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Shannon LeCLairTimes Reporter

The proposed distracted driving law, Bill16, has the Al-berta government trying to weed through what is consid-ered a distraction.

Talking and texting on cell phones, reading, writing and grooming are just a few of the distractions being discussed.

Strathmore RCMP Staff Sgt. Larry Marzinzik said he is “not really for it or against it,” and, though the RCMP doesn’t have input in what is being dis-cussed, “any rule can be a good one as long as it is used appro-priately to keep everyone in a safe zone.”

The Alberta government is proposing a ban on all hand held devices while driving, but the use of hands-free phones will be allowed. Drivers who do not follow the guidelines set by Bill 16, face a fine of $172, and no loss of demerit points.

Bill 16 also complements the current driving without due care and attention law, a seri-ous offence with fines of $402 and a loss of six demerits, by allowing police and RCMP more flexibility when it comes to dealing with distracted driv-ers.

“We are sending a strong safety message to all Albertans: When you’re in your vehicle, your focus must be on driving,”

said Luke Ouellette, minister of transportation, in a press re-lease.

Staff Sgt. Marzinzik recently heard on the radio that drink-ing coffee while driving is be-ing discussed as a distraction.

“It’s common sense that someone putting on make-up will be distracted, but does cof-fee lead to distracted drivers? I don’t know,” said Marzinzik.

“Almost anything could be considered a distraction, I think that’s what they are discussing now.”

Distracted and careless driv-ing is not a new issue for the RCMP. It’s something they have been dealing with for decades. Accidents have been caused by drivers changing the song on their stereo, or reaching to pick up a bottle their child has dropped. All it takes is look-ing away for just a second and there could potentially be an accident.

“We deal with careless and distracted drivers as best we can,” said Marzinzik.

Marzinzik can’t remember a particular accident involving a cell phone here in town but said “distractions came in long before cell phones.”

The issue is to be debated further in the legislature this fall, allowing both public and traffic safety stakeholders a chance to look over and com-ment on Bill 16.

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The various municipalities within Wheatland gathered at the counties council meeting April 20 to discuss the status of recreation in the area - now and in the future.

The county, along with representa-tives from the Town of Strathmore and the villages of Hussar, Standard and Rockyford, discussed the possibility of creating a board to plan and dispense money to the various recreational fa-cilities in the area.

Each municipality planned to review their recreational needs with their in-dividual councils, before scheduling a future meeting as a larger group.

“Everything was going a lot smooth-er when the province was handing out money (for recreation), but when they cut back, you don’t want to close the doors,” said Glenn Koester, Wheatland Councilor for Div. 6. “You’ve got to look at other sources of funding … the costs are getting huge.”

Strathmore Mayor George Lattery presented the county with current sta-tistics of the operational costs for some of the town’s recreational facilities, and the numbers were staggering. Where those numbers were combined with

the rest of the town’s recreational facili-ties and the various villages facilities, the operational costs are in the millions of dollars per year.

“I believe the towns and villages will kick into the pot the same amount as the county does – on a proportional ba-sis,” said Koester. “That way everyone is doing the same thing – that’s the way I’d like to see it. We haven’t had that talk with council yet; I don’t know how council will go.

“If everybody’s paying the same, I don’t think that anybody has any grounds to complain about it.”County suPPorts rosebud HistoriCal soCiety

A presentation was made by the Rosebud Historical Society to seek sup-port from the county to accept chari-table donations on their behalf.

The Canada Revenue Agency did not approve the society’s account, thus pre-venting them to issue tax-free receipts.

Council approved the notion to write tax receipts for donations over $20.

“People want to donate money for the betterment of the community, (so) it’s our … right to issue tax receipts,” said Koester. “I think if our citizens want to make use of that, it’s up to us to help them out. The (Rosebud) His-torical Society have the only museum

in the county … it is a local initiative. As soon as you give tax receipts, (peo-ple) can give more money.”Water Meter test

Residents in the county who use the regional water system and have dis-putes with their bills have an option to rectify the problem.

The county will offer its residents a chance to test their water meters for a fee. If the meter is broken, the money will be reimbursed.

“They can come to the county and say ‘I think my water meter isn’t right’ and they will put a deposit for the cost of testing it,” said Koester. “If the water meter is not within the two per cent, we keep the deposit to pay the meter man.

“If the meter is defective, then we’ll refund the money.”druMHeller seeks funds

The Town of Drumheller made a pre-sentation to county council seeking a $500,000 sponsorship for their new recreational facility.

The new venue will include a library, cultural centre, meeting rooms, field house (including soccer, lacrosse, run-ning track, change room, bleachers), an ice arena and curling rink.

Construction of the multi-million dol-lar project is slated to start June 1.

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Laura-Jeanne Lehr who also goes by L.J, will find out next week if she will continue to the second round of the Next Top Spiritual Author.

The final day to send in votes is May 3. Lehr recently found out there are over 2,800 authors from 16 countries in the competition. The support each author is giving to the other contestants amazes Lehr.

“Everybody is kind of working togeth-er which is unique,” said Lehr.

She said just last week, a few mem-bers sent out an email saying, ‘why don’t we all send an email to friends and fam-ily saying these are my three favourites please vote for them.’

“Everyone is thinking bigger too, even if some people don’t move on, they are saying how can we still work as a group to get noticed by publishers.”

Members of the contest are also col-laborating on creating a blog radio. Only 250 contestants will make it to the next round. The second round is writing a proposal and then the group will be down to 25, at which point they send in the first two chapters. After that, it goes to the final five. People in the top group will be given publishing contracts.

“The nice thing about the way they set up this contest and the reason there are four parts, is because they are the steps you would need, to actually get ready to go to a publisher,” said Lehr.

Every week the organizers of the con-test list who is in the top 100 for that week, and for two out of the three weeks Lehr was in it.

“It’s really exciting to think that edi-tors and publishers are going to be look-ing at my work.”

Hampton Roads Publishing is one of

the few publishing houses that still read through all of the manuscripts sent in.

Lehr writes anywhere from an hour up to five hours a day, and always car-ries a notebook to jot down ideas as they come to her. This is the first year of the competition and it has far surpassed the expectation of everyone involved.

“I didn’t anticipate how it would push me just so much further along. The sup-port has been amazing. It’s really nice to see everyone else working together. It’s just been a really fun experience and re-ally exciting,” said Lehr.

She did not always know she wanted to be a writer, but said looking back through some school writing, she thinks she always had a few books in her, just never knew which form they would take.

Her book is about relationships and making people aware that a healthy re-lationship is individual work. Lehr is a life coach and mediator, and through her work began to notice common patterns and mistakes people are making in their own relationships.

“I was noticing every time I would coach someone in a relationship, they would say, ‘I have never thought of that, or that’s really different.’ I started to think, maybe I am thinking differently than others, and maybe there’s some-thing that I really have to contribute to.”

She said one of the most common mis-takes she has noticed is that people are looking to their partner to fulfill some-thing inside of them.

“If something goes wrong we are re-ally quick to think it’s their fault, or they need to do something to make us feel better, or we need to do something to make them feel better,” said Lehr.

When she started writing the book she was single. She is now in a relationship, and has noticed when she applies some of her theories, things go really well,

and when she doesn’t, then she is mak-ing some of the mistakes she is coaching other people through.

Her sister Leanne Van der Burgt has been very supportive and helpful with marketing ideas. Lehr also plans to set up a webpage but wants to wait until she is sure of the title of her book. Until then, she is still blogging.

Even if a she doesn’t make it in the top five she will still follow the deadlines along with the contest, so she will still be ready to send it off.

“I know the book will definitely be published, I just don’t know when or how”

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BY-LAW # 10-07Bylaw # 10-07 proposes amendments to the Land Use Bylaw #89-20. These amendments include the addition of new definitions to Sections 9 and 11, the addition of a new Section 90 governing Temporary Residential Sales Centres and a Residential Narrow Lot District (Section 110A). The Bylaw also proposes changes to all Residential Land Use Sections (Sections 110, 115, 120, 120A, 130, 140, and 150)

A copy of the proposed Bylaw may be inspected by the public during regular office hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday at the Town Office or can be found on the Town website www.strathmore.ca. Please contact the Town Office if you would like an opportunity to review and provide input on the proposed amendments prior to the Public Hearing.

The Public Hearing will be held at the Council Chambers, Strathmore Municipal Building, 680 Westchester Road, on May 19th, 2010, commencing at 7:30 pm with procedures in accordance with the Town of Strathmore Council Procedural Bylaw 07-11 and amendments thereto.

Any person or group of persons, or person acting on his or their behalf, who claims to be affected by any or all of the proposed bylaws may present suggestions or concerns by making a submission to the public hearing.

Written submissions to the Public Hearing, or the name of any person wishing to make an oral presentation at the public hearing must be received by the Planner prior to 12:00 noon on Wednesday May 12th, 2010 as outline in Bylaw #07-11 and amendments thereto. Each person addressing the public hearing shall complete their verbal presentation within five minutes.

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users wishing to sign up for the residential irrigation service must enroll and pre-pay for the service prior to may 5th, 2010. if 500 users are not registered before may 5th, 2010, the system will not be offered as a service to residents.

wAtering restriCtiOns In response to requests for additional outdoor watering days, the Town of Strathmore intends to amend the Water Bylaw to include three(3) watering days per household. Please note that the watering times on each day will change as follows.

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Residents are reminded that while these hours will be available for outdoor watering, typically lawns don’t need more than a single watering per week. Also, hand watering of trees, gardens, etc. is permitted at any time, but residents are encouraged to help contribute to the Town of Strathmore’s water conservation efforts.

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The Fire Within began as a way to help fire departments raise money for equipment and training while raising awareness in the community.

Every year fire departments around the country are invited to participate with the Fire Within by being featured in a calendar shot by photographer Charles Hope.

This year the Strathmore firefighters association decided to have the calen-dar dedicated to them as a way of cel-ebrating the town’s 100 anniversary.

Firefighters could be seen going door to door, and in front of local stores, in a campaign to sell the calen-dars. The money raised by the event is also being used to fund projects they have going on around town. One of the projects is the monument in front of the fire hall.

“It was a hard sell. I’m not going to say it wasn’t successful, but it was a challenge for the fire fighters to sell the calendars to make money the way they wanted to,” said Mure Furzer, Strathmore fire chief.

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Sartison, a volunteer firefighter in Prid-dis realized fire departments needed a way to raise funds and awareness. The motto of the Fire Within is “To Train, Educate, and Equip.” Many people are unaware they are in volunteer firefight-ers’ care outside of the city. Some of these fire departments don’t have the equipment needed or the volunteers to help protect their community.

“FDIC represents a training oppor-tunity coveted by all fire departments, which often lies well out of the reach of volunteers fire departments’ bud-gets,” said Sartison in a press release.

Alberta has the heaviest presence in the calendars, due to the fact the proj-ect started here and this is where it is most visible. For the past three years the Fire Within have selected volunteer firefighters to join the Fire Department Instructors Conference, FDIC.

This year 11 trips were awarded to the conference, with some depart-ments sending additional members at their own expense. Over 30,000 fire fighters from across North America at-tended the event.

The Strathmore Fire Within calendar will be available for purchase at the Relay for Life for $10.

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Calgary’s Ahmadiyya Mus-lim community is working to-gether with Strathmore Unit-ed Church, St. Michael’s and All Angels Anglican Church to host the event.

“Interfaith conversations are important to build rela-tionships, to recognize one another as human beings, to dispel a few myths and per-haps to build relationships,” said Rev. Paula Ashby.

There will be two religious leaders, one Christian and one Muslim and, they will be speaking about the purpose of life as their religion under-stands it.

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for the event in Strathmore and Rev. Jane Rowland will be speaking on behalf of the Christian side.

“What we will each be do-ing is speaking about our own faith, so its more an understanding one another than it is a comparison,” said Rowland.

After each guest speaker is finished there will be a 15 minutes question and answer period.

Afterwords, there will be a fellowship with refresh-ments.

MLA Arno Doerkson and MP Kevin Sorenson have both been invited to attend the event. No response has been given yet from either, Ashby is hoping to receive letters to be read on behalf of the two men.

The Inter Faith dialogue will take place at the Strath-more United Church May 9, and is set to begin at 7 p.m.

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The Great Clean UpAbbe Cockx (l-r), Ashley Leblond and Connor Pirie show their Earth day spirit by picking up litter around the school. Students dressed up to help raise awareness to the Earth day activities. Holy Cross stu-dents cleaned up Kinsmen park. Grade four students organize the annual event for both schools. Shannon LeClair Photo

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Dear EditorDid you know that my rural child generates signif-

icantly more money (about 25% more) from the pro-vincial government for GHSD than a child attending a school in Strathmore, and yet next year my child will not receive the same quality of education that a child in Strathmore will receive? Why? Because, next year GHSD is removing one teacher from his school. That doesn’t seem like much but it is 25% of the teachers. This also means that my child’s school will have no choice but to put three grades in one classroom with one teacher. Apparently it is educa-tionally sound to put my 4 year-old and 7 year-old in the same classroom, with 25 other children (You’re not supposed to have more than 17).

Is it the Provincial Government, who has deemed our school a ‘Small School By Necessity’ and pro-vides additional funding to support it (enough for two teachers)? Is it the Trustees, who govern the division, are mandated to provide a quality basic education to all public children, and claim that they want to educate rural children in rural schools? Or is it the administration, who operates the purse strings and doesn’t value rural schools, that is mak-ing this decision?

As a parent, I too, am now faced with making a decision. Do I wait and hope that they give us another teacher? Do I register my Kindergarten stu-dent in Strathmore, the most convenient school for me to drive to two days a week, and what about my

older child should I drive him too? Would my 9 month-old be able to happily drive

160 km a day two or five times/week? Do I put my kindergarten child in the same classroom as his brother in Grade 2 and with a teacher that is forced to teach three grades at once? Do I keep them where they are and hope that their education isn’t affected too severely?

Will I notice right away or will I not know of the effect until many years down the road when it may be too late? Why do I always have to fight for my child’s right to a basic education? I am not the only parent and my school isn’t the only school this is happening too. My child’s school is in good shape, in fact, one of the best in the division, my child has good teachers, who in my opinion, are the best in the division, the provincial government thinks that my rural child should receive a quality education and has provided additional money for that, so WHY does GHSD believe that my child is not worth it?

Are they doing this so that parents will move their rural children to urban schools and then the closure process is easier for them? Do I jeopardize my children’s future because GHSD refuses to put their money where their mouth is and educate rural students in rural schools? This is my child’s educa-tion, it is happening now.

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Kevin SorenSon, M.P., CrowfootParliamentary Report

As your Member of Parlia-ment, every once in a while I am approached by a constitu-ent seeking a formal Pardon from the federal government for a past violation of Canada’s Criminal Code. I have always approached such requests cau-tiously. On the one hand, the person seeking the Pardon may have only one Criminal Code charge under which they were found guilty and paid their pen-alty in full many years ago. On the other hand, sometimes I find that a person has multiple con-victions.

We can all sympathize with a father or mother who, for ex-ample, needs to wipe the slate clean of an incident that hap-pened when they were young, and now - maybe twenty years

later - they want to try and en-ter the United States in order to take their children to Disney Land. Another example is the person who cannot get a certain job because of an age-old crimi-nal record. When is the public’s interest served when it comes to granting Pardons for crimes committed?

The National Parole Board granted Graham James a Pardon in 2007 after he had completed his 3½-year prison sentence for sexually abusing two young men. Anyone can apply for a par-don five years after the offence. Under current law, the applicant must demonstrate that he or she has “been of good conduct” and has not been convicted of other offences. According to media re-ports, in the next few months, Karla Homolka, convicted of manslaughter in the sex-slaying of two young girls will be eligi-ble to apply for a Pardon

I am concerned with protect-ing the sanctity of a clean crimi-nal record. The vast majority of the people I represent have never been arrested, charged, nor found guilty of a criminal offence. As a society, we have a vested interest in paying that kind of behavior the highest re-spect. As well, we must be mind-ful of the ongoing suffering and consequences for victims and their surviving families and friends.

Last Monday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper reaffirmed our Conservative government’s sup-port for victims of crime at the opening of the fifth annual Na-tional Victims of Crime Aware-ness Week symposium. He also announced that he has asked Minister of Public Safety, the Hon. Vic Toews to propose leg-islation that will tighten up Can-ada’s existing Pardon System.

Continued on page 11

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"If you do what you love, you will love what

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Rocky's Bakery and Deli.

There is no substitute for fresh quality ingredients, taking the time to get it right and the personal service you receive at Rocky’s Bakery.

While the delicious aroma’s of freshly baked doughnuts (TRANS FAT FREE), bread and cinnamon buns will draw you in the doors, Rocky’s Bakery has a whole lot more to offer. And it is not just the friendly smiles and familiar faces behind the counters. Our bakery uses only quality ingredients for all our goods and we do not use any added chemicals to keep them on the shelf longer which is something that quite often happens at a commercial level, said Rocky. I want people to come to our store and know exactly what they are eating…..

Found on the deli shelf is only the highest of quality and freshest meats from Grimm’s Fine Foods that have no MSG added.

“We have a lot of fresh HEALTHY choices here now. It gives the bakery a little bit of a different edge,” says Rocky.

The Blockland Family has a long history in the baking business. When Rocky was young he helped his father in the Blokland Bakery in Stettler. Before he branched out on his own, he spent 20 years in commercial baking.

Rocky’s Bakery is not only known in the community for its catering service or hot lunch programs in the schools, Rocky’s Bakery is also a big advocate for the Children’s Wish Foundation and during Heritage Days hosts a Loonie Toonie Party, where all proceeds are donated to the cause.

Having dedicated 40 years of his life to baking, from larger chain stores to his own bakery for the past ten years, Rocky has no plans on retiring any time soon. The customers that seem to all know his face and can taste his passion for producing fresh and quality food – Thank hin for that.

Rocky’s invites customers to either stop by and take out their lunch or sit down in the intimate setting of their coffee shop and enjoy the pleasant smells throughout the Bakery.

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FortisAlberta would like to thank our 50,000 customers in 75 communities across southern Alberta for your patience and understanding during the recent snowstorm. We have not experienced that kind of devastation to our electric distribution system in almost 25 years with more than 1,000 power poles broken or damaged.

Special thanks to the businesses and customers who supported our 300 power line workers brought in from around the province to help with restoration efforts.

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Continued from page 9Minister Toews has already

stated that the federal govern-ment can give the National Pa-role Board more “direction.” He says, “These things should not just be rubber-stamped. There may have to be more consider-ation given by the board to the particular type of offence, and at

the present time the board is not entitled to differentiate between offences.”

I am very supportive of our government’s effort to make changes to Canada’s Pardon Sys-tem. I thank those of you who have advised me of your desire to review it and propose chang-es that strike a better balance

between punishment and reha-bilitation.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this or previ-ous columns you may write me at 4945-50th Street, Camrose, Alberta, T4V 1P9, call 780-608-4600, toll-free 1-800-665-4358, fax 780-608-4603 or e-mail [email protected]

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I’m a recent SAIT Journalism gradu-ate. I’m happy to have the chance to start my career here and hope to learn more about both the industry and the town itself. I lived in a small town in Ontario, my family moved to Calgary 13 years ago, and I have missed the close-knit, small town feel. I’m hoping to really get to know and become a friend of the community. I’m very ap-proachable so if you ever see me wan-dering around town, feel free to come up and say Hi. I hope you all will en-joy having me here as much as I enjoy being here. If you have a story idea, please feel free to contact me at the office.

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Every year the RCMP reviews and modifies their Annual Performance Ac-tion Plan, APP. Generally the survey goes out to town, county and village councils. This year they asked residents what they see as important and needs to be worked on.

The plan is like a guide to how to use pro-active time. Reactive time is any-thing from dealing with things such as impaired drivers, homicides and bylaw complaints.

“What we tried to do this year with the survey is get it out to the general public, to put down their thoughts and present them so we can contemplate them, while we’re developing our plan for this year,” said Staff Sgt. Larry Mar-zinzik.

The survey stemmed from the need for more public input when it comes to what the RCMP can be doing for its communities.

The surveys went out to a number of different locations, including schools, at the beginning of March and were col-lected at the end of March. 219 forms were returned with 58 per cent of fe-males participating and 42 per cent male. From this, 67 per cent were peo-ple under 18-years-old.

“We got a good response from schools and that was anyone 12 to 17,” said Mar-zinzik.

Strathmore composed 47 per cent of the replies, rural was 37 per cent and only 16 per cent came from unknown areas. The survey listed eight different areas of concern and offered partici-pants a chance to add anything they felt was missing. The questions included ‘what types of crime impact your neigh-bourhood?’ and ‘what activities do you feel your police should focus on?’

The top three priorities that came from the numbers are vandalism, drugs and theft.

“That comes in line with what we have been seeing in some of our past statistics,” said Marzinzik.

“Vandalism and theft have been on a bit of an increase in town and the ru-ral areas, so that may be good that it’s been brought up as a priority and that it falls in line with what our statistics are showing and that maybe we need to try to focus on a few different things to bring those statistics down and raise awareness in the communities.”

The five areas which will be targeted through the new APP will be vandalism, drugs, theft, traffic and client services. Vandalism will be a priority: there will be goals and objectives to try to bring down the incident rates and also to

raise awareness in the communities. Theft in Strathmore and rural commu-

nities is more a crime of opportunity, said Marzinzik.

“I call them midnight shoppers, they come along and don’t necessarily dam-age anything but they try the door and if it’s open, what’s in there they may take”

The third main area the RCMP are planning to focus on is drugs. Last year it was a priority to focus on overall ad-diction and they are still going to do a general targeting of that area, but plan to focus mainly on illicit drugs such as cocaine and marijuana.

“That doesn’t say we neglect any of the other areas, we will still be enforc-ing the open alcohol in vehicles and public intoxication, that type of thing, we’re going to focus our proactive work, where we set up little projects and pro-grams to these three areas.”

Traffic will always be a main priority and there is a monthly plan made for different areas, which targets drivers. Finally, for client services, the RCMP would like to maintain a good relation-ship with the members of the communi-ties they serve.

Marzinzik is hoping to have the sur-vey out earlier next year and have focus groups or town hall meetings to follow up on the results of the survey.

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Strathmore Elks Lodge #491 meets 3rd. Tuesday at the Strathmore Curling Club 6:30 pm. Steak Supper at 7 pm. New Members welcome. Call Greg 403-888-6155.

RCL Ladies Auxiliary Events for April: 20th - Executive & General Meetings, beginning @ 7:30 pm

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MOPS (Mother’s Of Preschoolers) meet 1st and 3rd Thursdays 9:30am – 11:30am at the Strathmore Alliance Church. Babysitting available for ages 0 - 6. For more information call Jennifer at 403-934-5799 or visit www.mops.org

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

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

Come Fly With Us903 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Sqn. Meet Wednesdays at 6:30pm at the blue building and Quonset on the Ag grounds. Boys & Girls welcome between 12 & 19 years. Call Joanna Howard at 403-983-5796 for more information.

Meals on Wheels is available in Strathmore. For information or to obtain this service please contact Wheatland FCSS at 403-934-5335. drivers needed Contact Shirley Minty at 934-3953.

Sunday School for All Ages: Lord of All Lutheran Church offers Christian Education opportunities for ages 3 years to adult, on Sun-day Mornings. All are Welcome! For more information please call Margo Sevick 403-901-2044 or call the Church Office at 403-934-2374

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

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

Seniors 50+ Centre General meetings the second Tuesday of each month at 1:15 pm. For info call Eric at 403-901-1596.

Strathmore Country Gardens Club Meetings at least once per month. Tours, guest speakers, workshops and much more included in a membership. $20 single, $30 family. [email protected] or visit our website www.icangarden.com/clubs/CountryGGC/

Strathmore Homeschool Familes. Any Strathmore and Area familes that are homeschooling are invited to join our Yahoo Group. groups.yahoo.com/group/strathmorehsfams

Strathmore Caregiver Support Group This is an opportunity for caregivers to find support and benefit from interaction with others in a similar situation. For more information or to register call Amy Yaneza at 403-361-7176.

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

Wild Rose Career & Employment Services - Free drop-in JOB-FINDING CLUB, every Tuesday from 10 to noon. A Career Counsellor will share tips and tools to assist in your job search. Please call 403-934-6488 or drop by 101, 331-3rd. Avenue. Bring your lunch and join us for a Small Business Brown Bag pre-sentation at Community Futures Wild Rose on Tuesday and Thursday from Noon to 1 pm. Weekly Topics.

The Community Crisis Shelter has several Board Member vacancies and is recruiting individuals who would like to apply for Board Membership. Interested individu-als can call Karen Pease at 403-934-6634.

KIDERGY Play Group Meet every Friday from 9:30 - 11:30 am at the Hope Covenant Church. $1 per child, (snack is included). Contact Tammy at 403-934-5887 for more info.

Strathmore Regional Victim Services Society needs community members to be Advocates (volunteers). Training is provided. Contact Victim Services through the RCMP Detachment at 403-934-6552

Strathmore Parent and Tot Playgroup, meets every Thursday at 9:15 - 11:15 am. in the Strathmore United Church Basement. For more information call Lisa at 403-934-4874 or Ali at 403-934-2089.

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

Strathmore United Church KIDzONE SUNDAY SCHOOL with every Sunday, 1030. An interactive program based on the principles of Godly Play 403.902.0218PRAYER SHAWL, knitting the sacred. Join us each 4th Wednesday, 1pm, at Strathmore United Church. No experience necessary, knit or crochet, wool provided. 403.902.0218MOSAIC a family friendly journey into the sacred for all ages thru the lens of the arts, 7pm every Thursday, 403.902.0218

Strathmore FASD Parent Support Group Parents and families living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Meet on the 3rd Tues. of every month. 9:30 – 11:30am, @ the Strathmore United Church Library. April meeting will be on the 13th. Feel free to come out for coffee, support and strategies. Call Pam at 403-652-4776.

Strathmore Full Gospel Church We’re a Pentecostal Bible based family church that has something for all ages. Call 934-2225 or visit www.strathmorefullgospel.com

Strathmore & District Chamber of Commerce meets the third Mon-day of the month @ 7:00 p.m. All members welcome. Check web page for meeting location. For more information call 403-901-3175 or www.strathmoredistrictchamber.com.

Children’s Wish Foundation Join Strathmore’s Planning committee now for fall fundraisers. Volunteers NEEDED! Call Claudia at 403-934-3900 (days), or 403-934-5966 (evening).

Wheatland District Cheadle 4-H club meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month from September – June at the Cheadle Hall at 6:00pm.

Free Tree for all New Born Babies Attention all infants – remind your parents to register your birth so a tree can be planted commemorating your birth in the Chinook Credit Union Birth Forest in Strathmore. Registration Forms are available at the Town office, Chinook Credit Union and Health Unit. (A Com-munities in Bloom Project)

Mark Your Calendars for these Upcoming Special Events...The Wheatland District 4-H Council will be meeting April 28th at the Chinese food restaurant on the Highway at 6pm for supper and 7 for the business meeting.

Strathmore MOPS Toy Swap’n Sale Saturday May 1st from 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Westmount School Gym, call Amy at 403-901-1954 or Jennifer at 403-934-9788 for info or to register a table.

One date! 3 Big Events! Saturday May 1st. Country Connections Spring Festival Rec Centre 10:00am – 4:00pm. 1st Annual Pet Fest 2010 & Chestermere Parade of Garage Sales. [email protected] for info.

Gleichen Community Clean Up May 1st Meet at Fire Hall at 9:00am to get your garbage bags.

The Royal Canadian 903 Air Cadets Sqn. is hosting the Annual Southern zone Drill Competition, May 2nd at the Strathmore Curling Arena. Public welcome.

Novelist, playwright, actor, and fight choreographer C.C. (Chris) Humphreys will be giving a talk at the Strathmore Municipal Library from 6:00pm to 7:00pm on Wednesday May 12th.

Strathmore & District Chamber of Commerce - SPRINGFEST Strathmore’s annual outdoor street festival and fair. May 29, 2010 9am – 3:30pm. Call 403-901-3175 for more information or www.strathmoredistrictchamber.com

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It’s been a busy spring for Bragg Creek actor Kendra Hutchinson.

In addition to wrapping up her final year at Rose-bud School of the Arts (RSA), she’s performing in Rosebud Theatre’s hit comedy We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay!, and in case that wasn’t enough, she’s also trying her hand at producing.

For her debut in the producer’s seat, Hutchin-son is producing Ten Times Two by David Belke. The story follows Ephraim, a man damned to wander the earth for-ever, as he attempts to make Constance, a mortal woman, fall in love with him. “First and foremost it’s a love story,” Hutchin-son says. “It starts in a fairytale-esque fashion but it changes into some-thing real.”

Hutchinson is also per-forming in the play as Constance, and the chal-lenge of playing the same woman through 10 differ-ent reincarnations is one she’s looking forward to.

“I’m excited for the challenge of playing so many characters,” she says. “They are all very different but they all have Constance at their cores. It’s the different circum-stances that alter her at-

titude.”As for the new ad-

venture of producing, Hutchinson says, “It is a challenging thing for me, as I prefer being told what to do and it’s hard to be the person doing the telling.”

Each student must pro-duce a final project be-fore they graduate from RSA, but the hard work is worth the effort.

As Hutchinson says, “It’s great seeing a show come together.”

Director Mark Lewan-dowski is enjoying the process of bringing this love story to life as well.

“It’s interesting as I don’t really believe in the soul-mate concept. Certainly there’s attrac-tion, but love is a choice,” he says. “This play does make some interesting comments about that, and does support that idea that love is more than just sudden thing. It grows and takes work and depending on the baggage we carry, it may not be possible.”

Ten Times Two by David Belke runs at the Rosebud Studio Stage May 2-3, with perfor-mances at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. both days. Tickets are $10 and can be booked through Lit-tle Country Blessings or over the phone at (403) 677-2271.

Akokiniskway Art Gal-lery features Alberta Painter

Shades of the Earth is the featured art show on display at the Akokini-skway Art Gallery until May 15. The 20 oil paint-ings from countries such as England, Israel, Africa, Egypt, India, Tibet, Indo-nesia and Peru are the inspiration of Rimbey’s Sandra Peacock, who wanted to create a series of paintings that reflect a variety of the world’s people in their natural environment.

“I have always had a love for art and been fas-cinated by people and their faces, particularly the eyes,” says Peacock, a mother of four. “This show was a significant challenge considering my first priority is rais-ing our four children. What makes it special for me is that it combines the beauty of everyday people from around the world in their natural surroundings. Most of these people would nev-er consider themselves outstanding, but when I look at them, I see the sweet simplicity of man. I have tried to capture their uniqueness as well as God’s splendour in his exquisite creation with the hopes of stirring the hearts of those who see my work.”

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Buried treasuresBlanche Arthur has been volunteering with the Unit-ed Church thrift sale since 1993, “We help each other out and it’s wonderful.” This is the 34th year the Church has held the event. The event is held every April and October and donations are welcome throughout the year. shannon LeClair Photo

The Strathmome Reds faced off against Calgary’s PBF this past weekend. The Reds lost Saturday’s game 5-4. Shannon LeClair Photos

Reds lose two out of threeShannon LeCLairTimes Reporter

The Strathmore Reds faced off against Calgary’s Professional Baseball Force (PBF), Saturday in their first of three weekend games.

It was a close and hard fought game, but the Reds fell 5-4 to PBF.

“The boys did pretty good, just had a few mis-takes base running, that kind of cost us in the end,” said Darwin Armitage.

“We didn’t capitalize on some situational hitting

that we should have done.”Despite the loss of their

first game, Armitage was hoping the boys would shake it off for Sunday’s two games.

“We faced a pretty good pitcher today.”

Sunday they split a dou-ble header, winning the first game of the day 8-7 and losing the second 7-3.

“Everybody really stepped up to the plate there, had some good pitching, some timely hit-ting,” said Armitage.

“We faced one of their

best pitchers, a guy that throws pretty hard. He’s a hard throwing left hander and we actually chased him out of the game so that was a real good sign.”

In the final game, the Reds made a few errors which cost them the game, but they will have a chance to beat Calgary again this weekend.

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Rockyford residents aim for healthClaudette laCombeSubmitted

The Rockyford Fitness Club wants to make it easy for local residents to keep fit.

The Club plans a two-pronged approach to the challenge. First, create a club that can financially sustain use of the gym area of the community center and have members join each other in fitness activities.

To get this part rolling, the club set up spring fitness classes with professional in-structor Tristen Desmet.

“If we can pay the rent on the gym, we can use it year round for anything related to fitness,” says Club President Claudette Lacombe. “With that in place, we have fitness equipment waiting to go on the stage and provide Rocky-ford residents a place for in-dividual workouts.”

She emphasizes that the club cannot move equipment onto the stage until member-ship reaches a point where they can rent the space for at least one year.

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The goal is to have 40 paid members by September 2010; membership fees are $30.

For now, members will have access to the commu-nity center gym Tuesday to Thursday 2-8 p.m. to orga-nize group activities.

“Besides the organized fit-ness classes, we thought we might get together and fol-low a Palates CD together or

something. The key is to get together, have some fun and feel better for it,” Lacombe says.

The club already has a president, secretary, Mary Marshman, and treasurer, Kim Salt, and holds meetings in the library.

“It’s safe to come to a meet-ing now; all the executive positions are full,” laughs La-combe. The next meeting is April 27, 7 p.m.

For more information, to register for a spring class or become a member, contact Claudette, 403-533-0008.

Locals impress at Chinook OpenMembers of the Strathmore Figure Skating Club took part in the Chinook Open in Lethbridge April 9-11. The skaters, aged eight to 18, impressed their coaches and parents during the event. The skaters who took part in the event were: Ashley Scott (front row, l-r), Victoria Frowen, Mackinnly Moore, Chelsey Nelson, Rylee Wilson, Caitlin Swan (middle, l-r), Sarah Harrison, Danya Wheel-er, Raegan Burkholder, Jaicey Birch, Jayden Wil-son, Kayla Lochhead, Sasha Sandmaier, Ken-nady Moore (back l-r), Ashlynn Huebschwerien, Jessica Thurlow, Rebecca Faulks, Kennedy Zay-stoff, Kayla Betts, Danica Owel and Donella Swan (missing). The next event for the skating club is their year-end dinner and awards banquet, May 6, before they have their Test Day May 7. Photo submitted by Strathmore Skate Club

Times kidbiTSMay 1st is Save the Rhino Day.

Did you know the horn of the Rhinoceros is composed of the same material as your fingernail.

What animal has roamed the earth for over a million years and has been hunted to near extinction? The Rhinoceros!

Strathmore student to head off to provincials Shannon LeCLairTimes Reporter

Students faced off in a badminton tournament this past weekend, to see who would carry on to provincials which are being held in Edmonton May 7 and 8.

Kenton Zandee is coach to the Strath-more team, which consists of over 45 students.

“We are doing extremely well,” said Zandee about the days events. The tournament began at 8 a.m. and the se-niors portion finished early, wrapping up by 2 p.m.

Jennifer Geereart and Michelle Ryan from Standard High School took the gold winning the girls doubles.

In the single boys match Tyson Zarowny, Strathmore High School, went against Tyson Newton from Didsbury.

“He beat me in the round robin 21-17, it was pretty close,” said Newton of his earlier match with Zarowny.

The two boys faced off and played the best out of three in the gold medal match. Zarowny won gold after beat-ing Newton 16-15. Newton took sil-ver for his division. The two boys will both be heading off to provincials next month.


Fore a great causemorris Groves (left) and Brian Bassen of the Strathmore Golf Club were looking to raise funds for their course, while supporting some worthy causes, by hosting their second annual silent auction April 16. Some of the beneficiaries include the make-a-Wish Foundation, Strathmore & District Victim Services and towards Spinal muscular Atrophy. Over 110 people took part in the social evening.

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Beef on a Bun, Homemade Pies, Coffee, Pop, Etc.

Bake Table Prizes Galore

Everyone Welcome!!!

Pampered Chef

Stampin’ Up

Tupperware

Only Green Products

Usborne Books

Mary Kay

Three Score Ventures:

Watches in a Bag Jewellery, Scarves, Etc.

Fifth Ave.

Newsy Neighbor

Riley Hairy Spider Books

Magnetite

Watkins

Partylite

Silpada

Scentzy

Bosch

$1,500 Prize Money to First Place!

Strathmore Heritage Days Stampede

Back by Popular Demand

Strathmore’S got talentStrathmore’S got talent

All Acts Must register at the Strathmore Ag Society or online at www.strathmorerodeo.com

by June 15, 2010

All Talent is eligible! No Age Restrictions!

Judges panel & spectator voting determine winner.

“If more than 15 acts register then an audition will be held

one week prior to event”.

Strathmore Civic Centre.Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Dinner - Door Prizes Vendor Shopping - Cash Bar

Silent Auction for “Future Cowboys & Cowgirls Rodeo Association”

Tickets: $40 each - includes dinner and one drink, ballot for SGT vote, and many chances for door prizes.

Strathmore IntuItIve

healIng FaIr has been moved to

october 23 & 24, 2010.

Special thanks to the following for supporting our event:

• Strathmore Times• Strathmore Standard

• Newsy Neighbor• Golden West Radio

- Ryan Dowson• Strathmore Travelodge

• Our Vendors and last but not least our

committee members for their faith in our event!

SincereSt thankS &

appreciation to everyone who

supported the ThrifT Sale by volunteering,

donating & purchasing items.We look forward

to serving you again in October.Strathmore

United chUrch Women

This Week’s garage salesHaving a

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RockyfoRd RepaiR & SaleS

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2007 foRd f350 R/C 4X4 AUTO DIESEL WITH 8FT DUMP BOX A/T/C 130K $22,900

2007 chev 1500hd 4X4 S/B 6.0 V8 AUTO CREW CAB ATC P/L P/W 162K $15,999

2006 chev 1/2 ton EXT CAB S/B 4X4 ATC P/L P/W P/S 104K $12,999

1999 dodge caRgo van V8 162K $6,999

2007 20 ft tilt deck caR tRaileR $4,999

1979 gMc tandeM dUMp tRUck ON PROPANE $5,999

1995 gMc R/c dUally dieSel tRUck 4X4 STANDARD WITH DECK AND TOOLBOXK98000 ORIGNAL $5,999

2002 chev 1/2 ton R/C 2WD 4.3 V6 69K ORIGINAL

2008 gMc 2500 EXT CAB, 4X4, CAB/CHASSy, 59K ATC $14,999

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livestockRed Angus and Black An-gus bulls for sale. Yearlings and two year olds. semen tested and delivered. Call Mardy skibsted at 403-934-2571.

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Are you passionate about creating value? Are you excited about working with internal and external customers? Do you want to join a global company and be part of rapid growth?

Alta Genetics (www.altagenetics.com) is seeking a candidate to join the company’s

Client Service Representatives, who will join the company’s Client Services Department. The position will be responsible for serving our North American internal and external customers by handling inquiries, creating orders and invoicing. This position will work closely with our sales and marketing teams.

The successful candidate will have passion, energy and ambition along with the following qualities: s Dairy and/or Beef agriculture background s 3 – 5 years Customer Service experience s Strong computer skills in MS Office s Flexible, adaptable and motivated team player s Reliable, dependable and punctual s French and/or Spanish language skills would be a definite asset

Interested internal applicants are asked to submit their resume and indicate their interest in this position by fax or e-mail, to:

Alta’s HR Department in Balzac Attention: Michelle Kimber Fax number 403-226-4298 E-mail address: [email protected]

A growing building supplies company requires a highly motivated individual in that has the ability to lead a team with clear and concise instruction. You will plan, organize and control over 5 million dollars in inventory, buildings and equipment in a safe and efficient manner while focusing on our commitment to quality and service. You are resourceful, enthusiastic, willing, and energetic and possess good judgement though analytical thinking.

Leader, CoaCh, PLayer• Experience managing people in fast paced environment• Must be highly organized, with exceptional time management skills• Posses exceptional interpersonal skills as well as above average oral and written communication abilities• Ability to formulate a working budget and support it through day-to-day activities• Responsible for staffing requirements including proper hiring practices, conducting annual review, training and dealing with disciplinary issues• Manage several tasks concurrently while maximizing peoples time and use of our equipment• Requires a working knowledge of building products and some computer skills• Excellent benefits including three weeks vacation per year, benefits and a Health Care Spending Account• Salary range $50K-$55K annually and commensurate upon experience

Production / operations Manager

Please E-mail your Resumes to: Strathmore Building Supplies Inc. attention: rich Biccum [email protected]

We thank everyone for applying. However, only those applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

A growing building supplies company requires a highly motivated individual that is focused on our commitment to customer service. You are resourceful, enthusiastic, willing, energetic and possess good judgement though analytical thinking.

• Experience working in fast paced environment.• Must be highly organized, with exceptional time management skills.• Posses exceptional interpersonal skills as well as above average oral and written communication abilities.• Valid driver licence, class 3 with air endorsement preferred.• Forklift experience.• Working knowledge and handling of a chainsaw is preferred.• Must enjoy working with people, and physical work.• Requires a working knowledge of building products and some computer skills.• Excellent benefits including three weeks vacation per year, benefits and acceptance into our Health Care Spending Program• Salary commensurate upon experience.• Please e-mail your resume no later than Friday, May 7 for consideration.

Production Team Member Required

Please E-mail your Resume to: Strathmore Building Supplies Inc. Attention: Rich Biccum ([email protected])

We thank everyone for applying. However, only those applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.


FULL TIME HANDI-BUS

DRIVERS Competition #TOS2010 -016

An employment opportunity exists for two full-time Handi-bus Driver at the Town of Strathmore. If you enjoy working with the elderly and handicapped in our community and would like to make a difference in the lives of some very special people this could be the opportunity you are looking for!

Job Requirements: • Minimum of a Class 4 Alberta Driver’s License. • Ability to assist passengers with loading and unloading • Must be physically fit - requirement to lift heavy items - i.e. Wheelchairs, walkers, oxygen bottles, etc.• Previous driving experience would be an asset.

Rate of Pay: $15.51 – $17.93 per hour plus a compre-hensive benefits package and inclusion in the Town’s pension plan (LAPP). The position works 35 hours per week.

Those interested in applying should submit a complete resume to:

Linda Nelson, Deputy CAOTown of Strathmore

680 Westchester RoadStrathmore, AB T1P 1J1

Email: [email protected](When emailing please quote the competition number

in subject line)

Visit our website at www.strathmore.caClosing date for applications is May 7, 2010.

help wanted

2 YR BlACk Angus Bulls, check us out at www.sharp-leyangus.com. selling from home. sharpley Angus, Rockyford AB. Call david 403-533-2355.

livestock

Do you love Hockey? Figure Skating? Recreational Skating?

How about owing your own Hockey Store?

Professional skate exPress (Pse) is for sale!

PSE has been in operation within the Strathmore Family Center since 2003. Big name brand buying

power comes with the purchase. A little TLC and this business has

exceptional potential to grow. Serious buyers only.

Email: [email protected]

business opp for sale1997 seAdoo gTZ, with an eZ loader, includes skis, 4 life jackets, cover, 2 do-nuts & a wetsuit. Asking $3100.00. Call 403-934-3152.

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akokiniskway golf course

rosebud, alberta

full TiMe & ParT TiMe eMPloyMenTAkokiniskway Golf Course in Rosebud, Alberta is now hiring for the 2010 Golf Season. We are a 9 hole golf course located in the Hamlet of Rosebud, Alberta. With recent additions and upgrades to our facility, we are becoming more than just a golf course. With more planning and execution, we are aiming to be a year round facility with empha-sis on Junior Camping Programs with a Christian Atmosphere.

PosiTions available: full Time - Part Time • food and beverage Manager • food and beverage assistants • experienced superintendent • Pro shop Manager / golf Pro with certificationQualifications: • Must be at least 18 years of age • Be able to work with minimal supervision • Have good communications skills and enjoy working with and for the public • Preference will be given to those with previous experience and/or a working knowledge of golf

To learn more about our golf course, please visitwww.rosebudgolf.ca

Please submit your resume with cover letter and professional references to:

AkokinSkWAy Golf CouRSe Box 717 Rosebud, Alberta ToJ 2To fax: (403) 677-2410 email: [email protected]

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Custom feedlot & farming operation looking

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Competitive wages including O.T and other Benefits.

Valid driver’s licence and a good attitude a must. High school

diploma an asset.

Send resumes to:namaka farms inC.

Box 2409, Strathmore, AB T1P 1K3Fax (403) 934-6133

TrainerThe Midget aaa UFa Bisons

are looking for an experienced Trainer

for the 2010-2011 hockey season.

Please send your resume

to the attention of Wayne Hansen by fax to 403-934-2166 or email to

[email protected] or call Wayne 403-901-1918 for

more information.

Fountain tire Strath-more is looking for a Full time Licensed automotive mechanic. Contact by phone at 403-934-3053 or fax re-sume to 403-934-6271 attn: Bob Vert.

FuLL time houSekeep-inG and part time mainte-nance for Days inn Strath-more. Competitive wages, benefits after 3 months. apply in person or fax re-sume to 403-934-3314.

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toDDLe inn DayCare poSitionS aVaiLaBLe for childcare worker. Job re-quirements; criminal record check, 1st aid and must hold a childcare professional cer-tificate. Drop off resumes at the day care, 309 2nd ave. Strathmore.

yeLLow horn towinG requireS a tow truCk DriVer. Drivers abstract and resume required. Call 901-0087.

Greenhouse employment opportunitiesnow available at

AVB GreenhousesLooking for responsible, reliable,

deliVery truck driVers

to deliver bedding plants for the spring season. The positions are full-time seasonal from mid-May to mid-June. Applicants should be energetic, enthusiastic and

work well with others. Driver’s abstract will

be required.

call 403-644-2380 to set up an interview.

Summer Programme Coordinator- marigold Library System

Marigold Library System is seeking an energetic student to coordinate the TeenMLS summer contest and the TD Summer Reading Program for our member libraries.

The successful candidate will work at Marigold headquarters located in Strathmore, 50 km east of Calgary on Hwy#1. Marigold serves 211,928 residents of south central Alberta through 35 member libraries, 14 paperback deposits, and a mail service. See http://www.marigold.ab.ca.

This is a temporary full-time position beginning mid-May to the end of August - 35 hours per week.

This experience is particularly suited to those individuals who enjoy working with youth. Profi-ciency with Microsoft Office and excellent oral and written communication skills are essential. Experience working in a library environment is preferable. A valid driver’s license is necessary. This position requires the ability to work independently within a team-oriented environment.

Working under the Consultant/Library Services:• Promote summer reading programs (including on-site visits) and TeenMLS website to participating libraries through workshops and presentations• Coordinate the distribution of materials to member libraries• Moderate online booklists and discussion forums• Generate statistics and newsletters for member libraries• Soliciting reading prize donations from local businesses• Organize prize draws and maintain inventory of prizes• Evaluate summer reading programs and follow-up with participating libraries• Perform other duties as required

Salary: $12.25/hour

Resumes with two references should be sent by April 30th, 2010 to: Denise Fung Consultant/Library Services Marigold Library System 710 – 2nd Street, Strathmore, AB T1P 1K4 Phone (403) 934-5334 Fax (403) 934-5331 [email protected] those selected for an interview will be contacted.


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DrIVEr Competition #TOS2010 -017

An employment opportunity exists for part-time Han-di-bus Drivers at the Town of Strathmore. If you en-joy working with the elderly and physically disabled individuals and would like to make a difference in the lives of some very special people this could be the op-portunity you are looking for!

Job Requirements: • Minimum of a Class 4 Alberta Driver’s License. • Ability to assist passengers with loading and unloading • Must be physically fit - requirement to lift heavy items - i.e. Wheelchairs, walkers, oxygen bottles, etc.• Previous professional driving experience would be an asset.

The position is part-time; shifts will vary and appli-cants must be able to work evenings and weekend hours on a regular basis.

Rate of Pay: $15.45 – $17.86 per hour plus 4% vaca-tion pay.

Those interested in applying should submit a complete resume to:

Linda Nelson, Deputy CAOTown of Strathmore

680 Westchester Road, Strathmore, AB T1P 1J1Email: [email protected]

(When emailing please quote the competition number in subject line)

Visit our website at www.strathmore.caClosing date for applications is May 7, 2010.

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Village of Standard has 19 residential lots for sale. Standard is approximately 50 minutes east of Calgary and 30 minutes east of Strathmore. The village has a school for K-12, grocery store, bank, insurance broker, registries, restaurant, and other services. Great community to raise a family, or build your retirement home. Lots have a beautiful view of the country side. Lot price is $75,000, all services are to the property line and streets are paved. Standard is small town living at its best. For more information please contact the village office at 403-644-3968.

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rENTalSDowntown offices for rent, starting at $200.00/month, includes internet & utilities. call 403-901-8734.

cottage for rent at g&r equine centre, suit 1 person, no dogs. $800 month, avail-able May 15 call (403) 875-9724.

cozy 1 bDrM apartMent on acreage 5 minutes east of strathmore, just off Hwy 1. 36” tV and utilities included. available immediately, $700/month. call 616-8993.


5 bDrM House for rent, Double garage & fenced yard, 3 bathrooms, 5 appliances, no pets. $1500.00 rent + D.D. 403-934-4689. [email protected]

3 year olD townHouse in strathmore Mews. 3 bdrm, 1 ½ baths, all appliances in-cluding dishwasher. n/p, n/s, available June 1st. $1300/mth + negotiable D.D. call 993-2652

2 bDrM conDo in seniors complex, attached garage. n/s, n/p. $1200/month + utili-ties. 403-888-8312

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INvestOr ALert! seller has 2 additional lower units and 3 upper units available; special pricing for volume buyers! Can’t beat the price for value!

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