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On January 1 a small birthday celebra-tion was held in Extendicare to celebrate Bert’s 100th birthday with family and close friends. He was pleasantly surprised by the Knights of Columbus and their wives who came to join in on the cele-bration.

To blow out his candles, Martial Berube brought a model of a walking plow, which he made for his grandfather Joe Berube, Bert’s uncle, on his 100th birthday. Bert was the second person to blow out the original candles.

Bert was born in Beaumont and when he was a few months old his family moved to Lac La Biche where his father owned a store. At the age of 5 he went to the convent at the Lac La Biche mission. He completed his education at the Jesuit col-lege in Edmonton. In 1931 he moved to a farm in Leduc which his father purchased and in 1945 he married Margaret McInnis

and they took over the farm. In 1966 they moved to Leduc. Realizing he was much too young to retire he worked at auctions for Herb Sept and started a career in real estate. Bert was elected to town council in 1968 and after one year was appointed chairman of public works. After spending nine years on the city council he was then appointed a position on the hospital board and soon became chairman. He spent 12 years on the hospital board and was also chairman of the Leduc Strathcona Health Unit for fi ve years.

Bert was the son of Alcide Berube and Emma Soucy and had a younger sister Marcelle and an older brother Ft. Roland Berube.

Always active, he belonged to the Rotary Club, Knights of Columbus and the Elks Lodge.

Bert loved life. He loved to travel and loves to be with family and friends. He sang with the St. Michaels church choir and various other singing groups. Bert and

Margaret entertained extensively, wheth-er it be with their numerous card groups or dinner parties with friends or family.

He also loved history and geography and his knowledge was extensive from all his reading and traveling.

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To blow out his candles, Martial Berube brought a model of a walking plow, which he made for his grandfather Joe Berube, Bert’s uncle, on his 100th birthday.

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LCHS girls basketball wrap-up

The LCHS Senior Girls had a quiet month on the hardwood with only three league games which netted two wins but also reinforced that the search for a complete 40-minute game remains.

Immediately after returning to class-es January 4 the Tigers traveled to Edmonton Christian to take on the Lions and for the fi rst time in years the Tigers prevailed against the perennially 3A pro-vincials-bound Lions, 60-48. “Both teams exhibited rust from the holidays but the girls improved steadily throughout the game and clearly dominated in the 4th quarter,” summarized coach Mark May. Emma VanBruinessen, Hannah Mitchell and Allison Raitz led the way, scoring the bulk of the team’s 60 points, largely from inside the paint. “We were tied at the half and 3/4 points in the game so to see the girls pull away in the fourth

highlighted the fact that their condition-ing, while not excellent, was not com-pletely absent,” noted assistant coach Cassia May.

On January 6 the Tigers again traveled, this time to take on the Archbishop O’Leary Spartans. Again the Tigers started out slowly, especially shooting, against a quick and sizeable Spartan squad. Over time the fi nesse of the Tigers, inside and from the perimeter, provided the edge to seal the victory by the same 60-48 margin. Of note was the play of Payton May, a Gr. 10 guard. “Payton has been nursing some injuries and, as all Gr. 10s do, getting used to the high school game. It is a pretty big jump to go from junior high ball to Division 1 senior ball and I think Payton and Jolene Vlieg have made the jump admirably, as have Gr. 11 rookies Janaya Probe and Belicia Macias,” summarized AC Dan Raitz. “Payton’s game against O’Leary was a defi ning one for her in terms of

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truly ‘arriving’ at the level of senior play, scoring 13 pts and shooting at the right time and from the right place. She played a lot of aces in her hand that game,” enthused assistant coach Mitchell. “It was a pretty complete game for Payton, as she had very few passing errors and worked the ball around from her guard position very nicely,” added assistant coach Raitz in his post-game synopsis.

The last league game of the month before the exam break had the Tigers hosting the Skyhawks from St. Albert Catholic High School. The Tigers actually started out well and played a pretty solid fi rst half and were down by just one at the half, 33-32. “We slowed the play down, limiting one of their strengths, and scored inside against a Skyhawk squad that is smaller than in the past,” strategized coach May. However, the sec-ond half saw the Skyhawks put on a

shooting clinic and boast a commanding 25 point lead by the end of the 3rd quar-ter. “Frankly, it was both impressive and depressing. The Skyhawks scored on 10 consecutive offensive possessions, both inside and especially from the perime-ter, and we simply did not make those shots diffi cult enough for them,” added Raitz. The fi nal score, 91-55, depicted a game where the Tiger played well in the fi rst half but were completely dominat-ed by the Skyhawks in the second half.

Going into the exam /semester break, the Tigers are 10-4 overall and 3-3 in Metro Division 1 league play, good enough for seventh place in the 13 school Division 1 league. The fi rst three weeks of February will be busy as the Tigers play 12 games in three weeks, with half of those games being fairly critical league games. “If that does not prepare us of the playoffs I don’t know what will,” predicted Coach May.

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You may as well forget this ‘NDP recall’ stuff

So ATB Financial econ-omist Todd Hirsch stated last week it looks like all of 2016 is going to be more recession. Big surprise, ap-parently.

Another big surprise that’s apparently catching some people off guard is that many Albertans are not happy about the cur-rent economic climate. In fact, in the aftermath of the Bill 6 farm workers legislation gaffe there’s

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open talk of somehow, someway removing the democratically elected NDP government from power.

Last week social media was abuzz after an Edmonton TV station’s Facebook page featured an argument between pro- and anti-NDP’ers, and one commenter who was obviously not fond of the current provincial gov-ernment stated citizens should perhaps consider a “kudetah” to remove the NDP. Hilarity ensued. The poster obviously meant “coup d’état,” a French term which means an armed effort to remove a regime from power.

Wetaskiwin and Leduc residents may have also noticed events organized by a group calling them-selves “Stand Up For Alberta.” Some events have been organized in this region to raise funds

for SUFA, which is ap-parently a protest group aimed at calling attention to mistakes or bad gov-ernance from the ruling NDP party. If you check out SUFA’s website, www.standupforalberta.org, not a lot of detail is avail-able about who’s running this effort other than a Drumheller box number, although if you click the “Media” header some vid-eos of SUFA supporters are available, including some labeled as “Rebel Media Coverage.” The Rebel Media is an opinion web-site run by Ezra Levant, a well-known right-wing Sun News personality.

Even more to the point, there’s been some talk about recall legislation in an effort to, in essence, get the NDP kicked out of offi ce somehow. Okay, the thought or suggestion of treason is one thing, but examining the record of

the government is anoth-er. Has the current provin-cial government earned disrespect, even outright antipathy?

Looking at the NDP’s track record since last spring, it appears that, despite claiming during the provincial election they were the best option to govern the province, they appear to be simply checking off a list of left-wing dogma laws. Closing coal plants, introducing a carbon tax, opening the agriculture industry to organized labor, Premier Rachel Notley applauding President Barack Obama’s ditching the Keystone XL pipeline and even the time and attention being spent on sexual orienta-tion rules in schools seem to suggest that, just in the few months since Notley came to power, the party is not necessarily gov-erning Alberta, but rather

putting into law the NDP manifesto.

But talking about armed revolt and recall legisla-tion is icing on a certain type of cake called “abso-lute lunacy.”

Firstly, the NDP, love them or hate them, were democratically elected. The will of the electorate must be respected.

Second, the NDP have a massive majority in the legislature; recall laws must be approved by the NDP, who are not stupid enough to make laws in-tending to force them out of offi ce.

No, the reality is that Albertans have to behave like adults, accept reality that a provincial election is about three years away and embrace a certain philosophy, as this Hour Has 22 Minutes host Rick Mercer likes to say…“May we get the government we deserve.”

All taxpayers being punished by NDP:

readerDear editor,Who should pay for Rachel Notley’s tax grab?When I was in school a couple of years ago (okay, okay,

a few decades ago) and a boy was being bad in class, the whole class was punished. I didn’t like it then and I don’t like it now.

Albertans are being punished for gas emissions pro-duced by the oil and gas industry, the coal industry and even for cows farting.

How about all the bad air created by politicians fl ap-ping their lips? If the gas emissions are created by cer-tain industries, they should be punished/taxed, not the rest of the class.

Furthermore, the oil and gas industry and the coal in-dustry have been doing a very decent job at eliminating gas emissions. As for the cow farting issue, I don’t know much about it yet but I will look into it and report my fi ndings to Rachel Notley and the new Prince of Ottawa.

Note: It was pointed out to me from a Rimbey reader that there are consequences for mocking someone who was born on Dec. 25 It seems the new Prince of Ottawa was born on Dec. 25, so to appease certain people’s minds I will now refer to the New Prince of Ottawa as the “New Messiah of Canada.”

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The business of self-deception

Most people, I think, fi nd criminal history interest-ing. Whether it be Bonnie and Clyde, the history of the Mafi a or how cocaine cartels control entire coun-tries, the lives of criminals can often be an entertain-ing escape from our reg-ular, law-abiding lives of paying bills and stopping at stop signs.

I’ve always been fascinat-


ed by the mystery of Jack the Ripper, the serial killer who stalked London’s east end in the autumn of 1888. He was the fi rst modern media killer, committed unspeakable crimes and not only escaped capture, his identity is completely unknown even to this day.

It was with some interest then that I watched a doc-umentary about Jack a few nights ago; on the show was a retired FBI profi ler who gave his expert opin-ion about the killer. The FBI expert stated Jack was like-ly not the smartest cookie in the carton. In fact, our former behavioral expert noted Jack wasn’t much more than a lucky moron.

Criminal profi ling is the so-called science of ex-amining evidence left by an unknown criminal and then creating a “profi le,” said to be an uncanni-

ly accurate description of the culprit which will as-sist police in catching him or her. Criminal profi lers, though, tend to fool them-selves with broad general-izations that could apply to virtually any person, not just the culprit in question. Most skeptics consider criminal profi ling no better than tarot card fortunes or palm reading.

The FBI stated Jack the Ripper eluded capture by the world’s largest, best equipped and best trained (for the time) police de-partment, the London Metropolitan Police, sim-ply because he was lucky. They claim the Ripper was impetuous, selecting his victims on public streets, killing fi ve women in hor-rendous manners but es-caped caught because for-tune smiled on him. I beg to differ.

It wouldn’t be impetu-ous to approach victims at night in London’s east end circa 1888 because of the vast number of people living and working there, even late at night. As well, the Ripper was likely a resident of the area, not as so many conspiracy theorists feel a member of royalty etc,. slumming in Whitechapel while he slaked his homicidal ap-petites. As a resident, Jack would have known the streets and alleys of the area like the back of his hand, allowing him to pick quiet areas to take his vic-tims and make very quick escapes, which is what he did. Also, as a resident of Whitechapel, Jack’s pres-ence wouldn’t have alerted others. Whoever he was, he belonged there.

There’s another famous case that criminal profi lers

bungled: the Unabomber. This was a fellow in the early 80’s who mailed bombs to random people in order to draw attention to a bizarre anti-tech-nology philosophy. As it turns out, a portion of the Unabomber’s manifesto was printed in a news-paper, and the bizarre rant was recognized by a Unabomber family mem-ber. Said family member phoned police and told them where Ted Kaczynski could be found. Before the family member came for-ward the FBI had no idea who the Unabomber was.

Robert Todd Carroll, a well-known skeptic and operator of The Skeptic’s Dictionary, pointed out the ridiculous mistakes an FBI criminal profi ler made in trying to create a profi le of the Unabomber: “The FBI said the Unabomber

would be in his late 30’s or early 40’s. Kaczynski was 53 when caught. The FBI said he’d be 5’10” to 6’ tall, 165 pounds, with reddish-blond hair, a thin mustache, and a ruddy complexion. Kaczynski was 5’8”, weighed 143 pounds, had brown hair, pale skin, and was bearded. The pro-fi le predicted he would be a blue-collar worker with a high school degree. Kaczynski hadn’t had a job in 25 years and earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Michigan in addition to being a grad-uate of Harvard University.” The FBI was wrong on every count.

Maybe the FBI should have hired a psychic to help the profi ler.

Stu Salkeld is the new edi-tor of The Leduc/Wetaskiwin Pipestone Flyer and writes a regular column for the paper.

Beauty pageants are not Satan’s playground

If done with a positive, encouraging attitude, beauty pageants aren’t that different from sports or other competitions, un-derneath everything.

Yes, beauty pageants include a lot of makeup,

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spray tanning, manicures, curled hair, processed hair, fake hair, even fake teeth — called a fl ipper — props, music and outra-geously priced outfi ts that can be much too skimpy for the ages of the girls wearing them.

But is having an expen-sive set of expected cloth-ing and accessories really that different than other sports? Football players have uniforms, hockey players have uniforms, soccer and basketball players wear uniforms, as do volleyball players. And those tiny black shorts fe-male players wear these days, even in middle school grades, don’t pro-vide much more coverage

than underpants.Dancers and cheer-

leaders also wear a lot of makeup with sometimes somewhat revealing cos-tumes. And what gym-nasts and fi gure skaters wear aren’t exactly tur-tlenecks either. So what are the positives so many people see in these activi-ties that they don’t see in pageants?

Is it the fact there’s de-fi nitive physical activity involved? Goals to be set and skills to be practiced, and even if you don’t win you can still be labelled brave, dedicated and in-spiring for giving it your all. Because many pag-eants include talent com-petition-esque portions

where the girls and some-times boys can show off their routines that took hours of time and dedica-tion to perfect.

Or maybe it’s all in the name. Beauty pageants. Teaching young children that they should allow and even encourage others to judge them based on their looks in the name of com-petition.

I say that’s not really that much different than sports either. Yes, some children are more aesthet-ically pleasing to the eye and will probably do bet-ter than others.

But not all kids are naturally talented at all sports either. Skills can be developed if you take

the hours and hours and hours needed but some-times the natural talent just isn’t there and they aren’t going to be able to perform as better as other players, no matter how hard they try.

And a lot of sports have tryouts, where the talent-ed players make the cut and the other children are informed they aren’t able to participate because they weren’t good enough — unless there’s a lower grade team. Performing arts are the same way with auditions.

But it doesn’t have to be a negative experience if approached the right way. If you’re looking at it from a purely positive stand-

point it should not be about whether the child wins or loses. It doesn’t matter if it’s beauty pag-eants or basketball it should be about personal commitment and having fun.

For a slightly more real-istic approach; there’s al-ways going to be competi-tion in life, there’s always going to be winners and losers. How children are taught to react to the loses is what will defi ne their character in the future — not the activity they were involved in.

Amelia Naismith is the new reporter for the Leduc/Wetaskiwin Pipestone Flyer and writes a regular column for the paper.


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MP Mike Lake says 2015 memorable

The Conservative Party of Canada started off 2015 as the ruling party in the House of Commons, with a comfortable majority. Now, a year later, Conservative Party MP for Edmonton-Wetaskiwin Mike Lake said getting used to be an Opposition MP is a new experience.

Contacted for an in-terview by the Pipestone Flyer Jan. 6, Lake said looking back at 2015 in-cludes looking at missed opportunities. “Well, obvi-ously the federal election didn’t go as we’d hoped,” said Lake by phone. “The results are in. We’re the Offi cial Opposition again.”

With the federal Liberals winning a decisive ma-jority across the country and Justin Trudeau in the Prime Minister’s offi ce, it was a new world for Conservative Party mem-bers like Lake who’d only known life as a majori-ty government member. Lake said heading back to Ottawa as an Opposition MP was a new role not fa-

miliar to him.“It’s been really busy,”

said Lake. He noted that upon returning to Ottawa he found that he’d been bumped from his offi ce by a Liberal MP; Lake had to move to a new offi ce and that was a lot of work.

Lake also ran in the in-terim leader race that was won by Rona Ambrose. Since then, he’s been ap-pointed critic for global maternal newborn and child health, a job close to heart.

“So it’s been a bit of a whirlwind for the past couple of months,” said the MP, noting, since the election in October, the House has sat about two weeks.

Lake said Conservative MPs in Opposition have to fi nd a balance between keeping the Liberal major-ity government account-able and representing their constituents, particularly as voters in ridings like Edmonton-Wetaskiwin might have very different viewpoints than MPs who make up the ruling Liberal party.

Lake said he forsees an

Opposition that is strong, civil and effective.

Conservative election campaign

Lake said there’s been much talk about the Conservative Party elec-tion campaign and MPs are trying to keep everything in perspective. “When you come up to the decade mark serving as a govern-ment, there is a natural level of fatigue among the electorate,” said Lake.

Most political pundits across the country agree the Conservative Party’s campaign strategy ap-peared to be attacking Liberal leader Trudeau and his lack of experience. MP Lake said he feels the Conservative Party could have done a bet-ter job of promoting their track record and accom-plishments, especially on things like foreign policy and the economy.

Lake also pointed out the “very strong” Conservative track record was in large part due to the leadership of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Lake said “there’s no shortage of people pointing the fi nger

Edmonton-Wetaskiwin MP Mike Lake said the Conservative Party election campaign could have focused more on the government’s track record.


at a leader,” but pointed out the Conservatives had a very successful govern-ment. “Prime Minister Harper needs to be given credit for that.”

Syrian refugee crisisLake said he was con-

cerned about the way the Syrian refugee crisis was utilized by the Liberal

Party during the last elec-tion, as the Liberals made “a lot of promises that there was no way to keep.” Trudeau said during the election Canada, under his party, would accept 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of January. Within a few weeks of the election, he already fl ip-fl opped, delay-

ing the program and cut-ting the number of peo-ple involved after critics across the country said that number and timeline were unrealistic.

“We’re glad to see things didn’t go as fast (as the Liberals said in the cam-paign),” said Lake, who noted it would have been impossible to process 25,000 refugees from a civil war into Canada in a few weeks. “I think this is what my constituents were tell-ing me during and after the election campaign.”

Lake said it’s obvious there is room for compas-sion in the refugee crisis, especially to the most vulnerable that could be facing death in Syria. But the safety of Canadians should be balanced with the crisis.

“As we respond to that need we need to ensure the safety and security of Canadians,” added Lake.

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With no opposition and 20 years of planning behind the idea, a chunk of land that sits along the Wetaskiwin County-Ponoka County border near Highway 20 has been rezoned from agriculture to recreational for the development of a skeet shooting range and possible RV park.

“I had the idea 20 years ago and we tried then but we didn’t have a suitable piece of property,” said landowner/devel-oper Bob Blackmore.

Approximately 156 acres will be re-zoned for the recreational skeet-shoot-ing facility. “If the skeet facility is suc-cessful the developer plans for possi-ble future 23-unit recreational vehicle campground,” said development offi cer

Jarvis Grant.“Surrounding parcels are agricultural

quarters, with one of the adjacent par-cels being privately owned and the oth-ers being Crown Land,” he added.

The farmland assessment of the land is below 30 per cent, which makes the rezone compliant with the county’s Municipal Development Plan, says Jarvis.

Alberta Transportation has no issues with the principle of the rezone but stat-ed if traffi c generated by the operation of the business creates an “unacceptable safety hazard” to the highway traffi c Blackmore will be required to improve the intersection.

Before coming to council Blackmore spoke with nearby landowners, two local businesses and other organizations about his proposed intent; generating much support in the community and

over approximately 200 signatures on a signed document in support.

“I know in this digital age we were doing it the old-fashioned way but the little letter did go viral,” said Blackmore.

“I know that the local Fish and Game Associations wrote letters in, Ducks Unlimited, Safari Club of Drayton Valley and on the sign-up sheet the develop-ment offi cer for the County of Ponoka said he was in favour and signed it,” he added.

Blackmore said he fi gured he would be able to get 30 to 40 names in support of the project but is more than pleased with the response.

He also listed the deputy chief of the Edmonton Police Department and the tactical offi cer of the RCMP among his supporters.

Todd Brown, executive director of

Firearms Institute for Rational Education, feels having the range would be a great opportunity for the county. “The need for education and a place to conduct these kind of hobbies is needed. And given the location of this I think it’s completely safe.”

“I fully support him in his venture … And I think it’s good for everybody in-volved,” said Bill Blackmore.

“I think it’s a great activity that ca be family orientated and educational,” added Betty Blackmore.

“I support it too. I think it would be a good family outing for people to learn the safety of a weapon … I think it’s a good thing to bring to this county,” said Irene Johnson.

The rezoning application passed the three readings with no opposition from council.


Wetaskiwin development fees increase in preparation

of 2016 budgetIn preparation for the 2016 fi nal budget, Wetaskiwin

city council approved the third and fi nal reading of a bylaw that will increase and amend development and building permit fees.

In January of last year council approved a bylaw which established development, safety codes and engineering fees. As part of the 2016 budget process a review was conducted to see if the fees are covering the cost for providing these services and if they are competitive in the comparison with other communities.

“We did look at several fees when we were doing the review,” said development manager Lisa Novotny.

Amendments approved by council during it’s Jan. 11 meeting will lead to all building and development fees to be increased to a minimum of $75; increasing devel-


opment permits on new single family homes and man-ufactured homes to $200; adding $0.10 to every $1,000 in construction value to development permit fees for com-mercial, industrial, institutional and multi-family proj-ects over four suites; making the building permit fees for all new residential construction consistent by removing different fees for additional fl oors and attached garages; establishing a fee for new Area Structure Plan applica-tions; and increase the cost per thousand dollars from $5.50 to $6.50 on commercial, institutional, industrial, assembly, sprinkler, commercial kitchen equipment, heating upgrades.

Notovny explained by keeping fees for new residences consistent it will be easier for administration.

“Right now an area structure plan comes in … initially when we get those plans it takes a lot of staff time to review them and not just development but engineering, public works, fi re. A multitude of departments are look-ing at them so we have established a separate fee for that,” she added.

The bylaw was previously discussed at another council meeting late last year but councillors could not move ahead to the third and fi nal reading as Coun. Joe Branco’s vote did not make progressing unanimous.

Branco was not present at the Jan. 11 meeting.

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TAKE NOTICE THAT THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT PERMIT(S) FOR THE PROPOSED USE LISTED BELOW HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH BY-LAW 95/54, LAND USE BY-LAW OF THE COUNTY OF WETASKIWIN NO. 10.

Application # D15/282

40’ x 60’ ADDITION TO EXISTING BUILDING: NE 10-46-27-W4M Plan 5329NY, Lot B. This is a discretionary use as specifi ed by Section 15.5 (e) & (f) of Schedule B, Land Use By-law 94/54, amended by By-law15/10. Application #D16/003

EXISTING SHED (17’ x 12’): SW 7-46-5-W5M Plan 0320440, Block 2, Lot 7. This is a discretionary use as specifi ed by Section 3.3 (g) of Schedule B, Land Use By-law 94/54, amended by By-law15/10. Application #D16/004

1977 MOVED ON 14’ x 72’ MOBILE HOME AND 11’ x 8’ TENT SHED: SW 5-46-25-W4M Plan 365MC, Block 7, Lot 5. This is a discretionary use as specifi ed by Section 6.4 (a) of Schedule B, Land Use By-law 94/54, amended by By-law15/10. THE ABOVE NOTED PERMIT(S) SHALL NOT COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL AFTER FOURTEEN (14) DAYS FROM THE FIRST DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION.Any person wishing to review the above application(s) or permit(s) may do so at the County Offi ce during normal business hours.IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 686 OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT, ANY PERSONS CLAIMING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS DECISION MAY SERVE WRITTEN NOTICE OF APPEAL, ALONG WITH PRESCRIBED FEE OF $150.00 TO:

FRANK COUTNEY, SECRETARY TO THE DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARDCOUNTY OF WETASKIWIN NO. 10

P.O. BOX 6960, WETASKIWIN, ALBERTA T9A 2G5WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS OF THE FIRST DATE OF THIS NOTICE.

INVITATION TO TENDER

Coal Lake - South Recreation Park AttendantThe County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 invites tenders for provision of all necessary equipment, labor, and transportation to perform parks maintenance and services for the Coal Lake – South Recreation Park within the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract documents. (Contract tender documents may be picked up at the County of Wetaskiwin Administration Offi ce.)

Tenders must be received by the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 by 10:00 a.m. local time,

Friday, January 22, 2016. SEALED TENDERS must be addressed as follows:

COAL LAKE – SOUTH PARK ATTENDANT TENDER

Geoff Lynch Director of Leisure & Community Services County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 Box 6960 Wetaskiwin, Alberta T9A 2G5

Tenders are to be submitted on the Contract Tender Form. Tenders must also include a current resume of the applicant. Failure to provide all required information may result in rejection of the tender package.

The County reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Tenders and to waive irregularities and informalities at its discretion. The County reserves the right to accept a Tender other than the lowest Tender without stating reasons. By the act of submitting its Tender, the Tenderer waives any right to contest in any legal proceedings or action the right of the County to award the Tender to any Tenderer in its sole and unfettered discretion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the County may consider any other factor besides price and capability to perform the work that it deems in its sole discretion to be relevant to its decision including, but not limited to the following:

Experience; Reputation; Safety considerations; Financial solvency; Cost of maintenance; Terms of delivery; Customer service; Quality of past performance.

Please contact the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 offi ce at 780-352-3321 or stop by for a complete Tender Package.

NOTICE TO ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH PUMP OUT SEWAGE SYSTEMS IN THE PIGEON LAKE AREA

Temporary Suspension of Fee for Bulk Septage Loads

Delivered to the Mulhurst Bay Lagoon

Effective immediately, the County of Wetaskiwin is suspending the new $30 user fee that was implemented on January 1, 2016 for Septage Haulers for each bulk septage load delivered to the Mulhurst Bay Lagoon.

The $30 fee was implemented to correlate with the anticipated commencement of operations of the new Westerose Dump Station, which is part of the new South Pigeon Lake Wastewater Collection System. The temporary suspension of the $30 fee for Mullhurst Lagoon users is due to an unexpected delay in the commencement of operations of the Westerose Station and will remain suspended until the station commences operations. Septage Haulers who have hauled to Mulhurst Lagoon since the fee was implemented January 1, 2016, and who have collected fees from customers as a result of the $30 fee, are being requested to refund those fees to their customers. Note that the suspension applies to the Mulhurst Bay Lagoon only, and the $30 fee is still in place for users of the Alder Flats Lagoon.

We sincerely apologize for the confusion caused by the implementation of the fee and the delay of the opening of the Westerose Station. Please watch these County pages of the Pipestone Flyer newspaper for updates and the County website www.county.wetaskiwin.ab.ca for more detailed information.

Questions may be directed to CAO Frank Coutney at 780-361-6223 or Assistant Director of Public Works Brian Anderson at 780-361-6244 or using our toll-free line at 1-800-661-4125.

NOTICE TO COUNTY RESIDENTS

The next Agicultural Service Board meeting will be held at 1:00 p.m. at the County Administration Building, located 1 ½ miles west of Wetaskiwin on Highway 13, as follows:

MEETING Date

Agricultural Service Board February 10, 2016

Pursuant to Section 196(2) of the Municipal Government Act, Chapter M-26, 2000,

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MUTHJean PeggyMar. 31, 1946 - Jan. 7, 2016Jean Peggy Muth, age 69, of Millet, AB passed away on Thursday January 07, 2016 at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife of Marvin Ronald Muth; mother to Michael Ronald Muth; grandmother to Brittany Danielle Kroening; sister to Jim Arnold and Joyce Arnold. She is predeceased by her daughter, Stacey Jean Muth; parents, Eric

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School boards ponder international tripsDifferent divisions take different approaches

Local school boards are taking a long, hard look at international fi eld trips after major terrorist at-tacks around the globe.

The three divisions, Wetaskiwin Regional, STAR Catholic and Black Gold, all took a slightly different approach on the issue.

St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Division

STAR Catholic board chair John Tomkinson said the trustees discussed the issue of international trips recently, but the issue has always been in their sights.

“We’ve had a policy on the books for years,” said Tomkinson by phone December 21. He said the board always reviews in-ternational student and staff trips on a case-by-case basis and includes re-view of both content and destination.

Tomkinson noted that students, staff and parents all have a chance to exam-ine proposed trips before any decision is made. “In fact, there have been trips in the past we have turned down,” said Tomkinson.

The STAR Catholic chair

said he knows that the Paris terrorist attack af-fected international trip decisions across the prov-ince. Tomkinson said STAR Catholic will continue to do what it’s always done, but will also keep an eye on current events and keep things in context.

He said the division currently has two inter-national trips approved, including a Leduc high school’s trip to Costa Rica for a social justice trip this coming summer and a European trip in 2017.

He added that the board understands the great learning and growth op-portunities that interna-tional trips can offer STAR Catholic students.

Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Terry Pearson said the division will con-tinue to let schools and parents play the lead role in organizing international trips, with Pearson review-ing the fi nal submissions.

“Our position is it was a decision that was made by the school and the parents,” said Pearson by phone Jan. 5. “I support the decision of the parents and the staff.”


Pearson said the divi-sion also keeps watch of the federal government’s Foreign Affairs website that contains warnings and alerts for other na-tions.

The division is cur-rently looking at sever-al proposed trips, one of which was cancelled by the parents. Wetaskiwin Composite was planning on a trip to Thailand in 2016, but that’s been nixed stated Pearson.

He said another school is currently considering a trip to Montreal in 2016, and another is planning a trip to the United States in 2017.

Pearson noted the Wetaskiwin Regional board has delegated him authority for review of in-

ternational trips.Black Gold Regional

DivisionBlack Gold Regional

Division conducted some stakeholder consultation in December, including an online survey regarding in-ternational fi eld trips. As a result, the BGRD board announced in a press re-lease in mid-December the divisions international trips are on hold until the upcoming summer.

“In the wake of recent global events, the Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 Board of Education de-cided at its regular Board meeting on December 9, 2015 that all internation-al student fi eld trips will be cancelled until August 31, 2016,” stated the press release.

“The Board will re-view international travel in the new 2016 – 2017 school year, at their fi rst regular Board meeting in September 2016. However, if the world climate con-tinues to become more un-certain and unstable, the Board could review inter-national travel earlier.

“Safety and the risks as-sociated with student trav-el were at the forefront of the Board’s conversation. ‘We have an obligation to ensure we provide a safe and caring environment in Black Gold Regional Schools,’ stated Sandy Koroll, Trustee, Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 Board of Education. “We cannot risk the health and well-being of our students and staff.”

“The Board also took into account a recent survey that was conducted with the Black Gold communi-ty on this matter. Please see International Student Travel Survey Data for more information.

“Black Gold Regional Division No. 18’s Administration is working with all schools to com-municate with parents, students, staff and travel agencies regarding the im-plications of the Board’s decision. ‘We are aware that some students and parents may be disap-pointed with this decision. However, this was not an easy decision to make. We had to consider several factors but fi rst and fore-most, student and staff safety needed to be our number one priority,’ said Johnette Lemke, Board Chair, Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 Board of Education.

“Schools, in consultation with the Division, will be preparing specifi c commu-nication for those travel trips that have been can-celled. This communica-tion will be circulated and shared with all those im-pacted as quickly as pos-sible.”

John Tomkinson Dr. Terry Pearson Johnette Lemke

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