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With rising numbers of rural Albertan seniors wait-ing for placement in a senior care facility, MeadowlarkSenior Care Home’s biggest concern should be runningout of beds to house these individuals. However, the pri-

vate nine-bed facility which specializes in dealing withdementia and which is not contracted through AlbertaHealth Services (AHS), fails to appear on the government-approved government-contracted list of choices – raisingfrustrations among families who said they felt pressuredinto an ultimatum and leaving the care home struggling.

Meadowlark Senior Care Home operates under theSupportive Living Accommodation Licensing Act andStandard, and receives regular visits from AHS home care– publicly funded personal and health care services forclients of all ages. Nonetheless, Debbie Wakelam whoestablished the care home 15 years ago and later movedit to Strathmore, has seen an increase of frustrated fami-lies knocking on her door with complaints of having re-ceived misinformation from the government.

“The bottom line is, it’s supposed to be about the se-niors,” said Wakelam. “I’m not presented as an option.Other operators in other cities and areas, they’re open-ing more. I can’t even keep this one full. It’s not for lackof advertising. It’s not my reputation. It’s strictly everyclient is a homecare client and they must pass throughthat office.” According to Wakelam AHS told her that despite pro-

viding good care, Meadowlark was not staffed to providea higher level care – including licensed practical nursingcare on site or the employment of a registered nurse,

which Wakelam said never posed a problem previously.She added the residents at Meadowlark are usually AHSHome Care patients and therefore receive nursing sup-port along with 24 hours on-call nursing services. Sincemost of the seniors at the facility deal with dementia, the

care home is baffled as to why AHS is suddenly adamantabout such mandatory services when the residents forthe most part remain physical ly independent. The facilityalso has their staff on site 24 hours a day.

“Meadowlark is licensed by the Government of Albertaas a privately-operated personal care home and is not adesignated publicly-funded continuing care facility,” saidBruce Conway, southern regional senior media advisorfor Alberta Health Services.

“Meadowlark provides personal care support to cl ients. While a physician does make regular on-site visits, Mead-owlark does not have licensed practical nursing care onsite, nor does it employ any registered nurses. This lim-its Meadowlarks ability to accept all levels of care. Al-

berta Health Services is in discussion with the operatorof meadowlark to address any concerns they may have.”

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Senior facilityfights for choice

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Merry Christmas!Five-month-old Harlyn (l) and two-year-old sister Lennyn Sohn shared with Santa

what they wanted for Christmas this year during the Celebration of Lights event at

the Strathmore and District Agricultural grounds on Dec. 24. See more coverage of

the event on Page 3.

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22, where kids were able to createornaments, gifts, cards, and much

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on Dec. 24, which was hosted by

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SNOW REMOVAL FROM SIDEWALKSCOMMUNITY STANDARDS BYLAW

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(1) The owner or occupant of a private parcel of land adjacent to a Sidewalk or Pathway that runs in front of the property oralong the side of the property where:

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

(b) Such sidewalk or Pathway runs parallel to and adjacent to aStreet, where the Pathway or Sidewalk and Street are separatedonly by a grassed or otherwise covered boulevard; Shall removeice and snow from that portion of the Sidewalk or Pathwayadjacent to the parcel so that the Sidewalk or Pathway is cleared

to the bare surface, within 48 hours after the ice and or snow hasbeen deposited.

(2) Where the owner or occupant of a parcel of land has notcomplied with Part V Subsection (1), The Town may remove

the ice and snow, and the owner of the parcel is liable for suchremoval costs.

(3) Where the owner or occupant fails to pay the expenses andcosts of removal referred to in Part V Subsection (2), such costsmay be added to the tax roll of the parcel.

PLEASE KEEP OFF THE ICEDUE TO THE WARM TEMPERATURES THIS WINTER

SEASON, THE ICE IS NOT FULLY FORMING. PLEASE BE

CAUTIOUS AND STAY OFF ALL WATER BODIES!

TOWN UTILITY BILLS

November 2015 bills have a due date of Dec 28, 2015 andalthough the town office is closed residents can still makepayments online, at their bank or through Virtual Town Hall.

We will also be mailing Route B Utility Bills for December 2015on Dec 24/15 regular due date Jan 25, 2016

Routes: Lakewood Mews, Hillview, Strathaven, Brentwood,Maplewood, Cambridge Glen, Edgefield, Glenwood, Orchard Parkand the garbage route for the annexed lands.

NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT PERMITS

The following application(s) for development have beenapproved by the Town of Strathmore, subject to the right ofappeal to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board:

Application: 15D-269Civic Address: 602 Westmount Road (pending re-addressingfrom 1005D Westmount Drive)Legal Description: Lot 5, Block 19, Plan 101 1032

Development:

The Town of Strathmore has conditionally approved aDevelopment Permit for retail commercial uses, eating anddrinking establishment and office uses at 602 Westmount Road(Lot 5 Block 19 Plan 1011032). Land Use Bylaw 14-11 requires

the Development Authority to publish notice of the DevelopmentPermit for the following reasons:

1. The Eating and Drinking Establishment, Major is aDiscretionary Use under Bylaw 14-11;

2. A slight relaxation for the front yard (along Westmount Road)was granted.

A copy of the documents for the proposed development may beinspected by the public during regular office hours, 8:30 am to

4:30 pm, Monday to Friday at the Town Office (680 WestchesterRoad, Strathmore AB, T1P 1J1). Please contact the Town Office ifyou would like an opportunity to review and provide input on theproposed discretionary use and relaxation.

NOTICE OF APPEAL PROCEDURE

A person affected by this permit or any conditions of this permitmay appeal to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board asprescribed by Section 685 of the Municipal Government Act, RSA2000 as amended, and Section 1.18 of the Town of StrathmoreLand Use Bylaw 14-11.

A Notice of Appeal must be made in writing, accompaniedby the fee of $100.00 and addressed to the Secretary of theStrathmore Development Appeal Board, 680 Westchester RoadStrathmore AB T1P 1J1 be received no later than 4:30 pm on

Monday, January 6, 2016.

Date of Publication: December 31, 2015

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January 13, 2016. Trees must be out by 7:00 am. Or if

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The town office will be closed forThe Holidays starting on December

24th, 2015 at noon and re-opening onJanuary 4th, 2016 at 8:30am.

COUNCIL MEETING CALENDAR

JANUARY 2016-DECEMBER 2016JANUARY 13TH & 27TH

FEBRUARY 3RD & 17TH

MARCH 2ND & 16TH

APRIL 6TH & 20TH

MAY 4TH & 18TH

JUNE 1ST & 15TH

JULY 6TH & 20TH

AUGUST 3RD & 17TH

SEPTEMBER 7TH & 21ST

OCTOBER 5TH & 19TH

NOVEMBER 2ND & 16TH

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PAT FULE

Fule for Thought

Life doesn’t always give people a “Hallmark Christmas.”

Sometimes, tragedies happen. At the same time we cel-ebrate Christ’s birth, we sometimes also have to lose people. We have lost three people this Christmas season: two fam-

ily friends, and my much loved uncle. Luckily, my family gotto visit with Uncle Poldi one last time before Christmas. Twodays before his death, he told my aunt to “go downstairs and

bring beer for Pat.”She actually had to pretend to leave, and when she re-

turned, he whispered for her to get more! Now before youstart thinking I drink a ton of beer, he was still trying to bea good host, even in his hospital room! On his last evening,he was weakened by cancer, and barely able to respond,

but I tried my hardest to make him smile. Talking out loudabout his fishing trips with my dad, did bring a slight smileto appear, and I could see him relax, too. Later that night,the truth we had to face: my uncle had passed away.

It has been a strange time for us all. A funeral has to oc-cur so fast, it’s almost like having a major function, like a

wedding, come together in only a few days! Life also doesn’tstop, and even though we lost three people, Christmas plan-ning and final shopping, still had to occur. I was privilegedto deliver the eulogy for my uncle, and although difficult,his story and that of my aunt, needed to be told. His funeral

was on Dec. 23, and the irony of such a sad day just be-fore a happy celebration was on my mind. The funeral also

brought relatives and friends together again, and my ownfamily pulled together so well!

There was another great sadness in store for me, and it was to come on a social outing with my cousin and herhusband. We were reminiscing about childhood in Canmore,

where they lived across the street. We talked of how her olddog loved hanging around with our dog and my friends’ ad-

ventures. I mentioned that it was terrible that our dog Rustydisappeared when I was 15. I said my friends and I searchedfor days on bikes to try and find him … to no avail.

“You don’t know, do you?” she asked. When I replied “no,” she hesitated, as if she didn’t want to

continue. After some reassurances that I could handle it, shehit me with a bombshell.

“Your dad put him down, that’s what he told my par-

ents. He got complaints from neighbours about barking, andRusty jumping the fence to roam, so he put him down.”

I felt a mix of rage, sickness, and sadness!How could my dad have done this? We had Rusty since he

was a pup, and he’d only been five when he disappeared!

I loved that dog so much, even though I always knew my brother was his favorite! How could Dad have killed my owndog? Don’t get me wrong, I mean killed … an old Hungarianguy like my dad wouldn’t have gotten a vet, and Canmoredidn’t even have one in 1975!

So many thoughts ran through my head: why did he thinkkilling the dog I loved, was the only answer? Why didn’t hetell us about the neighbours, and see if we could keep Rustyin the yard more? Did Rusty get scared before he died … didsomeone just take him in the woods and shoot him? Whydid he let my friends and I search for days when he wasthe one responsible? Why, in the next 22 years, did he notconfess … isn’t that what we Catholics are supposed to do?

I know this happened 40 years ago, but the true storyis brand new to me now! The dad I believed in, has let medown terribly. With his death in 1997, I can’t even get hisanswer, or tell him how I feel!

Just before my uncle’s funeral, I had planned to transferan old vinyl Polka record to my iTunes library, to reminisceabout my old family days. I don’t want to anymore. I think

I need to be mad, and sad, for a while. The mystery of mylost dog is solved, but has led me to another question. If mydad was able to do this terrible act, what else about him,

won’t I ever know?Instead of a “Merry Christmas,” it’s been a melancholy

one. There’s a line from a Christian hymn called “Holy HolyHoly” that states “God and sinners reconcile.”

I’m not ready to reconcile with my dad’s memory rightnow. Besides mourning the people we’ve lost, I’m also madat that memory, and I mourn for a little border collie, and a15-year-old boy who lost his best friend.

Lastly, I mourn for something that’s now lost between mydad and me.

(“Fule for Thought” is a slice of life humourous columnthat appears in the Strathmore Times, written by long-timeresident, town councillor, high school teacher, coach, hus-band and father of two – Pat Fule. If you would like to getin touch with Pat, you can send him an e-mail at Pat.fule@ shaw.ca)

Two Christmas Truths

MIRIAM OSTERMANN


After a decade of inactivity for the MemorialPrint project in conjunction with the StrathmoreLegion, the Canadian Fallen Heroes Foundationis gathering speed in finding sponsorships withinthe community to honour the remaining 20 fallen

soldiers mentioned on the Strathmore Cenotaph.Strathmore’s Royal Canadian Legion Branch No.10 recently acquired their latest plaque, a 23 inch by 19 inch oak-framed memorial, and is in theprocess of obtaining three more. The project waskick-started in 2003 with 25 prints, followed bythree prints in 2005, and then the recent additionin 2015. Local businesses in the community havealready stepped up to sponsor a print, such asPJ’s Appliances and Strathmore Motor Products,and even the town has received a request for a$2,500 platinum sponsorship.

“These are for anyone who was killed in ac-tion in any kind of conflict right up to including Afghanistan,” said Jenny Schumann, president ofthe Strathmore Legion.

“The [foundation] wants to see all the people oncenotaphs to have their pictures done like these

ones, and display it throughout the town so thatpeople know these guys did not die in vain. Youcan’t compare what happened then to what’s hap-pening now, but you can’t forget it.”

Schumann said the plaques are displayedthroughout the Town of Strathmore and Wheat-land County. While 28 soldiers mentioned onthe cenotaph have already received their plaque,Schumann said the goal is to find enough spon-sors to recognize all 48 names. By doing so, she

hopes the awareness around town will attractthe attention of the younger generation, who shefeels are becoming less involved.

“We’re getting less and less kids involved in thepoppy and poster contest,” she said. “It seems tome that it’s being more and more forgotten. Youhear it at Remembrance Day, and that’s only oneday a year. Maybe if you walked by it and there’s acouple pictures here and there in different places,like the library, arena, fire department, more localplaces where people frequent, they’ll see it moreand maybe it’ll stick in their head a little more.” While the emphasis is placed on the cenotaph,

many of the fallen soldiers who have already re-ceived plaques received recognition because ofinformation provided by family members andfriends. In a letter to the Town of Strathmore, theCanadian Fallen Heroes Foundation acknowledgetheir collaboration with the Strathmore branchto research, track down photos, and informationabout the individuals.

“Every one is separate and they’re beautiful,”said Councillor Denise Peterson. “It has biograph-ical data on it and they’re very attractive and very well done. Every year when we would do the Re-membrance Day ceremonies, you wanted to make

it as real and meaningful for young people as youpossibly could, when I looked at those pictures Icouldn’t believe how meaningful they would beto youth and to everyone.” According to Schumann, she will present the

recently acquired plaque to council in Januaryalong with more information. The foundation isexpecting to unveil the memorials at the Legionduring a veterans’ appreciation luncheon in Feb-ruary.

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Thought for

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Every hour

you spend on

something

unimportant is

one hour that

you can’t spend

on something

important

By Irene Knappe, Secretary / PR / Membership

Strathmore Legion Branch #10 NEWS

This time of year is always a joyous and busy one for most of us. But we

must not forget about those who are much less fortunate. It’s also a bad

time in our economy, both provincially and federally. A lot of us have lost

our jobs and are wondering what to do. I have always firmly believed that

NO-ONE deserves to be alone at Christmas and hope that you do too. If you

know of someone who will be alone, why not put out an invitation for Christ-

mas dinner? It’s never too late to add a plate! Something I’ve learned: no

matter how bad you have it, there is someone who is worse off! And please

go by the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!

My father, who left us in July, told me a story I loved listening to him tell. It

was about one Christmas during World War II. There was no Christmas tree.

Indeed, there are no Christmas trees in the tropics. So, my dad and some

of the others got together and from the tropical trees made their Christmas

tree. No decorations. An idea came to mind that if all the men who smoked

kept the silver wrap that was around the cigarettes and made ornaments

out of them to hang in the tree, they would indeed have glittering orna-

ments! Well, it worked and they had a beautiful, decorated, Christmas tree

for Christmas.

Well, I hope everyone who has read this Legion News article throughout the

year has a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS with all your friends and loved-ones,

and perhaps a cold and hungry stranger or two.

For further information, please call the Legion at 403.934.5119

LEST WE FORGET / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

MIRIAM OSTERMANN


Due to the significance for the Strathmore Fire Departmentto meet the fire and rescue needs within the community, towncouncil agreed to spend nearly $40,000 on a replacement ve-

hicle for a truck that was damaged and deemed unrepairableafter a rescue mission three months ago. The department’s 2007 Chevy Silverado 4x4 three-quarter-

New truck for fire departmentton truck aided in a rescue operation at Eagle Lakeon Oct. 11, where it sustained significant waterdamage. The vehicle, which was used for towing a trail-

er and rescue boat, was written off and sold tothe town’s insurance company for a settlement of

$11,000.“The truck had some damage to it … and yes themechanic checked it over very closely and thenthe insurance company came and they looked atit and that’s when they wrote it off,” said DwightStanford, chief administrative officer for the Townof Strathmore. The issue was first brought before council on

Dec. 2, where council moved to postpone the mat-ter until the Dec. 16 meeting and directed admin-istration to bring forth more information. Strath-more Fire Department Fire Chief Muir Furzerapproached council two weeks ago to provide fur-ther details.

“This truck would probably be the backbone ofthe fire department,” said Furzer.

“It’s a truck that is used for everything, frommoving equipment around, transporting fire fight-ers to courses, for day-to-day inspections, fire safe-ty inspections, and it’s also used for after hours

when I need to respond to fire calls. This is themain utility vehicle for the fire department.”

The three-quarter-ton pick-up truck replaced aone-ton pick-up truck specifically used for rescueand utility operations in 2009. Since then, the ve-hicle was used for a number of purposes, trans-forming the truck from a single-use vehicle to amultipurpose response vehicle.

For the past six years the department relied onthe vehicle for towing, equipment recovery, trans-portation, and for off-road.

Councillors did inquire about the mechanical in-spection, the settlement, and the increase in usageonce two permanent full-time staff are added tothe department in the future.

Council approved the purchase of a replacementthree-quarter-ton pick-up truck that would not ex-ceed $39,500 plus GST, on Dec. 16.

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The care home recently took on their sixthresident, a former Gleichen community member,

whose family asked to remain anonymous, aftershe became incapable of living on her own. Un-able to do her own laundry, remember how to

work the microwave, and helpless in finding a so-lution or contacting someone when her furnace

broke down during the winter, her niece was giventwo options when her aunt was put on an emer-gency list. She was told her aunt could end upin Strathmore’s Sagewood Seniors Community, or

Eaton Senior Communities in Calgary. While thedistance to Calgary was too far, she was given athird option of trying to get her aunt into WaldenHeights Seniors Community until a bed becameavailable at Sagewood in Strathmore – unawarethat Walden was also a facility located in Calgary.

When she asked about other options, she was toldthere were no other options, and failure to acceptto move her aunt into Walden Heights would resultin her aunt being taken off the emergency list.

“My gut was saying to me, this is wrong, this may be a new building but this atmosphere will killher, and they’re asking me to put my aunt physi-cally and psychologically at risk by putting her inthere; my only choice,” said the niece, who lives inStrathmore, and later found an ad for Meadowlarkon social media.

“It frustrates me. It’s not fair to my aunt, it’s not

fair to families, because other families are dealing with similar situations, and why are we not beingpresented with this information. It’s wrong in myopinion. Nobody even mentioned [it].

Unfortunately other Strathmore and WheatlandCounty families have encountered similar experi-ences, feeling pressured into choosing a publicgovernment-contracted facility.

Residents moving into a supportive living life-style will pay close to $2,000 monthly for either apublic or private facility. The government allocatesup to $5,000 per individuals directly to the con-tracted facility to cover for care. A private facility

such as Meadowlark is required to charge an ad-ditional $2,000 for those services.. However, resi-dents can apply through the government for theHome Care Self Manage program to cover thosecost. But Wakelam has heard through members inthe community that such an opportunity was ei-ther not mentioned, or residents were told chancesof receiving it were slim.

“It’s our right, freedom of choice,” Wakelam said.“These are seniors. They’re in panic and they’re incrisis and they’re told this is how it is; do it. It’ssuch an emotional time for them and stressful, andfor an individual senior who has dementia, they’re

not capable of sticking up for themselves. That’sthe sad part. They’re almost picking on the mostdefenseless population that we have. The familiesgo to health services for information because thatshould be the person that provides clear easy tounderstand direction and the best choices.” While Wakelam asked to go on contract with AHS

several times in the past, she was told the needin Strathmore and surrounding areas was alreadymet through their contract with Sagewood SeniorsCommunity. Glenda Boc, director of care at Sage-

wood, which employs a 24-hour licensed practicalnurse as well as registered nurses throughout theday and after hours, agreed there is a need withinStrathmore to provide more beds.

“Our beds are all funded through AHS so theymanage the waitlist … and because we’re a smallersite than Seaton or Walden, they’ll go there first

and as soon as their name comes up on the waitlistthen they get transferred back,” Boc said.

“We’re always full. What we’re seeing is they’remanaging them at home longer just because ofthe lack of beds. So by the time we get them intocare, their care needs are usually quite high. Whichmeans the families are struggling at home. Bedsnever sit empty here.” Alberta Health Services said they are in contact

with Wakelam regarding her concerns. Yet withouta contract Meadowlark remains off the list of op-tions and may be faced with closing its doors inthe future.

Senior care option dismissedby government

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that some of her clients, and seniorsin the surrounding areas, were not

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Last year’s out-of-the-bluemanoeuvre – when nine Wil-drose party members crossedthe floor to the ProgressiveConservatives and irrefutablycost the party its hold in Al-

berta – fuelled a number ofcircumstances in 2015 thatconsequently transformedMLA Derek Fildebrandt’s life. The former Canadian Tax-

payers Federation Alberta di-rector channelled his feelingsof anger and betrayal into a

vigorous election campaign while restoring trust and in-creasing memberships withinthe party. As a result, the 30-year-old

politician won 52.6 per centof the vote to become Strath-more-Brooks’ new Memberof the Legislative Assembly

during the provincial electionon May 5 – launching Fildeb-randt into what he referred toas a tumultuous yet refresh-ing year and signifying oneof his most memorable mo-ments of 2015.

“It’s been a pretty wild yearthat began with the floorcrossing event of last year,that really sort of turnedmy world upside down andforced me to do somethingabout it and set in motion apath that would lead me to

become the MLA of Strath-more Brooks,” Fildebrandtsaid. “Election night was ab-

solutely shocking. That said, Idon’t think I fully understoodthe magnitude of what had

happened on election night.For me I was just so happythat we had finally changeda government that even if anew government was dia-metrically opposed to what Istand for, they would at leastgovern democratically andaccountably.

“I think I was overly op-timistic about that with thenew government as theyseem to have fallen into manyof the worst habits of the oldgovernment very quickly.” With the fall of a 44-year-

old Progressive Conserva-tive reign and the rise of theNew Democratic Party with amajority, the Wildrose Party

became the official opposi-tion. Since then, Fildebrandtremained occupied. Fromambitious plans to becomethe MLA with the most town-hall meetings, to advocatingfor the Strathmore Hospitalin the legislature, to debat-ing the budget, to hostingthe largest town-hall meet-ing against Bill 6 in Bassano,Fildebrandt experienced a

whirlwind year. When not in session at the

Legislature, which requiredearly mornings from 5 a.m.until well after midnight,the Strathmore-Brooks MLAspent his time in the riding,meeting with constituentsand local stakeholders, tour-ing the province, and rebuild-ing the Wildrose Party.

“I’ve had an enjoyable,

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Rosebud School of the Arts first-year students organized a gallery of their

drawing, painting and photography, and a film screening, in the Rosebud

Mercantile on Dec. 14. The exhibit was the final project for their Visual Foun-dations class, and they called it “Shards of Inspiration,” seeing themselves

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Ed Thiessen’s ancestors were Mennonites, originat-ing in Northern Holland andGermany, before settling inRussia in the 1700’s, when

Catherine the Great invitedthe Mennonitesto settle in herland. The Men-nonites were rec-ognized as excel-lent farmers, andthe Russian Tsarina(Queen)needed people to settle andfarm on land seized from the

Turkish Army.Moving forward, we find

Ed’s grandparents and fam-ily including Ed’s Dad, Jake,

with five brothers and onesister moving to Southern Al-

berta in 1925. Jake was born

in 1910, so he would have been 15 years of age whenthe family arrived in Alder-syde, near High River. For thenext six years they lived and

worked as farm labourers in Aldersyde and Youngstown.In 1931, they started farmingnear Namaka, and in 1941,

Jake and his brothers boughtland which included the BowRiver valley section where Edand Donna now live. One ofthe stories told to Ed abouthis grandfather was that

when he arrived in Canada,he bought a large quantityof oatmeal and Roger’s Gold-

en Syrup, so that his family wouldn’t starve!

Ed’s mother Mary (Manja) was born in 1911 in what isnow the Ukraine, the daugh-ter of Martin George Wingert-er and his wife. George anda brother operated a largefarm, but George was mis-takenly shot to death by theRed Army, who were lookingfor another family member!In 1929, the family started onthe long journey to Canada,first moving to Germany, thenEngland, from there by boatto Halifax where they arrivedin 1930, then to Winnipeg,and finally to Namaka.

Mary and Jake met in Na-maka and were married in1940, which produced

three children including Ed who was born on Dec. 1, 1941during a dust storm. He was

born on the farm, served bya gravel road, located on thesouth side, and three mileseast of the current intersec-tion of Hwy 817/901. Ed at-tended the one room NamakaFarms School, before movingto Carseland School wherehe graduated at age 16 andmoved to the University of

Manitoba; where he earned aMechanical Engineering De-gree and joined Schlumberg-er Ltd who sent him to theirDawson Creek location.

Donna’s family originatedfrom a Welsh/English back-ground, where her great-grandfather James Ellis wasa railway engineer. He emi-grated to Mount Forest, Ont.in the early 1800’s, and mar-ried Elizabeth Lovelock. Her

grandfather Walter Ellis was born here, and married Myr-tle Small, which producedtwo children including Don-na’s father - Arthur Ellis bornin 1910. When he was five

years old, the family movedto Wadena, Sask. where three

brothers and a sister were born. Follow-ing graduationfrom school, he

became a phar-macist. Donna’smother, Sophie,

was born in 1912 in Czecho-slovakia, and moved withthe family to Margo, Sask.in 1927. Arthur and Sophiemet, and were married inSaskatoon in 1937, the dayafter he graduated from theUniversity of Saskatchewanas a pharmacist. They hada son born in Wadena and

over the next 17 years livedin places like Salvador, Sask., where a daughter was born,Port Arthur, Ont. (now Thun-der Bay), and Toronto, whereDonna was born in 1942. Thefollowing year they moved to

Vancouver, where her fathercontinued to work as a phar-macist.

Donna attended school in Vancouver and area, but in1954 following a visit to Daw-son Creek, her father movedthe entire family, pharmacyand store, to Dawson Creek.Donna graduated here, then

joined Finning Tractor, where

she was working when shemet Ed, and they were mar-ried in 1966. They spent ashort time in Brooks beforereturning to Dawson Creek,then in the spring of 1967they moved to the home farmat Namaka, where Ed startedfarming with his father Jake.

This was a new experiencefor Donna, who was really acity girl! Back in those days(1967) they fed 87 head ofcattle by hand, and milked 10cows by hand, and there wasa small cow/calf operationand grain farm.

Ed and Donna had fivechildren, Stuart (Leta), Doug-las (Lisa), Andrea (Darcy),Bryan and Amy. The hardestthing they ever went through

was the loss of their daughter Andrea to cancer, at age 31. They also have 10 grandchil-dren. Ed still goes off to hisoffice at 6.30 a.m., workingmany hours a day at the farm,or on the phone line, or onhis computer.

He has been a member ofthe Alberta Cattle Commis-sion, Alberta Cattle Feeders

Association, and VIDO (Vet-erinary Infectious Disease

Organization). Donna is anactive member of the Angli-can Church, belonged to theNamaka Friendship Club, andhas been a volunteer withthe Youth Justice Committeeand Victim Services, and hasmany hobbies when she hastime for them. The biggest change they

have seen are the biggerfarms, and rural areas becom-ing semi-urban.

REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS

~ Ed and Donna Thiessen


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JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

It has been a busy year for WheatlandCounty, and one that Reeve Glenn Koes-ter considered to be a progressive 12months because of the direction that bigprojects were going in.

“It was a good year,” said Koester.“We had our paving done, we had our

roads built. Everything seems to be go-ing along. We got a couple little things,I thought would go faster, but it’s when

you’re dealing with approval agencies, Iguess it takes times.” The projects that he thought would

move along quicker are the RosebudSanitary Sewer (Symbiotic Envirotek),and for Wheatland Utilities and theLakes of Muirfield to come to an agree-ment on their sanitary sewer issue.

“I’m thinking we’ll get something

in the ground this upcoming year, (it) would be nice for all those residentsthat’s for sure.” said Koester.

“It would be a big relief, especially if you’re the rate payers that are affected by those two systems. It’s a money thingtoo. Hopefully their costs can comedown and everybody can get on with

their lives.”Koester noted that supporting theRosebud Symbiotic Envirotek project

was something that is new to WheatlandCounty and according to him is fallinginto place.

“On one foot council is willing to trysome new technologies, but on the oth-er they’re trying to protect the ratepay-ers too and make sure it’s going to fulfill

what it’s set out to fulfill,” said Koester.Other notable projects included the

Hammer Hill road being paved, a FireRecognition Program was established

in 2015 for all fire associations in thecounty, Roesbud now has a sump dumpfor RVs, and the rejuvenation of the Glei-chen, Carseland and Evantide cemeter-ies, while work has begun on Rosebud’s.

Looking ahead into 2016, Koesterhopes to have more changes in land use

bylaws and a faster process to complete

them, while hopefully seeing more development on the Carseland sanitarysewage system.

“I don’t know what the developer isgoing to come up with but the ball is

just sitting there bouncing in the middleof the court because they don’t know

which way to go,” said Koester. Additionally, he is hopeful the two-

year Duck Lake road project will getpaved, which Koester thinks will ben-efit the people in the eastern area of thecounty, but they will have to wait for Al-

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CFR Bisons vs. Yorkton Maulers Dec. 26 at Fa-ther David Bauer Arena

The CFR Bisons openedthe 38th annual Mac’s

midget tournament with a4-1 win over the YorktonMaulers on Boxing Day, ina game where the team allowed very fewchances.

Head coach Sandy Henry thought there was some uncertainty as to how the team was going to come out and perform aftera mini holiday break.

“We were maybe a little tentative aboutthe game, big tournament, guys feelingthe nerves a little bit,” said Henry. “I reallythought we pushed the pace up … andeventually Yorkton wasn’t able to main-tain that pace we wanted to play at.” Veteran Zach Vinnell said that allowing

the first did not discourage them and forthe Bisons to not give up was key to win-ning the game.

“They came out hot yesterday and gotup a goal on us, but we didn’t give upon that and kept going,” said Vinnell. “Wecame out with the win there and that feltgood.”

Gary Haden notched the hat trick, whileLiam Izyk had one goal in the win.

CFR Bisons vs. Ontario Avalanche Dec. 27 at Max Bell Centre

The CFR Bisons kept up with their win-ning ways in the early stages of the Mac’smidget tournament by beating the Cali-fornia-based Ontario Avalanche 9-1 at theMax Bell Centre on Dec. 27.

However, head coach Sandy Henry said

his team did not play up to their potentialin this contest.

“I thought we fell back to their level,”said Henry. “Some bad habits moving thepuck because it’s easy. It was too easytoday and the message in there today

was we were disappointed with how theteam played and the effort we had. That’s

not going to be acceptable.”He added that it was hard to play

against that sluggish style of hockey, but to get the win was their goal andthey wanted their goal differential to be asgood it could be.

“We’ve gave up twogoals in two games and

we’ve kept them to onegoal,” said Henry. “I’mhappy with that part.Now we get into themeat of the round robinand we’ll see. I said we’llfind out tomorrow where we’re at (Mon-day vs. Lloydminster).” Vinnell said the team had a great start

but thinks the team has to have a better

third period.“I thought it went pretty well,” said Vin-

nell. “We worked pretty well as a team atthe start, which put us up on the board. Ithought it went pretty well that way. We’rea much better team than that in the thirdperiod. We didn’t play our game. Theydominated us most of that period, there’smore to come from us.”

Izyk and Cameron Shorrock had twogoals each, while Vinnell, Haden, ZachCox, Jackson Salt, and Quaid McBeanall scored in the win.

CFR Bisons vs. Lloydminster Bobcats Dec. 28 Father David Bauer Arena

The CFR Bisons learned the hard way

about not capitalizing on their chancesat opportune times as they lost their firstgame of the Mac’s tournament 5-0 to theLloydminster Bobcats on Dec. 28.

“I think we went head-to-head hard for40 minutes,” said head coach Sandy Henry.

“They got a couple of goals and we gotour chances to get our goals and didn’t

get them. They inched ahead slowly in thethird. It felt like a little of the energy wentout of the game as a whole, especially

when the fourth one went in.”Henry said he liked their jump out of

the gate, but they had to overcome someadversity after losing two guys early in thegame.

“We had to adjust, (and) guys picked upthe slack,” said Henry. “We went at themhard and just kept creeping a step further

behind and weren’t able to keep that gapclosed. Eventually they got away from usat the end.”

Bisons captain Kyle Gordon thought thedifference in the game was that the Bob-cats capitalized on their opportunities andhis team couldn’t bury theirs

“We had just as many chances as them,maybe even as good … as them and wedidn’t put it in and they did,” said Gordon.

He added that the problem wasn’t thatthe Bobcats were giving them a differentlook, as he felt they were right with themfor 40 minutes, but said the difference wasthat the Bisons let a few pucks get away

from them.“This is probably one

of the best teams in ourleague and (we need to)take what we did wrongand get ready for tomor-row because we got to

win that one,” said Gor-don.

JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

The Rocky Mountain Raiders are sittingatop the Alberta Major Midget FemaleHockey League (AMMFHL) standingsthanks in large part to four local players– Hailey McCallum, Paige Russell, Libby

Wheeler and goaltender Erin Fargey – who have had an impact in different waysthis season.

“We’re doing good,” said McCallum. “Wehave more hard workers this year, maybea bit less skill, but lots of hard workers.Everybody is together going for the samemotive.”

She said the team is faster this year and

everybody likes each other more in thedressing room, while getting to knowtheir coach Paul Pozzi has made playingfor the team a lot better.

McCallum, being a veteran on the team,hopes she brings a positive attitude to theteam every day and has set goals for her-self going down the stretch in the season.

“I want to finish Top 10 in scoring inthe league and get a scholarship,” saidMcCallum.

Now, after having participated in theMac’s Midget Hockey Tournament inCalgary, she felt as though the competi-tion was a bit easier because of the team

working closely.Continued on Page 15

J A N U A R Y 1 , 2 0 1 6

SPORTS

Bisons off to strong start at Mac’s

Making an impression

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Alberta Cancer Foundation Development officer Mike

Miller (middle) was presented with a cheque from the

Rocky Mountain Raiders female players Paige Rus-sell (l-r), Hailey McCallum and Libby Wheeler on the

teams’ behalf. The donation was raised for the TomBaker Cancer Centre and in memory of Hailey’s late

father Billie prior to their feature game at the Mac’s

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Wheatland Kings defensemen Bren-nan Fuoco got promises from his for-mer team, the Golden Rockets of theKootenay International Junior HockeyLeague (KIJHL), that were never kept,

which led to Brennan asking for a re-lease from the team, which became anunfortunate situation. To play in the KIJHL the fee

is anywhere from $2,500 to$3,800, with room and boardon top of that; comparatively,to play for the WheatlandKings is $700. However, theRockets wanted a $1,750 feefrom the Kings for his re-lease.

Brennan’s frustration be-gan to mount at the begin-ning of the season when hehad planned to go back andplay his final junior season

and work to make money. Golden hadpromised to pay his expenses, but hegot injured a couple of weeks into theseason and that’s where the playingtime became tough.

“Starting to get back and playing waspretty tough,” said Brennan.

“My coach said I was quitting onthem. It was really more shockingthan anything to hear that from him.I was really frustrated more about thatthan anything really that the fact theypromised me that I could play thereat no cost or anything and they basi-cally turn their backs on me and sayingthey won’t release me unless I pay themoney.”

He considered all his options for his

last year of junior hockey before pursu-ing educational opportunities next yearand Strathmore was the place where hecould have fun playing the game again.

He put it all into perspective this yearin that he knew it was his last year ofhockey before he takes off to schoolnext year, and he considered his op-tions as to where he wanted to havefun playing the game again this season.

“I kind of wanted to enjoy it morethan get frustrated with the season

we’ve been having,” he said.“For the drive back to Calgary it was

tough to take that they were asking andacting like that. I was just talking to mydad, family and girlfriend and just got

over it.”He added that there was no tension

between him and Golden’s coach JasonStephens in the process.

Brennan’s father and WheatlandKings head coach Emilio Fuoco hadconsistent communication with himthroughout the situation and shed some

light on what Brennan was feeling atthe time as well as the groundwork hedid during the process.

“He approached thecoach and said ‘I’m nothaving any fun. I want togo back home, I have a

job back home and I wantto finish my career play-ing with my dad in Strath-more,’” said Emilio.

“Was that a mistake, butthat’s the truth and that’s

what was said.”Emilio then wrote a let-

ter to Golden’s owner, Curt Thorne, stating how ap-

preciative he was for everything theorganization had done for Brennan’srelease and what his intentions were.

“He responded fairly quickly,” hesaid.

“He said ‘I’m leaving it to Jason (headcoach Stephens), that’s Jason’s respon-sibility and I have full confidence he’llmake the right decision for the team.’”said Emilio.

Stephens’ response to Emilio’s let-ter was how disappointed he was thatBrennan quit on the team.

Stephens gave his thoughts on Fuo-co’s situation prior his release.

“We understand that he quit our teamand walked away,” said Stephens.

“We understand that our board of

directors had given us direction as to what’s required because of past history with this player with fees and money.”

It was shortly after that that Kingsmanager Dale Peters took it upon him-self to phone Stephens and it was thenthat Brennan was granted his release.

“We chatted for a bit and he told mehis side of the story and of course when

you have two sides you always have adifference,” said Peters.

“We talked about what was goingto be gained by not releasing him andkeeping him until Jan. 10. I think wecame to a mutual agreement that noth-ing was to be gained and at that pointhe released him.”

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The CFR Bisons hosted a pre-Mac’s tournament

exhibition game against Belarus U17 on Dec. 22

at the Strathmore Family Centre. The Bisons lost

5-1.

Pre-tournament preparation

Signed and wrapped

Photo Courtesy of Manny Everett

The sign language class, offered through the Strathmore Municipal Library, held a Christmas Wrap-Upevent and performed the Twelve Days of Christmas on Dec. 17. The class will resume in 2016.


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THIESSEN, Bobbi Joanne (nee Kennedy)October 23, 1970 - December 19, 2015

Survived by daughter Hayley Thiessen, son JoshuaThiessen. Mother Bette Kennedy (Atilio Pasutto),father Robert Kennedy. Sisters Shannon Herman-son (Joe Hermanson), Sherry Gaub (Don Fraser).Nieces and nephew, Joanne Hermanson, Bruce

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wood Seniors Community for taking care of B.J.and sharing your love with her. In lieu of flowersif desired, B.J. has requested donations be madeto the Strathmore Handi Bus and the RecreationDepartment at Sagewood. Memorial Tea was heldDecember 21st.

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Te family of the lateGarry Nielsen would like to thank everyone for the support of love,prayers, cards, flowers, food andphone calls. Your kindness is trulyoverwhelming. A special thank you toPastor Dan, Linton Treacy and PastorDavid Larsen for your part in the service.Also thank you to the Hussar caterersand the Hussar Lions. We live in suchan amazing community.

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In memory of Francis DuttonOctober 6, 1932 - January 2, 2015this poem written by his son Shawn

A year ago, there was no plan

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It was December you know, Christmas was near

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work light

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to fight

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with hope

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to cope

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from heaven above

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We made it through Christmas, and New Year’s Eve

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The funeral was fitting, we paid our respectI took some time, time to reflect

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Live each day to its fullest, with no regret.

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“Last year we weren’t ranked to begood enough at the Mac’s,” she said.“Paul said we were ranked to be .500last year. This year he’s like ‘you got togo in thinking that we’re going to winevery game and have the confidence inourselves.’ “Everybody is going to wantto beat us, we had to get prepared forevery game even if other teams haven’t won as much we have.”

Third-year Raider Paige Russell saidit feels good to be a leader on the teamand she doesn’t mind carrying the weight on her shoulders if it meanshelping the rookies get through nervesat the Mac’s tournament.

“It’s nice to be able to have a motiva-tion to be a leader for the rookies and

show them how to win at the Mac’s,”said Russell. “In my first year I was su-per anxious then all the nerves weregoing just because it’s your first yearin the Mac’s, there are a lot of peoplethere. Last year, my second year, it gota little better, my nerves settled downa little bit and I was able play better. Third year, it’s pretty similar, all thenerves are still there but as third year you learn to push through them andplay your game.”

She added that the biggest changeshe has seen in her game has been dis-ciplining herself to have a 110 per cent work ethic.

“These teams are good and if youmake mistakes then other teams capi-

talize on them,” said Russell. Third-year midget and first-year Raid-

er Libby Wheeler’s Mac’s experiencehas been exciting so far, and she has been adjusting well from the beginningof the season until now in certain areasof her game.

“This is my third year playing triple- A,” said Wheeler. “It’s definitely a lotmore competitive this year than it waslast year. But having played a higherlevel this year, I definitely have to pushmyself. My coach definitely gets on meabout my foot speed. It’s something Ihave to work really hard on and lots ofpassing, lots of heads-up stuff.”

She added that she wants to have

successful year and feel good about herlast year of midget.Goaltender Erin Fargey has played in

nine regular season games and boasts a2.12 goals against average and a spark-ing 0.92 save percentage.

Pozzi described Russell as a ruggedpower forward who takes the puck tothe net, while putting points on the board as a go to player.

He thinks McCallum is a great skaterthat’s a playmaker with good hands who shoots well.

Wheeler was described as a stay athome defensemen who plays strongand looks after her own end.

He added that with the characteris-tics that those players have, they have

made a great impact so far this season.“You need the veteran presence to

keep the girls flat-lined and keep theiremotions in check because it can getpretty overwhelming with a lot ofpeople,” said Pozzi. “Girls want to takeownership of the dressing room andthat’s their place. For girls a lot of it isabout the dressing room with the socialaspect.

“The older girls that have good per-sonalities are good kids and it makes iteasier for me to coach.”

Female Raiders

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