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News Features…Armena chooses winner in UFA contest . . . . . . . . .2Trespassers causing damage to fields . . . . . . . . . . .6 Open House held at Camrose Colony school . . . 10BRCF celebrates rural community builders . . . . 11

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Rod Ross and Alan Hrdlicka inspect a crop of winter wheat east of Camrose

Spring Seeding Has Begun

Two weeks ago Statistics Canada released their Canadian seeding intentions report . The information, based on a survey of about 11,500 farmers across Canada,

was conducted between March 18th and 31st .Of the headline numbers, spring wheat is pegged to show a modest increase to 18 million

acres, on the higher end of trade estimates . Canola, on the other hand, came in on the low side, at 19 .4 million, compared to last year’s 20 .3 million . Barley was up from last year’s

record low levels, while durum also is unsurprisingly higher given the strong prices this past winter .

Oats showed a dramatic 30% increase, to 3 .6 million acres, including a nearly 50% rise in Saskatchewan, a number that is widely deemed as being too high . Pea and lentil acres are

forecast to increase, with a final number that is likely to be above the 3 .83 and 3 .35 million, respectively . Soybean acres increased in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, although the rate of

growth slowed . The flax increase to 1 .63 million acres was less than expected . Mustard seed area was lower at 320,000, down from 500,000 acres last year, and the faba bean estimate

was unchanged at 75,000 acres .With some beautiful spring days behind us, not to mention ample moisture levels, farmers

are eager to get out in the fields . From all of us here at The Camrose Booster, we wish you good weather, safety in your work and productive yields .

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Armena chooses fifth winner in UFA contest

By Murray GreenThe average ratepayer

living in Camrose County can expect to pay about $16 more in taxes this year.

Although the two per cent increase is minimum, the County wanted to bal-ance the books while keeping up the services for ratepay-ers.

At the regular council meeting of April 14, admin-istrator Paul King present-ed the final operating and capital budgets for council’s approval. The final operat-

ing budget shows expenses of $23,091,694, offset by oper-ating revenue of $11,877,184. On the capital side, total expenditures for 2015 are budgeted at $9,146,211, offset by grants, deben-tures and reserves totalling $7,464,368. The total funds to be generated by taxes are $12,896,353. This includes $4,635,589 payable to the Alberta School Foundation Fund (ASFF), which is a two per cent increase from 2014. Council approved the 2015 budget and tax rate bylaw.

Over the past year, non-residential linear, non-residential railway and resi-dential assessments showed signs of growth in the Coun-ty. Farmland and machin-ery and equipment sectors had decreases. The decrease in farmland assessments is largely due to acreages being subdivided from farmland.

An average country residential property in Cam-rose County is assessed at $280,000 and the corre-sponding taxes for 2014 will be about $1,502. This would

include a municipal portion of nearly $830 and a school fund portion of around $672.

Councillor Trevor Mill-er moved that the 2015 final operating budget be adopted. That includes total operating revenues of $11,877,184; total operating expenses $23,091,694 and a total tax levy (operating) of $11,214,510.

Miller also moved that the 2015 final capital bud-get be adopted with a total capital and project expenses of $9,146,211 to be funded

by internal revenues (own sources – grants, debentures or reserves) of $7,464,368 and a total tax levy (capital and projects) of $1,681,843.

Administration has reviewed the budget num-bers for 2015 and the rev-enues required are suffi-cient to pay expenditures and transfers set out in the budget of the municipality and any requisitions of that municipality, and has set the property tax rates in order to meet those defined revenues.

County taxes up two per cent for average ratepayers

By Murray GreenArmena Athletic Asso-

ciation received $50,000 from UFA’s Get ‘n’ Give contest to assist in building an addition to its existing skate shack that will include indoor wash-rooms, a kitchen with run-ning water and extra storage space. The shack will be the gathering place for the com-munity in the future.

Armena is holding its Centennial celebration on July 11, marking 100 years since the CNR Railway came and also the naming of Arme-na as a community.

The Armena Athletic Association was the fourth of five communities to receive $50,000 for enhancement.

Kevin Hoppins, chair of the UFA board of directors and Carol Kitchen, president and CEO of UFA Co-opera-tive Limited presented the funds to Armena with about 140 people packed into the Scandia Lutheran Church.

“Community tradition and cooperation are impor-tant, no matter where you are from,” said Hoppins. “I think you should be very proud of what you have accomplished here.”

Hoppins is thrilled the contest is touching the lives of people in communities around the province. “Get ’n’ Give is bringing communi-ties across Alberta together,” he said. “These communities built Alberta and UFA was there for part of that. We want to continue that rela-tionship.”

Kitchen added “Congrat-ulations and I hope you enjoy the facility when it is cold out next winter.”

Terri Lyseng, a repre-sentative from the winning Armena community was moved to tears when she heard the news. “Winning the $50,000 means growth for our community,” said Lyseng. “It will allow us to finish the shack and begin holding our community events there.”

Crystal Mulvey, one of three judges from the com-munity of Cassils, was impressed with Armena’s entry. “The application was very catchy,” said Mulvey. “They are a small community that showed a lot of commu-nity spirit and the project will be very worthwhile to keep-ing the community alive.“

The Get ‘n’ Give contest invites rural communities to profile local projects that will make a major impact in their area. Community groups send in innovative pitches, including locally made videos that convey the heart of their projects. Winning community projects are chosen by the previous winner in a pay-it-forward style. During the sec-ond edition of the Get ‘n’ Give initiative, five winning proj-ects will get an equal share of the $250,000 that will be invested in communities.

In a closed-room judging session on April 27, represen-tatives from Armena selected Rich Lake Recreation and Ag

Society as the next commu-nity to be awarded a $50,000 prize from UFA.

“We selected Rich Lake because they are a commu-nity like Armena and they needed help after an unfor-tunate accident,” said Shari Lange, on behalf of the Arme-na Athletic Association.

The Rich Lake Commu-nity Hall, located 50 km from the nearest urban center, was built in 1967 by local farmers and ranchers who felt the community needed a gathering place in the heart of the Lakeland. The com-munity consists of a general store, a museum (operated by Rich Lake Rec and Ag Soci-

ety) and a community centre. This community centre and the agriculture grounds have been the core of the commu-nity and is the heart of its members.

In February 2013, Rich Lake faced a huge setback; a deteriorating water line burst, causing a flood within the community hall. Dur-ing the assessment of the damage, more complications arose, including extreme mold conditions, foundation cracks and uneven building settlement. These concerns resulted in unsafe condi-tions as determined by a local public health inspector,

resulting in the closure of the facility.

A team of about 15 vol-unteers came together deter-mined to provide a gather-ing place for the community, especially for seniors and youth.

Rich Lake will use the $50,000 to assist in the com-pletion of the interior of this facility. The funds will move them one step further along in opening a new facility, thanks to Armena.

For more information on Armena’s centennial celebra-tion on July 11, contact Karen Hansen at kahansen@telus.net or 780 672-4643.

Murray Green, Camrose BoosterUFA chair Kevin Hoppins, left, and UFA president Carol Kitchen present Marie-Paule Traa with children Eli and Rose, and Hans Olson of the Armena Athletic Association $50,000 to assist with the community project. Below, Shari Lange, left, Angie Selin and Dave Stollery announce Rich Lake as the next winner in the UFA Get ‘n’ Give contest.

The COUNTRY BOOSTER, May 5, 2015 – Page 3

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Camrose County councillors presented $77,500 from the County Legacy Grant Program to Bashaw and District Support Services (BDSS) to help with the expansion of a new school gymnasium. From left to right, coun. Trevor Miller, coun. Doug Lyseng, coun. Ken Krause, BDSS committee member Bryan Gust, BDSS director Christian Buelow, committee member Terri Brown-Gust, coun. Brian Willoughby, coun. Greg Gillespie and coun. Jack Lyle.

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Thanks to the power of smartphones, people have begun to use the power of social media and the inter-net to research products they want to buy, services they may need or the entertain-ment they choose to enjoy.

“Facebook, Twitter, Ins-tagram and LinkedIn are all social media platforms, designed for communicat-ing with others,” says Elaine Stenbraaten, new venture specialist, Alberta Agricul-ture and Rural Development, Fairview. “Some of these plat-forms are good for networking with your friends, colleagues and customers and others are great for communicating in business. Facebook is one of the most commonly used social media platforms. It’s an excellent tool for network-ing and communicating with your customers and can be a great way to communicate your brand.”

Given this, said Sten-braaten, having an effec-tive online presence is more important than ever.

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If you’re new to using online marketing and social media take small steps, explains Stenbraaten. “Start simple and set up a Facebook page for your business. Face-book can be a great place to connect with your customers and let them know about your business. While not typically a ‘selling’ website, its purpose it to ultimately keep you top of mind with your custom-er and let them know more about you and your business.

The biggest thing to remember about social media and Internet marketing is just to start, said Stenbraat-en. “By ensuring that your business is branded and that you know who your client is, you can target your online campaign for maximum efficiency. Not only will you see your customer engage-ment grow but your return on investment will be well rewarded in the long run.”

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“Early spring soil moisture reserves are highly variable through the province, with most areas south of Red Deer and the Peace Region, estimated to be near nor-mal to above normal,’ said Ralph Wright, manager, agro-meteorological appli-cations and modelling sec-tion, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Edmonton. “However, relatively dry areas are emerging through large parts of the Northern Region and through most of the northern parts of the Peace Region.

“At this time of year, dry areas still have ample time to receive adequate moisture ahead of germi-nation and wet areas have time to dry, providing the weather cooperates.”

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Trespassers causing damage to fields

Mud bogging holes leave damage to fields and can spreaddiseases such as clubroot if vehicles venture across fields.

Deep holes left on gravel roads are not easily fixed by just grading. The roads often remain in poor condition until they can be rebuilt.

Ruts like the ones left in this field add extra work for landowners as they prepare for seed-ing season in the county.

By Murray GreenCamrose County Pro-

tective Services officers receive increasingly numer-ous calls of trespassing and damage to property every year.

Mud bogging, quads and moto-cross vehicles cause severe damage to land every year.

“It is very frustrating as law enforcement officers that we are not able to catch these perpetrators more often. It has been my expe-rience that the trespassing vehicles law enforcement are able to charge are often the ones that actually get stuck in the fields they are trespassing and mud bog-ging in,” said Sgt. Mike Kuzio, protective services manager. “If anyone ever observes this illegal activity occurring, they should do their best to get a licence plate number. Once law enforcement has this infor-mation there are many pos-sibilities officers now have regarding laying charges, or seeking restitution for property damage.”

If the trespassers are found committing the offence they receive a sum-mons with the specified penalty of $287.

“However, if there is extensive damage to a prop-erty there are other avenues law enforcement officers can take to seek restitu-tion,” added Sgt. Kuzio.

Mud bogging on private land is not only trespassing, but it is vandalism. It is very expensive for a land-owner to repair the dam-age mud bogging and ruts cause.

Any person who, with-out the permission of the owner or occupier of land, enters on land when entry is prohibited, or does not leave

land immediately after he or she is directed to do so by the owner or occupier of the land or a person authorized by the owner or occupier, is guilty of an offence.

A person who is guilty of an offence, whether or not any damage is caused by the contravention, is liable for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 and for a second or subsequent offence in relation to the same land, to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

“Law enforcement can compel an accused to court for first or second time offences to stand before the courts and the judge can lay a fine as high as $2,000 for a first time offence, or $5,000 for a second time offence if the offence occur on the same property. Understanding past com-plaints regarding trespass-ers tearing up field, many

times it will be at the dis-cretion of the land owner to determine if they would like restitution,” explained Kuzio.

“However, compelling an accused to court for a first offence for trespassing is not common practice. A person charged with a sec-ond or subsequent offence with respect to the same land is required to appear before a justice without the alternative of making a vol-untary payment (automatic court appearance).

“Another option if the perpetrators were caught in the act, we would be able to lay a criminal code charge of Mischief to Property,” said Sgt. Kuzio. “After this charge is laid the land-owner can then advise law enforcement the cost of the damage and officers would then create a Restitution Request, which will be giv-

en to the crown prosecutor, who would then bring that information in front of a judge for his/her discretion.”

Besides rut and crop damage there are a few other levels of damage that most people don’t realize.

Ruts compact the soil and when ruts are left the water will not drain away properly and plant roots cannot penetrate the rut thereby cutting yields for producers.

Many farmers no longer work the land prior to seed-ing because it conserves moisture, and costs a lot for tillage. But, you cannot direct seed a field that is rutted because the field is too rough to travel across with a drill, a sprayer, or other equipment. Most ruts are deeper than the depth of seeding, so no seed is plant-ed in every rut. Every time a drill tire hits a rut the

seed depth across the entire drill changes. All of these factors add costs to farmers and yields are reduced.

Clubroot is a very seri-ous canola disease in Cam-rose County. It can seriously hurt yields and in severe cases a farmer may have to wait years between cano-la crops. Clubroot is a soil borne disease and is easily transmitted between fields on tires, vehicles and on soil, or mud that sticks on vehicles.

“Biosecurity for crop and oilseed producers is a very important part of their management plans,” said Mark Millang, Coun-ty agricultural services manger. “Many off-roaders are unaware of the risks soil borne pathogens like clubroot cause landowners. Plant pests including dis-eases, insects, nematodes, bacteria, fungi, viruses and weeds can be easily spread through the movement of soil and plant material.”

If you drive across a field that has the disease, you will transmit that dis-ease to every other field you drive across until all the mud, soil and disease spores are cleaned off the vehicle.

Ruts that are left by driving on back country roads destroys the road. The ruts you leave cannot be fixed with a grader pass. And you hurt the landown-ers who need to roads to access fields and bins.

Rural crime watch pro-grams can assist with seek-ing trespassing. Landown-ers need the public’s help to stop the damage caused every spring.

Mud bogging is van-dalism and theft. Report crimes to Camrose County at 780-672-4449.

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ues in Canada continued to rise in 2014, but the climb wasn’t as steep as the pre-vious year both nationally and in many key agricul-ture regions, according

to the latest Farm Credit Canada Farmland Values Report.

Alberta farmland val-ues increased an average of 8.8 per cent in 2014, fol-lowing gains of 12.9 per

cent in 2013 and 13.3 per cent in 2012. Values in the province have continued to climb since 1993.

The Edmonton area saw moderate growth with most demand coming from

competition for available grain land. This was also experienced in areas with poorer soil quality due to increased demand from the beef sector.

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increased the demand for pasture in the more tradi-tional beef areas through-out the province. This was especially prevalent in the central to northern east portions of the province.

Average farmland values continue to climb in Canada

The COUNTRY BOOSTER, May 5, 2015 – Page 8

Armed bandits hit BashawBy Murray Green

Two male suspects entered Bashaw Foods Liquor Town store and held the employees at gunpoint on April 21.

The employees working at the time of the offence were bear sprayed, held at gunpoint and assaulted with an ice chipper located in the store.

Bashaw RCMP respond-ed at 5:42 p.m. to the rob-bery, but the suspects fled the scene with an undetermined amount of cash in a white 4x4 truck parked near the intersection of 51 Avenue and 50 Street.

A similar offence occurred down the road in Donalda at 6:08 p.m. on the same date.

Bashaw RCMP and Stet-tler RCMP responded to an armed robbery at Dino’s Bar and Grill located at 5020 on Main Street in Donalda.

The employees working at the time of the offence were held at gunpoint by two males.

A VLT and an undeter-mined amount of cash were taken from the location by the suspects and they could be heard leaving the location in a truck parked behind the bar.

Bashaw Victim Services is providing assistance to the employees and owners of Bashaw Foods Liquor Town and Dino’s Bar and Grill.

Bashaw RCMP is con-tinuing their investigation. If anyone has more informa-tion on the crimes contact the Bashaw RCMP at 780-372-3793.

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80 ACRES ON PAVEMENT NORTH OF BAWLF – older trailer home, newer 40x60x16 shop with two overhead doors and concrete fl oor. $380,000. S-80

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QUARTER OF FARMLAND – with bungalow home overlooking Tillicum Beach south of Camrose with awesome views and potential for development. S-61

2 QUARTERS – of bare land for grain or pasture. North of Killam. $625,000. S-51

GRAINLAND QUARTER – with $3,600 surface lease revenue, west of Viking. $275,000. S-63.

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April 22The detachment

received a call advising someone was burning bush in extremely windy condi-tions. The County of Cam-rose was contacted and attended.

A call was received about a suspicious vehi-cle in front of the King-man Post Office. A mem-ber attended and found the vehicle to be the black 2009 Dodge Hemmi that was stolen out of Bawlf on April 19.

A gentleman attended the front counter to report an abandoned trailer in the area of Range Road 200 and Township Road 474. An RCMP officer made a patrol and found the trailer. An investigation revealed it had been reported stolen from Fort Saskatchewan last October. The regis-tered owner was contacted and the trailer has been returned.

April 23A vehicle was report-

ed stolen out of the King-man area. The vehicle was described as a silver 2000 Ford F350, four door crew cab. This vehicle was recov-ered later in the day by Strathcona County RCMP.

A second vehicle was reported stolen, this time out of the Hay Lakes area. The complainant reported coming home to find his house broken into with multiple items stolen, along with his black 2009 Ford F350 and 2012 red Razor Polaris ATV. The truck was seen being used in a “gas and dash” in Strathcona County later in the day. This matter is still under investigation

RCMP received a call regarding some keys that were found East of the Kingman Post Office. With the recent number of stolen vehicles in the area, the caller was concerned the keys may belong to one of them. A member attended the scene and discovered that the keys did in fact belong to the 2009 Dodge Hemmi, stolen from Bawlf, that had been found at the Post Office the previous day.

April 24An RCMP mem-

ber attended a collision between a school bus and vehicle towing a swather on Highway 834. All stu-dents were removed from the bus safely and without injury. This matter is still under investigation.

Police also attended a single vehicle accident on Highway 26 near Range Road 174 where a mini van drove off the road into the ditch. With the strong wind and a passing semi, the driver got frightened and drove off the road. The driver was unharmed and

the vehicle undamaged. Police stayed on scene until a tow truck arrived and pulled the vehicle out of the ditch. The driver was able to safely proceed home.

April 25While on routine patrol,

a member was approached by an individual who had a purse from a lady who left it in a shopping cart. The individual tried to gain the lady’s attention before she left the parking lot, but was unable to. The indi-vidual was contacted and the purse safely returned.

For the week of April 20 to 27, RCMP members also attended to three 911-hang up calls, and five false alarms.

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The region’s most popular Mother’s Day destination, by a country mile, is the Norsemen

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Best of all you don’t need a reservation unless you want to make one. “We encourage walk-ins with no limitations,” says Sean. “Our experienced team of cooks and servers have been doing this for a long time. We truly enjoy our work and serving as many people as possible.”

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The COUNTRY BOOSTER, May 5, 2015 – Page 10

Open House held at Camrose Colony SchoolBy Dan Jensen

Camrose Colony held an open house at its first fully dedicated school building April 24.

The school was com-pleted at the beginning of March. “I think it is going to create a different kind of learning environment and have a positive effect on the students,” said Camrose Colony German teacher Paul Tschetter. “The kids are pretty excited about being here.”

Camrose Colony stu-dents had been receiving their instruction in the church next to the school since the Colony opened in 1948.

“We had the desks in the front and the pews at the back,” explained school principal and Battle River School Division employee Sandra Fowler. “It was a little awkward because everything had to be stowed away in a separate room at the end of the day. This new school is nice and bright and everything is accessible.”

The school has 24 stu-dents from Grades 1 to 8 who are taught the Alberta curriculum.

“The students start Grade 1 at age of six like they do at other BRSD schools and end on their 15th birthday,” said Fowl-er. “After they leave they apprentice under someone in the colony to learn a job.”

Educational assistant Stephanie Thiessen works mainly with the six-year-olds. “They are all eager to learn and the parents are appreciative of the work we do with them,” said Thiessen. “The thing I like most about working here is teaching the young ones to read. They come into the school not speaking Eng-

lish and at the end of Grade 1 they are reading.”

Battle River School Division supplies the instructors for the school, as well as all the desks, books and teaching materi-

als. Camrose Colony pro-vides the building, as well as the teacher for the Ger-man classes, which are held before regular school starts at 7:30 a.m. and again after school ends at 4 p.m.

“We teach high Ger-man, but we speak low German (an Austrian Ger-man) amongst ourselves,” said Tschetter.

The mission of the Camrose Colony school is

to provide students with the opportunity to gain the necessary skills, knowledge and attitude they will need in order to become respon-sible, productive citizens in a changing and dynamic colony and larger commu-nity. Camrose Colony is a growing farming communi-ty with approximately 125 members and is located 10 km north of Camrose on Highway 833.

Ten coloniesBattle River School

Division has 10 Hutterite colonies, each with its own school for children aged six to 15.

Schools that have spe-cial needs students have additional aide time. All schools follow the Alberta Program of Studies and the children write provincial achievement tests.

School on a colony is reminiscent of the one-room schools of pioneer days. Children of all ages play together and older children help the younger ones. Since teacher time must be rationed, the stu-dents become very indepen-dent. There is also lots of fun. All the holidays are celebrated.

Hutterite colonies build and maintain their own schools in order to keep their children on the colony and minimize outside influ-ence. In keeping with their beliefs, very little techni-cal equipment is used at school.

Hutterites believe that all of life belongs under the lordship of Jesus. Along with beliefs in non violence and baptism following con-fession of faith, the econom-ic practice of sharing goods in intentional community stems from this principle. All of Hutterites experience is fashioned in the context of this shared life.

From Agri-NewsSeven to 10 plants per

square foot emerged uni-formly. That’s the target. That’s the ultimate goal with canola stand estab-lishment.

“A simple straightfor-ward approach is to stick with the common seeding rate of 5 lb./ac. That rate often produces enough plants per square foot to maintain yield potential and is easy to remember,” said Justine Cornelsen, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada. “Trimming rates below that standard tends to miss the target plant stand — and thin stands mean lower profits.”

Various profit-reduc-ing factors result from a thin stand. First, stands

of fewer than five plants per square foot have low-er yield potential. Hybrid canola studies show that stands of three plants per square foot yield around 80 percent of stands with five or more plants per square foot. “Shaving the seeding rate from 5 lb./ac. to 3 lb./ac. may save $20 per acre, but if yield drops by 20 percent — say to 32 bu./ac. from 40 — that chops revenue per acre by $80,” Cornelsen said. Targeting seven to 10 per square foot allows for some plant loss during the season so har-vest counts remain at or above this critical five-per-square-foot threshold.

Second, thin stands tend to mature later. Each plant in a thin stand will have more branches, which

means seed maturity on later branches will be well behind the main stem.

“Harvest timing for this crop is much more difficult, and growers will have to decide between letting the side branches mature long enough to pro-duce viable seed or cut-ting on the early side to limit shelling losses on the main stem,” Cornelsen said. “And because a thin-ner stand takes longer to mature, this also increases the risk for frost and green seed.”

It only takes two per-cent green seed to drop to a No. 2 grade, which usu-ally has a discount of at least $10 per tonne. At 40 bu./ac., that’s $10 — often more — per acre.

Thin stands tend

to require more inputs to keep those few plants alive and competitive. The flea beetle threshold, for example, is based on leaf area loss but with a con-sideration for plant counts. With seven to 10 plants per square foot, growers can afford to lose one or two to flea beetle damage and still be at or above five per square foot.

“With a thin stand, canola is more likely to need protection from flea beetles, cutworms or what-ever else comes along,” Cornelsen said. “The cush-ion that a healthy stand provides just isn’t there.” Typical cost for an early-season insecticide spray is $5 per acre plus applica-tion cost.

With fewer plants,

the canopy takes longer to fill and can’t compete strongly with later weed flushes. This may increase the need for a second in-crop herbicide application. Product, application and time required for that sec-ond in-crop application will be $8 to $20 per acre.

Thin stands can also make the sclerotinia stem rot spray decision more dif-ficult. Large leafy plants with many branches are still at risk from sclerotin-ia stem rot. More branches mean a longer flowering period, which may increase the need for a split fungi-cide application to keep the crop protected. Complete cost of a fungicide applica-tion is $25 to $30 per acre, or double for a split applica-tion.

Straight forward approaches to canola planting

Camrose Colony school principal Sandra Fowler.

Camrose Colony educational assistant Stephanie Thiessen.

Done — Murray

The COUNTRY BOOSTER, May 5, 2015 – Page 11

Both Terry and Donna Howe grew up in families which taught them the val-ue of being involved with the communities where you live and work.

“My parents did exactly that,” said Terry, who was born and raised in Castor, where he still lives. “They thought it was important to be active and support the town. I guess you could say that I learned it from them.”

Donna, who was raised in Halkirk and went to school in Castor, says she and Terry, her husband of 39 years, are pleased to fol-low in the footsteps of their families. “We live here too,” she says, “and we want to help.”

Terry and Donna Howe are being recognized by the Battle River Community Foundation as “community builders” – people who dedi-cate their time and energy to helping local communi-ties thrive. The couple will be the guests of honour at a tribute evening taking place in Alliance on Friday, May 29. All proceeds from the dinner will be used to start the Terry and Donna Howe fund, which will sup-port projects in the Alliance / Castor area.

Terry and Donna, both of whom are celebrating their 60th birthday this spring, have truly spent their adult lifetime giving back to their local communi-ties. Terry recently retired after 35 years as manager of the Alliance Seed Plant and Donna has been a lab and x-ray tech at Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital in Castor since 1977.

Terry helped the seed

plant grow from a 200,000 bushel operation to a thriv-ing business processing an average of 800,000 bushels a year. He was also instru-mental in the development of a business hub around the plant which includes the sale of feed and vet sup-plies. “People can come into town and make one stop to get everything they need,” he says.

Terry played a role in supporting the Battle River Railway. He also served 10 years on the provincial seed plant board, and was president of the Managers’ Association for three years. Donna has served on a wide range of committees through the Castor hospital as well.

In addition to their busy work lives and having a farm to run, the couple raised three daughters and at different times also wel-comed exchange student “daughters” to their family, who were of Japanese, Bra-zilian and Danish descent. Now they are delighted to have expanded the fam-ily to include two grand-daughters.

“A lot of what we were involved with over the years was because of our kids,” says Donna. “Terry was a 4-H leader and I was active in Sunday School and helped manage the girls’ hockey and baseball teams. Now that the girls are grown we’ve slowed down a bit, but we still do like to help.”

That “help” has includ-ed Terry serving on the fundraising committee for construction of a new community hall in Castor

and both partners being active members of the Alli-ance Legion. Terry is an active curler. Donna also volunteers with the MS Bike Tour to raise funds in support of a cure for the disease she has lived with since 2003.

The couple is a bit overwhelmed at the idea of being put in the spotlight. “I hope people show up,” Donna laughs.

But they are very pleased to be able to raise dollars to support projects in the area where they live.

“It’s good to have this community,” Terry explains. “I believe that you have to support home or home won’t be there. It’s great to support a group that will help the donations grow and give the money back to local projects.”

Donna adds that one of the things that made them agree to be part of this Bat-tle River Community Foun-dation event and start a fund to benefit the local area is that they will actually be able to see the results.

“We always donate, but when you send your money far away you may never get to see the good that it does. With this it’s more personal – we will know that it’s benefitting our own community. And it will be there forever, so many gen-erations could benefit.”

Tickets for the Commu-nity Builders Tribute Night honouring Terry and Don-na are available through the following people: Judy Larson, 780-385-3568; Vel-ma, 780-385-4126; or Peter 780-879-2248. Get yours today.

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The Smith Clinic hasFamily Physicians accepting new patients

The Smith Clinic is a multi-disciplinary clinic located in Camrose. Currently, we have three family physicians accepting new patients. Patients must be currently without a family physician in Camrose. New Maternities are also accepted. For further information, please call our general information line (780)672.2425. We are pleased to assist you with your family practice needs.

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The Battle River Commu-nity Foundation exists to sup-port projects in East Central Alberta which benefit com-munities and have a positive impact on the future.

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The COUNTRY BOOSTER, May 5, 2015 – Page 13

Rail lines upgradedFrom Agri-News

The Canadian National Railway Company (CN) has announced a multi-year pro-gram to invest approximate-ly $500 million in infra-structure improvements to its Western Canada feeder rail lines in Alberta, Manito-ba, and Saskatchewan. The company does not mention grain in its news release, but says the upgrades will occur on lines “handling rising volumes of industrial products, natural resources and energy-related commod-ities.”

In 2015, CN will allocate approximately $100 million for work on northern Alber-ta branch lines, investing in infrastructure upgrades and safety improvements, includ-ing heavier rail, crushed rock ballast and new ties, to ensure the network can effi-ciently accommodate future freight volume growth in the Peace River region.

Claude Mongeau, presi-dent and chief executive offi-cer, said: “CN is building for the future with large capital investments in long-term safety and capacity improve-ments to ensure it continues to play its role as a true backbone of the economy.

“CN sees significant long-term potential in its customer base located on its Western Canada feeder network. We want to pro-vide our customers with the capacity for continued effi-cient freight transportation services that increase their competitiveness in North American and global mar-kets, as well as ensure our rail infrastructure is as safe as possible.”

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By Dan JensenCamrose Mayor

Norm Mayer has writ-ten a letter of support for a Beaver Hills Initiative nomination of the Beaver Hills moraine as a Unit-ed Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) biosphere reserve.

Beaver Hills Ini-tiative Protected Area Working Group chair and University of Alber-ta Professor Emeritus Dr. Guy Swinnerton told committee of the whole council in a March 2 presentation that a bio-sphere reserve is an area that demonstrates excellence in sustainable development.

“There are 635 bio-sphere reserves in 119 countries,” said Dr. Swin-nerton, “16 of which are in Canada. The only one in Alberta is associated with Waterton National Park.”

UNESCO desig-nates areas as biosphere reserves if they include a mosaic of important eco-logical systems (in the Beaver Hills moraine a dry mixed boreal for-est surrounded by aspen parkland and Elk Island National Park, one of the richest national parks in the world in terms of diversity), if they have significant biological diversity, if they promote conservation and if they provide an opportunity to explore and demonstrate

approaches to sustain-able development.

“It (biosphere reserve) has to be able to sustain conservation, logistic support or capacity build-ing, and development,” said Dr. Swinnerton.

The Beaver Hills Initiative – formed as a result of proposed devel-opment in proximity to Elk Island National Park – is dedicated to providing a greater understanding of the ecological and cul-tural significance of the Beaver Hills moraine and supporting coopera-tive efforts to sustain quality of water, land, air, natural resources and community devel-opment. The Initiative has developed a land use framework that pro-vides a toolbox to help local governments, non governmental organiza-tions and industry to focus on where devel-opment can go while minimizing the effects of ecological goods and services. Its mission is to work together for a sustainable region through shared initia-tives and coordinated action.

“The aims and the mission of the Initiative coincide with the bio-sphere program,” said Dr. Swinnerton. “We want to insure the qual-ity of life of people living in the area by protecting and sustaining the rela-tive ecological goods and

services like water, air and natural resources.”

The Beaver Hills Ini-tiative has received in excess of $1 million in grants from agencies since it was established in 2002, the most notable recent one being one for $250,000 from Alberta Municipal Affairs. Con-tributions in kind over the same period are esti-mated to be in the region of $1.5 million. Beaver Hills Initiative partners include three levels of government, ten non gov-ernmental organizations, local communities includ-ing the Fort Air Part-nership and Strathcona Industrial Association, the University of Alber-ta, Alberta Innovates and Technology Futures.

“We try to encourage partners to use informa-tion in such a way that any decisions take into account the long term ramifications of develop-ment,” said Dr. Swinner-ton. “It could be tourism, it could be agriculture, it could be industry.”

UNESCO biospheres foster the region’s envi-ronmental, economic and social sustainabil-ity, expand the capac-ity of residents and local communities to address their future, provide a “brand name” to improve and diversify the local economy, gain access to the information and sup-port through national and international net-

works, attract research activity that addresses local and global issues, and increase national and international recog-nition.

“A biosphere reserve designation would put us on the map interna-tionally as an area that is practicing responsi-ble land use,” said Dr. Swinnerton. “If we are successful we obvious-ly become part of that global network whereby we have the opportu-nity to contribute at a global level, but also ben-efit from the work that is being done in those 600 biosphere reserves around the world, which in many cases exhibit similar problems and issues that we are deal-ing with: the effects of urbanization, impact on natural resources and how we deal with tour-ism issues.”

The nomination is the second that has been submitted by the Beaver Hills Initiative. The first, in 2012, received overall positive feedback from the Canadian Commission for UNESCO but did not provide enough informa-tion about First Nations engagement and treaties honoured, general public and citizen engagement and the reasons Beaver Hills Initiated wanted to make the moraine a bio-sphere reserve.

“We have been very much committed to meet-

ing those requirements and we are anticipating that we will be submit-ting our new nomina-tion in May,” said Dr. Swinnerton. “We have already demonstrated a number of ways that we have been able to show how good research and good science can be used intelligently to make good practical decisions, whether we are talking about municipal levels of government or areas of interest.”

The designation does not intrude on property rights, Aboriginal rights, jurisdictional authorities or on the responsibilities of elected bodies.

“I cannot stress too strongly that the interna-tional designation does not impose another level of bureaucracy or anoth-er level of government,” said Dr. Swinnerton.

While biosphere reserves have pristine areas within them, their real intent is to demon-strate how development and other uses can work in a complementary and compatible way.

“Last September, I was back in Britain looking at biosphere reserves there and one of the most recent ones internationally is asso-ciated with Briton, a major city on the south coast of England, that has a great deal of industry in it,” said Dr. Swinnerton.

SHELL ROTELLA ROAD SHOWMurray Green, Camrose Booster

Camrose UFA Petroleum agent Trevor Sharek and nine-year-old Devin Degenstein of Gwynne had hands-on experience of the Shell Rotella Road Show through the interactive displays and learned about the advancements in lubricant protection on Saturday, April 18. Sharek and his staff also served a barbecue lunch for his customers.

Mayor writes letter of support for biosphere reserve

CandidmodernfarmersFrom Agri-News

Farming Smarter has released the third installment in its trio of stewardship videos. Entitled Candid Modern Farmers, it joins the pre-viously released Farm-ing in the Wild and Not Grandpa’s Farm.

What does sustain-ability mean to an Alber-ta farmer? It means a prosperous and healthy livelihood for future gen-erations. This is no small thing. It means protect-ing natural resources through intelligent farm practices that recognize renewable is only true if you make it so. In Candid Modern Farm-ers, Alberta farmers dis-cuss their love the land and how they consider themselves stewards on behalf of all Albertans.

All three videos are available for view-ing from the Farming Smarter web page.

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