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Shannon LeCLair

Times Reporter

The long anticipated opening o the Aquatic Centre expansion has fnally come. On Jan. 24, Minister o Cultureand Community Spirit Lindsay Black-ett and MLA Arno Doerkson joinedcounty and town councillors or thegrand opening o Phases 2, 3 and 4.

I do want to thank and congratu-late all the community groups that

worked together to make this happenand tell you what a privilege it is to

work with you to make things happenin this community, said Doerkson.

On Oct. 21 o 2002 the Aquatic Cen-tre opened its doors with Phase 1.The fnal phases o the Aquatic Cen-tre is one o the major projects thetown has been excited about, saidCouncillor Pat Fule.

Phases 2, 3 and 4 include a chil-drens play pool, a large hot tub, a wa-terslide and two multipurpose rooms.

This is a community acility thatnow, with these new enhancementsis going to make it more accessible,more amily riendly and just a bet-ter community acility or amiliesthroughout, said Blackett.

Blackett also presented a cheque tothe town or the amount o $579,000

or the Strathmore Centennial AquaticCentre. A tour was given o the new-est additions, while students romCrowther Memorial Junior High andSiksika Nation High School spent timesplashing around.

Anna Reinwald was one o the di-

rectors on the committee who attend-ed the grand opening o the expandedpart o the Aquatic Centre. She waspleased to see it fnally fnished, ulfll-ing the vision the committee had or the centre. Reinwald said the planning

or the Aquatic Centre began 10 yearsago when the Aquatic Centre commit-tee was ormed. She was a member o the committee, which she said washeaded by George Pinchback andGordon Prusky. All three o them andall o the other members o the com-mittee deserve credit and recognition

or helping to begin what has fnally been completed today, said Reinwald.

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Splashing aroundJesse Roberts had a great time testing out the new water slide with his classmates from Crowther MemorialJunior High at the Aquatic Centre on Jan. 24. The nal phase of the Strathmore Aquatic Centre was of callyopened last Monday. Shannon LeClair Photo

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During his time as a Town Council-lor, Brad Walls saw different groupscome to council meetings and suggestcreating an arts council.

In November, Walls decided to takeadvantage of some of his free time andstart investigating the possibility andfeasibility of creating the council.

What I have been doing the past cou-ple of months has been meeting withdifferent user groups and researching

what their needs are, and what they are looking for, and basically gettingan understanding of how they see thisarts council running, said Walls.

He wanted to see what the main is-sues are and what they hope to get outof the council.

What Im thinking, is once this

arts council is formed and we canstart working forward, then Im hop-ing maybe theres some funding, said

Walls.He said he thinks some different

groups that he hasnt talked to havemaybe come to the same steps he isat, with trying to gure out what to dofor funding.

I think were on a three step pro-cess. I think the rst step is we need toget the groups together that are inter-ested, said Walls.

The second step is forming the artscouncil and the third step I think youneed to have a strategic planning ses-sion.

Ive been speaking with the Alberta Arts Council and there are some oper-ating grants available.

He said he is under the impression

that once the council is formed it, will be easier for them to apply for andreceive grants. Walls said he has also

been speaking with the Allied ArtsCouncil out of Lethbridge. He said heis still looking for some of the peopleand groups he hasnt approached yetto hear what they would like to see.

I guess when I say arts council, Imthinking of a museum, Im thinking of theatre players, Im thinking of the Mu-sical Arts Society, Im thinking of act-ing, Im thinking of anything that really falls under that umbrella of (the) arts,said Walls.

The general consensus seems to be the groups are looking for an artscouncil to work with the community to establish a building. They are alsohoping the arts council will develop acohesiveness within the groups, a will-ingness to work together.

He said a lot of groups are runningmonth to month and they are tryingto nd a way to become sustainable.One of the questions he poses is wheredo they see themselves in ve years.He said some of them are saying they hope to have money in the bank and

be bigger, but feel they may still be atthe same place as they are now.

The consensus seems to be if thearts council was there it would almostset that network up so they could ac-cess that next step where they need to

be, said Walls. Walls will be at the Strathmore and

District Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon in February to discuss the artscouncil. He said his end goal is to havethe council operating by June.

To nd out more or to join call Bradat 403-934-0349.

many people took advantageof the nice weather by head-ing to Kins en Park on Jan.21. Thanks to the Strath oreFire Depart ent, the ice wasclear and there were peopleout playing hockey, or justskating around the lake.

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Natasha Barron, poolmanager, said she hashad this envisioned for the centre since shemoved here 12 years ago,and she is happy the day has nally come.

Its exciting, very ex-citing. Weve been wait-

ing for this day for a long while, said Barron.

Though there weresome delays, and theopening date was pushed

back a few times, Barron wasnt too concerned.

We knew eventually we would get here, we just had to have somepatience.

She said the hard workand dedication of the

Aquatic Centre staff is what helped make theday possible. With theaddition of the two new multipurpose rooms, the

Aquatic Centre will now be able to rent space for birthday parties or meet-ings.

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Shannon LeCLair

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The Civic Centre was lled with men intheir familys kilts, thick Scottish accents andthe scent of haggis as people took part inthe Robbie Burns dinner Jan. 22. This wasthe second year for the dinner, hosted by theGleichen and Strathmore Masonic Lodges.Kevin Keegan, a member of the StrathmoreMasonic Lodge and one of the organizers,said attendance was way up this year. There

were close to 200 tickets printed for theevent.

According to the chefs there were 189plates served. A great increase from last year.In the next few days, we will be presenting

the Anglican Womens Guild with a chequefor all their hard work, said Keegan.

It is my understanding that 100 per centof last years donation to them went to some

very deserving causes which will be the casethis year as well.

Robbie Burns was a famous Scottish poetand lyricist. Burns poem Auld Lang Syneis still often sung on New Years Eve. Burns

birthday was January 25, 1759. Due to thenumber of dinners being held in his hon-our, they are spread throughout the monthof January.

After the welcome and introductions of themembers at the head table, Dick Ellsworth,the piper for the night, piped in the haggis.

Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish and isa staple of every Robbie Burns dinner. JimCurry read the Address to the Haggis, which

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Many of the people at thedinner in Strathmore travelto some of the other dinners,

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Lots of these people go fromplace to place to place, saidKeegan.

He said Robbie Burnsnights are typically put on by Masonic lodges and there isusually a large diversity of

people at them. There had been a high-land dancer in place as partof the entertainment, butthey were unable to makeit. When Keegan looked for a replacement he found out the other dancers were going to other dinnerstaking place the same night.

Next year I would like to get morepipers, Id like to have more drummersinvolved in the piping in and so on andso forth as well, said Keegan.

He is not sure if he will be one of theorganizers next year but said it is one of the ideas he will pass along. Keegan said heand members of the two lodges are happy tohear thoughts and suggestions about how toimprove in the future.

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Have you wondered where totake your furry friend for their next vet visit? Or maybe wonder-ing where to buy a sturdy leash,

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We want to make Strathmorecitizens aware that we have ev-ery pet need, pretty much, that

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We want to keep it local. We want people to know that youdont have to go to Calgary to get

your pets needs taken care of.Crispin-Piche has paired up

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So I thought if we could geteverybody into one place at onetime, maybe we could better our-

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She said there are already quite a few people who havesigned up to have an exhibit, anda number of people helping withsponsorship.

Anything that can be relatedto the pet industry were happy to have in for sure, said David.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has created aRed Tape Reduction Commission, a team of ex-perienced small businesspeople and Members of Parliament who will consult Canada-wide withsmall business owners and entrepreneurs to iden-tify areas where red tape is hurting small businesssuccess in Canada. The number one priority of our Conservative Government remains the economy.

With the global economic recovery still fragile, wecan further our commitment to creating jobs andeconomic growth by supporting small businessesand entrepreneurs.

We know that red tape is a silent killer of jobsand limits economic growth. In our riding, we cansee it in virtually every industry. Throughout my travels meeting with many constituents over thecourse of the Parliamentary Christmas break, Ihave heard many ideas about what should andshould not be in Budget 2011. Over the years as

your MP, many of you have shared with me thehurdles and struggles confronted trying to estab-lish a small business. I hear these stories from the

younger generation who often see new opportu-nities as they join the work force. While the more

senior workers may welcome the innovations, thehard part too often becomes getting the new en-terprise off the ground.

As the government, we have recognized andpursued the opportunity to try and help Canadi-ans with the burden of launching small business-es. Our Budget 2007 Paperwork Burden Reduc-tion Initiative resulted in a 20 per cent reductionin red tape. Since then, we eliminated almost80,000 regulatory requirements and informa-tion obligations that were crippling new-businessstart-ups. Another noteworthy effort was havingCanada Revenue Agency reduce the frequency of

required tax ling and remittances and provideMy Business Accounts to streamline an entre-preneurs communications with the Agency. Thelatter two measures freed up a large number of man-hours on shop oors in virtually every small

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There is more to be done to help our local jobcreators do what they do best - drive Canadaseconomy forward. Ninety per cent of businessesin Canada (just over one million) are consideredsmall (fewer than 100 employees). They employ 48 per cent of Canadas labour force (5 million

workers). Small businesses with fewer than 50employees contribute about 29 per cent to Can-adas GDP. Again, we can clearly see these rmsin our own neighbourhoods. Many of our entre-preneurs have plans and dreams that they know

would work and our governments should not bea hindrance to them. The Red Tape ReductionCommission will report in the fall of 2011 and thefederal government will respond to their recom-mendations in 2012.

I would ask our local entrepreneurs and would-

be business creators in our riding to take a few moments and visit www.reduceredtape.gc.ca.Send in your suggestions to this online consulta-tion process. Our government is trying to establisha client-centred approach to cutting red-tape andhelping our small businesses grow and create jobsin communities large and small for hard-workingCanadians raising their families.

If you have any questions or concerns regard-ing this or previous columns you may write me at4945-50th Street, Camrose, Alberta, T4V 1P9, call780-608-4600, toll-free 1-800-665-4358, fax 780-608-4603 or e-mail [email protected].

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Di E- -DAS ATOCA RESTAuRA TOn Jan. 18, at approximately

9:45 p.m., the Strathmore RCMP re-sponded to a call of assistance fromthe Strathmore Boston Pizza. Staffstated that ve unknown black maleshad entered the restaurant between9 p.m. and 9:20 p.m. The male sus-pects ate dinner, then ran out of the

restaurant while staff were away fromthe table, without paying the bill. Thesuspects departed the area in an old-er model light blue 4-door automobilewith damage on the rear bumper. Thisautomobile had been parked in theCanadian Tire parking lot across thestreet from Boston Pizza.

The suspects were described asbeing between the ages of 17 to

25, wearing dark pants and hoodedsweatshirts. All suspects had brownhair and brown eyes; one with a crewcut hair style with an orange stripedown the centre of his head.

If you have any information regard-ing this incident, please contact theStrathmore RCMP at 403-934-3968or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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8/20


Shannon LeCLair

Times Reporter

The Alberta Urban Municipality Association con-ference was held Nov 22 to 25 in Edmonton. Allof council, except one member, drove to Edmon-ton, incurring total costs of $380. Councillor EarlBest ew to Edmonton, incurring a total cost of $469.42.

Policy 1806 is very speci c in outlining that alltravel should be by the most economic means of transportation, said Councillor Bob Sobol.

The policy goes on to state that if a personchooses to travel other than by the most economi-cal means, then that person shall reimburse theamount equaling the cost of the most economicmeans of transportation.

Sobol said he had brought this up to Council-lor Best before, saying he should reimburse theamount of $89.42. The money had not been paid

back at the time of the council meeting, and Sobol

was curious what the recourse was to reclaim thefunds. Chief Administrative Of cer Dwight Stan-ford said if the majority of council agreed, then thefunds would be taken out of the councillors nextpay period. Best outlined the reasons behind why he had own, one of which was he was under theimpression that the Mayors vehicle was full, andhe opted to y as council had done previously.

I havent done anything wrong here, said Best, when asked by Mayor Steve Grajczyk.

It seems to me if we remove the emotion fromit and we realize that there was a certain amountallotted and it went over, it seems a simple thing to

just repay that, said Councillor Pat Fule. The motion was made by Sobol for administra-

tion to hold back the $89.42 from Bests next pay-cheque. Councillors John Rempel and Best wereopposed to the motion.

Westcreek re-designation A public hearing regarding bylaw #10-29 is held

at the Town Of ces on Jan. 19. The purpose of the Bylaw was to amend the Land Use Bylaw tore-designate the land currently a part of phase 1of the Westcreek Area Structure Plan, ASP. The ASP

was approved August 18, 2010, and the developers were looking to change a portion from R1, R2 andUR to R1N, R2 and UR. The presentation made atthe council meeting showed that 31 per cent of the lots would be 40 feet, and only seven per cent

would be 50 feet. Councillor Earl Best had con-cerns about the potential traf c ow issues andthe fact that 93 per cent of the lots will be less than50 feet. Councillors Pat Fule and Best were theonly two opposed to the third and nal reading.

Conforming with town bylaws There was also a public hearing for Bylaw #10-34 at the Jan. 19 meeting. Though a few concerns

were brought up by an adjacent landowner, coun-cil voted unanimously in favour of re-designatingSW 1/4 16-24-25 W4M from DC3 to CHWY. Theproperty was non-conforming up to this point andthe idea behind the bylaw was to have it conformto the towns bylaws.

Change of Committee Councillor Rocky Blokland is now a member of

the United Way Strathmore Committee, after theMayor was unable to be a part of it due to sched-uling con icts.

Councillor to reimbursethe Town

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There will not be a donation policy set up by county of cials.On Dec. 7, Reeve Ben Armstrong had suggested the county

become a major supporter to the Cheadle Lions Club annualfoodgrain bank project. After numerous phone calls and lettersfrom concerned citizens, it was decided there will not be adonation, nor will Wheatland become a major supporter to thefoodgrain bank. Instead the county will offer services in kindto the Cheadle Lions Club.

County councillorswill not create a donation policy Disaster training

On May 6 Wheatland County Council-lors will be attending a Municipal Elect-ed Of cials course at the Strathmore FireDepartment. The course will be teachingthem their roles and responsibilities incase of a disaster. They will also discussthe legalities and rights they have whendeclaring a local state of emergency.

AED training All of the staff at the Wheatland Coun-

ty of ces have been receiving trainingon how to use the AED de brillator.

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Shannon LeCLair

Times Reporter

Typically holding a lighter near a run-ning water hose wouldnt be somethingto be concerned about, but when that

water catches fre, something is notright. In December 2005, Fiona Laurid-son and her amily realized something

was terribly wrong with their water a ter noticing bright, red marks that turnedinto scabs on their skin a ter showering.In 2003, EnCana drilled two sites on her property and another near it. Lauridsonis sure its the cause o her water con-tamination.

It wasnt like this be ore you came,its like this now and its no longer anatural system. Its been tampered with,said Lauridson.

She is convinced its the racturing,racking method, oil and gas companies

use when drilling or Coal Bed Methane,CBM. Fracking is when the ground isdrilled into and pumped with racturing

uids to racture the coal or rock. Onceits been racked, it then releases meth-ane gas.

Youve disturbed that whole purifca-tion system, now it has a leak and itsgot some thats exposed. Now impuritiesand gas are coming out, that would havenever come out be ore because they

were under pressure, said Lauridson.She said its in the aqui er because

EnCana blasted the ractures, put chemi-cals in, and were producing gas out o the same coal zone her water passesthrough.

Its kind o like i you have bad wa-ter in your house, people put carbon fl-ters on because its a very good purifer.

Thats why we use coal seams as aqui-ers because its porous, the water can

go through and the impurities stick to

the coal, its really good, said Lauridson.For CBM drilling, they de-water the

coal seam, letting the water drain downso there is exposed coal. The gas comesout because the pressure is gone, andthey siphon that gas o , said Lauridson.

When you drill a water well into acoal seam and you pump that water

well, that liberates more natural gas

rom those shal low locations, said AlanBoras, Vice-President o Media Relationsor EnCana.Boras said they drill deeper, put in

casing, steel piping and cement to makesure they dont interact with the aqui ersat shallow depths.

There has been a low level o meth-ane in the Rosebud area water supply

or a number o years. Lauridson said it was naturally occurring gas rom deepunderground, that had ound a naturalfssure to escape out o into the aqui er.

The water issues in Rosebud have been ocused a lot, on methane in wa-ter wells. Boras said its been well docu-mented as naturally occurring, and hasexisted there or a long time. A ew peo-ple in the Rosebud area fled complaintsin 2005 a ter witnessing di erences intheir water quality. Alberta Environment,

AENV, investigated, working with resi-dents to determine where the concern

was coming rom.A lot o work was done monitoring,

analysis o the water quality or di erentcontaminants, that sort o thing, saidCara Tobin, Public A airs O fcer or Al-

berta Environment.The result o our fndings was that

the contamination was naturally occur-ring. We noticed that in many cases, andmany cases around the province, one o the biggest reasons or changes in qual-ity o ground water is a lack o mainte-

nance o their wells.

One thing Tobin said is a necessity,is ash chlorinating the well every ew

years to help maintain it. AENV statednot chlorinating water wells could pro-duce abundant methane gas.

I this is true we can solve the en-ergy crisis. Simple, drill a water well, useit daily but dont dump in any chlorineand bingo, you have gas, lots o it. Well

never run out. So lets quit CBM and letthe water wells get dirty with normally occurring bacteria in them and there wehave it ...natural gas with no more drill-ing, said Lauridson.

Unless o course thats not what hap-pens and AENV are trying to de ectresponsibility or allowing gas develop-ment in aqui ers and shame landownersinto silence.

Both gas and water are publicly ownedresources and Lauridson said the pub-lic should have a say about sacrifcingone to develop the other. In March 2006,EnCana released a report regarding re-search they had done on the Lauridsons

water well and CBM well sites. The re-port absolved EnCana o all blame.

Lauridson went to the Alberta Re-source Council, ARC, who reviewed thein ormation collected. The ARC said thegas is probably coming rom the samecoal seam the water was coming rom,and not likely caused by energy devel-opment projects. Lauridson said it wasnttrue because an intact coal seam aqui er gives o very little methane. From stud-ies shes had conducted, showing water coming rom a coal seam doesnt meanits ull o methane. She said to an un-in ormed person it might sound like areasonable explanation. Lauridson saidthe scientist she had researching her

well, said there are indications there iscross contamination underground due

to all the cracks and ractures, and that

gas rom deeper down in the earth iscoming up into the aqui er. She said themore they crack it, the more pathwaysthere are or gas to come out. Due tothe constant pressure rom racking andincreased cracks and ractures under-ground, there are now more fssures or the gas to leak through allowing an el-evated amount o methane to leak into

the aqui er, contaminating the water.You have to look at, be ore man camealong and inter ered with that system,it was like a closed tin can, said Lau-ridson.

No, the gas didnt come o , it wasstuck in there. The water pouredthrough, it went through clean, it wasgood to drink and it was good to use.Now it isnt. Now its heavily contami-nated with methane.

Lauridson challenged the fndingsrom AENV and EnCana. She met with

Minister o Environment Rob Renner toshow him some o the inconsistenciesshe had ound. She gave him a list o theinconsistencies, saying she wanted other scientists in the feld to look and either confrm or challenge the fndings o thereview. AENV re used to have that done.

I cant really do anything about that.I they re used to have it done, they re-

use to have it done. They said they areconfdent in this review, said Lauridson.

The government has decided they aresatisfed with the fndings o the inves-tigation.

She said the review never said de-fnitively where the gas had come rom.

They said it is most likely rom the coalseams but they have no data to back thisclaim, said Lauridson.

Theres just so much gas in my water and the government wanted to blameme and other landowners or not taking

good care o our wells.

Rosebud resident ghts for clean water - part 1

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Dinner Feb. 5th. Doors open@ 5:30pm, supper @

6:00pm. $20/ticket foradults (+ membership)

$10.00/ticket for children5-12, phone to get

tickets: 403-734-0114,403-734-2891,403-734-3863

OR 403-644-2969

On March 19 and 20,St. Gabriel the

Archangel Parishis hosting a

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chestermere/F2F_Retreat.html or contact Jeff/Annette

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Royal Canadian Legion For information regarding hallrentals, darts and crib, please call403.934.5119

Strathmore Elks Lodge #491 meets 3rd Tuesday at the Strathmore Curling

Club 6:30 pm. Steak Supper at7 pm. New Members welcome.Call Greg 403-888-6155.

MOPS (Mothers Of Preschoolers)meet 1st and 3rd Thursdays9:30am 11:30am at theStrathmore Alliance Church.Babysitting available for ages 0 - 6.For more information call Jennifer at403-934-5799 or visit www.mops.org

Strathmore Parent and Tot Playgroup ,meets every Thursday at 9:30 - 11:30 am.in the Strathmore United ChurchBasement. For more information callTammy at 403-983-7284 orAli at 403-934-2089. $1 per child

Strathmore District HealthServices Auxiliary Meetings are held the fourth Monday of themonth @ 1:30 pm, (excluding July & August).Lower level Conference Room at the Strath-more Hospital. New members welcome. Formore info please call 403-934-4436

Strathmore & District Chamber of Commerce meets the third Monday of the month @ 7:00p.m. All members welcome. Check web pagefor meetinglocation. For more informationcall 403-901-3175 orwww.strathmoredistrictchamber.com.

Come Fly With Us903 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Sqn. MeetWednesdays at 6:30pm at the blue buildingand Quonset on the Ag grounds. Boys & Girlswelcome between 12 & 19 years. Call JoannaHoward at 403-983-5796 for more information.

Meals on Wheels is available in Strathmore. For information orto obtain this service please contact WheatlandFCSS at 403-934-5335.

Strathmore Youth Exceptional Service Award Society - If you would like to recognize a youth whohas demonstrated an act of courage,citizenship and community contribution,call 403-901-4254.

The Hope Bridges Society Board meetings held the third Tuesday of eachmonth at 7 p.m. at #3-236-3rd. Avenue.Please visit our website at www.hopebridges.caor contact us at [email protected].

Strathmore FASD Parent Support Group at the Strathmore United Church.For more info call Pam @652-4776.

Strathmore Caregiver Support Group This is an opportunity for caregivers to ndsupport and bene t from interaction with othersin a similar situation. For more information orto register call Amy Yaneza at 403-361-7176.

Sunday School for All Ages :Lord of All Lutheran Church offersChristian Education opportunities for ages 3years to adult, on Sunday Mornings. All areWelcome! For more information please callMargo Sevick 403-901-2044 or call the ChurchOf ce at 403-934-2374.

Wheatland Conservation & Wildlife Association (Your local sh & game club).Meetings 2nd Thursday every month, 7:30pmat the Clubhouse. Call Larry at 403-934-4388for more information.

Wheatland Rural Crime Watch. Meetings are the 3rd Thursday of each Month.Featuring guest speakers. For more informationcall 403-934-4055.

Strathmore Lions Club meets the rst and third Thursday at theStrathmore Civic Centre at 6:45 pm.

Healing Rooms,open for prayer Mondays from 7 to 9 pm. at theHarvest Healing Centre at 115A-3rd. Avenue inStrathmore. Everyone is Welcome.

Strathmore Country Gardens ClubMeetings at least once per month. Tours, guestspeakers, workshops and much more includedin a membership.$20 single, $30 family.For more information visit www.strathmore-

countrygardensclub.webs.comor phone Linda Pekrul 403-901-0017.

TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly Want to Lose Those Unwanted Pounds?? Needsupport to reach your goal? We are here foryou! We meet every Thursday at 6:30 pm @the Anglican Church. Contact Melissa @

403-901-1566 or Lynne @ 403-934-4359to join our journey to a tter you.

Free Tree for all New Born BabiesAttention all infants remind your parents toregister your birth so a tree can be plantedcommemorating your birth in the ChinookCredit Union Birth Forest in Strathmore.Registration Forms are available at the Townof ce, Chinook Credit Union and Health Unit.(A Communities in Bloom Project)

Strathmore Masonic Lodge #53 meets the rst Monday of each Month at 7:30p.m. Call Glen at 403-901-6038.Website: www.strathmore53.com

Adult Competitive Volleyball at Crowther Memorial Junior High in the gymevery Wednesday from 7-9 pmContact is Lavern Lein 403-934-4646.

Strathmore Regional Victim Services Society needs community members to be Advocates

(volunteers). Training is provided. ContactVictim Services through the RCMPDetachment at 403-934-6552

Strathmore Homeschool Familes. Any Strathmore and Area familes that arehomeschooling are invited to join our YahooGroup. groups.yahoo.com/group/strathmorehs-fams

Strathmore Full Gospel ChurchWere a Pentecostal Bible basedfamily church that has something for all ages.Call 934-2225 or visitwww.strathmorefullgospel.com

Wild Rose Career & Employment Services - Free drop-in JOB-FINDING CLUB,

every Tuesday from 9 to noon.A Career Counsellor will share tips and tools toassist in your job search.Please call 403-934-6488 or drop by 101,331-3rd. Avenue.Bring your lunch and join us for a SmallBusiness Brown Bag presentation at

Community Futures Wild Rose onTuesday and Thursday from Noon to1 pm. Weekly Topics.

The Community Crisis Shelter has several Board Member vacancies and isrecruiting individuals who would like to applyfor Board Membership. Interested individualscan call Karen Pease at 403-934-6634.

Kidz 1st Network Parent Link Centre ,We offer programs for children (0 6 yrs.) and

their parents (caregivers)Strathmore ProgramsStay & Play - Mon. 10- 12, Wed. 9:30 - 11:30and 4:00 - 8:30 p.m.Tots Time - Continuing Care Facility Mon. 1- 2Lets Grow Together- Thurs. 10-12Sing and Play -Fri. 1-3Rockyford - Lets Grow Together- Mon.10:00-11:30Nightingale - Encouraging Developmentthrough Play - 10:00-11:30Standard - Sing and Play - Friday- 10:00-11:30Cluny - Lets Grow Together - Thurs. 10:00-11:30All Programs are free. Please call983-0016 ext.3 for program details.

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Wheatland Family & Community Support Services (FCSS)

is accepting unding applications or non-proft and/orcommunity groups o ering preventive social programsor County o Wheatland residents. Consideration will be

given or short term, special events or single endeavors.Programs should be preventative in nature, promotevoluntarism, and provide amily enrichment and socialdevelopment aspects. Phone Sharon Tibeau at403 934-5335 or email coordinator@w css.org

or more in ormation or to request a unding application.

During 2010 Wheatland FCSS was able to provide fnancialsupport to the ollowing community programs; Golden HillsFamily School Community Resource Program, Golden HillsDrug & Alcohol Prevention, Healthy Families, Project Hope,Roots o Empathy, Christ the Redeemer Family SchoolLiaison Program, Growing Opportunities/Growing FamiliesSociety, Junior Achievement, Rocky ord Library, FoothillsFetal Alcohol Society, Step One Support Group, Kidz 1stNetwork Parent Link, the Gleichen Kids Club and severaleducational workshops and courses.

Stud nts at Trinity Luth ran Christian Acad myh ld Wint rf st at th school on Jan. 21. Th kidshad a chanc to participat in r lay rac s, anda scavang r hunt. Aft rwards th kids w nt out

sid to play in th snow b for h ading hom forth w k nd.


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The Wheatland Kings are riding a three-game winning streak after winninga pair of home games this past weekend. The Kings defeated Stettler andMountainview, improving to 3-1 since the New Year. Wheatland will travel to

Airdrie on Jan. 28, before returning home to face the Medicine Hat Cubs onSaturday night. Game time is 8 p.m.

Doug Taylor Photos

H o m e G a m e s Saturday, February 5 8:00 pm vs Coaldale CopperheadsSaturday, February 12 8:00 pm vs High River Flyers

Saturday, January 29 8:00 pmvs Medicine Hat CubsStrathmore Family Centre - Gold Arena

Join us for our Drive to the Playoffs! AWAY GAMES: Friday, February 4 8:00 pm Three Hills; Tuesday, February 8 9:30 pm Okotoks

Mario Prusina

Times Editor

Near the end of October, WheatlandKings head coach Doug Murphy wasin the process of assembling new for-

ward lines.Its a common task for coaches to

shuf e players in an attempt to sparkhis troops.

One speci c trio Leslie Doore,Racey Big Snake and Ross Fox has

withstood the test of time and remainsan important piece to the Kings suc-cess.

The combination, also known asthe Blackfoot Express in the dress-ing room, is starting to take controlof games.

The last part of November - the rstpart of December is when (the line)really started coming together, saidMurphy. If you were trying to de nethe roles, Racey certainly seems to bemore of the playmaker, (while) Rossis the guy that will go in (the cor-ners) and get the puck but he also

has, like the guys say, absolutely sickhands. He makes some moves and

your mouth drops open.Leslie is always in the right place.

I think the other thing they do excep-tionally well is they communicate witheach other.

Now its like they have a sixthsense.

The Blackfoot Express has been an

instrumental part of the Kings three-game winning streak, including twohome wins this past weekend.

The Kings defeated the Settler Light-ning for the rst time in their history,an 8-4 win on Jan. 22, before postinga 3-2 triumph over the Mountainview Colts the following day. During thepast three games, the trio has com-piled 22 points.

That sort of production has forcedopposing teams to take notice, whileproviding much needed scoring as-sistance to the teams leading point-getter, Lucas Ford, who has 41 pointsin 26 games.

Weve got a lot of depth, said the

coach. We look now at what our fourth line is this year and they may

be as good as our second line in our rst year, or even last year. The bar is

going up.We said it would take three years

to put together a competitive team. Ithink were there (now) and what wedo in the playoff run and in the play-offs is going to give us a much better

indication of our skill level and com-petitiveness.

On Saturday night, the Kings got theproverbial monkey off of their backs,

when they defeated Stettler for therst time ever.Big Snake registered a goal and four

assists, while Fox and Nathan Voy-techek each recorded a hat-trick for the Kings. Doore scored the teamsother goal, while Ford chipped in apair of assists.

It felt really good (but) we shouldhave beaten them in Stettler earlier in the year, said Murphy. Stettler isnot doing as well as they have in past

years, but they are still a very good

team, very fast. We certainly dont takethem lightly at all.

On Sunday, Brennan Grasdahlscored twice to pace the Kings at-tack, while Mark Goodman and MikeSamoil each added a pair of assists.

Doore scored the Kings other lonegoal, while Miles OKeefe and Bran-don Neufeld each added helpers.

We went into Sunday down three

guys who were suspended for a littlealtercation the night before, said Mur-phy. Mountainview is a tough, strong,grinding type team big tough farm

boys.We had some interesting referee-

ing. We had three goals disallowed that has to be a new record.

Wheatland is currently in fourthplace in the South Division, two points

back of the third place High River Fly-ers. The 12-16-0 Kings will now travelto Airdrie on Jan. 28 to take on the

Thunder at 8 p.m. They will return tothe con nes of the Strathmore Family Centre the following day at 8 p.m. tohost the Medicine Hat Cubs.

Blackfoot Express lead Kings

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Shannon LeCLair

Times Reporter

The sound o basketballs dribblingacross the gym oor once again flledthe halls o Holy Cross Collegiate Jan.21-22. The Jr. A Boys Hawks hosteda tournament, placing second a ter aloss to Bow Valley in the fnals.

Overall it was a really good tour-nament. The competition was really strong, especially on the winning side.

All o the games on Saturday were re-ally close games and really competi-tive games, so that was good, saidcoach Jenni Annicchiarico.

The season technically started at theend o November, and the boys playedin only one tournament in Olds be-

ore the Christmas break. The leaguegames started a ter Christmas, and

Annicchiarico said they have playedtwo tournaments since Christmas withthree to go. For league play, the teamhas only had two games. Annicchiari-co said the tournaments have becomeprogressively more di fcult.

Its been really exciting to see the boys elevate their level o play. They have been improving signifcantly throughout the year, she said.

They only had three returning boysrom last years team, but Annicchiari-

co says that hasnt a ected the team.Weve been doing really well andthe boys have been really workinghard at practice, and have stepped itup when they have been playing someo the better teams, so that has beenreally good to see, said Annicchiarico.

She said they have been workingat trying to develop di erent typeso de ence depending on which teamthey are playing.

Were a really ast team, but werereally just trying to work to adapt to

ft di erent styles o o ence that wecome into contact with, she said.

The Hawks are still working on their teamwork and fnding their ability to

balance their scoring so that its notcentered on the same ew guys.

Defnitely the highlight would have been our game against the Brooks Se-

nior High. The boys played antasticde ense and one o our boys, MichaelPringle, got 26 points. So he had aphenomenal game. Everyone on theteam was able to step it up. All elevenguys came in with the sense o in-tensity that was needed or that typeo game, said Annicchiarico o the

weekend. The Hawks are play against

Crowther Memorial Junior High onFeb. 3, at 4 p.m. Annicchiarico said it

will defnitely be a great game to see.


There will be 97 players ( rst time ever for 19 teams!) who will be playing up to 54 games, plus spectators, attending from all over the Province.

This two-day event will bene t the local hotels,restaurants and various retail businesses.

Special guests will include the Deputy DistrictCommander of District 9, Sylvia Westgard, who isalso the Acting Command Sports Of cer; Comrade

Jenny Schumann, Branch #10 President; LadiesAuxiliary President, Madam Barb Narajiwsky and

Acting Sports Of cer, LA District Commander,Madam Joan Gallant.

On Friday, January 28th, andSaturday, January 29th, the Strathmore

Legion, Branch #10, will be hosting

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The Junior A boys basketball team at HolyCross Collegiate hosted a tournament at theschool rom Jan. 21 to 22. The Hawks playedtheir frst game o the tournament against theDrumheller Dynos, winning 57-41.

Shannon LeClair Photo

Shannon LeCLair

Times Reporter

The second annual Rock the Rinktook place at the Family Centre on

Jan. 22. People had a chance to enjoy bee on a bun and other snacks be oresitting down to cheer on the Strath-

more Rockies.Its just an opportunity or theRockies and EnCana to give back tothe community a little bit and or thecommunity to come out and meetsome o the Rockies players, said

Tammy Schwass, game day coordina-tor and volunteer.

I think they will always try to haveit on home ice.

The partnership with EnCana begana ew years ago when Rockies Presi-dent Samantha Holmes-Domagala ap-proached EnCana.

They approached EnCana aboutgetting some support or the teamand because we have a lot o opera-tions out here, its a natural ft, saidRichard Dunn Vice-President o Regu-latory and Government Relations or EnCana.

Dunn said it is a amily-orientedevent, or people to come down andhave a chance to meet the team andsocialize with other hockey ans.

Here, youre in uencing young-sters and they are seeing rom a rolemodel perspective. Now here are allthese girls playing a very, very highlevel o hockey, going to school andacting as great role models or these

youngsters, said Dunn.

There was ace painting, colouringand souvenirs or the kids and 50/50draw or the adults. A ter dinner peo-ple gathered to watch the Rockiestake on the Minnesota Whitecaps.

Fridays game saw a close battle be-tween the teams and Rockies goalieLundy Day aced 50 shots. Despite

the Rockies best e ort the fnal score was 8-3 or Minnesota.Continuing the evenings celebra-

tion, two uture Rockies players romthe Strathmore Storm novice team,Kaia Gron and Kamryn Johnson, skat-ed with the team during warm-up.

The frst period was high paced, with the only goal coming rom Min-nesota on a power play. During thefrst intermission, EnCana coordinat-ed a shootout where fve youngstershad the chance to shoot on the Rock-ies goalie. In the second period theRockies scored two quick goals, butMinnesota pulled ahead with our goals. The girls ought hard to kill o Minnesotas power plays, as they hada total o nine penalties throughoutthe game.

The Rockies had many scoring op-portunities and battled with the Amer-icans to the end. Each team scoredone goal and the fnal score was 6-3

or Minnesota. Overall, the Rockiesplayed a physical, hard game and it

was thrilling to watch.Sunday eatured another game

where the score did not accurately re ect the pace and quality o play on the side o the Rockies. The fnalscore was 9-3 or Minnesota, though

Rockies rocked the rink

Hawks take second place

S a hmo M o Socc F d a o

Ann Al GenerAl MeetinG W d sday, F b ua y 9 h, 2011

6:30-7:30pm h Aqua c C(meeting room located upstairs)

For further information:www.strathmoresoccer.ca o r

403-324-SPURS (7787)Outdoor registration available online orin person at REVS, February 9th, 2011

@ Civic Centre, 3:30pm-7:30pmCome out and support loCal soCCer!

it was back and orth or the frst twoperiods o play. The Rockies openedthe scoring in the frst ew minutes o the game. Minnesota answered withtwo goals. Then Michelle Glendiningscored or the Rockies to tie it up, but

be ore the end o the period Minneso-ta went ahead by one goal. In the frsttwo periods both teams were tied inshots on goal, though in the third Min-nesota sent a urry o shots on Rock-ies goalie Amanda Squire and suc-ceeded in burying a ew more goalsto secure the win. Final shots on goal

were 51-39 or Minnesota. The Rockies next six games are on

the road against Edmonton and Min-nesota. Saturday January 29th theRockies will travel to Bonneyville to

play the Chimos. The team will play at home again onFebruary 18-20 when they play hostto the Manitoba Maple Lea s. Loca-tions or the next home games are still

being confrmed.

The second annual Rock the Rink took place atthe Family Centre on Jan. 22. EnCana and theStrathmore Rockies put on the event, which in-cluded a bee dinner be ore the Rockies playedthe Minnesota Whitecaps. Arno Doerksen,Samantha Holmes-Domagala & Richard Dunn

welcomed the guests. There were cra ts, in-cluding colouring, to keep the kids entertained.



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Batterup!

Kristina BeZic

Times Contributor

The UFA Bisons inched two pointscloser to clinching a playoff spot withtheir 4-0 win over the NW Calgary Flames on January 19. The Bisonsplayed a great game against the Calgary Royals on January 21, but fell to a 5-3loss.

Bisons Coach Parry Shockey was hap-py with his teams performance in bothgames, stating they played very wellagainst the Flames, adding, I thought

we were really disciplined there, andmoved the puck well. I thought wemoved the puck well (Friday) night too,

just sometimes you just dont get the bounces.

Joshua Betinol scored twice for the

Bisons against the Flames, the lone goalin both the rst and second periods.Mason Burr and Matthew Flette eachscored a powerplay goal to lock the

win. The Bisons played a disciplinedgame and were penalized six times,

while the Flames gave them 32 minutesof powerplay time. The Bisons capital-ized on 4 of the 13 penalties.

On Friday, the Bisons came out withthe same effort against the Calgary Roy-als, but a few posts were the differencein this eventful game. The fans were infor a treat, with a fast-paced game thatsaw both teams carry a lead during thegame.

I thought it was a really good game,said coach Shockey, I think it was an

exciting game for fans to watch. I thinkit came down to just a matter of a few mistakes, if we capitalized on a few more chances.

I think we hit ve posts, a couple of those go in it changes the outcome of the game.

Torrin White and Joshua Betinolscored in the rst period to give theBisons a 2-1 lead heading into the sec-ond period. The Royals battled back totake a 3-2 lead, and Luke Philp helpedthe Bisons tie it up for the third period.

The Royals scored the winning goal with 3:29 left in the third and scored anempty netter to give them the 5-3 win.

Coach Shockey was happy with theperformance of his team.

I think we had some chances to bury pucks and somehow they managed to

keep them out. Hopefully we can bangthose ones for the playoffs, said thecoach. The Bisons are in a playoff posi-tion and a mere ve points away fromsecond place in their division.

Shockey knows the game plan for theupcoming matches will be the same asalways - keep working on things to try to make our team better.

I thought we played for 60 minutes.I didnt think we took a period off, sothose are all positives we see in our hockey club.

The Bisons are gearing up for a pair of home games this weekend, Jan. 29(5:30 p.m) against the Boston PizzaRangers and Jan. 30 (2 p.m.) versus theLeduc Chrysler Oil Kings.

Bisons split pair of road games

Front : Jarrett Graff, Ty Schneider Middle : Brandon Larsen,Kenny Hansen, Scott Pagenkopf, Jesse Driver, Nicholas Wallace,

Riley Smith, Carston Tourout, Jaycee Peters, Keegan LaneBack : Kevin Lane (C), Robert Jacobs, Dalton Habing, Michael Dronyk,

Jagger Three Suns, Jordan Dyck, Conner Schmit, Zack Gibson,Jayden Corbiell, Doug Pagenkopf (AC), Kevin Dyck (AC)

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M i n o r H o c k e y W e e k

Strathmore Mi-nor Ball held a

winter clinic andregistration nightat Crowther Me-mor

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