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MOVING AHEAD: Mayor Steve Christie discusses 2015 and shaping plans for the New Year – PG 3

YEAR IN REVIEW: A glimpse back on the year that was in Lacombe and Blackfalds – PGS 4 and 5

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IT’S YOUR CITY.READ ALL ABOUT IT

Mayor Steve Christie refl ects on a successful yearPlans are taking shape for continued growth in 2016

BY SARAH MAETCHELACOMBE EXPRESS

2015 was quite the year for the City of Lacombe when it came to commercial de-velopment, infrastructure advancement, completing capital projects and develop-ing community spirit.

City of Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie took time to refl ect on the year’s chal-lenges and successes.

“Commercial development is always a challenge - trying to attract it and trying to get the right people in place to do that type of work,” he said. “It was great to see the work completed in Lacombe Market Square. It is ready to build on and that’s been a challenge for a number of years.”

Christie said developing the City budget is always a challenge, in particular this year.

“It’s a process we start in June, July and August and we just fi nalized it here in December,” he said. “To balance the spending, the income, what to do and what not to do is always a challenge and 2015 proved to be a little more challeng-ing than others just due to the economy and balancing the value of your dollars spent.”

Another ongoing challenge for the mu-nicipality is the development of the re-gional wastewater line that is critically needed for Blackfalds, between Lacombe and Red Deer.

“That’s been a challenge for a number of years as well,” he said.

Christie said after recent talks with the provincial transportation and infrastruc-ture minister, he is hopeful that funding will soon be in place to move the project forward in the near future.

Although it is perceived as a challenge, one of the successes of 2015 was also commercial development in the City.

“We had a lot of new buildings built and we had some new businesses move into town,” said Christie. “I believe we had three in the downtown including a restaurant that just opened. So that’s al-ways great to see. We also cut the ribbon on a hotel which has been a long time coming. That was defi nitely a plus.

“2015 was a great commercial year for the City of Lacombe which helps us bal-ance our residential and non-residential taxes and we need more commercial and industrial to help make that balance a lit-tle easier for the residents of Lacombe. So we will continue down that path.”

Several residential lots also came online in 2015, further expanding housing op-tions in the City.

Ground was also broken on one sig-nifi cant City project - the new Lacombe Police Service station.

“We started construction this year which is something we had been work-ing on for the past couple of years,” said Christie. “To see ground break on that, with steel going up, is a great thing and we look forward to that opening in the fall of 2016.”

This year’s highlights also included several City-wide celebrations (Light Up the Night, Encore Art Show and Sale,

the Culture and Harvest Festival and Lacombe Days) that helped build up com-munity spirit in the City.

“Each and every one of them were very successful and brought a lot of people to town and we were able to celebrate our town and show the people from sur-rounding areas who Lacombe really is,” said Christie.

The City also successfully hosted the

2015 Jiffy Lube Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women’s provincial curling tournament.

“The community did an incredible job in regards to hosting and being the best that they could be,” said Christie.

An added bonus event this year was also the Coors Banquet One Horse Town concert held in September in downtown Lacombe.

“I think it was a great thing to promote Lacombe and show not only Alberta but Canada what kind of community we are,” he said of the nationally-broadcast con-cert on CMT.

“I think that was a feather in our cap as well.”

Looking ahead into 2016, Christie said the renovation of the Lacombe arena is another exciting ongoing project followed by the change room upgrades.

“The construction company is currently working and they are just fi nishing up the safety and fi re code upgrades,” he explained. “That is a savings already hav-ing them in the building as well as the current project is under budget due to the economy and the sub-trades having to sharpen their pencil a little bit. So being able to take advantage of that little better pricing and better prices on the goods themselves helps us out with that project.

“It’s something that has been talked about for a number of years. Something that Lacombe does very well is maintain our buildings and maintain our facilities so to be able to enhance it to where we can use it to its full potential is great.”

Other upcoming project include plans for two buildings in downtown Lacombe.

The City will be taking over the old pro-vincial building along 50 Ave. at the end of this year so plans will be made for the future of the lot and building in 2016.

The former Lacombe Daycare building will also be tidied up and most likely re-moved to make for extra parking at the LMC.

“There is a number of things that are on the books that I am looking forward to,” said Christie.

He concluded by stating the most im-portant thing he sees about the City is the people.

“I think that the people like to invest their time and efforts into Lacombe and it shows,” he said. “People ask ‘What’s dif-ferent? What keeps people in Lacombe?’ and I think it’s the quality of life. If we can continue that quality of life brand that we have here, that we supply and we do it on a fairly tight budget, we can continue to grow. If we can continue to move forward in the lean years, that just helps us that much more in the boom years.”

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REFLECTION - City of Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie smiles from his chair in his City Hall offi ce as he took time to refl ect on what 2015 brought to the City. Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express


2015: The City of LacombeA look back at the year that was


2015 was another busy year for projects and issues in the City of Lacombe.

Whether it was hosting the Scotties Tournament of Hearts or breaking ground on the new police facility, it certainly wasn’t a sleepy year in the city.

The following is a list, in no particular order, of the most newsworthy items in the City of Lacombe.

MARY C. MOORE PUBLIC LIBRARY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

On Monday, March 30th, the Mary C. Moore Public Library was closed due to a severe fl ooding incident. Extensive damage occurred to the north end of the facility.

While it was closed, a base library service was established at a temporary kiosk at the Lacombe Memorial Centre (LMC). It stayed open until the library reopened on Aug. 17th after renovations.

LACOMBE COMMUNITY WATCH ASSOCIATION FORMS

Citizens of Lacombe continued to take great strides to bring safety to the communi-ty through forming the Lacombe Community Watch Association (LCWA) in April.

The new association is comprised of three groups – Neighbourhood Watch, Citizens on Patrol and Block Parent. The main purpose of the association is to engage citizen re-sponsiveness to crime prevention and to bring neighbours together in the effort of keeping the communities safe. The associ-ation continues to meet regularly.

MARGARET TRUDEAU VISITS LACOMBE

Wife of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and mother of then Liberal leader Justin Trudeau (now Prime Minister) Margaret Trudeau visited Lacombe on Feb. 24th.

She shared her story about her struggle with mental health issues during the one-day workshop Mental Health in the Workplace, hosted by the Lacombe Action Group at the LMC.

POLICE STATION GROUND BREAKING

Soon the Lacombe Police Service (LPS) will have a new home along with the birth of a new community hub.

Ground was broken on July 24th for the new police station to be constructed in the Wolf Creek Industrial Park at 3906-53 Ave. Dignitaries, police service members, and those involved in the $8.39 million project gathered at the site to mark the beginning of construction.

LPS Chief Steve Murray said the plans for a new facility began eight years ago after some shortcomings of the current facility were noted.

The new station will have a larger foot-print, with a bigger lobby, more room for all staff members, a meeting room for community groups, fi le storage, a new up to standard cellblock and an in-house victim services offi ce.

The new facility is estimated to be com-pleted by October of 2016.

2015 JIFFY LUBE SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS

Lacombe residents and hundreds of vis-itors were treated to fi ve days of premier women’s curling during the 2015 Jiffy Lube Scotties Tournament of Hearts from Jan. 21st to the 25th.

Fans poured into the Lacombe arena to watch the events leading up to the cham-pionship game held on the Sunday.

Defending champions Team Sweeting took on Team Carey and held onto their title of Team Alberta with a score of 9-7.

HAIL STORM HITS LACOMBE

Shredded trees, destroyed gardens, fl at-tened crops, broken windows and dam-aged vehicles. That’s what Lacombe and area residents woke up to the morning of July 22nd after a violent hailstorm ripped through the region the previous night.

The devastation was evident. Tattered leaves covered the sidewalks, with residents and business owners slowly sweeping up the debris.

Many cars had tarps covering where their back window used to be. Others had smashed windshields and sunroofs, broken side mirrors and dents all over from the large-sized hail. Insurance companies were busy receiving multiple claims throughout the day.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Gregg Pearce said the government weather orga-nization received multiple Facebook and Twitter reports of large hailstones pelting vehicles that night.

“The hail was reported at 50 millimeters in diameter, which is golf ball-sized to egg-sized hail,” he said. “As for rain, from an auxiliary station in Lacombe, 20 millimeters of rain fell in a fairly short period of time.”

Pearce said the large storm hit the region just after 7 p.m. with the fi rst heavier storm set bringing 17 mm of rain, following a brief break and then 3 mm more of rain falling.

The high-intensity storm also passed through Ponoka, Bentley, Blackfalds, Clive and Alix and the north end of Red Deer.

TRAIN WHISTLE CESSATION

What’s steady, at times noisy and runs right through the heart of Lacombe? The train of course.

A petition requesting that train horns not be sounded within City limits was brought

to councillors during a regular meeting on May 11th.

Known as whistle cessation, municipali-ties can go through a lengthy process that would legally stop railway operators, like CP or CN Rail from sounding their whistles while approaching public crossings and moving through the municipal area.

With the cessation, alternate measures would be set into place to provide neces-sary safeguards for adequate protection at crossings, for vehicles and residents living nearby.

After multiple letters, two circulating petitions and many residents voicing their opinions, the sound of the train whistle re-mains a fi xture within the City. Councillors declined to proceed towards achieving whistle cessation in the City limits. All councillors present were opposed to the potential process and voted against the proposition during their regular council meeting on July 13th.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR VISITS LACOMBE

Lacombe residents and dignitaries gath-ered at a construction site in the MacKenzie Ranch subdivision to welcome Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Lois Mitchell to City on Aug. 21st.

On her fi rst offi cial visit to Lacombe, Mitchell, along with Mayor Steve Christie, Habitat for Humanity Chair Dennis Bowman, MP Blaine Calkins and MLA Ron Orr attended a sod-turning ceremony to celebrate the beginnings of the very fi rst Habitat for Humanity project in the City.

Habitat for Humanity Red Deer is a not-for-profi t organization that works towards creating sustainable affordable housing in the Central Alberta area. The organization is building four units (two duplexes) in the MacKenzie Ranch subdivision of Lacombe.

WELCOME BURMAN UNIVERSITY

Over the year, Lacombe’s post-secondary institution, formerly known as Canadian University College (CUC), transitioned over to a new name: Burman University. The University offi cially debuted their brand new name during Burman Launch Week from March 26th to April 1st.

A variety of events showcased the University and all the areas of study it offers. From academics to athletics there was something for everyone.

In December, the provincial government passed Bill Pr4, allowing CUC to continue on as Burman University. The bill was cham-pioned by Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Ron Orr and was sent to the Lieutenant Governor for Royal Assent.

The name change process began in July 2014 when then Premier and Minister of Innovation and Advanced Education, Dave Hancock granted permission for the insti-tution to change its name from ‘university college’ to ‘university.’

The usage of Burman University was implemented on May 1st but the bill still required an Act of Alberta legislature to make the name change offi cial.

The university is named after Charles A. and Leona Burman, the husband and wife team who founded the educational institution in 1907. Charles served as the fi rst and third president (principal) of the school that would be known as Burman. Leona taught English, science, language, geography, physiology and acted as school nurse.

GOODBYE PHOTO RADAR

It was a program that was built in the name of safety, but ended up costing Lacombians over the past two years. Citizens and those who drive through the City will no longer be receiving pesky photo radar tickets.

Lacombe City council moved to abolish the Automated Traffi c Enforcement Program (ATEP), also known as photo radar.

ATEP was initiated in 2012 by council and began in October of 2013. The program was administered by an independent third party contractor, Independent Traffi c Services Ltd.

Twenty-eight locations in the City were approved for enforcement, chosen for high pedestrian volumes, school zones, high collision areas and other locations that are frequent for speeders.

In November of 2014, council approved the use of the ATEP for one further year, intending to review it for a second time in 2015. A total of 10,427 tickets were issued from November 2014 to November 2015, not-ing a drop of 101 tickets from the fi rst year.

The program was terminated on Nov. 30th. [email protected]

-with fi les from Kalisha Mendonsa

CALLED TO ACTION – The Lacombe Fire Department, Blackfalds Fire Department and Bentley Fire Department were called to a structure fi re along Elisa Close on Sunday, April 12th. Two homes were lost in the blaze and two neighbouring homes received substantial damage. Lacombe Express fi le photo ONE HORSE TOWN – Canadian coun-

try superstar Tim Hicks joined the Road Hammers on stage at the One Horse Town concert held in Lacombe on Friday, Sept. 18th. Lacombe Express fi le photo

YEAR IN REVIEW



A look at achievements in the Town of Blackfalds this year

2015 was yet another busy year for the completion of projects, exciting events and issues within the Town of Blackfalds.

The following is a rundown of the most newsworthy items within the town over the past year.

ABBEY CENTRE RECEIVES PROVINCIAL AWARD

The Town added another notch under its belt after receiving yet another award for the Abbey Master Builder Centre.

At the Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP) fall general meeting on Nov. 27th, 2014, it was announced the town received the award.

The award recognizes a CAEP rural or urban municipal project that has received a high level of community involvement and has substantial community benefi t.

The town was one of seven nominees, and as such, the award is a testament to the extent of support and involvement from community agencies, businesses, individu-als and municipal partners in bringing the Abbey Centre to fruition.

While the Abbey Centre has also received recognition from other prestigious provin-cial municipal recreational organizations in 2014, the Collaborative Community Project award is signifi cant in that it acknowledges the achievements of the entire community in making the dream of the Abbey Centre a reality, local offi cials said.

The award is displayed at the Abbey Centre, but it belongs to everyone who played a role during the past eight years in bringing the Abbey Centre to life, offi -cials added.

APPROVAL OF THE 2016 BUDGET

Councillors passed the 2016 operating and capital budget. Councillors approved the balanced budget on Dec. 8th that included a 1% tax rate increase.

The total budget consists of an operating budget of $23,810,953 and a capital budget of $2,188,750. An average home accessed around $313,600 will see a $53 increase in property taxes for the year.

Mayor Melodie Stol said the budget is good news and holds no major surprises or challenges.

“It’s stable and continues the high level of service in the community,” she said.

Stol said council’s goal, as in previous years, is to keep the tax rate increase around or just below the cost of living, acknowledging that anything greater than that, could be diffi cult for families to meet.

“This year we came in at one per cent which is actually lower than the cost of living, but we’ve been able to do that mainly because we’ve had such tremendous growth in the community,” she said.

Stol noted this year the capital budget is a bit smaller than past years, but it still packs a large punch with many needed projects on the list.

“For the fi rst time in Blackfalds, an off leash dog park will be constructed,” she said. ” We are working with the Optimist

Club to construct a new skateboard park and we have money set aside for that proj-ect. We will be restoring a historic home called the Wadey House and that is going to become a visitor information centre as well as act as an operational offi ce space for the Chamber of Commerce and the Historical Society.”

Also included is the completion of the amphitheatre stage in 2016, along with the construction of new ball diamond shelters, road upgrades, the purchase of equipment for winter trail maintenance and a new sign initiative in the community.

Other highlights include a boost to the school resource offi cer program of $20,000, to expand the contract past June, the cre-ation of a new communications offi cer position and an increase of $1,400,000 in transfers to reserves.

OPTIMIST CLUB OF BLACKFALDS RAISES FUNDS FOR SKATE PARK

Fundraising efforts continued towards building a skate park in Blackfalds.

Spearheading the project is the Optimist Club of Blackfalds. Former President Jensye Perry said the club has been working hard for over a year to raise money to build a new skateboard park in the community.

A section of land in between the ball dia-monds and the junior high school has been provided by the Town for the new park. The Optimist Club organized several fundraisers over the year to support the project.

2015 CENSUS CONDUCTED

In order to keep up with population growth, The Town of Blackfalds conducted yet another census.

The results were released in August leading to several changes in government funding proportions as well as other ap-plications.

According to the offi cial data released by the Town, the population of Blackfalds is now sitting at 8,793 – a 12% increase in population from last year’s census. As well, the total residential dwelling count is now 3,917 units.

From 2013 to 2014, the Town experienced a growth of 531 people. At the time of the 2015 census assessment, results state that the population of Blackfalds had grown by 935 people.

GROUND BREAKS ON ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SCHOOL

Ground was broken for St. Gregory the Great Catholic School in Blackfalds on Oct. 20th.

The school will be the fi rst Catholic school built in Blackfalds and will house students from Kindergarten to Grade 9.

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) board trustees, several delegates, students, teachers and members of the community gathered at the new location on the east side of Blackfalds to kick off construction of the educational facility.

St. Gregory the Great Catholic School is being constructed at the end of Cottonwood Drive, in the east side of Blackfalds, right next to the Wolf Creek Public Schools new school. St. Gregory will house 350 students in the beginning with a capacity of 600.

Up until now, students from Blackfalds who wanted to participate in the Catholic school system have been bused into Red Deer.

The RDCRS facility is expected to be completed and opened by September 2017.

CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON IRON RIDGE INTERMEDIATE CAMPUS

Soon the landscape of Blackfalds will be changing once again with the opening of a new school.

A local group aims to ensure the new Wolf Creek Public School (WCPS) facility currently being built along Cottonwood Drive on the eastside of Blackfalds will have a playground for students.

The Friends of the Iron Ridge Campus Society (FIRCS) began fundraising for playground equipment for the new facility.

WCPS announced the Grade 4 to Grade 6 school, named Iron Ridge Intermediate Campus, will house up to 400 students and will be open next September.

HWY. 2A ROUNDABOUT CONSTRUCTED

Construction began in May on the Hwy. 2A and Hwy. 597 intersection, just outside the Town of Blackfalds limits.

The road work was conducted from May straight through to the end of September.

WADEY HOUSE TO BE RELOCATED

The iconic Eaton catalogue home in Blackfalds will be relocated and converted into the new visitor centre and home for the Blackfalds Historical Society thanks to a Canadian government grant.

Through the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program the Town received $175,275 to complete the project, includ-ing restoration. The Canada 150 Fund is being used across the country to complete projects in communities before the 150th birthday of the nation.

MP Blaine Calkins joined Blackfalds Mayor Melodie Stol, members of the Historical Society and various community members for the announcement on July 30th.

The home will be relocated somewhere between Iron Ridge Junior Campus and All-Star Park, in a corridor of available land. The building will be delicately restored and transformed into the new home of the Blackfalds Historical Society.

BUSINESSES IN BLACKFALDS RECOGNIZED

Businesses in Blackfalds were recog-nized on a late October evening during the 2015 Business of the Year Awards.

Hosted by the Blackfalds and District Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Blackfalds Economic Development and Tourism Board, the annual event show-cased the importance of small businesses in the growing community.

Business owners, delegates and community members gathered at the Blackfalds Community Hall for the cel-ebration.

The 2015 Business for Service Excellence Award was given to Highway Angels Eats and Treats. The 2015 Exceptional Retail Product Award was given to Sik Session Board and Apparel. The 2015 Exceptional Community Involvement Award was given to Nurture Salon and Spa.

Special recognition was also given to local businesses that made contributions to community recreational groups and individual athletes in Central Alberta and beyond.

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- With fi les from Kalisha Mendonsa

BLACKFALDS DAYS PARADE - Town of Blackfalds Mayor Melodie Stol and Grade 6 student Mayor for a Day Mackenzie Campbell drove on a side-by-side in this year’s parade. Express fi le photo

NEW BEGINNINGS - Ground was broken for St. Gregory the Great Catholic School in Blackfalds in October. From left is Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Ron Orr, Red Deer-North MLA Kim Schreiner, Town of Blackfalds Mayor Melodie Stol and Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools Board Chair Guy Pelletier. Express fi le photo

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2015: The year that wasAnother year has come and

gone. 2015 was a year of ups and downs, hellos and goodbyes.

This edition is the Lacombe Express’ fi rst time of tackling Year in Review - a local glimpse back at the year that was. Over the next three editions, including this one, we will have sit-down conversa-tions with the mayors or reeve of the three main municipalities we cover - the City of Lacombe, the Town of Blackfalds and Lacombe County. In these conversations we will explore the challenges the municipalities faced in 2015 along with the successes of the year. We will also look ahead to 2016, the approaching year, and the chal-lenges that may emerge.

Many people and events also helped shape the news world over

the past year.Internationally, we saw previ-

ously strained relationships be-tween the U.S., both with Iran and Cuba, mended. Global warming became an issue on the forefront, with countries from all across the globe gathering at the UN Climate Summit to come up with a plan to remedy the crisis.

We also experienced countless terrorist attacks across the globe including the attacks in Paris in November.

But the main news item that gripped international headlines and fi ltered down to even a local level was the Syrian Refugee Crisis. Thousands of people fl ee-ing war-torn Syria and other areas in the Middle East spent much of the year making attempts to

get to Europe, heading towards many countries like Germany and Sweden for safety. The infl ux of refugees prompted an interna-tional call for a change in policies to allow the refugees entrance to many countries including Canada.

As a country we will be say-ing hello to 25,000 refugees, some which have already arrived, over the next few months.

On the national front, the most newsworthy event, and something that took 11 weeks was the 2015 federal election. After the mam-moth campaign, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was voted in as Prime Minister.

This is the fi rst time in 10 years that we’ve had a Liberal govern-ment and many changes appear to be on the way. Nationally, we

said goodbye to Stephen Harper and many long-time Conservative MPs.

On the provincial level, we also saw the emergence of a new gov-ernment.

We said goodbye to the PC dy-nasty and hello to Premier Rachel Notley and the NDP government. This historic changing of the guard, as this is the fi rst time an NDP government has held power in the province, symbolized a change in ideals in the province. More changes are likely on the way.

With all of these changes and emerging new faces the New Year is looking to be something to look forward to.

Happy New Year and all the best in 2016.

Economic freedom and Canada’s public policy schizophreniaIn international rank-

ings of economic freedom, Canada has soared past the United States, so it should be no surprise that among sub-national jurisdictions in North America (which encompasses 10 Canadian provinces, 50 U.S. states and 32 Mexican states) three Canadian provinces - Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan - ranked at the top using 2013 data, the most recent available.

But Canada is becoming a bit of a policy schizo-phrenia country.

Three other Canadian provinces were close to the bottom of the Canadian and U.S. rankings - Nova Scotia tied with 10 other jurisdictions for 42nd, Quebec and Prince Edward Island tied for 57th, ahead of only Delaware among the Canadian provinc-es and U.S. states. The 32 Mexican states were be-hind all Canadian prov-inces and U.S. states. The remaining four prov-inces, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario were in the middle of the

Canada-U.S. pack.And reversals are com-

ing. Since 2013, Alberta elected a new government and Canada chose a new federal government. Both governments have shown a propensity for policies that reduce economic freedom, putting govern-ment in the way of free individual choices by up-ping taxation (so you have less of your own money to spend as you choose) and increasing government in-trusion into the economy, thus reducing space for free exchange.

The relative ranking of the provinces helps illus-trate the power of eco-nomic freedom. The aver-age per capita provincial domestic product of the top provinces is $70,294; of the four middle provinces, $52,124; and of the three at

the bottom, $41,655.Economic freedom is

simply the ability of in-dividuals and families to make their own econom-ic decisions, unhindered by overly large govern-ment or restrictive regu-lations. Over a century of evidence shows that the drive and ingenuity of individuals beats heroic government in creating prosperity. More than 130 policy and fact-based ac-ademic articles have used the North American index in research and found that a number of positive outcomes, including in-creased growth and entre-preneurship, are powered by economic freedom.

Over the past 20 years, Canada has run a fascinat-ing experiment in the abil-ity of economic freedom to drive growth and the lack of economic freedom to inhibit growth.

During much the 1990s, B.C. fell back in econom-ic freedom as the size of government and regula-tion increased. Long one of Canada’s richest provinc-es, B.C. fell to have not-sta-tus. During the 1990s, B.C.

had by far the slowest growth of any province in Canada at just 7.3% per capita over the decade in infl ation-adjusted terms.

At the same time, Ontario increased its eco-nomic freedom and had a growth rate of 20.7%, al-most three times of that of B.C. in the 1990s.

Then, everything turned upside down. Ontario’s economic freedom went into reverse in the fi rst de-cade of this century and, just like B.C. before it, the province fell to have-not status. This is remarkable denouement for Ontario, the province that had been Canada’s economic engine.

In the decade following 2003, Ontario, like B.C. be-fore it in the 1990s, had by far the slowest growth rate in Canada, remarkably just 3.3%. Meanwhile, B.C. was moving in the oppo-site direction, increasing economic freedom. With increased economic free-dom, B.C. quickly moved out of have-not status and had a growth rate almost fi ve times that of Ontario, at 15%.

It is amazing how we can be resistant to learn-ing even the most obvi-ous lessons - B.C. falling into have-not status when economic freedom was re-duced and then soaring when it was increased; Ontario experiencing strong growth when eco-nomic freedom was rela-tively high and then fall-ing into have-not status when economic freedom declined.

The recent elections in Alberta and federally in Canada have elected gov-ernments that appear dedicated to repeating the mistakes of B.C. in the 1990s - and Ontario today - by increasing govern-ment’s interference in the economy, although growth and prosperity are strong-ly related to individual economic freedom, not big government.

Fred McMahon is a Fraser Institute resident fellow and holder of the Dr. Michael A. Walker Research Chair in Economic Freedom. See the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of North America report. His column is distrib-uted through Troy Media.

Fred

MCMAHON

The annual Christmas Day meal was held at Lacombe Memorial Centre. Hats off to the amazing volunteers and com-munity spirit.

The turkeys were donated by Co-op.

Central Alberta Florist poinsettias were placed on each table and gifted to a bless-ed seat holder.

Yes, it was a free meal with desserts, local entertainment, music, songs and

prayers. Dedicated local church members worked tirelessly making turkey and ham with all the traditional trimmings. As well (for the fi rst time ever) a cash gift was enclosed in a card for every participant.

Just want to give thanks and say, yes I’m proud to be a member of such an amazing community.

Cynthia MayLacombe

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Reader proud to be part of community


I can’t believe there are still no dead bodies!Why is it impossible for

investigative media re-porters to get it right about health supplements? In March of 2013 medical re-search showed that every day 290 North Americans died from prescription drugs. To kill the same number of people a jumbo jet plane would have to crash every day.

I asked Health Canada’s forensic bureaucrats to explain where the dead bodies are who took natural supplements? I have never had a reply. Now the media are using a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S Food and Drug Administration to damn supplements. Its study of 63 hospitals over a 10-year period showed 3,667 emergency room (ER) vis-its and 2,154 hospitaliza-tions from the use of sup-plements.But there are no dead bodies.

So what are the statistics for prescription drugs and over-the-counter (OTC) medication? They show four million ER visits and, in addition, adverse drug reactions that cause over 100,000 deaths year after year! It does not require an MBA degree in economics to see why popular TV pro-grams take a report and blow the facts to anoth-er planet. Shocking their TV audience to increase ratings is more important than stating the truth. And it makes sponsors very happy.

Besides, what supple-ments were responsi-

ble for ambulance sirens screeching on the way to the ER? Weight loss sup-plements and energy pills were responsible for 72%, sexual enhancement and body building products for 14%. So these two catego-ries accounted for 86% of ER visits.

Remaining ER visits re-sulted from swallowing problems when elder-ly people took calcium pills. Or to reassure par-ents whose small children had swallowed carelessly stored mineral or vitamin pills. But what compelled people to rush to the ER?

Ninety per cent of the vis-its were due to heart pal-pitations, chest pain, or an increased heart rate, re-lated primarily to the in-gestion of caffeine. These patients were subsequent-ly discharged from the ER. In effect, no serious prob-lems and zero death. One could also question why these people were foolish enough to take these prod-ucts, often in excess, in the fi rst place. The best Rx would have been to see a psychiatrist.

The media should point out that about 70% of North Americans take di-etary supplements. This means that over 60 bil-lion doses of nutritional supplements are ingested annually. According to the annual report of the U.S. National Poison Data Base System not a single death was caused by a vitamin or mineral supplement! A

trial lawyer would tell the jury, “The case is closed”.

I’ve learned over my 60 years of surgical practice that there’s an important place for natural remedies. Study after study shows that most people are lack-ing in magnesium. It’s na-ture’s natural vasodilator of arteries that fi ghts hy-pertension and is vital for the normal rhythm of the heart. We know that mil-lions of North Americans are taking cholesterol-low-ering drugs and are not being told these prescrip-tion drugs are robbing their heart of coenzyme Q10. It provides energy to the heart’s muscle. Some

researchers believe that without this enzyme, CLDs set the stage for heart failure later in life. Not a minor consideration.

Surely no one can deny that natural Vitamin E can be helpful in treating those with intermittent pain in the legs. This symptom occurs when atherosclero-sis decreases blood supply to muscles when playing sports or walking. Vitamin E increases the oxygen saturation of the blood and relieves the cramping. Then there are those who state vociferously that Vitamin C is useless for treating the common cold. Of course it is when people

take 500 milligrams (mg). What’s needed is several doses of 2,000 mg every two hours. Or better still several thousand daily to prevent a cold and heart attack.

As Nobel Prize winner Dr, Linus Pauling used to reply to critics, “It’s the dosage, stupid.” Benjamin Disraeli, a former British Prime Minister once de-nounced his opposition by saying, “It is much easier to be critical than to be right.” I fear the media will never get it right about supplements.

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Family run car dealership makes debut in LacombeBY SARAH MAETCHELACOMBE EXPRESS

Gary Moe Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram has made its debut in Lacombe.

The car dealership, formerly known as Heritage Chrysler, along Hwy. 12 was bought out by the Gary Moe Auto Group based in Red Deer this past month.

“We are very excited to be in this part of Central Alberta and we look forward to giving people a great experience when they come here,” said Gary Moe Chrysler Sales Manager Greg Ohm.

He said the community can expect the superior Gary Moe service they are accustomed to from Moe’s other three dealerships.

“We have the number one re-conditioning process in Canada we feel in terms of our pre-owned vehicles,” said Ohm. “We pride ourselves on customer service and treating the customers right because we don’t want to only sell one vehicle - we want them coming back year after year and all of their family and friends as well.”

Throughout the transition between ownership, many of the same faces customers have come to know are still around.

The name change became offi cial at the beginning of December.

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GIVING BACK - Santa’s Anonymous Lacombe recently received a donation from Gary Moe Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram. Chuck Richter of the Lacombe Kinsmen (right) accepted the donation on behalf of Santa’s Anonymous from Gary Moe Chrysler CEO Dean Moe (left) and employees. photo submitted

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JONES

Lacombe County Environmental Improvement Grant Program WorkshopsThe County Environmental Grant program aims to provide fi nancial assistance to community groups and schools to develop or deliver community-based environmental services and programs within the County. Workshops will be held at Lacombe County Administration building between 7 – 9pm on Tuesday, January 12th and Wednesday, January 27th.

For more information contact Blayne West, 403 -782-6601

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IS NOW

NOW u s i n g re - l o a d a b l e c a rd s fo r t h e a u to m a te d f a re b oxe s .

Vi s i t w w w. l a co m b e. c a / b o l t fo r m o re i n fo r m a t i o n .

Find The Right Fitness Fit

for You

Watch for more details in January on this NEW upcoming program which gives you the opportunity to try a variety of different physical activities.

Activities include yoga, pilates, cross

camp and swimming.

For more information call 403.782.1267 or go to www.lacombe.ca/choosewell

A p p l i c a t i o n D e a d l i n e i s Fe b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 6

Does your group or organization have an idea for a NEW initiative that would enhance the quality of life in Lacombe through recreation and culture? If so, you may be able to access the $12,500 in available funding through the City of Lacombe’s Recreation and Culture Grant.

The grant is open to ALL non-profit community groups

and businesses within the city.

The Lacombe & District Recreation, Parks and Culture Board reviews all submissions.

$12,500 in available funds

Recreation and Culture

Grant

For more information phone 403.782.1266, email [email protected] or visit www. lacombe.ca/recgrant.

DEVELOPMENT PERMITSCurrent to December 31, 2015

Permitted UsesTake notice that the following development permits have been approved as PERMITTED USES in that they conform in every respect to the Land Use Bylaw

DATE PERMIT# LOCATION DEVELOPMENT

December 31 61/253.72 4450 Hwy 12 Class 2- Fascia Sign

December 31 61/253.73 40 Iron Wolf Boulevard Shed

Documents pertaining to the development permits may be inspected at City Hall, 5432-56 Avenue, during regular business hours. Anyone claiming to be affected by the approval of the Permitted Uses with Variances of Discretionary Uses may submit an objection within 14 days from the date of notice. The appeal must be in writing, accompanied with a $50.00 fee and be directed to: Lacombe Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, Attn: Secretary to the SDAB, 5432-56 Avenue Lacombe, AB T4L 1E9.

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2015 Supplementary Property Tax Notices

The City of Lacombe would like to remind residents

that the 2015 Supplementary Property Assessment

and Tax Notices for the City of Lacombe have

been mailed out. The supplementary assessment

reflects the increase in value of a property where

a new home or building is completed or occupied

during 2015. If this applies to you and you have not

received your Supplementary Assessment and Tax

Notice by January 8, 2016, please contact the City at

403-782-1257.

Supplementary tax payments are due by 4:30 pm on March 31, 2016.

For more information on your Supplementary

Property Assessment and Tax Notice and your

payment options, please visit our website at

www.lacombe.ca/living/taxes-assessment.

For Information Contact:Marc Perreault

Property Tax Coordinator

Phone: 403.782.1257


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The Lacombe Arts Endowment Fund provides ongoing financial support of literary, visual and performing arts for the benefit of the residents of Lacombe and area. Applications are new open for the Arts Endowment Fund Grant, and submissions are being accepted until March 31, 2016.

Visit http://www.lacombe.ca/living/recreation-culture/lacombe-arts-endowment-fund for more information.

The 2016 Encore Art Show & Sale is taking artist applications for booth and gallery space. If you are a visual artist looking to participate in the event, go to http://www.lacombe.ca/living/recreation-culture/art-sale to download and submit an application before February 26, 2016, or call (403)782-1258 for more information.

If you love the visual arts and live music, join us on April 15 and 16, 2016, for the annual Encore Art Show and Sale. We will be featuring paintings, fibre arts, pottery, ceramics, metal works, and amazing creative masterpieces of some of Alberta’s finest artisans, and musicians.

Call for Arts

Applications

Please ensure all tinsel and decorations have been removed before drop off. The City will accept Christmas trees until January 31, 2016.

Collected trees will be chipped and shredded, and the mulch will be used in municipal parks and playgrounds.

Please Note: Christmas trees left in alleys or on front lawns will not be picked up by City staff and will be left for the homeowner to dispose of appropriately.

Recycle your real Christmas Tree

After the holidays, don’t throw your real Christmas tree in the trash. The trees are biodegradable, which means they can be easily reused or recycled for mulch and other purposes.

Take your real Christmas tree to the Wolf Creek Recycling Site, located in the Wolf Creek Industrial Park at 5214 Wolf Creek Drive.

Lacombe City Council Meetings are open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. Meeting agendas are posted online at www.lacombe.ca by 3 p.m. on the Friday before every Council Meeting.

The next scheduled Council Meeting dates and times are:

• Monday, January 11, 2016, at 5 p.m. • Monday, January 25, 2016, at 5 p.m. • Monday, February 8, 2016, at 5 p.m.

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Annual Pool Shut Down - December 20, 2015- January 10, 2016. The pool will reopen on January 11, 2016. Season or term pass holders can use their KAC passes at either Ponoka Aquaplex or Burman University during this time. Please remember to bring your card as proof of membership.

December is Draw and Save for all passes at the pool. Get 5%, 10%, or 15% off when you purchase a membership.

City of Lacombe Holiday Schedule- The office will close at noon on December 31 and be closed on January 1, 2016. Regular hours commence on January 4, 2016.

Christmas Tree Disposal- Real Christmas trees can be disposed of at the Recycle Site is 5214 Wolf Creek Dr. Christmas trees left in alleys or on front lawns will not be picked up by City staff, and will be left for the homeowner to dispose of appropriately.

Holiday Garbage and RecyclingPlease visit www.lacombe.ca/garbage to see your holiday waste collection schedule.

BOLT Transit will run on its regular Monday through Saturday schedule with the exception of New Year’s Day, January 1, 2016, when there will be no bus service.

Winter Registration for all swim programs has started! For more information or to sign up call 403.782.1275.

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What’s Happening?

City Council Dates

Upcoming Events

Reminders

The City of Lacombe is currently seeking a number of community- minded citizens to serve on the Affordable Housing Steering Committee and the Art Collection Committee. Request an application by calling 403.782.1287 or email [email protected].

Volunteer Opportunities


The FYI, Community Events Calen-

dar is a free-of-charge service

for not-for-profi t organizations

and upcoming community

events within the Lacombe and

Blackfalds region. To submit your

information, please email news@

lacombeexpress.com, call 403-

782-5306 or fax 403-782-5344.

If you would like your event or

organization to be included,

please submit your information

to the editor by noon, the Mon-

day before the publication date.

Lacombe Rotary New Year’s Eve

Fundraiser: Celebrate the New

Year in style on Thursday,

Dec. 31st 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at

the Lacombe Memorial Cen-

tre. Midnight hors d’oeuvres.

Ticket $35 a person. Fund-

raising event for Veronica

Willington. For tickets contact

Robin Huseby 403-391-2750 or

Sunny 94 at 403-786-0194.

The Jesus Fatwah: Love Your

(Muslim) Neighbor as Yourself

- a Thursday evening discussion

group starting January 14th at

7 p.m. Using print and video

resources and encounters with

representatives of both Christi-

anity and Islam, we will seek to

dispel stereotypes about Islam,

explore the diversity of Muslim

belief and practice and discuss

how we can build respectful rela-

tionships. This program would be

appropriate for Christians, Mus-

lims or those without faith com-

mitments. Held at St. Andrew’s

United Church. Please contact

Ross Smillie at 403-782-3148 to

indicate your interest and to get

background reading material.

Friends of the Library, on Jan.

7th at 7 p.m. at the LMC in the

County Room, the Local Colour

Series will welcome students and

teachers from the Robotics Club

from Lacombe Composite High

School to demonstrate robotics

they have engineered for future

competitions. Light refreshments

will follow after the program.

Armchair Travel Series: Friends

of the Library presents Eadie

Jones who will inform everyone

attending of her nephews trip

to Japan and experiences in the

Armchair Travel Series. Jan. 12th

7 p.m. at the LMC County Room.

Light refreshments will be served

after the presentation. Free

admission, everyone welcome.

Friends of the Library will be pleased

to announce a presentation by

Dr. Leighton Nischuk at the LMC

in the County Room on Jan.

28th at 7 p.m. Dr. Nischuk has

been travelling with Medical

Mercy Canada and will provide a

summary of some of the projects

undertaken in the Ukraine

where his parents immigrated

from as children. Following the

presentation light refreshments

will be served. Free admission.

Come and bring a friend

The Lincoln Hall Society presents

its annual Dinner and Entertain-

ment Night on Feb. 6th. Dinner

and comedy show, catered by

Bob Ronnie and starring Lars

Callieou (has opened for Jeff

Foxworthy). Doors open at 5:30

p.m., Supper at 6 p.m., Show

at 8 p.m. All tickets $50/person.

Tickets ready for Christmas giving.

Advance sales end Feb. 2nd.

Calling all musicians! A jazzy new

place to blow your horn or strum

your strings - A jam session every

second and fourth Thursday from

7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the Lacombe Le-

gion. $2 a person. For more infor-

mation, call Rod at 403-782-1842.

The Lacombe Legion is hosting a

tour for adults of Canadian bat-

tlefi elds in Holland, Belgium and

France from March 25th to April

3rd, 2016. Highlights will include

tours of Amsterdam, Brussels, and

Paris as well as Vimy Ridge, The

Juno Beach Center, the Normandy

beaches, the home of Anne Frank,

Ypres, Passchendaele, Flanders

Field and much more. A detailed

itinerary including cost is available

at the Lacombe Branch of the Le-

gion or you can request one to be

e-mailed to you at the e-mail that

follows. For more information

phone Corvin at 403 357-0377

or email [email protected].

The Parkland Classical Singers, a

community choir based in La-

combe, is looking for more mem-

bers. If you like to sing, please join

us. Rehearsals are held on Thurs-

days from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

at the Wolf Creek Community

Church, beginning Oct. 15th. Two

performances: Christmas 2015 and

Spring 2016. For more informa-

tion, call Carolyn 403-782-7365.

The Red Deer Legion Pipe Band is

actively recruiting experienced

and inexperienced people from

the Central Alberta area, who

are interested in joining the pipe

band. Anyone with piping or

drumming experience, or if you

would like to learn piping or

drumming, are asked to please

contact us at 403-782-7183.

Practices are held at the Red Deer

Legion on Tuesdays at 7:00.

St. Andrew’s United Church

youth choir for ages fi ve to 18.

Meets Thursdays 5:30-6:30 p.m.

contact Jessica at 403-352-5486

or [email protected].

St. Andrew’s United Church Adult

Choir for those 18 and older.

Practices on Wednesdays from

7:15 – 8:30 p.m. Contact Rober-

ta at 403-782-0443 for more

information. Cost is free.

Invitation to join CNIB Peer Sup-

port Group: The Peer Support

Group is a program dedicated

to helping CNIB clients adjust

to vision loss. Feelings of fear,

anxiety, intimidation and anger

are extremely common in adults

who are diagnosed with vision

loss. The goal of the group is to

help transform these feelings into

those of confi dence and inde-

pendence through education and

group discussions. The program

is facilitated by a volunteer who

has gone through the process of

adjusting to a life with vision loss.

The group offers seniors a way to

connect to others experiencing

similar challenges. Participants

receive empowering, practical

and useful information about

vision loss and how CNIB services

can help, as well as suggestions

from other participants on how

to reduce the impact of vision loss

on their daily lives. There is no

cost to participate in the program

which will meet once per month.

The group meets at the Spruce

Terrace located at 5002 – 51 Ave.

Lacombe Walking Group

Wednesdays from 12-12:30

at Medcombe Walk-In-Clinic.

No Registration required.

Kozy Korner — Tuesday Dinners

every week at noon. The hot

meal includes dessert and

coffee at the Senior Centre.

Kozy Korner Music Jam on Sun-

days from 1:30p.m. to 4 p.m.

In the New Year, jams will be

on Jan. 10th, Feb. 14th, March

13th and April 10th. Entertain-

ers are free. Lunch goodies

by donation. For more infor-

mation call 403-885-4493.

Lacombe Dance Lessons – social

and choreographed ballroom

dancing. Traditional Two-step

or Cha Cha/Jive. For details

phone Cliff at 403-782-4094.

Quilting and crafts held at Black-

falds United Church on Mon-

days at 9:30 a.m. Help make

quilts or bring your own quilt/

craft to work on. Check out

our website at blackfaldsunit-

edchurch.com or call 403-885-

4780 for more information.

The Lacombe Legion has bingo

on Mondays at 7 p.m. in the

upstairs hall. Coffee time runs

Wednesdays from 9:30-11 a.m.

($2 for coffee, tea and cookies).

On Fridays, there are four meat

draws and tickets are $2/set

of three tickets. Draw starts at

6:30 p.m. On Saturdays, there

are four meat draws which

start at 4:30 p.m. Chase the

ace starts after meat draws.

Parkinson Alberta Education offers

supports groups for persons

with Parkinson disease, family

members and caregivers at

the following Central Alberta

locations: Red Deer, Lacombe,

Innisfail, Olds, Three Hills and

Castor. Visit www.parkinsonal-

berta.ca for more information.

New to Lacombe? Contact Lacombe

Welcome Wagon for free maps,

information about the City &

area, as well as free gifts from

local businesses. New baby in

the family? Contact Donna

Korpess with the Lacombe

Welcome Wagon at 403-782-

0475 for free information, baby

product samples as well as free

gifts from local businesses.

Youth Unlimited Drop-in Activi-

ties: Drop-in activities run every

Tuesday from 6 – 9 p.m. with

ball hockey on Mondays and

Wednesdays from 6 – 9 p.m. Girls

only drop-in is also Wednesdays

from 6 – 9 p.m. Thursdays Grade

3-6 drop-in program runs from

3:30 – 5:30 p.m. and Grade 4 and

up program from 6 – 9 p.m. Cost

is 2$ for drop-in and ball hockey

with drop-in 10 passes at $10 and

ball hockey season pass at $50.

Taoist Tai Chi a relaxing, low impact

exercise; continuing classes

year round, for those who have

completed beginners or have

learned Taoist Tai Chi before.

Participate in classes of your

choice. Available in Red Deer,

Lacombe, Rocky Mountain House

and Innisfail. Contact 403-346-

6772 for more information.

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ARTS & LEISURELacombe-based artist excited to share

her works with the communityBY SARAH MAETCHELACOMBE EXPRESS

With an affection for travel, a local artist has been injecting colour and passion into her works, showcasing her adventures and inspiring new ones.

Danielle Folkerts, born and currently re-siding in Lacombe, uses a blend of painting, drawing, photography and collage to create kaleidoscopic creations here in Central Alberta. She fl ows positivity through her artwork, encouraging you to travel, explore what’s in your backyard or see what else is out there.

Also known as the Travelling Artisan, her works are often inspired, but not solely, by many of her travels.

Her artistic journey began a few years ago, after graduating high school and attending the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) in Calgary.

“I was just always drawing,” she said of her upbringing. “I think that’s what I always knew I wanted to do - art and teach art.”

After the fi rst week of attending ACAD, Folkerts was “sold” on the fi ne arts program and decided to branch out and major in painting. Following graduation, she used a scholarship to fund a trip to Italy to paint.

“That kind of started my fascination and love of combining travel and art,” she said. “They are pretty much two of my favourite things.”

Among her many adventures, Folkerts travelled around the U.K. and in the fol-lowing year, traveled south to Costa Rica and Panama to practice yoga and explore.

“I literally just backpacked around and took photos,” she said. “I think that trip specifi cally inspired me. My palette has changed a lot. At school I was painting with a lot of browns. Everything was really muted. Everything was a portrait. Two years later, now my work has completely changed. The colours are a bit more happy and represent a little bit more the places I’ve been, like the colour of the ocean or the sky.

“Defi nitely, the more I want to paint, the more I want to have colour.”

Among her many works covering subjects like landscapes or nature, Folkerts has come to be known for her paintings and works portraying maps.

“I started painting them because I’ve al-ways done portraiture or representational work,” she explained. “I was travelling a lot.

I was kind of looking at abstraction. I kind of realized I like maps. You know what it is when you see it but they are still very abstract.

“For me it was going to be a gateway to abstraction but it kind of became something a lot bigger because people were really drawn to maps.”

Folkerts continues to paint maps because of the response the works receive at markets and art shows.

“It’s neat because conceptually, it just starts conversations,” she explained. “People want to talk about it. People love it. Whether

it’s a love of travel or an experience some-where, I’m just going to keep going with it because it’s exciting and I like it.”

Folkerts also paints many local landscapes - from recognizable mountain peaks like the Three Sisters in Canmore to rolling prairie scenes, all with the same aim of using maps as a subject matter - to be inspired by the desire to travel and explore what is right in her own backyard.

“I started doing more day trips here and there,” she said of her local travels. “You can go to Jasper. You can go to Canmore. You can go to Banff. I started compiling

pictures, taking photographs of things that were really beautiful around here and stuff that people recognize around here. That’s why I started focusing on the landscapes too. People are drawn to things that are here in their own backyard.”

Over the past year, Folkerts has attended several markets in Central Alberta and will be teaching art and painting classes over the coming winter months.

For more information, visit www.thet-ravellingartisan.org or www.facebook.com/dkfolkertsstudio.

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ARTISTRY - Local multi-media artist Danielle Folkerts makes some adjustments to her booth at last April’s Encore Art Show and Sale at the LMC. Lacombe Express fi le photo


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SPORTSWranglers’ Robin Carlson discusses past challenges and future goals

BY ZACHARY CORMIERLACOMBE EXPRESS

It has been a long off season for Robin Carlson.

Last year’s Heritage Junior B Hockey League scoring champi-on has been sidelined since early August with Post-Concussion Syndrome, as well as a few other problems.

“It’s nice to get back with the guys again. We’ve got a lot of key injuries and we’ve been battling that throughout the year. It’s not just me that’s been hurt. But it’s been an okay start,” the 21-year-old Blackfalds Wranglers for-ward said.

Last season, Carlson led the league in every offensive cate-gory, putting up 43 goals and 49 assists for 92 points in 36 games.

“It’s my last year, right, so I’d love to be playing it and I’d love to be there with all the guys and try to contribute and try and have the success I did last year,” Carlson said, adding that his focus hasn’t been on individual stats since his return.

“I mean, personally, yeah that was good. But as a team I really wanted to push for that league championship and then go for the provincial title in Red Deer. I would love to knock off Red Deer,” he laughed.

But between his injuries and his classes at U of A, it’s been tough for him to be able to make it to games.

“I do my best (to make it) but it depends on what I have for school the next day or the tests that I have coming up,” he said.

His distance from the team has also made going to practice diffi cult, which in turn has made the road to recovery that much tougher for the third-year cen-treman.

“The biggest thing has been getting back up into the game speed and taking hits. I haven’t been practicing too much either, which doesn’t help, but defi nite-ly re-adjusting to the speed of the game,” he said when asked what the biggest challenge he’s faced in his return.

An Edmonton native, Carlson grew up playing hockey in Sylvan Lake, playing for the Lakers until his second year of Bantam, when he made the Red Deer Rebels Black Bantam AAA team.

Carlson played two seasons of hockey in Red Deer including a season of Minor Midget AAA be-fore moving back to Sylvan for his fi nal two years of minor hockey, during which he played Midget AA for the Sylvan Lake Lakers.

“Coming out of Midget, I had a few Junior A teams talking to me and I ended up going to Lloydminster and made the team,” he remembered.

Carlson spent a year with the Lloydminster Bobcats of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, during which he scored four goals and added three assists for a total of nine points in 41 games.

That off season, the then 19-year-old was traded to the Battlefords North Stars of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. He played just 11 games with them, but said he found that he wasn’t enjoying it much. Eventually he decided to move back to Red Deer and start focus-ing on his schooling.

That experience in Junior A, he said, factored into his deci-sion not to pursue a professional hockey career, though a career in the NHL was one of his goals when he was younger.

“I went to the Moose Jaw Warrior camp when I was 15, and I enjoyed that, I had a good camp,” he said.

As he continued to play, though, Carlson said he was leaning more towards heading down to the States to play NCAA hockey.

“My goal was to play Junior A and after that was done to, hopefully, go down south on a Div. 1 scholarship or something like that,” he said, adding that eventually the idea of playing hockey every single day started to wear thin.

“As I was playing every day in that kind of hockey with the Junior A lifestyle, I just wasn’t

overly a big fan of it. After awhile I just kind of got hockeyed-out and I wanted to come back and just go to school and be around my friends.”

Carlson enrolled at Red Deer College with the goal of eventu-ally becoming a teacher.

He still wanted to play hockey, though, so he decided to join the Blackfalds Wranglers, whom he had played with as an affi liate during his Midget years.

“I had a bunch of friends play-ing for that team and I knew guys there, so I fi gured when I came back for school I’d go play there,” he said.

Carlson joined the team halfway through the 2013-14 season and immediately made an impact.

In just 24 games he put up 11 goals and 10 assists for 21 points. He made his presence felt in the playoffs, too, as he scored 18 points to help the Wranglers to the League fi nal, where they lost in fi ve games to the Okotoks Bisons.

Last season was Carlson’s fi rst full one as a Wrangler, and it turned out to be the most pro-ductive of his career. The line he formed with Wally Samson and Garrett Glasman was one of the most dynamic in the entire league.

This year, with Glasman out with a broken leg since early September, Carlson has been playing with Samson and current team leader Bryce Boguski for the

few games Carlson has made it to.“It’s awesome. Wally does all

the dirty work, it seems, and Bryce can shoot the puck. I mean, I’ve just gotta get it to them and crash the net,” he laughed.

In the fi ve games since his return, Carlson has put up some pretty good numbers. He’s got six assists and a pair of goals for eight points to make him one of just four point-per-game players on the Wranglers’ roster.

And while only time will tell if he will produce like he did in 2014-15, the 21-year-old has defi nitely been a welcome ad-dition to a roster that has been plagued by injuries all season long.

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BACK IN BUSINESS - Robin Carlson warmed up ahead of an HJHL game with the Blackfalds Wranglers last season. Carlson recently returned from an injury that sidelined him for the entire fi rst half of the 2015-16 season. photo submitted


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Some items are family treasures and others I have just found by accident. I always have a master plan of my home’s design in my head and once in awhile I stumble on rare fi nds which fi t perfectly in my home. Those are the fun days and the days when I actually enjoy my shopping experience.

When I am shopping for clients it can sometimes be a different story.

Don’t get me wrong - it’s always thrill-ing spending other people’s money and dreaming up items which will have a new home once the design plan has come to-gether but sometimes the pressure to fi nd just the right item within a timeframe can be pretty challenging!

When I was designing in Medicine Hat, shopping for clients always meant a trip to Calgary and a car-stuffi ng experience to follow. Central Alberta has a wonderful combination of mainstream design stores and a few local jewels which have popped up this year which (of course) I have visit-ed and bought and visited again and they have made my missions that much easier when shopping for clients.

Sometimes when you are shopping for your home or yourself you just don’t have the time or the energy to dig through the larger, creatively ‘organized’ décor centres.

In the past few weeks, armed with a very

specifi c colour palette and a very tight schedule, I searched through some new boutiques in Red Deer and Lacombe.

These are locally owned, hand selected décor havens with items arranged in co-lour and style blocks and, to my delight, a plethora of new items which fi t perfectly into what I was looking for!

I actually tried to buy the framed chalk-boards off of the dressing room doors because they were so perfect but I was not allowed as they were actually part of the store.

The advantage of buying items for your home is you can take your time and buy as you are moved by the right piece as I have done with my home.

I don’t think home design is ever fi n-ished but has a constant evolution as we fi nd new items to update and fall in love with new pieces. I have seen one picture or toss cushion create an entire room due to

its perfect composition or colour palette.Items can always be moved to other

rooms or re-purposed to fi t into another part of the house so if you fi nd a piece of inspiration, it is a good idea to grab it and rush home!

While you are enjoying your down time over the holidays, take some time to check out the three gems I have recently found – Real Deals on Home Décor, Absolute Custom Designs and Oh My Garden.

All décor, all deliciously displayed and a pleasure to shop, trust me I have per-sonally left funds in all of them as I work to create a surprise room makeover for a sweet and spunky 11-year-old who just offered to help me carry items to my car so she could sneak a peek at what items for her room were lurking in my back seat.

Kim Wyse is a freelance interior designer. Find her on Facebook at ‘Ask a Designer’.

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SIMPLE ELEGANCE - This cozy ensuite bathroom at an Abbey Master Builder show home in Lacombe combines simplicity and elegance into its design. Zachary Cormier/Lacombe Express


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