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Strathmore-Brooks MLA Derek Fildebrandt saidhe was unfairly portrayed, after he found him-

self in hot water when a Globe and Mail articlequoted him saying the NDP government duped

Alberta voters by keeping their promises.Fildebrandt said he never used the words

duped, hoodwinked, or promises, all of which were attributed to him in an article by Carrie Tait, with the headline ‘NDP duped Alberta voters, Wildrose finance critic says.’

The Shadow Finance Critic answered questionsfrom numerous reporters during a press scrumfollowing Premier Notley’s speech to the CalgaryChamber of Commerce. According to Fildebrandt,his response to a question about the minimum

wage increase, meant that when the NDP wrotetheir platform their odds of winning the election

were 1,000 to one, and that they probably figuredthey’d never have the chance to implement it.

“What I said was, they never expected to winpower and when you come to power you need to be very careful on how you do things,” he said.“You should study the economic impact of yourpolicies as you’re implementing them. Somehowa reporter unscrupulously said that I said that aparty should not keep its promises.” The article states that the Wildrose MLA said

“the NDP platform was never intended to be im-plemented. The NDP platform was a hard-coreideological document” that was meant to pull thethen-ruling Progressive Conservative Party “in aparticular direction,” which matched up with theofficial transcript and which Fildebrandt acknowl-edged he said. However it was the interpretationand quotations of certain words, such as dupedand hoodwinked that bothered Fildebrandt.

“The article severely twisted what I said out

of context, created new words and incendiaryphrases that I never actually spoke, and attrib-uted ideas to me that I didn’t have,” said Fildeb-randt. “I’ve got a pretty thick skin, but twistingmy words so badly out of context and outrightcreating new ones, got under my skin a bit. It was

bad reporting, but I will just take it as a lessonand learn from it.” Yet, when he was questioned about his com-

ments on social media, some of his remarksrubbed Albertans the wrong way. Mount Royal’sdepartment chair of Policy Studies Duane Bratttweeted Fildebrandt asking whether he was sug-gesting that had the Wildrose Party won the elec-tion, they wouldn’t have a mandate to implementin their campaign platform.

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parcel of land adjacent to a Sidewalk orPathway that runs in front of the property or

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(a) Such Sidewalk or Pathway runs parallel to and directly adjacent to a Street, or

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referred to in Part V Subsection (2), such costsmay be added to the tax roll of the parcel.

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DOWNTOWN STRATHMORESATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28 •

5:30 PM

All local Strathmore and area businesses

and organizations are encouraged to come

out and support the annual Strathmore

Santa Claus Parade by entering a float or adecorated vehicle and being a part of this

festive community event!

This event is a fun night meant to bring

families and friends together to celebrate

the start of the Christmas season, and

is a great way for businesses to support

their community while benefiting from free

advertising! With winter weather being a

factor, we understand large scale floats may

be difficult to arrange, so feel free to keep

it simple! As this is a night time parade, we

encourage brightly lit, musical entries that will

“warm” the audience and promote the spirit

of Christmas!

Entry is free, and a cash prize will be awarded

to the three best Christmas Floats!

The attached registration form is to

be submitted by noon on Wednesday,

November 18, 2015 to Aztec Real Estate at304-3rdAvenue, Strathmore, Alberta T1P 1B4,

or fax (403) 934-6278. ames committee as the

committee is no longer active.

Strathmore Lions ClubCELEBRATION OF LIGHTSPARADE

PARADE REGISTRATION FORM

Name or Organization / Affiliation:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Email Address: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Phone: ______________________________________ Cell: ______________________________________ Fax: ________________________________________

Contact Person: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Entry deadline: Noon, Wednesday, November 18, 2015 . All completed forms are to be submitted toRobert Desjardins, Aztec Real Estate, #106, 304-3rd. Avenue, Strathmore, Alberta. T1P 1Z1 or fax (403) 9 34-6278

The Parade will be held Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 5:00 pm, departing from the Strathmore Library Parking lot.

Please have your float there by 4:30 pm.

The Santa Claus Parade will be held on Saturday, November 28 starting at 5:00 pmand follow a parade route downtown.

8th Annual Light Up the Night, Celebration of Lights Christmas Park will take place starting at 5:30 pm.

Enjoy music, photos with Santa & Mrs. Claus, hay rides, entertainment, fireworks show.

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Please check all categories that apply to your entry:

q Band (approx. no. of members) ______________) qFloat/Vehicle (approx. total length of float and/or vehicle in feet ___ )

q Walking unit (approx. no. of members _________) q Animals (what kind?) __________________

q Music (Is it: _______Live or Recorded) q Lights

Other details of your entry:

PARADE REGULATIONS AND TERMSNo candies or other handouts may be thrown into the crowd from floats or vehicles. Walkers may give out candies or handouts.Parade entries must not include a Santa Claus unless arranged for on the last float.We highly encourage the use of music and lights on floatsAll drivers must be insured and in possession of an appropriate, valid drivers license.All walking float participants must have proper illumination for safety reasons.No air horns or sirens can be used.

A NOTE ABOUT RISKALL APPLICANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN INSURANCE FOR THEIR PARTICIPANTS AS WELL AS THEIR VEHICLES AND FLOATS.INJURY AND/OR PROPERTY DAMANGE CUASED BY THE APPLICANT’S PARTICIPANTS, VEHICLES AND FLOATS ARE THE APPLICANTS

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In response, Fildebrandt answered bysaying that a B-list reporter wrote anintentionally torqued story, and added,an ideologically-charged platform thatneeds a reality check. He later tweetedthat Tait was auditioning for a job as the

latest press secretary in the Premier’s Of-fice – a comment that he later removed. The tweet had been posted shortly afterFildebrandt refused to answer more of

Tait’s questions, saying “sorry, we’re nottaking questions from political journal-ists” and interrupted her question byadding, “I’m not taking questions frompeople who don’t conduct themselvesprofessionally.”

His actions baffled some constituents who are now questioning his behaviour.Fildebrandt stood by his B-list reportercomment, but apologized for his latertweet on Twitter.

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Injuries from high heels has increased substantially

in the past decade. Many of the injuries were to the

foot and ankle while some also involved the knee,

head and neck. Broken bones were involved in

about 20% of the injuries. High-heeled shoes are

looked upon as stylish but risky from a health point

of view.

Are you a “lark” (early riser) or an “owl” (later to

bed)? Neither has an advantage over the other. The

key here is the number of hours of sleep you get. If

you have a 9-5 job, it’s good to be a lark but it’s not

as good for owls. Seven hours of sleep daily is a

great aid to better health.Long term studies on aging found that signs of body

deterioration can be seen as early as age 26. But

how quickly we age is dependent only 20% on our

genes which means we can control how fast we age

by taking care of ourselves better. Keeping active,

getting enough sleep, watching what we eat and

getting regular medical checkups….all contribute to

a slower aging process.

Pharmacists are often asked what “works” to

prevent or shorten the duration of colds. Zinc

lozenges taken every two hours may help shorten a

cold but not prevent it. They shouldn’t be taken for

more than one week. Hand-washing many times a

day will reduce your exposure to cold viruses and is

always recommended.

If you are going on a winter holiday, remember to

bring enough of your prescribed medication with

you. Getting replacements in a foreign country isn’t

always easy.

Opportunities for youngstersTwo and three year olds had a lot of fun dur-ing an event held by 5 for Life at Hope Church

on Oct. 24. Megan Donahue (3) was bead-

ing with her Mom Janice. Beading helps little

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MIRIAM OSTERMANN


With notes from Justin Seward

Wheatland County council was en-gaged in a fiery discussion last week,seven months after Councillor BrendaKnight had her wrists slapped with acensure, which was lifted during theOct. 27 organizational meeting.

Knight was censured on March 24, when the majority of council voted infavour of the action, after much discus-sion of a series of breaches over a year

pertaining to the Wheatland CountyCouncillor Code of Conduct and thestatutory obligations of Councillors andCouncil as set out in the Municipal Gov-ernment Act (MGA). While the details regarding the cen-

sure have not been made public, coun-cil was aware that her behaviour wouldcome under review at the 2015 organi-zational meeting, which was last week.

“If she was following all of the pro-cedures that they had laid out for herup until then, they would lift it, andshe had been,” said Lisa Bastarache,communications officer for WheatlandCounty. “She’s still expected to (apolo-gize). She wants to go through her lawyer with that. Council decided that they

would rather have Brenda apologizefor her actions rather than have councilapologize for her actions.” After council voted to lift the censure,

Councillor Ben Armstrong proposed amotion to have council draft a letter toapologize on Councillor Knight’s behalf– an undertaking she was unwilling toperform at this time and without dis-cussing the situation with her lawyer. The proposal was heavily disputed byCouncillor Knight, Councillor Booth,Councillor Bland, and Councillor Har- wood. During the meeting, CouncillorKnight demanded to know why she was censured and for the informationto be made public. However, Basta-

rache confirmed that Councillor Knight was presented with all the informationon March 24, that a copy was retained by her and her lawyer. Furthermore,council was not permitted to discussthe allegations, as they were originallypresented in an in-camera meeting – aprivate meeting not open to the public.

“I have the right to defend myself,”said Councillor Knight at the meeting.“I haven’t done anything wrong … ifI have, the judge will make me apolo-gize.”

Councillor Alice Booth was also out-

raged over a blunder by Councillor Ben Armstrong, where he accidentally ac-cused her of lying. Although he meantCouncillor Knight with the assertion,Councillor Booth was worried that it was a public meeting and her constitu-ents might believe the claim. According to Wheatland County, the

two public figures met afterwards, andCouncillor Armstrong apologized forthe slip-up he hadn’t realized happenedat the time.

Earlier in the year, Reeve Glenn Koes-ter had stated that Councillor Knighttook actions contrary to her obligationsas a councillor in her communications with other municipalities, third par-ties, and Wheatland County staff. Her

involvement in the county’s administra-tive functions also came under review. The censure required Councillor Knightto draft a formal written apology to the Village of Hussar, the Village of Stan-dard, the Village of Rockyford, and the Town of Strathmore, for comments shehad made that did not reflect the posi-tion of Wheatland County. The county continues to expect

Councillor Knight to make a formalapology to the town and the villages,and said she is currently discussing thesituation with her lawyer. As a result oflast week’s decision, Councillor Knightis no longer bound by the procedureslaid out by council under the censure.

County Councillor censure

lifted; motion to apologize on

Knight’s behalf defeated

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Musicians from Rosebud and as far away as Edmonton gathered in Rosebud on Nov.1, to lead the fifth

annual service of communion and music presented in polka style. Ray Olson, Louisa Nelson, Connie

Canfield, Colleen Begeman, Bill Daugherty and Scott Heatcote played accordion, with Bill Hamm andMark Lewandowski on guitar, LaVerne Erickson on tone bells and Shauna Murphy on piano. Cassia

Schramm sang and Nathan Schmidt officiated. The annual service honours the memory of Reverend

Art Dahlen, who planned the service and wrote many of the lyrics but died before the first Polka Mass

was celebrated at the Rosebud Church.Laureen F. Guenther Photo

Rosebud Church celebrates Polka Mass

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CASSANDRA DAHLPEYTIN KAJMOWICZ

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JUNIORHIGH POINT SHOW JOSILYN DAHLRESERVE SHOW MELISSA SHERMAN-BUSBYHIGH POINT GYMKHANA

MELISSA SHERMAN-BUSBYRESERVE GYMKHANA DYLAN ZIP

MOST NUMBER OF POINTSDURING 2015SHOWPLEASURE JOSILYN DAHLEQUITATION JOSILYN DAHLVERSATILITY DYLAN ZIP

GYMKHANABARRELS DYLAN ZIPPOLE BENDING DYLAN ZIPVERSATILITY MELISSA SHERMAN-BUSBY

YOUNG HORSE(5-YR. OLD & UNDER)HIGH POINT SHOW

TIE – BRENDA LARSEN andTREVOR DAHLRESERVE CATHY CONDONHIGH POINT

GYMKHANA BRENDA LARSENRESERVE TREVOR DAHL

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2015 FUN COUNTRY RIDING CLUB AWARDS NIGHTBea Winter- Fun Country Riding Club of Strathmore

Fun Country Riding Club ended its 36th year with an Awards Night Supper and

Dance at the Lyalta Hall on October 24th, 2015. The potluck supper was deliciousand enjoyed by all. After the awards were given out, members, family and friends

danced to the music of Ken Stobbe, who always knows how to entertain all ages.Thank you to everyone who helped make the night memorable and so much fun.

Winners for the year end awards were:

Congratulations to all the winners. Don’t forget to check our website in 2016 atwww.funcountryriders.com for upcoming events.

FUN COUNTRY RIDING CLUB OF STRATHMORETHANKS THE FOLLOWING DONORS AND SUPPORTERS IN 2015

YEAR END AWARD DONORS:

• ANGELA & LES ATKINSON • PARK AUTO REPAIR LTD.

• ANIMAL CARE CENTRE OF STRATHMORE LTD. • RE/MAX REALTY

HORIZON • FUEL AUTOMOTIVE & ACCESSORIES INC. • KEITH, BEA &

ALAN WINTER • GOLD KEY REGISTRY LTD.

Door Prizes: Calgary Co-op (Strathmore), Chinook Credit Union Ltd., Dairy Queen —

Strathmore, K & K Livestock Co., Lammle’s — Strathmore, Melanie Lausen, MountainView Credit Union Limited, Roadhouse Restaurant & Saloon, Strathmore’s Florist,

Strathmore Station, Strathmore Value Drug Mart, Strathmore Veterinary Clinic, Tim

Horton’s — Strathmore, and all our other generous donors.

OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO MEMBERS: GRANT LARSEN for his photographs

of our riders, LESLEY GREGORY for maintaining our website, and TINA CARLSON forkeeping our Face Book page up to date.

AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO STRATHMORE & DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

for the use of its arena this year, AND TO CALGARY STOCKYARDS STRATHMORE LTD.

for allowing us to hold our meetings at your facility; AND TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS

AND MEMBERS OF OUR CLUB WHO HELPED MAKE OUR YEAR 36th YEAR SO SUC-CESSFUL. AND TO THE STRATHMORE TIMES FOR PUBLISHING OUR SHOW AND

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Email – [email protected] • Fax – (403) 644-3813Drop off at any of the following schools:

Central Bow Valley (Gleichen), Hussar, Rockyford, Standard.

For more information feel free to contact one of the following

naming committee members:

Gleichen: Ken Sauve (403) 734-2165 [email protected]

Dallas Williamson (403) 901-4330 [email protected]

Hussar: Cindy Selgensen (403) 787-2206 [email protected]

Wendy Kaiser (403) 787-2440 [email protected]

Rockyford: Chris Gerritsen (403) 934-8100 [email protected]

Kendra Urzada (403) 677-2633 [email protected]

Standard: Marie Larsen (403) 644-2101 [email protected]

Stephanie Nelson (403) 644-2929 [email protected]

Help name theNEW SCHOOL!Individuals or groups, of all

ages, are encouraged to

get creative, thoughtful and

involved in the process of

naming the new consolidated

school in East Wheatland.

Please submit the school

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supporting rationale by

Friday, Nov. 13th by one of

the following methods:

LIVING ABOVE THE STORMSMeteorologists have observed

that there are different kinds ofstorms. There is hail, thunder,ice, tornadoes, lightning, heavysnow, floods, tropical andhurricane storms. Relating this

to life’s situations, storms can take different forms and shapesin the life of a person. A stormcould be economic, political,financial, social to name but afew.The storms of life put men un-der intense pressure and have

the capacity to toss them to andfro. Although storms may be anundesirable natural phenome-non, their occurrence has somegreat advantages too. It waseconomic storm that broughtPeter to Jesus Christ – Luke 5:1-11. Whatever storm brought you

to Jesus, He can calm it. Howdo I know? Because He con-

trols every storm, and everything here on earth, underneath the earth and heaven must obeyHim. Daniel was faced withpolitical storm. God command-ed the lions not to touch Danieland they obeyed. The fishobeyed Him. God prepared afish to swallow Jonah but mustnot digest him since he couldn’tswim. The birds obeyed Him – 1Kings 17:4&6.

A few lessons from Matthew14:22-32: after feeding 5,000men, Jesus told the disciples

to go to the other side whileHe went to pray. There was astorm and the disciples wereconfused. Jesus rescued them

to safety.On the path of progress, stormswill always come.There is no one who can tellwhen the storm would come.The intervention of Jesusalways brings calmness.It is dangerous to be caught in astorm without Jesus.Ensure you are on the side of

the Lord – John 15:14; John11:11.Maintain your relationship withJesus, this will give you a quickintervention when storms come.Divine presence is the secret tolive above the storms.When you establish and main-

tain a good relationship withGod, you will experience peacein the midst of storm. Greatpeace keeps you stable andstrong no matter what you facein life. May God’s presence putan end to every raging storm inyour life.

Pastor Dunmoye Lawal RCCG Peculiar People Assem- bly, Strathmore

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Fred can trace his family history backto the early 1800’s, where they farmedin a German speaking district near the

Wista River in Poland.Fred’s family had moved to Poland

from Germany, after being hired to con-

struct a dam on the Wista River. It tookmany years to construct, and afterwardsthey remained in Poland to farm.

Fred was born in Poland in 1932, and was part of a large family of four broth-ers and six sisters. Fred, his parents,

brothers and sisters were forced to leavePoland in December1945, and travelled

by train to SchleswigHolstein, Germany,

which is located inthe middle of thenorthernmost of the16 Federal States ofGermany, close tothe southern borderof Denmark. The trip

took four months tocomplete, becausethe train had to stopso often. Rememberthis trip was maderight after the end of WW2, with move-ment of people and vehicles very muchrestricted. They settled in Schleswig Hol-stein, Germany until March 1951, whenFred, his parents and five siblings board-ed a ship bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia.Five other siblings stayed in Europe. Onarriving in Halifax, they then boarded atrain that would take seven days to reachLethbridge, where they had a contractthrough the Lutheran Church to workfor sugar beet farmers in Picture Butte,for two years. However, they had sucha great relationship with the farmer thatthey stayed for three years, before mov-ing to Calgary in November 1953.

Maria’s family originates from Roma-nia, near Constanta on the Black Sea.She can trace her family back to the1850’s where there were farmers in thearea. Maria was born in September 1933,and moved with her family to Germanyin October 1939. Her father worked in ahuge airplane plant in Dessau, Germany.

As such he was pardoned and did nothave to fight as a soldier at the begin-ning of the Second World War. Howev-er, in 1944 he fought in Russia with theGerman Army, but after six months was

wounded and sent back home to Ger-

many. This saved his life because many who fought in Russia did not make it back home. Maria’s mother and five chil-dren had to leave their home in Janu-ary 1945. They lived through some really

bad times, including being homeless foreight months, and travelling on foot, oron railway box cars. They decided to re-turn to Romania, but on the way, theirnine-month-old sister died of starvation.

After 18 months they moved back toGermany, where with the assistance ofthe Red Cross, they were finally reunited

with their father. They lived in Osna- bruck, Germany until August 1953 whenthey boarded a ship bound for Halifax,Nova Scotia then travelled across Canada

REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS ~ Fred & Maria Wutzketo Calgary where they had relatives. Fred and Maria met ata dance in Calgary in 1953, and were married in 1954. This

wedding produced three sons - Gordon (born 1960), Jeffrey(1961), and David (1963), and they now have two grandsons

Joshua and Rory.Maria was a seamstress in Germany, a job she really en-

joyed, and she had no difficulty getting a similar job in Calgary where she spent six years. She had spent a year working atthe Calgary General Hospital, before the boys were born. Fred

was a ‘Jack of all Trades,’ and worked at many jobs includingthe railway, in a packing house, and in construction, beforepurchasing a farm located 12 miles south of Strathmore, in1964. That was a big change, as everything was run downand needed repair. They worked very hard, assisted by many

very helpful neighbours. They built a beautiful ranch housein 1969, and enjoyed raising their family on their dairy farm.

By the time they sold it in 1979, they were milking 100 dairy cows, daily.

Fred and Maria then moved toStrathmore, where the population

was around 1,000. Here they builtthe carwash located behind what isnow Storefront School. They sold thisin 1991, and retired, except for Fred

who helped Wayne Risdon with hay-ing for the next 20 years. Their community activities mainly

took place whilst they lived on thefarm. Fred was a member of Carse-land Lions Club for 45 years, andserved on the board of CarselandCommunity Association. Maria was a

member of the Carseland PB Club. But, she was also kept very busy with the chickens on the farm, looking after the farm workers, and raising those three rambunctious boys. They’vealways loved gardening, and continue to enjoy working thelarge garden at Arlene Holdahl’s farm. Both Fred and Maria

were avid curlers, and attended bonspiels throughout the area. The biggest changes they have seen is the population growthfrom 1,000 in 1979, to over 13,000 now, and having all theroads paved. They both enjoy travelling, and their most memorable trip

was in 1993, when they went to Poland, along with other fam-ily members, to visit Fred’s sister and the old family farm. Theyhave spent 14 winters in Yuma, Ariz. which has given them

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What started out as a classresearch project quickly turnedone elementary student’s pas-

sion into a successful initiativeto save horses and honour hergrandfather’s memory. Westmount Elementary

School’s Grade 6 student HaileyBuck began researching the top-ic of horse slaughter during thesummer. When the assignmentarose to write about somethingshe was passionate about, Bucklunged at the chance to educateher friends and classmates aboutthe practice.

In doing so, she enlisted thehelp of her mother, stepfather,and grandmother to bake anddecorate over 400 cookies andcupcakes for staging a two-

day bake sale, with proceeds- $335.30 - going to two localhorse rescue organizations. Byorganizing the sale to occur onOct. 14 and Oct. 15, her grandfa-ther’s death day, Buck took theopportunity to recognize him.

“My grandpa passed away onOct. 15 [last year] and he’d bereally proud of me for doingit, so I wanted to do it in hismemory,” the 12-year-old said.“I don’t like sticking out, I kindof go with the flow most of thetime. So when I told my momthis is what I’m doing, I kind offelt bad, but I knew I wantedto do it, and even if she didn’thelp, I knew I’d find a way toget it done. Figure out how to bake them and hopefully they

wouldn’t turn out black.” With her helpers busy in the

kitchen, Buck stepped out ofher comfort zone and startedpromoting her sale through word-of-mouth, posters, andeven took to the PA system ather school. Along with supportfrom her mother’s colleagues,friends, Westmount ElementarySchool teachers, and other stu-dents in the school, Buck soldout in no time.

“She said ‘mama this is whatI’m doing it on’ and she’s so pas-sionate about animals, so I said‘ok’ I’ll support you,” Hailey’smother Jessica Shaw said. “It’sfor a great cause, it was great,and I am so proud of her. It’sa little bake sale, so we kindof went ‘I hope she does well,’ because I didn’t want her to bediscouraged. But I was pretty

proud when she came and said‘I sold it all.’”

Canada’s horse slaughter-ing industry claims the livesof 70,000 to 115,000 horses a year, and over 300 a day in Al- berta for human consumption. The animals facing such a fateare often young and healthyincluding weanlings, yearlings,and two-year-olds. Followingher report, which received an Efor excellent, Shaw went out totwo non-profit rescue organiza-tions – Last Chance and Dare toDream - to provide them each with $167.65.

“It is through fundraising ef-forts like hers that we can try tosave more and we have told herthat we will save a colt and she

can name it,” said Mandy Royko, with Last Chance Horse Rescue.

“She reminds me of me whenI was a little girl. We have beenusing our own resources to saveand provide for these horses who can not speak for them-selves. This is why Hailey touch-es our hearts. She knows howmuch time and effort go intoone horse and we have quite afew right now, so any bit of fun-draising helps.”

Buck is already looking forward to spring when she plansto have another bake sale, andhopes to expand her endeavourto the other schools.

For more information on therescue organizations, visit www.lastchancehorserescue.com, and www.dare2dreamhorserescue.ca.

Westmount student rescues

horses in grandpa’s memory

Twelve-year-old Hailey Buck organizeda two-day bake sale at Westmount El-ementary School to help save horsesdestined for the slaughterhouse. Hav-ing raised $335.30, the student donated$167.65 each to two horse rescues in-cluding Last Chance Horse Rescue,which she got to visit on Oct. 18.

Photo Courtesy of Jessica Shaw

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PAT FULE

Fule for Thought

A lot of things come to your mind when you’restuck in a fence. Let me back track a little. WithOctober’s warm weather, I hit our pathways morethan ever before, and even Doc was happy with my

weight and blood pressure!However, I decided to cut through a Strathavengreen space to check it out for a possible new one. That’s when I had my own “Winnie the Pooh in thehoney jar” moment! You see, sometimes the 55-year-old Pat still sees himself as the 35-year-old Pat. I sawa narrow opening where one fence ended at another,so I was sure with my latest weight loss successes,that I could fit. I could not! As I tried to push my girth through, I did indeed

get stuck! Not stuck as in call the fire departmentfor the “jaws of life,” but stuck enough that there was some pain involved pushing myself back out! There’s nothing you can do but laugh in this situ-ation, because you know there are people in theirfront rooms laughing at you, too! For a second ortwo, I wished I had some butter ... but no, then I’dprobably have eaten it!

That brings me back to the various things thatflashed through my mind while I was stuck. The first was, that I’m one of those people who hate the la-bels on the back of new shirts! I can’t stand anythingrubbing on the back of my net ... I could feel the redrash forming right then! In fact, I will either tear outthe label, or wash the shirt a few times before I wearit, to soften that stupid label. Sometimes I’ve had areally nice shirt with a small hole right in the backof the collar ... now that doesn’t look dorky, does it?However, at least there’s nothing scratching the crapout of my neck!

If you’re a 60s or 70s kid, and had working par-ents, you were probably a “latch key kid.” That’s a working class kid who had his own house key toget in after school. My key was attached to a shoelace, which was then tied to one of the belt loops

on my 70s corduroy pants! Yep, the key stayed safe,I had something to fiddle with when I got bored ...heck, it was even an attached weapon to use on mybrother, if I needed it! No matter when I got home, I was safe from “bad guys” ... I could get into my own“Fortress of Solitude” like Superman, and read someof my comics!

I also thought for a second of my strange lot inlife. My parents worked hard to help me get edu-cated, and I was able to get two University degrees.Sure, one was a PE degree, but still ... two degrees,and lately I’ve had to wipe my 15 year old dog’s buttpretty regularly! Yep, there’s nothing like being yourdog’s personal valet and care giver, to give you adose of humility! Of course, he hates this, and I haveto chase him with a fresh wet wipe ... that must lookstrange to the neighbors, too! It’s funny how manythoughts can fly through your mind when you’rechunky and stuck in a fence. The last thing that hit me before I popped out of

the trap, was watching my son curl the other night.Now you know, I’m no curling expert, but my son was cleaning a rock at the end of an end! I thought, when did he become a skip, I thought he playedsecond? Yet here he was, cleaning the rock, setting

it up, clearing in front of the hack. Then I saw it. Hehad done all this for his skip! What a guy, he wasthe skip’s butler! It must be so cool to be a skip on a young team, and have a butler! So, with that, I freedmyself and began to ramble along on my walk. I wassure I saw a curtain move in the large picture win-dow of a house. Maybe it was Boo Radley I thought(To Kill a Mockingbird), but no, with my luck it wasprobably my Associate Principal, and I’d hear it atthe high school for the next year!

(“Fule for Thought” is a slice of life humourous col-umn that appears in the Strathmore Times, writtenby long-time resident, town councillor, high schoolteacher, coach, husband and father of two – Pat Fule. If you would like to get in touch with Pat, you can send him an e-mail at [email protected])

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor I am a graduate of The War Amps Child Amputee

(CHAMP) Program, and its Operation Legacy, which ismade up of members and graduates of CHAMP whoare dedicated to teaching the younger generation

about the importance of remembrance. Amputee veterans started The War Amps nearly 100 years ago, and later created CHAMP to share theirknowledge and assistance with us. Operation Legacyallows us to honour them and carry their legacy intothe future.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end ofthe Second World War. On Remembrance Day, it isimportant for Canadians to reflect on the significanceof this anniversary and honour the brave men and

women who have and continue to serve for Canada.

I will take a moment of silence and reflect on the sig-nificance of not only this day but for every day that I,like many Canadians, get to live freely.

Sincerely, Aleah Negus

Operation Legacy Member, Calgary

Reflecting on Remembrance Day

Music for fundsThe Wheatland Crisis Society raised money with their Dueling Pianos eventthat took place on Oct. 30 at the Strathmore Travelodge. The society raisedapproximately $30,785, with their ticket sales, live auction, and silent auc-tion. Ladies choice had to bring gentlemen up to participate in singing anddancing to the YMCA which they did with a lot of vigor.

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Rosebud Theatre, following the theme

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Outside Mullinghar, set in Ireland, will run on the Opera House stage April1 to June 11. Two middle-aged neigh-

bors – both unmarried – have a long-standing family land feud. Yet they dis-cover they love each other – and bothare longing to be loved. Valley Song is a musical story playing

on the Studio Stage. In a small, isolatedcommunity in South Africa, young Ve-ronica wants to throw aside her family’sexpectations, and run to the big city topursue a singing career. She’s deter-mined to abandon tradition and pursuethat dream, even if it breaks her grand-

father’s heart. Valley Song will run May19 to June 25. Tent Meeting, a musical co-written by

Rosebud Theatre’s artistic director Mor-ris Ertman with Ron Reed, is set in aprairie town where a drought-worriedfarmer is afraid he’ll lose his farm – andhis wife. And a visiting preacher makesthings worse, not better. Tent Meeting

will open June 24 and run til Aug. 28 inthe Opera House.

In The Sunset Limited, running July8 to Aug. 27 on the Studio Stage, a

born-again ex-convict has kidnappeda suicidal professor and is holding himhostage in a small apartment. He’s de-termined to protect the professor fromhimself, and to convince him there’s aGod – and that He’s with them in thatseedy apartment building.

In An Inspector Calls, set in Englandafter World War II, a wealthy family re-ceives a visit from a police inspector,

who’s determined to find out why theysent away, refusing to help, a needy

young woman who’s been found dead. This whodunit will run Sept. 9 to Oct.29 on the Opera House stage. The Christmas classic Miracle on 34th

Street will open in the Opera House onNov. 11 and run til Dec. 23.

Kris Kringle works as a departmentstore Santa and becomes close friends

with one little girl. Her mother hastaught her daughter not to believe in

Santa Claus – and the store counselortakes Kris Kringle to court to prove he’sdelusional about his identity.

Rosebud’s Theatre for Young Audi-ences presents Sleeping Beauty March2 to 5, as part of its Twisted Tales se-ries. In this version, written by RosebudCentre of the Arts Executive Director

Adam Furfaro, the Master Book of Taleshas been damaged, mixing up the plotsand making characters go missing. Anapprentice named Malcolm has to cleanup the mess before the timeless storiesare ruined forever.

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When nine-year-old ChaseGingerich gets bored hestarts to run. He runs dur-ing his recess break, he runs with his running club, andeven at a fundraising evenheld in his honour. The skin-ny youngster can easily eathis dad under the table witha 3,000-calorie diet, and hasan infectious humour andpositive outlook that in-spired his friends and familydaily. While Chase appearsto be like most other kidshis age, under the surfacehis body is fighting a geneticdisorder that already causedhim to endure more hospital visits than most people willexperience in a lifetime. After taking off his sleep

apnea mask that preventshim from failing to breathein his sleep, his day starts with 32 pills, inhalers, andcontinuous maintenanceof his body weight with a3,000-calorie diet. Once amonth, Chase requires pain-ful injections to combat afungus in his lungs he isallergic to, and hospitaliza-

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their every-day lives. That’s because Chase is sufferingfrom cystic fibrosis, an incur-able fatal hereditary diseasethat affects the digestive sys-tem and lungs in childrenand young adults. Becauseof his disease, Chase andhis parents are now lookingforward to a trip to Legolandnext Christmas– a trip madepossible by the Make a WishFoundation.

“It’s overwhelming andI’m excited for him,” said hismother Brandy Andersen. “Itmeans the world to be ableto give him this I can’t saythat I would ever be able todo this for him. For the threeof us to go, even though [hisdad] and I are separated, we still try to do things as agroup with him.” Andersen made the local

news earlier this year whenthe community banded to-gether to raise funds forthe family, after Andersen’s vehicle broke down. She re-lied on friends’ and family’s vehicles to take her son tothe hospital; which addedup to a minimum of 17 tripsa year.

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During a trip to WestEdmonton Mall, the singlemother noticed a woman working for the Makea Wish Foundation and began talking about herson’s condition. After fill-ing out paperwork, phonecalls to physicians and so-cial workers, Chase wasgranted a wish. While An-dersen floated the ideas of

the Las Vegas rodeo andmonster trucks, and a Dis-ney cruise, Chase’s heart was set on Legoland, in

Florida, where the family will also get to experienceDisneyworld.

Fundraising effortsare already underway, asChase’s team, Kiewit En-ergy Canada, is participat-ing in tasks and gamesto fundraise specificallyfor him, during the Ex-iled Island event at theMcMahon stadium. TheMake a Wish Foundationalso raised $3,000 during

the Jellybean Dance heldin Strathmore two weeksago.

Chase, who is involved

in soccer, scouts, and curl-ing, said he chose Lego-land because he’s alwaysliked Legos. Possibly join-ing the family on theirtrip are his grandma andcousin who live in easternCanada. Although the family

planned the trip a year inadvance to allow time toget affairs in order, pass-ports renewed, and wig-gleroom for him to change

his mind, Chase seemedunwavering in his deci-sion as he polished off aplate of chicken wings.

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After D-Day, in June of 1944, the western Alliesadvanced to the Dutch border. In September the Dutch

began celebrating what they thought would be theirliberation. The Allies had launched Operation Market

Garden and tried to advance to the Dutch-Belgian

border across the rivers Meuse, Waal and Rhine into the north of the Netherlands and Germany. They were,however, unable to capture the Rhine bridge at the

Battle of Arnhem. During Market Garden, regions to the south, including Nijmegen, Eindhoven and Almost

all of North Brabant, were liberated. Most of thenorthern Netherlands stayed under German occupation

until the Rhine crossing in March 1945. Portions ofsouthern Netherlands were not liberated by Operation

Market Garden. Eventually, the German bridgeheadwas destroyed. Simultaneously, the Allies advanced to

the province of Zeeland. The Germans still occupied the approaches to the port of Antwerp. The Germans

had to be cleared from this entire area. The coastalguns on Walcheren were silenced in the beginning

of November and the Scheldt battle was over. NoGerman forces remained intact along the 64 mile path

to Antwerp. The winter of 1944-1945 was extremelyharsh, which led to the hunger winter. Many cases of

starvation (about 30,000 casualties), exhaustion, coldand disease were caused by the Dutch famine of 1944.

The Germans cut off all food and fuel shipments to thewestern provinces of 4.5 million people. There was

severe malnutrition and 18,000 people starved todeath. Canadian forces finally entered the Netherlands

from the east, and liberated the eastern and northern

provinces. The western provinces, where the situationwas the worst, had to wait until the surrender ofGerman forces in the Netherlands, negotiated on

the eve of May 5, 1945 (3 days before the generalcapitulation of Germany). Operation Manna,

the airdrop of food by the Allied forces,was a huge salvation to the Dutch, and

never forgotten. The dancing and parties for the liberation of all of the Netherlands ensued.

Some 205,901 Dutch men and women had diedbecause of the war. The Netherlands had

the highest per capita death rate of all Nazi-occupied countries in Western Europe

(2.36%). Over half (207,000) were Holocaustvictims, deported and murdered Jews. World

War II left many lasting effects on Dutch society. OnMay 4th, the Dutch commemorate those who died during

the war. The Dutch had been occupied by the Germansfor 5 long years. Is it any wonder that they hold so much

reverence and love for the Canadian liberators? Theywill be forever in their hearts.

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MIRIAM OSTERMANN


Owing to their efforts in raising mon-

ey for the purchase of goats in Kenyalast year, nine Wheatland ElementarySchool students were able to attend the WE Day event last week, and are ea-gerly working on new projects to earntickets for next year’s Grade 6 studentsto attend the sought-after event. WE Day, which featured numerous

world-renowned speakers and award- winning artists at Calgary’s ScotiabankSaddledome, started almost eight yearsago across Canada, the United States,and the United Kingdom, to spark in-spiration among students to createchange locally and globally.

Because tickets to the event can’t

be purchased, students are requiredto take on a local and global actionthrough We Schools. With the successof last year’s efforts, all eight studentsinvolved in the school’s student leader-ship executive council plus one addi-tional student were able to attend theempowering event.

“It was really inspirational, reallypowerful, you learned a lot, and themain thing is that it made me reallythink about how one spark can be-come one worldwide movement,” saidexecutive council president Morgan La-Chance. The Wheatland Elementary School

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takes pride in their leadership reputa-tion. Not only were they able to pro-

vide a family in Kenya with a goat last year, but just last month the schooldonated over 2,300 items to go tothe Wheatland County food bank andthe Strathmore and District ChristmasHamper Society through the We ScareHunger campaign in collaboration withStrathmore Ford.

“We have a lot of stuff and lots offood, so if we can give back, we canhelp other people have food and stuff who don’t have it,” said Alizabeth Han-sen, an alternate on the council.

Continued on Page 20

Manny Everett Photo

Ruby (l-r), Elway, Nate and Hailey all K2 classmates in Mrs. Lester’s class at

Sacred Heart Academy carved their pumpkin and read the classic ‘It’s the

Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown’ on Oct. 29.

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Wheatland Elementary students step up for WEStrathmore United Church

Ham Supper &Silent Auction

Saturday, Nov 21

6 pm at the Church

Tickets: $20 adult, $10 12 & under,

Preschool FREE, Family $60

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Rhett Harten (front), Jack Slemp, Morgan La-Chance, Isla Gibson-Smith, Alizabeth Hansen,

Grady Stovka, Ashton Frese, Jesse Neufeld, and

Kaisha Stoffregen, the Wheatland Elementary

School student leadership executive council, at-

tended the WE Day event on Oct. 27 at the Sco-tiabank Saddledome.

Continued from Page 19 “I really don’t know a lot about

what’s happening in other countries so just learning about that opens my mindand my eyes to see how I can help and what I can do for other people, that Icouldn’t see before.” The Me to We movement requires

schools to take on one local and oneglobal initiative. In doing so, the stu-dents are exposed to issues far away, but are also reminded and made awareof the problems closer to home. Whileeach student had their own reason for being a part of the council – which theyhad to be elected for in a process in- volving campaigning and speeches –they are all eager to continue in suchinitiatives once they move on to juniorhigh school next year.

“My grandma and my grandpa do alot of mission work in Thailand andCambodia and I think that I don’t want

to just sit here and watch them, I wantto do something about that too, and Ithink it’s a great way to take initiative,”said Keisha Stoffregen, the vice presi-dent of the executive council. The rest of the year is bound to be a

busy one for the council, which is plan-ning on tackling a different We Changeactivity each month. The school alsoraises funds through their Chocogramssale at Valentine’s Day, participates in Jump into Jammies to help support thelocal crisis shelter, and on Nov. 20, will be taking part in We are Silent – a mea-sure where people who live in coun-tries with freedom of speech remainsilent for a day in support of those whodon’t have a voice in their country. With numerous We Change activities

on the horizon, the executive councilhopes to earn some more tickets fornext year’s representatives to partici-pate in WE Day.


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The Strathmore

Badgers bantam

football team’s sea-

son came to an endwhen they were

defeated 16-14 by

the Lindsay Thurb-

er Raiders of Red

Deer in Strathmoreon Oct. 31.

The CFR Bisonsearned a 7-1 win

over Grand Prairie

on Oct. 31 before

battling Fort Sas-

katchewan to a3-3 draw the fol-

lowing day at the

Strathmore Family

Centre.

JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

The CFR Bisons may have found what thedoctor ordered in terms of offense and findingthe back of the net in a 7-1 win over GrandePrairie last weekend.

Head coach Sandy Henry said the team hasfinally been rewarded for their efforts but heneeds all of the lines to thrive on that momen-tum.

“It’s nice,” said Henry. “I think what we wantto work towards in the long term is to spreadthat scoring through our lines. We’re heavilyloaded on one line right now. We need theother three lines to pick up some of that mo-mentum and slack and spread us out a little so

we’re not quite as one dimensional as we are.”He mentioned that the lines did have a sig-

nificant amount of offensive zone time andtheir play in the neutral zone was effective.

Cameron Shorrock scored three goals tolead the attack, Zach Vinnell supplied two

while Kyle Gordon and Gary Haden each add-ed one goal in the Oct. 31 win.

In the 3-3 tie against the Fort SaskatchewanRangers on Sunday afternoon, Henry felt that

it was an achievable game but the Bisons justcould not capitalize at opportune times.

“I thought we played pretty hard today,”said Henry. “I thought … we did enough to

win to get two points and we got one. That’ssometimes how you get treated in this game.

We had two good solid outings in a row andthat’s what we’re going to sit on right now.”

He did caution he doesn’t want the team todrastically push too hard and get caught out

of position doing it.Shorrock pulled the hat trick to supply the

offense in the tie.Shorrock, who has eight goals in his last

four games, credits much of his offensive out-put to his linemates.

“My linemates set me up all the time,” saidShorrock. “After one, it just gets the whole

bench going, just feeding off their energy. I’mmore confident and just seeing the league andhow our guys did it last year and learn fromeveryone.” The Bisons will hit the road for two games

this weekend beginning with the SherwoodPark J. Ennis Kings on Nov. 7 at 8:45 p.m. andthe Knights of Columbus Pats on Nov. 8 at3:15 also in Sherwood Park.

JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

The Strathmore Badgers peewee football team is off to the fi-nals for a second year in a row, thanks to a fundamentally soundday on both sides of the ball in a 56-32 win over Olds on Oct. 31. The coaching staff emphasized to the players that they

shouldn’t be overconfident going into the game and to go outand have fun. Furthermore, they gave the team credit.

“We rebounded nicely,” said assistant coach Travis Ericksteen.“We had a slow start and we fumbled the ball on the first play.

We gave up a touchdown on the first defensive play. But we toldthe boys it’s the beginning of the game, lots of time left, andthey settled in … they seemed to have calmed down and playedtheir game and away we went.”

Ericksteen added they had made adjustments at various pointsin the game but thinks the players adapted well to the playbook.

“We tried some new stuff today,” said Ericksteen. “Olds likes torun the ball up the middle a lot and these guys did. We started torun a 3-4 defense, that’s the first time we’ve ever done that and

we’re really happy with how that worked out.” The Badgers will host the Innisfail Cyclones at noon in the Bfinals on Nov. 7 at Strathmore’s Crowther Memorial Junior HighSchool.

Meanwhile, the bantam Badgers could not complete the come- back on the Red Deer Lindsay Thurber Raiders, as they wereousted 16-14 and ended what was otherwise a successful seasonfor the bantam program.

“They were a good team, really well-balanced,” said headcoach Sean Seafoot. “They were passing a lot more than we ex-pected. We had a few turnovers, a few bad snaps. Just a few tinythings that you can pick and point through the game.”

Seafoot reflected on the undefeated regular season by sayingthey scored a lot of points to have big point differentials andthe defence earned a couple of shutouts. He added that he wasproud of the team and thinks the chemistry is only going to getstronger next year.

Bisons finding groove

Peewee Badgers off to finals;bantams edged

Doug Taylor Photos

THEALL NEW

4 0 3 - 9 3 4 - 2 1 0 0 S T R AT H M O R E F O R D . C O M

N O V E M B E R 6 , 2 0 1 5

SPORTS

Justin Seward

Photos

NEXT HOME GAME

Saturday, November 215:15 pm vs St Albert Tire Warehouse Raiders

Sunday, November 222:00 pm vs SSAC Boston Pizza Athletics

Strathmore Family Centre

S t r a t h m o r e T i m

e s PLAYER OF

THE GAME

Come Watch Some Great Hockey!

WITH 6 POINTS - OCT 31

VS GRAND PEACE STORM

G ary Haden

WITH HIS 2ND HAT TRICK IN

2 GAMES THIS WEEKEND

NOV 1 VS

FORT. SASKATCHEWAN

Cameron Shorrock

The StrathmoreBadgers peewee

football team ad-

vance to the B final

with a convincing

56-32 home f

november 6, 2015 strathmore times

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