entertain anything from 60’s to mid 80’s. Free air, liq-uid cooled or fan. Any makes or models. The older the better! Call 780-905-4209.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

80% COMMISSION travel only has 500 agents across Canada. Business opportunities with low investment, unlimited income poten-tial, generous tax/travel benefits. Run your travel company, full-time, part-time from home. Register for free seminar; www.mytrave-lonly.ca. 1-800-608-1117 ext. 2020.

DO business in Yukon! 1,831 sq. ft. prime ground floor retail space on the Main Street in Whitehorse, Yukon, next to Starbuck’s. For floor-plan/photos, call 1-867-333-9966.

ESTABLISHED, turn key Acrylic & Gel Nail business for sale. All equipment & supplies to go with. Drayton Valley, Alberta. 780-542-6668.

HELP WANTEDSMITTY’S Stettler requires 3 full time hosts/hostesses with pro serve certificate, exp. an asset. $9.76/hr, references req. Must be bondable and reliable, fax resume to (403) 742-1810 or apply in person to the manager.

CONCESSION Contractor: Shorncliffe Park Improvement Association requires someone to operate the concession at Shorncliffe Lake from May 1 to Sept. 2, 2013. Send applications to: Box 144 Czar, Ab. T0B 0Z0. Deadline: April 25, 2013. Call 780-857-2131 for more info.

PYRAMID Corporation is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume to: hr@pyramidcorpora-tion.com or fax 780-955-HIRE.

$100 - $400 CASH daily for landscaping work! Competitive, energetic, honesty a must; PropertyStars Jobs.com.

MORGAN Construction & Environmental Ltd. - Looking for experi-enced Heavy Equipment Operators & Heavy Equipment Mechanics for work in oilfield & heavy civil construction projects. Competitive wages, full benefits & opportunity for year round work. Email resume: careers @mcel.ca. Fax 780-960-8930 or apply in person: 702 Acheson Road, Acheson, AB.

INTERIOR Heavy Equipment Operator School. No Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks. Weekly start dates. Job board! Funding options. Sign up online! ihe-school.com. 1-866-399-3853.

HELP wanted: AG Mechanic/Service Manager required on farm/feedlot operation in south central Alberta. Mechanic licence an asset but not required. Competitive wages and benefits. Housing available. Please fax resume to 403-546-2445. Email: careers@klassenagriventures.ca or phone 403-312-3577.

DRIVERS wanted. Terrific career opportu-nity with outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects. No rail experi-ence needed! Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 weeks vacation & ben-efits package. Skills needed - Ability to trav-el 3 months at a time, valid licence with air brake endorsement. Compensation based on prior driving experi-ence. Apply at www.sperryrail.com under careers, keyword Driver. Do not fill in city or state.

EXPERIENCED truck driver required for haul-ing heavy equipment. Rates negotiable & benefits available. Fax resume 780-778-2444.

NOW located in Drayton Valley. BREKKAAS Vacuum & Tank Ltd. Wanted Class 1 & 3 Drivers, Super Heater Operators with all valid tickets. Top wages, excellent bene-fits. Please forward resume to: Email: dv@brekkaas.com. Phone 780-621-3953. Fax 780-621-3959.

THE Tamarack Inn requires an experi-enced Bar Manager with Protect and ProServe. Contact Marty at 403-845-5252 or fax resume to 403-845-4848.

CENTRAL Peace Natural Gas Co-op Ltd. requires full-time Gas Utility Operator. Experience, safety tick-ets an asset. Clean valid driver’s licence required. Forward resume: cpngc@telus-planet.net. Fax 780-864-2044. Mail: Box 119, Spirit River, T0H 3G0.

NEWCART Contracting Ltd. is hiring for the upcoming turnaround season. Journeyman/Apprentice; Pipefitters; Welders; Boilermakers; Riggers. Also: Quality Control; Towers; Skilled Mechanical Labourer; Welder Helpers. Email: resumes@newcartcon-tracting.com. Fax 1-403-729-2396. Email all safety and trade tickets.

ATTENTION semi oper-ators! Are you looking to downsize? Haul RVs from USA to western Canada! 5-6 day round trip. Looking for 1 ton O/O. 1-866-736-6483; www.speedwaymoving-systems.com.

JOURNALISTS, Graphic Artists, Marketing and more. Alberta’s weekly news-papers are looking for people like you. Post your resume online. Free. Visit: www.awna.com/resumes_add.php.

CAREER TRAININGGRANDE Prairie Regional College has Collaborative degree programs in Nursing, Computing and Education that you can complete right on its Grande Prairie cam-pus. We offer a great college experience - small class sizes, excellent instructors that care about you and your future, small town atmosphere with city amenities. You can also start on your chosen degree in Engineering, Fine Arts, Music, Arts, Science, Business or Commerce - a great transition from high school to university. Call 1-888-539-2911 for more information and to speak with an advisor; www.gprc.ab.ca.

TRAVELGRIZZLY bear tour. Experience a one day fly and cruise west coast grizzly adventure to Khutzeymateen, BC this July. Calgary and Edmonton depar-tures. 1-866-460-1415; www.classic-canadiantours.com.

PERSONALSTRUE psychics! For Answers call now 24/7 Toll Free 1-877-342-3036; Mobile: # 4486; http://www.truepsychics.ca.

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DATING service. Long-term/short-term relation-ships. Free to try! 1-877-297-9883. Live intimate conversation, Call #7878 or 1-888-534-6984. Live adult 1on1 Call 1-866-311-9640 or #5015. Meet local single ladies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+).

AUCTIONSCOLLECTOR car auc-tion. 3rd Annual Edmonton Motor Show Classic Car Auction. April 19 - 21. Edmonton Expo Centre. Over 75,000 spectators. Consign today. 1-888-296-0528 ext. 102; EGauctions.com.

Don’t miss out on our Final Breeder’s IssueDeadline Mon. Apr. 22

Call 403-578-4111

Need Help? Put your ad in the classifieds!

Call 403-578-4111

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PUBLIC HEARING

The Board will hold a public hearing regarding Enbridge’s Application, which will also include an oral portion. The issues the Board will consider are the need, the economic feasibility, the potential commercial impacts, the appropriateness of the tolling methodology, the potential environmental and socio-economic effects; the appropriateness of the general route and land requirements, the engineering design and integrity; the potential impacts on landowners, land use and Aboriginal interests; as well as safety, security, contingency planning associated with the construction and operation of the Project.

PARTICIPANT FUNDING

The Board is making available $200,000 under its Participant Funding Program to assist the public in participating in the hearing process. Interested persons are encouraged to review information on the Project and the Board’s List of Issues in the Hearing Order OH-001-2013 before submitting an application for participant funding.

PROCESS ADVISOR

The Board has assigned Debbie Kuchinski as the Process Advisor for this Project. If you are thinking about applying to participate in the Board’s hearing for this Project, Ms. Kuchinski can provide you with assistance.

Debbie Kuchinski

Hearing Process Advisor

Telephone: 403-299-3656

Toll free telephone: 1-800-899-1265

Email: debbie.kuchinski@neb-one.gc.ca

DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION

Hearing Order OH-001-2013 provides important information on the hearing process and procedures to follow. All Application-related documents, including the Hearing Order, are available on the Board’s Internet site at www.neb-one.gc.ca (click on “View” under “Regulatory Documents” box on the right hand side of NEB’s webpage. Then, click on “Quick Links” and scroll down to Enbridge Edmonton to Hardisty Pipeline Project folder. Hard copies can be found at the following locations:

Any correspondence to the Board should be addressed to:

National Energy Board

Facsimile: 403-292-5503

National Energy BoardNotice of Public Hearing

OH-001-2013

Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (Enbridge)Application for the Edmonton to Hardisty Pipeline

Project (Application)

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Tri-Ag Implements ConsortTri-Ag Implements in Consort

is looking for a

Journeyman or ApprenticeAgriculture or

Heavy Duty Technician.

Qualifications include computer and diagnosing skills, be able to work as a team and an individual. Must have a valid driver’s licence, and experience is an asset. Must be comfortable with being on call and long hours in the busy season.

Benefits include Company Health Plan, RRSP Contribution Plan, Tool Allowance, Apprentice training benefits.

Tri-Ag Implements has 25 years experience in the Ag Industry. As a company we are constantly sending our technicians to training across North America, as well as years of experience among one another.

Please Contact: Lucas LatimerService ManagerBus Ph # : 403-577-3899Email: triag.service@gmail.com

Oyen Greenhouses Ltd is currently seekinga responsible individual to

Operate a 5 Ton Delivery Truck for the spring season.

The successful applicant will be asked to provide a clean drivers abstract. Organizational skills and self motivation are a must. This position requires a courteous and enthusiastic individual to drive 3 - 5 days per week until late July. Light construction and maintenance duties will occupy the rest of the year. Starting wage $19 - $23 per hour.

Please apply in person or contact Bill at 403-664-3549.

Employment Opportunity

Coronation Golf ClubThe Coronation Golf Club is

accepting applications for Inside Staff (must be 18 years of

age) and Outside Staff (must possess a valid driver’s license).

For more information, please callBarry at 403-575-0756

Please send all applications/resumes to:

Town of CoronationBox 219

Coronation, AB TOC 1COor fax: 403-578-3020

Attention: Barry

Deadline for applications is Friday, March 29, 2013

CORONATION POOLThe Coronation Pool is looking for

Lifeguards or Individuals Interested in Becoming

Lifeguards.

Full Time/Part Time/Casual hours available. Above average wages. Possibility of training provided.

Applicants must be 15 years of age. For more information, please call

Barry at 403-575-0756

Please send all applications/resumes to:

Town of CoronationBox 219, Coronation, AB TOC 1CO

or fax: 403-578-3020 Attention: Barry

Deadline for applications is Friday, March 29, 2013

Town of CoronationThe Town of Coronation is accepting applications for

Summer Employment

Applicants must possess a valid driver’s licence.

Please send all applications/resumes to:

Town of Coronation Box 219, Coronation, AB TOC 1CO

or fax: 403-578-3020 Attention: Barry

Deadline for applications is Friday, March 29, 2013

C L A S S I F I E D S / C A R E E R S

Employment OpportunityHanna Chrysler Ltd.

has a position available for an

Full-Time Accounting Clerk

Accounting experience or training definite assets. Excellent opportunities for job

diversification and advancement. Apply in person, fax 403-854-2845,

or e-mail chrysler@telusplanet.net. References required.

Carpenter Helper

RequiredExperience an asset but not necessary.

NK ConstructionNK ConstructionBox 22, Youngstown, ABph. 403-779-2166 or

403-857-9984

AUCTIONSNEED to advertise? Province wide classi-fieds. Reach over 1 million readers week-ly. Only $269. + GST (based on 25 words or less). Call this news-paper NOW for details or call 403-578-4111.

75 QUARTERS land, Oyen, Alberta - Ritchie Bros Unreserved Auction. 1HQ, 30 Parcels Farmland, 6 Parcels Grazing Lease, $21,000 Surface Lease Revenue. Jerry Hodge 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/reales-tate.

HUGE receivership auction. Emerald Metal Fabricators. Complete tank fabri-cating facility. Tuesday, March 26, 10 a.m., Tofield, Alberta. Foothills Equipment Liquidation, 780-922-6248; www.foothill-sauctions.com. Bidspotter online bid-ding available.

COMING EVENTSCONSORT Dinner Theatre “Murder Is A Game” Mystery Comedy. April 20, 21, 26, 17, Tickets Mar. 20. Phone 403-577-2740.

PLEASE come help Wilf Sieger celebrate his 90th birthday. Talbot Hall, March 30, 2-4 pm. No gifts please.

LIONS 38th Annual Consort Gun & Hobby Show, Sat. April 13th, 10 am - 5:30 pm, Sun. April 14th, 10 am - 3:30 pm, Consort Sportex. 2000 ft. of dis-play and trade tables in the Arena & Curling Rink. Good food. Non-restricted and restrict-ed firearm license test-ing and boating exams available. Additions: Sat. Bingo 1-4 pm, supper and dance. Sun. Gospel music 10 am followed by “Open Mic”. Call Doug or Adah 403-577-3818.

HANNA Curling Club General meeting. Wed, Mar 27, 7 pm @ Curling Club. For more info call 403-857-8239.

ANTIQUE Show - Western Canada’s lon-gest running collectors show - Antiques, col-lectibles, and pop cul-ture. 38th Annual Wild Rose Antique Collectors Show & Sale. Sellers from across Canada. Special collectors dis-plays. Antique evalua-tions by Canadian Antiques Roadshow appraiser Frank Hall - $12 per item. Good Friday, Mar. 29, 9 - 5 p.m.; Sat., Mar. 30, 10 - 5 p.m. Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton. 780-437-9722; www.wildrosean-tiquecollectors.ca.

SPRING has sprung at Lougheed Gift & Garden. Easter Lilies and Hydrangeas, houseplants, giftware, yard decor and more. Seeds and starting supplies. Proven win-ner plants to get your pots started. It’s always spring in the Greenhouse. Come in and get refreshed!! Lougheed Gift & Garden, 780-386-2402. Now open Monday to Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm.

ANNOUNCEMENTSDO YOU know a great volunteer? The Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association (AWNA) and Direct Energy are now accepting nominations for the Alberta Volunteer Citizen of the Year award to recognize someone who goes above and beyond to help others in the community. Nominations are open to all residents served by AWNA newspapers. As a reward for giving so much, the winner will get a $1000 cash prize from Direct Energy and a $5000 donation to their community organization of choice. Visit: direc-tenergy.com/vcoy or awna.com. Nominations close Sunday, March 31, 2013.

Tornado Hydrovacs, a division of Petrofield Industries

is accepting resumes for:

Labourers, Industrial Painters, Sandblasters, and Welders

(Journeyman or Apprentice). at our Manufacturing Facility located

at 4102 44th ave, Stettler, AB. Willing to train if candidate has related basic skills or experience. Our Company has an enthusiastic,

fast paced working environment with advancement for motivated

individuals, and an excellent benefit package. Please forward resume to

hr@petrofield.com or Fax 403-742-5544

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Prism Integrated Solutions Inc.

in Forestburg is accepting applications for:

Quality Control Manager.Successful applicant will be experienced in ASME Sec VIII Div. 1 vessels, and Process Piping, as well as the various Oil and Gas Producers Specs. Knowledge of Document control and material management also a must. A strong wage and competitive benefits package to the person who meets these requirements.

Please email Resume to n_thorsteinson@prismcorp.net

or fax to 780.582.3922

Castor Golf Club Castor Golf Club

Employment OpportunityEmployment OpportunityCastor Golf Club is now accepting

resumes for the position of

Full Time/Part Time Manager Duties to include day to day management of club house

including staff scheduling, daily cash balancing, customer service and food preparation/ service.

Please submit Resumes by March 28, 2013 to:

Rick TullikopfBox 457, Castor, AB, T0C 0X0

Via fax: 1-780-385-2406 or Via email: rtullikopf@alberta-cu.com

COUNTY OF PAINTEARTH NO. 18Public Works Department

Seasonal Employment OpportunitiesThe County of Paintearth No 18 is accepting applications for Seasonal Equipment Operators for the summer season starting May 1 to the end of October.These positions are within the provision of the collective agreement with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 955.Grader Operator(s):

Class 3 license with Q endorsementPrevious experience as a grader operator in road maintenance and road building Mechanically inclined, maintain and service graders, change blades

Truck Driver(s)Class 1 with Q endorsementMechanically inclined, maintain and service trucks and trailersEquipment Operator(s)Loaders, Tractors with attachments, Tandem Trucks, BackhoesClass 3 with Q endorsementMechanically inclined, maintain and service equipment

Interested candidates are invited to forward their resume with references to the County of Paintearth No. 18Attn: Rita Prince, PCP, Coordinator: Assessment, Tax & Payroll Box 509, Castor AB, T0C 0X0Ph: 403-882-3211; Fx: 403-882-3560 Email: rprince@countypaintearth.ca

Only those candidates chosen for an interview will be notified

COUNTY OF PAINTEARTH NO. 18

ACCOUNTANTCrowfoot Crossing……Remembering Our Past, Building Our Future

County of Paintearth….Welcome to the Energy Capital of East Central Alberta – Coal, Wind, Oil and Natural Gas

The County of Paintearth is seeking a dynamic, knowledgeable person to join our team as the Accountant. This is a permanent full-time position reporting to the Director of Corporate Services. This position provides accounting support and technical expertise for tangible capital assets, cash register reconciliation, bank deposits, payroll, insurance, accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, tax roll and associated processes, and performs related duties within areas of responsibility for the County and for its associated entities (East Central Ambulance Association, Paintearth Regional Waste Management, Paintearth Economic Partnership Society, Paintearth Adult Learning Council, Trail of the Buffalo Society).

The ideal candidate would possess or be working towards a recognized Accounting Designation (CMA, CGA preferred) supplemented with experience in an accounting-related position with a rural municipal government or an equivalent combination of education and experience; excellent organizational, analytical and presentation skills; strong verbal and written communication skills; well developed interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to deal effectively with team members and the public; exceptional knowledge and experience with Windows and MS Office applications as well as Muniware software; and a valid Alberta Drivers license – Class 5. The salary range for this professional position is $65,000 to $78,000 per annum with an excellent benefits package. For more information, please contact Lana Roth or visit our website at www.countypaintearth.ca.

Interested individuals are invited to forward resume with references by 4:00pm, Thursday, April 4, 2013, to:

Lana Roth, CGADirector of Corporate ServicesCounty of Paintearth No. 18Box 509 Castor, AB T0C 0X0Phone: 403.882.3211 Fax: 403.882.3560 Email: lroth@countypaintearth.ca

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

M.D. of Provost No. 52

The Municipal District of Provost No. 52 is accepting applications for the following seasonal positions:

• Class 1 Truck Drivers

• Equipment Operators

• Labourers – Public Works and Agricultural Service Board

• Roadside Brush and Weed Sprayers

Please send applications with attached resume stating which position you are interested in to:

Tyler Lawrason, AdministratorM.D. of Provost No. 52

Box 300; 4504 – 53rd AvenueProvost, Alberta

T0B 3S0Phone; 780-753-2434

Fax: 780-753-6432Email: mdprovost@mdprovost.ca

Prism Integrated Solutions Inc.

Has the following position available:

Building Maintenance / CarpenterFoam panel building experience will be an asset. Applicant needs to be reliable, self-motivated, and have the attention to detail we require for our finished product.

Excellent wage and competitive benefits package offered to the successful candidate.

E-mail resume ton_thorsteinson@prismcorp.net

Or fax to 780-582-3922

PIPELINE AND FACILITY SERVICES is currently looking to hire a

Journeyman MechanicHeavy Equipment experience

would be an asset.and also

B Pressure WeldersPlease fax resume to 403-742-3908 oremail watsonwelding@xplornet.com

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Sherritt International Corporation is a leading natural resources company with locations in Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario), Cuba and Madagascar. Sherritt provides a dynamic work environment that promotes and invests in growth opportunities in each of its principal businesses and – most importantly – its people.Our Sherritt Coal division is Canada’s largest thermal coal producer, with ten surface mines in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Producing more than 94% of the thermal coal produced in the country, Sherritt currently supplies domestic utilities and international companies with fuel for electricity generation..

Accountant/Accounts AnalystPaintearth Mine (near Forestburg, Alberta)

Position Profile: This position reports directly to the Chief Accountant. Responsibilities include assisting in the development and delivery of timely and accurate financial statements to Management. Duties will include to reconciling all accounts, auditing accounting records, preparing and providing cost analysis, preparation of monthly forecast and annual budgets, completing month end and interacting with internal and external auditors.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will posses a University Degree or diploma related to Accounting and possess at least two years of related experience and be working towards a professional designation. Other combinations of experience and education may be considered.

Sherritt Coal offers a competitive compensation and benefits package and provides the opportunity for personal growth and development.

Closing date: April 1, 2013Please e-mail or fax your resume and cover letter to Human Resources:

E-mail: careers.PEM_SHM@sherrittcoal.com Fax: 403.884.3001We thank all candidates for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. We would kindly appreciate no phone calls.

www.sherritt.com

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PUBLIC NOTICEThe Town of Coronation has given first reading to Bylaw 2013-611. The Town of Coronation finds it expedient and in the public’s interest to repeal the Council Procedure and Committees Bylaw and to create a new bylaw for the appointment of the Mayor, which requires that the Mayor be appointed by Council at the annual organizational meeting immediately following a general municipal election, and that this appointment shall remain in effect until the next general municipal election.

Section 151 (3) of the Municipal Government Act requires that this bylaw be advertised to the public prior to it receiving second and third readings.

A copy of Bylaw 2013-611 is available for inspection by any member of the public at the Coronation Town Office at 5015 Victoria Avenue, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Comments on the proposed bylaw may be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. on April 2, 2013 by email to: admin@town.coronation.ab.ca or mailed or hand-delivered to the Town Office at Box 219, 5015 Victoria Avenue, Coronation, Alberta T0C 1C0.

Town Council will consider second reading of Bylaw 2013-611 at the April 8, 2013 regular Council Meeting.

Town of Coronation

M.D. Of Provost No. 52 2013 Used Equipment Tenders

The M.D. of Provost No. 52 is currently accepting tenders to purchase the following units:

1. Unit #43-018 – 1980 D7G – at Hughenden (As the unit sits) S.N. 92V090662. Unit #53-012 – 1999 Western Star with gravel box – at Hughenden3. Unit #43-092 – 1989 Loadline Gravel Pup Tandem Axle-Mate to the Western Star – at Hughenden

All of the above are available for viewing at the Hughenden Public Works Yard

For more information, please contact Curtis Hughes @ 780-209-1717 or

Irvin Bethge @ 780-209-1508

Tenders for any or all of the above units are to be submitted in a sealed envelope, clearly marked

“M.D. of Provost 2013 Equipment Disposal Tender” and are to be addressed to:

Tyler Lawrason, AdministratorM.D. Administration Office,

Box 300; 4504 – 53rd AvenueProvost, Alberta T0B 3S0

Tenders are to be submitted not later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, March 27/2013. No faxes accepted for tenders. Faxed amendments will be accepted as long as the original tender is not disclosed. The M.D. reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted or any part

and the lowest of any bid will not necessarily be accepted. Please include G.S.T. in the quote.

A decision will be made on Thursday March 28/2013.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Currant Lake Telecommunication TowerATCO Electric is planning to construct the Currant Lake

telecommunications tower located on the existing

Currant Lake substation site in the southeast quarter of

Section 25-33-5 W4M, approximately 13 kilometres south

of the Hamlet of Monitor. The new telecommunication

tower will be a self-supporting steel lattice tower

approximately 61 metres tall. ATCO Electric is applying

to Industry Canada and the Alberta Utilities Commission

for the necessary approvals. Construction is planned to

occur in September 2013.

You are invited to provide public comments to

ATCO Electric within the next 30 days of this notice.

The closing date for submissions is April 22, 2013.

Please contact:

Natalie Hilbrecht, ATCO Electric

10035-105 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 2V6

Phone toll-free 1-855-420-5775, fax 780-420-5030

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Notice is hereby given that the following

Development Permit Applications have been

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DP1303 League Pipeline

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Box 509 Castor, AB TOC OXO not later than

4:30 p.m., March 22, 2013. Th e Notice must

contain the reason for the appeal and pursuant

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Beaver Rural Electrification Association

Annual Meeting Annual Meeting will be held in Castor at

the Castor Community Hall

Wed., April 3 Wed., April 3 Lunch will be served at 12 noon

meeting to follow

RE: The Bylaw Amendment to be voted onSupplemental By-Law N0 2Composition and Election of Boarda) The number of directors who shall direct and supervise the concerns of the Association shall be nine.b) All directors shall be elected at a general meeting by the membership of the Association. A retiring director shall be eligible for re-electionc) A director’s term of office shall be three (3) years from the time of his/her election or until his/her successor is regularly elected or appointed.Girls club accepting new members

Diane DammannECA Review Submitted

The KARE Girls club, a Women’s Institute group, is accepting new members for girls between six and 16. We meet after school the second Tuesday of the month at my home. Next month we will have a report on citizenship and legislation by one of the girls and we will be doing sculp-tures with play dough. We will also plan the crafts that we will enter into the

There was a baby shower for Shanika Reister on Saturday afternoon at her home. Her grandmothers, Grace Reister and Lillian Matteau were there as well as aunts Flavie Boisvert, Malinda Ericson, and Wendy Reister as well as other guests.

The Meet Your Neighbour night has a few folks meeting others in the commu-nity that they didn’t know before and the rest of us had fun visiting, eating and auc-tioning. Alain and Clare Ladouceur of Red Deer came with Clare’s folks, Pam and Ed Muise. Irwin Streicher of Elk Pointe and children Lucas and Nicole were also once again at the annual fundraiser.

Ralph Davidson is up near Nome Alaska visiting with fiance Beth Holt.

Randy Wickstrom, Donna Chalifoux and I, all UCW (United Church Women) members, visited with Lila Davidson, Doris Spady and Margaret Thomas in Killam Hospital on Thursday.

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Spring officially began on Wednesday, March 20, contrasting the feet-deep snowpack and double-digit minus temperatures blanketing much of east central Alberta. March 16 marked the fifth straight month of snow for the area, contrasting predictions that called for minimal precipitation. Environment Canada says that spring in Alberta will be ‘unpredictable,’ and feature wildly fluctuating temperatures. Submitted photo

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AllianceAlliance United Church

Good Friday - 7:30 p.m.Sunrise Service - Galahad Gazebo - 8 a.m.

Easter Sunday - 9:30 a.m.Alix

Alix Evangelical Free ChurchGood Friday Service - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Breakfast - 9 a.m.Easter Sunday Service - 10:30 a.m.

BashawImmaculate Heart of Mary

Roman Catholic ChurchLiturgy Thursday - 3:30 p.m.

Good Friday - 11 a.m.Saturday Vigil - See Stettler Catholic Church

Easter Sunday - 3 p.m.Bashaw United Church

Maundy Thursday - 7 p.m.Good Friday - See Mirror United Church

Easter Sunday - 11 a.m. Ellice Free Methodist Church

Easter Sunday - 11 a.m.Zion Lutheran Church/

St. Peter’s ParishGood Friday - 3 p.m.

Easter Sunday Breakfast 7:30 a.m.Easter Sunday - 9 a.m.

Big ValleyBig Valley United Church

Good Friday Service 7 p.m.Easter Sunday - 7 p.m.

BothaBotha United Church

Good Friday Service - See Big ValleyEaster Sunday Service - 9 a.m.

Brownfi eldBrownfi eld Baptist Church

Good Friday Service - See VeteranSunday Breakfast - 9:30 a.m.

Easter Sunday Service - 11 a.m.Castor

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church

Thursday Liturgy - 6 p.m.Good Friday - 2 p.m.

Saturday Vigil - See StettlerEaster Sunday - 10 a.m.Castor Evangelical Missionary ChurchGood Friday 10:30 a.m.Easter Sunday 11 a.m.

ChauvinChauvin Gospel Centre

Easter Sunday - 10:30 a.m.

CliveCombined Good Friday Service

at Clive Hall at 7:30 p.m.Clive Christian Fellowship

Easter Sunday - 10:30 a.m.Clive Baptist Church

Easter Sunday - 11 a.m.Saron Lutheran Church

Thursday Seder Dinner - 5:30 p.m.Easter Sunday Breakfast - 8:30 a.m.

Easter Sunday Service & Communion - 10 a.m. Consort

Knox United ChurchGood Friday - 7 p.m.

Easter Sunday 11 a.m.Coronation

Coronation United ChurchMaundy Thursday - 7:30 p.m.

Good Friday - 11 a.m.Easter Sunday - 11 a.m.

Coronation Evangelical Free Church

Good Friday - See VeteranEaster Sunday - 11:30

ErskineErskine United Church

Good Friday Service - See Big ValleyEaster Sunday Service - 11 a.m.

ForestburgBreakfast 8 a.m.

Walk with the Cross (Friday) - 9:30 a.m.Good Friday Service - 10:30 a.m. at

Community CentreForestburg Community Church

Easter Sunday - 9 a.m.Hanna

Combined Good Friday Service at Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church

at 10:30 a.m. Hanna Alliance Church

Easter Sunday - 10:30 a.m.Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church

Easter Sunday - 11:00 a.m.New Life Community Fellowship

Easter Sunday - 10:30 a.m.Redeemer Lutheran Church

Maundy Thursday - 7 p.m.Good Friday - 11 a.m.Easter Sunrise Service -

at Fox Lake at 6:45 a.m.Easter Sunday - 11 a.m.

Easter Sunday Solor Service in Cereal - 4 p.m.

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Canadian curling elite has fresh new facesAs Canada’s best curlers prepare to decide

eight months from now which teams to send to Sochi, Russia in 2014 for the Winter Olympics, a changing of the curling guard might be hap-pening right before our eyes.

The 2013 Canadian Scotties was won not by the favourite, Jennifer Jones, or another household name, Kelly Scott, but by 23-year-old Rachel Homan of Ontario.

Two weeks later, the Tim Hortons Brier was held in Edmonton and while the pre-com-petition question was Martin, Stoughton, Howard, or maybe Gushue?, the answer turned out to be Brad Jacobs, 27, of Northern Ontario.

Homan and Jacobs? This was Wayne Gretzky not winning a scoring title in the 1980s. This was Secretariat showing up as an

also-ran in 1973, or Babe Ruth popping out to short in 1927.

Brad Jacobs? Rachel Homan? Really? Curling fans were somewhat aware of

Jacobs before he won the Brier by ham-mering Manitoba’s Stoughton in the final. This year was his fourth consecu-tive Brier (with one playoff appearance to his credit), but he and his muscular crew of third Ryan Fry, second E.J. Harndon and lead Ryan Harndon (Jacobs’s cousins) were ranked no better than fifth going into the week-long event.

One would think winning the Brier would make Jacobs a favourite for the

aforementioned Olympic berth, to be decided this December in Winnipeg, but in actuality, the Brier champs have yet to nail down a spot in the eight-team competition. Only three men’s rinks — Martin, Stoughton and Howard,

who else? — have qualified so far. Winning the world championship, which starts later this week in Victoria, would go a long way to put-ting the Jacobs foursome into the Trials, but otherwise, he’ll have to win a couple more bon-spiels this spring, or win the single berth available from the Pre-Qualifying competition in November to get in.

While Jacobs may not have a berth in the Trials yet, the RBC account manager has a bit more money to play with. The Sault Ste. Marie rink won $40,000 for winning the Brier, is eli-gible for $144,000 in funding from Sport Canada over the next two years, will pick up $40,000 for training and competition expenses from Canada’s ‘Own the Podium’ program and — this will buy a lot of coffee — $10,000 for wearing the Tim Hortons crest at the worlds.

They might give it all up in exchange for four round-trip tickets to Sochi.

• Scott Ostler in the San Francisco Chronicle, after Dennis Rodman returned from a visit to North Korea, only to have that country later threaten to nuke the U.S.: “Dennis Rodman has shown much growth over the years. Once he was known as a team-wrecker, but now he is a planet-wrecker.”

• Comedy writer Jim Barach: “A survey says that March Madness costs businesses $134 million each year in lost wages from people watching games while at work. Even new Pope Francis I says he isn’t doing a thing on the job until Notre Dame is eliminated.”

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KillamCombined Service at Living Room - 10 a.m.

Knox United ChurchGood Friday - 7 p.m.

Easter Sunday - 10 a.m.Pentecostal Tabernacle

Easter Sunday - 11 a.m.St. Joseph’s Catholic Church

Holy Thursday - 7 p.m. in DayslandAdoration of the Blessed Sacrament

- 8 p.m. in DayslandGood Friday (Lord’s Passion) -

1 p.m. in Heisler; 3 p.m. in Daysland 5 p.m. in Killam

Saturday Vigil - 11 a.m. (Blessing of food baskets) 9 p.m. Mass - DayslandEaster Sunday - 9 a.m. in Heisler,

11 a.m. in Killam Lougheed

St. Andrew’s United ChurchMaundy Thursday 8:30 a.m. at Sedgewick

United ChurchGood Friday - 11 a.m.

Easter Sunday - 11 a.m.Loyalist

Seventh Day Adventist Saturday Sabbath Service - 12 p.m.

MirrorMirror Alliance Church

Easter Sunday - 10:30 a.m.Mirror United Church

Maundy Thursday - See Bashaw United Church

Good Friday - 10:30 a.m.Easter Sunday - 9:30 a.m.

New BrigdenSt. John’s ChurchSaturday - 7:30 p.m.

OyenOyen Anglican Church

Good Friday - 11 a.m.Easter Sunday - 11 a.m.

ProvostSt. Mary’s Parish

Holy Thursday Mass - 7:30 p.m.Friday Service - 3 p.m.

Saturday Vigil Mass- 8:30 p.m.Easter Sunday Mass- 9 a.m.

Central Lutheran ChurchGood Friday - 10 a.m.

Easter Sunday - 10 a.m.Provost United ChurchMaundy Thursday - 7:30 p.m.

Good Friday - See Central Lutheran ChurchEaster Sunday - 11 a.m.

New Hope Gospel ChurchGood Friday 7:30 p.m.Easter Sunday 11 a.m.

Provost Community ChurchGood Friday - See New Hope Gospel Church

Easter Sunday - 10:30 a.m.Stettler

Freedom Christian Fellowship Good Friday - 10:30 a.m.

Easter Sunday - 10:30 a.m.Alliance Church

Good Friday - See Freedom Christian Fellowship

Easter Sunday - 10:30 a.m.

Christ-King Catholic ChurchThursday Liturgy - 8:30 p.m.

Good Friday - 4:30 p.m.Saturday Vigil - 9:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday - 12:30 p.m. Stettler Lutheran Church

Maundy Thursday - 7:30 p.m.Good Friday - See Freedom Christian

FellowshipEaster Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Stettler United ChurchGood Friday - 10:30 a.m.

Easter Sunrise - Sunday 8 a.m.Easter Sunday - 10:30 a.m.

Three HillsCombined Good Friday Service

- Three Hills School at 10 a.m.Bethel Evangelical Missionary

Easter Sunday 10:30 a.m.Knox United Church

Easter Sunday 11 a.m.Trochu

Trochu Baptist ChurchGood Friday - Pancake Supper at 5:30 p.m.- Candlelight Communion Service to follow

at 6:30 p.m.Easter Sunday - Worship Service at 11 a.m.

WainwrightEvangelical Free Church

Good Friday - 10:30 a.m.Easter Sunday - 10:45 a.m.

WimborneWimborne Alliance ChurchGood Friday Service - East Old Baptist

Church - 10:30 a.m.Easter Potluck 10 a.m.Easter Service 11 a.m.Youngstown

Youngstown Gospel ChapelFellowship Lunch 10:15 a.m.

Easter Sunday & Baptism Service 11 a.m. Veteran

Veteran Full Gospel ChurchGood Friday - 11 a.m.

Sunday School - 10 a.m.Easter Sunday Service - 11 a.m.

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• R.J. Currie of sportsdeke.com: “A new study says after age 60 we begin losing our sense of smell. For fans enduring the Maple Leafs championship drought, at least they don’t stink like they used to.”

• Another one from Currie: “A brawl report-edly broke out at a New Hampshire retire-ment centre during a bingo game. It was like a hockey fight, except with more teeth.”

• Scott Feschuk of Sportsnet Magazine: “(Winnipeg) Jets signed Olli Jokinen and Alexi Ponikarovsky, meaning they’re set at ‘floater’ for years to come.”

• Greg Cote, Miami Herald: “Affirming that reality TV has run out of ideas, ABC has a new celebrity-diving series, Splash, hosted by Greg Louganis. Divers will include Detroit Lion Ndamukong Suh, who presumably will bring back the cannonball and rabbit-punch and kick other contestants.”

• Adam Rank, NFL.com: “There is a small part of me that believes John Harbaugh was forced by his parents to trade Anquan Boldin to his little brother after beating him in the Super Bowl.”

• Norman Chad of the Washington Post, after the Nationals named Stephen Strasburg their opening-day starter: “However, in order to preserve his arm, he will be limited to throwing out the ceremonial first pitch.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Out-of-work slugger Manny Ramirez, 40, has signed to play for $25,000 a month with the EDA Rhinos in Taiwan. Or as Ramirez’s marketing arm immediately spun it, Manny being Mandarin.”

• Jack Finarelli of SportsCurmudgeon.com, after Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira sprained the ECU tendon in his right wrist: “Who knew that there was a tendon named after East Carolina University?”

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dimensions, and whether it climbs or falls away from the house.

The good news is that these problems can be turned into advantages if you take the time to plan your work well.

A descending slope, which often includes a nice view, is easier to landscape than one that climbs away from a home.

Working with the natural slope, you can create a rockery or an artificial stream with a series of waterfalls.

If you want to create a path, make sure it winds its way down the slope rather than dropping in a straight line, which would only accentuate the differ-ence in elevation.

The landscaping challenge is a bit tougher when the slope climbs away from the home.

An interesting option in this case is to think about creating secret gardens, threaded with winding paths and lined with shrubs.

If retention walls are necessary, choose good-quality, pleasant-looking materials, such as stone or wood. Alternately, carefully chosen shrubs or other plantings can conceal retaining walls.

As best you can, avoid planting regular grass on a slope. When the time comes to cut it, you will have a hard time with the mower, especially if the slope is very steep. If you really want to have a carpet of greenery, opt for thyme, which is a great alternative if the spot receives enough sun.

Although this type of land is a big challenge for gardeners, with a bit of planning, you will be very proud of the end result.

Landscaping a slope

A landscaped slope can be very attractive if well planned.

Alberta’s elm pruning ban starts April 1To help keep Alberta Dutch elm disease (DED) free,

the Society to Prevent Dutch Elm Disease (STOPDED) encourages everyone to pay attention to the Provincial elm pruning ban between April 1st and September 30th. To help eliminate beetle habitat, it is important to properly prune all dead wood out of your elms and dispose of all pruned elm wood and elm fire-wood by burning, burying or chipping by March 31. Stored elm wood can harbor the elm bark beetles that can carry DED.

“Elm bark beetles, responsible for spreading the deadly DED fungus, feed on healthy elms and breed in dead and dying elm trees,” says Janet Feddes-Calpas, STOPDED executive director. “If elm trees are pruned during the pruning ban period, these bee-tles which are active at this time can be attracted to

the scent of the fresh wound and possibly infect an otherwise healthy elm with DED. Once an elm tree is infected with DED it will die within that year.”

Having your tree pruned properly is important. Many trees are killed or ruined annually from improper pruning. Pruning like any other skill requires knowledge and should be done by a profes-sional certified arborist who can determine what type of pruning is necessary to maintain or improve the health, appearance and safety of your trees.

Topping or removing an excessive amount of live wood is not recommended on any variety of trees and will weaken the tree’s structure.