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Rotarians enjoy Australian exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Plenty of New Year’s Eve activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Merry Christmas Fund reaches goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Residents to pay more for utilities next year . . . . . . . . . . . 20COLUMNS – Reflections, by Bonnie Hutchinson . . . 8

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By Murray GreenCamrose Rotary

Club members Elaine and Ray Hook and Donna and Warren Phillips embarked on a Canadian Friendship Exchange and enjoyed a trip to Australia from Nov. 9 to 22.

“Exchanges are a regu-lar part of Rotary clubs all over the world. We contact the district office about an exchange and we agree to do a home and home. We find people to host us in another country and in turn we agree to host other Rotarians in our home,” explained Ray. “The district office said it was arranging a trip to Aus-tralia and asked our Cam-rose club if someone wanted to go.”

That’s when the two local couples applied to rep-resent Camrose.

“If more than 12 people apply then a decision is made of who goes. We were first on the list and Donna and War-ren were three and four. Our district stretches from Cam-rose and Lloydminster in the south to Dawson Creek in the north and includes 60 clubs,” said Ray.

The Hooks said it was a trip of a lifetime.

“We stayed with five dif-ferent families in five towns in New South Wales. We all met in Sydney at the airport and then fly to Tamworth,” said Ray. “We were met by Rotarians and hosted by Rotarians and they looked after everything. The sched-ule was a half day of site-see-ing and a half day with your hosts. The pace was perfect.”

Ray, a military veteran, was thrilled to lay a wreath on Remembrance Day in a foreign country.

“When I first heard about the trip, I contacted the district office about lay-ing a wreath,” he said. “I met MP Kevin Sorenson after the Big Valley Jamboree Parade and he indicated that he had

a spare federal wreath to give me to lay on behalf of Canada. The wreath was in a box and it didn’t fit in my suitcase, so I had to take it out of the box.

“A Rotarian was emcee at the Gunnedah Remem-brance Day service and I had the second last wreath to be laid. I laid the wreath on behalf of Canada and that was very powerful for me. It was both an honour and a highlight. The emcee said they were grateful to Canada for inventing the poppy. The local paper made a big deal of all of the Canadians at

the service and pictures were taken of us.”

Ray also remembered the day for another reason.

“It was plus 43 C and I couldn’t wait to take my blazer off,” he said. “It was at 95 per cent humidity. It was mostly shorts weather for the entire trip.”

The trip included four Rotary meetings where the local group had the oppor-tunity to see the projects in which the Australian Rota-ry clubs were involved. The Hooks and Phillips realized that all Rotary Clubs are important to their own com-munities.

“One of the new proj-ects they are involved with is the formation of men’s sheds where guys can get together and talk about things and just meet,” said Ray.

The Camrose commu-nity launched a men’s shed earlier this year.

The Rotarians were able to see dolphins, crocodiles and koala bears.

With the 18-hour time change they were able to get back before they left.

A group from Australia plans to visit Alberta from May 25 to June 8.

“Usually they stay in the same area for two days and

then move on to see another area,” said Ray. “One day will be in Camrose. We are thinking about taking them to Maskwacis to a heal-ing house and a lady from Wetaskiwin came with us, so a trip to Reynolds Museum will likely be planned.”

Ray encourages people to join Rotary for fun and fellowship, and to travel to places to which they normal-ly wouldn’t think of going. He will be making a presenta-tion about his trip during the Rotary meeting on Monday, Jan. 4, at 11:30 a.m. at the Best Western Plus Camrose Resort and Casino.

Rotarians enjoy Australian exchange

Members of the Rotary Canadian Friendship Exchange Team attended a Remembrance Day ceremony in New South Wales, Australia, with Camrose Rotary member Ray Hook laying a wreath on behalf of Canada. From left to right are Marlaine and Gary Hessler from Grand Prairie, Robin and Patrick O’Reilly from Dawson Creek, BC, Warren Phillips from Camrose, Barry Lycka from Edmonton, Donna Phillips from Camrose, Lucie Lycka from Edmonton, Elaine Hook from Ferintosh, Linda Pincock from Stony Plain, Lt. Col (retired) Ray Hook from Ferintosh and Berta Briggs from Wetaskiwin.

By Dan JensenCamrose City council

gave final reading to an updated land use bylaw that regulates and con-trols the use of land and development of land and buildings for the orderly development of that land at its regular meeting Dec. 14.

The bylaw divides the City into districts, pre-scribes and regulates for each district the purpose for which land and build-ings may be used, estab-lishes the role of approv-ing authorities, establish-es the method for making decisions on applications for development permits, including the issuance of development permits, and prescribes the proce-dure for how and to whom

notice of a development permit is to be given.

Municipal Advisory Planning Committee mem-ber Garry Zetsen told coun-cil the bylaw is a made-in-Camrose document.

“We wanted to make sure that this was some-thing that was created in Camrose, works for Cam-rose, looks to the history of where we have been, and does look to some extent to where we are going in the future,” said Zetsen.

“I wouldn’t be sur-prised to see this used as a boiler plate for some-body else down the road. I think it is a document that the City can be proud of. I think you (council) are going to be pretty proud of it over the next

eight to 10 years going forward.”

The land use bylaw update, identified by coun-cil as a strategic action plan item in 2011, engaged stakeholders and the gen-eral public through three open houses, presentations, the formation of a working group and discussions with City staff.

The document was refined after it was present-ed to council for first read-ing in February of this year.

“It has probably taken longer than it should have, but we wanted to take our time and make sure to get it right,” said Zetsen. “Getting it right was more important than the time.”

City director of plan-ning and development ser-vices Aaron Leckie told

council there were some very good discussions at a December open house about the integral parts of the bylaw.

“Most of it was clarifica-tion and looking at where things had changed, how they have changed, and making sure that stan-dards are still appropriate for each land use district,” said Leckie.

Changes to the final version included a defini-tion of mobile home to bet-ter represent and regulate certain types of develop-ment in certain land use districts, a definition of modular home, an amend-ment to the definition of single detached dwelling, the prohibition of develop-ment within the floodway or flood fringe of any surveyed

creek valley as described in the Camrose Flood Risk Mapping Study (1994), the removal of specific setback distances in diagrams, and the move of secondary suite to discretionary use under subsection 14.3.2.

Zetsen and councillor Greg Wood commended staff and Leckie in particular for all the hard work they have put into the update.

“I am really impressed with the work of Aaron,” said Zetsen. “He is very knowledgeable and knows what he is doing and deserves a pat on the back.”

Wood said the Municipal Planning Committee was well rounded in terms of hav-ing different points of view.

The new bylaw is sched-uled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2016.

Council gives final approval to land use bylaw


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By Lori LarsenToday preparing for Boxing Day, which has now

extended to Boxing Week, month, involves putting on your running shoes checking your bank balance and heading to the stores to take part in a frenzy of bargain hunting. While this has become tradition with a lot of people, it is somewhat far removed from what is written about the origins of Boxing Day.

For the most part Boxing Day is a holiday, in the true sense of the word, celebrated in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Commonwealth countries.

While the origin of the term Boxing Day is still dilut-ed, the tradition of the holiday itself lays deep in history.

Some believe the tradition dates back as far as the Middle Ages (A.D. 400s-1500s) and that Boxing Day began in the Church of England during advent when Anglican church members put monetary donations into a box (alms.) The day after Christmas the box was broken and the contents were then distributed to the poor.

Another popular belief was that during the 10th century the Duke of Bohemia (King Wenceslas) was out inspecting his land on Dec. 26, then known as St. Stephen’s Day, when he saw a peasant man braving a snowstorm to gather wood. The King was so moved by the man’s plight he gathered surplus wine and food and deliv-ered them to the peasant’s home. Hence the song “Good King Wenceslas.”

This tradition is very likely the one most closely relat-ed to the seasonal food drives that take place today.

Finally, and probably the most referred to tradition stems again from England and involved the lords and ladies who presented boxed Christmas gifts to their ser-vants/employees on Dec. 26.

Whatever the belief, the concept was the same and revolved around the gift of giving. The term Boxing Day is merely that: a term.

Whether contained in a earthenware box, carried in a sachet on horse, or wrapped in a decorative box, giving to those less fortunate goes beyond tradition and is not defined by a single day of the year. And like anything in history there is always room for revision.

So perhaps the newest version of the Boxing Day tra-dition might involve filling some of the empty boxes left from the excitement of Christmas Day with donations and continue the gift of giving to those who may not have been as fortunate.

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A Camrose Police Ser-vice Major Crimes Unit drug and weapons inves-tigation concluded Dec. 17 with the arrests of a 30-year-old male, a 29-year-old male and a 20-year-old female.

The arrest of the 30-year-old male was made when police were conduct-ing a vehicle stop just east of Camrose. A search of the vehicle resulted in the sei-zure of quantities of meth-amphetamine, GHB, and other drug related materi-als.

Members of the Cam-rose Police Service and Camrose RCMP subse-quently executed a search warrant at a residence in Tillicum Beach, where the other male and female were arrested. Inside the residence, police seized cocaine and methamphet-amine, along with a sawed off shotgun, a loaded hand-gun, ammunition, and numerous pellet and BB guns.

The 30-year-old male was charged with three counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Possession of a Restricted Firearm with Ammunition, Careless Storage of a Firearm, Pos-session of a Firearm while Prohibited, and six counts of Breaching his Release Conditions.

The 29-year-old male was charged with Posses-sion of a Controlled Sub-stance, Breach of Proba-tion, and four counts of Breaching his Release Conditions.

The 20-year-old female was charged with Breach of Probation.

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Happy New Year virus?“Happy New Year!” is the

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Your happiness is affected by others…You’re probably keenly aware that an environment of

gloom and fear can affect your mood and your emotions. But so can an environment of happy people.

“Your happiness depends on the happiness of dozens of other people that you don’t know and have never met,” says James Fowler, a professor at the University of California, San Diego, and a co-author of a happiness study.

Among many findings, the researchers determined that given a choice between a $5,000 raise or a friend’s friend’s friend becoming happy, the latter is more likely to boost your mood.

… and your happiness ripples out to others“The flip side of that is that your own happiness is going

to ripple out and affect dozens of other people, so when you become happy it makes other people happier. When you smile, the world smiles with you,” said Fowler. “Our work shows that happiness is not merely about an indi-vidual pursuit. It’s about the collective journey we are taking with friends and family and how our connections bind us together.”

Physical nearness is important to the spread of happi-ness. For example, next door neighbors affect their neigh-bors’ happiness, but those two houses down do not. The researchers speculate that emotional influence relies on frequent contact.

And the point is…The happiness study has at least two implications. First, we need to be attentive to the happiness of those

with whom we spend the most time. To surround ourselves with good energy, choose to be with happy people.

If for some reason we must spend part of our time with unhappy people, it is even more important to spend our remaining time in the company of those who are happy. As well, it is important when we are with unhappy people that we use some way to shield ourselves from their unhappi-ness (for example, by tapping into our compassion so we can be with them but not absorb their unhappiness, or by giving ourselves a “time out” from being in their presence).

Secondly, we need to be attentive to our own happi-ness level. We can take responsibility for the words, actions, mood and other forms of energy that we allow to ripple out from us.

And of course, when we make decisions from a state of happiness rather than unhappiness, our decisions are more likely to have happy results.

***So there you have it: the happiness virus. I now have a whole new take on “Happy New Year.”

Same to you!

If you have comments about this column or suggestionsfor future topics, send a note [email protected]

by Bonnie Hutchinson

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PROCEEDS FROM CHRISTMAS PARTYMurray Green, Camrose Booster

Bailey Theatre interim manager David Roth accepts $1,000 from Page Hershey Tubes Employee Association president Cougar Klug. The funds were raised at the annual Christmas party.

SUPPORT FOR LEGION POPPY FUNDMurray Green, Camrose Booster

Camrose branch of the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund representative Agnes Minnes accepts $400 from Page Hershey Tubes Employee Association president Cougar Klug. The funds were raised at their annual Christmas party.

By Dan JensenCamrose Wellness

Coalition member and Alberta Health Services community health promot-er Lucy Ernst expressed appreciation to Committee of the Whole Council for helping remove barriers to physical activity with the installation of bike racks and the outdoor gym.

“They are helping people buy into the impor-tance of healthy living,” said Ernst.

Councillor Wayne Throndson noted that Camrose is going to see more bike racks in the future.

“The latest require-ment of the City’s land use bylaw makes the requirement that all new commercial developments

have to have a bike rack,” he said.

Camrose Community Services general manager Ryan Poole told council that Camrose is the most bike friendly community in which he has ever lived.

“People will stop, pull over or switch lanes to give me way,” he said. “The oth-er thing that makes Cam-rose very cycling friendly is that almost every resi-dential community, with the exception of the older neighbourhoods, which are more centralized any-way, is connected via trails so there is no need to be on the streets. I can literally get from my house right to my office and then down-town, around Mirror Lake, or off to the north side without

actually hitting more than a kilometre of road.”

Councillor Sears agreed it is easy to get around by bicycle.

“As someone who has ridden my bike through-out Europe, a lot of North America, even into some of Central America, take my word for it, Camrose is not a bike unfriendly place. I find the motoring public very aware of you. I try to ride according to the driving rules but when I am stopped at a stop sign, quite often the cars will stop and let me pass. I wouldn’t recom-mend riding on the ring road or 48 Avenue, but outside that any street in the city you can ride on safely. I think we need to encourage that.”

City removes barriers to activity

Done — Murray


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a way to bring in the New Year here’s a few suggestions of events happening in and around Camrose on New Year’s Eve.

Rosalind Agriculture Society is hosting a New Year’s Eve dance. Come kick up your heels at the Rosalind Hall to the country music of Tracy Millar and the Little Millar Band. Tracy’s busy schedule included a perfor-mance at the Big Valley Jamboree in the past.

Doors open at 8 p.m. with the dance commencing at 9 p.m. For more informa-tion contact Crystal Kelland at 780-375-2113 or Alison Stang at 780-375-2441

The Bailey Theatre invites you to usher in the New Year to the country/rock tunes of Camrose’s very own, Ryan Lindsay and The River Jacks. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Dance to the music and enjoy the light show all in the historic ambience of the theatre. Bar service will be offered throughout the eve-ning.

After burning off calo-ries dancing, enjoy a cold cut bun-wich buffet served at 11 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at the Bailey Box Office or online. Limited tickets avail-able.

The Camrose Resort and Casino/Best Western Plus is hosting a New Years Eve

Toast and Stay. Tap your toes and sing along to some easy listening music of the Rojo’s. They were the front band for Wilson Picket’s Mustang Sally and David Wilcox’s Riverboat Fantasy. Music begins at 9 p.m.

The Tap room at the Norsemen Inn is putting on its annual New Year’s Eve party. The Tap room takes on a whole different persona, with New Year’s decor, DJ, party favors, late lunch and free champagne at midnight.

The Windsor Hotel is planning New Year’s Eve with a free midnight supper and the live entertainment of Alberta’s very own classic rock and country cover band Midnight Special.

The Camrose Wildrose Dance Club is having a New Year’s Eve dance at the Mir-ror Lake Centre (5415-49 Avenue. The dance runs from 8 p.m. until midnight, with a late lunch at 10:30 p.m. Music is provided by the Diamonds band.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with supper served at 6:30 p.m. This event is open to residents 18 years and older.

For more information call Lawrence at 780-608-1590 or 780-878-4108.

Round Hill invites resi-dents to celebrate New Year’s Eve at the annual New Year’s Eve Party held at Round Hill Community Centre.

There will be skating from 7 to 9 p.m. (weather permitting). Doors for the

party will open at 7 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring an appetizer.

For information call Cara at 780-672-6007.

Malories Bistro and Wine Bar will be hosting a New year’s Eve night out with a dinner and des-sert buffet from 7:30 to

9:30 p.m. followed by the music of Allenhouse DJ. The event includes a complimen-tary glass of champagne and party favours.

What’s happening in and around Camrose on Dec. 31?

Done — Murray


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With age comes beauty, wisdom, grace. Unfortunate-ly, sometimes age picks up a few hitchhikers – like reduced mobility, decreased strength and changes to vision.

Research shows that safe driving isn’t about the number of candles on your birthday cake. As we age it’s critical to have a clear perspective on how medi-cal conditions and natural physical changes to our bod-ies can affect our safety at the wheel.

After hearing from more and more members concerned about their own safety or the safety of a loved one, AMA Driver Education developed the Senior Driver In-Vehi-cle Evaluation to provide a

comprehensive, accurate and confidential assessment of driving ability.

“This isn’t a test – there’s no pass or fail – and it doesn’t affect your driver’s licence,” says AMA Driver Education instructor Rick Robie, who helped develop the program. “Knowing it’s nobody’s busi-ness but the driver’s helps people relax a bit.”

It starts with a cup of coffee and a chat with an experienced driving evalua-tor, just to check in on recent experiences and get a brief driving history.

AMA checks the driver’s vision before a 45-minute drive in an AMA Driver Edu-cation vehicle with an auto-matic transmission.

The route takes drivers through normal everyday driving conditions on light and medium traffic volume roadways.

Included are controlled and uncontrolled intersec-tions, four way stops, school and playground zones and areas, and left turns and right turns. For many driv-ers, it’s simply a vote of confidence and a few simple tips to adapt driving behav-iour and compensate for any physical challenges.

“It’s rewarding to see a driver go from being a bit nervous to building trust. Knowing that it’s 100 per cent confidential helps.

Continued on page 11

AMA Evaluation keeps seniors safe

Done — Murray


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AMA evaluation assists in keeping senior motorists safeContinued from page 10

“It’s not about judging people, it’s about giving an impartial evaluation of their strengths and their challenges,” said Robie. “It gives people confidence and provides support. This is especially true when they are approaching age 75 or 80 when there’s a

little more concern around licensing.”

After the drive, there’s an open, honest and positive conversation about the experience. The evaluator prepares a written report that’s mailed out a few days later, complete with recommendations.

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sent directly to the driver, but many seniors use the report to help in conversations with an adult child who may be concerned about mom or dad, a spouse or a friend. Some even choose to discuss the experience with their physician.

“We understand that driving represents freedom,

especially as we want to stay independent in our homes while we age,” Robie explains. “And we know independence is important to health and quality of life. Finding that balance between being self-sufficient and being safe isn’t always that simple. It’s okay to ask for help, and sometimes a

refresher can help people adapt and extend their driving for years to come.”

AMA’s Senior Driver In-Vehicle Evaluation is available at any AMA centre. Drivers can register in person or by calling 1-800-642-3810.

Done — Murray


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The Bailey Theatre Society’sANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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The Bailey Theatre Society presents:NEW YEAR’S EVE FEATURING

RYAN LINDSAY & THE RIVER JACKS Thursday, December 31 at 9:00 PM • Tickets $30

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Sunday, January 31 at 2:00 PM • Tickets $12

The French Circle presents:DANS L’SHED

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Done — Murray


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hadn’t yet ended on Aug. 2 when it was announced that Carrie Underwood will be returning to Camrose as part of the 2016 lineup.

“We can’t be more excit-ed for next year,” said BVJ fan Brenda Hartel on Twit-ter. “The lineup for 2015 was fantastic, but now can’t wait to see Carrie Underwood.”

Underwood was fresh off an American Idol win when she performed at Big Valley Jamboree for the first time in 2007.

“It was a cold night. She wore jeans and a hoodie. I appreciated her being real,” said Kayla Tinson on her It’s Tradition: A Big Valley Jamboree blog.

On her latest album, Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Underwood offers a treat to her fans.

“Having emerged as a songwriter of considerable depth and substance – co-writing 11 of her 21 #1 hits – Underwood gives fans a video peek behind the cre-ative curtain by including the songwriting worktape versions of “So Small” and

“Last Name,” both writ-ten in January 2007, and “Mama’s Song,” penned in

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HART HOUSE WINE AND TAPA OPENS ITS DOORSMayor Norm Mayer cut a ribbon to officially open Hart House Wine and Tapa with the help of left to right City councillor PJ Stasko, owners Jennifer Schmautz and Miles Mozel, and City economic development coordinator Ray Telford. Hart House is a restaurant/bar located in a turn of the century heritage house at 4812-49 Street. The interior is warm, cozy, intimate, romantic, and perfect for a date night. Hours of operation are 3 p.m. to midnight Thursday to Saturday.

When a major illness or injury leaves someone in need of long-term, nearly round-the-clock care, it’s often up to a family member to step in and provide it.

But research shows that the role of caregiving can lead to its own health issues, creating a significant amount of stress and strain for the caregiver.

“That stress can come in many forms,” says Marylee MacDonald (www.maryl-eemacdonald.org), a care-giver advocate and writer whose debut novel, “Montpe-lier Tomorrow,” was inspired in part by her experience helping care for her son-in-law.

“There is emotional stress, physical stress and even financial stress. Some-times there’s also additional stress from the guilt that caregivers feel when they find themselves resenting the people they are caring for.”

MacDonald says care-givers overwhelmed by the stress must make a con-certed effort to find things that will bring happiness into their lives. That may be even more important during

the holidays when the season calls for merriment, but each day still brings its share of difficulties.

“Finding your bliss ranks high on the to-do list,” she said. “It’s not easy, but you always should be on the lookout for things that surprise you and bring you joy.”

A recent study revealed that 22 per cent of caregivers felt their health had gotten worse because of caregiving.

“I don’t think that’s all that surprising,” MacDonald said. “If anything, it’s a won-der that the percentage isn’t higher.”

Other findings in the study included:

Nearly one in five care-givers (19 per cent) reported a high level of physical strain resulting from caregiving, while 38 per cent considered their caregiving situation to be emotionally stressful. Those percentages go up sig-nificantly for caregivers who provide 21 or more hours of care each week.

When people feel that the;y had no choice in taking on their caregiving role, the stress becomes even greater. More than half – 53 per cent

– report high levels of emo-tional stress.

Caring for a close rela-tive causes more emotional stress than caring for anoth-er relative or a non-relative, with 45 per cent of those caring for a spouse and 44 per cent of those caring for a parent reporting emotional stress. That compares to 35 percent of those caring for another relative and 18 per cent of those caring for a non-relative.

Finances sometimes take a hit, with 18 per cent of caregivers saying they experienced financial strain. Financial strain was more commonly reported by higher-hour caregivers.

“What often happens these days is that most of the burden falls to one per-son, with maybe other family members stepping in occa-sionally to provide respite care,” MacDonald said. “Some of that is because of the way society is today. We don’t have three generations living within a few blocks of each other any more.”

MacDonald’s involve-ment in caregiving began when her son-in-law became afflicted with ALS and she

put some of her own goals on hold to help her daughter.

“My son-in-law’s illness threatened my daughter’s happiness and I wanted to protect her,” MacDonald said. “I think that’s only natural. But it also made me aware of the strains that caregivers are under and that in many cases there aren’t always good long-term institutional care options available. That puts the onus on family members.”

Depending on the situ-ation, caregivers become responsible for any number of duties. They help the care recipient get in and out of bed and chairs. They deal with incontinence or diapers, help the recipient to and from the toilet, and assist with bath-ing or showering.

They also provide trans-portation, take care of gro-cery or other shopping, and do housework.

“People have their own lives to live, and not every-one wants to work without pay 24/7, for months or years on end,” MacDonald said. “That’s another reason why one person often has to take on the bulk of the responsi-bility alone.”

Bliss beneath the weight of caregiving

By Murray GreenThe Camrose Merry

Christmas Fund reached its fundraising goal again this holiday season.

“We have raised $31,500, so this allowed us to purchase grocer-ies for 245 hampers,” said an excited Christ-mas Fund chair Larry Schultz. “The community

has come through for us again.”

The Merry Christmas Fund was launched to sup-ply food hampers to less fortunate families in the community.

“We still encourage people to donate to give us a little cushion in case the demand is higher next year,” said Schultz.

Most of the hampers were delivered to homes on Saturday, Dec. 19, in the morning.

“Thanks to the commu-nity for supporting us again this year. Camrose and the surrounding area has prov-en to be generous, so we can help others during the holi-day season,” said Schultz.

The food hampers are

intended to provide a good Christmas meal and food for an entire day.

Donations can still be made at the Royal Bank and at the Camrose Fire Department. The Camrose Merry Christmas Fund is a registered charity, so people will be mailed a tax receipt during the first two weeks in January.

Merry Christmas Fund reaches its goal


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BRSD celebrates milestones of service

Battle River School Division honoured retiring employees at the Best Western Plus Cam-rose Resort & Casino Oct. 16. Left to right, back, are Rick Tews, Niel Sorenson, Mark Olaf-son, Sylvia French, Greg Friend. Left to right, front, are Deb Rowland, Deb Knodel, Wendy Marshall and Nancy McLeod.

Battle River School Division employees honoured for 35 years of service Oct. 16 were, left to right, Linda Kovac, Jane Schierman, Brenda Johnson and Rick Tews.

BRSD employees honoured for 30 years of service Oct. 16 were, back row, left to right, Faye Oakes-Livingston, Linda Coutts, front, left to right, Mark Yuha, Michele Klemshagen, and James Saby.

BRSD employees honoured for 20 years of service were, left to right, Imogine Walsh, Corina Doyle and Leanne Ewert.

BRSD employees honoured for 15 years of service Oct. 16 were, back row, left to right, Shel-don Schultz, Del Gillett, Mark Olafson, Karin Brusse-Paterson, Kathleen Scheu, front row, left to right, Louise Hrabec, Lee Ann Ashby-Girard, Laurie Couves and Laurie Maxwell.

BRSD employees honoured for 25 years of service Oct. 16 were, back row, left to right, Alan Luckwell, Greg Barclay, David Gunderson, Rochelle Plontz, Todd Sikorski, Bob Whitrow, Jacqueline Johnson, Alan Welde, front row, left to right, Faye Garstad, Dianna Kroetch, Kim Balay, Michelle Munroe, Christine Walker and Heather Chevraux.

BRSD employees honoured for 10 years of service Oct. 16 were, left to right, front, Victoria Barclay, Veronica Hafso, Mary Jane Skretting, back row, left to right, Michelle Bjor-gum, Kevin Nagy, Brian Hoglund, Mark Chanasyk and Francis Kohlman.

The Battle River School Division is facing a signifi-cant workforce transition as a high number of teachers and school administrators are reaching retirement age. BRSD welcomed more than 60 new teachers to the division in 2014-15 and has another large group of new-comers on staff for 2015-16

BRSD, in partnership with parents and the com-munity, ensures that each student acquires the neces-sary knowledge, skills and core values to be a caring, productive member of our democratic society. A goal is that all students will achieve high standards by participat-ing in learning experiences that are outcome-centred, inquiry based and collabora-tive.


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In memory of

Jack Bladeswho passed away on December 19, 2009

and

Katie Bladeswho passed away on

January 1, 2014Days passed so swiftly Now it’s been another year. The only comfort – Time makes memories sweeter.Forever in my heart, Mum and Dad.

Love, Lori

CAMROSE AND DAYSLAND

“Over 100 years of dedicated service to your community”

Our dedicated team of funeral directors and colleagues:Front: Derek Robertson, Leona Norenberg, Keri Vickers, Bob Hanrahan

Middle: John Person, Cam Parker, Jim Gillespie, Bart OrrBack: Barrie Fenby, Robert Lyslo, Alvin Koehli

4817-51 Avenue Phone 780-672-2121RECORDED OBITUARY LINE 780-679-2400

In loving memory of

John Gordon Scottwho passed away on December 25, 2010

We think of you with love each day As our lives go on in our own way. Another Christmas Eve, your chair sits bare Oh, how we all wish you could be there! No one will ever take your place, We close our eyes and see your face. God bless, we love you!

– Gwen, Terry, Tracy, grandboys and sister Jean

Diana Pearsonwho passed away on

January 3, 2009When a loved one becomes a memory, The memory becomes a treasure. Among our treasures is your inspiring appreciation for life Despite its significant challenges.

Eternally loved by your family

In lo

ving memory of

In loving memory of

Elaine PetryshenApril 19, 1940 – December 26, 2011

Those special memories of you will always bring a smile If only we could have you back for just a little while.Then we could sit and talk again just like we used to do You always meant so very much and always will, too.The fact that you’re no longer here will always cause us pain. But you’re forever in our hearts until we meet again.

Missing you today and always, Eddy, Cheryl and James, Darryl, Brenda and Tony,

Chad, Brooke and Jason

Steve Robert TuryJanuary 26, 1932 – December 18, 2015

Steve was born in Revuse, Czechoslovakia on January 26, 1932, and came to Canada as a young boy in 1937.

In 1945, the family lived in Heisler and operated the Riverside Coal Company. After the mine closed, the family moved to Daysland and, in 1951, Steve, with his father and brother-in-law Fred Komperdo, built the Palace Theatre.

Steve married Olga Harmider in October 1953, and together they ran the theatre until their retirement in 1996. He was a frequent visitor at the Daysland Sunbeam Drop-In Centre, where he was involved in floor curling and other activities.

Steve, and his unique sense of humour, will be deeply missed by his many nieces and nephews.

He is predeceased by his wife Olga, his parents Steve and Maria (Mary) and his sister Pauline Komperdo.

Your comfort and support is greatly appreciated and acknowledged by all the family.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 28, 2015 from Our Lady of the Prairies Roman Catholic Church, Daysland with Rev. Leon Kler as celebrant. Interment has taken place in the Daysland Cemetery.

If family and friends so desire, memorial contributions are gratefully accepted to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. To send condolences, please visit www.burgarfuneralhome.com.

Camrose and Dayslandwas in care of the arrangements

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Battle River Community Foundation board chair Blain Fowler presents a cheque for $10,000 to Bailey Theatre Society president David Francoeur.

By Lori LarsenThe Battle River Community Foundation has granted

$10,000 to the Bailey Theatre Society for assistance with auditorium stairs and stair lighting, lighting and sound equipment, and repairs/upgrades to the front door entry carpet and plumbing.

“It is vitally important for us to maintain the theatre,”commented David Francoeur after graciously accepting the grant. “We very much appreciate this.”

The Battle River Community Foundation supports projects and organizations in East Central Alberta which benefit communities and have a positive impact on the future.

Since it was founded in 1995 the Battle River Community Foundation has granted over $3,800,000.

BRCF presents grantto Bailey Theatre


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Garrett Mark LangilleJuly 28, 1998 – December 19, 2015

Garrett Mark Langille was born July 28, 1998 in Daysland, AB and passed away suddenly at home on December 19, 2015 at the young age of 17.

At the age of five, Garrett was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This disease gradually took away his mobility and Garrett was confined to his power wheelchair at the age of 10.

Although stricken with this debilitating disease, this never stopped Garrett from being one of the boys. He spent his winters watching his brother play hockey, and made sure his feelings and opinions were known as to how the game was going. On one occasion, there was a fairly loud parent on the opposing team letting the referee know about the poor job he was doing. Garrett held it in as long as he could and finally said, “Why don’t you shut up!”

Summers were spent camping, boating, fishing and going on the side by side with his buddies, family and friends. There was no bigger smile on his face than when the boys would come get him to go out on the side by side and he would come back absolutely filthy, mud from head to toe. Although he liked going with family, Dad would be his first choice as Mom “wasn’t any fun. She doesn’t go fast enough and won’t go through any mud!”

Garrett was a diehard Calgary Flames fan and wasn’t shy about letting anyone know it, especially Oilers fans. He quite enjoyed collecting on his bets when the two teams played against each other. As soon as the game started, the texting and trash talking began. If the Flames happened to be having a bad game, Garrett would ask to turn the channel saying, “I can’t even watch this anymore!” He was especially happy last spring when the Flames made the playoffs and he watched the games from his Ice Box. Even if Calgary wasn’t playing and there was another game on, it had to be watched. The next morning, he would make sure that the highlights were on just in case he missed a fight, goal or amazing save.

Garrett would always make sure he got the last word. This goes with any argument that he had. He could argue about any subject, even if he didn’t have any idea about it. He was always right. And there was nothing better than making his brother or Dad so mad from disagreeing with them, even though he may be wrong.

When Garrett was 10, he received a playhouse from Make-A-Wish Foundation which was called the Ice Box. It looks like a hockey arena inside and out. Just about every weekend for the past year, we would watch him and his buddies heading out to it, while trying to hide the case or two of beer that was just about always with them but, the cupboard full of empties the next day would give them away. The music could quite often be heard easily from inside the house. With a PS4, TV, fridge, popcorn machine and bed, what better place could they have to hang out, and he loved every minute spent out there with the boys.

Even though Garrett was limited to his chair and struck by this awful disease, it never once kept him from being just another kid and making sure that his life here was lived to the fullest. He had an amazing group of friends that included him in everything from bush parties to trips to WEM and he cherished them all dearly. Garrett had a contagious smile and touched the lives of everyone with whom he came into contact. He was quite shy if you didn’t know him, but he was the king of one-liners and smart comments when he was with the ones to whom he was the closest.

Garrett is survived by his parents, Mark and Tammy; older brother, Wyatt; Grandma Shirley Lohner; Grandma and Grandpa Glendon and Jeannette Langille; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins and a multitude of friends. He was predeceased by his Grandpa Grant Lohner and is probably enjoying a game of cards with him right now and teasing him that the Flames are ahead of the Oilers!

A Funeral Service was held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 from City Lights Calvary Pentecostal Church (4920-48 Street, Camrose) with Rev. Bill Harder officiating. Inurnment has taken place in Valleyview Cemetery, Camrose.

If family and friends so desire, memorial contributions are gratefully accepted to Muscular Dystrophy Canada. To send condolences, please visit www.burgarfuneralhome.com.

Camrose and Dayslandwas in care of the arrangements

Phone 780-672-2121 “Dedicated service since 1906”

Constance Belle Marie Sluth (Remenda)

July 6, 1953 – November 17, 2015It is with great sadness that we announce

the sudden and tragic passing of our wife, mother, and nana, Connie.

“Tweety” leaves to mourn the love of her life, Murray, her husband and faithful companion of 45 years. She also leaves behind her “little nest” – sons Darren, Carson and Dustin; daughter Rachelle (Brent) McCord; grandchildren Jordyn and Carter; along with brothers Bill (Elaine) Remenda, Peter (Audra) Remenda; sister Carol(Marlow) La Fountaine; and many extended relatives, caring in-laws and loving friends. She was predeceased by her special Baba Victoria; father Victor; mother Ruby; and baby brother Anthony.

Connie started off her career in Regina, SK working for Sears, but due to her bubbly personality, quickly transitioned to the reception department at the Wascana Hospital. A couple of short years later, a move to Swift Current, SK was made where Connie began to build “her nest”. She welcomed her first son, followed two years later by her daughter. It was after this time that Connie worked for SaskTel as a telephone operator – a job she enjoyed for many years, and, because of that, appreciated the value of instilling proper phone etiquette into her family. Years later, after the arrival of her second set of “chicks”, her two little boys, Connie became a school bus driver. She thoroughly enjoyed safely driving children to and from school for many years, and took great pride in the importance of her job. In the last few years, with the freedom of retirement and to be closer to her children and grandchildren, Connie and Murray settled in Camrose, AB.

Through all of the years, aside from raising her family and spending time with good friends, Connie’s greatest joy came from sharing the beautiful truths found in the Bible, especially the comforting promise of a future resurrection of the dead. Her family and friends will wait patiently for that hope she held so dearly to be fulfilled.

The family wishes to extend sincere thanks to the medical staff who took great care in helping Connie, including those from the Cypress Regional Hospital, Regina General Hospital, STARS Air Ambulance, and special thanks to Dr. J. Rao for his exceptional kindness and compassion.

A memorial of Connie’s life will be held at a future date.

Shurli CarlsenShurli Carlsen of Camrose was born

on August 9, 1927 to William and Annie Chawrun. She passed away in Camrose on December 20, 2015 at the age of 88 years.

She is survived by her daughters Sharie and Vernna; grandchildren Clarice, Tylor, Edina and Jane; brother Michael; and numerous family and friends.

Shurli was predeceased by her husband Barrie.A private family inurnment service will take place at a later date.Memorial donations may be made to the charity of one’s choice.

Done — Murray


CourseRegistration

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 – 7 to 9 p.m.Camrose Craft Centre at the

Camrose Community Centre, 4516-54 StreetCore Courses: Pottery, Weaving, Woodworking

Short Courses: Beginning Weaving, Beginning Spinning,Beginning Knitting, Sock Knitting, Wire Beaded Earrings, Kumihimo,

Silk Fusion, Beed Loom Weaving, Felted Stone Soap

Check our website for course descriptions, dates and times:

www.camrosecraftcentre.ca

Malories Cakes & Catering Inc. was a booming downtown Camrose eating establishment widely known for amazing sandwiches and other delicious lunch treats. Owner Rebecca Bridger, like a lot of successful entrepreneurs, had started small. Some 13 years ago, she started her career in the food business, working out of her home and selling her baking at farmers’ markets.Soon, she started getting calls to cater special events. This side of her business grew rapidly. Then she opened a xed location at 48 Avenue and 48 Street. Outgrowing this space, she moved toa location just a door or two south,on the opposite side of the street from Royal Bank.

On Thanksgiving weekend in 2014, a huge re destroyed Camrose Furniture Warehouse, damaging Malories building beyond repair. The hardship was a monumental setbackfor Rebecca.

About a year later, well-known Camrose/Wetaskiwin/Edmonton businessman and wealth management specialist Iqbal (Ike) Amiri started discussions with Rebecca about opening and co-owning a unique, casual bistro in Camrose. Malories Bistro & Wine Bar is a result of that meeting. Malories is directly across the street from Canada Post on 51st Street. It’s a “must-try-it-out” kind of eating place!

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By Dan JensenCamrose City coun-

cil approved a 3.5 per cent increase in water and sewer rates at its final meeting of the year Dec. 14.

The basic rate for metred water will increase to $26.41 per month effec-tive Jan. 1, 2016, while the consumption charge will increase to $1.919 per cubic metre.

The basic monthly charge for sewer services will increase to $25.93 per month effective Jan. 1. The consumption charge will go to $0.837 per cubic metre for residents who have weeping tiles directly con-nected to the sanitary sew-er, $0.649 per cubic metre for residents whose weep-ing tiles are not connected to the sanitary sewer, and $0.837 per cubic metre for commercial, industrial and institutional.

“Based on the rates, a typical residence would expect to see its bill increase by $2 to $3 per month,” said acting engineer of infra-structure and planning Jer-emy Enarson.

The bulk water rate

will go from $6.22 per cubic metre to $6.45 per cubic metre.

Fixed charges for initial metre installation, recon-nection fees, and accept-ing hauled sanitary or non sanitary wastewater direct-ly at the lagoons were not changed.

The water franchise fee, which is used to offset a portion of general operat-ing expenditures, remains unchanged at nine per cent.

The increases will allow the City to plan for future capital projects like providing back up power at the water treatment plant and the new lake station.

“We do have some mar-ginal increases both on the water and wastewater side in terms of utility costs and salary costs,” said Enarson, “But I would say that by and large the majority of the 3.5 per cent is to allow the City to have money in reserves for its future and capital projects.

The new water and wastewater revenue from the Cargill facility was incorporated into the

respective utility budgets for 2016.

“In the end, these addi-tional revenues allow the City to put away additional funds for anticipated major capital projects and do not affect the planned 3.5 per cent increase for water or wastewater utility rates for Camrose residents,” said Enarson.

Waste collectionThe rates for the collec-

tion of solid waste and yard waste will stay the same in 2016.

“In 2016, the City will be switching over from the manual collection of these wastes to an automated

collection,” said Enarson. “This transition will be happening in May with the first utility bills follow-ing this change happen-ing either on the May or June billing. It is admin-istration’s plan to bring a report to council sometime in the spring to authorize a borrowing bylaw for the purchase of collection totes, as well as to request an adjustment of the collec-tion rates. Administration is currently working with the contractor to formulate a rollout plan for the new program.”

The disposal charges will remain the same until

after the Landfill Authority has approved a new opera-tions contract for the land-fill, at which time the City will have a better under-standing of the potential waste disposal fee changes.

The new utility rates will be published in The Camrose Booster on the City Page, and posted on the City of Camrose website at www.camrose.ca. The City will advise its regional cus-tomers (Cargill Limited, the Village of Bittern Lake and Camrose County) that their regional utility rates will increase in accordance with the provisions of the respective agreements.

Camrose residentswill pay more forutilities in 2016

Done — Murray


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LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER – Camrose County pasture. SE-22-48-19-W4. This land is located northeast of Camrose just west of Round Hill and is subject to a Ducks Unlimited Conservation Easement Agreement. There is 160.03 acres total with a 4.72 acre non-habitat area which has no restrictions. This land is available for tender. We request you to deliver your sealed unconditional offer with a deposit cheque for 5% of the tender amount no later than noon on Friday, January 8th, 2016 to George Singer at Linview Realty. The offers will be opened in the presence of Linview representatives and the sellers. It is understood by all parties that acceptance/rejection of any offer will be solely at the discretion of the sellers. For more information, property viewing or bid forms please contact George Singer. S-93

If you are thinking of selling your farm or acreage, please give us a call. All replies treated in strictest confi dence.

Real EstateFARMS • ACREAGES • RANCHES

80 ACRES ON PAVEMENT NORTH OF BAWLF – older trailer home, newer 40x60x16 shop with two overhead doors and concrete fl oor. $360,000. S-80

4 ACRES BARE LAND IN DAYSLAND – Great place to build your dream home. Close to golf course and school. Asking $150,000. S-45

60x150 INDUSTRIAL SHOP IN DAYSLAND – on 8.5± acres currently used for an earth-moving and gravel-hauling business which is available for sale by separate negotiations. S-83

QUARTER OF RECREATIONAL LAND – in Smoky Lake County with year-round off-grid cabin. $525,000. S-64

NEW LISTING – 1/2 section of good quality farmland north of Daysland. S-87

NEW LISTING – Town lots for sale in Daysland. S-92

11 QUARTERS OF GRAINLAND – south of High Prairie, AB with 1,100 acres cultivated and more could be cleared. 1,850 sq. ft. modular home. Great farm or investment opportunity. S-76

HIGH PRAIRIE PASTURE LAND – six quarters deeded and four quarters government lease. $850,000. S-79

10± ACRES – on the south side of Daysland, suitable for acreage or highway frontage business. $150,000. S-81

4 ACRES IN DAYSLAND – with 1400± sq. ft. bungalow home with newly renovated basement, large attached garage and heated insulated shop. $525,000. S-44

4 QUARTERS – with serviced yard site and some cultivated land on pavement between Sunset House and High Prairie. $480,000. S-86

NEW LISTING – 150± acres of grain and pasture land between Ryley and Holden with 40x60 machine shed, 3 dugouts. Great place to build. $270,000. S-90

NEW LISTING – Acreage near Heisler with 4.99 acres. 1-bedroom year-around cabin and shop with overhead doors. $75,000. S-91

NEW LISTING – Acreage with meat processing business, remodelled home, shop and 2 quonsets on 7 acres between Daysland and Strome. $700,000. S-92

George Singer780·608·6555email: [email protected]

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LIONS’ SHARE

Murray Green, Camrose BoosterCamrose Swans and Roses Lions Club member Scott Malcolm, left and president Larry Sharuga, right, pre-sented Camrose and District Handivan Society driver Bernie Boser with just over $1,233 to help with expenses. The Lions Club raised funds by selling Christmas trees and nut trays prior to the holidays.


By Dan JensenThe 2016 Ford F-150 at

Lamb Ford Sales Camrose is a truck that goes that crucial extra mile.

“It’s built on the prin-ciple that the best truck for today is the one engineered to meet the challenges of perfor-mance, efficiency and depend-ability long into the future,” explained Lamb Ford Sales sales manager Brett Read.

PowerfulThe 2.7 litre EcoBoost

has fuel efficiency ratings of 12.3 litres per 100 km city, 9.2 litres per 100 km hwy, and 10.9 litres per 100 km combined, and produces 325 horsepower and 375 lb.-ft. of torque. Twin turbochargers provide an instant surge of on-demand power, while auto start-stop technology shuts off the engine when you come to a stop or restarts imme-diately when the brake is released.

The upper block and cyl-inders are made of the same compacted graphite iron used in the 6.7 litre Power Stroke V8 Turbo Diesel that pow-ers Super Duty trucks for strength and quiet operation

The 3.5L V6 is engi-neered to handle demanding everyday jobs while keeping operating costs as low as pos-sible. With advanced twin independent variable cam timing (Ti-VCT) technol-ogy, the cams open/close the

valves in precise duration to suit the operating conditions. Power output is optimized at every point across the perfor-mance band. Fuel efficiency ratings are 13.2 litres per 100 km city, 9.6 litres per/100 km highway, and 11.6 lites per 100 km combined.

The engine produces 382 horsepower and 253 lb.-ft. of torque.

The standard electronic six-speed close-ratio trans-mission has a wide gear ratio for responsive low-end performance and enhanced fuel efficiency at the higher gears. It reduces gear hunt-ing, improves power deliv-ery, and helps control vehicle speed when descending hills.

The available Select-Shift automatic feature has two modes of operation. Pro-gressive Range Select allows the driver to limit the range of gears to lock out overdrive for consistent speed over hills and mountain ranges.

More efficientLighter by up to 700

pounds (317 kg) than its pre-decessor thanks to a body made of the same military grade aluminum alloy that is used in industries such as aerospace, commercial transportation and energy, the F-150 is able to deliv-er best-in-class towing, a better-than-ever power-to-weight ratio for faster accel-eration, and greater pulling

power across the entire line-up, all with even greater effi-ciency. The greater strength with less weight achieves a 3,270 lbs. (1,483 kgs) maxi-mum payload rating. Even the F-150 powered by the 2.7 litre EcoBoost V6 can haul up to 2,210 lbs. (1,002 kgs) when properly equipped.

Fully boxed frameThe fully boxed frame

has eight crossmembers (five through-welded) and is made of up to 78 percent high-strength steel (up from 23 percent in the 2014 F-150 frame). And while stronger and more rigid, this frame is lighter by up to 60 lbs. (27 kg) from the previous gen-eration, because many of the components are fabricated using state-of-the-art rolled forming and tailor rolled blanks to help reduce weight.

TowingThe Ford F-150 can tow

up to 12,200 lbs. (5,533 kg) with the available 3.5 litre EcoBoost. The 2.7 litre Eco-Boost, the most fuel-efficient F-150 engine, is a V6 deliver-ing an impressive maximum tow rating of 3,855 kg. And F-150 offers smart features that help make towing easier.

The new available Pro Trailer Backup Assist uses advanced technology to make backing up with preci-sion a much easier task.

The available Smart Trailer Tow Connector

informs you of trailer connec-tivity issues, burned out or unlit trailer marker lamps, brake light and trailer bat-tery problems.

The available eight-inch Productivity Screen provides a screen dedicated to towing information.

Off roadShifting into four-wheel

drive is as easy as turning a dial with the standard electronic shift-on-the-fly (ESOF) system. ESOF lets you choose two four-wheel-drive modes (low or high) as well as two-wheel-drive. The FX4 Off-Road Package con-tains everything for the off-road enthusiast: including electronic-locking rear differ-ential which, when engaged, locks the rear axle complete-ly to provide enhanced trac-tion at both rear wheels; hill descent control which enables you to descend grades at a controlled speed of up to 32 kilometres per hour; and off-road tuned shock absorbers and skid plates that protect the fuel tank, transfer case and front differential.

SmartThe eight-inch LCD Pro-

ductivity Screen provides useful information from fuel efficiency to towing data right in front of you on the instru-ment cluster. You can create a customized home screen using six menu options: My View, Trip/Fuel, Truck Info,

Towing, Off-Road and Set-tings – and access your most frequently used screens in one place.

The Ford F-150 has almost twice the storage space in the front row (in vehicles equipped with the available centre console) as the previous-generation F-150. Models with 40/20/40 front seating have under-seat rear storage.

Cost of ownershipThe F-150 won the 2015

Vincentric Lowest Total Cost of Ownership Award, which takes into consideration a wide range of influencing fac-tors like fuel costs, deprecia-tion costs, insurance, financ-ing, repairs, fees, taxes and more. Vincentric has been an authority in automotive value analysis since 2004.

In addition to being rec-ognized for having the lowest total cost of ownership in its class, the F-150 also received the following accolades from Vincentric: the lowest depre-ciation cost in its class; the lowest fixed costs in its class; the lowest operating costs in its class; the best fuel economy in its class; and the lowest maintenance costs in its class.

You can see the 2016 Ford F-150 at Lamb Ford Sales’ temporary indoor showroom at Camrose Regional Exhi-bition. Phone 780-672-2411 and ask for one of the friendly sales professionals.

2016 Ford F-150Better than ever before

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Done — Murray


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Re: Dec. 1 CamroseBooster Reflections

article, “AnotherBlack Friday”

I moved to Calgary from Nova Scotia in 1969 to attend college.

Upon graduation I spent five years in Winnipeg; oth-erwise a Calgarian ever since until retiring to Camrose last December (and loving it).

As an avid reader and current events enthusiast, rarely a day went by without reading Calgary newspapers front to back.

I must say, to my recol-lection, Bonnie Hutchinson’s column stands out as the all-time most enlightening and thought provoking ‘reflection.’

Makes one wonder.Could these bank and/

or other Canada Revenue Agency representatives face a mirror back then and declare, “I am proud of my contribu-tions to Canada and my fel-low Canadians.”

Fellow Booster neigh-bours and business owners sure could.

Obviously, the Booster summoned a wealth of cour-age to persevere in the face of unrelenting adversity (which any bank or government

should consider embarrass-ing and a learning experi-ence).

Confronted with similar mindsets during my career, I often reflected on an infamous phrase from an Edmonton author’s book, “The Joy of Not Knowing it All.” Ultimately, nothing matters, and so what if it did?

Since there are times when a sense of values appears absent, perhaps this cathartic phrase is able to offer us some peace of mind in spite of it all.

Neil Leeson,Camrose

Bill 6It is with interest we

read Minister Sigurdson’s statement on Bill 6 (Camrose Booster; Dec. 3), in which she insisted she has “been listening to Albertans,” and “assured” farm/ranch families that “Bill 6 does nothing, but...in line with every other prov-ince in Canada.” Not quite. For example, in Saskatche-wan, WCB fees/adherence are optional, not mandatory. Nor do I share Premier’s Notley’s confidence that the farmers/ranchers will “come on board,” especially since Bill 6 was introduced in such a top-down manner, with no opportunity for negotiations or compro-mises.

If Minister Sigurdson were indeed “listening,” as she claims, she would have heard the large crowds (as well as numerous emails/phone calls) telling her to “Kill Bill 6”! Obviously neither she, nor Minister Carlier, were listen-ing. Premier Notley, having been in Paris, missed some of the protest demonstrations and Albertans yelling “Kill Bill 6.” But surely she has

heard, second-hand, farmers’/ranchers’ demands.

Alberta farmers/ranch-ers are justified in being skeptical of both Sigurdon’s and Notley’s “assurances” that “there will be no chang-es in neighbours and fam-ily “helping-out.” Until/unless that assurance message is concretely enshrined in leg-islation, with the necessary regulations clearly stipulated, Albertans are rightly dubi-ous. Promises and trust are (and have been) easily broken and/or betrayed.

“Trust” is a scarce com-modity in Alberta politics, and has been for over four decades! Trust has to be “earned” and the top-down passing of Bill 6, despite thousands of protesters, is not the way to earn “trust.” Albertans quite understandably insist on seeing exactly what is being “passed” in the current Bill 6 legislation instead of just hop-ing that, after “further consul-tation,” the binding accompa-nying regulations will reflect what farmers/ranchers are demanding.

Promises are easily bro-ken with the stroke of a poli-tician’s pen. When a politi-cian “assures” his electorate, that is political rhetoric for “trust me; stop complaining/worrying,” and it cannot be possibly be construed as reli-able, concrete fact. Farmers and ranchers are to be com-mended for standing up to government, which seeming-ly continues to be intent on stripping Albertans of their “rights” and “freedoms.” Alberta landowners are still waiting for this new NDP government to repeal the former right-violating PC bills such as ALSA (Land

Letters to the EditorStewardship Act, which still “prevails over all other legis-lation”), the Land Assembly Project Area Act, and Pren-tice’s Bill 1...and matter of fact, Dirks’ [Inspiring Educa-tion-fixated] 2015 Education Amendment Act as well). These are “changes” which many Albertans “trusted” the NDPs to enact.Actions always “speak louder than words” so Albertans do well to insist on action, not only in “Killing Bill 6,” but also in the repealing all of the above-mentioned violat-ing legislation that the PCs foisted on Albertans.

Still skeptical. Marion Leithead,

Bawlf

FUNDS FOR BREAKFAST PROGRAMLori Larsen, Camrose Booster

Karen Dammann, left, of Camrose Registry and Kim Erick-son, right, of Central Agencies present Judy Sommer, prin-cipal of Sparling School with a donation of $1,760 for the school breakfast program. The donation was given by the employees of both organizations.


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Done — Murray

By Murray GreenThe Camrose Kodiaks

went on holidays a day too soon as they lost a 5-0 match to the Okotoks Oilers on Dec. 19.

The lapse cost the Kodiaks a seven game win-ning streak in the process. It also leaves Camrose five points back of the front run-ning Brooks Bandits.

Okotoks scored two tal-lies within a minute and skated to a 3-0 lead after the opening period. The Oilers added one more goal in the second and third frames to complete the scoring.

Goalie Patrick Gora made just two saves on five shots before being replaced by Brodan Salmond, who stopped 21 of the 23 shots directed his way. Camrose only had 22 shots on goal.

The Kodiaks escaped with a 5-4 shootout win over the Drum-heller Dragons on Dec. 18.

Camrose tallied the first two goals, but the Dragons were breathing down their backs the entire game.

Tanner Younghans notched the first two goals, with the opening marker coming in the first minute of the game.

Drumheller tied the game in the second before Tyler Morrison and Paul Lovsin collected single markers for the Kodiaks. The period ended 4-3 in favour of Camrose.

In the third, Drum-heller scored the equalizer on a power play. After nei-ther team scored in over-time, a shootout was needed

to determine the outcome. Ethan James netted the winner and Stefan Daniel-son also scored.

Gora turned away 35 of the 39 shots he faced. The Kodiaks fired 42 at the Dragons net.

After 35 games, Nelson Gadoury leads the team

with 31 assists and 44 points. Cole McBride is the top sniper with 20 goals to go with his 20 assists.

Gora has a 2.36 goals against average with 13 wins in 21 games in the Kodiaks’ net. He has a sparkling .920 save percentage in the first half of the season.

Bear factsThe first home game in

the New Year will be on Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. against the Drumheller Dragons. The Kodiaks also play at home on Jan. 3 in a 2 p.m. start with the Calgary Mustangs prior to going on a five game road swing.

Camrose has two games scheduled in Can-more and one each in Fort McMurray and Bonnyville between Jan. 8 and 16.

The Kodiaks return for a Jan. 22 game in the EnCana Arena with the Olds Grizzlys starting at 7 p.m.

Kodiaks go on holidays a day early

By Murray Green The Augustana Vikings

will be very busy on the first weekend after the holi-day break. Camrose will be the site of curling, cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions, in addition to the regular hockey and vol-leyball action.

CurlingAugustana will be host-

ing a Challenge Cup at the Rose City Curling Club on Jan. 9 beginning at 8 a.m.

The Vikings men’s curling team posted a 3-2 record at the fall regional event in Red Deer to place in a tie for second. The women’s rink finished the event at 3-3 to earn a tie for third spot.

The winter regional will be hosted by Concordia in Edmonton on Jan. 29 and 30.

BiathlonThe Augustana Vikings

biathlon team is hosting Calforex Cup # 3 in the Biathlon Alberta series on Jan. 9 and 10 at the shoot-ing range.

Cross-country skiingAugustana cross-coun-

try skiers are holding the Camrose Team Sprint at the Stoney Creek Centre on Jan. 9 starting at 9 a.m.

They will host the annual Ole Uffda Ski Lop-pet on Feb. 21 at the same location beginning at 9 a.m.

HockeyThe Augustana Vikings

hockey team is sitting at the break with 25 points in

second place in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Confer-ence.

Augustana hosts the MacEwan Griffins on Jan. 8 at the EnCana Are-na in the next home game at 7:30 p.m.

Volleyball The Augustana

Vikings men’s volleyball team shares first place in the northern division with a 9-3 record.

The next home game is against the Concordia Thunder on Jan. 9 at 6 and 8 p.m.

BasketballThe Augustana

Vikings men’s basketball team hosted the Montana State University North-ern squad on Dec. 28 and 29 to hone their skills during the holiday break.

The Vikings women’s basketball team finished the first half with an even 6-6 mark for a fourth place spot.

The Vikings start the second half of the sea-son against the Lakeland Rustlers on Jan. 16 at 6 and 8 p.m.

Vikings prepare for a busy weekend

Trevor Costello of the Camrose Kodiaks celebrates a goal against the Okotoks Oilers. The Oilers are 4-2 against Camrose.

Shea Jose of the Augustana Vikings heads for the basket in action against Keyano.


The Camrose Booster invited Christmas shoppers who relied on Camrose businesses this pre-holiday season to share their stories about people who provided amazing, outstanding or memorable customer service.

The stories submitted were heart-warming, touching and, in all cases, commendable.

Our judges had to wade through the stories, and ultimately choose one as the very best testament of service above and beyond.

Here is that entry as submitted by Bob Mingo, of Camrose:

“Purchased two gun cabinets from Canadian Tire. They were too heavy for my wife and I to handle. Spencer o� ered to deliver the cabinets to our house, whenever it was convenient for us. That is customer service!”

The Camrose Booster will award Spencer Jewell of Canadian Tire a $100 voucher, usable at his choice of Camrose businesses.

For taking time to send his entry submission, Bob Mingo will receive a dinner for two certi� cate at the Camrose restaurant of his choosing.

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Two weeks ago a consumer came to our offi ce with an advertisement that he wished to place in our December 22nd publication. The ad expressed dissatisfaction for “inferior workmanship” on a construction project. We intentionally edited out the name of the business in the client’s paid message.

Shortly after the Booster hit the streets on Tuesday, December 22nd, a call came to our offi ce from the contractor that the client had alluded to in his message. He was highly professional in his remarks. Not surprisingly, perhaps, this individual had a diversely different perspective on this particular contract. According to the tradesman, the materials used on this particular job were customer supplied and non-current stock. The contractor reports advising his client that the materials, due to their age and quality, were not ideal for the job. It was made clear, in advance, that warranty could not be provided in the event of a future problem, according to the contractor’s remarks to us. It was also suggested in the call that the contractor felt he had gone above and beyond in an attempt to provide repairs to the job in question. He admitted regrets in having consented to use the customer-supplied product.

There are age old lessons for both parties in this situation:

As a consumer of any product or service, choose carefully. Seek information diligently. Research the business carefully and thoroughly, seek out and speak to references. Look at examples of that company’s work for other clients. Get job details, warranty information, timeline of work to be performed and pricing in writing.

For businesses (ours included), turn away select jobs. Perhaps even the occasional customer or prospect. They may not be worth the time and trouble. Compile a solid list of happy clients and seek permission to use them as future references. Make sure you, too, put job details, warranty and related information which is pertinent to the job in writing, share a copy and keep a copy. Gain lasting credibility by professional accreditations in your fi eld, the Better Business Bureau, etc. Protect your reputation by providing your desired workmanship and quality in every job you take on. A goal on every job must be excellence, customer satisfaction and fair profi t.

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McMann Central would like to thank the Battle River Community Foundation for approving a grant in support of our Camrose and area FASD Outreach Program. Dollars provided will enable sta� to beon hand in the more remote areas of this region in order to betterassist families and adults living with the impact of FASD.

� ank you for the commitment you’ve shown towards the well-being of this community! All the best during this holiday season, and may your tireless e� orts continue to provide meaningful results in the coming year.

From all of us at McMan Central, and the many familes we serve,

sincere thanks!

Done — Murray


2015

Join us as we retracethe stories, events and milestonesof 2015 from Camrose and area.

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Done — Murray


JanuaryBy Murray Greenand Dan Jensen

As much as the coming of a new year is a time to look forward to an exciting and uncertain future, it is also a time to look back and reflect on what has happened over the past year. It has been an interesting year in the news provincially, nationally, and even internationally. It has also been a year filled with touching stories, important milestones, and significant issues locally. Here’s how those top stories unfolded this year in the pages of The Camrose Booster.

6 – Camrose City coun-cil is seeking expressions of interest from a professional search firm as the first part of its effort to find a new chief administrative officer to fill the shoes of Dami-an Herle after March 31. Council met with the City’s human resources personnel before Christmas to outline what it is looking for from the firm.

6 – Kyle Serge Lussier entered the world at 1:57 a.m. on Jan. 2 to be the New Year’s baby at Covenant Health St. Mary’s Hospital Camrose. The six pound three ounce baby boy is the third child of Kristen How-ard and Brian Lussier of Cam-rose.

6 – Alberta will be cel-ebrating the third annual Snow Day on Sunday, Jan. 18. Parks across the province will be open for winter activi-ties for the entire family.

Miquelon Lake Provin-cial Park north of Camrose will have a variety of fam-ily activities, including snow-shoeing, ice skating, snow sculptures and broomball.

13 – If you had the mis-fortune of riding in an ambu-lance since Jan. 1, you may have noticed changes to the rates in Alberta.

13 – The Prince George Cougars of the Western Hock-ey League grabbed Camrose Kodiaks goalie Patrick Gora for the rest of the season, which left the Kodiaks scram-bling at the trade deadline.

20 – Battle River School Division announced the selec-tion of Rita Marler as super-intendent of schools. Marler has a long history with BRSD, having served 25 years as a teacher and school adminis-trator prior to taking on the role of division principal and assuming the duties of deputy superintendent/acting super-intendent last September.

20 – The 29th annual Canadian Bull Congress at Camrose Regional Exhibition is only days away.

“We’re going to have anoth-er full house with around 250 livestock exhibitors and product and service-related businesses coming from as far away as Saskatchewan and Manitoba,” said Canadian Bull Congress committee chair Dave Vikse.

20 – The first place SAIT Trojans in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference handed the Augustana Vikings 1-0 and 5-3 losses on Jan. 9 and 10.

Augustana played a solid game in Camrose, but SAIT kept pace with them and scored once on goalie Joel Danyluk during a power play.

13 – The three new gener-al practitioners at the Smith Clinic are settling in to their new careers. Dr. Ansar Pasha qualified in medicine in India in 1992, but has practiced for the last 13 years in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Ogo Anizoba started seeing patients in Camrose on Nov. 8 after practicing medi-cine in South Africa for the past 10 years. Dr. Kayode Leslie graduated from medi-cal school in Nigeria in 1995 and completed his post grad-uate training in South Africa.

27 – The City of Camrose, Camrose Walkers and Walk-able Camrose are inviting resi-dents to participate in a Full Moon Walk in celebration of Winter Walk Day Wednesday, Feb. 4.

27 – The Camrose branch of the Royal Canadian Legion and the City of Camrose have found a new home for the ceno-taph and flag poles. A new concrete pad will be built and the cenotaph relocated to the area south of the Camrose and District Centennial Museum with Canada Day as the target for a grand opening. However, now comes the hard part.

27 – Three teams from the Northern Alberta Curling Association Men’s Northern Zone Playdowns at the Rose City Curling Club Jan. 15 to 18 advanced to provin-cials. The James Pahl rink from Strathcona won the A event with four straight victories.

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February3 – City Center Camrose

has started the process of changing its name to Down-town Camrose Development.

City Center Camrose (CCC) general manager Allan Walkey told members during their annual general meeting at Camrose Public Library Jan. 28 that incor-porating will allow the orga-nization to access grants and look at the option of forming public-private partnerships.

3 – Crowfoot MP Kevin Sorenson presented anniver-sary pins and certificates to local veterans Jan. 23 to cel-ebrate the 75th anniversary pin of the commencement of the Second World War.

In the Crowfoot riding, there are more than 60 living veterans who served in the Second World War.

3 – Rose City Roots Music Society brought back Fearing and White to our city because they were a hit back in 2011 when they released their debut album.

The award winning duo play at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6 at the Bailey Theatre.

10 – Verlyn Olson will be seeking nomination as the PC representative for the Wetaskiwin-Camrose con-stituency Feb. 21.

“I had been think-ing about whether or not I should give it another go, and the Christmas break was a chance for me to discuss it with my family, as well as my friends and supporters,” said Olson.

10 – Bailey Theatre Soci-ety president David Fran-coeur was brimming with optimism at the society’s annual general meeting Jan. 27.

“We are continuing to free up McInnis money by the execution of limited indem-nity agreements by generous members of our community and our Burn the Mortgage campaign is underway,” said Francoeur.

17 – David Ofrim will be taking a seat at the City coun-cil table.

The third generation Camrose resident who is the owner of Ofrim Project Man-agement was the clear-cut winner in the Feb. 10 Cam-rose by-election with 767 votes. It was 271 more than former councillor Ina Nielsen, who had 496, and 648 more than former mayoralty can-didate Russell Hawkins, who finished with 119.

17 – Camrose Police Service Const. Matthew Wil-ton will be presented with the Camrose and District Kiwanis Club Top Cop award at a Best Western Plus Cam-rose Resort Casino banquet. Const. Wilson has served in the police department for seven years as a forensic identification specialist and has volunteered his spare time in the community for a number of organizations.

17 – The Camrose Police

Service will be holding a citi-zen satisfaction survey from Feb. 16 to March 2.

The police, with the assistance of the University of Alberta Augustana students, will be conducting a commu-nity survey both online and at locations around the city.

24 – City council has reconfirmed its decision to wait until the new trans-portation master plan is approved before making a decision on what to do with the barricades in the West Grandview area.

24 – Booker was a busy

dog in 2014. The Shetland sheepdog and owner Karen M. Gibson, of the Gwynne area, went to 63 obedience trials and entered 126 compe-titions from last January to September.

While traveling 20,000 km across British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, Booker was a partner who never once let the team down.

24 – All three Augus-tana Vikings curling teams will be seeking medals in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference championships in Grande Prairie from Feb. 27 to March 1.

The women’s team had an 8-4 record. MacEwan University, NAIT and Red Deer also qualified for pro-vincials.

10 – John McEuen and John Carter Cash have more in common than most people realize.

McEuen, one of the origi-nal members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (NGDB), and his band mates record-ed the flagship 1972 release, Will The Circle Be Unbroken. They made certain it would be a career changing album.

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try Opry Society may have staged its last show Feb. 21.

“We are very saddened that we can’t go on, but eco-nomics are dictating what we need to do,” said Opry president Doug Ezeard.

3 – Alberta School Boards Association president Helen Clease is expressing concerns about how a pos-sible nine per cent reduction to the provincial budget will affect classrooms in Alberta.

“Further cuts to educa-tion now will have a devas-tating impact on our already stressed classrooms,” said Clease.

3 – The Augustana Vikings men’s volleyball team defeated the second place NAIT Ooks twice to grab the top spot in the northern division of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference on Feb. 20 and 21. The Vikings went on to win the ACAC men’s champion-ships that were held in Camrose Feb. 26 to 28.

10 – Technology is being used to save local families many hours on the road.

Camrose and area chil-dren with developmental disabilities and their fami-lies can now access expert diagnosis in their commu-nity because of a new proj-ect involving the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton and the Camrose Pediatric Specialty Clinic.

10 – With opening night quickly approaching, the stage is almost complete and costume designers are work-ing overtime to prepare for About Time Productions’ pre-sentation of the musical Wiz-ard of Oz.

The group’s first musi-cal 10 years ago was also the Wizard of Oz, and to mark the anniversary, the musical will be back, although the MGM version has been cho-sen this time.

10 – Students, parents and teachers joined with Battle River School Division officials and Alberta Agri-culture and Rural Develop-ment Minister Verlyn Olson in celebrating the opening of Bawlf School March 1.

17 – The City of Cam-rose can assist more young families by increasing the income threshold of the rec-reation access subsidy and continuing to support servic-es like Camrose Children’s Centre and the CDSS Out of School Care program says a report on child care present-ed to City council by Social Development committee chair Margaret Holliston.

24 – Milady (Rachelle Posein) isn’t happy when her lover D’Artgnon (Coleman Miller) and Constance (Kar-lina Olson) get friendly dur-ing a scene from the Church-mice Players’ rehearsal of the Three Musketeers.

24 – The City of Cam-rose, Camrose County and other area municipalities will be receiving a share of the $400 million in addi-tional Municipal Sustain-ability Initiative (MSI) funding announced by the provincial government. The City of Camrose will receive $1,516,714, while Cam-rose County will receive $1,067,509.

24 – It took five different tries, but they have finally succeeded. The Armena Athletic Association was announced as a $50,000 win-ner in UFA Cooperative Ltd.’s Get ‘n’ Give contest.

31 – Camrose City coun-cil has given three readings to a bylaw that will increase the rates residents pay for waste collection for disposal. Starting April 1, rates for the collection of residential waste, yard waste and limit-ed organics will be $10.55 per month (per household utility), up from the current rate of $10.28 per month.

31 – Camrose Police Ser-vice Const. Matthew Wilton received the Camrose and District Kiwanis Club Top Cop award at a Best Western Plus Camrose Resort Casino banquet.

31 – Covenant Health St. Mary’s Hospital Cam-rose has created a new clin-ic to reduce wait times for patients.

Patients waiting for ambulatory care at the St. Mary’s Hospital emergency room have experienced a shorter wait time since last November because of a new ambulatory care clinic dedi-cated to meet the needs of stable outpatients.

17 – The Camrose Pri-mary Care Network (PCN) received an Alberta Blue Cross Healthy Communities Grant of $50,000 to assist in keeping local residents healthy.

Camrose PCN will be put-ting the funding towards the purchase and installation of a community outdoor gym at Jubilee Park in Camrose.

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Done — Murray


April7 – Alberta Agriculture

Food and Rural Develop-ment Minister and Wetask-iwin-Camrose MLA Ver-lyn Olson knew the budget tabled in the Alberta legis-lature wasn’t going to satisfy everyone.

“There are always peo-ple on both sides of the spec-trum,” said Olson, who is on the mend after a pancreatic Islet transplant. “Some peo-ple accuse us of cutting too much and not spending more money and others are just the opposite.”

7 – She couldn’t have asked for a better (belated) birthday present.

Camrose resident Aman-da Ramsey hit the jackpot when she discovered she had won a 2015 Toyota Camry XSE valued at approximate-ly $30,000, one of 50 grand prizes in the Tim Hortons Roll Up the Rim to Win con-test.

7 – Six hockey games haven’t solved the ques-tion of which team will be representing the south in the Alberta Junior Hockey League finals. The Cam-rose Kodiaks garnered five straight tallies April 5 to defeat the Brooks Bandits 6-2 in the sixth game to even the series at three wins each.

14 – The finance com-mittee of City council will be meeting with the board of the Camrose and District Muse-um Society this week in what could be a last ditch effort to keep the museum open.

Society president Will Voth and secretary Len Bell told council that the muse-um society no longer has an employee and may soon be forced to disperse its artifacts to other museums.

14 – The provincial gov-ernment is going ahead with plans to build a roundabout at the junction of Highways 21 and 13.

“It is planned for this construction season at a total cost of just under $5 million,” said Wetaskiwin-Camrose MLA Verlyn Olson.

21 – The University of Alberta Augustana Campus is looking for ways to reduce spending and increase rev-enues in wake of another tough provincial budget.

“This year’s budget cuts are a special challenge,” said Augustana dean Dr. Allen Berger in a presentation to committee of the whole coun-cil. “I am not sure there is anywhere more to dig. We are down to bone; there is no fat.”

21 – Al Walkey considers himself an ambassador for organ donation.

“I feel the need to com-municate to anyone who will listen the message that organ donation does work,” said Walkey on the advent of National Organ and Tissue donation week April 19 to 26. “If anyone wants to hear my story I will tell them. It is one of the ways I can sup-port the Canadian Trans-plant Association as well as all the people who have had a transplant.”

21 – University of Alberta Augustana Campus named Richelle Wagner and Hans Asfeldt as the female and male athletes of the year at Colour Night in the Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre.

28 – The Camrose Axemen men’s baseball team is getting ready to make another run at the North Central Alberta Baseball League crown despite a few line-up changes.

28 – The Camrose Fire Department, along with fire fighters from across the prov-ince, will be celebrating Vol-unteer Firefighter Week from May 3 to 9.

With the theme Answer The Call 2015, fire depart-ments will be holding several activities during the week tar-geted at raising the profile of volunteer firefighters in the community and encouraging others to join the ranks.

28 – The Camrose Seniors Coalition, with assistance from Camrose and District Support Ser-vices, has launched a new iTeam project that it hopes will enhance the capac-ity of seniors to identify and express their needs, inter-ests and concerns regarding supportive living and experi-ences as they “age in place.”

28 – Augustana dean Dr. Allen Berger presented Outstand-ing Undergraduate Research Awards to Samantha Watters and Spencer Kryzanowski.

14 – The Brooks Bandits ended the Camrose Kodiaks’ playoff run in the seventh game of the Alberta Junior Hockey League south division finals before 2,145 fans at EnCana Arena.

The Bandits stole the momentum away from Cam-rose early in the deciding game and built up a 2-1 lead after the opening period.

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May5 – Wetaskiwin Camrose

Constituency New Demo-cratic candidate Bruce Hin-kley, Progressive Conserva-tive candidate Verlyn Olson and Wildrose candidate Bill Rock shared their views and positions on everything from leadership and taxes to edu-cation and the health care system at the Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre.

5 – The Camrose Spring Classic Pro Rodeo was anoth-er success with plenty of thrills and action at the Camrose Regional Exhibition from April 24 to 26.

A local champion emerged in the saddle bronc riding. Layton Green, of Meet-ing Creek, scored 85 points to garner first place and take home $1,631.

6 – The Camrose Police Service presented its first Citizenship Award to Cam-rose Kodiaks captain Adam deChamplain.

“I have been fortunate that over the past 11 years I have been allowed to be a part of the Kodiaks organization,” said Const. Matt Rolfe.

12 – Battle River-Wain-wright Wildrose Party can-didate Wes Taylor is in the house. The newly elected MLA received the most votes in the constituency in the May 5 Alberta election.

19 – The Social Devel-opment Committee encour-aged the City to work with affordable housing providers to create transitional hous-ing for families and men over 24, consider the idea of a rent bank for people with short term cash shortfalls, add to its affordable housing stock and develop a comprehensive strategy at a Committee of the Whole council meeting.

19 – The 2015 Alberta Francophone Games are set for Camrose from May 22 to 24. Each year, more than 350 athletes (Grade 7 to 12) take part in the Alberta Fran-cophone Games. Athletes in these Games compete in bas-ketball, soccer, badminton, vol-leyball, ball hockey and a dem-onstration sport that this year will be cross-country running.

19 – Canadian Mental Health Association consum-ers joined local officials on a walk from the CMHA office on 51 Avenue to Walmart and back again to demonstrate the need for a public trans-portation system in Camrose.

“The walk was seven km and ended here (at the CMHA office) with a barbe-cue,” said CMHA representa-tive Meg Muhlback.

26 – Alan Heyhurst has decided to retire after three years as the chair of the Cov-enant Health Community Board and the St. Mary’s Foundation in Camrose.

On May 12, he passed the gavel to fellow board member Judith O’Shaughnessy.

26 – Local music fans have been waiting for a chance to hear David James and Big River pay tribute to Johnny Cash and his music.

The singer who sounds and talks like the real man in black will be at the Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Perform-ing Arts Centre on May 29.

26 – Philadelphia Flyers general manager and former goalie Ron Hextall named Dave Hakstol as the 19th head coach in Flyers history last week.

This brings the number of NHL coaches with a Cam-rose connection to three. He joins former Vikings coach Mike Johnston with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina Hurricanes coach Bill Peters, who played under Johnston in Camrose.

12 – The Orange Crush was flowing at the Terracotta Cafe in Wetaskiwin last Tues-day night as NDP support-ers celebrated victory for both their candidate and their party.

“It is a very historic day in Alberta,” said Wetaskiwin-Camrose MLA elect Bruce Hinkley. “The polls were pre-dicting a NDP win, but they didn’t know whether it would be a minority or a majority.”

12 – The Camrose and Area Lodge Authority will be closing the doors of Stoney Creek Lodge at the end of May.

“We made the decision to close it quite a while ago,” said CALA chair and City councillor Max Lindstrand. “We are finally at the stage now that we are ready to proceed.”

The numbers of Stoney Creek Lodge have been declining over the last year.

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Done — Murray


June2 – The number of vehi-

cle collisions increased by 35 last year to 756 according to the Camrose Police Service 2014 traffic analysis.

Forty-one of the colli-sions involved injuries, down from 48 in 2013, while 599 resulted in property damage over $2,000, up from 557 in 2013.

2 – Deputy Fire Chief Joe Mah, left, and Fire Chief Peter Krich, right, of the Camrose Fire Department congratu-late firefighter Paul Gibson after he was named the 2014 Firefighter of the Year during Volunteer Firefighters’ Week, May 3 to 9.

2 – The Camrose Cou-gars Royals bantam double-A baseball team won four straight games at the St. Albert Early Bird Tourna-ment to garner gold medals May 15 to 18.

“The team played well over the four days,” said manager Barry Phillips. The squad is coached by Daryl Zimmer and his assistants.”

9 – The Camrose and Area Adult Learning Council presented its 2015 Literacy Award to Barbara Werner.

Werner has been tutor-ing Camrose Adult Read and Write Program students in both basic English and Eng-lish as a Second Language since November of 2005.

9 – For the second straight year, football player Michael Davidse made his presence felt at the ABC (Alberta-British Columbia) Border Bowl. Alberta came from behind to win 29-22 with a strong defensive effort in the second half in Kam-loops.

9 – University of Alberta president Indira Samarase-kera encouraged graduates at the Augustana spring convo-cation to risk more than oth-ers think is safe, care more than others think is wise, dream more than others think is practical and expect more than others think is possible.

17 – Curious minds may be proclaiming “Eureka!” this summer as a slate of new summer camps, includ-ing a philosophy camp, are being offered to local chil-dren.

The University of Alber-ta Augustana campus will host a variety of new day and overnight camps for youth ages six to 18 includ-ing Eurekamp, modelled off of the popular philosophy program at the Edmonton campus, as well as music, sports, science, art and out-door adventure camps.

17 – The Camrose branch of the Royal Canadian Legion unveiled a smaller version of a cenotaph located outside of its facility for club gatherings on D-Day, June 6.

“This monument will be a reminder to those sacrific-es that have been made, so we enjoy our freedoms now because of it,” said Comrade Ragnar Gislason.

President Bob Burt unveiled the monument.

23 – The Alberta Emer-ald Foundation presented an Emerald Award to the Camrose Wildlife Steward-ship Society (CWSS) at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton June 4 for the work it has done to protect, preserve and enhance the environment..

23 – The Camrose forest is experiencing new growth. Camrose Wildlife Greenspace Stewardship Society has been enlisting the help of the City of Camrose, students, Scout groups and volunteers this summer to plant approximate-ly 3,500 balsam, poplar, wil-low and Colorado spruce trees and seedlings in the Stoney Creek Valley and former snow dump area north of the CN train trestle on 50 Street.

30 – The way that Cam-rosians receive their mail is about to change. Canada Post has informed City of Camrose officials that it will cease mak-ing door to door deliveries in 2016 to 5,077 addresses start-ing with the postal code T4V.

30 – Andrew Harrison set a new record for the Cam-rose Golf Course. He shot a 60 over 18 holes on June 23. The old course record was held by Frank Van Dornick, who shot a 62 at a sanctioned event when the course was then a Par 71.

“I didn’t think about it until I hit the 16th hole,” said Harrison.

9 – Sean Wingrave just raised the bar. The Edmonton resident was set to bike in his fourth MS Bike Tour from Leduc to Camrose and back on June 13 and 14 when he realized he could do more.

“I wanted to raise the awareness and do more for MS (Multiple Sclerosis) research,” said Wingrave, on his decision to run the same course on May 23.

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Done — Murray


July

7 – Rose City Curling Club president Neil Bratrud received an Award of Merit from the Northern Alberta Curling Association at the Granite Curling Club for outstanding service to the curling club, the NACA and curling in general. Bratrud has assisted negotiating lease details with the City of Cam-rose, assisted the club man-ager, and promoted the club.

7 – The Camrose ALS Walk had 100 participants raise $49,000 for the charity.

7 – Camrose celebrated Canada’s 100th birthday with activities for the entire family and a giant birthday cake at Camrose and District Centennial Museum.

7 – Camrose Association for Community Living pre-sented its Volunteer Cham-pions award to CAFCL housing committee mem-bers Michelle Colombijn, Dave Kotyk, Keith Lyseng and Ron Grue. The Corpo-rate Community Champion award was presented to Cen-tral Agencies.

7 – The Camrose Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion and the community joined together to celebrate the new cenotaph location on Canada Day. Comrade Gislason said the monument serves to remind us of those who sacrificed their lives so we may enjoy our freedoms.

7 – Camrose Public Library took to the road with its new book bike.

“It’s basically a cargo tri-cycle with a box on top that is loaded with books from the library and travels to parks, seniors’ homes and other locations,” said library director Deb Cryderman.

14 – Alberta Justice Minister and Solicitor Gen-eral Kathleen Ganey pre-sented a Community Justice Award in the innovation cat-egory to a Camrose resident Michelle Hauser for her work in providing service dogs to victims of crime attending court. Hauser has been the coordinator of the Camrose and District Victim Servic-es Unit for 13 years. She started to develop the Victim Services Unit’s dog program in 2012.

14 – Of the 70 lots avail-able in the new Valleyview West subdivision in south-west Camrose, 35 were already sold. Valleyview West is a three phase project described by its developer as a “premium estate commu-nity” featuring large home sites, access to main shop-ping and recreation areas, a well-developed trail system, and significant greenspace providing a beautiful back-drop for the neighbourhood.

14 – Camrose Spirals Jonathan Naslund, Jodi Harrison, Myles Bogstie, Tashina Bogstie and Taytem Syrnyk were getting ready to compete in a world skipping event in Paris, France.

14 – Six Scouts and three leaders from Sixth Camrose departed Camrose for the Pacific Jamboree at Camp Barnard on Vancou-ver Island.

21 – Construction began on a roundabout at the junc-tion of Highways 13 and 21. The roundabout was designed by Al-Terra Engi-neering with a total projected cost of $5 million.

21 – City council agreed to seek input from the resi-dents of Camrose before making a decision on the Camrose Ski Jump.

21 – Cargill celebrated the opening of its state-of-the-art canola processing facility south and east of Camrose. Cargill started receiving canola seed from producers in mid May.

28 – City council and the Rose City Handivan Society started a meaningful dia-logue on how they can work together to provide additional transportation services to the senior residents of Camrose. Society representatives told council that the society is open to the possibility of pro-viding basic transportation services with a bus purchased by the City from The Bethany Group.

28 – A rental market report published by Cana-dian Mortgage and Housing Corporation showed that the average rent for a private apartment in Camrose had risen by $65 since April of 2014.

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25YEARS IN BUSINESS

Fox Taekwon-Do4710-52 Avenue, Camrose

780-672-2703

23YEARS OF SERVICE

Specializing in total care for commercial, industrial & condo properties

The Little Yard Care Company780-679-4100

27YEARS IN BUSINESS

Happy New Ye�

from B� nell, Linda and

Jane5210-51 Avenue, Camrose • 780-672-7555

23YEARS IN BUSINESS

R&D HOT TUBS3843F-44 Avenue, Camrose, AB

780-679-4003www.rdhottubs.com

Home of outstanding customer service!

Russ and

Doneal Greipl

Done — Murray


August4 – The County Agricul-

tural Service Board deferred a decision to declare local State of Agricultural Disas-ter until the extent of the drought adversely affecting agricultural producers could be fully considered.

4 – Battle River School Division teacher Brenda Knull said goodbye to Kami-furano, Japan, after working there as a teacher/ambas-sador.

4 – University of Alberta Augustana dean Dr. Allen Berger presented certificates of achievement to forty-nine students at the conclusion of the Reading University pro-gram.

4 – The Family Violence Action Society won first in the novelty category of the Chamber of Commerce BVJ Kick’n Country Parade with “Wild West Willy,” a Brahma bull ridden by Lynn Kenne-dy winner of the third annu-al Take No Bull fundraiser. Ed Wresian won first in the antique category, while the Stettler Board of Trade entry was named the best from a visiting community.

4 – Former New Norway area resident Lance Brede-son qualified for the Iron-man 70.3 World Champion-ship.

4 – ATB Financial was able to collect $11,098 from 11 good natured “outlaws” and an even greater number of generous community citi-zens for the Camrose Boys and Girls Club at its second annual Jail and Bail event.

11 – The life of Theo Bai-ley was celebrated at the 2015 version of Camrose Found-ers Days. Bailey fought in the First World War, served nine years as president of the Camrose Legion, and was a member of Camrose Town Council for 12 years. He orga-nized the first district hockey tournament in Camrose in the early 1940s, as well as the first minor hockey for young-sters under the age of 12.

11 – Andrew Harri-son shot 16 over par at the 2015 Canadian Junior Boys’ Championship at Summer-lea Golf and Country Club in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec.

11 – There was plenty of action on stage and off at the annual Big Valley Jamboree. Fans waited two years to see Lady Antebel-lum and they were not dis-appointed.

18 – Camrose Sea Ser-pent Grayce Flemming set a new provincial record in the girls’ nine and ten 200 metre free competition at the Regional Swim Meet in Wainwright.

18 – City council grant-ed $2,000 from the Camrose Community Events account to the Camrose Arts Society to assist with the 2015 Alber-ta Culture Days celebration.

18 – The Battle River Watershed Alliance was get-ting ready to host the sixth annual Watershed Festival at Miquelon Lake Provincial Park. The Festival fits the alliance’s mandate of help-ing people to recognize and appreciate the watershed where they live.

25 – The Beaver Hills Dark Preserve was prepar-ing for its 10th annual Milky Ways Days at Miquelon Lake Provincial Park and Elk Island National Park. Among the events planned were solar viewing, a scaven-ger hunt for children, a night sky photography exhibit, and a presentation by astronaut Ross Lockwood.

25 – Alberta Open Fun Days was an opportunity for city residents to see how the rural community produces food.

25 – Canadian Union of Postal Workers Edmon-ton 730 president Larry Dione and Sherwood Park letter carrier Kathy Gouldi met with Committee of the Whole Council to discuss Canada Post’s move towards community mailboxes and the impact that would have on both the City of Camrose and its residents.

25 – Bawlf High School graduate Seanna Uglem was one of 200 students from 53 countries who attended a two-week Global Leaders Conference in Europe.

25 – RCMP were hop-ing that video tape evidence would lead to the arrest of masked bandits who made off with a safe and an undis-closed amount of prescrip-tion drugs after breaking into Town and Country Guardian Pharmacy at Tofield.

30YEARS IN BUSINESS

Serving Camrose and Area Since 1986

Phone 780-672-7199 Fax 780-672-7192


29YEARS IN BUSINESS

HAUGEN BACKHOE SERVICE LTD.COMMERCIAL and RESIDENTIAL

• Water, Power, Sewer Installations and Repairs • Trenching • Dozer Work • Gas Installations • Basements • Demolitions • Dugouts • Water Cisterns

• Ground Thawing • Gravel Sites and Hauling • Brushing and Brush Pile Cleanup

Larry’s Cell: 780-678-6337 • [email protected] • Mat’s Cell: 780-679-5988

31YEARS IN BUSINESS

Phone 780-672-61005809-42 Avenue

Camrose, AB

30YEARS IN BUSINESS

CANADIAN TIREDuggan Mall, Camrose

Store 780-672-1400, Auto Service 780-672-1478LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED

30YEARS OF SERVICE


780-672-5863

J Heating & Sheet Metal

29YEARS IN BUSINESS

780-608-90764805-50 Avenue

CamroseAnne Prytullack

30YEARS IN BUSINESS

LYNES CHIROPRACTICDr. Darcy Lynes

Phone 780-679-0961 Fax 780-672-0990Grand Park Plaza – 6018-48 Avenue, Camrose, AB T4V 0K3

29YEARS IN BUSINESS

nufl oors.ca3810-48 Avenue, Camrose

Phone 780-672-4983Toll Free 1-888-672-4983

29YEARS IN BUSINESS

Susan Liang-Yu4915-50 Avenue

Camrose780-672-7988

CamroseTAILORING

32YEARS IN BUSINESS

R-O ADVANCEDW A T E R S E R V I C E S L T D .

6003A-48 AvenueCamrose

780-672-4995Fax 780-672-4776

Commercial • Rural • Residential

31YEARS IN BUSINESS Phone 780-672-6555 4512-39 Street, Camrose

30YEARS OF SERVICE

MIKE PLONER

32YEARS IN BUSINESS

WOYTOWICH TOOL SALESCell 780-608-0602 3811-58 Street

[email protected] www.woytowichtools.com

28YEARS IN BUSINESS

GLOVER INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS

3836-42 Avenue, Camrose www.glover-ace.comPhone 780-672-7396 Toll Free 1-800-232-1947

Done — Murray


September

1 – University officials, representatives from various levels of government, stu-dents and donors celebrated the official opening of the Augustana Miquelon Lake Research Station.

1 – Camrose Open Door Association reported it pro-vided a home for 47 youth in its housing last year. Without a place to go they would have been living on the street and using boxes for shelter.

1 – The Battle River School Division board of trustees elected Lorrie Sitler, a trustee for the city of Cam-rose as its chair and Laurie Skori, trustee from Flagstaff County East, as its vice chair.

8 – Ina Nielsen and Barb Cox set up a display at the Centennial Museum to cel-ebrate the 100th anniversary of Canadian Girls in Train-ing in Camrose.

8 – Camrose clubs and organizations had the chance to sign up new members at the ninth annual Commu-nity Registration Night.

8 – The Westlock Red Lions defeated the Camrose Axemen two games to on to claim the North Central Alberta Baseball League championship.

8 – The Battle River-Crowfoot NDP executive con-firmed Katherine Swampy as its candidate in the fed-eral election.

22 – The City of Cam-rose started distributing tokens to students and cli-ents of local organizations as a way to subsidize taxi transportation.

22 – For the second straight year, Jayla Kucy earned herself a to Augusta, Georgia, to play on the course that hosts the Masters Golf Tournament.

22 – The Family Vio-lence Action Society and the Camrose Arts Society were taking registrations for an Expressive Arts Experience for Women program that helps women create, reflect and learn about themselves.

22 – The Hospice Soci-ety of Camrose and District announced it will be mov-ing ahead withy its Hospice Home project. The Hospice Home will support individu-als, their families and care-givers in overcoming the emotional, physical, spiritual and practical challenges of a palliative care diagnosis and end of life care.

22 – County councillors indicate a desire to remove the County from the Shirley McClellan Regional Water Services Commission.

29 – Mayor Norm May-er proclaimed Oct. 4 to 10 as Fire Prevention Week in Camrose.

15 – All of Camrose was gearing up for the annual Scarecrow Festival. Cash prizes were presented to the best decorated business, best decorated non profit or insti-tution, and best residence.

15 – The Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta started the new year with 1,036 students, down from the 1,068 students it had at the beginning of the school year in 2014.

15 – City council voted 5-4 to table a decision on the future of the Camrose ski jump.

15 – Camrose Regional Exhibition announced that Trixstar Productions would be joining the Panhandle Productions and Big Val-ley Jamboree management team.

29 – The Free Our Fin-est event to support Camrose Special Olympics raised more than $22,000.

29 – The African Chil-dren’s Choir announced that it would be stopping in Cam-rose as part of its 11-month long tour of North America.

29 – The Camrose Boys and Girls Club started another year of operation. The club was formed in 1989 to give children and youth of all socio-economic backgrounds a safe and supportive place to expe-rience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships and develop skills.

29 – The provincial gov-ernment announced that it will be increasing funding for Family and Community Support Services programs that help strengthen com-munities.

34YEARS IN BUSINESS

Tom Borelli, DD Sam Borelli, DD

CAMROSE DENTURE CLINIC4867-51 Street, Camrose

780-672-0128

38YEARS IN BUSINESS

Highway 13 West, Camrose Phone 780-672-9171Toll Free 1-877-477-9171 www.norsemeninn.com

38YEARS IN BUSINESS Phone 780-672-7231

4709-36 Street, Camrose, AB

Gord Graham

35YEARS IN BUSINESS

DENZ AUTO REPAIROwner Brent CalvertPhone 780-672-9998

4520-39 Street, Camrose, AB

38YEARS IN BUSINESS

Phone 780-672-8818 6809-48 Avenue

Camrose

37YEARS IN BUSINESS


36YEARS IN BUSINESS

Electrical ContractorsBay 2, 4617-41 Street, Camrose

Phone 780-672-1942

35YEARS IN BUSINESS

Commercial, Plumbing, Heating and Steam and Gas Fitting, Sheet Metal Fabrication

Doug Appleby4328-41 St., Camrose, AB Ph. 780-679-4200

Fax 780-679-4230 Website www.dee-jay.ca

36YEARS IN BUSINESS

PRECISION VACUUMSALES AND SERVICE

4921-50 Street, Camrose 780-672-1511

35YEARS IN BUSINESS

3735-43 Avenue, Camrose, AB • Phone 780-672-8649

RIGHTWAYHDDRIGHTWAYHDD

38YEARS IN BUSINESS


780-672-7719

38YEARS IN BUSINESS

World Travel (Camrose) Ltd.World Travel Experience that Takes You Places

PHONE 780-672-7777 [email protected]

39YEARS IN BUSINESS

LAWRENCE DUFRESNEChartered Accountant

4876-50 Street, CamrosePhone Bus. 780-672-8500

Res. 780-672-5997Fax 780-672-9521, Email: [email protected]

33YEARS IN BUSINESS

4964-50 StreetCamrose, AB

Phone (780) 672-8685BULK & NATURAL FOODS

Done — Murray


October6 – The Camrose Cham-

ber of Commerce Visitor Information Centre guest book had over 4,000 signa-tures since the start of Janu-ary. Visitors commented on the wonderful selection of brochures and great staff.

6 – The two-year and $1 million Founders’ Hall reno-vation project was unveiled to current and former students as the final act of Augus-tana’s Alumni Weekend.

6 – Sacred Arts co-own-er Lisa Borin Miller was in the process of developing a cultural master plan for the City of Camrose,

6 – The annual Terry Fox Run in the valley below Stoney Creek Lodge attract-ed 70 participants who helped raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation.

6 – City council approved the funding of the position of Camrose and District Cen-tennial Museum coordinator for the rest of 2015 using unspent money in the Com-munity Services budget.

6 – The Camrose Out-door Gym opened with eager local residents wanting to try out the new equipment.

13 – The Bethany Group chief executive officer Den-nis Beesley reported that the Rosealta Lodge expansion project was nearing an end.

13 – Former Canadian Olympic athlete Waneek Horn-Miller talked to Sole City Shoes staff about her involvement as an ambassa-dor for Manitobah Mukluks Canada.

13 – The Rose City Anime festival was planning a full schedule of events, including a cosplay contest, mascot contest and auto-graph sessions.

13 – A report presented to City council showed that 55.4 per cent of Camrose arterial and collector roads have a pavement condition index rating of poor or very poor.

13 – Augustana Vikings golfer Braxton Fox, of Cam-rose, won the Alberta Col-leges Athletic Conference championship and helped the university win the team event in Medicine Hat.

13 – Camrose Golf Club professional and Vikings head coach Bill Penny was named Alberta Colleges Ath-letic Conference coach of the year.

20 – Camrose and District Support Services learned that it will have an additional $46,413 to plug into the 2015 and 2016 bud-get as a result of the provin-cial government’s decision to provide an additional $10 million for programs that support children, families and seniors.

20 – Camrose Friends of STARS was seeking support for its 21st annual Dine and Dance fundraiser.

20 – The Rotary Club of Camrose Daybreak spread the word at the annual Dis-trict 5370 Conference about Days for Girls, a project that seeks to provide every girl and woman on the planet with sustainable feminine hygiene by the year 2020.

20 – Camrose realtor Darrell Rosland retired after 41 years of matching custom-ers and properties. He said the most rewarding part of being a realtor was meeting people and helping them find a property that suited their needs.

27 – Kevin Sorenson was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Battle River- Crowfoot with 81 per cent of the vote but the Conservative Party of which he is a mem-ber went down to defeat after picking up just 99 seats, com-pared to 184 for the Liberals.

27 – The pilot program Young Medical Minds, a joint initiative of Alberta Health and Covenant Health St. Mary’s, gave students at Our Lady of Mount Pleasant and Charlie Killam Schools a sampling of the medical pro-fessions available in Cam-rose.

27 – Camrose Morning News was named Small Busi-ness of the Year at the Cam-rose Chamber of Commerce awards banquet. The Com-munity Spirit award went to the Camrose and District Fish and Game Association, the Customer Service award to Geri Ferner, the Fran-chise Business of the Year award to East Side Marios, the Home Based Business of the Year award to Pampered Chef, the Ambassador of the Year award to Jenni Routhier, and the Business Excellence award to Hauser Home Hardware Building Centre.

39YEARS IN BUSINESS


Phone 780-672-8401

39YEARS IN BUSINESS

(formerly Draperies Plus)4965-50 Street, Camrose

Phone 780-672-36221-888-670-3622

39YEARS IN BUSINESS 6046-48 Avenue, Camrose • Phone 780-672-7701

41YEARS OF SERVICE


780-672-7771

41YEARS IN BUSINESS

4712-41 Street,Camrose

Phone 780-672-3171

41YEARS IN BUSINESS

Phone 672-28434225-37 Street

Camrose, Alberta T4V 4R4Web Page: www.biwest.comemail: [email protected]

“Tell us where, we’ll take you there”

40YEARS OF SERVICE

4205-38 Street, CamrosePhone 780-672-1195 FAX 780-672-1001

“Built with a master’s touch!”

41YEARS IN BUSINESS

Bernie von Tettenborn 5218-46 St., Camrose

[email protected]

39YEARS IN BUSINESS

Duggan Mall780-672-8811

1-888-672-8811www.thenationaldiamondstore.com

39YEARS IN BUSINESS Bill and Jean Resch

Armena ~ 780-672-6753 Angelika Larissa Jean Bill

41YEARS IN BUSINESS

#101, 4909A-48 StreetCamrose

780-672-1028

39YEARS OF SERVICE

Phone 780.672.22735013-48 Street, Camrose

Fax 780.672.0556Email: [email protected]

P

(2014) Ltd.

42YEARS IN BUSINESS

Town & CountryDuggan Mall

(next to Smith Clinic)Reg. Hours: Mon. to Sat.,

8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Sun., 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Holidays 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Ph. 780-672-4111

CORNERSTONEOpen Until Midnight

Ph. 780-672-4961

39YEARS IN BUSINESS

4602-49 AvenueCamrose, AB T4V 0M6

780-672-2600 Fax 672-0057

Done — Murray


November

3 – Camrose Police Ser-vice Chief of Police Darrell Kambeitz received an Order of Merit of the Police Forc-es from His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada.

3 – City council agreed to lobby the University of Alberta for future fundrais-ing efforts to cover expenses associated with building the Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre.

3 – Preparations were underway for the Remem-brance Day Service to hon-our not only those that gave their lives but those who con-tinue to live with the horrors of war.

3 – Ken Drever was celebrated as a true com-munity builder at the Battle River Community Founda-tion’s Community Builders Dinner. Drever donated the money to create the very first BRCF fund, and was a man upon whom everyone could count.

3 – In a demonstration of solidarity, Camrose Mayor Norm Mayer and Camrose County Reeve Don Grego-rwich jointly proclaimed November as Family Vio-lence Prevention Month in the city and county.

10 – The University of Alberta presented an Alum-ni Honour Award to Alan Fielding in recognition of the contributions he has made over the years in Cam-rose and beyond.

17 – City council received a prolonged ovation from Camrose residents after adopting a Blue Dot decla-ration that states all people have the right to live in a clean environment. The City agreed to consider cost effec-tive measures to prevent the degradation of the environ-ment and protect the health of its citizens.

17 – Mayor Norm Mayer presented a plaque to Michiko Rasmussen in recognition of her continuing support to the commitment of friendship between Camrose and Kami-furano, Japan.

17 – The Emergency Clothing and Furniture Depot’s Coats for Camrose program at Duggan Mall ensured that nearly 700 fam-ilies will be staying warm this winter.

17 – Mayor Norm Mayer cut a ribbon to mark the grand opening of Best Envi-ronmental Technologies, a business that uses farming systems which help with environmental sustainabil-ity.

24 – The Rotary Club of Camrose delivered its 2000th wheelchair to Discapacita-dos Vallartenses A.C. Puerto Vallarta, a support group for children and adults with physical and mental difficul-ties.

24 – The Camrose Kinette Club launched its annual Silent Santa cam-paign to collect donations of new and unwrapped toys and gifts for children up to 16 years of age.

24 – Camrose Solo Salon Designs owner Anne Prytul-lack announced she would be continuing her pursuit of hairstyling supremacy at the Organization Mondiale Coif-fure world hairstyling cham-pionships in Seoul, Korea.

24 – Camrose Regional Exhibition was a hive of activity at the annual Fes-tival of Trees celebration.

24 – Covenant Health St. Mary’s Hospital Camrose sharpened their skills for quality stroke care through a simulated exercise.

10 – Battle River Rural Electrification Association celebrated National Co-oper-ative Week by changing its name to Battle River Power Coop

10 – Mayor Norm Mayer signed a document reaf-firming the winning agree-ment that was signed by the City of Camrose and Town of Kamifurano, Japan, 30 years ago.

10 – City council agreed to stay with a decision to increase franchise fees from six to ten per cent for elec-tricity and 18 to 25 per cent for natural gas. The increase will generate an additional $833,000 for improvements to Camrose roads.

10 – A report was pre-sented to the BRSD board of trustees that an increase in student enrollment.

24 – Camrose Women’s Shelter was preparing for a thirtieth anniversary cel-ebration and taking a look back at the important role the shelter has played in the community over the years.

62YEARS OF SERVICE

Established 1954by Harry P.D. Andreassen

200, 4870-51 StreetCamrose, AB

780-672-3181

AndreassenBorth

Barristers & Solicitors

63YEARS IN BUSINESS

• Advertising • Printing• Cheques • Flags • Rubber Stamps• Website Design• 800,000 Logo Products

EVERYONE READS THE BOOSTER

4925-48 Street, Camrose Ph. 780-672-3142

55YEARS IN BUSINESS

BOMAN'S RADIATOR SHOP5006-47 Street, Camrose, AB T4V 1K1

PHONE 780-672-5602FAX 780-672-5683

44YEARS IN BUSINESS

WILD ROSE CO-OP LTD.FOOD HOME AGRO FUEL

48YEARS OF SERVICE

4720-36 Street, Camrose 4901-48 Street, Camrose Phone 780-672-5545 Phone 780-672-3357

53YEARS IN BUSINESS

CENTRAL AGENCIES INC.Real Estate — Insurance4870-51 Street, Camrose

780-672-4495, Real Estate; 780-672-4491, Insurance1-800-809-8040 Visit our website: www.centralcamrose.com

46YEARS OF SERVICE

McTAVISH DELIVERIES LTD.5206-52 Street, Camrose Phone 780-672-5242

47YEARS IN BUSINESS

JodyLindstrand

Res. 780-679-2607Cell 780-679-8101AB Lic. No. 312728

LaurieLindstrand

Res. 780-672-6216Cell 780-679-73631-800-251-1441

48YEARS IN BUSINESS

BATTLE RIVER REALTY LTD.4802-49 Street

CamrosePhone 780-672-7761

43YEARS IN BUSINESS

Lawyers100, 4918-51 Street

Camrose, AB780-672-8851

55YEARS IN BUSINESS

4944-50 Street, Camrose • 780-672-2732

Watch for our new

main street location!

65YEARS IN BUSINESS 4930-50 Street, Camrose Phone 780-672-2797

MEN’S WEAR

66YEARS IN BUSINESS

Formerly Battle River Credit Union

www.visioncu.ca

16 branches to serve you

42YEARS OF SERVICE

Full Accounting and Tax Preparation Services

780.672.01555022-49 Street, Camrose

Done — Murray


December1 – The newly formed

Camrose Refugee Commit-tee was prepared to support up to ten government-spon-sored refugees with hous-ing, education, health, public relations, fundraising and employment.

1 – Ecole des Fondateurs, the first Francophone school in Camrose, held a grand opening at its present location in Gardner College.

1 – Camrose Toastmas-ter Joan Petruk received the Toastmaster of the Year award. She beat out over 5,000 members in 297 clubs throughout Alberta and Sas-katchewan for representing the values Toastmasters has to offer.

1 – BASF and Earth Rangers helped Ecole Sif-ton students learn about sci-ence and agriculture with a hands-on chemistry pro-gram.

1 – The Camrose Rail-way Station was preparing for its sixth annual cookie walk, tea and white elephant sale.

8 – Fifteen students from Our Lady of Mount Pleasant School volunteered at the Mustard Seed, a not-for-prof-it organization in Edmon-ton targeting those who are struggling with poverty and homelessness.

8 – The Hospice Soci-ety of Camrose and District launched its annual Lights to Remember Campaign with a Christmas tree bulb light-ing ceremony. Money raised through the campaign was designated for a new Hospice Home.

8 – Charlie Killam School music teacher Bob Bailey, left, felt humbled when the Alberta chapter of the Band Directors’ Associa-tion presented him with the Director of the Year award at the annual Alberta Music Conference.

8 – Thirty-one associates of Camrose United Church who were 90 years or old-er were recognized by the church on the celebration of its 90th birthday.

8 – Adam Kuntz, a line-backer, and Jonathan Heide-brecht, a kicker, helped the St. Francis Xavier X-men university football team to an Atlantic Conference win and a berth in the CIS Uteck Bowl.

8 – Camrose Kodiaks coach and general manager Boris Rybalka pulled the trigger on three trades.

15 – The Holiday Train arrived in Camrose playing Jingle Bells. CP delivered a huge cheque and the com-munity embraced the histori-cal event by singing, dancing and waving to a variety of seasonal tunes.

15 – City council approved proposed 2016 operating expenditures of $51,376,134 and proposed 2016 capital costs of $9,803,600.

15 – Camrose Aquatic Centre announced it would be shutting its doors for cleaning and maintenance over the holiday season.

15 – Williams and Ree were announced as the head-liners for the Camrose Sport and Development Society’s annual dinner and silent auction in February.

15 – Tickets went on sale for the Churchmice Players’ production of My Fair Lady.

15 – The Preservation of the Camrose Ski Jump com-mittee held an open house at Stoney Creek Centre to pres-ent ideas for what to do with the Camrose Ski Jump.

22 – The Stuff an Ambu-lance campaign sponsored by Camrose EMS collected 6,200 pounds of food and $3,300 in donations for the Camrose Neighbor Aid Cen-ter.

22 – The Elk Island Catholic School Board pre-sented a request for a high school site in Camrose to Committee of the Whole Council.

22 – The Battle River School Division board of trustees granted permission for spring of 2016 trips out-side of Europe.

22 – Camrose Skating Club members joined San-ta Claus on the ice for their annual Family Christmas Skate at Border Paving Are-na.

22 – Camrose Police Service was stepping up the number of checkstops in an effort to keep impaired driv-ers off the road. The check-stops will be set up at differ-ent times, so there is no way of knowing where or when they will be.

67YEARS IN BUSINESS

CAMROSE GROVES’ VALUE DRUG MART


69YEARS IN BUSINESS

BodenSAND & GRAVEL SUPPLIES

Division of 1029527 Alberta Ltd.Established 1946 ~ Edberg and Camrose

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATES

Edberg Office 877-3942Camrose Office 679-7025

Fax 877-3790Toll Free 1-888-877-3942

Box 7, Edberg, AB T0B 1J0

[email protected]

67YEARS IN BUSINESS

PARSONS Family ChiropracticDR. BRAD PARSONSRes. (780)608-0876

4849-49 Street, Camrose, AB T4V 1N1Camrose Office (780)672-4408

70YEARS IN BUSINESS

HARBERG ELECTRICElectrical Installation and Repair

• Commercial • Residential • RenovationColin Harberg, 780-672-2531 – Serving Camrose & Area since 1946

76YEARS IN BUSINESS

SCHNELL & BARRIE (2011) LTD.3815B-47 Avenue, Camrose Phone 780-672-4486

77YEARS OF SERVICE

WEBER FUNERAL HOME1938-1977 Hoveland Funeral Home1977-2002 Mount Pleasant Chapel

Continuing a tradition of excellence into the future#2 Mount Pleasant Dr., Camrose Phone 780-672-3131

82YEARS IN BUSINESS

FRANCOEUR CLEANERS 4902-51 Street, Camrose Phone 780-672-2721

76YEARS IN BUSINESS


780-672-4471

76YEARS IN BUSINESS

KLUG’S SHEET METAL4603-53 Avenue, Camrose

Ph. 780-672-2335

80YEARS IN BUSINESS

4936-50 StreetDowntown CamrosePhone 780-672-2553

www.pedersensflorists.com

88YEARS IN BUSINESS

Ph. 780-672-25293838-47 Avenue

Camrose, ABIMPERIAL OIL

93YEARS OF SERVICE

96YEARS IN BUSINESS

• Camrose• Killam• Provost• Wainwright

66YEARS IN BUSINESS

Jorgenson Plumbing & Heating Ltd.Glen Mandrusiak

5503-52 Avenue, Camrose • 780-672-2604

Done — Murray


Thank You…to everyone who helped to create a vibrant

Downtown Camrose over the past year.On behalf of the Downtown Camrose board,we wish everyone a happy, healthy New Year!

As you spend time with family and friends,refl ect upon the past year and contemplate

the upcoming year, may you fi nd whatmakes you “Alive at the centre.”

– Michael Wetsch, Chairman, Downtown Camrose

www.downtowncamrose.com

108YEARS OF SERVICE

CAMROSE CHAMBER OF COMMERCEProudly Serving the Business Community Since 1908

Phone 780-672-4217 5402-48 AvenueCamrose, AB

109YEARS OF SERVICE


Phone 780-672-2121Daysland

Phone 780-374-3535Camrose and Daysland

www.burgarfuneralhome.com

110YEARS IN BUSINESS

CAMROSEPOST

OFFICE

4901-50 Ave.Camrose

780-672-7332


Knaut Johnson FrancoeurLawyers


780-672-5561


4882 50 Street • CamrosePhone 780 672 5522 • 1 877 672 5522

Est. by Frank P. Layton, 1907Purchased by Ed Shuman, 1951


4716-38 Street, Camrose • 780-672-2452

Formerly Alberta Machinery

and Selmac Sales

By Arnold MaloneRefugees are

about to land in Canada by the thou-sands. Canada is not sun-baked Syr-ia. For some, it will be their first expo-sure to snow. May their first winter be mild and gentle.

Cultural and religious difference will soon be obvi-ous to them. So will their observation that Canada is a tol-erant and inclusive society. Rather than the homogeneous

culture of which they are accustomed, they will find Canada to be an Irish stew of everyone from every-where.

They will need to learn a new alphabet and a quirky language. Now most of you who read this article (a stretch for me to think someone does) may be per-plexed that I would call the English language quirky. After all, it is the language we use daily and it feels normal.

Here are just a few examples from a non-ending list of quirks about our language.

They will be taught to sound-out words and also told that such soundings will be helpful in spelling. Then they will be taught that a word that sounds like “nite” is spelled, “night.” They must also learn that “right,” and “write” are not the same.

Some words gain their meaning from usage and those usages will need to be learned. So, if two boys travel to the Columbia Valley they might have too much fun.

They will need to learn that something sent by car or truck is called a shipment and something sent by ship is called cargo. They may ponder why the word “abbreviation” needed to be so long.

They will puzzle over what we are talking about when we want to “cut the mustard” or hear that it “is raining, cats and dogs.” The English language is packed with non-sense phrases that make sense only if you pay no attention to words.

It is because you know English that you are able to realize that a “slim chance” and a “fat chance” are the same yet a “wise man” and a “wise guy” are opposites.

If you “over look” something you likely have messed-up but if you “over see something” you are very respon-sible. They will need to come to terms with our expres-sion when it is 40 degrees above that it is “hot as Hell” and when it is 40 below it is, “as cold as hell.”

The refugees will be busy filling out forms by fill-ing them in.

They will, in time, learn that a goose is a goose and more than one are geese and a moose is a moose no matter how many there are.

In the English language we sometimes change the pronunciation of a word to fit the sentence. The dove was so frightened it dove into the woods. I do not object to the object. The dump was full, so they had to refuse any further refuse. When the does are near, the buck does his ritual.

Very confusingAll of this may seem quite normal to us, but to

a newcomer it is as confusing as an IKEA assembly manual.

English is the most widely used language in the world. Seventy per cent of the world can speak some English. There are about two million English words, more than any other language. Many words have more than one meaning, so cut the refugees a lot of slack.

They will require some time to learn that they need to write to the right people to maintain their rights during the rites.

To quote Charlie Brown, “Oh good grief.” What’s this, grief is now good?So if you meet a refugee all distressed and dis-

traught over the English language, just whisper softly to them, “There, their, they’re.”

Refugees will need to learn about Canada

Done — Murray


As the Camrose Booster and RE/Max judging team worked their way through the maze of streets and avenues of Camrose on the evening of Wednesday, December 16, it was clear that the spirit of the Christmas season is alive and well locally. Thousands of homes proudly depict the magic of the season. With color, creativity and care, proud homeowners have made the holiday special for neighbors. Many have kept Christ in Christmas with a strong Christian religious fl avour in their decor.

What a treat for judges! Two homes stood out among the countless properties evaluated to become the winner of 2015 Light-Up campaign.

One of the two is located in the Sparling/St. Patrick school area of Camrose at 5322-51 Street. It was rated spectacular by the entire judging team and is well worth an evening drive-by. The attention to detail in decorating will be obvious.

The winning house, at 6307 Marler Drive edged out the pre-stated property by having a complete nativity scene incorporated into the Christmas design. This meaningful feature prominently reminds all who pass by of the true meaning of Christmas!

These pictures provide a glimpse of what awaits you as you cruise by this remarkably decorated property. They probably do not do the home justice. For their efforts, The Camrose Booster has paid the couple $100 towards their December power bill.RE/Max Camrose has made a $100 donation to Glen and Marcia’s choice of charity, the Camrose Food Bank. They recognize the importance of contributing in the present, unusually slow, Alberta economy. To all Camrose residents: on bahalf of RE/Max Camrose and The Camrose Booster, thank you for making our community look so special in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Job well done!

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THRIFT SHOP DONATION TO NEIGHBOR AIDCamrose and District Family Thrift Shop made a donation of $1,500 to the Camrose Neighbor Aid Center for the food bank. Accepting the donation from Thrift Shop president Jim Law was Neighbor Aid Center program director Jo-Anne Tweed.

GRAD CLASS DONATION TO DAREMurray Green, Camrose Booster

Camrose Police Service school resource officer Kelly Bauer accepted $1,000 from Camrose Composite High School 2015 graduate Hannah Heck. The funds were generated from Safe Grad committee activities.

COLLECTION FOR SILENT SANTAThe St. Mary’s Hospital laboratory, rehabilitation and diagnostic imaging departments, along with the “Green Team,” collected donations of toques, mittens, gloves, scarves and socks for the Camrose Kinette Club’s Silent Santa program and hung them on a Christmas tree. Pictured left to right are Covenant Health St. Mary’s Camrose site administrator Cherilyn Antymniuk, lab department representative Leah Sereda, Camrose Kinette Club representative Karen Cunningham, “The Green Team” representative Kristen Baumgard-ner, and diagnostic imaging representative Janice Pudlowski.

LEGION PRESENTS BURSARIESCamrose branch of the Royal Canadian Legion member Agnes Minnes, front centre, presented bursaries to local students to help with education costs. Receiving funds, back row from left, Andrea Uglem on behalf of Seanna, Alexandra Gyander and Braden Clarkson. Front row left, Lana Lightburn on behalf of Lindsay and Jane Sharkey on behalf of Jonathan.

PRESENTATION TO MEALS ON WHEELSMurray Green, Camrose Booster

Camrose Knights of Columbus grand knight Wilfred McElroy, left, and financial secre-tary Keith Elliott, right, presented a cheque for $727 to Meals on Wheels director Maria Lobreau. The funds were raised through the sale of raffle tickets.

GRINCH PAYS A VISIT TO SPARLING SCHOOLLori Larsen, Camrose Booster

Mrs. Rybalka’s kindergarten class of Sparling School celebrated Christmas in “Grinch” style on Dec. 17. A team of artisans including: Judy Durand (artist), Donald Durand, Roy, Cody, Madison and Dawn Sehn created a scene right out of the movie complete with a sleigh, a bag of toys and a life size version of the Grinch and his faithful sidekick Max. The students attended the class in true “Whoville” fashion donning pajamas and “whodos”.

Done — Murray


Helpful Tips for Writing Classifi ed Ads

Which Get Results!Be Thorough

Sure you want your ad to stand out from the rest, but don’t skimp on the sort of information that sells. The item’s condition, size, age, brand name, and color are some of the basics readers want to know. Without them, your ad may be overlooked.

Steer Clear of AbbreviationsOkay, so you want to include all the important basics. Don’t use strange abbreviations because our ads are designed to spell all the important details. Besides, you are not paying by the line, but by the word, so there is really no need to abbreviate.

Be HonestExaggerating your item’s fi ner points may bring in a lot of responses, but a buyer who’s misled won’t appreciate it and will take his business somewhere else.

State Your PriceThe cost of an item is one of the most important concerns of want ad readers. Ads showing prices are ones which get results. Giving a price also serves to “weed out” those buyers not in your price range.

Be AccessibleIncluding a telephone number or address puts you in touch with potential buyers. Be sure to state the hours you can be reached: a caller who can’t get through the fi rst time often won’t call again.

Don’t hesitate to call us with any questions or problems you may have regarding advertising. Our professionally trained sales staff know the ropes, and would be happy to pass their know-how on to you. That’s why we’re here, to help you get the results you deserve.

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SEE THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTION STARTING ON PAGE 22

for more classified ads about cars, trucks, campers, RVs,

automotive services and ATVs

CAMROSE WILD ROSE DANCE CLUB – New Year’s Eve Dance at Mirror Lake Centre, 5415-49 Ave., Camrose. Thursday Dec. 31. Band: Diamonds. 8 p.m. - midnight. Admission: $35 per person. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Supper at 6:30 p.m. Lunch at 10:30 p.m. Ages 18+ welcome. Call Lawrence at 780-608-1590 or 780- 878-4108 for information or visit www.camroseseniorcentre.com

ANNUAL NEW YEAR’S PARTY – Round Hill Commu-nity Centre. Skating 7-9 p.m., weather permitting. Doors open 7 p.m. Tickets $25/family. Bring an appetizer. For information, call Cara, 780-672-6007.

THE FAMILY OF IDA ORR would like to invite family and friends to help us celebrate Mom’s 80th birthday. Please join us on Jan. 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Westpark Village Centre (behind Superstore) for coffee and cake. No gifts please.

B E R E A V E M E N T SUPPORT GROUP – For those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Monday evenings: February 1 - March 28, 2016, (no group Feb. 15), 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Sponsored by Covenant Health St. Mary’s Hospital. To register, please call Shelly Dalueg: 780-679-2793 by January 22, 2016.

OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY NEEDS HELP – and the sick and needy need prayers. Prayers are answered, especially in groups. Please come and join us in prayer and help us spread God’s word. Our Non-Denominational Prayer Group meets for one hour every Tues-day at 7 p.m. Call Dallas at 780-672-1224. Please join us for our Bible Study every Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. with a pot-luck fellowship afterwards. Call Shirley, 780-678-9634 to join this group.

PERSONAL

DRINKING A PROBLEM? Alcoholics Anonymous, call 780-672-9406 or 780-608-8798.

PETS/PET SUPPLIES

BATTLE RIVER VETERINARY SERVICES

Practice Limited to Companion Animals

Experienced Professionals Providing Quality Care and Service

780-672-6999 5208-51 Avenue, Camrose

HELP WANTED

TIRAS DAIRIES, INC. REQUIRES F/T MILK PRO-CESSING SUPERVISOR NOC 9213 – Hours may vary. Morning, afternoon or eve-ning shift work. Must have 5-7 years’ supervisory experience in the food and beverage indus-try. Extensive knowledge in the operation of HTST pasteuriza-tion processing and CIP/SIP sys-tems is required, along with a working knowledge of HACCP and CFIA regulations. Supervi-sor will prepare production and other reports, and manage inven-tory control. Duties may include training staff in cheese produc-tion following GMP (Good Man-ufacturing Practices). A knowl-edge of preventive maintenance of machinery and equipment is required. Starting wage is $22/hr., no benefits. Please submit resumé in person or by mail to: Tiras Dairies Inc., 3712-42 Ave., Camrose, AB T4V 4W3; or fax to 780-608-2492.

WANTED

WILL ACCEPT OLD VEHICLES, machinery, scrap iron, etc. Car batteries (will pay for). Call 780-672-6917 or 780-686-5211.

EMPLOYMENT WANTED

2ND BEST PAINTER IN TOWN – 30 years’ experience for all your painting needs. Call Rick the Painter, 780-672-0391.

SERVICES

J.D.’s SMALL ENGINE SALES & SERVICE – Ph. 780-672-7649.

R.J.’S CONSTRUCTIONRenovations, bathrooms,

additions and repairs Garages, concrete work

Arborite and tiles20 years’ experience in Camrose

Call Rob, 780-672-0521

DSS CONSTRUCTIONDon’t put off those projects any longer! Give me a call and we can plan together.

Devin Meakins, Ph. 780-853-1080

McTAVISH DELIVERIES LTD.

Local and long distance moving Storage

Insured and bonded Where your business

is appreciated780-672-5242, Camrose

LaCRIA TRUCKING Potable Water Hauling

Residential, Commercial, OilfieldGerald and Marla Steinwand,

owners PHONE 780-679-9134

ROY’S HANDYMAN SERVICE – Flooring, trim work, basement finishing, decks, fences, kitchen cabinet installs and carpentry work. Roy Boughner, 780-232-3097.

HILL BILLY’S YARD CARE – Now Booking for Snow Removal • Yard Maintenance • Lawn mowing • Eavestrough • Spring and Fall Clean-up • Aerating • Landscaping • Snow Removal • Garbage Disposal (Incl. animal waste) • Tree and Hedge Trimming and Removal • Ice Removal • And everything in between! For all your yard care needs, call Joey Leslie at 780-678-0518.

FOR RENT

FOR RENT ADS NOW UPLOADED TO

The Camrose Booster Website DAILY!

TWO-BEDROOM, TWO BATH upper level of up-and-down duplex, 4911A-69 Street. No smoking, no pets. $1,300/mo. Call Sean, 780-608-6310.

CAMROSE MOOSE HALL FOR RENT

Ideal for weddings, banquets, any celebration or special occasion.

Call 780-672-2505

PRIME DOWNTOWN OFFICE SPACE – 4979-50 St. 600 sq. ft. on second floor with elevator access. Includes lobby, two separate offices and lunchroom. $800/mo. including utilities. Ph. 780-679-5085.

SECOND FLOOR OFFICE SPACE ON MAIN STREET,

CAMROSE Smaller, recently developed

146 sq. ft. office. Reasonably priced at $155.61 monthly, all inclusive. Nice,

quiet neighbours. Call the fairest and most reasonable people in the business, Blain or Don,

at 780-672-3142.

TAMARACK PLACE Senior friendly community,

smoke and pet-free. Features a social room,

elevator and on-site manager. We are now accepting

applications for our two-bedroom suites.

All suites contain five appliances, including in-suite washer and dryer.

Office hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Ph. 780-678-2621

MAIN FLOOR OFFICE SPACE IN DOWNTOWN

CAMROSENewer building, quiet,

peaceful, nice neighboursGenerous office, 192 sq. ft., $310.88 monthly, including

utilitiesCall the fairest and most reasonable people in the business, Blain or Don at

780-672-3142 CLOSE TO UNIVERSITY AND CITY CENTER – Very nice bright, spacious two-bedroom w/balcony in quiet adult only apartment. No smokers or pets. Reference required. Call 780-679-2170.

ASPEN TERRACE Welcome Home!

Modern, spacus, clean Includes fridge, stove, dishwasher, in-suite washer/dryer, elevator Heat, hot water, parking included

Pet friendly In quiet surroundings All amenities within

walking distance Senior friendly one- and

two-bedroom suites availableCall office 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.,

Monday - Friday 780-672-8681

Visit us on Kijiji

STUDENTS’ ROOMS FOR RENT – Female students preferred. Rooms for rent in the Scotney and Jacqueline character homes. Both are 2.5 blocks from university in Camrose. Clean, quiet and bright. Rent is $550 - $600/mo. plus DD and includes WiFi and all utilities. They are partially furnished and include shared laundry. Some rooms are fully furnished for international students. No partiers, smokers or pets allowed. Please call Dave P., 780-678-6163.

MID-CITY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT,

1017197 Alberta Ltd. For All Your Rental Needs

We have: • Houses • Duplexes • 4-Plexes • Condos •Apartments • Storage

and more! Call 780-672-0662

or more info and listings or visit our ads on Kijiji

T H R E E - B E D R O O M HOUSE – $1,200/mo. plus utilities. No smoking, no pets. Call 780-608-6119 or email [email protected]

F O U R - B E D R O O M HOUSE – Available immediately. Acreage in hamlet of Gwynne. 1,800 sq. ft., newly renovated. Large yard, playground in back. School 1 - 9. Great place to raise a family. $1,500/mo. Utilities not included. Must have good credit and references. Ph. 780- 994-7281.

FOR RENT/SALE/LEASE

FOR SALE OR RENT – Clean, 1,000 sq. ft. house near CCHS. Carport, heated shop, great yard. No pets, no smokers or partiers. Reference required. $1,150/mo. plus DD and utilities. Available immediately. Call 780-672-6122 or 780- 608-6783.

LIVESTOCK/FEED

BEEF UP YOUR CATTLE SALES – Advertise in The Camrose Booster. Phone 780-672-3142.

MACHINERY

SWATHER NO LONGER ‘CUTTING THE MUSTARD?’ Call The Camrose Booster Classifieds, 780-672-3142.

ANTIQUE 1950 s TRACTOR – Cockshutt 35 Deluxe. Good running condition w/good tires. Comes with loader, $6,000. Call 780-878-1352 after 6:00 p.m.

REAL ESTATE

MUST SELL – Fixer upper two-bedroom house in Camrose. Full concrete basement, single car garage, taking offers. Call 780-608-4560.

MISCELLANEOUS

SEE THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTION STARTING ON PAGE 22

for more classified ads about cars, trucks, campers, RVs,

automotive services and ATVs

ADD A FREE PHOTO TO MOST CLASSIFIED ADS!

Done — Murray


NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTSEstate of RITA HILDA GOULD,

who died on November 20, 2015.

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by February 5, 2016, and provide details of your claim with JAMES H. ANDREASSEN at Andreassen Borth, Barristers & Solicitors, #200, 4870-51 Street, Camrose, AB T4V 1S1.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

INVITATION TO TENDER FARMLAND

The following farmland, located two miles north and two miles west of Sedgewick, Alberta, is hereby offered for sale by tender, subject to the restrictions, reservations and non-fi nancial obligations in the existing Certifi cate of Title:MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 12 TOWNSHIP 44SECTION 30QUARTER SOUTHWESTEXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALSAREA: 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESSSubject land contains 50 cultivated acres, with the remainder being pastureland with a creek running through the quarter.Any purchaser will pay the 2016 property taxes in full with no adjustment.Tenders are to be submitted in sealed envelopes marked “Forster Tender” to Andreassen Borth, Barristers and Solicitors, 5014-50 Street, P.O. Box 727, Killam, AB T0B 2L0, attention: Michael E. Borth, on or before 12:00 noon, January 15, 2016, and shall be accompanied with a bank draft or certifi ed cheque in the sum of $10,000 payable to “Andreassen Borth” and include the tenderer’s valid GST registration number.Tenders will not be opened in public.The highest, or any tender, will not necessarily be accepted.Unsuccessful tenderers will be notifi ed by mail and their cheques returned.Successful tenderers shall be obligated to complete the purchase on or before February 15, 2016, and their cheque shall constitute a non-refundable deposit towards the purchase price.For further information, please call 780-384-2450.

Family • Achievement • Integrity • Respect

Honesty, caring and a workplace that feels like home

An employer you can count onApply in person with resumé at either Camrose store

It’s nice when you discover the job is as good as the coffee

Quality Training • Incentive ProgramsBenefits or Bonus Program

Available Positions• Assistant Manager – Full-time / shift work, Minimum 3 years’

Tim Hortons management experience, annual salary $38K to $44K plus bonuses and benefits depending on experience

• Food Service Supervisors (FSS) – Full-time / shift work, Minimum 1 to 2 years’ industry experience, $13.50 to $16.75 per hour plus benefits depending on experience

• Food Service Attendants (FSA) – Part-time / Full-time shift work, no experience or education necessary, $11.20 to $13.25 per hour plus benefits depending on availability and experienceNow hiring for permanent full-time / part-time!

AT BOTH LOCATIONS IN CAMROSE!

Hiring for 796005 Alberta Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons West, 6602-48 Avenue, Camrose, AB T4V 4R1

• 1 Assistant Manager • 8 FSS • 8 FSAAll starting ASAP

Apply by mail, phone 780-608-7626 (Roxy/Ken) or fax 780-672-9455

Hiring for 1256146 Alberta Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons East, 3601-48 Avenue, Camrose, AB T4V 1L8

• 1 Assistant Manager • 8 FSS • 8 FSA – All starting ASAPApply by mail, phone 780-672-5087 (Diane/Dave) or fax 780-672-8808

The Village of Bawlf is accepting applications for a full-time Public Works, Water and Wastewater Person. The main responsibility of this position is the general maintenance of village facilities and infrastructure, maintaining roadways, buildings and parkland and maintaining water, sewer and lagoon systems. If the candidate does not already hold certifi cation in the Small Water and Wastewater Systems, then the incumbent will be required to work towards acquiring certifi cation within the appropriate time frame. Basic training would be provided by the current water and sewer operator.Specifi c duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Willing and able to learn the water treatment plant and sewer lift station operational systems

• Willing and able to learn the daily procedures of testing and treating the well water

• Document meter readings at the water treatment plant and the sewer lift station on occasional weekends

• Participate in all public works projects• Monitoring and repairing the main water and sewer lines• Seasonal fl ushing of the sewer lines• Operation of the sewer lift station and wastewater lagoon• Maintain village roadways and repair potholes• Snow removal• Maintain grass around the Village (including Jubilee Park

and the cemetery)• Operate and maintain equipment (bobcat, tractor, mowers,

etc.)• Assist with the preparation of operating and capital

budgets• Supervise seasonal public works staff when required• Complete necessary offi ce work as required• Other maintenance or public works projects as assigned

by the Village Manager. It is anticipated that the duties of this position may expand over time.

• Must follow the Occupational Health & Safety ProceduresRegular work hours will be Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm but can fl uctuate depending on time of year. There may be occasional evening and weekend work.The successful candidate will have a valid Class 5 Driver’s License, an acceptable driver’s abstract and will pass an RCMP security clearance check.Applications, along with hourly wage expectations, will be accepted until January 22, 2016 and may be mailed, faxed, emailed or dropped off at:

Village of Bawlf, Attention: CAO203 Hanson Street, Box 40, Bawlf, Alberta T0B 0J0Fax: 780-373-3798Email: [email protected]

For more information, please call the Village Offi ce at 780-373-3797.

VILLAGE OF BAWLFFull-time Public

Works, Water and Wastewater Person

ONLY applies to: Auto, Boats, RVs, Motorcycles, ATVs, Auto Misc., Pets/Pet Supplies, Lost

and Found, Rentals, Livestock, Machinery, Household, Real Estate and Misc.

Always better – Always better read!

FIVE-PIECE WESTBURY DRUM SET – $350. Ph. 780-373-3743.

You supply the photo in person or by email ([email protected]) and we will add it to your paid classifi ed advertisement at absolutely no extra charge.

4925-48 Street, Camrose, AB T4V 1L7Phone 780-672-3142 • Fax 780-672-2518

Email [email protected]

PIPE – Tubing from 1 1/4” to 3 1/2”. Sucker rod - 3/4”, 7/8” and 1”. Line pipe and Casing also available. Wainwright, AB. 1-800-661-7858.

FREE RANGE HERITAGE TURKEY – NO medications. Processed government inspected facility. 7 - 10 kg., $9.50/kg. Text/Call 780-803-7236.

FIREWOOD SALE – Poplar - $190/cord; Spruce - $260/cord; Pine - $300/cord. Outdoor campfire wood - $160/cord. Birch - bundled wood also available. All wood split and seasoned. Delivery extra. Call 780-361-8735 or text 780- 361-7500.

CHAIN LINK FENCE with posts, rails and miscellaneous, $100 obo. Call 780-608-9416.

CLASSIFIED ADS (Continued)

December 22A female attended the

front counter of the Camrose Police Service to report that a male has been following her in his vehicle all over town and is currently parked just outside the Police Ser-vice. The female stated that the male had been drink-ing alcohol all day and was intoxicated. Members walked outside and spoke with the male who showed the usual signs of impairment and sub-sequently provided a sample of his breath into an approved screening device and failed the test. The male was placed under arrest and provided two samples of his breath into the Intoxilyzer, which result-ed in 150 mg per cent (times two). The male was charged with Impaired Driving and released to a sober adult on a Promise to Appear.

December 21A local businessman

reported that sometime over-night unknown person(s) had entered a business under construction and stole tools worth approximately $1,800. Police investigation determined that the suspects broke into an unlocked adja-cent building, then kicked through the drywall in order to gain access. Members of the Camrose Police Service were able to track the sus-pect back to a residence by way of shoe prints. Police arrested a 35-year-old male with Break and Enter into a business, Mischief and Pos-session of Stolen Property. Police obtained access to the male’s residence and were able to seize all of the items belonging to the owner. A Judicial Interim Hearing was conducted with the male and he was released from custody on $500 cash Recog-nizance.

Malearrested forBreak andEnter

Done — Murray


NOTICE OF SUBDIVISION APPROVAL

Decision by the City of Camrose Subdivision Approval Authority

Take notice that on November 20, 2015, City of Camrose Subdivision Approval Authority conditionally approved the following subdivision:FILE: SUB 08-15LEGAL: Pt. SE 34-46-20-W4PURPOSE: To subdivide the area into 29 single family

residential lots, 2 Public Utility lots and Municipal Reserve lots for the purposes of parks and open space.

For further information, please contact:The City of CamroseSubdivision Approving Authority

NOTICE OF SUBDIVISION APPROVALDecision by the City of Camrose Subdivision Approval Authority

Take notice that on December 10, 2015, City of Camrose Subdivision Approval Authority conditionally approved the following subdivision:FILE: SUB 09-15LEGAL: 1B and 1C,

Block 1, Plan 032 2738

PURPOSE:To re-subdivide the existing lots to facilitate residential development on the south portion while preserving potential commercial expansion on the north lot.For further information, please contact:The City of CamroseSubdivision Approving Authority

PUBLIC NOTICE2016 UTILITY RATE INCREASES

Effective January 1, 2016 the following new rates will take effect for City of Camrose Water and Sanitary Sewer:

Water Rates (Bylaw #2868/15)

Residential Water Rates Basic monthly charge $26.41 per month

Consumption charge $1.919 per cubic meter

Temporary Consumption Service Basic charge $52.82 per month

Consumption charge $3.838 per cubic metre

Unmetered Temporary Services $100.00 per month or as calculated by the Department

Bulk Water Sales $6.45 per cubic metre

Hydrant, Sprinkler System or Fire Line Standby Charge $57.63 per month

Sanitary Sewer System Rates (Bylaw #2869/15)

Basic Charge – Residential/Commercial/Industrial/Institutional $25.93 per month

Consumption Charge Commercial/Industrial/ Institutional $0.837 per cubic metre

Residential – Weeping Tile Connection $0.837 per cubic metre

Residential - No Weeping Tile Connection $0.641 per cubic metre

We wish you aHappy New Year!

Safely enjoy all the holiday food Submitted

Food is an important part of holiday celebrations, but some foods, like tur-key, eggnog and food served buffet-style, can cause food poisoning if not prepared and handled safely. The most common symptoms of food poisoning are stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and fever.

Here are four basic steps to follow to protect yourself and your family from food poisoning:

Clean: Wash your hands and all kitchen sur-faces with warm, soapy water before, during and after preparing food.

Separate: Separate raw foods, such as meat and eggs, from cooked foods and ready-to-eat foods.

Cook: Cook food to a safe internal tempera-ture. Check this by using a digital food thermometer.

Chill: Refrigerate food and leftovers promptly at 4°C (40°F) or below.

Remember, you cannot tell if food is contaminated with harmful bacteria by the way that it looks, smells or tastes. When in doubt, throw it out!

Turkey and stuffingIf you are cooking a

turkey this holiday sea-son, make sure it is cooked

thoroughly by checking the internal tempera-ture with a digital food thermometer. Insert the digital thermom-eter into the thickest part of the breast or thigh. Turkey should be cooked to a minimum internal temperature of 85°C (185°F).

To avoid cross-con-tamination, cook stuff-ing separately – either in its own oven dish or on the stove top. If you stuff your turkey, stuff it loosely just before roast-ing and remove all stuff-ing immediately after cooking. Cook stuffing

to a minimum tempera-ture of 74°C (165°F) and refrigerate within two hours of cooking.

EggnogStore-bought eggnog

is pasteurized and does not need to be heated to kill harmful bacteria. If you decide to make egg-nog at home, heat the egg-milk mixture to at least 71°C (160°F) and refrig-erate it in small, shal-low containers so it cools quickly.

Holiday buffetsThe most important

food safety tip to con-sider when preparing a buffet meal is to keep hot

foods hot and cold foods cold. To keep food hot, use warming trays, chaf-ing dishes or crock pots. To keep food cold, put serving trays on crushed ice.

Refrigerate leftovers as soon as possible, no more than two hours from the time the food was cooked. If perishable foods have been sitting out at room temperature for more than two hours, throw them out!

For more information go to: Food Safety Tips for Leftovers – Government of Canada.

Done — Murray


BIRTHSTo Sheralyn and Ty

McNalley, of Camrose, a daughter on December 14.

Lea Condon McSwee-ney and Joshua Langsford of Camrose, a son on December 16.

Khristine and Darwin Tiu of Camrose, a son on December 16.

Halle and Austin Vanderlee of Camrose, a son on December 17.

Andrea and Garratt Gutmann of Camrose, a daughter on December 17.

Jennifer Simmons and Dayce Newman of Camrose, a son on December 21.

Ashley and Kenneth Hofer of Camrose, a son on December 22.

DEATHSGarrett Mark Langille

of Camrose, on December 19, at 17 years of age.

Doreen Charlotte Eliza-beth (nee Parcels) Timinski of Camrose, on December 19, at 82 years of age.

Blair Jamey Rourke of Camrose (formerly of Tofield), on December 22, at 38 years of age.

Doris Ileen Dorin (nee Freng) Torpe of Camrose (formerly of Metiskow), on December 23, at 85 years of age.

By Murray GreenWhy rent when you could enjoy

being the owner of this beautiful duplex in Creekview? You would have quick access to the university, parks, down-town amenities and the fantastic walk-ing trail system.

Sit back and enjoy the open concept of this two-storey floor plan and amaz-ingly large back yard.

From the entry move into the spa-cious oak kitchen to enjoy the vast amount of cabinets, great central island with an eating bar and lots of counter space for meal preparation. The huge

living room and dining area overlook the deck and backyard, and provide a soothing atmosphere for family and guests.

Head upstairs and enjoy the beau-tiful staircase with bright windows and plenty of display niches along the way. The wonderful master bedroom fea-tures two huge closets and access to the main four piece bathroom. Two more good sized bedrooms, one with a large walk-in closet and the other with a big closet, are also on the upper level.

The undeveloped basement is ready for you to complete to suit your family's needs. It has a new hot water tank.

The large fully fenced back yard is landscaped and has a beautiful deck that is ideal for entertaining. The single front attached garage offers shelter for your vehicle.

Included with the purchase are the dishwasher, stove, fridge, washer,

dryer, air conditioning unit and garage door opener with a control.

Be sure to view this lovely duplex at 3401-50A Street Close. It is priced to sell at $249,400. An open house will be held on Saturday, Jan. 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For a personal tour con-tact Lyndsey Delwo at:

Central Agencies Inc.4870-51 Street, Camrose

780-672-4495 or780-678-6117 cell

Central Agencies Home of the WeekPerfect first home in beautiful Creekview

Lyndsey Delwo780-678-6117

Lyndsey DelwoRealtor

Central Agencies

Thank you for counting on me this past year. May the New Year bring joy, peace and happiness to you and your family.

Best wishes from the Delwo’s, Lyndsey, Jason, Lonny, and Joe.Thanks to all who shopped in Camrose before Christmas!

The Miller family, who formerly lived at Millet, routinely drove to Camrose for shopping. “A terrifi c selection of small and unique shops - particularly

those in the heart of the city.” Melanie also reports really liking having her hair cut and styled by Christine at Hair Image, on main street.

A move a couple of years ago to Lake Isle, a community 82 km west of Edmonton, has made shopping in Camrose a little more diffi cult, however their preferred tradition continues, although it happens less frequently. Melanie continues to visit her Camrose hair stylist often!

A pre-Christmas shopping trip to this community was largely time spent in the downtown area. Melanie recalls shopping at Nutters, Bra Necessities and many other independant retail stores on main street. It was on this very day that she deposited several completed entry forms for the ever popular annual Stamp Around promotion in the draw boxes.

On Wednesday, December 23rd, just after 1:00 pm, Melanie’s entry was pulled from amongst approximately 24,000 other contest entries.

When notifi ed by phone of her $1,500 prize for a shopping spree in Downtown Camrose, the lucky winner was obviously touched by her moment of good fortune. “This will certainly help out Christmas this year” she said, with audible tears of joy.

Melanie will be in Camrose in early January to take advantage of her win.

HERE IS A RECAP OF THE WEEKLY $100 PRIZE WINNERS

IN STAMP AROUND 2016:Week #1: Cougar Klug, CamroseWeek #2: Lynn Bruce, CamroseWeek #3: Joan Rudyk, Camrose

Week #4: Joelle Burnstad, Round HillWeek #5: Isabelle Fuechtmann, Calmar

Week #6: Diann Morneau, RR#2 Gwynne

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I wish to humbly express my genuine gratefulness to you for allowing me to be of service in 2015

It’s special people like you who make the difference in my work and my family’s life

Graham WidemanAssociate Broker

Central Agencies Inc.Phone 780-679-8384

God’s Blessings and to everyone all the

best in 2016!

In the Spirit of the Holiday Season

AMAZING COUNTY LIFESTYLE – AWESOME PARK SETTING! ... 9.56 acres close to Camrose on Hwy 21. Perfect for hobbyist, small busi-ness or recreational. Beautiful groves of trees, your own park, pond. Majestic bi-level home, extensively reno’d. Vaulted ceilings, lovely LR, country kitchen, dinette w/easy access to private deck. Exc. bsmt., huge family/games area w/walkout to beautiful courtyard. 28’x26’ garage. NEW well, triple pane windows, paint, HE furnance doors, trims, paint, flooring + more! Gorgeous private setting. Perfect! Was $849,000. Now only $749,000 CA0069186

AMAZING YARD SITE!

RESIDENTIAL LOTSHUSTLE PARK ... by huge playground and west end amenities!• 30 lots with alley access,

starting from $91,190• 18 cul-de-sac lots,

starting from $114,290

SOUTHWEST MEADOWS ... by parks, play-ground and West End amenities!• 14 lots with alley access, from $96,690• 11 large cul-de-sac lots, from $139,425

Call now for more information!

CHARMING CHAR-ACTER HOME, CEN-TRAL LOCATION! ... Only blocks to University and downtown. Cozy, inviting 2-storey, 9’ ceilings, hardwood flooring. Lots of bright windows. Unique country

style kitchen, awesome dinette, lovely LR, bonus room, den, MF laundry, generous mas-ter. Private yard, 50’x150’ zoned R4. Exc. opportunity for first time buyers or investors!Asking $209,900 CA0068653

NEW PRICE!

AMAZING COUNTRY LIFESTYLE! ... Wow! 1924 sq. ft. bungalow, 11.8 acres on pvmt. by Heisler. It’s perfect for the hobbyist, small business or recreational. Energy efficient built, beautiful country kitchen, spacious dinette, lovely LR, generous master, MF laundry. Walk-out bsmt., huge family room, games area, kitchenette, storage and more! Htd. 24’x26’ att. garage, outbuildings. You’ll love the private setting, peaceful relaxing lifestyle! CA0068603

Now asking $399,000

PRIVATE SETTING!

NEW NOR-WAY BARE S E R V I C E D LOT ... ready, waiting for your dream

home. Water, sewer, power. Beautifully land-scaped w/trees, decorative shrubbery, lge. gar-den area, flower beds. Fantastic school system, short distance from Camrose! CA0060120

Asking $54,000

OUT OF TOWN

MULTI-FAMILY LOTS

GREAT OPPORTUNITY! ... Bare lot border-ing 48th Avenue and 46th Street in Cam-rose. Close to schools, downtown. Zoned DC. Asking $150,000 CA0004722TOWNHOUSE LOT WITH 4 SEPARATE TITLES ... backing onto park! Excellent location! Asking $245,960 CA2984682.5 ACRES ZONED R3 AND MULTI-FAMILY ... Exceptional west end location across from huge park and playground, by west end amenities. Lots of potential with re-division options. Call now! CA298482

1745 SQ. FT. 2-STOREY … 3 bdrm., 3 baths, bonus room, 5-pce. en suite, MF laundry plus much more!

Asking $444,900 CA0046348


CENTRAL AGENCIES INC.REAL ESTATE – INSURANCE

4870-51 Street, Camrose • 780-672-4495 • 1-800-809-8040 • centralagencies.com

Call us for your free market evaluation!

780-672-4495After Hours: Graham Wideman, 780-679-8384; Matt Banack, 780-608-9733; Matthew Mayer, 780-781-7088;

Tylor Keller, 780-281-0016; Lyndsey Delwo, 780-678-6117; Jillian Wideman-Lyon, 780-781-8787; Cole Walker, 780-679-5544; Al-Karim (Al) Mohamed, 587-322-5511.

CAMROSE HOMES OVER $300,000

UNDER $300,000

OVER $300,000

ONE OF A KIND BACKING ONTO THE CAM-ROSE FOUNTAIN! ... 110’x120’ lot with walk-out basement, mature trees and private back yard. 1370 sq. ft. above grade, single attached garage, spacious LR, covered deck. So much potential! Here’s your chance to own one of Camrose’s premier locations!

Asking $379,000

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! ... Private acreage with peaceful setting, amazing views! With 11.44 acres, this modern country home is approx. 15 min. from Camrose. Natural light throughout house, cozy front veranda, 2 over-sized back decks! MF will impress you w/its quaint kitchen, large dining area, LR, 2 bdrm., 2 baths. Awesome country lifestyle! This acre-age also has additional home, other various outbuildings. Asking $578,000 CA0069149

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ACREAGES

Give our professional realtors a call for a complimentary market evaluation of your property. Buyers are waiting!

HALF SECTION! ... 318.97 acres only one mile south of Coal Creek Golf Resort and Black Nugget Lake Campground. 0.5 mile off oiled road. 290 arable acres. Good potential bldg. site. Services readily available. Surface lease $1950/yr. Three metal bins. Wanting to expand or build your own home? Take a look! Asking $975,000 CA0047001

FARMS

GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN KILLAM! ... Com-mercial bldg. w/Hwy. exposure. This 5168 sq. ft. building features office space, board rooms, staff area, 2 lge. bays in rear, fully fenced site. This 3.98 acre parcel is ideally set up for your expanding company! CA0066575

Asking $449,000

1745 SQ. FT., 3-BDRM., 3 BATH, BONUS ROOM ... Open concept liv-ing, MF laundry, coffered dinette ceiling, WI pantry, 5-pce. en suite w/

corner tub, separate shower, infloor htg., WI closet. Still time to choose your finishes! Asking $409,900 CA0065777

W A L K O U T BSMT. ... w/gorgeous north valley views – beautiful fam-ily 2-storey w/bonus room in Creekview. 3

bdrm., 3 baths, MF laundry, walkthrough pan-try. 5-pce. en suite, his/hers WI closets. 20’x26’ garage and much more! CA0065781

Asking $499,900

WALKOUT BSMT. ... w/gorgeous north val-ley views – premier family floor plan w/4 bdrm. upstairs, bonus room, another flex

room on main. Loaded master w/5-pce. en suite, WI closet. 2186 sq. ft., 20’x26’ garage, raised deck, front covered veranda.Asking $519,400 CA0065782

BRAND NEW FLOORPLAN! ... 2,297 sq. ft. two-storey. Large foyer, flex room, open concept, great kitchen, bonus room, master w/5

pc. en suite and 10’x11’ study. Impressive! See for yourself! Asking $477,900 CA0051293

WOW! NEW WALKOUT BUNGALOW BACKING ONTO PARK! ... Awesome new floor plan at Blackstone Villas! Exc. presentation, beautiful staircase, bright windows, coffered ceilings, hardwood, tile flooring. Amazing kitchen, dinette w/park views, gorgeous great room, beautiful FP, superb master, en suite, MF laundry, in-floor htg. 24’x24’ garage all fin. + lots more! Quality built, you’ll love it!Asking $478,000 CA0046579

EXCITING NEW M U L T I - L E V E L FLOOR PLAN FROM ZETSEN MASTER BUILD-ERS ... Lovely kitchen, vaulted

ceilings, gas FP, master bedroom plus 5-pc. en suite on MF, spare bedrooms above garage. Call today! Asking $399,900 CA0046337

I M -P R E S -S I V E F L O O R P L A N … An e y e -ca t che r

from the first step inside! Vaulted ceilings, lovely flooring, big bright windows. Gorgeous kitchen, beautiful cabinetry, quartz counters, centre island. All this + much more! Ask $429,900 CA0051288

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME ... on this 5.02 acre property just northeast of Bittern Lake. Located in Johnston Lakeview Estates only 1 mile off hwy. This most westerly lot could be yours! Asking $125,000 CA0065274

GREAT START-ER OR INVEST-MENT PROPER-TY! ... Currently being rented out at $800/month. This clean and

well-maintained bungalow is located in the hamlet of Round Hill – a wonderful country community. Park-like setting, quiet neighbour-hood, easy access to Camrose, close proximity to school, playground, firehall. CA0073062

Asking $127,500

ONE OF A KIND HOME IN VAL-LEYVIEW! . . . Open concept MF w/beautiful cabi-nets, eating bar,

pantry, FP. Spacious master w/WI closet, en suite. MF laundry, man cave bsmt. w/custom bar, poker table, pool table ALL INCLUDED! In-floor heat. Htd. 23’x23’ garage, paved, fenced, RV parking. This could be your home!Asking $461,900 CA0067463

OPEN HOuSESat., Jan. 2, 11 am-1 pm 3401-50A Street Close

“Home of the Week – See page 47!”

1901 SQ. FT., 3-BDRM., 3 BATH, BONUS ROOM ... New floor plan! Spacious foyer, bright MF, lge. back entry w/laundry.

5-pce. en suite, WI closet in master! Great fam-ily area. Asking $429,900 CA0065778

BRAND NEW BUNGALOW TOWNHOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION… One lvl. living at its finest. Open concept design, single garage, 2 bdrm., 4-pce. en suite, MF laundry and private deck! Asking $279,900 CA0067999

CHOOSE fROM 2

FOR LEASEB R A N D N E W S T A T E -O F -T H E -A R T

BUILDING – EXCEPTIONAL BUSINESS LOCA-TION! ... Wow! Outstanding energy efficient designed bldg. w/exc. presentation, superior site plan, low operating costs. High visibility, easy customer access. Two front retail/reception/office areas. 1206 sq. ft. and 1079 sq. ft. Awesome 3001 sq. ft. bay can be combined. 14’x14’ and 18’x16’ OH doors, floor sumps, 21’ high ceilings. Exc. site plan, all paved, fenced. Outstanding place for your business! CA0032126

3 OPTIONS!

FOR SALE OR LEASE11.15 ACRES OF PRIME INDUSTRIAL LAND … Exc. location in expanding east side industrial area of Camrose. Zoned M2 – Medium Indus-trial. Property currently being used for pipe storage. Building 7260 sq. ft. of office area, arch rib arena, multi-purpose bay. Additional enclosed storage, covered outside storage. Exc. opportunity! Call now for details. CA0069085

GORGEOUS CUSTOM LOG HOME 35 MIN. FROM CAMROSE ... Beautiful douglas fir con-struction, ICF block bsmt., infloor zoned heat on every level, vaulted ceiling, master suite loft, 28’x30’ htd. attach. garage, 22’x24’ detached garage, all on 3/4 acre. Excellent value!Asking $625,000 CA0060275

2006 SQ. FT. 2-STO-REY W/BONUS ROOM ... Beautiful open floor plan. Walkthrough pantry, MF laundry. Attractive master w/his/hers WI closets,

4-pce. en suite. Raised deck, 20’x26’ garage. Still time to put your finishing touches on this one! Asking $429,900 CA0065780

STUNNING 4 BDRM., 2,186 SQ. FT. ... w/front covered veranda, flex room, MF laundry, bonus room, Master

suite w/5 pce. en suite w/htd. floors. More than enough froom for the whole family here!Asking $473,900 CA0051290

NEW FLOOR PLAN! 1,901 SQ. FT. TWO-S T O R E Y . . . S p a c i o u s great room w/gas FP, beauti-

ful kitchen w/island, DR w/raised ceiling. Awe-some bonus room upstairs and master w/5 pce. en suite. Asking $464,900 CA0051294

E X C E P -T I O N A L HOME! ... I m m a c u -late yard! H a r d wo o d f l o o r s ,

maple cabinets, gas FP, in-floor heat, triple pane windows, a/c. Htd. triple garage, RV parking, 3-season sunroom plus much more!Asking $520,000 CA0067587

GREAT BUNGALOW IN ROSALIND… Next to new, amazing

features! Open concept floor plan, awesome kitchen w/lots of countertop, cabinet space, master w/en suite, 2 additional bdrm. upstairs, MF laundry! 32’x26’ detached garage w/htd. partitioned work space. A great home to call yours! Asking $249,900 CA0070446

QUALITY BUNGALOW IN A QUIET LOCATION ... close to Mirror Lake and West End shopping. One level living, 1388 sq. ft., 3 bdrm., 2 baths, 2 living spaces, laundry all on MF. Dble. garage, newer furnace/hw tank, lots of storage in partial bsmt. Asking $264,900 CA0070842

C U T E , C O Z Y , UPDAT ED ! ... Close to Mirror Lake and down-

town amenities. Substantial reno’s – all new windows, updated kitchen, flooring, furnace/HW tank, 2 updated baths. 2 bdrm. up, 1 down. Fin. bsmt., single garage. Nothing to do but move in! Asking $249,900 CA0071271

EXC. CONDO – OVERLOOKING JUBILEE PARK … you’ll love the park views, location! Close to walking trails, city centre.

Beautiful open design, bright windows, superb balcony. Lovely kitchen, dinette views, cozy FP in LR, spacious master, en suite, MF laundry. Easy access to garage, elevator. A/C + more!Asking $319,900 CA0071451

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We offer Multiple Listing Service

CHARMING C O U N T R Y SETTING ... in the quiet, p e a c e f u l village of

Rosalind. Older 2-bdrm. bungalow w/some upgrades incl. kitchen counter tops, cabinetry. New flooring throughout home, pass through window to kitchen. Large lot w/mature land-scaping. Asking $68,000 CA0071715

Discover how homes built by Zetsen will enhance your life!

CALL TODAY FOR YOUR PERSONAL VIEWING!

13 12 homes and 3 2 townhouses currently under construction!

Call for details.

GREAT, CLEAN COZY BUNGALOW ... in quiet neigh-bourhood, close to

schools and downtown shopping! 5 bdrm., 2 baths, lge. LR area up and down. Excellent opportunity! Asking $259,900 CA0071436

EXC. 1723 SQ. FT. 2-STOREY HOME BACK-ING ONTO FIELD IN SW M E A D O W S ! ... Awesome

kitchen w/centre island eating bar, corner pantry, gorgeous maple cabinets, MF laundry, huge bonus room, lovely master w/WI closet, 5-pce. en suite + much more! Take a look for yourself! Asking $377,900 CA0070939

NEW PRICE!

WELL CARED FOR HALF DUPLEX IN CREEKVIEW! ... Awesome l o c a t i o n , great open concept floor plan w/lovely oak kitchen,

eating bar, inviting dining/living area. 3-bdrm. upstairs w/master access to 4-pce. bath. Bsmt. open for dev. New a/c, HW tank. Corner lot provides extra parking. Ready and awaiting immediate possession! CA0072191

Asking $249,400

W O W ! COMPLETE-LY RENO’D 3 - B D R M . BUNGALOW D U P L E X !... It’s all done. It’s

senior friendly, just move in! Bright open plan, awesome new kitchen, quartz countertops, upgraded appl., spacious dinette, LR. MF laun-dry, 3 bdrm. Very nicely landscaped yard. Ideal starter or retirement home. CA0070411

Now only $259,000

NEW PRICE!

AWESOME 6-BDRM. BI-LEVEL, SUPERB YARD, CUL-DE-SAC LOCATION! … Exc. Victo-ria Park location w/golf course, park close by. Spacious LR, exc. kitchen w/lots of cabinetry, superb dinette, generous master, en suite, MF laundry. Exc. bsmt., cozy FP in family room, huge kitchenette. Very nicely landscaped, attached 24’x25’ garage + more! You’ll love it! Asking $399,900 CA0069437

HuGE CuL-DE-SAC LOT!

E X C . S T A R T E R OR INVEST-M E N T PROPERTY, WEST PARK C O U R T ! ... Superb neighbour-hood by park, play-

ground, west end shopping! Impressive bi-level, open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, 3 MF bdrms. Exc. kitchen, dinette, lovely LR, bright open bsmt. Alley access. Be sure to view! Asking $269,000 CA0062565

STILL RENTING?

EXCELLENT OWNER-SHIP OPPORTUNITY! ... Great location, highway exposure! 1528 sq. ft. retail bldg. w/additional mezzanine. Imagine the possibilities. Possession

Feb. 2016. Asking $379,000 CA0072329EXCLUSIVE AND RARE OPPORTUNITY ... to own a C1 zoned bldg. in highly sought after downtown area. Call today! CA0073183NEW LISTING!

EXC. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY – ZONED M1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL! ... 4 lots w/good central location, suitable for multiple uses. 4352 sq. ft. bldg., good workshop areas, loading doors, front offices, mezzanine storage, HE furnaces, a/c. Fenced storage yard, 28’x30’ rear garage. Easy customer access. Call now! CA0062344

Asking $449,000

COMMERCIAL

E X C E P T I O N A L CUSTOM 2301 SQ. FT. WALK-OUT 2-STOREY ... home backing onto green space

and park. This home offers hardwood floors, wainscoting, flex room, stunning kitchen w/granite, quartz counter tops, antiqued white, gun metal blue maple cabinets, exc. master w/remarkable 5-pce. en suite, bonus room, a/c, unique light fixtures. Triple car garage plus much more! Asking $579,900 CA0072098

WALKOuT!

BEAUTIFUL BUN-GALOW STYLE DUPLEX, OVER-LOOKING PARK! ... Quality built, open plan, 9’ and

bordered ceilings, hardwood, maple cabinetry, granite counter tops, lge. island, huge WI pantry, 7 appl., lovely LR, en suite, MF laundry. Awesome bsmt. dev., in-floor htg. No condo fees, park views from covered deck – it’s per-fect! Asking $408,900 CA0072240

NEW LISTING!

B E A U T I -FUL QUAL-ITY BUILT, C R A F T S -MAN BUN-

GALOW! ... Close to parks and valley walking trails. 9’ and 11’ coffered ceilings, beautiful hardwood flooring. Exc. kitchen w/gorgeous custom cabinetry. Lovely LR, awesome dinette, superb master, private den, MF laundry. Exc. open bsmt. w/in-floor htg., 9’ ceilings. Awe-some covered veranda, deck. 26’x23’ garage all fin., RV option. Lots of upgrades! Quality, lifestyle, a home you’ll love! It’s perfect!Asking $489,900 CA0072787

NEW LISTING!

HOMES FEATURE:• Covered front entry• 9’ and vaulted ceilings• Hardwood flooring• Cozy fireplace• Lovely maple cabinets• Granite countertops• Large island and pantry• Superb main floor laundry• In-floor basement heating• Covered deck

FINISHED WITH ELEGANCE!

Walkout Lot Available – Build Your Dream Home!

Beautiful Bungalows and Two Storeys by Battle River Homes

•1400 sq. ft.•2 bedrooms•26’x26’/28’ garage

Asking $459,162CA0065858

WALKOUT ON LAKE!•1458 sq. ft.•24’6”x36/24 garage

Asking $567,162CA0073191

SW MeadowsValleyview West

WALKOUT BUNGALOWS

BUYER INCENTIVES!

• Luxurious bungalow villas• Lock and leave lifestyle• Walkout basement• Backing onto park• Oversized garages

Call now for more details!

Starting from

$478,000

A community where passion and creativity reside!

• New and exciting lifestyle• French Country and Provincial designs• Beautifully finished and well appointed• Quality and craftsmanship• Personalize, engage your creativity

STUNNING CUS-TOM 2028 SQ. FT. 2-STOREY HOME … in Creekview subdivision! Awe-some kitchen w/lge. centre island, maple cabinets,

spacious DR, MF laundry, bonus room, beautiful en suite, htd. dble. garage, a/c unit. Vinyl fencing, oversized deck, exc. views where you can kick back and relax! Asking $475,000 CA0073082

NEW LISTING!

Holiday HoursDecember 30 – Usual Hours

Thursday, December 31 – Open until 4:00 pmFriday, January 1 – Closed

Saturday, January 2 – 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

STUNNING HOME! … 1910 sq. ft. 2-storey only steps away from park and walking trails. Bright DR, MF laundry. Great family home!Asking $459,900 CA0046346

ASK ABOuT OuR BuYERS’ INCENTIVES!

F A M I L Y B I - L E V E L W / E X C . PARK LOCA-TION … close

to schools. Backs onto park. 1382 sq. ft., 5 bdrm., attractive foyer, bright windows, easy keep lami-nate flooring. Spacious LR, DR, lovely kitchen, generous master w/en suite. Exc. bsmt. dev., WO to garage, cozy wood FP in huge family/games room. Awesome yard, park views, 24’x22’ garage, HE furnace, a/c. Asking $349,900 CA0072359

ON PARK!

W O W ! COMPLETE-LY RENO’D 3 - B D R M . B U N -G A L O W D U P L E X !... It’s all

done. It’s senior friendly, just move in! Bright open plan, awesome new kitchen, quartz coun-tertops, upgraded appl., spacious dinette, LR. MF laundry, 3 bdrm. Very nicely landscaped yard. Ideal starter or retirement home.Now only $259,000 CA0070409

WHY RENT? BuY NOW!

E X C E P -T I O N A L 2150 SQ. FT. C U S T O M HOME … on huge lot in cul-de-sac

backing onto green space. Gorgeous kitchen w/granite counter tops, maple cabinets, gas FP, tri-ple pane windows, theatre room, 3 family rooms, MF laundry. Htd. triple car garage, RV parking w/sewer dump + much more! CA0073424

Asking $659,000

NEW LISTING!

EXCELLENT O P P O R -T U N I T Y , AWESOM E

COUNTRY LIFESTYLE! … Close to Camrose on Hwy 26. Peaceful acreage setting. Spacious 3237 sq. ft. home w/country kitchen, LR, family rooms, games room, rec room, DR, MF laundry, 3 en suites, 5 bdrm. + more! Private treed yard, attached garage, htd. 24’x28’ workshop. Home reno’s to be completed by buyer. CA0073547

Asking $475,000

NEW LISTING!

Stop in for info on all the new

Zetsen homes!

G O R G E O U S , B R I G H T 2-BDRM. CON-DO ... Overlook-ing Jubilee Park! Just steps away from Mirror Lake walking

trails. Enjoy a worry free lifestyle in this MF condo w/cozy FP, large windows, lots of natural light! Walk out to a lge. covered patio and beautiful view of park. CA0069442

Asking $257,000

REDuCED!

3-BDRM. CONDO W/ GARAGE, PARKING SPACE! ... Close to parks, schools. Exc. design, bright open plan w/lots of win-dows, impressive vaulted ceilings.

Perfect for entertaining, exc. open concept kitchen, bright dinette, spacious LR. 2 baths, MF laundry, private entrance. First home or investment, it’s a great opportunity. Immediate possession! Asking $191,900 CA0073059

REDuCED!

GREAT 1528 SQ. FT. BUNGALOW IN DUGGAN PARK! ... Spacious front entrance, stunning kitchen w/maple cabinets, under-cabinet light-ing, tile backsplash + SS appl. Huge master w/2-pce. en suite, lge. family room, hardwood floors and pellet stove. Many reno’s done in prior years. Asking $309,900 CA0042283

EXC. BUNGALOW CONDO, PARK VIEW RAVINES ... Exc. parking! Premier location by valley, walking trails. Exc. presentation, thoughtfully designed, beautifully fin. 9’, vaulted ceilings, hardwood flooring, cozy FP, lots of bright windows. Exc. kitchen, wonderful great room, DR. Spacious master, en suite. MF laundry. Superb ICF bsmt., huge family/games room. 24’x22’ htd. garage + lots more!Asking $497,000 CA0069013

EXCEPTIONAL VALLEY LOCATION!TOM BANACK CONSTRUCTION

BI-LEVEL• 1,400 sq. ft.• 3 bedrooms

Asking $445,900CA0073823

BUNGALOW• 1,236 sq. ft.• 2 bedrooms

Asking $399,900CA0073795

Energy efficient built, in-floor heating, MF laundry, RV parking and more!

CALL FOR DETAILS!

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