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Millions of dollars are nally being allocated fora regional recreational facility in Strathmore by athree-way partnership, following years of discus-sions, needs assessments, and project designs.

Golden Hills School Division (GHSD), the Townof Strathmore, and Wheatland County recently an-nounced their combined $10 million commitmentfor the facility which will be part of a project to

build a Kindergarten to Grade 9 school in Edge-eld.

Once the structure is completed, which is sched-uled for the fall of 2017, the facility will serve asan indoor eld-house-type of recreational facilitycomplete with an indoor walking track, spectatorseating, court sports, and an indoor soccer eld.

“Our default position was that we could always just build a regular school, but everyone’s awarethat the demands of our community are such rec-reationally that this is a huge opportunity,” saidBevan Daverne, superintendent for GHSD. “I think

it has shown real leadership and initiative on thepart of both the town of Strathmore and Wheat-land County to take advantage of the circum-stance, which is the new school announcement,and do something that will be pretty amazing forthe whole region.”

The project proposal rst came before towncouncil during a special meeting on Dec. 23, 2014

when Strathmore agreed in principal to contrib-ute a maximum of $5 million to the joint facility.

Wheatland County further conducted a $40,000needs assessment with RC Strategies before ar-riving at their decision to dish out $3 million inconjunction with GHSD’s $2 million. The joint fa-cility will address recreational needs in WheatlandCounty, Strathmore, and provide a better-equippedgymnasium for the new school.

“Folks that provided their input on that surveyfelt that they wanted an indoor type facility forrunning and walking for all seasons and also forindoor eld house play and this ts that bill,” said

Alan Parkin, chief administrative ofcer for Wheat-land County.

“We’re working with the Town of Strathmoreand the Golden Hills School Division as we speakon developing some terms of reference for the

joint use agreement and that’s going well. So fareverybody is positive and looking forward to it.”

The facility would also address three recre-ational needs in Strathmore as was identied inthe 2012 assessment – lacrosse, walking track forseniors, and indoor soccer.

The K-9 school and the regional recreational fa-cility are planned to begin construction this sum-mer.

Regional recreationalfacility forges ahead

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Party at Wildower Ranch!The Wildower Ranch residential community came together to celebrate the new show-home opening of Phase 3 of the development on April 30. There was some face painting,a bouncy house, a visit from the Strathmore Fire Department and some refreshments foreveryone who came to visit.

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A few months ago the Strathmore Youth Club purchased a new bus fromthe Handi-bus Association in order tohelp with their after-school programpickups.

The bus was purchased for the schoolruns that their older 50-passenger bus,

which is now used for summer campsand long trips, was just to big to handle.

As the club doesn’t use regular school bus runs, this smaller bus is easier toget around in and to park.

“We have an after-school programthat runs every day and our big bus

was just too big for us,” said ShannonZieman, program director for the club.

“So this smaller bus is a 20-passen-ger bus and is way more maneuverablethrough town.”

The Youth Club managed to win the bid on the bus with the help of dona-tions from ATB and the Strathmore Li-ons Club. The Youth Club had to put up$500 to buy the bus.

M & M Drilling also donated moneyto get the decal on the bus done.

The bus’s rst major outing was forBob Sobel’s Fill-a-Bus project, during

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Brentwood Elementary School isentertaining the idea of introducing amuch sought-after language immersionprogram, where a lack of options inthe past has left many to turn to othercommunities for their children’s educa-tional needs.

The elementary school recently be-gan canvassing Strathmore parents in-terested in enrolling their youngstersinto a French immersion program. Ifsuccessful in receiving at least 18 ap-plications per class, the institution mayimplement a Kindergarten and Grade 1French immersion program as early asthe fall.

Yet the need to hire necessary teach-ers qualied for the program has theschool on a tight timeline to gather ad-equate information on possible enrol-

ment by the middle of May, to nallyturn the concept – which has been atopic of discussion at Brentwood El-ementary for numerous years – into areality.

“A couple of years ago we startedlooking at it and were looking at theresearch, and I think we recognizedfrom the onset it denitely has its ben-ets,” said Laurie Huntley, principal atBrentwood Elementary School. “I thinkthe important thing is to get the wordout into the community and it’s a little

bit difcult because we’re starting atKindergarten and Grade 1, so a lot ofpeople haven’t engaged with schools

yet and so we’re just trying to let them

know that we’re exploring the optionand that we have to have the numbersto go ahead.”

According to Huntley, the school ar-rived at the number of 18 students perclass for the program to be cost effec-tive, and on April 21 held an informa-tion meeting with approximately 25parents in attendance.

While interest in the program origi-nated several years ago, Brentwood El-ementary School began moving ahead

with the program and actively inquir-ing about community interest aftermeetings with schools in Okotoks,Chestermere, and High River – all of

which currently have successful Frenchimmersion programs.

“I think parents are actually look-ing for an opportunity for their kids tolearn a second language and we totallyknow that learning a second language

when you’re little is much easier than

when you’re older,” said Huntley. “Theskills that you use and develop learninga second language are skills that youuse in other areas of your academicsand even your social life.”

Over the years, the school and Gold-en Hills School Division (GHSD) havereceived numerous requests from fami-lies inquiring about second-languageprogramming in Strathmore. With alack of immersion programs available,some families, who live in Strathmore,have enrolled their children in schoolslocated in Chestermere and even Cal-gary.

“Typically every year as parents moveinto Strathmore we get requests for

School pushes for very rst Frenchimmersion program in Strathmore

French immersion programming and tothis stage we haven’t been able to offerthat,” said Bevan Daverne, Superinten-dent for GHSD. “Being able to speaka second language is a big deal. We’reexcited for the potential for new pro-gramming in town … and based on lotsof parent requests over the years wethink that would ll a need. If parentsare thinking about it, now is the time tosee the school and let them know.”

Registration forms are now availableat Brentwood Elementary School forthe Kindergarten and Grade 1 Frenchimmersion program.

The school will need to decide in thecoming weeks whether there is enoughinterest to forge ahead with the pro-gram in the fall. For more informationon the program or registration contactthe school at 403-934-5013.

The Great Plains band, consisting of Saskia and

Darrel Delaronde came out to sing their countryfolk songs for a large crowd at the StrathmoreUnited Church on April 29.

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eventual preparation of Area Structure Plans.

A copy of the proposed Bylaw may be inspected by the public during regular ofcehours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday at the Town Ofce (680 WestchesterRoad, Strathmore, AB), or can be found on the Town website (www.strathmore.ca/bylaws_under_review). Please contact the Town Ofce if you would like anopportunity to review and provide input on the proposed amendments prior to thePublic Hearing.The Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chambers, Strathmore MunicipalBuilding, 680 Westchester Road, Strathmore Alberta on Wednesday, May 18, 2016,commencing at 7:00 pm with procedures in accordance with the Town of StrathmoreCouncil Procedural Bylaw #07-11 and amendments thereto.Any person or group of persons, or person acting on someone’s behalf, who claims tobe affected by any or all of the proposed bylaws may present suggestions or concernsby making a submission to the public hearing.Written submissions to the Public Hearing or the name of any person wishing to makean oral presentation at the Publi c Hearing must be received by the Planning andDevelopment Department prior to 12:00 noon on Thursday, May 12, 2016 as outlined inBylaw #07-11 and amendments thereto. If your written submission is not received by

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Words are so important to us. We use them everyday, and if you choose the wrong ones, you can changethe meaning or spirit of what you want to say. These

words and expressions change over time, as well. Forexample, if I was going to meet a pal, and I told my kidsthat I was going to “hook up” with Richard, they would

be aghast! That’s because “hook up” has changed frommy generation’s denition of meeting someone, to oneinvolving a more physical or sexual connection! I havelearned to never say that when I’m meeting one of mypals! In fact, I now have trouble saying I’m going to“hook up” anything!

It’s like at the high school where I teach. In late winter, as rugby season approaches, we start to hearschool announcements about practices. We’ll hearthings like: “touch rugby is in the gym after school to-day, all interested boys and girls please a ttend.”

In this case of words, all you have to do, is addthe sufx “ing” and the whole message is drastical-ly changed. Could you imagine this announcementthrough the halls of SHS: “all boys and girls interestedin TouchING Rugby, please meet in the gym!”

Now that one “ing” changes the whole image of thatpractice!

When you’ve taught for 33 years, you do need to nd ways to lighten long days. Here’s a fun thing I like todo: when a kid hands in a test, I quickly and quietlyask “are you dumb” instead of “are you done?” The joyI get to hear as each kid says “yeah” or “yes” can’t truly

be measured, and I really do chuckle each time! The best part is to see their pals’ reactions when they hear what’s really being asked! Words can be pretty impor -tant, and entertaining, especially at the expense of ateenager!

Years ago, on the day of nal exams, I was super- vising in the halls near the library. Two of my Nativestudents were seated at a table with one drumming onit, and the other quietly singing and chanting. I hadactually stopped to listen for a bit.

“What are you guys doing?” I asked. “Well, we havea big test in 10 minutes so we’re doing a pass dance!”

That instantly made me burst out laughing, and they joined in. I asked them if they thought it would work,and their only response was more laughter, and a “surehope so!”

My First Nations students have often had great sens-es of humour. They’re witty and have funny ways tocoin a phrase. One morning, my Gr.10 PE class wasout on the playing eld for Touch Football (not Touch-ING!). One of my Native students came over to me car-rying a sea gull feather.

“Hey Mr. Fule”, he said. “Have you seen any moreof my feathers? I’m missing a few!” What can you do

but laugh when that kind of joke comes from a goodkid? We both cracked up, and I did give him a featherI found! Come to think of it, he had a pretty good col-lection by the end of class!

The last example of the importance of words comesfrom my Poetry Unit in Eng.10-1. Each year, we readand analyze poems, songs, themes, and literary devic-es. I always use one of my favorite songs, “Hotel Cali-fornia” by The Eagles. There’s one part in the song thatgoes: “warm smell of colitas, rising up in the air.” Coli-tas are tropical owers with a kind of pungent aroma.Now, if you substitute one simple letter “i” in that word… it becomes colitis, which is “an inammation of thelower intestine.”

Now that would mean that the warm smell “rising upin the air,” would have nothing to do with that tropi-cal plant! You really should see the kids’ faces when Imention this letter change in the song! With that onechange, that Eagles’ single might have lost the 1978Grammy for “Record of the Year” … it may have had tosettle for medical condition of the year!

(“Fule for Thought” is a slice of life humourous col-umn that appears in the Strathmore Times, written bylong-time resident, town councillor, high school teach-er, coach, husband and father of two – Pat Fule. If youwould like to get in touch with Pat, you can send himan e-mail at [email protected])

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To the Editor There are many things we take for granted in this

world: personal health, general happiness, a support-ive family and long-lasting friendships to name only afew. Let’s not add to the list the devotion and dedica-tion of time freely given to our town, by our “all vol-unteer” Gleichen Fire and Rescue Department.

Unlike many towns, Gleichen does not have to en-dure the hardship of increased tax dollars necessaryto support a ‘career’ or paid re department. Instead,

we opt to hold fundraising events that not only helpkeep our department running, but also help by bring-ing the community together.

One such event is our annual Mother’s Day Break-fast, which will be held this year on May 8 at theGleichen Community Hall. On this special day, moth-ers will be served a lovely breakfast cooked by ourcommunity association v olunteers, and served by ourdashing reghters. Following breakfast a rafe will

be held just for the moms! Events such as these would

not be possible if it weren’t for the generosity of those who have contributed in the past and those who con-tinue to contribute. Therefore, we are asking for anydonations, big or small, to help us defray the costsassociated with this event, so that all funds raised cango directly toward the equipment, repairs and train-ing needed to ensure that our re department cancontinue to provide exceptional service to our townand surrounding areas.

For any questions or to make a donation pleasecontact Linda Welcher at 403-734-2052 or e-mail [email protected].

Rest assured that should you ever be alerted bythe sound of your alarm, with your home or businessquickly lling with smoke, we will answer the calland make whatever sacrices are necessary to pro-tect your most valuable assets. Simply because … itis what w e do!

Linda Welcher Secretary Gleichen Fire and Rescue

Mother’s Day Breakfast to support Gleichen re and rescue services

Getting togetherto quiltThe Wheatland quilters got togetheron April 28 for a night of quilting. Theevent was a charity quilting nightto make Charity Comfort Quilts for

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Thought forthe Week

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Regret for thethings we did can

be tempered bytime; it is regret

for the things wedid not do that is

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By Irene Knappe, Secretary / PR / Membership

Strathmore Legion Branch #10 NEWS• On Saturday, May 7th, the Sports Committee is holding their Steak and Lobsterfeast.• Don’t forget that on Sunday, May 8th, is Mother’s Day. A BBQ where Mom hasnothing to do but sit and be waited on, is an excellent idea!!! A summer plant orplanter is also very welcome! The weather will cooperate, I’m sure.• The Legion Executive meeting is on Tuesday, May 10th at 7 p.m.• On May 14th is our 10th annual Shoot for the Troops, and we are now acceptingitems for our silent auction at the branch, until May 13th. Please make sure nothingis broken or chipped or needs parts and put your name on the item so your donation

can be mentioned on the bidding sheets. All of the proceeds of this exciting day willbe donated to non-prot organizations to help them with their ght against PTSD.• Our cook, Jan, is retiring as of May 15th. If anyone is interested in taking overthe Legion kitchen, please put together your resume/tender and drop it off at theLegion bar in an envelope addressed to the attention of the Kitchen Chairman.• The Ladies Auxiliary will be holding their next Breakfast on Sunday, May 15th.• The LA is holding their meeting on Tuesday, May 17th.• The next General meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 24th, at 7:30 pm.• Tickets are still available for the First Annual Ed Smith Memorial Roast Beef BBQand all the trimmings, which will be held at the Legion on Saturday, June 18th,2016. The cost for this dinner is $25 per person and any leftover roast(s) will beauctioned off towards the end of the evening. There will be also be a 50/50 draw.This annual memorial BBQ will replace the LPC BBQ which we used to have. Ofcourse, the Legion bar will be open to serve your favourite beverage, but unlike theLPC, drinks are not included with your tickets. Tickets are available at the bar orfrom individual sellers. See you there!!!

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!!!

For further information, please call the Legion at 403.934.5119LEST WE FORGET / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

LAUREEN F. GUENTHER Times Contributor

Lost Kites, a new 48-minute lm about orphan care, wasshown at Rosebud Church, April 24. The lm tells the sto-ries of three orphans in Brazil, India and China, and usestheir stories to highlight the situation of orphans around the

world.

Sanjoy is a 15-year-old boy who lives on the streets in In-dia. He earns a little money by collecting plastic bottles nearmajor train stations, often running between trains to retrievethem. He’s always in danger of getting killed or maimed, and

New lm challenges global approach to orphan careat constant risk of theft, kidnapping, assault andimprisonment.

Carmela is a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in Chi-na, whose birth-family abandoned her becauseshe has a heart defect. She is healthy and bright,and living with a foster family, but she urgentlyneeds heart surgery. And her foster family has nomoney to pay for it.

Werick is a 17-year-old boy, living in an orphanshelter in Brazil. He’ll have to move out when heturns 18. He works in a factory but uses everyspare minute to practice his soccer skills, becausenational soccer team tryouts are coming to hiscommunity.

As I watched the lives of Sanjoy, Carmela and Werick unfold on the screen, they were no lon-ger just part of a statistic for me. I desperatelyhoped that, by some miracle, Sanjoy could beprotected and loved. I urgently wanted Carmelato have surgery and to join a permanent family.

And I fervently hoped Werick would make it ontothe soccer team so he could build for himself a

brighter future.But the lm’s cold, hard information gripped

me too. Millions of children around the world liveon the streets, and millions more live in orphan-ages. Nearly all children in orphanages have a liv-ing parent, and most of those parents release theirchildren into orphanages because of poverty.

I’d known that typical orphanage-style care –many children, few caregivers – is far from per-fect, but I hadn’t known how very damaging it is.Because of the high child-to-staff ratio, the chil-dren can’t form secure relationships with adults,

and they develop Toxic Stress Syndrome, whichcauses other aspects of their development tofreeze. For every year in an orphanage, the lmsays, a child’s development is delayed by about20%. After ve years in an orphanage, every childis considered to have a disability.

But I’m delighted by the good news – that thisdamage isn’t permanent. If the child has an op-

portunity to form a lasting, healthy attachment with a caring adult, the brain can be healed andthe trauma can be overcome.

So what can we Canadians do about it? In thelm, and in a talk-back afterward, the lmmak-ers encouraged us to gradually redirect our dona-tions away from orphanage-style care. They askedus to support organizations that provide family-style orphan care, organizations that help orphan-ages restructure themselves to family-style care,and to agencies that facilitate adoption. Caring forchildren in families costs one-sixth as much asorphanage care, they said, but as long as fundinggoes to orphanages, children will go there too.

If we visit orphanages overseas, the Lost Kitesteam urged us not to build relationships with thechildren, because that will cause further trauma

when we leave. If we want to help, they suggest-ed background work that releases staff membersto spend more time with the children.

Lost Kites has moved from southern Alberta tothe Vancouver area, and then to Florida. To followthe team and learn more about orphan care, seetheir Facebook page or lostkites.com. For specicideas about how to respond, see the “Take Ac-tion” page at lostkites.com.

Correction In last week’s edition of the Strathmore Times’ article Deadly crash takes the life of Langdon resident,

Katie Ditto was actually a resident of Carseland. A viewing took place on April 24 at Wheatland Funeral Homeand a memorial service was held on April 25 at Carseland Community Hall.

JOYCE BAZANT Executive DirectorWheatland Further Education Society

Within their new programming area, WFESmuch provide learning opportunities to supportthe development of adult literacy, numeracy,English language learning, basic computer skills,foundational life skills, and family literacy.

Family literacy programs are free programs thatfocus on actively coaching and modeling strate-gies and activities for parents to support the orallanguage and early literacy development of theirchildren.

WFES is delivering a new pilot program ‘Rhymes

and Babies’ which is a combination of the Booksfor Babies and Rhymes that Bind programs. Thisfree program not only encourages parents to dis-cover the joy of reading with their babies begin-ning at birth, but also offers circle time for par-ents and infants/toddlers during which rhymes,stories, and songs are shared in a one-hour-longsession per week. The free program includes acopy of rhymes, a free book to take home, and afree toy.

If there is enough interest in the program andother programs offered by Wheatland Further Ed-ucation, Community Learning, please contact theofce in Strathmore located Bay 1 in the CountryLane Mall or phone 403-934-5785.

New ‘Rhymes and Babies’ programMiriam Ostermann Photo

Jennifer Eckenswiller (l-r) and her son Paxton,and Darlene Piche andSoa Bazant took part inthe free Wheatland Fur-

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In the wake of last year’s Open Farm Days suc-cess, the Alberta Government is awarding thou-sands of dollars worth of coaching to nearly adozen local producers and ag-tourism operators,to inate the region’s economic development andensure another successful event this summer.

Strathmore hosted the event for the rst time last August with the involvement of ve local farmsand one culinary event to educate residents on theoperations of their establishment and showcase

a local food component. As a result of having at-tracted nearly 300 residents to each farm in theirrst year, Alberta Culture and Tourism recently an-nounced a $50,000 investment in providing OpenFarm Days Coaching Program to nine farms in theregion – spanning from Chestermere to Hussarand from Trochu to Gleichen.

“It’s the year to participate in tourism, the gov-ernment is pushing it, and we need to capitalize onit to get people out to our region,” said Wendy Ger-

brandt, community economic development (CED)coordinator with Community Futures Wildrose.

“Based on the success of these guys last year… what Alberta Culture noticed, was the work thatthe region had all put into it and the uptake it had,they said we need to put some development intothat region.”

Clearthink Group, a management consultingpractice in Alberta for over 24 years, will provideone-on-one coaching from June to October, withthe aim of preparing farm operators to developtheir product and develop agricultural tours. Thecoaching program will address increasing thequality of quantity and ag-tourism operators, in-creasing on-farm sales during Open Farm Days

weekend, provide experiential tourism opportuni-ties, and promote local foods and create awarenessof where food originated from.

“The idea of Open Farm Days is still to show-case local food, getting those experiences andtastes of what’s out here, and showing the educa-tional component of where food comes from,” saidGerbrandt. “The coaching program is just going tohelp them develop their business product. This is

where the farms that are participating and want to be a part of this coaching program really want to be dedicated and it has to be a part of their busi-ness plan of where they want their farming busi-ness to go.”

Those interested in applying for the opportunityare required to operate in Strathmore, Wheatland

County, Bassano, Carseland, Dalemead, Langdon,Chestermere, Irricana, Beiseker, Acme, Linden, Torrington, Trochu, Three Hills and Carbon. Ger- brandt hopes to attract up to 30 farms this year toparticipate in Open Farm Days. A committee willalso be established to select the nine farms to re-ceive the coaching experience.

Open Farm Days will return to the region on Aug. 20-21, which last year included participation by Country Lane Farms, Field Stone Fruit Wines,Four Sisters Farms, Poplar Bluff Organics, RiquezaRiding Academy and a farm-to-table culinary expe-rience with Rocking R Guest Ranch.

“I think it’s going to be better than last year, be-cause it’s more of a regional approach,” Gerbrandtsaid. “We now have connections made. They’renow using and promoting each other’s food andit’s absolutely exploding.”

Clearthink Group will work with those selectedover the phone, before Open Farm Days, and bepresent during this years event to follow up withfarms and provide feedback and guidance for fu-ture success.

Open Farm Days will run Aug. 20-21. The ap-plication deadline for those farm operators or cu-linary events interested in the free coaching pro-gram is May 31. For further information contactCommunity Futures Wildrose at 403-934-8888.

Province awards region thousands of dollars

Shelby Gregory’s mu-sic students in Stan-dard have multipliedover the years, aswas evident in the 38pieces of both choraland piano played atthe annual spring re-cital on April 29 at theStandard Community

Hall.Brad Everett Photo

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MIRIAM OSTERMANNTimes Associate Editor

Inspired by the success andlocal impact of a fundraisinggroup in Edmonton, Chicks

with Cheques, a local womanis mirroring the concept inStrathmore to network withother women and create in-spiration to give back to thecommunity nancially.

Even though Marlene Ris-don grew up in Strathmoreand has commuted back andforth from Calgary for yearsto attend 4-H meetings and

volunteer her time with theCheadle Lions Club, she no-ticed the friendships and con-tacts she made in the townslowly wavered.

Therefore, when sheheard about the Chicks withCheques organization in Ed-monton that brings womentogether in a creative way todonate money to local sportteams, charities, and non-prot organizations, Risdonfelt the initiative could be

benecial for organizationsin Strathmore and the Wheat-land County area.

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bit is going to help.” The local event, Cheques

from Chicks, will follow thesame guidelines, yet requires

women to purchase a one-time $10 membership which

will allow them voting rights when it comes to selectingone of three charities that arerandomly chosen from a hat.

Each participant is also re-quired to bring a $50 chequeand commit to a full year,

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Siksika Nation is hosting their MentalHealth Awareness week in the hopesof removing the stigma and bringingawareness to mental health issues thataffect many of Albertans including anumber of their members.

The Nation hosted a mental healthawareness week several times before,and this year tackled issues of grief andloss, creating healthy relationships anddealing with anxiety.

“It is not only about mental health but ties into other areas like addictions,health problems, physical and emo-tional issues,” said Louise Doore, men-tal health coordinator for Siksika HealthServices.

“We like to say that mental health isinvolved in those areas so it is kind ofa broad issue that we are bringing the

awareness to.” The Awareness Walk, which kicked off

the week-long event, was used to createa conversation amongst the communitymembers on issues of mental health.Riders joined with the walkers, mostlyconsisting of children from the commu-nity as they made their way through thetown. Once that was over a monument

was unveiled in recognition of formerresidential school survivors.

Keynote speakers spoke out abouttheir mental health problems during therest of the week. One of these speakers

was six-time Olympian Clare Hughes, anational spokesperson for Bell Canada’sMental Health Initiative, who shared thestory of her past struggles with depres-sion.

Doore explained that the rest of thetime was dedicated to mental healthconferences which the community couldattend, where a number of workshopsand break-out sessions dealing with theaforementioned issues were available

The Siksika Mental Health Awareness week took place from May 2-6.

Bringing awareness to mentalhealth with Siksika Nation

The opening day of the Siksika Nation’s mental health awareness week kicked off with their awarenesswalk on May 2. Andrea Roberts Photo


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Genista and Cytisus both brooms, are low,ornamental, deciduous shrubs. Althoughnot North American natives these under-used shrubs have a place in our gardens.Fine branching and interesting form provideinterest all year long. They bloom mid to latespring with bright yellow owers covering thewhole plant. Once used to sweep the oors itwas a valuable/useful plant. Genista tincto -ria called Dyer’s green weed made its way

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these burning stories to tell,” said Lucia Frangione,the course instructor, who teaches by e-mail corre-spondence. “Our stories reect our nation’s valuesand what our immediate issues are. And I really feltthat to be true this year ... it’s all pretty timely.”

Marcia Laycock, an award-winning journalist andnovelist from Alberta, is writing a play called ForDear Life, about how people and their faith respond

when a disease sweeps the country. Christina Eliz-abeth Muldoon, an actor and recent graduate ofRosebud School of the Arts (RSA), who’s currentlyliving in Ireland, is writing With Hearts More Proofthan Shields, about the effects of war, and the roleof art and culture in healing from Post-TraumaticStress Disorder. Laycock and Muldoon are advancedstudents, writing full-length plays. A 30-minute por-tion of each play will be read during the festival.

Frangione’s four introductory students have writ-ten 30-minute one-act plays, which will be read intheir entirety.

Meghan Hanet, a fourth-year RSA student fromBritish Columbia, is writing Blue Herring, abouta young teacher who goes to northern B.C. andlearns to integrate her ideals with those of the FirstNations people.

Anita Bonstrom-Mast, a farmer from Alberta who“reads plays

while onthe tractor,”has writtena play calledPeaches andGrapes. Ange-la Klassen, aschoolteach-er, is writing

Walking HerHome. Bon-strom-Mast’sand Klassen’splays are bothabout protect-ing elderlypeople, and

helping them to live and die with dignity.Barbara Phillips from Kamloops, a mother of

young children, is writing Lunacy. It’s “a very beau-tiful play,” Frangione said, about two sisters comingto terms with mental illness.

The work of three new playwrights will be readon each day of the festival. On Saturday, Frangione,playwright of 28 works, will also read some of herown new work.

Hearing their plays read is a valuable support toa writer’s growth, because writers don’t know howgood their work is until an audience responds to it,Frangione said. And the Budding Playwright Festi-

val in Rosebud is a special place to do that.“I work across the country and in many different

forms .... and I nd it very rare that religion or poli-tics are freely discussed on stage,” she said. “WhatI love about the festival (in Rosebud) is that therearen’t any censors ... so (the students) tend to writeabout faith under re. And either they’re lightingthe re and testing it, and really challenging reli-gion, or they’re looking at what happens to ideals

when a person is in crisis.”Budding Playwrights Festival is held in Rosebud’s

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Rosebud School of the Arts hosts the annual Budding Play- wrights Festival, May 14-15. The festival features readings ofnew works from six emerging playwrights, students of theschool’s playwriting course.

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The distinct roar of motorcycles willsound throughout the town yet again,as the annual Strathmore Poker Run re-turns for their 17th year.

The Poker Run travels to ve smalltowns around Southern Alberta to raisemoney for the Kids Cancer Care Founda-tion of Alberta.

“Our total right now since we have been with kids cancer, is about $198, 997 which is really remarkable for a smallgroup,” said Sandy Scobie, the event’streasurer. “We are a very an enthusias-tic group that love to ride of course andraise money for kids cancer at the sametime.”

Last year the group raised $27,468 towards the foundation. Cancer fundrais-ing is also a cause that is close to thegroups’ heart as the Poker Run’s founderMatt Janzen passed away from cancerin 2002 and was affected by the kids hemet in the hospital.

The committee came together whenhe passed away and decided to startcontributing funds to the Kids CancerCare Foundation, an organization whichis dedicated to nding a cure for child-hood cancers and supporting the fami-lies while they go through an emotionaltime.

The fundraiser runs over three days, June 24-26, opening with the head shave, where roughly six volunteers will havetheir hair shaved off to start the fund-raising and sponsorship collection. Sco-

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The poker run begins the followingday when bikers will set off from Strath-more stopping along the way to receivea playing card before returning backto town. Once all the cards have beenobtained, the remainder of the event isfocused on celebrating. A dinner, camp-ing and live entertainment by the bandFree Beer will await participants andanyone else who wants to join the party.On Sunday there will be a family fun-day

when the public is invited to see some ofthe participants showcase their skills ontheir motorcycles.

“It is like a rodeo except we do it withmotorcycles,’ said Scobie. “So there is a

bunch of games that we play so on Sun-day kids are welcome to come out.”

She encourages people to take part inthe cause, whether it be to come out andsupport the effort or to take part in theride on their own motorbike, it doesn’teven have to be a Harley.

Event tickets can be purchased at thehead shave on June 24 or at the registra-tion for the ride at Original Joes at 9:30a.m. on June 25. For more informationcontact Sandy Scobie at 403-901-4021.

The senior choir from Brentwood Elementary School joined up with theCrowther choir and the Strathmore High School’s cast of Les Miserablesfor their Music Monday on May 2. The Brentwood senior choir will be head-ing to Edmonton on May 6 for the Alberta Music Festival’s Provincial ChoirFinals. Andrea Roberts Photo

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ANDREA ROBERTS

Times Intern

The Strathmore Assembly of Youth(SAY) will soon host their last forayinto disc golf in the hopes of drawingmore attention to the sport and raisinga greater interest in the community.

The Trilogy Challenge Disc Golf Tour-nament, which will take place on May14 at the Strathmore Disc Golf course,requires all players of varying skill lev-els to use three different types of sup-plied discs to compete.

“If they have never played before we would love for them to come out andsee how it is,” said Jill McDonald, teach-er advisor for SAY. “If they are experi-enced, we would love to have them too

because we have categories for them as well. But we really hope to encouragenew people to come to the sport.”

In order to ensure increased partici-pation, SAY will provide the three discs

upon payment of the entry fee of $20, which McDonald calls a steal as it isequal to the cost of one disc. The eventis based on how well the participantscan use the discs as well as showcas-ing their overall abilities. It will alsomean that those interested won’t needto bring their own discs to enter.

“It is going to be really fun,” said Jon-athan Moore, a SAY member. “Quite a

few members of SAY are going to bethere playing and it will be good expe-rience to go out and have fun.”

The course, which opened on Cana-da Day 2015, was the brainchild of SAY

who designed and built it. The coursecost $20,000 to build. They had a num-

ber of volunteers and sponsors whodonated their time or money to get thecourse functional.

Tee off is scheduled to start at around9:30 a.m. Beginners will play the courseonce, which roughly takes about oneto two hours, before enjoying a lunch,paid for by their entrance fee. Prizes

will be handed out to the beginners with the highest scores.

The intermediate and advanced p lay-ers will play two rounds of the course,the rst in the morning and the secondone after lunch. Their scores will be cu-mulative of both rounds.

After this event SAY will be done with Disc Golf and will be moving on

to another project to improve the townnext year. However, McDonald said thata community group has embraced thesports and hopefully will take over pro-motion of the course.

The Trilogy Challenge Disc Golf Tournament will take place on May 14starting 9 a.m., and will start at the rsthole at Brentwood Elementary School.Entrance fee is $20.

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After a successful season with an explo-sive turnout of athletes jumping into thepool to join the newly-formed StrathmorePolominos Water Polo Club, four team mem-

bers continued to blow the club’s reputationout of the water through their performanceat the Western Canadian Championships last

weekend.Strathmore’s U14 players Julianna Hill , Pay-

ton Jensen, and Reanna Thiessen, who play with the Polominos at a community-leaguelevel and the Calgary Mako Water Polo Clubon a provincial level, placed fourth at thechampionships. Meanwhile, Ethan Mervoldfrom Chestermere, who also plays with thePolominos at a community-league level andthe Calgary Destroyers – an afliation withthe Calgary Torpedoes Water Polo Club - at aprovincial level, nished sixth.

“All of our kids that were sent to West-ern Canadian Nationals are actually rst-yearplayers... it’s amazing,” said Krista Hill, presi-dent of the Polominos Water Polo Club, andmother of one of the competitors.

“We already have 30 kids in our club which is huge for a new sport in town, and we’ve doubled throughout the season. Tohave four kids already go off to nationalsand place, they’re growing exponentially in

their skill level and in their abilities.” According to Hill, the Calgary Mako gam

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