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SHANNON LECLAIR

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On July 31, the Alberta Society forthe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(SPCA) served summons to the Oops--Dazy Animal Society and Debra Elaineand Edward G. Michel. Two chargeswere laid against the society and fourcharges each laid against the Michels.Their first court appearance is set forSept. 11, at 9:30 a.m. in the Siksika Na-tion Provincial Courthouse.The SPCA previously seized 45 ani-

mals. From those, 42 animals were re-turned to the Oops-a-Dazy society andthree animals went back to their own-ers. There were 20 cats seized, one ofwhich was found deceased; the rest ofthe cats had to be euthanized for health

reasons. The property in Gleichen wasthe largest foster home assigned by theOops-a-Dazy society.

Roland Lines, communications man-ager for the Alberta SPCA, said thecharges fall under Section 2.1 of theAnimal Protection Act, which statesthat a person did cause or permit ani-mals to be or continue to be in distressand Section 2.1, subsection (b), whichrelates to failing to provide animalswith adequate care, when animals arewounded or ill.

One of the counts relates to thedogs we removed from the propertyand the other count relates to the cats,said Lines.When the officers lay charges they

typically lay one charge for multipleanimals of one species, which all havesimilar problems relating to the charg-es.

In coming up with the charges, ourofficer believed that the society bearssome responsibility for the fact that theanimals were in distress, but becausethe Michels were the immediate care-takers of the animals thats why theyalso face charges for failing to provideadequate care, said Lines.

If the accused are found guilty, thenthe judge may decide to write a courtorder prohibiting the ownership of ani-mals.

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This decision would haveimportant consequences forthe Oops-a-Dazy society asa whole.

Currently, both the societyand the Michels may ownand care for animals whilethe trial is ongoing and untila verdict is handed down bythe judge in this case.

Chairman Christine Camp-bell said the society has notyet seen the SPCAs reporton the investigation.

We disagree with theABSPCAs allegations andintend to review the mattercarefully. I cannot speak yetto how we will proceed,said Campbell. This is veryupsetting to us as this wasa case of people who werereally trying to do as muchas possible, to help the ani-mals and the community.

The sad fact is that there arejust too many animals need-ing help. Without enoughfoster homes to assist all ofthe homeless animals, andthe dedication of pet own-ers to spay and neuter theirpets, rescue organizationswill always be faced withthe dilemma of how to savethem all. Our foster homeprocess involves an applica-tion, orientation, opportuni-ty for reference checks, andpotential for home checks atany time. Prior to this inci-dent, we were in the processof completing an annualreview of our foster homepolicies and our policies areconstantly evolving. We arecontinuing to investigate op-portunities for improvementand if we identify any as aresult of this incident, wewill certainly be implement-ing them.

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Strathmore native Bret Kenworthy has enjoyed every min-ute of creating the Strathmore Stampedes posters for thepast four years.

The first one was inspired by a videogame called Red Dead Redemption andI used a font called Chinese rocks and I

based it off of that for an outlaw feel, saidKenworthy.The second posters origin was to depict

the rodeo energy with powerful animalssuch as the bulls.

The 2013 one was with the bull jump-ing into the fire. I wanted to capture the

energy of the rodeo and I know the bullriders are the main attraction, said Ken-

worthy.Nothing is more fierce then fire, so

having a bull jump through fire was prettycool.With fire being the theme of the 2013

stampede poster, Kenworthy wanted tocarry over the fire, and for contrast he putthat into the 2014 edition of the poster.

I was thinking what can contrast withfire, red was very hot, so I wanted to go

with the blue theme. So this years poster Iwent with a lightning theme which is kindof the same energy, said Kenworthy.

There is a couple of photos we appliedwith it and ended up being the one with

the chucks.Kenworthy admits the 2015 poster is the one with themost country feeling to it.

For this upcoming year there was a new general managerand they wanted to go back to the country roots and what

really sparked it was home town boys, Denver and DawsonJohnson said Kenworthy.

The guys came down and we sat around for five to sixhours taking photos. We really went with a dust and dirt,gritty lifestyle.This was Kenworthys first time doing the cowboy themed

posters. His previous work included oth-er sport themes like hockey.

I normally deal with hockey. I only dowestern once a year and that is for theStrathmore Stampede, said Kenworthy.The pop-culture approach displays

a rebellious attitude in the stampedepaintings and that is what Kenworthy ishoping to depict in his posters.

I look for relations to pop culture.

When some one sees the new posterI hope they see some kind of westernmovie; for example, in the very first oneI wanted to use the Chinese rock thatthey used for the video game and I hopeit was going to give off that same rebelattitude.The 2015 poster is a piece that reflects

how much of his own vision was usedto produce a phenomenal image for thenext years stampede

It has been a real pleasure being ableto work with photography. I went in notknowing the image, but when I saw it,the poster all came together, said Ken-

worthy.I feel like this was my favourite post-

er and it does the most for speaking tothe western vibe and staying classic, but

staying modern at the same time.The 2015 Stampede poster was auctioned off at a volun-

teer banquet to Jack and Patty Stewart for $3,000.

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

A newly established museum commit-tee is hoping to get things moving tocreate the Strathmore Museum.

Most of Strathmores history and arti-facts have been lost over the years, but

Lynn Fair, a member of the committee,said they want to preserve as much asthey can now for future generations.

We realize establishing a museum isa complex task, but were starting by or-ganizing bylaws, forming a society andcreating a foundation to begin the for-mal process, said Fair.

Our long term vision is for the mu-seum to be a tourism benefit, not onlyfor the town, but for all the residents of

Wheatland County as a whole.In 1984, the Klaibers created a plan

for an extensive heritage park, whichwas based on the CPR farm that had ex-isted on both the north and south sidesof the highway. The timing was just not

right, but Bruce Klaiber, who is also amuseum committee member, shared theoriginal plan with the committee.

Strathmore has a rich history, buthow many people know that it oncehad Canadas largest milk factory?

In 1903, the CPR was granted1,200,000 hectares of land in centraland southern Alberta and in return, theCPR had to colonize the land and wasresponsible for the irrigation system toservice it.

In 1906, the section around Strath-more was completed. Because the CPRhad a tough time getting potential set-tlers along the irrigated land, they be-gan building agricultural demonstrationfarms like the one that was in Strath-

more. There were only 12 other demon-stration farms in Western Canada.The rewards were huge to CPR - they

would be able to sell the land to settlersand the railroad would be there to helpexport products from the agriculture in-dustry. The irrigation district headquar-ters was also in Strathmore, establishedin 1911.The farm was officially ready in 1908,

consisting of 400 hectares of irrigatedland. The farm had greenhouses, gar-den silos and cattle barns. It providedfood and dairy, to the railway passen-gers and supplied the CPR hotels.As settlers moved into the area,

the scope of the demonstration farmchanged, from a demonstration andsupply farm, to just supply farm.There were also once apricots, pear,

apple, crabapple and plum trees, whichwere planted by Augustus Griffen in1935. The poultry farm portion housed4,000 birds and hatched 10,000 chicks.

Over time the benefits of the irriga-tion system began to diminish and in1943 CPR decided to dispose of the ir-rigation district, the supply farm, live-stock and land. Since then the town has

been built up in all directions aroundthe former farm, and now all that re-mains is one of the original buildings.

Bruce Klaiber owns that building. Theplan to reestablish the farm began inthe 80s. It flourished and then died,

Preserving Strathmores history

and then in 1996 because of the dilapi-dated state of the buildings, Klaiber hadthem torn down, with the exception ofthe one that still remains.Abe Fehr Contracting was hired to

restore the building, which is now inexcellent condition and could be used

to house the main part of the museum.There are not a lot of historic build-ings left in Strathmore and Fair said it

would be nice if the remaining onescould become part of a re-created, old-fashioned main street or built into alarger tourist attraction in the future.

The goal is grab onto some of ourhistory before we lose it completely, andthis being one of the surviving build-ings, its a great place to start this isthe centre point, said Grant Klaiber.

Last year the committee had spentsome time trying to find a location

when Bruce mentioned his barn.We were just fortunate that Bruce is

on the committee and this came to light.I think its very interesting that 30 years

later it can be brought up again andmaybe the times right, said Fair.

It is unfortunate that a lot of the towns

history was lost over the 30 years sincethe original Strathmore Park plan, butFair is confident if the committee getsstarted now, they will have it availablefor future generations so that nothingelse is lost.

If we start generating interest, some-

body that would be in an older genera-tion than us could say we have all thisstuff and nobody in the family wantsit. It could start being stored and goingtowards a future museum. We hope tocapture a few things before they disap-pear by just letting people know thereis a future to the museum, said Fair.

Ive always thought it was a greatidea and its a matter of getting peoplemotivated. It is a monumental task be-cause when we started this project 30

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PAT FULE

Fule for Thought

This past week, the Fules went to a funeral for thegrandfather of Brennens girlfriend, Abbey. After drop-ping off the computer drive for the slide show, we

went to a pub for lunch. It was here that I discoveredthat my son was already making preparations for myeventual funeral!He said, Dad, Ive been thinking a lot about your fu-neral, and I think when it happens, everyone should

wear shorts! You know, cuz you always wore shorts.

What do you mean wore you know Im still here,right? Youre actually talking about my funeral to me!?I must say, I was a bit flabbergasted!He responded with, yeah, but its gotta be you, likethere should be some Elvis songs, you know like My

Way! First of all, thats Frank Sinatra, and I hate that song,I replied. He asked me whether or not that really mat-tered? This was when I began to look back on our de-cision to have children, trying to recall why? It also gotme thinking of relationships and a column from a yearago where I gave out bad advice to men about women.So, with no more death talk, heres some advice forthe gals in relationships some things to definitelydo for a happy life together:1.) Tell us everything on your minds. Theres nothingmen like more than to hear all about your day, andplease dont leave out any details. We want to hear it

all, what you were wearing, how you felt, who yousaw, the wind velocity at the time, the temperature,and dont forget to quiz us later. We really want toprove we heard it all.2.) Tell us all the things we have to do, and do thisoften. Yes, theres nothing like a good woman tellingher man all the things to do in a day, to be better. Weneed to be told which parking spot is best, why thegarbage bag has to be changed right at that particulartime, and that the grass needs to be cut. We cant fig-ure those things out on our own, so we look to youto fill our days with jobs, and we also need to knowexactly when is the perfect time to do them.3.) When were apart, ask us lots of questions when wereturn. When we return from a forced errand, theresnothing like being interrogated on where we went,

who we saw, what was said, and what they were wear-

ing. Men love to pay attention to little details, and weappreciate being able to be tested on just how much

we remember. This way, we know just how importantwe are to you, and that you care about every littlething we do on our own.4.) Tell us regularly when we have to leave for anevent, but take your time. We need to be constantlyreminded that we must be at the party by 7 p.m. orelse. We also know that everything must be perfect,so please take all the time you need. We get that yourpreparations have nothing to do with us ever beinglate its us who should be ready. We already know

that you have nothing to wear, because weve seenthe full walk-in closet, and we know youll need to goshopping soon to finally get some new clothes!5.) When leaving the party, again, please take yourtime. Yes, we know you know everyone at the soi-ree, and before we go, you have to say goodbye toeach and everyone. We men are in far too big a hurry,and we dont understand what leaving now actuallymeans. We think it means hey, were now leaving now. We have to learn that it means a period of un-known time to meet, greet, and re-visit people weve

just been with for the past five hours. Its just rudeto say youre leaving, and then actually do that, rightaway. So please take your time well meet you backat the cash bar!6.) Before we fall asleep, talk to us all about the partyand other things. There is nothing men like more thanto talk about everything that happened at the party, or

dance. We want to share all of our conversations withyou, and please dont hesitate to ask us again on allthe talks we had. Also, feel free at this time to share

your feelings on anything that comes to your mind.I mean, hey, its probably 2 or 2:30 a.m., and thatsprime talking time!So ladies, those are some key things to do to keep

your man happy. Were a simple gender, and Im sureif you use any or all of these, youll be on the way tohaving a happy man in your life! HAH!

(Fule for Thought is a slice of life humourouscolumn that appears in the Strathmore Times, writ-ten by long-time resident, town councillor, highschool teacher, 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 EditorRecently there has been negative feedback about

the Strathmore Stampede. Instead of spouting offabout the Strathmore and District Agricultural Soci-ety and the Stampede, why didnt they ask the rightquestions?

How long has this person been in Strathmore? Dothey have any knowledge of the history of the Strath-

more Ag Society? Have they done any digging intowhy there was no midway at the Strathmore Her itageDays this year?

If they had gone into the Ag Society office andasked why, they would probably have been told thatthere are no midways available. A midway companydid sign a five-year contract and backed out after oneyear. Good midways are not a dime a dozen, nor arepoor midways. What turned up this year was, in myopinion, not suitable and very expensive. I viewed itbefore my son and grandchildren showed up and Isuggested that they not spend the money on a $30wristband. After they viewed it, they agreed.

As to the comments reported by a local residentof not being able to get ribbon fries. Too bad! Anyconcession that sells ribbon fries takes all of their pro-ceeds out of the community.

There are two local Lions clubs that o ffer all o f thepleasures, except ribbon fries, open on the grounds.Each one of them put all of the volunteer hours andover $100,000 from their projects back into the com-

munity.As for the increase in prices, there was a 30 per

cent increase in beef (a major ingredient in beef on abun). I agree with the comment about $5 just to walkaround the groundsthat is just ridiculous.

What is Calgarys price? $14? A bottle of water inCalgary is $4. Here it is $2. That is just because we areall volunteers who work our buns off to make this a

better community to live in.As to the comment that the person has lived here20 years and things have gone down hill the past fewyears. I have lived here 30 years, have been involvedin the community and I think have helped make thisa better community.

Instead of complaining about what has happened,the Ag Society is very active in looking for commu-nity volunteers. As well, there are the two local LionsClubs and other service groups. If you are truly inter-ested in helping the community, do something aboutit and get involved and help with the source of yourissues. If you have contacts for a midway, let the AgSociety know.

If you wish to help the community, contact a Li-ons Club member or another service organization andmake a difference - not bitch about inaction or what-ever.

Bruce BishopStrathmore

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A report brought to Strathmore Town council in the July 30meeting, regarding the road reconstruction on Thomas Drive,had councillors shaking their heads.

Last year, the road was reconstructed and the water line,

sanitary and underground utilities were replaced. Also, an un-derground storm system was installed, to divert water fromthe top of Thomas Drive.

SNC Lavalin did the engineering work on the project andNorth Star Contracting was hired for the construction portion.

Earlier this spring there were concerns about potholes andponding water on top of Thomas Drive, when we had thespring melt. That led us to have SNC do an inspection andreport, questioning what steps would be necessary to correctthese issues for the coming spring, to prevent any more potholes, said Bryce Mackan, project coordinator for the town.

Engineers recommended that top lifting done this summerwould help prevent potholes and ponding water. Concernswere raised by council about some of the comments madein the report, which led them to believe that there is a con-struction issue with the project. Poor grade finish, inadequatecompaction, and thickness deficiency were listed in the re-

port. Mackan said those were the thoughts of the inspectorwho came to see the road, but he had no background info onthe design lift underneath.

When we received this report, it was done by someonethat didnt have knowledge of the design of the storm system;his information was based solely on a visual inspection. The

water flows based on the design will be okay, once we areable to get the water into the catch basins, which the top lift

will assist with, said Mackan.The top lift slope and then the adjustment, so that it meets

the catch basins. It will put the flows into the storm systemas designed. So there was a disconnect between the inspectorand the designers simply because he didnt have the back-ground information.

Mackan further stated that he has been assured by the en-gineers at SNC (in the roads department in Vancouver) thatdirecting the flow into the catch basin is designed to handleall the flows in that area.

Thomas Drives woes continueI look at Brent Blvd, which never got a second

top lift, and I look at that road and it drives likeit does have a top lift; so I am trying to compareBrent Blvd now to Thomas Drive and I have a veryhard time doing that. To me its an issue of quality,said Councillor Bob Sobol.

Im not convinced that North Star did a very

good job on this, and Im concerned that were giv-ing them the top lift to do and theyre going to fixall these problems, when it seems to me that theydidnt do a very good job on the first lift.

Councillor John Rempel agreed with Sobol, say-ing he believes the job is substandard and that thepooling water is not the big concern.

Its not the only the pooling thats the problem,its the potholes that will redevelop again nextspring. Just to cover it up with more asphalt doesntsolve the problem underneath the base of itthatarea is where the problem arises. It doesnt matterhow thick the asphalt is, it will keep breaking if

you dont have the proper base, said Rempel.He knows that last year the weather wasnt ide-

al and North Star was way behind schedule; theywere rushing to get the project done. In the report,he also noticed that theres severe segregation insome areas that start at Centennial Drive and go

back to Parklane Drive. Segregation means thecompacted asphalt has separated and looks like ithas gaps between the rocks.The work to repair the segregation would be

completed through warranty and should be re-done to the specifications.

My recommendation is to go after them to redothat whole stretch, take the asphalt off, go back tothe base, put a proper base in there and repave itagain before we ever even consider doing a sec-ond lift on there, said Rempel.

I cannot support the recommendation of goingahead with the final lift on there, were just throw-ing good money after bad.The town has worked with North Star in the

past. The contracting company constructed the

road in front of Dairy Queen and came back threeyears later and put the top lift on. There were noconcerns then or now with that road.

If the town were to do the top lift this year, itwould complete the contract, the town would beon the hook for any additional costs incurred ifproblems arise afterwards. The warranty on the

work is for two years, so anything to do with thebase work would become the towns responsibilityafter that time frame.

The two-year waiting period between initial

paving and the top lift is partly to wait for a basefailure, said Mackan, because there is no way toknow unless that happens. Waiting for it to sink isthe only way to know if it is going to pass or failin the future.

If the town waits until 2015 and the road isworse, then they would go through the same pro-

cess: SNC would go to the site, do an inspectionand say what should be done, and how. It would

be fixed and then the top lift would be put on.When you said that this report by SNC is not

really accurate and its a visual thing what both-ers me, is why are we getting this as a report then,

because we have to make a decision based on aflawed report and to me, its frustrating that weregoing to try and make a decision about hundredsof thousands of dollars on a report thats not anaccurate one, said Councillor Pat Fule.

Councillor Denise Peterson made the point thatoften when inspectors come out they dont haveall of the background information, but town ad-ministration and council trust the comments in thereports given.

It concerns me what kind of indemnity thetown will have if we do this now, said Peterson.

She further wondered what waiting an addi-tional year for the top lift to be done as originallyplanned would cost. Her understanding is there

will be more potholes and more complaints in thefuture, but the gains could be significant and therecould be a better understanding of the aggregatedamage by waiting the year.

If we are so concerned about Thomas Drive if we dont do it this year, and that road is one yearold and that its going to deteriorate that muchmore by next year, theres something wrong folks,that is not right. We should be very, very cautioushere what we should do is go after those peopleand get them to fix those potholes and make surethe base is proper and then drive on it for another

year, said Rempel.This is not good, its not good at all. I really

believe these guys should be out here fixing thesethings never mind worrying about the top lift.

Were all smart enough to realize, you put the toplift on, then the water is going to go away, saidCouncillor Rocky Blokland,

Sobol moved that the report be accepted as in-formation and the top lift decision be postponedto the original schedule in 2015. He said he wouldlike to see it left up to public works and that he isgoing to presume that the road with the warranty

will be in shape for a second lift in 2015.

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summer activities. Mornings 9:00am: Pool;Yoga and Walking at 10:00am. Afternoons1:30pm: Rummikube, Bingo, Canasta,Crib. For more information on activities.Call Valerie 403-480-4087. Hall rentals callChristine 403-901-1574. Presented by SuzanWallace and Flo Linton.

Self-Employment Information session -Helping your small business succeed onAugust 18th at 2pm 3:30pm at McBrideCareer Group ofce. #103 227-3rd Ave

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Leaping Dog Racing Womens Triathalonon Sunday, Aug 17, 2014 in Strathmore.

See this weeks story on page 18 of theStrathmore Times. You can also visitwww.leapingdogracing.com for moreinformation.

Harvest Healing Centre Church is havinga community garage sale on SaturdayAugust 23 from 10am 2pm. 102 CanalGardens.

The Easy Going Open is 128 golfers, of allages and abilities, to raise funds for theStrathmore 2015 Alberta 55 Plus SummerGames. September 20, 2014, SpeargrassGolf: 18 holes of Texas scramble, samplewine, and compete in mini-contest forprizes. A full steak dinner and silent auction

table. Early bird registration is available.Teams or individuals can enter. Formore information and to register pleasecontact: Tracy Simpson, 403.934.9090or Email: [email protected]. We arealso looking for auction item donations.All proceeds to Strathmore 2015Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games event:www.2015strathmoregames.ca

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On tour atSilverspringsThe Strathmore Country Gardens

Club all met up at Kinsmen Lake

early on July 19, to take a day trip

to Calgarys Silver Springs Botanical

Gardens. After a wonderful cup ofTimmys, and directions from a few

people, they found their way through

about 12 different types of gardens.

The vision of the park started abouteight years ago and members ofStrathmores club got to talk to some

of the volunteers.

Photo courtesy of Jocelynn Gartner

SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Nature Canada is celebrating75 years this September andthey are launching a photo con-test as a way to honour the oc-casion.The contest encourages all

Canadians to get out there this

summer, connect with nature,and take photos of their experi-ences.

As Canadians get outdoorsand start exploring, Nature Can-

ada thinks people will inevitablystart to connect with nature on adeeply personal level, said JodiJoy, Director of Development forNature Canada. We think thisis the first step to ensuring thehealth and well-being of bothnature and, frankly, of ourselvestoo.

Until Aug. 31, amateur photog-

raphers and nature enthusiastscan enter their best and favou-rite nature photos for a chanceto win. Prizes range from thingslike an unlimited national parks

pass, Vancouver Aquarium tick-ets or bungee jumping.The grand prize is a multi-day

hike from Copper Cayuse Out-fitters. Judges for the contestinclude Olympian Michael Tay-ler, photographer Michelle Val-berg, and TVs Survivorman LesStroud.

Contest submissions can be

made through Facebook, Twit-ter, Flickr, e-mail and regularmail. For more details about thecontest go to http://naturecana-da.ca/initiatives/photo-contest.

Nature Canada hosts photo contest

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PICTURE PERFECTJesus was fond of word-pic-tures, and He often referredto little things that made bigimpact. Light a candle in a dark roomand all eyes are drawn to itsglow. Sprinkle a few grains of saltover the surface of your meal,and experience the flavorcoming alive!

Gently stir a tablespoon ofyeast into warm milk and itspowerful fermenting actionbeings. Plant a mustard seed in yourgarden and watch it spreadlike wildfire!Through these summermonths, our church com-munity has sought to paint apicture of something smallthat has big impact- rest. TheBible talks about it in termsof sabbath, but for many ofus, that is a word that doesnthave a lot of meaning.Weve intentionally used theterm slowing, to talk aboutintentional practices that help

us to step back and gain someperspective on the franticoften hurried pace of the liveswe live. Weve tried to break

de-humanizing patterns ofnot spending time or payingattention to God and others,and weve sought to be morepresent to the people aroundus.When you hear or read wordslike sabbath, rest, slowing... what comes to mind? Arethese words that find expres-sion in your life and actions?Maybe you, like myself, could

go for something of whatJesus offered busy, burnt outpeople- the discovery of realrest. Regardless of what youmake of God, faith, religion... it is difficult to not see theseemingly universal appeal tobusyness and full schedulesthat dont allow for space,attentiveness, and slowing.What small thing might youdo today, this week, or in thisseason to paint a differentpicture? Ten minutes of beingstill, a 30-minute intentionalconversation with someone... these small things havethe potential to make a verysignificant and big impact on

your life.Glenn Peterson PastorHope CommunityCovenant Church

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BOW RIVER ALLIANCE CHURCH

105 Main St. Carseland

403-934-9337

[email protected]

Pastor: Andy WiebeSunday Worship: 10:30 am

www.bowriveralliance.com

RCCG PECULIAR PEOPLE ASSEMBLY

(1 PET. 2:9)

115A 3rd Avenue, Strathmore

403-667-7832

Pastor: Dunmoye LawalSunday Service: 10:30 am

Friday (Divine Encounter): 7 pmThursday Bible Study: 7 pm

www.rccgstrathmore.com

STRATHMORE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH

50 Maplewood Drive 403-934-2225

Senior Pastor: Rev. Les FischerChildrens Pastor: Lori Dollinger

Youth Pastor: Kyle LomendaNew Office Hours:

9 am - 4 pm Tues - Wed - Thur

Worship Service: 10:30 am

Childrens Church & Nursery in Service

Extending Grace - igniting hope

www.strathmorefullgospel.com

STRATHMORE SEVENTH-DAY

ADVENTIST CHURCH

Meeting in the Lutheran Church

112 Lakeside Blvd. 403-983-0081

Pastor: Ghena Girleanu

Services held every SaturdaySabbath School: 10 AM

Worship Service: 11 AM

www.strathmoreadventist.ca

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC

Holy Cross Collegiate School Gym

709B - 2nd Street, Strathmore

403-934-2641

Pastor: Fr. Wojciech JarzeckiMasses: Saturday 5 pm Sunday 10 am

LORD OF ALL (NALC) LUTHERAN

112 Lakeside Blvd. 403-934-2374

Pastor: Dawn NelsonThursday Evening Worship: 7:00 pm

Christian Education

Youth & Adults Study : Sunday 9:30 am

Ages 3 to Grad 5: Sunday 10:15 am

Family Worship: Sunday 10:30 am

Join us in Praising our Lord, Jesus Christ!

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INTERIM WORSHIP LOCATION:

245 Brent Blvd., Strathmore

(NORTH door) 403-934-3017

Pastor & Priest: Bryan Beveridge Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am

HOPE COMMUNITY

COVENANT CHURCH

245 Brent Blvd, Strathmore 403-934-2424

Worship Service Sundays 10 am

Lead Pastor: Glenn Petersonwww.hope-community.ca

HARVEST HEALING CENTRE

NEW:102 Canal Gardens403-901-0893 / 403-880-3171

Pastor: Elizabeth KarpSundays 10:30 am

Come join us for a spirit-filled time

of worship

STRATHMORE ALLIANCE

325 1 Ave 403-934-3543

Corner of 1 Ave & Wheatland Trail

Pastor: Darrell YoungAssociate Pastor: Byron Allan

10:30 am Worship Service

www.strathmorealliance.com

STRATHMORE UNITED

Wheatland Trail & 3rd Avenue

403-934-3025

Rev. Pamela ScottSunday Worship 10:30 - 11:30 pm

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

A new radio station may call Strathmore itshome next year. Clear Sky Radio Inc., based inLethbridge, is proposing the Wolf 104.5 countrymusic station for the area.

Clear Sky, a small broadcast company, has iden-tified Strathmore as a growing community that

doesnt currently have a radio station, which issomething of a rarity, so an application was pro-posed. Research done for the application indicat-ed that a country music station would be the bestfit for the area.

That research came back pretty strong that mu-sically country would be the most embraced mu-sic format, said Paul Larsen, president of ClearSky Radio. Its tough when you come to a townthat has no station because not everybody is go-ing to like country, and not everybody is going tolike rock. A big benefit would be local news andinformation, and weather ... very local informationthat you dont get listening to satellite radio or aCalgary radio station.When talking to people in and around Strath-

more, the biggest complaint Clear Sky Radio

heard was residents can listen to a lot of stationsfrom Calgary, but none of them are talking aboutStrathmores town council, or whats happeningon a day-to-day basis. They dont reference Strath-mores weather and road conditions either. It wasclear that a big part of the application needed to

be the fact that local up-to-date information willbe delivered.

Two things will differentiate us from Country105 specifically, well certainly play more vari-ety of music than they play and the number onereason people will switch is strictly for that lo-cal news and information. If you live in Strath-more, you wake up in the morning and turn theradio on, well be talking about whats going on in

Strathmore, not in Calgary, said Larsen.Even for people who dont like country music,

what weve found in other communities, is theywill still listen to our station to get that local infor-mation even if they then switch over to somethingelse to get the music that they like.The broadcast company currently has stations in

Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, and recently got thego-ahead to launch a new station in Cranbrook,B.C. They have also received permission to opena second station in Lethbridge.

There are very few towns the size of Strathmoreleft in Alberta that dont have their own radio sta-tions. Youve seen stations pop up in places likeLeduc, Olds, and Lacombe. They have stations, soI think Strathmore has grown to the size where itcould definitely support a station now of its own,

said Larsen.The CRTC made the application public a coupleof weeks ago, and it is now in the public interven-tion phase. Until Aug. 22 at 6 p.m., people can goonto the website www.1045thewolf.com, find outwhat the application entails and submit their sup-

The Wolf wants to broadcast in Strathmoreport for the idea.

Drumheller has its own station and I know lots of peoplelisten to it. The community advertising aspect is fantastic,said Shelly Marshman Neal, who supports the idea.Anne Pickering is also in favour of the idea.I really like the idea of a country station, she said. Im

hoping there will be local news and weather updates as well.I often listen to the Calgary stations and the weather is sodifferent from ours.The next step will be the public hearing set for Sept. 25,

where the CRTC will review the application. From there, adecision is usually made within 90 days. Larsen said if every-

thing follows that time frame, the station could be open andon-air by late spring, early summer of 2015.


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Times Reporter

The Town of Strathmore received funding fromthe Alberta government through the Disaster Re-covery Program. It will be used to rebuild the

Bow Tertiary Outfall, which was damaged in lastyears flood.

That is where our treated effluent from theWaste Water Treatment Plant is put into the BowRiver, said Bryce Mackan, project coordinator forthe Town of Strathmore. We applied for the Disas-ter Recovery Program and were awarded $600,000for this project from the province.The engineering portion of the contract, ap-

proximately $63,000, was awarded to AECOM,who had done the previous relocation for thisoutfall in 2011.The construction tender closed on July 22.Of the three quotes given, AECOM recommend-

ed that the contract be awarded to Trevcon, whichwas the same construction company who did

work on the outfall a couple of years ago.The outfall will basically be replaced in the

same manner as the original one, with riprap putinto place to protect it, which should delay anysevere damage.

The construction of the outfall will be similar,

with slight changes to some abridgement alongthe outside, to help prevent damage if floodingoccurs again, said Mackan.The decision to replace the outfall with only mi-

nor changes was made at a provincial level.We were frustrated when they first designed

it and put it into the river like that. We felt therewere better ways and cheaper ways to do it and wewere told we had to do it that way, said Chief Ad-ministrative Officer Dwight Stanford. Even nowagain we wish we could do it where it wouldntpossibly be destroyed again, but we had to followthe procedure and do it the same way again basi-cally.

Council awarded the contract to Trevcon in theamount of $510,140 plus GST.

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Cassia Schramm, a graduate of Rosebud School

for the Arts is getting back to her musical roots

by participating in the 15 Minutes of Fame held inRosebud August 31. She also sings with groups

such as Mull River Shufflers, Fools Tongue and

other alumni from Rosebud, fitting her music be-

tween her many acting engagements.

Photo courtesy of Cassia Schramm

LAUREEN F. GUENTHER

Times Contributor

My spirit was really longing for music, says Cassia Sch-ramm, graduate of Rosebud School of the Arts.

Since producing her first album in 2010, she says, I feelreally blessed to have been working a lot as an actor andthat took up a lot of time, so music got put a little bit on the

back burner.Early this summer, she recognized a longing to get backto music and decided to plan a music tour. All of a sudden,she said, there were places to play and people that wantedto play with me. Its like Ask and you shall receive.

She mentioned her idea to Nathan Schmidt, Rosebud ac-tor and musician. He immediately said, Well, Id be happyto play with you, naming a song from her album that hedespecially like to perform together.When Schramm invited friends Joel Goundry and Sienna

Holden, each of them also gave her an immediate yes.Its really affirming for me, to have such enthusiasm come

up behind me, said Schramm.With Schramm on vocals and guitar, Holden performing

vocals, Goundry doing percussion and vocals, and Schmidton the fiddle, mandolin and vocals, they have performedhouse concerts in Rosebud and Olds, with other eventsupcoming in Blackfalds, Okotoks, Edmonton and Calgary.

They are also performing dinner music for Rosebud Theatre.On August 31, they will perform at Rosebuds outdoor

music festival, 15 Minutes of Fame. Schramm herself willalso perform at the festival with the Mull River Shufflers andFools Tongue.

Schramm is also satisfying that longing for music by work-ing on a second album; it is a 3-track EP called In MemoryOf, which she hopes will be out this fall. She wrote thethree songs a few years ago, at a time when several mem-bers of her family were dying.

It was one of those seasons when it comes all at once.She is already observed the impact of these songs when sheplays them live.

I did some songs in Olds, which is my hometown, shesays. These people that Im writing songs for were fromOlds and you look around and everyones weeping.This fall, while Schramm returns to acting with Sandbox

Cassia Schramm fills her spirit with music

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When we think of Shake-speare, many of us roll oureyes and say a prayer ofthanks that high school isover; but Brad Graham, di-rector of the theatre compa-ny Suspension of Disbelief, isgiving us a fun opportunityto look at Shakespeare differ-ently.

We get the idea that Shake-speare is serious businessand needs to be told in a seri-ous way, said Graham. butI think theres something inalmost every one of his playsthat is just hilarioussit-com

worthy stuff. We were look-ing for something whimsical,magical and fun to give toour audience this summer,Graham said.

So with that in mind, hesdirecting a cast and crew ofRosebud students, residentsand graduates in an up-to-date production of Shake-speares The Tempest.

Graham said Prospero(Kelsey Krogman) is a singlemother, feeling abandonedand cut off from her commu-nity. Her blended family in-cludes her daughter Miranda(Emily Boyle) and Ariel (Jen-ny Daigle) as the wilful teen

whos ready to be out on herown. Prosperos foster son,Caliban (Conrad Belau), hasgot into some trouble and

needs a lot of care and dis-cipline.

The Tempest is a storyabout family and reconcili-ation, the relationships be-tween parents and childrenthat Graham said he was in-trigued to explore.

Its a family dynamic ...that seems so modern, but

was being explored by this

writer that long ago, saidGraham.

In 2013, their first sea-son, Suspension of Disbeliefproduced Much Ado AboutNothing. Graham said theyreceived a lot of complimentsfrom people new to Shake-speare. He said some audi-ence members were nervouscoming into the show, about

whether theyd know whatwas going on, or if this wasreally for them. Before theyleft, theyd discovered howgreat the classical languagecould be when used to clear-

ly tell the story.This year, the show returnsto the outdoor Forum Amphi-theatre, on the grounds of theBadlands Passion Play.

We get to make a big storm The Tempest, Graham said.The audience may get toplay a part in that, which will

be some fun.Hes pleased the show also

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Young skateboarders competed in the inaugural LangdonSkateboarding Comp 2014 on Aug. 9 at Langdon Park. Thiswas the re-run of the event that was rained out during Lang-don Days in July.

We are doing a fundraiser for the skate park,said TylerHomonko, youth club recreational director for the Langdoncommunity association. A couple of friends and I got in-volved with youth group a few years ago and they allowedus to raise $300,000 to build an addition to this park.The initiative for events like these is to get the youth out to

participate in competitions and interact with other boarders.It is all for the youth. I grew up here for 16 years and

it can be boring, so we needed something to do, said Ho-

monko. We (the youth club) do a lot of fun things aroundhere. The goal is to get a good rep for the youth around thepark, the people that use it every day and have fun, saidHomonko.Those who really take a keen interest in skateboarding

essentially cover the event costs.There are definitely costs incurred. It has really just been

funded by those who love the sport and if you have the mon-ey and are willing to put your money where your mouth is.I stepped up and helped fund this. The LCA (Langdon Com-munity Association) also pitched in, said Homonko.

Homonko is hopeful to run another one of these compe-titions next year. He would like to give a huge shout outto the LCA, Mission Snow and Skate, Shreds in Cochrane,Sullys, H&M Sports and Adrian Martinez for designing theawards for the winners.

JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

The 11th consecutive GleichenRodeo is set to get underway onthe weekend of Aug. 22-23, at theGleichen Ag Society rodeo grounds.The rodeo may be small but it

still provides the entertainment val-ue of larger rodeos.

It is pretty much like your nor-mal FCA rodeo. They have got thewild pony races and sheep ridingfor the kids, said Slim Wilson,Gleichen Rodeo organizer.As for live entertainment, there

will be live bands the whole week-end, with some new bands and re-peat artists that appear every year.

There will be live entertainmentin the beer gardens for at least Fri-day and most likely both nights,said Wilson. The first night willhave a couple of guys with guitarsand then the second night will bea band which will hopefully be Lo-gan Hope from last year.

Local riders and stock will beused for the event.

It would be similar to Rocky-ford, having the same stock andsame cowboys, said Wilson.According to Wilson, the aver-

age crowds for the rodeo will bearound 200 to 300 people for bothdays.

The kids events, for sure, are a

favourite as they have a ton of peo-ple such as grandparents, relativesand parents that come out to watchthe wild horse races, said Wilson.

Local cowboys and cowgirls willtry and give the crowd somethingto cheer about.

Gleichens Jayden and Riley Wil-son will be there competing in thejunior barrels. Marcie Wilson willbe in the Ladies Barrel racing, Ja-son Wilson will be in bull fighting,said Wilson.The prize money will be a pot of

$1,200 and the juniors have $400added on to their possible earnings.

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JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

Strathmore native, Darren Hayner,moved to Strathmore when he was inGrade 7 and he always had a passion fortriathlons. Hayner manages to balancehis work as a millwright in Calgary withtraining for triathalon

events. He has recentlycompeted in some well-known races like the

Whistler Ironman com-petition, where he quali-fied for the upcoming

World Ironman champi-onship in Kona, Hawaiiset to run on Oct. 11.

In Strathmore, I start-ed with cross countryin junior high. I ran allmy life. In high schoolI played basketball forPat Fule, said Hayner.I continued running after doing 10 kmraces. I did not start triathlon until 17

years ago and I had to learn how toswim to do it it was a little rough that

way, said Hayner.The continuous running showed re-

sults as he won the Tri-Smore last yearand finished a mere 24 seconds behindthis year.

He admits that there were many dif-ficulties to overcome to feel comfortable

in long races such as Ironmans and justregistering in them was motivation.

It has been a long progress to get tothis point, you start out at basic obstacle

with the triathlon. My motivation is toenter these races training scared is

what motivates me to get into that pooland do the distance, said Hayner.

As for his experience

in Whistler, Hayner reallyembraced the challengeespecially being on the

bike with the windy con-ditions.

This is my third Irondistance race. So I knewfrom three years ago Ihad to improve on the

bike, and I am plateauedon the swim but it getsme out of the water inthe top 25 per cent, saidHayner.Training was pivotal for

him as he did a lot of indoor cyclingtraining to prepare for Whistler this timearound.

This last year was a lot of indoortrainer on the bike in the winter so I re-ally pushed it, said Hayner.According to Hayner, the strong point

for him is running and is less of a focuspoint in his training.

I teach Grassy Knoll training camp inCalgary every April for eight months. I

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have about forty people under me thatI coach as well, said Hayner.

Theyre all from different sports mar-athons what we do here is straight highintensity speed work. (The athletes) canpush harder and that increases yourconfidence in racing when you know

you can push that hard.That is the Grey Cup or World Series

of triathlons, it is very hard to qualifyfor. I had dreams of getting there oneday and I race again in two months somy recovery time will not be as optimalas some other racers that qualified ear-lier in the year, said Hayner.

If he feels recovered enough fromWhistler, Hayner will push to be betterbut will enjoy it more so that he made it.


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JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

The Strathmore Silhouettes gymnas-tics team is getting back on track, inhopes of being provincial bound by thetime competition starts next January.

I have 17 girls that range from agessix to 16. The pre-competitive are fromage six to eight and the competitive arenine and up, said Tara Smith, Silhou-ettes head coach.

I started last September with sevencompetitive girls, as a lot of my oldergirls have moved on to other sports, ordecided it was too difficult to do threedays of training because of school.The training sessions for the pre-com-

petitive are two nights a week for fourhours. For the competitive athletes, thepractices run three days, for 12 hourstotal.

Starting next year, pre-competitiveand competitive will be training oftenon the same days, which will prove


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Start with a small goal (nightly walk for 10 minutes)it wont take long to feel the benefits and along

with that the urge to push yourself further.

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The pre-competitive group will betraining Sundays and Tuesdays withKassie, my sixteen-year-old competitiveathlete, and I will coach the competi-tive on the same night so that they canmentor the younger group, said Smith.After losing the older girls to other ac-

tivities, Smith made the decision to holdtryouts to develop and grow a team.

I decided to hold tryouts and ourteam went from seven members to 17members. Right now I have seven pre-competitive members and 10 competi-tive, said Smith.The goal for the team is to train as hard

as possible for competitions throughoutthe year; as the younger group will dothree competitions and the older girls

will do upwards of 10 a year.

It is all provincial at this point andwe have gone to one out of province.They start at the end of January and gountil May, said Smith.

The biggest event in my mind is

southern zones and there they can qual-ify for provincials.The Silhouettes consistently had ath-

letes in provincial competitions.Until last year, I consistently had a

couple of girls in provincials each year;because I had such a small group lastyear, I only had a couple of girls at theprovincial 2 level, said Smith.

We are starting to grow slowly butsurely and have to start back at squareone with baby steps and grow the pro-gram again.The tryout process starts with ses-

sions to see if the girls can last in a fit-ness sport such as gymnastics and testtheir flexibility.

They will usually come and do atraining night with me. I can see thenif they will last for four hours and howthe girls fit in with the group, and lookfor things like natural strength and flex-

ibility, said Smith.Spots for both groups are essentially

full, but Smith may open one spot to fillin the pre-competitive category to bringthe number to eight.


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There is a new alternative for Strath-more mothers to take into consider-ation when it comes to the care of theirbabies.

The idea is that moms can come to

the pool with their babies, so this way

it allows them to come in without get-ting child care, said Brenda Condon,assistant manager of the aquatic centre.The babies must be old enough to

sit up and hold their heads up, as theyare placed in a little boat nearby mom,when the mothers are in the water.

They have to be able to sit up and

hold their heads up on their own in the

boat, said Condon. (The program) isa good way to help some of the moth-ers to work out and reduce some of thestress and get healthier.

Strathmore aquatic centre staff wouldreally like mothers to come and try itout and see how it works for them.

Sessions run on Monday, Wednesday

and Friday mornings from 9 a.m. to 10

a.m., but will go back to 8 a.m. to 9a.m., starting in October. Evenings gofrom 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday andWednesdays and start in the fall withearlier times from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30p.m.

For more information you can callthe Strathmore aquatic centre at 403

934-3325.


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