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Construction is scheduled to begin right away on Lake-side Blvd after council awarded the contract to Gold Star
Trucking Ltd on March 18.“This year in 2015 we also added to the Lakeside Blvd
reconstruction, a 4th Ave. reconstruction, and a 2nd St.overlay program. The projects will consist of replace-ment of approximately 1,300 metres of water mains, hy-drants and valves, replacement of sanitary sewer on 4th
Avenue and Lakeside as well, installation of 250 metresof new storm line,” said Bryce Mackan, project coordina-tor for the Town of Strathmore, spoke on behalf of theengineering department.
“There’s also some concrete, curb and gutter, side- walks to be repaired and or replaced in the project andmiscellaneous items that come up during constructionas they always do.” The tender is specified in two stages. The Lakeside
Blvd work is to start as soon as possible after awardedand to be completed by July 13 in hopes that it will be
done before Strathmore 2015 Alberta 55 Plus SummerGames and the Strathmore Stampede. The work on 4th Ave. and 2nd St. is to begin after Aug.
3 and be completed by Sept. 30. There were 11 bids received which were reviewed by
Associated Engineering, who then returned a letter ofrecommendation.
“In Associated’s letter they recommend that if the townawards to Gold Star that we consider an increase to fieldpresence to monitor and inspect the field activities moreoften than previously scheduled,” said Mackan.
Councillor Pat Fule questioned why it was mentionedto monitor and inspect more often.
“Associated told us they (Gold Star) are new to them,new to Associated, and that the background checks onthe personnel provided were adequate. So because ofthe lack of experience shown by the underground con-tractor, and the difference in site occupancy days and
crew size, that is why they are recommending extra(monitoring),” said Mackan. The second lowest tender came in from North Star
Contracting, who did the work on Thomas Drive, andthe service road in front of Dairy Queen. Their bid wasover $3.7 million.
Mackan did state that Thomas Drive met with someunderground water conditions at the time of construc-tion and that could be cause for some of the problems.
Without the top lift the water was left to soak into the base lift. The contractor is to come in and repair any base work damage and then put on the top lift, whichprevents the water from going down into that basin. The reconstruction of Lakeside Blvd was first present-
ed to council in May of 2014. At that time the four ten-ders ranged from $2,615,660.75 to $3,054,709.92.
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The Strathmore Figure Skating Club hosted their annual Fire on Ice gala on March
20 at the Strathmore Family Centre. For more coverage of the event, see Page 17.
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JUSTIN SEWARD
Times Reporter
For some young Wheatland 4-H clubmembers, the public speaking region-als at the Strathmore Civic Centre onMarch 21 showcased their speakingand presentation skills, while the crowdshowed their appreciation for their ef-forts. They presented in front of friends
and family, as well as judges, who werequite impressed with what they saw.
“I chose ‘Five Years’ because I justthought it was important that every- body makes the most of their lives withliving it to the fullest and being the bestthey could be,” said Morgan Hale fromHussar 4-H.
Her favourite part about publicspeaking is that she likes to talk and
felt as though it was a seamless transi-tion into the competition.
“I love to talk so it all came naturalto me,” said Hale. “I felt confident be-cause I have been in 4-H for along time, been to regionals twice and made it todistricts every year for my speech. I’vehad the experience and felt really pre-pared.”
For junior public speaker Megan Mc-Creadie, her speech ‘Cornzapoppin’ re-sembled just how good a bowl of pop-corn she has had.
“I was really confident but really ner- vous too. I chose popcorn because mypop inspired me because he makesthe best popcorn and it’s a really funtopic,” said McCreadie, a member of the Arrowwood River Wranglers and from Wheatland.
She felt very prepared with her
speech but felt as though her impromp-tu could have been done better.
“I like talking to people and I’m a very confident person,” said McCreadie.“If you’re in 4-H you have to do publicspeaking.” The most impressive junior presenta-
tion of the day came from local Abby van Egmond, who showed off heramazing water colour skills and gavethe judges a lot to think about.
“I went out to Wal-Mart and really wanted to paint and the cheapest paintthat my mom would let me buy was water colours,” said van Egmond. “I went on YouTube and the lily, I found was really interesting”
The water Asiatic Lily was what she went with in her presentation, becauseit was her favourite one to create anddisplay.
Local young speakers impress
SHANNON LECLAIR
Times Reporter
The unusually warm temperaturesand the high winds of late have had Fireand Emergency Manager for WheatlandCounty Judy Unsworth, and county firechiefs keeping an eye out for fires.
Earlier this month, on March 6, firepermits were suspended and on March13 a fire ban for the county was putinto place. The ban was lifted on March 16 due
to snow over that weekend, and hasnot come back in effect yet.
Last year was a wet year, allowing forall of the grasses to grow well, and nowit has been a dry winter, without a lotof snow or rain. With the grass dryingand any snow on the ground melted,the strong winds with high tempera-
tures have cured the grass.‘Then we have a really high fire risk
because we’re not in any growth stage,so we (hadn’t) had enough moisture,”said Unsworth.
“Your highest fire risk times are actu-ally not in the middle of summer, youcan have absolute fires in the middle ofsummer. It’s in the spring and the fall when we haven’t had any greening up yet, you get lots of drying.
“In the fall when we’ve taken thecrops off and everything is dry andnothing is green any more, so those are your two risks, spring and fall.”
Environment and Sustainable Re-sources Development (ESRD) sends re-ports at the start of fire season, whichis March 1. They then sent out a report warning different municipalities thatthe conditions were building up to beperfect for fires.
In the county there were some grassfires that were started, and led to the ban being in place.
“They were started by something
else, but the fact we were able to sus-tain it enough to have a grass fire wasan indicator to us that we needed toput on the fire ban,” said Unsworth. With warmer weather predicted it’s
Warmer weather brings increased fire riskpossible a ban could be put back intoplace for the county. Advisories can befound at either www.wheatlandcounty.ca, or at Albertafirebans.ca, which isrun by ESRD and will post all bansacross the province.
Junior 4-H public speak-
er Megan McCreadie
(l-r) spoke about her
topic ‘Cornzapoppin’during the 4-H region-
als on March 21 at the
Strathmore Civic Centre.
Morgan Hale of Hussar
did her speech on ‘FiveYears,’ while Abby van
Egmond did an amazing
presentation with water
painting.
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The Strathmore FCSS is looking for Volunteers for the FrozenMeals On Wheels Program to help get this New initiative off theground.
If you are interested in serving your community as a volunteer,please submit a Volunteer Application (available at the FCSS
Office, Town Office or on the Town’s website under Town Living,Volunteering) to Dahrlyne Knaus, FCSS Programmer, in person orvia email: [email protected].
STREETSWEEPING
The Town of Strathmore has commenced Spring Street Sweeping. Please
ensure that all vehicles are parked in driveways and do not over hang the
roadway. The cleanliness of our Town depends on your co-operation in
keeping roads clear of parked cars.
Street Sweeping signs will be posted in your area to advise that street
sweeping will be completed the next day in that particular area. Watch for
signs as they will be set ou
Residents can assist the process by sweeping the sidewalk in front of
your homes and keeping debris out of catch basins. Citizens are reminded
to stay a safe distance from sweepers and equipment and to slow down
while passing crews.
The Town appreciates your cooperation.
EARTHHOUR
CHALLENGE
2015Earth Hour will take place on Saturday, March 28, 2015 from8:30PM to 9:30PM. It encourages people to turn off unnecessarylights and electronics to conserve power and demonstrate supportfor environment conservation. Make this an hour of fun to spendwith your family in the dark!
2015 CENSUSENUMERATORS
REQUIREDThe Town of Strathmore is currently recruiting enumerators toassist in conducting the 2015 Municipal Census between April15, 2015 and June 1, 2015. Enumerators must be at least 18 yearsof age, have good interviewing skills, basic iPad/computer skills,basic map reading skills, be available to work 20-30 hours perweek (mainly evenings and weekends), walk in various weatherconditions carrying a tablet and be able to attend a mandatory training session on April 13, 2015.
For further information on this position, please contact the Townof Strathmore at 403-934-3133. All interested applicants arerequested to submit a resume quoting “2015 Census Enumerator”by Friday, March 27, 2015 to:
Thank you for your interest in the Town of Strathmore. Only thosecandidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
PASTURE FOR RENT
The Town of Strathmore has 709 acres ofpasture land for rent in the S.E. part of Town.
The term of the lease will be for one (1) year
with a clause that part of the land may beused by the Town at any time during the year.
If interested in viewing the property or
obtaining more information, please contactDwight Stanford, CAO at 403-934-3133. Sealed
Tenders will be accepted at the Town Officeuntil March 27, 2015 at 2:00 PM.
A formal written agreement will be required.
COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS– MARCH 18, 2015
• Council gave second, third and final reading to Land Use Bylaw
Amendment Bylaw No. 15-03 – Edgefield Phase 2 as amended.
• Council gave first, second, third and final reading to Bylaw No. 14-16
Strathmore Cemetery Bylaw.
• Council appointed Ms. Cassie Tobler, Ms. Rita Taylor Beveridge,
Ms. Nonie Hall, Ms. Carrie Steidel and Ms. Beth MacDonald to the
Strathmore United Way Committee for a term ending October 30,
2016.
• Council appointed Ms. Catherine Walsh, FCSS Coordinator, as
the Council Liaison appointment to the Strathmore United Way
Committee.
• Council postponed the 2015 Spring Workshop discussion to a Special
Council meeting for a future date.
• Council instructed Administration to conduct a Municipal Census for
2015 with a Census Date of April 15, 2015.
• Council adopted the Town of Strathmore Economic Development
Priorities and Implementation Considerations as presented by EcDev
Solutions Ltd. Councillor Peterson gave the following Notice of
Motion:
Notice of Motion by Councillor Peterson
THAT Strathmore Town Administration, in consultation with StrathmoreRegional Arts Collective Chair Brandi Hebbes, bring forward a proposal
for an informal gathering of Strathmore Community members and
businesses interested in the concept of Incubator Businesses in this
Strathmore Community.
• Council awarded the Lakeside Boulevard Reconstruction tender to
Gold Star Trucking Ltd. for a cost of $3,189,058.07 plus GST.
TOWN OF STRATHMORENOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
The following application(s) for development have been approved by the
Town of Strathmore, subject to the right of appeal to the Subdivision and
Development Appeal Board:
Application: 15HB-016
Civic Address: 116 Hillcrest Cape
Legal Description: Lot 7, Block 12, Plan 051 4278
Development: Home Occupation: Personal Service: Self Service Meditation Space
The file(s) as noted above can be viewed at the Town Office during regular
business hours. The permit(s) will be issued following the lapse of the
appeal period.
Any person wishing to appeal this decision(s) must submit their appeal
no later than 4:30 pm on April 10, 2015. Appeals must be in writing,
accompanied by the $100.00 fee and submitted to the Secretary, Subdivision
and Development Appeal Board, Town of Strathmore, 680 Westchester
Road, Strathmore AB T1P 1J1.
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Sing it Moon-style!Hamilton musician Jacob Moon made his first appearance in Strathmore
on March 14. Members of the Strathmore Musical Arts Society posed with
Moon. Anne Bailey (l-r), Dianna Visser, Linda Storkson, Jacob Moon, Tracie
Andrus, Norman Gavey, Kathy Gerritsen.
Photo Courtesy of Norman Gavey
JUSTIN SEWARD
Times Reporter
The Strathmore TheatrePlayers presents the musicalDirty Rotten Scoundrels start-ing April 29 with the previewshow at 7:30 p.m. followed
by a matinee show May 3 (2p.m.), and evening shows on
April 30 and May 6-9 (7:30p.m.) at theHope Cove-nant Church. The musical
is about Law-rence, who
has the greatlife on a Riv-iera. While heswindles la-dies, a street-guy namedFreddy comesinto his lifeand causeshavoc.
“Basically there is one very suave conman namedLawrence and his compa-triot Andre who you find out
very early on that they’re co-nartists and find somewherein the Riviera finding allthese wealthy women. Theyrun into a less-suave, a less-polished conman who theyend up getting into conflicts
with,” said director AngelaReeves. “They become adver-saries throughout the showand there are other charactersthat come into play.”
Reeves and her cast brain-stormed ideas for musicalsand this one seemed to workthe best.
“We had a meeting andtalked about different musi-cals that we’d like to do,” saidReeves. “We’ve done musicalsin the past, but it’s been quite
a few years since we’ve doneone with this theatre group.”
She read the script and in-stantly was hooked on thetype of music and plots itprovided.
“The music I absolutelylove, it’s very jazzy, somewhatLatin, like it’s just really goodmusic as well it’s a reallygood plot,” said Reeves.
Marvin Gill, who will bestarring as Lawrence, could
not have been more excitedto take on the main role.
“He’s had a very smoothsailing for the last 10 years,things have gone reallysmoothly. He’s made a lotmoney by swindling ladiesand had a very good life onthe Riviera and that’s whenFreddy came into his life andall hell breaks loose and a
lot of anticstakes place,”said Gill ofhis charac-ter. “They’retrying to out
duel eachother to getthe $50,000from thislady andI just getto take ad-
vantage ofFreddy allover the
place.”Gill admits that the most
unique thing about his role isthe accents.
“I have a German, Englishand at the end I have to havea Spanish accent, all part ofmy conning characters thatI have developed,” said Gill.“The accents are crucial tomake the role believable.”
Courtney Nelson, who willplay Freddy Benson, feels
very fortunate to be in a mainrole in his first musical.
“I love it, it’s my first mu-sical since I was a kid,” saidNelson. “I’ve been fortunateenough to have lead rolesin the past but it’s kind of
branching out into unchar-tered territory for me, it’s ex-citing but nerve-wracking atthe same time.”
He describes himself as the
‘rotten of the dirty rotten,’ ashe makes a living as a bottomfeeder and preys on his vic-tims.
“He definitely excelled inhis life at it, so my role is to
be the underdog and try to beon top for once,” said Nelsonon his character. Tickets go on sale at the be-
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Strathmore will be the host of 11 dif-ferent 55 Plus Summer Games playoffsand qualifying events starting April 18.
“It is unusual but because we’re host-ing the provincial senior games, thezone committee decided they wouldgive us as much practice with our vol-unteers and people that are organizingthe events to run zones before they runthe provincials,” said Joss Binns, activi-ties director for the Summer Games. A lot of the volunteers may not have
seen some of the events coming toStrathmore before, and this will givethem a good idea of what to expect. There are only six playoff events that
won’t be held in Strathmore, due to alack of equipment at this time, and also because Calgary offered to host cyclingand athletics with Strathmore, because
there are so few entries in those cate-gories that it makes sense to do a meet with everybody.
Anyone 55 and older can sign upfor the playoff events. You do need tocompete in playoffs to continue on toprovincials, which are being held inStrathmore this July 16-19.
“A lot of them (the events) are notreally that competitive at all, like thecard games are the first three comingup, whist and bridge and crib whicha lot of people play for fun, hopefully we’ll see some local people come out,even if they don’t want to go to thegames maybe they’ll come out and playa particular card game for half a day,”said Binns.
“People can enter up to a week be-fore the playoff date.”
He said even if people don’t knowhow to play there will be sessions onsome of the activities so that people
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On April 15 there will be a free openhouse at the Strathmore Curling Rinkfor anyone interested in trying out forshuffleboard. Other ‘come try it’ dates will be announced at a later date.
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Dr. Ward Fanning was recently named the inau-gural recipient of the Dr. Hal Irvine CommunityFocus Award. Irvine spent 33 years working inrural family medicine, delivering to his patientsthe kind of service that he himself would want toreceive.
“The award was named after Hal because HalIrvine epitomizes everything we believe in for ru-ral doctors. He’s focused on the community; he’sthere if you need him, sometimes just knowinghe’s there to assist was the best thing. It wouldallow you to still carry on what you needed todo but you knew you had someone in the back-ground to help you out,” said Doug Myhre, theUniversity of Calgary dean of distributed learning
and rural initiatives.“He was dedicated to the community, focusedon the community and those are attributes that we want to continue to acknowledge and reinforce.”
Irvine had semi-retired in 2013 and was in Van-couver to receive an award for his hard work anddedication when things suddenly changed.
“Hal was awarded the Family Physician of the Year for Alberta. We were in Vancouver for himto receive the award and he never made it. Hehad seizures on the Sunday night and the awards banquet was for the Tuesday night,” said DianneIrvine, Hal’s wife.
He was diagnosed with an inoperable and ma-lignant brain tumour. Hal is still in supportive care,in treatment and is doing quite well. He looks andfeels well but has lost most of his mobility anda lot of speech and comprehension because of
where the tumour is in his brain.Rural medicine has always meant a lot to Hal,
who also practiced anesthesia, and he became in- volved in starting an organization for Rural GP Anesthetists.
He first began studying medicine when a goodfriend suggested it, but it wasn’t until he was inhis residency when he knew this was what he wanted to do with his life.
Hal has been the recipient of numerous awards, but this is the first to have been created in hisname.
“We were both pretty teary, he felt extremely
honoured, and when he heard that Ward had won
it, he said ‘oh, well the award should have been in Ward’s name’,” said Dianne.
Fanning has been working in Strathmore for 30 years. He remembers finishing his residency on aFriday and beginning at the Strathmore Hospitalthe next day. The first person he saw in emer-gency that Saturday morning is still a patient ofhis 30 years later.
“The continuity of care really makes the prac-tice of medicine rich,” said Fanning.
“Strathmore is just such a terrific place to work,great patients, great staff, great physicians to work with.”
Communities wrote in to nominate physicians,and the Rural Initiatives Committee met and gaveinput on who should receive it.
“It was pretty amazing the amount of supporthe (Fanning) got from all the different letters thatcame in,” said Myhre.
“We feel he’s done so much for the communityof Strathmore, he’s been here for the colleagues,he’s been here for the hospital and certainly he’sdone a lot of teaching towards students and resi-dents who have then returned to Strathmore, andthen of course most importantly he has been herefor the patients and families of Strathmore for 30 years,” said Dr. Ben Sader, who works with Fan-ning.
Dr. Alison Clarke, who also currently works with Fanning, was a resident with him as well.
“I just found him so inspiring in terms of hislove of the medicine as well as the community ofa small town and how he just kind of knows hispatients so well, has a story to tell of everybodythat he sees and he just made family medicine
exciting,” said Clarke.“I came out here to work in a rural setting
where you really have the full scope of medicineis so rewarding and to have a mentor like him who is there for you every step along the way, youcan ask him any question, he’s very supportive,it’s been great.”
Each year the Dr. Hal Irvine Community Focus Award will be presented in honour of physicianpreceptors who have practiced for a minimum offive years and who demonstrate the qualities thatIrvine showed throughout the life of his practice.Nomination deadline is Dec. 31 of each year.
Fanning recipientof Community Focus Award
Dr. Ward Fanningis the first recipi-
ent of the Dr. HalIrvine CommunityFocus Award. Dr.Ron Spice (l-r), Dr.Ben Sader, Dr. WardFanning, Dr. DougMyhre, and Dr. Ali-son Clarke.
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Fule for Thought
It’s elementary school report card time at myhouse, and that means you’ve been marking for
weeks (after of course you’ve made sure every oneof your assignments has met various learning ob-
jectives … and that’s definitely an easy thing to do!)So, I’ve been hiding out in my “man cave” down-
stairs, basically thanking my lucky stars that I teachhigh school!
Elementary teachers have to work so hard! Lit-tle kids can’t give a teacher much “down time” …they always need help, and many have such specialneeds. In high school, you can generate a test thatcan keep the students busy for close to an hour.
This cannot happen with a class of 25 little ones …there is no down time! I really respect elementaryteachers … you are the ones who are really in the“trenches!”
So on Sunday, I thought I’d help Deb with the vacuuming. At least, I turned on “Jarvis,” our robot vacuum! It was a really successful afternoon, he re-ally picked up a lot of stuff … I was exhausted just
watching (I may never vacuum again; do you knowhow good that feels?)! The best part is watching how Jarvis moves
around, touching objects and “mapping out” therooms. Our old dog, Brodie was in a deep sleep. It
was so deep, and he’s stone deaf, that Jarvis vacu-umed up to Brodie, tapped him regularly, and basi-cally vacuumed around him! He mapped and vacu-umed around our sleeping dog! Then, after aboutan hour and a half of Jarvis’s chore, I actually hadto work, and dump out his tray. Whew, a toughafternoon!
I started to think how different husbands and wives are, and how best I could help new couples. This time, I thought I’d translate a few things fornew wives, so that you’d understand your hus-
bands more, and maybe, just maybe … “cut themsome slack!”
So, here are some things you new brides andfiancés should know about your men:
1. Husbands are really polite. When we ask about your day, that’s being polite. We don’t necessarily want to actually hear about the whole day’s details,a simple and polite “good” or “not so good,” is all
we’re after. Remember, when you talk to your guy,less is more!
2. If you tell us your problems and concerns, wethink you told us that, to get help and advice. Why
else would you spend half an hour telling us abouta stressful day, if you don’t want help?
3. We don’t really believe you when you say youhave nothing to wear, because we’ve seen yourcloset! All our clothes have been relegated to twodrawers in a dresser, and it’s not even in our own
bedroom!4. When you say it’s okay to go out with “the
boys,” we don’t know you have your own set timelimit for us, and that the timer started with us end-ing the call!
5. Husbands will drink from the milk jug or juicecontainer, if no one’s around. Why would we dirtyanother glass … you should thank us!
6. If we don’t have a “Jarvis,” we’re probably notgoing to move furniture when we vacuum.
7. Please don’t ask us to phone our guy friends just to talk. We don’t do that! When we phone apal, there’s got to be a reason for it, or else we feel
weird.
8. If we get sick or hurt, our guy friends willmock us. We may not say this to you, but we really
want to be nursed back to health, and doted on.9. If you give us a grocery list, and we get ev-
erything but one item, we really don’t care thatmuch that we missed that one thing. I mean, hey,
we got 99.5 per cent of the huge list. Wouldn’t you be happy if your surgeon had a 99.5% success ratein his operations? We missed parsley … big woop!
10. We really don’t feel like circling the parkinglot to find that one spot that is “magic” for you!In fact, we could’ve been parked and in the mall,
by the time we find the “missing link” of parkingspots!
11. There is nothing worse to us than clothesshopping with you, unless it’s for shoes!
12. We’re not big fans of crying babies. If our kidis crying on a long car ride, it’s probably going toget a lot of bottles passed back to it! Heck, we’lleven change the heavy, wet diaper, if it means theride was quiet!
So, that’s Part 1 of “Husbands and Their Feel-ings.” As we get closer to Father’s Day, I’ll try to
bring you Part 2. And guys, you’re welcome. I’mthere for you!
(“Fule for Thought” is a slice of life humourouscolumn that appears in the Strathmore Times, writ-ten by long-time resident, town councillor, high school teacher, coach, husband and father of two – Pat Fule. If you would l ike to get in touch with Pat, you can send him an e-mail at [email protected])
Husbands and wives: Part 1
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Each year Grade 5 and 6 students at WestmountElementary School rehearse for their spring play,usually written by associate principal Dana Graff. This year Aric Wutzke wrote and is directing theplay titled ‘Happily Never After.’
“I used to do it all, well most of it, what we’vedone is split it up now, So Aric is doing the direct-ing and he wrote the script and I’m doing a lot ofthe set, all the tech end,” said Graff.
“The theme is about some girls who learn howexciting books can be and reading.” The two main characters Sam and Leslie get lost
in the world of fiction, and fall in love with read-ing.
“Reading isn’t bad at all … to be honest thatstories were actually better than the movies,” saidSam, played by Emily Cooke.
“I never thought I would ever have such anadventure just by opening a book,” said Leslie,played by Kaia Gron.
“I guess that’s the moral of the story, is read-ing is a fun and exciting adventure, it’s not boringand that people need to give reading a try,” said Wutzke.
“I based this whole book on old fairytales that
we have kind of lost touch with … because we’rein a world of media and we’ve kind of lost the realstories, so this goes back to the real stories andhow the real stories are actually really good.”
He wonders how many kids nowadays haveread Cinderella, or Alice in Wonderland, classicchildren’s tales.
Being involved with drama at the school meansa lot to Wutzke. Since coming to Westmount three years ago he has helped Graff with the yearly pro-duction, increasing in his role each time.
“If you had asked me what connecting with the
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students was, it was being part of these extra circular ac-tivities and I have found through these years I really have aconnection with these kids, kids that aren’t necessarily in myclass,” said Wutzke.
“We become even more of a school community not justclassroom and I know I have some girls that have wantedto come back from previous years and help out just becausethey love it.” These are the memories that the kids are going to take
away from the school, said Wutzke. The play will run for five shows, two in the evening and
three matinees.
During the Wednesday, April 1 matinee seniors in the com-munity are invited to attend the show for free. The Grade 6students will serve tea and treats.
Matinees will be held March 30, 31 and April 1 at 1:30 p.m. The evening performances are March 31 and April 1 at 7 p.m. Tickets for children four and under are free, ages 5-12 are $3and adults are $5.
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AM I A CITIZEN?
I was looking for something else
when I came across an article put
out by the Canadian Government
entitled: “Am I Canadian?”
See if you are already a citizen. The
article goes on to say that there
are a few ways you can become a
Canadian citizen without applying
to be one. Then it says, “there are
also times when you might think
you became a citizen, but you did
not.”
Here are a few reasons given
where you are probably already aCanadian citizen:
• You were born in Canada
• You applied for and received your
Canadian citizenship
• You were born outside Canada af-
ter April 17, 2009, and at least one of
your parents was born in Canada.
Here are a few reasons given
where you are probably not a
Canadian citizen:
• You renounced your Canadian
citizenship and never applied to get
it back
• Your citizenship was taken away
(revoked) by the Government of
Canada
• You were born in Canada to
foreign diplomats
It even goes on to say that you
are not automatically a Canadiancitizen if:
• You marry a Canadian citizen
• You are a dopted by a Canadian
citizen
• Your refugee claim is accepted
While there are more points for
each of these statements I found in
amusing that there might be people
in our country who somehow
assumed they “accidentally” as it
were, became Canadian citizens.
There is a process to work through.
Most of us understand that.
In the Bible, in Philippians 3: 20,
the Apostle Paul writes: “Our
citizenship is in heaven.” Earlier in
the chapter he makes it clear he is
talking about those who “worshipby the Spirit of God, who glory in
Christ Jesus,” and who put no
confidence in their own efforts or
good works. They recognize that
their citizenship in heaven has been
purchased and arranged for by the
death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ. When we accept Jesus as
our Saviour and Lord, we are wel-
comed in the “kingdom of God” and
become “citizens of heaven.”
Citizenship doesn’t just happen.
Citizenship has a procedure to
walk through. Citizenship in heaven
doesn’t just happen either. There is
a procedure to walk through. And
this procedure includes coming to
faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord
and Saviour.
Are you a citizen of heaven?
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Pastor: Andy Wiebe Sunday Worship: 10:30 am
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RCCG PECULIAR PEOPLE ASSEMBLY
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Pastor: Dunmoye Lawal Sunday Service: 10:30 am
Friday (Divine Encounter): 7 pmThursday Bible Study: 7 pm
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STRATHMORE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH
50 Maplewood Drive • 403-934-2225
Senior Pastor: Rev. Les Fischer Youth Pastor: Kyle Lomenda
New Office Hours:9 am - 4 pm • Tues - Wed - Thur
Worship Service: 10:30 am
Children’s Church & Nursery in ServiceExtending Grace - igniting hope
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LORD OF ALL (NALC) LUTHERAN
112 Lakeside Blvd. • 403-934-2374Pastor: Dawn Nelson
Worship Schedule
Thursday Evening 7:00 pmSunday Family 10:30 am
Christian Education
For All - Ages 3-103Sunday at 9:30 am
Join us in Praising our Lord, Jesus Christ!
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ADVENTIST CHURCH
Meeting in the Lutheran Church112 Lakeside Blvd. 403-983-0081
Pastor: Ghena Girleanu Services held every Saturday
Sabbath School: 10 AM
Worship Service: 11 AM
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HARVEST HEALING CENTRE
102 Canal Gardens
403-901-0893 / 403-880-3171Pastor: Elizabeth Karp
Worship Sundays 10:30 am
Healing Room Monday 7-9 PMCome join us for a spirit-filled time
of worship
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC
Holy Cross Collegiate School Gym709B - 2nd Street, Strathmore
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Pastor: Fr. Wojciech Jarzecki Masses: Saturday 5 pm • Sunday 10 am
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(NORTH door) 403-934-3017 Pastor & Priest: Bryan Beveridge Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am
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245 Brent Blvd, Strathmore • 403-934-2424Worship Service Sundays 10 am
Lead Pastor: Glenn Peterson www.hope-community.ca
STRATHMORE ALLIANCE
325 1 Ave • 403-934-3543
Corner of 1 Ave & Wheatland Trail
Associate Pastor: Byron Allan 9:30 am Sunday School for All Ages
11:00 am Worship Service
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JOHN GODSMAN
Times Contributor
On his mother’s side, Art’s grandfather was born in Hofens-dalh, Russia and his grandmother was born in Ashley, N.D.His father, Felix Taubert, was born in Kletzshen, Germanyand immigrated to Hussar around 1925, where he marriedKatie Kaiser, and started farming. Art was born on the family farm on Nov. 18, 1933 with
Grandma Katie serving as the midwife. Art was oldest of four brothers – Eddy, Albert and Teddy. He attended Fairyvale
REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS ~ Art & Dianne Taubert
School through Grade 6; then, after the familymoved to Rosebud in July 1947, he attended Rose- bud School through age 16, before joining the work force as a farm labourer. When he was eightor nine years old, he was already driving a tractorand working in the field. By the time he was 11,he worked through harvest with Albert Schaffer,hauling grain from the combine. In 1958/59, he worked for Dick Cosgrave of chuckwagon fame,and got to spend a lot of time working at the Cal-gary Stampede. In the spring of 1953, he started working for his grandfather; then in November onhis 20th birthday he signed a farm lease contract, witnessed by Ray Schooling and Mr. Bell, andstarted farming. In 1965, Art purchased the Croryfarm from Jim Mclean, but didn’tmove in until they had built anew house, where he and Diannestill live, ten miles north and westof Hussar.
His grandpa was a very patientand good teacher and mentor, asthey would discuss things beforeproceeding and doing what Art wanted to do. Sometimes Art’s way was right, and other times it wasn’t. Then Grandpa would say “see, now you
know”. Art still thinks that experience is the bestteacher.
Dianne’s great-great-grandparents on her fa-ther’s side, moved from Scotland to Lanark Coun-ty, Ont. in the early 1800’s. Her grandfather was born there in 1867. He married Margaret Millerin 1891. Dianne’s father William Watt was born inStaffa, Ont. in 1899. The family moved to Rossing-ton, Alta. in 1914, and Dianne’s parents moved toRosebud in 1932.
Dianne’s mother Gladys Alberta Edgar was bornin Edmonton in 1905, to parents Thomas and Mar-garet Edgar, the same year Alberta became a prov-ince. They had moved to Alberta from Ontario in1903.
Dianne was born at Drumheller, the closest hos-pital to Rosebud, on Feb. 29, 1940, which meansshe only has a birthday every four years. In 2012,
she celebrated her true 18th Leap Year Birthday!Dianne, who is also left-handed, went to school
in Rosebud and Standard through Grade 12,followed by Business College in Calgary, then worked in the offices at Alberta Distillery, then asa secretary to the Plant Personnel Manager at AGTin Calgary. Art had moved to Rosebud when he was 14, and
attended school there for another couple of years, which is where he met Dianne. After leavingschool, he worked with several local farmers in-cluding Dianne’s brother Jim Watt. Art and Dianne were married on Oct. 28, 1961. Their weddingdance was held in Rosebud, with Linton Treacyand his orchestra providing the music. Linton alsoplayed at their 50th Wedding Anniversary partyheld in Hussar. They have four children – Kris-ten, Kim, Kevin and Koren – and now have eightgrandchildren. Their family and friends soon discovered that
the Taubert farm was a great place to get rid of an-imals they couldn’t keep, which is how they inher-ited most of their cats, dogs, horses and chickens!
Art and Dianne are now retiredgrain farmers, living on the southslope of the Wintering Hills.
Reflecting on the past won-derful 54 years in the Hussararea, surrounded by family andfriends, they remember their in- volvement with many organiza-tions like Cubs and Brownies,4-H clubs, hockey and figureskating, curling, Credit Union
Board, Seed Plant Board, the Sundowners Seniors
Club and the Historical Society. Dianne played a big part in the creation of the latest Hussar Heri-tage Book, and is already working on the nextone.
Dianne remembers that the Booster Club startedthe very first ‘Summer Daze’ in 1974, and almostevery year since, Art has cooked the pancakeson the Breakfast Wagon. He has only missed two years, once because he was in the hospital, andonce they were away travelling.
He has cooked pancakes for many, many break-fasts, suppers, and holiday crews. She figures thenumber of pancakes cooked must be in the mil-lions! Dianne was a partner in the “SomethingSpecial” store in Hussar with Kay Fraser, Karen Treacy, Lorraine Conley and Lois Thompson.
Changes they have seen in the area include in-stallation of the windmills, the elevators are gone,
the bigger farms and loss of small family farms,and fewer people now live in the area. They have all enjoyed their life on the farm, and
enjoyed being a part of such a busy, caring com-munity. There can be no better place to raise afamily, knowing that there are friends and neigh- bours to help, whenever the need might arise, and whatever it might be.
Strathmore ATB branch manager David Wilks (l) presents Don-alda Ledene of the Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games committeewith a $5,000 cheque to help cover costs for the games with afocus on the Slo-Pitch tournament.Justin Seward Photos
Games spiritDonalda Ledene (l) of the Alberta 55 Plus Summer Gamescommittee was presented a cheque for $2,500 to assist inthe operations of the games from Daniel Chan of StrathmoreHomes on March 17.
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Every chance they get, staff at theStrathmore Municipal Library organizedifferent, almost always free, events forthe community. This spring break is nodifferent with the creation of a uniquenew contest, and the return of a popu-lar program. Tee Time Tuesday will be held on
April 7, from 1-4p.m., which will seethe return of mini golf at the library.
“The families absolutely loved com-ing to the library to play mini golf. Ra-chel our director is quite creative whenit comes to creating different challeng-es and different holes. The mini golf will be spread throughout the lobby,the library and the meeting room,” said Assistant Director of Library ServicesCarmen Erison. There will also be board games set
up for anyone that doesn’t want to golf.Last year there were 42 kids that tookpart in the golf game, and 100 overallthat were in the library for games thatday.
On Wednesday, April 8 the library will be hosting its first Edible BookDay contest. The idea is based on an in-ternational event that has been aroundsince the ‘90s and is usually held at the beginning of April.
“We’re quite excited about this. Wehave been wanting to do this projectfor some time, it’s just been workingout the logistics of it,” said Erison.
“It allows amateur bakers, anybody,
to be able to create edible creations based on books, or your favouritepoem or a cover of a book that youlike. We have seen so many types ofedible book creations just by simplygoing onto Pinterest.” The rules are simple – and can be
found at strathmorelibrary.ca/edible- books- it must be edible, and havesomething to do with books or read-ing. Ideas can come from anywhere; you’re favourite book, poem, manga, afamous author or even a scroll.
“The great thing is you can go ontothe internet and there’s so many greatideas out there,” said Erison. The contest is open to all ages in two
categories, 13-years-old and under, and14 plus. From 12- 1 p.m. the ‘books’ will be accepted, and from 1-2:30 p.m. they will be on public display, there will bea public viewing of them all and that’s when they will also be judged by thepublic. After the votes are counted and the
results are in, prizes will be awarded. Then all viewers and participants will be able to snack on the entries.
Thursday, April 9 there will be a ka-raoke and dance party from 1-4 p.m.Kids will be able to sing, dance andhave fun.
“(It’s) just another fun program forkids to just get them out of the house
and into the library to enjoy some goodold fashioned fun,” said Erison. The Edible Book contest and all of
the programs offered during that weekare free for the public to attend.
Edible book contestcomes to library
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Dancers from the Ulmer School of Irish Dancing performed for residents of the Sagewood Senior’s
Community in Strathmore on St Patrick’s Day, March 17. The school, which is located in Okotoks and
Langdon, has three troops of dancers who perform in small communities throughout southern Alberta.
The troop at Sagewood was made up of 5-13 year old dancers with six months to over six years of
Irish Dance experience.
St. Paddy’s Day at Sagewood
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Sherri Judd happily picked through the selec-
tion of books at the Strathmore Municipal Library
book sale on March 13. There were hundreds of
books to pick through during the two-day sale.
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Chase Andersen was exactly 11 months old when he wasdiagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). The fatal lung disease af-fects all of the body’s organs, mainly targeting the lungs anddigestive tract.
“It’s like drowning from the inside out because the thick-
ness of the mucus in his lungs, he can’t move it very well andhe continually has a cough even though he doesn’t have acold,” said Brandy Andersen, Chase’s mom. Just before New Year’s Chase, who is now eight and a half
years old, was admitted to the Alberta Children’s Hospital(ACH) for two weeks. Brandy is a single mom who works asa school bus driver. During the first week Chase was admit-ted school was out, and during the second week when school
was back in she had to leave the Children’s Hospital at four inthe morning, come into Strathmore, do her school run, whichgoes out to Hussar, get everything done that she needed andhead back to the hospital again.
It was tiring, said Andersen. That’s when there were badsnow storms and her van was already acting up, and she hadkept her fingers crossed every day that she would make it toher destination. After putting a newer motor in the van she was still having
issues. Andersen’s friend Joey Kauenhofen said enough was
enough; she created a GoFundMe page to help the mom raiseenough money for a new vehicle.
“The reason I set up the fundraiser for Brandy and Chase
is because she is a very giving, generous person who has itrough,” said Kauenhofen.
“Her son has CF and they spend a lot of time at ACH, shealso spends a lot of time worrying about him … I wanted herto have one less thing to worry about.
“Her van has broken down so many times, she keeps put-ting money into it because she (had) no other option, so Ithought if we could get it running reliably or get her into
something else … she doesn’t have to worry.”Since the GoFundMe page was created Andersen’s ex hashelped her finance a 2012 Ford Fiesta.
“This town is amazing for helping, I don’t even know whatthe fund is (at) but anything that goes is going towards pay-ments on the car,” said Andersen.
“Chase is even super excited about the car, he had tears inhis eyes. When we’d be driving the van, every time it wouldmake a stutter he was like ‘please don’t let it break down now
van’ he would kind of rub it. Pretty bad for my eight-year-oldto be telling my van not to break down.”
Besides helping with costs of the car, Andersen said any ad-ditional money raised through the GoFundMe page will help
with her costs of going to the hospital. It can be pricey to goto ACH, you have to pay for parking, plus food and the costof gas to commute back and forth for work and when Chaseis admitted it’s just under $100 for parking
“It just becomes a lot in general and I try and give him the
best possible that I possibly can for his life, I try and do manythings that I can,” said Andersen.
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Chase’s wheels
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Times TIDBITS
March 28, 1979Near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Three Mile Island
nuclear power plant accident occurred in which uranium
in the reactor core overheated due to the failure of a
cooling valve. A pressure relief valve then stuck causing
the water level to plummet, threatening a catastrophic
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“We go to the Children’s one to two times a month, last year it was probably over 20 times that we went becausehe was sicker last year, I always seemed to be going to theChildren’s Hospital.”
Chase is on a nebulizer, a machine that creates a mist withthe medication poured into it.
He also does physiotherapy about 30 minutes later usinga Vibratory Pep machine, which creates backpressure in hislungs that helps move the mucus out. With the mucus building up in his lungs and being so
thick he is more prone to infections, he has a fungus in hislungs that they can’t seem to get rid of, he is allergic to allthe anti-fungal medications, was on steroids for two years which weren’t working, and he now goes for injections everymonth to kind of bind the allergies in his lungs so that he
can breathe without extra coughing.
“He takes about 32 pills a day and that’s without any extraadded on antibiotics or any of the other stuff added to it. Hehas to take pills with each meal, and it’s pancreatic enzymes,so that he can absorb his food,” said Andersen.
“If you looked at him right now you would not think he was any different than any other kid out there. It is toughlistening to him cough and knowing that there’s somethingright there that he just can’t get out and your helpless, justsitting there.
“Its tough when he says he doesn’t want to take pills any-more because he’s the only one in school or around that’shas to take pills when he’s eating, its tough when he’s goteczema and he sweats and his skin is burning and every-thing is burning his skin, but then you watch him with (a) big smile on his face.”
To donate go to http://www.gofundme.com/chaseswheels.
Strathmore helps Chase get his wheels
Shannon LeClair and Wendi Tashlikowich Photos
Hope Bridges is excited to have completed the second round of their Painted Quilt Bees and they now
have many new friends and connections as well as 11 beautiful quilts to hang. If you would like one
on the outside of your home or business, contact Hope Bridges at 403-983-3640. If you would like to
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Rockford Lions Community Club held a fundraising supper and silent auction for resident Billy Riegerand his wife Cheryl. The Lions didn’t expect the turnout they had as over 210 tickets were sold for the
event and people continued to buy tickets at the door for the supper. Centered in the wheelchair is Billy
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Times Reporter
The fifth annual Wheat-land Cowboys and CowgirlsRodeo Society (WCCRS) ro-deo saw many young cow- boys and cowgirls showtheir skills off and entertainthe crowd at the Lawsons In-door Arena on March 21-22. There was a large local
contingent in the rodeo as90 per cent of the partici-pants were from the area.
“It’s a series that happensall winter long and there is12 events. It happens for 60kids that are in Grade 12 and younger,” said Crystal Ste- vens, organizer of the event.
“They are categorized
by skill level and age. Theevents they do are barrelracing, pole bending, goattying, steer daubing and wecan also do roping events as well.”
This year’s event was anenormous success as theevent was near capacity forregistrants.
“It was a very success-ful year, we had almost hadfull registration and we hadour banquet on Sunday andawarded beautiful prizes forkids that did well all year. They received beautifulcoats for being the cham-pion and they also earnedcash money the day of the
Young cowboys, cowgirls showcase skillsShannon LeClair Photos
The Wheatland Cowboys and Cowgirls Rodeo Society held their final rodeo
event of the season at Lausen’s Indoor Arena south of Strathmore on March
21. This was the society’s fifth season, and the kids competed in events that
included pole bending, steer daubing, roping, barrel racing and more. Someof the competitors at the event include Shayanna Scheller (top left, l-r) Riley
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The WCCRS also like torecognize all participants.
“Everyone competed well,I think it’s important to usthat we highlight all the kidsthat competed and generally
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She added that everyonehad a fantastic time through-out the rodeo events this year.
By Irene Knappe, Secretary / PR / Membership
Strathmore Legion Branch #10 NEWS
For those of you who are looking for something to do on
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sing with the jammers on stage? We also have meat
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Our Friday nights, begun in 2014, and continued through2015, are a big success with many members and
non-members enjoying the evening. We thank Jan and
her staff for all their hard work!!!
The Legion kitchen is also open to the public forbreakfast, lunch and supper. The only days it’s closed are
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I will be posting future events as they are being planned
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March 28th
Something on a Stick Day celebrates things on a stick.Isn’t this just a neat day? We thought you’d agree.
So what comes on a stick? Practically anything. The firstthing that comes to mind is popsicles and fudgecicles.
Hotdogs are poplar on a stick at campfires. There’s alsocorndogs, and shrimp and many chinese treats. Cocktail wie-ners and cheese are picked and eaten on a stick (a toothpick).Celebrate this fun day by serving food for meals and snacks
on a stick. The kids will love it. So will you!
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Photo Courtesy of
Heather Osborne
Edward ‘Fast Eddy’
Dolstar is making the
trek across Canadato raise awareness for
Breast Cancer and Al-
zheimer’s disease. He
his tentatively, running
through Strathmore inmid-April.
JUSTIN SEWARD
Times Reporter
On March 1, he began his 21,585 kilometre trekacross the country, starting in Victoria and sched-uled to wrap up in St. John’s by next January.
Edward ‘Fast Eddy’ Dostaler was inspired by fa-mous Canadian sports icons Terry Fox and RickHansen to run across Canada to raise awarenessand funds for Alzheimer’s and Breast Cancer re-search.
“I decided to do this run when I was 15 – I would run across Canada one way for Alzheimer’safter I did a research paper on ‘Heroes of Canada’and it seemed like a selfless act that they weredoing,” said Dostaler. “I picked (Rick and Terry), because it didn’t personally affect me whatsoever, but it was on the backburner in my mind when I would do it.”
While on his run this far, he has enjoyed thescenery along the way.
“A lot of people don’t know this, but there issome beautiful scenery in Kamloops,” said Dostal-er. “When you get to take those pictures, you getto meet new people, the smells are great, but it’s
the interactions with the touching stories peoplehave for you.”
He wanted to do a run for a cause that did notaffect him personally, such as Alzheimer’s, but it became more than just an ordinary cross-country
awareness tour.Dostaler is doing this run solo and felt as if that
was the best way to raise awareness about cancerand cut costs down.
“He wanted to zigzag across the country be-cause he thought it would raise more awarenessand you take populations like Edmonton, where you can cover more distances and raise a lot moreawareness for the causes that way,” said HeatherOsborne, communications rep for Fast Eddy.
She added that health issues are the main con-cern and that Dostaler has to let them know fre-quently how he is doing.
“Obviously there is added risks when you run by yourself, so he sends out a signal every 10 min-utes which is also really neat because people canfollow him wherever he goes,” said Osborne. While running in each province, he wants to
raise more funds towards cancer and Alzheimer’sresearch with a lengthy jog.
“He’s doing 24-hour runs in each province totry and increase the amount of funds raised forthe causes, as well as building more awareness sopeople can come up to him about why he is run-ning,” said Osborne.
If you would like to follow Fast Eddy, you canlog onto his website at www.fasteddycanada.com.He is tentatively set to run through Strathmore
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The Strathmore High School boys and girlsrugby teams are hoping to get the same consis-
tent compete level from a season ago.Girls head coach Jerry Flaws will get a better
idea of what his team will look like once otherschool sports have finished.
“It’s hard to tell right now because we haven’tstarted, with (our) basketball teams doing well,
we don’t have gym time, but we’ll know justafter spring break,” said Flaws.
He is optimistic, with the players coming in,that the team will see success.
“I think with the athletes coming into the pro-gram, we’ll do well,” said Flaws. “Our goal againis to win zones and qualify for provincials and Ithink we have a good shot at doing that.”
Flaws admits that the players that are arrivingthis year will have to work hard to fill the void.
“It’ll be hard to replace, we lost eight start-ers graduated from last year out of our 15 inthe starting line up. Hopefully, with the athletescoming in, they won’t have the rugby knowl-edge, but their athletics will really come aroundand build for the next couple,” said Flaws. “Itseems like every year we’re teaching a third ofthe team the game, but this year we’ll be teach-ing half the team the game. We’ll always startslow and hopefully they’ll learn the fundamen-tals of the game and once they get a grasp ofthat then we’ll move on to bigger strategies.” There are no tryouts as every player is wel-
come. The girls will begin the season with a trip to
Ontario for a rugby tournament in mid-Aprilfollowed the next week with a tournament in
Vulcan.Meanwhile, boys head coach Brad Steele is
very impressed with how committed the playersare, coming into the season with a high fitnesslevel.
“They’ve been enthusiastic, working out ontheir own a number of times a week,” said Steele.“That’s never happened before, these guys wantto get in shape and they want to get started assoon as possible.”
He expects the boys to compete and earn ev-ery try they get.
“We’re in a competitive zone, but we should be winning rugby games,” said Steele. “We’re go-ing to be a mixture of players, but because wehave as many as 12 players returning – which isa lot – that’s a big deal when you start the year
with that many players to know the game.” The boys will also begin in mid-April.
SHS rugby wantscompetitive edge
The Standard Figure Skating and CanSkate clubs held their annual carnival on March 15. This year’s theme was ‘A Night at the Movies’and all the skaters were able to dress up in any movie character they chose.
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Figure Skaters from Strathmore and area wowed the crowd with their skating skills at the Strathmore Skate Club’s annual Fire on IceFigure Skating Gala held on March 22 at the Strathmore Family Centre. Along with the Junior and Senior Group skates, there was a silent
auction and a 50/50 draw. Doug Taylor Photos
Fire on Ice
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